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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Cambodia
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to withdraw any direct or indirect help in support of the Cambodian alliance led by the Khmer Rouge.
Mr. Sainsbury : I have nothing to add to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Mr. Lester) on 8 November.
El Salvador
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have made (a) to the El Salvador Government about the impeding of humanitarian work in that country by the army, and (b) to the United States President about the role the United States of America could play in helping to bring about a just settlement to the civil war in El Salvador.
Mr. Sainsbury : I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 30 November to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill (Mr. Alton). The United States and Salvadorean Governments are aware of our views.
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Vietnamese Boat People
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funds the Government are making available this financial year towards the cost of accommodation for, and repatriation of, Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong.
Mr. Maude : We have provided £15.95 million for this purpose. Parliamentary approval for this new service is being sought in the Winter Supplementary Estimate for the vote for other external relations (Class II, Vote 2) which covers expenditure of £5.8 million for Vietnamese boat people. A further £10.15 million will be sought in a spring Supplementary Estimate. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure will be met by further repayable advances of £10.15 million from the contingencies fund.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Excise Duty
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reduction in the excise duties on beers, wines and spirits would be required to achieve reductions of 0.5 per cent., 0.75 per cent. and 1.0 per cent., respectively, in the retail price index.
Mr. Ryder : It it estimated that the required, across the board, reductions in excise duties on beer, wines and spirits would be as follows :
<1>Per cent. |<2>Per cent. --------------------------------------- 0.5 |22 0.75 |34 1.0 |45 <1> Percentage fall in the retail price index <2> Percentage reduction in excise duty on beer, wines and spirits
Civil Service Recruitment
Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors he considers when recruiting for the Civil Service outside London ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : It is for Departments to judge when and where to recruit staff, in what numbers and at what grades.
Gross Domestic Product
Sir Richard Body : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the value of the gross domestic product per head of the population for each member state of the EEC.
Mr. Ryder : Following is the information requested :
GDP/GNP per capita at purchasing
power parities 1988
|US dollars
-------------------------------------
United Kingdom |13,301
Luxembourg |15,758
Germany |14,185
France |13,670
Denmark |13,593
Italy |12,991
Netherlands |12,971
Belgium |12,750
Spain |9,372
Ireland |7,868
Greece |6,850
Portugal |6,439
Source: OECD
Benefits and Allowances
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now give confirmed figures for April 1989, showing the rates of child benefit, single person's and married man's tax allowances at 1979 prices, on the same basis as given on 4 April, Official Report, column 4.
Mr. Lilley : The information is in the table.
Rates of Child Benefit as at April 1989 Benefits |Amount -------------------------------------------------------------- Child benefit (£ per week per child) Current prices |7.25 1979 prices<1> |3.44 Single person's tax allowance (£ per annum) Current prices |2,785 1979 prices<1> |1,322 Married man's tax allowance (£ per annum) Current prices |4,375 1979 prices<1> |2,077 <1>Figures converted to 1979 prices using the movement in the RPI between April 1979 and April 1989
Company Cars
Dr. Marek : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the method of computation of the fixed profit car scheme whereby the Inland Revenue calculates the maximum amount of non-taxable benefit employees may receive from their employers for using their cars on their employer's business.
Mr. Lilley : Under the fixed profit car scheme arrangements the Revenue calculates the taxable element of any mileage allowance payable by employers to employees using their own cars on business. The taxable amount is fixed by reference to mileage bands by deducting tax-free mileage rates for various car engine sizes from allowances paid by the employer.
Corporation Tax
Mr. Gordon Brown : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount of corporation tax forgone in each of the next five financial years assuming the profit forecasts for the water companies are as set down in listing agreement relating to each of the water holding companies as a result of section 95(8) of the Water Act 1989 precluding the operation of section 400 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 in certain circumstances.
Mr. Lilley : The water companies' tax liabilities over the next five years will depend on their taxable profits during that period. In accordance with normal practice, no estimates of these amounts were included in the prospectus and listing particulars dated 22 November 1989, a copy of which was placed in the Library by my hon. and learned Friend the Minister for Water. The disapplication of section 400 was designed to secure maximum flexibility for the Government in establishing the water companies' capital structures and hence to increase proceeds.
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Civil Servants' Disturbance Allowance
Mr. Brazier : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what level of disturbance allowance is currently payable to civil servants required to move house for reasons of their employment.
Mr. Ryder [holding answer 11 December 1988] : There is no disturbance allowance payable to civil servants required to move house for reasons of their employment. However, civil servants may be eligible for a range of allowances and other forms of assistance to reimburse expenses and additional costs incurred. The level of assistance is dependent on individual circumstances.
WALES
Rural Areas
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the criteria by which his department assesses the desirability of influencing the extent of inward migration into rural Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : No such criteria are applied. Government policies are directed towards the establishment of economically viable communities within rural areas. Such policies are of substantial benefit in maintaining the fabric of these communities by sustaining local economies and creating jobs for the indigenous population, who might otherwise move away. The creation of new industries may of course require some skills which are not generally available within a particular locality.
Drugs
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his Department's assessment of the drug crack as it might affect Wales ; and if he will increase his financial support of the voluntary agencies who are involved in Wales in the fight against drug abuse.
Mr. Grist : To date there have been no seizures of the drug in Wales but we should not be complacent. The Department, in conjunction with the Welsh committee on drug misuse in Wales, will continue to monitor the situation most carefully.
As to financial support, since the launch of the central initiative to combat drug misuse in Wales in 1986, this Government have made available annually increasing sums to help develop services--both statutory and voluntary--for drug misusers.
The provision for 1990-91 will be announced soon.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his Department's work concerning drug abuse in Wales.
Mr. Grist : The Welsh Office is involved in the campaign to combat drug misuse in a number of ways. At the all-Wales level, the Department services, and is advised by, the Welsh committee on drug misuse (WCDM). Set up in 1986 to concern itself with the development of preventative measures, treatment, and rehabilitation services in response to the growing menace of drug misuse in Wales, WCDM has been particularly active. As well as meeting with all drug advisory committees in Wales, WCDM has produced advice and guidance on a number of issues.
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Since the launch of the central initiative to combat drug misuse in Wales, the Department has made available annually increasing funds to help develop local services--whether statutory or voluntary--for drug misusers. Around £1.5 million is available in 1989 -90.While national publicity campaigns are adapted for use in Wales, the Department is currently developing a specific primary prevention programme in association with WCDM and the health promotion authority for Wales. Preventive education in schools is also most important. The Department supports activities to promote health education under education support grant and recognises measures to prevent drug misuse as a national priority for the local education authority training grants scheme.
Finally, there are clear links between drug misusers and AIDS and it is for that reason that the Department is making available some £180,000 in 1989-90 to facilitate the development of needle and syringe exchange schemes in Wales. These schemes are to be piloted over two years.
Bistre Nursery School
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will meet Buckley Town Council to discuss the future use of Bistre nursery school consequent upon the closure in 1990 of nursery school facilities in that building ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : This is a matter for resolution locally.
Home Renovation Grants
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the likely expenditure by local authorities on mandatory home renovation grants in 1990-91 in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : In view of the uncertainties of forecasting demand and the likely take-up of the new scheme, we have set no limit on the amount which local authorities can spend on mandatory home renovation grants next year.
Expenditure plans for local authority capital spending in 1990-91 currently include £75 million to cover expenditure on mandatory home renovation grants, together with any improvement grants remaining to be paid under the existing grant system. If in the event demand exceeds that level, additional resources will be made available.
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of jobs created by the use of mandatory home renovation grants in Wales in 1989-90 and 1990-91 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Walker : No firm estimates have been made although I am sure that the benefits to the private sector will be considerable.
Housing (Capital Investment)
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list by local authority in cash and 1988-89 prices local authority housing capital investment on (a) new building, (b) renovation of local authority dwellings, (c) renovation grants, and (d) other housing capital programmes for (i) each financial year since 1979-80 and (ii) planned capital investment for 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93.
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Mr. Grist : The information requested is voluminous. I shall write to the hon. Gentleman to provide tables for each year between 1981-82 and 1989-90 and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House. Similar data for 1979-80 and 1980-81 will require additional clerical, as opposed to computer, analysis and I will provide these statistics as soon as possible thereafter.For 1990-91, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced housing capital distribution for individual local authorities on 29 November 1989. The
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distribution is not hypothecated to individual housing services and it is for local authorities themselves to formulate their spending plans within the total resources available to them. For 1991-92 and 1992-93, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced only the Department's total local authority housing expenditure plans. Due to changes in the capital control system for 1990-91 onwards these figures are not directly comparable with those shown in the following tables I am providing for the hon. Gentleman.Column 567
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
Local Authority Housing Capital Investment: 1986-87
£'000
Cash Prices Constant 1988-89 Prices
Local Authority |New buil- |Renovation |Renovation |Other |New build- |Renovation |Renovation
|ing |of local |grants |capital |ing |of local |grants |capital
|authority |programmes |authority |programmes
|dwellings |dwellings
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alyn and Deeside |1,125 |1,918 |595 |322 |1,270 |2,166 |672 |364
Colwyn |134 |1,280 |790 |22 |151 |1,445 |892 |25
Delyn |0 |1,741 |730 |18 |0 |1,966 |824 |20
Glyndwr |6 |1,108 |483 |74 |7 |1,251 |545 |84
Rhuddlan |589 |286 |155 |72 |665 |323 |175 |81
Wrexham Maelor |854 |4,815 |336 |47 |964 |5,437 |379 |53
Carmarthen |907 |775 |1,938 |715 |1,024 |875 |2,188 |807
Ceredigion |1,196 |439 |1,638 |51 |1,351 |496 |1,850 |58
Dinefwr |848 |403 |385 |15 |958 |455 |435 |17
Llanelli |1,504 |356 |940 |204 |1,698 |402 |1,061 |230
Preseli Pembs |578 |1,353 |1,570 |63 |653 |1,528 |1,773 |71
South Pembroke |122 |428 |1,789 |0 |138 |483 |2,020 |0
Blaenau Gwent |694 |6,586 |2,393 |1,075 |784 |7,437 |2,702 |1,214
Islwyn |1,639 |1,617 |3,600 |1,627 |1,851 |1,826 |4,065 |1,837
Monmouth |1,052 |3,295 |1,235 |475 |1,188 |3,721 |1,395 |536
Newport |1,682 |3,366 |2,909 |2,869 |1,899 |3,801 |3,285 |3,240
Torfaen |911 |4,506 |1,425 |475 |1,029 |5,088 |1,609 |536
Aberconwy |5 |1,131 |436 |0 |6 |1,277 |492 |0
Arfon |382 |648 |1,813 |94 |431 |732 |2,047 |106
Dwyfor |71 |101 |678 |104 |80 |114 |766 |117
Meirionnydd |27 |44 |953 |32 |30 |50 |1,076 |36
Ynys Mon |662 |1,476 |779 |1,129 |748 |1,667 |880 |1,275
Cynon Valley |221 |943 |2,111 |820 |250 |1,065 |2,384 |926
Merthyr Tydfil |85 |2,231 |1,388 |57 |96 |2,519 |1,567 |64
Ogwr |366 |1,827 |2,309 |1,250 |413 |2,063 |2,607 |1,412
Rhondda |14 |668 |5,931 |2,661 |16 |754 |6,698 |3,005
Rhymney Valley |404 |3,990 |2,629 |684 |456 |4,506 |2,969 |772
Taff Ely |1,257 |2,399 |2,065 |235 |1,419 |2,709 |2,332 |265
Brecknock |659 |527 |438 |417 |744 |595 |495 |471
Montgomeryshire |453 |1,213 |548 |45 |512 |1,370 |619 |51
Radnorshire |318 |196 |300 |123 |359 |221 |339 |139
Cardiff |350 |7,025 |9,705 |2,279 |395 |7,933 |10,959 |2,574
Vale of Glamorgan |545 |1,682 |2,085 |487 |615 |1,899 |2,354 |550
Port Talbot |0 |1,580 |842 |8 |0 |1,784 |951 |9
Lliw Valley |385 |1,343 |1,394 |68 |435 |1,517 |1,574 |77
Neath |847 |1,583 |972 |625 |956 |1,788 |1,098 |706
Swansea |1,146 |3,904 |5,566 |302 |1,294 |4,409 |6,285 |341
|-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |-------- |--------
Total Wales |22,038 |68,783 |65,853 |19,544 |24,886 |77,672 |74,364 |22,070
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Craft Initiative
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much financial assistance will be offered to the craft initiative between April 1988 and March 1991 ; to which organisations this money has been distributed in Wales ; and if he will give a detailed breakdown.
Mr. Peter Walker : Funds are provided towards the promotion of the craft industry from a wide range of public bodies which co-operate in the craft initiative. It is estimated that in financial year 1988-89 approximately £250,000 of public funds was devoted to promoting the crafts industry, and this is likely to rise to around £500,000 this financial year.
Student Exchanges
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions there have been between his Department and (a) Welsh Advisory Board, (b) the Welsh Committee of the University Funding Council and (c) the National Union of Students in Wales on the subject of student exchanges within Western Europe ; and what financial assistance he will offer to colleges of further and higher education so that such exchanges can be promoted.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : We have not had discussions on this subject with any of the bodies mentioned. Student exchanges are the responsibility of the institutions at which students are registered. Financial assistance for student exchanges is available under the European Community's ERASMUS programme.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the operation of the new community charge system from April 1990 onwards, with regard to whether anyone in Wales should expect an increase, in poll tax payment compared to rate payment, of over £25 in the first year ; and to whom the safety net applies.
Mr. Peter Walker : I will be making a statement shortly.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Early-day Motions
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Lord President of the Council what was the estimated cost incurred by the tabling of early-day motions for the Session 1988-89.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : The estimated cost for Session 1988-89 of printing early-day motions is £763,000.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Lord President of the Council what was the estimated cost of responding to all parliamentary questions, oral and written, for the parliamentary Session 1988-89.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : It is not possible to provide the information in the form requested. However, over the period (November 1988 to November 1989) the average
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cost of answering written and oral questions was £53 and £87 respectively. During the 1988-89 Session a total of 39,540 written questions were answered. The total number of oral questions put down for answer was 23,932, but this figure includes a substantial proportion of engagement questions to the Prime Minister which are not answered unless the Member otherwise requests.Refreshment Department (Pay)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he has any proposals to increase the pay of the staff in canteens or bars in the Palace of Westminster ; and if he will make a statement on the present salary scales.
Mr. Beith : I have been asked to reply.
The salaries of permanent Refreshment Department staff are linked to industrial Civil Service pay scales and will be reviewed on 1 July 1990.
Line of Route
Mr. Lee : To ask the Lord President of the Council how many strangers were given conducted tours of the line of route in the latest year for which he has figures.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : In 1988, 128,084 visitors toured the line of route.
Satellite Television
Mr. Allen : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will make it his policy to buy transponder space on the television satellite to be launched in October 1990 in order that a dedicated satellite channel for Parliament can be established ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Geoffrey Howe : No, Sir. The establishment of a dedicated channel for coverage of parliamentary proceedings is an objective whose desirability has been underlined both by the Select Committee on Televising of Proceedings of the House and its report, and by many other Members. For this reason, the recent experiment with continuous broadcasting of the House's proceedings, using some of the spare channels on the Astra satellite, was widely welcomed. I understand, however, that this experiment, which depended on the donation of facilities by the organisations involved, has now come to an end. For the longer term, as the Select Committee made clear in its report, any such development must be a matter for the commercial judgment of the broadcasters, in the absence of public funding. So far as the Government are concerned, that remains the position.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Police (Complaints)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the total numbers of complaints made against the police for the last 10 years, year by year, the numbers subsequently upheld and the number resulting in disciplinary action.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Information relating to the total number of complaints investigations completed, the total number of complaints substantiated and the total number resulting in disciplinary action is published annually in the
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reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary and of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, except for the commissioner's 1988 annual report. Owing to a change of format the Commissioner's 1988 report did not contain information relating to the number of complaints investigations completed or the number of complaints substantiated.Information relating to the total number of complaints made each year is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Copies of the reports can be found in the Library.
Newspapers (Code of Conduct)
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the code of conduct instituted by the editors of national newspapers ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor : We have not as yet received any representations about the code of practice.
Crime Prevention Panels
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crime prevention panels are in existence in England and Wales.
Mr. John Patten : At the end of June 1989 there were 398 senior crime prevention panels and 209 youth crime prevention panels in England and Wales.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board from the date of its inception ; what is its current staffing level ; and what has been the percentage change.
Mr. John Patten : The number of staff in post on 31 March 1965, at the end of the first financial year's operation of the CICB, was 11. The number now is 327, an increase of 2,882 per cent.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the regional breakdown of cases that form the backlog of cases for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
Mr. John Patten : The board does not keep information in this form.
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Association of Chief Police Officers
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on how many former members of ACPO have subsequently taken up employment in banking security over the last 10 years.
Mr. John Patten : No record is kept of the employment taken up by former police officers after they have left the police service.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what practical steps he is taking to help the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board to reduce the backlog of applications.
Mr. John Patten : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster, North (Mr. Wheeler) on Friday 8 December 1989 at columns 409-417.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the administration costs of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for 1988-89 ; and what percentage increase that represents since the date of its inception.
Mr. John Patten : Expenditure on the board's administration in 1988- 89 was £7,469,000, an increase of 12,445 per cent. over the cost of the first full year of operation to 31 March 1965 (£59,537).
Prisons
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which four proposed new prisons have been eliminated from the new building programme for the mid-1990's.
Mr. Mellor : No new prisons have been eliminated from the building programme. Out of the full programme of 28 new prisons there are six on which construction or preliminary work has not yet started. Construction will begin on two of these in 1991-92 and 1992-93 as previously planned. It is decisions on when and where to build the remaining four which have been deferred.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Age-related Personal Allowances
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the age-related personal allowances within income support for the April 1989 uprating in current and April 1988 prices.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The information requested is as follows :
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|April 1989 Rates|April 1989 Rates|April 1989 Rates
|at October 1989 |at April 1988
|prices |prices
|£ |£<1> |£<2>
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Single:
under 18 |20.80 |21.31 |19.75
18 to 24 |27.40 |28.07 |26.01
25 or over |34.90 |35.75 |33.13
Lone Parent:
under 18 |20.80 |21.31 |19.75
18 or over |34.90 |35.75 |33.13
Couple:
both under 18 |41.60 |42.62 |39.49
one/both 18 or over |54.80 |56.14 |52.03
Dependent children:
under 11 |11.75 |12.04 |11.16
11 to 15 |17.35 |17.77 |16.47
16 to 17 |20.80 |21.31 |19.75
18 |27.40 |28.07 |26.01
Based on the movement in the index of Retail Prices (less housing) between:
<1> April 1989 and October 1989 (the latest date for which the index is available).
<2> April 1988 and April 1989.
Income Support
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will seek to amend section 8 of the Income Support Regulations 1987 to enable calculation of income support for single parents to take into account, as an expense, any child care fees paid by the single parent.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : We have no plans to do so. Housing benefit and family credit are the main benefits for single parents in work and have never provided help with child care costs. Nor is there any direct subsidy of such costs for people in work generally.
Attendance Allowance
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will review the workings of the attendance allowance system to give recognition to the fact that many of the elements of increased cost arising from severe illness or disability arise during the first six months following the
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development or diagnosis of that condition ; and if he will take steps to assist such people to meet the financial burdens placed upon them during this time.Mr. Scott : We are looking at the workings of the attendance allowance scheme as part of the re-examination of disability benefits following the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys disability surveys. We have already announced our intention to abolish the six-months qualifying period for people with terminal illness.
Child Benefit and Allowances
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing (a) child benefit and (b) child dependency additions payable with invalidity benefit and widowed mother's allowance in April 1979 and 1989 (i) at cash prices, (ii) at April 1979 prices and (iii) at April 1989 prices.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The figures are as follows :
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Benefit |April 1979 rate |April 1979 rate at |April 1989 rate |April 1989 rate
|April 1989 prices<1> |at April 1979 prices<1>
|£ |£ |£ |£
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Child Benefit |4.00 |8.42 |7.25 |3.44
Child Dependency Additions payable with
Invalidity Benefit and Widowed
Mothers Allowance |5.35 |11.26 |8.95 |4.25
<1> Based on the movement in the index of retail prices between April 1979 and April 1989.
War Widows
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give a breakdown by region of the numbers of women who are in receipt of war widows pensions paid by his Department.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The estimated numbers, grouped by War Pensions Committee areas, are :
|Numbers
-----------------------------
Scotland |5,550
North East |8,250
North West |8,150
Midlands |6,350
London North |7,350
London South |10,400
South West |5,050
Wales |3,100
Belfast |1,450
Dublin |618
Isle of Man |145
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security upon which date pensions paid by his Department to war widows from the First World War were increased to the level of the pensions which were paid to war widows from the Second World War ; on what grounds it was decided that the increase did not set a precedent for other groups of pensioners ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Until 1946 the rate of the pension paid to widows from the first world war was higher than the rate paid to those from the second. In February 1946, following a general review of war pensions, it was decided that the standard rate of all war widows pensions administered by the Department should be the same and this has been the situation since.
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