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Mr. Peter Walker : There are 640 registrations covering Wales under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960. Details are not maintained by parliamentary constituency. A list of registrations by county is provided in the DOE/Welsh Office/Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution publication "List of Registrations in England and Wales issued under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 for the keeping and use of radioactive materials and mobile apparatus", a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
Environmental Audit
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a list of any premises in Wales currently subjected to an environmental audit by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.
Mr. Peter Walker : There are no premises in Wales currently subjected to an environmental audit by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.
Training Grants Scheme
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will detail all the submissions from each local education authority for funding of national priority areas under the training grants scheme and the amount of funding allocated for each submission.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The total expenditure to be supported under the local education authority training grants scheme is determined each year by my right hon. Friend. Expenditure under the scheme is divided between national priorities, as specified by my right hon. Friend, and local priorities which are determined by the authorities themselves. Eligible expenditure on training in Wales in 1989-90 will total £13.18 million, of which £5.58 million is expenditure on national priorities and £7.6 million on local priorities. Authorities are free to spend more on in-service teacher training than the amounts specified as eligible for specific grant under the scheme. Allocations are in the main calculated pro rata to the authorities' student population. The allocation of expenditure to each authority for 1989-90 is as follows :
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Expenditure to be supported under the Training Grant Scheme in 1989-90
National priorities: £5.58 million-Local priorities: £7.60 million
National priority areas |Clwyd |Dyfed |Gwent |Gwynedd |Mid Glamorgan |Powys |South Glamorgan |West Glamorgan |Total
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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(a) School teachers
1 Management |82,060 |69,270 |90,210 |47,720 |119,890 |23,280 |78,570 |71,000 |582,000
2 National curriculum |164,260 |138,630 |180,580 |95,530 |239,990 |46,600 |157,280 |142,130 |1,165,000
Assistants and
Management
3 National curriculum content |226,300 |191,000 |248,780 |131,610 |330,630 |64,200 |216,670 |195,810 |1,605,000
4 Religious education |8,800 |7,420 |9,670 |5,150 |12,890 |5,000 |8,450 |7,620 |65,000
5 Under fives |10,150 |11,720 |12,750 |6,210 |23,200 |5,000 |9,520 |9,450 |88,000
6 Special Needs Hearing |33,000 |6,000 |9,000 |- |34,000 |- |12,000 |13,000 |107,000
7 Special Needs Sight |5,000 |6,000 |5,000 |2,000 |20,000 |14,000 |3,000 |15,000 |70,000
8 Special Needs SLD |6,000 |- |41,000 |5,000 |13,000 |14,000 |15,000 |- |94,000
9 Special Needs Des Teaching |11,450 |9,650 |12,570 |6,700 |16,750 |5,000 |10,980 |9,900 |83,000
10 New Technology |41,450 |34,990 |45,570 |24,110 |60,560 |11,760 |39,690 |35,870 |294,000
11 Welsh |26,670 |38,920 |19,600 |56,330 |30,120 |12,750 |20,150 |18,640 |223,000
(b) Further education teachers
12 AFE |52,430 |12,740 |73,500 |19,110 |162,680 |- |107,800 |61,740 |490,000
13 Management |22,790 |15,290 |24,400 |8,970 |25,430 |6,910 |17,930 |25,280 |147,000
14 Updating etc. |30,070 |20,180 |32,200 |11,830 |33,560 |9,120 |23,670 |33,370 |194,000
15 Special educational needs |5,580 |3,740 |5,980 |2,200 |6,230 |1,690 |4,390 |6,190 |36,000
(c) Other
16 Drugs misuse |13,950 |11,450 |15,320 |7,920 |20,550 |5,000 |13,440 |12,370 |100,000
17 Youth and community |9,690 |7,950 |10,640 |5,500 |14,280 |5,000 |9,340 |8,600 |71,000
18 Education psychology |7,000 |- |- |- |16,000 |- |- |65,000 |88,000
Local priority |1,071,600 |881,600 |1,178,000 |608,000 |1,580,000 |296,400 |1,033,600 |950,000 |7,600,000
Nature Conservation
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any proposals relating to the future organisation of the statutory agencies responsible for nature conservation and the countryside in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has today announced our intention to reorganise the agencies responsible for nature conservation and countryside matters in Great Britain.
Legislation will be brought before the House at the earliest opportunity to give effect to the proposed changes. Responsibilities for nature conservation and countryside matters in Wales are currently undertaken by the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission. These agencies are funded by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. My right hon. Friend and I are agreed that the present functions of those two agencies in Wales should in the future be exercised by a single separate Welsh body appointed by and directly responsible to the Secretary of State for Wales. This new body will incorporate the functional responsibilities of the present offices in Wales of the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission with full executive authority for its work in Wales, compared with the current advisory role of the two committees for Wales. This will give continuity to much of the work now carried out by the existing organisations and will provide valuable expertise for the new body. It also means that decisions affecting Wales will in future be taken in Wales. A single body attuned to the needs of the Principality will be of undoubted benefit to Wales.
The proposals represent a significant change in arrangements and should result in improvements in the efficiency, accountability, and above all the sensitivity of
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administration for conserving and managing the unique natural assets of Wales. The arrangements should also ensure that full regard is given to the protection of the environment without damage to our natural resources.FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
El Salvador
Dr. Reid : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government support the United States Congress proposal to link aid to El Salvador to respect for human rights.
Mr. Eggar : Respect for human rights is one of several factors that we take into account when determining the level and nature of our bilateral aid to individual countries.
Prime Minister of Pakistan (Visit)
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, during the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Ministers of Her Majesty's Government intend to ask Pakistan to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and to discuss the status of nuclear programme development in the sub-continent.
Mr. Eggar : My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister raised non- proliferation matters with Ms. Bhutto during her visit.
Karel and Jindriska Korinek
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Czech Government about the detention of Karel and Jindriska Korinek, in a psychiatric hospital ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Eggar : We have been in touch with the Czechoslovak authorities for some time about the Korineks, most recently on 6 July. We will continue to follow the case.
Indonesia
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make inquiries of the Government of Indonesia about reports of killings, arrests and reported disappearances in Bacou, East Timor which began on 5 May.
Mr. Eggar : We are aware of these reports. Her Majesty's embassy has not been able to substantiate them.
SCOTLAND
Nature Reserves
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those nature reserves assisted by grant from the Nature Conservancy Council where it has been made a condition of grant that the shooting of birds or other creatures will continue.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment on 4 July 1989.
Scottish Office Activities
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made with the brief, "The Scottish Office and its Activities," issued in June 1988 ; and whether he still intends to appoint consultants in terms of that brief to raise the profile of the Scottish Office.
Mr. Rifkind : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on Tuesday 7 March 1989, at column 483 .
Sheriff Courts
Mr. Galbraith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if there are any plans to increase the maximum claim in the small claims procedure in the sheriff court ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The small claims procedure came into operation on 30 November 1988 and I understand that my noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate has no plans at present to increase the upper financial limit of £750. The operation of the new procedure is being monitored by the central research unit of the Scottish Office and by a research team from the law schools of the universities of Strathclyde and Dundee.
Pearl Fishing
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he has any proposals to issue licences for traditional pearl fishing in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) if he has considered proposals to place the freshwater mussel, margaritisera margaritisera, on the schedule of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as a protected species ; and if he will make a statement.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I am currently considering with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment whether increased protection should be afforded to the freshwater pearl mussel.
Nature Conservation
Sir Hector Monro : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the present organisation of the statutory agencies responsible for nature conservation and countryside in Scotland.
Mr. Rifkind : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has today announced our intention to reorganise the agencies responsible for nature conservation and countryside matters in Great Britain.
With the growing interest and concern in all aspects of our environment, I am clear that we need a more integrated approach to nature conservation and countryside matters in Scotland. Our scenery, habitats and wildlife--indeed our natural resources as a whole--are priceless assets and they have characteristics which are distinctive to Scotland. We must ensure that we protect and manage them wisely. To achieve this the machinery of Government should be organised effectively and be on a basis that can best take account of Scottish conditions. I consider that the establishment of a single body with responsibility for the natural heritage in Scotland is the right approach. A single agency could take a more comprehensive view of the many issues presently facing us and help to secure our natural heritage, resources and countryside for the benefit of future generations. The experience and expertise of the existing agencies will complement each other in this task, giving an integrated approach to conservation and countryside matters in Scotland. I propose to create such an agency in two stages. First, as my right hon. Friend has announced, legislation will be brought before the House at the earliest opportunity to establish a separate Nature Conservancy Council in Scotland. The Government will ensure that the new Scottish body is fully equipped to continue to carry out its present duties towards nature conservation. I would then bring forward a Scottish Bill to merge the proposed Scottish Nature Conservancy Council with the Countryside Commission for Scotland to create a single natural heritage body. I would appoint its members and it would report directly to me. The new body will have full executive responsibility for its work in Scotland and be sponsored by my Department. Our proposals represent a significant change from present arrangements. They will result in substantial improvements in the effectiveness, accountability and, most important of all, in the sensitivity of administration in the vital task of conserving and managing Scotland's natural heritage.
I am publishing a consultation paper inviting views on the principles of these proposals. Copies are being placed in the Library. I hope that there will be a large and positive response.
Community Charge
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to ensure that (a) merchant seamen and (b) Royal Navy seamen, who are away from shore for more than six months in a year, are treated equally in respect of liability for the poll tax.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 10 July 1989] : I refer the hon. Member to the answer which my hon. Friend the Minister of State gave him on 2 May 1989, Official Report, columns 17-18. Anyone who is dissatisfied with the decision of the registration officer has a right of appeal, first to the registration officer and then to the sheriff.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Student Loans
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many banks and building societies have indicated that they are willing to administer the student loans scheme.
Mr. Jackson : It is for the individual banks and other financial institutions to reach their own decisions in the light of the detailed negotiations now under way, but it is clear from the discussions that have already taken place that there is substantial interest in participating in the top-up loans scheme.
Planning Courses
Mr. Robert Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current number of places on planning courses in universities and polytechnics ; and what was the number in each of the previous three years.
Mr. Jackson : The numbers of higher education students on planning courses were as follows :
|1984 |1985 |1986 |1987
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Universities (GB)<1>: full-time
and sandwich students |1,316|979 |1,002|1,124
Polytechnics (England)<1>: full-
time and sandwich
students |2,180|2,090|2,075|2,158
part-time (including evening
only) students |951 |958 |924 |1,145
<1> The subject classification for universities was changed
between 1984 and 1985.
The figures for universities for 1984 are not therefore
directly comparable with those for the later years. The
subject classification for polytechnics differs from that for
universities. There is therefore incomplete comparability
between university and polytechnic figures.
School Premises
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what sanctions the Government intend to use against local authorities and governing bodies which fail to bring their school premises up to the standard required by 1991 in accordance with the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 ;
(2) whether the Government intend to implement fully the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 by insisting that school premises are up to the minimum standard by 1991 as determined by those regulations.
Mr. Butcher : The duty of ensuring that school premises conform to the standards prescribed by the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 rests with local education authorities and governors. Local authorities have been aware since 1981 of the requirements of the regulations.
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Immunisation
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to amend the law relating to the statutory school starting age in order to make starting school dependent on certification of completion of a basic child immunisation programme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Butcher : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave to him today.
Secondary Education
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimates he has made of the numbers of young people who will be in secondary education in 1990-91 beyond their 18th birthday ; what are his estimates of the relevant numbers in (a) 1991-92 and (b) 1992-93 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Butcher : The Department projects that there will be some 19, 600 pupils in English secondary schools in 1990-91 aged 18 or over at the start of the academic year. The corresponding numbers in 1991-92 and 1992- 93 are projected to be 18,600 and 17,700 respectively.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Severe Disablement Allowance
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the City of Durham constituency receive severe disablement allowance.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I regret that the information is not available in the precise form requested.
The City of Durham constituency is served by the Department's local office in Durham but their boundaries are not conterminous. The numbers of people receiving severe disablement allowance at the Durham local office as at 31 May 1989, the latest date for which the information is available, were 449.
Source : 100 per cent. count of cases in action. The figure quoted may include a small number of cases not actually in receipt of benefit. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.
Family Credit (Durham)
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what number of families are now in receipt of family credit and living in the area covered by Durham department of social security.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : At the end of June 1989 the number of families receiving family credit who, at the time their awards were made, were living in the area covered by the Durham local office was 705.
Computerisation
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what safeguards, under the Data Protection Act, will exist to ensure that information will be confidential to Department of Social Security staff only when local Department of Social Security offices are computerised.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The Department keeps the security of its computer systems under constant review to ensure that
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the confidentiality requirements of the Data Protection Act are met. For the computer system now being introduced into local offices, we have strict measures in place to limit access to records to authorised users. It would not be prudent to publish details of those security measures.Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what facilities are to be provided for non-English speakers and for those who are unable to communicate by telephone because of physical disability when local Department of Social Security offices are computerised.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Computerisation of the benefit system, and the relocation of work from some London offices, will not affect the way that people communicate with the Department. Interpretation facilities will be available for telephone calls routed to remote sites.
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what safeguards will ensure an adequate service to the public should there be serious problems with the operation of new technology in local Department of Social Security offices.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Improving service to the public is a key objective in providing new technology for local offices. Safeguards have been built into the development of the computer systems to ensure that an adequate service to the public is maintained. The computer programmes have undergone rigorous test programmes which include simulated operations in a model office followed by pilot running in 23 local offices. Resilience has been built into the system to reduce the effects of equipment breakdown and contracts have been established with suppliers to ensure rapid response should breakdowns occur.
In the event of a loss of computerisated support by natural disaster or other unavoidable incident, emergency plans are in place to maintain an adequate service to the public using clerical procedures.
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One-parent Families
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in what form, and when, the ministerial review of policy on one-parent families will be available ; and what relation this review bears to the research carried out by his Department.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The number of lone-parent families has increased from 840,000 in 1979 to just over 1 million in 1986, but their dependence on benefit has increased at an even faster rate. In 1979, 40 per cent. of lone-parent families were dependent on supplementary benefit, but by 1986 the proportion had increased to 60 per cent. No maintenance at all is paid for 77 per cent. of lone parents on income support. In these circumstances the Government must be concerned and examine their own arrangements to see what further can be done to ensure that these fathers meet their responsibilities and to help those lone parents who wish to work to do so.
We have commissioned an independent study of the motivations and perceptions of lone parents on benefit and the results will be fully and carefully considered.
Benefits
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate for each year since 1980 the numbers and proportions of (a) council tenants, (b) private tenants, (c) outright owner occupiers and (d) owner occupiers with mortgages in receipt of supplementary benefit, income support or housing benefit.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The information available is in the table. Detailed information for owner-occupiers is available only for supplementary benefit. Housing benefit did not begin until 1983-84.
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Estimated number of recipients by tenure and proportion of dwellings
A. Supplementary Benefit (1985 data not available)
Council Tenants Private Tenants Owned Outright With Mortgage
|Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent.
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1980 |1,513 |23 |460 |17 |330 |3 |134 |1
1981 |1,764 |27 |535 |21 |348 |3 |196 |2
1982 |1,980 |31 |574 |23 |388 |3 |237 |2
1983 |1,952 |32 |548 |22 |424 |3 |243 |2
1984 |2,053 |34 |589 |25 |442 |3 |278 |2
1986 |2,206 |37 |625 |27 |437 |3 |357 |3
1987 |2,247 |39 |664 |30 |418 |3 |336 |2
B. Income support (1988-89 only)
Council tenants Private tenants Owner occupier
|Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent.
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1988 |1,850 |33 |540 |25 |655 |4
C. Housing benefit (from 1983-84 only)
Council tenants Private tenants Owner occupier
|Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent. |Numbers (000)|Per cent.
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1983 |3,735 |61 |1,015 |41 |2,581 |20
1984 |3,745 |62 |1,080 |45 |2,540 |19
1985 |3,710 |62 |1,150 |49 |2,403 |18
1986 |3,720 |63 |1,180 |52 |2,368 |17
1987 |3,665 |64 |1,195 |54 |2,336 |16
1988 |3,100 |55 |925 |43 |1,260 |9
Notes:
1. From April 1983 most supplementary benefit recipients, and from April 1988 most income support recipients,
received assistance with rent and rates through housing benefit. The figures in (C) above therefore include
those in (A) and (B) who qualified for housing benefit.
2. The information in (A) above is on the basis of receipt of supplementary benefit irrespective of assistance
through housing benefit. From April 1988 information about the tenure type of Income Support recipients is on
the basis of those who also receive housing benefit.
Immunisation
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he has any plans to link the receipt of child benefit and other family-related benefits to certification of completion of a basic child immunisation programme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's reply to him today.
Social Fund
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions the maximum loan of £1,000 issued from the social fund was to a claimant in (a) Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde, (c) Scotland and (d) England and Wales in the financial year 1988-89.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I regret that the information is not available in the form requested.
Child Benefit
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing the effects on the net income of families receiving family credit of an increase in child benefit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Child benefit is ignored when assessing family credit in individual cases. Instead, the level of child benefit is taken into account when setting the rates of child credits in family credit. So in April 1989, when child benefit remains unchanged, the new family credit rates included an additional 45p to reflect what would have been the increase in child benefit had it been uprated. This was on top of the increase to restore the value of the child credits and the further 50p added to all the children's rates in the income-related benefits. Increasing child benefit would not therefore have added to the total value of the child credit and child benefit.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make it his policy to arrange for child benefit to be paid in respect of those young people who are aged over 18 years in secondary education who will be required to pay poll tax from April 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : No. Child benefit will continue in payment for young people under 19 who are in full-time non-advanced education (ie, up to A-level or equivalent standards) regardless of whether or not they are required to pay the community charge.
Mr. Tracey : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will announce the social fund allocation for the new office in New Malden and also the revised allocation for Kingston following the closure of Surbiton local office on 29 June.
Mr. Peter Lloyd [pursuant to his reply, 5 July 1989, column 195] : I regret that the reply does not announce the revised annual allocation for Kingston. The information requested is as follows :
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|Loans |Grants |Period
|£ |£
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New Malden |62,213 |29,006 |29 June 1989 to 31
|March 1990
Kingston |138,146 |62,251 |1 April 1989 to 31
|March 1990
Incomes
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the source of the data on real income by decile group referred to in his answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 3 July, Official Report, columns 5-6 ; and when he expects to make this data available.
Mr. Moore : The methods and assumptions used can be found in "Households below Average Income : A Statistical Analysis 1981-85", a copy of which is in the Library. Full details were provided in my hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, South (Mr. Griffiths) on 15 November 1988 at columns 629-30. Details are as follows :
Improvements in living standards
Individuals in households
Great Britain 1979-85
Decile |Percentage
---------------------------------
Lowest |6
2nd |5
3rd |4
4th |4
5th |4
6th |6
7th |6
8th |9
9th |10
Highest |18
|-
Total |9
Notes:
1. Income is defined as income
from all sources less tax and
national insurance
contributions.
2. The incomes of all
individuals within households
have been adjusted for the size
and composition of those
households.
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will list the money and percentage gains in real income of ech decile group for each year since 1979 ;
(2) when he expects to provide a substantive reply to the question from the hon. Member for Birkenhead on changes in real income by decile group to which he gave a holding answer on 30 June.
Mr. Moore [holding answer 30 June 1989] : The available information, which is adjusted for household size and composition, is as follows. Percentage changes in real equivalised household incomes by deciles of all individuals are set out in table I. It is not meaningful to produce results by decile of the whole population without allowing for the size of composition of households. For further discussion of this point the hon. Gentleman should see Cm 523 "The Measurement of Living Standards For Households Below Average Income". What the figures in table I mean in terms of changes in real income for a single person household is set out in table II.
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Table II
Money Change In Real Household Incomes
For A
Single Person Household-1985 Prices By
Deciles of the Whole
Population £ per week
Decile |1979-81|1981-83|1983-85
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Lowest |-0.70 |0.20 |2.60
2nd |-0.20 |0.80 |1.60
3rd |-0.70 |0.90 |1.70
4th |-0.80 |0.60 |2.40
5th |-0.70 |0.30 |3.40
6th |-0.50 |0.40 |4.40
7th |-0.60 |0.50 |5.40
8th |0.60 |0.10 |7.60
9th |3.00 |0.50 |8.10
Highest |18.00 |-2.30 |12.90
|-------|-------|-------
Total |1.70 |0.20 |5.00
Notes:
1. Income is defined as income from all
sources less income tax and national
insurance contributions.
2. The incomes of all individuals
within households have been adjusted
for the size and composition of those
households.
3. The equivalence scales used to
adjust for household size and
composition use as their basis the
income for a single person household.
In other words, a single person
household has been attributed an
equivalence scale of one so that the
income of these households is the same
both with and without equivalisation.
Table II
Money Change In Real Household Incomes
For A
Single Person Household-1985 Prices By
Deciles of the Whole
Population £ per week
Decile |1979-81|1981-83|1983-85
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Lowest |-0.70 |0.20 |2.60
2nd |-0.20 |0.80 |1.60
3rd |-0.70 |0.90 |1.70
4th |-0.80 |0.60 |2.40
5th |-0.70 |0.30 |3.40
6th |-0.50 |0.40 |4.40
7th |-0.60 |0.50 |5.40
8th |0.60 |0.10 |7.60
9th |3.00 |0.50 |8.10
Highest |18.00 |-2.30 |12.90
|-------|-------|-------
Total |1.70 |0.20 |5.00
Notes:
1. Income is defined as income from all
sources less income tax and national
insurance contributions.
2. The incomes of all individuals
within households have been adjusted
for the size and composition of those
households.
3. The equivalence scales used to
adjust for household size and
composition use as their basis the
income for a single person household.
In other words, a single person
household has been attributed an
equivalence scale of one so that the
income of these households is the same
both with and without equivalisation.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Speech Therapists (Grading)
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish the grades of speech therapists in Northern Ireland following the regrading under HSS(TC7)3/88 broken down by area board and showing the percentage in each grade before regrading and the percentage after.
Mr. Needham : The percentage of speech therapists in each grade at 31 March 1988 broken down by area board is as follows :
Grade |Eastern Board |Northern Board|Southern Board|Western Board --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area Senior Chief |1.39 |- |- |- Area Chief I |- |2.39 |- |- Area Chief II |- |- |5.21 |4.54 Chief III |16.73 |8.79 |15.63 |9.09 Chief IV |2.79 |4.54 |5.21 |4.54 Senior I |52.07 |58.90 |41.69 |68.18 Senior II |22.83 |24.84 |27.04 |13.64 Diploma Entrant |2.79 |- |5.21 |- Graduate Entrant |1.39 |- |- |-
Information on grades following regrading is available only for the Eastern health and social services board as the other three boards are still consulting staff interests and have not yet implemented their proposals. The grading percentages for the Eastern board are as follows :
Grade |Per cent. ------------------------------ E |1.31 D |0.00 C |27.62 B |60.53 A |10.53
Communications
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what financial support has been granted to British Telecom, NI, STC and any other agencies, companies or bodies to provide advanced communications and information infrastructure.
Mr. Viggers : During the financial years 1987-88 and 1988-89 £10, 689,473.
Young Mature Entry Index
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he hopes to provide information regarding the young mature entry index for Northern Ireland.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 6 July 1989] : This index cannot be calculated from existing sources but the possibility of doing so in the future is under review.
Labour Statistics
Ms. Joyce Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list in respect of Northern Ireland (a) the average rate of unemployment and the European Community average in the last three years and (b) the percentage of industrial employment in total employment and the European Community average.
Mr. Viggers [holding answer 7 July 1989] : The information requested is as follows :
(a) Annual Average Unemployment<1> Rates
|Northern Ireland<2> |European Community<3>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1986 |17.6 |10.8
1987 |17.6 |10.4
1988 |16.4 |10.0
1. The Northern Ireland and European Community rates are not directly comparable
because they are based on different definitions of unemployment.
<2> The Northern Ireland figures are based on the seasonally adjusted unemployment
series.
<3> Produced by Eurostat.
(b) For 1987 (the latest year for which figures for the EC are available) industrial
employment is estimated to have constituted 26.4 per cent. of total employment in
Northern Ireland and 32.8 per cent. of total employment in the European Community.
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PRIME MINISTER
European Economic Community
Q9. Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Prime Minister if she will publish a White Paper setting out the views of Her Majesty's Government on their future policy with regard to the European Economic Community in the light of the decisions made at the Madrid meeting of the European Council.
The Prime Minister : No. I refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 27 April at column 614 to my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Mr. Soames), and to my statement to the House of 29 June.
Q71. Mr. Cash : To ask the Prime Minister if she has received recent representations regarding economic and monetary union in the European Economic Community.
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