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Magistrates Clerks
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the magistrates courts in England and Wales showing (a) the established posts for clerks and (b) the number of vacancies for the posts ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : Manpower returns received from 88 of the 105 magistrates courts committees in England and Wales indicated that there were 149 vacancies for court clerks out of an establishment of 1,249 at 30 June 1989 the latest date for which information is available, as shown in the table.
Full-time staff only
Magistrates courts |Authorised complement|Staff in post |+/-
committee
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Avon |22 |19 |-3
Barking |6 |3 |-3
Barnet |7 |6 |-1
Barnsley |n/a |n/a |n/a
Bedfordshire |21 |17 |-4
Berkshire |n/a |n/a |n/a
Bexley |6 |5 |-1
Birmingham |36 |36 |0
Bolton |8 |8 |0
Bradford |16 |16 |0
Brent |9 |7 |-2
Bromley |7 |7 |0
Buckinghamshire |10 |10 |0
Bury |6 |6 |0
Calderdale |8 |8 |0
Cambridgeshire |7 |5 |-2
Cheshire |27 |25 |-2
Cleveland |19 |19 |0
Cornwall |n/a |n/a |n/a
Coventry |11 |10 |-1
Croydon |11 |11 |0
Cumbria |9 |8 |-1
Derbyshire |24 |16 |-8
Devon |n/a |n/a |n/a
Doncaster |11 |8 |-3
Dorset |16 |16 |0
Dudley |9 |9 |0
Durham |10 |9 |-1
Ealing |11 |10 |-1
East Sussex |n/a |n/a |n/a
Enfield |5 |5 |0
Essex |27 |24 |-3
Gateshead |6 |6 |0
Gloucestershire |n/a |n/a |n/a
Hampshire |41 |40 |-1
Haringey |9 |7 |-2
Harrow |n/a |n/a |n/a
Havering |6 |6 |0
Hereford and Worcester |19 |17 |-2
Hertfordshire |22 |17 |-5
Hillingdon |8 |8 |0
Hounslow |14 |12 |-2
Humberside |23 |22 |-1
Isle of Wight |3 |2 |-1
Kent |46 |32 |-14
Kingston |3 |3 |0
Kirklees |12 |11 |-1
Knowsley |6 |5 |-1
Lancashire |43 |39 |-4
Leeds |31 |31 |0
Leicestershire |15 |11 |-4
Lincolnshire |10 |9 |-1
Liverpool |22 |17 |-5
London (City of) |5 |5 |0
London (inner)<1> |36 |29 |-7
Manchester |26 |23 |-3
Merton |8 |7 |-1
Newcastle |11 |11 |0
Newham |10 |10 |0
Norfolk |19 |14 |-5
North Tyneside |3 |1 |-2
North Yorkshire |16 |15 |-1
Northamptonshire |17 |16 |-1
Northumberland |n/a |- |-
Nottinghamshire |39 |31 |-8
Oldham |9 |8 |-1
Oxfordshire |n/a |- |-
Redbridge |n/a |- |-
Richmond |6 |6 |0
Rochdale |10 |9 |-1
Rotherham |7 |7 |0
Salford |10 |10 |0
Sandwell |n/a |- |-
Sefton |n/a |- |-
Sheffield |16 |16 |0
Shropshire |5 |5 |0
Solihull |6 |5 |-1
Somerset |11 |8 |-3
South Tyneside |6 |5 |-1
St. Helens |n/a |- |-
Staffordshire |25 |21 |-4
Stockport |14 |12 |-2
Suffolk |n/a |- |-
Sunderland |9 |8 |-1
Surrey |27 |25 |-2
Sutton |n/a |- |-
Tameside |8 |9 |1
Trafford |7 |6 |-1
Wakefield |13 |12 |-1
Walsall |9 |9 |0
Waltham Forest |7 |6 |-1
Warwickshire |23 |11 |-12
West Sussex |28 |27 |-1
Wigan |11 |10 |-1
Wiltshire |11 |10 |-1
Wirral |n/a |- |-
Wolverhampton |7 |4 |-3
Clwyd |11 |9 |-2
Dyfed |11 |8 |-3
Gwent |10 |10 |0
Gwynedd |n/a |- |-
Mid Glamorgan |17 |17 |0
Powys |1 |1 |0
South Glamorgan |14 |14 |0
West Glamorgan |12 |12 |0
------- |------- |-------
Total |1,249 |1,100 |-149
<1>Comparable grade
The staff in post figure includes trainees occupying court clerk posts, but information on their number is not readily available. The problems of recruitment and retention of court clerks, especially those qualified as solicitors or barristers, were addressed in the pay settlement for magistrates courts staff which I have recently approved for grant purposes.
Prisoners
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by open prison (a) the percentage of inmates convicted of sexual offences and serving life sentences and (b) the number of inmates who have absconded during the last 12 months ; and if he will show, in his answer, which of these figures concern female inmates.
Mr. Mellor : According to the information held centrally, which is approximate, there were seven males on 30 June 1989 serving life sentences for sexual offences in open prisons in England and Wales. All were held at Leyhill accounting for 2 per cent. of its population. Information on absconds from open prisons is given in the table.
Absconds from open prisons in England and Wales: by
establishment, October 1988 to September 1989
Establishment |Absconds<2>
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Male open prisons
Ford |65
Highpoint |3
Kirkham |125
Leyhill |26
Morton Hall |27
North Sea Camp |28
Rudgate |117
Spring Hill |26
Standford Hill |71
Sudbury<1> |68
|--
All male open prisons |556
|--
Female open prisons
Askham Grange |8
Drake Hall |49
East Sutton Park |14
|--
All female open prisons |71
<1> Includes Foston Hall
<2> During October 1988 to September 1989
Burglary (South Yorkshire)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the most recent figures for burglary in South Yorkshire ; and what is the national figure.
Mr. John Patten : The latest information relates to the 12 months to the end of June 1989 ; for England and Wales the information is published in table 4 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin 29/89 and for South Yorkshire in a separate table, copies of both are available in the Library.
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Overseas Students
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications from overseas students seeking extensions to their leave to remain in the United Kingdom were outstanding at the latest convenient date ; and what was the comparable figure for each of the previous five years.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The estimated number of student applications outstanding in July this year was 14,000. Comparable figures for the previous five years are not available.
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances overseas students are currently being granted extensions to their leave to remain in the United Kingdom despite their applications being submitted out of time.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Any application from an overseas student who has overstayed his or her last leave to remain is considered on its individual merits, taking account, for example, of the time since leave expired and the reasons for overstaying.
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what relaxations in immigration procedures have recently been introduced to reduce the backlog of applications from overseas students seeking extensions to their leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : An exercise was mounted recently to clear applications from students where most of the period of leave applied for had already passed. It did not involve any relaxation of the immigration rules. In addition improved working procedures have been introduced to reduce the time taken to process after-entry cases, including applications from overseas students.
Community Issues (Leicester)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received any representations or reports from the Chief Constable of Leicestershire concerning the Divali celebrations in Leicestershire on 29 and 30 October.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Leicestershire, Mr. Michael Hirst, as to the criteria he applies in deciding whether to meet the hon. Member for Leicester, East to discuss community issues.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : No. This is a matter for the chief constable to decide in the exercise of his responsibilities. We fully support the chief constable's continuing efforts to ensure good relations between the police and all sections of the community in Leicestershire.
Police and Fire Services (Pay)
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average pay increase for (a) firemen and (b) police in each year since 1978-79.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is as follows :
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1. Fire Service (5th year
qualified firefighter)
|Per cent.
------------------------------
1978 |22.15
1979 |20.45
1980 |18.8
1981 |10.1
1982 |7.5
1983 |7.8
1984 |7.2
1985 |7.2
1986 |7.3
1987 |7.3
1988 |8.6
1989 |8.6
2. Police (officers below
the rank of superintendent)
|Per cent.
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1978 |<1>39
1979 |13.5
1980 |21.3
1981 |13.2
1982 |10.3
1983 |8.4
1984 |5.13
1985 |7.5
1986 |7.5
1987 |7.75
1988 |8.5
1989 |9.25
<1> Implemented in two
phases.
Asylum Seekers
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers are currently at Heathrow airport ; and how many are in accommodation provided by the immigration service.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The information centrally available relates to passengers who are detained under the Immigration Act 1971 having claimed asylum on arrival in the United Kingdom, and in respect of whom an asylum questionnaire has been completed. On 8 November the number in detention was 21. The immigration service does not provide accommodation for passengers given temporary admission although hotel accommodation is occasionally arranged in cases of exceptional need.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what facilities are made available at major ports of entry for asylum seekers arriving in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Asylum seekers without means of support in the United Kingdom will, if they meet the relevant criteria, qualify for social security benefits and emergency housing. In addition a number of voluntary organisations assist asylum seekers.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding the plight of asylum seekers at ports of entry into the United Kingdom ; and what resources are provided by his Department to voluntary organisations providing assistance for asylum seekers.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : A number of organisations concerned with the welfare of refugees and asylum seekers have made representations concerning the need for better reception facilities for asylum seekers who arrive at ports of entry
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and who have no means of support in the United Kingdom. An element of the Home Office grant to the British Refugee Council goes to assist asylum seekers arriving at Gatwick airport. We have agreed in principle to grant being made available to strengthen the reception arrangements which are made by the voluntary sector, and officials are in discussion with the refugee agencies about specific proposals.Probation and Magistrates Services
Mr. Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any proposals to cash limit the specific grants to the probation and magistrates courts services.
Mr. Waddington : Under the new capital finance system for local authority services, capital grant for probation and magistrates courts will be cash limited from April 1990. Following our consultations with the local authority associations and relevant service organisations about the specific grants payable in respect of these services, I propose to introduce cash limits on their current grants. I shall be seeking a suitable opportunity for the necessary legislative provision with a view to implementing the new arrangements in April 1992. We shall be discussing further with the relevant bodies possible mechanisms for the allocation of cash-limited grant.
Citizenship Applications
Mr. Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make available the income and expenditure account for the administration of citizenship applications for 1988-89.
Mr. Waddington : I have today placed in the Library a copy of the nationality fees income and expenditure account for the 12 months ended 31 March 1989.
Experimental Reparation Schemes
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish the research report on experimental reparation schemes which was submitted to his Department in April 1988 and which according to the Green Paper, "Punishment, Custody and the Community" was to be published by the end of 1988.
Mr. John Patten [holding answer 27 October 1989] : Assessment of the four experimental reparation schemes is part of a wider study of reparation and mediation. Some results have been published but the main report has taken longer to prepare for publication than we expected. We hope to publish it in the next few months.
Drugs
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women and from which country of origin, are currently serving prison sentences for attempting to bring drugs into the United Kingdom.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 3 November 1989] : The latest readily available information is given in the table. The recording of nationality for citizens of Commonwealth countries, Pakistan and the Irish Republic is not always reliable.
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Population of females sentenced for all drugs offences in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June 1989: by nationality Nationality (name of |Number<1> country) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Colombia |14 Ghana |15 Guyana |5 India |6 Jamaica |16 Nigeria |76 United States of America |6 United Kingdom |150 Other nationalities<2> |25 Not recorded |10 ------- |------- All nationalities |323 <1> Provisional. The figures are those recorded centrally which are approximate: detailed checking would involve disproportionate cost. <2> Nationalities with less than five persons recorded.
ENERGY
Coal Supplies
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will examine the prices of imported coal within the Community to establish any variations which may exist or be developing.
Mr. Michael Spicer : My Department receives regular information on the price of imported coal in European Community countries. The average price of coal imports into the United Kingdom is currently higher than that of imports into other Community countries as a high proportion of United Kingdom imports are of premium quality coking rather than steam coal. In addition, United Kingdom imports of steam coal usually have to be transshipped from deep water ports on the Continent and this adds to their cost.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if, in planning the future arrangements to secure British energy supplies, he has taken into account the likelihood of changes in the value of sterling.
Mr. Wakeham : The Government seek to ensure that the United Kingdom has adequate, diverse and secure supplies of energy in the forms that people want at the lowest realistic prices. We aim to achieve this wherever possible by ensuring that energy prices reflect their true economic costs and by subjecting as much of energy supply to market forces as is feasible. We believe that this approach provides the flexibility to bring about any necessary adjustment of the energy economy in response to outside influences, of which the value of sterling would be one.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what advice he has given to the electricity industry in regard to any development of dependency upon imported coal.
Mr. Michael Spicer : None. Coal purchases are a commercial matter for the CEGB.
Nuclear Safeguards
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what discussions have taken place between his Department and the officials of (a) the Euratom
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Safeguards Agency and (b) the International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards Division, on the subject of the fungibility of nuclear materials under safeguards controls.Mr. Michael Spicer : The international requirements covering fungibility of materials are contained in article 20 of the Official Journal of the European Communities, Commission regulation 3227/76 of 19 October 1976. No recent discussions have taken place on these requirements with Euratom. The IAEA is concerned solely with the total amounts of nuclear material not its origin.
Plutonium
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what provisions have existed (a) since May 1979 and (b) since June 1986, to ensure that plutonium originating in safeguarded electricity board reactors in the United Kingdom has never been put into the military unsafeguarded stockpile following reprocessing of Magnox spent fuel at Sellafield.
Mr. Michael Spicer : Pursuant to the requirements of article 14 of INFCIRC 263 the Department of Energy must approve all withdrawals of nuclear material from safeguards. It is Government policy that plutonium originating from the electricity board reactors will not be used for defence purposes.
Natural Uranium
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the average spot market price in 1988 for commercial natural uranium traded (a) within Euratom member states and (b) to Euratom member states from outside the European Community.
Mr. Michael Spicer : The Euratom Supply Agency's report for 1988 shows that the average price of natural uranium deliveries made during the year to the electricity utilities of the European Community under spot contracts was 35.5 ecu per kilogramme of uranium.
Flue Gas Desulphurisation
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many flue gas desulphurisation plants have been installed in coal-fired and oil-fired power stations.
Mr. Wakeham : Work is currently under way on the first of the flue gas desulphurisation retrofits : the 4,000 MW Drax power station.
Electrical Accidents
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured in electrical accidents in each year since 1978-79, distinguishing between domestic and other users and electricity industry staff.
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Mr. Wakeham : The following figures are applicable :
|Domestic fatalities<1>|Electric shock<2>
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1978 |52 |n/a
1979 |59 |64
1980 |58 |82
1981 |54 |102
1982 |66 |88
1983 |42 |99
1984 |31 |72
1985 |40 |108
1986 |40 |89
1987 |46 |79
1988 |28 |n/a
<1>Domestic fatalities reported by the electricity boards.
<2>Electric shock injuries reported to Department of Trade and Industry by 20 hospitals
strategically situated.
Fatalities and Injuries to employees involved in contact with
electricity in all industries
|Fatalities |Major injuries |Over three day injuries
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1978 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1979 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1980 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1981 |13 |92 |557
1982 |23 |126 |565
1983 |18 |136 |n/a
1984 |19 |151 |n/a
1985 |12 |148 |n/a
1986-87 |23 |328 |63
1987-88 |20 |308 |56
Fatalities and Injuries to employees involved in contact with
electricity in all industries
|Fatalities |Major injuries |Over three day injuries
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1978 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1979 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1980 |n/a |n/a |n/a
1981 |13 |92 |557
1982 |23 |126 |565
1983 |18 |136 |n/a
1984 |19 |151 |n/a
1985 |12 |148 |n/a
1986-87 |23 |328 |63
1987-88 |20 |308 |56
Coal Imports
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list for each year since 1979 the tonnage and country of origin of the five principal sources of coal imported into the United Kingdom.
Mr. Wakeham : The information is as follows :
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|Thousand tonnes in 1988
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United States of America |4,261
Australia |3,536
Poland |1,270
Colombia |574
Canada |553
|Thousand tonnes in 1988
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United States of America |4,261
Australia |3,536
Poland |1,270
Colombia |574
Canada |553
Electricity Boards
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the names of the board members of electricity boards in England and Wales, giving the date of their appointment, salaries and, where full time, their previous job and, where part time, their other jobs.
Mr. Wakeham : The information is as follows :
Board membership of the electricity boards of England and Wales as
at 8 November 1989.
Name |Status |Date of Appointment
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Central Electricity Generating Board
Lord Marshall of Goring, |Chairman |1 July 1982
Kt, CBE
G. A. W. Blackman, |Deputy Chairman |16 April 1986
CBE
J. W. Baker |Full-time Member |5 September 1980
D. A. Davis |Full-time Member |5 June 1984
F. Ledger, OBE |Full-time Member |16 April 1986
R. V. Giordano |Non-executive |1 July 1982
| Member
Sir Terence Beckett, KBE |Non-executive |1 January 1987
| Member
D. A. Walker |Non-executive Member|1 May 1987
Name |Status |Date of Appointment
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London Electricity Board
J. J. Wilson |Chairman |10 March 1986
C. A. Prendergast, CBE |Non-executive |1 August 1983
| Member
L. W. G. Priestley |Non-executive |1 October 1983
| Member
R. B. Yearsley |Non-executive |1 September 1984
| Member
The Right Hon. Baroness |Non-executive |19 November
Gardner of Parkes, JP | Member | 1984
M. Young |Non-executive |26 January 1987
| Member
G. M. W. Owen |Non-executive |1 May 1989
| Member
Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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South Eastern Electricity Board
G. A. Squair |Chairman |1 June 1983
D. A. Lovesey |Deputy Chairman |29 April 1987
Dame Margaret Weston, |Non-executive |23 February 1981
DBE | Member
R. A. Cox, CBE |Non-executive |1 June 1983
| Member
Sir Ian McLeod, JP |Non-executive |1 August 1983
| Member
M. J. Calvert, JP |Non-executive |14 January 1985
| Member
A. Ferry, MBE |Non-executive |6 April 1987
| Member
Sir Keith Stuart |Non-executive |2 October 1989
| Member
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Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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Southern Electricity Board
D. A. Ross |Chairman |1 April 1984
H. R. Casley |Deputy Chairman |1 October 1986
A. G. Stoughton-Harris |Non-executive |1 February 1981
| Member
R. J. Cowley |Non-executive |1 December 1986
| Member
N. G. L. Timpson |Non-executive |1 January 1987
| Member
G. H. Wilson |Non-executive |30 May 1989
| Member
Name |Status |Date of Appointment
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South Western Electricity Board
A. W. Nicol |Chairman |29 April 1987
J. J. Seed |Deputy Chairman |1 June 1986
J. O. Gough, MBE |Non-executive |1 October 1980
| Member
J. R. W. R. Carew Pole |Non-executive |1 June 1981
| Member
A. P. Hichens |Non-executive |3 July 1989
| Member
A. N. Thatcher |Non-executive |3 July 1989
| Member
C. M. Fisher |Non-executive |10 July 1989
Name |Status |Date of Appointment
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Eastern Electricity Board
J. C. Smith, CBE |Chairman |1 October 1982
W. Waring |Deputy Chairman |18 July 1983
I. D. Coutts, CBE |Non-Executive |26 May 1982
| Member
R. C. G. Chesterman, |Non-Executive |1 September 1984
OBE | Member
Professor R. J. Eden, |Non-Executive |1 June 1985
OBE | Member
J. N. Duncan |Non-Executive |15 September 1989
| Member
M. S. Schreiber |Non-Executive |15 September 1989
| Member
Sir Graham Wilkins |Non-Executive |15 September 1989
| Member
Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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East Midlands Electricity Board
J. F. Harris |Chairman |1 October 1982
D. W. Cowe |Deputy Chairman |1 November 1985
G. H. Boyle |Non-executive |1 June 1981
| Member
Mrs. D. J. Parker |Non-executive |1 July 1983
| Member
G. N. Corah |Non-executive |12 March 1984
| Member
A. G. Schroeder |Non-executive |3 March 1986
| Member
R. N. Gunn |Non-executive |1 August 1989
| Member
A. N. R. Rudd |Non-executive |1 August 1989
| Member
Table file CW891109.041 not available
Name |Status |Date of Appointment
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Midlands Electricity Board
B. S. Townsend |Chairman |1 April 1986
R. K. Young |Deputy Chairman |1 July 1987
F. C. Graves, OBE |Non-executive |1 October 1980
| Member
Dr. M. D. Skillicorn |Non-executive |23 March 1981
| Member
Dr. B. E. Marsh, JP |Non-executive |1 January 1984
| Member
P. B. G. Williams |Non-executive |1 January 1984
Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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South Wales Electricity Board
J. W. Evans |Chairman |1 April 1984
D. H. Jones |Deputy Chairman |10 October 1988
J. Foley, MBE |Non-executive |1 January 1984
| Member
P. J. Phillips, OBE |Non-executive |11 June 1984
| Member
Mrs. V. Pollard |Non-executive |1 January 1988
| Member
D. J. Prosser |Non-executive |3 April 1989
| Member
P. W. L. Morgan |Non-executive |1 August 1989
| Member
Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board
B. H. Weston |Chairman |3 September 1985
R. T. Gales |Deputy Chairman |1 March 1978
Dr. R. H. Cummings, |Non-executive |7 January 1980
OBE | Member
J. M. Griffiths, OBE, JP |Non-executive |8 January 1981
| Member
Mrs. S. M. N. Garston |Non-executive |9 March 1981
| Member
R. B. de Zouche, OBE |Non-executive |1 April 1984
| Member
J. A. Hooson |Non-executive |1 August 1984
| Member
Name |Status |Date of Appointment
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Yorkshire Electricity Board
J. Porteous |Chairman |1 November 1984
J. S. Tysoe |Deputy Chairman |3 September 1985
D. B. Clark, CBE |Non-executive |1 November 1980
| Member
P. A. Smith |Non-executive |1 June 1981
| Member
J. P. M. Denny |Non-executive |19 March 1984
| Member
J. A. Rigg, CBE |Non-executive |1 May 1989
| Member
J. N. Hardman |Non-executive |1 May 1989
| Member
Mrs. D. C. Eccles |Non-executive |1 September 1989
| Member
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Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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North Eastern Electricity Board
D. R. Morris |Chairman |5 June 1989
J. A. Harmsworth |Deputy Chairman |1 January 1978
J. R. Holdsworth |Non-executive |1 April 1989
| Member
Professor J. L. J. Machin |Non-executive |1 June 1984
| Member
P. D. Nicholson |Non-executive |16 December 1985
| Member
Name |Status |Date of Appoinment
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North Western Electricity Board
K. G. Harvey |Chairman |6 November 1989
A. Crowder |Deputy Chairman |24 January 1983
J. V. Parsons |Non-executive |16 January 1984
| Member
J. Brown, MBE, JP |Non-executive |3 February 1984
| Member
N. D. Root |Non-executive |18 April 1984
| Member
Mrs. J. M. Wilson |Non-executive |1 February 1988
| Member
All the dates of appointment listed are first dates of appointment. Some members have been reappointed since those dates. The list does not include the area electricity consultative council chairmen who are members of the area electricity boards but are appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The following salaries are paid to board members :
(i) Salaries for CEGB chairman and deputy chairman :
The chairman is paid £111,000 per annum. The deputy chairman is paid in the salary range £75,000-£80,000.
(ii) Salaries for CEGB full-time members :
Full-time members are paid in the salary range £60,000-£70,000 per annum.
(iii) Salaries for CEGB non-executive members :
Two members are paid under £8,000 per annum ; One member is unpaid.
(iv) Salaries for area electricity board chairmen :
The chairmen are paid in the salary range £45,000-£80,000 per annum.
(v) Salaries for area electricity board deputy chairmen : The deputy chairmen are paid in the salary range £45,000-£50,000 per annum.
(vi) Salaries for area electricity board non-executive members : Non- executive members receive under £5,000 per annum.
It is not possible without disproportionate cost to provide details of each appointee's background.
Coal Prices
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the basis of his Department's assumption that the price of coal at delivered pence per therm will remain stable between now and 1999.
Mr. Wakeham : Relatively little weight can be attached to assumptions about coal prices as far ahead as 1999. The delivered price of coal will depend on commercial negotiations between coal suppliers and their customers.
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Fuel Exports and Imports
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what was the total of coal exported by the United Kingdom in each year since 1973-74 (a) in tonnes and (b) in value at constant prices ; (2) what was the total of coal imported by the United Kingdom in each year since 1973-74 (a) in tonnes and (b) in value at constant prices ;
(3) what was the total of oil and gas exported by the United Kingdom in each year since 1973-74 (a) in tonnes and (b) in value at constant prices ;
(4) what was the total of oil and gas imported by the United Kingdom in each year since 1973-74 (a) in tonnes and (b) in value at constant prices ;
Mr. Wakeham : The information for exports and imports for each year since 1973 is shown in table 1 (volumes) and table 2 (values at constant 1985 prices). Gas is natural gas (there are no exports), and oil is the sum of crude oil and refined petroleum products :
Table 1
Thousand tonnes
Exports (f.o.b.) Imports (c.i.f.)
|Coal |Oil |Coal |Gas (coal equivalent)|Oil
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1973 |2,693 |19,882 |1,675 |1,200 |135,862
1974 |1,865 |16,183 |3,541 |1,000 |129,164
1975 |2,182 |15,079 |5,083 |1,300 |103,174
1976 |1,436 |19,907 |2,837 |1,600 |102,994
1977 |1,941 |30,483 |2,439 |2,100 |84,832
1978 |2,266 |37,415 |2,352 |6,700 |80,139
1979 |2,339 |53,172 |4,375 |12,600 |73,890
1980 |4,042 |54,517 |7,334 |15,400 |58,890
1981 |9,513 |66,740 |4,290 |16,400 |47,437
1982 |7,387 |74,812 |4,062 |15,600 |45,456
1983 |6,340 |84,157 |4,456 |16,600 |40,120
1984 |2,440 |92,236 |8,894 |20,200 |53,480
1985 |2,558 |98,511 |12,732 |20,100 |51,877
1986 |2,748 |102,309 |10,554 |18,800 |55,471
1987 |2,342 |99,165 |9,781 |17,300 |53,590
1988 |1,737 |89,078 |11,993 |15,500 |53,995
Source: Customs and Excise, Overseas Trade Statistics as published in D. Energy, Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics. (The 1988 oil exports figure
reflects subsequent revisions.)
Table 2
£ million at 1985
prices<1>
Exports (f.o.bImports (c.i.f.)
|Coal |Oil |Coal |Gas |Oil
-------------------------------------------------
1973 |104 |3,682 |90 |90 |21,917
1974 |72 |3,031 |189 |75 |20,837
1975 |84 |2,826 |272 |98 |16,644
1976 |55 |3,673 |152 |120 |16,615
1977 |75 |5,367 |130 |158 |13,684
1978 |87 |6,475 |126 |504 |12,927
1979 |90 |9,053 |234 |947 |11,918
1980 |156 |9,315 |392 |1,158 |9,498
1981 |366 |11,265|229 |1,233 |7,650
1982 |284 |12,591|217 |1,173 |7,329
1983 |244 |14,154|238 |1,248 |6,468
1984 |94 |15,486|475 |1,519 |8,620
1985 |98 |16,576|681 |1,511 |8,363
1986 |106 |17,229|564 |1,413 |8,944
1987 |90 |16,673|523 |1,301 |8,641
1988 |67 |15,026|641 |1,165 |8,706
Source: Volumes from table 1 revalued at 1985
prices.
<1> Figures at 1985 constant prices have been
derived by applying the unit value for exports
and imports in 1985 to the relevant published
volumes in each of the years 1973 to 1988.
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PCBs (Continental Shelf)
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether any installations on the United Kingdom continental shelf have equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls.
Mr. Wakeham : There are no significant quantities of
polychlorinated biphenyls on any offshore installations on the United Kingdom continental shelf.
Nuclear Safety Research
Mr. Hanley : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what guidance he has given to the Health and Safety Commission on the exercise of the responsibilities for nuclear safety research which it is to take over from his Department.
Mr. Wakeham : I wrote to the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission in August enclosing a set of guidelines within which I wish the commission to work when it takes over these responsibilities on 1 April next year. The guidelines describe the objectives which I wish the commission to pursue ; the area and nature of the research for which it is to become responsible ; and the principles by which the commission should define the programmes which it sponsors, and by which the executive should recover the costs of these programmes from the nuclear power industry. A copy of the guidelines has been placed in the Library of the House.
Gas Explosions
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured in accidents involving gas explosions in each year since 1978-79, distinguishing between domestic and other users and gas industry staff.
Mr. Nicholls : I have been asked to reply.
The available information for injuries involving domestic and other users, and gas industry employees is show in the tables.
Table 1
Injuries caused by gas explosions involving
domestic
and other users of piped flammable gas in Great
Britain
reported<1> to enforcing authorities
|Fatal<2> |Non-fatal<3>
----------------------------------------------------
1981-82 |37 |168
1982-83 |28 |116
1983-84 |27 |124
1984-85 |41 |181
1985-86 |27 |166
|------- |-------
1986-87 |12 |58
1987-88 |12 |72
<1> Injuries arising from incidents reported under
the 1972 Gas Act for the years 1981-82 to 1985-86
and under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, 1985 (RIDDOR)
for later years.
<2> Under the Gas Act initially non-fatal injuries
which later became fatal were updated and
reclassified. Under RIDDOR, the supplier/fitter is
only required to notify HSE upon the receipt of an
injury notification and may not be aware of the
subsequent death of an injured person.
<3> Under RIDDOR figures relate to injuries causing
hospitalisation for more than 24 hours. Under the
previous legislation, overnight stays in hospital
were the basis of the reporting requirement.
Table 2
Injuries to employees involving gas explosions
in the gas production and distribution
sector<1>
reported<2> to enforcing authorities
|1986<5> |1987-88<5>
-----------------------------------------------
Fatal |- |-
Major<3> |3 |-
Over 3 day<4> |4 |1
<1> The production and distribution of gas
sector is defined as Standard Industrial
Classification 1968 Minimum List Heading 601.
<2> Injuries reported under the Reporting of
Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations, 1985 (RIDDOR). Under the
reporting regulations applying to earlier
years it is not possible to distinguish
injuries from explosions from other injuries.
<3> As defined under RIDDOR.
<4> Injuries causing incapacity for work for
more than three days.
<5> Year beginning 1 April.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Set-aside Scheme
14. Mr. Latham : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the progress of the set-aside programme.
Mr. Maclean : This year we have received applications from about 1, 400 United Kingdom farmers to set-aside more than 55,000 hectares of land. This encouraging further response brings the total amount of land set aside under the scheme to 110,000 hectares.
23. Mr. Yeo : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much land has now been set aside.
Mr. Maclean : I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Latham).
Livestock (Slaughter)
15. Mr. Haynes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what codes of practice the Government propose to issue in response to the Farm Animal Welfare Council's report on the welfare of livestock at slaughter.
Mr. Gummer : I am proposing to issue codes covering the welfare of livestock at slaughter, the construction and layout of slaughtering premises and the use of electrical stunning equipment. These will give effect to recommendations made by the Farm Animal Welfare Council.
Sheep (Hill Farms)
16. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement about levels of support for sheep which are to be used for breeding on hill farms, which are not put to the ram until they are 18 months old, under the new sheep regime.
Mr. Curry : The special concession will continue under which these sheep will be able to receive premium at the same special rate which applies to goats. This will be set at 80 per cent. of the rate for ewes in 1990 and 70 per cent. thereafter.
Column 770
Sheepmeat Regime
17. Mr. John Greenway : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what further discussions he plans to hold regarding the future of the sheep meat regime.
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