To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what emergency provisions have been made to cover the event of an oil spillage off the west coast of Scotland.

Because it is impossible to predict where or when a tanker accident may occur, the marine pollution control unit's (MPCU) contingency plan consists of highly mobile resources on short-notice standby positioned at various locations around the United Kingdom, from where they can be deployed quickly to the west coast of Scotland or any other part of the United Kingdom that may be threatened by a major oil spillage.Local authorities on the west coast of Scotland all have their own contingency plans for dealing with coastal pollution and can call on advice and assistance from the MPCU, which in a major spillage would co-ordinate onshore clean-up operations as well as directing offshore activities. This is to ensure a fully integrated response.The MPCU is this year holding its annual major counter-pollution exercise off the west coast of Scotland to test the effectiveness of plans to deal with an oil spillage in that area. The exercise will take place on 4 and 5 July in the North Minch and will involve local authorities in both the Isle of Lewis and the Scottish mainland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will state what steps he intends to take following the report of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee on access for disabled people to buses and coaches; and if he will make a statement.

The committee worked closely with my Department in drawing up its "Recommended Specification for Buses Used to Operate Local Services", published in June 1988. This includes features such as lower steps, textured and colour-contrasted handrails, bus stopping signs, step edge markings, and bell pushes which can be reached by seated passengers.Among other initiatives to promote the use of the specification, my Department has produced a video, "Welcome Aboard", illustrating the features recommended by the committee and demonstrating the benefits to passengers with disabilities.The main DPTAC recommendations have also been proposed by my Department for inclusion in a draft EC directive on bus and coach construction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of motorway are (a) being planned and (b) under construction for the Greater Manchester county.

A total of 31 miles of new motorway are being planned. In addition we plan to widen 25 miles of existing motorway. No new motorways are currently under construction in Greater Manchester.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) when the South Molton information signs will be erected on the north Devon link road;(2) if he will visit north Devon to inspect the north Devon link road one year after completion;(3) when the 60 mph restriction signs will be erected on the north Devon link road; and if he will make a statement upon the provision of emergency telephones along this road.

The application for information signs on the link road near South Molton is being considered, but the road safety implications of additional signs are a cause for concern.I have no plans to visit the link road. Nor have I any plans to install 60 mph speed limit signs on the road. The national speed limits already apply: there are reminder posters about the limits at the picnic areas, and reminder signs in the laybys.New-style emergency phones are being installed by the RAC and AA (with a contribution from the Department). I understand that these will be operational very shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those chemicals which he has assessed to be safe substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals.

Discussions are taking place today and tomorrow in Brussels on the package of tests which will be necessary for the assessment of the substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any proposals to encourage and support small businesses to establish a door-to-door collection service for the recycling of metal cans; and if he will make a statement.

The Environmental Protection Bill contains a range of measures which will assist and promote the segregation of waste for recycling. Collection authorities will have a duty to draw up recycling plans and when doing so be required to liaise with all relevant organisations in their areas, including private sector companies. Waste disposal authorities will be required to pass to collection authorities the savings that accrue because refuse has been recycled rather than passed to them for disposal—and this may be passed on to benefit both voluntary groups and small businesses. Other provisions of the Bill will allow authorities to specify environmentally favourable options for waste disposal, such as recycling, even if they are not the cheapest in financial terms. Stricter controls on waste disposal by landfill and other means will increase their costs and so make recycling more attractive. The forthcoming White Paper on the environment will set out our further plans for recycling.The Government are also working with local authorities to develop projects like recycling city in Sheffield and Cardiff where segregated collection systems are being carried out on a trial basis and which can, when fully evaluated, be used as models for future practice. We shall be providing comprehensive advice to local authorities to assist them in the development of recycling projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received about the level of funding of the National Rivers Authority.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 5 June to the hon. Member for Dewbury (Mrs. Taylor) at column 489.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent representations he has received about the statutory provisions applying to residents who wish to let out a room or rooms in their home; and if he has any plans to reform the law.

The Department receives the occasional letter from hon. Members and the public about the statutory provisions applying to residents who wish to let out a room or rooms in their home. Changes were made in the Housing Act 1988 which completely deregulated such lettings. We have no plans to make any further changes to the legislation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the Department first made available £200,000 to Lambeth council for the cash incentive scheme for tenants wishing to buy properties in the private sector.

My officials wrote to Lambeth on 27 March 1990 giving approval in principle to a cash incentive scheme in 1990–91 for which £200,000 in supplementary credit approvals will be available as part of the Government's homeless initiative. The supplementary credit approvals will be issued as grants are actually paid out.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which contracts were awarded by Warrington and Runcorn development corporation to business ventures on the basis of competitive tendering.

No contracts were awarded by Warrington and Runcorn development corporation to business ventures on the basis of competitive tendering.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply of 27 June to the hon. Member for Warrington, North, how the value of services provided to Warrington and Runcorn development corporation by business ventures was assessed in order for the corporation to make appropriate reductions for the use of its property; how the rentable value of that property was assessed by Warrington and Runcorn development corporation; and which business ventures made use of Warrington and Runcorn development corporation property for 30 months.

The basis of the fees paid to business ventures by Warrington and Runcorn development corporation was that they should not exceed the costs which the corporation would have had to bear if the function had remained in-house. The fees payable were initially based on payroll costs and direct expenses and were exclusive of accommodation costs. Thereafter, as the business ventures began to undertake work for other clients, the corporation reduced its fee payments to reflect the use made of its accommodation in providing these services. The engineering business venture, involving a merger with Rendel Palmer and Tritton, made use of corporation accommodation for 30 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answers to the hon. Member for Warrington, North of 27 June, what were the three largest redundancy payments made to Warrington and Runcorn development corporation staff who joined business ventures employed by the corporation; and to which officials they were paid.

The three largest redundancy payments made to staff of Warrington and Runcorn development corporation who joined business ventures were as follows:

	£
Chief Estates Officer (Runcorn)	45,328
Chief Engineer	44,264
Chief Legal Officer	43,507

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many representations his Department has received on the subject of deportations from Italy for alleged hooliganism at the World Cup tournament; and if he will make a statement.

As of 3 July my Department had received 12 representations concerning the sending home of British citizens during the World Cup.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how he intends that local authorities should charge for waste collected from mixed domestic and commercial property; and if he will make a statement.

The Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations 1988 for simplicity define all waste arising from mixed hereditaments (now known as composite hereditaments)—that is, properties which are partly residential and partly used for trade or business—as commercial waste. Waste collection authorities do not charge for the collection of domestic waste, but may make a reasonable charge for commercial waste. However, circular 13/88 suggests that authorities, in setting the level of their charges, should recognise that some waste arises from the residential part of a composite property. We consider that all authorities should, once they have received a request to collect commercial waste from such properties, collect or empty free of charge at least one refuse sack or dustbin per week per property and should be prepared to consider alternative or additional arrangements on an individual basis.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects the results of the national water metering trials to be available; and if he will make a statement.

The second interim report on the national metering trials has been published by the water industry today and I have placed a copy in the Library.Use of rateable values as a basis for water charges ceases to be lawful from April 2000. Water companies will have to decide what alternative method of charging to adopt for the future; and metering—which is being adopted for many new properties, which do not have a rateable value—is one of the options being considered. Because it relates the size of a customer's bill to the

Specific Grants 1990–91
	Bradford (£000)	Wandsworth (£000)	Westminster (£000)
Rent Allowance Grant	13,201	12,273	17,600
Mandatory Student Awards Grant	9,593	7,807	1,700
Community Charge Benefit Grant	12,121	5,160	4,780
In-Service Teacher Training	1,507	484	347
Education Support	733	511	246
Training Agency (TVEI)	1,877	102	50
Work Related Further Education	0	586	350
Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council	0	601	0
Social Services Training	0	80	95
Aids and HIV	0	39	0
Magistrates' Courts	1,929	0	0
Probation	2,483	0	0
Civil Defence	0	6	2
Commonwealth Immigrants	6,553	2,241	1,642
Housing Benefit Administration	1,250	1,165	860
Home Insulation Grant	7	2	0
Improvement Grants and Area Improvement Grants	7,420	7,344	4,294
Urban Programme	2,541	1,220	138
Expenses of Rent Officers	0	0	972
Careers Service Strengthening	241	73	50
Sheltered Employment	168	114	39
European Community Grants	0	5	0
Transitional Relief Grant	2,911	1	20
Transitional Relief Preparatory Costs Grant	8	0	0
Transitional Relief Administration Costs Grant	89	64	0
Other	0	0	331
Total	64,632	39,878	33,516

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the 92 Football League clubs together with the total season's attendance for Football League matches, total number of arrests made at such matches and the number of arrests as a percentage of the total attendance, for the seasons 1987–88 and 1989–90;(2) if he will publish a table showing the total attendance at Football League matches in England and amount of water used, it has been seen as potentially the fairest way of charging. But general metering will involve considerable expenditure, as the report demonstrates.The trials have now been under way for about 18 months and, in the majority of cases, customers have been charged on their consumption of water for about a year. The full results will not be known until the trials have been completed in about two years' time. In the meantime a considerable amount of information has been collected about the costs and problems of installing meters and this has been assembled in the second interim report.The report provides valuable information which will contribute to the debate on what future methods of charging the industry should adopt. This will be carried forward by the consultation paper which the Director General of Water Services intends to issue later this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Wentworth (Mr. Hardy) on 25 June, Official Report, columns 44–46, if he will detail the specific grants given to Bradford, Wandsworth and Westminster.

[holding answer 2 July 1990]: The information, as given on the local authorities' 1990–91 budget returns, is as follows:Wales, the total number of arrests at such matches, and the number of arrests as a percentage of the total attendance, accurate to four decimal places, for the seasons 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90.

[pursuant to his reply, 19 June 1990, c. 483]: The Association of Chief Police Officers is today publishing figures supplied by individual police forces relating to attendances and arrests at Football League matches in England and Wales during the season 1989–90. These figures are some guide to the level of offences committed at such football matches. The figures do not record the outcome or seriousness of the cases involved. Figures for individual clubs relate to arrests at the home ground in question, involving supporters of any club.Total figures for the last three seasons are:

	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90
Attendances	17,968,965	18,366,143	19,360,194
Arrests	6,106	6,185	5,945
Arrests as percentage of attendance	0.0340	0.0337	0.0307

This indicates a 5.4 per cent. rise in attendances and a 3.9 per cent. fall in arrests between 1988–89 and 1989–90: overall a reduction of 8.9 per cent. in arrests as a proportion of attendances.Figures for individual clubs over the last three seasons are:

Season 1989–90
	Attendances	Number of arrests	Arrest as percentage of attendances
Aldershot	46,537	36	0·07
Arsenal	639,763	143	0·02
Aston Villa	485,356	215	0·04
Barnsley	207,389	54	0·03
Birmingham	195,242	152	0·07
Blackburn	221,054	51	0·02
Blackpool	93,527	107	0·11
Bolton	167,770	73	0·04
Bournemouth	171,432	213	0·12
Bradford	199,041	69	0·03
Brentford	130,189	25	0·02
Brighton	198,105	55	0·03
Bristol City	262,037	114	0·04
Bristol Rovers	142,791	50	0·03
Burnley	142,967	47	0·03
Bury	79,210	27	0·03
Cambridge	45,349	1	0·00
Cardiff	84,302	32	0·04
Carlisle	107,959	15	0·01
Charlton	204,503	64	0·03
Chelsea	415,239	236	0·05
Chester	55,914	46	0·08
Chesterfield	98,265	54	0·05
Colchester	70,940	17	0·02
Coventry	271,543	192	0·07
Crewe	93,156	11	0·01
Crystal Palace	323,792	76	0·02
Derby County	329,912	89	0·02
Doncaster	62,255	51	0·08
Everton	494,766	68	0·01
Exeter	112,634	19	0·01
Fulham	103,321	67	0·06
Gillingham	88,421	7	0·01
Grimsby	137,623	49	0·03
Halifax	38,637	47	0·12
Hartlepool	56,988	16	0·03
Hereford	61,981	49	0·08
Huddersfield	129,549	25	0·02
Hull City	144,198	57	0·04
Ipswich	293,597	30	0·01
Leeds United	635,833	168	0·02
Leicester	269,387	115	0·04
Leyton Orient	100,385	20	0·01
Lincoln	93,629	116	0·12
Liverpool	700,908	84	0·01
Luton	186,451	9	0·01
Maidstone	55,912	20	0·03
Manchester City	531,541	57	0·01
Manchester United	740,476	60	0·01
Mansfield	71,933	10	0·01
Middlesbrough	374,249	36	0·01

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what special funding he proposes to small rural schools to assist delivery of the national curriculum.

We are giving local education authorities specific grant support for the introduction of the national curriculum There will be support for some £120 million expenditure this financial year, rising to nearly 170 million expenditure next financial year This is in addition to the general revenue support grant funding which local authorities receive in support of spending It is for authorities to decide how much to spend to help small rural schools to deliver the national curriculum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from Lancashire about the extent to which schools in the county will be affected by plans to extend the technical and vocational education initiative.

My right hon. Friend has received no representations about this

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has reached any conclusions on the future composition and organisation of the pay negotiating body; and if he will make a statement

My right hon. Friend is now considering the responses of the teacher unions and employers to his proposals for new permanent pay negotiation machinery He will announce his conclusions in due course.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he next expects to meet representatives of teachers' trade unions regarding pay and conditions of service; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend has met representatives of the teacher unions on a number of occasions, and would expect to hold similar meetings in the future.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff were employed by local education authorities in each of the years 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and the latest date for which figures are available; and what was the number of pupils on roll in each year listed.

Figures are given in the table. Information prior to 1970 is not readily available.

Full-time equivalents of teacher staff and pupils on roll in nursery, primary and secondary schools maintained by local education authorities in England in January 1970–1989
Thousands
	Teacher numbers	Pupil numbers	1Non-teaching staff
1970	328·7	7,514·2	n/a
1975	417·6	8,458·1	409·4
1980	438·1	8,183·1	400·0
1985	405·3	7,201·6	361·8
1989	397·4	6,761·7	381·3

n/a Not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of education authorities with the percentage of their budget which is allocated in 1990–91 for local management of schools and the percentage retained as a centrally retained resource overhead.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Mr. Norris) on 5 February 1990 at column 451.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the latest figures showing how many children take (a) school meals and (b) free school meals broken down into primary, secondary and special schools; and what proportion of children present they make up in each case.

The information requested for maintained schools in England for January 1989 is as follows:

	Total number of school meals provided	As a percentage of all pupils on roll	Total meals provided free	As a percentage of all pupils on roll
Primary1	1,835,516	46	515,395	13
Secondary	1,104,875	38	235,270	8
Special	66,319	71	28,466	31
1 Includes nursery schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science for each county council local education authority, what percentage of the total schools budget, excluding capital expenditure, is spent on administration.

My right hon. Friend is still receiving budget statements prepared under section 42 of the Education Reform Act from local education authorities. As soon as he receives the great majority of returns the information requested will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he expects existing differentials in postgraduate studentship rates to continue; and if he will make a statement.

During the current academic year the main studentship rate set by the research councils under the schemes which they run has been £600 higher than that under the state studentship scheme run on my behalf by the British Academy. Following representations from the British Academy and others I have today agreed that the rates under the state studentship scheme should be increased for the coming academic year to bring them in line with those currently available under the research councils' schemes. I have also today accepted advice from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils, that some of the as yet unallocated funds within the science budget for 1991–92 should be allocated to help finance a £400 increase in the main studentship rate with effect from April 1991. I have invited the board's advice on how the planned increases in postgraduate awards fit within an overall strategy for postgraduate training and on the quantitative evidence about applications, enrolments, wastage and completion on which the strategies of the individual councils are based. So that scarce resources can be directed to areas of greatest need, I have informed the board that I would expect the councils to consider possibilities for the differentiation in future of studentship award rates, by year of study, by subject or type of training, or by geographical areas. I have invited the British Academy to proceed in the same fashion in relation to any further increase over and above that approved today.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he intends to set up working groups to recommend attainment targets and programmes of study for art and music within the national curriculum for England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I are today establishing working groups for art and music. The members of the groups are:

Art Working Group
Chairman:
Professor Colin Renfrew	Master of Jesus College, Cambridge; Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge
Members:
Giles Auty	Art Critic, The Spectator
Gilroy Brown	Head Teacher, Foundry JMI School, Birmingham
Robert Clement	Adviser for Art and Design, Devon County Council
David Derrick	Head Teacher, St. Clement Dane's C of E Primary School, Westminster
Gillian Figg	Lecturer in Art Education, West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education
Toby Jackson	Head of Education, Tate Gallery, Liverpool

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received about value added tax on fuel consumed by vessels plying the United Kingdom coast and continental ports.

The Government have received a few representations about the change in VAT liability of fuel which takes effect on 1 July 1990 and the possibility of VAT stores relief for fishing and other vessels after that date.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what adjustments were made for each of the years from 1960 onwards to the negotiated pay in the home civil service for pension benefits.

Civil service pay is determined within what is affordable according to the need to recruit, retain and motivate staff. A number of factors including pensions are taken into account in the pay negotiations.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has had from regional bodies on public expenditure in the current year.

My right hon. Friend receives many representations on a variety of subjects.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the public spending planning total for 1990–91.

The public expenditure planning total for 1990–91 published in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" is £179 billion.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, 20 December 1989, Official Report, column 242, whether he has now received a report from the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee.

I have today received a report from the RPI Advisory Committee. It examines how to incorporate the price of holidays into the RPI and certain other issues in its work programme. On the price of holidays the report recommends that the CSO should collect data and examine a new methodology which will have to be subjected to further scrutiny before it could be incorporated into the RPI. I will present the report to Parliament and announce the Government's decision on the recommendations in due course.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he now has plans for direct British aid to Cambodia.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mr. Corbett) on 18 June.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the directors of the Corlan housing association,.

The present members of the committee of management of Corlan housing association were appointed recently by Housing for Wales under the provisions of section 17 of the Housing Associations Act 1985. They are:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what purchases of land were made by the Corlan housing association and at what price, over the last five years.

The information requested is not readily available. The affairs of Corlan housing association are the subject of an investigation instituted by Housing for Wales under the provisions of section 28 of the Housing Associations Act 1985.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what additional funds his Department is to earmark for local authority implementation of the Food Safety Bill, and additional local authority current costs as a result of the Bill; and if he will make a statement.

In the annual round of consultations leading to the 1991–92 local authority revenue settlement, the local authority associations have assessed the costs necessary to implement the food Bill in that year at £1.35 million. This will be taken into account in determining the revenue support grant 1991–92. I expect that Government support for implementation of this Bill will be via unhypothecated grant, which will give councils the flexibility to direct resources in the light of local circumstances and priorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider giving financial assistance to the myalgic encephalomyelitis committee in Wales.

The association received £5,000 grant aid from the Department in 1988–89 and £7,500 in 1989–90, but returned £2,500 of the latter following the resignation of the officer whose post had been supported. No formal application for further grant has been received, but any future applications would be carefully considered.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the report by consultants on the financial position and performance of Gwynedd health authority, which has been recently submitted to him; and what steps his Department intends taking in the light of this report.

My right hon. Friend and I look forward to receiving the authority's procurement and business plan and its related proposals for restoring financial balance.When the proposals have been submitted, we will meet the chairman and other representatives to discuss them. I shall not be in a position to comment on the way ahead until that meeting has taken place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will arrange a conference of community health council and area health authority chairmen to discuss his plans for community health councils in Wales.

My right hon. Friend has no plans to do so. A wide-ranging consultation exercise has been completed, with both community health councils and district health authorities, among many others, commenting fully on the proposals.My right hon. Friend hopes to announce a decision on the future structure of the community health councils in Wales shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will visit (a) Clwyd South community health council and (b) Clwyd North community health council to discuss his plans to merge community health councils.

A wide-ranging consultation exercise has been completed on the review of community health councils in Wales. Clwyd South and Clwyd North community health councils have taken the opportunity to comment fully on the proposals and my right hon. Friend and I are well acquainted with their views.My right hon. Friend hopes to announce a decision on the future structure of the community health councils in Wales shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many community health councils he has visited in Wales; and which community health councils he plans to meet before October.

None.