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Ships (Registration)
Sir David Price : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made since the memorandum of understanding signed with the Bahamas in June 1988, in negotiating similar arrangements with other states operating open registries to help ensure the availability to Her Majesty's Government of flagged-out British ships in the event of war.
Mr. Portillo : On 20 February exchanges of letters were completed between representatives of Her Majesty's Government and both the Republic of Liberia and the Republic of Vanuatu under which the Liberian and Vanuatuan Governments agree to allow British-owned ships on their registers, for which a contract of commitment exists, to be made available to Her Majesty's Government in the event of hostilities.
The contract of commitment is an agreement between Her Majesty's Government and the owner under which the shipowner agrees to make the named ships available to Her Majesty's Government in the event of hostilities and in return is guaranteed reinsurance by Her Majesty's Government against Queen's enemy war risks at that time. This would be carried out through one of the British war risks associations, with whom a revised agreement has recently been completed. The Department will shortly be approaching British shipowners known to have ships on the two registers.
Merseyrail
Mr. Ken Hargreaves : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will provide capital allocations and grant for the fire improvement works being undertaken on Merseyrail.
Mr. Portillo : I welcome this programme of works. I am making available capital allocations of £1.096 million to cover expenditure on certain items in this programme and I would be prepared to consider sympathetically applications for further such support in due course. In addition, I am making available grant of £316,000 to assist with expenditure in 1988-89.
PRIME MINISTER
Official Secrets Bill
Q49. Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the number of Government officials at each grade working on the Official Secrets Bill.
The Prime Minister : I refer the hon. Member to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary gave to a question by him earlier today.
EC (Fraud)
Q60. Mr. Taylor : To ask the Prime Minister what proposals she will submit to the European Council about the level of fraud in the European Community.
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The Prime Minister : The form of any initiative on fraud at the Madrid European Council will be determined in the light of developments between now and then, notably the outcome of discussions on the Court of Auditors annual report at the Economic and Finance Council in March.
Middle East
Q83. Mr. Latham : To ask the Prime Minister whether she intends to seek an early meeting with the President of the United States of America to discuss the calling of a middle east peace conference, following the initiative in that regard in early 1988 by former Secretary of State George Shultz ; and whether she will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : I have at present no firm plans for a further meeting with Mr. Bush. When I see him, I expect that we will wish to discuss the middle east.
Concorde
Q127. Mr. Adley : To ask the Prime Minister if she will use the occasion of the 20th anniversary today of the maiden flight of Concorde to convey her congratulations to those who designed and built her.
The Prime Minister : Yes. Concorde has been a remarkable and unique technical achievement and now has 11 years of successful operations with British Airways and Air France behind it. It remains the flagship of both airlines.
Civil Service (Dispersal)
Q169. Dr. Godman : To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the dispersal of Civil Service jobs to (a) Strathclyde and (b) other regions of Scotland.
The Prime Minister : Some 2,050 jobs were earmarked for Scotland under the dispersal programme announced in 1979. Almost all of these jobs are now in place including 1,330 with the Ministry of Defence and 600 with the Overseas Development Administration, and the commitment will be more than met when the Passport Office and the Ministry of Defence transfer further posts to Scotland in the first half of 1989. In addition, some 450 jobs will be created in Glasgow as a result of the recent Department of Social Security dispersal arrangements. Strathclyde region has attracted the majority of these jobs to date.
Roads (London)
Q183. Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Prime Minister what action the Government are taking to protect London from encroachment through road building.
The Prime Minister : We are promoting a range of appropriate measures to meet London's transport needs. These cover public transport and traffic management as well as road improvements. Where improvements to the trunk road network are necessary and can be justified, the schemes are subject to environmental appraisals and statutory planning procedures.
Relocation
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list those Departments which, in reviewing the location of their work, are considering the Chalfont drive site in Nottingham for relocation.
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The Prime Minister : No. The policy announced by my right hon. Friend the Paymaster General on 31 March 1988 at columns 610-11 , places on individual Departments the responsibility to review the location of their work in accordance with clear guidelines. They will consider a number of relocation sites offering easier labour markets, value for money and increased operational efficiency. Where appropriate, these will include areas such as Nottingham which are the focus of the Government's regional and urban policies. Departmental Ministers will announce their own decisions on significant relocations, including their chosen venues.
Separatist Movements
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the separatist movements in the European Community to which she made a general reference in her speech delivered at the Holiday Inn, Glasgow, on 3 February.
The Prime Minister : I was referring to those democratic political parties in the member states of the Community seeking fully independent national status for the areas that they claim to represent.
Engagements
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 2 March.
Mr. Stern : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 2 March.
Mr. Favell : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 2 March.
Mr. Jack : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 2 March.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 2 March.
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 2 March.
The Prime Minister : This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet and had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House I shall be having further meetings later today.
EEC Directives
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Prime Minister if she will make a statement explaining the procedures under which directives are classified as stemming from particular clauses of the treaty of Rome, as amended by the Single European Act with particular reference to the criteria by which it is determined as to whether matters fall to be decided under (a) article 100 and (b) article 100a.
The Prime Minister : The Treaty article (or articles) on which EC legislation is based is proposed in the first instance by the Commission. It is for the Council to decide upon proposals for legislation, including their treaty base. Whether a proposal falls under article 100 or 100a is determined in accordance with the provisions of those articles.
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WALES
MMR Immunisation
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report any preliminary figures for the uptake of MMR immunisation in each health authority in Wales during the first three months of the MMR being available.
Mr. Grist : Reports of MMR immunisation uptake at district health authority level are presently being analysed and the results will be available shortly. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Housing Associations
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list for each housing association in Mid Glamorgan (a) the number of allocations granted in 1988-89 for rehabilitation and new dwellings and (b) the bids made by each association for rehabilitation and new dwellings in 1989-90 and (c) the allocations granted for each association for 1989-90.
Mr. Grist : The information is shown in the tables :
Housing association |New build units |Rehabilitation units
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(a) Allocations to housing associations for new
schemes in Mid Glamorgan in 1988-89
Cynon Taff |- |53
Corland |37 |-
Merthyr health authority |11 |27
Wales and West |- |34
SHAW |- |10
South Wales federated |- |4
Rhondda health authority |26 |35
UKHT |24 |10
Western permanent |20 |-
Pontypridd and district |20 |6
Hafod |20 |-
(b) Units bid for housing for Wales funding in
1989-90 in Mid Glamorgan
Cynon Taff |17 |80
Corland |162 |-
Wales and West |261 |271
SHAW |150 |163
Rhondda health authority |71 |59
UKGT |6 |46
Western Permanent |102 |102
Pontypridd and district |34 |20
Hafod |264 |140
Abbeyfields |10 |10
Gwalia |12 |-
Newydd |100 |-
Baptist |17 |-
New Era |- |25
Stoneham |- |7
South Wales federated |5 |63
(c) South Wales federated allocations to housing associations
for new schemes in Mid Glamorgan in 1989-90
Cynon Taff |17 |27
Wales and West |25 |-
SHAW |25 |-
South Wales federated |- |12
Hafod |- |10
Abbeyfields |10 |-
New Era |- |5
Merthyr |32 |10
This does not take account of any further allocations which will be made during the year.
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Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the grant made to each housing association in Mid Glamorgan in 1988-89 ; what the grant for each association will be in 1989-90 ; and what assessment he has made of the likely average increases in rent on new dwellings over those rents set for 1988-89.
Mr. Grist : The table shows the grant made to each housing association for new schemes in Mid Glamorgan in 1988-89 :
|£000
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Cynon Taff |1,715
Corlan |1,258
Merthyr HA |1,197
Wales and West |780
SHAW |325
South Wales Federated |72
Rhondda HA |1,918
Wales and West |325
United Kingdom HT |1,045
Western Permanent |580
Pontypridd and District |775
Haford |600
It will not be possible to provide details of grants to housing associations in 1989-90 until the end of the financial year. The setting of rents is a matter for the housing association concerned. Any change in rents will differ from property to property according to a wide range of variables. Average increases are not meaningful and no assessment has been made of them.
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Farm Woodland Scheme
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the broadleaved component of applications made so far under the farm woodland scheme in Wales ; and what is the proportion in those which have been accepted.
Mr. Peter Walker : The broadleaved component of all applications received is 76 per cent. Those applications which have been processed and approved so far have a broadleaved component of 94 per cent.
National Botanical Garden
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what financial support he intends to make available for a Welsh national botanical garden based at Swansea ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : No such proposal has been put to me.
Capital Allocations
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the capital allocations for each Welsh county and district for each year since 1981 and capital allocations hypothecated to particular services between 1981-82 and 1984-85.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information requested is given in the tables. Capital allocations shown for 1988-89 and 1989-90 are provisional. Allocations form only part of local authority capital investment capacity. Gross spending provision (excluding provision for law and order services) for all district and county councils in Wales for 1989-90 is £4.50 million, an increase of 8.2 per cent. over 1988-89.
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|c|Local authority capital allocations 1981-82 to 1989-90|c|
|1981-82 |1982-83 |1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90
Local authority |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s |£'000s
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Alyn and Deeside |3,528 |4,018 |3,788 |3,245 |3,242 |3,567 |3,938 |2,710 |2,774
Colwyn |2,590 |3,862 |3,127 |2,675 |2,595 |2,360 |2,831 |2,250 |2,365
Delyn |2,266 |3,543 |4,200 |4,461 |4,087 |4,801 |3,077 |2,512 |2,823
Glyndwr |1,393 |1,957 |2,656 |1,770 |1,986 |1,983 |1,903 |1,809 |1,616
Rhyddlan |1,861 |2,464 |2,597 |2,077 |1,972 |2,265 |4,211 |4,192 |2,995
Wrexham Maelor |5,767 |6,480 |5,357 |5,724 |5,399 |7,936 |7,717 |5,921 |7,080
Carmarthen |2,940 |4,311 |8,924 |4,125 |3,547 |3,933 |4,432 |3,057 |3,109
Ceredigion |2,728 |4,381 |5,135 |3,316 |2,755 |3,158 |3,494 |2,858 |2,868
Dinefwr |1,009 |1,717 |2,743 |1,694 |1,456 |1,651 |1,867 |2,224 |1,885
Llanelli |3,895 |5,710 |5,395 |4,204 |3,175 |3,349 |3,919 |3,357 |4,187
Preseli |2,007 |2,699 |4,663 |4,170 |3,282 |2,891 |3,306 |3,267 |2,590
South Pembrokeshire |1,428 |2,825 |4,443 |3,439 |2,978 |2,803 |5,067 |3,287 |2,196
Blaenau Gwent |5,265 |12,111 |12,176 |8,315 |6,727 |10,197 |12,870 |8,629 |10,933
Islwyn |3,474 |5,692 |5,899 |5,130 |5,625 |9,324 |8,209 |7,681 |4,439
Monmouth |2,110 |3,563 |5,176 |4,026 |3,942 |3,854 |4,157 |2,703 |2,779
Newport |8,357 |13,750 |11,038 |7,996 |8,418 |9,713 |9,262 |7,642 |6,928
Torfaen |3,441 |5,329 |5,266 |4,696 |4,665 |6,253 |7,000 |6,311 |5,319
Aberconwy |2,076 |2,223 |2,575 |1,942 |1,877 |1,908 |2,257 |1,987 |3,645
Arfon |3,583 |3,810 |4,207 |3,356 |2,692 |2,761 |3,411 |3,750 |3,210
Dwyfor |1,086 |1,508 |3,460 |2,114 |1,435 |2,225 |2,539 |2,000 |1,464
Meirionnydd |1,625 |1,692 |5,175 |2,475 |1,313 |1,452 |1,728 |1,942 |1,665
Ynys Mon |1,954 |3,162 |6,559 |2,945 |3,701 |4,617 |4,847 |3,725 |2,973
Cynon Valley |2,767 |3,520 |5,035 |4,216 |3,680 |4,831 |6,793 |7,213 |4,984
Merthyr Tydfil |3,941 |6,006 |5,616 |3,806 |3,111 |5,116 |6,179 |5,090 |5,477
Ogwr |5,354 |7,881 |7,419 |6,016 |5,481 |6,051 |8,493 |6,805 |5,475
Rhondda |5,521 |7,117 |13,745 |8,943 |8,558 |10,959 |12,738 |17,771 |12,706
Rhymney Valley |5,162 |7,770 |6,856 |5,766 |6,238 |8,544 |10,648 |10,131 |6,595
Taff Ely |6,377 |10,201 |10,133 |5,886 |5,049 |5,782 |7,696 |5,751 |5,148
Brecknock |1,745 |1,602 |3,043 |1,715 |2,066 |3,444 |3,270 |1,689 |2,120
Montgomeryshire |1,411 |1,608 |3,685 |1,782 |1,741 |1,921 |2,119 |2,118 |2,171
Radnor |889 |1,497 |1,758 |1,108 |970 |1,109 |1,426 |1,187 |1,042
Cardiff |17,029 |19,559 |24,792 |19,551 |15,924 |19,094 |21,060 |17,933 |15,289
Vale of Glamorgan |5,082 |5,730 |7,776 |4,687 |3,903 |5,224 |5,981 |4,517 |4,031
Port Talbot |2,262 |2,489 |2,674 |2,315 |1,899 |3,509 |4,389 |3,843 |3,544
Lliw Valley |3,486 |4,569 |4,447 |3,782 |3,155 |3,692 |4,069 |3,638 |3,608
Neath |2,165 |5,239 |4,802 |2,779 |3,123 |3,731 |4,417 |3,978 |3,512
Swansea |9,398 |18,845 |17,957 |14,112 |10,788 |12,317 |12,563 |12,234 |10,418
Clwyd |8,561 |9,507 |12,653 |12,014 |12,249 |14,092 |16,649 |16,797 |12,840
Dyfed |8,967 |13,184 |11,175 |9,110 |11,369 |16,615 |16,594 |15,455 |16,948
Gwent |20,677 |29,506 |24,855 |21,437 |13,000 |17,582 |21,466 |18,479 |24,019
Gwynedd |7,124 |10,989 |7,222 |8,354 |11,528 |8,565 |9,197 |7,907 |7,903
Mid Glamorgan |18,624 |19,350 |17,193 |19,985 |17,102 |22,708 |24,077 |23,111 |26,648
Powys |5,304 |6,314 |4,634 |3,730 |3,904 |6,950 |7,111 |6,055 |6,110
South Glamorgan |18,080 |21,457 |19,395 |14,068 |23,008 |26,764 |32,411 |29,607 |18,132
West Glamorgan |12,398 |13,787 |11,949 |11,071 |14,389 |19,233 |20,124 |18,163 |22,247
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total districts |136,972 |200,440 |234,297 |170,359 |152,455 |188,325 |213,983 |189,570 |150,841
Total counties |99,735 |124,094 |109,076 |99,769 |106,649 |132,509 |147,629 |135,589 |130,033
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |236,707 |324,534 |343,373 |270,128 |259,104 |320,834 |361,612 |323,286 |300,810
|c|Capital allocations hypothecated to services 1981-82|c|
£ thousand
Local authority |Education |Transport |PSS |Housing |Other services |Urban programme |Total allocation
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Alyn and Deeside |0 |229 |0 |2,520 |685 |94 |3,528
Colwyn |0 |0 |0 |1,610 |980 |0 |2,590
Delyn |0 |0 |0 |1,350 |590 |326 |2,266
Glyndwr |0 |47 |0 |1,000 |346 |0 |1,393
Rhuddlan |0 |0 |0 |850 |1,011 |0 |1,861
Wrexham Maelor |0 |43 |0 |3,230 |1,881 |613 |5,767
Carmarthen |0 |0 |0 |2,030 |870 |40 |2,940
Ceredigion |0 |0 |37 |1,740 |934 |17 |2,728
Dinefwr |0 |0 |0 |850 |159 |0 |1,009
Llanelli |0 |0 |85 |1,950 |1,476 |384 |3,895
Preseli |0 |0 |0 |1,740 |267 |0 |2,007
South Pembroke |0 |0 |0 |1,140 |213 |75 |1,428
Blaenau Gwent |0 |241 |0 |4,010 |385 |629 |5,265
Islwyn |0 |312 |0 |2,280 |674 |208 |3,474
Monmouth |0 |0 |0 |1,850 |260 |0 |2,110
Newport |0 |702 |0 |6,500 |545 |610 |8,357
Torfaen |0 |34 |0 |2,890 |359 |158 |3,441
Aberconwy |0 |0 |0 |1,420 |656 |0 |2,076
Arfon |0 |1 |0 |2,500 |892 |190 |3,583
Dwyfor |0 |0 |0 |770 |316 |0 |1,086
Meirionydd |0 |0 |0 |1,020 |605 |0 |1,625
Ynys Mon |0 |16 |0 |1,370 |533 |35 |1,954
Cynon Valley |0 |0 |0 |2,430 |248 |89 |2,767
Merthyr Tydfil |0 |306 |0 |2,704 |773 |158 |3,941
Ogwr |0 |106 |0 |4,530 |645 |73 |5,354
Rhondda |0 |118 |102 |4,310 |458 |533 |5,521
Rhymney Valley |0 |353 |14 |3,650 |948 |197 |5,162
Taff Ely |0 |37 |87 |5,830 |374 |49 |6,377
Brecknock |0 |0 |0 |1,110 |635 |0 |1,745
Montgomeryshire |0 |31 |0 |950 |430 |0 |1,411
Radnor |0 |0 |0 |640 |249 |0 |889
Cardiff |0 |881 |0 |10,690 |5,050 |408 |17,029
Vale of Glamorgan |0 |0 |0 |3,200 |1,881 |1 |5,082
Port Talbot |0 |97 |0 |1,800 |261 |104 |2,262
Lliw Valley |0 |0 |0 |2,760 |726 |0 |3,486
Neath |0 |0 |0 |1,720 |393 |52 |2,165
Swansea |0 |320 |0 |6,674 |2,067 |337 |9,398
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Total Districts |0 |3,874 |325 |97,618 |29,775 |5,380 |136,972
Clwyd |3,521 |3,499 |585 |0 |623 |333 |8,561
Dyfed |2,743 |4,792 |578 |0 |725 |129 |8,967
Gwent |3,758 |12,988 |723 |0 |3,003 |205 |20,677
Gwynedd |2,271 |2,685 |413 |0 |1,536 |219 |7,124
Mid Glamorgan |8,609 |6,167 |1,122 |0 |2,517 |209 |18,624
Powys |2,269 |2,338 |303 |0 |394 |0 |5,304
South Glamorgan |2,559 |13,898 |692 |0 |632 |299 |18,080
West Glamorgan |5,050 |3,623 |765 |0 |2,956 |4 |12,398
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Counties |30,780 |49,990 |5,181 |0 |12,386 |1,398 |99,735
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |30,780 |53,864 |5,506 |97,618 |42,161 |6,778 |236,707
|c|Capital allocations hypothecated to services 1982-83
[NL] |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000
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Alyn and Deeside |0 |13 |0 |2,873 |784 |348 |4,018
Colwyn |0 |0 |0 |2,342 |1,520 |0 |3,862
Delyn |0 |0 |0 |1,681 |1,135 |727 |3,543
Glyndwr |0 |100 |0 |1,581 |276 |0 |1,957
Rhuddlan |0 |0 |0 |1,273 |1,191 |0 |2,464
Wrexham Maelor |0 |0 |0 |3,616 |1,592 |1,272 |6,480
Carmarthen |0 |0 |0 |3,823 |484 |4 |4,311
Ceredigion |0 |0 |52 |3,635 |693 |1 |4,381
Dinefwr |0 |0 |0 |1,278 |239 |200 |1,717
Llanelli |0 |0 |100 |3,104 |772 |1,734 |5,710
Preseli |0 |30 |0 |1,783 |771 |115 |2,699
South Pembroke |0 |0 |0 |2,365 |300 |160 |2,825
Blaenau Gwent |0 |0 |0 |10,172 |853 |1,086 |12,111
Islwyn |0 |0 |0 |4,685 |460 |547 |5,692
Monmouth |0 |0 |0 |2,917 |595 |51 |3,563
Newport |0 |578 |0 |10,956 |1,075 |1,141 |13,750
Torfaen |0 |0 |0 |4,370 |670 |289 |5,329
Aberconwy |0 |0 |0 |1,708 |515 |0 |2,223
Arfon |0 |0 |0 |2,936 |417 |457 |3,810
Dwyfor |0 |6 |0 |1,119 |383 |0 |1,508
Meirionnydd |0 |0 |0 |1,289 |403 |0 |1,692
Ynys Mon |0 |0 |0 |2,471 |681 |10 |3,162
Cynon Valley |0 |0 |0 |2,830 |552 |138 |3,520
Merthyr Tydfil |0 |25 |0 |2,885 |2,418 |678 |6,006
Ogwr |0 |113 |0 |6,197 |1,037 |534 |7,881
Rhondda |0 |212 |0 |5,546 |681 |678 |7,117
Rhymney Valley |0 |236 |0 |6,211 |934 |389 |7,770
Taff Ely |0 |5 |55 |7,020 |3,121 |0 |10,201
Brecknock |0 |0 |0 |1,283 |319 |0 |1,602
Montgomeryshire |0 |0 |0 |1,292 |276 |40 |1,608
Radnor |0 |0 |0 |1,376 |121 |0 |1,497
Cardiff |0 |997 |0 |13,607 |4,100 |855 |19,559
Vale of Glamorgan |0 |0 |0 |4,812 |895 |23 |5,730
Port Talbot |0 |0 |0 |1,842 |647 |0 |2,489
Lliw Valley |0 |0 |0 |4,078 |491 |0 |4,569
Neath |0 |0 |0 |4,118 |762 |359 |5,239
Swansea |0 |0 |0 |10,760 |7,397 |688 |18,845
Clwyd |4,016 |2,750 |184 |0 |2,314 |243 |9,507
Dyfed |3,726 |6,545 |720 |0 |1,705 |488 |13184
Gwent |4,211 |22,370 |1,163 |0 |1,700 |62 |29,506
Gwynedd |2,108 |2,660 |712 |0 |5,050 |459 |10,989
Mid Glamorgan |9,046 |7,745 |1,022 |0 |1,245 |292 |19,350
Powys |2,726 |2,770 |319 |0 |499 |0 |6,314
South Glamorgan |4,214 |14,430 |1,087 |0 |1,033 |693 |21,457
West Glamorgan |4,048 |4,740 |851 |0 |4,143 |5 |13,787
|---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |----
Total Districts |0 |2,315 |207 |145,834|39,560 |12,524 |200,440
Total Counties |34,095 |64,010 |6,058 |0 |17,689 |2,242 |124,094
|---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |----
Total Wales |34,095 |66,325 |6,265 |145,834|57,249 |14,766 |324,534
|c|Capital allocations hypothecated to services 1983-84|c|
Local authority |Education |Transport |PSS |Housing |Other services |Urban programme |Total allocation
|£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000 |£000
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Alyn and Deeside |0 |0 |0 |2,922 |462 |404 |3,788
Colywn |0 |0 |0 |2,483 |594 |50 |3,127
Delyn |0 |0 |0 |2,025 |1,357 |818 |4,200
Glyndwr |0 |0 |0 |2,345 |311 |0 |2,656
Rhuddlan |0 |0 |0 |1.189 |1,408 |0 |2,597
Wrexham Maelor |0 |0 |0 |3,833 |787 |737 |5,357
Carmarthen |0 |0 |0 |8,160 |652 |112 |8,924
Ceredigion |0 |0 |0 |4,478 |657 |0 |5,135
Dinefwr |0 |0 |0 |2,334 |211 |198 |2,743
Llanelli |0 |0 |82 |3,745 |984 |584 |5,395
Preseli |0 |0 |0 |3,526 |477 |660 |4,663
South Pembroke |0 |0 |0 |3,804 |274 |365 |4,443
Blaenau Gwent |0 |0 |0 |10,236 |843 |1,097 |12,176
Islwyn |0 |90 |0 |5,215 |415 |179 |5,899
Monmouth |0 |0 |0 |4,643 |472 |61 |5,176
Newport |0 |60 |0 |9,137 |1,331 |510 |11,038
Torfaen |0 |0 |0 |4,370 |621 |275 |5,266
Aberconwy |0 |0 |0 |2,006 |569 |0 |2,575
Arfon |0 |0 |0 |3,469 |418 |320 |4,207
Dwyfor |0 |35 |0 |3,032 |393 |0 |3,460
Meirionnydd |0 |0 |0 |3,282 |1,804 |89 |5,175
Ynys Mon |0 |530 |0 |5,260 |650 |119 |6,559
Cynon Valley |0 |0 |0 |4,323 |451 |261 |5,035
Merthyr Tydfil |0 |132 |0 |3,993 |1,034 |457 |5,616
Ogwr |0 |79 |0 |5,870 |1,202 |268 |7,419
Rhondda |0 |105 |0 |12,030 |816 |794 |13,745
Rhymney Valley |0 |205 |0 |5,465 |811 |375 |6,856
Taff Ely |0 |58 |0 |8,886 |1,077 |112 |10,133
Brecknock |0 |0 |0 |2,851 |192 |0 |3,043
Montgomeryshire |0 |0 |0 |3,393 |292 |0 |3,685
Radnor |0 |0 |0 |1,593 |165 |0 |1,758
Cardiff |0 |2,038 |0 |17,835 |3,915 |1,004 |24,792
Vale of Glamorgan |0 |0 |0 |5,333 |2,219 |224 |7,776
Port Talbot |0 |50 |0 |1,982 |377 |265 |2,674
Lliw Valley |0 |0 |0 |3,992 |410 |45 |4,447
Neath |0 |0 |0 |3,892 |419 |491 |4,802
Swansea |0 |0 |0 |11,365 |5,520 |1,072 |17,957
Clwyd |4,746 |5,460 |820 |0 |759 |868 |12,653
Dyfed |3,817 |5,044 |720 |0 |1,324 |270 |11,175
Gwent |5,430 |16,199 |1,040 |0 |1,565 |621 |24,855
Gwynedd |2,035 |3,517 |716 |0 |747 |207 |7,222
Mid Glamorgan |7,391 |7,527 |852 |0 |1,149 |274 |17,193
Powys |2,102 |2,073 |194 |0 |257 |8 |4,634
South Glamorgan |4,557 |11,923 |741 |0 |1,600 |574 |19,395
West Glamorgan |4,247 |4,943 |1,476 |0 |1,283 |0 |11,949
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Districts |0 |3,382 |82 |184,297 |34,590 |11,946 |234,297
Total Counties |34,325 |56,686 |6,559 |0 |8,684 |2,822 |109,076
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total Wales |34,325 |60,068 |6,641 |184,297 |43,274 |14,768 |343,373
|c|Capital allocations hypothecated to services 1984-85|c|
£000
Local authority |Education |Transport |PSS |Housing |Other services |Special projects|Urban programme |Total allocation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |0 |0 |0 |2,234 |370 |0 |641 |3,245
Colwyn |0 |0 |0 |2,089 |475 |0 |111 |2,675
Delyn |0 |0 |0 |1,459 |731 |900 |1,371 |4,461
Glyndwr |0 |0 |0 |1,521 |249 |0 |0 |1,770
Rhuddlan |0 |0 |0 |951 |1,126 |0 |0 |2,077
Wrexham Maelor |0 |0 |0 |3,746 |630 |0 |1,348 |5,724
Carmarthen |0 |0 |0 |3,571 |539 |0 |15 |4,125
Ceredigion |0 |0 |0 |2,790 |526 |0 |0 |3,316
Dinefwr |0 |0 |0 |1,414 |169 |0 |111 |1,694
Llanelli |0 |0 |66 |2,737 |787 |0 |614 |4,204
Preseli |0 |0 |0 |2,862 |382 |350 |576 |4,170
South Pembroke |0 |0 |0 |2,323 |219 |350 |547 |3,439
Blaenau Gwent |0 |0 |0 |6,238 |674 |0 |1,403 |8,315
Islwyn |0 |0 |0 |4,499 |332 |0 |299 |5,130
Monmouth |0 |0 |0 |3,599 |378 |0 |49 |4,026
Newport |0 |0 |0 |6,554 |734 |0 |708 |7,996
Torfaen |0 |0 |0 |4,002 |497 |0 |197 |4,696
Aberconwy |0 |0 |0 |1,635 |307 |0 |0 |1,942
Arfon |0 |0 |0 |2,940 |334 |0 |82 |3,356
Dwyfor |0 |0 |0 |1,800 |314 |0 |0 |2,114
Meirionnydd |0 |0 |0 |1,352 |1,123 |0 |0 |2,475
Ynys Mon |0 |0 |0 |2,350 |520 |0 |75 |2,945
Cynon Valley |0 |0 |0 |3,090 |361 |0 |765 |4,216
Merthyr Tydfil |0 |0 |0 |2,521 |827 |0 |458 |3,806
Ogwr |0 |0 |0 |5,011 |962 |0 |43 |6,016
Rhondda |0 |0 |0 |7,468 |653 |0 |822 |8,943
Rhymney Valley |0 |240 |0 |4,412 |649 |0 |465 |5,766
Taff Ely |0 |20 |0 |4,999 |862 |0 |5 |5,886
Brecknock |0 |0 |0 |1,321 |154 |0 |240 |1,715
Montgomeryshire |0 |0 |0 |1,548 |234 |0 |0 |1,782
Radnor |0 |0 |0 |976 |132 |0 |0 |1,108
Cardiff |0 |1,881 |0 |12,557 |3,132 |0 |1,981 |19,551
Vale of Glamorgan |0 |0 |0 |3,080 |1,375 |0 |232 |4,687
Port Talbot |0 |0 |0 |1,586 |302 |0 |427 |2,315
Lliw Valley |0 |0 |0 |3,220 |328 |0 |234 |3,782
Neath |0 |0 |0 |2,064 |335 |0 |380 |2,779
Swansea |0 |16 |0 |9,073 |3,282 |500 |1,241 |14,112
Clwyd |3,797 |6,174 |500 |0 |607 |0 |936 |12,014
Dyfed |3,054 |4,059 |600 |0 |1,059 |0 |338 |9,110
Gwent |4,344 |14,418 |850 |0 |1,252 |0 |573 |21,437
Gwynedd |1,628 |5,390 |400 |0 |598 |0 |338 |8,354
Mid Glamorgan |5,513 |11,551 |1,200 |0 |919 |500 |302 |19,985
Powys |1,682 |1,742 |100 |0 |206 |0 |0 |3,730
South Glamorgan |3,646 |7,527 |600 |0 |1,280 |0 |1,015 |14,068
West Glamorgan |3,398 |5,437 |1,000 |0 |1,126 |0 |110 |11,071
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total districts |0 |2,157 |66 |125,592 |25,004 |2,100 |15,440 |170,359
Total counties |27,062 |56,298 |5,250 |0 |7,047 |500 |3,612 |99,769
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total Wales |27,062 |58,455 |5,316 |125,592 |32,051 |2,600 |19,052 |270,128
EMPLOYMENT
Child Employees
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many children below the age of 16 years have been identified by his inspectors as involved in illegal employment during each year since 1980.
Mr. Nicholls : Details of individual instances of illegal employment are not kept but convictions under section 1 of the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act 1920, concerning the illegal employment of children since 1980 are as follows :
--------------------- 1981 |4 1982 |4 1983 |3 1984 |6 1985 |6 <1>1986 |4 <2>1986-87 |9 <3>1987-88 |<4>2 <1> January to March. <2> April to March. <3> April to March. <4> Provisional. Note: Some of these convictions may involve instances of multiple employment.
Back-to-Back Operations
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will prosecute the Inter-Exec SM1 for running a back-to-back operation contrary to the Employment Agencies Act 1973 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : The matter is being investigated and a decision will be made when investigations have been completed.
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Wages Councils
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many young workers under 21 years of age were employed in trades covered by wages councils in each year 1985 to 1988, inclusive.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 21 February 1989] : No count is made of the number of young people under 21 in wages council trades. However, an estimate made in 1985 suggested a figure of around half a million.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Insolvency
87. Mr. Holt : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has any proposals to seek to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maude : There are no plans to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 itself in the foreseeable future. Amendments to the insolvency legislation are included however in the Companies Bill. Part 7 of the Bill, which relates to financial markets, modifies certain parts of the Insolvency Act 1986. Section 323 of the Insolvency Act 1986, which deals with set-off in bankruptcy, is amended by part VIII of the Bill. In order to retain harmonisation rule 4.90 of the Insolvency Rules 1986, which deals with set- off in companies winding up, will also be amended, although this amendment will be effected by way of a change to the Insolvency Rules 1986 and not by the Companies Bill.
Additional minor amendments to the insolvency legislation will be considered when suitable legislative vehicles become available.
Secured Loans
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what evidence he has on the level of understanding among consumers of the concept of a secured loan.
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Mr. Maude : The results of a survey published by the Office of Fair Trading last autumn showed widespread lack of understanding of the concept of a secured loan ; 44 per cent. of respondents claimed to have no idea of the difference between a secured loan and an unsecured loan and only 11 per cent. understood unprompted that a secured loan could result in the loss of the borrower's home.
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proposals he has to make regulations under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 requiring advertisements for secured loans to carry a health warning.
Mr. Maude : As part of the review of the Consumer Credit (Advertisement) Regulations, it is proposed that advertisements for secured loans should include a warning of the risk of repossession in the event of default.
Manufacturing Investment (North West)
Mr. Pike : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish a table, using 1979 at a value of 100, of investment in real terms in manufacturing in the north west for each of the last 10 years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maude : No regional breakdown of manufacturing investment for 1987 and 1988 is yet available. The required information for the period 1979-86 is shown in the following table :
|c|Manufacturing investment in the North West, in constant (1980)|c| |c|prices, as a percentage of the 1979 level|c| Year |Per cent. ------------------------------ 1979 |100 1980 |89 1981 |63 1982 |58 1983 |61 1984 |68 1985 |72 1986 |62 Source: Annual Census of Production.
Since 1986, manufacturing investment in the country as a whole has risen sharply ; and is predicted to rise even faster.
Domestic Animals (Pelts and Skins)
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps his Department takes to licence and monitor the activities of hide and skin merchants concerned with rendering the pelts and skins of domestic animals.
Mr. Alan Clark [holding answer 22 February 1989] : My Department does not licence or monitor the activities of hide and skin merchants.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Explosives
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Londonderry, East, Official Report , 23 January, column 396 , he will indicate the amount of
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explosives recovered from neutralised devices, the amount used in explosions ; and the number of such terrorist explosions for each of the same years.Mr. Ian Stewart : The further information is not readily available in the exact form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Such information as is available relates only to the number of explosions.
|c|Explosions
recorded in RUC "N"
division<1>|c|
|Number
---------------------
1984 |40
1985 |30
1986 |29
1987 |44
1988 |51
<1> "N" Division
includes the City of
Londonderry.
RPI Error Fund
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement about the operation of the retail prices index error fund ; and if he will publish a table showing (a) those organisations which applied to the Department of Health and Social Security for funding and the outcome and amounts of any award and (b) those organisations which applied for funds under the scheme administered by the Northern Ireland voluntary trust and the outcome and amount of any award.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 22 February 1989] : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory) on 3 May about the retail prices index error fund. On 9 May 1988 I announced that Northern Ireland would recieve £250,000 as its share of the fund and published the arrangements under which grants would be made. Applications were invited from voluntary organisations which resulted in the receipt of bids 10 times in excess of the amount available for distribution. The Department of Health and Social Services gave careful consideration to all applications which it received from regional organisations and grants were subsequently made having regard to the published criteria and to the Department's own strategic priorities. The list of those organisations which applied to the Department and the details of the awards made are voluminous, and I have therefore placed a copy in the Library.
The sum of £120,000 was allocated to Northern Ireland voluntary trust for disbursement to locally-based organisations. Details of the applications considered by Northern Ireland voluntary trust and the grants made by it to date have also been placed in the Library. I am pleased to report that Northern Ireland is now also to receive a further £251,000 of the additional monies available from the retail prices index error fund which my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Social Security announced on 9 February. Arrangements for the allocation of this sum will be finalised shortly.
House Searches
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many house searches were carried out in Armagh during December 1988 and January 1989 by (a) the Army (b) police and (c) the Ulster Defence Regiment ; in how many of the houses searched arms, ammunition or
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explosives were found ; and whether there was reasonable suspicion in respect of each house searched or the occupants of each house searched :(2) how many house searches were carried out by the (a) Royal Ulster Constabulary, (b) Army and (c) Ulster Defence Regiment in each of the Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies during the year 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1988 ; whether there was reasonable suspicion in respect of each house searched, or the occupants of each house searched ; and how many houses which were searched did not include arms, ammunition or explosives.
Mr. Ian Stewart [holding answer 31 January 1989] : I assume that the hon. Member is referring to searches under section 15 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978. The only figures that are readily available relate to Northern Ireland as a whole. I understand that, in 1988, the RUC carried out 4,136 house searches in Northern Ireland under that section ; information about finds as a result of those searches is not readily available. Army records indicate that they carried out 889 searches of houses and other premises under section 15 during that period, although that figure is subject to confirmation, but the majority of these were in conjunction with the RUC and are also counted in their figures. The figure for the Army includes searches by the UDR. Of these 889 searches, arms, ammunition, explosives, transmitters, scanning receivers or hides were found in 102 cases. Under section 15(2) of the Act it is a requirement that there should be reasonable grounds for suspicion that munitions are being held unlawfully in a private dwelling, or that there is a transmitter or scanning receiver there, and all searches are conducted on that basis.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Cost of Living
Mr. Gordon Brown : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide an index for the cost of living for consumers based on the retail price index but excluding indirect taxes, including value added tax, excise duties and rates, for the calendar year 1979 to the calendar years 1986, 1987 and 1988 taking the value of the index as 1979 equals 100.
Mr. Lilley : The following is an estimate of movement in the RPI excluding VAT, excise duties and rates measured at December each year. Calendar year information is not readily available.
|c|December 1979=100|c| Year |RPI --------------- 1979 |100 1980 |115 1981 |127 1982 |133 1983 |140 1984 |146 1985 |154 1986 |159 1987 |167 1988 |179
ENERGY
North Sea Oil
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what are the implications of the operation of the Single European Act for Her Majesty's Government's freedom to determine policy towards the North sea oil industry.
Mr. Peter Morrison : As a result of the Single European Act, in determining its policy the United Kingdom must take appropriate account of articles 99, 100A, 100B, 118A and title VII of the EEC treaty.
Information Technology
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement of progress on the introduction of information technologies to facilitate internal communications in his Department and the provision of information to the public concerning those areas for which he is responsible ; and if he has any further plans to apply the newest technologies in these fields.
Mr. Parkinson : My Department does not currently use information technology (IT) for internal communications to any great extent. It is moving to a new headquarters building later this year, where a broadband cabling framework is being installed. This is using new technology which will provide internal communications by computer where cost effective.
While IT is widely used by my officials to collate and prepare information for the public, the IT systems do not provide direct public access to information, nor are there any plans to do so. However, my Department has an IT strategy which is approved by top management and which is subject to continual refinement, monitoring and review.
Nuclear Materials (Licences)
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the applications for licences to ship nuclear materials which he has received from British Nuclear Fuels plc in the last six months, showing in each case the ports of departure and destination and the names of the vessels involved.
Mr. Michael Spicer : It has been the standard practice of successive Governments not to make public the details of export licence applications.
Gas
Mr. Michael Brown : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has any information as to which country in (a) the industrialised world and (b) the European Economic Community charges the highest prices for the supply of firm gas to large industrial users.
Mr. Peter Morrison : The only information available on gas prices in all industrialised countries is published by the IEA and covers all supplies to industrial consumers. Of those countries who supplied data in 1987, Japan had the highest prices. In the European Community, prices were highest in Ireland.
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HEALTH
Scientific Services
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff there were in the scientific services, broken down into the professional groups (a) medical consultant, (b) PTA/A top grade scientists, (c) other grades of PTA/A staff, (d) PTB/A MLSO staff and (e) radiographers in post in each December from 1984 to 1988.
Mr. Mellor : We do not collect routinely detailed information on staff in post at December. The information available as at 30 September each year is set out in the table.
|c|Table: Staff in the scientific services: England|c|
|c|As at 30 September each year|c|
Whole time equivalents<1>
Staff Group |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987<3>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Medical Staff<2> |2,300 |2,370 |2,410 |2,430
Biochemists |1,250 |1,200 |1,180 |1,380
Top Grade |90 |110 |120 |150
Principal |240 |240 |250 |310
Senior |460 |440 |430 |490
Basic Post Probationer |280 |240 |220 |230
Basic Probationer |170 |160 |150 |200
SQOO<4> |<5> |<5> |10 |<5>
Physicists |700 |720 |770 |790
Top Grade |60 |70 |70 |70
Principal |190 |200 |220 |240
Senior |270 |290 |280 |260
Basic Post Probationer |100 |90 |80 |90
Basic Probationer |70 |90 |110 |130
Other Scientists |370 |380 |440 |550
Top Grade |20 |20 |30 |30
Principal |40 |50 |50 |70
Senior |100 |110 |130 |140
Basic Post Probationer |50 |70 |90 |100
Basic Probationer |70 |100 |120 |140
SQOO<4> |80 |40 |30 |70
Clinical Psychologists |1,360 |1,520 |1,620 |1,700
Top Grade |120 |150 |200 |240
Principal |270 |330 |360 |410
Senior |570 |600 |600 |580
Basic Post Probationer |220 |220 |210 |200
Basic Probationer |190 |210 |240 |270
SQOO<4> |<5> |<5> |10 |10
Medical Laboratory
Scientific Officers |14,550 |14,540 |14,620 |15,470
Radiographers
Qualified |7,750 |7,990 |8,140 |8,250
Helpers |160 |190 |230 |270
Source: Department of Health (SR7) annual census of NHS non-medical manpower.
<1>Figures independently founded to the nearest ten whole-time equivalent.
<2>Including consultants in pathology, radiology and radiotherapy.
<3>Due to occupation coding problems, the 1987 figures, for some regions and
therefore for England are not strictly comparable with those for previous years.
<4>Precise grade not held centrally.
<5>Less than 5.0 whole time equivalents.
Notes:
The staff groups whose pay and conditions of service were negotiated in Committee A
of the former Professional and Technical Staffs Council "A" before its demise in
1983 were Biochemists, Physicists, Other Scientists and Clinical Psychologists.
Since 1983 pay of these groups has been the responsibility of the Scientific and
Professional Staffs Council.
Trainee and Basic clinical psychologist grades were introduced with effect from 1
February 1987 in place of the former basic probationer and basic post probationer
grades.
Nursing Homes
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to prevent re-registration of any private residential home owner or private nursing home owner found guilty of ill treatment or abuse of residents.
Mr. Mellor : It is for local authorities and health authorities respectively to satisfy themselves, by making thorough inquiries, of the suitability of applicants for registration in relation to residential care homes and nursing homes. We have advised local authorities that, when making such inquiries they should inform the applicant that by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) a conviction which would otherwise be "spent" would have to be declared.
The Department assists by acting as a channel of information between authorities about people who have had their registration cancelled and provides a consultancy service to authorities seeking information about applications in respect of homes with children and young people under age 18.
Residential Homes
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will specify the number of residential homes (a) in the private sector, (b) owned by local authorities and (c) run by health authorities.
Mr. Mellor : Information on the number of residential care homes in the private sector and of those owned by local authorities for years prior to 31 March 1987 is published in "Residential Accommodation for Elderly and Younger Physically Handicapped People : All Residents in Local Authority, Voluntary and Private Homes Year ending 31 March 1986" and "Homes and Hostels for Mentally Ill and Mentally Handicapped People, at 31 March 1986" ; copies of which are available in the Library. Provisional information as at 31 March 1987 is given in the table. Health authorities have no powers to run residential care homes.
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