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|c|Number of schemes|c|                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                     Schemes on                                                                                         

                                                                                                     transitional funding                                                                               

                                                                                                     grant before 1 April                                                                               

                                                                                                     1989                                                                                               

                         |Schemes run by local    |Schemes run by community|Total YTS schemes       |Schemes run by local    |Schemes run by community|Total YTS schemes on                             

                         |authorities             |and voluntary                                    |authorities             |and voluntary           |transitional funding                             

                                                  |organisations                                                             |organisations                                                             

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Borders                  |4                       |-                       |7                       |2                       |-                       |2                                                

Central                  |13                      |-                       |90                      |7                       |-                       |8                                                

Dumfries and Galloway    |7                       |-                       |51                      |6                       |-                       |7                                                

Fife                     |12                      |2                       |90                      |5                       |-                       |8                                                

Grampian                 |7                       |1                       |36                      |2                       |1                       |3                                                

Highland                 |20                      |2                       |43                      |6                       |-                       |7                                                

Lothian                  |29                      |8                       |179                     |12                      |8                       |20                                               

Orkney                   |3                       |-                       |2                       |-                       |-                       |-                                                

Shetland                 |2                       |-                       |4                       |1                       |-                       |1                                                

Strathclyde              |94                      |8                       |605                     |56                      |2                       |67                                               

Tayside                  |7                       |5                       |31                      |3                       |5                       |8                                                

Western Isles            |2                       |-                       |2                       |-                       |-                       |-                                                

Scotland                 |200                     |26                      |1,140                   |100                     |16                      |131                                              


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Mr. Allen Adams : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many YTS schemes trainees are on schemes run by local authorities in each Scottish region ;

(2) what is the total number of YTS scheme trainees in each local authority region in Scotland ;

(3) how many trainees are on transitional funded YTS schemes run by local authorities for each Scottish region before 1 April ;


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(4) how many YTS trainees are on schemes run by voluntary and community organisations in each Scottish region ;

(5) how many trainees were on YTS transitional funded schemes run by voluntary and community organisations in each Scottish region before 1 April ;

(6) how many trainees were on YTS transitional funded grant schemes in each region in Scotland before 1 April.

Mr. Lang [holding answer 17 April 1989] : Details requested are set out in the table :


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|c|Number of trainees on schemes|c|                                                                                                                                                                     

Schemes on transitional funding grant before 1 April 1989                                                                                                                                               

                         |Schemes run by local    |Schemes run by community|Total YTS schemes       |Schemes run by local    |Schemes run by community|Total YTS schemes on                             

                         |authorities             |and voluntary                                    |authorities             |and voluntary           |transitional funding                             

                                                  |organisations                                                             |organisations                                                             

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Borders                  |168                     |-                       |231                     |129                     |-                       |129                                              

Central                  |921                     |-                       |3,384                   |357                     |-                       |387                                              

Dumfries and Galloway    |642                     |-                       |1,383                   |142                     |-                       |212                                              

Fife                     |1,262                   |200                     |3,666                   |432                     |-                       |496                                              

Grampian                 |948                     |59                      |3,908                   |99                      |59                      |158                                              

Highland                 |633                     |89                      |2,065                   |302                     |-                       |340                                              

Lothian                  |1,608                   |341                     |5,254                   |588                     |341                     |929                                              

Orkney                   |150                     |-                       |150                     |-                       |-                       |-                                                

Shetland                 |106                     |-                       |114                     |99                      |-                       |99                                               

Strathclyde              |5,764                   |807                     |25,185                  |3,505                   |306                     |4,372                                            

Tayside                  |1,320                   |503                     |3,868                   |100                     |276                     |376                                              

Western Isles            |217                     |-                       |217                     |-                       |-                       |-                                                

                         |-------                 |-------                 |-------                 |-------                 |-------                 |-------                                          

Scotland                 |13,739                  |1,999                   |49,425                  |5,753                   |982                     |7,498                                            

HEALTH

Westminster and Chelsea Teaching Hospital

Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when it is planned that demolition work will begin on the site of St. Stephen's hospital, Fulham, in preparation for the construction of the new Westminster and Chelsea teaching hospital.

Mr. Freeman : I understand from North West Thames regional health authority that contractors will be starting work on the St. Stephen's hospital site on 15 May 1989.

Constituency Sizes

Mrs. Currie : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 25 largest constituencies in England, in terms of numbers of electors on the register as at the current date.

Mr. Freeman : The 1989 electoral statistics for local authority areas will be published in "OPCS Monitor EL89/1" on 25 April. Electoral statistics for parliamentary and European constituencies are still being prepared. They will be published in "Electoral Statistics, 1989" (Series EL No. 16) at the end of May, and a copy will be placed in the Library.

Tobacco Advertising

Mr. Roger King : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has received the second report of the committee for monitoring agreements on tobacco advertising and sponsorship ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor : The committee for monitoring agreements on tobacco advertising and sponsorship has submitted its


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second report and copies have been placed in the Library. I am grateful to the committee and its chairman, Sir Peter Lazarus, for their excellent work in continuing to monitor the arrangements and for their second report. The report shows that, in general, the system of voluntary agreements, which govern tobacco advertising, health warnings and sports sponsorship, are continuing to work well and that the tobacco companies are honouring their commitments. This view is supported by the fact that the level of complaints to the committee has dropped substantially since its first report was published last year.

The chairman has expressed the hope that the Government and the tobacco industry will soon embark on renegotiating the voluntary agreements. We note his concern, and intend to discuss the way forward with the industry shortly. We also note and share his concern about older permanent advertisements which do not carry health warnings.

Bottled Water

Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost in 1987 and 1988 of bottled water supplied to families with young babies by the East Anglian regional health authority and the Norwich district health authority.

Mr. Freeman : The health authorities did not supply bottled water to families with young babies.

NHS Expenditure

Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of National Health Service funding, by region, is dedicated to services for (a) premature senile dementia, (b) youth mental illness services and (c) forensic services ;


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(2) if he will list the estimated cost by region of maintaining hospitals for the mentally ill, mentally handicapped and elderly.

Mr. Freeman : Information on health authorities' expenditure specifically on premature senile dementia, youth mental illness services and forensic services is not collected centrally. For information on regions' total revenue expenditure on hospital services analysed to types of hospital (including "Geriatric", "Mental Illness" and "Mental Handicap") I refer the hon. Member to tables in the Department's annual publication "Health Services Costing Returns" (the latest being for 1986-87), copies of which are held in the Library.

NHS (Resources)

Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were employed to determine the allocation of


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the additional resources made available to the National Health Service as set out in the 1988 Autumn Statement (a) to regional health authorities and (b) from regional health authorities to district health authorities.

Mr. Freeman : I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. and learned Friend's reply of 21 December 1988 to my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Mr. Jessel) at columns 316-18.

Elderly People

Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by region the estimated growth in the population of (a) over 75-year- old and (b) over 85-year-old people as a percentage of the total population for each of the next 10 years.

Mr. Freeman : The information requested is given in the table.


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|c|1985-Based Population Projections for Standard Regions|c|                                                                    

Percentage of elderly population England and Wales                                                                              

Regions                 |Age    |1990   |1991   |1992   |1993   |1994   |1995   |1996   |1997   |1998   |1999   |2000           

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North                   |Over 75|6.62   |6.71   |6.73   |6.68   |6.65   |6.91   |7.15   |7.34   |7.46   |7.57   |7.67           

                        |Over 85|1.31   |1.37   |1.42   |1.49   |1.55   |1.60   |1.65   |1.70   |1.75   |1.80   |1.84           

                                                                                                                                

Yorkshire and           |Over 75|6.91   |6.95   |6.92   |6.83   |6.76   |6.97   |7.14   |7.26   |7.32   |7.37   |7.41           

Humberside              |Over 85|1.44   |1.50   |1.55   |1.61   |1.67   |1.72   |1.76   |1.80   |1.84   |1.88   |1.92           

                                                                                                                                

East Midlands           |Over 75|6.63   |6.69   |6.68   |6.60   |6.54   |6.76   |6.94   |7.07   |7.14   |7.21   |7.26           

                        |Over 85|1.37   |1.43   |1.48   |1.54   |1.60   |1.64   |1.69   |1.74   |1.78   |1.82   |1.86           

                                                                                                                                

East Anglia             |Over 75|7.61   |7.66   |7.65   |7.57   |7.51   |7.77   |7.94   |8.06   |8.13   |8.19   |8.23           

                        |Over 85|1.63   |1.70   |1.77   |1.85   |1.92   |1.99   |2.04   |2.10   |2.16   |2.22   |2.27           

                                                                                                                                

South East              |Over 75|7.08   |7.09   |7.05   |6.94   |6.85   |7.03   |7.16   |7.25   |7.29   |7.32   |7.33           

                        |Over 85|1.59   |1.64   |1.69   |1.75   |1.81   |1.85   |1.89   |1.93   |1.96   |2.00   |2.03           

                                                                                                                                

Greater London          |Over 75|6.91   |6.87   |6.78   |6.62   |6.49   |6.60   |6.66   |6.69   |6.67   |6.64   |6.59           

                        |Over 85|1.56   |1.61   |1.66   |1.71   |1.75   |1.79   |1.82   |1.84   |1.86   |1.88   |1.90           

                                                                                                                                

Remainder of South East |Over 75|7.19   |7.23   |7.22   |7.13   |7.07   |7.29   |7.47   |7.60   |7.67   |7.73   |7.78           

                        |Over 85|1.60   |1.66   |1.71   |1.78   |1.84   |1.89   |1.94   |1.98   |2.03   |2.08   |2.12           

                                                                                                                                

South West              |Over 75|8.60   |8.63   |8.60   |8.48   |8.40   |8.64   |8.79   |8.89   |8.93   |8.97   |8.99           

                        |Over 85|1.95   |2.02   |2.09   |2.18   |2.25   |2.32   |2.38   |2.44   |2.49   |2.55   |2.60           

                                                                                                                                

West Midlands           |Over 75|6.22   |6.30   |6.32   |6.26   |6.22   |6.45   |6.66   |6.81   |6.91   |6.99   |7.05           

                        |Over 85|1.21   |1.27   |1.32   |1.38   |1.44   |1.48   |1.53   |1.57   |1.62   |1.66   |1.69           

                                                                                                                                

North West              |Over 75|6.77   |6.80   |6.77   |6.67   |6.59   |6.78   |6.94   |7.04   |7.09   |7.13   |7.16           

                        |Over 85|1.38   |1.44   |1.49   |1.55   |1.60   |1.65   |1.69   |1.73   |1.76   |1.80   |1.83           

                                                                                                                                

Wales                   |Over 75|7.24   |7.30   |7.33   |7.30   |7.30   |7.54   |7.73   |7.87   |7.97   |8.07   |8.17           

                        |Over 85|1.53   |1.59   |1.65   |1.71   |1.77   |1.83   |1.87   |1.92   |1.97   |2.02   |2.06           

Mental Illness Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, for each district health authority, the total number of people (a) receiving mental illness services for up to six months, (b) receiving mental illness services for six months to one year and (c) receiving mental illness services for over one year.

Mr. Freeman : The information requested on duration of receipt of mental illness services in residential accommodation or on a non- residential basis is not held centrally.


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Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has given to regional health authorities on the funding of resettlement projects for the mentally ill.

Mr. Freeman : Resources for care in the community are made available from the main programme expenditure of health authorities and local authorities. Although no guidance has been given centrally, is is for health authorities and local authorities to determine how to deploy these resources in the light of local needs and circumstances.

Within health authority budgets, a specific allocation of joint finance is identified for community schemes jointly agreed between health authorities, local authorities, family practitioner committees and voluntary organisations.


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Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has issued any guidelines to regions for achieving targeted growth in mental illness services.

Mr. Freeman : Last summer we issued planned guidelines to health authorities which included a requirement that by 1991 each district must have developed a "care programme" to provide a system of co-ordinated continuing care for people chronically disabled by mental illness, but living mainly in the community.

Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has issued any guidelines to health authorities on the way in which they determine the proportion of resources they should devote to services for the mentally ill.

Mr. Freeman : In general, allocations to regional health authorities do not make separate provision for individual clinical services or client groups. It is for authorities to determine how the resources available to them should be spent in line with national policy guidelines and their assessment of local needs and priorities.

Maternal Deaths (Anaesthesia)

Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women of non-Caucasian origin were among the 19 maternal deaths and one late maternal death in England and Wales in 1982, 1983 and 1984 associated with anaesthesia.

Mr. Freeman : Four.

Salmonella

Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the source of (a) his statement on 5 December that 1,000 people had been affected by outbreaks of salmonella traced back to eggs and (b) his Department's statement on 6 December that 7,000 cases of salmonella had been so traced.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke [holding answer 17 February 1989] : My statement on 5 December 1988 at column 19 that


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"up to the end of October there had been 46 reported outbreaks of salmonella food poisoning in England and Wales involving about 1,000 cases"

related to cases where the infection was directly attributable to the consumption of eggs. Over the same 10-month period there had been a total of 23,039 salmonella isolations of which 10,544 were salmonella enteritidis phage type 4, the type predominantly associated with chicken and eggs.

My Department has never made any statement on 6 December or at any other time about 7,000 cases being traced.

Health Authorities (Allocations)

Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the cash allocations to regional health authorities in 1988-89 and 1989-90 in standard prices using 1989-90 as the base ; and if he will estimate the cash allocations to regions on a weighted capitation basis for 1990-91 and 1991-92 using 1989-90 as the price base, assuming the total flow of resources as per the public expenditure White Paper, assuming population forecasts as per the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, and before taking account of inter-regional direct payments ;

(2) what are the actual allocations made to regional health authorities for 1988-89 and for 1989-90 both on a current and standard price basis ; and, in the case of the 1989-90 cash allocations, what are their percentage distances from the 1988-89 resource allocation working party target adjusted (a) by inflation and (b) by the percentage change between 1988-89 and 1989-90 in total nominal cash resources between 1989-90.

Mr. Freeman [holding answer 16 March 1989] : Initial allocations to regional health authorities in 1988-89 and 1989-90 at the price bases requested are shown in the following tables, together with 1989 -90 allocation distances from 1988-89 RAWP targets adjusted as requested. The level of resources which will be allocated to direct payments between regions will be discussed with regional health authorities, and, until this process is complete, it is not possible to speculate about the distribution of funding in future years.


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|c|Table A|c|                                                                                                      

£ million                                                                                                          

                        Main service provision                        1989-90 main service                         

                        1988-89                                       provision                                    

                       |Initial cash levels<1>|Column 1 adjusted to  |Initial cash levels<1>                       

                                              |1989-90 cash levels                                                 

                       |Column 1              |Column 2              |Column 3                                     

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Northern               |735                   |793                   |832                                          

Yorkshire              |830                   |894                   |937                                          

Trent                  |1,010                 |1,089                 |1,147                                        

East Anglian           |438                   |472                   |497                                          

North West Thames      |808                   |871                   |913                                          

North East Thames      |1,007                 |1,086                 |1,137                                        

South East Thames      |898                   |968                   |1,018                                        

South West Thames      |746                   |804                   |844                                          

Wessex                 |615                   |662                   |699                                          

Oxford                 |482                   |520                   |558                                          

South Western          |732                   |789                   |832                                          

West Midlands          |1,186                 |1,278                 |1,340                                        

Mersey                 |586                   |631                   |664                                          

North Western          |1,005                 |1,083                 |1,140                                        

<1>Initial cash limit main provision. Excludes earmarked sums, for example, supra-regional services, AIDS, breast  

cancer screening and additional funding for the review body pay awards.                                            


                                                 <2>Distance from                                                       

                                                 1988-89 targets adjusted                                               

                                                 by:                                                                    

                        |1989-90 main service   |Inflation 1988-89 to   |Actual increase in cash                        

                        |provision<1>           |1989-90<3>             |resources between                              

                                                                        |1988-89 and 1989-90                            

                        |£ million              |Per cent.              |Per cent.                                      

                        |Column 1               |Column 2               |Column 3                                       

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Northern                |832                    |6.1                    |-1.58                                          

Yorkshire               |937                    |6.1                    |-1.41                                          

Trent                   |1,147                  |5.2                    |-2.78                                          

East Anglian            |497                    |3.9                    |-4.15                                          

North West Thames       |913                    |12.4                   |4.27                                           

North East Thames       |1,137                  |15.4                   |6.79                                           

South East Thames       |1,018                  |9.9                    |1.66                                           

South West Thames       |844                    |8.8                    |0.96                                           

Wessex                  |699                    |6.4                    |-1.82                                          

Oxford                  |558                    |7.2                    |-2.64                                          

South Western           |832                    |6.9                    |-1.41                                          

West Midlands           |1,340                  |6.2                    |-1.34                                          

Mersey                  |664                    |9.6                    |1.45                                           

North Western           |1,140                  |6.6                    |-1.36                                          

<1>As column 3 of Table A.                                                                                              

<2>Targets calculated from total resources available in 1988-89.                                                        

<3>As measured by the Gross Domestic Product Deflator.                                                                  

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

Farmers

Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of farmers derive a significant proportion of their income from non-agricultural activities ; and what proportion of national agricultural output is produced by those farmers.

Mr. Donald Thompson : I regret that the information requested is not available.

Sea Disposal Licences

Ms. Walley : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those operations for which sea disposal licences for the deposit or incineration of waste at sea have been granted under part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.

Mr. Donald Thompson : The number of licences issued under part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 for disposals in England and Wales is as follows :


                        |1986|1987|1988     

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Marine incineration     |20  |13  |15       

Liquid industrial waste |26  |20  |18       

Solid industrial waste  |3   |8   |11       

Sewage sludge           |17  |17  |15       

Dredged spoil           |100 |101 |138      

All licences are now issued on an annual basis ; until 1988 some solid industrial waste disposals were covered by five-year licences. With the exception of the dredged spoil category virtually all licences issued were renewals of existing licences.

Details of licences issued are maintained by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on a public register.


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Storm Damage

Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will estimate the amount of timber lost in the storm which struck England during October 1987 ; and what is the total cost of the measures taken as a result of the storm.

Mr. Donald Thompson : It is estimated that some 4 million cu. m of timber were blown down in England in the October 1987 storm. The Forestry Commission is expecting to pay in the region of £3 million in supplementary grants for the restocking of woodlands damaged in the storm.

Pesticides

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what advice or recommendations he has received from the working party on pesticide residues on the enforcement of existing, or introduction of new, pesticide regulations, or other legislation, as a means of helping to reduce the use of pesticides against wildlife.

Mr. Donald Thompson : The working party on pesticide residues' remit is to collect and report data on pesticide residues : it does not make recommendations concerning the use or misuse of pesticides, since that is the task of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. I believe that it is for the enforcement authorities to control the misuse of pesticides against wildlife, taking advantage of the improved opportunity for prosecuting those responsible which results from the introduction of the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986.

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his reply of 23 March, Official Report, column 726-27, what advice and recommendations he has received from the advisory committee on pesticides on the enforcement of existing, or the introduction of new, pesticide regulations, or other legislation, as a means of helping to reduce the use of pesticides against wildlife.


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Mr. Donald Thompson : The advisory committee on pesticides has taken the view that enforcement of the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 is a matter for the competent enforcement agencies. The level of misuse of pesticides against wildlife has not suggested the need for additional measures or legislation.

Alar

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many hectares of orchards were sprayed with Alar in 1988 ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Donald Thompson : Under the regular cycle of surveys, data have been collected for 1987 but not for 1988. The 1987 data are now being collated and will be published as soon as possible.

Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the crops on which the chemical Alar is used and the purposes for its use.

Mr. Donald Thompson : From the information available Alar products are currently used as growth regulators on apples, pears, chrysanthemums and other ornamentals, seed potatoes and on field beans for animal consumption.


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Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much Alar was sold in the United Kingdom in 1988 ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Donald Thompson : Such information is not collected by my Department.

EC Budget

Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will bring up to date the information in the reply dated 28 July 1988, Official Report, columns 389-90, concerning the European Community agricultural budget and outturn and the United Kingdom contribution ; and if he will add the forecast up until 1991 as used in the compilation of the forecast in the public expenditure White Paper (Cm 621).

Mr. Donald Thompson : The information requested is set out in the table. The United Kingdom contributes to the budget as a whole rather than to individual components, so the figures shown for the United Kingdom contribution are notional. It is not the Government's practice to produce calendar year forecasts for future years.


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                        |Original budget        |Supplementary budget   |Outturn                |National United Kingdom|United Kingdom receipts|Conversion rota                                

                        |(concluding                                                            |contribution                                                                                   

                        |supplementary budgets)                                                                                                                                                 

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                        |mua                    |mua                    |mua                    |mua                    |mua                    |lmu=£                                          

1973                    |3,263                  |-                      |3,786                  |333                    |152                    |0.416667                                       

1974                    |3,839                  |-                      |3,228                  |355                    |279                    |0.416667                                       

1975                    |4,306                  |-                      |4,914                  |668                    |848                    |0.416667                                       

1976                    |5,490                  |717                    |5,793                  |939                    |517                    |0.416667                                       

1977                    |6,581                  |934                    |6,964                  |1,340                  |422                    |0.416667                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                

                        |mecu                   |mecu                   |mecu                   |mecu                   |mecu                   |lecu=£                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                

1978                    |9,131                  |-                      |9,000                  |1,386                  |480                    |0.663759                                       

1979                    |10,022                 |725                    |10,880                 |1,904                  |593                    |0.649236                                       

1980                    |11,878                 |-                      |11,943                 |2,484                  |941                    |0.805540                                       

1981                    |13,401                 |-1,070                 |11,581                 |2,490                  |1,198                  |0.556891                                       

1982                    |14,533                 |-                      |13,077                 |3,165                  |1,357                  |0.557801                                       

1983                    |14,786                 |1,763                  |16,637                 |3,677                  |1,849                  |0.586581                                       

1984                    |17,288                 |1,848                  |19,092                 |4,166                  |2,244                  |0.583969                                       

1985                    |20,755                 |-                      |20,549                 |4,011                  |2,016                  |0.588051                                       

1986                    |23,104                 |-                      |23,028                 |3,340                  |2,084                  |0.647851                                       

1987<1>                 |24,174                 |-73                    |23,963                 |3,882                  |1,840                  |0.719320                                       

1988<2>                 |29,001                 |-                      |na                     |na                     |na                     |0.662252                                       

1989<3>                 |28,618                 |-                      |na                     |na                     |na                     |0.645161                                       

Source: EC budget, EAGGF financial reports, EC Court of Auditors reports, implementation of the budget reports.                                                                                 

Notes: Before 1978, Community expenditure was expressed in units of account. As this unit had a different basis from the present ecu the figures for 1973-77 are not directly comparable with   

those for later years.                                                                                                                                                                          

<1> Covers expenditure on market support for first 10 months only. In addition the PDB contains 640 mecu for depreciation of old stocks, 800 mecu for reimbursement of butter disposals in      

1987-88 and a monetary reserve of 1,000 mecu.                                                                                                                                                   

<2> Covers expenditure on market support from November 1987 to 15 October 1988. In addition, the budget contains provision of 1,240 mecu for depreciation of old stocks and a monetary reserve  

of 1,000 mecu.                                                                                                                                                                                  

<3> Covers expenditure on market support from 16 October 1989 to 15 October 1989. In addition the PDB contains 640 mecu for depreciation of old stocks, 800 mecu for reimbursement of butter    

disposals in 1987-88 and a monetary reserve of 1,000 mecu.                                                                                                                                      

Insecticides (Cattle)

Mr. Boswell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evidence he has of residues in cattle hides resulting from the use of pour-on insecticides ; and if he has any evidence of any consequential problems for the tannery industry.

Mr. Donald Thompson : Like all veterinary medical products, pour-on insecticides for use on cattle are subject to the licensing requirements of the Medicines Act 1968. A licence is granted only if the company making a product


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can show that it is effective and of good quality and can be used safely. I am not aware of any problems in the tanning industry.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Mental Illness

Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he has as to how many people discharged from mental illness hospitals in


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Northern Ireland in the last year after a main diagnosis of schizophrenia psychoses, having been proved vulnerable boarders, subsequently became voluntary boarders.

Mr. Needham : This information is not available.

Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many local authority residential places are currently available for those discharged from mental illness hospitals in Northern Ireland ; what is the current rate of occupancy ; and what are the projected figures for the next two years.

Mr. Needham : Statutory residential accommodation for the mentally ill in Northern Ireland is provided by the four health and social services boards. On 31 December 1987 the boards' homes and hostels provided 202 places for the mentally ill. The occupancy rate was 73.3 per cent. Information on projected figures for the next two years is not available centrally.

Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many mental illness beds there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years ; and what was the rate of occupancy ; and what is the planned number for the current year.

Mr. Needham : The numbers for each of the last five years for which information is available are as follows :


Year           |Beds          |Occupancy rate               

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1983           |4,732         |79.3                         

1984           |4,599         |78.8                         

1985           |4,478         |81.99                        

1986           |4,330         |79.7                         

1987           |4,163         |80.2                         

The planned number for the current year is not available centrally.

River Roe

Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he intends to extend the European Community salmonid designation to the tributary streams of the River Roe.

Mr. Needham : As explained in my answer of 1 March 1988 at column 524, it is the Department's intention to extend designation of salmonid waters under the European Community directive 78/659/EEC as soon as resources permit. Consideration will then be given to designating the tributary streams of the River Roe together with other eligible rivers in Northern Ireland.

Under-age Drinking

Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the introduction on 22 March 1989 in the Province of an over-18 card by the Federation of the Retail Licensed Trade of Northern Ireland.

Mr. Needham : I welcome the federation's action, which should assist in combating the problem of under-age drinking.


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Pupil-Teacher Ratios

Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the current pupil-teacher ratios for both primary and secondary education in each of the education and library board areas in Northern Ireland.

Dr. Mawhinney : Available information relates to the 1987-88 school year and is as follows :


Education and library |<1>Primary           |<2>Secondary                               

board                                                                                   

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Belfast               |22.6                 |13.9                                       

Western               |23.6                 |15.2                                       

North-Eastern         |23.5                 |14.9                                       

South-Eastern         |23.7                 |15.0                                       

Southern              |24.2                 |15.0                                       

<1>Includes nursery classes in primary schools and preparatory departments of grammar   

schools.                                                                                

<2>Consists of secondary intermediate schools and secondary departments of grammar      

schools.                                                                                

Kincora Boys' Home

Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the reply of 9 March, Official Report, column 1024, to the hon. Member for Brent, East, what is the precise number of other claims for compensation from ex-residents of the Kincora boys' home which are being processed ; and if he will make a statement on the length of time taken to agree such settlements.

Mr. Needham [holding answer 4 April 1989] : In addition to the three claims which have been settled, eight other claims from ex- residents of Kincora boys' home are currently being processed. Settlements are normally the result of negotiations between parties and their legal advisers and I am not privy to them.

Disability

Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the survey of disability in Northern Ireland will take account of the criticisms made by the Disablement Income Group of the surveys undertaken by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in Great Britain ; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Needham [holding answer 14 April 1989] : The study of disability in Northern Ireland is modelled closely on the study carried out in Great Britain by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys so as to facilitate valid comparisons of the findings. As in Great Britain, the views of the Disablement Income Group will be taken into account in considering the findings of the Northern Ireland study.

Anti-terrorist Co-operation (Firearms)

Mr. McCusker : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will state the conditions with regard to the carrying of firearms which have to be observed by police officers from the Republic of Ireland whilst in Northern Ireland for the purpose of discussing anti-terrorist co- operation with their counterparts in the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Mr. Ian Stewart [holding answer 14 April 1989] : A police officer from the Republic of Ireland, like any visitor,


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may not lawfully carry a firearm in Northern Ireland unless he is in possession of the appropriate authorisation from the Chief Constable of the RUC.


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