To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he intends to reply to the report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology entitled "Definitions of Research and Development"; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he intends to reply to the report of the Select Committee on Science and Technology entitled "Definitions of Research and Development"; and if he will make a statement.

The Government welcome the Select Committee's report on definitions of research and development and will be making a considered response in due course.

To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what his Department is doing to promote equality of opportunity in the civil service for people with disabilities.

A revised code of practice on the employment of people with disabilities in the civil service will be published tomorrow. I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library.

To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will take steps to institute a no-smoking regulation in the telephone kiosks and lifts of the House.

The Services Committee resolved in February 1987 that smoking should not be allowed in lifts and instructed that notices to that effect should be displayed. The question of imposing such a ban in telephone kiosks has not yet been addressed and I shall arrange for it to be referred to the Accommodation and Administration Sub-Committee.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will consider taking up the case brought by Torfaen borough council regarding Sunday trading by B and Q, in the forthcoming appeal.

In the event of any such invitation to me from Torfaen borough council my response would have to be determined in the light of the fact that Parliament has made it the duty of local authorities to enforce the provisions of the Shops Act 1950.

To ask the Attorney-General whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton on 8 May, Official Report, column 22, he will make a statement on the reasons for the delay in setting a date for the hearing into his application for a fresh inquest into the death of Petty Officer John Black; and when he expects to write to the hon. Member.

I have today been informed that the case will be heard tomorrow.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assessment he has made of the potential of the Single European Act and 1992 for the United Kingdom oil fabrication and offshore supply sectors; and if he will make a statement.

Two factors have been responsible for the growth of this industry: (1) the enterprise and competitive performance of British companies and (2) the fair commercial opportunity provided for companies operating on the United Kingdom continental shelf. The Single European Act and progress in GATT negotiations should enlarge the opportunities for our competitive companies. We shall continue to ensure fair opportunity in the home and overseas markets after 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to repeal the Payments for Debt (Emergency Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.

[pursuant to the reply, 10 May 1990, c. 230–31]: It is our practice regularly to review the need for these emergency provisions. I have decided, following the most recent review, that the continuation of the Act is not required by present circumstances and I will therefore shortly sign an order declaring the emergency which gave rise to the provisions is now at an end. The Act will cease to be in force after a period of six months. The efficient collection of public debt nevertheless remains a priority and we intend to review procedures for recovering debt owed to public bodies to establish whether further legislative provision has a role to play.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commend to all health authorities the Mersey regional health authority's guidelines for use of money held by health authorities on behalf of long-stay patients; and if he will make a statement.

We do indeed commend the guidelines that Mersey regional health authority has developed. We are currently awaiting a report from regional chairmen on the situation on patients' moneys in each region. When we have reviewed this we will ensure that all regions are conversant with the initiatives that Mersey has taken.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 23 April, Official Report, column 30, whether the final cost of military assistance in respect of the ambulance dispute is yet known.

The final cost of military assistance was £7·2 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on whether disabled people should have the right to representation in community care services.

Our draft guidance on assessment and case management instructs local authorities to ensure that their assessment procedures accommodate any communication difficulty due to disability. The National Health Service and Community Care Bill, as amended by the Government in the House of Lords, will allow a person acting on behalf of a disabled person to make representations, including complaints, about the social services that the local authority provides.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged under 16 years received free eye tests in England (a) in each quarter in 1988–89 and (b) in each quarter in 1989–90.

Statistics prior to 1 April 1989 were not broken down by patient group. Since then, family practitioner committees have collected data on sight tests paid for under the general ophthalmic services on a six-monthly basis. A total of 752,130 or 8 per cent. of children in England received sight tests paid for under the new regulations. A further 1,624,220 sight tests were also paid for in the period but conducted prior to 1 April 1989; an unknown proportion of these would have been for children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for (a) the Mersey region and (b) the Wirral health authority the sums for each of the last three years given to groups giving practical and emotional support to people suffering from AIDS.

[holding answer 6 June 1990]: The amounts allocated to Mersey regional health authority for the last three years as a contribution towards the costs incurred in helping prevent the spread of HIV infection and providing treatment, counselling and support for those affected by HIV are as follows. Allocations to the Wirral health authority are a matter for Mersey regional health authority to determine.

Mersey Regional Health Authority
Year	Allocation (£'000)
1988–89	534
1989–90	3,430
1990–91	3,602

In addition, £588,000 AIDS support grant has been allocated to local authorities in the Mersey area in the last two years towards the cost of care and support for people suffering from AIDS.The amount within these allocations which has so far been passed to groups giving practical and emotional support to AIDS sufferers is not identified separately. However, reports providing details of expenditure for each health and local authority for 1989–90 will be available by August.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) action has been taken and (b) further steps he will take in respect of the van der Eyken report on the under-fives initiatives.

[holding answer 18 June 1990]: The final report of the national monitoring survey of the under-fives initiative by Willem van der Eyken was sent out in 1988. Copies went to local authorities, health authorities and relevant voluntary organisations.The Department grant-aids 10 national voluntary organisations active in the under-fives field, including the Pre-school Playgroups Association, National Childminding Association and Home Start Consultancy.Under-fives groups benefit from centrally funded initiatives such as the small grants scheme, which builds on the one operated during the earlier initiative. They also received funding from the lone parents element of the retail prices index error scheme.The new under-fives initiative was launched in September 1989. It takes forward some of the recommendations in Mr. van der Eyken's report. Twenty-one national and local voluntary organisations are managing 25 local projects. The projects are intended to help families in temporary accommodation; improve partnerships between local authorities and the voluntary sector; extend knowledge about impact of day care services on the circumstances of lone parents; and improve understanding about ways of supporting carers.The Children Act will be implemented in October 1991. It introduces provisions for local authorities to regulate private and voluntary day care services and childminding, to have a general duty to provide day care services for children in need and a power to do so for other children. A duty is also placed on local social services and education departments to review and publish a report on day care services in their area. The Department is undertaking extensive consultation on draft guidance on these subjects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the second report of the steering group on undergraduate medical and dental education will be published; and if he will make a statement.

[pursuant to his reply, 18 June 1990, c. 401]: The answer to the question should read as follows:

The report is published today, and is available in the Library. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science and I are sending copies of the second report to all interested parties under cover of a message which reads as follows:

The report from the steering group on undergraduate medical and dental education has been prepared in response to the remit which our predecessors gave the group to consider how the current arrangements for undergraduate medical, and subsequently dental, education can be improved to ensure that the policies and programmes of the bodies concerned are properly co-ordinated and directed. The group was later invited to assess the implications for these matters of the proposed NHS reforms, and to make recommendations. The present report subsumes the interim report which was published in June 1989.

We welcome, and endorse, this new report. We are grateful to the members of the steering group, and to the organisations which have been associated with it, for working effectively together to support the common purpose of the NHS and the universities in maintaining and improving standards of undergraduate medical and dental education.

The organisational and financial arrangements must encourage those responsible in both the universities and the NHS to work together to teach students, advance knowledge through research and provide and develop services for patients. These three functions are integral, something as true in the reformed NHS as it is today. That is why the steering group has emphasised the essential common purpose of the universities and the NHS in the fostering of medical knowledge and skills, an emphasis which we support. The ten key principles proposed by the steering group to underpin jointly agreed working arrangements have already been promulgated with our endorsement. The sense of common purpose will be strengthened by the new provision in the NHS and Community Care Bill regarding university membership of those health authorities and NHS trusts having significant involvement in medical and dental education.

The steering group has given close attention to certain details of finance and management. It has proposed revised procedures for the distribution of the service increment for teaching—SIFT—which again have been promulgated, and are being implemented, with our support. It has made proposals for handling the relationship known as "knock for knock", emphasising the importance of changing only by agreement the balance of expenditure between co-operating institutions. It has also suggested that the flexibility essential to the management of the job plans of clinical academics who are honorary consultants in the NHS might be achieved through a tightly defined package of clinical service commitments, to be delivered by university staff under the management of heads of clinical academic departments in consultation with NHS managers. We endorse these proposals, which encourage an agreed approach to the management of those areas in which the universities and the NHS must engage together in responsibilities which neither can discharge alone.

The steering group's report offers the prospect of a successor group to carry forward further work in these areas, including involvement with the review of SIFT which is to be completed in 1992. It also proposes that the remit of the successor body should be extended to cover

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he next plans to visit St. Helens.

I have no plans to visit St. Helens in the immediate future.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the output of manufacturing industries was in 1979 in the north-west; and what the comparable constant value basis figure is for the latest year for which figures are available;(2) what are the figures in constant value of the output in manufacturing industries in the north-west

Current prices estimates for manufacturing gross domestic product in the north-west are £6,763 million in 1979 and £12,381 million in 1988; the latest year for which they are available. There is no comparable constant value figure for this year because there are no regional price indices.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures on productivity of manufacturing industry in Birmingham and the west midlands.

Regional productivity figures are not compiled.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average growth rate in the volume of United Kingdom exports of goods and services between 1979 and 1989.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average growth rate in the volume of United Kingdom exports of goods and services between 1979 and 1989.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average growth rate in the volume of United Kingdom exports of goods and services between 1979 and 1989.

Information on movements in the volume of United Kingdom exports of goods and services between 1979 and 1989 is available on the CSO database (series HHCX), which can be accessed by the House of Commons Library.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the current trade deficit with West Germany.

In the three months to April, the "crude" balance of trade with West Germany was a deficit of £2·1 billion.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the Confederation of British Industry to discuss the level of inflation.

My right hon. Friend addressed the CBI's annual dinner on 17 May, at which a wide range of topics were discussed.

Region	Average new mortgage1	Weekly payment2		Increase
		June 1988 9·8 per cent, interest rate	June 1990 15·3per cent. interest rate
	£	£	£	£
Northern	26,800	37·88	59·14	21·26
Yorkshire and Humberside	30,500	43·35	67·67	24·33
East Midlands	35,900	53·52	83·56	30·04
East Anglia	40,700	62·57	97·68	35·12
Greater London	58,000	95·17	148·59	53·41
South East	53,500	86·69	135·35	48·65
South West	42,700	66·34	103·57	37·23
West Midlands	35,100	52·02	81·21	29·19
North West	33,200	48·43	75·62	27·18
Wales	31,700	45·61	71·20	25·60
Scotland	25,900	36·61	57·15	20·55
Northern Ireland	22,600	31·94	49·87	17·93
United Kingdom	39,000	59·37	92·68	33·32
1 Building Society mortgages, first quarter 1990.
2 Assuming endowment mortgage.

To ask the Prime Minister what actions she has taken in respect of the maintenance of the taxonomic and palaeontological collections in the natural history museum in south Kensington.

I understand that within the overall objectives set out in the natural history museum's corporate plan 1990–95, the museum's taxonomic and palaeontological collections will continue to be maintained. These collections are central to the museum's scientific work, and scientific and public visitors will continue to enjoy access to the collections. The Government increased the museum's grant in aid by 16·5 per cent. this year to over £25 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on European Economic Community proposals for ethical standards in biotechnology.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on European Economic Community proposals for ethical standards in biotechnology.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average increase in repayments per week on the average mortgage in each region between 1 June 1988 and today.

The figures in the table do not allow for the fact that interest rate payments on many mortgages are adjusted annually and do not reflect each adjustment in the vote. Consequently average movements in amounts actually paid will be less than shown.The information is as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on European Economic Community proposals for ethical standards in biotechnology.

No formal proposals have been made within the European Economic Community for ethical standards in biotechnology. The Government would look carefully at any such proposals on their merits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how the pilot studies on testing at age seven years are to be evaluated; and when he will inform Parliament of his decision regarding the nature of the test to be used in schools in 1991;(2) what reports he has received from the organisations using pilot SATs for seven-year-olds; and if he will place them in the Library.

The three agencies which developed the standard assessment tasks used in this summer's pilot assessments will shortly submit evaluation reports to the School Examinations and Assessment Council (SEAC). SEAC will in turn advise my right hon. Friend about the outcome of the pilot assessments. In addition Her Majesty's inspectorate, in collaboration with SEAC and the Department, will host conferences later this month for the teachers who took part in the pilot exercise.In the light of this work, a revised specification for the standard assessment tasks for use in the first national assessments of seven-year-olds in 1991 will be issued in the autumn.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools took part in each of the pilot studies for SATs at seven years of age; and how many children were involved.

Just over 21,000 pupils in 619 schools in England and Wales participated in this summer's pilot assessments of seven-year-olds in English, mathematics and science.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the implications of his announcement of 8 June of changes in the criteria considered in approving city technology colleges on the proposal for a city technology college in Corby.

The criteria for establishing city technology colleges have not changed. The plans for a city technology college in Corby are well advanced, and it is on course to open in September 1991.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science at what stage are the plans for a city technology college in Corby; and if he will make a statement.

Plans for the establishment of the city technology college are now well advanced. Detailed designs for the college building have been agreed and submitted to Corby district council for full planning consent. Management contractors have been appointed and a start on site is programmed for early July with completion planned to allow for a September 1991 opening.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the money raised from the private sector for the city technology college in Corby.

To date a total of £1·6 million of private sector sponsorship has been pledged; £1·1 million of this is in the form of a donation of land from the lead sponsor, Mr. Hugh de Cappell Brooke. A further £0·5 million has been pledged from other private sector sponsors, who wish to remain anonymous for the time being. The principal sponsor has agreed to underwrite any shortfall in the £1·99 million that is required from the private sector should further sponsorship not prove forthcoming.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assessment he has made of the effect of the city technology college in Corby on surrounding schools.

A city technology college in Corby will introduce healthy competition for pupils—as will any independent school. However, the sponsors' intentions are that the city technology college's catchment area should be drawn as wide as is practicable to minimise the impact on individual schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the administrative costs of the student loans scheme.

The Student Loans Company's provisional budget for the financial year 1990–91 is £14·25 million, exclusive of VAT. The figure includes both pre-operational and operational costs. On present estimates, total pre-operational costs will amount to some £10 million, consisting of expenditure of £4·3 million in 1989–90 and £5·8 million in the first five months of 1990–91.The Government have said throughout the passage of the Education (Student Loans) Bill and subsequently that the administration costs of the loans scheme in the first year of its operation were expected to be in the range £10 million to £20 million. I am pleased to confirm that the outcome is a figure well below the maximum of that range.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what matters he discussed during his recent visit to Saudi Arabia.

During his visit to Saudi Arabia my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs had very useful discussions with King Fand and Saudi Ministers on a wide range of regional and bilateral issues. They agreed in particular on the urgent need for progress towards a settlement of the Arab-Israel dispute. My right hon. Friend signed a bilateral agreement on the confiscation of drug-trafficking assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions at international conferences or meetings within the last five years when Her Majesty's Government have formally rejected or objected to the territorial claim of the Republic of Ireland over the United Kingdom.

I am not aware of any occasions in the last five years where the Government of the Republic of Ireland have raised a territorial claim over the United Kingdom at an international conference or meeting.United Kingdom sovereignty over Northern Ireland, as a matter of international law, is clear. Our sovereignty is manifested, day by day, by acts of legislation, Government and the courts. Further, in article 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, both Governments affirmed

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in his message to Mr. Yasser Arafat, conveyed by Her Majesty's ambassador in Baghdad on 8 June, he asked Mr. Arafat to condemn the attempted attack on beaches near Tel Aviv on 30 May; and if he will make a statement.

Yes. All deliberately planned acts of violence must be condemned unequivocally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what protests have been conveyed by Her Majesty's consul-general in Jerusalem to prominent local Palestinians regarding the terrorist bomb explosion in the Mahane Yehuda market on 28 May.

We have no reason to associate any prominent local Palestinian with the Mahane Yehuda explosion, which was immediately condemned by one of their number, Mr. Feisal Husseini.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, at his meeting with Bassam Abu Sharif on 5 June, the Minister of State expressed concern about the reported threat by Abu Al Abbas to carry out more terrorist attacks on Israel; and what further protests are intended by Her Majesty's Government to the Palestine Liberation Organisation.

Yes, I told Mr. Abu Sharif of our deep concern about the PLF raid on Israel on 30 May and urged the PLO to continue to adhere to its commitment to renounce terrorism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what attempts were made by British officials to meet Iranian representatives in Dublin on or about 16 May; and with what result.

It was our understanding that the Iranians wanted a meeting. We had told them that we were willing to have a brief contact in Dublin. In the event they did not take up our offer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Burmese Government urging them to respect the results of the recent election there; and if he will make a statement.

On 29 May we urged the SLORC to give effect to the clearly expressed wish of the people of Burma and called for the early release of the imprisoned leaders of the democratic parties and for the unconditional lifting of martial law. On 6 June the European Community called on the military regime to respect the results of the elections by handing over power to a Government chosen by the newly elected Parliament without delay and to release political leaders in detention immediately.We are now considering what further representations might be made and when.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement concerning Government policy towards Taiwan.

Since 1950, when we ceased to recognise the nationalist authorities as the Government of China, it has been the policy of successive Governments to have no formal dealings with the authorities in Taiwan. We do, however, seek to promote unofficial trade and cultural links between the United Kingdom and Taiwan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of funds provided by the British Government for development in the third world is given to schemes which promote the interests and welfare of disabled people; and what percentage of the support (a) was categorised as (i) medical, (ii) employment, (iii) education and (iv) social improvement and (b) is allocated through (1) national Governments, (2) international statutory agencies and (3) voluntary organisations.

Much of our aid directly and indirectly benefits disabled people along with other groups and it is not possible to quantify the proportion which assists disabled people specifically. Nor is it practicable to divide such aid into medical, employment, education and social categories, as these very often overlap in the same projects.Under ODA's bilateral programme however there are a number of projects which can be identified as being designed to benefit disabled people specifically; for example, assistance to speech therapy for children and transport for the Disabled People's Association in Fiji was about £20,000 and in India we spent about £180,000 on helping to improve the physiotherapy services provided by local spastics societies and about £70,000 for the benefit of disabled children in slums.In addition, the joint funding scheme, which helps to finance the work of United Kingdom voluntary organisations in developing countries, provided over £651,000 in financial year 1989–90 on projects designed specifically to benefit disabled people; that was approximately 4 per cent. of the scheme's total expenditure for the year. There are many other JFS projects which benefit disabled people without being specifically targeted on them, because they seek to meet needs of those identified as having special difficulties in life.Several of the international agencies which we support, such as WHO, UNHCR and UNIDO undertake projects which promote the welfare of disabled people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the air accidents investigation branch will conduct a formal investigation into the circumstances in which the forward cockpit window of a British Airways BAe 1–11 was secured by means of non-specified bolts; what information he has as to whether the Civil Aviation Authority intends to investigate the incident; and if he will make a statement.

The accident is the subject of a formal investigation by the Department's air accidents investigation branch. The role of accident investigation is deliberately separated from that of safety regulation, for which the Civil Aviation Authority has the statutory responsibility, to avoid a conflict of interest.The AAIB will keep the CAA informed of any relevant findings. On 12 June, as a result of the AAIB investigation, the CAA issued a notice to owners-operators of BAe 1–11 aircraft concerning the windscreen attachment bolts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 22 May, Official Report, column 152, if he will call for a report from the chairman of London Underground Ltd. into the death of Mr. Raymond Knight and the implications for public safety of one-person-operated underground trains; and if he will make a statement.

At the recent inquest into Mr. Knight's death, Her Majesty's coroner recorded a unanimous verdict of accidental death and that he intended to send a report to the railway inspectorate. The report has not yet been received but when it is, I will consider any recommendations that may be made. I will also write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has as to how many applications to the Civil Aviation Authority for the approval of smoke hoods meeting CAA specification No. 20 are still current.

I understand that three applications are still current.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many smoke hoods submitted for approval under CAA specification No. 20 are being subjected to development tests; and if he will make a statement on the current position.

The CAA does not carry out tests on items submitted to it for approval against a specification. It is for the developer of the item to submit evidence of compliance, which the CAA then evaluates.I understand that no applicant so far has satisfied the CAA that the specification has been met.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rail passenger service journey miles there were in England, Wales and Scotland, respectively, in 1979; and what were the comparable figures for 1989.

Statistics of rail passenger journeys are not broken down by geographical area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many employees of his Department are concerned with (a) roads, (b) rail transport, (c) civil aviation and (d) cycling.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: My Department has about 2,300 staff concerned with roads and traffic, 135 with rail transport and 145 with civil aviation; about 40 staff in the Department spend some part of their time on cycling-related work.The substantially greater numbers concerned with roads reflect the Department's direct responsibility for the national roads programme, whereas provision of infrastructure for other transport modes is the concern of other bodies, for example, British Rail and the British Airports Authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department has any plans to introduce measures to curb increases in business rents above inflation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to investigate the problem of rising business rents; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department will undertake a study on increases in urban business rents and their impact on local communities.

The Government have no plans to introduce measures to control business rents. These are matters for negotiation between landlord and tenant. Information about changes in rental levels is already available; in addition we monitor the situation under the main legislation for business tenancies—part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department will be represented at the world recycling conference in Baltimore. United States of America, on 27 to 29 June.

No.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what guidance he gives on the disposal of (a) high-temperature insulating materials such as asbestos, ceramic spray and fibre, and calcium silicate and (b) waste from the manufacturing plants which produce such materials;(2) what guidance he gives on the disposal of

Guidance on the disposal of asbestos is given in "Waste Management Paper 18", and advice on the other materials and the wastes from their manufacture is to be found in a number of other WMPs published by my Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will arrange to have deposited in the Library the minutes of the Football Trust meetings.

The Football Trust 1990 is a discretionary trust and it is for it to decide whether or not to publish the minutes of its meetings.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the median fair rent set by the rent officer service on Merseyside; what is the median for the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

The median of the fair rents registered in Merseyside in the last six months of 1989 was £18 per week. The corresponding figure for England and Wales was £25·27 per week.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the annual cost of maintaining the register of derelict land.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the amount of land currently on the land register; and what is the cost to the taxpayer each year in keeping it up to date.

Currently some £6,000 per year. This relates largely to the storage of the information on computer. Since the introduction of owners' registers last autumn maintenance of my right hon. Friend's land registers has been concentrated on sites where the use of his powers to direct disposal is in question, for example, in connection with the public request to order disposal scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applications for opencast development, having gone to appeal, have been refused by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Since April 1987, the first date from which comprehensive data are available, 62 opencast mining appeals have been under consideration with the Secretary of State. During that time, 22 appeals have been upheld and 20 dismissed. One appeal has been withdrawn and 19 appeals have yet to be decided.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will next meet the chairman of the Housing Corporation to discuss tenants' choice.

My right hon. Friend has no immediate plans to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he, has received in favour of reintroducing all-purpose county boroughs.

Several: to which we have replied that major structural change in English local government is not on the agenda.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy towards the establishment of new community forests surrounding urban areas.

My right hon. Friend has welcomed this project launched jointly by the Countryside and Forestry Commissions in July last year. We look forward to the successful establishment of the three forests of this type which the Government have authorised: at Tyne and Wear, south Staffordshire and east London. In due course we will consider proposals for such forests elsewhere in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects the European Court of Justice to present its preliminary verdict on the infringement procedures initiated by the Commission against the United Kingdom Government and other member states concerning the implementation of directive 76/160 on bathing water quality and directive 80/778 on drinking water quality.

Her Majesty's Government have received no indication from the European Court of Justice of when it intends to take further action on the cases currently before the court in relation to these two directives.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional contribution to the uniform business rate pool the Government propose to make in respect of the (a) Gateshead and (b) Newcastle sections of the Tyneside enterprise zone.

None. As I explained in my reply to the hon. Member of 7 June, Official Report, column 688, under the new local government finance system business properties in enterprise zones are exempt from rating. A figure broadly equivalent to the amount of rates that would have been paid but for this exemption was added to the revenue support grant for England for 1990–91.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many man years of inspection were devoted to the task of supervising and monitoring licensed radioactive waste disposal sites by Her Majesty's Government's inspectorate of pollution in each of the last five years.

The information is not available in the form requested. Available information on the inspection effort devoted to premises regulated under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution and prior to that by Her Majesty's radiochemical inspectorate in the past five years is contained in the Department's management information system returns MINIS 6–10 available in the Library of the House. The MINIS 11 report covering 1989–90 will be placed in the Library in due course.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the licence holders and sites licensed for radioactive waste disposal under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960, together with the date the licence was issued and the term it has to run.

I refer the hon. Member to the Department's "List of Premises in England and Wales currently authorised under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (RSA60) to dispose of radioactive waste" a copy of which is in the Library of the House. It is not normal practice for authorisations under RSA60 to have a termination date although all are subject to periodic review. Information relating to the date of issue of each authorisation can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, pursuant to the reply given to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Provan (Mr. Wray) of 19 March, Official Report, column 490, he will identify those small, localised inshore locations where evidence of eutrophication has been found; what evidence he has of trends in nutrients in coastal and estuarial waters of the United Kingdom; and what examination of fluxes of nutrients, through which estuaries, and by whom, is, or is proposed to be, undertaken.

The inshore locations where evidence of eutrophication has been found are the Norfolk Broads, Langstone harbour, Poole harbour, Tywi estuary, inner Moray Firth and Loch Neagh. Nutrient levels in coastal and estuarial waters have been monitored since 1960 by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: it reports no sign of a rising trend in levels. Monitoring of nutrients in coastal and estuarial waters in England and Wales is now the responsibility of the National Rivers Authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to make a decision on the inquiry into the Lionhope scheme on the Isle of Sheppey.

The inquiry will open on 25 September and is expected to last for four weeks. A decision will be issued as soon as possible after the inspector's report has been received.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the president of the Linnean Society on the effects of cuts in research on palaeontological reference collections at the natural history museum on scientific research to underpin the development of current policies on the environment.

The Secretary of State for the Environment has received no such representations from the president of the Linnean Society.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the HOTCHA scheme to provide grants for house purchase for tenants of housing associations ceased; and what plans he has to replace the scheme.

The winding up of the home ownership scheme for tenants of charitable housing associations—HOTCHA—was announced on 14 December 1988. No new applications were accepted by the Housing Corporation after that date but existing applications were honoured provided the applicant could secure the necessary approvals and exchange contracts by 31 March 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria his Department uses when approving re-designation of green belt land as an employment area.

[holding answer 18 June 1990]: Planning policy guidance note 2 sets out the Government's planning policy on green belts. Once the extent of a green belt has been established it should be altered only in exceptional circumstances.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has received any representations from the Leeds development corporation about the level of funding for 1990–91 and 1991–92.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: The resource requirements of the corporation are under review as part of the normal annual discussions which form part of the public expenditure survey cycle. No other representation about either current or future financial years have been received.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities responsible for recycling have installed magnetic separators for reclaiming reusable steel.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) on Thursday 26 April 1990, Official Report, column 296.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if the Government's new legislation on the environment will allow local authorities to enter into index-linked contracts to supply waste to private companies seeking to recycle and reclaim that waste, on a joint venture basis where the private partner is covering all capital costs whilst simultaneously allowing the local authority a minority position on the board of directors of the joint venture company.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: Yes. We expect that local authorities will want to enter into long-term contracts for waste disposal, in which index-linking may well be appropriate. Authorities will also be encouraged to enter into joint ventures with private sector disposal companies, as a means of securing private sources of finance for capital schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will outline the regulations and intentions that govern the consideration of proprietary technologies in a competitive tendering process for the disposal of domestic waste; and how he will assess those technologies that emerge offering the ability to recycle and reclaim domestic waste.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: There are no plans to issue regulations governing the consideration of proprietary technologies for the disposal of waste. Individual disposal authorities will make their own decisions about awarding contracts having regard to the potential of new technologies that are developed for disposal and recycling.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will require disposal or other authorities to give a value to waste recycled or reclaimed, by volume, at the competitive tendering stage; and what steps he will take to ensure that tendering contractors are not disadvantaged by cheap landfilling during the consideration of such tenders.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: Disposal authorities will be encouraged, through the provisions of the Environmental Protection Bill, to maximise recycling and waste minimisation. Contractors will be able to estimate the potential value of waste to be recycled and will adjust their contract price accordingly. It will then be for disposal authorities to consider tenders on their respective merits having regard to environmental factors. There will be no requirement to accept the lowest bid.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will require the real costs of landfill to be considered, as opposed to gate fees, when competitive tenders for waste disposal are made.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: The introduction of competitive tendering, under the provisions in the Environmental Protection Bill, will force all disposal contractors to bid on the basis of the full costs of waste disposal, including the restoration and after-care of landfill sites.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to improve safety at cricket grounds; and if he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.All cricket grounds which have been identified as providing accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators have been designated as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. Stands or other accommodation which can hold at least 500 spectators for viewing under cover at grounds which are not designated under the 1975 Act are subject to safety certification by local authorities under part III of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987. Local authorities have, in consequence wide powers to secure the safety of spectators.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what measures are available to him to deal with local councils that (a) have not submitted a design for an emergency control centre, (b) have not identified a site for an emergency control centre and (c) have stated that they will not comply with the latest civil defence regulations;(2) what is the deadline set by his Department for local councils to agree to comply with the latest civil defence regulations; and by what date councils will have to identify a site and complete a design for an emergency control centre;(3) what reasons have been given by local councils for not implementing the civil regulations set by the Government.

No local authority has refused to discharge its responsibilities under the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1983. There are many reasons why individual authorities may not yet have fully implemented the regulations and the planned programme for implementation of the regulations ensures that the Home Office is in touch with them all. The regulations do not provide for the setting of a deadline for compliance.The Civil Defence (General) Regulations 1949 contain sanctions which are available to the designated Minister if he is satisfied that any local authority has failed or refused properly to discharge any of the civil defence functions conferred on it; alternatively the Civil Defence (Grant) Regulations 1953 provide for the withholding of grant.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list of local councils that (a) have so far failed to comply with the latest civil defence regulations, (b) have not chosen a site for an emergency centre and (c) have not yet submitted designs for an emergency centre.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Lancashire, West (Mr. Hind) on 10 May at column 198.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to implement the Pigot report on the giving of legal evidence by children in child abuse cases; whether he has received representations on this subject since 10 June; and if he will make a statement.

We are still considering, with the benefit of the favourable comments received upon the Pigot report. what proposals we should make on video-recording children's evidence. We receive occasional letters in support of making it easier for children to give evidence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the practice of the Metropolitan police to release to the press details of cautions given under the Attorney-General's guidelines.

Upon request the Metropolitan police will (a) make available statistics of cautions given over a period and (b) confirm that an unnamed person arrested or reported for an offence has been dealt with by way of a caution. They will not disclose the identity of anyone who has been cautioned.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were for poaching in 1988 and 1989; and how many of those convictions were associated with assault.

In 1988, there were 980 convictions for the offence of poaching. The 1989 data will not be available until the autumn. It is not possible from the information held centrally to identify the number of poaching convictions which are also associated with offences of assault.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what action is being taken to trace the 33 Chinese student democracy activists who failed to meet a bus sent by the immigration service to take them for interview at Harmondsworth on 11 May;(2) if he will reconsider his Department's decision that Panama affords sufficient protection to be considered a country of third settlement;(3) if it is the intention to return 33 Chinese nationals, formerly members of the student democracy movement, to Panama; and if he will make a statement.

The 33, who have failed to comply with the terms of their temporary admission, are now in this country illegally, and no decision on any aspect of their applications can be made until they report to an immigration officer to regularise their position. Any representations then made on their behalf will be considered fully and carefully. Their representatives have been informed of the position.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the studies conducted inside his Department by management consultants over the last 10 years, naming the consultancy, the cost, the subject and the outcome in each instance.

Information on management consultancy awarded before 1985, and the outcome of studies conducted over the last 10 years is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The cost of individual management consultancy contracts is a matter of commercial confidentiality which it would not be proper to disclose. For details of studies carried out in 1985 I refer the hon. Member to the replies given by my right hon. Friend the then Home Secretary to my hon. Friend the Member for Hampshire, East (Mr. Mates) on 14 July 1986 at column 333 and for 1986 to 1989 to the replies given to my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Smith) on 18 February 1987 at column 643, 26 April 1988 at column 86, 4 April 1989 at column 30, and 3 April 1990 at column 557. The following studies have been commissioned in the current year:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give particulars of each escape from police cells in England and Wales since 11 June 1987, including the charges faced by each escaped prisoner; and if he will make a statement.

The information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state his policy on the use of police cells to house remand prisoners.

In present circumstances there is no practical alternative to the use of police cells where prisoners cannot be received into an appropriate prison. My right hon. and learned Friend and I very much regret the need to hold remand prisoners in police cells at all. The current level of use is a result largely of disruptive industrial action or lack of good will on the part of staff in some establishments and I can assure the hon. and learned Member that every effort is being made to resolve the difficulties. We are most grateful to the police for their assistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many remand prisoners are held in police cells in Wales at the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.

By Tuesday 19 June the number of prisoners having to be held in police cells in south Wales as a direct result of industrial action by prison officers at Her Majesty's prison Swansea had been reduced to four. While the dispute has not been resolved, sufficient good will exists to have enabled this reduction to be brought about.We very much regret the necessity to have recourse to police cells at all.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the responses to the Green Paper "Summer Time—A Consultation Document," Cm. 722.

A total of 30,867 responses have been received following publication of the Green Paper, of which 26,029 were in the form of signatories to petitions. Excluding signatories to petitions, 50 per cent. were in favour of moving into central European time—single "summer" time in the winter, double "summer" time in the summer until the beginning of October—46 per cent. were in favour of the status quo, and 4 per cent. were in favour of harmonising summer time along with other EC countries—in effect finishing summer time one month early. Of the signatories to the petitions, 22,684 were in support of central European time and 3,345 were against change. The response in England and Wales was very different from that in Scotland. A total of 59 per cent. of letters and 100 per cent. of signatories to petitions from England and Wales supported central European time; 90 per cent. of letters and 80 per cent. of signatories to petitions from Scotland supported the status quo. Only 10 responses were received from Northern Ireland. A detailed breakdown of the responses is being placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement in regard to the letter sent to him from Dr. Raine Roberts, the forensic physician and clinical director of the sexual assault referral centre in Manchester, by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe.

Dr. Roberts' concern is that children giving evidence in criminal trials of alleged sexual abuse can be identified by members of the public in court, and could be subject to unwelcome attention from them.The courts already have power, under section 37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, to exclude from the court anyone not directly concerned with the case except a bona fide representative of the press, who may be prevented from publishing identifying details of a person under 17 who plays any part in the proceedings. In addition, if there is fear of interference with any witness, the witness's name and address may be given in writing instead of orally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the length of time currently being taken to process naturalisation cases and the expected time scale for new applications.

[holding answer 19 June 1990]: Present waiting times for naturalisation cases stem from the exceptional level of citizenship applications of all kinds received at the end of 1987. The increase in naturalisation applications seems to have resulted from a mistaken belief on the part of many applicants that the then ending of certain rights of registration applied also to naturalisation. Many applied after long previous residence in the United Kingdom without apparently experiencing either inconvenience over travelling or earlier desire to assume citizenship. All have been warned that their applications would be subject to considerable delay.In May 1990, the average waiting time for all citizenship applications completed in that month was 26 months; for naturalisation alone it was 29 months. These long waiting times result from the large number of applications—almost 300,000—submitted in 1987. The number of applications received from January 1988 was much smaller, and when the end-1987 cases are cleared the position will begin to improve.My right hon. and learned Friend announced on 31 January, in answer to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster, North (Sir J. Wheeler), that nationality work would be transferred to Liverpool by 1991. That transfer is proceeding. Earlier forecasts of performance are, however, having to be revised in the light of new information about intake of new applications, the disruption caused by the process of transfer, and lower levels of output on the more difficult naturalisation casework than on registration. It is now clear that we shall not be able to reduce waiting times as quickly as we had hoped, and although we continue to expect an improvement later in this financial year and next, they are likely to remain above 20 months until some time after April 1991.We regret waiting times of this length and are giving urgent consideration to the priority that should be given to nationality work as against other functions of the immigration and nationality department. Close account will also be taken of the report of the Home Affairs Committee published today. It is, however, relevant to note that those awaiting the determination of citizenship applications are not prevented from continuing to enjoy residence rights or from travelling on the passports of their current nationality.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of prisoners appearing before disciplinary hearings of boards of visitors who were legally represented in the most recent available year.

[holding answer 15 June 1990]: The centrally held data relate to the numbers of offences on which boards of visitors adjudicate. The latest data are for 1988 when applications for legal representations were granted in respect of hearings for 33 offences, that is, 0·8 per cent. of the number of offences on which boards of visitors adjudicated.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were found guilty of disciplinary offences by boards of visitors in the most recent available year; how many were deprived of remission; and what was the breakdown of lengths of remission forfeited.

[holding answer 15 June 1990]: The centrally held data relate to the numbers of punishments awarded. From 1 April 1989 the maximum penalty available to boards of visitors was reduced to 120 days' forfeiture of remission. The most recent data were for 1988 when boards of visitors awarded 5,180 unsuspended punishments. A total of 3,108 of these were forfeiture of remission and were broken down as follows:

Number of days remission forfeited	Number of punishments
1–7	78
8–14	65
15–28	177
29–30	141
31–60	1,479
61–90	928
91–120	168
Over 120	72

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the reason for the delay in setting up the Football Licensing Authority.

Consultant and cost	Subject	Outcome
1988–89 (£39,187)
Coopers and Lybrand	Monitoring payment arrangements for Urban Development Grants.	Report accepted by Department and where appropriate recommendations were implemented.
Coopers and Lybrand	Evalution of Regional Selective Assistance.	As at 1 above.
Pieda (Planning and economic development consultants)	An impact study of the development of rural initiative venture and enterprise (DRIVE).	Modifications suggested were adopted in relaunched scheme.
Leslie Hays and Asses.	Evaluation of Regional Enterprise Grant Scheme.	As at 1 above.
Frank Griffiths	Purchasing in the Welsh Office.	Recommendations implemented.
HMSO	Review of the organisation of Welsh Office Print Room.	Recommendations implemented.
1989–90 (£44,725)
Leslie Hays Consultancies Ltd.	Evaluation of Regional Enterprise Grant.	As at 1 above.
Price Waterhouse	Training needs Analysis.	Report received in April 1990 Recommendations are under consideration.
Touche Ross	Management Review of NHS Directorate.	All the key recommendations have been implemented.

[holding answer 18 June 1990]: It has been necessary to review the proposed role of the Football Licensing Authority in the light of Lord Justice Taylor's report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster, and the Government's subsequent decision not to proceed with the national football membership scheme and the Football Membership Authority. As a result of that review, responsibility for the authority was formally transferred to my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department in May. It has been necessary to consider carefully how the authority's powers could best be used to bring about all-seated accommodation at football grounds, as proposed by Lord Justice Taylor, and the sort of qualities and experience which would be required among its members and staff to equip it for its revised role. This work has taken longer than had been hoped, but is now largely completed. I hope that an announcement about appointments to the authority can be made before the start of the next football season. In the meantime, my right hon. and noble Friend the Minister of State has already met the football authorities, and officials are in close touch with them, to ensure that there is no avoidable delay in implementing the important safety measures recommended in Lord Justice Taylor's report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the studies conducted inside his Department by management consultants over the last 10 years, naming the consultancy, the cost, the subject and the outcome in each instance.

The information requested for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90 is given in the table:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list for each area covered by TECs in Wales the payments granted by the Training Agency in Wales for 1990–91 per trainee for each of the courses; and whether such payments included the travelling costs of trainees.

Details of unit costs are confidential to the Training Agency and individual course managers. Payments under YT and ET include trainees' travelling costs in excess of £3 and £4 per week respectively.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people with glaucoma and diabetes received free eye tests in each district health authority area in Wales (a) in each quarter in 1988–89 and (b) in each quarter in 1989–90.

Estimates of numbers of sight tests for different types of patient are based on a 2 per cent. sample. This sample is not sufficient to make robust estimates by patient type within district health authority areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met both chairman and chief executive of Sealink to discuss passenger ferry services at Fishguard; and if he will make a statement.

There has been no meeting between my right hon. Friend and Sealink to discuss services from Fishguard. No such meeting has been requested.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much capital was invested by the mid-Wales development board in Ceredigion in 1989; what were the corresponding figures for the last 10 years: and if he will make a statement.

Expenditure by the Development Board for Rural Wales in Ceredigion in the financial year 1989–90 was £1·3 million. The corresponding figures for the previous 10 years are as follows:

	£ million
1979–80	0·75
1980–81	0·61
1981–82	0·73
1982–83	0·78
1983–84	1·25
1984–85	1·50
1985–86	1·74
1986–87	0·98
1987–88	0·70
1988–89	0·98

The figures confirm the continuing commitment by the DBRW to sustaining social and economic development within the district of Ceredigion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) whether he will list the managing organisations currently operating youth training schemes in each area covered by the TECs; and whether he will list the courses each organisation was running prior to the issuing of new training contracts indicating (a) how many places each organisation had contracted for under each course, (b) how many places had actually been filled in 1989 and (c) what was the total contribution to each managing organisation for the Training Agency in 1988–89 and 1989–90;(2) whether he will list in each area covered by the TECs in Wales the managing organisations operating youth training schemes under the new contracts issued by the Training Agency indicating (1) how many places have been allocated to each organisation and each course under the new contracts and (2) the percentage increase or decrease in places and financial contribution to each managing organisation estimated by the Training Agency under the new contracts.

[holding answer 8 June 1990]: The training agencies have now provided the details requested. However, due to the volume and format of this information I shall write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of the reply in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 13 June on bathing waters, if he will make it his policy to encourage the display of information on water quality on beaches which do not currently have European Community designation.

As I said in my answer of 13 June, we will be encouraging local authorities to make this information more readily available but it is for them to decide where in their areas such notices should be placed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many representations he has received concerning the flexi-ownership scheme; how many were (a) in favour and (b) against the scheme; how many of these representations are from (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

No representations have been received against flexi-ownership. Seventeen individuals and one local authority have written expressing interest.The Development Board for Rural Wales, which administers the scheme, has received 116 inquiries from tenants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide the latest available figures for spending and the number of participants on each of his Department's training and employment measures in Wales in (a) the last three years, (b) the current year and (c) projections for the next three years.

[holding answer 13 June 1990]: The information requested for 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90 is shown in the table. Actual figures for 1990–91 and projections for the next three years are not available.

Training agency and employment services programmes	1987–88		1988–89		1989–90
	Volume3	Spend	Volume3	Spend	Volume3	Spend
		£ million		£ million		£ million
Voluntary Project Programme	6,024	0·91	4None	0·86	—	—
New Job Training Scheme	4,535	1·1	4None	1·1	—	—
Access to Information Technology	1,244	0·05	—	—	—	—
Job Training Scheme	3,959	8·6	1,570	4·43	—	—
Training for Enterprise	6,816	1·03	4,869	0·66	—	—
Local Grants to Employers	8,141	1·79	8,253	1·86	—	—
Enterprise Allowance Scheme	7,062	n.a.	6,865	n.a.	5,489	8·954
Wider Opportunities Programme	5,485	1·78	3,767	1·25	—	—
Community Programme	119,865	75·35	4None	40·67	—	—
Residual Adult Training	—	—	—	—	—	1·754
Business Growth Training (Option 2)	—	—	—	—	2,426	0·467
YTS/YT	19,079	51·77	18,758	52·66	17,781	50·746
Employment Training	—	—	17,564	13·67	32,766	32·741
Non-ET Business Enterprise	—	—	—	—	1,398	0·195
RESTART	Data not available due to changes in budget procedures		2,866	22·2	2,602	0·314
Job Clubs					4,768	4,621	1·219
Travel to Interview Scheme					2,168	1,777	0·036
Jobstart					1,015	1,313	0·444
Programme Development Fund					—	286	0·019
Job Interview Guarantee					—	191	0·003
1 In training at 31 March 1988.
2 Total expenditure only available.
3 Key to Employment Service Volume Data:
Restart = numbers completing courses.
Job clubs = number of job entries.
Jobstart = applications accepted.
Programme Development Fund = numbers involved in projects.
Job Interview Guarantee = numbers placed in employment.
For Training Agency Programmes Volume = starts.
4 There were no starts on VPP, NJTS and CP in 1988–89 as these programmes were replaced by ET. Expenditure relates to residual costs for trainees who had commenced training in the previous year.
n.a.—Not available.