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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 25 November 1988
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Aid Programme
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what money has been allocated to the United Kingdom aid programme to cover the cost of the United Kingdom contribution to the International Monetary Fund enhanced structural adjustment facility.
Mr. Chris Patten : Her Majesty's Government have agreed to provide up to £327 million for the IMF enhanced structural adjustment facility (ESAF) during the period up to 2002. Under the 1987 public expenditure survey the aid programme was credited with the following additional amounts in respect of United Kingdom contributions to the subsidy account of the IMF ESAF :
(i 1988-89 £6.5 million (subsequently increased to £8.5 million by a claim on the Reserve of £2 million);
(ii 1989-90 £13 million;
(iii 1990-91 £20 million. Under the latest public expenditure survey further additional provision has been made for £4 million (1989-90), £5.5 million (1990-91) and £13.5 million (1991-92). This fully covers the total estimated United Kingdom contributions to the subsidy account over the survey period.
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what money has been allocated to the United Kingdom aid programme to cover the expected cost of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer's debt initiative.
Mr. Chris Patten : It is impossible accurately to predict the cost of the Toronto concessions. This will depend on factors such as which countries reach agreement with the IMF and seek rescheduling from the Paris Club, the date at which they come to the club, creditors' decisions on eligibility for the concessions and which debts are to be rescheduled. It is planned to finance the interest reduction by an aid grant to the country concerned which will be paid directly by the Overseas Development Administration to ECGD. I expect these sums to be paid in each financial year following the year in which the costs are incurred. The amount added to the aid programme to cover these costs is £2.5 million in 1990-91 and £14 million in 1991-92. These figures are expected to build up quickly.
Hurricane Joan
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the aid provided to Nicaragua by Her Majesty's Government in response to damage caused by hurricane Joan ; what additional aid requests have been received ; what representations have been received urging more assistance ; and what information sources he relies upon to provide details of hurricane damage.
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Mr. Chris Patten : Including our contribution to the European Community's programme, we have provided £413,000 in emergency aid. This has been channelled through voluntary agencies largely to the Atlantic coast region. No specific further aid requests have been made although I have received a number of representations from groups and individuals in this country urging that further assistance be given. We use all available information sources on any disaster, including British diplomatic posts, voluntary agencies, international organisations and especially the office of the United Nations disaster relief co-ordinator.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if consideration has been given to sending military assistance from British forces based in Belize to aid the civilian authorities in Nicaragua with repair work arising from damage caused by hurricane Joan ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chris Patten : No request for the assistance of the British garrison in Belize has been received from the Government of Nicaragua.
Kurdish Refugees
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance has been offered to the Government of Turkey for the Iraqi Kurdish refugees ; and how much has been accepted.
Mr. Chris Patten : We made a contribution of £250,000 to the Turkish Red Crescent earlier this month for its work in caring for these refugees. This contribution has been accepted with gratitude.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
City Technology Colleges
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he intends to issue any guidance on the admission criteria and procedures, especially relating to the use of interviews, that may be used in selecting pupils to attend city technology colleges.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : Pupils admitted to CTCs will have demonstrated their aptitude to benefit from the particular type of education to be offered, will represent a wide range of abilities and, so far as practicable, a cross section of the community of the area in which the college is situated. It will be for CTCs themselves to decide how to give effect to these criteria in their admission arrangements, which may include the use of interviews.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) whether he has established or intends to establish any guidance or standard requirements regarding the curriculum to be taught in city technology colleges ;
(2) in which respects it is anticipated that the curriculum laid down for a city technology college will differ or add to the requirements of the national curriculum ; and which elements would be compulsory in the curriculum for students attending such city technology colleges beyond the age of 16 years.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : As a condition of grant CTCs will offer a curriculum which is broad and balanced with an
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emphasis on science and technology, including the applications of information technology across the curriculum. We shall expect the curriculum for all pupils in years one to five to cover all the core and foundation subjects of the national curriculum, national arrangements for assessments will apply, and provision will be made for the teaching of religious education and for collective worship. A wide range of courses will be available for post-16 pupils.Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has established criteria or formulae for determining the levels of private and/or public funding that can be made available for the establishment of individual city technology colleges, either as revenue or capital.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The basis of our recurrent grant to CTCs will be an average of equivalent expenditure by local education authorities on maintained schools in similar areas. Capital costs will vary according to individual circumstances, including for example the cost of acquiring a site and whether any refurbishment or additional building works are needed. In each case sponsors will be required to make a significant contribution to those costs.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will issue guidance to local education authorities on the availability of lists of parents' names and addresses to parents of children in schools which are currently state schools but are considering opted out or city technology college status.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : I refer the hon. Member to the answer that my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Mrs. Rumbold) gave her on Monday, 7 November at column 3.
Under-Fives
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest figure for the percentage of under-fives in (a) nursery schools, (b) nursery classes and (c) primary classes, by local education authority, in England and Wales.
Mr. Jackson : The number of children under five attending maintained nursery schools, nursery classes and infant classes in primary schools as a percentage of the estimated three and four-year-old population in each local education authority in England in January 1988 is given in the following table. Figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Percentage of under fives in nursery and primary schools
January 1988
|Nursery schools|Nursery classes|Infant classes
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Barking |0.0 |30.7 |32.3
Barnet |6.7 |22.9 |24.6
Bexley |3.2 |10.3 |12.9
Brent |3.9 |28.7 |26.5
Bromley |0.0 |1.9 |14.3
Croydon |4.8 |2.1 |28.5
Ealing |6.7 |27.2 |27.0
Enfield |0.0 |21.3 |29.6
Haringey |4.6 |35.5 |27.9
Harrow |0.0 |16.2 |27.5
Havering |0.0 |4.1 |32.4
Hillingdon |2.0 |44.4 |3.3
Hounslow |0.0 |68.6 |0.6
Kingston upon Thames |7.6 |23.2 |23.3
Merton |0.0 |39.2 |19.5
Newham |14.5 |43.3 |1.5
Redbridge |0.0 |10.1 |14.2
Richmond upon Thames |1.8 |15.4 |27.3
Sutton |5.9 |13.8 |0.7
Waltham Forest |5.5 |34.5 |12.7
Inner London |7.2 |30.9 |12.9
Birmingham |8.1 |24.4 |32.5
Coventry |5.3 |18.4 |31.3
Dudley |5.4 |27.0 |14.6
Sandwell |2.6 |43.8 |32.5
Solihull |0.0 |29.4 |33.6
Walsall |11.1 |46.2 |33.8
Wolverhampton |12.8 |45.2 |14.2
Knowsley |0.0 |38.2 |31.1
Liverpool |4.6 |45.0 |33.4
St. Helens |1.4 |29.1 |31.5
Sefton |4.4 |24.3 |31.9
Wirral |3.0 |15.8 |31.3
Bolton |7.5 |30.1 |30.7
Bury |3.6 |20.0 |31.8
Manchester |4.4 |53.6 |16.7
Oldham |0.0 |33.9 |31.3
Rochdale |14.9 |15.4 |32.1
Salford |14.6 |37.8 |33.2
Stockport |10.5 |4.4 |30.0
Tameside |5.6 |35.6 |33.8
Trafford |0.0 |14.3 |7.5
Wigan |2.3 |23.4 |33.2
Barnsley |3.2 |46.5 |17.2
Doncaster |0.0 |39.0 |34.8
Rotherham |5.2 |35.0 |16.3
Sheffield |6.3 |36.3 |19.0
Bradford |3.5 |32.7 |18.7
Calderdale |1.8 |25.8 |33.7
Kirklees |6.3 |33.2 |19.1
Leeds |1.5 |32.7 |21.8
Wakefield |5.8 |41.5 |22.3
Gateshead |1.0 |33.3 |30.6
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |8.9 |31.0 |29.8
North Tyneside |6.2 |46.1 |31.4
South Tyneside |18.8 |32.3 |31.7
Sunderland |11.4 |24.0 |32.0
Avon |6.3 |8.8 |30.9
Bedfordshire |8.9 |21.1 |5.3
Berkshire |10.0 |14.4 |1.2
Buckinghamshire |3.0 |9.1 |5.7
Cambridgeshire |3.9 |7.9 |29.4
Cheshire |3.5 |17.4 |32.0
Cleveland |1.0 |52.7 |19.3
Cornwall<1> |1.0 |13.1 |30.1
Cumbria |6.6 |14.6 |33.2
Derbyshire |5.4 |23.0 |24.8
Devon |1.1 |8.7 |15.7
Dorset |0.0 |6.0 |29.0
Durham |16.6 |22.1 |29.1
East Sussex |2.0 |5.0 |30.0
Essex |0.7 |5.2 |14.7
Gloucestershire |0.0 |0.0 |31.4
Hampshire |0.7 |4.3 |15.2
Hereford and Worcester |0.0 |6.1 |9.6
Hertfordshire |6.9 |22.8 |17.6
Humberside |4.5 |28.4 |19.9
Isle of Wight |0.0 |5.6 |34.1
Kent |0.2 |4.9 |6.6
Lancashire |9.4 |7.6 |31.3
Leicestershire |0.2 |21.4 |14.6
Lincolnshire |2.2 |5.3 |20.1
Norfolk |2.4 |2.8 |25.0
North Yorkshire |2.0 |15.9 |25.7
Northamptonshire |3.6 |14.0 |32.9
Northumberland |1.8 |24.4 |28.9
Nottinghamshire |2.3 |4.9 |7.3
Oxfordshire |3.4 |9.3 |3.7
Shropshire |1.7 |9.8 |21.8
Somerset |0.0 |0.8 |32.1
Staffordshire |7.0 |15.5 |21.5
Suffolk |0.6 |13.6 |14.3
Surrey |1.8 |9.6 |11.9
Warwickshire |6.5 |11.2 |32.5
West Sussex |2.9 |0.6 |4.7
Wiltshire |0.0 |2.1 |16.1
England |4.2 |19.7 |20.9
<1> Includes Isles of Scilly.
Schools (Expenditure)
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average per capita expenditure for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils, by local education authority, in England and Wales.
Mr. Jackson : I refer the hon. Member to "The Handbook of Education Unit Costs 1985-86" ; a copy of which is in the Library. Table 4 provides the latest data on local education authorities in England. Data for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Class Sizes
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the latest figures for average class sizes in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) nursery schools, by location education authority, in England and Wales.
Mr. Jackson : Information on the average size of classes in nursery schools is not collected centrally. The average class size in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1988 is given in the following table : The analyses relate to classes taught by one teacher during a selected period the day the schools census is carried out and do not necessarily represent the pattern of classes over the academic year as a whole. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Average class sizes in maintained primary and secondary schools
January 1988
|Primary average size |Secondary average size
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Barking |23.0 |18.7
Barnet |23.5 |17.9
Bexley |26.0 |20.9
Brent |23.5 |16.3
Bromley |26.1 |19.9
Croydon |25.3 |19.6
Ealing |23.7 |18.6
Enfield |26.4 |20.6
Haringey |22.7 |16.9
Harrow |25.8 |21.0
Havering |25.6 |19.5
Hillingdon |25.1 |20.0
Hounslow |23.9 |19.8
Kingston upon Thames |25.2 |18.9
Merton |25.3 |20.5
Newham |25.5 |19.9
Redbridge |28.1 |19.6
Richmond upon Thames |25.3 |20.8
Sutton |26.2 |20.0
Waltham Forest |25.0 |18.0
Inner London |22.3 |19.0
Birmingham |27.3 |21.1
Coventry |25.9 |20.9
Dudley |25.6 |18.8
Sandwell |25.7 |19.2
Solihull |26.4 |20.3
Walsall |23.8 |18.3
Wolverhampton |23.1 |18.8
Knowsley |24.9 |19.1
Liverpool |24.2 |19.5
St. Helens |25.9 |18.3
Sefton |26.3 |20.2
Wirral |24.7 |19.9
Bolton |27.1 |19.6
Bury |25.2 |20.2
Manchester |25.4 |18.7
Oldham |26.8 |20.2
Rochdale |26.7 |18.6
Salford |24.7 |18.5
Stockport |26.5 |19.9
Tameside |26.7 |20.3
Trafford |25.7 |19.1
Wigan |26.0 |18.6
Barnsley |24.4 |19.4
Doncaster |25.0 |20.1
Rotherham |24.5 |19.6
Sheffield |23.6 |19.0
Bradford |25.0 |20.5
Calderdale |25.7 |19.5
Kirklees |25.1 |19.5
Leeds |25.8 |19.1
Wakefield |25.3 |19.2
Gateshead |23.9 |19.4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |24.6 |18.2
North Tyneside |20.9 |17.9
South Tyneside |23.5 |18.0
Sunderland |24.7 |19.7
Isles of Scilly |15.0 |18.4
Avon |27.3 |20.9
Bedfordshire |25.6 |21.0
Berkshire |26.2 |19.8
Buckinghamshire |27.2 |20.3
Cambridgeshire |26.7 |20.7
Cheshire |27.3 |20.2
Cleveland |25.4 |19.3
Cornwall |26.0 |20.1
Cumbria |24.1 |18.9
Derbyshire |25.0 |19.9
Devon |25.9 |21.2
Dorset |26.8 |20.8
Durham |25.4 |20.3
East Sussex |25.8 |20.0
Essex |26.1 |20.9
Gloucestershire |25.8 |20.1
Hampshire |26.0 |20.5
Hereford and Worcester |25.7 |20.6
Hertfordshire |24.9 |19.1
Humberside |25.1 |19.6
Isle of Wight |26.0 |20.7
Kent |27.0 |20.4
Lancashire |26.7 |20.2
Leicestershire |25.5 |19.7
Lincolnshire |26.2 |20.3
Norfolk |24.9 |20.0
North Yorkshire |24.3 |20.2
Northamptonshire |25.8 |20.5
Northumberland |26.0 |20.3
Nottinghamshire |24.8 |19.2
Oxfordshire |26.2 |20.5
Shropshire |24.2 |19.3
Somerset |26.8 |20.7
Staffordshire |25.4 |20.6
Suffolk |24.6 |21.1
Surrey |24.6 |19.2
Warwickshire |25.5 |20.0
West Sussex |26.1 |20.5
Wiltshire |25.2 |20.8
England |25.4 |19.9
Recruitment
Mr. Bernie Grant : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers recruited in Ireland in the past year to cover vacancies in London, have been given Department of Education and Science registration ; how many have not ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : The information is not available in the form requested. Between 1 October 1987 and 30 September 1988, 327 applications for qualified teacher status were considered under paragraph 2(b) of schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982 (SI 1982/106) in respect of teachers who had trained in the Republic of Ireland. To be approved under this provision, the course of training must be comparable in terms of length, content and depth of study to one available in England and Wales at the same time. Thirteen of these applications were accepted.
In addition, during the same period, ILEA recommended six teachers with qualifications obtained in the Republic of Ireland for qualified teacher status under paragraph 2(e) of schedule 5. All of these cases were accepted.
ILEA
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what levels of funding from central Government will be available to inner London authorities following their assumption of education responsibility when the Inner London Education Authority is abolished.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : In 1990-91 a fixed total of central Government grant will be made available for distribution among local authorities. Each authority's entitlement will be determined by the Government's assessment of its need to spend on all services including education. Specific grant funding will also be available from a number of Government Departments.
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what actions he intends to take to ensure the adequate funding of non- statutory education in inner London after the abolition of the Inner London Education Authority.
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Mr. Kenneth Baker : In the annual grant-related expenditure assessment the Government take account of each local education authority's need to spend on various statutory and non-statutory aspects of provision. It is however for each LEA to determine its budget in accordance with its own priorities and the resources available to it. The same will apply to inner London boroughs when they become education authorities.
Local Authority Expenditure
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the amount paid by each local authority in England and Wales in the years 1986-87, 1987-88 and a best estimate for 1988-89, to all institutes of advanced, further and higher education ; on what basis in the future such institutions will receive the £8,000 minimum withdrawn from the rate support grant, as detailed in his Department's consultation paper dated 11 November ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : In each of the years specified the net recurrent costs of advanced further education (AFE) have been shared between local education authorities (LEAs) by means of a capped pooling arrangement. My right hon. Friend is empowered to determine the size of the pool and, in the light of the advice of the national advisory body for public sector higher education (NAB), the distribution of the pool between local education authorities in respect of the polytechnics and colleges which they maintain or assist. A full list of the allocations determined by my right hon. Friend for the years 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89 is set out in the table. LEAs may pass onto their colleges amounts below or in excess of the allocations but information about precise payments to each institution is not available.
Under the provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988 the 29 English polytechnics and 32 other colleges maintained or assisted by LEAs will transfer from local authority control and from 1 April 1989 will become the funding responsibility of central Government which will channel grants to the sector through the new Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (PCFC). The council will be responsible for allocating the funds made available by my right hon. Friend.
1988-89 |£ million ---------------------------------------------------- Barking North East London Poly. |17.09882 Barking COT |0.08900 Total |17.18782 Barnet Middlesex Poly. |20.81630 Barnet College |0.09900 Total |20.91530 Bexley Rose Bruford |0.71500 Erith COT |0.41600 Total |1.13100 Brent Kilburn Poly. |0.16300 Willesden COT |1.09000 Total |1.25300 Bromley Bromley COT |1.13400 Ravensbourne C/A and D |1.35500 Total |2.48900 Croydon Croydon College |2.76600 Ealing Ealing CHE |7.01200 Residuals |0.83000 Total |7.84200 Enfield Residuals |0.31200 Haringey Tottenham COT |0.77900 Harrow Harrow CHE |2.42500 Havering Havering Tech. |0.47300 Hillingdon No AFE provision Hounslow West London IHE |5.47200 Hounslow Boro College |0.14900 Total |5.62100 Kingston/Thames Kingston Poly. |19.18664 Kingston CFE |0.52800 Total |19.71464 Merton Wimbledon Sch/ART |0.76800 Merton Tech. |0.30600 Total |1.07400 Newham Newham Comm College |1.21391 Redbridge Redbridge Tech. |0.00000 Richmond/Thames Richmond/Thames College |0.37300 Sutton No AFE provision Waltham Forest Waltham Forest College |0.28000 Birmingham Birmingham Poly. |18.31964 Birmingham C/F and D |0.94300 Matthew Boulton |0.71900 Residuals |0.19300 Total |20.17464 Coventry Coventry Poly. |19.40459 Coventry Tech. |0.96700 Residuals |0.30800 Total |20.67959 Dudley Residuals |0.70700 Sandwell Sandwell College |1.60700 Solihull Solihull COT |0.06700 Walsall West Midlands CHE |1.48400 Walsall COT |0.22400 Total |1.70800 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Poly. |16.34798 Wulfrun CFE |0.13300 Total |16.48098 Knowsley No AFE provision Liverpool Liverpool Poly. |23.92772 Residuals |1.32600 Total |25.25372 St. Helens St. Helens COT |0.60200 Sefton Hugh Baird CFE |0.04300 Wirral Wirral MET College |0.73000 Bolton Bolton IHE |6.29232 Bolton MET College |0.09500 Total |6.38732 Bury Bury CFE |0.00700 Manchester Manchester Poly. |32.98619 Royal Northern C/Music |2.21900 Residuals |1.26700 Total |36.47219 Oldham Oldham COT |0.60800 Rochdale Rochdale Tech. |0.01400 Salford Salford COT |4.07798 Stockport Stockport COT |2.06766 Tameside Tameside COT |0.11000 Trafford Residuals |0.31100 Wigan Residuals |1.07900 Barnsley Barnsley COT |0.34100 Doncaster Doncaster MET IHE |1.88400 Rotherham Residuals |0.30900 Sheffield Sheffield City Poly. |27.14021 Residuals |0.94700 Total |28.08721 Bradford Bradford and Ilkley |3.28900 Keighley Tech. |0.04800 Total |3.33700 Calderdale Percival Whitley CFE |0.02500 Kirklees Huddersfield Poly. |14.83194 Residuals |0.49600 Total |15.32794 Leeds Leeds Poly. |20.03038 Residuals |0.89300 Total |20.92338 Wakefield Bretton Hall |2.77200 Wakefield MET District |0.39000 Total |3.16200 Gateshead Gateshead Tech. |0.34200 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Poly. |22.00132 Newcastle C/A and T |1.04000 Total |23.04132 North Tyneside North Tyneside CFE |0.02500 South Tyneside South Tyneside College |1.26300 Sunderland Sunderland Poly. |13.63404 Residuals |0.21200 Total |13.84604 ILEA Poly. of North London |15.25775 Poly. of South Bank |21.30932 City of London Poly. |12.30430 Poly./Central London |16.37577 Thames Poly. |18.46523 The London Institute |9.83500 Paddington College |1.82100 South West London College |2.11100 South East London College |0.69200 Hammersmith/West London |1.01800 Westminster College |0.82700 Residuals |2.42300 Total |102.43937 Avon Bristol Poly. |20.40107 Bath CHE |3.79300 Residuals |1.07500 Total |25.26907 Bedfordshire Bedford CHE |2.44520 Luton CHE |2.89866 Total |5.34386 Berkshire Slough CHE |4.04232 Bulmershe CHE |3.03500 Reading COT |1.45532 Residuals |0.57700 Total |9.10964 Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire CHE |3.00732 Residuals |0.28700 Total |3.29432 Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire C/A and T |3.79698 Residuals |0.70700 Total |4.50398 Cheshire Crewe & Alsager CHE |5.94435 North Cheshire College |1.11500 Residuals |0.87700 Total |7.93635 Cleveland Teesside Poly. |11.97930 Residuals |0.54900 Total |12.52830 Cornwall Falmouth Sch./ART |0.99300 Cornwall Tech. |0.32800 Camborne Sch./MINES |0.98300 Total |2.30400 Cumbria Charlotte Mason |1.32150 Residuals |1.19700 Total |2.51850 Derbyshire Derby CHE |6.68998 Residuals |0.64000 Total |7.32998 Devon Plymouth Poly. |14.95981 Exeter C/A and D |0.86800 Dartington C/ART |1.00200 Rolle College |2.24100 Residuals |2.12300 Total |21.19381 Dorset Dorset IHE |7.11332 Bournemouth and Poole C/A and D |0.73800 Bournemouth and Poole CFE |0.10000 Total |7.95132 Durham New College Durham |1.82600 Residuals |0.40900 Total |2.23500 East Sussex Brighton Poly. |17.05598 Brighton COT |0.78900 Residuals |0.25000 Total |18.09498 Essex Essex IHE |6.25098 Writtle Agricultural |0.74500 Colchester IHE |1.32000 Residuals |1.17200 Total |9.48798 Gloucestershire Gloucester C/A and T |4.46932 Residuals |0.12100 Total |4.59032 Hampshire Portsmouth Poly. |19.41514 South Hants ARTS |1.42400 Farnborough COT |2.00600 Southampton IHE |6.39630 Highbury COT |1.30666 Residuals |0.44400 Total |30.99210 Hereford and Worcestershire Worcester CHE |3.42840 Residuals |1.16800 Total |4.59640 Hertfordshire Hatfield Poly. |16.83425 Watford College |1.27600 Residuals |1.78900 Total |19.89925 Humberside Humberside College |9.06064 Residuals |0.28000 Total |9.34064 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight C/ART |0.11100 Kent Kent Art Inst. |2.32400 Mid Kent CHFE |1.96766 Kent C/Careers |0.12200 Residuals |0.70200 Total |5.11566 Lancashire Lancashire Poly. |15.42564 Edge Hill CHE |4.66715 Blackburn C/T and D |0.80700 Blackpool and Fylde |1.79200 Residuals |0.70100 Total |23.39279 Leicestershire Leicester Poly. |22.04596 Residuals |0.49600 Total |22.54196 Lincolnshire Residuals |0.81500 Norfolk Norfolk Art |0.73500 Norwich City College |2.31032 Residuals |0.08900 Total |3.13432 North Yorkshire Askham Bryan C/AG |0.33400 North Riding C/ED |1.56600 York C/A and T |0.54100 Total |2.44100 Northamptonshire Nene College |5.18232 Residuals |0.9700 Total |5.27932 Northumberland Northumberland COT |0.22800 Nottingham Trent Poly. |25.10328 Residuals |0.53600 Total |25.63928 Oxfordshire Oxford Poly. |14.39462 Residuals |0.36300 Total |14.75762 Shropshire Residuals |0.29800 Somerset Residuals |0.81500 Staffordshire North Staffs Poly. |15.93627 Cauldon CFE |0.61000 Residuals |0.54000 Total |17.08627 Suffolk Suffolk CFHE |1.42800 Residuals |0.16600 Total |1.59400 Surrey N.E. Surrey C/A and T |1.67698 West Surrey C/A and D |1.70100 Guildford COT |0.87098 Residuals |0.60500 Total |4.85396 Warwickshire Residuals |0.31700 West Sussex West Sussex IHE<1> |1.64896 Residuals |1.36900 Total |3.01796 Wiltshire The College Swindon |0.86100 Residuals |0.79000 Total |1.65100 <1> Joint LEA assisted/DES grant-aided institution.
1988-89 |£ million ---------------------------------------------------- Barking North East London Poly. |17.09882 Barking COT |0.08900 Total |17.18782 Barnet Middlesex Poly. |20.81630 Barnet College |0.09900 Total |20.91530 Bexley Rose Bruford |0.71500 Erith COT |0.41600 Total |1.13100 Brent Kilburn Poly. |0.16300 Willesden COT |1.09000 Total |1.25300 Bromley Bromley COT |1.13400 Ravensbourne C/A and D |1.35500 Total |2.48900 Croydon Croydon College |2.76600 Ealing Ealing CHE |7.01200 Residuals |0.83000 Total |7.84200 Enfield Residuals |0.31200 Haringey Tottenham COT |0.77900 Harrow Harrow CHE |2.42500 Havering Havering Tech. |0.47300 Hillingdon No AFE provision Hounslow West London IHE |5.47200 Hounslow Boro College |0.14900 Total |5.62100 Kingston/Thames Kingston Poly. |19.18664 Kingston CFE |0.52800 Total |19.71464 Merton Wimbledon Sch/ART |0.76800 Merton Tech. |0.30600 Total |1.07400 Newham Newham Comm College |1.21391 Redbridge Redbridge Tech. |0.00000 Richmond/Thames Richmond/Thames College |0.37300 Sutton No AFE provision Waltham Forest Waltham Forest College |0.28000 Birmingham Birmingham Poly. |18.31964 Birmingham C/F and D |0.94300 Matthew Boulton |0.71900 Residuals |0.19300 Total |20.17464 Coventry Coventry Poly. |19.40459 Coventry Tech. |0.96700 Residuals |0.30800 Total |20.67959 Dudley Residuals |0.70700 Sandwell Sandwell College |1.60700 Solihull Solihull COT |0.06700 Walsall West Midlands CHE |1.48400 Walsall COT |0.22400 Total |1.70800 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Poly. |16.34798 Wulfrun CFE |0.13300 Total |16.48098 Knowsley No AFE provision Liverpool Liverpool Poly. |23.92772 Residuals |1.32600 Total |25.25372 St. Helens St. Helens COT |0.60200 Sefton Hugh Baird CFE |0.04300 Wirral Wirral MET College |0.73000 Bolton Bolton IHE |6.29232 Bolton MET College |0.09500 Total |6.38732 Bury Bury CFE |0.00700 Manchester Manchester Poly. |32.98619 Royal Northern C/Music |2.21900 Residuals |1.26700 Total |36.47219 Oldham Oldham COT |0.60800 Rochdale Rochdale Tech. |0.01400 Salford Salford COT |4.07798 Stockport Stockport COT |2.06766 Tameside Tameside COT |0.11000 Trafford Residuals |0.31100 Wigan Residuals |1.07900 Barnsley Barnsley COT |0.34100 Doncaster Doncaster MET IHE |1.88400 Rotherham Residuals |0.30900 Sheffield Sheffield City Poly. |27.14021 Residuals |0.94700 Total |28.08721 Bradford Bradford and Ilkley |3.28900 Keighley Tech. |0.04800 Total |3.33700 Calderdale Percival Whitley CFE |0.02500 Kirklees Huddersfield Poly. |14.83194 Residuals |0.49600 Total |15.32794 Leeds Leeds Poly. |20.03038 Residuals |0.89300 Total |20.92338 Wakefield Bretton Hall |2.77200 Wakefield MET District |0.39000 Total |3.16200 Gateshead Gateshead Tech. |0.34200 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Poly. |22.00132 Newcastle C/A and T |1.04000 Total |23.04132 North Tyneside North Tyneside CFE |0.02500 South Tyneside South Tyneside College |1.26300 Sunderland Sunderland Poly. |13.63404 Residuals |0.21200 Total |13.84604 ILEA Poly. of North London |15.25775 Poly. of South Bank |21.30932 City of London Poly. |12.30430 Poly./Central London |16.37577 Thames Poly. |18.46523 The London Institute |9.83500 Paddington College |1.82100 South West London College |2.11100 South East London College |0.69200 Hammersmith/West London |1.01800 Westminster College |0.82700 Residuals |2.42300 Total |102.43937 Avon Bristol Poly. |20.40107 Bath CHE |3.79300 Residuals |1.07500 Total |25.26907 Bedfordshire Bedford CHE |2.44520 Luton CHE |2.89866 Total |5.34386 Berkshire Slough CHE |4.04232 Bulmershe CHE |3.03500 Reading COT |1.45532 Residuals |0.57700 Total |9.10964 Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire CHE |3.00732 Residuals |0.28700 Total |3.29432 Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire C/A and T |3.79698 Residuals |0.70700 Total |4.50398 Cheshire Crewe & Alsager CHE |5.94435 North Cheshire College |1.11500 Residuals |0.87700 Total |7.93635 Cleveland Teesside Poly. |11.97930 Residuals |0.54900 Total |12.52830 Cornwall Falmouth Sch./ART |0.99300 Cornwall Tech. |0.32800 Camborne Sch./MINES |0.98300 Total |2.30400 Cumbria Charlotte Mason |1.32150 Residuals |1.19700 Total |2.51850 Derbyshire Derby CHE |6.68998 Residuals |0.64000 Total |7.32998 Devon Plymouth Poly. |14.95981 Exeter C/A and D |0.86800 Dartington C/ART |1.00200 Rolle College |2.24100 Residuals |2.12300 Total |21.19381 Dorset Dorset IHE |7.11332 Bournemouth and Poole C/A and D |0.73800 Bournemouth and Poole CFE |0.10000 Total |7.95132 Durham New College Durham |1.82600 Residuals |0.40900 Total |2.23500 East Sussex Brighton Poly. |17.05598 Brighton COT |0.78900 Residuals |0.25000 Total |18.09498 Essex Essex IHE |6.25098 Writtle Agricultural |0.74500 Colchester IHE |1.32000 Residuals |1.17200 Total |9.48798 Gloucestershire Gloucester C/A and T |4.46932 Residuals |0.12100 Total |4.59032 Hampshire Portsmouth Poly. |19.41514 South Hants ARTS |1.42400 Farnborough COT |2.00600 Southampton IHE |6.39630 Highbury COT |1.30666 Residuals |0.44400 Total |30.99210 Hereford and Worcestershire Worcester CHE |3.42840 Residuals |1.16800 Total |4.59640 Hertfordshire Hatfield Poly. |16.83425 Watford College |1.27600 Residuals |1.78900 Total |19.89925 Humberside Humberside College |9.06064 Residuals |0.28000 Total |9.34064 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight C/ART |0.11100 Kent Kent Art Inst. |2.32400 Mid Kent CHFE |1.96766 Kent C/Careers |0.12200 Residuals |0.70200 Total |5.11566 Lancashire Lancashire Poly. |15.42564 Edge Hill CHE |4.66715 Blackburn C/T and D |0.80700 Blackpool and Fylde |1.79200 Residuals |0.70100 Total |23.39279 Leicestershire Leicester Poly. |22.04596 Residuals |0.49600 Total |22.54196 Lincolnshire Residuals |0.81500 Norfolk Norfolk Art |0.73500 Norwich City College |2.31032 Residuals |0.08900 Total |3.13432 North Yorkshire Askham Bryan C/AG |0.33400 North Riding C/ED |1.56600 York C/A and T |0.54100 Total |2.44100 Northamptonshire Nene College |5.18232 Residuals |0.9700 Total |5.27932 Northumberland Northumberland COT |0.22800 Nottingham Trent Poly. |25.10328 Residuals |0.53600 Total |25.63928 Oxfordshire Oxford Poly. |14.39462 Residuals |0.36300 Total |14.75762 Shropshire Residuals |0.29800 Somerset Residuals |0.81500 Staffordshire North Staffs Poly. |15.93627 Cauldon CFE |0.61000 Residuals |0.54000 Total |17.08627 Suffolk Suffolk CFHE |1.42800 Residuals |0.16600 Total |1.59400 Surrey N.E. Surrey C/A and T |1.67698 West Surrey C/A and D |1.70100 Guildford COT |0.87098 Residuals |0.60500 Total |4.85396 Warwickshire Residuals |0.31700 West Sussex West Sussex IHE<1> |1.64896 Residuals |1.36900 Total |3.01796 Wiltshire The College Swindon |0.86100 Residuals |0.79000 Total |1.65100 <1> Joint LEA assisted/DES grant-aided institution.
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1988-89 |£ million ---------------------------------------------------- Barking North East London Poly. |17.09882 Barking COT |0.08900 Total |17.18782 Barnet Middlesex Poly. |20.81630 Barnet College |0.09900 Total |20.91530 Bexley Rose Bruford |0.71500 Erith COT |0.41600 Total |1.13100 Brent Kilburn Poly. |0.16300 Willesden COT |1.09000 Total |1.25300 Bromley Bromley COT |1.13400 Ravensbourne C/A and D |1.35500 Total |2.48900 Croydon Croydon College |2.76600 Ealing Ealing CHE |7.01200 Residuals |0.83000 Total |7.84200 Enfield Residuals |0.31200 Haringey Tottenham COT |0.77900 Harrow Harrow CHE |2.42500 Havering Havering Tech. |0.47300 Hillingdon No AFE provision Hounslow West London IHE |5.47200 Hounslow Boro College |0.14900 Total |5.62100 Kingston/Thames Kingston Poly. |19.18664 Kingston CFE |0.52800 Total |19.71464 Merton Wimbledon Sch/ART |0.76800 Merton Tech. |0.30600 Total |1.07400 Newham Newham Comm College |1.21391 Redbridge Redbridge Tech. |0.00000 Richmond/Thames Richmond/Thames College |0.37300 Sutton No AFE provision Waltham Forest Waltham Forest College |0.28000 Birmingham Birmingham Poly. |18.31964 Birmingham C/F and D |0.94300 Matthew Boulton |0.71900 Residuals |0.19300 Total |20.17464 Coventry Coventry Poly. |19.40459 Coventry Tech. |0.96700 Residuals |0.30800 Total |20.67959 Dudley Residuals |0.70700 Sandwell Sandwell College |1.60700 Solihull Solihull COT |0.06700 Walsall West Midlands CHE |1.48400 Walsall COT |0.22400 Total |1.70800 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Poly. |16.34798 Wulfrun CFE |0.13300 Total |16.48098 Knowsley No AFE provision Liverpool Liverpool Poly. |23.92772 Residuals |1.32600 Total |25.25372 St. Helens St. Helens COT |0.60200 Sefton Hugh Baird CFE |0.04300 Wirral Wirral MET College |0.73000 Bolton Bolton IHE |6.29232 Bolton MET College |0.09500 Total |6.38732 Bury Bury CFE |0.00700 Manchester Manchester Poly. |32.98619 Royal Northern C/Music |2.21900 Residuals |1.26700 Total |36.47219 Oldham Oldham COT |0.60800 Rochdale Rochdale Tech. |0.01400 Salford Salford COT |4.07798 Stockport Stockport COT |2.06766 Tameside Tameside COT |0.11000 Trafford Residuals |0.31100 Wigan Residuals |1.07900 Barnsley Barnsley COT |0.34100 Doncaster Doncaster MET IHE |1.88400 Rotherham Residuals |0.30900 Sheffield Sheffield City Poly. |27.14021 Residuals |0.94700 Total |28.08721 Bradford Bradford and Ilkley |3.28900 Keighley Tech. |0.04800 Total |3.33700 Calderdale Percival Whitley CFE |0.02500 Kirklees Huddersfield Poly. |14.83194 Residuals |0.49600 Total |15.32794 Leeds Leeds Poly. |20.03038 Residuals |0.89300 Total |20.92338 Wakefield Bretton Hall |2.77200 Wakefield MET District |0.39000 Total |3.16200 Gateshead Gateshead Tech. |0.34200 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle Poly. |22.00132 Newcastle C/A and T |1.04000 Total |23.04132 North Tyneside North Tyneside CFE |0.02500 South Tyneside South Tyneside College |1.26300 Sunderland Sunderland Poly. |13.63404 Residuals |0.21200 Total |13.84604 ILEA Poly. of North London |15.25775 Poly. of South Bank |21.30932 City of London Poly. |12.30430 Poly./Central London |16.37577 Thames Poly. |18.46523 The London Institute |9.83500 Paddington College |1.82100 South West London College |2.11100 South East London College |0.69200 Hammersmith/West London |1.01800 Westminster College |0.82700 Residuals |2.42300 Total |102.43937 Avon Bristol Poly. |20.40107 Bath CHE |3.79300 Residuals |1.07500 Total |25.26907 Bedfordshire Bedford CHE |2.44520 Luton CHE |2.89866 Total |5.34386 Berkshire Slough CHE |4.04232 Bulmershe CHE |3.03500 Reading COT |1.45532 Residuals |0.57700 Total |9.10964 Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire CHE |3.00732 Residuals |0.28700 Total |3.29432 Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire C/A and T |3.79698 Residuals |0.70700 Total |4.50398 Cheshire Crewe & Alsager CHE |5.94435 North Cheshire College |1.11500 Residuals |0.87700 Total |7.93635 Cleveland Teesside Poly. |11.97930 Residuals |0.54900 Total |12.52830 Cornwall Falmouth Sch./ART |0.99300 Cornwall Tech. |0.32800 Camborne Sch./MINES |0.98300 Total |2.30400 Cumbria Charlotte Mason |1.32150 Residuals |1.19700 Total |2.51850 Derbyshire Derby CHE |6.68998 Residuals |0.64000 Total |7.32998 Devon Plymouth Poly. |14.95981 Exeter C/A and D |0.86800 Dartington C/ART |1.00200 Rolle College |2.24100 Residuals |2.12300 Total |21.19381 Dorset Dorset IHE |7.11332 Bournemouth and Poole C/A and D |0.73800 Bournemouth and Poole CFE |0.10000 Total |7.95132 Durham New College Durham |1.82600 Residuals |0.40900 Total |2.23500 East Sussex Brighton Poly. |17.05598 Brighton COT |0.78900 Residuals |0.25000 Total |18.09498 Essex Essex IHE |6.25098 Writtle Agricultural |0.74500 Colchester IHE |1.32000 Residuals |1.17200 Total |9.48798 Gloucestershire Gloucester C/A and T |4.46932 Residuals |0.12100 Total |4.59032 Hampshire Portsmouth Poly. |19.41514 South Hants ARTS |1.42400 Farnborough COT |2.00600 Southampton IHE |6.39630 Highbury COT |1.30666 Residuals |0.44400 Total |30.99210 Hereford and Worcestershire Worcester CHE |3.42840 Residuals |1.16800 Total |4.59640 Hertfordshire Hatfield Poly. |16.83425 Watford College |1.27600 Residuals |1.78900 Total |19.89925 Humberside Humberside College |9.06064 Residuals |0.28000 Total |9.34064 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight C/ART |0.11100 Kent Kent Art Inst. |2.32400 Mid Kent CHFE |1.96766 Kent C/Careers |0.12200 Residuals |0.70200 Total |5.11566 Lancashire Lancashire Poly. |15.42564 Edge Hill CHE |4.66715 Blackburn C/T and D |0.80700 Blackpool and Fylde |1.79200 Residuals |0.70100 Total |23.39279 Leicestershire Leicester Poly. |22.04596 Residuals |0.49600 Total |22.54196 Lincolnshire Residuals |0.81500 Norfolk Norfolk Art |0.73500 Norwich City College |2.31032 Residuals |0.08900 Total |3.13432 North Yorkshire Askham Bryan C/AG |0.33400 North Riding C/ED |1.56600 York C/A and T |0.54100 Total |2.44100 Northamptonshire Nene College |5.18232 Residuals |0.9700 Total |5.27932 Northumberland Northumberland COT |0.22800 Nottingham Trent Poly. |25.10328 Residuals |0.53600 Total |25.63928 Oxfordshire Oxford Poly. |14.39462 Residuals |0.36300 Total |14.75762 Shropshire Residuals |0.29800 Somerset Residuals |0.81500 Staffordshire North Staffs Poly. |15.93627 Cauldon CFE |0.61000 Residuals |0.54000 Total |17.08627 Suffolk Suffolk CFHE |1.42800 Residuals |0.16600 Total |1.59400 Surrey N.E. Surrey C/A and T |1.67698 West Surrey C/A and D |1.70100 Guildford COT |0.87098 Residuals |0.60500 Total |4.85396 Warwickshire Residuals |0.31700 West Sussex West Sussex IHE<1> |1.64896 Residuals |1.36900 Total |3.01796 Wiltshire The College Swindon |0.86100 Residuals |0.79000 Total |1.65100 <1> Joint LEA assisted/DES grant-aided institution.
PRIME MINISTER
Journalists (Briefing)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister how many daily briefings for journalists have taken place at No. 10 Downing street since she became Prime Minister ; and for how many of these a tape recording exists.
The Prime Minister : My press office is in regular contact with journalists.
United States President-elect
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Prime Minister whether she discussed the issue of burden-sharing when she met President-elect George Bush in Washington.
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Prime Minister whether she discussed British contributions to the cost of developing the follow-on system to the Lance missile when she met President-elect George Bush in Washington.
10 Downing Street (Silver)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister what silver items have been loaned for use at No. 10 Downing street ; and to whom they belong.
The Prime Minister : No. 10 Downing street has silver on loan from the trustees of the Victoria and Albert and
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the British Museums and a number of items kindly loaned by private owners whose names it would not be the practice to make public.Poland (Visit)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the reasons for her visit to Poland ; who invited her ; by what means she travelled ; how many civil servants accompanied her ; and what was the total cost involved.
The Prime Minister : I visited Poland in response to an invitation from the Polish Government. I travelled by RAF VC10 and was accompanied by three officials and nine support staff. As I stated in the reply that I gave to the hon. Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Vaz) on 11 November 1988 at column 315 , the provisional estimate of the total cost is £21,000.
United States (Visit)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister if she will give the reasons for her latest visit to the United States of America ; who invited her ; by what means she travelled ; how many civil servants accompanied her ; and what was the total cost involved.
The Prime Minister : I visited Washington at the invitation of President Reagan. I travelled by RAF VC10 and was accompanied by three officials and seven support staff. A provisional estimate of the total cost is £50,000.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Prime Minister what official gifts were handed out on her latest visit to the United States of America ; to whom they were presented ; and what was the total cost involved.
The Prime Minister : As is customary official gifts were given to President Reagan and to a small number of officials.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Prisoners (Property)
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now review the list of property which long-term prisoners are able to possess with a view to enabling them, at the discretion of the governor, to possess electronic games of an educational nature.
Mr. Hurd : Prison standing order 4, a copy of which is in the Library of the House, describes privileges available to prisoners and the conditions under which they may be granted. Long-term prisoners in dispersal prisons may, in addition, have in their possession items from a list that is approved by the Prison Department. It has recently been agreed that this list should be amended to include certain electronic games that can be played in prisoners' cells.
Fire Service (London)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations his Department has received calling for privatisation of the London fire service ; and if he will make a statement.
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Refugee Policy
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with other European Economic Community states concerning a common refugee policy ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Renton : The discussions described in my right hon. Friend's reply of 9 June to my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Mr. Soames) are continuing.
Guildford Four
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times each of the Guildford four have moved prisons ; what the reasons are for their moves ; what information he has concerning their medical condition ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : My hon. Friend wrote to the hon. Member on 22 November in reply to his recent question seeking similar details (col. 881) and a copy of the letter has been placed in the Library.
Most of the moves involving the four inmates have been for operational reasons or in the interests of good order and discipline. I have no information which suggests that their present general medical condition is other than satisfactory.
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received in the case of the Guildford four ; and when he expects to make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : Since my statement on 20 January 1987, I have received letters from those representing the four people convicted, dated 15 January 1987 ; 26 January 1987 ; 27 February 1987 ; 2 March 1987 ; 9 April 1987 ; 20 July 1987 ; 16 and 29 March 1988 ; 25 May 1988 ; 22 and 29 June 1988 ; 9, 13, 16, 22, 27 and 29 September 1988 ; 5 and 24 October 1988 ; 9, 16 and 22 November 1988. These have raised a number of specific points about the case, and some have enclosed other documents. I shall make a statement as soon as I have completed consideration of all the representations recently submitted to me.
Chief Superintendent Alan Coates
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Somerset into the reasons why Chief Superintendent Alan Coates has been suspended and is currently under investigation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : No. This is a matter for the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset. It would not be right for me to intervene in such matters in view of my role as the appellate authority in police disciplinary proceedings.
Visas (EC)
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions with other European Community members concerning the requirement of visas for non-European Community nationals have taken place ; and what is his policy towards a common visa requirement throughout the Community.
Mr. Renton : At a meeting in Copenhagen on 9 December 1987, the Ministers of the states of the
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European Community concerned with immigration agreed to a common list of 50 countries whose nationals should require a visa if they wished to enter any country in the Community. An extension of the list was agreed upon in Munich on 3 June 1988, and there have been discussions among officials about further extensions. We acknowledge the contribution which harmonisation of visa regimes could make to strengthening the external frontiers of the Community, but other factors must also contribute to determining the United Kingdom's visa policy.War Dead (Disposal)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if guidance on the disposal of the dead in the event of war has been issued to police forces ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if the Metropolitan police has received training or instruction regarding the disposal of the dead in the event of war ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) when the subject of disposal of the dead in war was last discussed at meetings of (a) the police war duties committee and (b) the standing working party of police staff officers on home defence planning ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : All police forces have been advised that the disposal of the dead in war is a local authority responsibility. Questions of discussion with representatives of the police service and training have not therefore arisen.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the local authority civil defence plans for the disposal of the dead in war requested by his Department for the October deadline of the planned programme for implementation.
Mr. Hurd : Such plans, and plans in relation to a number of other civil defence matters, are being examined by officials of my Department. The regular discussions with individual local authorities which take place as part of the planned programme for implementation enable conclusions to be conveyed to them.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the subject of disposal of the dead in war was last discussed at the Civil Defence committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : The proceedings of the Civil Defence committee are subject to a NATO security classification.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what resources are being made available to London local authorities to draw up plans to deal with the disposal of dead bodies in the event of nuclear war.
Mr. Hurd : Civil defence grant is payable towards expenses incurred by local authorities in London in carrying out their statutory function to make, keep under review and revise such plans.
Civil Defence Planning
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the order of
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magnitude of casualties likely to result from (a) conventional attack, and (b) nuclear attack, as identified in his Department's guidance on civil defence planning assumption.Mr. Hurd : Advice on the likely effects of attacks is given in section 2 paragraphs 10, 15 and 16 of the "Emergency Planning Guidance to Local Authorities".
Response to Disaster Review
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish details of the Association of Chief Police Officers' review of response to disasters ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : This is a matter for the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Emergency Planning
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what efforts are made by his Department to provide the public with details of emergency planning.
Mr. Hurd : The publication "Emergency Planning Guidance to Local Authorities", which was issued to local authorities in 1985, is available to members of the public on request and can be found in public libraries. Work is in hand to revise and amplify the guidance. A booklet entitled "Civil Protection", published in 1986, and a current quarterly magazine of the same name set out the basis of emergency planning arrangements and give information on current issues.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to impose a duty on local authorities to prepare adequate emergency plans for peacetime disasters ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : Duties are already imposed on local authorities in relation to emergency planning under the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984. Suggestions for a more general duty on local authorities have been raised as part of current discussions on the structure of the response to civil emergencies in the United Kingdom.
Nuclear War
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what role local authorities will be expected to perform in the event of nuclear war.
Mr. Hurd : The functions of local authorities in a war emergency are prescribed by regulations made under section 2 of the Civil Defence Act 1948, in particular the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1634). Guidance on the discharge of these functions is contained in the publication "Emergency Planning Guidance to Local Authorities", a copy of which is in the Library.
Carlisle Committee
Sir Peter Hordern : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the Report of the Carlisle committee on parole.
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Mr. Hurd : The report of the Committee on the Parole System in England and Wales under the chairmanship of Lord Carlisle of Bucklow is published today. I am most grateful to Lord Carlisle and his colleagues for completing this wide-ranging review in just over a year, and for producing so clear and thought-provoking a report. The Committee proposes that :
(a) for prisoners serving sentences of four years or less, parole should be replaced by conditional release after half the sentence has been served, unless release is delayed on account of misbehaviour ; (
(b) for prisoners serving sentences of more than four years, there should continue to be a selective system of parole, but they would become eligible only after serving half their sentences, instead of one-third as under the present law ;
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