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Sir John Farr : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the eventual total job losses at Her Majesty's prison, Gartree, due to the change from category A by 1992.
Mr. Hurd : It is too early to be certain how many staff will be needed when the prison changes its function but the total staff in post figure could fall by more than 100. No redundancies are anticipated as a result of the change at Gartree. The aim is to absorb surplus staff by redeployment and natural wastage.
Sir John Farr : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what prior consultation he had with
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local hon. Members with a constituency interest before announcing his decision relating to changes of category at Her Majesty's prison, Gartree.Mr. Hurd : None. The effect of the change planned for Gartree prison is that from the early 1990s the 50 or so category A prisoners will be replaced by inmates of a lower security category.
Data Protection
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the legislation that applies penalties for unauthorised use, collection or disclosure of personal information from Government computers.
Mr. Renton : So far as I am aware, the only legislation that applies such penalties specifically in relation to computers is the Data Protection Act 1984. Other legislation such as the Official Secrets Acts deals with particular categories of information whether or not held on computers.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the recommendations made by (a) the Younger committee into privacy and (b) the Law Commission's report into breach of confidence which Her Majesty's Government have supported ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Renton : Many of the recommendations of the Younger committee were directed to organisations outside Government. Proposals addressed to Government were implemented by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Data Protection Act 1984. In addition the Broadcasting Complaints Commission was established under the Broadcasting Act 1981 ; and the law on breach of confidence was referred to the Law Commission.
The Law Commission's report on breach of confidence, which is the responsibility of my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor, amounts essentially to a recommendation for a restatement of the common law and the Government do not propose to give its implementation high priority at present.
Drug Addicts (Suicides)
Mr. Hoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug addicts have committed suicide in prisons and remand centres in each of the last five years ; in which prisons and remand centres the suicides occurred ; to what the addicts were addicted ; what treatment they were receiving ; how many were in single cells ; and how many were (a) male and (b) female.
Mr. Hurd [holding answer 13 July 1989] : Information is readily available only from 1 January 1987 ; four inmates on whom verdicts of suicide have been returned since that date are known to have been addicted to drugs. The details requested are as follows : (
(1) 1987 ; HMRC Risley ; heroin ; treated with antidepressant drugs ; single cell ; female
(2) 1987 ; HMP Canterbury ; valium ; treated with reduced doses of the drug of addiction and largactil ; shared cell ; male
(3) 1988 ; HMRC Risley ; heroin ; treated with heminevrin as a sedative ; single cell ; male
(4) 1988 ; HMP Lincoln ; diconal tablets ; treated with antidepressants ; single cell ; male
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Rehabilitation
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what specialist facilities exist ; and what is the total amount invested by his Department for the rehabilitation of perpetrators of sexual abuse of children for each of the years for which figures are available.
Mr. John Patten [holding answer 11 July 1989] : Perpetrators of sexual abuse against children, who receive a prison sentence, are normally identified early in the prison reception process as requiring psychiatric assessment. Where the diagnosis suggests that the offender's behaviour was the result of an underlying mental illness, specific treatment is provided for that illness. If the behaviour was secondary to an aspect of personality disorder, the inmate might be offered psychotherapy, group therapy, behaviour therapy or a combination of these. But the effectiveness of such treatment depends critically on the motivation of the offenders and on their willingness to participate. Those judged to be mentally disordered receive treatment in special and other types of hospitals. Those under the supervision of the probation service will have available to them a variety of probation and multi-agency facilities. Some probation services have developed or are developing specialist skills in the supervision of sex offenders. The objective of probation service work with offenders, including sex offenders, is to reduce their offending behaviour by making them face up to the consequences of that behaviour, and by helping them to tackle the problems underlying it. No separate figures are kept of resources devoted by prison service establishments or by area probation services to work with those found guilty of sexual offences against children.
Right to Silence
Mr. Hind : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has reached any conclusions on the abolition of the right of silence for accused persons interviewed in police stations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Riddick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make an announcement on the Government's review of the right to silence ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hurd [holding answers 15 June 1989 and 7 July 1989 respectively] : I have received the report and am considering its recommendations. I have arranged for it to be published today. A copy will be placed in the Library.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Written Questions
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Lord President of the Council how the level at which it is decided that a parliamentary written question could be answered only at disproportionate cost is evaluated.
Mr. Ryder : I have been asked to reply. The disproportionate cost level is based on an interdepartmental survey of the cost of answering parliamentary questions and is set at a level to identify and draw to ministerial attention the most expensive 1 to 2 per cent. That cost level is kept under review by the Treasury and currently stands at £250.
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EMPLOYMENT
Sikhs (Headgear)
Mr. Bidwell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will take steps to introduce legislation to exempt religious Sikhs employed in all sections of industry from having to wear protective headgear other than their traditional long hair and turban.
Mr. Nicholls : It was announced in another place on 14 July, during the Second Reading debate on the Employment Bill, that the Government intend to introduce a new clause to the Bill to exempt turban-wearing Sikhs from any statutory requirement to wear head protection in construction work. There are no plans to extend such an exemption to other industries at present.
Claimant Advisers
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many claimant advisers are in post ; and how many interviews with claimants they have carried out in the year to the latest available date.
Mr. Lee : There were 1,160 claimant advisers in post at 28 March 1989, the latest date for which figures are available.
The total number of interviews carried out in the 12 months to 26 May 1989 was 937,496.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what have been the outcomes of interviews by claimant advisers showing (a) how many claimants have been referred to the Department of Social Security ; (b) how many have been referred to adjudication because of doubts about their availability for work and (c) how many have been encouraged to apply for jobstart or family credit.
Mr. Lee : Outcomes of claimant adviser interviews held between April 1987 and May 1989 are as follows :
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(a) Referrals to DSS |152,390
(b) Referrals to Adjudication<1> |54,919
(c) Figure not available
<1>This is the total figure for referrals to
adjudication-separate figures for referrals on
availability doubts are not collected.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the cost of the claimant adviser service in 1989-90.
Mr. Lee : The claimant adviser service is an integral part of the employment service, and it is not possible to give a total, discrete cost for the service.
The salary cost of the claimant adviser service for 1989-90 is estimated to be some £18.5 million.
Training
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the data from the latest labour force survey showing the training received by employees in the last four weeks broken down by sex and age.
Mr. Lee : Preliminary results from the 1988 labour force survey, as requested, are shown in the following table :
Employees of working age<1> receiving job-related
training<2>
Great Britain, Spring 1988
Thousands
Age |All persons|Men |Women
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16-19 |396 |224 |172
20-24 |546 |310 |237
25-34 |773 |448 |325
35-49 |847 |448 |399
50-59/64 |214 |118 |97
|------- |------- |-------
Total |2,776 |1,547 |1,229
Source: Preliminary 1988 LFS estimates
<1>Men aged 16-64, women aged 16-59
<2>Those who in the four weeks prior to interview had taken
part in any education or training connected with their job
or a job that they might be able to do in the future.
Availability For Work
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide details of the sample survey of delays in adjudication officers making decisions on availability for work, showing the number and proportion of cases involved, by regions, for each quarter since October 1987.
Mr. Lee : The following tables show the number of submissions on availability for work included in the sample survey in each of the regions covering the period January 1988 to March 1989, and the observed percentages on those cases in which a decision had been reached in less than four weeks.
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Table 1
Numbers of availability for work submissions included in the survey
Region |Period ending March 1988|Period ending June 1988 |Period ending September |Period ending December |Period ending March 1989
|1988 |1988
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Northern |111 |93 |100 |82 |60
Yorkshire and Humberside |375 |386 |278 |243 |201
East Midlands |258 |244 |249 |185 |163
Eastern |174 |227 |154 |171 |157
Southern |182 |154 |149 |149 |132
Western |301 |222 |203 |196 |198
South West |351 |154 |198 |140 |137
Wales |102 |73 |43 |36 |137
West Midlands |119 |128 |109 |152 |102
North West |215 |216 |226 |157 |139
Scotland |422 |361 |403 |327 |284
Table 2
Percentage of availability for work cases cleared in under 4 weeks
Region |Period ending March 1988|Period ending June 1988 |Period ending September |Period ending December |Period ending March 1989
|1988 |1988
percentage |percentage |percentage |percentage |percentage
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Northern |97 |100 |96 |100 |98
Yorkshire and Humberside |97 |97 |94 |86 |91
East Midlands |91 |96 |91 |91 |88
Eastern |86 |81 |84 |68 |69
Southern |81 |71 |73 |82 |84
Western |87 |78 |72 |85 |70
South West |87 |85 |80 |80 |71
Wales |84 |97 |91 |89 |95
West Midlands |85 |79 |77 |89 |95
North West |93 |86 |92 |89 |88
Scotland |92 |91 |85 |83 |86
Records are no longer retained for periods prior to January 1988. However, I refer the hon. Member to the replies that I gave her on 25 March 1988 at column 259 and 12 April 1988 at column 38.
Job Clubs
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the latest number of (a) referrals to job clubs, (b) the number of starts with job clubs, (c) the number of job club leavers and (d) the number of job club leavers getting jobs, or becoming unemployed for Great Britain and each training agency region for each month since September 1988.
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Mr. Lee : From September 1988 to May 1989, 100,440 people started with a job club. During the same period, there were 98,159 leavers, of whom 52,917 left to start work, with a further 15,794 going on to some other positive outcome such as training, education or self-employment. Regional and monthly breakdowns are given in the table.
Because of the very large number of potential referral points, the employment service does not keep statistics of referrals. All job club members are unemployed and separate records are not kept of the number remaining out of work on ceasing to attend.
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|Northern |Yorkshire and Humberside |East Midlands and Eastern|London and South East |South West |Wales |West Midlands |North West |Scotland |Great Britain
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September 1988
Starts |824 |984 |1,007 |2,309 |489 |696 |1,095 |1,894 |1,743 |11,041
Total leavers |799 |1,069 |1,087 |2,640 |560 |797 |1,452 |2,209 |1,790 |12,403
Of which:
Jobs |418 |592 |679 |1,246 |310 |453 |721 |1,204 |1,007 |6,630
Other positive outcomes |163 |224 |192 |445 |107 |159 |262 |423 |321 |2,296
Reasons not recorded |218 |253 |216 |949 |143 |185 |469 |582 |462 |3,477
October 1988
Starts |669 |1,036 |958 |2,241 |514 |792 |998 |2,108 |1,535 |10,851
Total leavers |695 |987 |899 |2,258 |435 |713 |1,034 |2,025 |1,548 |10,594
Of which:
Jobs |393 |583 |532 |1,032 |247 |387 |509 |1,150 |891 |5,724
Other positive outcomes |124 |163 |197 |362 |95 |154 |175 |353 |218 |1,841
Reasons not recorded |178 |241 |170 |864 |93 |172 |350 |522 |439 |3,029
November 1988
Starts |794 |1,056 |998 |2,570 |631 |845 |1,084 |2,123 |1,587 |11,688
Total leavers |718 |904 |883 |2,264 |488 |700 |1,050 |1970 |1,417 |10,394
Of which:
Jobs |398 |544 |531 |1,053 |259 |382 |570 |1,111 |831 |5,679
Other positive outcomes |113 |178 |166 |368 |96 |139 |173 |307 |197 |1,737
Reasons not recorded |207 |182 |186 |843 |133 |179 |307 |552 |389 |2,978
December 1988
Starts |476 |689 |620 |1,683 |335 |454 |782 |1,148 |1,022 |7,209
Total leavers |489 |770 |707 |1,895 |409 |532 |749 |1,418 |1,254 |8,223
Of which:
Jobs |255 |444 |456 |850 |217 |282 |365 |779 |719 |4,367
Other positive outcomes |81 |106 |110 |296 |76 |99 |144 |223 |209 |1,344
Reasons not recorded |153 |220 |141 |749 |116 |151 |240 |416 |326 |2,512
January 1989
Starts |902 |1,213 |1,007 |2,550 |703 |851 |1,497 |2,300 |1,407 |12,430
Total leavers |646 |849 |835 |2,067 |457 |683 |1,002 |1,650 |1,182 |9,371
Of which:
Jobs |325 |462 |474 |937 |240 |361 |498 |882 |651 |4,830
Other positive outcomes |123 |147 |172 |332 |100 |142 |153 |277 |185 |1,631
Reasons not recorded |198 |240 |189 |798 |117 |180 |351 |491 |346 |2,910
February 1989
Starts |939 |1,204 |1,121 |2,875 |705 |835 |1,450 |2,446 |2,072 |13,647
Total leavers |754 |999 |893 |2,350 |530 |725 |1,171 |2,025 |1,460 |10,907
Of which:
Jobs |442 |566 |548 |1,156 |296 |382 |637 |1,127 |831 |5,985
Other positive outcomes |110 |166 |175 |400 |104 |142 |198 |332 |234 |1,861
Reasons not recorded |202 |267 |170 |794 |130 |201 |336 |566 |395 |3,061
March 1989
Starts |873 |1,096 |1,034 |2,703 |660 |680 |1,104 |2,297 |1,957 |12,404
Total leavers |927 |1,161 |1,126 |3,057 |711 |807 |1,558 |2,535 |1,920 |13,802
Of which:
Jobs |520 |687 |683 |1,374 |395 |464 |719 |1,349 |1,125 |7,316
Other positive outcomes |160 |149 |198 |444 |99 |121 |201 |356 |296 |2,024
Reasons not recorded |247 |325 |245 |1,239 |217 |222 |638 |830 |499 |4,462
April 1989
Starts |811 |1,160 |944 |2,417 |586 |663 |982 |2,184 |1,857 |11,604
Total leavers |894 |1,112 |863 |2,575 |582 |725 |911 |2,109 |1,701 |11,472
Of which:
Jobs |477 |667 |568 |1,120 |329 |425 |508 |1,158 |1,044 |6,296
Other positive outcomes |137 |141 |136 |352 |81 |86 |128 |307 |205 |1,573
Reasons not recorded |280 |304 |159 |1,103 |172 |214 |275 |644 |452 |3,603
May 1989
Starts |743 |919 |798 |2,075 |527 |510 |811 |1,731 |1,452 |9,566
Total leavers |876 |1,006 |919 |2,276 |580 |597 |961 |1,968 |1,810 |10,993
Of which:
Jobs |460 |621 |568 |1,119 |323 |381 |495 |1,080 |1,043 |6,090
Other positive outcomes |116 |128 |108 |333 |66 |97 |164 |250 |225 |1,487
Reasons not recorded |300 |257 |243 |824 |191 |119 |302 |638 |542 |3,416
Creches
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any further plans to encourage employers to establish workplace or shared facility creches or similar incentives further to assist the return to employment of women to counter skill shortages ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. Friend takes, and will continue to take, every opportunity to encourage employers to help employees combine work and family responsibilities. Workplace nurseries are, however, only one possible way of helping parents with childcare. They can be successful, but it may not always be the most practicable solution. Other possibilities include help with childcare costs in the local home area and rearrangement of working hours and holidays to fit in with school hours and terms. We welcome measures taken by employers including assistance with childcare and the introduction of flexible working hours and family leave. The best way of introducing such measures is through voluntary agreement between employers and employees. Schemes can then be tailored to individual priorities and needs, and available resources.
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My Department also plays a full part in the ministerial group on women's issues, which is currently considering the whole question of childcare. The group recently announced a five-point plan on child care which includes encouragement for the use of school premises after school and in holiday periods ; support for the voluntary sector through pump-priming of projects and encouragement of partnerships between the voluntary sector and employers. The initiative will also encourage employers to use the tax reliefs available to them when they help their employees with child care.Collieries (Safety)
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of accidents at British Coal collieries at which there were either loss of life or serious injuries in each of the last five years and add the ratio of such incidents per 100,000 shifts worked in each year.
Mr. Nicholls : The information is not available in the format asked for ; the number of fatal injuries and major injuries in British Coal collieries over the last five years are as follows :
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Fatal injuries Major injuries Rate per 100,000
manshifts
|Fatal injuries|Major injuries
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1984-85<1> |22 |378 |- |-
1985-86 |28 |715 |0.08 |2.15
1986-87<2> |15 |952 |0.05 |3.45
1987-88<2> |9 |729 |0.04 |3.24
1988-89<2> (provisional) |18 |685 |0.08 |3.35
<1> This period covers the 15 months January 1984 to March 1985.
<2> The introduction of RIDDOR regulations on 1 April 1986 widened the coverage of the "major"
injury category.
Mr. Lofthouse : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of concerns about the incidence of underground fires in British Coal collieries ; and if he will pursue the matter with Her Majesty's inspector.
Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. Friend is concerned about any incident which affects health and safety, but the number of underground fires in British Coal mines fell from 72 in 1987-88 to 52 in 1988-89. Reducing the number of underground fires is a primary objective of the Health and Safety Executive which through the work of the mines and quarries inspectorate, is actively monitoring safety measures taken by British Coal. These include the application of more sophisticated inspections and detection techniques, the raising of standards in the specification, design, installation and maintenance of machinery and equipment and the continuing development of fire-resistant materials.
Mr. Lofthouse : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) on how many occasions fire or smoke detection devices in British Coal collieries have been put out of use without notice being given to those employed in the colliery or Her Majesty's inspector ; (2) what information he has on whether underground fire or smoke alarms or similar monitoring equipment have been put out of operation or use by British Coal insofar as smoke or fire detection is concerned.
Mr. Nicholls : There is no statutory requirement for the Health and Safety Executive to be given notice of fire or smoke detection devices that have been put out of use and therefore the information requested is not available.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on whether the use of free moving underground vehicles has led British Coal to put out of use fire or smoke detection and warning devices.
Mr. Nicholls : The Health and Safety Executive is not aware of any fire detection systems being put out of use by the operation of free- steered vehicles underground.
Employment Schemes
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how the 50-plus jobstart scheme is to be monitored ; what targets he has for numbers participating in the scheme ; what is the likely cost of the 50- plus jobstart scheme to his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lee : The 50-plus jobstart scheme is a variation of the existing jobstart scheme. It aims to help people over 50 to take up part-time work as a means of re-establishing themselves in the labour market.
Under 50-plus jobstart people over the age of 50 who have been unemployed for more than 12 months may be eligible for an allowance of £20 per week if they take up certain part-time jobs paying not more than £2.57 per hour. The scheme is being piloted in four areas--Lothian and the Borders, Dudley and Sandwell, Leeds and London South. The pilots started on 26 June 1989 and will run for one year. No targets have been set for the number of participants.
The number of people applying and being accepted for the allowance will be monitored. The pilots are being funded from within the overall cost of the main jobstart programme.
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Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if the participation of income support claimants in the action credit and 50-plus jobstart schemes is intended to be purely voluntary ; whether refusal to participate will affect claimants eligibility for benefits ; and what measures his Department is taking to get over-50's to participate in the 50 -plus jobstart scheme.
Mr. Lee : Participation of all claimants in the action credit scheme and in 50-plus jobstart is voluntary. Refusal to participate will not of itself affect entitlement to benefit. The 50-plus jobstart scheme is being publicised by means of leaflets and posters in unemployment benefit offices and jobcentres in the four pilot areas.
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the minimum pay, training and employment conditions which action credit agencies are required to meet in providing part-time jobs for income support claimants ; when the statement of the terms and conditions of employment of action credit participants will be available ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : Action credit is an employment scheme, with participants paid the rate for the job. It will allow participants to build on their ET training through practical work with an employer. Action credit agencies are required to ensure that conditions of employment meet the relevant legislative standards. Each participant will have a personal document outlining their terms and conditions. I welcome the testing of this new initiative and hope that unemployed people in the pilot areas will make full use of it.
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment why action credit agencies are required to pay employers' national insurance contributions for their employees participating in action credit ; whether his Department expects employers to pay national insurance contributions for participants in similar schemes where employees are earning below the lower earnings limit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : Action credit agencies will pay class 1 national insurance contributions only on the lump sum that participants receive when they leave the scheme. Class 1 national insurance contributions are not payable where an employee earns less than the lower earnings level.
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment why an earnings ceiling of £43 a week has been set for action credit participants ; what, for participants working 23 hours a week, would be the hourly payment ; how the earnings ceiling relates to the full extent normal rule ; and what are his Department's target figures for participation in action credit.
Mr. Nicholls : The earnings ceiling of £43 per week has been set to ensure participants are not required to pay national insurance contributions on a weekly basis. Hourly earnings will be paid at the local rate for the job. There is no connection between the earnings ceiling on action credit and the full extent normal rule. The scheme can help up to 300 participants in each pilot area, greatly enhancing the existing options for employment training leavers. The purpose of the pilot will be to test the attractiveness of the scheme ; thus my right hon. Friend will not be setting numerical targets for these areas.
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Pioneer Concrete UK Limited
Mr. Terry Davis : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how often Pioneer Concrete UK Limited has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive under health and safety legislation during the last 10 years.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 24 July 1989] : Health and Safety Executive records show that it has prosecuted Pioneer Concrete UK Limited three times since 1979.
Disabled People (Training)
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the supplementary grant available to training agents and managers has been apportioned to the higher cost of training disabled people.
Mr. Lee [holding answer 6 July 1989] : The information as requested is not available. The Training Agency, however, does provide special help for people with disabilities. This includes the loan of special equipment which may be needed to help trainees with their training programme, adaptations to premises and equipment, personal reader service for blind trainees and communicator service for deaf trainees.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Mobility Housing
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many units of mobility housing have been provided by (a) the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and (b) housing associations in Northern Ireland in each year since 1979 ; (2) how many units of wheelchair housing have been provided by (a) the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and (b) housing associations in Northern Ireland in each year since 1979.
Mr. Needham : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe (Mr. Morris) on 7 June, Official Report, vol. 154, column. 162-63.
Housing Associations
Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to provide additional sums of money to the housing association development programme (Northern Ireland) 1989-90 to cover the approved schemes for the mentally ill and handicapped.
Mr. Needham : No. Such schemes are being provided for within the existing budget.
Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate how much money will be available under the housing association development programme (Northern Ireland) 1989-90 to fund new projects.
Mr. Needham : It is estimated that £7.6 million is available in the 1989-90 year to fund : (a) new starts, that is, schemes which will receive tender approval to commence work on site ; (b) other schemes up to an advanced stage of planning but not to commence on site this year.
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Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give further assistance to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the voluntary housing associations to assist those persons who are homeless.
Mr. Needham : The Executive has the statutory responsibility of providing assistance to the homeless. The Executive has not asked for increased in-year funding for the homeless, whose needs for future years will, of course, be carefully considered during the public expenditure survey.
Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list in the Official Report the names and addresses of those housing associations which have applied for funding in 1989-90.
Mr. Needham : The list is as follows :
Association and Address
Abbeyfield Northern Ireland Development Society Limited Room 306, Bryson House,
28 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7FE
Ballynafeigh Housing Association Limited
70 Kimberley Street,
Belfast BT7 3DY
Baptist Union of Ireland Housing Association Limited
117 Lisburn Road,
Belfast BT9 7AF
Belfast Community Housing Association Limited
131 Ravenhill Road,
Belfast BT6 8DR
Belfast Improved Houses Limited
Russell Court, Claremont Street,
Belfast BT9 6JX
Ben Madigan Housing Association Limited
Russell Court, Claremont Street,
Belfast BT9 6JX
Botanic Housing Association Limited
99 Agincourt Avenue,
Belfast BT7 1QD
Broadway Housing Association Limited
131 Ravenhill Road,
Belfast BT6 8DR
The James Butcher Housing Association (NI) Limited
Murray House, Murray Street,
Belfast BT1 6DN
Church of Ireland Housing Association (NI) Limited
74 Dublin Road,
Belfast BT2 7HP
Clonard Housing Association Limited
54 Clonard Gardens,
Belfast BT13 2RH
Connswater Housing Association Limited
50 Mersey Street,
Belfast BT4 1EX
Covenanter Residential Association Limited
Cameron House, 98 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 6AG
Craigavon and District Housing Association Limited
20 Carleton Street,
Portadown BT62 3EN
Craigowen Housing Association Limited
35 New Road,
Donaghadee BT21 0DR
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