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Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 31 January 1989
HOME DEPARTMENT
Assets (Seizure)
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what stage has been reached with regard to a bilateral treaty with the United States of America for receiving the moneys payable where United Kingdom police have assisted United States' police in serious crimes and assets have been seized by the courts ; and what is the timetable for the conclusion of the treaty.
Mr. John Patten : We are still seeking clarification of the exact requirements of United States law and how they might be met. It is not yet certain whether either the agreement on drug trafficking which we concluded with the United States last year or any future agreement of wider scope would in itself provide a sufficient legal basis for the transfer of money.
Prisons
Mr. Stern : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what areas in the county of Avon are currently under consideration by Her Majesty's prison board for the construction of new prison provision.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The Department has been looking at a number of possible sites in Avon as part of a general site search exercise covering the whole of England and Wales. Preliminary inquiries into these sites are continuing and it would be wrong at this stage to make specific reference to particular locations in advance of the outcome of those inquiries.
Broadcasting Standards Council
Mr Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff the Broadcasting Standards Council will have ; and what its total annual budget will be.
Mr. Tim Renton : The Broadcasting Standards Council will employ fewer than 20 staff and the annual budget is likely to be just over £1 million.
Departmental Staff (Child Care)
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what child care provision his Department provides for pre-school age children of the Department's employees ; what child care provision, for school holiday or after school care, is provided for employees' children aged five years and over ; and what plans there are for increasing provision in the next five years ; and how these are to be funded. Mr. Douglas Hogg : At present, the Home Office provides no facilities for the pre-school age children of its
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staff, but it is examining the feasibility of setting up a nursery in Croydon. A play-scheme for older children already operates there during the school holidays. Children of Home Office staff are also eligible to attend holiday play-schemes in Bootle and Westminster, and the Department has agreed to contribute to the initial funding of these schemes. Further proposals for child care, and their funding, are likely to be considered over the next five years.Black Detainees
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by year for the last 10 years and by place of detention the number of black detainees held in custody at police stations in the Metropolitan police area who have died whilst in custody ; what the figures are for areas outside the metropolis ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The information requested is not available. Information on the total number of deaths in police custody, including the force area, place where death occurred and the cause of death, is published annually in the report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and the report of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary.
Prisoners
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are (a) the average earnings of prisoners and (b) the range of prisoners' earnings.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The average weekly pay of inmates in prison service establishments in England and Wales is estimated to be about £2.38. It ranges between £1.55 for those for whom no work is available and £5.36 for those on maximum pay under various incentive schemes.
Israeli Ambassador (Letter Bomb)
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet able to make a statement about the origins of the letter bomb recently sent to the Israeli ambassador.
Mr. Hurd : A postal bomb addressed to the Israeli ambassador was successfully defused by a Metropolitan police explosives officer at the embassy on 16 January. The package was posted in north London on 13 January, but it is not known who was responsible for sending the device. Police inquiries are continuing.
Prison Medical Services
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further progress has been made with respect to the recommendations of the Social Services Select Committee report on prison medical services.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The Government welcomed the Select Committee's report and accepted in whole or in part the majority of the 58 recommendations it contained.
The accepted recommendations cover a wide range of subjects. Where it has been possible to deal with them quickly that has been done. Some by their very nature are susceptible of implementation only in the long-term. Advance on others is determined by the results of
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negotiations with the central Departments or in discussion with, or after deliberation by, appropriate professional bodies. In this last category I include the important subject of the training of prison medical officers, which will be reviewed in the light of a report being prepared by a working group under the chairmanship of the president of the Royal College of Physicians. Subject to those provisos, progress is being maintained.Illegal Parking
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance is issued to the Metropolitan police as to the circumstances in which it is appropriate (a) to tow away illegally parked vehicles, (b) to clamp illegally parked vehicles and (c) to issue a fixed penalty notice for an illegally parked vehicle.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : I understand from the Commissioner that all police officers and traffic wardens are trained in the enforcement of parking restrictions. Those police officers deployed on wheel-clamping and vehicle removal duties receive further training specifically related to those tasks, and operate under written instructions from senior officers.
Ministerial Advisers (Salaries)
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure on salaries of ministerial advisers in his Department for each completed year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd : I have nothing to add to the information which I gave to the hon. Member in my reply of 16 January 1989 at columns 5-6.
Guardian Angels
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any entrants to the United Kingdom belonging to the group known as the Guardian Angels, currently visiting the United Kingdom, visited the United Kingdom previously ; whether any of these persons overstayed previously ; and who is sponsoring these persons during their visit to the United Kingdom.
Mr. Renton : At least one member of the group has been here before. I am not aware that any have overstayed. I understand that the costs of the visit are being met in part by the group themselves, and in part by friends here.
Football
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many exclusion orders were issued in England and Wales during the 1987-88 football season ; and how many of these arose from incidents connected with Football League matches.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The exclusion order provisions of the Public Order Act 1986 came into force on 1 August 1987. For the 12 months ending 31 July 1988, a total of 925 orders had been recorded by the Football Association. The information readily available does not distinguish which of these were related to incidents connected specifically with Football League matches.
Dr. Reid : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by (a) type of offence, (b)
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gender and (c) over or under 21 years of age, those charged with football-related offences in the course of the 1987-88 season.Mr. Douglas Hogg : Information on charges brought for football related offences is not available.
Breath Tests
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Reigate (Mr. Gardiner) on 18 January, Official Report, columns 202-3, he will express the number of breath tests given and the number positive as a percentage of (a) resident population of the police area, (b) per mile of road in the police area and (c) per registered motor vehicle in the police area.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : I shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
Civil Defence
Mr. Greg Knight : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made by local authorities in fulfilling their civil defence obligations during the first two years of the planned programme for implementation of the Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) 1983.
Mr. Hurd : Copies of a report on implementation of the 1983 regulations by 1 October 1988 have been placed in the Library. The report discusses local authorities' progress in meeting their civil defence obligations since the last such report, which covered progress up to March 1986.
On 22 July 1986 my hon. Friend the then Minister of State announced the Government's proposals for a planned programme for implementation (PPI) of the 1983 regulations. The PPI is a rolling three-year programme, setting priorities and a timetable for systematic monitoring by the Home Office. Provision exists for the payment of grants towards expenses incurred by local authorities in connection with the discharge of their civil defence functions. The PPI provides a framework enabling the Government to establish whether those functions are being efficiently performed so that grant can properly be paid. Detailed discussions with individual county councils and fire and civil defence authorities focus on schemes of work in the context of their estimates of grant-aided expenditure, and enable the progress each authority has made to be fully assessed.
Since the introduction of the PPI with effect from 1 October 1986, the number of grant-aided emergency planning staff in local authorities has risen by about 30 per cent. About half of these staff resources have been committed to the preparation of the plans required under schedule 2 to the 1983 regulations. In March 1986 many of those plans were found to be incomplete and in a number of cases they amounted to little more than statements of intent. Under the PPI all county-level authorities are required to submit copies of plans for monitoring in accordance with the timetable. All have responded to this requirement and analysis of the material indicates a significant overall improvement in the quality of operational plans. Nevertheless, the position still varies from authority to authority and even the best plans require further work. There is also a continuing need to test, review and revise plans once they have been made, and this need will be directly addressed in the next stage.
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Local authorities are required to make arrangements for the training and exercising of volunteers and their own staff. There have been encouraging increases in the volume of such training. The number of volunteers stood at around 25,000 last year ; this year they are expected to total about 27,000. Time spent by volunteers on training and exercises this year is expected to exceed the time spent last year by about 15 per cent., while the figure for staff training this year is expected to exceed last year's by about 70 per cent. Progress has been less satisfactory in meeting the requirement to establish emergency centres in which to control and co-ordinate civil defence actions. A total of 513 such centres should be provided in England and Wales, but only 195 were reported to be operational by 1 October 1988. In a further 139, work was reported in progress or identified as needed, while in the remaining 179 no suitable site had been identified. Local authorities which are not fulfilling their statutory obligations in this respect will be asked for specific proposals to remedy the position.In 1985-86 the total grant-aided civil defence expenditure by local authorities stood at £15.25 million. The provisional figure for 1987- 88 is £21.25 million and in 1988-89 it is expected to rise to about £23 million. This expansion has been well above levels of inflation and reflects the Government's commitment to civil defence planning. It is our intention that current levels of expenditure will be maintained for the next few years.
The Government believe that the PPI has brought about significant improvements in local authorities' states of civil defence preparedness. Results have been achieved and the concept has been widely supported in the local authority community. But a great deal remains to be done to consolidate and extend the advances which have been made, by continuing the programme well into the 1990s. A circular is today being issued to local authorities, setting out the Government's intentions for the PPI for a further two years which will cover the period from October 1989 to October 1991. A similar circular is being issued by the Scottish Home and Health Department. Each county council and fire and civil defence authority will be asked to set specific targets for that period, with the highest priority being given to continuing the planning process and to training key staff. The Government will continue to monitor local authority activity and the value for money in the grant paid by calling for annual progress reports and costed programmes of work which will be the subject of individual discussion.
Firearms
Mr. Greg Knight : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the prohibition under section 1 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 came into effect ; and if he will give details of the Government buy-in scheme.
Mr. Hurd : As I stated in my reply of 20 December at column 184, to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, South (Mr. Bright) on this matter, the new categories of prohibited weapons, including self- loading and pump action rifles, come into effect on 1 February. The buy-in scheme will run for a period of three months until 30 April. Leaflets providing full details of the scheme and incorporating a claim form are available from police stations and rifle and pistol clubs.
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Owners of newly prohibited weapons are eligible to make a claim under the scheme if they legitimately acquired or entered into a contract to purchase their weapons before 23 September 1987 or have already sold their weapon since that date for less than the amount available under the scheme.Owners of weapons affected by the prohibition who are ineligible to apply or who do not wish to take advantage of the buy-in scheme must arrange to dispose of their weapons by not later than 30 April. They must do so either by sale to a registered firearms dealer or by transferring the weapon to such a dealer for deactivation ; or by surrender to the police.
The penalty for possession of a prohibited weapon without the appropriate authority is up to five years' imprisonment or a fine of up to £2,000 or both.
Women Prisoners
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of females currently serving a prison sentence in England and Wales ; what is the proportion and number of such females who have committed an offence involving robbery or violence ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : [holding answer 24 January 1989] : Information for 30 June 1988 is given in the table.
Population of sentenced females<1> in Prison Service
establisments in
England and Wales: by offence group 30 June 1988
Offence group |Number<2>
--------------------------------------------------------
Violence against the person |240
Sexual offences |15
Robbery |75
Other offences |850
Not recorded |80
|-------
All offences |1,260
<1> Provisional figures, including fine defaulters.
<2> Rounded estimates.
WALES
Benzodiazepines
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of people in Wales addicted to
benzodiazepines.
Mr. Grist : There are no official figures on the level of benzodiazepine dependence in Wales. However, an estimate given in a report published in 1986 suggested that perhaps half a million people in the United Kingdom as a whole were dependent on benzodiazepines.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many prescriptions for benzodiazepines and what total quantity of benzodiazepines were dispensed by (a) community and (b) hospital pharmacists in each year from 1979 to 1987 in Wales.
Mr. Grist : The number of prescriptions for benzodiazepines dispensed by community pharmacists in 1979 was approximately 1,999, 100 and in 1987 was 1,894,300. Information for the years 1980 to 1986 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost and information on the total quantity of benzodiazepines and the number of prescriptions dispensed by hospital pharmacists is not available centrally.
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Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what funds are currently available to assist people in Wales to withdraw from benzodiazepines ; and whether these funds will be increased in the future.
Mr. Grist : Information on services specifically targeted on benzodiazepine dependency and provided by local statutory bodies or voluntary agencies is not available centrally.
In recent years, the Department has made available additional funds for the development of services--on a local and multi-authority basis--to combat drug misuse generally. Since April 1985, over £2.8 million has been provided in response to bids submitted by drug advisory committees and the voluntary sector. While such bids do not normally apply to specific substances, many of the proposals provide a service for people who need assistance over benzodiazepine dependence. We are currently considering bids for additional support in 1989-90.
Mr. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many working days are being currently lost in Wales each year as a result of people withdrawing from benzodiazepines.
Mr. Grist : The information requested is not available centrally.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of people currently withdrawing from benzodiazepines in National Health Service hospitals in Wales and in each year since 1979.
Mr. Grist : The information is not available centrally.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many special units, with how many places, have been set up in psychiatric hospitals in Wales to assist people to withdraw from benzodiazepines.
Mr. Grist : None as such, but there are two units in Wales (one in the north and one in the south) which specialise in services for those having problems associated with substance misuse or dependency. More generally, however, assistance and support is available through a range of services including GPs, primary care services, general psychiatric services and many voluntary groups and organisations.
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Aerial Monitoring
Mr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will explain the operation of CADW's programme of aerial monitoring.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : An aerial monitoring programme was established for Wales in 1985-86 following the success of a pilot study initiated in 1983- 84. The programme concentrates primarily on earthworks and field monuments with the aims of monitoring the condition of these scheduled monuments and recording the extent of the remains at each site. It is administered by CADW who provide grant-aid to the four Welsh archaeological trusts to undertake the work. It is expected that the whole of Wales will have been covered by the end of 1989 and consideration is being given as to how the programme should proceed after this date. Copies of all photographs are held in CADW and in the national monuments record held by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.
National Monument Record (Staffing and Funding)
Mr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make a statement on the staffing and funding of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monument's national monument record ; how many posts are unfilled through lack of finance ; and what steps he intends to take to remedy this.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales is responsible for the administration, staffing and funding of the national monuments record from within its allocated resources. I understand that at present 5 staff are engaged on this work and that there are no posts on complement unfilled.
Expenditure
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish an analysis of expenditure shown in table 17.1 of the Government's expenditure plans 1989-90 to 1991-92, chapter 17--Wales, Cm 617, on a similar basis to the tables published in his reply of 25 January 1988, Official Report, columns 107-20.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information is set out in the tables. In all the tables the totals have been derived from unrounded figures and the components may not therefore always add to the totals shown.
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Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
Programme 16.9 Health and Personal Social Services
£ million
1988-89
|1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |Estimated|1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92
|Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Plans |Plans |Plans
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Health Services:
Hospital and community health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |558 |595 |641 |683 |762 |851 |900 |- |-
Charges and receipts |11 |7 |13 |14 |15 |15 |18 |- |-
Net |547 |588 |627 |669 |747 |836 |881 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |53 |55 |61 |61 |67 |78 |- |-
Receipts |1 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |4 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |53 |58 |59 |58 |73 |- |-
Family practitioner services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |202 |221 |234 |253 |280 |314 |342 |- |-
Charges and receipts |17 |18 |18 |19 |21 |25 |30 |- |-
Net |185 |203 |216 |233 |259 |289 |312 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Central health and miscellaneous services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |15 |19 |22 |27 |33 |40 |48 |- |-
Charges and receipts |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |15 |18 |22 |27 |32 |40 |47 |- |-
Capital expenditure (net) |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Total National Health services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |776 |835 |897 |963 |1,075 |1,205 |1,289 |- |-
Net |747 |809 |865 |930 |1,038 |1,165 |1,240 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |50 |54 |56 |62 |62 |68 |78 |- |-
Net |49 |52 |55 |59 |60 |58 |74 |- |-
Personal Social Services:
Central government services:
Current expenditure |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Local authority services
Current expenditure:
Gross |137 |140 |150 |161 |177 |192 |205 |- |-
Charges |24 |23 |25 |27 |29 |32 |34 |- |-
Net |113 |117 |126 |134 |148 |161 |171 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Receipts |1 |1- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |138 |141 |151 |162 |178 |193 |206 |- |-
Net |114 |118 |126 |135 |149 |162 |173 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |6 |7 |5 |8 |11 |10 |9 |- |-
Net |5 |6 |5 |8 |10 |10 |8 |- |-
Total health and personal social services:
Current expenditure:
Gross |914 |977 |1,048 |1,125 |1,253 |1,398 |1,495 |- |-
Charges and receipts |53 |48 |56 |60 |66 |72 |83 |- |-
Net |861 |928 |992 |1,065 |1,187 |1,327 |1,413 |- |-
Capital expenditure:
Gross |56 |60 |62 |70 |72 |77 |87 |- |-
Receipts |2 |2 |2 |3 |2 |10 |5 |- |-
Net |54 |59 |60 |67 |70 |68 |82 |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total health and personal social
services current and capital (net) |915 |986 |1,051 |1,131 |1,256 |1,394 |1,495 |1,560 |1,610
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Departmental Spending
Mr. Gordon Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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. Wyn Roberts [holding answer 25 January 1989] : Information about public sector capital spending by the Department from 1983-84 to 1991-92 was given in table 21.1.11 of the 1989 public expenditure White Paper "Supplementary Analyses and Index", Cm. 621.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Crown Prosecution Service
Mr. Madden : To ask the Attorney-General when copies of leaflets, which call for an end to immigration to the United Kingdom and are headed, "Civil War in Bradford," were passed to the Crown Prosecution Service ; what organisation and address is shown on the leaflets distributed in Bradford recently ; and when he expects the Crown Prosecution Service to reach any decision about prosecuting those responsible for the production and distribution of such leaflets.
The Attorney-General : A copy of a leaflet headed "Civil War in Bradford" was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service in West Yorkshire on 25 January 1989. The leaflet contains the address of the Monday Club, 4 Orlando Road, London SW4. On 27 January 1989, the Crown Prosecution Service concluded that the production and distribution of the leaflet did not contravene the criminal law.
Criminal Justice Act 1988
Mr. Arbuthnot : To ask the Attorney-General how he envisages exercising the power to refer unduly lenient sentences to the Court of Appeal under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, after it comes into force on 1 February.
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The Attorney-General : I shall exercise this important power conscientiously and with discrimination. I do not envisage that the cases will be numerous in which it will be appropriate to use it. It applies to sentencing for offences triable only on indictment. These are the more harmful offences, tending to give rise to the greatest public concern. Reference is available only for a sentence that is characterised by undue leniency, not for one that is no more than arguably on the lenient side.
A strict time limit is imposed for a reference. Application to the court must be made by me within 28 days of the sentence being passed, and it is accordingly important that steps are taken to put the necessary machinery in action as soon as possible. I therefore hope that those who wish to make representations will do so, in the first instance, to the authority responsible for conducting the relevant prosecution. In the majority of cases the prosecution will have been conducted by the Crown Prosecution Service and in those cases representations should accordingly be made to the Director of Public Prosecution.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
South African (Prisons)
Mr. Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the South African Government about the detention and torture of children in South African prisons.
Mrs. Chalker : We have made frequent representations to the South African Government, both bilaterally and with our European partners, to express our concern about human rights abuses including reports of maltreatment of both children and adults. We have made clear our view that the South African Government should release all those detained without charge.
Minority Languages
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether there is any provision for a new commissioner of the European Community to take the oath in Welsh or in Gaelic.
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Mrs. Chalker : The treaty does not specify the language to be used when giving the solemn undertaking. Commissioner MacSharry gave it in Irish.
Palestinian Refugees
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the response by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to recommendation 1090 [1988] on the situation of the Palestine refugees.
Mrs. Chalker : The Committee of Ministers decided to bring recommendation 1090 (1988) to the attention of the Governments of member states.
Eastern Europe (Religion)
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the response by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to recommendation 1086 [1988] on the situation of the Church and freedom of religion in Eastern Europe.
Mrs. Chalker : The Committee of Ministers decided to bring recommendation 1086 (1988) to the attention of the Governments of member states and intend to submit it for discussion by national experts on the CSCE.
Incomes
Mr. Redwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the most recent annual average income per head for (a) the seven Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development countries, (b) the Warsaw Pact countries including Russia and (c) China.
Mrs. Chalker : GDP per head (in United States dollars) in the major seven OECD countries in 1987 was as follows :
|At current prices and |At current prices and
|current exchange rates |purchasing power parity
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USA |18,338 |18,338
Japan |19,465 |13,182
West Germany |18,280 |13,323
France |15,818 |12,803
United Kingdom |11,765 |12,340
Italy |13,224 |12,254
Canada |16,019 |17,211
Source: OECD, Department of Economics and Statistics: National Accounts 1960-1987.
Because the currencies of the Warsaw pact countries are not fully convertible, conversion of local currency output estimates to dollars is not straightforward. Different procedures can produce very different results. The first column of figures below shows estimates of GNP per head calculated by the IBRD for the three members of the Warsaw pact who are also members of the IMF/IBRD. The second column shows estimates for all members of the Warsaw pact published by a United States Government agency :
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|GNP per head at current |GNP per head at current
|prices and 3-year moving|prices<2>
|average exchange
|rates<1>
|1987 |1987
|$ |$
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hungary |2,240 |8,264
Poland |1,920 |6,883
Romania |1,500-3,000 |6,376
Bulgaria |n/a |7,200
Czechoslovakia |n/a |9,705
GDR |n/a |11,873
USSR |n/a |8,363
<1> Source: World Bank Atlas, 1988.
<2> Source: Economic Handbook, 1985-an unclassified publication of the CIA Directorate of
Intelligence.
The People's Republic of China's GNP per head (at current prices and three- year moving average exchange rates) is estimated by the IBRD at $300 in 1987. Figures for Warsaw pact countries and for China should be treated with caution.
Weapons Technology
Dr. Goodson-Wickes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he intends to use Britain's presidency of the Western European Union to further discussions on the harmonisation of weapons technology research for the 21st century.
Mr. Waldegrave : NATO and, for its European members, the independent European programme group, are the operational fora in which allies examine how they can harmonise research in this area. The Western European Union gave political support in this work in the platform on European security interests adopted in The Hague on 27 October 1987.
Namibia
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs say what contribution in terms of cost and personnel Her Majesty's Government proposes to make to the United Nations force to supervise the elections and independence of Namibia.
Mrs. Chalker : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Dover (Mr. Shaw) on 21 December 1988 at column 274 .
Baby Seal Skins
Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had any discussion with members of the European Commission regarding the apparent breaking of European Community directive 85/444/EC, amending 84/129/EC, through the import into the European Community of baby seal skins referred to by Mr. Clinton Davies on 14 April 1988.
Unita
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the implications for Her Majesty's Government's policies
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of President Bush's letter to Mr. Savimbi indicating that his Government would continue appropriate and effective assistance to Unita.
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