To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the full report produced by the marine accident investigation branch entitled, "Derbyshire: Review of New Material."

The formal report submitted by the chief inspector of marine accidents and placed in the Library on 25 March set out all the reasons for the recommendation that the formal investigation should not be reopened.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received concerning activities of private wheel clamping firms in operations directed against vehicles allegedly parked on private land.

I have received several letters from hon. Members who have received complaints from constituents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions each year since 1979 nuclear reaction fuel has been transported to Sellafield via Leeds; and what safeguard provisions covered the fuel in transit.

The timing and routeing of such consignments are matters for British Rail. However, I am informed that irradiated nuclear fuel would not normally travel through Leeds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has agreed to special motorway signs on the M56 in order to direct heavy goods vehicles away from the B5356 in Stretton, near Warrington.

Yes. We are now considering approval of the signs which the local councils wish to erect on local roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what planning his Department is undertaking to achieve the objective of moving freight from roads to railways; whether he envisages any specific targets over the next decade; and if he will make a statement.

We are reviewing ways in which industry could be further encouraged to make more use of the rail systems, given in particular the advent of the channel tunnel and developments in combined transport. I do not have specific targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the total mileage of bus lanes in the Greater London area.

I understand from London Transport that there are 47 miles of bus lane in the Greater London area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the progress of the home energy efficiency scheme.

[pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1991, c. 87–88]: Experience with the first four months operation of the home energy efficiency scheme has confirmed that it meets a real need and is being well received. However, it has also shown that work must be closely monitored and controlled to maintain the high standards for which the scheme aims. I have today announced changes to the scheme designed further to protect those clients who make direct applications under the scheme.I have placed in the Library copies of a press release which gives details of these changes, which are designed to maintain the principle of customer choice whilst ensuring high standards.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing, for 1990–91 and 1991–92 separately for local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland (i) capital grants from central Government, (ii) other receipts, showing separately items of £0.5 billion or more, (iii) total receipts, (iv) current expenditure on goods and services, showing housing separately, (v) current grants and subsidies, showing housing separately, (vi) interest repayments, (vii) capital expenditure and net lending and (viii) total expenditure showing that on the basis of national accounts and public expenditure measurement.

The information requested on capital grants from central government to local authorities on a public expenditure basis is given in table 5.5 of the "Statistical Supplement to the 1990 Autumn Statement"—Cm 1520. Data on capital grants on a national accounts basis cannot readily be split between terrritories. Data on local authority income from the community charge and non-domestic rates by territory are given in reply to a question from the hon. Member today. Detailed data on other local authority receipts in 1990–91 and 1991–92 are not yet available.The analysis of local authority expenditure requested is given, for 1990–91, in the table. The data are consistent with the economic category analysis of local authority expenditure given in table 5.7 of Cm 1520. Data on local authority debt interest cannot readily be split between

territories. Information on the public expenditure basis for 1991–92 and for both 1990–91 and 1991–92 on a national accounts basis is not yet available.

Local authority expenditure1 in Great Britain by territory and economic category, 1990–91
£ million
	England	Scotland	Wales
Current expenditure on goods and services2	33,255	4,335	2,057
of which: housing	309	4	13
Current grants and subsidies	5,981	686	340
of which: housing3	—	2	—
Net capital expenditure4	3,989	816	471
TOTAL	43,224	5,837	2,868

1989–90
Outturn
£ billion
	England	Wales	Scotland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland
Gross community charge/domestic rate income	9·7	0·4	1·0	11·1	—
Community charge benefit/domestic rate rebates	1·3	0·1	0·2	1·5	—
Net community charge/domestic rate income	8·4	0·3	0·8	9·6	0·1
Gross non-domestic rate payments	9·8	0·4	1·2	11·4
Non-domestic rate rebates	0·3	—	—	0·3
Net non-domestic rate rebates	9·5	0·4	1·2	11·1

1990–91
Estimated outturn
£ billion
	England	Wales	Scotland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland
Gross community charge income	12·3	0·5	1·1	13·9	—
Community charge benefit	1·9	0·1	0·2	2·2	—
Transitional relief	0·3	1—	1—	0·4	—
Net community charge income/domestic rate income	10·2	0·4	0·9	11·4	0·1
Non-domestic rate payments	10·7	0·4	1·3	12·5
1 Less than £50 million.

1991–92
Forecast
£ billion
	England	Wales	Scotland	Great Britain	Northern Ireland
Gross community charge income	8·5	0·2	0·9	9·8	—
Community charge reduction scheme/transitional relief	1·1	0·1	0·1	1·4	—
Community charge benefit	1·1	1—	0·1	1·2	—
Net community charge income/domestic rate income	6·4	0·2	0·7	7·2	0·1
Non-domestic rate payments	12·1	0·5	1·4	14·1
Note: community charge grant	4·8	0·3	0·5	5·6	—

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish tables which reconcile to table 6.7 in the 1991 Financial Statement and Budget Report and which show separately for England, Wales, Scotland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom and for each of the years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 the following information on local authority transactions (a) gross income from community charge and domestic rates before deduction of (i) rate rebates, (ii) community charge benefit, (iii) transitional relief, (iv) community charge reduction scheme and (v) community charge grant, showing each item separately, (b) net income from community charge and domestic rates and (c) income from non-domestic rates.

The following tables show the information requested:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table, comparable to table 3 of appendix 7 to HC 289 of Session 1990–91 but expressed to the nearest £1 per year, of VAT payments by income decile group, showing separately the results for (a) all households in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom and (b) retired households but continuing to attribute such retired households to income decile groups calculated on the basis of all households.

The figures in the table referred to were derived from Central Statistical Office analysis of the family expenditure survey. Because the statistical adjustments made to the data for this analysis have been designed at the United Kingdom level, separate figures for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not available. Moreover the sample sizes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be too small to provide reliable results. Figures for the United Kingdom and retired households on the basis requested are set out in the table.

Estimated increase in VAT payments in 1991–92 as a result of the rise in the VAT rate to 17·5 per cent.: average by decile group of households ranked by disposable income: £ per year.
	All United Kingdom households:	Of which retired:
Bottom	40	32
2	52	42
3	78	69
4	114	123
5	140	142
6	164	143
7	200	195
8	232	253
9	279
Top	369
Average	167	79

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those bodies currently with agency status within his department under the next steps initiative; and whether he has identified any further candidates for agency status under the initiative within his Department.

I refer my hon. Friend to the Minister for the Civil Service's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Kent (Mr. Rowe) on 30 April 1991, at columns 111–13. Within Her Majesty's Treasury the Chessington computer centre, which provides computerised payroll and other services to Government departments and other customers, is due to become an agency on 1 April 1993. Of the other Chancellor's Departments the Central Office of Information, Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Royal Mint have been established as agencies. The Valuation Offices of the Inland Revenue will be established as a single agency from 30 September 1991. The Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise are implementing announced programmes of action which will enable them to operate fully on next steps lines.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table, consistent with table 2.1 of Cm 1520, showing for the years 1963–64 to 1990–91 and expressed to the nearest million, (a) local authority expenditure on a national accounts definition, (b) local authority expenditure on goods and services on a national accounts definition, (c) general Government expenditure excluding privatisation proceeds, (d) general Government expenditure on goods and services and (e) gross domestic product at market prices.

Information up to the fourth quarter of 1990 is included on the CSO database in the following series—identified by their database code—and published in the "Statistical Supplement to Autumn Statement"—Cm 1520.

(a)—ABAD:	Local authority expenditure on a national accounts definition.
(b)—GTEF:	Local authority expenditure on goods and services on a national accounts definition
(c)—Table 2.1 of Cm 1520:	General government expenditure excluding privatisation proceeds.
(d)—GTEG:	General government expenditure on goods and services.
(e)—CAOB:	Gross domestic product (average estimates) at market prices.

The CSO database is accessible in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what consultations he has had with the local authorities and their associations in Wales regarding the need for supplementary credit approvals specifically earmarked for the encouragement of recycling initiatives in Wales;(2) what provision he intends to make concerning supplementary credit approvals for local authorities and voluntary bodies in Wales for initiatives to encourage recycling.

Capital resources in Wales are distributed by means of unhypothecated formulae which have the support of the local authority associations. This method of distribution of resources was introduced so that local authorities can determine individually how the resources made available are spent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has had from local authorities and voluntary bodies in Wales regarding the absence of any funds earmarked for the encouragement of recycling initiatives.

Two letters have been received as well as a number of telephone inquiries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent consultations he has had with the chairman of the South Glamorgan training and enterprise council concerning the provision of (a) new offices and (b) training facilities for the TEC, both in the immediate needs and for the medium term.

None.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will introduce an education support grant specifically for the training of first-aiders in educational establishments;(2) if any specific financial support is made available by his Department to ensure that the guidance in the Welsh Office circular entitled "Arrangements for First Aid in Schools and Colleges", and advice in other publications is implemented in schools and colleges.

First aid provision in educational establishments forms part of the normal responsibilities of local education authorities. Their expenditure on such provision is supported by revenue support grant and I have no plans for further support by way of education support grant. The 1991–92 local authority revenue support settlement allows for a 7·9 per cent. increase in education spending at an all-Wales level.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those bodies currently with agency status within his Department under the next steps initiative; and whether he has identified any further candidates for agency status under the initiative within his Department.

There is currently one executive agency within my Department, Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments executive agency. Work is proceeding in concert with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to establish the agricultural Development Advisory Service as a joint England and Wales Agency in April 1992. I am actively reviewing other functions discharged by my Department with a view to applying next steps principles to them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on what date he received from the Welsh Language Board a copy of its final draft for a new Welsh Language Act; and on how many occasions since then he or an official of his Department, has met representatives of the Welsh Language Board to discuss that draft Bill.

My right hon. Friend received a final draft copy of the Welsh Language Board's report on its legislative proposals on 9 January of this year. Welsh Office officials have subsequently been considering the board's proposals. We will be meeting the chairman of the board to discuss this matter on 23 May.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total payment made last year to sheep and beef producers in Wales under the EC scheme for less-favoured area support; and how much more would have been paid if the United Kingdom Government had allowed such payments to be made to the full EC maximum permitted level last year, and not limited by the United Kingdom restriction level.

A total of £33·3 million was paid out to 15,103 hill livestock compensatory allowance claimants in 1990. The United Kingdom financial limits led to payments to 529 claimants being reduced by a total of £220,949—0·66 per cent. of the total expenditure. The amount that would have been payable if the United Kingdom had adopted the EC maximum limits could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by year for the last 10 years, and for the current year to date, the number of (a) public footpaths and (b) public bridleways that have been (i) created and (ii) closed to the general public.

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state on what date he received a letter posted by Gwynedd county council on 12 March, concerning the community charge transitional relief and alleged inconsistencies in this scheme within the county of Gwynedd; on what date a reply was sent; and if he will make a statement on the issues raised by this letter.

The letter from Gwynedd county council dated 12 March 1991 was not received. A copy of the letter was received from the county council on 14 May 1991. A reply has been sent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to make further grant payments under the Bellwin scheme to local authorities in north Wales which were involved in carrying out emergency works following the flood emergency at Towyn.

As my hon. Friend will know, I have already made payments under the Bellwin scheme, amounting to over £2 million, to local authorities in Wales which were directly affected by the severe weather during the Winter of 1989–90. In the case of the north Wales flooding, one of the ways in which I recognised the exceptional nature of the problems was by extending the deadline for receipt of authorities' final audited claim forms to 30 June 1991.Parliamentary approval to payment of grant in respect of these claims is being sought in a summer supplementary estimate on the "rate rebates, community charge reduction grants and flood and storm emergency services, Wales" vote—class XVI, vote 11. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure on meeting mature claims will be met by a repayable advance of £500,000 from the Contingencies Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the planning appeals relating to opencast coalmining sites in Wales currently under consideration by his Department.

[holding answer 20 May 1991]: The information is as follows:

• Llanilid West, Mid Glamorgan
• Brynhenllys, Powys
• Bannel Bridge, Clwyd
• Park Slip West, Mid Glamorgan
• Graweth Farm, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan

In addition, the planning application for an opencast coal mine at Pwll Du has been called in for determination by the Secretary of State. The cases are at various stages in their determination.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those bodies currently with agency status within his Department under the next steps initiative; and whether he has identified any further candidates for agency status under the initiative within his Department.

The nine excutive agencies within the DTI are Companies House, the Insolvency Service, the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, the National Engineering Laboratory, the National Physical Laboratory, the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, Patent Office, Radiocommunications Agency and Warren Spring Laboratory.I continue to consider the possibility of establishing further agencies in the DTI but I have not at the moment identified any candidates.For ECGD, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 19 July 1990,

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action he takes where the liquidator of a company fails to file the statutory returns as required by section 595 of the Companies Act 1985.

This is an operational matter for Companies House executive agency. I have asked the chief executive to write direct.

Date of appointment	Name of company	Type of inquiry
15 June 1990	Atlantic Computer Systems plc	Section 432
15 June 1990	Atlantic Computers plc	Section 432
16 August 1990	Astra Holdings plc	Section 431
31 October 1990	London United Investments plc	Section 432
7 January 1991	Norton Group plc	Section 432

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will provide a list of the number of traders monitored by each of the authorised bodies under the provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986.

I understand from the Securities and Investments Board that the position on 8 May 1991, including interim authorisations, was as shown in the following table. Some authorised persons are members of more than one self-regulating organisation.

	Numbers
Analysis of Authorised Persons
Regulated directly by the Securities and Investments Board	76
Members of Self Regulating Organisations
The Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers	10
The Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association	7,126
The Investment Management Regulatory Organisation	1,249
The Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organisation	663
The Securities and Futures Authority	1,391
Certified by Recognised Professional Bodies
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales	6,047
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland	536
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland	183
The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants	1,050
The Law Society of England and Wales	6,967
The Law Society of Scotland	932
The Law Society of Northern Ireland	421
Insurance Brokers Registration Council	1,595
Institute of Actuaries	31

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will establish an inquiry into the manner in which Price Waterhouse acquired the audit of the Prudential Corporation.

No.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the investigations carried out under various sections of the Companies Acts for the year to 31 March.

During the year to 31 March 1991, a total of 178 such inquiries were commenced; one under section 431 of the Companies Act 1985, four under section 432, two under section 446 and 171 under section 447. The inquiries under sections 431 and 432 have been announced and are as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any company whose shares are suspended has been investigated by his Department.

Investigations under section 432 of the Companies Act 1985 into the affairs of James Ferguson Holdings plc, BOM Holdings plc and Norton Group plc are in progress and have been announced. The stock exchange has advised that the shares of these companies are suspended. Section 447 investigations are kept confidential.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was paid by the Insolvency Service to accountancy firms in each year since 1988.

The Insolvency Service made the following payments in respect of additional work done by insolvency practitioners on disqualification applications made by the Secretary of State. Generally these payments are made to the accountancy firms in which the insolvency practitioners are partners or employees.

1988–89	1989–90	1990–91
£7,814	£25,429	£29,021

A payment of £23,500 was also made during the financial year 1990–91 in respect of consultancy work on computerised estate accounting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received seeking the publication of the final report on Bryanston.

The papers are being recovered from store. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any staff or partner from Ernst and Young is currently seconded to his Department.

Two Ernst and Young staff are currently on secondment to the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his responsibilities under the Fireworks Act 1951 and on his discharging of them.

I have been asked to reply.Our responsibilities under this Act relate to sections 4 and 7 which deal with Health and Safety at work considerations under the terms of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974. Additionally, explosives inspectors appointed by the Health and Safety Executive during their visits to factories, magazines or stores have a power under section 1(1) of the Fireworks Act 1951 to take away for testing a sample of fireworks which they consider may present dangers when in the possession of the public. This power is enforced where appropriate and necessary.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will introduce legislation to require licensing of all fireworks to be used only for properly organised firework displays, put on by trained people, and set up a national training scheme.

The firework industry already has a training scheme for organisers of displays. Like the hon. Member, I want to see fireworks used properly so that there is pleasure rather than tragedy on bonfire night. Requiring licences would cut down the number of good organised displays open to people on bonfire night, but would not of itself guarantee safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent incidents have occurred involving category 4 fireworks; and if he will make a statement on his policy towards the control of such fireworks.

I do not have a breakdown of accidents for different categories of fireworks. However, category 4—large display—fireworks should not be available in the shops. Most are imported and their import licence prohibits suppliers from selling them through the shops, while for their part United Kingdom manufacturers refrain from doing so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make it his policy to place before Parliament annually a list of defence exports including details of equipment supplied, contract values and recipients.

My right hon. Friend has no plans to do so. The hon. Member will be aware that following the Prime Minister's initiative for a United Nations register of arms transfers, urgent consideration is being given to such an international register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will review the pricing of new cars in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

The Monopolies and Mergers Commission is currently investigating the United Kingdom car market, including car prices in the United Kingdom. When the commission's report is available, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will need to consider whether there is scope for any action in the light of it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his policy towards accountancy practice, standards and forms, in relation to corporate bodies.

The Government's policy on company accounting was debated at length during the passage of the Companies Act 1989, which introduced a number of important changes. As regards accounting standards, the Government welcomed and support the new Financial Reporting Council and its subsidiaries, including the Accounting Standards Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the current operation and level of usage of the home shipbuilders credit guarantee scheme.

[holding answer 21 May 1991]: The home shipbuilding credit guarantee scheme has been in operation since 1967. The scheme offer United Kingdom-based shipowners, placing orders with United Kingdom shipyards for the construction, completion or radical alteration of merchant vessels, financing terms comparable with officially supported export credit terms available for orders placed with overseas yards. Vessels which may qualify for support under the scheme conform with the definition in the OECD understanding of export credits for ships. The scheme provides two elements of support:

(i) a Government guarantee of up to 80 per cent. of the loan arranged by the purchaser of the vessel and repayable by equal half yearly instalments over a maximum of eight and a half years;

(ii) a fixed rate of interest for the duration of the loan with the Government paying the difference between the fixed and commercial loan interest rates. The Government support conforms to the OECD Understanding.

In the year to 31 March 1991, payments of interest support grants totalled £52 million. As at 31 March 1991, the amount of loan principal guaranteed under the scheme totalled £924–6 million in respect of 305 vessels. In the year ended 31 March 1991, a total of 40 new guarantees were given.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if there are any plans to fund training for Ukranian doctors on cancer-related illnesses.

We have contributed, both bilaterally and multilaterally, to the international efforts to tackle the effects of the Chernobyl disaster, including by promoting specialist contacts with Ukranian doctors and scientists. We shall consider the possibility of further assistance in the light of the International Atomic Energy Agency report, due out on 21 May.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were in the last 12-month period for which figures are available for contraventions of the child employment law.

In England and Wales in 1989, there were 35 prosecutions for offences against employment of children Acts. Data for 1990 are not yet available. This information is published annually in volume 1 of the "Criminal statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary tables" copies of which are in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed and detected in the Walsall H division of the West Midlands police authority for each year since 1978.

The information is published in the annual reports of the chief constable of West Midlands police. Copies of these publications from 1980 are available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of life sentence prisoners who were released each year since 1981; and what was the number in each year whose release was proposed by the Parole Board and turned down by him or his predecessors.

The numbers of persons released from prison service establishments on life licence in each of the years 1979–89 were published in table 8.5 of "Prison statistics England and Wales 1989"—Cm. 1221—a copy of which is in the Library. The figures exclude those re-released following a period in prison after recall from a previous licence. In 1990, the latest year for which information is available, 81 people were released on life licence.Information on the numbers of life sentence prisoners recommended as suitable for release by the Parole Board and the numbers of those recommendations not accepted by Home Secretaries is published in successive annual reports of the Parole Board. For convenience the figures for 1980–90, which include re-releases following a period in prison after recall from a previous licence, are set out in the table. Parole Board recommendations of "suitable for release" have been for dates ranging from the immediate future up to two and a half years ahead.

Life sentence prisoners recommended for release by the Parole Board 1989–90
Year of recommendation	Recommended	Not accepted by Home Secretary
1980	102	6
1981	147	4
1982	144	5
1983	121	16
1984	112	10
1985	94	16
1986	120	14
1987	147	23
1988	91	13
1989	119	15
1990	138	135
1 A further 30 cases were still under consideration by the Home Secretary at the end of 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what request he has received from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to ban the British National party march planned to take place in Thamesmead on Saturday 25 May.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what request he has received from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to ban the proposed marches by the British National party on the Thamesmead estate.

No request has been made by the Commissioner for the Home Secretary's consent to an order under section 13 of the Public Order Act 1986 prohibiting the march by the British National party in Thamesmead on 25 May. The Commissioner is considering whether to exercise his power under section 12 of the Act to impose conditions on the route of the procession.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the number of Home Office domestic properties there are throughout the United Kingdom and (b) the number unoccupied at the present moment, indicating how many have been unoccupied for six months, how many have been unoccupied for one year, how many have been unoccupied for two years and how many have been unoccupied for longer than two years.

The best estimate of the total number of domestic properties owned by the Home Office prison service in England and Wales is at present 2,825, of which 355 are unoccupied for the following reasons:

	Numbers
Vacant for security reasons or redevelopment	94
Vacant for reallocation to designated staff	56
Awaiting demolition	63
On market for sale	112
Awaiting disposal	30
	355

In addition the Home Office directorate of telecommunications has 20 properties, of which nine are vacant and for sale; the Fire Service college at Moreton-in-Marsh has 36 properties, all occupied; and the Emergency Planning college at Easingwold has 11 properties, all occupied.Information on the length of time properties have been vacant is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners there are in Britain and in each prison as of 10 May; and what is the capacity of each prison.

On 10 May there were a total of 45,302 prisoners in England and Wales, including 603 in police cells. The table shows the number of prisoners in each prison service establishment and the certified normal accommodation—the uncrowded capacity—of each establishment.

Prison service establishments: certified normal accommodation (CNA) and population on 10 May 1991
Establishment	CNA	Population
Local prisons and remand centres
Bedford	171	264
Belmarsh	360	283
Birmingham	575	972
Bristol	379	381
Brixton	739	1,072
Camp Hill	461	456
Canterbury	230	324
Cardiff	338	474
Chelmsford	244	402
Dorchester	152	185
Durham (male)	601	843
Exeter	243	393
Gloucester	200	356
Haslar	105	103
Latchmere House	127	28
Leeds	627	965
Leicester	205	343
Lewes	230	416

Establishment	CNA	Population
Lincoln	391	584
Liverpool	931	1,165
Manchester	185	175
Norwich	495	486
Oxford	121	165
Pentonville	754	810
Preston	408	479
Reading	184	257
Rochester	306	277
Shrewsbury	176	286
Swansea	229	287
Wandsworth	1,275	1,351
Winchester	530	521
Wormwood Scrubs	743	837
Brockhill	161	244
Everthorpe	304	271
Feltham	874	765
Glen Parva	854	755
Hindley	323	400
Low Newton (male)	131	199
Portland	527	446
Stoke Heath	360	240
Closed male training prisons
Albany	389	362
Blundeston	410	392
Coldingley	299	288
Dartmoor	619	546
Frankland	432	433
Full Sutton	634	417
Garth	512	508
Gartree	320	285
Grendon	225	197
Kingston	150	141
Long Lartin	432	425
Maidstone	549	518
Nottingham	218	221
Parkhurst	239	215
Swaleside	504	500
Wakefield	753	669
Acklington	676	508
Aldington	127	112
Ashwell	404	396
Blantyre House	87	87
Channings Wood	594	577
Downview	286	280
Erlestoke	218	210
Featherstone	599	580
Haverigg	351	342
Highpoint	824	768
Lancaster	186	242
Lindholme	800	771
Littlehey	593	517
Northeye	249	222
Randby	363	320
Risley	326	311
Send	101	98
Shepton Mallet	175	241
Stafford	606	723
Stocken	393	392
The Mount	484	222
The Verne	600	585
Thorp Arch	150	148
Usk	240	191
Wayland	580	576
Wellingborough	344	188
Whatton	161	159
Wymott	816	747
Open male training prisons
Ford	568	525
Foston Hall	98	88
Kirkham	632	583
Leyhill	410	412
Morton Hall	168	162
North Sea Camp	202	177
Rudgate	300	281
Spring Hill	210	206

Establishment	CNA	Population
Standford Hill	384	374
Sudbury	425	423
Male young offender institutions
Aylesbury	296	238
Castington	300	253
Deerbolt	404	395
Dover	347	221
Eastwood Park	134	99
Finnamore Wood	116	84
Guys Marsh	180	113
Hollesley Bay	569	309
Hatfield	180	162
Hewell Grange	136	112
Huntercombe	166	161
Kirklevington	106	86
Northallerton	146	188
Onley	520	454
Swinfen Hall	182	182
Thorn Cross	300	207
Werrington	110	106
Wetherby	196	174
Female establishments
Askham Grange	134	95
Bullwood Hall	119	102
Cookham Wood	120	120
Drake Hall	262	189
Durham	39	27
East Sutton Park	84	75
Holloway	517	489
Low Newton	36	27
New Hall	122	103
Pucklechurch	56	51
Risley	91	80
Styal	258	186
Total	44,295	44,699
Police cells:	—	603
Total population	—	45,302

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he proposes to change the present ratio of prison officers to inmates in centres for young offenders.

Findings of guilt for failing to observe limits on hours of driving and duty, or rest requirements at magistrates' courts
England and Wales 1980 to 1989	Number of offences
	Sentence or order
Year	Total findings of guilt	Absolute or conditional discharge or recognizance	Probation or supervision order	Fine	Other1
1980	2,471	221	—	2,250	—
1981	2,143	218	—	1,925	—
1982	3,104	97	—	3,006	1
1983	5,030	240	—	4,781	9
1984	5,990	354	—	5,617	19
1985	6,778	572	1	6,184	21
1986	6,314	446	—	5,828	40
1987	3,910	368	—	3,527	15
1988	5,199	320	2	4,844	33
1989	8,304	505	—	7,586	213
1 Includes a few cases committed to the Crown Court for sentence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to end the requirement of visas for visitors from Poland; and if he will make a statement.

Between 1 April 1987 and 1 April this year, the ratio of prison officers to inmates in young offender establishments rose from 0·37 to 0·46 officers per inmate. Depending on changes in the prison population during the year, a further improvement in this ratio is likely to occur by April 1992 as a result of the recruitment of staff for new young offender establishments during 1991–92.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any proposals to improve the ratio of prison officers to inmates in the prison service.

Between 1 April 1987 and 1 April this year, the ratio of prison officers to inmates increased from 0·35 to 0·48 officers per inmate. Depending on changes in the prison population during the year, there is likely to be a further small improvement in the ratio of officers to inmates by April 1992 as a result of the recruitment of around 1,500 officers to staff new prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by year for the last 10 years and for the current year to date (a) how many lorry drivers have been convicted of a motoring offence on the evidence alone of a tachograph fitted in the driving cab,(b) what was the offence committed and (c) what penalty was imposed on (i) the driver and (ii) the operator.

The only offence for which the evidence of a tachograph alone is used is "Failing to observe limits on hours of driving and duty, or rest requirements" under sections 96(11) and 96(11A) of the Transport Act 1968. This applies only to drivers or operators of heavy goods vehicles.The table gives the information available for this offence. The latest statistics are for 1989; the table also includes data for the previous nine years. No breakdown is available centrally between drivers and operators.

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to his recent question on this subject on 8 May at column 477.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi or his wife, Kuldip, have been retained as interpreters by (i) the immigration and nationality department or (ii) the Metropolitan police since 1984; and if he will make a statement.

Records of this kind are not held centrally and the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, I understand that Mr. Bedi and his wife have worked as casual interpreters on occasions for the immigration service and the police since 1968.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many official invitations have been issued to Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi to attend official functions organised by his Department since 1983; and if he will make a statement.

Records of invitations issued to individuals are not held centrally and the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost, if at all.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when investigations into alleged war crimes will begin.

The War Crimes Act received Royal Assent on 9 May and the war crimes investigation unit established by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis will begin their investigations immediately. Parliamentary approval of this new expenditure is being sought in the supply estimates for the Home Office Vote for "administration, etc." for 1991–92—class IX, vote 3. Pending this approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £300,000 will be met by repayable advances from the Contingencies Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has completed his evaluation of section 39 of the Public Order Act 1986; and if he will make a statement.

We have now completed the thorough review of section 39 of the Public Order Act 1986 which was announced by my right hon. Friend the then Home Secretary on 26 October 1989. I am grateful to all those individuals and organisations who contributed their views, including members of this House.After considering carefully all the representations received, I have concluded that more needs to be done to secure a better understanding by all interested parties of the way in which the law should operate, but that no change to the law is necessary.I have therefore decided, after consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers, to issue guidance to the police on the application of section 39. Whilst the decision whether or not to use the powers available under section 39 is an operational matter entirely within the discretion of the senior police officer present at the scene of a trespass, the guidance aims to assist forces in coming to a more consistent application of these powers across the country in dealing with aggravated trespass. A copy of this guidance has been placed in the Library.I believe that it would be helpful to the interested parties to have available a simple guide to the law in relation to trespass on land. My Department is therefore publishing today, in consultation with the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Department of the Environment, a leaflet setting out the main provisions of the law. It covers, as well as section 39, the civil remedies open to landowners and the requirements in respect of the provision of official sites for travellers under the Caravan Sites Act 1968. A copy of the leaflet has also been placed in the Library.My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment will continue to encourage local authorities to fulfil their duty under the Caravan Sites Act 1968 to provide adequate numbers of sites for gipsies.I believe that these measures should do much to reduce uncertainty about the proper application of section 39 and will assist landowners in finding the most suitable remedy for trespass on land in the circumstances of each particular case.

To ask the Prime Minister how many representations he has received concerning the United Nations Security Council appeal issued on 29 April for assistance to the 21 countries with special economic problems arising from their compliance with sanctions imposed against Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

None. Our policy on assistance for these countries was set out in the answer given to the hon. Member by the Minister for Overseas Development on 14 May at column 99.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about the pay of medical and dental officers in the armed forces.

The Armed Forces Pay Review Body has submitted to me a supplementary report on the pay of medical and dental officers in the armed forces which recommends increases of between 7·5 and 11·4 per cent., with an average increase of 11·2 per cent. The Government have decided to accept the recommendations in full, though, in common with the pay awards announced on 31 January for the national health service doctors and dentists, with whom the pay of service medical and dental officers is closely linked, implementation will be staged, with 7·5 per cent. payable from 1 April 1991 and the balance of the award payable from 1 December 1991.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will announce the composition of the four new social services committees which will replace the district committees disbanded on 1 April.

I have nothing further to add to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Mr. Trimble) on 20 May, Official Report, column 379.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, over the last five years for which figures are available, the loss to the health service by improper prescription claims; and if he will make a statement in response to the complaints of the Comptroller and Auditor-General for Northern Ireland.

It is not possible to state accurately the loss to the health service by improper claims for exemption from prescription charges. Estimates based on sample surveys which began in 1986–87 are:

	£
1986–87	1,345,564
1987–88	2,220,000
1988–89	2,123,446
1989–90	2,323,736

Improper prescription claims have been the subject of consideration by the Department of Health and Social Services and the Central Services Agency in the light of previous Comptroller and Auditor-General Reports. Arising out of this consideration the medical and pharmaceutical professions will shortly be consulted about a range of measures designed to counteract this problem without imposing undue restrictions on patients requiring medication. The specific criticisms made by the Comptroller and Auditor-General about weaknesses within the pharmaceutical branch of the agency are not directly linked with the improper claiming. The Department will consider with the agency the action which should now be taken on this aspect of the Comptroller and Auditor-General's 1988–89 report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will arrange for copies of the 1990 annual report of the independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland to be laid in the House; and if he will make a statement.

The report has been laid today. It is the third annual report from the commission which was established in 1988 by the Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987.Detailed recommendations about the workings of articles 4 to 16 of the 1987 order, which provide for the handling of complaints from the public about individual police officers, were made by the commission in its comprehensive triennial review which was presented in a report to the House on 27 March 1991. In view of this the annual report is mainly a factual account of the commission's work during the year and an exposition of its role and functions. Nevertheless, it provides a valuable contribution to the important process of increasing public awareness of the police complaints system in Northern Ireland. I commend it to those interested in these matters and I am certain that this account of the commission's work will prove to be another important step in increasing the public's confidence in the police complaints system and in the commission's role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the gifts given to staff within the Department of Agriculture from interests associated with the Goodman Meat firm; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 21 May 1991]: Under the Northern Ireland civil service pay and conditions of service code only gifts of

"a trivial or inexpensive seasonal nature"

may be accepted by civil servants. To my knowledge only gifts in this category have been accepted by staff in the Department of Agriculture.At Christmas 1989 and 1990 some staff in HQ divisions of the Department of Agriculture received unsolicited gifts of alcohol from the Goodman Group. The group was contacted and told that staff could not accept such gifts but the group refused to accept their return. Accordingly, 10 bottles of spirits—nine in 1989 and one in 1990—were donated to the NSPCC which acknowledged their receipt to the Goodman Group.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list by year for the last 10 years the number of individuals who have qualified for legal aid; and what percentage of the population this represents.

Calculations are not made as a matter of course of the number of individuals falling within the eligibility limits for legal aid. It is estimated that in 1990 approximately 36 million people or 66 per cent. of the population were eligible on income grounds for non-matrimonial civil legal aid. For personal injury claims it is estimated that 38 million people or 69 per cent. of the population were eligible. No estimates are available of the percentage of the population eligible for matrimonial or criminal legal aid. The numbers of individuals obtaining legal aid are detailed in tables published in legal aid annual reports to 1988–89 the Legal Aid Board annual report for 1989–90 and "Judicial Statistics".

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list by year for the last 10 years the number of households eligible for legal aid in court proceedings and the percentage of those entitled who had to make a contribution to the costs.

Calculations are not made as a matter of course of the number of households falling within the eligibility limits for legal aid. In 1990 it is estimated that 18·5 million households were eligible on income grounds for civil non-matrimonial legal aid—19·5 million in personal injury cases. About 60 per cent. are estimated to have been eligible with a contribution.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement in respect of access to free legal services.

Those legal services, that are paid for under the legal aid schemes are available free of charge to all those who satisfy the relevant merits test and whose means are such that they are not required to make a financial contribution towards their legal costs. Free legal advice and assistance is also available irrespective of means through the duty solicitor schemes at magistrates' courts and police stations.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list by year for the last 10 years the number of people entitled to free legal advice.

Calculations are not made as a matter of course of the numbers of individuals falling within the eligibility limits for free legal advice and assistance. In 1989–90, nil contributions were assessed in 917,882 of the 1,029,018 bills paid for legal advice and assistance. Figures for earlier years are contained in the legal aid annual reports.

To ask the Attorney-General on how many occasions Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi or his wife, Kuldip, were retained as interpreters by the immigration appellate authorities since 1984; and if he will make a statement.

The immigration appellate authorities—IAA— have no record since 1984 of Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi or his wife Kuldip being included on the panel of casual interpreters used by the IAA.

To ask the Attorney-General on how many occasions since 1984 Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi has appeared as a representative before the immigration appellate authorities to represent (a) appellants and (b) respondents; and if he will make a statement.

1990–91 prices
	(a) NIACE £	(b) UDACE £	(c) NEGI £	(d) REPLAN £
1979–80	95,134	—	—	—
1980–81	98,507	—	—	—
1981–82	104,003	—	—	—
1982–83	144,036	—	—	—
1983–84	118,810	—	—	—
1984–85	114,625	70,756	—	523,617
1985–86	122,325	267,807	—	1,538,397
1986–87	125,831	267,228	—	1,653,915
1987–88	124,384	272,352	—	1,632,997
1988–89	170,693	273,934	57,308	1,601,196
1989–90	161,553	281,766	53,875	1,549,445
1990–91	195,280	293,000	53,000	1,473,000

The figures in the table result from adjusting the cash outturn figures for past years using the deflator for gross domestic product at market prices. The grant to UDACE excludes that to NEGI, which is shown separately.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of young people over the age of 18 years are in higher education in each of the 12 member states of the European Community.

The figures in the following table represent participation at all ages, generally 18 and over.

The information requested is not readily available because the immigration appellate authorities—IAA—do not record statistics of the number of occasions unqualified representatives are granted leave to appear before them. The granting of leave to appear before them is a matter for the IAA judiciary.

To ask the Attorney-General what has been the cost to public funds of the relator action on the Ashworth covenant at Birtenshaw Farm, Sylvia Scotland v Barratt Manchester and what further relator actions he anticipates being brought.

Any assessment of the cost to public funds occasioned by Attorney-General ex rel. Sylvia Scotland v Barratt Manchester Limited and Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council must await the conclusion of those proceedings. No other applications have been received for consent to commence a relator action in respect of the Ashworth covenant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what financial contribution he has made to (a) the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education, (b) the unit for the development of adult and continuing education, (c) the national educational guidance initiative and (d) REPLAN since 1979, at 1990–91 prices.

The information requested is given in the table.

New entrants1 to higher education
Country2 (main ages on entry)	Latest year	Participation rate3 Percentage
Belgium (18–19)	1987	49
Denmark (18–20)	1987	43
France (18–20)	1987	34
Germany, West4 (19–21)	1987	30
Greece5	1986	33
Ireland5 6	1986	29

Country2 (main ages on entry)	Latest year	Participation rate3 Percentage
Italy (19–21)	1987	27
Netherlands (18–20)	1987	39
Portugal5 7	1984	14
Spain (18–20)	1987	35
United Kingdom7 (18–21)	1988	36
1 Includes full-time and part-time students entering higher education for the first time, i.e. excluding postgraduate students and others already having a qualification in higher education. Not all other countries may adhere to this general definition.
2 Compatible information is not available for Luxembourg since most higher education is undertaken abroad. Ireland figures partly estimated.
3 To aid comparison and overcome the problem of the varying lengths of courses in different countries the participation rate is the percentage of all new entrants (defined above) related to a derived relevant single year group. The latter is calculated by taking the total populations for the ages providing at least 70 per cent, of the new entrants and dividing by the number of ages involved. For the United Kingdom this is the population of ages 18 to 21 divided by 4. OECD recommend this procedure.
4 Partly estimated.
5 Main ages on entry unavailable.
6 Full-time only.
7 Latest data available.
8 Excludes the private sector and students from abroad. Includes nursing and paramedical students at Health Department establishments.

Vacancy1 rates in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools by region: 1988–912
England
	Vacancies as a percentage of teachers in post3				Number of vacancies
	1988	1989	1990	21991	21991
All vacancies	1·2	1·5	1·8	1·6	5,584
By region:
North	0·2	0·6	0·6	0·7	178
Yorkshire and Humberside	0·8	0·9	1·1	1·2	489
North West	0·8	1·0	1·0	1·0	546
East Midlands	0·8	0·9	0·9	0·9	285
West Midlands	1·1	1·1	1·3	1·3	552
East Anglia	0·6	0·7	1·0	1·2	170
Greater London	3·2	3·7	5·3	43·6	1,686
Other South East	1·1	1·6	1·8	1·7	1,216
South West	1·0	1·1	1·8	1·5	462
England excluding Greater London	0·9	1·1	1·3	1·3	3,898
Total vacancies (numbers)	4,395	5,540	6,494	5,584	—
1 Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term's duration). Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis.
2 Figures for 1991 are provisional.
3 Teachers in post include full-time regular teachers in (or on secondment from) maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, plus full-time regular divided service, peripatetic, advisory, remedial centre and miscellaneous teachers.
4 The 1991 percentage vacancy rates for the inner and outer London weighting areas are 4·7 per cent, and 2·4 per cent, respectively.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing (a) the capital bid for 1991–92, (b) the capital allocation for 1991–92 and (c) the percentage that (b) represents (a) for each local education authority in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total cost of designing, printing and implementing the standard assessment tasks for seven-year-olds, including the cost of the teachers' time involved.

Up to 31 March 1991 the cost to the School Examinations and Assessment Council of securing the design, printing, distribution and evaluation of the standard assessment tasks for seven-year-olds was £5,661,755. The standard assessment tasks have been designed to be delivered by a single teacher using existing resources, and—apart from the individual reading test—to take no more than 30 hours, although the exact time will vary according to the circumstances of each class.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list by (a) region and (b) for each local education authority the number of teacher vacancies in January 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991; and if he will show this figure also as a percentage of the total teaching force in each area.

Provisional vacancy figures for 1991 were published on 17 May and are summarised in the table.The 1991 figures are provisional and a breakdown by local education authority is not yet available. I am arranging for a copy of the numbers of vacancies by local education authority for 1988 to 1990 to be placed in the Library. Comparable figures for 1991 will be placed in the Library when available.

Details of local education authority capital expenditure bids and education annual capital guidelines—ACGs—for 1991–92 are set out in the table, together with bids and allocations for work at voluntary aided and special agreement schools. No local education authority has ever expected to receive its ACG bid in full, and authorities bid on the basis that they will receive an ACG or allocation to the extent that the bid matches national priority criteria. There is therefore no direct connection between the size of the bid and the level of the ACG or allocation distributed. The percentage figures in the last column are therefore devoid of any real significance.Annual capital guidelines are not the only source of capital funding available to local education authorities.

Local education authority bids and ACGs for 1991–92 county and voluntary controlled schools and FE colleges
LEA	Total bid £000s	Total1 ACG £000s	ACG as percentage of bid
Barking	5,449	573	11
Barnet	5,884	803	14
Bexley	6,976	1,891	27
Brent	9,208	1,233	13
Bromley	8,564	3,656	43
Croydon	23,427	1,996	9
Ealing	12,634	1,362	11
Enfield	19,437	1,971	10
Haringey	8,045	1,018	13
Harrow	3,934	1,057	27
Havering	4,558	1,945	43
Hillingdon	10,218	1,005	10
Hounslow	5,128	1,516	30
Kingston	5,346	1,303	24
Merton	8,305	1,304	16
Newham	15,546	8,587	55
Redbridge	4,484	752	17
Richmond	5,269	954	18
Sutton	10,812	3,364	31
Waltham	10,818	3,386	31
City	0	2	n/a
Camden	4,133	885	21
Westminster	7,441	624	8
Greenwich	2,310	676	29
Hackney	8,206	1,992	24
Hammersmith	6,697	1,235	18
Islington	6,166	1,010	16
Kensington	7,995	1,846	23
Lambeth	9,067	1,152	13
Lewisham	10,318	2,512	24
Southwark	6,061	1,258	21
Wandsworth	15,632	1,374	9
Tower Hamlets2	34,963	14,619	42
Birmingham	23,060	11,083	48
Coventry	8,962	2,180	24
Dudley	12,969	9,508	73
Sandwell	9,498	1,313	14
Solihull	5,198	1,883	36
Walsall	4,414	1,410	32
Wolverhampton	6,714	2,067	31
Knowsley	6,249	1,173	19
Liverpool	18,286	5,763	32
St. Helens	8,522	2,823	33
Sefton	6,465	4,208	65
Wirral	6,057	3,379	56
Bolton	3,925	899	23
Bury	2,598	1,254	48
Manchester	29,609	4,697	16
Oldham	14,498	8,522	59
Rochdale	14,718	8,071	55
Salford	8,198	3,433	42
Stockport	3,048	1,919	63
Tameside	2,871	1,744	61
Trafford	6,786	3,683	54
Wigan	11,797	7,462	63
Barnsley	2,383	806	34
Doncaster	1,686	375	22
Rotherham	4,433	1,039	23
Sheffield	5,123	1,371	27
Bradford	28,244	9,355	33
Calderdale	2,720	1,661	61
Kirklees	7,170	3,797	53
Leeds	46,141	16,372	35
Wakefield	12,479	2,275	18
Gateshead	10,582	2,840	27

LEA	Total bid £000s	Total1 ACG £000s	ACG as percentage of bid
Newcastle	10,634	2,332	22
North Tyneside	4,759	729	15
South Tyneside	8,228	1,988	24
Sunderland	9,854	3,072	31
Isles of Scilly	215	16	8
Avon	22,096	4,945	22
Bedfordshire	9,812	1,974	20
Berkshire	10,312	3,282	32
Buckinghamshire	15,555	7,124	46
Cambridgeshire	32,006	8,536	27
Cheshire	12,008	5,257	44
Cleveland	12,555	2,979	24
Cornwall	20,719	6,828	33
Cumbria	19,610	9,629	49
Derbyshire	29,640	21,330	72
Devon	25,298	7,715	30
Dorset	13,915	2,605	19
Durham	24,188	6,911	29
East Sussex	32,015	16,761	52
Essex	75,926	22,210	29
Gloucestershire	16,106	6,442	40
Hampshire	42,960	16,517	38
Hereford and Worcester	14,373	6,774	47
Hertfordshire	16,162	6,524	40
Humberside	25,167	8,371	33
Isle of Wight	7,006	2,263	32
Kent	51,039	23,773	47
Lancashire	36,626	22,789	62
Leicestershire	15,209	6,922	46
Lincolnshire	26,069	10,016	38
Norfolk	11,444	2,779	24
North Yorkshire	6,903	4,575	66
Northamptonshire	13,987	8,641	62
Northumberland	5,565	3,545	64
Nottinghamshire	12,741	5,167	41
Oxfordshire	24,896	6,601	27
Shropshire	17,455	6,582	38
Somerset	12,397	4,979	40
Staffordshire	12,391	8,644	70
Suffolk	20,681	9,989	48
Surrey	13,332	5,538	42
Warwickshire	6,696	1,644	25
West Sussex	14,956	3,508	23
Wiltshire	16,446	4,973	30
1 This column represents the ACGs announced in December 1990. Some supplementary credit approvals have been and will be issued during the course of the year.
2 The ACG for Tower Hamlets includes £3·7 million which will be issued as an SCA during the course of the year.

Voluntary aided and special agreement schools 1991–92 total capital bids and allocations
LEA	Total bid (£000) 1991–92	Total allocation (£000) 1991–92	Allocation as per cent age of bid
City of London	97	—	—
Camden	1,055	226	21
Greenwich	201	36	18
Hackney	442	195	44
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,357	1,295	95
Islington	181	173	96
Kensington	3,580	2,640	74
Lambeth	937	70	7
Lewisham	329	65	20
Southwark	1,616	861	53
Tower Hamlets	597	334	56
Wandsworth	203	49	24
Westminster	346	324	94
Barking	1,955	1,955	100
Barnet	3,605	718	20
Bexley	2,341	305	13

LEA	Total bid (£000) 1991–92	Total allocation (£000) 1991–92	Allocation as per cent age of bid
Brent	196	35	18
Bromley	429	198	46
Croyden	3,051	1,814	59
Ealing	315	—	—
Enfield	812	302	37
Haringey	1,412	1,163	82
Harrow	172	—	—
Havering	311	147	47
Hillingdon	405	20	5
Hounslow	236	53	22
Kingston	646	—	—
Merton	228	98	43
Newham	284	134	47
Redbridge	3,399	116	3
Richmond	902	195	22
Sutton	3,374	2,354	70
Waltham Forest	1,800	300	17
Birmingham	3,539	1,113	31
Coventry	1,570	1,369	87
Dudley	2,385	2,006	84
Sandwell	351	7	2
Solihull	687	55	8
Walsall	400	—	—
Wolverhampton	614	61	10
Knowsley	1,288	571	44
Liverpool	6,120	4,493	73
St. Helens	2,299	2,149	93
Sefton	2,233	1,750	78
Wirral	1,037	631	61
Bolton	984	436	44
Bury	830	574	69
Manchester	1,305	827	63
Oldham	609	174	29
Rochdale	756	436	58
Salford	567	343	60
Stockport	341	291	85
Tameside	136	35	26
Trafford	781	715	92
Wigan	2,126	1,108	52
Barnsley	25	25	100
Doncaster	145	145	100
Rotherham	385	158	41
Sheffield	945	127	13
Bradford	1,002	873	87
Calderdale	634	444	70
Kirklees	326	218	67
Leeds	12,628	12,288	97
Wakefield	346	180	52
Gateshead	449	64	14
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,050	847	81
North Tyneside	454	203	45
South Tyneside	59	21	36
Sunderland	523	116	22
Avon	1,342	619	46
Bedfordshire	1,127	600	53
Berkshire	723	358	50
Buckinghamshire	2,401	2,207	92
Cambridgeshire	825	79	10
Cheshire	3,324	1,997	60
Cleveland	884	398	45
Cornwall	508	369	73
Cumbria	1,464	869	59
Derbyshire	1,106	889	80
Devon	2,951	567	19
Dorset	6,734	3,985	59
Durham	1,103	718	65
East Sussex	1,319	1,065	81
Essex	1,264	1,010	80
Gloucestershire	1,694	1,229	73
Hampshire	2,994	1,926	64

LEA	Total bid (£000) 1991–92	Total allocation (£000) 1991–92	Allocation as per cent age of bid
Hereford and Worcester	2,580	1,356	53
Hertfordshire	2,302	1,656	72
Humberside	1,400	46	3
Isle of Wight	260	210	81
Isles of Scilly	—	—	—
Kent	7,737	2,837	37
Lancashire	6,534	4,051	62
Leicestershire	967	598	62
Lincolnshire	1,753	276	16
Norfolk	587	13	2
North Yorkshire	2,005	775	39
Northamptonshire	400	27	7
Northumberland	1,175	747	64
Nottinghamshire	1,359	135	10
Oxfordshire	2,952	2,526	86
Shropshire	423	238	56
Somerset	2,135	2,041	96
Staffordshire	2,001	979	49
Suffolk	890	345	39
Surrey	2,965	839	28
Warwickshire	3,112	788	25
West Sussex	2,129	1,875	88
Wiltshire	1,677	1,068	64