To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many illegally imported animals have been discovered by customs officers at each passenger terminal at Heathrow Airport in each of the past five years.

The discovery of illegally imported animals in the passenger terminals at Heathrow airport by customs officers is a rare occurrence because the airlines report illegally landed animals direct to Customs and to the Corporation of London's animal quarantine station before they are allowed to leave the aircraft. They are then taken direct to the animal quarantine station.The numbers of animals landed illegally were as follows:

Year	Number
1991	160
11992	83
1 To 17 June.

Records do not distinguish between terminals arid are not available for earlier years. Only one of the animals concerned was discovered by Customs officers in a terminal.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue forgone in each category of allowances and reliefs, including MIRAS, to income tax in each of the last four years; and if he will estimate the regional distribution of the forgone revenue.

The latest available United Kingdom estimates for the last four years are provided in the 1990 and 1991 editions of "Inland Revenue Statistics" and in appendix D of the Statistical Supplement to the 1991 Autumn Statement (Cm 1920). The corresponding information for regions is not available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will extend performance-related pay in the civil service.

The Government are already doing so. For most civil servants, a limited form of performance-related pay has been in place for some years. However, last year as part of our citizens charter programme the Chancellor made a statement to Parliament in which he announced the Government's intention to negotiate changes to the long-term civil service pay agreements to introduce, among other things, very substantial extensions of the existing performance pay arrangements.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) industrial and (b) non-industrial civil servants were employed in (i) April 1979 and (ii) April 1992.

Figures for 1 April 1992 are not yet available; they will be announced in Parliament within the next few weeks.There were 166,460 industrial civil servants and 565,815 non-industrial civil servants at 1 April 1979; and 63,168 and 498,735 respectively at 1 October 1991.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants were employed on the most recent date for which this information is available; and how many were employed on the same date in 1982 and 1987.

There were 561,903 civil servants at 1 October 1991, the latest published figures; 655,043 at 1 October 1982 and 585,155 at 1 October 1987.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many landowners and estates in Cumbria have benefited under the tax procedures by which tax liability is reduced on the condition that there is an undertaking to manage and protect the land from development and allow reasonable public access.

There are six cases in Cumbria where conditional exemption from inheritance tax and capital transfer tax has been granted to land and buildings in return for undertakings to maintain and preserve the property and provide reasonable public access to it.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the counties or regions in Scotland in which he has granted exemptions from (a) inheritance tax or (b) capital transfer tax for the granting of access to land for each year since 1983; if he will give the amount and the numbers granted in each county; and if he will make a statement.

There have been 26 designations of land in Scotland for exemption from inheritance tax or capital transfer tax. In addition, there have been 37 designations of historic buildings in Scotland, some of which will have extended to surrounding land. Some designations of historic buildings have been for the purposes of the tax exemptions for maintenance funds rather than for exemption of the buildings themselves.A detailed breakdown by county or region is not readily available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will outline his Department's policy on recovery and recycling of ozone-depleting chemicals.

It is Treasury policy to recover or recycle products containing such substances where possible.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amount in tonnes of ozone-depleting chemicals used or purchased by his Department for the years 1989; 1990 and 1991, and estimates of usage for the next year; what is the estimated bank of ozone-depleting chemicals contained within his Department; and how many months' supply of ozone-depleting chemicals have been ordered by his Department.

The amount of ozone-depleting chemicals used or purchased over the period specified has been significantly less than one tonne, as is the current stock of such chemicals. No ozone-depleting chemicals are on order.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his Department's policy on purchasing ozone-depleting chemicals and goods manufactured with these substances; and in which year his Department expects to cease using, purchasing or releasing ozone-depleting substances controlled by the Montreal protocol and HCFC.

In line with both Government and EC policy, Treasury procurement is based on best value for money and objective non-discriminatory criteria.Within these parameters, it is Treasury policy not to purchase, wherever possible, any substances containing CFCs, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform or halons. This includes equipment and packaging where such substances have been used in manufacture. Where this is not possible, we expect suppliers to take all reasonable steps to comply speedily with the Montreal protocol.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update to April 1992 the information on net earnings provided in his reply of 10 February 1987 to the hon. Member for Fulham (Mr. Carrington), Official Report, columns 177–78.

Estimates of the level of earnings for the top 5 per cent. of earners are not published. The information in the table is based on estimates of these levels derived from distributions of earnings published in the relevant new earnings survey. Information for April 1992 is not yet available. Earnings levels are for men or women as appropriate paid at adult rates with pay unaffected by absence. Taxpayers are assumed to have no reliefs or allowances other than the appropriate personal allowance.

Earnings after Income tax, national insurance contributions1 and child benefit, April 1991
	£ per week
Single man	445.90
Married man	459.10
Married man with two children under 11	476.60
Single women	289.80
1 At the contracted-in rate.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update to 1992–93 the information on real net earnings provided in his reply of 10 April 1986 to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field), Official Report, columns 193–94.

Estimates for 1992–93 are as follows:

Income tax and income tax + NIC1 as percentage of gross earnings Multiples of average earnings2
	⅔	1	2	5	10
Single
Tax	17.1	19.7	26.2	34.5	37.2
Tax + NIC	24.5	27.7	30.9	36.4	38.2
Married
Tax	13.6	17.4	24.3	33.7	36.9
Tax + NIC	21.0	25.3	29.0	35.6	37.8

Changes in real net earnings after income tax and NIC (1956–57 = 100) Multiples of average earnings
	⅔	1	2	5	10
Single	179.6	182.7	191.0	220.7	283.9
Married	177.1	176.8	189.1	217.4	279.4
1 At the contracted-in rate.
2 Full time adult males (all occupations).

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update, to take account of the 1992 Budget, the information on tax changes contained in his reply of 21 October 1986 to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher), Official Report, columns 807–8.

Latest estimates of the annual change in income tax liability resulting from the changes in tax rates, allowances and thresholds announced in the 1992 Budget are in the table. The 1978–79 income tax regime has been indexed to 1992–93 levels by reference to the statutory formula, and allowing for independent taxation.For the purposes of these calculations the indexed regime of 1978–79 is applied directly to the income base of 1992–93. In practice, retention of the regime indexed as appropriate for the intervening years would have led to changes in the income base.

Average reduction in income tax per individual1 in 1992–93 compared with the 1978–79 indexed regime
Range of individual's income in1992–93 £	Total reduction £ million	Average reduction £ per annum
Under 5,000	500	150
5,000 to 10,000	32,000	400
10,000 to 15,000	4,500	730
15,000 to 20,000	4,300	1,060
20,000 to 30,000	5,000	1,590
30,000 to 50,000	3,600	2,960
Over 50,000	10,300	21,000
Total	31,400	1,200
1 Individuals liable to income tax under the 1978–79 indexed regime.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the hon. Member for Faversham may expect an answer to his written question number 192 of 8 June concerning stamp duty.

I replied to my hon. Friend's question on 18 June 1992, Official Report, column 628.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the net contribution or the net receipt of each member state to or from the EC in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and if he will express these totals also as a sum per head of population in each member state.

The European Commission does not publish information on member states' net balances in respect of the EC budget. The latest information available is contained in the European Court of Auditors' report for 1990; this gives information on member states' gross contributions and some 85 per cent. of budgetary receipts, with administration and research the main items of expenditure excluded. Using this incomplete information, the following table gives member states' net contributions (+) or net receipts (-) for 1990, both in absolute terms and per head of population:

	mecu1	ecu1 per head
Belgium2	+774	+77
Denmark	-422	-83
Germany	+5,550	+88
Greece	-2,470	-245
Spain	-1,711	-44
France	+1,805	+32
Ireland	-1,892	-541
Italy	+417	+7
Luxembourg2	+60	+150
Netherlands	-368	-25
Portugal	-601	-64
United Kingdom	+3,387	+59
1 At current prices and exchange rates.
2 Although the table shows Belgium and Luxembourg as net contributors in each year, they are not likely to have been when administrative receipts excluded from the Court of Auditors' report are taken into account.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the travelling and subsistence allowances payable on a daily basis to persons in public service and the standard motor mileage allowance for such persons for the year 1992–93; and how much of these allowances are chargeable to tax.

[pursuant to his reply, 15 June 1992, col. 357]: I regret that one of the figures in the tables was incorrect. The answer should have read as follows:The travelling and subsistence allowance payable on a daily basis to persons in the public service are as follows:

Standard rate of motor mileage allowances
Cars with engine capacity:	Up to 1500cc Pence	1501cc-2000cc Pence	Over 2000cc Pence
From 1 April 1992
Up to 5,000 miles	35.7	40	43
Over 7,000 miles	17	21	27

Subsistence allowances
Day subsistence allowance (with effect from 1 August 1991)	Subsistence clas-sification All classes £
More than 5 hours	3–90
More than 10 hours	8–60

Night subsistence allowance (with effect from 1 August 1991)
	1 £	2 £	3 £
Inner London	98.70	68.50	61.30
Elsewhere	85.85	63.15	48.85

Lodging allowance (paid after 30 nights) (with effect from 1 August 1991)	Subsistence classification
	1 and 2 £	3 £
Married officer:
Inner London	31.80	25.60
Elsewhere	29.90	23.80
Single officer:
Inner London	22.80	22.80
Elsewhere	21.00	21.00

These rates are reviewed annually. From 1 August 1992, Departments and agencies will determine their own motor mileage and subsistence rates. The excess between the motor mileage rates and the Inland Revenue fixed profit car scheme is taxable. The FPCS rates for 1992–93 are:

Cars with engine capacity	1001cc-1500cc Pence	1501cc-2000cc Pence	Over 2000cc Pence
From 1 April 1992
Up to 4,000 miles	30	38	51
Over 4,000 miles	17	21	27

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in England and Wales that are able to perform major medical operations on inmates.

There are modern fully equipped surgical units situated at Parkhurst and Liverpool prisons: the latter is closed temporarily to facilitate the installation of integral sanitation. Operations are performed by surgeons from the NHS, but where major surgery or highly specialist equipment is required, the patient is transferred to an outside hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the procedures that are followed by his Department when payment has to be paid to a hospital for giving medical treatment to prison inmates and who is responsible for such payment.

No costs to the prison service arise for treatment or other care which is provided to prisoners in national health service facilities. The costs involved are ordinarily a matter for the prisoner's district health authority of origin.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions personal correspondence in the possession of persons applying for temporary visitors' visas on arrival in the United Kingdom has been copied in each of the last 10 years.

This information is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, on the assumption of an unchanged number of parliamentary constituencies for England, (a) the 1992 electoral quota and (b) the entitlement of each county and London borough.

The 1992 electoral quota for England is 69,534. The entitlement of each county and London borough is given in the table.

	1992 Electorate	Entitlement
A. London boroughs
City of London1	3,862	10.06
Barking and Dagenham	111,231	1.60
Barnet	211,617	3.04
Bexley	168,328	2.42
Brent	169,035	2.43
Bromley	230,088	3.31
Camden	122,855	1.77
Croydon	244,184	3.51
Ealing	189,481	2.73
Enfield	196,309	2.82
Greenwich	157,276	2.26
Hackney	113,120	1.63
Hammersmith and Fulham	100,125	1.44
Haringey	142,479	2.05
Harrow	145,619	2.09
Havering	180,826	2.60
Hillingdon	171,812	2.47
Hounslow	153,538	2.21
Islington	112,247	1.61
Kensington and Chelsea	84,700	1.22
Kingston upon Thames	94,233	1.36
Lambeth	172,136	2.48
Lewisham	174,655	2.51
Merton	126,737	1.82
Newham	158,379	2.28
Redbridge	171,964	2.47
Richmond upon Thames	116,935	1.68
Southwark	174,317	2.51
Sutton	127,251	1.83
Tower Hamlets	113,129	1.63
Waltham Forest	163,252	2.35
Wandsworth	199,397	2.87
Westminster	109,738	1.58
1 The whole of the City of London shall be included within a constituency, the name of which shall refer to the City of London.

	1992 electorate	Entitlement
B. Counties
Metropolitan
Greater Manchester	1,917,869	27.58
Merseyside	1,088,179	15.65
South Yorkshire	1,013,132	14.57
Tyne and Wear	875,162	12.59
West Midlands	1,978,106	28.45
West Yorkshire	1,578,994	22.71

	1992 electorate	Entitlement
Non-metropolitan
Avon	729,224	10.49
Bedfordshire	391,555	5.63
Berkshire	554,630	7.98
Buckinghamshire	478,462	6.88
Cambridgeshire	496,704	7.14
Cheshire	742,426	10.68
Cleveland	418,538	6.02
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	370,241	5.32
Cumbria	385,240	5.54
Derbyshire	727,515	10.46
Devon	795,793	11.44
Dorset	525,714	7.56
Durham	472,574	6.80
East Sussex	549,501	7.90
Essex	1,187,127	17.07
Gloucestershire	416,339	5.99
Hampshire	1,198,864	17.24
Hereford and Worcester	530,098	7.62
Hertfordshire	746,267	10.73
Humberside	674,380	9.70
Isle of Wight	101,442	1.46
Kent	1,159,379	16.67
Lancashire	1,077,486	15.50
Leicestershire	675,422	9.71
Lincolnshire	463,245	6.66
Norfolk	593,291	8.53
Northamptonshire	440,144	6.33
Northumberland	239,896	3.45
North Yorkshire	560,706	8.06
Nottinghamshire	786,385	11.31
Oxfordshire	422,930	6.08
Shropshire	316,882	4.56
Somerset	368,134	5.29
Staffordshire	809,921	11.65
Suffolk	483,323	6.95
Surrey	784,235	11.28
Warwickshire	378,414	5.44
West Sussex	558,975	8.04
Wiltshire	434,182	6.24

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in England and Wales that do not have a full-time probation officer working within the prison.

Only one. Her Majesty's prison Haslar has a part-time main grade probation officer working one and a half days per week.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in England and Wales that allow inmates to use phone cards.

In keeping with the commitment given in the prison service's White Paper, provision for cardphones for inmates' use is being made in all establishments in England and Wales. Within the rolling programme of installation scheduled for completion by the end of July 1992, cardphones are operational in the establishments listed below;

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many traffic wardens are employed within the London borough of Waltham Forest; and by how much this figure will increase after the introduction of red routes.

I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that a total of 63 traffic wardens operate in the area covering the London borough of Waltham Forest as well as parts of the London boroughs of Epping and Redbridge. No decision has been made about increasing the figure after the introduction of red routes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by local authority the number of cases where juveniles were remanded by an application for an unruly certificate which local authorities were responsible for making in the periods of 1 July to 30 December 1990 and 1 January to 30 March 1992.

The information requested is not recorded centrally. The only information available relates to Juveniles initially received on remand into prison service establishments. These statistics are published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (table 2.7 of the Volume for 1990, Cm 1800), a copy of which is in the Library.An unruliness certificate is required for such juveniles received as untried and for some of those received as convicted unsentenced; it is not required for those committed in custody to the Crown court for sentence under section 37 of the Magistrates Courts Act. Information by area is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles were remanded in prison department custody between 1 July and 30 December 1990 and 1 January to 30 March 1992.

Between 1 July and 31 December 1990, 496 juveniles were initially received into prison service establishments in England and Wales as untried prisoners and a further 38 juveniles were initially received as convicted unsentenced. Comparable provisional figures for the period 1 July to 31 December 1991 are 469 initially received as untried and 21 initially received as convicted unsentenced. Data for 1 January to 30 March 1992 are not yet available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sentenced 15-year-olds were in prison service custody on the most recent convenient date; in which establishments they were held; and which of these establishments also accommodate (a) young adults and (b) adults.

The readily available information is given in the table.

Sentenced 15-year-olds held in prison service establishments on 31 December 1991
Establishment	Number held
Male remand centres Glen Parva1	1
Male juvenile young offender institutions2
Feltham3	12
Kirklevington	22
Onley3	20
Werrington3	14
Female closed young offender institutions
New Hall4	1

Establishment	Number held
Total	70
1 Also accommodates young adults.
2Juvenile young offender institutions also hold young offenders who have reached their seventeenth birthday and are awaiting transfer to another young offender institution.
3There are also other units at these sites which hold young adults.
4Also accommodates young adults. There is also an adult prison on the same site.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average daily population of remanded 15 and 16-year-old juveniles in the periods between 1 July and 30 December 1990 and 1 January and 30 March 1992.

The average daily population of juveniles is not readily available but between 31 July and 31 December 1990 the average end of month population of 15 and 16-year-old remand prisoners was 60 untried and 15 convicted unsentenced. Data for 1 January to 30 March 1992 are not yet available. Figures for 30 September and 31 December and for the same dates in 1991 are shown in the table.

Population of unsentenced 15 and 16-year-olds in prison service establishments in England and Wales by type of prisoner.
	Untried	Convicted unsentenced
1990
30 September	59	17
31 December	44	12
1991
30 September	50	18
31 December	47	12

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made on the effect of the current levels of juveniles remanded to prison department custody on the efficacy of the interim proposals announced for introduction from 1 October; and what consideration he has given to abolishing remands to prison department custody or continuing with the current arrangements.

The substantial decline in the number of 15 and 16-year-olds remanded to prison service establishments in recent years indicates that courts are committed to avoiding prison remands wherever possible. Courts' confidence in this approach will be strengthened by their new powers under the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to attach conditions and requirements when remanding juveniles to local authority accommodation. The Governmnent remains fully committed to abolishing prison remands for 15 and 16-year-olds as soon as the availability of alternative accommodation makes that possible. We will monitor closely the extent to which prison remands continue to be used under the new procedures.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to set up the working party which will examine ways of protecting the police and other members of the emergency services from assault.

The first meeting of the working party on the physical protection of the police is expected to take place in the near future.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what study he has made of the use of police cautions with regard to alleged shop-lifting offences; and if he will make a statement.

My Department has not conducted any study of cautioning specifically for shop-lifting. But we expect to begin a research study later this year which will assess the response to Home Office circular 59/90, which aimed to promote good practice and consistency of decisions in the use of cautions.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been in each year, since 1987 in England and Wales, of retail staff accused of short-changing customers.

We cannot identify from the information held centrally the number of cases of theft in these specific circumstances.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from prison escort in each of the last five years; and how many of those prisoners remain at large.

The number of prisoners who escape from escort has been recorded centrally only since 20 June 1988. Records prior to that date were maintained in a different format and cannot be provided for less than a complete calendar year without disproportionate effort, and for that reason a time scale slightly longer than five years has been taken.The number of prisoners escaping from prison escort from 1 January 1987 to 15 June 1992 were as follows:

	Prisoners
1 January 1987 to 31 December 1987	65
1 January 1988 to 31 December 1988	64
1 January 1989 to 31 December 1989	78
1 January 1990 to 31 December 1990	100
1 January 1991 to 31 December 1991	116
1 January 1992 to 15 June 1992	51

Recapture details have been recorded centrally only since 20 June 1988. However the records make no distinction between recaptured prisoners who escaped from escort, and those who escaped from penal establishments and may omit information about escaped prisoners who are subsequently remanded in custody for new offences. To cross-reference incidents of recapture with individual escapers could only be achieved by a manual search, at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have escaped from prison in 1992; and from which prisons.

From 1 January 1992 to 15 June 1992 there were 76 escape incidents from penal establishments; 133 prisoners escaped.Most of these escapes were from low security category C prisons. The numbers of escapers form a very small proportion of those in custody.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the escapes and attempted escapes by prisoners from escorts in 1992; and if he will provide details.

From 1 January 1992 to 15 June 1992 there were 44 escape incidents while prisoners were being escorted outside penal establishments. In those 44 incidents 51 prisoners escaped.From 1 January 1992 to 15 June 1992 there were 16 attempted escape incidents while prisoners were being escorted outside penal establishments. Twenty five prisoners were involved in these attempted escapes. Further information is provided in the tables.

Escapes from escort
Prison establishment	Date	Number of prisoners escaped
Winchester	8 January 1992	1
Leeds	15 January 1992	1
Cardiff	3 January 1992	1
Belmarsh	16 January 1992	1
Hollesley Bay	16 January 1992	1
Bullwood Hall	21 January 1992	1
Liverpool	21 January 1992	6
Risley	24 January 1992	1
Hindley	29 January 1992	1
Long Lartin	2 March 1992	1
Stafford	4 February 1992	1
Full Sutton	4 February 1992	1
Low Newton	6 February 1992	1
Leicester	17 February 1992	1
Holloway	19 February 1992	1
Chelmsford	20 February 1992	1
Norwich	27 February 1992	1
Castington	27 February 1992	1
Wymott	4 February 1992	1
Norwich	4 March 1992	1
Durham	6 March 1992	2
Hollesley Bay	9 March 1992	1
Brixton	11 March 1992	1
Hollesley Bay	11 March 1992	1
Maidstone	18 March 1992	1
Durham	18 March 1992	1
Exeter	18 March 1992	1
Low Newton	21 March 1992	1
Wymott	27 March 1992	1
Hollesley Bay	28 March 1992	1
Risley	8 April 1992	1
Risley	10 April 1992	1
Feltham	16 April 1992	1
Pentonville	22 April 1992	1
Thorp Arch	27 April 1992	1
Low Newton	27 April 1992	1
Channings Wood	30 April 1992	1
Garth	16 May 1992	1
Acklington	20 May 1992	1
Glen Parva	20 May 1992	1
Dartmoor	21 May 1992	2
Moorland	28 May 1992	1
Bullingdon	5 June 1992	1
Liverpool	17 June 1992	1

Prison establishment	Date	Number of attempted escapers
Holloway	13 January 1992	1
Holloway	16 January 1992	1
Brinsford	21 January 1992	1
Garth	22 January 1992	1
Chelmsford	14 February 1992	1
Glen Parva	19 March 1992	6
Garth	20 March 1992	1
Brixton	30 March 1992	3
Acklington	3 April 1992	1
Brinsford	1 April 1992	2
Acklington	3 April 1992	1
Swaleside	13 May 1992	1
Pentonville	24 May 1992	1
Stoke Heath	28 May 1992	2
Grendon	4 June 1992	1
Swansea	5 June 1992	1

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers have not returned to work following maternity leave in each of the last five years; and what has been the cost to his Department of prison officers not returning to work following maternity leave.

According to centrally available information, none. Information relating to the years 1988–89 is not readily available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for providing child care facilities for prison workers.

Number of prison staff injured during attempted/escapes from escort
	Escape from Escort	Incident Attempted Escape from Escort	Total
20 June 1988 to 31 December 1988	21	14	35
1 January 1989 to 31 December 1989	19	5	24
1 January 1990 to 31 December 1990	19	20	39
1 January 1991 to 31 December 1991	40	19	59
1 January 1992 to 15 June 1992	10	10	20

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers are from ethnic minorities; and in what establishments they work.

On 18 June 1992, the total number of Prison Service grades who had volunteered their ethnic origin as other than white was 96. A breakdown, by establishment, is as follows:

	Number
HMP Belmarsh	2
HMP Birmingham	6
HMP Blundeston	1
HMP Brixton	5
HMP Bullingdon	2
HMP Camp Hill	2
HMP Chelmsford	2
HMP Coldingley	1
HMP Downview	1
HMP Elmley	7
HMP Garth	1
HMP Gartree	1
HMP Haverigg Camp	2

A nursery was opened at Her Majesty's prison Holloway in May 1991; other prison service establishments who have shown an intererst in providing child care facilities are receiving encouragement and guidance. General guidance on the provision of child care facilities, drawing on the experience of Holloway and other departmental nurseries, is being prepared and will be circulated to all establishments, later this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what prison establishments have received extra staff since 1 April in accordance with the Fresh Start framework agreement and as a result of the further two-hour reduction in the working week of prison officers.

All the prison officers necessary to implement the final stage of the framework agreement were posted before April 1992. Allocations to establishments were made on the basis of their relative needs and their contributions to the Fresh Start efficiency improvements.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers have been assaulted whilst performing escort duties in each of the last five years, including 1992.

The numbers of prison staff assaulted while performing escort duties are not recorded centrally. However, the following table shows the numbers of prison staff reported as having been injured during the course of incidents of prisoners escaping from escort or attempting to escape from escort. Records prior to 20 June 1988 are not available.

	Number
HMP Hindley	1
HMP Holloway	3
HMP Holme House	1
HMP Hull	1
HMP Leeds	1
HMP Leicester	1
HMP Lewes	1
HMP Lindholme	1
HMP Littlehey	2
HMP Liverpool	1
HMP Long Lartin	1
HMP Manchester	1
HMP Moorland	1
HMP Nottingham	1
HMP Parkhurst	1
HMP Pentonville	8
HMP Shrewsbury	1
HMP Stocken	1
HMP Swaleside	1
HMP Wandsworth	7
HMP Wayland	1
HMP Wellingborough	1
HMP Whitemoor	3

	Number
HMP Wormwood Scrubs	1
HMP and RC Cardiff	2
HMP and RC Exeter	1
HMP and RC Winchester	1
HMP and YOI Styal	1
HMRC Brockhill	1
HMYOI Bullwood Hall	1
HMYOI Eastwood Park	1
HMYOI Northallerton	2
HMYOI Swinfen Hall	2
HMYOI The Mount	1
HMYOI and RC Brinsford	2
HMYOI and RC Feltham	3
HMYOI and RC Glen Parva	2

However, these figures are based on a voluntary survey of ethnic origin to which only 32 per cent, of prison officer grades responded. A further survey is being carried out.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers have been assaulted in 1992; and at which prisons these assaults took place.

From 1 January 1992 to 15 June 1992 there were 319 incidents recorded of assaults on prison staff. This figure is for all prison staff grade 1 to 8.The figure is for all recorded assaults on staff and includes assaults incurred by staff whilst on duty within and outside penal establishments. Assaults are recorded as either major or minor incidents. Major assaults are those assaults where the matter has been reported to the police, while minor assaults are those which are not reported to the police. The total figure comprises 273 minor assaults and 46 major assaults.The recorded assault incidents were at the following penal establishments.

Major assaults on staff
Establishment	Number of assaults
Aldington	1
Bedford	1
Belmarsh	2
Blundeston	1
Brinsford	3
Bristol	1
Brixton	1
Cardiff	2
Castington	2
Chelmsford	2
Coldingley	2
Cookham Wood	1
Elmley	1
Frankland	1
Full Sutton	2
Garth	1
Hindley	1
Hoolesley Bay	1
Holloway	2
Lewes	1
Lindholme	1
Liverpool	1
Maidstone	1
Pentonville	2
Preston	1
Pucklechurch	1
Reading	1
Risley	1
Rochester	1
Shepton Mallet	1
Stafford	1
Styal	1
Swansea	2

Establishment	Number of assaults
Winchester	1
Wormwood Scrubs	1

Minor assaults on staff
Establishment	Number of assaults
Acklington	1
Albany	2
Aylesbury	8
Bedford	2
Belmarsh	8
Birmingham	6
Blundeston	1
Brinsford	1
Bristol	1
Brixton	7
Bullwood Hall	4
Camp Hill	1
Canterbury	4
Cardiff	3
Chelmsford	3
Coldingley	4
Dartmoor	3
Dover	1
Durham	1
Everthorpe	3
Exeter	1
Featherstone	3
Frankland	8
Full Sutton	11
Gloucester	1
Gartree	1
Glen Parva	5
Garth	6
Grendon/Spring Hill	4
Highpoint	4
Hindley	2
Hollesley Bay Colony	1
Holloway	8
Leeds	5
Lindholme	1
Littlehey	1
Liverpool	3
Long Lartin	2
Low Newton	5
Maidstone	1
Manchester	6
Moorland	1
The Mount	4
Norwich	6
Nottingham	3
Onley	1
Parkhurst	1
Pentonville	3
Portland	1
Preston	1
Risley	9
Rochester	30
Shepton Mallet	2
Stafford	5
Stocken	3
Stoke Heath	7
Swaleside	13
Wakefield	1
Wandsworth	2
Wayland	2
Winchester	4
Wormwood Scrubs	29
Wymott	2

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the targeted staffing level and the actual staffing level at each prison establishment.

I will write to the hon. Member with this information.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women prison officers there are; and in what establishments they work.

The available information is as follows:

Establishment	Total
Acklington	1
Albany	6
Aldington	1
Askham Grange	32
Aylesbury	8
Bedford	8
Belmarsh	59
Birmingham	21
Blundeston	2
Brinsford	29
Bristol	11
Brixton	34
Brockhill	2
Bullingdon	30
Bullwood Hall	72
Camp Hill	9
Canterbury	10
Cardiff	5
Castington	4
Channings Wood	4
Chelmsford	13
Coldingley	7
Cookham Wood	47
Dartmoor	11
Deerbolt	5
Dorchester	4
Downview	8
Drake Hall	53
Durham	45
East Sutton Park	18
Eastwood park	5
Elmley	24
Erlestoke House	2
Everthorpe	2
Exeter	7
Featherstone	1
Feltham	15
Ford	1
Frankland	18
Full Sutton	28
Garth	20
Gartree	11
Glen Parva	9
Gloucester	6
Grendon	10
Guys Marsh	2
Hatfield	1
Haverigg	1
Hewell Grange	2
Highdown	1
Highpoint	5
Hindley	9
Hollesley Bay	4
Holloway	252
Holme House	21
Hull	8
Huntercombe	7
Kingston	2
Kirlevington	2
Leeds	17
Leicester	6
Lewes	14
Leyhill	2
Lincoln	11

Establishment	Total
Lindholme	3
Littlehey	5
Liverpool	16
Long Lartin	11
Low Newton	27
Maidstone	7
Manchester	9
Moorland	29
Mount	11
New Hall	74
North Sea Camp	3
Northallerton	5
Norwich	12
Nottingham	3
Onley	10
Parkhurst	10
Pentonville	18
Portland	2
Preston	9
PSITG	2
Pucklechurch	46
Reading	6
Risley	87
Rochester	12
Send	2
Shepton Mallet	1
Shrewsbury	8
Stafford	12
Standford Hill	1
PSC Newbold Revel	1
PSC Wakefield	3
Stocken	6
Stoke Heath	2
Styal	90
Swaleside	20
Swansea	3
Swinfen Hall	3
Thorn Cross	1
Usk	3
Wakefield	15
Wandsworth	19
Wayland	10
Wellingborough	7
Wetherby	3
Whatton	2
Whitemoor	49
Winchester	7
Woodhill	9
Wormwood Scrubs	26
Wymott	3
Total	1,803

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will outline his Department's policy on recovery and recycling of ozone-depleting chemicals.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has given today to a similar question.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the amount in tonnes of ozone-depleting chemicals used or purchased by his Department for the years 1989, 1990 and 1991, and estimates of usage for the next year; what is the estimated bank of ozone-depleting chemicals contained within his Department; and how many months' supply of ozone-depleting chemicals have been ordered by his Department.

The information requested is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his Department's policy on purchasing ozone-depleting chemicals and goods man-ufactured with these substances; and in which year his Department expects to cease using, purchasing or releasing ozone-depleting substances, controlled by the Montreal protocol, and HCFCs.

We are currently reviewing our policy on these matters and I will write to the hon. Member when this work has been completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the weekly cost of providing inmates with meals at each prison establishment.

In 1990–91, the latest year for which figures are available, the average weekly cost of providing meals for inmates was as follows:

Establishment	Cost
Acklington	12.53
Albany	17.25
Aldington	15.77
Ashwell	15.38
Askham Grange	17.21
Aylesbury	18.12
Bedford	16.35
Birmingham	9.80
Blantyre House	27.22
Blundeston	15.86
Bristol	16.06
Brixton	9.71
Brockhill	10.97
Bullwood Hall	26.99
Camp Hill	13.70
Campsfield House	61.17
Canterbury	12.26
Cardiff	13.45
Castington	13.84
Channings Wood	11.97
Chelmsford	13.78
Coldingley	14.79
Cookham Wood	18.68
Dartmoor	13.68
Deerbolt	10.77
Dorchester	16.36
Dover	12.99
Downview	30.42
Drake Hall	20.02
Durham	10.96
East Sutton Park	28.55
Eastwood Park	19.87
Erlestoke	14.43
Everthorpe	13.78
Exeter	14.04
Featherstone	12.59
Feltham	16.71
Ford	12.58
Frankland	15.65
Full Sutton	14.76
Garth	15.13
Gartree	18.44
Glen Parva	12.09
Gloucester	13.92
Grendon	16.10
Guys Marsh	20.37

Establishment	Cost
Haslar	17.37
Hatfield	12.89
Haverigg	13.82
Hewell Grange	20.90
High Point	13.31
Hindley	13.12
Hollesley Bay	27.82
Holloway	12.62
Hull	11.58
Huntercombe	18.53
Kingston	13.26
Kirkham	17.48
Kirklevington	22.98
Lancaster	14.37
Latchmere House	14.20
Leeds	10.77
Leicester	15.47
Lewes	13.31
Leyhill	16.81
Lincoln	11.16
Lindholme	23.80
Littlehey	11.68
Liverpool	14.07
Long Lartin	17.82
Lowdham Grange	184.16
Low Newton	16.38
Maidstone	11.56
Manchester	34.54
Morton Hall	14.50
Mount	57.54
New Hall	17.38
Northallerton	16.10
North Eye	15.70
North Sea Camp	13.99
Norwich	18.54
Nottingham	15.53
Onley	10.88
Oxford	18.20
Parkhurst	18.52
Pentonville	14.56
Portland	14.51
Preston	12.58
Pucklechurch	19.83
Ranby	14.09
Reading	14.89
Risley	15.57
Rochester	15.66
Rudgate	15.44
Send	22.46
Shepton Mallet	15.45
Shrewsbury	45.65
Stafford	11.41
Standford Hill	18.63
Stocken	12.53
Stoke Heath	14.23
Styal	16.00
Sudbury	12.91
Swaleside	11.72
Swansea	16.18
Swinfen Hall	16.77
Thorn Cross	19.56
Thorp Arch	14.35
Usk	17.49
Verne	12.61
Wakefield	13.79
Wandsworth	10.76
Wayland	13.43
Wellingborough	22.30
Werrington	15.23
Wetherby	17.88
Whatton	13.18
Winchester	13.80
Wormwood Scrubs	16.16
Wymott	12.86

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to provide additional revenue support to local victim support groups to assist in financing expenses for voluntary, unpaid helpers.

Home Office funding for local victim support schemes, provided by means of a grant to the national organisation, Victim Support, rose by 28 per cent. to £6.9 million between 1991–92 and 1992–93. It is set to rise a further 15 per cent. to £7.9 million next year. Within broad parameters agreed with the Home Office the allocation of those funds to individual schemes is a matter for Victim Support.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reasons for the code of minimum standards that is applied to the Wolds private prison via the contract specification documents differing from the standards in the state prisons.

One of the objectives of the policy of contracting out the management of prisons is to secure better value for money. The specifications drawn up for Wolds remand prison and Blakenhurst prison therefore deliberately seek high standards of performance by contractors. These standards are also in line with the direction in which the rest of the prison service is heading.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the incident at the Wolds prison on 4 June.

On the evening of 4 June a prisoner at Wolds remand prison was assaulted by other prisoners and sustained minor injuries. He was seen by medical staff. The police were called in, but they have been unable to pursue their inquiries because the prisoner is not willing to be interviewed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department last reviewed the proposal to change the drug classification category of anabolic steroids to make possession of such substances without prescription a criminal offence; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 19 June 1992]: Anabolic steroids are prescription-only medicines in the United Kingdom. Under the Medicines Act 1968 it is an offence to sell steroids or to possess them for the purpose of sale, without a licence.Under the provisions of section 45(8) of the Act, a person found guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £2,000; and on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.Last year, the Government asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the relevant trade and professional bodies for their views on the question of bringing anabolic steroids under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 which allows strict controls to be imposed on dangerous and harmful drugs. The view at that time of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and the other bodies consulted was that there was not a sufficiently strong case for bringing steroids within the controls of the 1971 Act.However, we decided that further action on steroids was necessary. We brought forward a package of measures targeted particularly at the young and designed to tackle misuses in a number of ways, including additional research into the extent of steroid misuse; further research to improve the testing and detection methods used in sporting circles; an enhanced educational effort aimed mainly at schools and competitions; increased action against those who advertise steroids without a licence in contravention of the Medicines Act 1968.We intend, subject to a suitable legislative opportunity, to change the law to make it an offence to supply anabolic steroids to minors.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how much was spent on events and publicity surrounding the launch of the Public Record Office as an agency; and whether the cost was borne by the parent department or the new agency.

The cost of the launch of the Public Record Office as an agency was borne by the Public Record Office, and related questions are the responsibility of the Agency's chief executive, Mrs. Sarah Tyacke, to whom I have referred this question for reply. She will write to the hon. Member and copies of her reply will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the maximum salary payable, including performance-related element, and the length of time of the contract, of the chief executive of the Public Record Office.

The current maximum salary payable to the chief executive of the Public Record Office, including a performance-related element, is £57,500. The contract is for three years, 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1995. It is renewable.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what was the first degree obtained by the chief executive of the Public Record Office; and from which university or polytechnic it was awarded.

This is a personal matter for the chief executive. I have drawn the question to her attention and have invited her to write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when British diplomats last visited Lhasa; what was their itinerary; and if he will make a statement.

Two British diplomats, including a first secretary from our embassy in Peking, visited Tibet between 16 and 25 May. They visited Lhasa and Shigatze. They carried out a programme of calls on the local authorities, focusing on human rights, consular matters and economic development.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many hours a week are worked by (a) the European Commission staff and (b) Commissioners; and how many days a year are on average lost to illness linked to overwork by (a) Commission staff and (b) Commissioners.

I am informed by the Commission that its staff work 37½ statutory hours per week, and that statutory hours for Commissioners are not specified.Staff absences are a matter for the Commission. Statistics are not available on days lost to illness linked to overwork.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn) on 15 June, Official Report, column 352, from where the United Kingdom and EC working papers to the UN Disarmament Commission, A/CN. 10/172 and A/CN. 10/165 respectively, to which he makes reference, are available; and if he will arrange for copies to be made available in the Library.

We are making arrangements for copies of these papers to be placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the implementation of United Nation's Security Council resolutions relating to Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

We are seeking the implementation in full of all Security Council resolutions on Yugoslavia. Resolution 752 of 15 May 1992 demanded, inter alia, a ceasefire in Bosnia-Herzegovina and an end to interference in that state by the Yugoslav people's army (JNA) and Croatian army. Resolution 757 of 30 May imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro as a way of bringing pressure on them to comply with resolution 752. Resolution 757 has been implemented in the United Kingdom and its dependent territories by five Orders in Council. We fully support the efforts of the United Nations to implement resolution 758 of 8 June which aims to secure Sarajevo airport in order to deliver humanitarian assistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set out in £ sterling the current salary and allowances, distinguishing office costs, travel and subsistence, for a British Member of the European Parliament.

British Members of the European Parliament receive the same salary as that paid to Members of the House of Commons, i.e. £30,854 per year. The allowance figures were set out in the Lord President's answer to a written question from the hon. Member for Harrow, East (Mr. Dykes), Official Report, 17 February 1992, column 30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on British diplomatic representation in Tirana.

We have decided to send a member of the Diplomatic Service to open an office in Tirana for the duration of the British Presidency of the European Community. The French Government have kindly agreed to provide office accommodation. Her Majesty's Ambassador in Rome will continue to be accredited (on a non-resident basis) to Tirana.