To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make it his policy to impose upon the Legal Aid Board a duty to automatically provide all applicants with a complete breakdown of their assessment of resources determining legal aid eligibility.

The Legal Aid Board or the legal aid assessment office will always provide this information on request. It would not be a sensible use of resources to require more than that.

To ask the Secretary of Stale for Northern Ireland how many mortar and bomb attacks have been launched against police stations in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.

The information requested is as follows:

Year	Bomb Attacks	Rocket/mortar Attacks
1989	22	6
1990	23	12
1991	41	13
1992	17	6

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many portakabin-type structures are still in use at police stations in Northern Ireland; and what assessment has been made of their vulnerability to mortar and bomb attacks relative to other kinds of structure.

There are a number of portakabin-type structures, or sectional buildings, within the police estate. They are used mainly for storage facilities. For security reasons, I do not consider that it would be appropriate to specify the precise number still in use.All the buildings are nevertheless assessed as to their comparative vulnerability to mortar and bomb attack with particular consideration being given to their location and use.

To ask the Secretary of Stale for Northern Ireland what plans there are to deploy greater manpower resources to the Royal Ulster Constabulary's drugs squad; if other officers are seconded to augment the squad; and how many seconded officers have served six months or longer periods during each of the last four years.

The deployment of police officers is an operational matter for the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and I understand that the strength of the drugs squad is regularly reviewed by him. There is an ongoing programme of six-month secondments to the drugs squad; figures on secondments are not kept on a yearly basis but it is estimated that 90 officers have been involved over the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how often the Police Advisory Board, as constituted under the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, is supposed to meet; how often it has met in each of the last four years; and if it is planned to meet in the current year.

There is no statutory requirement for the Police Advisory Board to meet. The most recent meeting of the board was held in January 1988. It is intended to hold a further meeting of the board later this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many muggings have been reported to the police in Coleraine (a) during 1992 and (b) in 1993 to date.

Thirteen robberies were reported to the police in the Coleraine sub-division in 1992, the circumstances of which approximate to what is generally understood by "muggings". In 1993, to 22 June, three such robberies have been reported.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list by year for the last five years, and by water authority the number of (a) domestic and (b) industrial water disconnections made.

The Water Executive, which is part of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, is the only water authority in Northern Ireland.The water supplied to a property which is used solely for domestic purposes is not metered and is not subject to disconnection for non-payment of an account.Information on industrial premises is not held separately and the figures for commercial, industrial and agricultural premises are as follows:

	Number
1988	408
1989	292
1990	258
1991	385
1992	211

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the names, occupations and current employers of those who currently hold positions in each public body to which he makes appointments; if he will make a statement on the considerations taken into account when making such appointments; and if he will list details of the posts and salaries or allowances payable which have changed since the publication of "Public Bodies 1992".

[holding answer 25 June 1993]: Information on the names, occupations and current employers of those who currently hold positions on public bodies to which I make appointments, and details of the posts and salaries or allowances payable which have changed since the publication of "Public Bodies 1992" could be provided only at disproportionate cost.In making public appointments, the prime considerations are the individual's ability or potential to contribute to the work of a particular body to which he or she is appointed and the need for each public body to have the range of experience and skills necessary to carry out its functions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the report, "A Citizen's Inquiry: the Opsahl report on Northern Ireland"; and if he will make a statement.

The commission provided me with a copy of its report when it was published. It provides a valuable record of the commission's work, which clearly did much to stimulate the submission of views from a wide range of individuals and organisations. In addition the commission itself made a number of recommendations. A number of these are clearly controversial and have provoked dissenting comment. Its value, in my view, lies principally in enlivening and developing informed public debate and in offering an important source of ideas, both from the commission itself and from the many submissions made to it.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have applied for British citizenship under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990; and how many have been awarded British citizenship so far.

As at 19 June 1993, 66,734 applications had been received from principal applicants. No record is kept of the number of dependants shown on the applications. A total of 30,762 principal beneficiaries had been registered as British citizens by that date together with 51,127 dependants.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the age of the remand prisoner who attempted suicide at Cardiff prison on 22 June.

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general for the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 4 March, Official Report, column 279, what proportion of the clear-up rate for each police force in 1992 was accounted for by offences taken into consideration.

The information requested is contained in the table.

Notifiable offences cleared up by the police in 1992 Proportion of offences cleared up by being taken into consideration
Police force area	Per cent.
Avon and Somerset	10
Bedfordshire	16
Cambridgeshire	20
Cheshire	10
Cleveland	34
Cumbria	19
Derbyshire	14
Devon and Cornwall	12
Dorset	16
Durham	11
Essex	18
Gloucestershire	14
Greater Manchester	20
Hampshire	14
Hertfordshire	20
Humberside	15
Kent	18
Lancashire	18
Leicestershire	22
Lincolnshire	15
City of London	12
Merseyside	16
Metropolitan police district	9
Norfolk	16
Northamptonshire	15
Northumbria	18
North Yorkshire	24
Nottinghamshire	26
South Yorkshire	5
Staffordshire	11
Suffolk	14
Surrey	17
Sussex	17
Thames Valley	18
Warwickshire	11
West Mercia	14
West Midlands	12
West Yorkshire	15
Wiltshire	13
Dyfed-Powys	10
Gwent	8

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason arrangements for the redrawing of the European parliamentary boundaries were not initiated shortly after the decision on extra seats at the Edinburgh summit.

We thought it right to give careful consideration to the distribution of the extra seats to the various parts of the United Kingdom before bringing our proposals before Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice he sought from the boundary commissions on their ability to redraw the European Parliament constituency boundaries in time for the 1994 elections; and what correspondence was exchanged.

We have no doubts about the ability of the boundary commissioners to carry out this work, if they had both the time and the necessary statutory powers. Consequently, no correspondence has been exchanged.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the review of boundaries for European parliamentary constituencies in Wales to be completed; and what consultations he proposes to hold on the membership of the committee to conduct the review.

We expect the European Parliamentary Constituencies Committee for Wales to complete its review as soon as possible after the European Parliamentary Elections Bill receives Royal Assent. It is our intention that the Opposition parties in the House of Commons will be consulted about the membership.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Ms Ruddock) of 10 June, Official Report, column 297, when he expects the examination of the contract with Group 4 in respect of court escort services to be concluded.

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been (a) the establishment and (b) the number of police in post in North Yorkshire on 1 April in each year since 1979.

Information on police strength is collected at the end of each month. The figures set out in the table give the information requested as at 30 April in each year.

North Yorkshire Constabulary
Year as at 30 April	Establishment	Strength
1979	1,328	1,337
1 1980	1,368	1,355
1981	1,368	1,352
1982	1,368	1,361
1983	1,368	1,362
1984	1,368	1,358
1985	1,368	1,348
1986	1,368	1,365
1987	1,368	1,362
1988	1,368	1,370
1989	1,383	1,363
1990	1,408	1,380
1991	1,408	1,380
1992	1,418	1,389
1993	1,418	1,380
1 The North Yorkshire Police Authority did not ask for an increase in establishment between 1980–81 and 1987–88.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many publications have been confiscated in each of the last three years under the Obscene Publications Act 1959.

Figures for seizures and forfeitures under section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 are not collected centrally. However, from inquiries which have been made of the two largest forces in England and Wales—the Metropolitan police and Greater Manchester—both of which have dedicated obscene publications squads, I understand that a total of 264,504 items and 234,386 items were seized by them in 1991 and 1992 respectively. A total of 74,690 items have been seized by the same police forces so far this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many betting shops are open for evening racing; and how many betting shops that were previously open for evening racing have now closed.

The Government do not collect this information.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what effect the evening opening of betting shops has had on attendances at greyhound racing stadiums.

I understand that the greyhound racing industry is concerned that there has been a recent downturn in admissions, but that no figures are available yet.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names, occupations and current employers of those who currently hold positions in each public body to which he makes appointments; if he will make a statement on the considerations taken into account when making such appointments; and if he will list details of the posts and salaries or allowances payable which have changed since the publication of "Public Bodies 1992".

[holding answer 25 June 1993]: The information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the buildings currently owned or rented by his Department, together with (a) the estimated value, (b) the annual rent and (c) the annual maintenance cost of each building in the current financial year.

[holding answer 3 June 1993 ] : The information is not recorded centrally and is not available in the form requested. The number of buildings owned or rented by the Home Office—on the prisons and non-prisons estates—is set out in the tables, together with details, where available, of the estimated value of the estate and the rents or leases payable.

Prison Service Estate	Number of Buildings	Estimated Value
Prison Establishments	129	£3–4 billion
Prison Quarters	2,296	£110–140 million
Other Buildings	15	£0·75–1·25 million
Total	2,440	£3–4 billion

The majority of the prison quarters and other buildings are freehold. A total of 127 prison establishments are owned by the Department and two are leased. The rents payable for prison service property and farmland in 1993–94 will be in the region of 1 million pounds. The accommodation and maintenance charges for the headquarters buildings, including prison service training schools and supply and transport branch, will total approximately £17 million and minor repairs and maintenance to prison establishments will cost about £18 million in 1993–94.

Non-prisons estate	Number of buildings	Rent or leases payable per annum (£ million)
Owned buildings	16	—
Rented buildings	97	33·4
Leased buildings	34	11

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries where restrictions exist on personal travel by members of the diplomatic service.

It has been long-standing practice to give advice to all staff on the problems they may face in travelling to certain countries, and to require them to give notice of such visits, particularly if they have access to classified information. On security grounds we do not publish the list of countries concerned, but it is kept regularly under review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries where marriage to, or cohabitation with, nationals is prohibited for employees of Her Majesty's diplomatic service; and when that list was last revised by reduction or addition.

Diplomatic service staff are not specifically prohibited from marrying, or cohabiting with non-British citizens. However, depending on circumstances, such relationships might affect an officer's postability or security clearance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to assist efforts to restore democratic Government to Haiti; and if he will make a statement.

Along with our European Community partners, we have consistently reaffirmed our commitment to the restoration of democratic government in Haiti. We support the efforts of the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the United Nations to bring about a political settlement. We are taking steps to implement UN Security Council resolution 841, which was adopted by the UN on 16 June 1993 to impose sanctions on Haiti.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date the Government submitted to the United Nation's Secretary General a return from the United Kingdom to the UN Register of Conventional Arms Transfer in New York; and if he will place a copy of the return in the Library.

[pursuant to his reply, 5 May 1993.]: The copy of the United Kingdom's return placed in the Library of the House on 29 April inadvertently contained some errors on page 5. A corrected version has now been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has (a) to visit northern Cyprus and (b) to meet representatives from northern Cyprus during the Commonwealth conference in Cyprus in October; and if he will make a statement.

There are no such plans; the programme for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' visit to the commonwealth heads of Government meeting, has not yet been finalised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations the United States Administration held with Her Majesty's Government or its representatives at the United Nations concerning its military actions in Somalia in June; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 25 June 1993.]: United Nations military actions in Somalia in June have been carried out in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolution No. 837, to which we have given our full support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to improve the present programme of sheltered employment.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, is publishing today a consultative paper on the arrangements for funding sheltered employment. The main proposals involve:introducing a more flexible system of block grants to providers which will allow a better response to client needs;improving performance and use of resource through having formal contracts with clear targets;better targeting of sheltered employment on need;arrangements to encourage more people with severe disabilities to move from sheltered workshops or factories to placements with employers and, where possible to full open employment.The document has been sent to the main interests concerned and comments requested by 13 September. Decisions will be reached as soon as possible after that.I believe that the proposals will address criticisms of the excessive complexity and inflexibility of current funding arrangements and will enable more people to be helped in better ways.

To ask the Secretary of State for employment if he will publish for each of the last 10 years the number of working days lost through oral disorders.

This information is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his Department's policy on the purchase and use of (a) recycled paper, (b) low-energy light bulbs, (c) tropical hardwoods, (d) peat and (e) cars with catalytic converters.

The Employment Department, in common with other Government Departments, has produced an environmental strategy which sets out our policy on environmental and energy issues.It contains commitments to purchase and use recycled paper wherever this is practical; to reduce energy consumption by, among other means, the installation of more efficient equipment including low-energy light bulbs; to purchase goods and services which avoid dependence on the production and use of non-renewable resources such as tropical hardwoods; and to fit all Departmental vehicles with catalytic converters where possible.Although we have no specific policy on the use of peat, the general commitment against the use of non-renewable resources would cover it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been employed in abattoirs in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each year since 1985.

The available information on regional employment in abattoirs is from the periodic censuses of employment and is given in the table:

Estimated number of employees in employment in Abattoirs 1 September of each year
	England	Scotland	Wales
1984	8,100	1,500	200
1987	9,400	1,400	400
1989	9,000	1,200	300
1991	8,300	1,500	600
1 Activity heading 4121 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many staff are involved in servicing the review bodies on doctors and dentists' remuneration, and on nursing staff, midwives, health visitors and professions allied to medicine; how many NHS staff are covered by those review bodies; and what is the annual cost of running these bodies.

The Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration and the Review Body for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine are expected to be serviced directly by up to eight staff in 1993–94, shared equally between the two bodies and assisted by other clerical and secretarial staff of the Office of Manpower Economics.As at 30 September 1991, the latest date for which figures are available, there were some 112,000 doctors and dentists and the full-time equivalent of some 527,000 nursing staff, midwives, health visitors and professions allied to medicine in the NHS. This includes staff employed by national health service trusts, which are free to determine the pay of their staff locally.The annual cost of running the two review bodies, in respect of the salary costs of the eight staff and the travel and subsistence costs for members, who are otherwise unpaid, and staff is expected to be £265,000 in 1993–94.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to the oral answer from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr. Benn) of 14 December 1992, Official Report, columns 15–16, on the sale of the Professional and Executive Register, if he will now list the organisations which bid for the register; and whether the company which bought the register submitted the highest bid.

My right hon. Friend, the previous Secretary of State wrote to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr. Benn) on 15 February 1993 setting out the Government's position.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatal accidents there have been in United Kingdom ports since July 1989.

I have been asked to reply.I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Garston (Mr. Loyden) on 27 May 1993,

To ask the Prime Minister what steps have been taken to install low-energy light bulbs at 10 Downing street and Chequers.

Following an energy audit of 10–12 Downing street high-efficiency, low-energy lamps have been installed where appropriate. Low energy luminaires and krypton tubes have also been installed.The Chequers estate is the responsibility of the Chequers trust.

To ask the Prime Minister what discussions the Copenhagen EC conference held on closer links between the European Community and Slovenia; and with what result.

There was no discussion of this subject at the European Council in Copenhagen.

To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions decisions of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on London have been made known to Parliament and the public.

I do not propose to give details of topics considered by individual ministerial committees, the timing of their meetings or their discussions.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will seek to ensure that the question of the present division of Cyprus is included on the agenda of the Commonwealth conference to take place in Cyprus later this year; and if he will make a statement.

The inter-communal dispute in Cyprus is the subject of intensive negotiations under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General. This process has our full support. It is important not to start new initiatives that may confuse or cut across the UN effort.

To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has (a) to visit northern Cyprus and (b) to meet representatives from northern Cyprus during the Commonwealth conference in Cyprus in October; and if he will make a statement.

There are no such plans; the programme for my visit to the commonwealth heads of Government meeting has not yet been finalised.

To ask the Prime Minister which department provides the cover for capital costs for three RECHAR schemes in east Durham.

Departmental responsibility will depend on the nature of the projects concerned.

To ask the Prime Minister if the Doctors and Dentists Review Body will be invited to make recommendations for pay appropriate to 1 April 1994.

Yes.

To ask the Prime Minister what steps he will take to enable the Doctors and Dentists Review Body to propose measures to eliminate differentials between the earnings of doctors and dentists and comparable professions.

The Government do not consider it appropriate to determine pay rates for doctors and dentists by comparison with the earnings of other professional groups. Each case for remuneration should be considered on its merit, taking account of the terms and conditions of service enjoyed, the labour market in which the profession operates and what is affordable.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will include in his discussions with the Japanese Government in September the issue of the storage in Britain of nuclear waste resulting from the reprocessing of Japanese nuclear fuel at Sellafield.

[holding answer 25 June 1993]: This matter is already dealt with in the contracts between British Nuclear Fuels plc and its Japanese customers and in the existing inter-governmental letters between the United Kingdom and Japan. Since 1976, BNFL's contracts for the reprocessing of overseas spent fuel have contained options for the return of wastes. The Government intend that these options will be exercised and wastes returned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fund holders have had their recognition reviewed by region in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 to date.

Regional health authorities are responsible for ensuring that all fundholders continue to meet the requirements of the scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths were attributable to isobutyl nitrite in each of the last five years.

In England and Wales during the period 1988 to 1992 there were no deaths where isobutyl nitrite was attributable, on death registrations, to be the cause.Information from St. George's medical school, which monitors all deaths in the United Kingdom associated with abuse of volatile substances, however, shows that during the period 1988 to 1991—the latest year for which information is available—there are known to have been five deaths in England and Wales that were associated with alkyl nitrites

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consultation she has had with ME Action and other myalgic encephalomyelitis associations about future areas of research.

Officials from the Department met representatives of the main myalgic encephalomyelitis organisations last year. As a result, a task force is now preparing a report to assist consideration of a structured approach to myalgic encephalomyelitis research.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on research into myalgic encephalomyelitis in each of the past three years.

This information is not available centrally. A number of research projects into aspects of the physical origins and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis are proceeding within the national health service, some of them funded by voluntary organisations and one by the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid from the office of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 9 March, Official Report, column 498–99, on emergency calls to the London ambulance service, if she will now make it her policy to require detailed records to be kept of incidents where response times of emergency ambulances in London exceed 25 minutes and for information concerning the number and nature of such incidents and the reasons for them to be placed in the Library each month.

No. The London ambulance service is answerable to South West Thames regional health authority. The policy on requiring detailed records of response times is a matter for it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to move staff from Quarry house to London in each of the next five years; and in what grades.

The Department has only recently completed the relocation of the national health service management executive to Leeds. There are no plans to move work back to London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many salaried dentists are employed by each family health services authority in England.

A total of 17 English family health services authorities currently employ 77 salaried dentists. Details are shown in the table.

Number of salaried dentists employed by FHSAs at 18 June 1993
FHSA	Number of salaried dentists
Derbyshire	1
Cambridgeshire	2
Kensington, Westminster and Chelsea	9
Essex	3
City and East London	8
Kent	4
Greenwich and Bexley	6
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	30
West Sussex	1
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	1
Wiltshire	2
Buckinghamshire	2
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	3
Gloucestershire	1
Liverpool	2
Lancashire	1
Salford	1
Total—England	77

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on her policy towards the long-term development on psychiatric services and care.

Our policy for the long-term development of mental health services is set out in the report to Parliament "Development of Services for People with Learning Disabilities (Mental Handicap) or Mental Illness in England" No. 342 printed on 16 December 1992 and the "Mental Illness Key Area Handbook" published in January this year. Both documents are available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received about community care for the mentally and physically handicapped in the north-west; and if she will make a statement.

We have received a number of representations. The Government are monitoring the implementation and practice of the community care reforms which were implemented on 1 April this year. This monitoring is being undertaken by the social services inspectorate and regional health authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has regarding the number of referrals by opticians to eye consultants in each year since 1990.

Ophthalmic opticians do not, except in an emergency, refer patients directly to consultant ophthalmologists, but do so through general practitioners. In 1990–91 there were 599,520 referral attendances at consultant ophthalmologists' out-patient clinics in England, of which 478,141 were written referral requests from GPs. In 1991–92—the last date for which figures are available—there were 663,192 referral attendances, of which 529,243 were written referrals from GPs. We do not collect information about the proportion of referrals initiated by ophthalmic opticians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many courses of dental treatment in each category under the national health service were performed by dentists for the periods from October to December 1991 and October to December 1992; and what was the percentage increase or decrease in the number of treatments provided;(2) how many courses of dental treatment in each category under the national health service were performed by dentists for the periods from January to March 1992 and January to March 1993; and what was the percentage increase or decrease of treatments provided.

The information is shown in the table.

General dental service—England Number of courses of denial treatment
	Adults	Children
October 1991 to December 1991	6,169,678	721,014
October 1992 to December 1992	6,216,373	673,528
Percentage Change	0·76	-6·59
January 1992 to March 1992	6,440,445	712,001
January 1993 to March 1993	6,452,325	702,232
Percentage Change	0·18	-1·37

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of emergency admissions to hospitals in each health authority in England in 1991–92 and 1992–93.

The number of non-elective admissions in the general and acute specialties provided by national health service hospitals in each regional health authority are shown in the table. information for individual districts is not available centrally.

	Finished Consultant Episodes
Region	1991–92	1992–93
Northern	255,904	268,256
Yorkshire	291,537	303,883
Trent	333,311	348,327
East Anglian	147,956	158,802
North West Thames	212,324	233,643
North East Thames	290,206	297,552
South East Thames	253,023	261,727
South West Thames	189,820	202,488
Wessex	199,196	214,481
Oxford	155,603	158,034
South Western	238,582	242,902
West Midlands	382,176	394,452
Mersey	210,107	217,524
North Western	337,271	343,605
Special Health Authorities	23,609	23,651
England	3,520,625	3,669,327

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the names and occupations of the chairs and non-executive directors of each NHS trust in the Wessex region.

The list of chairmen and non-executive directors of national health service trusts in Wessex region, together with their occupations, where known, is shown in the table.

Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Trust
Chairman:
Mr. J. J. Thring	Solicitor/Bank director
Non-Executive directors:
Mr. A. F. Fosler	Chartered surveyor
Mr. P. C. Allfrey	Chartered accountant
Mr. E. H. Lace	Company director
Mrs. C. A. Baynton Coward	Social Worker
Mrs. R. Baugh	Physiotherapist

West Dorset Community Health NHS Trust
Chairman:
Mr. R. Willis	Farmer
Non-executive directors:
Mr. G. Adam	Retired company executive
Mrs. A. J. Dupont	Investment adviser
Mr. G. Millard	Healthcare management consultant
Ms A. Neuberger	Training director

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is collected centrally on the number of national health service personnel who go abroad to treat national health service patients.

No such information is available centrally because there is no general facility for national health service personnel to provide services under the NHS outside the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library the findings of the Government's review of aid and trade provision.

The findings of the Government's review of the aid and trade provision were reflected in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Ottaway) on 17 June at column 679–80.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence the review on aid and trade provision received to substantiate the need and opportunities to improve effectiveness and value for money; and what steps are being taken to achieve such improvements.

In the course of the aid and trade provision review, evidence was considered from a wide variety of sources. Important sources on the scheme's effectiveness were evaluation studies of past aid and trade provision projects including the "ATP Evaluation Synthesis Study", a copy of which is already in the Library of the House, and discussions with companies which had implemented contracts funded by ATP.In future, the Overseas Development Administration's appraisal, approval and monitoring procedures for ATP projects will be brought in line with those for other bilateral aid projects. In addition, the Department of Trade and Industry is introducing more systematic appraisal of the likely commercial and industrial benefits to the United Kingdom economy, consistent with other schemes which pursue United Kingdom economic objectives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Croydon, South, (Mr. Ottaway), on 17 June, Official Report, column 679, what date the new low-income criteria in respect of aid and trade provision will operate from;(2) further to his answer to the hon. Member for Croydon, South, (Mr. Ottaway), on 17 June,

The new criteria became effective on the date of my answer—17 June 1993. Exceptions have been agreed only for projects on which companies have expended considerable time and effort, where expectation built up that ATP would be available if such projects satisfied the previously existing criteria. The projects in question are the Kuala Lumpur airport project in Malaysia, a water supply project in Thailand, and a few small technical co-operation projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) which developing countries have a human rights record which adversely affects their eligibility for development aid under his Department's policy;(2) if he will list the developing countries which he treats as having good human rights records when they are considered for development aid assistance.

The human rights record of a recipient country is one of several factors we consider when deciding overseas aid allocations. Amongst other factors we take into account the needs of the country concerned and how effectively our aid will be used. Where a country's human rights record is poor, we have a number of ways of urging improvement. We take every opportunity, often with our EC and other partners, to make our views clear to Governments which are abusing human rights.We are ready to help countries which show an intention to move to better standards of government with well targeted development assistance. In cases of persistent human rights abuse we are also prepared to restrict or withdraw development aid. Recent examples include Burma, Malawi and Sudan. Announcements are made when this is done.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what representations he has received from local authorities on the disparity in standard spending assessments generated by the additional educational needs factor as it is currently applied; and what plans he has to change the present arrangements for AEN methodology arrangements and the common funding formula for grant-maintained schools;(2) what assessment he has made of the extent to which application of a common funding formula for grant-maintained schools based upon the current educational standard spending assessment methodology would generate unacceptable differences in per capita funding in schools serving very similar districts; and what plans he has to improve the present arrangements in regard to the additional educational needs factor to ensure equitable allocations to schools of comparable site.

My right hon. Friend has received various local authority representations about the additional educational needs—AEN—allowance within standard spending assessments. These will be taken into account in the review of the AEN allowance which is currently taking place as part of a wider-ranging review of standard spending assessments for 1994–95.We are also consulting widely on the common funding formula for grant-maintained schools. This will be based on the education element of standard spending assessments, as calculated in future. It will be introduced gradually with due regard to schools' needs for stability in funding and for additional resources to reflect additional responsibilities, as well as to the relative levels of additional educational needs among pupils attending particular schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the letter sent to Cumbria county council by his Department's LMS unit dated 7 May bearing reference S/P/6/131/587; and to which recipients similar letters were sent.

The text of the Department's letter to Cumbria county council was as follows:

"I am writing to acknowledge receipt of the information sent under cover of the Authority's letter dated 30 March 1993, Part 4 having been received earlier.

Whilst I have not yet had the opportunity of looking in any detail at the information provided, I thought you might nevertheless appreciate knowing that it had arrived within the Department.

I really must apologise for the very long time it has taken me to write to you."

The information in question was the LEA's LMS budget statement made under section 42 of the Education Reform Act 1988. The Department uses these statements for two main purposes. First, to monitor performance against the key delegation and pupil-led funding requirements under the national LMS framework. The second paragraph in the late acknowledgement letter from the LMS unit to Cumbria was intended to indicate that this particular analysis had not yet started.The second use to which section 42 statements are put is to help the Department's schools 4 branch calculate annual maintenance grant—AMG for grant—maintained schools in each LEA area. This process begins as soon as the statements are received. In the case of Cumbria a letter was sent on 19 April indicating that the budget statement had been examined and appeared to form a satisfactory basis for the calculation of AMG for the GM schools in the authority's area. Those schools are now being consulted on their budgets for the current financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 22 June, Official Report, column 123, which of the grant-maintained schools with proposed final annual maintenance grant budgets listed received their final AMG budgets by fax on the morning of 23 June.

None.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 22 June, Official Report, column 123, if he will list, by local education authority area, and for each grant-maintained school, the proposed final AMG and the final AMG where this has been determined.

The information is given in the table.

Grant-maintained annual maintainance grant 1993–94
School	Proposed final annual maintainance grant	Final annual maintainance grant
Avon
Beechen Cliff School	1,952,184	—
Oldfield School	1,628,128	—
Barnet
Hendon School	2,409,076	2,440,651
Queen Elizabeth's GM School for Boys	2,685,434	—
Mill Hill County School	2,881,500	2,936,939
Bedfordshire
Queensbury School	2,219,524	—
Thomas Whitehead CE School	326,490	—
Manshead CE Upper School	1,819,281	—
Sharnbrook Upper School	3,082,414	—
Ashcroft High School	1,699,750	—
Crawley Green GM Infant	443,864	—
Icknield High School	2,696,196	—
Lea Manor High School	2,597,388	—
Lincroft Middle School	675,363	—
Wootton Upper School	2,386,232	—
Berkshire
Southlands School	1,388,715	—
Reading School	1,625,933	—
St. Bartholomew's School	3,432,434	—
Desborough Comprehensive School	2,374,578	—
Denefield School	2,100,230	—
Langley Grammar School, Slough	1,526,243	—
Herschel Grammar School	1,328,282	—
The Downs School	1,319,024	—
Cippenham Middle School	671,467	—
Priory Combined School	818,634	—
Upton Grammar School	1,399,355	—
Holy Family Combined School	461,129	—
Whitelocke Infant and Nursery School	268,260	—
Bexley
Barnehurst Infants School	270,593	—
Barnehurst Junior School	385,918	—
St. Columba's RC Boys School	1,728,391	—
St. Mary and St. Joseph's School	1,604,686	—
Birmingham
Baverstock GM School	2,444,257	—
Small Heath School	2,468,506	—
Handsworth Grammar School for Boys	1,759,199	—
Great Barr School	4,260,290	—
Hall Green School	1,555,385	—
King Edward VI Aston School	1,381,228	—
King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys School	1,480,522	—
King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls School	1,420,988	—