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60. Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next expects to meet the United States Treasury Secretary ; and what subjects he expects to discuss.
Mr. Chris Patten : Both the United States Treasury Secretary and my right hon. and learned Friend will be at the economic summit in Paris on 14 to 16 July. The summit will be an opportunity to discuss a number of important economic issues.
Rain Forests
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consequences have flowed from the meetings held by officials of the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Patten) with Megadon and Pa- ikan Amer-Indian chiefs from the rain forest.
Mr. Chris Patten : At my meeting on 28 April with Chief Raoni, Chief Payakan and representatives of the Rainforest Foundation, I invited the Rainforest Foundation to apply for joint funding by the Overseas Development Administration of a project to enforce demarcation of the protected area of the rain forest. When a proposal comes forward, I shall consider it sympathetically.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking to halt the destruction of tropical rain forests ; and what he is doing to promote the concept of sustainable yield in timber management in tropical rain forests.
Mr. Chris Patten : The Overseas Development Administration is implementing a forestry initiative aimed at increasing our aid for the sector in an effort to combat forest destruction. We are using the aid programme to promote the concept of sustainable yield in timber management, for example through a £3.7 million forestry inventory and management project in Ghana. We also promote the concept through participation in tropical forestry action plan sector reviews and in the International Tropical Timber Organisation. The recent sixth session of the ITTO council decided to request the executive director to propose ways of implementing policies to promote sustainable management of natural forests and woodlands.
NORTHERN IRELAND
ading Search Operation, Ards Peninsula 62. Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what firearms and explosives were recovered at the home of a member of the Territorial Army in a search operation in the Ards peninsula, Co. Down, in February ; what action has been taken against the person and any associates who are members of the Territoral Army ; and whether effective security measures are now in
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place to guard against the activities of Loyalist paramilitary groups or their sympathisers in the Territorial Army.Mr. Ian Stewart : On 24 February, six hand grenades, three handguns and a quantity of ammunition were recovered at the home of a member of the Territorial Army, following an RUC search operation in the Ards peninsula. The individual concerned has been charged with firearms and explosives offences and is now in custody. He has been discharged from the Territorial Army.
No other present of former member of the Territorial Army has been charged by the police following his arrest. Questions about the Territorial Army in Northern Ireland (which has no security role in the Province) are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.
Short Bros.
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in the heads of agreement for the sale of Short Brothers plc to Bombardier, what commitments there are in relation to the Shorts plants in Newtownards ; and if he will make a statement on the future of Shorts in Newtownards.
Mr. Viggers : The heads of agreement are commercially confidential. However, in its public statements Bombardier has made it clear that assurances have been given that the manufacturing, and R and D facilities of Shorts, as well as the company headquarters, will remain in Northern Ireland. While the company has not made specific reference to any single manufacturing operation it has, nevertheless indicated that it plans to examine the potential for expansion for all areas of the business.
Firearms
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report to show how many (a) handguns, (b) shotguns, (c) semi-automatic and fully-automatic rifles, (d) machine guns, (e) ammunition and (f) explosives by weight have been recovered from the possession of terrorist organisations in Northern Ireland in each year since 1976 to the latest available date.
Mr. Ian Stewart [holding answer 23 March 1989] : Such information as is readily available is contained in the following tables. The tables relate to the number of munitions found by the security forces during the period 1976 to 30 April 1989 :
Firearms found Year |Pistols/Revolvers|Shotguns |Rifles |MG/SMGs |Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1976 |340 |80 |275 |41 |736 1977 |209 |63 |259 |32 |563 1978 |126 |46 |188 |33 |393 1979 |127 |38 |104 |31 |300 1980 |89 |27 |82 |25 |203 1981 |139 |44 |136 |38 |357 1982 |111 |34 |118 |25 |288 1983 |87 |17 |47 |15 |166 1984 |70 |28 |69 |20 |187 1985 |76 |44 |47 |6 |173 1986 |61 |45 |57 |11 |174 1987 |78 |58 |53 |17 |206 1988 |153 |62 |215 |59 |489 1989<1> |38 |11 |42 |27 |118 <1> To 30 April Note: MG/SMGs refers to machine guns/sub-machine guns.
Year |Rounds of ammunition |Explosives found (tons)
|found
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1976 |70,306 |9.7
1977 |52,091 |1.7
1978 |43,512 |0.9
1979 |46,280 |0.9
1980 |28,078 |0.8
1981 |47,127 |3.4
1982 |41,452 |2.3
1983 |32,451 |1.7
1984 |27,211 |3.8
1985 |13,748 |3.3
1986 |29,061 |2.4
1987 |19,796 |5.8
1988 |105,052 |4.7
1989<1> |17,534 |0.2
<1> To 30 April.
HEALTH
Prescription Payments
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the cost of the available scale margin with respect to prescription payments in the last year of its existence ;
(2) how much money has been saved by the abolition of the available scale margin ;
(3) on how many occasions were available scale margin payments made during the last year of that payment's existence.
Mr. Mellor : I understand that the hon. Member's questions relate to the tolerance margin which was included in the assessment of claimants' requirements under the scheme for claiming exemption from prescription charges on low income grounds which was in force prior to 11 April 1988. I regret that we have no information about the number of cases in which the existence of this margin affected a claimant's entitlement to exemption from prescription charges ; nor is it possible to distinguish between the effects of the abolition of the tolerance margin and those of the other changes which took place at the same time.
NHS Reform
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he proposes to ensure that self-governing hospitals offer a full range of services to their local community.
Mr. Mellor : District health authorities will continue to be responsible for ensuring that a comprehensive range of health care services is available to their residents through contracts placed with self- governing or directly managed NHS hospitals or the private sector.
Midwives
Mrs. Dunwoody : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he expects to respond to the recommendations of the Social Services Select Committee report on midwives' regrading ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Mellor : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Wallsend (Mr. Garrett) and my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen (Mrs. Peacock) on 10 May 1989, at columns 450-51.
Press Briefings
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines he follows in determining which journalists are invited to press briefings by his Department.
Mr. Mellor : This depends upon the matter under discussion.
Nurses (Regrading)
Mr. McWilliam : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library all instructions he and his officials have issued to regional and district health authorities in connection with the nurses' regrading scheme.
Mr. Mellor : Copies of the guidance issued are in the Library.
Medical Education and Research
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the specific studies made by his Department regarding the financial and regional requirements for (a) staff time and attention, (b) hospital beds, (c) laboratory monitoring, (d) extra out-patient attention, (e) resources for epidemiological controls and care and (f) other medical services demanded by medical research in the United Kingdom, during the next 10 years.
Mr. Freeman : The Department has not undertaken any such specific studies.
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the specific funds to be allocated for medical (a) education and (b) research for each of the next five years.
Mr. Freeman : Responsibilities for the funding of medical education and research are vested in a number of bodies. We intend to ensure, through an appropriate funding mechanism, that hospitals which incur extra costs in future through their support of teaching and research, are not put at a disadvantage by comparison with others.
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that the proposals contained in the White Paper, "Working for Patients", will avoid the fragmentation of medical research and making the dissemination of the application of research results throughout the country more difficult.
Mr. Freeman : The Government have stated in their White Paper "Working for Patients" that they are firmly committed to maintaining the quality of research in the NHS. A range of measures will be taken to fulfil this pledge. These include the necessary legislative framework, provision for the service costs of research, and accommodation in the merit award system for consultants engaged in research.
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he responded to the comments and observations made by the Medical Research Council to his White Paper "Working for Patients".
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Mr. Freeman : A response to the comments and observations of the Medical Research Council will be made in due course. Officials have discussed these matters with the Medical Research Council and these contacts will be maintained.
Rejected Imported Food
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if, further to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields of 26 May, Official Report, column 788, he will list the whereabouts of records of rejected imported food consignments.
Mr. Freeman : This information is held by the port health authority of the port of importation.
Chlorinated Water
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Heath what information his Department has on the effects of drinking chlorinated water.
Mr. Freeman : Nearly all public water supplies in England and Wales are treated with chlorine by the water undertakers in order to kill pathogenic micro-organisms. This leads to the production of chlorination by -products, at a level of a few parts per billion. Some of the chemicals formed cause cancer when administered in large doses for long periods to laboratory animals.
The Government sought advice from the Department of Health's independent expert advisory committee on medical aspects of the contamination of air, soil and water. It said :
"We have found no sound reason to conclude that the consumption of the by- products of chlorination, in drinking water which has been treated and chlorinated according to current practices, increases the risk of cancer in humans.
The effective disinfection of water supplies is clearly of great importance in maintaining public health. In our opinion, modification of chlorination processes which have proved effective over many years, or the replacement of chlorination by other disinfectants, is not required by the available data on cancer epidemiology, animal carcinogenicity, and mutagenicity in relation to chlorination by-products in drinking water."
This advice was conveyed to water authorities and water companies in England and Wales in the Department of the Environment/Welsh Office letter WP 12/1986.
Cystic Fibrosis
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he proposes to ensure that opted-out hospitals under his proposals for reform of the National Health Service will finance the necessary care of brain dead organ donors prior to transplant operations including heart-lung transplants for cystic fibrosis patients ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : We are awaiting the report of a study, commissioned by the Department of the costs incurred by hospitals which provide donor organs for transplant. We shall be examining future financial arrangements in the light of the results of this study.
NHS (Pay and Prices)
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each year since 1979 (a) the assumed movement of National Health Service pay and prices for
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the following financial year at the time of the publication of the public expenditure White Paper and (b) the actual movement of National Health Service pay and prices over that year ; and if he will give the scale of cash uplift and efficiency savings required to cover (i) the assumed inflation rate and (ii) the actual inflation rate in each year.Mr. Freeman : The information requested is not available. NHS expenditure plans are made in cash and the Department does not produce projections of a price index for its aggregate programme. Generally, when measuring the effects of inflation on NHS expenditure, the GDP deflator is used as this gives the best picture of the costs of the resources spent on the NHS to the economy as a whole. By this measure gross expenditure on the NHS has increased by more than 40 per cent. over and above retail price inflation since 1978-79, or an average of over 3 per cent. a year. In addition to these extra funds, the Health Service has also benefited from the effects of health authorities' cost improvement programmes.
NHS Review
Mr. Frank Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment has been made by (a) his Department and (b) the Central Office of Information of the National Health Service review launch in early 1989 ;
(2) what is the estimated cost of the campaign to promote the National Health Service review relaunched on 7 June ; and how those cost are made up ;
(3) which agency or agencies were involved in the relaunch of the National Health Service review publicity campaign.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The NHS review launch in early 1989 achieved its objectives of informing the public in general and NHS staff in particular about the Government's proposals. The Central Office of Information was not involved in this communications exercise. There has been no relaunch of the White Paper proposals. The second stage of the communication effort will provide information for staff at hospitals and units which have expressed interest in self-governing status and for the general public in the areas concerned.
NML Presentations Ltd has been contracted to provide organisation, production, design and print services in connection with this communication programme.
The cost of this stage of the programme is of the order of £750, 000.
Cot Deaths
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any plans to increase the allocation for research into the cause of cot deaths ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The main Government agency for the promotion of medical research is the Medical Research Council, which receives grant-in- aid from the Department of Education and Science. The MRC has funded a number of projects related to sudden infant deaths and respiratory distress in the newborn, details of which were given in a reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Latham) on 20 February, at columns 524-25. As a matter of urgency, we are discussing with the MRC what further avenues of research might next be most fruitfully pursued.
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Air Ambulances
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the cost of air ambulances ; and what proposals he has to improve the service.
Mr. Freeman : Emergency flights by the RAF and the air-sea rescue service are undertaken free of charge. The current costs to the NHS of non- emergency flights are £1,015 per flying hour. Several ambulance authorities within the United Kingdom now use dedicated air ambulance helicopters. No information on costs is held centrally, but running costs of the Cornwall service are reported to be around £250, 000 per annum.
It is for health authorities to decide whether local circumstances justify the cost of operating a helicopter ambulance.
Blood Transfusions
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the shortages of blood for blood transfusion in the National Health Service.
Mr. Freeman : There was a temporary reduction in blood supplies following the bank holidays. There has been an excellent response from donors, and stock levels are returning to normal.
Childline
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assistance is provided by his Department to Childline ; what training he requires its counsellors to have ; and to what extent its action and inquiries are co-ordinated by his Department.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 9 June 1989] : We made a grant of £50, 000 towards the launching of Childline in October 1986 and £100,000 for the financial year 1988-89, and we are considering a further application for grant aid. Childline has developed its own training programme, which all its counsellors are required to successfully complete. The Department maintains a close link with Childline and is represented on its council.
Eye Tests
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the percentage fall in the number of people coming forward for routine eye tests since April 1989 in England.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 9 June 1989] : We do not yet have information on the number of people receiving sight tests since April 1989. We expect to commission a survey in the autumn into the number of private sight tests being carried out although the precise details for this survey have yet to be worked out.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Severe Disablement Allowance (Leicestershire)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Leicestershire receive severe disablement allowance.
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Mr. Scott : The numbers of people receiving severe disablement allowance from the Department's local social security offices in Leicestershire as at 30 April 1989 are as follows :
|Number
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Leicester (Burleys Way) |476
Leicester (Lower Hill Street) |1,054
Leicester (Norton Street) |499
Leicester (Yeoman Street) |838
Loughborough |654
Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in
action.
Disabled People
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether the allowances paid to disabled people will be increased to take into account the extra expense of the community charge, also known as the poll tax.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : All community chargepayers on low income, including those who are disabled, will be helped through the community charge rebate scheme which provides rebates of up to 80 per cent. of liability. The special element built into income-related benefit levels will provide help with the 20 per cent. of liability that all chargepayers will have to make from their own resources.
Benefits
Mr. Loyden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all the grounds of refusal of unemployment-related benefits in a manner consistent with the reports of the chief adjudication officer, and if he will give the number of claims disallowed on each ground in 1988.
Mr Peter Lloyd : The information requested is in the table.
Disallowances of Unemployment-Related Benefits made by
Department of Employment Adjudication Officers in 1988
|Numbers
----------------------------------------------------------
Normal idle day/Full extent normal |1,678
Leaving employment voluntarily |261,029
Misconduct |80,412
Payment in liew of notice or remuneration |140,362
Delayed claim |136,496
Whether unemployed |45,154
Dependency |1,898
Availability |73,842
Engaged in employment |21,530
Restricted availability |21,424
Refusal of suitable employment |5,373
Premature termination of training |3,881
Recognised or customary holiday |6,754
Seasonal worker |5,125
Other |64,933
|-------
Total disallowances |869,891
Loans and Grants
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the cost of providing the information on budgeting loans and community care grants sought by the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East, Official Report, 25 May, column 683 ; what was the the cost of providing similar information in his
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answers of 24 May, Official Report, columns 547-52 ; on what criteria he decided in each case as to whether the cost was disproportionate ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Peter Lloyd : The cost of providing the information on budgeting loans and community care grants sought by the hon. Member was approximately £285. Similarly the cost of providing equivalent information in the replies on 24 May was £180 and £112 respectively. There is a long -standing convention that Ministers may decline to answer a question when the cost of preparing the reply is likely to be in excess of £250.
Family Credit (Advertising Campaign)
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will place in the Library any assessment of the family credit advertising campaign of April to June 1988 made (a) by his Department or its predecessor or (b) the Central Office of Information.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what information on the April to June 1988 family credit advertising campaign was provided to those planning and mounting the current family credit publicity campaign.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The advertising agency concerned did not request any specific information relating to the earlier campaign and none was provided.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which agency or agencies were involved in the family credit advertising campaign mounted in April to June 1988 ; and what fee or fees they received.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : One agency, BSB Dorland, was involved in the campaign. It did not receive a specific fee for the campaign. The sums involved are commercial in confidence.
Lodgings
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in local authority supported lodgings in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales lost the £17.50 addition in April when the payment of their benefit was divided between income support and housing benefit ; what representations he has received about the removal of this addition ; if he intends to review it ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : People in supported lodgings should not have seen any reduction in their total benefit income when the new arrangements were introduced in April. Many will have received more benefit overall, because they gained access for the first time to normal income support allowances and premiums which recognise the special needs of the elderly and the disabled. The remainder were entitled to transitional protection which will continue for as long as they remain in supported lodgings.
We have received no recent representations on this issue and have no plans to change the current arrangements.
Income Support
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the value of supplementary benefit income support expressed as a proportion of the
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appropriate level of average net male earnings, in each year since 1974, for each of the following categories of claimants (a) a married couple, plus one child, aged under five years, (b) a married couple, plus two children, aged under five years, and (c) a married couple, plus three children, two aged under five years, and one aged five to 10 years.Mr. Peter Lloyd : The latest available information is at tables 6.4b and 6.5b of the 1988 edition of the "Abstract of Statistics for Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions", a copy of which is in the Library. These tables do not include information relating to income support in 1988 for families in category (iii), but the figure requested is 51.5 per cent.
The income support and supplementary benefit figures are not strictly comparable as the latter included an allowance for rent.
LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Capital Sentences (Jamaica)
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Lord President of the Council what consideration has been given by the Privy Council to capital sentences passed by Jamaican courts in the last 10 years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wakeham : The following numbers of appeals and petitions for special leave in capital cases from Jamaica have been referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council since 1980.
|Petitions|Appeals
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1980 |1 |0
1981 |3 |2
1982 |3 |1
1983 |4 |0
1984 |6 |0
1985 |4 |1
1986 |8 |0
1987 |15 |1
1988 |16 |0
1989 (to date) |6 |2
It would not be appropriate for me to make any statement regarding the exercise of this judicial function.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Stationery
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Lord President of the Council how much House of Commons stationery has been used in each of the last five years ; and what was the total cost of such stationery in each of the years for which figures are available.
Mr. Wakeham : The quantity of House of Commons die-stamped stationery which has been ordered by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in each of the last five years, together with the total value, is as follows :
Financial year |Envelopes |Letterheads |Value
|£
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1984-85 |4,118,000 |5,929,000 |n/a
1985-86 |3,112,000 |4,477,000 |311,880
1986-87 |7,662,000 |5,718,000 |422,809
1987-88 |4,457,000 |5,353,000 |351,237
1988-89 |3,259,000 |4,808,000 |367,815
EMPLOYMENT
Employment Training
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what organisations have been granted ET training agent contracts ; what were the planned volumes of trainees between September 1988 and March 1989 ; what are the planned volumes between April 1989 and
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August 1989 ; how many trainees have been referred to ET training agents ; and how many action plans had been agreed at the end of each month since September 1988, for each Training Agency area.Mr. Nicholls : The names and addresses of training agents are in the employment training directory of training agents and training managers, a copy of which is held in the House of Commons Library. Information on the profiles of training agent volumes is for internal management information purposes only. The numbers of employment service referrals to training agents are only available for the 77 employment service areas and are given in table 1. The number of action plans agreed at training agents are given for the 57 Training Agency areas in table 2.
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Table 2
Action plans completed by ET training agents: September 1988 to March 1989
Area office Agreed action plans
|September 1988 |October 1988 |November 1988 |December 1988 |January 1989 |February 1989 |March 1989
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South East Region
Berkshire and Oxfordshire |242 |798 |0 |922 |514 |450 |418
Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire |219 |294 |763 |411 |429 |520 |500
Essex |227 |550 |525 |1,051 |632 |748 |989
Hampshire and Isle of Wight |411 |487 |679 |409 |717 |670 |772
Kent |32 |610 |1,159 |488 |714 |652 |596
Surrey |102 |223 |174 |615 |190 |0 |196
Sussex |0 |682 |900 |470 |555 |652 |695
London Region
Inner London North |505 |1,196 |1,545 |1,606 |1,651 |1,799 |2,090
Inner London South |510 |655 |616 |539 |645 |718 |736
London East |793 |735 |805 |670 |972 |1,117 |1,092
London North |732 |857 |935 |846 |858 |970 |996
London South |280 |320 |479 |340 |423 |542 |543
London West |591 |867 |811 |676 |900 |912 |952
South West Region
Avon |238 |361 |411 |327 |453 |506 |489
Devon and Cornwall |665 |692 |1,244 |795 |1,294 |615 |1,192
Dorset and Somerset |418 |478 |386 |332 |342 |516 |471
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |357 |546 |560 |433 |390 |479 |536
West Midlands Region
Birmingham and Solihull |935 |1,026 |1,201 |756 |1,553 |1,685 |1,382
Coventry and Warwickshire |378 |617 |576 |322 |638 |812 |748
Dudley and Sandwell |818 |769 |899 |1,021 |978 |1,059 |1,416
Staffordshire |541 |906 |434 |1,145 |1,128 |929 |1,192
The Marches, Hereford/Worcester |0 |710 |677 |954 |406 |613 |1,330
Wolverhampton and Walsall |0 |1,055 |1,913 |308 |706 |821 |754
East Midlands and Eastern Region
Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire |502 |484 |520 |331 |400 |426 |362
Derbyshire |704 |742 |743 |501 |582 |677 |743
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire |499 |607 |604 |551 |718 |719 |736
Lincolnshire |192 |251 |267 |154 |296 |359 |313
Norfolk and Suffolk |586 |625 |652 |426 |753 |641 |961
Nottinghamshire |602 |909 |853 |669 |937 |923 |851
Yorkshire and Humberside Region
Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees |758 |944 |1,439 |911 |1,123 |1,186 |1,316
Humberside |858 |821 |791 |847 |949 |970 |938
North Yorkshire and Leeds |621 |826 |752 |743 |777 |1,035 |1,002
Sheffield and Rotherham |1,078 |1,387 |1,382 |961 |1,459 |1,236 |1,043
Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley |861 |1,154 |1,296 |990 |1,501 |1,547 |1,265
North West Region
Cheshire |809 |826 |901 |588 |773 |951 |699
Cumbria |267 |280 |406 |269 |315 |377 |373
Lancashire |937 |1,050 |955 |943 |1,090 |1,164 |1,279
Central Manchester |597 |685 |945 |936 |954 |984 |837
Greater Manchester North |395 |699 |711 |423 |821 |834 |894
Greater Manchester East |484 |904 |784 |488 |604 |875 |913
Merseyside |630 |1,386 |1,715 |1,504 |1,995 |2,315 |2,220
Northern Region
Cleveland |1,404 |2,633 |3,774 |4,573 |6,197 |7,961 |9,464
County Durham |1,027 |1,921 |2,818 |3,439 |4,453 |5,707 |6,767
Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle |602 |1,564 |2,668 |3,517 |5,861 |7,136 |13,114
Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead |1,356 |2,779 |4,170 |5,753 |6,829 |8,474 |10,080
Wales
Dyfed and West Glamorgan |524 |759 |922 |749 |909 |930 |949
Gwent |268 |348 |536 |282 |747 |779 |681
Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys |309 |458 |545 |546 |573 |679 |497
Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan |826 |935 |1,073 |856 |951 |1,302 |1,301
Scotland
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |550 |706 |895 |832 |802 |1,003 |826
Central and Fife |429 |459 |710 |603 |594 |832 |573
Glasgow City |828 |958 |1,263 |1,160 |1,198 |1,463 |1,915
Grampian and Tayside |937 |817 |825 |726 |918 |1,018 |1,267
Highlands and Islands |158 |207 |301 |351 |397 |400 |308
Lanarkshire |301 |649 |710 |480 |639 |800 |803
Lothian and Borders |604 |766 |1,269 |757 |805 |824 |940
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |339 |397 |607 |576 |770 |1,000 |1,122
Table 2
Action plans completed by ET training agents: September 1988 to March 1989
Area office Agreed action plans
|September 1988 |October 1988 |November 1988 |December 1988 |January 1989 |February 1989 |March 1989
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South East Region
Berkshire and Oxfordshire |242 |798 |0 |922 |514 |450 |418
Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire |219 |294 |763 |411 |429 |520 |500
Essex |227 |550 |525 |1,051 |632 |748 |989
Hampshire and Isle of Wight |411 |487 |679 |409 |717 |670 |772
Kent |32 |610 |1,159 |488 |714 |652 |596
Surrey |102 |223 |174 |615 |190 |0 |196
Sussex |0 |682 |900 |470 |555 |652 |695
London Region
Inner London North |505 |1,196 |1,545 |1,606 |1,651 |1,799 |2,090
Inner London South |510 |655 |616 |539 |645 |718 |736
London East |793 |735 |805 |670 |972 |1,117 |1,092
London North |732 |857 |935 |846 |858 |970 |996
London South |280 |320 |479 |340 |423 |542 |543
London West |591 |867 |811 |676 |900 |912 |952
South West Region
Avon |238 |361 |411 |327 |453 |506 |489
Devon and Cornwall |665 |692 |1,244 |795 |1,294 |615 |1,192
Dorset and Somerset |418 |478 |386 |332 |342 |516 |471
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |357 |546 |560 |433 |390 |479 |536
West Midlands Region
Birmingham and Solihull |935 |1,026 |1,201 |756 |1,553 |1,685 |1,382
Coventry and Warwickshire |378 |617 |576 |322 |638 |812 |748
Dudley and Sandwell |818 |769 |899 |1,021 |978 |1,059 |1,416
Staffordshire |541 |906 |434 |1,145 |1,128 |929 |1,192
The Marches, Hereford/Worcester |0 |710 |677 |954 |406 |613 |1,330
Wolverhampton and Walsall |0 |1,055 |1,913 |308 |706 |821 |754
East Midlands and Eastern Region
Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire |502 |484 |520 |331 |400 |426 |362
Derbyshire |704 |742 |743 |501 |582 |677 |743
Leicestershire and Northamptonshire |499 |607 |604 |551 |718 |719 |736
Lincolnshire |192 |251 |267 |154 |296 |359 |313
Norfolk and Suffolk |586 |625 |652 |426 |753 |641 |961
Nottinghamshire |602 |909 |853 |669 |937 |923 |851
Yorkshire and Humberside Region
Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees |758 |944 |1,439 |911 |1,123 |1,186 |1,316
Humberside |858 |821 |791 |847 |949 |970 |938
North Yorkshire and Leeds |621 |826 |752 |743 |777 |1,035 |1,002
Sheffield and Rotherham |1,078 |1,387 |1,382 |961 |1,459 |1,236 |1,043
Wakefield, Doncaster and Barnsley |861 |1,154 |1,296 |990 |1,501 |1,547 |1,265
North West Region
Cheshire |809 |826 |901 |588 |773 |951 |699
Cumbria |267 |280 |406 |269 |315 |377 |373
Lancashire |937 |1,050 |955 |943 |1,090 |1,164 |1,279
Central Manchester |597 |685 |945 |936 |954 |984 |837
Greater Manchester North |395 |699 |711 |423 |821 |834 |894
Greater Manchester East |484 |904 |784 |488 |604 |875 |913
Merseyside |630 |1,386 |1,715 |1,504 |1,995 |2,315 |2,220
Northern Region
Cleveland |1,404 |2,633 |3,774 |4,573 |6,197 |7,961 |9,464
County Durham |1,027 |1,921 |2,818 |3,439 |4,453 |5,707 |6,767
Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle |602 |1,564 |2,668 |3,517 |5,861 |7,136 |13,114
Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead |1,356 |2,779 |4,170 |5,753 |6,829 |8,474 |10,080
Wales
Dyfed and West Glamorgan |524 |759 |922 |749 |909 |930 |949
Gwent |268 |348 |536 |282 |747 |779 |681
Gwynned, Clwyd and Powys |309 |458 |545 |546 |573 |679 |497
Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan |826 |935 |1,073 |856 |951 |1,302 |1,301
Scotland
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway |550 |706 |895 |832 |802 |1,003 |826
Central and Fife |429 |459 |710 |603 |594 |832 |573
Glasgow City |828 |958 |1,263 |1,160 |1,198 |1,463 |1,915
Grampian and Tayside |937 |817 |825 |726 |918 |1,018 |1,267
Highlands and Islands |158 |207 |301 |351 |397 |400 |308
Lanarkshire |301 |649 |710 |480 |639 |800 |803
Lothian and Borders |604 |766 |1,269 |757 |805 |824 |940
Renfrew, Dumbarton and Argyll |339 |397 |607 |576 |770 |1,000 |1,122
Mr. Loyden : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will produce figures showing the duration of stay for participants on employment training on (a) a national and (b) a Merseyside basis.
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