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AIDS
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on what research into drugs to relieve AIDS is taking place in Britain.
Mr. Jackson : The Medical Research Council is supporting a directed programme of research, worth £31 million cash over five years, to develop vaccines against HIV infection and drugs to relieve AIDS. Over half the research projects in this programme are related to drug development. Copies of a booklet outlining the programme are available in the Library. I understand that many of the pharmaceutical companies are also engaged in such work.
National Medical Centre, Hammersmith
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are, for 1994 to 1999, the estimated costs of the first five years of operation and installation of the new national medical centre at Hammersmith ; and what would be the cost of keeping in operation for the same years (a) the Royal post-graduate medical school, Hammersmith, and (b) the clinical research centre, Harrow, respectively.
Mr. Jackson : The Medical Research Council is currently undertaking a detailed appraisal of proposals to improve clinical research in the United Kingdom, including proposals for a new national centre based at the Royal postgraduate medical school, Hammersmith. The costs of such a centre would depend on decisions to be taken in the light of this appraisal. Research costs at the RPMS and the clinical research centre in the period 1994 to 1999 will depend on a variety of decisions about research activities at these institutions prior to 1994 as well as on the outcome of the clinical research proposals currently being appraised.
Schools
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will estimate how many schools currently have decoration classed as less than satisfactory.
Mrs. Rumbold : The Department does not maintain records of the decorative condition of schools. This is a matter for LEAs and others responsible for the schools.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether all school buildings in England and Wales have yet been brought up to the requirements laid down by the 1981 schools premises regulations and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : It is the responsibility of local education authorities to satisfy the requirements of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981. They certify that new school building projects will comply with the regulations when they seek my right hon. Friend's approval. The survey of school buildings, published in 1987, showed that not all existing county and controlled schools met the standards of the regulations. Since that time local authorities have spent substantial sums on improving their school buildings. Schools in Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much each local education authority will be receiving in the current financial year, and the next two financial years, from the school improvement programme.
Mrs. Rumbold : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend to my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Mr. Hargreaves) on 21 December 1988 at column 287. Allocations are made on an annual basis. Information for the next two financial years is not therefore available.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all schools in the English and Welsh counties which currently need (a) between £0.5 million and £1 million and (b) over £1.0 million spending on repairs, maintenance or decoration, to bring them into line with the requirements stipulated under the 1981 school premises regulations.
Mrs. Rumbold : The information requested is not collected centrally for schools in England. Matters relating to Wales are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether there are any schools which still have a problem with asbestos.
Mrs. Rumbold : The Department does not keep records of asbestos problems in individual schools. This is a matter for LEAs and others responsible for the schools.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools currently have a shortage of furniture.
Mrs. Rumbold : The Department does not keep records of the quantity of furniture in individual schools. This is the responsibility of LEAs and those responsible for schools.
Higher Education
Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest estimate of places available in higher education in autumn 1989 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson [holding answer 21 April 1989] : Applications to enter higher education in 1989-90 are estimated to be about 5 per cent. higher than last year. Actual numbers will depend on the recruitment decisions of each individual institution. We already have record numbers and participation rates, and expect to reach 1 million students for the first time this autumn.
Rating Reform
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to ensure that following the introduction of the community charge, institutions of higher education reduce the rents charged to students in respect of that element of their rents presently charged on account of the rates.
Mr. Jackson [holding answer 21 April 1989] : This is a matter for individual institutions, but many students make
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no contribution to the rates payable on their accommodation, since they are provided for through the central funding of the institutions.Capital Allocations
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what his priorities are with regard to capital allocations to local education authorities.
Mrs. Rumbold : In formulating capital allocations priority is given to committed expenditure up to the levels previously indicated to authorities, new projects to meet population growth and new projects to remove surplus places in the schools sector and tertiary projects arising out of approved statutory proposals, and provisions for the capital implications of education support grants in further and higher education. The remaining resources are distributed to local authorities to use for the improvement or replacement of defective buildings. I also refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (Mr. Ashton) on 11 April 1989, at column 426 , for the criteria applied to allocating resources for voluntary aided and special agreement schools.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the capital allocation to each local education authority as a percentage of the bid of that local education authority in each of the last nine years ;
(2) if he will list the bids for capital allocations in the last nine years from all local education authorities.
Mrs. Rumbold : Information on local education authorities' cash plans is not available for the years 1981-84. The information for prescribed expenditure for the years 1984-85 to 1989-90 is set out in the table.
|c|Education capital allocation and plans at cash prices 1984-88|c|
|c|1984-85|c|
£000s
LEA |Plans cash |Capital allocations cash|Initial allocation as a
|percentage of plans
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Barking |695 |1,442 |207
Barnet |2,939 |2,453 |83
Bexley |1,399 |845 |60
Brent |2,576 |1,678 |65
Bromley |3,777 |492 |13
Croydon |1,749 |1,227 |70
Ealing |2,721 |1,347 |50
Enfield |901 |576 |64
Haringey |2,640 |1,090 |41
Harrow |2,785 |523 |19
Havering |894 |216 |24
Hillingdon |4,362 |1,068 |24
Hounslow |4,987 |3,063 |61
Kingston |2,673 |1,330 |50
Merton |2,098 |993 |47
Newham |4,232 |2,039 |48
Redbridge |1,971 |1,006 |51
Richmond |2,106 |735 |35
Sutton |1,011 |451 |45
Waltham |2,613 |889 |34
ILEA |22,045 |9,703 |44
Birmingham |9,533 |6,484 |68
Coventry |5,188 |2,919 |56
Dudley |5,460 |3,516 |64
Sandwell |3,453 |1,705 |49
Solihull |708 |723 |102
Walsall |4,116 |1,026 |25
Wolverhampton |3,890 |2,375 |61
Knowsley |1,174 |895 |76
Liverpool |6,973 |4,243 |61
St. Helens |3,031 |2,111 |70
Sefton |2,334 |824 |35
Wirral |4,114 |2,117 |51
Bolton |2,229 |1,536 |69
Bury |1,824 |1,030 |56
Manchester |11,180 |6,997 |63
Oldham |1,778 |968 |54
Rochdale |3,805 |1,452 |38
Salford |2,230 |822 |37
Stockport |1,540 |1,770 |115
Tameside |3,116 |1,690 |54
Trafford |1,631 |1,027 |63
Wigan |3,041 |2,004 |66
Barnsley |864 |401 |46
Doncaster |1,778 |1,226 |69
Rotherham |1,182 |471 |40
Sheffield |5,035 |3,007 |60
Bradford |18,220 |6,707 |37
Calderdale |3,408 |1,090 |32
Kirklees |6,746 |3,753 |56
Leeds |5,184 |2,899 |56
Wakefield |3,993 |1,596 |40
Gateshead |3,934 |572 |15
Newcastle |3,600 |2,265 |63
North Tyneside |3,673 |721 |20
South Tyneside |3,765 |1,280 |34
Sunderland |4,354 |2,862 |66
Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |0
Avon |11,121 |5,270 |47
Bedfordshire |4,534 |2,439 |54
Berkshire |10,238 |8,227 |80
Buckinghamshire |18,602 |6,854 |37
Cambridgeshire |6,655 |5,039 |76
Cheshire |10,594 |7,366 |70
Cleveland |7,463 |3,626 |49
Cornwall |6,943 |4,377 |63
Cumbria |8,026 |3,982 |50
Derbyshire |9,885 |6,546 |66
Devon |9,087 |7,832 |86
Dorset |8,744 |5,385 |62
Durham |4,271 |2,054 |48
East Sussex |10,389 |4,601 |44
Essex |17,675 |6,604 |37
Gloucestershire |6,416 |2,772 |43
Hampshire |20,652 |9,666 |47
Herefordshire and Worcestershire |3,378 |1,669 |49
Hertfordshire |5,912 |5,479 |93
Humberside |11,677 |6,883 |59
Isle of Wight |1,445 |948 |66
Kent |8,716 |4,347 |50
Lancashire |13,646 |11,055 |81
Leicestershire |8,229 |7,074 |86
Lincolnshire |9,022 |4,455 |49
Norfolk |7,771 |4,261 |55
North Yorkshire |11,725 |5,675 |48
Northamptonshire |7,059 |4,179 |59
Northumberland |2,580 |1,002 |39
Nottinghamshire |4,376 |2,666 |61
Oxfordshire |4,194 |3,245 |77
Shropshire |4,359 |2,072 |48
Somerset |3,367 |2,559 |76
Staffordshire |15,277 |10,691 |70
Suffolk |5,554 |4,348 |78
Surrey |8,416 |4,340 |52
Warwickshire |2,781 |1,428 |51
West Sussex |6,544 |5,027 |77
Wiltshire |6,771 |3,810 |56
|c|1985-86|c|
LEA |Plans |Capital allocation |Initial allocation as a
|per
|cash |cash |cent. of plans
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Barking |1,579 |947 |60
Barnet |5,825 |2,612 |45
Bexley |1,396 |504 |36
Brent |4,619 |891 |19
Bromley |4,518 |628 |14
Croydon |3,626 |2,170 |60
Ealing |3,352 |2,451 |73
Enfield |1,375 |966 |70
Haringey |3,644 |895 |25
Harrow |3,007 |299 |10
Havering |1,013 |334 |33
Hillingdon |2,368 |521 |22
Hounslow |4,638 |1,566 |34
Kingston |4,070 |2,131 |52
Merton |4,226 |2,277 |54
Newham |7,672 |2,558 |33
Redbridge |1,738 |1,330 |77
Richmond |752 |379 |50
Sutton |966 |474 |49
Waltham |2,334 |985 |42
ILEA |27,686 |15,080 |54
Birmingham |6,569 |3,695 |56
Coventry |7,419 |3,094 |42
Dudley |7,016 |2,671 |38
Sandwell |4,429 |1,914 |43
Solihull |1,297 |642 |49
Walsall |3,222 |1,329 |41
Wolverhampton |3,793 |2,047 |54
Knowsley |1,986 |973 |49
Liverpool |8,461 |4,870 |58
St. Helens |3,190 |1,827 |57
Sefton |2,060 |1,671 |81
Wirral |2,585 |766 |30
Bolton |1,317 |570 |43
Bury |1,507 |803 |53
Manchester |17,545 |7,450 |42
Oldham |2,650 |1,014 |38
Rochdale |2,885 |1,802 |62
Salford |2,891 |1,551 |54
Stockport |2,691 |1,411 |52
Tameside |1,360 |532 |39
Trafford |3,208 |1,594 |50
Wigan |3,990 |1,464 |37
Barnsley |1,226 |1,090 |89
Doncaster |1,353 |424 |31
Rotherham |1,751 |481 |27
Sheffield |8,044 |3,497 |43
Bradford |13,383 |8,269 |62
Calderdale |2,305 |830 |36
Kirklees |6,955 |3,304 |48
Leeds |9,301 |3,325 |36
Wakefield |3,307 |1,438 |43
Gateshead |3,714 |1,122 |30
Newcastle |3,948 |1,716 |43
North Tyneside |4,300 |2,235 |52
South Tyneside |2,851 |1,339 |47
Sunderland |4,679 |3,047 |65
Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |-
Avon |10,965 |3,951 |36
Bedfordshire |5,427 |1,625 |30
Berkshire |11,584 |7,490 |65
Buckinghamshire |12,649 |5,978 |47
Cambridge |6,506 |4,387 |67
Cheshire |9,518 |5,005 |53
Cleveland |7,482 |4,493 |60
Cornwall |4,523 |3,319 |73
Cumbria |5,254 |3,803 |72
Derbyshire |10,794 |7,239 |67
Devon |11,046 |6,405 |58
Dorset |8,666 |5,265 |61
Durham |6,415 |2,995 |47
East Sussex |7,993 |4,870 |61
Essex |28,705 |11,679 |41
Gloucester |7,261 |4,652 |64
Hampshire |23,877 |11,844 |50
Hereford and Worcester |2,688 |1,480 |55
Hertford |8,417 |5,960 |71
Humberside |7,400 |4,138 |56
Isle of Wight |2,125 |1,230 |58
Kent |9,481 |5,209 |55
Lancashire |20,050 |15,156 |76
Leicester |12,299 |6,718 |55
Lincoln |8,834 |3,532 |40
Norfolk |6,698 |3,070 |46
North Yorkshire |6,625 |3,798 |57
Northampton |6,268 |4,492 |72
Northumberland |2,322 |1,254 |54
Nottinghamshire |4,810 |3,421 |71
Oxfordshire |9,134 |3,650 |40
Shropshire |5,680 |3,924 |69
Somerset |2,941 |1,243 |42
Staffs |13,621 |9,717 |71
Suffolk |6,505 |3,871 |60
Surrey |9,717 |4,365 |45
Warwick |3,105 |1,703 |55
West Sussex |5,641 |3,429 |61
Wiltshire |6,314 |3,478 |55
1986-87
LEA |Plans Cash |Capital allocation cash|Initial allocation as a
|percentage of plans
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Barking |3,717 |1,135 |31
Barnet |7,399 |1,621 |22
Bexley |2,096 |715 |34
Brent |4,797 |1,589 |33
Bromley |3,357 |1,747 |52
Croydon |3,519 |2,784 |79
Ealing |5,702 |2,154 |38
Enfield |1,698 |706 |42
Haringey |4,455 |797 |18
Harrow |5,315 |4,078 |77
Havering |1,074 |395 |37
Hillingdon |1,806 |306 |17
Hounslow |4,783 |668 |14
Kingston |6,445 |1,806 |28
Merton |3,959 |1,203 |30
Newham |6,825 |1,271 |19
Redbridge |2,167 |1,149 |53
Richmond |1,050 |249 |24
Sutton |1,318 |329 |25
Waltham |3,962 |2,184 |55
ILEA |29,331 |12,575 |43
Birmingham |9,015 |5,016 |56
Coventry |15,086 |5,396 |35
Dudley |6,703 |2,012 |30
Sandwell |4,091 |1,203 |29
Solihull |2,666 |1,295 |49
Walsall |3,711 |1,119 |30
Wolverhampton |6,664 |1,418 |21
Knowsley |2,750 |1,483 |54
Liverpool |7,878 |2,904 |37
St. Helens |2,325 |772 |33
Sefton |3,983 |2,667 |67
Wirral |2,824 |1,402 |50
Bolton |1,692 |576 |34
Bury |995 |882 |89
Manchester |21,998 |6,501 |30
Oldham |2,910 |1,428 |49
Rochdale |4,545 |2,163 |48
Salford |3,382 |1,625 |48
Stockport |3,702 |1,453 |39
Tameside |1,685 |306 |18
Trafford |2,702 |1,276 |47
Wigan |3,243 |2,339 |72
Barnsley |1,054 |577 |55
Doncaster |771 |338 |44
Rotherham |1,651 |578 |35
Sheffield |7,890 |2,330 |30
Bradford |10,116 |7,061 |70
Calderdale |1,708 |1,203 |70
Kirklees |7,548 |1,956 |26
Leeds |8,557 |2,634 |31
Wakefield |3,284 |1,990 |61
Gateshead |4,968 |1,451 |29
Newcastle |8,641 |2,586 |30
North Tyneside |3,210 |1,536 |48
South Tyneside |2,911 |732 |25
Sunderland |7,188 |1,928 |27
Isles of Scilly |0 |0 |-
Avon |10,821 |4,070 |38
Bedfordshire |6,282 |1,934 |31
Berkshire |10,696 |5,399 |50
Buckinghamshire |15,970 |5,582 |35
Cambridgeshire |4,910 |2,591 |53
Cheshire |11,327 |3,837 |34
Cleveland |12,605 |4,933 |39
Cornwall |7,583 |3,592 |47
Cumbria |5,640 |2,254 |40
Derbyshire |13,942 |7,202 |52
Devonshire |16,957 |8,418 |50
Dorset |8,255 |3,377 |41
Durham |6,264 |2,231 |36
East Sussex |10,176 |3,786 |37
Essex |31,384 |11,417 |36
Gloucestershire |10,306 |6,561 |64
Hampshire |29,354 |12,905 |44
Hereford and Worcestershire |3,911 |1,929 |49
Hertfordshire |10,968 |4,677 |43
Humberside |10,802 |7,524 |70
Isle of Wight |2,270 |1,139 |50
Kent |9,801 |6,405 |65
Lancashire |21,743 |12,538 |58
Leicestershire |12,311 |7,061 |57
Lincolnshire |6,044 |3,908 |65
Norfolk |7,004 |4,394 |63
North Yorkshire |5,576 |2,504 |45
Northamptonshire |7,536 |4,339 |58
Northumberland |2,687 |1,003 |37
Nottinghamshire |5,847 |3,043 |52
Oxfordshire |13,423 |2,055 |15
Shropshire |5,277 |2,602 |49
Somerset |6,832 |2,014 |29
Staffordshire |17,517 |9,313 |53
Suffolk |8,619 |5,866 |68
Surrey |11,030 |3,610 |33
Warwickshire |2,993 |1,236 |41
West Sussex |6,116 |2,157 |35
Wiltshire |4,556 |1,983 |44
LEA |Plans cash |1987-88 capital |Initial allocation as a
|allocation cash |percentage of plans
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Barking |2,126 |806 |38
Barnet |11,234 |1,744 |16
Bexley |2,692 |1,641 |61
Brent |8,249 |2,514 |30
Bromley |3,283 |1,618 |49
Croydon |5,305 |2,428 |46
Ealing |7,624 |2,147 |28
Enfield |2,980 |1,222 |41
Haringey |8,427 |1,121 |13
Harrow |5,525 |2,952 |53
Havering |1,093 |393 |36
Hillingdon |3,782 |1,059 |28
Hounslow |5,259 |1,255 |24
Kingston |9,674 |1,683 |17
Merton |2,390 |1,054 |44
Newham |5,000 |1,165 |23
Redbridge |2,935 |1,761 |60
Richmond |1,275 |115 |9
Sutton |1,966 |247 |13
Waltham |5,276 |2,585 |49
ILEA |44,342 |14,957 |34
Birmingham |11,141 |3,860 |35
Coventry |12,364 |5,709 |46
Dudley |5,067 |1,329 |26
Sandwell |2,955 |576 |19
Solihull |1,778 |500 |28
Walsall |2,483 |824 |33
Wolverhampton |7,088 |1,932 |27
Knowsley |5,510 |1,108 |20
Liverpool |10,072 |1,885 |19
St. Helens |4,953 |855 |17
Sefton |4,616 |1,790 |39
Wirral |4,826 |1,316 |27
Bolton |1,934 |645 |33
Bury |996 |320 |32
Manchester |32,669 |8,968 |27
Oldham |4,809 |2,799 |58
Rochdale |5,493 |2,220 |40
Salford |3,016 |1,882 |62
Stockport |4,004 |1,243 |31
Tameside |1,884 |389 |21
Trafford |2,947 |1,064 |36
Wigan |4,550 |2,717 |60
Barnsley |1,073 |530 |49
Doncaster |403 |365 |91
Rotherham |2,336 |287 |12
Sheffield |10,762 |3,197 |30
Bradford |24,853 |6,303 |25
Calderdale |3,381 |1,883 |56
Kirklees |8,782 |1,664 |19
Leeds |12,502 |2,802 |22
Wakefield |5,210 |2,074 |40
Gateshead |4,073 |1,112 |27
Newcastle |9,479 |3,369 |36
North Tyneside |4,498 |1,935 |43
South Tyneside |5,121 |1,932 |38
Sunderland |13,391 |2,305 |17
Isles of Scilly |60 |30 |50
Avon |10,865 |4,386 |40
Bedfordshire |4,814 |1,248 |26
Berkshire |8,281 |3,597 |43
Buckinghamshire |10,384 |6,004 |58
Cambridgeshire |10,016 |3,399 |34
Cheshire |9,420 |5,043 |54
Cleveland |8,539 |4,351 |51
Cornwall |8,061 |5,645 |70
Cumbria |6,224 |2,852 |46
Derbyshire |20,028 |9,036 |45
Devon |11,291 |4,734 |42
Dorset |9,577 |4,349 |45
Durham |6,263 |1,371 |22
East Sussex |15,038 |4,884 |32
Essex |34,169 |11,600 |34
Gloucester |10,302 |7,167 |70
Hampshire |28,643 |10,918 |38
Hereford and West |5,633 |2,585 |46
Hertfordshire |14,293 |4,100 |29
Humberside |14,865 |10,753 |72
Isle of Wight |3,192 |1,375 |43
Kent |13,345 |7,514 |56
Lancashire |18,800 |5,994 |32
Leicester |13,336 |5,526 |41
Lincoln |7,745 |4,625 |60
Norfolk |7,864 |5,019 |64
North Yorkshire |5,150 |2,035 |40
Northamptonshire |5,132 |1,726 |34
Northumberland |2,060 |655 |32
Nottinghamshire |5,512 |2,379 |43
Oxfordshire |11,326 |1,942 |17
Shropshire |8,486 |5,257 |62
Somerset |6,220 |2,626 |42
Staffordshire |18,219 |7,591 |42
Suffolk |8,830 |6,683 |76
Surrey |9,339 |3,828 |41
Warwickshire |3,473 |1,101 |32
West Sussex |7,420 |1,739 |23
Wiltshire |7,021 |3,177 |45
|c|1988-89|c|
£000s
LEA |Plans cash |Capital allocation cash|Initial allocation as a
|percentage of plans
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Barking |10,457 |1,639 |16
Barnet |11,192 |2,000 |18
Bexley |1,758 |1,234 |70
Brent |6,758 |2,532 |37
Bromley |6,098 |403 |7
Croydon |7,149 |1,595 |22
Ealing |9,053 |1,174 |13
Enfield |9,504 |1,318 |14
Haringey |11,042 |2,330 |21
Harrow |3,862 |1,643 |43
Havering |1,962 |692 |35
Hillingdon |6,307 |918 |15
Hounslow |4,860 |1,242 |26
Kingston |11,731 |1,695 |14
Merton |6,965 |1,023 |15
Newham |6,316 |3,061 |48
Redbridge |5,418 |3,719 |69
Richmond |2,210 |277 |13
Sutton |6,063 |627 |10
Waltham |7,120 |5,498 |77
ILEA |54,545 |17,767 |33
Birmingham |11,472 |4,407 |38
Coventry |17,980 |6,155 |34
Dudley |7,773 |1,555 |20
Sandwell |3,710 |767 |21
Solihull |4,890 |700 |14
Walsall |2,210 |907 |41
Wolverhampton |7,823 |1,849 |24
Knowsley |4,815 |1,136 |24
Liverpool |7,692 |2,323 |30
St. Helens |5,685 |1,211 |21
Sefton |2,778 |1,450 |52
Wirral |6,391 |2,330 |36
Bolton |3,866 |1,212 |31
Bury |1,282 |467 |36
Manchester |34,860 |9,269 |27
Oldham |5,793 |2,822 |49
Rochdale |5,654 |1,440 |25
Salford |5,740 |3,430 |60
Stockport |3,891 |2,878 |74
Tameside |2,781 |716 |26
Trafford |2,637 |471 |18
Wigan |5,308 |3,508 |66
Barnsley |1,198 |342 |29
Doncaster |644 |421 |65
Rotherham |2,184 |699 |32
Sheffield |17,815 |7,189 |40
Bradford |33,604 |10,457 |31
Calderdale |5,486 |3,619 |66
Kirklees |9,078 |1,486 |16
Leeds |14,280 |4,626 |32
Wakefield |6,397 |3,573 |56
Gateshead |5,420 |1,933 |36
Newcastle |12,946 |3,917 |30
North Tyneside |4,587 |2,129 |46
South Tyneside |5,939 |2,527 |43
Sunderland |10,951 |4,583 |42
Isles of Scilly |405 |39 |10
Avon |10,993 |4,277 |39
Bedfordshire |5,660 |1,630 |29
Berkshire |12,603 |5,567 |44
Buckinghamshire |9,013 |6,152 |68
Cambridgeshire |13,719 |4,314 |31
Cheshire |10,812 |4,829 |45
Cleveland |7,104 |3,673 |52
Cornwall |9,744 |6,413 |66
Cumbria |6,530 |4,858 |74
Derbyshire |15,025 |10,777 |72
Devon |10,732 |6,262 |58
Dorset |8,459 |4,052 |48
Durham |5,451 |1,415 |26
East Sussex |25,962 |9,815 |38
Essex |37,264 |20,317 |55
Gloucestershire |9,864 |5,302 |32
Hampshire |38,619 |16,550 |43
Herefordshire and Worcestershire |9,032 |2,892 |32
Hertfordshire |18,887 |5,525 |29
Humberside |13,333 |7,077 |53
Isle of Wight |4,377 |1,663 |38
Kent |15,217 |7,134 |47
Lancashire |25,419 |12,809 |50
Leicestershire |15,643 |7,419 |47
Lincolnshire |8,891 |3,897 |44
Norfolk |7,938 |4,021 |51
North Yorkshire |7,297 |3,937 |54
Northamptonshire |8,571 |3,190 |37
Northumberland |3,554 |955 |27
Nottinghamshire |4,709 |2,461 |52
Oxfordshire |18,701 |4,673 |25
Shropshire |8,474 |4,465 |53
Somerset |6,501 |2,764 |43
Staffordshire |15,494 |7,469 |48
Suffolk |9,448 |7,014 |74
Surrey |15,468 |4,859 |31
Warwickshire |4,069 |1,375 |34
West Sussex |10,851 |3,053 |28
Wiltshire |6,867 |3,215 |47
LEA |Plans cash |1989-90 Capital |Initial allocation as
|allocation cash |percent. of plans
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Barking |1,429 |245 |17
Barnet |5,954 |996 |17
Bexley |3,336 |864 |26
Brent |4,939 |463 |9
Bromley |6,338 |663 |10
Croydon |6,487 |1,008 |16
Ealing |10,487 |540 |5
Enfield |6,847 |1,153 |17
Haringey |6,237 |2,275 |36
Harrow |7,423 |650 |9
Havering |4,912 |1,341 |27
Hillingdon |5,132 |644 |13
Hounslow |8,173 |529 |6
Kingston |9,756 |316 |3
Merton |11,393 |5,243 |46
Newham |7,944 |3,590 |45
Redbridge |5,241 |2,028 |39
Richmond |2,826 |540 |19
Sutton |11,995 |649 |5
Waltham |13,259 |8,013 |60
ILEA |38,931 |11,957 |31
Birmingham |13,206 |5,218 |40
Coventry |15,815 |2,670 |17
Dudley |5,621 |2,531 |45
Sandwell |4,462 |2,080 |47
Solihull |4,084 |744 |18
Walsall |3,190 |921 |29
Wolverhampton |3,810 |528 |14
Knowsley |6,413 |2,116 |33
Liverpool |6,121 |607 |10
St. Helens |4,597 |1,851 |40
Sefton |4,728 |1,724 |36
Wirral |6,817 |2,469 |36
Bolton |4,208 |1,286 |31
Bury |1,055 |605 |57
Manchester |26,053 |5,271 |20
Oldham |6,654 |2,272 |34
Rochdale |7,094 |2,175 |31
Salford |5,717 |3,806 |67
Stockport |3,822 |1,519 |40
Tameside |2,863 |746 |26
Trafford |20,581 |2,671 |13
Wigan |7,057 |1,364 |19
Barnsley |1,665 |270 |16
Doncaster |1,059 |684 |65
Rotheham |2,647 |840 |32
Sheffield |9,204 |5,211 |57
Bradford |27,879 |8,334 |30
Calderdale |4,135 |2,607 |63
Kirklees |5,406 |808 |15
Leeds |17,367 |3,464 |20
Wakefield |5,296 |3,212 |61
Gateshead |5,263 |1,052 |20
Newcastle |9,148 |1,566 |17
North Tyneside |5,853 |1,577 |27
South Tyneside |9,846 |3,372 |34
Sunderland |10,269 |3,859 |38
Isles of Scilly |149 |149 |100
Avon |12,427 |3,877 |31
Bedfordshire |6,120 |2,022 |33
Berkshire |13,676 |5,876 |43
Buckinghamshire |12,370 |7,780 |63
Cambridgeshire |21,003 |5,801 |28
Cheshire |12,507 |3,487 |28
Cleveland |7,450 |5,324 |71
Cornwall |11,803 |6,129 |52
Cumbria |10,156 |6,753 |66
Derbyshire |22,530 |11,669 |52
Devon |23,329 |14,177 |61
Dorset |11,083 |2,970 |27
Durham |14,756 |2,133 |14
East Sussex |25,515 |9,171 |36
Essex |54,816 |17,002 |31
Gloucestershire |14,180 |5,934 |42
Hampshire |28,586 |7,940 |28
Herefordshire and Worcestershire |9,134 |2,534 |28
Hertfordshire |16,561 |4,832 |29
Humberside |13,240 |7,288 |55
Isle of Wight |6,678 |1,628 |24
Kent |24,492 |8,610 |35
Lancashire |34,170 |13,664 |40
Leicestershire |12,785 |6,769 |53
Lincolnshire |8,599 |3,010 |35
Norfolk |10,892 |3,788 |35
North Yorkshire |6,899 |2,209 |32
Northamptonshire |9,049 |4,046 |45
Northumberland |5,234 |889 |17
Nottinghamshire |7,408 |3,215 |43
Oxfordshire |15,971 |3,758 |24
Shropshire |8,010 |4,943 |62
Somerset |15,865 |3,088 |19
Staffordshire |11,544 |4,927 |43
Suffolk |13,315 |6,086 |46
Surrey |12,460 |5,735 |46
Warwickshire |6,275 |1,729 |28
West Sussex |12,953 |1,966 |15
Wiltshire |10,455 |2,866 |27
CIVIL SERVICE
Government Economic Statistics"
90. Mr. Fisher : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what are the implications for him as the Minister for the Civil Service of the publication of the scrutiny report entitled "Government Economic Statistics".
Mr. Luce : This is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. However, I welcome any initiative that increases the efficiency of the Civil Service, and I am pleased that the Central Statistical Office is to be established as an executive agency.
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Quality of Service
96. Mr. Gow : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how he intends to improve the quality of service given by civil servants.
Mr. Luce : Improving delivery of services to the public is one of the major aims of the next steps initiative. In December 1988 my Department published a paper intended to stimulate discussion of this important area.
Equal Opportunities
97. Mr. Janner : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will make a statement on the progress of monitoring exercises carried out in the Civil Service in accordance with the codes of the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Mr. Luce : The Civil Service is making good progress in monitoring the implementation of its equal opportunity policies. Monitoring and follow -up action is carried out by departments and the Civil Service Commission in accordance with the Commission for Racial Equality and Equal Opportunities Commission codes of practice.
THE ARTS
Museums and Galleries
68. Mr. Kirkhope : To ask the Minister for the Arts to what extent he is providing for the building and maintenance of museums and galleries.
Mr. Luce : I am continuing to give high priority to building and maintenance in our national museums and galleries. Spending on building and maintenance will increase to £55 million by 1991-92, which represents an increase of 53 per cent. since 1987-88.
83. Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the chairman of the Museums and Galleries Commission to discuss the future funding and administration of national museums.
Mr. Luce : I meet the chairman of the Museums and Galleries Commission quite frequently and on a wide range of subjects which have included matters raised in the commission's May 1988 report on the national museums.
Yorkshire (Administration)
69. Mr. Battle : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the chairman of the Yorkshire Arts Association to discuss the structure of arts administration in Yorkshire.
Mr. Luce : I meet the chairman of the Yorkshire Arts Association from time to time. A variety of matters is discussed.
New Audiences
70. Mr. Boswell : To ask the Minister for the Arts how he intends to encourage new audiences for the arts.
Mr. Luce : I am encouraging a wide range of initiatives to attract new audiences to the arts through the Arts Council and other bodies. These include work on ethnic arts, rural arts and education, arts for the disabled, broadcasting and touring.
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Wales (Funding)
71. Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the chairman of the Welsh Arts Council to discuss the level of arts funding in Wales.
81. Dr. Marek : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the chairman of the Welsh Arts Council to discuss the level of arts funding in Wales.
Mr. Luce : I meet the chairman of the Welsh Arts Council from time to time. A variety of matters are discussed.
Museums and Libraries
72. Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will make a statement on the staffing levels at museums and libraries in London.
Mr Luce : In London, there are some 4,000 staff in public libraries for which information is available, and some 7,000 in national museums and galleries and the British library. Information on other London libraries and museums is not held centrally.
Film and Television (Support)
73. Mr. Greg Knight : To ask the Minister for the Arts what support for the British Film Institute and the National Film and Television School has been achieved in the last 10 years both from Government and private sources.
Mr. Luce : In the last 10 years the British Film Institute has received £83.6 million in Government support and £67.9 million from the private sector. In the same period, the National Film and Television school has received £10.7 million and £9.3 million respectively, from the same two sources.
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Wales (Administration)
74. Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the chairman of the Welsh Arts Council to discuss the structure of arts administration in Wales.
Mr. Luce : I meet the chairman of the Welsh Arts Council from time to time. A variety of matters are discussed.
Performing Arts (Support)
75. Mr. Hague : To ask the Minister for the Arts to what extent Government support for the performing arts has increased in real terms since 1979-80.
Mr. Luce : The Government's grant to the Arts Council, which is responsible for funding the performing arts and other art forms, has increased by 13 per cent. in real terms between 1979-80 and 1989-90.
Book-lending Service
76. Mr. Key : To ask the Minister for the Arts what representations he has received on the continued provision of the basic book-lending service of libraries free of charge.
Mr. Luce : As I said in my statement on 8 February, at columns 987- 97, the principle of a free basic public library service was generally supported by those responding to the library Green Paper. The Government have protected the essential elements of that service in the Local Government and Housing Bill.
Acceptances in Lieu of Tax
77. Mr. Jacques Arnold : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will list the acceptances in lieu of tax in the last 12 months ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : The following items and land were accepted in lieu of tax in 1988-89 :
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Item |To whom allocated |Amount of tax satisfied £
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Two paintings by William Hogarth |National Museum of Wales |<1>1,250,000
Flower painting by Jacob Marrel |Not yet allocated |61,369
Print by William Blake |Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |19,658
Sculpture by Naum Gabo |Not yet allocated |286,610
"A Tartar Huntsman" by Rubens |Not yet allocated |50,000
"The Artist's Studio" by Peter Tillemans |Castle Museum, Norwich |52,270
"Allee a Chantilly" by Cezanne |Not yet allocated |<1>3,387,556
Land at Oxey Mead, Yarnton, Oxfordshire |Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and |15,640
| Oxfordshire Naturalists Trust Ltd.
Two busts by Roubiliac |National Museum of Scotland to remain|353,855
| in situ at Mellerstain House
Two portraits by Angelica Kauffman |Scottish National Portrait Gallery |34,100
Ten letters written to Sir Arthur Bryant |Imperial War Museum |875
Ten portraits |Not yet allocated |260,717
"Fabula" by El Greco |National Galleries of Scotland |<1>947,136.88
<1> These three items were met by a call on the reserve.
Foreign Artists (Grants)
78. Mr. Holt : To ask the Minister for the Arts what is his policy on the allocation of grants by regional arts associations to foreign artists ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : The great bulk of spending by regional arts associations is in support of British artists. RAAs and their
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Marketing
79. Mr. Stern : To ask the Minister for the Arts how he is encouraging marketing of the arts.
Mr. Luce : As I announced to the House on 21 March, at column 509, I am building on marketing initiatives introduced over the last two years by now offering to support extended consultancies to arts organisations trying a new marketing approach, and the work of arts marketing consortia.
These initiatives, which will be run on my behalf by the Arts Council, are aimed at improving access to the arts and building up new and wider audiences.
Public Libraries
80. Mr. Haynes : To ask the Minister for the Arts how many public libraries have (a) closed and (b) opened during the past 10 years.
Mr. Luce : These details are not kept centrally, but the total number of service points has increased from 13,339 to 18,567.
85. Mrs. Golding : To ask the Minister for the Arts how many new public libraries have opened in the west midlands in the last 10 years.
Mr. Luce : This information is not kept centrally.
Dockland
82. Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Minister for the Arts what plans he has to widen access to the arts in Docklands.
Mr. Luce : This is a matter for the Greater London Arts Association which, I understand, is engaged in continuing discussions with the London Docklands Development Corporation about a plan for arts and recreation in Docklands.
Business Sponsorship Scheme
84. Mr. Andrew Mitchell : To ask the Minister for the Arts how much funding has been attracted through the business sponsorship incentive scheme since its inception ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : Since its inception in 1984 the business sponsorship incentive scheme has brought £17.23 million in business sponsorship and £7.59 million in Government awards to the arts ; a total of £24.82 million new money.
Over 1,000 first-time sponsors have now been brought into the arts by the scheme and I am delighted with its progress.
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Merseyside Arts Association
86. Mr. Wareing : To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the chairman of the Merseyside Arts Association to discuss the structure of arts administration on Merseyside.
Mr. Luce : I meet the chairman of the Merseyside Arts Association from time to time. A variety of matters are discussed.
Arts Management
87. Mr. David Martin : To ask the Minister for the Arts to what extent local business communities can help support and enhance the quality of arts management.
Mr. Luce : I believe that great opportunities exist for local businesses to encourage arts management. This was the reason behind the business in the arts scheme launched by the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts last year, with my support. The three strands of the scheme provide for advice tailored to the needs of arts organisations (through the enterprise agency network), management training and placing business volunteers within arts bodies.
Urban Areas
88. Mr. French : To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will make a statement on his policy on the role of the arts in the regeneration of urban areas.
Mr. Luce : I believe that the arts have an important role to play in urban renewal. The Arts Council's "Urban Renaissance" campaign has drawn attention to some of the possibilities, and I have personally visited a variety of excellent arts projects in inner cities.
Geological Museum
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will make a statement on the representations to Her Majesty's Government from the Geologists Association concerning the future of the geological museum.
Mr. Luce : I have not received any representation from the Geologists Association concerning the future of the geological museum.
I understand that an officer of the association has written to the director of the British museum (natural history), of which the geological museum forms a part, and that he will be replying shortly.
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EMPLOYMENT
Rating Reform
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether young people over the age of 18 years who are on employment training or a similar scheme will have their income adjusted to take account of their obligation to pay the community charge from April 1989 in Scotland and from April 1990 in England and Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : There is nothing I can add to the reply I gave to the hon. Member on 18 April 1989, at column 149.
Petrol Prices
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what contribution the rises in petrol prices have made to the retail prices index since January ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : Between January and March 1989 the retail prices index for all items increased by 1.2 per cent. The rise in petrol prices over this period contributed approximately one tenth of one percentage point to this increase.
Palace of Westminster (Health and Safety)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when was the last Health and Safety Executive visit to the Palace of Westminster ; and what was the outcome of the visit.
Mr. Nicholls : The last Health and Safety Executive visit to the Palace of Westminster was on 27 July 1988 to discuss and confirm arrangements for health and safety inspection at the Palace and other premises forming the parliamentary estate.
Siemens Printer
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many Siemens ND 3 printers are used by his Department, either in-house or through a private contract ; and what is the location of each.
Mr. Cope : No Siemens ND 3 printers are used by the Employment Department.
Computers
Miss Emma Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many instances have been detected in his Department of computer (a) hacking, (b) viruses, (c) logic bombs, (d) Trojan horses or (e) other types of computer misuse, whether perpetrated by authorised or unauthorised users of computers ; and how many unsuccessful attempts have been recorded.
Mr. Cope : It is not the policy of the Employment Department to make public details of computer security incidents since such information would be of assistance to potential attackers. Regarding other types of computer misuse, there have been eight instances of fraud since 1981 by authorised users of systems involving falsification of input information, as instanced in the National Audit Office report on "Computer Security in Government Departments" (October 1987).
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Specialist advice was sought and has been acted upon on how best to prevent this in future.Miss Emma Nicholson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if his Department advises small businesses on ways of guarding against unauthorised internal or external penetration of computer files by hackers.
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