Written Answers
Circular 10/1974: Payments To Prisoners
asked Her Majesty's Government:At what rate payment is made to prisoners for whom no work is available, having been transferred to a local prison under the provisions of Circular Instruction 10/74.
Prisoners who have been transferred from a dispersal prison to a local prison under the provisions of Circular Instruction 10/1974 and for whom no work is available, are paid at a basic rate of £1·10p per week.
N Ireland Assembly Members: Appointments To Other Bodies
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will list those elected Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who are also serving as members of statutory boards, public sector corporations or quangos.
The information is as follows:W. A. F. Agnew, Northern Health and Social Services Board.J. A. Allen, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commission.The Rev. W. J. Beattie, Board of Trustees, Ulster Museum; Lagan Valley Regional Park Committee; Northern Ireland Housing Council.
J. R. Beggs, North Eastern Education and Library Board.
W. G. Bleakes, Eastern Health and Social Services Board; Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services.
D. J. M. Burchill, Eastern Health and Social Services Board.
J. Carson, Northern Ireland Housing Council.
D. S. Cook, Board of Trustees, Ulster Museum.
C. Forsythe, Northern Ireland Electricity Consumers' Council.
J. A. Gaston, North Eastern Education and Library Board; Northern Ireland Drainage Council.
W. Glendinning, Northern Ireland Transport Users' Committee.
J. G. Hendron, Eastern Health and Social Services Board.
A. J. Kane, Northern Ireland Housing Council.
K. Maginnis, Northern Ireland Transport Users' Committee.
W. J. McClure, Northern Ireland Housing Council.
The Rev. R. T. W. McCrea, Northern Health and Social Services Board.
R. McCullough, Northern Ireland Electricity Consumers' Council.
J. McKee, Northern Ireland Housing Council.
J. Nicholson, Southern Health and Social Services Board.
P. O'Donoghue, South Eastern Education and Library Board.
W. Pentland, Northern Ireland Transport Users' Committee.
W. J. Thompson, Western Health and Social Services Board.
Mrs. M. Simpson, Southern Education and Library Board; Northern Ireland Electricity Consumers' Council; Youth Committee for Northern Ireland.
Sheltered Housing: Definition
asked Her Majesty's Government:What constitutes "Sheltered Housing".
The term is most commonly taken to mean housing specially designed for occupation by old people and having some common facilities, which usually include warden supervision. However, there is no statutory definition of "Sheltered Housing". The term came into familiar use in connection with the Department of the Environment's former standards for the design of housing for old people, which were based on the Parker Morris standards for local authority housebuilding.These standards are no longer in operation, and local authorities are free to decide what standards (and costs) give best value for money, subject only to the department's power to intervene in cases of extravagance.In the case of housing association provision through the Housing Corporation, the corporation's new design and cost criteria use the term "Sheltered Housing" to describe any schemes specially designed for old people.
Ordnance Survey: Future Development
asked Her Majesty's Government:What are their proposals for the Ordnance Survey in the light of the critical resolution carried in the House of Lords on 9th February last.
It remains the Government's intention that the Ordnance Survey should develop as an efficient and cost-conscious organisation maintaining high standards, and they believe that a financial structure, such as a trading fund, which would enable Ordnance Survey to operate with greater commercial awareness, is the best means to this end. The Government are, however, aware of the concern that has been expressed at the proposals, notably during the debate in the House of Lords on 9th February. They have accordingly decided to seek the views of the Ordnance Survey Advisory Board before taking any further steps in this direction.