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Mr. Hill : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Government's policy on the Western European Union Assembly's recommendation that the Western European Union Council call for (a) a complete review of the COCOM lists in the light of a fundamental reassessment of the current state of Soviet technology, with a view to encouraging maximum opportunities for trade, (b) negotiations with proscribed countries for the introduction of verification procedures to accompany all future sales of western strategic technology in return for the further liberalisation of the COCOM list and (c) the establishment, within the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe framework, of a committee of experts to make recommendations for the sharing of high technology between East and West.
Mr. Waldegrave : On his first point I refer my hon. Friend to the written answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 15 December at column 839 to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Dr. Thomas).
On his second point I refer my hon. Friend to the comments made by my hon. Friend during the Adjournment debate on 21 December at column 632. There have already been contacts at official level between COCOM partners and Poland and Hungary. The results of these will inform the review of COCOM and its procedures now under way.
Finally, COCOM provides a forum for national experts to discuss the level of technology to be shared with or transferred to the proscribed destinations. Against the background of an existing military threat, this issue will receive increasing scrutiny in the meetings now under way
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to discuss technology transfer and developments in eastern Europe. The participating states in the CSCE process do not include all the members of COCOM and we would not see the establishment of a separate committee, with the same mandate, as providing any practical benefit.EC (Security and Defence)
Mr. Hill : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken in the framework of the European Community to enable the European Commission to study security and defence questions.
Mr. Maude : The political and economic aspects of security are the subject of co-ordination among the member states in European Political Co- operation (EPC). The Commission is fully associated with EPC. The military aspects of security are not the subject of co-ordination in any Community framework.
Baron Max Khatchaturian
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the post in India will come to a decision on the application by Baron Max Khatchaturian and his family for recognition of their British citizenship and concerning which he has received correspondence from the hon. Member for Caernarfon ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : In accordance with the guidelines on the handling of representations by Members of Parliament in immigration cases, issued to Members on 14 December 1988, I have referred the question to the correspondence unit of the migration and visa department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The hon. Member will receive a reply from the unit as soon as possible.
Education Conference
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government will protest at the participation of a member of the Khmer Rouge as the representative of Cambodia at the world conference on education for all in Thailand on 5 to 9 March ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : The world conference on education for all is being organised and sponsored by four specialised agencies of the United Nations (UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank). We understand that, as Cambodia's representatives at the UN, the National Government of Cambodia (formerly the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea) will have been invited to attend. This is normal practice for such UN-sponsored conferences.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Multi-racial Comprehensives
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consideration he has given to the issues raised in "School Effect : A Study of Multi-racial Comprehensives" produced by the Policy Studies Institute and the University of Lancaster, a copy of which has been sent to him ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Alan Howarth : This study is based on research which followed the progress of 3,000 pupils in 20 urban comprehensives, starting in 1981. The research found striking differences between the schools surveyed in what they did and how they did it. The level of achievement of pupils of similar abilities, regardless of their ethnic or social background, varied markedly according to the school they attended.This study reinforces the Government's determination to press ahead with the implementation of the national curriculum and with the arrangements for assessment and testing so that every child can have the best possible start in life. The study also suggested some profitable further lines of inquiry and my right hon. Friend is considering how best to pursue these.
Electric Vehicles
Mr. Jack : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research projects are receiving funding from his Department that are designed to contribute to the development of electrically powered road vehicles.
Mr. Jackson : The Science and Engineering Research Council, which is funded by the Department, has supported a number of research programmes in universities which are of relevance to the development of electrically powered vehicles. A collaborative programme between Durham university and Lucas plc, completed in 1987, developed a prototype hybrid electric/diesel vehicle. Two research programmes at Loughborough university, completed in 1989, and ongoing programmes at the university of Newcastle and London university's Imperial college are concerned with aspects of new battery systems.
PE Teachers
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the number of physical education teachers for each year since 1979.
Mr. Alan Howarth : Information is available only in respect of 1984 and 1988. In 1984 the number of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools in England who were teaching physical education was 37,900, including 15,600 for whom physical education was their main teaching subject. The equivalent figures for 1988 were 30,300 and 13, 300. Over the same period the number of pupils in maintained secondary schools in England fell by about 16 per cent. (from 3.65 million to 3.07 million).
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School Hours
Sir David Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the average numbers of hours per year spent in school by schoolchildren in (a) England and Wales and (b) other European Community countries.
Mrs. Rumbold : Recent school staffing surveys in England indicate that pupils in primary schools spend on average some 860 hours in lessons (excluding registration, assemblies and break time) a year. The comparable figure for secondary pupils is some 900 hours. Figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. European comparisons are not readily available.
Sir David Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the numbers of hours of classroom teaching per year spent by teachers in (a) England and Wales and (b) other European Community countries.
Mrs. Rumbold : On the basis of information from recent school staffing surveys, we estimate that primary teachers spend on average some 790 hours a year in classroom teaching. The comparable figure for secondary teachers is some 680 hours. These figures exclude time spent in registration, assemblies and supervision. Figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. European comparisons are not readily available.
Schools (Expenditure)
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update to the latest date available the answer given to the hon. Member for Barking (Ms. Richardson), 4 May 1989, Official Report, column 173-74, on expenditure on books and equipment.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The information previously supplied has been updated to take account of latest data on actual local authority spending in 1987-88 as recorded in returns to the Department of the Environment ; pupil numbers as recorded in returns to the Department of Education and Science ; and price movements as recorded by the GDP deflator. Comparable data on spending in 1988-89 are not yet available. The table has been expanded to show two indices. The first shows the change in real-terms spending for each year compared with the base year 1978-79 ; the second, also shown in the previous table, shows the change in real-terms spending for each year compared with the previous year.
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Expenditure per pupil-England
Primary Secondary
|Cash |<1>Real |Index |Index year|Cash |<1>Real |Index |Index year
|terms |1978-79 |on year |terms |1978-79 |on year
|=100 |increase |=100 |increase
|£ |£ |£ |£
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Books and equipment
1978-79 |12.85 |26.34 |100 |100 |24.40 |50.04 |100 |100
1979-80 |14.33 |25.16 |96 |96 |26.61 |46.71 |93 |93
1980-81 |16.05 |23.81 |90 |95 |29.26 |43.40 |87 |93
1981-82 |18.16 |24.54 |93 |103 |32.18 |43.48 |87 |100
1982-83 |20.90 |26.34 |100 |107 |36.53 |46.04 |92 |106
1983-84 |22.79 |27.44 |104 |104 |39.21 |47.21 |94 |103
1984-85 |23.54 |27.01 |103 |98 |42.53 |48.78 |97 |103
1985-86 |24.91 |27.11 |103 |100 |44.83 |48.80 |98 |100
1986-87 |28.04 |29.53 |112 |109 |57.15 |60.18 |120 |123
1987-88<2> |30.64 |30.64 |116 |104 |62.19 |62.19 |124 |103
Books
1978-79 |4.25 |8.71 |100 |100 |7.16 |14.69 |100 |100
1979-80 |4.69 |8.23 |94 |94 |7.82 |13.73 |93 |93
1980-81 |5.32 |7.90 |91 |96 |8.08 |11.99 |82 |87
1981-82 |5.91 |7.99 |92 |101 |8.60 |11.62 |79 |97
1982-83 |7.00 |8.82 |101 |110 |9.89 |12.46 |85 |107
1983-84 |7.14 |8.60 |99 |98 |10.09 |12.15 |83 |98
1984-85 |7.29 |8.36 |96 |97 |10.15 |11.64 |79 |96
1985-86 |7.49 |8.15 |94 |97 |10.66 |11.61 |79 |100
1986-87 |8.25 |8.69 |100 |107 |13.13 |13.83 |94 |119
1987-88<2> |9.01 |9.01 |103 |104 |14.82 |14.82 |101 |107
Equipment
1978-79 |8.60 |17.64 |100 |100 |17.24 |35.35 |100 |100
1979-80 |9.65 |16.94 |96 |96 |18.79 |32.98 |93 |93
1980-81 |10.73 |15.91 |90 |94 |21.17 |31.41 |89 |95
1981-82 |12.25 |16.55 |94 |104 |23.58 |31.86 |90 |101
1982-83 |13.91 |17.52 |99 |106 |26.65 |33.58 |95 |105
1983-84 |15.65 |18.85 |107 |108 |29.12 |35.06 |99 |104
1984-85 |16.26 |18.65 |106 |99 |32.38 |37.14 |105 |106
1985-86 |17.42 |18.96 |107 |102 |34.17 |37.19 |105 |100
1986-87 |19.79 |20.84 |118 |110 |44.02 |46.36 |131 |125
1987-88<2> |21.63 |21.63 |123 |104 |47.37 |47.37 |134 |102
<1>The cash figures for earlier years have been repriced to 1987-88 prices using the Gross Domestic Product (Market
Prices) Deflator.
<2>The figures for 1987-88 include spending in nursry schools. This reflects a change in the classification of the
local authority spending returns to the DOE whereby spending on nursery provision was incorporated into the primary
sector, rather than being shown separately.
Expenditure per pupil-England
Special
|Cash |<1>Real |Index |Index Year
|Terms |1978-79 |on Year
|=100 |Increase
|£ |£
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Books and Equipment
1978-79 |37.16 |76.19 |100 |100
1979-80 |41.78 |73.35 |96 |96
1980-81 |46.73 |69.32 |91 |95
1981-82 |51.09 |69.03 |91 |100
1982-83 |61.00 |76.87 |101 |111
1983-84 |68.24 |82.16 |108 |107
1984-85 |70.45 |80.81 |106 |98
1985-86 |88.84 |96.71 |127 |120
1986-87 |87.58 |92.22 |121 |95
1987-88<2> |98.95 |98.95 |130 |107
Books
1978-79 |5.93 |12.16 |100 |100
1979-80 |6.73 |11.82 |97 |97
1980-81 |6.90 |10.24 |84 |87
1981-82 |7.09 |9.58 |79 |94
1982-83 |8.65 |10.90 |90 |114
1983-84 |8.68 |10.45 |86 |96
1984-85 |9.12 |10.46 |86 |100
1985-86 |11.46 |12.47 |103 |119
1986-87 |10.65 |11.21 |92 |90
1987-88<2> |12.35 |12.35 |102 |110
Equipment
1978-79 |31.23 |64.03 |100 |100
1979-80 |35.05 |61.53 |96 |96
1980-81 |39.83 |59.09 |92 |96
1981-82 |44.00 |59.45 |93 |101
1982-83 |52.35 |65.97 |103 |111
1983-84 |59.56 |71.71 |112 |109
1984-85 |61.33 |70.35 |110 |98
1985-86 |77.38 |84.23 |132 |120
1986-87 |76.94 |81.02 |127 |96
1987-88<2> |86.60 |86.60 |135 |107
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Teachers' Pay
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a breakdown of the overall increase in school unit costs shown in table 11.10 of Cm 1011 between 1979-80 and 1988-89 showing how much of that overall increase is due to increases in the level of school teachers' pay above the rate of inflation.
Mrs. Rumbold : Changes in overall spending on schoolteachers' pay reflect both changes in teacher numbers and successive pay settlements. As a broad estimate, the 42 per cent. increase in unit costs shown in table 11.10 of Cm 1011 may be analysed as follows :
|Percentage
Total increase in real terms spending per pupil: |42
Of which
Increase due to improvements in pupil:teacher
ratio: |13
Increase due to improvements in teachers' pay
above the GDP deflator: |16
Other increases, including improved provision for
non-teaching costs such as equipment: |13
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the overall increase in real terms between 1979-80 and 1988-89 of (a) national average earnings, (b) average non-manual earnings outside the public sector and (c) school teachers' pay.
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Mrs. Rumbold : Between April 1979 and April 1989 national average earnings rose by 28 per cent. in real terms, and teachers' average salaries by 30 per cent. in real terms. Over the same period the real terms increase in average non-manual earnings outside the public sector was 43 per cent. for men and 48 per cent. for women. A combined figure is not available.Pupils (Exclusion)
Mr. Gill : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will establish a national system for the collection of information about the exclusion of pupils from schools.
Mr. Alan Howarth : My right hon. Friend is introducing a national system for reporting to him all permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools and from grant-maintained schools during the two-year period from the beginning of the summer term 1990. Heads, governors and local education authorities, as appropriate, will be asked to provide the Secretary of State with information on the background to such cases and on the decisions reached about the pupils concerned, who will not be named in these reports. In the light of this information, my right hon. Friend will decide on the future of the existing statutory provisions on exclusion.
Governing Bodies
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will identify by name and by size of governing body in each case only those colleges and polytechnics in the PCFC sector for which he has agreed revised instruments of government under the Education Reform Act 1988 where the size of the governing body is in excess of 21 persons ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson [pursuant to his reply, 29 January 1990, c. 29-30] : Information given in the previous answer was not
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completely up to date. Additional nominee members were appointed to the governing bodies of a further seven institutions subsequent to the appointment of the other members of their boards. The following institutions, therefore, should also have been listed as having governing bodies in excess of 21 persons :--Institutions |Number ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bath College of Higher Education |22 Bolton Institute of Higher Education |22 Bristol Polytechnic |22 Kent Institute of Art and Design |22 Kingston Polytechnic |22 Portsmouth Polytechnic |25 Worcester College of Higher Education |25
SOCIAL SECURITY
Child Benefit
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will state, on the same basis as his reply to the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Bennett), 7 June 1988, Official Report columns 521-22, the total amount of child benefit, together with the number of families and children in respect of which it is paid, and the percentage which each figure represents for the income bands (a) under £5,000, (b) £5,000-10,000, (c) £10,000-15,000, (d) £15,000-20,000, (e) £20,000-25,000, (f) £25,000-50,000, (g) £50,000-100,000 and (h) £100,000 and over.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Information about the incomes of families receiving child benefit is not routinely collected. The following estimates of the distribution of gross incomes of recipient families in 1989-90 are therefore made on the basis of sample survey data which are subject to normal sampling and response variation.
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Band of Gross IFamilies receiving ChildNumber of Children Child Benefit Expenditure
Benefit
|(000s) |Per cent. |(000s) |Per cent. |(£ million)|Per cent.
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Under £5,000 |430 |6.3 |490 |4.1 |180 |4.1
£ 5-10,000 |1,740 |25.7 |3,340 |27.8 |1,260 |27.8
£10-15,000 |1,520 |22.4 |2,620 |21.9 |990 |21.9
£15-20,000 |1,380 |20.4 |2,520 |21.0 |950 |21.0
£20-25,000 |740 |10.9 |1,340 |11.2 |510 |11.2
£25-50,000 |870 |12.8 |1,500 |12.5 |560 |12.5
Above £50,000 |100 |1.5 |190 |1.6 |70 |1.6
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |6,760 |100 |12,000 |100 |4,530 |100
Notes:
1. Estimates are based on the 1985 and 1986 Family Expenditure Surveys, supplemented by the
Survey of Personal Incomes, and updated to 1989-90 levels of earnings and benefit rates.
2. Income is measured on a gross basis, and is the family's total income from all sources
including benefits.
3. No detailed breakdown is possible for an income band above £50,000 because of small sample
sizes.
4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10,000.
5. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Preventable Loss
Mr. Norris : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the extent of preventable loss arising from theft or misappropriation in his Department.
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Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The latest information about losses of items from the Department's offices relate to the 1988-89 financial year when the value of these losses came to £106,744.
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Benefits Leaflet
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make leaflet FB2 generally available in post offices.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Social Security leaflet FB2 "Which benefit?" is displayed in all main post offices (about 1,900 offices). Copies are also sent to around 19,000 sub-post offices, but there is no obligation for sub-postmasters/mistresses to either display them or to make copies available.
Housing Benefit
Mr. Jack : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish for each parliamentary constituency in Lancashire details of the number of people presently receiving housing benefit and income support together with housing benefit ; and what are the costs involved.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : I regret that information is not collected on a constituency basis. The table shows the available information by local authority area. Blackpool includes the constituencies of Blackpool, North and Blackpool, South, and Lancaster City covers the constituencies of Lancaster, and Morecambe and Lunesdale.
Local authorities |Housing |Housing |Local
|benefit only |benefit in- |authority
|come support |estimated cost
|Numbers |Numbers |£ million
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Blackburn |5,200 |8,905 |11.8
Blackpool |7,359 |10,954 |16.3
Burnley |3,084 |5,048 |7.3
Chorley |2,694 |3,841 |5.3
Fylde |2,369 |2,643 |3.7
Hyndburn |3,068 |3,962 |6.1
Lancaster City |4,577 |7,121 |14.6
Pendle |2,615 |4,266 |5.5
Preston |4,946 |7,661 |13.0
Ribble Valley |1,194 |1,007 |1.4
Rossendale |2,506 |3,116 |5.3
South Ribble |2,765 |3,073 |4.3
West Lancashire |5,126 |6,904 |10.9
Wyre |5,717 |4,774 |4.9
Note: Expenditure information is not available by recipient group.
Source: Local authority caseload returns and expenditure estimates.
DSS Offices
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will open new Department of Social Security offices close to current Department of Trade and Industry regional offices in Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : There are no plans to open new DSS offices near the regional offices of the Department of Trade and Industry in Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.
Invalid Care Allowance
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many carers will benefit from the increase of the invalid care allowance earnings limit from £12 to £20.
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Mr. Scott : I regret this information is not available. It is likely that a small number of carers earning between £12 and £20 per week will be able to qualify for invalid care allowance for the first time. Data are not collected on the numbers of existing recipients currently earning less than £12 who stand to gain by increasing their earnings to the new limit.
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what will be the cost of the increase in the invalid care allowance earnings limit from £12 to £20.
Mr. Scott : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 13 December 1989 at columns 663- 64.
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to publicise the increase in the earnings limit for the invalid care allowance.
Mr. Scott : We shall be publishing a revised version of the invalid care allowance leaflet in April, and we are considering what additional publicity we might provide to bring the increased earnings limit to the attention of those who might benefit.
Carer's Premium
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what data the Government have used to estimate that 30,000 carers will benefit from the introduction of a carer's premium.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The estimate was derived from information on recipients of invalid care allowance in the income support annual statistical inquiry.
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what plans there are to publicise the introduction of a carer's premium ;
(2) what plans he has to ensure that people who have not previously claimed invalid care allowance because of the overlapping benefit rules will now do so in order to benefit from the introduction of a carer's premium.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : People in receipt of invalid care allowance who get income support, housing benefit or community charge benefit will be awarded the new carer's premium automatically. For other people, we will be publishing revised versions of leaflets. We will also revise the guide to non-contributory benefits for disabled people, which is intended for advisers and members of the public who have a particular interest in disabled people. We are giving careful consideration to the question of additional publicity.
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether the carer's premium will be awarded in addition to any other premium ; and whether (a) people who start caring after reaching pension age and (b) pensioners who were carers before reaching pension age but did not claim invalid care allowance, will be able to receive the carer's premium.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The carer's premium will be awarded in addition to any other premium for which the claimant qualifies. The premium cannot be paid to people who start caring after reaching pension age, or who did not claim invalid care allowance before reaching that age.
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Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of people who would receive the carer's premium with (a) income support and (b) housing benefit/community charge benefit if the premium was awarded to all claimants caring for someone receiving attendance allowance for at least 35 hours a week and not earning more than £20 a week, regardless of whether they were in receipt of invalid care allowance.Mrs. Gillian Shephard : I regret that the information needed to make such an estimate is not available.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what he estimates will be the cost of the additional pensions payable with invalidity benefit at 1989-90 prices in each of the tax years 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2020-21 (a) if clause 4 of the Social Security Bill is enacted (b) if the present position with regards to the computation of additional pension for the purposes of invalidity pension remains unchanged and (c) if the Bill is amended to provide for guaranteed minimum pensions in respect of tax years after 1990-91 to be deducted from the additional pension payable with invalidity pension but no other change is made with regard to the computation of additional pension for purposes of invalidity pension ; and, in each case, what proportion of the cost he estimates will relate to persons then aged 60 years and over.
Mr. Scott : Projections of expenditure on additional pension with invalidity benefit at 1989-90 prices under current legislation and under the clause 4 proposals are as follows. These estimates are subject to considerable margins of uncertainty, particularly in the longer term.
|Current |Clause 4
|Legislation|Proposals
Year |£ million |£ million
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1990-91 |565 |565
2000-01 |1,850 |1,375
2010-11 |2,225 |1,200
2020-21 |2,500 |975
The figures illustrating the effect of the proposals in "The Way Ahead" show the gross effect on expenditure. The net effect of the proposals on social security spending will be less because of offsetting changes in invalidity allowance and income-related benefits.
I regret that information to answer (c) or to apportion the costs between persons under and over age 60 is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Community Charge
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to the reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker), Official Report, 5 February, column 524, by what percentage those portions of the income support, introduced in April 1989 to cover the 20 per cent. of the average community charge, will be increased in the April 1990 uprating ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Income-related benefit levels will generally be uprated by 5.2 per cent. from April.
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Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list in the Official Report all departmental circulars issued by his Department in connection with the community charge giving in each case the date of issue and an outline of the contents ; and if he will indicate whether or not copies of such have been placed in the Library.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The information requested is as follows : HB(88)15 November 1988
Community Charge Rebate : Scotland--
Describes arrangements for introduction of the Community Charge Rebate scheme in Scotland.
HB(89)2 20 January 1989
Community Charge Rebates--
Guidance and information on the Community Charge Rebate scheme in Scotland.
HB(89)8 17 March 1989
Community Charge Rebates and Deductions from Income Support-- Explains the provision of various Regulations and outlines the timetable for consultation on the Community Charge Benefit Regulations for Great Britain.
HB/CCB(89)11 24 May 1989
Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989--
Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989--
Gives details of the draft Regulations and draft Order.
HB/CCB(89)16 6 September 1989
Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989
Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989--
Gives details of the Regulations and Order, arrangements for the introduction of Community Charge Benefit.
HB/CCB(89)17 13 September 1989
Community Charge Arrears--Deductions from Income Support-- Explains the arrangements for the recovery of community charge arrears from Income Support payments for Scotland.
HB/CCB(89)18 22 September 1989
Community Charge Benefits--Liaison Arrangements--
Sets out the liaison arrangements for the introduction of the Community Charge Benefit Scheme in England and Wales.
HB/CCB(89)20 1 November 1989
Housing Benefits and Community Charge Benefits : 1990 Uprating-- Advises local authorities of the proposed new rates of social security benefits from April 1990.
HB/CCB(89)22 13 December 1989
Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit Guidance Manual-- Informs authorities of the Department of Social Security's intention to publish a combined Guidance Manual covering both Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit.
HB/CCB(89)23 19 December 1989
Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit--
Gives advice on various aspects of Housing Benefit and amends some details given in HB/CCB(89)20.
HB/CCB(89)24 15 December 1989
Community Charge Benefits--Monitoring Local Authority Preparations--
Asks authorities in England and Wales to complete a questionnaire showing how far advanced authorities are with their preparations for the introduction of the Community Charge Benefit scheme.
HB/CCB(89)25 14 December 1989
Amendments to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 and the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) Scotland Regulations 1988 : Financial Support for Haemophiliacs Infected with HIV-- Advises of the Department's intention to introduce amending Regulations to the above provisions to allow a full disregard of any payments from the Macfarlane Special
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