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Written Answers to Questions
Monday 26 June 1989
SCOTLAND
East Kilbride (Transport)
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many homes would have to be demolished to make way for British Rail's proposed extension to East Kilbride town centre.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Until detailed studies have been commissioned it is impossible to say how many homes would have to be demolished, but it is established public policy to keep such numbers to an absolute minimum, consistent with the technical requirements of any development proposal.
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he intends to hold an inquiry into British Rail's proposal to build a rail extension into East Kilbride town centre.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : If British Rail is unable to satisfy the petitioner against the relevant provisional order deposited under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, the provisions of the Act require that the Secretary of State shall direct an inquiry by commissioners.
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration has been given to improving the existing park and ride' facilities serving East Kilbride town centre.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This is a matter for Strathclyde passenger transport executive to consider in consultation with East Kilbride development corporation and ScotRail. I understand that the existing park and ride facilities are to be retained.
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost of the proposed British Rail proposed extension to East Kilbride town centre.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : A preliminary estimate published with the provisional order gave a total cost of £8.295 million. However East Kilbride development corporation stresses that any such estimates are somewhat speculative until detailed design studies have been concluded particularly in this case as some tunnelling would be necessary and in the absence of detailed knowledge of local geological conditions.
Forestry
Mr. Lord : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what effect changes in taxation relating to the forestry industry made in the 1988 budget have had on that industry ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : It is too early to say precisely what effect the 1988 Budget changes will have on
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the forestry industry. We do, however, expect that there will be some temporary reduction in the amount of new planting as the industry adjusts to the new arrangements.Glasgow School of Art
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the total grants given to the Glasgow school of art by his Department for each year since 1981 in 1989 money ; and what is the planned grant for 1990-91.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is set out in the table.
Glasgow school of art recurrent and non-recurrent grants (£ million financial year) Financial year |Recurrent |Non-recurrent |Total grants --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981-82 |3.376 |0.306 |3.682 1982-83 |3.767 |0.420 |4.187 1983-84 |3.823 |0.128 |3.951 1984-85 |3.867 |0.391 |4.258 1985-86 |3.832 |0.249 |4.081 1986-87 |3.957 |0.034 |3.991 1987-88 |4.059 |0.493 |4.552 1988-89 |3.889 |0.761 |4.650 Note: The figures have been expressed at 1989-90 prices, using the latest GDP deflator.
For 1989-90, an offer of £3.795 million grant-in-aid for recurrent expenditure has been made, subject to parliamentary approval ; the value of non-recurrent grant (for capital items) has not yet been determined. Firm plans have not yet been made for 1990-91 ; decisions will be made towards the end of this year in the light of the school's institutional plans, resources available for the grant-aided college sector as a whole, and the Government's proposals to shift the balance of funding for universities and colleges such as Glasgow school of art from grant-in-aid towards students' tuition fees with effect from the academic year 1990-91.
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that the Glasgow school of art remains open.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have every confidence that the school will continue. My recent decision to abolish quotas on student intakes will encourage the school to increase student numbers and generate more income.
Departmental officials are in close touch with the school about the preparation of its institutional plan for 1990-91 and beyond, and decisions on the allocation of grant-in-aid for 1990-91 will be taken later this year in the light of that. I am also considering proposals for major capital expenditure to improve physical facilities at the school.
Epilepsy Centre
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the reasons why the support rate for epilepsy centre clients in Strathclyde increased at a lower rate than actual running costs in the period between 1 April 1987 and 1 April 1989 ; (2) what is his Department's policy towards the provision of support rate for epilepsy centre clients ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The level of financial support for day care and residential centres provided by voluntary
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bodies or for those attending them is at the discretion of the regional council. My right hon. and learned Friend has no power to intervene in their decisions.Common Services Agency
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if doctors will continue to have the same choice when they purchase orthopaedic appliances following the Common Services Agency's takeover of the allocation of contracts from health boards ; (2) what advice was taken from doctors regarding the decision to transfer the purchasing of orthopaedic apliances from the health boards to the Common Services Agency ;
(3) what savings he expects will be made following the Common Services Agency's takeover of the allocation of contracts for the purchase of orthopaedic appliances.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The purchasing of orthopaedic appliances continues to be the responsibility of the relevant health boards. The supplies division of the Common Services Agency acts on their behalf in the arrangement of contracts for the supply of orthopaedic appliances, as for many other commodities bought by the Health Service. The new contracts arranged by the Common Services Agency, which come into effect on 1 July, were entered into on the advice of a panel of health board experts including a consultant orthopaedic surgeon from Greater Glasgow health board. The contracts give doctors access to the same range of items as at present and each health board has a choice of suppliers for most items.
The contracts include special clauses designed to ensure that the appliances are of good quality and it is expected that patient satisfaction will be improved as a result. The main purpose of the new contracts is to improve quality, but they will also make significant savings compared with current costs. The precise amount will depend on the number of appliances of various types which are bought under the new contracts but is provisionally estimated at approximately £1 million.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Immigration Appeals (Scotland)
Mr. Wray : To ask the Attorney-General what is the number of immigration appeals heard in Scotland for each year since 1976.
The Attorney-General : The number of appeals heard by immigration adjudicators in each year since 1976 is as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1976 |96
1977 |86
1978 |97
1979 |129
1980 |119
1981 |92
1982 |116
1983 |163
1984 |148
1985 |164
1986 |149
1987 |116
1988 |160
Legal Aid
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Attorney-General what is the average payment received by solicitors and by barristers acting for the defence in legal aid cases considered by the Crown court and in which the standard fee applies.
The Attorney-General : The average standard fee received by solicitors for preparation of the brief for counsel and other matters including attendance at court in legal aid cases in the Crown court was £258.67 in the financial year 1988-89. In the same year the average standard fee received by barristers for preparing for trial and providing representation in the Crown court in legal aid cases was £209.10.
Killan Fach Farm, Swansea
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Attorney-General if he will outline the action he has taken, and the reasons for that response, on the application to him from the City of Swansea Council to authorise a prosecution under the Agricultural Land (Removal of Soil) Act 1953 against the owner of Killan Fach Farm, Swansea.
The Solicitor-General : I refused my consent to a prosecution since the time limit for commencing proceedings expired before the council presented me with any information to enable me properly to consider the case.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Cambodia
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will be attending the Paris peace conference on Cambodia in July.
Mr. Eggar : The French Government plan to host an international conference on Cambodia in August. In principle, we expect to attend.
Ivory
Mr. Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Bosworth (Mr. Tredinnick), Official Report , 7 June, column 138 , what information he has on the Hong Kong Government's urgent review of its position on trading in ivory ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The Hong Kong Government announced on 9 June their support for a ban on trade in new ivory. Pending the outcome of the meeting of the convention on international trade in endangered species in October 1989, they have suspended the issue of licences for imports of raw ivory from all sources.
Human Rights
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those members of the European Economic Community who have acceded to the United Nations and Council of Europe conventions on human rights, respectively ; and what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government concerning any similar declarations by the European Community.
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Mr. Eggar : All members of the European Community except Ireland and Greece have ratified the international covenant on civil and political rights ; all but Ireland have ratified the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights. These are the two major United Nations human rights instruments. The position on other United Nations conventions varies. All EC members have ratified the European convention on human rights.
The United Kingdom is signatory to the 1977 joint declaration, by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, of fundamental rights. Protection of human rights forms an important part of EC law.
Ms. Abbott : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will ensure that the United Kingdom delegate to the 41st session of the United Nations human rights sub- commission due to sit in Geneva this summer makes a definitive and strong statement about gross violations of human rights in Ethiopia, and a demand for a direct response.
Mrs. Chalker : The British member of the United Nations human rights sub-commission is an independent expert and does not take instructions from Her Majesty's Government.
Rain Forest
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on the environmental damage caused by British companies to the Amazon rain forest ;
(2) whether he will have discussions with the chairman of (a) British Petroleum, (b) Barclays, (c) Shell and (d) British American Tobacco about reducing the environmental damage caused by them to the Amazon rain forest ; and if he will make a statement ; (3) whether he will sek a meeting with representatives of the Brazilian Government to discuss ways of regulating the activities of foreign companies to prevent the destruction of the Amazon rain forest ; and if he will make a statement ;
(4) whether he will have discussions with British Petroleum about reducing the environmental damage caused to the Amazon rain forest by that company ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : My right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development will be visiting Brazil, including the Amazon region, from 4 to 9 July. During his visit, he will be discussing with Brazilian Ministers and officials our efforts to identify effective ways of helping them with a wide range of environmental problems, including rain forest conservation. He will also be meeting representatives of British companies operating in Brazil with whom he hopes to discuss their role in environmental protection.
The hon. Member will be aware of recent media reports alleging involvement by United Kingdom companies in rain forest destruction. We are studying these, but I understand that the companies claim that these press reports contain important errors of fact, and that they themselves operate significant environmental protection programmes in their projects in Brazil.
Human Rights (Australia)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations he has made complaining about the denial of human rights in the last five years in Australia.
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Human Rights (Kenya)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations he has made complaining about the denial of human rights and the use of torture in the last five years in Kenya.
Mrs. Chalker : We have made a number of representations about human rights to the Kenyan authorities over the last five years, but the precise information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. We welcome the recent release of all political detainees.
Executions (China)
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made in connection with the continuing executions of protestors in China : and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : Representations have been made in Peking to the Chinese authorities on behalf of all 12 EC members appealing for clemency. We have made it clear that we deeply deplore the recent executions and have renewed our appeal to the Chinese authorities not to persecute those campaigning for their democratic rights.
Deportations (Iraq)
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of Iraq about the forced deportation of 100,000 people from the town of Qaladiza which began on Monday 12 June ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : I summoned the Iraqi ambassador on 14 June and repeated our concern about renewed reports of mass resettlement of Kurdish people within northern Iraq. We view these stories with considerable concern. We shall continue to press the Iraqis to allow foreign diplomats and journalists access to the areas in question to see for themselves.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise the matter of the Iraqi programme of forced deportations of its Kurdish minority in the context of European Economic Community political co-operation, as well as in other appropriate international meetings.
Mr. Waldegrave : We discuss this issue regularly with our partners in the Twelve, as well as in other international meetings, and shall continue to do so.
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Iraq about its campaign of forced deportation of its Kurdish citizens ; if he will protest strongly against this breach of Iraq's obligations under the international human rights conventions ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : I summoned the Iraqi ambassador on 14 June to repeat our concern at renewed reports of the mass resettlement of Kurds from northern Iraq. The Iraqi
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authorities are under no illusion that we expect them to fulfil their obligations under the human rights conventions to which they are a signatory.Immigration
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for residency in the United Kingdom from all people in (a) Hong Kong, (b) Pakistan, (c) India and (d) Soviet Union have been (i) accepted and (ii) rejected in each year since 1979 for each respective country.
Mr. Renton : I have been asked to reply.
I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 8 May columns 286-88, which gave the information available for the numbers granted settlement in the United Kingdom, and for the numbers of applications received, granted and initially refused for entry clearance for settlement and for a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the United Kingdom. The available information on refusals of applications for settlement made on arrival in the United Kingdom and after admission for a limited period are given in the following tables :
Table 2
Refusals<1> of applications for settlement made in the United Kingdom
following initial admission for a limited period, by certain
nationalities
1979-88 Number of persons
|<2>Hong Kong|Pakistan |India |Soviet Union
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1986 |20 |140 |210 |-
1987 |30 |150 |210 |-
1988 |20 |100 |150 |-
<1> Includes those seeking settlement on grounds of marriage.
<2> British Dependent Territory citizens.
Table 2
Refusals<1> of applications for settlement made in the United Kingdom
following initial admission for a limited period, by certain
nationalities
1979-88 Number of persons
|<2>Hong Kong|Pakistan |India |Soviet Union
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1986 |20 |140 |210 |-
1987 |30 |150 |210 |-
1988 |20 |100 |150 |-
<1> Includes those seeking settlement on grounds of marriage.
<2> British Dependent Territory citizens.
Political Asylum
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements his Department is making to deal with requests for political asylum from people in China who fear persecution.
Mr. Renton : I have been asked to reply.
In accordance with our normal practice, we will look carefully at any entry clearance application made in China from a Chinese national claiming to be in immediate danger who has links with the United Kingdom.
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EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Research Biologists
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set up an inquiry into the future supply of research biologists.
Student Loans
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what further information he has received or new decisions he has made since 19 June in respect of his scheme for students' loans.
Mr. Jackson : Following my right hon. Friend's statement on 19 June at columns 21-22, we have set in hand continued discussions with the financial institutions on the arrangements for the top-up loans scheme. We shall announce further details of those arrangements in due course.
Public Relations
Mr. Blair : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science which public relations firms his Department has employed and at what cost, for each year since 1979.
Mrs. Rumbold : The consistent practice of successive Governments has been to avoid the use of public relations firms or other firms outside government for public relations work, apart from their use by some Departments in the special circumstances of privatisation work.
University Teachers (Outside Earnings)
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on his latest discussions with the university authorities about the optimum level of outside earnings of university teachers.
Mr. Jackson : I have not had any formal meeting with the university authorities on this topic but I have discussed it, like many others, in my frequent contacts with the academic world.
Student Loans
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, further to his reply of 19 June, Official Report, column 33, if he will publish a revised version of annex E to the White Paper on student loans to include estimates of administrative costs, interest subsidy, default and write off costs, on the assumption of (a) 80 per cent. take-up, (b) 90 per cent. take-up and (c) 100 per cent. take-up.
Mr. Jackson : I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 21 March at columns 497-99, which showed the effect of various take-up assumptions on the estimates in annex E of Cm. 520. Those estimates made allowance for the cost of an illustrative 10 per cent. default rate, and of writing off debts in cases of death or of deferment beyond the age of 50. Those estimates also allowed for the cost of the zero real interest rate, which has the effect, as compared with a higher interest rate, of reducing the size of repayments. The administrative costs mentioned in my
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right hon. Friend's statement on 19 June at columns 21-22 were based on there being 1.15 million accounts in 1995. It is estimated that the scheme will grow eventually to some 2.5 million accounts in the second decade of the next century, but it is not expected that administrative costs will increase in proportion.Chinese Students
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the number of Chinese students presently enrolled in each educational institution in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Jackson : Details for individual institutions are confidential. In 1987-88, there were 1,200 full-time and part-time students in further and higher education in the United Kingdom from the People's Republic of China.
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Educational Institutions (China)
Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has about current cultural and educational links between educational institutions in the United Kingdom and China.
Mr. Jackson : This Department keeps no record of links between educational institutions in this country and China. The British Council, with funds from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Overseas Development Administration, administers a variety of cultural and educational programmes. A list of current activity under the academic links with china scheme (ALCS) is as follows :
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Main links and projects supported under academic links with China scheme (ALCS)-April 1989
Year ALCS support ends |Chinese Institution |United Kingdom |Subject |Main contact
|Institution
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |China National Research Centre for |Science Policy Research Unit |Science Policy Research |Professor C. H. G. Oldham
| Science and Technology for |(SPRU) Sussex University
| Development (CNRCSTD)
| CHI/992/14
1990-91 |Shanghai Medical University |Middlesex Hospital Medical School |Medical Biochemistry |Professor P. N. Campbell
| CHI/992/24
1990-91 |Nanjing Agricultural College |Rothamsted Experimental Station |Plant Virus Research |Dr. A. J. Cockbain
| CHI/992/32
1990-91 |Foreign Affairs College Beijing |Queen Elizabeth House Oxford |International Relations |Mr. N. Maxwell
| CHI/992/38
1990-91 |Nanjing College of Pharmacy |Strathclyde University |Pharmaceutics |Professor J. Midgley
| CHI/992/39
1990-91 |Dalian Institute of Technology |University of Liverpool |Engineering Optimization |Dr. A. B. Templeman
| CHI/992/44
1989-90 |People's University of China, Beijing |University of Sussex |Economics and Comparative/ |Dr. R. Benewick and Dr.
| CHI/992/56 | International Politics | R. White
1990-91 |Institute of Soviet and East |Glasgow University |Soviet and East European Studies |Professor W. V. Wallace
| European Studies/Institute of
| Contemporary International
| Relations
| CHI/992/60
1990-91 |Tongji University, Shanghai |Sheffield University |Petroleum Geology |Professor C. D. Curtis
| CHI/992/61
1988-89 |Nanjing University |Leeds University |Quantitative Economics |Dr. A. D. Pearman
| CHI/992/66 | Management of Enterprise
1990-91 |University of Science and |Imperial College/UMIST |Computational Combustion |Professor D. B. Spalding
| Technology of China (USTC) | Professor B. E. Launder
| CHI/992/74
1989-90 |University of Beijing/National |Glasgow University |Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery |Mr. K. Moos
| CHI/992/79
1989-90 |Institute of Mechanics, Beijing |Oxford University |Engineering Science |Dr. C. Ruiz
| CHI/992/80
1988-89 |Nanjing Institute of Posts and |Chelmsford College of Higher |Telecommunications |Dr. J. P. Sumner
| Telecommunications |Education
| CHI/992/81
1989-90 |Gansu University of Technology |Strathclyde University |Electrical Engineering |Dr. K. Lo
| CHI/992/83
1990-91 |Institute of High Energy Physics |Southampton University |Hard X-Ray Astronomy |Dr. D. Ramsden
| CHI/992/89
1990-91 |Beijing Agricultural Engineering |Silsoe (Agricultural) College (part of |Agriculture |Professor B. May
| University | Cranfield Institute of Technology)
| CHI/992/90
1990-91 |Institute of Economic Research |University of Cambridge Faculty, |Development Economics |Dr. A. Hughes
| Beijing University | Board of Economics and Politics
| CHI/992/96
1990-91 |Beijing College of Commerce |Lancashire Polytechnic |Business and Management |Mr. N. Maynard
| CHI/992/97 | Education
1990-91 |Xiamen University |City University |Electrochemistry |Professor A. C. Tseung
| CHI/992/90
1989-90 |Shanghai Fisheries College |Humberside College of Education |Fisheries Education and Research |Mr. R. Blair
| CHI/992/101
1989-90 |Ministry of Urban and Rural |Strathclyde University (ABACUS) |Building Design |Professor T. Maver
| Construction and Environmental
| Protection (MURCEP)
| CHI/992/102
1988-89 |University of International Business |Lancaster University |Management Education Methods |Mrs. M. E. McClintock
| and Economics (UIBE), Beijing
| CHI/992/106
1989-90 |Chinese Commission for Integrated |Institute of Terrestrial Ecology |Natural Resources |Mr. J. N. R. Jeffers
| Survey of Natural Resources
| CHI/992/107
1989-90 |Central South Institute of |UMIST |Metallurgy and Materials
| Technology, Changsha | Dr. R. Taylor
| CHI/992/110
1989-90 |Beijing Institute of Labour |Queen Mary College |Coal Combustion and Power |Dr. J. Sharpe
| Protection | Plant Design
1989-90 |Institute of History, Chinese |School of Oriental and African |Chinese History |Dr. D. Pollard
| Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) | Studies
| CHI/992/112
1988-89 |Chengdu University of Science and |Dundee University |Civil Engineering |Professor A. Vardy
| Technology
| CHI/992/114
1989-90 |Beijing Academy of Agricultural |Rothamsted Experimental Station |Forestry Sciences |Dr. T. Lewis
| and Crop Protection and Plant
| Biotechnology
| CHI/992/115
1989-90 |Shanghai Jiaotong University |Birmingham University |English Language Teaching |Professor J. Sinclair
| CHI/992/116
1990-91 |Xian University |St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, |Medical Science and Clinical |Professor P. Richards and
| CHI/992/119 | London and Trinity College, | edicine | Dr. C. Seymour
| London
1989-90 |Zheijiang Agricultural University |University of Newcastle upon Tyne |Soil Science Studies |Professor K. Syers
| CHI/992/121
1989-90 |Institute of West Asian and African |Exeter University |Middle Eastern Studies |Dr. T. C. Niblock
| Studies, CASS CHI/992/122
1990-91 |Institute of Philosophy, Beijing |Royal Institute of Philosophy |Philosophy |Dr. M. Tiles
| CHI/992/124
1989-90 |Beijing Normal University and |University of Sussex |Education |Dr. K. Lewin
| Hangzou CHI/992/125
1990-91 |Tianjin University of Science and |Manchester University |Internal Combustion Engine |Professor D. E.
| Technology CHI/992/126 | Winterbone
1989-90 |Shenzhen and Chongsha University |Manchester University |Polymer Chemistry |Dr. C. Booth
| CHI/992/127
1990-91 |Tongji University CHI/992/128 |Bradford University |Mathematics Modelling (of Flow and Pollution Transport)|Professor R. A. Falconer
1990-91 |Xian Jiaotong University |Strathclyde University |Institutional Link (Business |Mr. R. L. Crawford
| CHI/992/130 | Studies)
1990-91 |Northern Jiaoton University |Oxford Polytechnic |Town Planning |Mr. T. E. Mervyn-Jones
| CHI/992/131
1990-91 |East China Petroleum Institute |Herriot-Watt University |Petroleum Engineering |Professor Stuart
| CHI/992/132
1990-91 |Shanghai University of Technology |Manchester University |Fluid Mechanics |Dr. J. Turner
| CHI/992/133
1990-91 |Shanxi Agricultural University |UCw Aberystwyth |Agricultural Sciences |Mr. G. Brown
| CHI/992/134
1990-91 |Institute of Quantitative Economics, CASS, Beijing |Herriot-Watt University |Economics |Professor Hare
| CHI/992/135
1990-91 |Nanjing Institute of Meteorology |Edinburgh University |Meteorology |Dr. Weston
| CHI/992/136
1990-91 |Lanzhao and Xinjiang University |Liverpool, Institute of Tropical |Tropical Medicine |Dr. New
| CHI/992/137 | Medicine
1990-91 |Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts |Slade School of Fine Art |Fine Arts |Professor George Cohen
| CHI/992/138
1990-91 |People's University, Beijing |Aston University |Management Education |Professor J. Child
| CHI/992/139
1990-91 |State Science and Technology |Aston University |Science Policy |Dr. F. Steward
| Commission, Beijing
| CHI/992/140
1990-91 |Tianjin College of Finance and |North East London Polytechnic |Management Economics |Mr. G. Minshaw
| Economics
| CHI/992/141
1990-91 |China Research Academy for |Liverpool University |Environmental Sciences |Professor Dix
| Environmental Sciences, Beijing
| CHI/992/142
1991-92 |Beijing University of Iron and Steel |Lancaster University |Higher Education Administration |Dr. P. Summerfield
| Technology
| CHI/992/143
1991-92 |Hauzhong Normal University |South Bank Polytechnic |Information and Technology |Dr. J. G. Taylor
| CHI/992/145
1991-92 |East China Normal University |University of London Institute of |Education |Professor A. Taylor
| CHI/992/146 | Education
1991-92 |Shanghai Jiatong University |Queen Mary College |Mechanical Engineering |Professor W. A. Woods
| CHI/992/147
1991-92 |Institute of Scientific and Technical |Ealing College of Higher Education |Information Science |Mr. James Shearer
| Information
| CHI/992/148
1991-92 |Nanjing University |Edinburgh University |History |Professor Dickinson
| CHI/992/149
1991-92 |Chongqing University |Leicester University |Space Physics |Dr. J. Beynon
| CHI/992/150
1991-92 |Dalian University of Technology |Hydraulics Research Ltd. |Hydraulics Research |Dr. E. P. Hart
| CHI/992/152
1991-92 |Beijing University Applied |Leeds University |- |Professor D. B. Inghare
| Mathematical Studies
| CHI/992/153
1991-92 |Fudan University |University of Essex |International Politics |Professor A. King
| CHI/992/154
1991-92 |North China Institute of Electrical |Queens University, Belfast |Electrical Engineering |Mr. B. W. Hogg
| Power
| CHI/992/155
In addition, it is estimated that there are currently about 3,000 Chinese students in this country, under a variety of award schemes. The British Government provide approximately 1,000 of these awards. There is also a small programme involving Chinese teachers who come to the United Kingdom to work with local education authorities for up to one academic year. In the current year, 10 Chinese teachers are attached to LEAs. Four United Kingdom teachers have visited China under this programme this year. Some administrative support for this programme is provided by the central bureau, a body grant-aided by this Department.
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Teachers (Salaries)
Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Erith and Crayford of 8 May, Official Report , column 299 , if he will now publish a table based on the 1987 database of teacher records data showing the distribution of teachers across the salary scales at March 1987, distinguishing between primary and secondary sectors ; whether the numbers of teachers in each sector on scale 3, scale 4 or senior teacher scales agrees with the projections made by his Department based on the March
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1985 database of teacher records data for the purposes of salary assimilation in September 1987 ; and if he will make a statement.Mrs. Rumbold [holding answer 14 June 1989] : The information is as follows :
Distribution of teachers by salary scale: March 1987
Nursery and primary Secondary schools<1>
schools<1>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scale 1 |55,920 |- |59,120 |-
Scale 2 |63,240 |- |59,470 |-
Scale 3 |14,360 |(16,000) |56,490 |(53,000
Scale 4 |300 |(0) |29,950 |(28,500)
Senior teacher |50 |(0) |7,280 |(6,500)
Deputy head |18,680 |- |10,310 |-
Head |21,740 |- |4,990 |-
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |174,280 |- |227,610 |-
<1>The figures in brackets are the numbers forecast in 1987 on the basis of the 1985 database
of teacher records.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Entertainers and Sportsmen
Mr. Nicholas Baker : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been earned by Her Majesty's Inland Revenue under the entertainers and sportmen's rules introduced by the Finance Act 1986 and now contained in chapter III of part XIII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The special scheme for deducting tax at source from payment to non-resident entertainers and sportsmen yielded £6.9 million net (after repayments) in the period 1 May 1987 (when it took effect) to 31 March 1988 and £12.4 million net in 1988-89.
Housing Costs
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, further to the reply by the Economic Secretary to the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury on 16 June, Official Report , column 549 , he will indicate what percentage proportion of (a) the Italian consumer price index, and (b) the United Kingdom retail prices index is represented in each case by the lists of housing costs contained in his reply.
Mr. Lilley : The information is as follows :
Weight given to housing costs in the United Kingdom RPI and
Italian consumer price index.
(All items=100)
|United Kingdom|Italy
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Owner occupier costs
MIPs |6.0 |0.0
Rental costs
Rent |3.2 |4.5
Other costs
Rates |4.2 |0.0
Water and other charges |0.7
Repair and maintenance charges |0.9
Dwelling insurance and ground rent |0.8 |0.0
Do it yourself materials |1.7 |0.0
Total housing costs |17.5 |4.9
Interest Rates
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the increased costs to British industry of each 0.5 per cent. increase in interest rates.
Mr. Lilley : The cost to industrial and commercial companies of a 0.5 per cent. increase in United Kingdom short-term interest rates maintained for a full year is estimated to be about £0.2 billion.
Economic and Finance Council
Miss Widdecombe : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the outcome of the latest meeting of the European Community's Economic and Finance Council.
Mr. Lilley : The ECOFIN Council met in Luxembourg on 19 June. I represented the United Kingdom.
The Council adopted a regulation re-weighting the ecu.
The Council reached substantive agreement on a common position, subject to some further procedural details, on the draft second banking co-ordination directive and on the solvency ratios directive ; and reached agreement on a common position on the insider trading directive.
The Council reached agreement on a common position on a revised financial regulation. The Council adopted the 18th VAT directive. The Council had a further discussion of the Commission's proposals on fiscal frontiers.
The Council discussed proposals for the three company tax measures to encourage cross-border co-operation.
The Council heard a progress report on the latest proposals for anti-fraud measures, supported the useful progress made since the March ECOFIN, and endorsed the need to continue progress.
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