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Broadcasting
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to give powers to the Independent Broadcasting Authority to be able to prevent the involvement in television companies which it regulates, of individuals found to be unfit to hold a television broadcasting licence in other countries.
Mr. Renton : The IBA is not bound by regulatory decisions in other jurisdictions in carrying out its functions under the Broadcasting Act 1981. We are considering what enforcement powers will be needed by the Independent Television Commission, which we have proposed should take over from the IBA.
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next expects to meet representatives of the broadcasting authorities ; and what subjects he expects to discuss.
Mr. Renton : I meet representatives from the broadcasting authorities regularly in order to discuss a wide variety of topics in which they have an interest.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Late Sittings
Sir Dudley Smith : To ask the Lord President of the Council how many times to date the House of Commons has sat beyond midnight during the current parliamentary session ; and what are the comparable figures for each parliamentary year from 1979 to date.
Mr. Wakeham : Tuesday 4 July was the 135th sitting day of this Session, and up to and including that date, the House had sat beyond midnight 48 times. The figures for the same point in previous Sessions since 1979 are as follows :
|Number
----------------------
1979-80 |49
1980-81 |54
1981-82 |42
1982-83 |<1>33
1983-84 |46
1984-85 |60
1985-86 |57
1986-87 |<2>37
1987-88 |57
<1>Short Session: 115
sitting days.
<2>Short Session: 109
sitting days.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Disabled Persons
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will amend section 4 of the Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (N.I.) 1983 to
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provide that all building works designed to secure the greater health, safety, welfare or convenience of disabled persons, within their own homes, and in public places and buildings, continue to receive exemption from payment of plan fees and inspection fees ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Needham : It is not necessary to amend building regulations to provide exemption from fees for building work carried out to dwellings, or buildings to which the public are admitted, solely for the benefit of disabled people. Regulation 6A of the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (SR 1982 No. 392) already provides that exemption.
Building Regulations
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what are the total numbers of (a) plan fees and (b) inspection fees that were paid to each district council in Northern Ireland under the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (NI) 1982 in each year since 1 January 1983, in respect of (i) buildings to which members of the public are admitted, whether on payment or otherwise, (ii) public dwellings, (iii) private dwellings and (iv) other buildings ;
(2) what are the total numbers of applications for exemption of payment of (a) plan fees and (b) inspection fees, refused for each district council area in Northern Ireland under the Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 1983 in each year since 1 January 1984, in respect of (i) buildings to which members of the public are admitted, whether on payment or otherwise, (ii) public authority dwellings, (iii) private dwellings and (iv) other buildings ;
(3) what are the total numbers of exemptions from payment of (a) plan fees and (b) inspection fees, granted for each district council area in Northern Ireland under the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (NI) 1983 in each year since 1 January 1984, in respect of (i) buildings to
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which members of the public are admitted, whether on payment or otherwise, (ii) public authority dwellings, (iii) private dwellings and (iv) other buildings ;(4) what are the total values of (a) plan fees and (b) inspection fees that were paid to each district council in Northern Ireland under the Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations (NI) 1982 in each year since 1 January 1983, in respect of (i) buildings to which members of the public are admitted, whether on payment or otherwise, (ii) public authority dwellings, (iii) private dwellings and (iv) other buildings ;
(5) what are the total values of applications for exemption of payment of (a) plan fees and (b) inspection fees refused for each district council area in Northern Ireland under the Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 1983 in each year since 1 January 1984 in respect of (i) buildings to which members of the public are admitted, whether on payment or otherwise, (ii) public authority dwellings, (iii) private dwellings and (iv) other buildings ;
(6) what are the total values of exemptions from payment of (a) plan fees and (b) inspection fees granted under the Building (Prescribed Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 1983 in each year since 1 January 1984 in respect of (i) buildings to which members of the public are admitted, whether on payment or otherwise, (ii) public authority dwellings, (iii) private dwellings and (iv) other buildings.
Mr. Needham : Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.
Youth Training Programme
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fatalities, major injuries and minor injuries occurred to those in YTP schemes since the programme's inception to the latest date (a) for each year and (b) the total.
Mr. Viggers : The figures are as follows :
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|Fatalities |Major injuries|Minor injuries|Total
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 1982-December 1982 |- |4 |33 |37
January 1983-December 1983 |- |16 |73 |89
January 1984-December 1984 |- |11 |81 |92
January 1985-December 1985 |- |17 |118 |135
January 1986-December 1986 |- |31 |207 |238
Janaury 1987-December 1987 |- |42 |199 |241
January 1988-December 1988 |1 |30 |162 |193
January 1989-December 1989 |- |13 |71 |84
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1 |164 |944 |1,109
Benefit (Young People)
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many young people have been refused benefit after making an application under the severe hardship rule.
Mr. Needham : Twelve during the period 12 September 1988 to 30 June 1989.
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Graduates
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the total number of graduates in employment as a percentage of all in employment for each of the years 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.
Mr. Viggers : Estimates from labour force surveys in Northern Ireland are as shown in the table :
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Graduates of working age<1> in
employment as a percentage of
all in
employment (at spring of each
year)
|Percentage
---------------------------------
1984 |5.1
1985 |5.4
1986 |6.0
1987 |5.8
<1> Men aged 16-64, women aged
16-59. Graduates can only be
identified for these age groups.
Coats Viyella
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what financial assistance has been received by the Coats Viyella plant in Northern Ireland ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Viggers [holding answer 26 June 1989] : Coats Viyella has 10 manufacturing plants within the textiles and clothing sector in Northern Ireland employing 3,600 people. In the 1988-89 financial year financial assistance totalling £5,556,670 was paid to the CV group.
Shipbuilding (Redundancies)
Ms. Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries in Northern Ireland during the period 1 January 1979 to 31 December 1988.
Mr. Viggers [holding answer 30 June 1989] : The total number of redundancies during this period at Harland and Wolff was some 6,000.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Fun Eating at School Today Campaign
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the local education authorities currently participating in the Fun Eating at School Today campaign.
Mr. Butcher : The information requested is as follows :
England and Wales
Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Birmingham
Bolton
Bradford
Bury
Calderdale
Cambridge
Cheshire
Clwyd
Cornwall
Coventry
Croydon
Cumbria
Devon
Doncaster
Dudley
Enfield
Essex
Gateshead
Gloucester
Haringey
Hillingdon
Hounslow
ILEA
Isle of Wight
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KirkleesKnowsley
Leicestershire
Lincoln
Newham
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
North Yorkshire
Nottingham
Redbridge
Richmond
Rochdale
Sandwell
Sheffield
Solihull
Somerset
South Tyneside
St. Helens
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sutton
Tameside
Wakefield
Waltham Forest
Warwickshire
Wigan
Wiltshire
Wolverhampton
Scotland
Borders
Central
Dumfries
Fife
Glamorgan
Highland
Lothian
Orkney
Shetland
Strathclyde
Tayside
Western Isles
Northern Ireland
Armagh
Belfast
County Antrim
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