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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 21 April 1989
TRANSPORT
Vehicle Registration Numbers
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 22 March, Official Report, column 595, if he will describe the circumstances in which he allows the police access to the vehicle registration numbers in his possession in order to trace the owner of a particular vehicle ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : Regulation 15 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 1971 requires the Secretary of State to supply to the police, free of charge, such particulars as may be requested of any vehicle contained in the DVLC vehicle register. In practice the police national computer contains a register of vehicles and keepers including much of the information on the DVLC record, from which it is updated on a daily basis. Other vehicles information available to DVLC is provided to the police on request.
Regulation 15, which permits the release of this information takes precedence over the Data Protection Act 1984 provisions. Section 34(1) of that Act exempts the data held by this Department which is required to be made available by other enactments. Notwithstanding this exemption the DVLC has registered its computer data under the the Data Protection Act 1984 and adheres closely to the data protection principles.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of Transport, pursuant to his answer of 22 March, Official Report, column 595, if he will describe the circumstances in which the police or security services could have access to the vehicle registration numbers collected by Autoguide or similar traffic systems ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The operation of a driver information system which was licensed under the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Bill would have to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984. Sections 27 and 28 of the Act are concerned with national security and with crime and taxation.
Vehicles (East Sussex)
Mr. Rathbone : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles in each band of excise duty are registered at addresses in East Sussex.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : At the December 1988 census there were 313, 279 licensed vehicles registered in East Sussex. These are analysed by tax class groups as follows :
|Number
--------------------------------------------------------------
Private and Light Goods |280,024
Motorcycles, Scooters etc |12,172
Farmers Goods |580
General Goods |6,802
Exempt Vehicles (Emergency services,
specialist road construction etc) |3,862
Exempt Vehicles
(limited mileage on public roads section 7(1)
Vehicle Excise Act) |260
Electric Vehicles |224
Hackney (taxis, buses) |1,560
Others |4,370
Unlicensed (used on private roads) |3,425
TSG and Capital Allocations
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he proposes to make any additional allocations for 1989-90 in respect of TSG and capital allocations.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The amount of transport supplementary grant payable to local highway authorities for 1989-90 was determined at the time of the annual settlement. It cannot be changed.
Capital allocations for roads in 1989-90 have also been settled. However, supplementary capital allocations may be made if any of the resources earmarked for a highway project of national or regional importance, or for other local transport projects, are not in the event needed. It is too soon to say if there are likely to be such supplementary allocations this year.
Channel Tunnel
Mr. Speed : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the original forecast dates for improvements to trunk roads and local authority roads in connection with the Channel tunnel in Kent and East Sussex ; and what is the latest revised forecast completion dates.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : It is not the Department's practice generally to give forecast completion dates for trunk road schemes in preparation since they are subject to the satisfactory completion of statutory procedures and detailed design. We have the Channel tunnel in mind in our planning and we aim to complete the major improvements in Kent and East Sussex as soon as possible.
The Maidstone to Ashford section of the M20 motorway is under construction. It is due for completion by mid-1991.
Local authority roads are the responsibility of Kent and East Sussex county councils.
M25
Mr. Speed : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people have been killed and seriously injured on the M25 over the last 12 months.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : Too many.
Provisional figures for the 12 months December 1987 to November 1988 show that there were 28 people killed and 130 seriously injured on the M25 motorway. More recent figures are not yet available.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Equal Opportunities
Mr. Janner : To ask the Attorney-General how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and
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7 respectively, and overall in the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's Department respectively, are (a) women and (b) members of ethnic minorities.The Attorney-General : The table shows the number and percentage of women in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's Department.
Lord Chancellor's Treasury Solicitor's
Department Department
Grade |Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
------------------------------------------------------------------
1 |0 |0 |0 |0
2 |0 |0 |0 |0
3 |0 |0 |1 |10
4 |0 |0 |0 |0
5 |2 |7.1 |3 |7.7
6 |14 |25.5 |16 |29.6
7 |27 |21.3 |8 |20.0
A total of 5.6 per cent. of respondents to a survey of ethnic origins carried out in the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1988 were members of ethnic minority groups ; the number of respondents in grades 1 to 7 is insufficient to provide reliable figures. Two officers at grade 6, representing 3.7 per cent., and three officers at grade 7, representing 7.5 per cent. of staff at those grades in the Treasury Solicitor's Department are members of ethnic minority groups.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Attorney-General when the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's 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.
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The Attorney-General : The Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's Department completed the surveys of the ethnic origin of their employees in 1988, and continue to monitor the ethnic origin of all recruits to the Departments.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Attorney-General what steps he has taken to recruit members of ethnic minorities in top grades of employment at the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's Department.
The Attorney-General : The Civil Service Commission recruits by fair and open competition all staff graded executive officer and above. Thereafter, promotion is dependent upon performance in the grade and consideration of the officer's ability to perform the duties of the higher grade through Departmental procedures designed to test these criteria. The Civil Service is an equal opportunities employer and the ethnic origin of the officer plays no part in recruitment or promotion procedures.
Legal Aid
Mr. McCusker : To ask the Attorney-General how much has been paid each year in Northern Ireland during the past 10 years from the legal aid fund ; and how many Queen's counsel, junior counsel and solicitors have received such payments in each year.
The Attorney-General : The figures for payments out of the legal aid fund for each of the financial years from 1978-79 to 1987-88 for each category of legal aid are as follows :
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|Solicitors' fees|Counsels' fees |Disbursements |Total
|£ |£ |£ |£
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1978-79 |593,773 |334,672 |151,142 |1,079,587
1979-80 |863,589 |486,749 |219,822 |1,570,160
1980-81 |1,209,249 |659,971 |284,143 |2,153,363
1981-82 |1,091,013 |638,138 |283,910 |2,013,061
1982-83 |1,606,005 |645,793 |389,173 |2,640,971
1983-84 |2,603,707 |1,365,494 |646,844 |4,616,045
1984-85 |2,221,995 |1,193,056 |608,699 |4,023,750
1985-86 |2,494,360 |1,776,113 |772,643 |5,043,116
1986-87 |2,450,505 |1,538,623 |756,001 |4,745,129
1987-88 |2,907,512 |1,631,829 |799,600 |5,338,941
|----- |----- |----- |-----
Totals |18,041,708 |10,270,438 |4,911,977 |33,224,123
|c|Legal aid in civil proceedings|c|
|Solicitors' and Counsels'|Disbursements |Total
|fees
|£ |£ |£
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1978-79 |200,952 |49,296 |250,248
1979-80 |247,740 |68,552 |316,292
1980-81 |388,026 |51,338 |439,364
1981-82 |343,472 |112,240 |455,712
1982-83 |388,300 |150,842 |539,142
1983-84 |468,294 |209,513 |677,807
1984-85 |542,362 |228,372 |770,734
1985-86 |951,040 |360,727 |1,311,767
1986-87 |1,167,262 |435,749 |1,603,011
1987-88 |1,217,467 |489,326 |1,706,793
|------- |------- |-------
Totals |5,914,915 |2,155,955 |8,070,870
|c|Legal advice and
assistance|c|
|Total £
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1978-79 |30,640
1979-80 |96,249
1980-81 |170,097
1981-82 |214,980
1982-83 |312,025
1983-84 |384,548
1984-85 |477,251
1985-86 |732,313
1986-87 |806,432
1987-88 |1,212,649
|-------
Total |4,443,184
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|c|Assistance by way of representation|c|
|Solicitors' fees £|Counsels' Fees £ |Total £
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1980-81<1> |12,683 |2,690 |15,373
1981-1982 |177,694 |37,692 |215,386
1982-1983 |334,772 |70,829 |405,601
1983-1984 |408,666 |89,921 |498,587
1984-1985 |350,593 |82,961 |433,554
1985-1986 |525,998 |119,056 |645,054
1986-1987 |755,986 |162,634 |918,620
1987-1988 |757,215 |161,247 |918,462
|--- |--- |---
Totals |3,323,607 |727,030 |4,050,637
<1> This scheme commenced in November 1980.
Total expenditure over the period=£49,788,814.
Information on the number of Queen's counsel, junior counsel an solicitors who have received
payments in each of the years is not readily available and could be provided only at
disproportionate cost.
Frederick Andrews
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Attorney-General what information he has as to why the Official Solicitor in Northern Ireland refuses to make available copies of the financial records of Frederick Andrews, 1978 No. 516, to his family ; and what information he has on the alleged mismanagement of the affairs of mental patient Frederick Andrews, 1978 No. 516, since he was placed under the Care and Protection Office.
The Attorney-General : I refer the hon. Member to my earlier replies to him about this case on 25 February 1988, at columns 257-59. It would not be appropriate for me to comment further on this case.
Baby C
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Attorney-General if he has any plans to arrange for a full investigation into the public interest implications of the case heard recently by Mr. Justice Ward in the family division of the High Court in Leeds relating to the treatment of baby C ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : The Lord Chancellor is having inquiries made into the background to these proceedings, including obtaining a copy of any judgment, and will consider what implications there may be.
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Attorney-General if he will call for a report from the Official Solicitor into the public interest implications of the recent handling in the Leeds High Court of the case on behalf of baby C.
The Attorney-General : It is not part of the Official Solicitor's normal functions to report on the public interest implications of an individual case in which he is involved. The Lord Chancellor is, however, having inquiries made into the background of these proceedings, including obtaining a copy of any judgment, and will consider what implications there may be.
Wards of Court
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Attorney-General on how many occasions over the last 12 months for which figures are available the medical evidence submitted in proceedings in the High Court in Leeds in cases pertaining to the medical treatment of wards of court has been withheld from the public and the media.
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The Attorney-General : The information requested is not available but generally it is the practice for the courts hearing wardship cases to sit in private.
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Attorney-General on how many occasions over the last 12 months for which figures are available proceedings in the High Court in Leeds pertaining to the medical treatment of wards of court have been held in camera.
The Attorney-General : This information is not available but the general practice of the courts is to hear wardship cases in private.
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Attorney-General if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Official Solicitor routinely seeks a second medical opinion when he is acting on behalf of minors who are wards of court in proceedings pertaining to their access to medical treatment.
The Attorney-General : Where an independent medical report is needed in relation to wardship proceedings in which the Official Solicitor is acting as the ward's guardian ad litem, subject to the court's permission he routinely obtains one.
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Attorney-General if he has any plans to request a report from Mr. Justice Ward of the family division of the Leeds High Court into the public interest implications of his reported decision to instruct doctors to treat a ward of court to die.
The Attorney-General : No. The exercise of the wardship jurisdiction is a judicial function and it would not therefore be appropriate for any member of the Government to ask a judge to report to him on any aspect of his decision in an individual case. The Lord Chancellor is, however, having inquiries made into the background to these proceedings, including obtaining a copy of any judgment, and will consider what implications there may be.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
House of Fraser
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement setting out the reasons why he did not previously refer the House of Fraser report to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
Mr. Newton [holding answer 10 April 1989] : As my right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has indicated in another place, in his view there are no public interest grounds for such a reference.
ENERGY
Public Service Broadcasts
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will assess the likely implications for the transmission by Channel 4 of public service broadcasts emanating from his Department of the White Paper, "Broadcasting in the 90s : Competition, Choice and Quality".
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Mr. Parkinson : There is no reason to suppose that the proposals in the White Paper will alter the present arrangements whereby public service messages are broadcast by Channel 4. The arrangements for paid Government advertising on television will not be affected by the proposals.
Yorkshire Coal
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will take steps to ensure a long-term supply contract for Yorkshire coal between British Coal and the Central Electricity Generating Board for export and to other outlets ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Spicer : I have already made it clear that, while the new generating companies are likely to wish to buy a significant proportion of their coal needs on a contractual basis, the proportion of coal sold on contract and the length of the contracts is a matter for commercial negotiation, as in other sectors of the coal market.
PRIME MINISTER
Iraq (Weapons)
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Prime Minister whether Her Majesty's Government propose to change their current policy of prohibiting the export to Iraq of any weapon which could enhance its offensive capability, or will agree to granting export licences for the supply of weaponry to Iraq, to accommodate United Kingdom exhibitors at the first Baghdad international exhibition for military procurement ; and if she will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : The Government have not changed their policy on defence sales to Iraq. Applications for export licences continue to be considered on a case-by-case basis, according to the guidelines as announced in the House by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary on 29 October 1985 at column 454, and in the light of developments in the peace negotiations with Iran.
Engagements
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Prime Minister what are her criteria for deciding whether to give priority engagements at home or abroad over being present to answer questions in the House on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Prime Minister : I am present in the House to answer questions on Tuesdays and Thursdays as often as possible.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Sylvan High School
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he intends to take to consult the parents, pupils and staff of Sylvan high school about the proposal by the London borough of Croydon to close the school.
Mrs. Rumbold : Any local authority wishing to close a school must follow the statutory procedures laid down by the Education Acts. Under section 12 of the Education Act
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1980, authorities must publish their proposals and submit a copy to my right hon. Friend. There follows a two- month period during which statutory objections can be submitted to the local education authority. Proposals concerning county schools fall to my right hon. Friend to decide if statutory objections have been submitted or if he exercises his power to call them in. In making his decision on proposals which fall to him to decide, my right hon. Friend weighs carefully the views expressed by those who support or oppose the proposals. My right hon. Friend expects the local education authority concerned--in this case, the London borough of Croydon--to have carried out appropriate consultation with those affected before publishing proposals.Qualifications (Statutory Approval)
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is his policy, in relation to the proposed circular on statutory approval of qualifications under the Education Reform Act, on approving the continuation for 1989-90 of existing two-year courses ; whether he intends to approve all existing courses for 1989-90 in order to enable pupils to complete courses they have already started ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the arrangements made by his Department and the Schools Examination and Assessment Council to draw up a complete list of existing two-year courses for the purpose of enabling their completion by pupils before August 1990 ; what arrangements he proposes to make regarding (a) the statutory approval of any courses that prove to have been omitted from the first list to be approved and (b) enforcement of the relevant provisions of the Education Reform Act concerning unapproved courses ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : I shall exercise my powers under section 5 of the Education Reform Act 1988 to approve qualifications on the advice of the School Examinations and Assessment Council (SEAC). I expect shortly to receive the council's advice about qualifications for certification in July 1990 and July 1991. In considering that advice, I shall naturally have careful regard to the implications for pupils and schools. I expect to reach decisions next month. Those decisions will be made public and my Department will simultaneously issue a circular describing the basis on which they were arrived at and the procedures for implementation.
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate the overall cost to his Department, the Schools Examination and Assessment Council, local education authorities and schools of the recent draft circular on statutory approval of qualifications ; what proportion of this overall cost relates to the list A compilation of courses which are to be given temporary approval for 1989-90 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : A number of staff in my Department, the School Examinations and Assessment Council, local education authorities and schools have contributed to drawing up and responding to the draft circular on the approval of qualifications. That work in the great majority of cases represents a negligible addition to the duties of those at each level in the education system responsible for the administration of examinations. It would therefore not be meaningful to assess additional
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costs associated with that work, still less with any particular aspect of it ; and to seek to do so would itself involve the Department and others in disproportionate cost. The cost of printing the draft circular was £3,410.School Governors
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has received representations concerning the increase in responsibilities placed upon school governors.
Mrs. Rumbold : There have been some representations on this point. But the successful recruitment of thousands of new governors last year suggests that they are not daunted by their new
responsibilities. The Government are working to ensure that school governors get the support and training that they need to carry out their role effectively.
Capital Allocations
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he proposes to review the method of assessing potential income from disposal of assets when making future capital allocations.
Mrs. Rumbold : From April 1990 the proposed new system of local authority capital finance, as outlined in the Local Government and Housing Bill, will allow Ministers, when determining annual capital guidelines and corresponding credit approvals, to take into account the ability of individual authorities to spend from their capital receipts.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Brazil
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish his response to the Amnesty International report entitled, "Brazil, Authorised Violence in Rural Areas" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
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Affairs discussed the allegations in the report with the former Brazilian Justice Minister when he visited Brazil in November 1988. The gist of this conversation was passed to Amnesty International last year. As we have told Amnesty International, we have no doubt that the case descriptions in the report are broadly accurate. But it is quite a different matter to assert that the federal government in Brazilia connives at the killings. We believe that Amnesty International may have overstated its case on this.Economic Commission for Europe
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the names of the United Kingdom representatives attending the plenary session of the Economic Commission for Europe in 1989.
Mrs. Chalker : The United Kingdom representatives attending the annual session (including the plenary and sessional committee) of the Economic Commission for Europe in 1989 are :
Mr. J. A. Sankey CMG, the United Kingdom permanent representative to the office of the United Nations at Geneva.
Mr. G. W. Hewitt, deputy permanent representative to the office of the United Nations at Geneva.
Mr. J. R. McCulloch, first secretary at the United Kingdom mission to the office of the United Nations at Geneva.
Mr. S. Wall, second secretary at the United Kingdom mission to the office of the United Nations at Geneva.
United Nations Organisation
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the United Kingdom's contributions to the United Nations Organisation, and to its agencies, in each of the years from 1979 to date ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : Until 1987 no central record was kept of Her Majesty's Government's contributions through various Government Departments to the United Nations and its agencies. Since then the figures have been centrally collated and are set out in the table :
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|c|United Kingdom contributions to the United Nations regular budget and the specialised agencies from 1985-88|c|
(£ million)<1>
Year |United Nations regular |United Nations agencies|United Nations separate|United Nations agencies|Total
|budget |regular budgets |peace- keeping forces |voluntary contributions
|(UNDOF, UNIFIL and
|UNFICYP)<2>
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1985 |24.63 |35.57 |31.49 |62.26 |153.95
1986 |23.62 |27.11 |31.41 |60.34 |<4>142.49
1987 |21.50 |29.23 |29.23 |81.57 |161.52
1988 |19.36 |31.72 |<3>32.26 |81.73 |165.07
<1>Because of different accounting periods of Her Majesty's Government and United Nations Bodies, exchange rate fluctuations and extraordinary items, such as donations
to appeals following natural disasters, these figures, although a best estimate, should not be taken as definitive.
<2>United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), Syria/Israel.
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
<3>Includes United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) contribution. UNIIMOG commenced operation on 9 August 1988.
<4>Apparent decrease due to sharp decline in United States dollar.
Council of Europe
Mr. Speed : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the measures being taken to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Council of Europe.
Mrs. Chalker : My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State will represent the Government at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 5 May 1989. I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Atkinson) on 14 February.
Vietnamese Refugees
Mrs. Gorman : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the Government are taking to help Hong Kong cope with the problem of Vietnamese refugees in the territory.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : I am very conscious of the financial burden that has been imposed on the territory by Vietnamese boat people. I have, therefore, decided that the Government should make a contribution of up to £6 million in response to an international appeal which UNHCR will shortly launch for funds to meet the capital costs of Pillar Point, a new refugee centre which the Hong Kong Government are constructing in the territory for refugees awaiting resettlement. This underlines our firm intention to help Hong Kong deal with this immensely difficult humanitarian problem in every way we can.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Fair Employment
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the employers in Northern Ireland the Fair Employment Agency has (a) chosen or (b) had discussions with to revoke or modify directions previously given under subsection 2(i) or 2(ii) under part II, section 13(5)(a) or (b) of the Fair Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 1976 to date.
Mr. Viggers : Following is the information requested.
Cookstown district council.
Armagh district council.
Lough Neagh fishermen's co-operative.
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list (a) the number and type of cases referred under the Fair Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 1976 to the county court, the number and (b) type of findings upheld or overturned by the court and the employers concerned ; and if he will place in the Library copies of the judgments in each case.
Mr. Viggers : The tables provide details of cases heard by the county court. It is not normal practice to place judgments in the Library but they may be obtained on request from the county court, Courthouse, Crumlin road, Belfast.
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|c|Table 1|c| Appeals to county court |Total |Settled out of court |Findings upheld |Findings overturned |Result unknown |Withdrawn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appeals by respondent under section 28(2) |37 |20 |6 |8 |3 |- Appeals by complainant under section 28(3) |22 |3 |6 |1 |11 |1
|c|Table 3|c|
|c|Appeals by complainants against FEA findings of no discrimination|c|
|c|under section 28(3) of The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976|c|
Date appeal lodged |Respondent organisation |Outcome of appeal
|(findings upheld or
|overturned)
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June 1979 |Department of Health and |Upheld
|Social Services
July 1984 |Department of the Environment|Upheld
October 1984 |F. A. Wellworth Co. Ltd. |Upheld
January 1985 |Anglo Irish Meats |Overturned
November 1985 |Short Brothers Plc |Upheld
April 1986 |NI Postal and |Upheld
|Telecommunications Board
June 1988 |Belfast City Council |Upheld
|c|Table 3|c|
|c|Appeals by complainants against FEA findings of no discrimination|c|
|c|under section 28(3) of The Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976|c|
Date appeal lodged |Respondent organisation |Outcome of appeal
|(findings upheld or
|overturned)
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June 1979 |Department of Health and |Upheld
|Social Services
July 1984 |Department of the Environment|Upheld
October 1984 |F. A. Wellworth Co. Ltd. |Upheld
January 1985 |Anglo Irish Meats |Overturned
November 1985 |Short Brothers Plc |Upheld
April 1986 |NI Postal and |Upheld
|Telecommunications Board
June 1988 |Belfast City Council |Upheld
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which employers have made a compensatory payment to a complainant under the Fair Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 1976 ; and what were the sums involved in each case, the original date of each settlement and the eventual date of payment, from 1976 to the present time.
Mr. Viggers : This is a matter for the chairman of the Fair Employment Agency. I understand that there have been 41 cases, the details of which are in the following
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table. It would not be in the best interests of the work of the agency to release the names of parties involved in the cases under section 24 of the Act.Column 317
Respondent |Date of settlement|Date of Payment |Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Food, Drink and Tobacco |22 September 1980 | 7 October 1980 |780.00 Textile and Clothing |14 January 1982 | 3 March 1982 |750.00 Construction | 6 June 1981 |10 March 1982 |500.00 Manufacturing |11 June 1982 |18 July 1982 |5,500.00 Local Authority | 6 August 1982 |26 August 1982 |1,000.00 Other Employer |14 September 1982 |16 September 1982 |550.00 Health and Social Services Board |27 August 1982 |22 September 1982 |4,350.00 Local Authority |30 November 1982 |22 December 1982 |3,000.00 Other Public Body |19 October 1983 |14 November 1983 |1,500.00 Food, Drink and Tobacco |25 October 1983 |17 November 1983 |1,500.00 Local Authority |20 October 1983 | 2 December 1983 |1,500.00 Other Public Body |24 October 1983 |22 December 1983 |2,500.00 Health and Social Services Board |25 January 1984 | 9 March 1984 |1,400.00 Vocational Organisation | 7 March 1984 | 3 May 1984 |10,000.00 Education and Library Board | 8 June 1984 |12 October 1984 |1,500.00 Vocational Organisation |26 October 1984 |15 November 1984 |250.00 Vocational Organisation |26 October 1984 |15 November 1984 |250.00 Vocational Organisation |26 October 1984 |15 November 1984 |250.00 Distributive | 6 December 1984 |14 December 1984 |350.00 Other Employer | 1 May 1985 | 2 May 1985 |1,000.00 Food, Drink and Tobacco | 8 November 1985 |20 December 1985 |2,100.00 Education and Library Board |not available |11 April 1986 |2,000.00 Engineering |not available |15 October 1986 |507.50 Engineering |not available |15 October 1986 |510.00 Other Employer |not available |30 October 1986 |4,900.00 Education and Library Board |not available |18 November 1986 |4,759.04 Education and Library Board |not available |12 May 1987 |3,279.48 Local Authority |13 May 1987 |17 June 1987 |1,500.00 Other Employer |13 May 1987 |23 June 1987 |1,892.28 Education and Library Board |not available |13 October 1987 |2,035.26 Local Authority |not available |12 November 1987 |3,425.75 Manufacturing |16 November 1987 |19 November 1987 |2,350.00 Manufacturing |not available |28 November 1987 |5,000.00 Construction |not available |22 December 1987 |3,500.00 Engineering | 5 January 1988 | 5 January 1988 |2,000.00 Health and Social Services Board |not available | 3 February 1988 |1,673.80 Health and Social Services Board |not available |29 March 1988 |4,000.00 Other Employer |not available | 8 April 1988 |1,000.00 Education and Library Board |not available |14 April 1988 |3,541.09 Education and Library Board |not available |17 October 1988 |2,397.29 Local Authority |not available | 3 April 1989 |19,319.57
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