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Dr. Mawhinney : The information is as follows :
|Stranmillis College|St. Mary's College
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1983-84
Year 1 |156 |157
Year 2 |108 |102
Year 3 (Pass) Degree |74 |56
Year 3 (Hons) Degree |30 |40
PGCE |40 |43
PGCE (Hons) Psychology |5 |-
1984-85
Year 1 |165 |168
Year 2 |153 |153
Year 3 (Pass) Degree |74 |59
Year 3 (Hons) Degree |34 |45
PGCE |43 |46
PGCE (Hons) Psychology |3 |-
1985-86
Year 1 |168 |166
Year 2 |162 |160
Year 3 (Pass) Degree |94 |95
Year 3 (Hons) Degree |59 |57
PGCE |43 |47
PGCE (Hons) Psychology |5 |-
1986-87
Year 1 |166 |171
Year 2 |160 |165
Year 3 (Pass) Degree |89 |86
Year 3 (Hons) Degree |75 |64
PGCE |45 |46
PGCE (Hons) Psychology |6 |-
1987-88
Year 1 |177 |173
Year 2 |164 |166
Year 3 (Pass) Degree |77 |75
Year 3 (Hons) Degree |84 |94
PGCE |60 |58
PGCE (Hons) Psychology |6 |-
Note: St. Joseph's college amalgamated with St. Mary's college on 1 September
1985. Figures for the former St. Joseph's college have therefore been included in
the St. Mary's college figures for the 1983-84 and 1984-85 years.
Colleges (Grants)
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what were the total grant allocations in each of the years 1983-84 to 1987- 88 to (a) Stranmillis college of education and (b) St. Mary's college of education, Belfast.
Dr. Mawhinney : The information is as follows in respect of recurrent grant payments :
|Stranmillis college|St. Mary's college
|£ |£
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1983-84 |2,654,476 |1,961,725
1984-85 |2,590,107 |1,988,000
1985-86 |2,542,597 |2,235,000
1986-87 |2,690,466 |2,510,000
Notes:
1. St. Joseph's college amalgamated with St. Mary's college on 1 September
1985. Figures for the former St. Joseph's college have therefore been included
in the St. Mary's college figures for the 1983-84, 1984-85 and 1985-86
financial years.
2. Figures have been taken from the audited accounts; information is not
available for 1987-88.
Employment Bill
Mr. David Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to follow the proposals in the Employment Bill introduced on 30 November 1988 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Viggers : Yes. It is our intention to legislate where appropriate for corresponding purposes in Northern Ireland.
Firearms Certificates
Mr. Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers of each rank, and how many civilians of each grade are employed in processing firearms certificates at the Royal Ulster Constabulary firearms section ; and what were the comparable figures five and 10 years ago, respectively.
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Mr. Ian Stewart [holding answer 24 January 1989] : The number of police officers and civilians employed in processing firearms certificates at the Royal Ulster Constabulary firearms section is as follows :
|31 December 1988|31 December 1983|31 December 1978
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Superintendent |1 |1 |1
Chief Inspector |1 |1 |1
Inspector |1 |1 |1
Sergeant |1 |1 |1
Constable |1 |1 |1
Executive Officer II |1 |1 |0
Administrative Officer |5 |5 |5
Administrative Assistant |33 |27 |22
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Annual Review
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how his Department's documents covering the annual review of United Kingdom agriculture will be made available to hon. Members and the public ; and if there are to be any major changes in content as compared with previous annual review White Papers.
Mr. Ryder : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave on 5 December to my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) at col 30 .
Hares
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether his Department is conducting or funding any research into the distribution and density of the British hare population.
Mr. Ryder : My Department is not conducting or funding any research into the distribution and density of the British hare population.
Agriculture Council
Mr. Boswell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council in Brussels on 23 and 24 January ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Donald Thompson : I refer my hon. Friend to the statement that I gave earlier today.
Food Poisoning
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what responsibility his Department has for ensuring that foodstuffs are safe for human consumption and carry no risk of food poisoning ; in what way this responsibility is carried out ; how many and what type of staff are required ; what is the annual cost to his Department ; and what has been the change in the number of staff and the annual cost to his Department in each of the last five years.
Mr. Ryder [holding answer 15 December 1988.] : The Ministry has joint responsibility with the Department of Health for ensuring that foodstuffs are wholesome and safe. This responsibility is exercised through legislation, principally the Food Act 1984 and subordinate legislation
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and the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Under the Food Act 1984 the food industry has the primary responsibility for ensuring that its products are safe.While enforcement of the legislation lies mainly with local authorities the Ministry also carries out an extensive programme of food surveillance designed to complement the effect of statutory controls and monitor their effectiveness. The work is co-ordinated by the steering group on food surveillance and its latest report, "Food Surveillance Paper No. 24," has been deposited in the Library of the House. The steering group and its working parties also liaise with other advisory committees with responsibility for food safety matters, including the food advisory committee, the advisory committee on pesticides and the veterinary products committee.
A detailed breakdown of ministerial objectives in the area of food safety and the resource allocations, including manpower, over the last three years, are given in programmes 35, 36, 37 and 51 of the Ministry's MINIM 1987 publication. Subprogramme 51a identifies the resources allocated for research into food safety. A copy of MINIM 87 is in the Library of the House.
Cook-Chill Food
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to ensure that instructions concerning refrigeration and storage on containers of cook-chill food products are sufficiently clear and are printed in large enough type size as to be easily understood and readily identified by consumers ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder [holding answer 23 January 1989] : The European Community food labelling directive and the Food Labelling Regulations 1984 already require such foodstuffs to be marked or labelled with an indication of special storage conditions. This information has to be easy to understand clearly legible and indelible and when the foodstuff is sold to the consumer marked in a conspicuous place in such a way as to be easily visible.
NATIONAL FINANCE
VAT
Mr. Heddle : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consultations he has held with (a) Government agencies and (b) outside bodies and others about the impact of value-added tax on non-domestic construction work on the viability of commercial and mixed commercial and residential schemes of urban renewal of inner city regeneration ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lilley : All interested parties, including Government agencies and outside bodies were invited to respond to the consultation document issued on 21 June. Many did so respond and some made points related to urban renewal and inner city regeneration. These responses were followed up in many cases at meetings with me or Customs and Excise officials. As regards residential schemes, there will be no VAT on new housing ; and refurbishment of existing housing is already liable to VAT.
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HEALTH
Waiting Lists
Mr. Evennet : To ask the Secretary of State for Health Wwhether he has a plans to provide additional funds to reduce hospital waiting lists in the South East Thames region.
Mr. Mellor : Last December we announced a further £1.956 million for South East Thames region from the waiting list fund for 1989- 90. This brings the total additional funds made available to South East Thames through this initiative to £6.346 million over three years. In addition two South East Thames districts--West Lambeth, and Lewisham and North Southwark--will have an opportunity to bid against the £6 million reserved next year from the waiting list fund for districts with special waiting problems.
Grading
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what directives have been issued to regional health authorities on regrading nurses ; if he will publish them ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor : We have issued a range of guidance to regional health authorities, copies of which are in the Library. The objective throughout was to ensure that the clinical grading structure was implemented properly, and in accordance with both the spirit and the letter of the agreement reached by both sides of the nursing and midwifery staffs negotiating council.
Pharmacists
Mr. Favell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress in his drive to encourage pharmacists to provide professional services in addition to dispensing and the savings which are being made.
Mr. Mellor : Discussions are taking place with the representatives of the profession on ways in which the proposals in the White Paper "Promoting Better Health" can be put into effect.
The changes to the remuneration system and the controls on the entry of new pharmacies to NHS dispensing introduced in April 1987 have resulted in expenditure on pharmacists' remuneration being lower than would otherwise have been the case.
OPCS
Mr. McLoughlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any changes to announce to the cash and gross running costs limits for the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for 1988-89.
Mr. Freeman : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for class XX vote 16 will be increased by a token £1,000 from £24,752,000 to £24,753,000,. The OPCS gross running cost limit for class XX vote 16 will be increased by £257,000 from £38,096,000 to £38,353,000. This increase, reflecting increased expenditure by OPCS on services provided to the Department of the Environment, the Department of
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Education and Science, the Department of Employment and the Health and Safety Commission, will be offset by corresponding reductions in their gross running costs limits and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.There is no overall increase in gross running costs as a result of these changes.
Crewe District Health Authority
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will institute an immediate inquiry into the management of the Crewe district health authority.
Adoption and Care
Mr. Gorst : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the national statistics of the number of children adopted or taken into care in 1986, 1987 and 1988 because either or both parents have been suffering from severe mental illness.
Mr. Mellor : This information is not available.
The Nation's Health"
Dr. Moonie : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make it his policy to accept the targets for health set out in "The Nation's Health : A Strategy for the 1990's" ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he has considered the recommendations made to Government in "The Nation's Health" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The recommendations and targets put forward in the report "The Nation's Health" cover the work of a number of Government Departments not simply this Department. We welcome the publication of the report, not least because it helps to emphasise the promotion of good health and the prevention of disease. Many of its concerns had already been recognised by the Government and acted upon before publication. We will be considering the many detailed points in the report.
Ambulance Service
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times recorded announcements have been used in response to calls to the London ambulance service in (a) London and (b) South East Thames regional health authority in the last year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : This information is not collected routinely in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delays of more than (a) two minutes, (b) three minutes and (c) five minutes were recorded in the response rate by the London ambulance service to incoming calls in (i) London and (ii) South East Thames regional health authority in the last year.
Mr. Freeman : The information is not collected by the London ambulance service.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average answering time by the London ambulance service to incoming calls in (a) London and (b) the South East Thames regional health authority.
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Mr. Freeman : This information is not collected routinely in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if incoming calls to the London ambulance service are stacked by the operator before being connected ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : Incoming telephone calls to the London ambulance service are not stacked by an operator. All calls to the LAS central ambulance control are received by their automatic call distribution system which groups them in order of emergency. Within these groups calls are taken in the order that they are received when an operator becomes available. If the hon. Member would like to know more about the capability of the computer which controls the LAS telephone system, and the information which it can provide, she may wish to contact South West Thames regional health authority which manages the service.
Listeria
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South, on 14 December 1988, Official Report, column 601, if he will list the causes other than food of listeria poisoning ; what were the causes of the 259 incidents of listeria poisoning notified to the public health laboratory in 1987 ; if he will request the public health laboratory to keep him fully informed of all cases of food poisoning ; and if he will make a statement on the growth in the number of cases, the seriousness, and the causes of listeria poisoning, and indicate what precautionary measures are advisable.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : No vehicle was identified for any of the listeriosis cases reported to the public health laboratory service in 1987 and 1988, other than the three in 1988 which were
microbiologically associated with food. My Department has been and is working on the reasons for the increase of listeriosis which occurred between 1986 and 1987 ; the increase in cases in 1988 was less marked than between 1986-87. The public health laboratory service is keeping us fully informed.
The manifestations of listeriosis range from a mild, flu-like illness to septicaemia and meningitis and the organism can cross the placenta in pregnant women and affect the baby. The mortality rate in reported cases of listeriosis may be of the order of 30 per cent. While adequate cooking will destroy the bacteria, bad handling or bad hygiene subsequent to cooking can result in cross-contamination, and good hygiene practice including adequate refrigeration is essential to reduce risk. This will be a central message of the Government's campaign on food hygiene which is to be launched very soon.
Child Sex Abuse (Broxtowe)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what involvement his Department has had in the Broxtowe child sex abuse case ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor : The regional office of the Department's social services inspectorate gave appropriate advice and support to the Nottinghamshire social services department.
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Medical Manpower Planning
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the report of the second advisory committee on medical manpower planning ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : I have today published the report of the second advisory committee for medical manpower planning. The committee's two main recommendations are that there should be no immediate change in the numbers entering medical school and that there should be a standing committee to monitor annually the balance of supply and demand for doctors. The Goverment have accepted both these recommendations. Copies of the report will be placed in the Library.
Capital Spending
Mr. Gordon Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of gross and net public sector capital spending by his Department by both central Government and local authorities for 1988-89 and for each of the next three years, at current prices and at constant 1987-88 prices.
Mr. Mellor : Information on the Government's plans on public sector capital spending can be found in table 21.1.11 of the 1989 White Paper on public expenditure which will be published on Monday 30 January.
Certificate of School Nursing
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses gained the certificate of school nursing in each of the last five years.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 19 January 1989] : The information requested is given in the table :
Number of nurses successfully completing school nursing courses. England Year ended 31 March |Number ------------------------------------------------------------ 1984 |306 1985 |421 1986 |404 1987 |294 1988 |311 Source: English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.
Doctors (Statistics)
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors are employed in the National Health Service ; if he will break the figure down into hospital consultants, junior hospital doctors and general practitioners ; and if he will give comparable figures for 1978 -79.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 24 January 1989] : The information is set out in the table :
Table: National Health Service Medical Staff in England
Whole-time equivalents
at 30 September
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Medical staff<1> |33,796.1|39,012.7
Hospital consultants |10,381.9|12,830.5
Junior hospital doctors<2> |18,090.5|20,678.8
Numbers at 1 October
General medical practitioners |22,651 |27,023
<1> Including hospital, community health services and
community medicine staff.
<2> Including senior registrars, registrars, senior
house officers and house officers.
Urban Programme
Mr. Gordon Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his provision for the urban programme for 1988-89 and for the next three years at cash prices and at 1987-88 constant prices.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 24 January 1989] : The information requested is given in the table :
|Cash Provision £ million|At 1987-88 prices £
|million
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1988-89 |46 |43
1989-90 |38 |36
1990-91 |39 |37
1991-92 |40 |38
Care of the Elderly
Mr. John Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by regional health authority (a) the financial resources allocated to the National Health Service for the care of the elderly and (b) the number of units and staff specifically allocated within the National Health Service for the care of elderly people.
Mr. Freeman [holding answer 25 November 1988] : In the main the Department does not identify funds for specific purposes such as provision of care of the elderly within its overall allocations to regional health authorities. The allocation of resources to district health authorities is a matter for regions and districts to determine, within a national framework of health care priorities, and in the light of local needs and circumstances.
Information on the number of units and staff allocated to care of the elderly is not available in the form requested. The number of NHS hospitals having beds for elderly in 1987-88 and the number of medical and nursing staff allocated to the geriatric area of work on 30 September 1987 are shown in the table.
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(Whole Time Equivalent)
Regional Health Authority |Number of NHS Hospitals |Staff<2> Medical |Nursing<3>
|Having beds for the
|Elderly<1>
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Northern |65 |110 |3,330
Yorkshire |63 |130 |3,710
Trent |63 |190 |4,330
East Anglian |31 |80 |2,120
North West Thames |54 |120 |2,310
North East Thames |57 |140 |2,970
South East Thames |56 |150 |2,040
South West Thames |39 |110 |1,950
Wessex |52 |110 |3,000
Oxford |44 |60 |1,770
South Western |72 |100 |3,030
West Midlands |78 |160 |5,290
Mersey |34 |100 |2,390
North Western |65 |200 |3,980
Special Health Authorities | 2 |10 |90
<1> For the financial year 1987-88. Excluding beds for the elderly mentally ill.
<2> Working the geriatric area. Rounded to the nearest 10 whole time equivalents. (WTE) at 30 September 1987.
<3> Nursing and midwifery staff.
NHS Employees
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) men and (b) women are employed in the National Health Service ;
(2) how many (a) men and (b) women are employed as nurses in the National Health Service ;
(3) how many (a) men and (b) women are employed as midwives in the National Health Service.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 25 November 1988] : The information for September 1986 is given in the table. This is the latest date for which reliable information to this level of detail is available. Unfortunately, there are discrepancies in the 1987 data which are being checked urgently ; I will write to the hon. Member with 1987 figures as soon as these are available.
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Number<1> of NHS staff in post-England
30 September 1986
|Male |Female
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Total directly employed staff (excluding
agency nursing and midwifery staff and
locum medical and dental staff). |211,600|735,200
Nursing staff (including agency staff)<2> |42,800 |404,000
Midwifery staff (including agency staff)<3> |<4>- |26,500
<1> Figures are independently rounded to the nearest one hundred.
<2> Includes qualified nurses, learners and unqualified nursing
staff.
<3> Includes qualified midwives and student midwives.
<4> Less than 50.
Source: Department of Health Annual Censuses of NHS Medical and
Non-Medical Manpower.
Baby Food (Aluminium)
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has on the levels of aluminium in proprietary baby milk and foods ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Ryder : I have been asked to reply.
A survey of infant formulae recently carried out by this Ministry showed that aluminium present in these products is derived from natural levels of aluminium present in cows' milk or soya from which the foods have been prepared.
The results are shortly to be published in the scientific literature.
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with manufacturers of proprietary baby foods and milk on the level of aluminium content in such products ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : I have been asked to reply.
Discussions are shortly to be held with representatives of the trade on the results of a recent survey on aluminium levels in infant formulae.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Pensioners' Incomes
Mr. Lester : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing the disposable incomes of a single pensioner and a married pensioner paying (a) average local authority rent and rates and (b) rent of £35 and rates of £10 a week, when in receipt of the national insurance basic retirement pension only and when in receipt of (i) state earnings related pensions or occupational pensions of (a) £5, (b) £10, (c) £15, (d) £20, (e) £25, (f) £30, (g) £35, (h) £40, (i) £45, (j) £50, (k) £75 and (l) £100 a week and (ii) income from capital of the same amounts.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Information relating to (i) is shown in the following tables.
It is not possible to provide an answer to (ii) because entitlement to housing benefit depends upon the amount of a pensioner's capital and the tax payable will vary according to type of investment. For those on the lowest incomes, income support may be available.
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Table showing disposable weekly income of a married man over 65 but under 80, when receiving basic retirement pension and retirement
pension plus Serps/occupational pension
Assuming rent £35 per week, rates £10 per week
|Gross income |Tax |Income after tax |Rent |Rent rebate |Rates |Rate rebate |Total net income |Net income after housing
|costs
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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RP |65.90 |0.00 |65.90 |35.00 |35.00 |10.00 |8.00 |108.90 |63.90
RP+£5 |70.90 |0.00 |70.90 |35.00 |32.92 |10.00 |7.36 |111.18 |66.18
RP+£10 |75.90 |0.00 |75.90 |35.00 |29.67 |10.00 |6.36 |111.93 |66.93
RP+£15 |80.90 |0.00 |80.90 |35.00 |26.42 |10.00 |5.36 |112.68 |67.68
RP+£20 |85.90 |0.00 |85.90 |35.00 |23.17 |10.00 |4.36 |113.43 |68.43
RP+£25 |90.90 |0.00 |90.90 |35.00 |19.92 |10.00 |3.36 |114.18 |69.18
RP+£30 |95.90 |0.00 |95.90 |35.00 |16.67 |10.00 |2.36 |114.93 |69.93
RP+£35 |100.90 |1.02 |99.88 |35.00 |14.08 |10.00 |1.56 |115.52 |70.52
RP+£40 |105.90 |2.27 |103.63 |35.00 |11.65 |10.00 |0.81 |116.09 |71.09
RP+£45 |110.90 |3.52 |107.38 |35.00 |9.21 |10.00 |0.00 |116.59 |71.59
RP+£50 |115.90 |4.77 |111.13 |35.00 |6.77 |10.00 |0.00 |117.90 |72.90
RP+£75 |140.90 |11.02 |129.88 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |129.88 |84.88
RP+£100 |165.90 |17.27 |148.63 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |148.63 |103.63
Table showing disposable weekly income of a married man over 65 but under 80, when receiving basic retirement pension and retirement
pension plus Serps/occupational pension
Assuming rent £35 per week, rates £10 per week
|Gross income |Tax |Income after tax |Rent |Rent rebate |Rates |Rate rebate |Total net income |Net income after housing
|costs
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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RP |65.90 |0.00 |65.90 |35.00 |35.00 |10.00 |8.00 |108.90 |63.90
RP+£5 |70.90 |0.00 |70.90 |35.00 |32.92 |10.00 |7.36 |111.18 |66.18
RP+£10 |75.90 |0.00 |75.90 |35.00 |29.67 |10.00 |6.36 |111.93 |66.93
RP+£15 |80.90 |0.00 |80.90 |35.00 |26.42 |10.00 |5.36 |112.68 |67.68
RP+£20 |85.90 |0.00 |85.90 |35.00 |23.17 |10.00 |4.36 |113.43 |68.43
RP+£25 |90.90 |0.00 |90.90 |35.00 |19.92 |10.00 |3.36 |114.18 |69.18
RP+£30 |95.90 |0.00 |95.90 |35.00 |16.67 |10.00 |2.36 |114.93 |69.93
RP+£35 |100.90 |1.02 |99.88 |35.00 |14.08 |10.00 |1.56 |115.52 |70.52
RP+£40 |105.90 |2.27 |103.63 |35.00 |11.65 |10.00 |0.81 |116.09 |71.09
RP+£45 |110.90 |3.52 |107.38 |35.00 |9.21 |10.00 |0.00 |116.59 |71.59
RP+£50 |115.90 |4.77 |111.13 |35.00 |6.77 |10.00 |0.00 |117.90 |72.90
RP+£75 |140.90 |11.02 |129.88 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |129.88 |84.88
RP+£100 |165.90 |17.27 |148.63 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |148.63 |103.63
Table showing disposable weekly income of a married man over 65 but under 80, when receiving basic retirement pension and retirement
pension plus Serps/occupational pension
Assuming rent £35 per week, rates £10 per week
|Gross income |Tax |Income after tax |Rent |Rent rebate |Rates |Rate rebate |Total net income |Net income after housing
|costs
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RP |65.90 |0.00 |65.90 |35.00 |35.00 |10.00 |8.00 |108.90 |63.90
RP+£5 |70.90 |0.00 |70.90 |35.00 |32.92 |10.00 |7.36 |111.18 |66.18
RP+£10 |75.90 |0.00 |75.90 |35.00 |29.67 |10.00 |6.36 |111.93 |66.93
RP+£15 |80.90 |0.00 |80.90 |35.00 |26.42 |10.00 |5.36 |112.68 |67.68
RP+£20 |85.90 |0.00 |85.90 |35.00 |23.17 |10.00 |4.36 |113.43 |68.43
RP+£25 |90.90 |0.00 |90.90 |35.00 |19.92 |10.00 |3.36 |114.18 |69.18
RP+£30 |95.90 |0.00 |95.90 |35.00 |16.67 |10.00 |2.36 |114.93 |69.93
RP+£35 |100.90 |1.02 |99.88 |35.00 |14.08 |10.00 |1.56 |115.52 |70.52
RP+£40 |105.90 |2.27 |103.63 |35.00 |11.65 |10.00 |0.81 |116.09 |71.09
RP+£45 |110.90 |3.52 |107.38 |35.00 |9.21 |10.00 |0.00 |116.59 |71.59
RP+£50 |115.90 |4.77 |111.13 |35.00 |6.77 |10.00 |0.00 |117.90 |72.90
RP+£75 |140.90 |11.02 |129.88 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |129.88 |84.88
RP+£100 |165.90 |17.27 |148.63 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |148.63 |103.63
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Table showing disposable weekly income of a married man over 65 but under 80, when receiving basic retirement pension and retirement
pension plus Serps/occupational pension
Assuming rent £35 per week, rates £10 per week
|Gross income |Tax |Income after tax |Rent |Rent rebate |Rates |Rate rebate |Total net income |Net income after housing
|costs
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RP |65.90 |0.00 |65.90 |35.00 |35.00 |10.00 |8.00 |108.90 |63.90
RP+£5 |70.90 |0.00 |70.90 |35.00 |32.92 |10.00 |7.36 |111.18 |66.18
RP+£10 |75.90 |0.00 |75.90 |35.00 |29.67 |10.00 |6.36 |111.93 |66.93
RP+£15 |80.90 |0.00 |80.90 |35.00 |26.42 |10.00 |5.36 |112.68 |67.68
RP+£20 |85.90 |0.00 |85.90 |35.00 |23.17 |10.00 |4.36 |113.43 |68.43
RP+£25 |90.90 |0.00 |90.90 |35.00 |19.92 |10.00 |3.36 |114.18 |69.18
RP+£30 |95.90 |0.00 |95.90 |35.00 |16.67 |10.00 |2.36 |114.93 |69.93
RP+£35 |100.90 |1.02 |99.88 |35.00 |14.08 |10.00 |1.56 |115.52 |70.52
RP+£40 |105.90 |2.27 |103.63 |35.00 |11.65 |10.00 |0.81 |116.09 |71.09
RP+£45 |110.90 |3.52 |107.38 |35.00 |9.21 |10.00 |0.00 |116.59 |71.59
RP+£50 |115.90 |4.77 |111.13 |35.00 |6.77 |10.00 |0.00 |117.90 |72.90
RP+£75 |140.90 |11.02 |129.88 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |129.88 |84.88
RP+£100 |165.90 |17.27 |148.63 |35.00 |0.00 |10.00 |0.00 |148.63 |103.63
Table file CW890125.042 not available
Mentally Handicapped Persons
Mr. Campbell-Savours : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what guidance is issued to local offices in respect of social security payments for the support of mentally handicapped persons in homes transferred from local authority control to private companies.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : General advice on the handling of claims in a variety of circumstances form people in private and voluntary homes is in the adjudication officers' guide, a copy of which is in the Library.
Housing Benefit
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many households in (a) Corby and (b) east Northants were in receipt of housing benefit in 1987-88 ; (2) how many council tenants in (a) Corby and (b) east Northants are in receipt of housing benefit ;
(3) how many council tenants in (a) Corby and (b) east Northants were in receipt of housing benefit in 1987-88 ; (4) how many households in (a) Corby and (b) east Northants are in receipt of housing benefit.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : The latest information available for 1987-88 is given in the table. Information for 1988-89 will become available when statistical returns from all local authorities have been received and validated.
Estimated number of housing benefit
recipients 1987-88
Recipients |1987-88
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Corby
Council Tenants |6,125
All households |7,260
East Northants
Council Tenants |2,880
All households |5,662
Source: Local authority housing
benefit subsidy claims.
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications for housing benefit transitional protection have now been received ; and how many have been assessed as eligible for payment.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Up to 23 January 1989 the transitional payments unit had received 405,314 applications. A total of 402,118 inquiry forms, requesting housing benefit details, have been issued to local authorities of which 370,464 have been returned. The unit processes
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applications as soon as these inquiry forms are returned and so far 171,559 have been assessed as eligible for payment ; 190,285 have not been eligible.
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