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the threshold above which they will apply. The Commission is investigating the effect of setting the threshold at various levels.EC (Payments)
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Southend, East (Mr. Taylor) Official Report , 8 November 1988, column 112 , what was the net payment made to the European Community by the United Kingdom for each year since 1979 ; and what was in each case the net payment to European Economic Community institutions as a percentage of gross domestic product.
Mr. Brooke : The information requested is set out in the table.
|c|Total net payments to European Community institutions<1>|c|
|£ million |Percentage of money GDP
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1979-80 |841 |0.4
1980-81 |168 |0.1
1981-82 |117 |0.1
1982-83 |589 |0.2
1983-84 |836 |0.3
1984-85 |974 |0.3
1985-86 |822 |0.2
1986-87 |1,079 |0.3
1987-88 |1,664 |0.4
1988-89 |950 |0.2
<1>Excluding overseas aid: for domestic public expenditure planning purposes, part of the
United Kingdom's contribution to the Community budget is attributed to the overseas aid
programme.
Treasury Stock
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of persons holding 2 per cent. Treasury stock 1975 issued in 1946-47 ; and what is the size of the average holding.
Mr. Lilley : There are approximately 12,300 registered holders of 2 per cent. Treasury stock 1975 or after with an average size holding of £38,700. It is impossible without undue cost to distinguish between personal and corporate holdings.
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost of redemption of 2 per cent Treasury stock 1975.
Mr. Lilley : The cost of redemption of 2 per cent Treasury stock 1975 or after would be £475 million.
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to redeem 2 per cent Treasury stock 1975.
Personal Imports
Mr. Butler : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any plans to increase the duty free limit on personal imports of gifts into the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lilley : The travellers' allowances for goods purchased duty free for importation as personal gifts are
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provided for under European Community legislation. The Government has long supported the Commission's proposals to increase substantially the £32 allowance for goods other than tobacco, spirits, wines and so on, but it has not so far been possible to obtain the necessary agreement of all member states.Reverse Auctioning
Mr. Allen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the practice of reverse auctioning of Government debt began ; and how it is regulated.
Mr. Lilley : The first reverse auction was held in January 1989, and was carried out by the Bank of England.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which financial institutions or sectors have participated in buying Government debt through reverse auctioning.
Mr. Lilley : Only the Bank of England buys Government debt through reverse auctions. Figures are not available for the institutions or sectors selling stock, because many of the offers will be channelled through gilt edged market makers.
Figures showing transactions in Government stock by various sectors in 1989 Q1 (the quarter in which the first reverse auction took place) will be published in the May Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much Government debt has been reverse auctioned over each of the last 30 years for which records are available.
Mr. Lilley : Only one reverse auction has been held so far and this took place in January 1989. This reverse auction was for £500 million nominal of stock.
Empty Property
Mr. Soley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of properties owned by Her Majesty's Treasury and suitable for residential accommodation have
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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. Brooke [holding answer 20 April 1989] : (i) Nil ; (ii) Nil.
Village Halls
Mr. Amos : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the consequences on village halls of the extension of value added tax on the construction of new buildings, fuel and power, water and sewerage supplies.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 20 April 1989] : Where village halls are engaged in business activities, VAT will be due on supplies to them of construction services and fuel and power. Water and sewerage services will, however, remain zero-rated. The imposition of tax on supplies of construction services and fuel and power is a consequence of the unwelcome European Court of Justice ruling published on 21 June last year. Business is defined widely in EC VAT law and could include the hiring out of village halls to local groups and other users.
Public Sector Debt
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state for each year from 1970-71 to 1987-88, and estimate for 1988-89 (i) the public sector net debt outstanding at current and 1988 prices, (ii) the net change from the previous year at current and 1988 prices and (iii) the components of the public sector net debt including assets such as foreign exchange reserves for each year both at current and 1988 prices.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 17 April 1989] : The available information is as follows :
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|c|Net Public Sector Debt (End Year)|c|
Current prices 1988-89 prices
|£ billion |Change on previous year|£ billion |Change on previous year
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1974-75 |59.5 |- |234.0 |-
1975-76 |71.8 |12.3 |224.9 |-9.0
1976-77 |81.3 |9.4 |224.6 |-0.3
1977-78 |87.9 |6.6 |213.5 |-11.1
1978-79 |95.3 |7.4 |208.8 |-4.7
1979-80 |102.1 |6.8 |191.7 |-17.1
1980-81 |116.5 |14.4 |184.6 |-7.2
1981-82 |127.2 |10.7 |183.7 |-0.9
1982-83 |135.0 |7.8 |182.0 |-1.6
1983-84 |147.3 |12.3 |189.8 |7.8
1984-85 |160.7 |13.4 |197.4 |7.6
1985-86 |166.8 |6.1 |194.2 |-3.2
1986-87 |171.1 |4.3 |192.7 |-1.5
1987-88 |171.3 |0.2 |183.7 |-9.0
1988-89 (forecast) |157.0 |-14.3 |157.0 |-26.7
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Components of net public sector debt (£ billion)
Current prices Net public sector debt<1> Gross public sector debt Total Public Sector liquid Other
assets of which
|Gold and foreign exchange|Commercial Bills
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1974-75 |59.5 |63.0 |3.4 |2.5 |0.0 |0.9
1975-76 |71.8 |75.8 |4.1 |3.1 |0.1 |0.9
1976-77 |81.3 |88.6 |7.3 |5.6 |0.1 |1.6
1977-78 |87.9 |100.2 |12.3 |10.9 |0.0 |1.4
1978-79 |95.3 |108.5 |13.2 |10.6 |0.3 |2.3
1979-80 |102.1 |117.3 |15.2 |12.5 |0.8 |2.0
1980-81 |116.5 |135.3 |18.9 |12.6 |2.8 |3.5
1981-82 |127.2 |147.2 |20.0 |10.6 |7.0 |2.3
1982-83 |135.0 |156.5 |21.5 |11.7 |6.3 |3.6
1983-84 |147.3 |172.2 |24.9 |11.6 |9.8 |3.4
1984-85 |160.7 |189.7 |29.0 |11.0 |7.2 |10.8
1985-86 |166.8 |197.9 |31.1 |12.7 |8.7 |9.7
1986-87 |171.1 |204.6 |33.5 |16.9 |7.0 |9.7
1987-88 |171.3 |213.4 |42.1 |25.2 |8.3 |8.6
1988-89 (forecast) |157.0 |- |- |- |- |-
1988-89 prices
1974-75 |234.0 |247.5 |13.4 |9.8 |0.0 |3.5
1975-76 |224.9 |237.3 |12.8 |9.7 |0.3 |2.8
1976-77 |224.6 |244.8 |20.2 |15.5 |0.3 |4.4
1977-78 |213.5 |243.5 |29.9 |26.5 |0.0 |3.4
1978-79 |208.8 |237.7 |28.9 |23.2 |0.7 |5.0
1979-80 |191.7 |220.3 |28.6 |23.4 |1.5 |3.7
1980-81 |184.6 |214.5 |29.9 |19.9 |4.4 |5.5
1981-82 |183.7 |212.5 |28.8 |15.4 |10.2 |3.3
1982-83 |182.0 |211.0 |29.0 |15.8 |8.4 |4.8
1983-84 |189.8 |221.9 |32.1 |15.0 |12.7 |4.4
1984-85 |197.4 |233.0 |35.6 |13.5 |8.8 |13.3
1985-86 |194.2 |230.4 |36.2 |14.8 |10.1 |11.3
1986-87 |192.7 |230.4 |37.8 |19.0 |7.9 |10.9
1987-88 |183.7 |228.9 |45.2 |27.0 |8.9 |9.2
1988-89 (forecast) |157.0 |- |- |- |- |-
<1> Net public sector debt=Gross public sector debt minus public sector liquid assets.
No net public sector debt figures are published for the years prior to 1974-75.
DEFENCE
Equal Opportunities
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. Sainsbury : The numbers and percentages of women in senior posts are as follows :
Grade |Number |Percentage
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1-4 |2.0 |1.8
5 |13.0 |3.7
6 |10.0 |1.2
7 |111.5 |3.6
|--- |---
Total 1-7 |136.5 |3.1
There are 41 (1 per cent.) staff at grades 1 to 7 who are from ethnic minorities all at grades 5 to 7.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. Sainsbury : The Ministry of Defence has recently completed a survey in which all staff were asked to state their ethnic origin. Over 76 per cent. of staff responded. Information on ethnic origin is now sought as a matter of routine from all those who join the Department.
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Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to recruit members of ethnic minorities in top grades of employment at his Department.
Mr. Sainsbury : Posts in senior grades in the Department are generally filled through promotion from within. Members of ethnic minorities who have the appropriate qualifications are considered for promotion to such posts on the same basis as other staff. As I said in my reply of 24 June 1988 at column 740-41, a programme of positive action is now in hand which includes special steps to recruit staff from ethnic minorities. It is hoped that these steps will in time lead to a greater number of such staff being considered for senior posts.
Low Flying
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 23 March, Official Report column 756, in which form central records hold information regarding low-flying sorties ; and how the information requested in the questions can be obtained.
Mr. Neubert : For management purposes, central records of low-flying sorties are held as monthly and annual totals for the whole of the United Kingdom low flying system. The records neither show where the sorties originated or terminated nor which counties were overflown during the sortie. The information requested in the hon. Member's questions in the Official Report, column 756, of 23 March is not therefore available.
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Brigade of Gurkhas
Mr. Hague : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are his plans for the Brigade of Gurkhas.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : We have made it clear that we intend that there shall be a continuing role for the Gurkhas in the British Army following the withdrawal from Hong Kong in 1997. We hope to be in a position to make a further statement soon.
United States Exercises
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the exercises involving United States forces personnel at RAF Nocton Hall in September 1988.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : From 25 September to 4 October 1988 the United States Air Force wartime contingency hospital at RAF Nocton hall was activated for the reception of simulated United States casualties evacuated from Germany, via RAF Coningsby, as part of the aeromedical element of exercise Reforger 88.
Aircraft Shelters
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will give the number of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation standard hardened aircraft shelters completed at RAF bases in the United Kingdom in each year since 1979 for which numbers are available in the following categories ; (i) shelters paid for directly by his Department, (ii) shelters paid for out of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation infrastructure programme funds that are for use by RAF aircraft, (iii) shelters paid for out of United States Government funds and (iv) shelters paid for out of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation infrastructure programme funds that are for use by United States aircraft ;
(2) if he will give the number of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation standard hardened aircraft shelters at each Royal Air Force base in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : It is not our practice to publish this information.
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Service Schools
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements he makes for out of school in-service training for (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers in each country where service schools are situated ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Neubert : The Service Children's education authority arranges a wide range of out of school in-service training for primary and secondary teachers on a regular basis, both in the United Kingdom and in countries where service children's schools are situated. These are provided by LEA advisers retained by SCEA, Her Majesty's inspectorate and independent consultants, according to the subject matter. In addition SCEA organises support visits to service children's schools over and above the normal in- service training, throughout the academic year.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the pupil teacher ratio, the total pupil roll, the total number of teachers employed and the annual pupil turnover for each service secondary school.
Mr. Neubert : I will write to the hon. Member.
WALES
Internal Market
Mr. Sillars : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the total value to the latest available full year of public sector contracts in Wales of a character which will make them open to Community-wide bidding as part of the creation of the internal market.
Mr. Peter Walker : None. The assessment could be made only at disproportionate cost.
Forestry Commission Staff
Mr. Allan Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were (a) working for and (b) working in the different occupational categories for the Forestry Commission in Wales in 1979, 1985 and each subsequent year.
Mr. Peter Walker : The numbers of people working for the Forestry Commission in Wales in the different occupational categories are given in the following table :
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|1979 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989
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Direct employees
Professional grades |185 |165 |165 |161 |160 |148
Administrative grades |133 |113 |120 |128 |125 |117
Industrial grades |1,177 |723 |689 |646 |599 |522
Contractors<1> |717 |587 |648 |673 |679 |713
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Total |2,212 |1,588 |1,622 |1,608 |1563 |1,500
<1>Contractors include people working for timber merchants in Forestry
Commission woodland.
Home Improvement Grants (Rhondda)
Mr. Allan Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the amount given to Rhondda borough council for home improvement grants in each of the financial years from 1978-79 to the present at 1988 prices ; and how many individual grants were given by Rhondda borough council in each year.
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Mr. Grist : Provision for capital expenditure on home improvement grants forms part of an authority's overall housing capital allocation. It is for local authorities to decide how their resources are best used to meet the needs of their particular area. Rhondda's total housing allocations since 1978-79 at 1988-89 prices are given in the following table, along with the number of completed grants given by Rhondda district council in each of those years.
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|Housing Capital |Number of completed grant
|Allocation (at 1988-89 |given
|Prices)<1>
|£000
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1978-79 |12,961 |343
1979-80 |12,962 |397
1980-81 |9,793 |417
1981-82 |6,223 |523
1982-83 |7,478 |940
1983-84 |15,503 |3,095
1984-85 |9,171 |2,999
1985-86 |6,953 |2,004
1986-87 |10,383 |1,993
1987-88 |11,598 |1,498
1988-89<2> |14,463 |1,293
<1> Expressed at 1988-89 prices using GDP deflators. Allocations prior to 1981-82 are not comparable
with 1981-82 and subsequent years as a new system of local authority finance was introduced in 1981-82.
<2> Housing capital allocations figure is provisional. Number of completed grants given is for
April-December 1988.
Valleys Initiative
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what are the estimates of (a) deadweight and (b) displacement with respect to the valleys initiative estimate of 25,000 to 30,000 jobs ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) how many of the new jobs created in the valleys initiative area have been forthcoming from grants made since the initiative was launched ;
(3) what proportion of the estimated 25,000 to 30,000 jobs to be created by the valleys initiative will be (i) full-time and (ii) part-time ;
(4) what is the estimated full-time equivalent number of jobs to be created by the valleys initiative.
Mr. Peter Walker : I indicated in the document "The Valleys : A Programme for the People" that on past experience Government commitments of regional development grant and regional selective assistance on the scale anticipated for the three years of the valleys programme would be likely to create between 25,000 and 30,000 full-time equivalent jobs. This would involve a large number of projects spread over a wide area and it is not practicable to provide estimates of deadweight and displacement. However, it is not anticipated that the deadweight and displacement elements would be very great.
During the nine months to 31 March 1989 offers of RDG and RSA assistance have been made to 310 projects in the valleys involving the forecast creation of over 7,000 full-time equivalent jobs. New jobs will also be created with the aid of grants and investment under other headings.
NHS Land and Site Valuations
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of the land and site valuations mentioned in paragraph 2.7 of the health White Paper.
Mr. Grist : Some 888 NHS properties in Wales were valued in 1987 by the office of the chief valuer of the Inland Revenue. The current use value of these properties was estimated at approximately £285 million and the open market value at £219 million.
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Economic Policy (Speech)
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has had on the proposals on general economic policy contained in his speech on 10 April to the Tory Reform Group.
Untreated Milk
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many milk producers in (a) Pembrokeshire and (b) Wales produce untreated milk.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information requested is as follows : (a) 46
(b) 267
Labour Statistics
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) males and (b) females were in full-time employment in May 1979 in Wales ; how many people are in full-time employment in Wales in the current year ; how many part-time (i) males and (ii) females were employed in May 1979 and are in full-time employment in the current year ; and how many apprentices there were in May 1979 and how many apprentices there are in the current year.
Mr. Peter Walker [holding answer 10 April 1989] : The only figures available are those derived from quarterly returns to the Department of Employment and from the annual labour force survey of a sample of households in Great Britain, 3,000 of which are in Wales, carried out on behalf of the Department of Employment.
The hon. Gentleman will find estimates of the number of male and female employees in employment, the self-employed and the civilian work force in employment in June 1979 (the closest date to May 1979 for which information is available) in table 9 of the supplement to Welsh Economic Trends, Volume 11.
The breakdown of the estimated number of male and female self-employed in June 1979 is published on page 22 of the Employment Gazette, October 1987, historical supplement No. 2. The latest comparable figures for June 1988 of male and female employees in employment, self-employed, those engaged in work-related Government training schemes and in the civilian work force are published in the Employment Gazette April 1989 page 205.
No information for June 1979 and June 1988 is available on the breakdown between full-time and part-time male employees in employment, but table 9 of the supplement to Welsh Economic Trends volume 11 provides estimates of full and part-time female employees in employment for June 1979. Comparable figures for June 1988 may be obtained from table 1.5 of the Employment Gazette, February 1989--but revised figures are available from the Department of Employment and will be published in table 1.5 of the May 1989 Employment Gazette.
Information from the labour force surveys during the spring of 1979 and 1988 show the number of apprentices in Wales to be 17,000 and 16, 000 respectively.
Copies of all the above publications are in the House of Commons Library.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Poverty
Mr. Baldry : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in the Official Report a copy of his letter to the director of social work of the National Children's Home concerning poverty.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The text of the letter is as follows : "Thank you for sending me your Factfile on children. The document as a whole covers an enormous amount of ground, but I was particularly interested in the point highlighted in your front page on dividing the cake'.
In essence, your Factfile invites the unwary reader to freely associate poverty' with the pattern of household income distribution. Any suggestion that poverty' can be measured by the distribution of the cake without regard for the changing size of that cake must be questioned. Between 1975 and 1985--a period almost identical to the one you quote--average household real incomes and the incomes of the lowest fifth of households both grew by 14 per cent. Indeed, real household incomes grew throughout the distribution. Those who purport to claim that people are getting poorer-- when in fact people are getting better off--cannot have got it right. It is also more than a little fanciful to invite the reader to use the value of Child Benefit as an indication of poverty'. Some 70 per cent. of families who stand to gain from an increase in Child Benefit have incomes above average male earnings and what matters to them and most other working families is the real value of take-home pay. It is therefore worth noting that since 1978-79, at all multiples of full-time adult male earnings, real take-home pay has increased by well over a fifth.
I am releasing a copy of this letter to the press tomorrow."
Widows' Pensions
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) why Mrs. Marion Ing of 1 Chilton close, Acklam, Middlesbrough, receives £16.07 per week by way of a widow's pension ; and if he will make a statement about Government policy relating to pensions for widows in this position ;
(2) why a letter to him dated 3 March about Mrs. Marion Ing of 1 Chilton close, Middlesbrough, has not yet received a reply.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : A letter has been sent to my hon. Friend today which explains how Mrs. Ing's widow's pension has been calculated. Entitlement to widows' benefit for women widowed after 10 April 1988 is determined by the changes introduced at that time. These changes reflected the changing employment patterns amongst widows and have resulted in a scheme which is better targeted and overall more equitable.
Lone Parents
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) of 10 November, Official Report , column 294 , what was the total number of lone parents and their dependants in November 1979 and November 1988 (a) dependent on receipt of income support or family income, and (b) the total number of lone parents and their dependants on the same dates, showing in each case, the percentage change since 1979.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : The latest date for which all the information requested is available is 1986 and this is reflected in the table. The reference to family income has been understood to mean family income supplement.
|1979 |1986 |Percentage increase
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Supplementary benefit (now Income Support)<1>
Lone parents |318,000 |602,000 |89
Dependants |558,000 |996,000 |78
Family income supplement (now Family Credit)<2>
Lone parents |42,000 |91,000 |117
Dependants |73,000 |142,000 |95
Total of lone parent families<3>
Lone parents |840,000 |1,010,000 |20
Dependants |1,400,000 |1,600,000 |14
<1>Annual Statistical Enquiries-November 1979 and February 1986.
<2>10 per cent. sample of Family Income Supplement load.
<3>Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys-"Population Trends 45" (Autumn 1986) and "Population
Trends 55" (Spring 1989).
Eviction
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Stoke on Trent, North on 17 April, what arrangementshe proposes to recommend to (a) landlords and (b) claimants to avoid the possibility of eviction resulting from benefit changes introduced on 10 April.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The Government believe that landlords will adapt to the new situation by adjusting their charges for board and lodging accommodation so that they are in line with the rest of the market. Claimants will be able to select accommodation in this market, and will no longer have their options constrained by anomalous benefit provisions for people staying in board and lodging accommodation. We have no plans to provide information to claimants beyond that already available from the Department.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Asylum
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have applied for admission to the United Kingdom as refugees or otherwise seeking asylum, by national origin, in each of the two years subsequent to and prior to the coming into force of the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act) 1987 ; how many and what percentage of applicants were granted admission to the United Kingdom during each such period ; and what was their national origin.
Mr. Renton : The Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act) 1987 came into force in March 1987. Information on applications for refugee status, and on grants and other decisions in the years 1985 to 1987, by nationality, is published in the 1986 and 1987 volumes of the annual Home Office statistical bulletin "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom" (table 6 of bulletin issue 13/87 and tables 6 and 7 of bulletin issue 16/88), copies of which are in the Library. These figures include applications for refugee status made by persons after their admission to the United
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Kingdom in another capacity, as well as those seeking admission as a refugee. Corresponding information for 1988 is not yet available but will be published in the 1988 volume of this bulletin in the summer of 1989.These figures do not include South-East Asian refugees who are dealt with under separate arrangements and are granted settlement on their arrival in the United Kingdom. The number granted settlement in the years 1985 to 1988 is published in table 18 of "Control of Immigration : Statistics United Kingdom 1987" (Cm 415) and table 3 of Home Office statistical bulletin, issue 10/89 "Control of Immigration : Statistics--Fourth Quarter and Year 1988", copies of which are in the Library.
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of time taken to reach a decision on an application for admission to the United Kingdom as a refugee or otherwise by way of asylum excluding time accounted for by appeals against his decisions in each of the two years prior to and subsequent to the coming into force of the Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987.
Mr. Renton : The available information is given in the following table. Information for 1988 is not yet available.
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