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have been empty for (i) up to a year and (ii) over a year ; and where these properties are located, by region of the United Kingdom or local authority area.Mr. Cope : The Employment Department group has title, either freehold or leasehold, to 36 residential properties. Of these, one flat in Morden, Surrey has been vacant for more than a year, while major repairs and refurbishment works are carried out. Two houses associated with Letchworth skillcentre, and intended for keyworker staff, have been unoccupied since December 1988.
Sky Television (Work Permits)
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when his Department received applications for work permits from Mr. Pat Mastandrea amd Mr. Gary Davey of Sky Television ; if the applications were successful ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : Details of work permit applications are confidential between this Department and the applicant's employer or his accredited representative.
Foreigners (Employment)
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what criteria have to be satisfied before a non-EC national can obtain employment in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lee : Work permits are issued in respect of a specific post. In general work permits for normal employment are granted only in respect of jobs requiring professional qualifications or administrative, executive or high technical skills for which suitable resident labour is not available. The pay and conditions offered should be at least as good as those offered in the area for similar work and the overseas worker should normally be aged between 23 and 54 years.
Workfare
92. Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received on the subject of workfare schemes.
Mr. Lee [holding answer 18 April 1989] : My right hon. Friend receives, from time to time, representations both for and against the introduction of a workfare scheme in this country.
Publicity Campaigns
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all current publicity campaigns being conducted by or for his Department and the Training Agency, respectively, or ones planned for the first three months of 1989-90, indicating those which involve television advertising and the starting and finishing dates of each campaign.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 19 April 1989] : The current publicity campaigns and those planned by my Department for the first three months of 1989-90 are as follows :
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|c|Employment Department Group
Publicity Campaigns|c|
The Training Agency
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Small Firms
Service
National
Training
Awards
Business growth
Training
Open Learning
Employment
Training
Tourism
Training
YTS
Health and
Safety
Executive
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the present aid projects funded by his Department in the west bank and the Gaza strip ; what have been the projects so aided in each of the preceding five years ; and what has been the cost of each.
Mr. Chris Patten : Over the past five years the Overseas Development Administration's bilateral assistance to the west bank and Gaza has been provided through contributions to projects undertaken by British non- governmental organisations ; by training awards for Palestinians to study in Britain ; and by book presentations to educational institutions. Details are as follows :
|£
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NGO Projects
Order of St. John
Outreach programme based on St. John
opthalmic hospital |450,000 |(1984-85)
Support for surgery, nurses training,
clinical trials |80,000 |(1987-88)
Oxfam
Mennonite central committee land
reclamation and water system
construction |24,539 |(1988)
Bethlehem arab society for the physically
handicapped |26,703 |(1988-90)
Annahda womens association centre for
the mentally handicapped |17,800 |(1988)
Oxfam (ex-progressive action for childhood
education)
Early childhood resource centre |63,042 |(1986-89)
Quaker peace and service
Middle East placement programme |38,194 |(1985-88)
Action around Bethlehem, children with
disability
Water catchment project |23,800 |(1987-88)
Solar energy project |31,300 |(1987-88)
Save the children fund
Resource centre |57,000 |(1988-90)
Physiotherapy training |72,975 |(1988-91)
Rafah sewerage project |44,600 |(1987)
Cooperation for development
Small enterprise revolving credit funding
programme |576,700 |(1987-88)
Women's education and training
programme |45,550 |(1985-88)
Gaza enterprise training scheme |28,816 |(1987-88)
Universities educational fund for
Palestinian refugees (UNIPAL)
English language teaching project |37,000 |(1984-89)
War on want
Zabadeh early childhood resource centre |58,636 |(1988-89)
Abasan biscuit factory project |20,920 |(1988)
Appropriate health resources technologies
group (AHRTAG)
Bir Zeit community health unit |6,348 |(1988)
Y care international
Relief for victims of the uprising,
dependants, and training |53,000 |(1987-89)
British Red Cross-ICRC
Provision of tents for emergency housing |38,000 |(1988)
World vision of Europe
Emergency relief to dependants of victims
of the uprising |24,000 |(1988)
Requests from NGOs for additional funds amounting to over £1 million are
under consideration.
1984-85 |1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Training programme
65,000 |110,000|127,000|285,000|165,000
Book presentation programme
5,000 |5,000 |5,000 |5,000 |5,000
The United Kingdom also provides support through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees. In each year from 1984 to 1987 £5 million was contributed directly, increasing to £5.2 million in 1988. £5.5 million is being provided in 1989.
The United Kingdom contributes to the European Community programme for the west bank and Gaza. In 1987 and 1988 about £0.4 million a year was attributable to the United Kingdom. Of the Community's contribution to UNRWA about £3 million in each of the two years was attributable to the United Kingdom.
WALES
Agricultural Pollution
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many farms in Wales were visited by his staff and advised about methods of controlling agricultural pollution in each of the last five years.
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Mr. Peter Walker : Information on the number of farms visited to provide advice on pollution control is not available. The Agricultural Development and Advisory Service takes every opportunity to discuss pollution control measures in the course of farm visits made for other purposes, and provides advice free.
Human Rights
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many representations he has received about the denial of human rights in Wales ; and which organisations made these representations.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information is not available. The question of human rights can be interpreted as covering an extremely wide range of issues for which my Department is responsible. Some representations received from both organisations and individuals, may raise allegations of denials of human rights. No central record is kept of such representations or of the organisations making them.
Teachers' Salaries
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how teacher salary costs are calculated in Wales for the local management formula for primary schools in the calculation of school budgets.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : Under local management of schools primary schools budgets will be determined by a formula based largely on age-weighted pupil numbers. At least 75 per cent. of the resources so distributed must be in proportion to age-weighted pupil numbers. In deciding how heavily to weight each age of pupils, LEAs will need to make assumptions about teaching costs for each age group. These assumptions will be based on average teacher salaries. However, Welsh Office circular 36/88 recognises that in the case of small schools there may be variations between the actual teaching costs and the LEA's average costs, due to teachers' position on the main scale and the incidence of salary safeguarding. LEAs may therefore adjust schools' budgets to reflect this factor. In general, however, the degree of protection should be tapered according to the size of school, so that budget shares of larger schools are not adjusted.
Equal Opportunities
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively, and overall in his Department are (a) women and (b) members of ethnic minorities.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information is as follows :
(a) (b)
Women Members of ethnic
minorities
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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Grade 1 |- |- |- |-
Grade 2 |- |- |- |-
Grade 3 |- |- |- |-
Grade 4 |1 |20.0 |- |-
Grade 5 |5" |10.0 |- |-
Grade 6 |17" |19.0 |1 |1.0
Grade 7 |13 |9.5 |1 |0.7
Department total |987 |46.0 |20 |0.9
Notes:
1. As at 1 January 1989.
2. The grade categories shown include equivalent professional grades.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when his Department last conducted a survey of the ethnic origin of its employees ; when it next plans to do so ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : My Department carried out a survey of the ethnic origin of its employees in May 1988. The ethnic origin of all new entrants is known and I have no present plans for another survey.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he has taken to recruit members of ethnic minorities in top grades of employment at his Department.
Mr. Peter Walker : My Department is an equal opportunity employer. It gives equal consideration, regardless of colour, race, ethnic or national origins, to all candidates in its promotion and recruitment procedures. This applies to all levels of management.
Local Government Staff
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were (a) working in local government in Wales, and (b) working in the different occupational categories in local government in Wales in 1979, 1985 and each subsequent year.
Mr. Grist : The information requested is published in table 47 of "Welsh Local Governmental Financial Statistics No. 12, 1988", copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Water Industry Staff
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were working in the water industry in Wales in 1979, 1985 and each subsequent year.
Mr. Grist : The number of people working in the water industry in Wales is not available in the exact form requested. Figures are available for the Welsh water authority's area of supply and those people employed by the Wrexham and East Denbighshire water company and the Chester water company. These are detailed in the following table :
|c|Manpower (Full-time equivalent employees as at 31 March 1988)|c|
|Welsh water authority|Wrexham and East |Chester Waterworks
|Denbighshire |Company
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1979 |5,594 |150 |89
1985 |4,709 |131 |85
1986 |4,746 |121 |84
1987 |4,845 |119 |80
1988 |4,618 |113 |78
Education (Staff)
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were working (a) in education and (b) the different occupational categories in education in Wales in 1979, 1985 and each subsequent year.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : Information for the maintained sector is given in "Welsh Local Government Financial
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Statistics, No. 12, 1988" (table 47) copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Directly comparable figures for the independent sector are not available.Departmental Staff
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were working (a) in the Welsh Office, and (b) in the different occupational categories in the Welsh Office in 1979, 1985 and each subsequent year.
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Mr. Peter Walker : The number of permanent staff working in my Department in 1979, 1985 and each subsequent year and their occupational categories are set out in the following table. Direct comparisons between individual occupational categories after 1986 are however not possible since in following years they were affected by changes arising from the introduction of unified grading and the expansion of the open structure.
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Year |Senior open structure|Administration and |Professional grades |Support grades |Industrial grades |Total
|clerical
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1979 |17 |1,596.0 |345.5 |472.5 |168.0 |2,599
1985 |13 |1,432.0 |297.5 |399.0 |127.5 |2,269
1986 |14 |1,471.5 |288.5 |388.5 |120.5 |2,283
Year |Senior open structure|Open structure |Administration and |Professional grades |Support grades |Industrial grades |Total
|clerical
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1987 |17 |232.0 |1,319.5 |170.5 |387.0 |119.0 |2,245
1988 |17 |235.5 |1,312.0 |166.0 |359.5 |114.0 |2,204
1989 |17 |229.5 |1,298.5 |164.5 |349.0 |107.5 |2,166
Baglan Road
Mr. John Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the design load of that part of the road from Baglan to the point of the road over the bridge at the roundabout for Swansea or Carmarthen ; and whether it has been exceeded in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The existing road is heavily loaded, but no single traffic capacity figure is available since that depends on many factors, especially junctions. Delays tend to occur particularly at peak periods at Baglan roundabout, but work will start shortly on a scheme to alleviate this. Further relief will be achieved with the completion of the final section of the M4 in 1994.
Bathing Water
Mr. Speller : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the sewerage outfalls from Wales into the Bristol channel, together with industrial discharges ; and whether he has made any assessment of how many more outlets can be allowed before the water quality off south Wales and north Devon would require the European Community to take legal action over the failure of many beaches to meet European Community bathing water standards.
Mr. Grist : Sewerage outfalls from Wales direct to the Bristol channel are listed in the following table. Information on industrial discharges, which are the responsibility of the Welsh water authority, is not centrally available.
Cardiff Western
Barry East New
Barry West Town
Rhoose East
Rhoose West
West Aberthaw
Llantwit Major
Penybont
Newton Point
Irongate
Afan
Baglan
Mumbles Head
Bishopston
Southgate
Oxwich
Overton
Rhossili
Saundersfoot
Tenby
Manorbier
Stackpole
No such assessment as suggested by my hon. Friend is needed. I refer him to my reply of 10 April at column 382.
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Red Kites
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many red kites have been found dead in mid-Wales during each of the past three years ; what has been the cause of death in each case ; and how many prosecutions for the use of illegal poison have been taken out in the same period.
Mr. Grist : The Department is involved only if red kites are suspected of dying from pesticide poisoning. In 1986, there were three such incidents in mid-Wales, each involving one red kite. In one case the cause of death was not established. In the other two cases the insecticide Fenthion was indentified as the cause of death and although circumstances suggested its illegal use as a poison, this could not be cofirmed. There were no cases recorded in 1987 or 1988. So far this year there have been two incidents involving two and four birds respectively and these cases are still under investigation. There have been no prosecutions in Wales for illegal poisoning of red kites since the beginning of 1986.
Post-Chernobyl Restrictions
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of farms, number of sheep and number of acres subject of post-Chernobyl restrictions as at February ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : Approximately 416 holdings, 300,000 sheep and 210,000 acres. Restrictions will be lifted as soon as it is possible to do so without compromising food safety.
Housing
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) the number of dwellings owned, (b) the number of dwellings built, (c) the number of dwellings sold and (d) the number of dwellings purchased from the private sector, in each year since 1980 by each housing authority in Wales.
Mr. Grist [holding answer 11 April 1989] : The information requested is given in the following tables :
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|c|(a) Estimates of local authority or New Town owned stock at 1 April<1>|c|
|1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987
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Aberconwy |4,020 |4,151 |3,718 |3,420 |3,450 |3,270 |3,227 |3,139
Alyn and Deeside |6,135 |5,944 |5,730 |5,647 |5,658 |5,619 |5,573 |5,503
Arfon |5,998 |5,979 |5,643 |5,515 |5,422 |5,358 |5,304 |5,237
Blaenau Gwent |11,405 |11,673 |11,629 |11,629 |11,301 |11,123 |11,012 |10,871
Brecknock |3,838 |3,894 |3,509 |3,337 |3,264 |3,172 |3,095 |3,019
Cardiff |24,600 |25,238 |25,009 |23,644 |23,408 |23,189 |22,551 |21,776
Carmarthen |4,142 |4,116 |3,926 |3,827 |3,818 |3,779 |3,740 |3,711
Ceredigion |4,122 |4,119 |3,954 |3,751 |3,786 |3,758 |3,700 |3,662
Colwyn |3,128 |3,143 |3,092 |3,010 |2,998 |2,939 |2,877 |2,821
Cynon Valley |6,371 |6,521 |6,217 |5,815 |5,804 |5,763 |5,699 |5,596
Delyn |6,193 |5,896 |5,519 |5,285 |5,252 |5,161 |5,088 |4,992
Dinefwr |3,035 |3,104 |3,005 |2,880 |2,821 |2,846 |2,795 |2,755
Dwyfor |1,681 |1,710 |1,634 |1,562 |1,535 |1,510 |1,490 |1,484
Glyndwr |3,969 |3,977 |3,801 |3,501 |3,419 |3,343 |3,284 |3,217
Islwyn |8,988 |9,070 |8,804 |7,468 |7,148 |7,003 |6,858 |6,667
Llanelli |9,516 |9,504 |9,010 |8,375 |8,009 |7,702 |7,626 |7,529
Lliw Valley |6,020 |6,210 |6,065 |5,651 |5,607 |5,536 |5,547 |5,458
Meirionnydd |2,687 |2,732 |2,669 |2,388 |2,362 |2,320 |2,259 |2,203
Merthyr Tydfil |8,389 |8,619 |8,356 |7,952 |7,808 |7,695 |7,541 |7,357
Monmouth |6,282 |6,034 |5,943 |5,641 |5,567 |5,452 |5,388 |5,351
Montgomery<2> |5,085 |5,248 |4,928 |4,688 |4,575 |4,624 |4,626 |4,503
Neath |7,454 |7,560 |7,014 |6,660 |6,508 |6,385 |6,190 |6,096
Newport |15,711 |15,685 |15,357 |14,989 |14,507 |14,340 |14,020 |13,839
Ogwr |12,916 |13,087 |12,820 |11,769 |11,376 |11,141 |10,892 |10,613
Port Talbot (Afan) |9,042 |9,014 |8,782 |8,260 |7,682 |7,381 |7,115 |6,834
Preseli |7,327 |7,335 |6,783 |6,544 |6,377 |6,278 |6,286 |6,200
Radnor |1,519 |1,548 |1,459 |1,370 |1,281 |1,286 |1,268 |1,262
Rhondda |5,255 |5,428 |5,395 |5,240 |5,217 |5,291 |5,234 |5,153
Rhuddlan |3,131 |3,201 |3,097 |3,016 |2,900 |2,897 |2,907 |2,905
Rhymney Valley |12,635 |12,895 |12,378 |11,667 |11,292 |11,089 |10,920 |10,641
South Pembrokeshire |3,677 |3,635 |3,487 |3,348 |3,216 |3,166 |3,112 |3,072
Swansea |19,863 |19,996 |19,630 |19,261 |19,164 |19,048 |18,788 |18,554
Taff-Ely |10,066 |10,058 |9,815 |9,405 |9,198 |8,932 |8,609 |8,356
Torfaen<3> |18,496 |19,014 |17,589 |16,074 |15,524 |15,092 |14,787 |14,559
Vale of Glamorgan |8,693 |8,405 |8,074 |7,701 |7,449 |7,203 |7,105 |6,927
Wrexham Maelor |17,949 |18,060 |17,556 |17,125 |17,017 |16,941 |16,857 |16,666
Ynys Mo{circumflex}n |6,455 |6,659 |6,397 |6,196 |6,155 |6,180 |6,087 |6,037
Wales |295,793|298,462|287,794|273,611|267,875|263,812|259,457|254,565
<1>Estimates for the years 1981 to 1985 have been revised since previous publication.
<2>Includes New Town dwellings in Newtown.
<3>Includes New Town dwellings in Cwmbran.
|c|(b) Number of dwellings built by local authorities or New Towns|c|
|1980-81 |1981-82 |1982-83 |1983-84 |1984-85 |1985-86 |1986-87 |1987-88
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Aberconwy |104 |19 |0 |38 |0 |20 |0 |0
Alyn and Deeside |35 |35 |58 |78 |39 |30 |33 |49
Arfon |17 |29 |40 |0 |34 |3 |0 |18
Blaenau Gwent |230 |291 |60 |0 |73 |5 |0 |27
Brecknock |40 |0 |36 |32 |0 |12 |0 |25
Cardiff |482 |368 |213 |273 |353 |48 |0 |6
Carmarthen |85 |57 |80 |91 |65 |6 |35 |26
Ceredigion |90 |81 |76 |64 |101 |0 |41 |43
Colwyn |126 |40 |0 |50 |24 |0 |18 |0
Cynon Valley |24 |0 |14 |0 |40 |0 |0 |25
Delyn |48 |0 |7 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Dinefwr |57 |42 |17 |7 |71 |0 |34 |32
Dwyfor |17 |16 |6 |5 |0 |9 |4 |0
Glyndwr |27 |102 |51 |13 |0 |0 |0 |0
Islwyn |26 |119 |44 |55 |34 |21 |40 |64
Llanelli |58 |54 |44 |24 |0 |67 |73 |37
Lliw Valley |155 |150 |40 |88 |115 |11 |34 |33
Meirionnydd |38 |45 |37 |12 |12 |0 |0 |0
Merthyr Tydfil |228 |96 |12 |11 |5 |0 |0 |4
Monmouth |93 |86 |0 |101 |99 |38 |74 |15
Montgomery<1> |53 |99 |67 |8 |95 |48 |16 |26
Neath |73 |40 |26 |57 |68 |16 |28 |38
Newport |167 |282 |83 |54 |154 |93 |93 |97
Ogwr |140 |218 |46 |22 |77 |109 |44 |55
Port Talbot (Afan) |0 |24 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Preseli |64 |17 |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |39
Radnor |30 |20 |20 |31 |38 |10 |14 |0
Rhondda |155 |132 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Rhuddlan |57 |31 |59 |20 |51 |24 |44 |41
Rhymney Valley |183 |97 |56 |107 |51 |37 |0 |0
South Pembrokeshire |41 |0 |0 |6 |21 |0 |0 |0
Swansea |58 |93 |116 |20 |94 |57 |15 |14
Taff-Ely |173 |86 |69 |124 |39 |0 |32 |50
Torfaen<2> |274 |176 |121 |213 |199 |44 |106 |20
Vale of Glamorgan |119 |74 |73 |0 |38 |0 |36 |3
Wrexham Maelor |40 |104 |69 |62 |61 |70 |7 |55
Ynys Mon |200 |62 |36 |35 |91 |20 |25 |22
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Wales |3,807 |3,185 |1,676 |1,701 |2,142 |798 |857 |864
|c|(c) Number of dwellings sold by local authorities or New Towns|c|
|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88
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Aberconwy |0 |297 |400 |145 |84 |82 |87 |81
Alyn and Deeside |253 |225 |141 |73 |65 |76 |103 |137
Arfon |4 |357 |176 |112 |93 |65 |72 |63
Blaenau Gwent |9 |340 |323 |160 |92 |108 |153 |171
Brecknock |0 |396 |152 |120 |108 |90 |99 |92
Cardiff |11 |475 |1,604 |651 |566 |611 |775 |591
Carmarthen |123 |263 |167 |103 |102 |59 |74 |79
Ceredigion |54 |221 |258 |128 |83 |57 |79 |74
Colwyn |75 |97 |77 |67 |54 |66 |74 |75
Cynon Valley |0 |249 |317 |104 |90 |76 |103 |124
Delyn |358 |326 |256 |76 |55 |65 |96 |129
Dinefwr |0 |128 |140 |64 |44 |52 |74 |76
Dwyfor |0 |85 |80 |37 |23 |27 |15 |13
Glyndwr |4 |229 |285 |99 |75 |63 |67 |63
Islwyn |0 |326 |1,304 |405 |212 |175 |233 |263
Llanelli |31 |618 |530 |479 |293 |159 |171 |206
Lliw Valley |0 |278 |447 |123 |79 |117 |129 |145
Meirionnydd |0 |116 |227 |109 |61 |57 |56 |52
Merthyr Tydfil |0 |317 |387 |165 |115 |167 |185 |216
Monmouth |147 |240 |251 |181 |166 |140 |129 |193
Montgomery<1> |0 |414 |267 |120 |74 |84 |133 |155
Neath |4 |603 |361 |125 |123 |124 |146 |200
Newport |98 |628 |489 |414 |355 |341 |275 |277
Ogwr |0 |440 |1,073 |401 |348 |318 |325 |382
Port Talbot (Afan) |14 |231 |537 |521 |293 |280 |281 |295
Preseli |33 |570 |281 |158 |111 |104 |100 |122
Radnor |0 |112 |114 |94 |29 |28 |23 |45
Rhondda |0 |127 |65 |40 |22 |55 |81 |59
Rhuddlan |3 |120 |139 |129 |61 |30 |46 |85
Rhymney Valley |1 |530 |820 |383 |246 |196 |274 |260
South Pembrokeshire |99 |62 |134 |136 |55 |45 |40 |67
Swansea |17 |336 |468 |219 |156 |207 |254 |381
Taff-Ely |15 |452 |457 |462 |261 |266 |293 |377
Torfaen<2> |331 |1,072 |1,561 |741 |694 |486 |334 |317
Vale of Glamorgan |452 |370 |422 |298 |212 |207 |223 |195
Wrexham Maelor |0 |530 |497 |161 |138 |154 |199 |188
Ynys Mon |0 |277 |270 |89 |57 |96 |75 |65
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Wales |2,136 |12,457 |15,477 |7,892 |5,695 |5,333 |5,876 |6,313
<1> Includes sales of New Town dwellings in Newtown.
<2> Includes sales of New Town dwellings in Cwmbran.
|c|(d) Number of dwellings purchased by local authorities or New Towns<1>|c|
|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88
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Aberconwy |0 |0 |1 |1 |2 |4 |0 |2
Alyn and Deeside |0 |2 |6 |5 |2 |3 |0 |0
Arfon |7 |0 |3 |11 |2 |5 |5 |2
Blaenau Gwent |0 |0 |2 |2 |0 |0 |12 |22
Brecknock |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |14 |15
Cardiff |0 |1 |0 |1 |0 |3 |4 |3
Carmarthen |5 |1 |1 |2 |7 |3 |11 |3
Ceredigion |0 |1 |0 |4 |2 |2 |0 |0
Colwyn |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Cynon Valley |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Delyn |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |1
Dinefwr |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Dwyfor |2 |0 |1 |4 |1 |4 |5 |7
Glyndwr |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0
Islwyn |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |4 |2 |2
Llanelli |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0
Lliw Valley |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |6 |5
Meirionnydd |7 |1 |1 |4 |2 |0 |0 |2
Merthyr Tydfil |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |62 |0
Monmouth |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |18 |12
Montgomery |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2
Neath |3 |8 |9 |9 |1 |22 |29 |25
Newport |19 |19 |2 |2 |1 |61 |68 |40
Ogwr |0 |0 |1 |2 |2 |16 |21 |47
Port Talbot (Afan) |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0
Preseli |7 |4 |5 |3 |2 |7 |3 |0
Radnor |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |3
Rhondda |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1
Rhuddlan |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |1
Rhymney Valley |0 |0 |2 |0 |3 |0 |8 |79
South Pembrokeshire |1 |0 |0 |0 |1 |2 |0 |0
Swansea |0 |0 |5 |4 |0 |1 |4 |9
Taff-Ely |4 |0 |2 |3 |0 |8 |9 |1
Torfaen |1 |3 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0
Vale of Glamorgan |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |1 |9 |3
Wrexham Maelor |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0
Ynys Mon |4 |1 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0
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Wales |60 |43 |45 |64 |30 |157 |295 |287
<1>Figures since 1985-86 include re-purchases under Part XVI of the Housing Act 1985.
SCOTLAND
Vehicle Lessees (Protection)
Mr. Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will seek to introduce legislation giving protection to lessees of motor vehicles in Scotland similar to that provided for lessees in England under the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1983.
Mr. Forth : I have been asked to reply.
The Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission recommended in their report on the sale and supply of goods (Law Com. No. 160, Scot. Law Com. No. 104, Cm. 137) that the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 be extended to Scotland. This would give statutory protection to lessees of motor vehicles in Scotland, particularly in respect of implied terms as to quality and fitness for purpose. The Government have announced their support for the Law Commission's recommendations and the intention to legislate at an appropriate opportunity.
Waste Disposal at Sea
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. Michael Forsyth : The number of licences issued by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland under part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 is as follows :--
|1986|1987|1988
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Marine Incineration |0 |0 |0
Liquid Industrial Waste |0 |0 |0
Solid Industrial Waste |2 |1 |3
Sewage Sludge |2 |2 |2
Dredged Spoil |24 |32 |25
All licences are issued on an annual basis. Details of licences issued are maintained by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland on a public register.
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Internal Market
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the total value to the latest available full year of public sector contracts in Scotland of a character which will make them open to Communitywide bidding as part of the creation of the internal market.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : No assessment has been made because information is not held centrally on Scottish public sector contracts. The cost of establishing a means of assessing the value of public contracts in Scotland to be opened to Communitywide bidding would not be justified.
Electoral Registers
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the reasons why the sale of the electoral register is allowed ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 1986 provide for the publication and supply of the electoral register, including the sale of copies at a prescribed fee. These provisions reflect the fact that the electoral register is a public document which requires to be widely circulated for electoral purposes ; and the conclusion that its use by commercial organisations could not effectively be prevented, but that a charge for such use should be made.
Eggs
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that eggs imported into Scotland will have been subjected to equally rigorous egg production and hygiene regulations as eggs produced in Scotland.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I refer the hon. Member to the reply by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 4 April to the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. Davies). Eggs are not normally imported directly into Scotland from other EC member states.
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Fire Prevention (Cigarettes)
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his response to the suggestion by the chief inspector of fire services for Scotland that the production of fire-proof cigarettes should be considered as an aid to reducing household fires.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I noted the comments made by Her Majesty's chief inspector of fire services for Scotland in his 1987 annual report on the research that was carried out in the United States on safer cigarettes. That research took the form of a technical study which is the subject of further research. I welcome appropriate steps that can be taken to reduce the loss of life through fire in the home. At present my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whose Department takes the lead in this area of consumer safety, is monitoring further research on the American technical study. I propose to review the matter when the results of this further research are available, probably in 1990.
Post-Chernobyl Restrictions
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of farms, number of sheep and number of acres subject to post-Chernobyl restrictions as at February ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A total of 69 farms, some 64,000 sheep and about 66,000 acres were subject to post-Chernobyl restrictions in February.
Bute House
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what liability for poll tax exists in respect of his official residence at Bute house in Edinburgh.
Mr. Lang : I refer the hon. Member to the reply to the hon. Member for Leith (Mr. Brown) on 5 April 1989.
Preparatory Schools
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will announce the names of the preparatory schools to be included in the assisted places scheme in the 1989-90 session and the amount of fee remission grant to be allocated to them.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have decided to admit 16 preparatory schools to the scheme in the 1989-90 school session and details including the fee remission grant are shown in the table. The inclusion of these schools in the scheme widens significantly the type of school available to less well- off families who could not have previously contemplated sending their children to such schools.
School |£
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Aberlour House School, Moray |17,000
Ardvreck School, Crieff |3,000
Beaconhurst Grange School, Bridge of Allan |12,000
Belhaven Hill School, Dunbar |6,000
Blairmore School, Huntly |9,000
Butterstone House School, Dunkeld |3,000
Cargilfield School, Edinburgh |17,000
Clifton Hall School, Midlothian |15,000
Craigclowan Preparatory School, Perth |11,000
Crawfordton House School, Dumfreisshire |15,000
Croftinloan School, Pitlochry |14,000
Drumley House School, Ayrshire |14,000
Lathallan School, Montrose |15,000
New Park School, St. Andrews |14,000
Park Lodge School, Helensburgh |5,000
St. Mary's School, Melrose |13,000
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Total |183,000
Items in Lieu of Tax
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if any items have been accepted in lieu of tax since he last made an announcement to Parliament.
Mr. Rifkind : Further to my statement of 11 May 1988 at column 128 I am pleased to announce that the following items have been accepted in lieu of tax :
|c|Amount of tax satisfied|c|
Item |£
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Two Marble Busts by Louis Francois Roubiliac |353,855
Two Portraits by Angelica Kauffmann |34,100
Painting by El Greco, known as "Fabula". |947,136.88
The Roubiliac busts have been formally allocated to the national museums of Scotland but will remain on public display in situ at Mellerstain house in Berwickshire. In accordance with the conditions upon which the other items were offered, the Kauffmann portraits and the El Greco "Fabula" have been allocated to the national galleries of Scotland. The acceptance of the El Greco, which was made possible by a call on the reserve in accordance with the arrangements agreed in July 1985, followed the precedent set by the acceptance of Picasso's "Weeping Woman" in that the national galleries of Scotland agreed to pay the owner the difference (£1,152,861) between the tax liability to be satisfied and the "special price" of £2.1 million.
PRIME MINISTER
Mr. Charles Powell and Mr. Bernard Ingham
Q100. Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister whether she will transfer Mr. Charles Powell and Mr. Bernard Ingham to other posts in the Civil Service ; and if she will make a statement.
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