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Mr. Cope : Mr. Speaker is the chairman of the Boundary Commission. The other members are as follows :
Members |Appointed by
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Deputy Chairman
|The Lord Chief Justice of
The Hon. Mr. Justice Higgins | Northern Ireland
Members
Mr. P. G. Duffy |The Secretary of State
Mr. D. J. Clement |The Secretary of State
Wounded Soldiers (Compensation)
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the sums payable in compensation to officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers wounded on service in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Cope : They depend in each case on the seriousness of the injuries received.
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums are payable in compensation to the families of officers, non- commissioned officers and soldiers killed on service in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Cope : They depend in each case on the amount of pecuniary loss suffered and expenses actually and necessarily incurred by the families as a result of the victim's death.
Action for Community Employment
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of ACE placements in each district council area in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 16 January 1990] : Following is the information :
Action for Community Employment (ACE) Placements
in each
District Council area in Northern Ireland as at 5
January 1990
The numbers of filled places in each District
Council area are-
District Council |Number
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Belfast |3,452
North Down |185
Lisburn |479
Ards |210
Down |211
Castlereagh |153
Carrickfergus |207
Larne |121
Ballymena |209
Antrim |202
Moyle |132
Coleraine |224
Magherafelt |247
Ballymoney |171
Newtownabbey |353
Cookstown |171
Dungannon |391
Armagh |281
Banbridge |127
Craigavon |371
Newry and Mourne |648
Derry |1,050
Limavady |185
Strabane |307
Fermanagh |316
Omagh |255
Total |10,658
Youth Training
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of youth training placements in each district council area in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 16 January 1990] : The information is not available in the form requested. However, the table shows that 10,184 full-time training places, broken down by job market area, were occupied at 29 December 1989. In addition, 2,415 young people were receiving employment with training under YTP work scheme across the province at the same time.
Youth training programme full-time training
Job market |Occupied places at
|29 December 1989
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Bangor |404
Lisburn |462
Newtownards |157
Belfast |3,328
Antrim |165
Carrickfergus |148
Larne |137
Magherafelt |172
Ballymena |544
Ballymoney |135
Coleraine |277
Limavady |145
Londonderry |1,153
Strabane |191
Armagh |85
Cookstown |81
Dungannon |197
Enniskillen |227
Omagh |395
Portadown |345
Ballynahinch |86
Banbridge |102
Downpatrick |192
Kilkeel |1
Lurgan |243
Newcastle |84
Newry |728
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Total |10,184
Roads
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total amount allocated for (a) major works and (b) minor works by the Department of the Environment's roads service to each of the district offices in each division of the Northern Ireland roads service in each year since 1985.
Mr. Peter Bottomley [holding answer 16 January 1990] : Allocations for major works and minor works are primarily made on a divisional basis as follows :
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£ thousand
Financial |Roads service|Ballymena |Belfast |Coleraine |Craigavon |Downpatrick |Omagh
year |headquarters
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1985-86 |Major works |612 |906 |3,154 |757 |1,434 |985 |1,568
|Minor works |- |1,108 |1,045 |1,237 |1,351 |1,367 |1,164
1986-87 |Major works |418 |1,014 |3,268 |1,505 |1,804 |1,092 |879
|Minor works |- |1,090 |1,706 |1,689 |1,358 |1,537 |1,061
1987-88 |Major works |690 |1,071 |3,169 |1,821 |1,784 |890 |793
|Minor works |- |1,341 |1,480 |1,271 |1,174 |1,401 |1,382
1988-89 |Major works |1,755 |3,063 |1,999 |986 |1,844 |1,827 |694
|Minor works |- |1,078 |1,399 |1,147 |1,057 |1,307 |1,306
1989-90 |Major works |119 |1,830 |7,839 |1,425 |1,569 |2,215 |3,107
|Minor works |- |1,305 |1,593 |1,416 |1,399 |1,358 |1,524
<1> To 11 January 1990.
Note:
The roads service headquarters expenditure was mainly in respect of specific major works handled centrally rather than divisionally.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Birmingham Pub Bombings
Mr. Dunnachie : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last discussed the Birmingham pub bombings case with the assistant chief constable of West Yorkshire ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : My right hon. and learned Friend has not discussed this case with the assistant chief constable of West Yorkshire, Mr. Shaw. However, Home Office officials have maintained close contact with the Police Complaints Authority, which is supervising Mr. Shaw's
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investigations into the West Midlands serious crime squad. We will consider carefully whether anything emerges from this investigation which might cast doubt on the safety of the convictions of the Birmingham Six.Mr. Skinner : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the investigations into the Birmingham Six to be concluded ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : My right hon. and learned Friend is considering very carefully the further material which has been presented to him by a solicitor on behalf of the Birmingham Six, and will decide as soon as possible whether it justifies any intervention on his part.
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Bingo Clubs
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to exclude bingo clubs from section 42 of the Gaming Act to allow them to advertise ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Licensed bingo clubs already advertise freely as social clubs, and specific games of bingo, and certain prizes in them, are already advertised on the front of club premises. The principal effect of section 42 of the Gaming Act 1968 on bingo clubs is to prohibit the wider advertising of the specific locations of the clubs as places where gaming takes place. We have informed the Bingo Association of Great Britain (BAGB) that we cannot accept its campaign for the complete removal of the controls on the advertising of bingo clubs, but that it is open to them to resume discussions with the Gaming Board for Great Britain on the scope, if any, for some relaxation of the controls.
Boundary Commissions
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement of progress on the work of the boundary commissions on parliamentary constituencies ; and when he expects the new boundaries to take effect.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The boundary commissions have a duty to keep the distribution of seats under continuous review. They are also required to present reports on the whole country 10 to 15 years after their previous report. The English commission's next such report is due between 1993 and 1998. I understand that the commission is likely to begin work in 1991. At present the commission is reviewing the Buckingham and Milton Keynes constituencies ; revised draft proposals were published in November 1989, and in due course it will report. New parliamentary constituency boundaries come into effect at the general election following Parliament's approval of the commission's recommendations and the making of an Order in Council.
Nuclear Bunkers
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by local authority, how many nuclear bunkers have been built or provided by local authorities to date ; and how many additional bunkers are being planned.
Mr. John Patten : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Dr. Thomas) on 18 December 1989 at columns 18-19.
Sunday Trading
Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many retail outlets in England and Wales have been prosecuted for trading on Sundays
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during each of the last four years ; and if he will make a statement on the steps he is taking to secure widespread agreement to a reform of the existing law.Mr. Mellor : Figures are not yet available for 1989. Those for the previous four years 1985-88 show that the number of prosecutions for Sunday trading offences in England and Wales were 647, 724, 646 and 536 respectively. The Government accepted the findings of the Auld committee that there was no satisfactory solution short of total deregulation. Since the defeat of the Shops Bill, the Government have made clear that they are prepared to consider reform short of total deregulation if a solution can be found which is widely accepted, enforceable, practicable and likely to command a parliamentary majority. No such solution has yet emerged.
Bail Lodging Places
Mr. Alexander : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will undertake a review of the number of bail lodging places since the coming into force of the Social Security Act 1988.
Mr. John Patten : I see no need for such a review at the moment in the light of other measures we are already taking to increase the accommodation available for bailees. The target for the bail hostel development programme has been considerably increased to 1,000 new places by April 1993. Planned expansion in bail information schemes should allow the number of courts being served to increase from the current 45 to 100 courts by April 1992. We are also examining ways of increasing accommodation in the community for bailees and how bail information schemes and accommodation networks can best be developed.
Prostitution
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many men were convicted of kerb crawling in each of the last five years at (a) the South Western magistrates court and (b) courts in England and Wales ;
(2) how many men were sent to prison for (a) kerb crawling and (b) living on immoral earnings in each of the last five years by the South Western magistrates court ;
(3) how many men were sent to prison for (a) living on immoral earnings and (b) kerb crawling by courts in England and Wales in each of the last five years ;
(4) how many times the maximum fine has been imposed on men convicted (a) at the South Western magistrates court and (b) courts in England and Wales of kerb crawling in each of the last five years ;
(5) how many women were convicted of soliciting (a) at the South Western magistrates court and (b) in England and Wales during each of the last five years.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is given in the tables :
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Table 3
Females convicted of soliciting
Year |England |South
|and Wales |Western
|Magistrates
|court
|Convicted |Convicted
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1984 |8,595 |402
1985 |9,159 |579
1986 |9,091 |288
1987 |8,171 |399
1988 |8,829 |226
Table 3
Females convicted of soliciting
Year |England |South
|and Wales |Western
|Magistrates
|court
|Convicted |Convicted
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1984 |8,595 |402
1985 |9,159 |579
1986 |9,091 |288
1987 |8,171 |399
1988 |8,829 |226
Table 3
Females convicted of soliciting
Year |England |South
|and Wales |Western
|Magistrates
|court
|Convicted |Convicted
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1984 |8,595 |402
1985 |9,159 |579
1986 |9,091 |288
1987 |8,171 |399
1988 |8,829 |226
Planting of Evidence
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of alleged planting of evidence were made last year against the police in England and Wales ; and how many of these resulted in prosecutions.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Such information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will bring forward amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in order to guard against the planting of evidence on suspects by police.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : No. Such conduct, if proved, already constitutes an offence under the police discipline code, and I see no justification for amending the Act along the lines suggested.
Police Complaints Authority
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the findings of the Hertfordshire police, acting on behalf of the Police Complaints Authority, in the series of cases relating to PC Judd, and other officers, in Notting Hill in 1984-85.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : No. I understand that the report of the investigation carried out under the supervision of the authority is under consideration by the authority. Home Office Ministers have no role in the process.
Message Switch Systems
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by region, the sites of all new message switch systems that have been installed in local authority emergency centres.
Mr. John Patten : As at 31 December 1989, emergency centres in the following local authorities have received the equipment :
Region 2 Cleveland
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees.
Durham
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Teesdale. Humberside
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Beverley, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Glanford, Great Grimsby.
North Yorkshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Scarborough, Selby.
Northumberland
County Main and the following districts : Alnwick, Tynedale. Tyne and Wear
The following districts : North Tyneside, Sunderland.
West Yorkshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees
Region 3
Derbyshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Chesterfield, High Peak, Derbyshire Dales
Leicestershire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Blaby, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, Rutland Lincolnshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Kesteven
Northamptonshire
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County Main and Standby and the following districts : Daventry, Northampton, WellingboroughNottinghamshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark, Nottingham
Region 4
Bedfordshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Luton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire Essex
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Tendring, Thurrock, Uttlesford
Hertfordshire
County Main and the following districts : East Hertfordshire, St. Albans
Norfolk
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Breckland, Great Yarmouth
Suffolk
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Babergh, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury
Region 5
London
South West Group and the following boroughs : Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, City of London, Havering, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames
Region 6
Berkshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Bracknell, Newbury, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham Buckinghamshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Chiltern, Milton Keynes, South Bucks, Wycombe
East Sussex
County Main and the following districts : Brighton, Hove, Lewes, Rother, Wealden
Hampshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Southampton, Test Valley, Winchester Isle of Wight
County Main and Standby
Kent
County Main and the following districts : Dover, Gillingham, Gravesham, Medway, Sevenoaks, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells
Oxfordshire
County Main and the following districts : Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire
Surrey
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking
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West SussexCounty Main and Standby and the following districts : Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Worthing
Region 7
Cornwall
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Caradon, North Cornwall, Penwith
Devon
County Main and Standby and the following districts : East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, Plymouth, Teignbridge, Torbay
Dorest
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset, Poole, Purbeck, West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland
Gloucestershire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Tewkesbury
Somerset
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane
Wiltshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, West Wiltshire
Region 8
Clwyd
County Main and Standby and the following district : Colwyn Dyfed
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Carmarthen, Llanelli
Gwent
County Standby
Gwynedd
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Aberconwy, Ynys Mo n
Powys
County Main and Standby and the following district : Brecknock South Glamorgan
County Main and the following district : Cardiff
West Glamorgan
County Main and Standby
Region 9
Hereford and Worcester
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Leominster, Redditch, Worcester, Wyre Forest
Shropshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Shropshire
Staffordshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : East Staffordshire, Lichfield, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
Warwickshire
County Main and Standby and the following districts : Rugby, Stratford-on- Avon
West Midlands
County Main and the following districts : Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Wolverhampton
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