asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will list, for each year since British accession, and by county, the amounts received in grants and loans from each fund of the EEC.Baroness BIRK: I regret that the only information available by county of the amounts received in grants and loans from the European Communities is in respect of loans from the European Investment Bank and loans to the British Steel Corporation from the European Coal and Steel Community. This information is detailed below. The total amount received by the United Kingdom from each fund for each year since accession is as follows:—the benefits of the loan by county, either because the project benefits the whole or most of the United Kingdom, or because it straddles regional or county boundaries.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What will be the effect on Rolls-Royce if the RB211–535 is not required for the Boeing 757 should this aircraft not be developed.

This would in the first instance be a matter for Rolls-Royce but there is no reason to believe that Boeing will not develop the 757.

asked Her Majesty's Government:When the Secretary of State for Industry visits China in February 1979 on his trade mission, whether he will travel on Concorde 214, a "white-tail" unallocated aircraft, painted in the colours of CAAC, the Chinese national airline.

The travel arrangements for the Secretary of State for Industry's visit to China are still under consideration. However, there are no plans to use Concorde 214 for this purpose.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What reply has been sent to the appeal to the Prime Minister from 52 Czechoslovaks, some of them Members of Charter 77, urging that the trial of Dr. Jaroslav Sabata, detained since 1st October, be held in public and attended by foreign observers and lawyers and asking where he is in custody, with what he is charged and when and where he is to be tried.

Mr. Jaroslav Sabata was brought to trial on 11th January, 1979 in Trutnov on charges of threatening and slandering a public official. He was found guilty and sentenced the same day to nine months' imprisonment. The Prime Minister's Office wrote on 5th January in reply to the appeal made about Mr. Sabata's case reaffirming the Prime Minister's concern at actions taken by the Czechoslovak authorities against defenders of human rights, and confirming that it was the policy of Her Majesty's Government to take every suitable opportunity to draw the attention of the Czechoslovak authorities to public concern in this country at aspects of their policies which are not consistent with the provisions of the CSCE Final Act.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will describe exactly, in terms of degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude, the approximately 200,000 square miles area of the Falklands Islands Continental Shelf "shot" in seismic surveys by Texas Instruments and Western Geophysical as authorised by the Government.

The approximately 200,000 square miles area of the Falkland Islands Continental Shelf "shot" in seismic surveys by Texas Instruments and Western Geophysical lies within the following limits:46°30'S to 55°20'S53°30'W to 64°30'W

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will state what are the nationality qualifications required of applicants for: (

To be eligible for most Crown appointments for which Civil Service criteria apply an applicant must be a British subject, a Commonwealth citizen, a British protected person, or a citizen of the Irish Republic. In addition, at least one of his or her parents must be, or have been at death, in one of those four categories: or the applicant must have resided within the Commonwealth or the Irish Republic or have been employed elsewhere in the service of the Crown for at least 5 out of the last 8 years preceding the date of appointment. The corresponding rules for appointments in the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Defence, and in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service are somewhat stricter. A statement of the rules covering all types of appointment is somewhat complex for inclusion in the Official Report, and I am therefore sending a copy of it ("General Information for Candidates") to the noble Lord separately. I have also arranged to have copies placed in the Library.The criteria for appointment to public corporations and nationalised industries are not part of my responsibilities, but I understand that under the provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976 only those bodies listed in the Schedule to the Race Relations (Prescribed Public Bodies) Regulations 1977 (SI 1977 No. 1774) may lawfully restrict employment to persons of particular birth, nationality, descent, or residence. The Schedule does not include the nationalised industries.An appointee to Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service is required to undertake to become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as soon as possible after his or her appointment if he or she is not already such a citizen. This requirement does not, however, apply to posts in the Home Civil Service.So far as the nationality rule is concerned, therefore, residence within the Commonwealth is not an essential requirement: it is an alternative way of satisfying the nationality rule in the case of an applicant who does not meet the requirement that at least one of his parents must be or have been at death a British subject, a Commonwealth citizen, a British protected person or a citizen of the Irish Republic. A prescribed minimum period of residence within the United Kingdom is, however, sometimes required in the case of persons of non-United Kingdom origin who are being considered for employment in the Civil Service in connection with work the nature of which is vital to the security of the State.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether a court of inquiry was held to look into allegations concerning the treatment of 2,400 refugees who were sent to Australia in the "Dunera", as stated in the Commons

No record of any court of inquiry into events on board the troopship "Dunera" in 1940 has survived. However, the outcome of a court martial concerning the "Dunera" held at Chelsea Barracks, London, on 26th and 27th May, 1941, is known, although the full report of the proceedings has been destroyed. The record of the findings of the court is held by the PRO for the Judge Advocate General but is at present closed to the public in accordance with the 75 years' bar on publication of court martial proceedings.From cols. 33 and 34 of the Commons