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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 30 June 1989
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
University Lecturers
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many university lecturers are at each level of the promotion scale, expressed in total numbers and percentages ; and if he will give the same information for each of the past 10 years.
Mr. Jackson : Information is not immediately available in the form requested. Information which is available is listed in the table.
Salary range |Number of Lecturers |Percentage of Lecturers
£
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1984
under 6,600 |42 |0.25
6,600-7,054 |116 |0.68
7,055-7,519 |110 |0.65
7,520-7,979 |81 |0.48
7,980-8,449 |300 |1.77
8,450-8,919 |172 |1.01
8,920-9,389 |304 |1.79
9,390-9,859 |385 |2.27
9,860-10,329 |580 |3.42
10,330-10,719 |498 |2.94
10,720-11,204 |568 |3.35
11,205-11,674 |625 |3.68
11,675-12,149 |674 |3.97
12,150-12,634 |877 |5.17
12,635-13,119 |839 |4.95
13,120-13,624 |884 |5.21
13,625-14,134 |884 |5.21
14,135-14,924 |944 |5.56
14,925 and above |8,028 |47.32
Not known |53 |0.31
|--- |---
Totals |16,964 |99.99
1985
under 6,865 |52 |0.31
6,865-7,339 |109 |0.64
7,340-7,819 |115 |0.67
7,820-8,299 |130 |0.76
8,300-8,789 |317 |1.86
8,790-9,279 |342 |2.00
9,280-9,764 |19 |0.11
9,765-10,254 |662 |3.88
10,255-10,744 |523 |3.07
10,745-11,149 |595 |3.49
11,150-11,654 |568 |3.33
11,655-12,144 |874 |5.13
12,145-12,639 |808 |4.74
12,640-13,139 |116 |0.68
13,140-13,644 |935 |5.49
13,645-14,169 |699 |4.10
14,170-14,699 |790 |4.64
14,700-15,524 |8,012 |47.00
15,525 and over |1,333 |7.82
Not known |45 |0.26
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Total |17,044 |99.98
1986
under 7,055 |74 |0.44
7,055-7,529 |68 |0.40
7,530-8,019 |114 |0.67
8,020-8,504 |61 |0.36
8,505-8,999 |303 |1.78
9,000-9,494 |131 |0.77
9,495-9,879 |271 |1.60
9,880-10,374 |364 |2.14
10,375-10,864 |422 |2.49
10,865-11,274 |448 |2.64
11,275-11,789 |552 |3.25
11,790-12,279 |611 |3.60
12,280-12,779 |631 |3.72
12,780-13,289 |802 |4.72
13,290-13,799 |652 |3.84
13,800-14,334 |773 |4.55
14,335-14,869 |791 |4.66
14,870-15,699 |1,223 |7.20
15,700 and above |8,634 |50.86
Not known |53 |0.31
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Total |16,978 |100.00
1987
under 8,185 |72 |0.44
8,185-8,734 |57 |0.34
8,735-9,304 |143 |0.87
9,305-9,864 |66 |0.40
9,865-10,439 |280 |1.69
10,440-11,014 |124 |0.75
11,015-11,459 |258 |1.56
11,460-12,034 |330 |2.00
12,035-12,604 |382 |2.31
12,605-13,079 |396 |2.40
13,080-13,674 |454 |2.75
13,675-14,244 |644 |3.90
14,245-14,824 |532 |3.22
14,825-15,414 |798 |4.83
15,415-16,009 |644 |3.90
16,010-16,629 |661 |4.00
16,630-17,249 |742 |4.49
17,250-18,209 |861 |5.21
18,210 and above |9,034 |54.67
Not known |45 |0.27
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Total |16,523 |100.00
Table file CW890630.001 not available
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many university lecturers have been at the top point of the promotion scale for (a) five years or more and (b) 10 years or more.
Mr. Jackson : This information is not readily available.
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Mr. Yeo : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the most recent available figure for the pupil-teacher ratio nationally.
Mr. Butcher : In January 1988 the overall pupil-teacher ratio in maintained schools in England was 17.0.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Firearms Offences
Mr. Bellingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many and which notifiable offences involving firearms have been committed by licensed possessors of shotguns ;
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(2) how many and which notifiable offences involving firearms have been committed in which licensed pistols have been used ; (3) how many and which notifiable offences involving firearms have been committed in which licensed rifles have been used.Mr. Douglas Hogg : The police do not report to the Home Office whether or not firearms used in crime are held legally. The available information is published annually in table 3.6 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", and most recently in the issue for 1987, Cm 498 ; corresponding information for 1988 will be published in the autumn.
Litter
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of litter offences in 1987 and 1988 ;
(2) how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of litter offences in the Basildon area in 1987 and 1988.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is in the table. Information for 1988 is not yet available.
Persons proceeded against or convicted of litter offences: England
and Wales 1987
|England and Wales|<1>Billericay
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Prosecutions for litter offences |1,888 |2
Total found guilty |1,694 |2
Data is not collected centrally for Basildon alone but for the whole of the Billericay petty sessional division.
Murder and Manslaughter
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of (i) murder and (ii) manslaughter in each year since 1982.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested in respect of England and Wales is published annually in volumes 1 and 2 of the "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", supplementary tables, copies of which can be found in the Library. Information for 1988 is not yet available.
Football Matches (Public Order)
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of persons (a) charged and (b) found guilty of public order offences at football matches in the following age groups (i) 10 to 14, (ii) 15 to 18, (iii) 19 to 24, (iv) 25 to 30 and (v) 30 years and over in 1987 and 1988.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is not available from the records held centrally.
Holloway Prison
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list existing facilities for the treatment of prisoners who are psychiatrically ill or known to be drug dependent at Her Majesty's prison, Holloway ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Most of the psychiatrically disturbed inmates of Holloway prison are remanded there
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for the purpose of assessment for the courts. Their care during this time is provided by the prison medical and nursing staff. Four of the five medical officers are registered under section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or possess a diploma in psychiatric medicine. Over one third of the 65 nurses in post are psychiatrically qualified. The future arrangements for housing such inmates are being assessed.If on reception at Holloway a person is identified as having a history of drug misuse she is offered the treatment that the medical officer, in her individual clinical judgement, considers necessary. In reaching her judgment the medical officer would have full regard to the possible merit of substitution or other therapies. Such an inmate would be located in one of the medical units until free of symptoms. Counselling and group therapy would be available in the medical unit and continue on normal location. Where indicated, individual psychotherapy with a visiting consultant psychotherapist would also be available.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of permanent medical staff currently employed at Her Majesty's prison Holloway ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The total number of permanent medical staff currently employed at Her Majesty's prison Holloway is as follows : 1 Principal Medical Officer
1 Senior Medical Officer
3 Medical Officers
46.5 Nurses
2 Hospital Officers
A further two hospital officers are attached to the prison hospital as supernumeraries and will join the permanent staff on successful completion of a four-week induction course. A drive to recruit additional nurses is well advanced, and Holloway is one of the priority establishments for the deployment of newly recruited hospital officers with suitable nursing qualifications.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the prison population at Her Majesty's prison, Holloway, for the latest date available ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what was the total number of women being held on C wing at Her Majesty's prison, Holloway, for the latest date available ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : At unlocking on Thursday 29 June the population at Her Majesty's prison Holloway was 466, including 137 in C wing.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total number of incidents of self-inflicted injury which have been recorded at Her Majesty's prison, Holloway, in (a) 1987, (b) 1988 and (c) current figures for 1989 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what was the total number of suicides which have occurred at Her Majesty's prison, Holloway, in each of the last five years for which figures are available ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : No suicides have occured at Her Majesty's prison Holloway during the last five years. The available information on numbers of incidents of non-fatal self-injury relates to financial years and is as follows :
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|Number
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1986-87 |149
1987-88 |209
1988-89 |85
Welford Road Prison (Moves)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were moved from Welford Road prison to (a) Stafford prison, (b) Ashwell prison, (c) Winson Green prison and (d) Littlehey prison for the weeks ended (i) 12 May, (ii) 19 May, (iii) 26 May, (iv) 9 June, (v) 16 June and (vi) 23 June ; and what were the reasons for the moves.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The information requested is as follows :
Numbers of prisoners moved from Her Majesty's prison
Leicester to:
Her Majesty's prisons
|Stafford |Ashwell |Birmingham|Littlehey
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Week ending:
12 May |10 |- |- |4
19 May |- |4 |- |-
26 May |- |2 |- |-
9 June |7 |3 |- |-
16 June |8 |5 |- |-
23 June |9 |- |10 |-
All these transfers comprised normal allocations to training prisons except for the 10 who were sent to Her Majesty's prison Birmingham to relieve overcrowding at Leicester.
Drugs
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported drug finds there were in each of the prisons in England and Wales during the last 12 months.
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 23 June 1989] : The following numbers of finds made in prisons of drugs or of substances believed to be drugs have been notified for the year up to 31 May 1989 :
|Drug finds
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Her Majesty's Prison Acklington |19
Her Majesty's Prison Albany |51
Her Majesty's Prison Aldington |5
Her Majesty's Prison Ashwell |24
Her Majesty's Prison Askham Grange |2
Her Majesty's Prison Bedford |9
Her Majesty's Prison Birmingham |62
Her Majesty's Prison Blantyre House |2
Her Majesty's Prison Blundeston |13
Her Majesty's Prison Bristol |54
Her Majesty's Prison Brixton |212
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender
Institution Bullwood Hall |15
Her Majesty's Prison Camp Hill |21
Her Majesty's Prison Canterbury |9
Her Majesty's Prison Cardiff |27
Her Majesty's Prison Channings Wood |15
Her Majesty's Prison Chelmsford |47
Her Majesty's Prison Coldingley |25
Her Majesty's Prison Cookham Wood |6
Her Majesty's Prison Dartmoor |22
Her Majesty's Prison Dorchester |11
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender
Institution Drake Hall |5
Her Majesty's Prison Durham |26
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender
Institution East Sutton Park |8
Her Majesty's Prison Erlestoke |9
Her Majesty's Prison Exeter |27
Her Majesty's Prison Featherstone |19
Her Majesty's Prison Ford |77
Her Majesty's Prison Frankland |49
Her Majesty's Prison Full Sutton |12
Her Majesty's Prison Garth |13
Her Majesty's Prison Gartree |18
Her Majesty's Prison Gloucester |20
Her Majesty's Prison Grendon-Spring Hill |10
Her Majesty's Prison Haverigg |20
Her Majesty's Prison Highpoint |29
Her Majesty's Prison Holloway |46
Her Majesty's Prison Hull |16
Her Majesty's Prison Kingston |4
Her Majesty's Prison Kirkham |39
Her Majesty's Prison Lancaster |8
Her Majesty's Prison Leeds |11
Her Majesty's Prison Leicester |22
Her Majesty's Prison Lewes |24
Her Majesty's Prison Leyhill |12
Her Majesty's Prison Lincoln |26
Her Majesty's Prison Lindholme |36
Her Majesty's Prison Littlehey |27
Her Majesty's Prison Liverpool |67
Her Majesty's Prison Long Lartin |42
Her Majesty's Prison Maidstone |18
Her Majesty's Prison Manchester |76
Her Majesty's Prison Morton Hall |6
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender
Institution New Hall |10
Her Majesty's Prison Northeye |42
Her Majesty's Prison North Sea Camp |5
Her Majesty's Prison Norwich |38
Her Majesty's Prison Nottingham |2
Her Majesty's Prison Oxford |3
Her Majesty's Prison Parkhurst |34
Her Majesty's Prison Pentonville |60
Her Majesty's Prison Preston |9
Her Majesty's Prison Ranby |16
Her Majesty's Prison Reading |12
Her Majesty's Prison Rochester |47
Her Majesty's Prison Rollestone |5
Her Majesty's Prison Rudgate |17
Her Majesty's Prison Send |15
Her Majesty's Prison Shepton Mallet |7
Her Majesty's Prison Shrewsbury |5
Her Majesty's Prison Stafford |51
Her Majesty's Prison Standford Hill |47
Her Majesty's Prison Stocken |14
Her Majesty's Prison and Young Offender
Institution Styal |9
Her Majesty's Prison Sudbury/Foston Hall |16
Her Majesty's Prison Swaleside |9
Her Majesty's Prison Swansea |9
Her Majesty's Prison Thorp Arch |12
Her Majesty's Prison The Verne |18
Her Majesty's Prison Wakefield |19
Her Majesty's Prison Wandsworth |266
Her Majesty's Prison Wayland |39
Her Majesty's Prison Winchester |43
Her Majesty's Prison Wormwood Scrubs |214
Her Majesty's Prison Wymott |9
Table file CW890630.006 not available
Cannabis represented about 92 per cent. of the above finds.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Tourism
Mr. Amos : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the outcome of the review of tourism policy in Northern Ireland, commissioned last October.
Mr. Viggers : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave on Thursday 29 June to the hon. Member for North Down, (Mr. Kilfedder) Official Report, Vol. 155, col. 499.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
RENAVAL Programme
Ms. Quin : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the applications which have been submitted by the Department of Trade and Industry to the European Commission for funding under the RENAVAL programme for assistance to shipbuilding areas.
Mr. Atkins : The Government have made applications to the Commission under article 3(2) of the RENAVAL regulation, EEC regulation No. 2506/88, for Plymouth, Gibraltar and Strathclyde.
Shipbuilding (Redundancies)
Ms. Quin : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and shiprepair industries in Tyne and Wear during the period 1 January 1979 to 31 December 1988.
Mr. Atkins : Information about redundancies in the shipbuilding and shiprepair industries in Tyne and Wear is not available. However, information provided to the Department of Trade and Industry suggests that employment in these industries in Tyne and Wear fell by some 19, 000 between 1 January 1979 and 31 December 1988. This figure is likely to be an overestimate of the number of redundancies.
Ms. Quin : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and shiprepair industries in Merseyside during the period 1 January 1987 to 31 December 1988.
Mr. Atkins : Information about redundancies in the shipbuilding and shiprepair industries in Merseyside is not available. However, information provided to the Department of Trade and Industry suggests that employment in these industries in Merseyside has risen by about 600 between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 1988.
Coats Viyella
Mr. Madden : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether Coats Viyella has made any application for financial or other assistance in transferring production from C. V. Carpets, Greenhill Mills, Batley, to Northern Ireland ; and what representations he has received concerning this transfer of production ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins [holding answer 26 June 1989] : No ; none.
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TRANSPORT
Rail Workers (Remuneration)
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the average pay for each of the main grades of workers on the railways, London Underground and bus services over each of the last 10 years, the percentage increase each year and the percentage increase in the retail price index and in national average earnings for each of those years.
Mr. Portillo : I regret that the information requested is not available.
European Tourism Year
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Government have any plans to increase investment in transport and, in particular, rail to coincide with an anticipated influx of visitors in European Tourism Year 1990.
Mr. Portillo : It is for British Rail to make plans for rail investment. If it thinks that European Tourism Year will result in additional traffic that is profitable for it, I am sure that it will take that into account.
Severn Bridge
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has now received the report of the inspector who conducted the inquiry into the Government's proposals to increase toll charges on the Severn bridge.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : Yes. It is being considered.
Humber Bridge
Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has now reached a decision on the inspector's report following last year's inquiry into toll charges on the Humber bridge ; and if there have been any discussions with the bridge authorities concerning the oustanding debt.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The decision was issued on 28 May. Discussions with the bridge board about its debt will be arranged.
Industrial Action
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the implications for British Rail's investment plans of industrial action on the railways.
Mr. Portillo : Industrial action can only damage the revenue of the railway and the confidence of its customers. It is for the board to decide how to meet its external financing limit in view of the revenue losses.
Roads (Liverpool)
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has given for road building and improvement in Liverpool ; and if he will list the Liverpool city council plans it was allocated for, for each of the last five years.
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Mr. Peter Bottomley [pursuant to his reply 27 June 1989, c. 376] : The following should be added to the table :
Major schemes accepted |Years TSG allocated
for TSG 1985-90
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Hunter Street improvement |1985-86, 1986-87,
|1987-88, 1988-89,
| 1989-90
Urban Traffic Control |1988-89, 1989-90
Park Road Relief Road |1988-89, 1989-90
WALES
Voluntary Organisations
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total available funding for 1989-90 for supporting voluntary organisations in Wales in the social services field under section 64 of the Health Service and Public Health Act 1968 ; and what was the corresponding figure in each of the previous three years.
Mr. Grist : The information is as follows :
|£
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1986-87 |1,126,202
1987-88 |1,145,680
1988-89 |1,133,998
1989-90 |1,696,653
Funds for voluntary organisations in the social services field are also available under section 26 of the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976. The figures are as follows :
|£
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1986-87 |594,616
1987-88 |725,049
1988-89 |811,527
1989-90 |965,245
Cervical Smears
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average time taken by each Welsh health authority to process cervical smear tests and provide the results for the patient and her general practitioner ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : Information for 1988-89 is currently being collected by the Department from Welsh health authorities. I shall write to my hon. Friend once the results have been collated.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy infected cattle, at non-European Economic Community-approved slaughterhouses in Wales, have been identified.
Mr. Peter Walker : Four cases have been reported of which two proved positive and one negative ; on the other one the result of testing is still awaited.
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HEALTH
Abortion
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many babies were born alive in 1987 and 1988 and to date in 1989 at 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 weeks' gestation.
Mr. Freeman : The information requested is not available. Gestation period is recorded at the registration of still births but not live births.
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the dates of implementation of the nine recommendations contained in the Select Committee on the Abortion (Amendment) Bill 1974-75 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report those recommendations contained in the Select Committee on the Abortion (Amendment) Bill 1974-75 which were implemented (a) in part and (b) in full ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The information is as follows :
Select Committee recommendation with implementation and date 1. Counselling of women
In full in July 1977 (HC(77)26)
Select Committee recommendation with implementation and date 2. Examination of the Women
In part in March 1976 (SI 1976 No. 15)
3. Certification and Notification
In part in March 1981 (SI 1980 No. 1724)
4. Disclosure of Information
In full in March 1976 (SI 1976 No. 15)
5. Private Sector Arrangements
In part in September 1975 through the system of "assurances" which proprietors of approved places are required to give to the Secretary of State
6. Foreign Women
In part in December 1975
7. National Health Service--Termination after the 20th week Discussed with Regional Medical Officers in 1975 and 1983 8. Referral Agencies
In full in March 1977
9. The Use of Foetuses and Foetal Material for Research (the Peel Report)
The Peel Code of Practice issued in 1972 was voluntarily accepted by the professions. The Department ensures that arrangements for supply of foetal material for research from private sector places carrying out abortions comply with the Code of Practice.
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will seek to obtain for his departmental library a copy of the hearings and report from the United States Judiciary Committee on the Human Life Bill of the 97th Congress ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The Department is obtaining a copy of this report.
Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to the medical circumstances which created the need for abortions to be performed in
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emergencey to save the life of the mother in those cases which have arisen in 1986, 1987 and 1988 ; and if he will indicate the number of times each of those conditions has been the relevant factor.Mr. Freeman : There were two abortions performed in England and Wales in 1986 with mention of ground 5 of the 1967 Abortions Act, which allows an abortion to be performed in emergency in order to save the life of the pregnant woman, on the notification form. In 1987 there were three such abortions, and in 1988 there were six. Further details relating to the medical circumstances which created the need for these abortions to be performed cannot be released for reasons of maintaining confidentiality.
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