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Mr. Peter Bottomley : There are no such plans.

Archaeological Excavations

Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Department of the Environment (historic buildings and ancient monuments branch) receives as an annual budget for archaeological excavations.

Mr. Peter Bottomley : In the 1989-1990 financial year, the Department of the Environment's historic monuments and buildings branch budget for archaeological excavations and related work was £103,400.

Cash Limits

Mr. Bellingham : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on cash and running cost limits for the Northern Ireland departmental services and the Northern Ireland Office in 1989-90.

Mr. Cope : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary associated Supplementary Estimates, it is proposed that the cash limit for the Northern Ireland Office (NIO1) will be increased by £12,660,000 from £625,649,000 to £638,309,000. This increase reflects a transfer of £12,240,000 from the cash limit for Northern Ireland Departments (NID1) and an increase of £420,000 for capital carryover from 1988-89 under end-year flexibility arrrangements.

The cash limit for NI departmental services (NID1) for 1989-90 will be decreased by £0.8 million from £2707.1 million to £2706.3 million. This change reflects the transfer to NIO1, and a reduction of £0.2 million to cover NI's contribution to the Macfarlane Trust in respect of haemophiliacs who have become infected with HIV, as announced on 23 November 1989 at column 11-12, offset by increases of £7.7 million for Health Service pay, £2.1 million for capital carryover from 1988- 89 under the


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end-year flexibility arrangements, £2.1 million for the beef special premium scheme (offset by a reduction in the cash limit for the Intervention Board of Agricultural Produce--class IV, vote 2--as announced on 23 May 1989 at column 473) and £0.7 million transferred from the Department of Social Security for administration costs relating to social security operations undertaken on an agency basis in NI (offset by a reduction of the same amount in the cash limit for DSS class XV vote 7).

The net increase resulting from these changes will be charged to the reserve.

The running cost limit for NIO and NI Departments will be decreased by £3,730,000 from £543,030,000 to £539,300,000 reflecting efficiency savings emerging, notably in the prisons sector, and other easements resulting from variations in estimated demand.


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Primary Schools, Londonderry

Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in the Official Report to show for each primary school in the Londonderry council area for the latest available year (a) the number of children, (b) whether the school is controlled, or maintained or voluntary, indicating what the figures were for each school in 1980, 1975 and 1970 ; which schools have closed and the date of closure since 1970 ; and which schools were first opened with the date of opening since 1970.

Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 23 January 1990] : Information on enrolments in 1970 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The other information requested is as follows :


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                              Enrolment (January)                                                                                        

Primary School                1989              1980              1975              Date of Opening/Closure                              

                                                                                    (where applicable)                                   

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1.  Controlled                                                                                                                           

Londonderry Model            |336              |266              |310              |  -              |  -                                

Ebrington                    |553              |525              |520              |  -              |  -                                

Groarty                      |41               |63               |70               |  -              |  -                                

Culmore                      |52               |63               |47               |  -              |  -                                

Ballougry                    |39               |22               |32               |  -              |  -                                

Kilaloo-Cumber               |97               |94               |74               |  -              |  -                                

Drumahoe                     |230              |260              |297              |  -              |  -                                

Maydown                      |96               |97               |128              |  -              |  -                                

Eglinton                     |225              |181              |211              |  -              |  -                                

Newbuildings                 |319              |345              |378              |  -              |  -                                

Straidarran                  |67               |67               |74               |  -              |  -                                

Strathfoyle                  |70               |205              |277              |  -              |  -                                

Greenlaw                     |240              |213              |192              |Opened           | 4 October 1971                    

Fort James                   |226              |233              |210              |Opened           | 4 September 1973                  

Lisnagelvin                  |563              |510              |-                |Opened           | 4 January 1978                    

Lisdillon                    |  -              |  -              |  -              |Closed           |31 August 1973                     

Killymallaght                |  -              |  -              |  -              |Closed           |31 August 1973                     

                                                                                                                                         

2. Maintained                                                                                                                            

St. Eugene's Convent Senior  |332              |285              |308              |  -              |  -                                

St. Eugene's Convent Infants |226              |226              |291              |  -              |  -                                

The Cathedral                |25               |40               |54               |  -              |  -                                

Carlisle Road                |62               |62               |62               |  -              |  -                                

Rosemount                    |441              |466              |750              |  -              |  -                                

First Derry                  |52               |57               |48               |  -              |  -                                

Nazareth House Convent       |413              |402              |369              |  -              |  -                                

Holy Child                   |476              |506              |596              |  -              |  -                                

Hollybush                    |184              |143              |158              |  -              |  -                                

Glendermott                  |167              |200              |201              |  -              |  -                                

Cumber Upper                 |28               |44               |42               |  -              |  -                                

St. Patrick's Boys           |319              |368              |506              |  -              |  -                                

St. Patrick's Girls          |307              |337              |473              |  -              |  -                                

St. Patrick's Infants        |416              |426              |585              |  -              |  -                                

Craigbrack                   |83               |69               |59               |  -              |  -                                

Broadbridge                  |171              |144              |139              |  -              |  -                                

St. Mary's                   |120              |124              |169              |  -              |  -                                

Listress                     |38               |42               |49               |  -              |  -                                

Mullabuoy                    |164              |248              |264              |  -              |  -                                

St. John's                   |675              |657              |902              |Opened           | 1 September 1971                  

St. Anne's                   |743              |686              |497              |Opened           | 1 May 1972                        

Central Claudy               |326              |371              |417              |Opened           | 1 September 1972                  

Steelstown                   |706              |921              |1,060            |Opened           |10 April 1972                      

Carnhill                     |537              |812              |309              |Opened           | 2 September 1974                  

St. Oliver Plunkett          |206              |252              |295              |Opened           | 7 January 1975                    

Slievemore                   |722              |696              |-                |Opened           | 1 September 1977                  

St. Columba's                |102              |164              |-                |Opened           | 1 September 1977                  

Trench Road                  |405              |493              |-                |Opened           | 1 April 1979                      

Dungiven Road                |423              |-                |-                |Opened           |18 March 1980                      

Lenamore                     |478              |-                |-                |Opened           | 1 September 1983                  

Chapel Road                  |187              |-                |-                |Opened           |18 March 1980                      

Holy Family                  |656              |-                |-                |Opened           | 1 September 1987                  

Longtower                    |559              |-                |-                |Opened           | 1 September 1988                  

Waterside Girls              |-                |n/a              |568              |Closed           |31 March 1980                      

Christchurch                 |-                |-                |88               |Closed           |31 August 1975                     

Rossdowney                   |-                |-                |226              |Closed           |31 December 1977                   

Clooney                      |-                |-                |300              |Closed           |21 December 1977                   

Brow-of-the-Hill             |-                |-                |201              |Closed           |31 August 1976                     

Waterside boys               |-                |n/a              |655              |Closed           |31 August 1980                     

Aghakillymaude               |-                |-                |25               |Closed           |31 August 1976                     

Rossnagallagh                |-                |-                |121              |Closed           |31 August 1977                     

Enagh                        |-                |-                |-                |Closed           |31 August 1974                     

                                                                                                                                         

3. Voluntary<1>                                                                                                                          

St. Joseph's Convent         |-                |-                |129              |Closed           |31 August 1975                     

St. Columb's Convent Infants |-                |58               |130              |Closed           |31 August 1985                     

<1> There are no voluntary primary schools in the area at present.                                                                       

n/a = Not available.                                                                                                                     

Brandywell Stadium

Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums of public money have been spent on the Brandywell stadium in Londonderry ; and for what purposes in each of the last 10 years.

Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 23 January 1990] : In the 1988- 89 and 1989-90 financial years, grant of £50,000 and £100,000 respectively was paid to Derry city council by the Department of Education towards costs incurred on construction works associated with terracing and stand facilities for spectators, floodlighting and related health and safety works.

Football Membership Scheme

Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has any plans to impose card membership of football supporters in Northern Ireland.

Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 23 January 1990] : I have no such plans.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

Soviet Foreign Minister

92. Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met the Soviet Foreign Minister ; and what was discussed.

Mr. Waldegrave : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs met Mr. Shevardnadze on 19 December and they discussed bilateral relations, human rights and the full range of East -West issues.

Falkland Islands

Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his latest assessment of the potential of exploiting hydrocarbons around the Falkland Islands.

Mr. Sainsbury : Seismic surveys were carried out in the waters around the Falkland Islands in the 1970s. The results were commercially confidential and thus do not allow us to make any assessment of the potential for the exploitation of hydrocarbons.


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Nepal

Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions in 1989 the Government approached the King of Nepal concerning violations of human rights in that land.

Mr. Sainsbury : We have several times raised British concerns with Nepalese Ministers and officials. These matters are not however, normally discussed at the level of Heads of State.

Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Nepal concerning conditions in Nepalese prisons and detention centres and the continued use of torture and ill-treatment of Christians.

Mr. Sainsbury : None. The Nepalese Government are well aware of our concern about cases involving Christians, about which we have approached them many times.

Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Nepalese authorities concerning the detainees held without trial in Nepal for up to three years under the Public Security Act.

Mr. Sainsbury : The Nepalese Government are well aware of our concerns about human rights issues. We note that recent legislation has reduced the maximum period for detention without trial to 18 months.

Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government have done to bring to the attention of the United Nations the continued violation of human rights in Nepal.

Mr. Sainsbury : We express British concerns as and when necessary to the Nepalese Government.

Postage Stamps (Cyprus)

Mr. Anderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he will take, including representations to the Turkish Government, with respect to the issuing by the authorities in Turkish-occupied Cyprus of postage stamps which depict the royal family.

Mr. Maude : We are drawing the attention of the Turkish Cypriot authorities to the unauthorised use of the royal image on a recent stamp issue.


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Non-smokers

Mr. Amos : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what provisions are being made in all the offices and other places under his Department's control for the convenience and comfort of non-smokers ; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy for non-smokers.

Mr. Sainsbury : Since early 1989 a smoking policy has been in force in all FCO and ODA premises which prohibits smoking at meetings, in shared offices (except with the consent of all occupants) and in most common areas. The aim of the policy is to provide smoke-free working conditions for all staff who want them.

Arms Control and Disarmament

Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to invite a representative from (a) the Verification Technology Information Centre, (b) the British-American Security Information Council, (c) the Defence Fax Organisation and (d) the European Proliferation Information Centre to participate in the next meeting of his ad hoc Advisory Panel on Arms Control and Disarmament.

Mr. Waldegrave : The Verification Technology Information Centre and the European Proliferation Information Centre receive invitations to attend the Minister of State's bi-annual meetings with

non-governmental organisations interested in arms control and disarmament issues. These meetings have superseded for NGOs the Advisory Panel on Arms Control and Disarmament, which has been in abeyance since 1987. There has been no recent contact with the British-American Security Information Council and none with the Defence Fax Organisation.

Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his ad hoc Advisory Panel on Arms Control and Disarmament last met ; what subjects were discussed ; and which individuals and organisations participated.

Mr. Waldegrave : The Minister of State's Advisory Panel on Arms Control and Disarmament last met on 30 April 1987. The subjects discussed were as follows : the public presentation of the Government's arms control and defence policies, the prospects for an INF agreement, United Kingdom arms sales, the East-West balance in conventional and chemical forces, nuclear deterrence and arms control, prospects for a chemical weapons convention, and public perceptions of the various areas of arms control. Those participating included academics, religious leaders, journalists, and members of NGOs involved with arms control and disarmament issues.

Since then, a series of briefing and discussion meetings for non- governmental organisations interested in arms control has been held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which I have chaired.

Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty

Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to include discussion of policy developments in regard to the


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forthcoming fourth review conference of the nuclear

non-proliferation treaty during meetings with his counterparts from foreign ministries abroad in the period leading up to the review conference in August.

Mr. Waldegrave : It is already our policy to take every appropriate opportunity to discuss this issue at suitable levels in our contacts with other foreign ministries.

Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to place the forthcoming fourth review conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the development of United Kingdom policies for this conference on the agenda for the next meeting of his ad hoc Advisory Panel on Arms Control and Disarmament.

Mr. Waldegrave : The question of United Kingdom policy at the forthcoming review conference of the non-proliferation treaty is one that is discussed at the regular bi-annual meetings between the Minister of State and a wide range of non-governmental organisations interested in arms control and disarmament. These meetings superseded for the NGOs the Advisory Panel on Arms Control and Disarmament, which has been in abeyance since 1987.

Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the present total of states that are recognised by the United Kingdom which have both signed and ratified the 1968 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty ; and how many additional states not recognised by the United Kingdom have (a) signed and (b) ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Mr. Waldegrave : There are 139 states recognised by Her Majesty's Government which have signed and ratified the nuclear

non-proliferation treaty (NPT), or which have acceded to the Treaty since it came into force. In addition, Taiwan and North Korea, which are not recognised as states by Her Majesty's Government, are parties to the treaty. There are no states which have signed but not ratified the treaty.

Cash Limits

Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he proposes to make any changes in his Department's diplomatic wing cash limits and running cost limits for 1989-90.

Mr. Sainsbury : The cash limit for class II, vote 1 (overseas representation) will be increased by £24,327,000 from £453,770,000 to £478,097,000. In addition, the running costs limit on vote 1 will be increased by £14,146,000 from £434,521,000 to £448,667,000. These changes reflect increased costs due to the introduction of new visa regimes in Turkey and the Mahgreb, and the adverse effect of overseas price movements.

The cash limit for class I, vote 2 (other external relations) will increase by £3,573,000 from £171,499,000 to £175,072,000. This takes account of increased costs on ONUCA, Mozambique military training and higher than forecast expenditure on our contributions to international organisations due to the adverse effect of overseas price movements.

The cash limit for class II, vote 4 (the British Council) will increase by £285,000 from £64,111,000 to £64,396,000 to take account of the adverse effect of overseas price movements.


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Chemical Weapons

Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if his Department has compiled a list of all known sea and land-based disposal sites for surplus and redundant chemical weapon stocks ; and what proportions, by total volume of chemical agents, have been disposed of at current or former Ministry of Defence sites.

Mr. Alan Clark : I have been asked to reply.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement on 25 January 1989 at column 653.

HOME DEPARTMENT

Betting Offices

Dr. Woodcock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to allow amusement with prizes machines in licensed betting offices.

Mr. Peter Lloyd : We have no such plans at present.

Dr. Woodcock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to amend the law to allow evening opening of licensed betting offices.

Mr. Peter Lloyd : I refer my hon. Friend to my reply on 17 January to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Langbaurgh (Mr. Holt) at column 272.

Drugs

Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the estimated value of illegally imported drugs into the United Kingdom in 1989.

Mr. Mellor : The clandestine nature of the illicit traffic in controlled drugs has made it impossible to obtain a reliable estimate of the amount imported into the United Kingdom.

Mr. Dykes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his assessment of the progress being made in the United Kingdom to combat drug abuse and dealing.

Mr. Mellor : The Government give the highest priority to tackling both the demand for and the supply of drugs. The ministerial group on the misuse of drugs, which I chair, co-ordinates and monitors regularly progress in implementing our strategy for combating the misuse of and traffic in drugs.

Recent developments have included : introducing provisions in the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill to enable the United Kingdom to ratify the new United Nations convention against illicit drug trafficking ; organising, in association with the United Nations, a world ministerial summit to reduce the demand for drugs and to combat the cocaine threat, to be held in London next April ; increasing, from £2 million a year to £3 million in 1990-91, the Home Office programme of overseas drug- related law enforcement assistance to producer and transit countries and providing an emergency package of drug-related assistance to Colombia ; providing £1 million for a central fund to meet


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some of the additional costs of overseas drugs investigations by the police and rewards to major informants ; tightening domestic controls with the addition of buprenorphine and pemoline to the list of drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ; deterring drug traffickers by the confiscation of assets--so far, some £16 million has been ordered to be confiscated from convicted drug traffickers ; requiring, under the science part of the national curriculum, all primary and secondary schools to provide education about the harmful effects of drugs, and in addition making available continued grant support for local education authority drugs education co-ordinators and in-service teacher training on drugs ; increasing to over £18 million earmarked funding for drug treatment and rehabilitation services.

Data Protection Act

Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the progress made by the team reviewing the Data Protection Act.

Mr. Mellor : The committee has made substantial progress since last summer when the Data Protection Registrar reported on the outcome of his consultations about the operation of the Act. I expect it to report to my right hon. and learned Friend in the next few months.

Oil Trading Frauds

Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many oil trading frauds are being investigated by the fraud divisions of (a) the Metropolitan police and (b) the City of London police ; and whether any other police forces are involved.

Mr. Peter Lloyd : I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and the Commissioner of Police for the City of London that the figures are (a) nine and (b) none. No other police forces are known to be involved in any of the cases under investigation.

Prison Sanitation

Mr. Alexander : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prison cells will be without sanitation on completion of the current integral sanitation programme ; (2) what effect the provision of integral sanitation in prisons has had on the number of cells available ;

(3) what effect the provision of integral sanitation will have on future prison cell accommodation ;

(4) whether he has any plans to provide integral sanitation for those prison cells not included in the current integral sanitation programme.

Mr. Waddington : It is not possible to answer these questions with precision. All new prisons built or planned since 1979 have integral sanitation. Major refurbishments under way or planned for existing establishments will reduce the number of cells without access to sanitation by over 7,000. The effect of this on the number of cells ultimately available will depend on whether the refurbishment involves the addition of sanitary annexes or the installation of toilets and hand basins in individual cells ; this has not yet been decided in many cases.

In addition, there is an on-going programme to instal toilets and hand basins in individual cells where major


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refurbishment is not planned. When this on- going programme was announced in February 1989, 6,500 cells had been identified as suitable for this type of conversion. This programme is kept under continuous review, and the number of cells identified has now risen to over 8,000. The effect on availability of cells will be very temporary and will involve small numbers at any one time, because the conversions are fitted into each establishment's normal works programme.

Completion of the programme described will reduce the number of cells without access to sanitation to fewer than 7,000 by the end of the century. This number may be further reduced by closure of some establishments if the prison population remains stable.

Green Goddess Fleet

Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many qualified mechanics are employed in servicing the green goddess fire appliance fleet based at Bruntingthorpe aerodrome ;

(2) what inspection system his Department has introduced to check the quality of maintenance of work carried out on the green goddess fire appliance fleet by private contractors ;

(3) what steps are taken to ensure that the green goddess fire appliance fleet, based at Bruntingthorpe aerodrome, is being properly serviced.

Mr. John Patten : Under interim arrangements, five qualified mechanics, supported by two labourers, are employed in servicing the appliances currently based at Bruntingthorpe, and the work is overseen by a Home


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Office official on site. It is planned to support inspection procedures by the appointment of permanent quality assurance officers.

Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome

Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to improve arrangements for emergency procedures in the event of a fire at Bruntingthorpe aerodrome in respect of departmental equipment.

Mr. John Patten : Due consideration has been given to arrangements for fire safety in the temporary accommodation at Bruntingthorpe, and relevant advice has been sought from the Leicestershire fire brigade.

Crack

Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state (a) the street value, (b) the amount and (c) the city or town of seizure of crack seized in Britain for each month in 1989.

Mr. Mellor : Information is not available in the form requested by the hon. Member. In 1989, a provisional total of 139 seizures of crack, amounting to approximately 243g and with an estimated street value of £24,380, were reported to the national drugs intelligence unit.

Provisional forensic science service figures for the number and weight of seizures, by police region and month of analysis, are set out below. This breakdown is not available for earlier months than August 1989.


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Number of seizures (and weight in grams) of "crack" in 1989 by police region in which seized and month of analysis                                                               

                        August                      September                   October                     November                    December                                 

Police region          |Seizures     |Weight       |Seizures     |Weight       |Seizures     |Weight       |Seizures     |Weight       |Seizures     |Weight                     

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1.  Greater Manchester |3            |(3.21)       |1            |(0.79)       |4            |(1.64)       |4            |(1.41)       |-            |-                          

    Merseyside                                                                                                                                                                   

    Lancashire                                                                                                                                                                   

    North Wales                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 2. North East         |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-                          

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 3. Nottinghamshire    |3            |(25.21)      |-            |-            |1            |(trace)      |4            |(5.45)       |2            |(0.65)                     

South Yorkshire                                                                                                                                                                  

West Yorkshire                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 4. West Midlands      |4            |(3.39)       |2            |(0.07)       |-            |-            |1            |(2.03)       |-            |-                          

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 5. Essex              |2            |(0.11)       |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |1            |(0.35)                     

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 6. Surrey             |-            |-            |1            |(trace)      |1            |(trace)      |-            |-            |-            |-                          

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 7. Avon and Somerset                 6             (1.07)        4             (8.71)        1             (0.33)        -             -             -                          

Dorset                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 8. South Wales        |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-                          

                                                                                                                                                                                 

 9. Metropolitan Police    16         (11.84)       -             -             15            (9.57)        14            (12.69)       <1>10         (1.40)                     

                                                                                                                                                                                 

10.  Scotland          |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-                          

                                                                                                                                                                                 

11.  Northern Ireland  |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-            |-                          

<1>Includes one seizure of 0.2 gram by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise analysed by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist. Crack is not generally imported but produced in    

the United Kingdom from cocaine.                                                                                                                                                 

Forensic Pathology

Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to implement the recommendation in paragraph 3.32 of the Gordon


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Wasserman report on forensic pathology that he should fund a number of lectureships in forensic pathology and forensic medicine ; and if he will make a statement.


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Mr. Peter Lloyd : The Home Office has only recently received the last of the replies from organisations which were invited to comment on the report of the working party on forensic pathology. We shall be considering all the working party's recommendations, including that contained in paragraph 3.32, shortly.

Non-smokers

Mr. Amos : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions are being made in all the offices and other places under his Department's control for the convenience and comfort of non-smokers ; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy for non-smokers.

Mr. Waddington : The Department's policy is to discourage smoking in its premises and wherever possible


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to establish a non-smoking environment ; in particular, smoking is prohibited in conference rooms, lifts and toilets. Consideration is being given to what further measures might be taken to reinforce this policy.

Prisoners (Education)

Mr. Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average number of prisoner-hours of education per week in each young offender institution in 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 and to date in 1989 -90.

Mr. Waddington : The figures requested are shown in the following table for 1987-88 onwards. Statistics for the period 1986-87 are not readily available in the same form as those quoted for later years.


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Young Offender Institutions                                                                                                    

Establishments        |1987-88       |Average weekly|1988-89       |Average weekly|1989-90       |Average weekly               

                      |Total student |student hours |Total student |student hours |Total student |student hours                

                      |hours         |1987-88       |hours         |1988-89       |hours         |1989-90<1>                   

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Midland Region                                                                                                                 

Aylesbury             |27,914        |536.8         |44,164        |849.3         |27,729        |924.3                        

Glen Parva            |107,582       |2,068.8       |127,606       |2,453.9       |76,098        |2,536.6                      

Onley                 |54,214        |1,042.5       |54,582        |1,049.6       |29,919        |997.3                        

Swinfen Hall          |34,371        |660.9         |32,169        |618.6         |21,772        |725.7                        

Wellingborough        |49,907        |959.7         |55,949        |1,075.9       |32,776        |1,092.5                      

Whatton               |-             |-             |74,460        |1,431.9       |28,824        |960.8                        

Hewell Grange         |34,131        |656.3         |31,409        |604.0         |21,977        |732.5                        

Lowdham Grange        |69,031        |1,327.5       |69,178        |1,330.3       |30,111        |1,003.7                      

                                                                                                                               

South East Region                                                                                                              

Bullwood Hall         |18,902        |363.5         |19,890        |382.5         |12,375        |412.5                        

Dover                 |44,263        |851.2         |29,799        |573.0         |14,648        |488.2                        

Feltham               |54,381        |1,045.7       |56,854        |1,093.0       |26,439        |881.3                        

Hollesley Bay         |67,856        |1,304.9       |57,141        |1,098.8       |29,860        |995.3                        

Huntercomber/Fin Wood |61,723        |1,186.9       |84,703        |1,628.9       |47,950        |1,598.3                      

Mount                 |-             |-             |50,023        |961.9         |34,184        |1,139.4                      

Rochester             |25,584        |492.0         |-             |-             |-             |-                            

                                                                                                                               

South West Region                                                                                                              

Campsfield House      |5,773         |111.0         |14,675        |282.2         |13,900        |463.3                        

Erlestoke             |20,750        |399.0         |35,373        |680.0         |28,256        |941.8                        

Portland              |52,496        |1,009.5       |66,949        |1,287.4       |42,458        |1,415.2                      

Eastwood Park         |-             |-             |42,214        |811.8         |20,238        |674.6                        

Haslar                |-             |-             |19,551        |375.9         |11,088        |369.6                        

Usk                   |-             |-             |49,915        |959.9         |26,487        |882.9                        

Guys Marsh            |26,626        |512.0         |21,927        |421.6         |9,800         |326.6                        

                                                                                                                               

North Region                                                                                                                   

Castington            |58,251        |1,120.2       |48,060        |924.2         |36,450        |1,215.0                      

Deerbolt              |97,726        |1,879.3       |83,983        |1,615.0       |53,889        |1,796.3                      

Everthorpe            |106,636       |2,050.6       |88,661        |1,705.0       |54,104        |1,803.4                      

Northallerton         |54,046        |1,039.3       |45,558        |876.1         |38,241        |1,274.7                      

Stoke Heath           |90,033        |1,731.4       |75,070        |1,443.6       |44,133        |1,471.1                      

Werrington            |40,207        |773.2         |34,760        |668.4         |19,904        |663.4                        

Wetherby              |53,690        |1,032.5       |41,591        |799.8         |29,516        |983.8                        

Buckley Hall          |58,550        |1,125.9       |48,365        |930.0         |30,419        |1,013.9                      

Kirklevington         |42,884        |824.6         |32,618        |652.3         |11,468        |382.2                        

Hatfield              |47,414        |911.8         |40,594        |780.6         |25,695        |856.5                        

Thorn Cross           |75,007        |1,442.4       |66,058        |1,270.3       |38,590        |1,286.3                      

<1> To date.                                                                                                                   

Mr. Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average number of prisoner-hours of education per week in each remand centre in 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89 and to date in 1989-90.


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