To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what further consideration he has given to the deployment of forces in the Bosnia region; and if he will make a statement.

I informed the House on 14 January at column 1057 that in order to enhance the safety of our troops in Bosnia I was authorising the deployment of additional forces to the region. These included HMS Ark Royal and her carrier group, with a light gun battery and associated support units embarked. 1 made clear that these deployments did not mark any change in our policy in the area. The carrier group reached the Adriatic on 26 January.We have kept this deployment under continuous review. We judge it still to be essential that the carrier group remains on station in the Adriatic to carry out the role for which it was orginally deployed, and that the associated personnel remain in a high state of readiness. In the light of current circumstances, we are satisfied that this readiness can now be achieved by moving most of the Army personnel concerned, who have been embarked on ships in the Adriatic, to the United Kingdom where they will be able to resume normal training. They will be available to rejoin their equipment by air at very short notice if this becomes necessary.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason training flights for the remaining Vulcan bomber have been continued; and when has been the cost of continuing training from September 1992 to the present.

The Vulcan is flown occasionally to maintain aircrew currency for a delivery flight to its eventual purchaser. The additional cost of operating and maintaining the aircraft between 20 September 1992—the date of its last display—and 26 February 1993—its most recent continuation flight—was approximately £3,600.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the exact role (a) Brown and Root, (b) Hunting plc and (c) Atomic Energy Authority Technology would play in the day-to-day management of the AWEs.

Brown and Root, Hunting plc and AEA Technology have formed Hunting BRAE Ltd. as a joint venture company, which has been selected as the winner of the competition to appoint a contractor to operate the Atomic Weapons Establishment from 1 April 1993. It is Hunting BRAE Ltd., rather than its parent organisation, which will have the responsibility and authority for day-to-day management of the establishment after that date, subject of course to MOD's stringent operating requirements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many MOD properties were (a) offered for sale and (b) sold under their discount scheme in 1992, 1991 and 1990.

The information requested is set out in the table:

Year	Offered for sale	Sold
1992	321	385
1991	460	525
1990	721	715

Some of the properties sold were dwellings which were offered for sale in the previous year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what discussions he has had with local authority associations concerning the housing needs of personnel leaving the services;(2) what discussions he has had with local authorities in areas covering MOD sites concerning the housing needs of personnel leaving the services.

Officials from my Department are in regular contact with local authorities. The Department of the Environment circular 54/75 gives local authorities advice about the housing requirements of ex-service personnel. My officials have been considering with Environment Department officials the revision and re-issue of that guidance. The Department of the Environment will be consulting local authority associations on the draft text of a replacement circular shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what are the defence implications of the delay in ratification of the 1981 inhumane weapons convention by Her Majesty's Government; and if he will make a statement;(2) what are the defence implications of the delay in ratification of the 1977 additional protocols to the Geneva convention by Her Majesty's Government; and if he will make a statement.

There are no defence implications. Our armed forces already adhere to the principles laid down in both the additional protocols to the Geneva conventions and the United Nations weaponry convention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 26 February to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox), Official Report, column 740, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of building a new joint RAF-NHS hospital in East Anglia.

There are no plans to build a new joint hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 26 February to the hon. Member for Woodspring, (Dr. Fox) Official Report, column 740, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of modernising and expanding the Princess Alexandra hospital, Wroughton.

The information requested is commercial-in-confidence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the costs of closing the Princess Mary hospital, Halton.

This will depend on the future use of the hospital site.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has had with (a) Oxford regional health authority, (b) Buckinghamshire Purchasing Agency, (c) Aylesbury Vale community health council, (d) Buckinghamshire family health services authority and (e) Stoke Mandeville hospital concerning his decision to close the Princess Mary hospital, Halton.

Exploratory meetings have taken place between Royal Air Force staff and representatives of the Oxford regional health authority, the Buckinghamshire Purchasing Agency, and the Stoke Mandeville hospital to discuss our proposals for the reorganisation of RAF secondary medical care. We will be seeking the views of all local health bodies affected by our plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the proposals for the establishment of an MOD-funded wing at Stoke Mandeville hospital.

A number of potential sites for the proposed joint MOD/NHS venture to cover our requirements in East Anglia are being considered. A final decision on location has not yet been made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many central London-based administrative level civil servants in his Department of administration trainee level and above have been made redundant or warned for redundancy in the past 18 months; and if he will classify these by rank.

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence will write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all those services or functions that have been contracted out from his Department since November 1991 without market testing an in-house bid against external competition, with, in each instance, the successful contractor and the reasons for the decision to exclude an in-house bid.

Detailed information in the form requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The services contracted out since November 1991 have, however, included some cases where a substantive in-house bid was not tested against external competition, but not necessarily because an in-house bid was "excluded". The reasons for these include the requirement being for a short-term contract making in-house provision impracticable, and the in-house operation being invited to bid but declining to do so.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in the Land Registry since November 1991; whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision or whether the service was contracted out; what was the name of the successful contractor where appropriate; and if he will make a statement.

The hon. Member's question concerns a specific matter on which the chief executive of Her Majesty's Land Registry is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many staff in the Land Registry are assigned to the market-testing programme; how much the programme has cost the Land Registry since November 1991; and if he will make a statement.

The hon. Member's question concerns a specific matter on which the chief executive of Her Majesty's Land Registry is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many staff in the Lord Chancellor's Department are assigned to the market-testing programme; how much the programme has cost his Department since November 1991; and if he will make a statement.

There are 12 staff assigned to the market testing programme in the Lord Chancellor's Department. The programme has cost £375,000 since November 1991. These figures include those engaged on the review of enforcement agents and their cost, as well as the costs of those consultants engaged to assist with managing the programme.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in the Lord Chancellor's Department since November 1991; whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision or whether the service was contracted out; and what was the name of the successful contractor where appropriate; and if he will make a statement.

Since November 1991 the Lord Chancellor's Department has put out to tender the professional services required to manage its accommodation and development of new court buildings. Prior io that date these services were provided by PSA Services.Lists of the commissions which have been let are as follows:

Court Building
Scheme	Service	Company
Bournemouth	Design	Stride Treglown
Bournemouth	Quantity Surveying	deeds
Docklands	Feasibility and Design	Kyle Stewart
Docklands	Estate Surveying	Knight Frank and Rutley
Docklands	Quantity Surveying	C. F. Baker and Partners
Cardiff	Project Management	W. S. Atkins
Crawley	Feasibility and Design	PSA Projects
Staines	Feasibility and Design	Kyle Stewart
Staines	Estate Surveying	PSA BM South East

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the firms of consultants used by the Land Registry as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 together with the total cost; and if he will make a statement.

The hon. Member's question concerns a specific matter on which the chief executive of Her Majesty's Land Registry is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the firms of consultants used by the Lord Chancellor's Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 together with the total cost; and if he will make a statement.

The firms of consultants used by the Lord Chancellor's Department as part of the market-testing programme since November 1991 are:

• PE International
• AMTEC Consulting
• DM Management Consultants Ltd.
• Kyte and Co.
• Coopers and Lybrand
• Price Waterhouse
• MBA Consultants

The total cost as at 1 March 1993 is £152,000.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list all those services or functions that have been contracted out from the Land Registry since November 1991 without market testing an in-house bid against external competition, with, in each instance, the successful contractor and the reasons for the decision to exclude an in-house bid.

The hon. Member's question concerns a specific matter on which the chief executive of her Majesty's Land Registry is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Norwood (Mr. Fraser) of 10 February, Official Report, column 623, if he will list the representations he has received on the Law Commission's proposals to abolish the principle of privity of contract distinguishing between those in favour of those opposed to the proposals.

No, it would not be practicable to do so. The Lord Chancellor has received a large number of representations from commercial landlords and tenants on the Law Commission's proposals. Although in general the former oppose and the latter support them, there is no uniformity of view within each group; for example, there are differing opinions among landlords as to whether the proposals should extend to future leases and among tenants as to whether they should extend to existing leases.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what proportion of the total legal aid budget is accounted for by the cost of compulsory attendance and cover to police stations by solicitors 365 days per year.

The total cost of the duty solicitor police station scheme in 1991–92, which provides for an initial telephone service as well as attendance at police stations, was £53·6 million. This accounted for 5·9 per cent. of the total net expenditure on legal aid. Information on the detailed breakdown of the overall figure is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many units were provided by housing associations in rural areas for each year since 1979; and what proportion this represented of the total provision for housing associations for that year.

Figures are readily available only for schemes supported by the Housing Corporation since 1989–90. Information for earlier years cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost. The numbers of approvals granted by the Housing Corporation since 1989–90 in settlements with populations of 3,000 or fewer and the proportion of total approvals these represent are as follows:

	Approvals in settlements of 3,000 or fewer	Proportion of total approvals Per cent.
1989–90	578	2·7
1990–91	348	2·8
1991–92	2,345	5·5
1992–93	1,788	3·7

The 1992–93 figures are to 28 February 1993, and exclude approvals given under the housing market package.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce a 50 per cent. reduction in council tax for single householders in place of the current reduction.

No. The existing 25 per cent. discount for single adult households is reasonable.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to improve the performance of the Docklands light railway.

The chairman of the Docklands light railway yesterday announced the signing of a contract with Brown and Root Projects Ltd. to deliver improved performance and equipment reliability for the railway. The contractor will take responsibility for completing and commissioning the new extension to Beckton, for introducing new rolling stock and an advanced new signalling and control centre. The contract is based on specified levels of performance and system reliability which will provide direct benefits to the quality of service offered to the DLR's customers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects the Local Government Commission to publish draft recommendations for local government structure in Derbyshire; and if he will make a statement.

The draft recommendations were due on 21 March. However, the commission has asked for more time to consider the many representations made to it, particularly on community identity. I have today issued a direction which extends this stage of the process until 16 May 1993.This extension will not effect the time allowed for public consultation on the draft recommendations. There will however be a corresponding reduction in the time allowed for the commission to prepare the final report, so it is still due on 19 September.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what studies his Department has carried out or commissioned in relation to minimising light pollution; what information his Department has on the use in Spain of lighting designed to restrict light shining skywards; and if he will make a statement.

I have been asked to reply.My Department is participating in the work of the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) to provide international guidelines to minimise light pollution from road lighting. The CIE is also considering light pollution from other sources of external light. We have no information on specific lighting schemes in Spain.Practices are being developed to curb light pollution as far as possible. Guidance will be published this year on the environmental aspects of good lighting practice; this will be followed by .the Department on its trunk roads, and I hope other highway authorities will do the same. Designs to minimise light pollution will be used whenever lighting is being planned for trunk roads in rural areas. Research has been commissioned into lighting at rural roundabouts to minimise light pollution.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many applications have been received for the building of new voluntary-aided schools in the last 15 years.

Full information in the form requested is not readily available. However, the Department's records show that since November 1988 the Secretary of State has considered proposals under section 13 of the Education Act 1980 to establish 33 new voluntary aided schools of which six would have required the provision of new school buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much money has so far been spent by his Department on the promotion of grant-maintained status, including advertisements for the GM Helpline; how much has been budgeted for future expenditure in this same area; and if he will make a statement on the application of the rules on the use of advertising to promote Government policies.

Information about expenditure on disseminating information about grant-maintained status is circa:

	£
Publications
(from 1 April 1991)	282,000
Conferences
Accommodation	57,000
Specialised support	52,000
Helpline
Advertising	200,000
Operation	25,000

Publication costs prior to 1991 and mailing costs, which form only part of a contract, cannot be dissagregated without incurring disproportionate costs.For the future 10 further conferences are planned at a total cost of circa £136,000. The Helpline is a pilot scheme only. Expenditure on publications in 1993–94 has been planned on the basis of current demand. In issuing information about self-governing status, officials are subject to the guidelines sent to the Society for Education Officers on 3 March 1993 as a proposed code of conduct for local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the effect of clause 10 in the proposed new contract for further education staff on the applicability of the Wages Act 1986; and what are the reasons for the inclusion of this clause in the contract.

This is the responsibility of the college employers' forum which drew up the model contract to which the hon. Member refers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the British Government are taking to ensure the implementation of the United Nations resolutions on Kashmir.

Neither India nor Pakistan fully implemented the UN resolutions of 1948 and 1949, which Britain supported and they have, to some extent, been overtaken by events. We believe the Kashmir dispute can ultimately be solved only by peaceful agreement between India and Pakistan as provided for under the 1972 Simla agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Halifax (Mrs. Mahon) of 7 December, Official Report, column 461, what action the British Government have taken to encourage Pakistan and India to agree a means of settling their dispute over Kashmir as provided for in the Simla agreement; and if he will make a statement.

We have taken every opportunity in our discussions with the Indian and Pakistan Governments to encourage them to agree a means of settling their dispute over Kashmir as provided for under the 1972 Simla agreement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the principles and criteria which will be used to determine to what areas and matters openness will apply in relation to his open government initiative.

The aim of this initiative is to ensure that we reach the right balance between greater openness and the need to preserve confidentiality and privacy where this is justified.The Government will be publishing a White Paper later this Session with further proposals on these issues.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his answer of 18 February, Official Report, column 303, which specified retained documents mentioned in the representations to him by historians following his invitation of June 1992 are (a) now released, (b) to be released and (c) to remain closed.

The following documents, mentioned in representations to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster following his invitation to historians in June 1992,

(a) have now been released:—

• Papers relating to:
• Shingle Street
• German Occupation of the Channel Islands
• Derek Bentley
• John Christie and Timothy Evans
• Suez (in addition to those released in 1987)
• WM (40) 171, 172 (previously withheld extracts from Cabinet Minutes)
• JIC papers and minutes 1939–41
• CAB134—Future Policy Committee papers for 1959–61
• CAB121—Cabinet Office papers on the Dieppe Raid
• PR(56)3—Cabinet Committee paper–Policy Review
• D(52)26—Cabinet Committee paper—Defence Policy and Global Strategy
• JIC(45)55—Resistance in Norway
• JIC(45)76(0)—Resistance in Norway
• F0371/72215—Foreign Office file relating to the murder of an American in Greece in 1948
• JPS/COS—papers and minutes of the Joint Planning Staff and Chief of Staff (38 out of 51 documents requested)
• W071/1240—file relating to the court martial and execution of Josef Jakobs
• F0800/256—previously withheld extracts relating to Austen Chamberlain
• PES—advice from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils 1990–91

(b) Will remain closed:—

• Court martial records containing sensitive personal information
• Domestic files of security and intelligence agencies 1 Joint Planning Staff paper 1948
• 5 extracts from Chief of Staff minutes 1949–50

All other documents mentioned are under review for possible release.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his oral statement of 2 March, Official Report, column 139, what consideration he has given to location of the secure units; and what factors will be taken into account;(2) pursuant to his oral statement of 2 March,

As my right hon. and learned Friend indicated in his statement on 2 March, cols. 139–42, we are now working up detailed plans for the introduction of a new secure training order for persistent juvenile offenders between the ages of 12 and 15. At this stage, when the necessary discussions have not been concluded, it is not possible to provide the details sought by the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria have been used in deciding to whom to award tenders for prison education.

Contracts have been and will be offered to those providers which offer the best combination of quality and price.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a condition of a successful bid for contracts for market-tested jobs in his Department that they comply with existing conditions which guarantee equal opportunities for women.

All bidders will be required to comply with statutory obligations relating to equal opportunities for women.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to investigate Wickham Research Laboratories in respect of the requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

The Home Office inspectorate is investigating the allegations made by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection against Wickham Research Laboratories in respect of the requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department takes to ensure that non-animal alternative tests are available before he grants any licence for test on live animals for particular purposes.

The Home Office inspectorate, in considering applications for project licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, requires applicants to show that they have considered whether the purpose of the research programme could be achieved by methods not involving living animals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each prosecution under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 since 1990, the organisation involved and the level of fine.

Since 1990 there has been one prosecution under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. In 1991 Chilham Rabbits Ltd. was prosecuted for supplying rabbits for use in scientific procedures, although not designated under section 7 of the Act as a breeding and supplying establishment. The company was fined £75 with £42 costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for an independent review of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

The operation of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is kept under review by the independent statutory Animal Procedures Committee.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reasons for the shortfall in income underlying the increase in class IX, vote I, sub-head B1, "probation and bail hostels", in the spring supplementary estimates.

Approved probation and bail hostels derive income from payments by, and on behalf of, residents.The shortfall in income arises because industrial action by the National Association of Probation Officers from March 1992 until January 1993 reduced the numbers of residents in hostels for much of 1992–93.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 March, Official Report, column 76, what information he has concerning trials outside the metropolitan area of an expandable baton and variants of a straight baton for use by the police service.

I will write to my hon. Friend.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to allow the prosecution of British citizens who have committed child sexual abuse in Thailand.

[holding answer 11 March 1993]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton) on 18 February at column 296.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all those services or functions that have been contracted out from his Department since November 1991 without market testing an in-house bid against external competition, with, in each instance, the successful contractor and the reasons for the decision to exclude an in-house bid.

The services or functions contracted out from Northern Ireland Departments since November 1991 without market testing an in-house bid against external competition were:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many national insurance inspectors are employed in Northern Ireland; and of these how many are trained for this task.

Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Alec Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what are the amounts of revenue support grant to local authorities in Wales for each year from 1990–91 to 1992–93;(2) what were the total amounts of rate support grant to local authorities in Wales for each of its last three years of operation.

The information available is shown in table 7.5 of "Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics 1992", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what were the figures for non-domestic rate payments to local authorities in Wales for each of the last five years;(2) what were the total amounts of central Government grants to local authorities in Wales for each of the last five years.

The information available is shown in table 1.3 of "Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics 1992", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the total amounts of central Government capital provision to local authorities in Wales for each of the last five years.

The information requested is given in the following table.

Outturn summary
Financing of rale/general fund revenue expenditure1
£ million
		Source of financing			Source of financing as percentage of expenditure
Financial year	Revenue expenditure2	Government grants3	Non-domestic rates4	Domestic rates/ community charges5	Government grants3	Non-domestic rates4	Domestic rates/ community charges5
1981–82	1,244	885	232	148	71	19	12
1982–83	1,339	948	240	174	71	18	13
1983–84	1,418	1,006	243	149	71	17	11
1984–85	1,481	1,047	255	166	71	17	11
1985–86	1,543	1,084	276	185	70	18	12
1986–87	1,665	1,149	308	214	69	19	13
1987–88	1,797	1,241	338	237	69	19	13
1988–89	1,956	1,305	369	281	67	19	14
1989–90	2,122	1,385	407	317	65	19	15
1990–91	2,228	1.400	443	396	63	20	18
61991–92	2,509	1,810	525	156	72	21	6
61992–93	2,684	1,891	536	240	70	20	9
1 This table provides a general indication of the trend in the financing of revenue expenditure. Comparisons between the rates (prior to 1990–91) and community charge (1990–91 onwards) systems must be made with caution since expenditure definitions and categories differ. For example specific and supplementary grants within Aggregate Exchequer Grant (included under Government grants prior to 1990–91) are not comparable in coverage to those within Aggregate External Finance (included 1990–91 onwards). Also the split between domestic and non-domestic rates (and rebates relating to each) prior to 1990–91 has been estimated.
The percentages do not add to 100 per cent. for technical reasons: these include rounding and authorities' use of balances.
2 Local authority revenue expenditure is defined here (i) prior to 1990–91 as "relevant" expenditure plus expenditure on certain non-relevant items such as net expenditure on mandatory student awards (ii) for 1990–91 onwards as revenue expenditure "on a Total Standard Spending basis".
3 Prior to 1990–91 comprises Rate Suport Grant, specific and supplementary grants within Aggregate Exchequer Grant, domestic rate relief grant and rate rebate grants. For 1990–91 onwards comprises Revenue Support Grant, specific and supplementary grants within Aggregate External Finance, Community Charge Benefit Grant, Transitional Relief/Community Charge Reduction Scheme grants and Community Charge Grant (1991–92).
4 Prior to 1990–91 estimated non-domestic rate income, net of rebates. For 1990–91 onwards the Distributable Amount.
5 Prior to 1990–91 estimated domestic rate income, net of domestic rate relief grant and rate rebates. For 1990–91 onwards net of Community Charge Benefit Grant, Transitional Relief/Community. Charge Reduction Scheme grants and Community Charge Grant (1991–92) but including community council precepts.
6 Provisional.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of full-time equivalent local authority employees in Wales, in each financial year since 1979–80, stating separately how many of the total were teachers; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of Welsh local authority income was represented by central Government support, including the transfer of non-domestic rates in 1990 and the switch from local taxation to VAT in 1991, for each financial year since 1979–80; and if he will make a statement.

The information available is as follows.

The information available is shown in the following table.

Local authority staffing1
	Total all services Thousands2	Lecturers and teachers3 Thousands2
1980	127·9	34·7
1981	125·1	34·0
1982	122·7	33·2

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the annual salary of the chairman of the Clwydian hospital trust.

The chairman of the Clwydian hospital trust receives remuneration at the rate of £19,285 per annum.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list all those services or functions that have been contracted out from his Department since November 1991 without market testing an in-house bid against external competition, with, in each instance the successful contractor and the reasons for the decision to exclude an in-house bid.

There have been no services or functions contracted out in the circumstances described in the Departments for which I am responsible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will establish a public inquiry into drug-related deaths in Scotland.

[holding answer 10 March 1993]: I understand that the procurator fiscal at Glasgow is currently conducting a detailed series of inquiries into a number of apparently drug-related deaths of young adults in the Glasgow area. The possibility of holding an inquiry under the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1970 is presently being considered by my noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list each block of Forestry Commission land that has been sold since 1979, together with its size and location; and what has been the total revenue from these sales.

[holding answer 10 March 1993]: Lists giving details including size and location of the areas of forest land sold by the Forestry Commission from the start of the disposals programme in July 1981 to December 1992 are held in the Library of the House. Records of individual areas sold before July 1981 are not available. The lists are restricted to forest land because information on the sale of other categories of land, such as agricultural land, houses, gardens and minor boundary adjustments, is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.A total of £171.2 million was realised from sales of all types of Forestry Commission land and property between 1 April 1979 and 31 March 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans she has for improving the quality of training for wig makers in England.

The quality of training is primarily the responsibility of employers. However, the Department does assist industry-led quality initiatives through industry training organisations and industry-led bodies. Consideration is being given by industry-led bodies with an interest in wig-making to the development of Scottish and national vocational qualifications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will make a statement on (a) Government incentives and programmes relating to women returners for the last five years, including funding and (b) EC initiatives for women returners which have been implemented or have received funding from the EC in the United Kingdom.

The Department supported the "Back to the Future" initiative which provided information and practical assistance to women returners in 1990. Training and enterprise councils deliver a variety of provision to meet the needs of women returners. Employment training and its successor programme, training for work, include a special eligibility route, part-time participation and support with the cost of childcare. Women returners have always been able to make use of job clubs and employment service programme development funds are available to meet the needs of specific groups.The European social fund supports many projects providing vocational training for women returners and the Community initiative, "New Opportunities for Women", provides for transnational exchange of training opportunities for women.Our "New Horizons for Women" initiative promotes a whole range of opportunities for women, whatever their circumstances and our new out-of-school child care grant will benefit women who wish to return to work after their children start school.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether the skill centres at Swindon, Deptford, Cardiff, Slough, Manchester regional office, Edinburgh regional office, Enfield annex, St. Helens, Cumbria, East Lancashire, Edinburgh. Lambeth, Leicester, Liverpool, Slough and Wakefield are still functioning as training centres.

The training centres at Cardiff, Deptford, Enfield (Annex), St. Helens, East Lancashire, Edinburgh, Lambeth, Liverpool and Wakefield are still functioning as training centres. The training centres at Slough and Swindon are also still functioning but not at their original locations.The training centre at Leicester is now no longer functioning. The training centre at Cumbria was sold to Training for Industry and Commerce Company Ltd, who are believed to be no longer trading.Manchester regional office and Edinburgh regional office were Skills Tranining Agency regional offices (RO) and not training centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members can act on behalf of full-time trade union officers as well as members of trade unions; and whether officers are included in the scope of the commission.

Women Employees and Self-employed in Main occupations most directly related to Information Technology Great Britain (Thousands—not seasonally adjusted)
Occupation2 3	All industry sectors		Public Administration (SIC 91)4
	Number	Percentage of total	Number	Percentage of total
Computer systems and data processing managers	14	13	1—	—
Computer analyst/programmers	36	19	1—	—
Computer operators, data processing operators etc.	115	66	12	58
Total	174	29	16	34
1 Under 10,000 and therefore not shown.
2 It is not possible to separately identify and exclude word processor operators.
3 Other people who do some work with computers eg "filing, computer and other records clerks" have not been included.
4 SIC 91 includes public administration, national defence, police, fire services and justice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the travel-to-work areas with lower levels of unemployment than those including Southampton, Itchen in (a) development areas (b) intermediate areas, (c) covered wholly or partly by enterprise zones, (d) urban programme partnership authorities or (e) urban programme authorities.

Travel to work areas in the United Kingdom in development areas, intermediate areas, or covered wholly or partly by enterprise zones or urban programme authorities.
Travel to work area	Development area	Intermediate area	Enterprise zone	Urban programme area
Medway and Maidstone	—	—	EZ	—
London	—	—	—	UPA
Bodmin and Liskeard	—	IA	—	—
Bristol	—	—	—	UPA

The Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members may grant assistance to anyone contemplating or taking proceedings against a union, its officials or trustees, for failure to give effect to the statutory rights of members, or for breach of union rules on certain matters. Provided they can bring the relevant proceedings, full-time trade union officers may apply to the Commissioner for such assistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many women, and what percentage of the total, are employed in the information technology industry, excluding word processor operators; how many women, and what percentage of the total, are employed in information technology posts within Government Departments and operations; and which industry employs the highest number of women in information technology-related posts.

The information available from the "Labour Force Survey Summer 1992" (June-August) is as follows.

Travel-to-work areas which are in development areas or intermediate areas or covered wholly or partly by enterprise zones, urban programme partnership authorities or urban programme areas are listed. The claimant unemployment information requested for these areas can be obtained from the NOM IS database in the Library.