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Industrial Society Coordinator Post (Pre-recruitment Training) Brook St Phase III
Rattan
Mr. Latham : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will outline the action he has taken in the European Community Council of Ministers, or in bilateral discussions, to bring about the removal of the ban on the export of rattan, following the Minister for Trade's meeting with the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton and Mr. Robert Angrave on 19 July ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Alan Clark : My officials have raised the issue in the appropriate European Community fora and it has also been raised with the Indonesian authorities by the Commission. The Community has notified the ban to the GATT Uruguay round surveillance body as a trade restriction and will request consultations with the Indonesian authorities under the GATT dispute settlement procedures at the first possible opportunity.
Mail Deliveries
Sir Dudley Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) if he will meet the chairman of the Post Office in an endeavour to ensure that hon. Members posting urgent mail from their constituencies to Westminster on Fridays and Saturdays have a reasonable chance of having it delivered in under three days ; (2) if he will seek from the chairman of the Post Office an explanation as to why there has been a significant deterioration in the handling of weekend mail in England, particularly in the west midlands.
Mr. Forth : The quality of weekend mail services is an operational matter for the Post Office. My right hon. Friend discusses the quality of the Post Office's service regularly at his meetings with the chairman. We agree with the chairman that the service needs to be improved and are in no doubt about his commitment to improve it, including weekend services in the west midlands and services for mail to and from this House.
Resider Programme
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what progress has been made on approvals under the integrated operations programme of the European Commission ; what proportion of this will be part of the Resider programme ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Atkins [holding answer 13 December 1988] : Commission approval for the ERDF Yorkshire and Humberside integrated operation programme is expected shortly. The Resider programme for South Yorkshire and Scunthorpe is separate and has already been approved.
Imports (EC)
Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what percentage of the United Kingdom's total imports from the European Community came from (a) the Federal Republic of Germany, (b) France and (c) Italy in 1987 ;
(2) what percentage of the United Kingdom's total exports to the European Community went to (a) the Federal Republic of Germany, (b) France and (c) Italy in 1987.
Mr. Alan Clark [holding answer 16 December 1988] : The information is given in the following table :
European Community of which, with
|FR Germany |France |Italy
|Total £ billion|Per cent. |Per cent. |Per cent.
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Imports |46.1 |32.5 |17.8 |11.3
Exports |39.4 |23.9 |19.8 |10.4
Note: Import figures are on the country of origin basis
NATIONAL FINANCE
Personal Taxation Statistics
Mr. Squire : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the tax breakeven points for each year since 1959- 60 for a single person, married couple, married couple with two children and married couple with four children, showing the value of such points (a) using an index set at 100 in 1959-60, (b) as a proportion of average male earnings, and (c) in 1988 prices.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The "tax breakeven point" is the value of earnings at which income tax paid is equal to the money received through child benefit or family allowance. It therefore gives the level of earnings above which the family pays more income tax than it obtains in benefits for children. The breakeven point for single people and married couples with no children is therefore the tax threshold.
Information is given in the tables for 1959-60, 1969-70 and years from 1979 -80 ; further information is published in appendix C of "Inland Revenue Statistics".
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Tax year |At current prices (£) |Index 1959-60=100 |As proportion of average|At 1988-89 prices (£)
|male earnings<1>
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Tax threshold for single person
1959-60 |193 |100 |23.2 |1,684
1969-70 |328 |169.9 |23.1 |2,020
1979-80 |1,165 |603.6 |20.5 |2,137
1980-81 |1,375 |712.4 |20.1 |2,167
1981-82 |1,375 |712.4 |18.1 |1,944
1982-83 |1,565 |810.9 |19.1 |2,068
1983-84 |1,785 |924.9 |20.1 |2,254
1984-85 |2,005 |1,038.9 |20.8 |2,409
1985-86 |2,205 |1,142.5 |21.4 |2,502
1986-87 |2,335 |1,209.8 |21.0 |2,567
1987-88 |2,425 |1,256.5 |20.1 |2,564
1988-89<2> |2,605 |1,349.7 |19.7 |2,605
Tax threshold for married man with no children
1959-60 |322 |100 |38.7 |2,809
1969-70 |482 |149.7 |34.0 |2,969
1979-80 |1,815 |563.7 |31.9 |3,330
1980-81 |2,145 |666.1 |31.4 |3,381
1981-82 |2,145 |666.1 |28.3 |3,033
1982-83 |2,445 |759.3 |29.9 |3,230
1983-84 |2,795 |868.0 |31.4 |3,530
1984-85 |3,155 |979.8 |32.8 |3,790
1985-86 |3,455 |1,073.0 |33.5 |3,921
1986-87 |3,655 |1,135.1 |32.9 |4,018
1987-88 |3,795 |1,178.6 |31.5 |4,013
1988-89<2> |4,095 |1,271.7 |31.0 |4,095
Break-even point for married man with two children<3>
1959-60 |729 |100 |87.6 |6,359
1969-70 |878 |120.4 |61.8 |5,408
1979-80 |3,327 |456.4 |58.5 |6,103
1980-81 |3,625 |497.3 |53.1 |5,714
1981-82 |3,855 |528.8 |50.8 |5,451
1982-83 |4,341 |595.5 |53.0 |5,735
1983-84 |4,905 |672.8 |55.2 |6,194
1984-85 |5,453 |748.0 |56.7 |6,551
1985-86 |5,849 |802.3 |56.7 |6,637
1986-87 |6,190 |849.1 |55.7 |6,804
1987-88 |6,588 |903.7 |54.6 |6,966
1988-89<2> |7,111 |975.4 |53.8 |7,111
Break-even point for married man with four children<3>
1959-60 |1,276 |100 |153.4 |11,130
1969-70 |1,418 |111.1 |99.9 |8,735
1979-80 |4,713 |369.4 |82.9 |8,646
1980-81 |5,108 |400.3 |74.8 |8,051
1981-82 |5,565 |436.1 |73.4 |7,869
1982-83 |6,237 |488.8 |76.2 |8,240
1983-84 |7,016 |549.8 |78.9 |8,860
1984-85 |7,750 |607.4 |80.6 |9,310
1985-86 |8,242 |645.9 |79.8 |9,353
1986-87 |8,725 |683.8 |78.5 |9,590
1987-88 |9,380 |735.1 |77.8 |9,919
1988-89<2> |10,127 |793.7 |76.6 |10,127
<1> Full time males paid at adult rates working a full week in all occupations.
<2> Provisional.
<3> Two children under 11; one child aged between 11 and 15; one child 16 or over.
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National Insurance Contributions
Mr. Allen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much would be placed on the standard rate of income tax to raise the equivalent amount of (a) the employee's national insurance contribution and (b) the employer's national insurance contribution.
Mr. Norman Lamont : It is estimated that, in a full year at 1989-90 levels of income, a 10p increase in the basic rate of income tax would yield the same amount as employees' national insurance contributions. A 12p increase would
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yield the same amount as employers' national insurance contributions. The estimates are provisional and do not allow for any behavioural changes.Identity Cards
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has investigated, or is currently studying, the usefulness of a national identity card to his departmental responsibilities ; and whether he will make a statement.
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Mr. Major : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary gave to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Darling) on 15 December at column 1080.
EEC (Auditors' Report)
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the report of the European Economic Community auditors published on 13 December will be considered by the Council of Economic Ministers ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Brooke : The agenda for next year's meetings of the Economic and Finance Council have not yet been decided, but on precedent I would expect the court's report to be considered by the Council in the early part of next year.
Civil Service Pensioners
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of Civil Service pensioners have been classified as having left their employment on grounds of invalidity.
Mr. Brooke : I regret that this information cannot be provided without a disproportionate expenditure of time and resources. However, in 1987 some 2,350 of the 15,500 pensions for non-industrial civil servants that were brought into payment were ill-health retirement benefits. A civil servant may be retired early on medical grounds if the Civil Service occupational health advisory service is satisfied that the breakdown in health is such that it prevents the civil servant from carrying out his or her
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duties and that the ill health is likely to be permanent. Almost 60 per cent. of those retired on health grounds were aged 55 and over.Mortgages
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which report by the citizens advice bureau the Economic Secretary to the Treasury was referring to in his answer to the hon. Member for Harrow, East (Mr. Dykes) on 8 December Official Report, column 422.
Mr. Lilley : "Debt Problems in Kent and East Sussex", published by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux south-east area money advice support unit, of 80 St. John's road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9TH.
Unearned Income
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total unearned income of taxpayers living in each region of Britain for 1979, 1987 and 1988, giving the number of tax units living in each region.
Mr. Norman Lamont [holding answer 8 December 1988] : The readily available information covers tax units with income above the pay as you earn threshold regardless of whether or not they are liable to income tax ; it relates to years ended 5 April rather than to calender years. Only the investment income in the records of tax offices is covered in the table : where liability at basic rate is satisfied at source, the tax office may have no record of the income. The latest available year is at present 1985- 86.
|Region |Number of tax units |Total investment income|Number of tax units
|resident in the region |resident in the region
|(thousands) |(£ million) |(thousands) |£ million
1979-80 1985-86
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North |1,180 |234 |1,140 |466
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,930 |455 |1,780 |745
North West |2,600 |518 |2,340 |899
East Midlands |1,450 |327 |1,470 |568
West Midlands |2,130 |468 |1,930 |751
East Anglia |755 |255 |760 |518
South East |7,230 |2,510 |7,110 |4,270
South West |1,830 |751 |1,720 |1,270
Wales |982 |235 |930 |390
Scotland |2,070 |511 |1,920 |894
Northern Ireland |510 |96 |495 |139
Tax Fraud
Mr. Wray : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, further to his reply of 28 November, Official Report , columns 105-7 , is the ratio of staff directly dealing with tax fraud and evasion to the detection to such frauds and evasion for each year since 1975.
Mr. Norman Lamont [holding answer 12 December 1988] : The ratio of full-time staff units employed in investigating tax fraud and evasion to completed Inland Revenue investigations resulting in additional liability in each year since 1980 is as follows, together with the average amount recovered--tax, interest and penalties--per staff unit over the same period.
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|Ratio of staff unit to|Yield per staff unit
Year |cases settled |£
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1980 |1:42 |81,600
1981 |1:39 |84,600
1982 |1:40 |119,900
1983 |1:40 |129,400
1984 |1:38 |164,700
1985 |1:31 |162,000
1986 |1:28 |193,500
1987 |1:26 |201,100
1988 |1:24 |201,700
Figures are not available for earlier years.
Although the number of cases settled per staff unit has decreased since 1980, the yield per staff unit has in money
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terms more than doubled over the same period. This reflects a policy of using a greater proportion of resources on the larger, more complex cases.Coventry Four
Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what inquiries were carried out in relation to the alleged activities of a fifth person at the time of inquiries into allegations of sanction breaching by the Coventry four.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 12 December 1988] : A fifth person was arrested on 29 March 1984, but no evidence was found to justify a charge and he was later released by Customs.
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the steps taken to secure the return of the alleged criminals, Colonel Hendrik Botha, Stephanus de Jaser, William Metelerkamp and Jacobus la Grange from South Africa, to stand trial in Britain.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 12 December 1988] : Bail of £400,000 was set to induce the return of the four South Africans. They were prevented from returning to this country by the South African Government. It was clear that further moves by Customs to secure their return would be fruitless. Bail was forfeited.
Income Tax
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the projected additional yield of income tax for 1989-90 and 1990- 91 (a) if the higher rate tax bands as they existed before the Finance Act 1988 were to be reinstated in the 1989 Budget and (b) if the basic rate of tax were to be raised to 27p for higher rate taxpayers only.
Mr. Norman Lamont [holding answer 8 December 1988] : Available information is given in the table. Estimates are based on a projection of the 1985-86 survey of personal incomes and are provisional. The base for the comparison is the indexed income tax regime for 1989-90 shown in table 4.1 of the Autumn Statement. Further
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information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The estimates do not allow for any behavioural effects and exclude the effect of the changes on the yield of capital gains tax.
Effect on the yield of income tax of changes in basic rate and higher
rate tax at 1989-90 levels of income
|Full Year
|£ million
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(a) Reintroduction of 1987-88 higher rate tax
bands and rates |2,160
(b) Raising of basic rate of tax to 27 per cent. for
higher rate taxpayers only |550
Tobacco Taxes
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total revenue from tobacco taxes and from value added tax on tobacco products in each of the last nine financial years ; and what are his estimates of the revenue from such taxes in 1988-89.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 14 December 1988] : The information is as follows :
£ million
Total tax onof which:
products
|Excise duty|<1>VAT
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1979-80 |3,156 |2,584 |572
1980-81 |3,467 |2,821 |646
1981-82 |4,166 |3,420 |746
1982-83 |4,224 |3,446 |778
1983-84 |4,628 |3,806 |822
1984-85 |5,019 |4,140 |879
1985-86 |5,383 |4,459 |924
1986-87 |5,745 |4,755 |990
1987-88 |5,775 |4,767 |1,008
1988-89 |n/a |5,000 |<2>
Notes:
n/a = not available
<1> VAT receipts have been estimated from consumers'
expenditure on tobacco products.
<2> Forecasts of consumer expenditure are not available in
sufficient detail to enable reliable estimates of future
VAT receipts to be made.
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ENERGY
Electricity (Privatisation)
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he intends to set any special share restrictions on the ownership of shares in the electricity industry after privatisation.
Drigg (Canister)
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will now publish the report of the Health and Safety Executive on the discovery of a canister containing plutonium oxide fuel pellets at Drigg ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Parkinson : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and I have now received the report of the investigation conducted by the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate and Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution following the
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discovery of a canister at Drigg, whose contents were contaminated with small amounts of plutonium. The main conclusions of the investigation are set out in a news release made today by the HSE, a copy of which is being placed in the Library of the House.Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out for each of the individual projects listed, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, (Mr. McCrindle) Official Report, 4 November, columns 819-22 in the eight research categories (a) the financial assistance provided in the period November 1987 to October 1988 and (b) the total financial assistance provided from Government funds since the start for each project.
Mr. Michael Spicer : Renewable energy projects for which the Department provided financial assistance in the period November 1987 to October 1988 are listed together with the total spend by the Department on the projects to October 1988, and the spend during the period November 1987 --October 1988.
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Renewable energy projects which have received financial assistance from the department of energy during the period
November 1987 to October 1988
Project title |Contractor |D'EN total spent '000|Spend November 1987
|October 1988 '000
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1. Biofuel projects
Experimental studies on catch fuel crops |U. Reading |67.398 |-0.350
BR5/2-Coppiced trees as energy crops |Forestry Comm |112.607 |7.303
BR5/3-Single stem trees as energy crops |U. Aberdeen |203.593 |29.627
C4/1 Straw combustion trials |FEC 1 |83.714 |11.884
IHTEG of forestry for energy with agriculture |U. Reading |82.385 |30.078
Assessment of basic landfill microbio PT II |Food RI |30.310 |14.470
C4/1-Support to straw combustion trials |FEC 1 |19.563 |2.285
Coppice weed control |LARS |27.673 |10.453
BR5/4 Large scale trails of short rotation coppice |U. Aberdeen |142.174 |74.058
BR4/3 EOP trials-Harvesting processing+ storing |U. Aberdeen |232.300 |126.810
C5/2-Wood combustion trials |FEC 1 |104.401 |47.887
Model for refuse processing |WSL |27.150 |9.855
C5/2-Support to wood combustion trials |FEC 1 |3.897 |3.897
National assessment of LF gas production-PH 1 |ERL |185.871 |121.530
C5/O3 Monitoring of project 1557 (Fibroheat) |OVE ARUP |65.685 |30.277
Support services in forestry for energy |U. Aberdeen |34.343 |22.988
C4/6 Consultancy in farm wastes as fuel area |Halcrow |30.177 |6.758
Development of a mobile straw wafering machine |AFRC |210.830 |111.410
Development of a mobile straw wafering machine |British sugar |99.316 |99.316
Thermochemical conversion of wastes+Biomass |U. Aston |8.863 |4.288
RDF Combustion trials |WSL |235.532 |160.340
Peat as fuel |SCAE |61.457 |38.150
Fouling and corrosion studies |WYPR |13.388 |1.674
Cyclone combustor with integrated ash removal |CPC |26.400 |26.400
Modified chain grate stoker shell boiler |Energy supplies |120.357 |120.357
Waste processing and emissions monitoring |WSL |3.388 |3.388
Shredded waste derived fuel storage bunker trials |Henley Burrowes |13.931 |13.931
Hydrogeological assessment |WRC |1.441 |1.441
Review of market for industrial waste combustors |PE Inbucon |41.085 |28.774
Pre treated refuse |WSL |25.716 |25.716
RDF combustion programme consultancy services |WYPR |15.493 |11.143
RDF combustion |WYPR |14.165 |7.546
Methane recovery from anaerobic digestion MSW |Coombs J. |3.875 |3.875
Access agreement 2 on project 1668 |Avery |0.721 |0.721
Review of private waste disposal contracting Ind |Aspinwall |13.450 |13.450
2. Geothermal Energy Projects
Consultancy studies |Hoare Lea |41.210 |1.458
Marchwood Access Licence |CEGB |3.600 |1.200
Southampton District Heating Monitoring |Utilicom |52.000 |52.000
Geothermal project at Rosemanowes: Phase 2B |CSM |9,081.000 |-98.643
Seismic Monitoring in S.W. England: 1987-89 |BGS Edingburgh |188.069 |119.709
Cost Modelling of HDR Systems |Poly Sunderland |79.829 |54.526
Geothermal Project at Rosemanowes: Phase 2C |CSM |5,866.000 |3,325.000
Project Management Study at Rosemanowes Quarry |Taylor Woodrow |57.684 |5.235
Development of Geothermal power plant TWVC |KSES |84.027 |16.018
Commercialisation Studies at Rosemanowes Quarry |Taylor Woodrow |253.655 |63.662
Consultancy Services for Prog |Geoscience |32.965 |22.367
Radon Gas Measurement in CSM Reservoir |U. Bath |73.648 |40.542
Hydro Thermal Alteration of Granite to 250 Celcius |CSM |13.530 |13.530
Infrastructure Study-Weardale plus Cumbria |RTZ |15.623 |15.623
Environmental Study at Weardale plus Cumbria |Tecnitas |13.630 |13.630
Geochemical Studies of HDR Reservoirs |BGS Keyworth |116.541 |116.541
3. Hydro Projects
Feasibility of Pneumatic Hydro-Electric Systems |Hydro Energy |71.259 |3.750
Performance plus Economics of Pneumatic Water Engine |Poly Plymouth |46.729 |11.270
Pneumatic Low Head Hydro Systems (Monitoring) |Hydro Energy |50.677 |11.475
Wells Turbine Pneumatic Power Conversion |U. Belfast |31.777 |11.710
Potential Resource in United Kingdom plus Northern Ireland |SCEL |142.449 |112.247
4. Solar Projects
Operating Agent for 1EA Task III |U. Cardiff |161.286 |37.546
Bebington Trombe Wall House Trial |Pilkington |182.288 |-0.087
Seri-Res Refinement |Poly Cen London |150.691 |0.721
Housing Layout Design Guide |NBA Tectonics |25.100 |20.000
Performance Analysis Service II |CAP Scientific |658.421 |123.935
Housing Design Guide |AASA |102.496 |47.443
Non Domestic Design Studies I |OVE ARUP |153.060 |22.260
Linford/Pennylands Book |ECD Partnership |9.336 |2.773
Field Trials Team 1 Phase II (Project 1169) |Databuild |103.426 |37.331
Field Trials Team 1 Phase III (Projects 1169 1371) |Databuild |118.523 |118.523
Test Cells 2 (EEC) |U. Strathclyde |110.000 |35.000
Tea Task XI |Databuild |59.455 |31.740
DAS Feasibility Study I |PE Inbucon |76.636 |.350
Cost Analysis Service II |Davis Langdon |128.437 |92.565
Performance Analysis Review I Part I |U. Wist |13.465 |6.887
Heat Transfer Coefficient Review Phase I |Halcrow |26.376 |13.677
Performance Analysis Review III |Abacus |10.266 |2.953
User Interface Development I |Ecotec |15.064 |11.051
Performance Analysis Review IV |U. Newcastle |11.328 |11.328
Test Cells 3 |Energy Monitoring 3 |65.966 |37.417
Code Development II |Haves P |2.088 |1.225
Applicability Study 1 |Poly Leicester |98.607 |98.607
Teatask VIII Sub Task C |BRE |139.502 |57.712
UK/US Test Rooms |Poly Cen London |7.699 |7.699
Liaison with Institutions |NBA Tectonics |16.650 |16.650
Programme Consultancy 2 (AB) |U. Newcastle |1.876 |1.876
Fenestration 2000-Market Context Study |Pilkington |12.075 |12.075
Airium/Cons Review |OVE ARUP |14.472 |14.472
Non Domestic Building Design Studies 2 |Halcrow |51.025 |39.808
Field Trials Team 2 |U. Wist |233.191 |72.656
Criterion Values I |U. Surrey |24.108 |2.217
Non Domestic Design Studies Phase 2 (ATRIA) |BDP |45.397 |45.397
House Design Studies II (Midlands) |Databuild |50.666 |27.451
House Design Studies II (South) |NBA Tectonics |11.980 |7.550
Performance Analysis Service |CAP Scientific |159.164 |140.575
Performance Analysis Service |Oscar Faber |25.305 |25.305
Assistance to the Passive Solar Programme |CAP Scientific |6.018 |6.018
Airflow Modelling Review Project |OVE ARUP |4.952 |4.952
5. Wind Projects
Performance monitoring of Orkney HAWTS |WEG |1665.867 |21,362
Further studies of the vertical axis wind turbine |McAlpine Robert |167.413 |-.807
Construction of Carmarthen Bay 25m VAVGWTG |VAWTL |1711.777 |400.000
Performance monitoring of 25m VAVGWTG |VAWTL |1304.096 |263.029
Base consultancy to wind energy programme |Atkins Consultants |261.914 |31.543
Prediction of fatigue damage in wind turbines |Taylor Woodrow |43.099 |4.800
Finite element modelling of wind turbines |Garrad Hassan |16.128 |2.115
Near wake wind tunnel studies |U. Loughborough |57.922 |9.848
Monitoring equipment for 60m HAWTG LS-1 PH II+III |WEG |721.329 |83.224
Consultancy to project 1361 |Garrad Hassan |2.507 |1.675
Fatigue evaluation of wood laminates |U. Bath |190.376 |25.741
Wind energy cost modelling |Poly Sunderland |47.677 |19.591
Syncrhronous/induction generator testing |Taywood Eng. |78.862 |33.696
Fatigue strength of weld details |WEGL |65.880 |65.880
Model survey of prototype 25m VGVAWTG |VAWTL |50.497 |9.507
Assessment of wind potential at WEC sites |U.East Anglia |76.741 |41.727
Analysis of flexible WTGS |U.City |46.941 |23.096
Design+dynamic analysis of flexible WTGS |SERC |.000 |-12.000
Development of turbine for Richborough site |CEGB |353.656 |353.656
Turbulence spectra for rotating VAWTG |Garrad Hassan |15.046 |1.646
Test of a WTG with stall regulated blades |Taywood Eng. |214.426 |73.705
Relocation of the 28m mast Orkney |Taylor Woodrow |25.636 |2.936
Prediction of community noise levels due to WT OP |U.Southampton |30.498 |12.991
Fatigue tests of wood blade/stud interfaces |WEGL |72.170 |20.230
Wind tunnel evaluation of thick aerofoil sections |U.Reading |89.232 |65.059
Design of support structure mech+elec systems |VAWTL |55.441 |6.614
Use of wood for large WTG rotors |Composite |170.598 |17.799
Survey of control methods for VAWTS |U.London QMC |21.085 |14.190
Flow visualization in USA |James Howden |2.630 |.260
Wind measurement at West Sole |BMT |128.984 |93.240
Review of GRP WTG blades and design codes |VAWTL |20.571 |20.571
Outline design of LS-2 MW-scale HAWTG |WEGL |301.910 |110.669
Benchmark exercise on load prediction |WEGL |15.974 |4.879
Validation of unsteady flow study |Cranfield |6.819 |6.819
Effect of turbine rotation on max lift coefficient |U.London Imperial |11.647 |11.647
Stall control on WTGS |U.London Imperial |21.693 |21.693
Performance prediction for stalling HAWTGS |Cranfield |47.075 |47.075
Direct coupled generators for large WTGS |IRD |23.850 |18.233
Weight/cost projections for MW VAWTGS |VAWTL |63.732 |13.219
Parametric cost study of large hawtgs |WEGL |40.948 |7.647
Fatigue of welded joints in wtgs |Welding Institute |19.272 |19.272
Vawtg aerodynamics in the environment + W/tunnels |VAWTL |92.016 |64.328
Full scale flow visualisation of wtg |U. Bristol |52.141 |39.827
Long term fatigue measurements on MS-1 |WEGL |54.997 |9.977
Long term wind + performance data for MS-1 |WEGL |18.768 |15.228
Options for variable speed operation of hawtgs |WEGL |43.491 |32.480
Base consultancy continuation |Atkins consultants |89.376 |71.963
Sensitivity of design of Howden 1 MW wtg |James Howden |42.203 |10.818
Investigation of the onset of stall on WTG blades |U. Southampton |9.990 |9.990
Characterisation of wake turbulence |Garrad Hassan |34.264 |31.435
Detail design of 1.2 MW VAWTG |VAWTL |402.550 |353.790
Design of aerofoils specifically for VAWTGS |U. Glasgow |6.283 |6.283
Extension of adaptive control techniques |WEGL |116.824 |116.824
Noise + visuals characteristics of wtg in M. Keynes |MKDC |10.031 |10.031
60M WTG performance monitoring phase 4 |WEGL |97.286 |97.286
Design of aerofoil sections for hawtgs |Garrad Hassan |41.013 |36.985
Wind turbine control systems modelling + design |U. Strathclyde |38.565 |17.801
Design construction + demo of MS3 wtg |WEGL |193.000 |193.000
Study of an all wood composite rotor |WEGL |62.750 |62.750
Leading edge devices for control of HAWTGS |British Aerospace 1 |4.095 |4.095
WT investigations of wake structure in wind farms |Garrad Hassan |18.733 |12.993
Environmental constraints on UK wind resource |HERC (ITE) |36.817 |36.817
Further development of finite element dynamic code |Garrad Hassan |53.724 |48.045
Future development for the Howden 750KW/1MW WTS |James Howden |70.372 |70.372
Control system simulation package WTS exec group |Industrial S+C |21.498 |21.498
6. Tidal Projects
Further consideration of caisson design |Yard |38.650 |3.860
Air turbines for the tidal barrages |Yard |21.000 |4.200
Hydraulic effects of a tidal barrage |Mersey barrage |65.451 |12.418
Mersey barrage feasibility study stage I |Mersey barrage |184.457 |111.222
Tidal barrage construction |RPT |183.600 |59.467
Consultancy in tidal power |Binnie |26.780 |11.443
Post-barrage densities of birds: wader study |NERC (ITE) |81.775 |51.863
Migratory fish-passage through low head turbines |Solomon DJ |20.515 |10.952
Wader migration |BTO |38.229 |31.243
Ecology of sub estuaries of the Severn |U. Bristol |44.959 |25.318
Post barrage densities of birds: invertebrates |NERC (IMER) |60.812 |60.812
Post barrage densities of birds: sediments |Ravensrodd |31.986 |26.470
Severn barrage preparation of work prog public con |Balfour Beatty |82.967 |8.297
Generic steel designs (SCI) |SCI |78.042 |78.042
Severn barrage development project |STPG |1,020.286 |782.760
Predicting marginal veg post barrage development |NERC (ITE) |10.384 |10.384
7. Wave Projects
Operation and maintenance of cadnam wave tank |Wavepower |247.351 |-4.000
Wave energy studies |U. Edinburgh |366.872 |15.000
Work on Wells turbine |U. Belfast |55.949 |3.295
Reactionless wave energy converter |U. Lancaster |20.623 |-0.701
Development of small scale sea clam |Sea |311.344 |1.428
Small scale low cost wave energy devices (phase I) |U. Belfast |61.954 |12.531
Wave tank facility U. Edinburgh |U. Edinburgh |59.990 |25.000
Small scale low cost wave power devices phase II |U. Belfast |176.418 |176.418
Further work on PS frog |U. Lancaster |9.526 |9.526
8. General Studies Projects
Common costing methodology for renewables |Yard |69.401 |48.076
Res and energy efficiency in Cornwall |Cornwall CC |53.608 |53.608
Impact of EC N N Energy R and D |U. Ulster |21.881 |21.881
CCC energy study support (project 1595) |Halcrow |14.050 |13.360
Simple costing methodology for RE programme |RPT |12.400 |12.400
Watt committee renewable energy resource project |Watt committee |16.000 |8.000
Note: A few projects were subject to final pricing during the period November 1987 to October 1988 on completion of contract. In some cases this
led to a credit which is shown as a negative amount on the above table.
Electricity Generation
Sir Trevor Skeet : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out in a table the sources of electric power together with capacity of the two reconstituted Scottish integrated power companies.
Mr. Lang : I have been asked to reply.
The installed generating capacity to be available to the successor companies to the Scottish electricity boards is as follows :
Scottish Generating Plant by fuel type (output capacity)
|South Company (MW)|North Company (MW)
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Hydro-electric |325 |860
Nuclear<1> |2,055 |685
Coal |3,231 |600
Oil<2> |1,926 |-
Oil/Gas |634 |634
Pumped Storage |400 |300
Notes:
<1> includes 1,290MW of output capacity at the Torness AGR station which is
being commissioned at present.
<2> the oil fired station at Inverkip is currently in long term storage.
This reflects the arrangements for the restructuring of the Scottish industry pursuant to Cm 327 as announced by my right hon. Friend on 18 July 1988, Official Report, column 515.
The details of the associated contracts are being worked out by the boards at present. Consideration is also being given to the desirability of some further contractual exchanges of capacity and energy to the mutual commercial benefit of both companies.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Irradiation
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has any plans to allow the irradiation of food.
Mr. Ryder : I have nothing to add to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for West Gloucestershire (Mr. Marland) on 24 March, at column 207.
Eggs
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on how many eggs are infected with salmonella enteritidis in each parliamentary constituency, starting with the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde.
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Mr. Ryder : The number of eggs which have been found to be contaminated with salmonells enteritidis to date is very small, particularly when compared with the enormous number of eggs consumed in this country. In these circumstances, it would be impossible to produce any meaningful statistics without sampling on a vast scale. A far more fruitful use of resources are the investigations which my officials conduct into salmonella outbreaks on farms associated with cases of food poisoning.
Sir Hal Miller : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek powers to restrict the movement of eggs off farms where salmonella has been found to be present.
Mr. Ryder : The powers to restrict the movement of animals, birds or their products, including eggs, from any place where salmonella has been found present already exist in the Zoonoses Order 1975. I am currently reviewing all the options for reducing the incidence of salmonella in poultry, including the effectiveness of this legislation.
Mr. Rooker : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a list of egg producers whose products have been identified as the cause of food poisoning in the past three years.
Mr. Ryder : This information is a matter of confidence between the producers and Government. All reported cases are investigated by my officials, who provide advice to producers on the control of disease and measures to prevent recurrence.
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the results of the research work commissioned by the Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives into eggs and salmonella.
Mr. Ryder : I can confirm that the agricultural development and advisory service has undertaken research into egg nutrient content and physical quality funded by the Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives. Disclosure of the findings of this research is, however, normally a matter for the customer to decide, under the standard commercial terms and conditions adopted for ADAS contact research and development projects.
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in establishing the cause of the salmonella infections of turkeys, chickens and eggs ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : Salmonella organisms are widespread in the environment. The problem has been recognised for very many years. The potential for contamination is known to exist at various stages of the production chain.
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Export Rates (Fraud)
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the powers available to the ministerial Councils of the EEC to prevent the substantial frauds on export rebates permitted by certain member states as detailed in the Court of Auditors report on 13 December.
Mr. MacGregor : The Council is currently considering a proposed regulation which would require member states to carry out a minimum level of physical inspections of exports attracting Community refunds. The Court of Auditors has recommended that this measure should be supplemented, for example by targeting inspections on consignments which are of higher value or risk. The Government are very concerned to reduce fraud in the Community and I will be pressing the Council to reach an early decision on this proposal, taking full account of the court's views.
NORTHERN IRELAND
NHS Grading
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing for Northern Ireland the numbers and percentages of nurses, midwives, health visitors and other staff affected by the nursing and midwifery staff negotiations, in each grade, for each health board in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Needham : The information is as follows :
Numbers and percentages of all clinical staff assimilated
to each of
the new grades by health and social services boards
|Eastern |Northern|Southern|Western
-----------------------------------------------------------
A
Percentage |18 |16 |20 |17
Numbers |1,412 |387 |516 |407
B
Percentage |1 |- |- |1
Numbers |78 |- |- |24
C
Percentage |8 |18 |15 |13
Numbers |628 |435 |387 |312
D
Percentage |22 |16 |11 |9
Numbers |1,726
284 |216
E
Percentage |32 |26 |32 |37
Numbers |2,510 |629 |825 |886
F
Percentage |3 |5 |4 |5
Numbers |236 |122 |103 |120
G
Percentage |14 |15 |15 |15
Numbers |1,098 |363 |387 |359
H
Percentage |1 |2 |2 |1
Numbers |78 |48 |51 |24
I
Percentage |1 |2 |1 |2
Numbers |78 |48 |26 |48
Staff in post
(whole-time
equivalents) |7,844 |2,419 |2,579 |2,396
Voluntary Grammar Schools
3. Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate the
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block grants paid to each of the voluntary grammar schools for category B expenditure in the 1987-88 school year and the numbers of fee-paying pupils in each of these schools in the 1987-88 school year.Dr. Mawhinney : The information is as follows :
School |Category B Grants Payable|Fee Paying Pupils
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|£
Armagh Christian Brothers |114,487 |8
Armagh Royal |236,432 |45
Armagh, St. Patrick's College |145,450 |53
Ballymena Academy |368,723 |25
Ballymena, St. Louis |305,139 |5
Ballymoney, Dalriada |274,759 |16
Ballynahinch Assumption |227,128 |9
Bangor Grammar |298,038 |31
Belfast, Bloomfield |156,829 |31
Belfast, Campbell |451,739 |109
Belfast Christian Brothers |406,493 |14
Belfast Dominican |248,454 |14
Belfast High School |245,316 |11
Belfast, Hunterhouse College |205,323 |149
Belfast, Methodist College |740,770 |148
Belfast, Our Lady & St. Patricks |346,507 |3
Belfast, Royal Belfast Academical
Institution |477,278 |42
Belfast, Royal Academy |595,881 |63
Belfast, St. Dominic's |321,359 |22
Belfast, St. Malachy's |371,703 |10
Belfast, Strathearn |195,371 |15
Belfast, Victoria |263,889 |82
Coleraine Institution |338,447 |164
Coleraine Convent |227,603 |16
Donaghmore, St. Joseph's |88,963 |33
Downpatrick, St. Patrick's |164,130 |6
Dungannon Royal |293,618 |30
Dungannon, St. Patrick's Boys' |165,757 |3
Dungannon, St. Patrick's Girls |161,053 |8
Dunmurry, Rathmore |323,323 |14
Enniskillen Convent |195,706 |3
Enniskillen, Portora |215,951 |32
Enniskillen, St. Michael's |214,853 |11
Garron Tower, St. Macnissis |184,833 |40
Holywood, Sullivan Upper |313,564 |28
Kilkeel, St. Louis |117,839 |31
Larne Grammar |218,652 |14
Lisburn, Friends |284,453 |48
Lisburn, The Wallace |359,369 |18
Londonderry, Foyle College |266,917 |43
Londonderry, St. Columb's |500,151 |7
Londonderry, Thornhill College |393,593 |10
Lurgan, St. Michael's |151,672 |6
Magherafelt, Rainey Endowed |191,982 |13
Magherafelt, St. Mary's |257,930 |8
Newry Christian Brothers |212,223 |4
Newry, Our Lady's Grammar |170,068 |7
Newry Sacred Heart |213,753 |8
Newry, St. Coleman's |216,368 |18
Omagh Christian Brothers |205,876 |2
Omagh, Loreto Convent |241,616 |5
Portstewart Dominican |125,810 |71
Strabane Convent |145,188 |7
Note: In addition to normal category B block grant allocations the above figures include grants for the
vocational educational programme, free books and materials and special grants paid in relation to GCSE and
one-off items of maintenance.
Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available in respect of category B expenditure grants to each of the voluntary grammar schools and their numbers of fee-paying and non- fee-paying pupils for the current school year.
Dr. Mawhinney : The latest information is as follows :
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School |Category B grants payable|Fee paying pupils |Non-fee paying pupils
|£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Armagh Royal |235,254 |43 |463
Armagh, St. Patrick's
College |254,687 |85 |652
Ballymena Academy |368,114 |30 |1,116
Ballymena, St. Louis |258,247 |6 |898
Ballymoney, Dalriada |272,287 |15 |765
Ballynahinch Assumption |222,593 |8 |678
Bangor Grammar |291,125 |42 |848
Belfast, Bloomfield |156,749 |30 |493
Belfast, Campbell |416,349 |120 |452
Belfast, Christian Brothers |403,240 |19 |1,110
Belfast Dominican |247,996 |23 |736
Belfast High School |239,922 |12 |742
Belfast, Hunterhouse
College |177,444 |185 |508
Belfast, Methodist College |738,700 |150 |1,390
Belfast, Our Lady and
St. Patrick's |339,956 |14 |907
Belfast, Royal Belfast
Academical Institution |473,319 |50 |865
Belfast Royal Academy |603,559 |61 |1,197
Belfast, St. Dominic's |316,209 |22 |900
Belfast, St. Malachy's |370,301 |10 |901
Belfast, Strathearn |196,098 |10 |588
Belfast, Victoria |239,833 |82 |593
Coleraine Academical
Institution |340,533 |154 |832
Coleraine Convent |222,838 |21 |674
Donaghmore, St.
Joseph's |89,552 |28 |264
Downpatrick, St.
Patrick's |160,461 |6 |572
Dungannon, Royal |293,607 |27 |543
Dungannon, St. Patrick's
Boy's |169,033 |6 |715
Dungannon, St. Patrick's
Girl's |163,568 |14 |651
Dunmurry, Rathmore |319,492 |13 |1,016
Enniskillen Convent |187,564 |3 |702
Enniskillen, Portora |216,019 |29 |303
Enniskillen, St. Michael's |213,546 |10 |660
Garron Tower, St.
Macnissis |185,739 |28 |513
Holywood, Sullivan
Upper |309,217 |22 |973
Kilkeel, St. Louis |126,957 |0 |325
Larne Grammar |211,775 |18 |625
Lisburn, Friends |280,914 |47 |814
Lisburn, The Wallace |363,561 |14 |1,072
Londonderry, Foyle
College |269,790 |25 |736
Londonderry, St.
Columb's |492,932 |11 |1,556
Londonderry, Thornhill
College |386,350 |16 |1,213
Lurgan, St. Michael's |144,694 |7 |426
Magherafelt, Rainey
Endowed |188,894 |8 |505
Magherafelt, St. Mary's |254,988 |14 |942
Newry, Christian
Brothers |207,851 |10 |705
Newry, Our Lady's
Grammar |168,553 |1 |753
Newry Sacred Heart |214,456 |11 |762
Newry, St. Coleman's |210,322 |27 |741
Omagh Christian
Brothers |201,567 |6 |744
Omagh, Loreto Convent |235,014 |11 |770
Portstewart Dominican |135,737 |50 |324
Strabane Convent |140,397 |7 |444
Note:
In addition to normal category B grants, the figures include grants for the vocational education programme and free books and
materials but exclude any special grants which may be paid on GCSE and one-off items of maintenance.
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Firearms
Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the number of legally held firearms in Northern Ireland, stolen by area in so far as figures are available.
Mr. Ian Stewart [holding answer 6 December 1988] : Information is not compiled in the exact form requested. Available information is as follows :
Period: 1 January 1984-5 December 1988
Police division |Firearms stolen |Miscellaneous weapons<1>|Totals
|stolen
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A |16 |3 |19
B |20 |3 |23
D |81 |13 |94
E |72 |20 |92
G |59 |6 |65
H |69 |8 |77
J |56 |13 |69
K |42 |5 |47
L |34 |1 |35
N |34 |5 |39
O |190 |4 |194
P |61 |6 |67
<1> Includes airguns, starting pistols, flare guns, humane killer, antique weapons and crossbows.
ENVIRONMENT
Toxic Waste Sites
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many toxic waste sites there are in the county of South Yorkshire ; and if he will list them.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has a record of some 257 waste disposal facilities in South Yorkshire. Details of the sites, including information on types of waste for which they are licensed, can be obtained from the appropriate waste disposal authorities, which are required to maintain a public register.
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list toxic waste sites throughout the United Kingdom.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has a record of some 5,530 waste disposal facilities in England, Wales and Scotland. Details of the sites, including information on the types of waste for which they are licensed, can be obtained from the appropriate waste disposal authorities, which are required to maintain a public register.
Rating Reform
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the powers to be given to council officials to enforce payment of the poll tax.
Mr. Gummer : The Government have no plans to introduce a "poll tax". Where someone has defaulted on the community charge, a local authority will be able to enforce payment once it has obtained an order from a magistrate.
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Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the number of households and tax units gaining or losing when domestic rates are fully replaced by the community charge in England and Wales, assuming that the social security arrangements prior to the implementation of the Social Security Act 1986 are in operation in the manner of his answer to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Mr. Foulkes) on 22 October 1986, Official Report, columns 871-72.
Mr. Gummer [holding answer 15 December 1988] : No. Illustrative community charge figures published by the Government have always been on the basis of the tax and benefit rates in force at the time of publication. I have not been prepared to proceed by hypothetical example --either in forecasting the future or by "what if?" versions of history. Figures I have placed in the Library show that 58 per cent. of households will pay less with community charge than with rates.
Building Research Establishment
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many items of correspondence he has received about the work of the Building Research Establishment from hon. Members since 1 July.
Mr. Trippier : I have received one letter relating particularly to the work of the Building Research Establishment. I receive others on a range of subjects, which draw on the establishment's published results and advice. If the hon. Member has a specific point in mind, perhaps he would write to me.
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