To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Sunderland, South of 28 November, Official Report, column 108, what cases of human rights in China were discussed with the Chinese Foreign Minister during his visit to the United Kingdom in March.

The question of human rights arose in the context of discussion on Tibet. Specific cases were not mentioned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the terms of reference of the desk review of health services in the dependent territories; when he expects it to be completed; and if the House will be informed of the action to be taken in consequence of the review.

The terms of reference of the desk review of health services in the Caribbean dependent territories are:

1. Assemble existing information including the current health plans and any readily available related statistical information from each of the four territories, WHO/PAHO reports, and reports by ODA medical advisers during 1983 to 1988, and other relevant information from ODA files. ODA medical advisers will provide guidance on the material to be examined and will provide oral briefing on the situation in the territories;

2. Write a preliminary report covering

a. the evidence on the state of health of the population establishing and ranking the main health problems which need to be addressed and their main causes (nutrition, sanitation, health care services, etc);

b. the extent to which these health problems are being addressed by current policies and programmes of health services, public and environmental health, and nutrition;

c. the costs of providing the health and environmental services identified under b. and assessing their cost effectiveness and value for money; examining how the provision of these services is financed and identifying implications for quantity and quality of services supplied and demanded and for other factors relevant to the study;

d. recommendations for future health and environmental services, and measures to improve nutrition, which optimally address the main health problems identified under a. These recommendations should cover:

(i) appropriate levels of health care and other services;

(ii) division of services between those provided on island and those provided off island;

(iii) sources of finance for services;

(iv) the means of delivering health and other services;

(v) levels of staffing and equipment for on island services taking account of financial, medical, physical, institutional and manpower constraints in a manner which makes optimum use of the available resources; and where relevant to identify options where choices can be made.

e. recommendations for future ODA-funded assistance, with particular attention to manpower, training and advisory services; an analysis of alternatives and recommendations for the administration of ODA programmes with particular attention to professional monitoring and supervision to the extent that existing information so permits.

3. Identify the main gaps in information;

4. Prepare a work plan and timetable for gathering the missing information and completing the work required by i. to v., with attention to the order of priority between countries, specify the inputs required for this work from the main professional disciplines;

5. Prepare an outline for the final report, covering the main chapter and section headings with notes on what is to he covered by each.

This desk study was completed last August. It was the first step, preliminary to a field study, in each of the Caribbean dependencies, for which consultants are at present being engaged. Their report should be available by about next spring; I shall keep the right hon. Member informed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about financial relations with Nigeria.

The Nigerian Government's efforts to overcome the country's economic difficulties have been severely affected for some time by the fall in the oil price and its heavy debt burden. Foreign exchange earnings have fallen sharply. This has made it increasingly hard for Nigeria to meet its commitments and to rebuild its economy.Nigeria is now embarking on a series of important adjustment measures. It has reached agreement with the managing director of the IMF on a new standby arrangement and is negotiating for new loans from the World Bank.It will be seeking a further restructuring of its official debt in the Paris Club, to supplement the agreement already being negotiated with the commercial banks.In addition to this, it is clear that Nigeria will require further bilateral assistance in 1989. This will require a concerted effort on the part of the international financial community. I have therefore decided, in consultation with my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to offer a grant of US$100 million in 1989, on condition that the standby is approved and that other donors are prepared to make a substantial contribution.Over two thirds of the cost of the United Kingdom share will come from the reserve and the balance from the existing agreed aid programme.These arrangements demonstrate the strength of the United Kingdom's interest in the health of the Nigerian economy and our willingness to assist the Nigerian adjustment programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money has been allocated by his Department to the elderly initiative; and what projects have been financed by the elderly initiative in Wales, listing each project and the amount allocated thereto on a county basis.

£2,625,000 during the first two years. The projects funded so far, together with the amounts allocated to date, are:

	£
Clwyd
Rhuddlan Elderly Mentally Ill Team	141,158
Special Project Workers: Community Care for Elderly People	22,500
Dyfed
Integrated Care Relief Scheme, Llanelli	27,878
Care Cross Foundation Community House Project	39,740
Night Hospital for Elderly Mentally Ill	47,286
Gwent
Bridges Community Centre Project	76,190
Practical Case Finding and Surveillance of Elderly People at Home	6,736
Demonstration model for the Discharge and Aftercare of Elderly Patients	22,165
Home from Home Short Term Fostering for the Elderly	35,250
The Way Home, Islwyn	9,300
Gwynedd
Hybrid Domicilliary Care Worker	38,250
Mid Glamorgan
Diabetic Liaison Nurse Merthyr and Cynon Valley	9,000
Community Services Elderly Support Team, Rhymney Valley	92,760
Social Care Worker Scheme for Elderly Mentally Infirm and their Carers, Ogwr	125,408
Powys
Powys Initiative for the Care of the Elderly in Rural Wales	58,542
South Glamorgan
Community Memory Project	73,468
Development Team for Elderly Mentally Infirm Services	58,275
Practical Case Finding and Surveillance of Elderly People at Home	9,446
Elderly Persons' Support Unit, Grand Avenue	113,988
Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme	15,262
Carers Information and Support Officer	15,695
Daybreak Homecare and Companion Service	35,048
Alzheimers Disease Society: Community Support Project	22,860
West Glamorgan
Staying at Home Initiative	515,448
Good Care Campaign	20,948

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he proposes to take to encourage the presence of business headquarters in Wales in advance of the single European market; and if he will make a statement.

Since I became Secretary of State I have increased the Welsh Development Agency's provision by more than 50 per cent. so enabling WINvest to intensify its efforts in attracting new business, including headquarter operations, to Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to increase the funding allocations to the health authorities in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

We will be making an announcement about the resources available to the NHS in Wales in 1989–90 very shortly. An announcement of the allocations to individual health authorities will be made early in the new year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of foodstuffs distributed in the United Kingdom under the free food scheme is being made available to eligible applicants in Wales.

Designated organisations based in Wales have been authorised to withdraw 176 tonnes of butter and 332 tonnes of beef from intervention stores in 1988. These amounts represent 7·15 per cent. and 18·74 per cent., respectively, of the total withdrawals authorised in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to see that foodstuffs available free under the European Economic Community free food scheme are available to all eligible people in Wales.

Produce is being distributed within the rules of the scheme to eligible recipients in Wales by the organisations designated to carry out the distribution. Given the voluntary nature of the scheme it is not possible to ensure that foodstuffs are available to all eligible people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will identify the distribution centres for free food in Wales; and how much of each product is being made available per centre.

Local distribution arrangements are a matter for the designated organisations to determine within the rules of the scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those voluntary organisations participating in the free food scheme.

My right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced to the House on 21 April that 127 organisations had been designated to distribute surplus produce to the most needy. A list of those organisation was placed in the Library on that day.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) whether he has plans to restrict the use of chlorine bleached pulp in disposable nappies;(2) whether he has plans to restrict the use of coffee filters treated with dioxin producing bleaches.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 28 November, at column 96. I understand that the quantities of dioxin which may occur in these products are very small. I will consider the matter further when the expert advice from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the committee on toxicity at the Department of Health is available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the present and projected levels of investment in manufacturing industry; and if he will make a statement.

Investment in manufacturing industry, including leased assets, in the first three quarters of 1988 is provisionally estimated to have been £8,232 million in 1985 prices and seasonally adjusted. In his Autumn Statement, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer forecast that the volume of manufacturing investment in 1988 would be 18 per cent. higher than in 1987 and would rise by a further 10 per cent. in 1989.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessments he has made as to the likely effect on (a) his Department's capital building programme and (b) the rent the Department will pay under occupational leases of implementation of the European Court of Justice's judgment on value added tax on non-domestic buildings.

Implementation of the European Court of Justice's judgment on VAT will have no effect on my Department's capital building programme since compensating adjustments have been made to the relevant expenditure provisions. At this stage, before landlords have decided whether to exercise their option to tax rents, it is not possible to offer meaningful estimates of the effects of the judgment on rental costs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he last met representatives of the Society of British Aerospace Manufacturers.

I last met the president and representatives of the Society of British Aerospace Manufacturers in September 1988 during the Farnborough air show.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assurances he has (a) sought and (b) received in relation to the continued use of Elstree film studios for film production following the recent deal for the disposal of the studio properties.

No such assurances have been sought or received. It is the Government's view that the future use of the site is a matter for the new owners to determine, subject to any consents which may be required from the planning authorities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will publish a table showing the design initiatives which have benefited from the design initiative and the amount of money committed to each initiative.

Reasons of commercial confidentiality preclude giving details of the assistance offered to individual companies. However, since 13 January 1988 over 700 assisted design consultancies have been completed, over 700 are in progress and about 600 are subject to agreement of terms of reference before proceeding. The average contribution made by the Department towards the cost of completed consultancies is currently £2,387.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff are employed on the design initiative.

Administration of the design initiative is contracted out to the Design Council. Within the Department, policy on and management of the design initiative forms part of the duties of five full-time staff. DTI regional office staff both help promote and receive applications for enterprise initiative consultancies, including the design initiative.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the cost of advertising (a) in the press, (b) on television, (c) on radio, (d) on posters and (e) by other means in relation to the privatisation of British Steel.

The marketing costs of the British Steel flotation will be reported in due course in the usual way together with the other costs of the flotation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what progress was made at the meeting of the Research Council of European Community Ministers on 17 November, and if he will make a statement.

I represented Her Majesty's Government at the meeting of the Community's Council of Ministers (Research) in Brussels on 17 November.The Council agreed common positions on three programmes within the overall provisions of the Community's 1987–91 framework programme for R and D:ECLAIR, a programme covering agro-industrial technologies which is aimed at improving links between agriculture and industry with Community funding of 80 mecu (£53 million) over five years; SPES, a programme with Community funding of 6 mecu (£4 million) over four years, which is intended to promote European collaboration in economic science by improving the training, communications and mobility of economists within the Community and stimulate economics research networks at the European level; and the large facilities programme designed to facilitate wider access by European researchers to large-scale European scientific facilities.The programme will provide Community funding of 30 mecu (£20 million) over four years for contributions to the operating costs of selected facilities, and, if necessary, to the costs of adaptations or enhancements needed to increase access together with expenditure incurred by visiting scientists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is currently taking effectively to monitor the way that maintenance repair work is carried out on motorways so as to avoid unnecessary inconvenience being caused to motorists.

We avoid unnecessary inconvenience by the programming of essential maintenance work so as to minimise traffic disruption, by giving wide publicity to motorway lane closures, and by special measures such as lane rental schemes and mobile lane closures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what temporary road signs were erected prior to and including 5 November informing motorists approaching the M69 of the total closure of the south-west-bound carriageway on 5 November.

Temporary road signs were displayed on all approaches to the M69/M1 junction on 5 and 6 November advising motorists of the closure and to follow the diversion route indicated by a circle symbol. No signs were displayed prior to 5 November.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what advance warning or notice was given to motorists advising them of the intention to close the whole of the south-west-bound carriageway of the M69 on 5 November.

The Department issued a press notice on 1 November giving full details of the proposed closures between the M1 near Leicester and the A5 at Hinckley.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport why the policy of phasing motorway repair work was not followed on 5 November in respect of the south-west-bound carriageway of the M69 so that at least one lane was kept open to vehicular traffic.

The main works were being carried out on the two-lane section of the M69 near its junction with the M1. There was insufficient space to allow the safe passage of vehicles and provide a safe working environment for the workmen in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. As the works were of short duration and there was a reasonable alternative route for the traffic volume involved, expensive contraflow traffic management could not be justified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport why the whole of the south-west-bound carriageway of the M69 was closed on 5 November.

It was closed to enable the removal and replacement of a cracked running surface close to the M1 junction. During the closure other routine maintenance works were carried out along the full length of the motorway between Leicester and Hinckley.The resurfacing work required the removal and replacement of the wearing course to both traffic lanes close to the M1/M69 roundabout. Due to physical constraints it was not possible to use the hard shoulder as a running lane. The joint report by the Department of Transport and County Surveyors Society provides notes for guidance about the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as they affect personnel required to undertake work on motorways and trunk roads (revised 1985). It requires that a safety zone is provided between the works and live traffic. On motorways this is normally 1·2 m wide.On the two-lane section of the M69 it was not possible to carry out resurfacing works and provide a safety zone and therefore the decision was taken to close the motorway under a temporary traffic regulation order. The alternative of installing contraflow traffic management was not very practicable and would have been very expensive. Traffic flows on M69 are not as high as on other motorways, such as the M1, and therefore delays caused by diverting the traffic were not expected to be serious. The opportunity was taken to make the most of the closure by carrying out other works such as safety fence repairs, joint sealing, replacement of road studs and replacement of vehicle counting loops. Because there is limited access at junction 2 (A5070 at Hinckley) it was also necessary to close the section of motorway between junction 2 and junction 1 (A5 at Hinckley).

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received about the availability of adequate capacity for north-western travellers wishing to fly to Singapore and about being able to fly direct from Manchester airport; and if he will make a statement.

I have received a number of representations this year about the level of capacity being mounted on the route between Manchester and Singapore.United Kingdom and Singapore aviation officials will be meeting early next year to review the possibilities for liberalising air services arrangements between our two countries. This will include arrangements on the Manchester-Singapore route.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to make an examination of the capacity of the M20 to the west of Ashford to determine if it has sufficient reserve capacity to accommodate future growth beyond the opening of the Channel tunnel in 1993.

This will be done in the context of the current regular review of the national trunk road programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the proposed starting date for the contracts to be placed late this year and in the spring of next year for the construction of the M20 between Hollingbourne and Ashford; and how long this will take.

The first contract is expected to start in January, the second about one month after the contract is let next spring. The contract periods are 27 and 24 months, respectively.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the use of the driver and vehicle licensing centre facilities at Swansea for the preparation of Scottish poll tax forms; and if he will give details of what consultations were undertaken with the driver and vehicle licensing centre unions and of who provided the manpower to operate the machinery and to load and transport the forms.

The supplier of DVLC's paper handling equipment asked to use one of the machines for 10 days to process community charge forms. The request was agreed as the machine was not needed for DVLC work at the time. The forms were processed by company staff, so that there was no reason to consult the DVLC trade unions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will seek to change maritime law to provide for adequate compensation to structures damaged by ships.

Under an international convention agreed in 1976, which came into operation under United Kingdom law on 1 December 1986, shipowners can limit their liability in respect of damage caused by ships. The International Maritime Organisation is to review the limits in the 1976 convention, and as part of that review we will be pressing for a significant increase in the present limits. Parliament decided on the liability regime to be applied to pilots and pilotage authorities as recently as 1987 with the passage of the Pilotage Act 1987.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current progress on the programme of barrier replacement on the M4; and what information he has on the standard and quality of the original installations.

In Wiltshire, the support posts for 10·6 km of safety barrier have already been replaced. A further 5·2 km is programmed for this financial year, and 3·4 km for next year. The remaining 26·8 km will be dealt with in subsequent years.Inspections have shown the original safety fence nowhere to be below the standard current at the time it was installed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures the Government intend to introduce to ensure fair competition between British and foreign ports in 1992.

We are pursuing the need for open and fair financial relations between public authorities and port undertakings within the European Community. The completion of the single European market will not worsen the competitive position of our ports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year from 1979 to date, including the total so far this year, the number of deaths that have occurred on the railways in Yorkshire in (a) accidents, (b) suicides and (c) trespassing; and, of that total, how many were railway staff.

Information on a county basis is not readily available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year from 1979 to date the number of deaths that occurred on the United Kingdom railways in (a) accidents, (b) suicides and (c) trespassing incidents; how many have occurred to date in 1988; of the above totals, how many were railway staff; and if he will make a statement.

The table gives the information requested in respect of railways in Great Britain. Details of accidents on Northern Ireland railways are not reported to the Department of Transport.Deaths occurring on the railways of Great Britain—1979 to 1988:

	Accidents (Staff included in total in total shown in brackect)	Suicides	Trespassers
1979	107 (43)	180	134
1980	69 (32)	220	140
1981	76 (27)	222	147
1982	57 (27)	166	130
1983	69 (28)	212	146
1984	76 (25)	193	146
1985	74 (25)	168	150
1986	72 (16)	163	162
1987	104 (16)	173	144
1988	55 (16)	97	1185
1 Some may transfer to the suicides category when a coroner's verdict is received.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the steps he is taking, apart from the construction of a Dartford bridge crossing and the current widening of the western sector of the M25, to ensure that there is sufficient capacity on the M25 and other orbital roads around London to cater for expected traffic growth over the next decade.

The construction of the new Dartford-Thurrock bridge and the widening of the south-western sector of the M25 will relieve those sections of the motorway where congestion regularly occurs. A study into ways of widening the length between junctions 15 and 16 is under way.Consultants are due to report on their review of the whole motorway early next year. Improvements to other London orbital routes are included in the national road programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the current cost of restoring navigation to the northern stretch of the Lancaster canal between Tewitfield and Kendal by constructing the creeps in the M6 motorway bridges as referred to during the Second Reading debate of the British Waterways Bill on 22 February 1965, Official Report, volume 707, columns 106 to 134, together with any other necessary expenses.

Several million pounds in construction and traffic disruption costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what consultations he has had with British Nuclear Fuels Limited concerning the proposal to fly plutonium to and from Prestwick airport; and what action he is taking;(2) what representations he has received from British Nuclear Fuels Limited concerning the proposal to fly plutonium fuel to and from Prestwick airport.

No decision has yet been made on whether to return reprocessed plutonium to Japan by air.BNFL is developing a suitable container. When it is satisfied that this will meet all the regulatory provisions, the design will be submitted to the Department for assessment and approval.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will request the United Kingdom banks to open private safe deposit boxes in order to facilitate the identification of assets fraudulently obtained by ex-President Marcos and his family.

Well-established procedures are available to the courts to enable United Kingdom banks to provide assistance in appropriate circumstances.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect he estimates the harmonisation of indirect taxes, as proposed by the European Economic Community Commissioners, would have on (a) the poorest and (b) the richest 10 per cent. of households.

Insufficient detailed information is available for assessing reliably the effect of these proposals on expenditure patterns across income groups.The Government have made it clear that they do not consider tax approximation to be necessary for the completion of the single market.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current ratio of public expenditure to gross domestic product: and if he will make a statement.

The Autumn Statement gave a forecast of 39¾ per cent. for the ratio of general Government expenditure (excluding privatisation proceeds) to gross domestic product in 1988–89. This ratio has declined from a peak of nearly 47 per cent. in 1982–83 and is now at its lowest level since 1966–67. It is expected to decline further to just under 39 per cent. in 1991–92.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the difference between his forecast for cash-limited vote expenditure for the first half of 1988–89 and the outturn; and if he will make a statement.

Table 1.8 of the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 690) shows Departments' estimates of outturn for cash-limited vote expenditure in the first six months of 1988–89. The table also shows Departments' forecasts of expenditure in the first six months, prepared earlier in the year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress is being made in implementing the report, "Government Purchasing", of December 1984.

A report by the central unit on purchasing on progress in 1987–88 is published today. It records that in 1987–88 central Government Departments (excluding the Ministry of Defence) reported value-for-money improvements in their purchasing totalling £252 million, equivalent to just under 4 per cent. of total purchasing expenditure and an increase of £84 million on the previous year. For 1988–89 Departments have set targets for value-for-money improvements totalling £337 million, equivalent to 5 per cent. of expenditure and an increase on 1987–88 of £85 million. Taking into account that in 1985–86, the first full year after the purchasing initiative was launched, Departments reported value-for-money improvements of only £70 million, these successive increases in the savings reported by Departments are encouraging. Nevertheless, the report emphasises the need for continuing action by Departments to further improve their organisation, systems and staffing for purchasing and supply, so that efficient procurement becomes a standard part of good management practice. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to encourage wider share ownership through employee share ownership plans.

The Government remain firmly committed to supporting employee share ownership, as our record of legislation in nine out of the last 10 Budgets testifies. We shall continue to examine sympathetically the wide variety of proposals made for new initiatives or improvements in this area, to see how far they are capable of building on the impressive progress already achieved.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage from income tax will be paid by the top (a) 1 per cent. and (b) 5 per cent. of incomes in the current financial year compared to 1978–79; and what are the corresponding figures for income before tax;(2) what percentage of the revenue from income tax will be paid by the top

[holding answer 28 November 1988]: I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 28 July at columns 488-92.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is, for each year since 1978, the average (a) rate of inflation in Japan, West Germany, the United States of America and the United Kingdom and (b) the average rate of exchange in £ sterling of the yen, the mark and the dollar.

[holding answer 5 December 1988]: "OECD Economic Outlook", June 1988, (table R11), gives the average annual inflation rates on a non-standardised basis for all the countries in question. Economic Trends, monthly, gives annual averages of the sterling exchange rate against the yen, mark, and the dollar.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether grant maintained schools will be allocated the same amount of money per pupil as locally financially managed schools within the same authority;(2) whether a grant maintained school will have its annual year-on-year budget altered in line with other schools which have local financial management in the same local education authority.

The Department's circular 10/88 made clear that the maintenance grant for a grant-maintained school would be based on the funding which my right hon. Friend is satisfied fairly represents what the LEA would have been likely to have provided for the school had it continued to maintain it, including expenditure on services provided centrally by the LEA. Once formula funding is in operation for the authority as part of an approved scheme of local management, the formula will be applied to grant-maintained schools in the area in the same way as to LEA-maintained schools. The amounts will reflect the authority's decisions on funding of its schools, but will also include an allowance for centrally provided services which in the case of LEA-maintained schools will be excluded from the delegated budget determined by the formula.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what criteria will be used to assess applications for capital building projects in (a) grant maintained schools and (b) local education authority schools under local financial management within the same authority.

Applications for capital building projects in grant-maintained schools will be judged in the light of the total resources available for capital building in all maintained schools; my right hon. Friend has made clear his intention to treat grant-maintained schools no more favourably than LEA-maintained schools. Initially this will be done on a case by case basis, but once numbers are large enough a national bidding system is expected to be introduced similar to that which now operates for voluntary-aided schools. Local authorities' allocations for prescribed expenditure are unhypothecated—that is, authorities are free to spend them on whatever projects they wish. The size of an authority's allocation in respect of county and controlled schools depends on the extents to which its overall plans coincide with my right hon. Friend's priorities which are currently:

i. committed expenditure up to a level previously indicated to the authority.

ii. basic need for additional school places in areas of population growth;

iii. the removal of surplus places as school rolls fall;

iv. the improvement or replacement of existing school buildings.

Allocations for major projects at aided and special arrangement schools relate to specific schemes and are determined according to the same priorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to encourage mid-career retraining for those who wish to become teachers; and if he will make a statement.

Courses of initial teacher training are available for all potential entrants to the profession—regardless of age and previous experience. We have encouraged the development of new courses to meet a range of needs, including those of people who want to switch to teaching in mid career. This year nearly 6,000 people aged 26 and over entered courses of initial teacher training—30 per cent. of the total. One of the main aims of our teacher recruitment activity through the teaching as a career unit (TASC) is to attract more older people from other careers into teaching.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to promote the education of children, teachers and parents as to the dangers of solvent abuse.

The Department currently funds annual expenditure by local education authorities of £4·1 million for the in-service training of teachers in drugs issues (including solvent misuse) and for the employment of drugs education co-ordinators in every local authority in England. The Department is also funding research at Newcastle university into the role of parents and families in the treatment and rehabilitation of young people with substance misuse problems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many teachers have been recruited from the following countries, within the last year, to fill vacancies in schools in London; (a) Ireland, (b) Australia, (c) Canada, (d) New Zealand and (e) South Africa; and if he will make a statement;(2) how many applications for qualified teacher status were considered under paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982 (S.I., 1982 No. 106) between 1 October 1987 and 30 September 1988 in respect of teachers who had trained in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; and how many were accepted.

[holding answer 25 November 1988]: The information is not available in the form requested. Between 1 October 1987 and 30 September 1988 applications for qualified teacher status from teachers with qualifications gained in the countries referred to by the hon. Member were received as follows:

Country	Total Number application	Number accepted	Number rejected
Republic of Ireland	327	13	314
Australia	585	155	430
Canada	52	4	48
New Zealand	359	230	129
South Africa	120	33	87

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department is currently conducting any studies on violence in schools; and if he will make a statement.

An independent committee of inquiry into discipline in schools, under the chairmanship of Lord Elton, is currently considering what action might be taken to secure an orderly atmosphere in schools. Problems of violence form a part of the committee's remit. It aims to report around the end of this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what quantities of nuclear material produced from uranium have been exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

In the five-year period ending 31 March 1988 some 3,000 tonnes of uranium in the form of natural uranium hexafluoride has been sent to the USSR for enrichment. The material exported was the property of the United Kingdom generating boards and various overseas utilities. It is all returned as product (enriched uranium) or tails (depleted uranium) to either the United Kingdom, or, in the case of overseas customers, a destination of their choice. All the material is subject to international safeguards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the tonnage of fuel (a) loaded into and (b) withdrawn from, reactor 1 at Berkeley power station between 4 April and 17 July; and what was the average burn-up per tonne of irradiated fuel withdrawn at this time.

I have asked the chairman of the CEGB to write to the hon. Member with the information requested.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will shelve plans to proceed with the privatisation of the coal and electricity industries until the environmental problems of sulphur and carbon dioxide emissions have been satisfactorily dealt with and legislation is in place which will avoid further environmental consequences such as the greenhouse effect.

No. Privatisation will make no difference to the Government's commitment to improving the environment. Environmental controls apply to private sector companies as they do to those in the public sector and will be strongly enforced when the electricity industry is privatised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what international safeguard arrangements exist to cover the shipping of spent nuclear fuel and other material from (a) Torness, (b) Hunterston, (c) Dounreay and (d) Chapelcross, to reprocessing plants.

All nuclear material from Torness, Hunterston and Dounreay is subject to Euratom safeguards and the terms of the United Kingdom—Euratom—IAEA safeguards agreement. Nuclear fuel irradiated in Chapelcross is not subject to safeguards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what international safeguard arrangements exist to cover the nuclear reactors at Torness and spent nuclear fuel from the Torness reactors; and what facility attachments and particular safeguard provisions exist for Torness.

Nuclear material in the reactors at Torness, and spent nuclear fuel from the reactors, is subject to Euratom safeguards and the terms of the United Kingdom—Euratom—IAEA safeguards agreement. The particular safeguard provisions for Torness are not yet in force with Euratom. There is no facility attachment in place for Torness since the IAEA has not designated the facility for routine inspection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many men are employed in the mining industry, categorised in terms of (a) British Coal employees and (b) other contract companies.

I understand that British Coal employed 86,760 men on colliery books on 12 November 1988. The other information requested is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, on a year-by-year basis, the construction costs of Heysham 11 nuclear power station.

This is an operational matter for the CEGB and I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the operating costs for nuclear and fossil fuelled power stations in England and Wales for 1983 to 1987 on a year-by-year basis and in the same form as set out in the Central Electricity Generating Board's statistical year book for 1982–83.

This is an operational matter for the CEGB and I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the expenditure incurred by the procurement division of his Department is split (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) abroad.

I refer the hon. Member to the statement on the Defence Estimates 1988, Cmnd. 344-1, volume 1, page 37 paragraph 402, and page 49 figure II.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what has been the total cost in grants and tuition paid in respect of (a) boys and (b) girls receiving both grants and tuition in each year from 1979 to the present in respect of the Army scholarship scheme for children aged 15 and 16 years;(2) if he will list the schools in respect of which tuition fees were paid and from whose headteachers, endorsements of candidatures were received and the numbers of

The information is not available in the form requested. While references are obtained from headteachers, eligibility for the award of any Army scholarship does not rest on the headteacher's endorsement alone. Applicants are required to pass a test set by the Army, an interview and obtain good grades in seven GCSEs (or equivalents) including mathematics, English language and either a science or modern language. Girls have been eligible to apply for an award only since 1986.Currently there are 91 scholars, including 10 girls. Since September 1983 a flat rate grant of £750 a year has been made to parents of scholars, irrespective of the school which the scholar attends.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total sum paid to (a) officers and (b) other ranks in education allowances in the year 1986–87; what were the numbers of individuals receiving allowances in categories (a) and (b) above; and what is the average grossed up value of an allowance in each category.

The information requested is as follows:

	Total Sum Paid In Educational Allowances	Numbers of Individuals In Receipt of Allowances	Average Allowances Per Child
	£ million		£1 per annum
(a) Officers	58·840	8,071	4,701
(b) Other Ranks	34·761	6,357	3,964

Note¹: This is the average allowance paid per child and takes into account the higher allowance paid for third and subsequent children and is inclusive of grossing up for income tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the approximate cost of a holiday visit passages paid in respect of children of defence service personnel in receipt of education allowances, for the latest year available.

The information available does not allow the costs of school children's visits to be identified separately from the costs of other types of travel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the explosion on 2 December at Burghfield arms factory; and if he will skate its proximity to the materials held for the polaris warheads.

A minor explosion occurred at AWE Burghfield in the early hours of 2 December during routine burning of surplus conventional explosive. There was no personal injury and no danger to the work force or public at any time and, to the best of our knowledge, no damage was caused outside the establishment. It is not our policy to disclose the nature or location of nuclear weapons; however no radioactive material was involved in this incident.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will announce the total sum available for payments from the discretionary part of the social fund in 1989–90.

The total sum available for payments in Northern Ireland for 1989–90 will be the same as for 1988–89. The budget for community care grants will be £7·2 million and the gross budget for loans will be £13·9 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will be seeking Crown immunity from prosecution for the institutions which are the responsibility of his Department when the anticipated new controls on emissions come into operation.

[holding answer 30 November 1988]: I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 29 November 1988 at column 178.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how he proposes to finance the additional funds required for those nurses who will be regraded after appeal.

The funds allocated to boards which include £32 million as the assessed cost of the clinical grading review, are intended to cover all pay costs arising in the current financial year, including any costs arising from successful appeals about pay or grading.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much new capital expenditure has been authorised to be undertaken by housing associations in Northern Ireland in each of August, September and October; and if he will make a statement.

The information is as follows:

	£
August	456,325
September	894,224
October	660,222

The total of approximately £2·01 million compares with £2·34 million in the same period last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums remained unspent in the budgeted expenditure for housing associations in Northern Ireland at 31 October.

Of the £31·47 million available for capital expenditure by housing associations in Northern Ireland in 1988–89, £12·7 million was unspent at 31 October.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish the minutes of the meetings of the ministerial group on women's issues, from May 1986 to date; and whether he will place a copy of the equal opportunities proofing system and proofing checklist in the library.

It is not the practice to publish the internal record of meetings of Ministers. A press release was made following the last meeting of the group. On the second part of her question, I refer the hon. Member to the reply to her question on 7 November at columns 10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and what was discussed.

I last met the Commissioner on 20 October at a lunch at New Scotland yard organised by the community involvement branch. It was an informal occasion, during which we discussed the work of the branch, and a number of other policing issues.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from medical organisations on prisoners' access to condoms.

We have received one letter from the British Medical Association on this subject.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he refused an application for a research project, proposed by the prison department's AIDS advisory committee, into homosexuality and drug use in prison.

Because we considered that the methodology proposed was unlikely to lead to reliable results.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to assess the risks of contracting HIV in prisons.

The risk in prison, as elsewhere, is determined by personal behaviour. This is stressed in the educational material available to prisoners. No research to assess the rate of HIV infection, or spread of infection, in the prison population is currently being undertaken by the Department; but prisoners will, where appropriate, be included in future approved research programmes based on anonymous blood testing. A central record is kept for statistical and monitoring purposes of prisoners identified as HIV antibody positive in the course of the careful screening undertaken by Medical Officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the World Health Organisation's recommendation that consideration should be given to allow prisoners access to condoms; and if he will make a statement.

We have, as the World Health Organisation recommended, considered whether condoms should be made available to prisoners, but have concluded that we would not be justified in changing our policy that prisoners should not be allowed access to condoms.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what health education material is in preparation for prisoners; and when this will be available.

An AIDS resource pack comprising a video film, a user's guide and a companion leaflet is in an advanced state of development. A second leaflet for more general use is also in preparation. It is expected that these will be ready for use very early next year to supplement the material which is already available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to require all organisations, which maintain the names of people on lists without their knowledge and circulate the lists for a fee to others for employment and other purposes, to register with his Department; if he will investigate the procedure and role of such organisations; and if he will take steps to seek to ban those which interfere with personal freedom.

The Data Protection Act 1984 provides that data users holding personal data processed automatically shall register the fact and, interalia, the purpose for which the data are held and to whom they may be disclosed. My right hon. Friend has no plans to extend the registration requirement to manual files.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the number of prison officers who have been transferred from London prisons to other prisons outside London who are still in receipt of London weighting under the mark-time proposals of the fresh start arrangements; how many are currently serving in Her Majesty's prison, Ashwell; and what is the total cost to public funds on an annual basis of this arrangement;(2) what is the number of prison officers who have been transferred from London prisons to other prisons outside London who are not still receiving London weighting under the mark-time proposals because their previous prison in London had not accepted fresh start; how many are currently serving in Her Majesty's prison, Ashwell; and what would be the total cost to public funds of extending the London weighting to those currently denied it.

To provide the information in the form requested would require disproportionate cost because of the large number of variable factors in individual cases and the calculations involved in mark-time pay. Between July 1987 and November 1988, 187 prison officers were transferred from London prisons to other prisons outside London and retained London weighting on a mark-time basis. Of these four are serving at Her Majesty's prison, Ashwell.In the same period, 145 prison officers were transferred from London prisons to prisons outside London and did not receive London weighting under the mark-time rules because the London prison from which they were transferred had not moved to fresh start pay. Of these four are in post at Her Majesty's prison, Ashwell.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much section 11 grant, under the Local Government Act 1966, Derbyshire county council received in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available; and on what schemes this money was spent.

The amount of grant paid to Derbyshire county council under section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966, in respect of each of the last five years is shown in the table. The grant represents 75 per cent. of the eligible expenditure by the authority on posts addressing the special needs of ethnic minorities of Commonwealth origin.

	£	Posts
1983–84
Education	592,859	161
Social Workers	11,171	8
Other Staff	55,911	10
Grant paid on formula basis in respect of:
(a) Children in care	24,791
(b) Day Nurseries	39,204
Total	723,936
(Payment of section 11 grant on a formula basis ceased at the end of 1983–84)
1984–85
Education	714,537	163
Social Workers	40,362	9
Other Staff	73,181	10
Total	828,080
1985–86
Education	735,429	168
Social Workers	39,684	8
Other Staff	95,577	15
Total	870,690
1986–87
Education	876,520	163·5
Social Workers	76,028	18
Other Staff	114,737	17
Total	1,067,285
1987–88
Education	967,533	116·5
Social Workers	96,833	18
Other Staff	151,188	17
Total	1,215,554

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what information he has to the effect of the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 on the supply of such substances to children; and what measures are being taken by his Department to inform shopkeepers as to the law and to educate the public as to the dangers of solvent abuse;(2) what information he has as to the action being taken by the police to enforce the provisions of the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985.

In 1987 there were 11 successful prosecutions under the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985.As regards publicity and prevention, the lead is taken by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health, to whom my hon. Friend has addressed a similar question.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to measure public reaction to any proposals for the construction of a new prison in the Field lane area of Merseyside.

Any proposal to build a prison in the Field lane area would be subject to the normal planning procedures which require local publicity and the assessment by the planning authority of local opinion.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, following his White Paper, "Broadcasting in the '90s," it is his intention to require applicants for Channel 3 franchises to make specific commitments about the production and broadcasting of religious programmes.

No.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has of the market for (a) video rental and (b) pre-recorded video tapes referred to in paragraph 2.4 of his White Paper, "Broadcasting in the '90s," Cm. 517.

According to a study on subscription television commissioned by the Home Office from Communications Studies and Planning International Limited, published in May 1987, a total of between £550 million and £600 million was spent on video software in 1986. Two thirds of the expenditure was on pre-recorded software, while the remainder was spent on blank cassettes. This is the equivalent of each household with a VCR buying or renting about one cassette a week. The study estimated that the market for pre-recorded VCR software would expand from £470 million in 1987 to £625 million in 1990. The equivalent estimates for expenditure on VCR rentals were £667 million in 1987 and £772 million in 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with manufacturers about the development of technology for pay-per-view subscription referred to in paragraph 2.4 of his White Paper, "Broadcasting in the '90s," Cm. 517; and whether those manufacturers are British.

The subject of pay-per-view technology is one of a number of issues which has been discussed in the Government's day-to-day contact with the electronics industry. The choice of manufacturers for reception equipment is one for the broadcasters themselves to make.A variety of subscription and pay-per-view payment methods are being developed in Europe and the United States. Some satellite television services are expected to be subscription based, and British Satellite Broadcasting plans to introduce a pay-per-view system.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has commissioned any research into the production costs of (a) news, (b) current affairs, (c) dramas, (d) documentaries, (e) children's programmes, (f) religious programmes and (g) educational programmes in (i) BBC, (ii) ITV, (iii) independent production and (iv) other countries.

The study of subscription television prepared for the Home Office by Booz Allen and Hamilton and published in May 1987 contains information about production costs. Such information is also available to the Home Office from other sources.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those owning a television pay for (a) a colour licence and (b) a black and white licence.

It is estimated that about 92 per cent. of television owners obtain a television licence. About 82 per cent. pay for a colour licence, and about 10 per cent. pay for a black and white licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) detected and (b) prosecuted for not having a television licence in each of the last 10 years; and at what cost.

The available data which have been supplied by the national television licence records office are given in the following table. Corresponding information on costs is not available.

Detections and prosecutions for TV licence evasion in the United Kingdom
thousands
Year ending 31 March	Detected	Prosecuted
1978–79	73·8	55·4
1979–80	78·7	49·9
1980–81	93·3	65·8
1981–82	101·7	70·5
1982–83	125·3	85·4
1983–84	152·8	97·4
1984–85	149·0	110·0
1985–86	235·4	123·1
1986–87	258·4	174·5
1987–88	288·9	158·2

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he estimates will be (a) the cost and (b) the staffing implications of transferring responsibility for the collection of the British Broadcasting Corporation licence fee on to the British Broadcasting Corporation.

There should be no increase in the cost of collecting licence revenue, and the BBC will clearly have a strong incentive to reduce costs so far as is practicable consistent with the maximisation of licence revenue. It is likely that the transfer of responsibility will save in the order of two central Government staff posts.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are employed in collecting the BBC licence fee.

About 1,300, excluding Post Office counter staff who issue television licences and sell television licence savings stamps as part of their general duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present administrative cost of collecting the BBC licence fee.

A total of £59·6 million for the year 1987–88.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the first annual report of the Animal Procedures Committee; and when he intends to lay copies of the report before Parliament.

I have now laid before Parliament copies of the report, which is published today by Her Majesty's Stationery Office as House of Commons Paper 36.This report reflects the significant contribution which the Animal Procedures Committee has made in the first year of operation of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. I am sure that it will continue its work for the protection of animals used in experimental or other scientific procedures.I particularly welcome the report's conclusion that "the emerging system of control will match the high expectations of Parliament and the public".

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in considering representations about the case of the four persons convicted of offences arising from the bombing of public houses in Guildford and Woolwich in 1974.

In April I received a report from the Chief Constable of the Avon and Somerset police on the results of inquiries made into certain matters raised with me since my statement of 20 January 1987 at columns 735-38. Since then, and in particular during October and November, I have received further representations about the case, both from the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and from firms of solicitors acting for the four persons convicted, some of which purport to disclose new evidence. I have been asked to take these further matters into account in reaching my decision on whether to refer the case to the Court of Appeal, in the exercise of my power under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968. I have agreed to do so. My decision should obviously be based on the fullest available information. Further inquiries are now being carried out by the police into some of the new matters which have been raised and I intend to reach a decision in January.

To ask the Minister for the Arts if there have been any items accepted in lieu of tax or allocated since he last made an announcement on the subject to the House.

Since my announcement on 12 July, at column 101, I am pleased to announce that two items have been accepted in lieu of tax; a flower painting by Jacob Marrel and a print by William Blake, Frontispiece to the Book of Ahania. The tax liability satisfied was £61,369 and £19,658, respectively. The Blake print will go to the Fitzwilliam museum but a decision over the allocation of the Maud painting has not yet been taken.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if there are enough training places available under YTS for 16 to 17-year-olds in Scotland.

Yes. There were 13,000 unfilled YTS places in Scotland on 5 December 1988.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the total number of responses he has received to the document, "Curriculum and Assessment", indicating the source in each case; and if he will make such responses available through publication.

Over 1,000 responses were received from a wide range of sources. All the responses were available for public inspection at West Register house, Edinburgh, between 4 October and 5 December.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many special schools in each region and division recorded no head teacher in the schools census of 1987.

The numbers of education authority special schools and the numbers with no head teacher at September 1987 are as follows:

(1)	(2) Total	(3) Number without a head teacher
Borders	1	1
Central	ll	3
Dumfries and Galloway	1	0
Fife	12	1
Grampian	19	0
Highland	7	1
Lothian	22	1
Strathclyde	118	37
Tayside	8	2
Orkney	1	0
Shetland	0	0
Western Isles	0	0
Scotland	200	46
Argyll and Bute	4	1
Ayr	25	13
Dunbarton	16	5
Glasgow (City)	45	12
Lanark	18	3
Renfrew	10	3

In some cases recorded in column (3) above the post of head teacher will have been vacant at the time of the census; in others there will be no such post because of small size or because oversight is provided by an associated mainstream school. Responsibility for determining the complement of head teachers and for filling vacancies rests with regional and islands authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report those schools in each region and division which are currently involved in TVE1 schemes.

The schools within each region and division of Strathclyde currently participating in TVE1 are as follows:

Region/Division	Schools involved in TVE1 Schemes
Borders	All schools
Central	Bannockburn High School
	Graeme High School
	St. Mungo's Academy
	St. Modan's High School
	Lornshill Academy

Region/Division	Schools involved in TVE1 Schemes
Dumfries and Galloway	All Schools
Fife	Glenwood High School
	Glenrothes High School
	Auchmuty High School
	Bell Baxter High School
	Kirkcaldy High School
	Beath High School
	Lochgelly High School
	Woodmill High School
	Buchhaven High School
Grampian	Buckie High School
	Elgin Academy
	Elgin High School
	Forrest Academy
	Milnes High School
Highland	Farr Secondary School
	Golspie High School
	Thurso High School
	Wick High School
Lothian	Tynecastle High School
	St. Augustine's High School
	Armadale Academy
	Blackburn Academy
	St. Kentigern's Academy
	St. Mary's Academy
	Whitburn Academy
	Craigmount High School
	Queensferry High School
	Royal High School
	Boroughmuir High School
	Firrhill High School
	James Gillespie High School
	St. Thomas of Aquins High School
	Cairnpark Special School
	Graysmill Special School
	Ainslie Park High School
	Forrester High School
	Wester Hailes Education Centre
	Bathgate Academy
	Craighroyston High School
	Drummond High School
	Leith Academy
	Trinity Academy
	Canonmills Special School
	Pilrig Park Special School
	St. David's High School
	Newbattle High School
	Lasswade High School
	Dalkeith High School
	Greenhill High School
Orkney	All Schools
Shetland	Anderson High School
	Brae Junior High School
	Sandwick Junior High School
	Scalloway Junior High School
Strathclyde Argyll and Bute	Campbeltown Grammar School
	Lochgilphead High School
	Oban High School
	Islay High School
Ayr	Grange Academy
	James Hamilpton Academy
	Kilmarnock Academy
	Part Special School
	St. Joseph's Academy
Dumbarton	Dumbarton Academy

Region/Division	Schools involved in TVE1 Schemes
	Auchentoshan Special School
	St. Patrick's High School
	Notre Dame High School
	Vale of Leven Academy
Glasgow	Lochend Secondary School
	St. Leonard's Secondary School
	Westwood Secondary School
Lanark	Airdrie Academy
	Caldervale High School
	St. Margaret's High School
Renfrew	Gourock High School
	Port Glasgow High School
	St. Stephen's High School
	Greenock Academy
	Grovepark High School
	Eastwood High School
	Woodfarm High School
	Renfrew High School
	The Mary Russell Special School
	Hunterhill Tutorial Centre Special School
	Kersland Special School
	Greenock High School
	St. Columba's High School
	Lilybank Special School
	Cowdenknowes High School
	Notre Dame High School
	Mearns Castle High School
	St. Ninian's High School
	Linwood High School
	Clippens Special School
	Isobel Mair Special School
	Gateside Special School
Tayside	Craigie High School
	Linlathen High School
	St. Saviour's High School
	Whitfield High School
Western Isles	Lews Castle Day School
	Nicolson Institute