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(c
No Government funding for trade missions to South Africa or for participation in exhibitions and trade fairs in South Africa ; ()
(d
A ban on the sale and export of computer equipment capable of use by South African military forces, police or security forces ; ()
(e
A ban on new contracts for the sale and export of nuclear goods, materials and technology to South Africa ;
(f) A ban on the sale and export of oil to South Africa ; (
(g) A strict and rigorously controlled embargo on imports of arms, ammunition, military vehicles and paramilitary equipment from South Africa ;
(h) An embargo on all military co-operation with South Africa ; (
(i) The discouragement of all cultural and scientific events except where these contribute towards the ending of apartheid or have no possible role in promoting it ;
(j) A voluntary ban on the promotion of tourism to South Africa ; (
(k) The implementation of any European Community decision to ban the import of coal, iron and steel and of gold coins from South Africa.
(c) Restrictions not aimed at particular countries, such as those of the missile technology control regime, resulting from our commitment to nuclear non-proliferation, and controls on the export of material used in production of chemical weapons.
(d) Special restrictions are applied to arms exports to certain countries, for example, in the middle east, reflecting our wish not to fuel or prolong conflicts in the region, and our determination to take a firm line on state -sponsored terrorism.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the result of discussions held between his Department and representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, over the number of officials allowed residence in each country.
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Mr. Waldegrave : We have agreed to work towards a state of relations where limitations on numbers will no longer be necessary. For the moment each side will keep its own numbers within agreed overall limits. A review of progress will be held in due course. We do not foresee difficulties for either side in ensuring adequate representation, both official, and as regards journalists or business men.Paternity Leave
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what paternity leave is allowed to staff in his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : At present paternity leave is not available to civil servants. The Treasury is, however, finalising arrangements for the introduction of an entitlement to two days' paid paternity leave. Authority does, however, already exist to allow staff special leave to cope with unforeseen domestic difficulties, for example, at the time of the birth of a second or subsequent child. This discretion has occasionally been exercised.
NATO Exercises
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contribution his Department will make to the NATO exercises due to be held in Norway during March.
Mr. Waldegrave : There are no NATO exercises due to be held in Norway during March. A Norwegian national exercise, designated "Cold Winter", is planned to take place in which forces from several members of the Alliance, including the United Kingdom, have been invited to participate. The FCO, in accordance with the provisions of the 1986 Stockholm agreement, notified all CSCE states on 30 January of the United Kingdom's participation in the amphibious landing part of this exercise.
Chemical Weapons
Mr. Macdonald : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the continued production of chemical weapons by any signatory nation to a chemical weapons convention.
Mr. Waldegrave : As my replies to the questions from the hon. Member for Western Isles on 31 January and 11 December last year noted, the draft chemical weapons convention under negotiation in Geneva would prohibit the production of chemical weapons immediately upon the convention's entry into force. This provision has been agreed by all states participating in the negotiations, including the United Kingdom.
Hong Kong
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what system of control the authorities in Hong Kong have in place to ensure up-to-date information on ivory stocks is duly recorded ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : All holdings of ivory over 5 kg must be licensed and are being entered on the Hong Kong
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authorities' computer. Ivory may be traded between licensed holders and their total stocks are adjusted accordingly on the computer. Any increases in ivory holdings require further licences. Stocks are subject to surprise checks to ensure that these procedures are complied with.NORTHERN IRELAND
Computer Security
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps his Department has taken, and is taking to improve the security of its computer systems.
Mr. Cope : For unclassified but sensitive systems, the Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Office follow the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) guidance covering all aspects of IT security. CCTA advice is based on analysis of security risks, requirements and the identification of countermeasures using the CCTA risk analysis and management methodology (CRAMM). The application of CRAMM computer security is kept under continuous review by CCTA and the Northern Ireland Departments.
Following a recent review of all unclassified but sensitive systems a number of additional security countermeasures have been introduced and action plans have been drawn up to apply further improvements where appropriate.
In addition the central information systems division, department of finance and personnel provides central support, advice and training on CRAMM to information technology staff in the Northern Ireland Departments. More stringent conditions apply to classified systems.
Alanbrooke Road, Belfast
Mr. Peter Robinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the cost of the measures taken to close Alanbrooke road in Belfast.
Mr. Cope : The cost of providing the physical security measures at Alanbrooke road is a matter for Short Bros. plc.
University Students
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many undergraduates there are from (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland at each of the two universities in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Mawhinney : Provisional information for the 1989-90 academic year is as follows :
|Northern |Republic of
Ireland |Ireland
---------------------------------------------------------
University of Ulster
Full-time |6,458 |979
Part-time |1,939 |73
Queen's university
Full-time |6,094 |247
Part-time |755 |15
School Rolls
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils there are at each secondary school in the constituency of Newry and Armagh.
Dr. Mawhinney : The latest available information is as follows :
|Enrolment
|(At January
|1989)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Abbey Grammar |711
Armagh Secondary |624
Markethill High |418
Newry High |568
Newtownhamilton |103
Our Lady's Girls' Grammar, Newry |766
Royal Armagh |558
Sacred Heart Girls' Grammar, Newry |778
St. Brigid's Boys' High, Armagh |332
St. Catherine's College, Armagh |826
St. Colman's College, Newry |771
St. Joseph's Boys', Newry |545
St. Joseph's High, Crossmaglen |539
St. Mary's Girls' High, Newry |544
St. Patrick's High, Keady |832
St. Paul's, Bessbrook |1,240
St. Patrick's Grammar, Armagh |717
Tandragee Junior High |277
Supplies (Purchase)
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what guidance has been given to Northern Ireland bodies funded by his Department to source materials and equipment from Northern Ireland suppliers prior to making purchases from companies in the Irish Republic.
Mr. Cope : Northern Ireland Departments are required to comply with the EC directives on fair competition between member states. However, a major effort has been and continues to be made to promote the sourcing of goods and services within Northern Ireland by the public sector with exhibitions throughout the Province and the publication of a comprehensive directory of public purchasers.
Schools (Strangford)
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils are at each secondary school in the constituency of Strangford in (a) the maintained, (b) the controlled and (c) the integrated sectors of education.
Dr. Mawhinney : The latest available information is as follows :
|Enrolment<1>
---------------------------------------------------------
Maintained
St. Columba's High, Portaferry |405
Controlled
Comber High |593
Donaghadee High |320
Glastry High |470
Movilla High |663
Newtownbreda High |740
Regent House Grammar |1,613
Scrabo High |487
Integrated
Lagan College |545
<1> At January 1989.
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils there are in each of the primary schools in the constituency of Strangford in (a) the maintained, (b) the controlled and (c) the integrated sectors of education.
Dr. Mawhinney : The latest available information is as follows :
|Enrolment<1>
----------------------------------------------------
Maintained
St. Anne's, Donaghadee |53
St. Finian's Newtownards |234
St. Mary's, Portaferry |348
St. Mary's, Comber |31
St. Mary's, Ballygowen |61
St. Mary's, Kircubbin |211
St. Patrick's, Portaferry |80
Controlled
Alexander Dickson |181
Andrews Memorial |506
Ballykeigle |55
Ballyvester |77
Ballywalter |136
Belvoir Park |295
Braniel |351
Cairnshill |355
Carrickmannon |69
Carrowdore |151
Castle Gardens |617
Comber |457
Cottown |45
Donaghadee |342
Greyabbey |65
Killinchy |228
Kircubbin |58
Kirkistown |43
Leadhill |184
Londonderry Model |266
Loughries |73
Millisle |204
Moneyrea |136
Newtownards Model |401
Newtownbreda |247
O'Neill Memorial |45
Portaferry |46
Portavogie |134
Victoria, Newtownards |797
Victoria, Ballyhalbert |79
West Winds |256
<1> At January 1989.
Note: There are no integrated primary schools in
the constituency of Strangford.
Terrorist Suspects (Montage)
Mr. Molyneaux : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in identifying those members of the Stevens inquiry team responsible for leaving in a Bangor restaurant a montage of terrorist suspects ; and what disciplinary action has been taken.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 29 January 1990] : I am aware of no such incident involving the Stevens inquiry team. I understand that a delegation of visiting overseas police officers left an information pack of unclassified
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material in a Bangor hotel which was returned promptly to the police by a member of staff. It may be this incident, which did not constitute any security breach, to which the right hon. Gentleman refers.EC Funds
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund in each financial year up to 31 December 1989 ; how much of those receipts each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy ; and how much each year was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : The following amounts were received from the European regional development fund :
Financial year |Total
|£ million
---------------------------------------------
1975-76 |2.9
1976-77 |7.2
1977-78 |6.4
1978-79 |4.0
1979-80 |16.0
1980-81 |21.0
1981-82 |16.4
1982-83 |18.0
1983-84 |13.5
1984-85 |16.9
1985-86 |18.4
1986-87 |23.2
1987-88 |45.9
1988-89 |46.7
1989-90<3> |<1>23.0
|-------
Total |<2>279.5
<1> Provisional outturn
<2> The figures show total ERDF receipts
brought to account in Northern Ireland. It
should be noted that awards totalling £10.5
million were decommitted by the European
Commission on failed industrial projects.
<3>To December 1989.
ERDF assistance is earned by industrial and infrastructure projects, and by programmes combining elements of both. Receipts for infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies are passed on to them and represent a direct benefit to those bodies by enabling them to reduce their capital indebtedness.
Receipts for infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and for industrial projects are paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. All the receipts are subject to normal EC audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received from the European social fund in each financial year up to 31 December 1989 ; how much each year represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy ; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
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Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : The following amounts were received from the European social fund :
Financial year |Total
|£ million
---------------------------------------------
1973-74 |-
1974-75 |3.4
1975-76 |0.0
1976-77 |6.4
1977-78 |7.5
1978-79 |15.0
1979-80 |15.0
1980-81 |23.0
1981-82 |25.0
1982-83 |35.2
1983-84 |38.0
1984-85 |38.0
1985-86 |25.0
1986-87 |53.3
1987-88 |56.4
1988-89 |36.1
|-------
Total |404.4
<1> Provisional outturn.
<2> To December 1989.
Receipts earned by the private sector and by non-central Government public sector bodies are paid to the claimant. The receipts represent cash additions to the recipients. Receipts earned by central Government are paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. All ESF receipts are subject to EC audit arrangements. The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations, and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland has received in each financial year since 31 March 1987 from EEC sources apart from payments under the three structural funds.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : The following amounts have been identified as being received in Northern Ireland from European Community sources other than the three structural funds in the last two financial years :
Financial |Total year |£ million ------------------------------ 1987-88 |27.6 1988-89 |27.8
Most of the receipts in this category are from the guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund. However, it should be noted that the bulk of guarantee section receipts are disbursed centrally by the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce and details of payments are not generally maintained at regional level.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money Northern Ireland received in each financial year up to 31 December 1989 from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, guidance section ; how much of those receipts were
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paid to the private sector and how much to the public sector ; how much of those receipts represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy ; and how much was used each year to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : The following amounts were received from the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund guidance section :
Individual capital projects
£ million
Financial |Private |Public |Other |Total
year |sector |sector<1> |guidance
|schemes
|(private
|sector)<2>
------------------------------------------------------------------
1974-75 |- |- |0.25 |0.25
1975-76 |0.45 |- |0.21 |0.66
1976-77 |1.87 |0.31 |0.27 |2.45
1977-78 |1.28 |0.31 |1.28 |2.87
1978-79 |0.70 |0.24 |2.46 |3.40
1979-80 |1.27 |0.20 |3.21 |4.68
1980-81 |1.91 |1.05 |3.35 |6.31
1981-82 |1.43 |0.13 |4.69 |6.25
1982-83 |2.47 |0.99 |3.30 |6.76
1983-84 |1.59 |0.38 |14.65 |16.62
1984-85 |0.95 |0.28 |13.29 |14.52
1985-86 |3.56 |0.03 |11.83 |15.42
1986-87 |2.58 |0.11 |5.96 |8.65
1987-88 |3.29 |- |5.99 |9.28
1988-89 |2.31 |0.51 |10.05 |12.87
<4>1989-90 |<2>2.12 |- |- |<3>2.12
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |27.78 |4.54 |80.79 |113.11
<1> Includes the Milk Marketing Board, which is not financed from
public funds although it is a statutory body.
<2> Includes reference to the approximate share of total
expenditure in Northern Ireland on various structural schemes
which were applied throughout the United Kingdom.
<3> Provisional outturn.
<4> To December 1989.
All these receipts represent cash additions to the recipients and
are subject to normal European Community audit arrangements.
In addition, £443,000 has been received by the public sector for
socio-economic training.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the money received by Northern Ireland in each financial year up to 31 December 1989 from EEC sources has been paid into the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : EC receipts received by the Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund in respect of grants paid to Government have been distinguished in the public income and expenditure account only since 1983-84. The figures from that date are as follows :
Financial |Total
year |£ million
-------------------------------
1983-84 |27.8
1984-85 |27.8
1985-86 |18.5
1986-87 |50.6
1987-88 |73.6
1988-89 |67.7
<1>1989-90 |12.6
|-------
Total |278.6
<1>To December 1989.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the receipts which Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund since 1973 has been earned by (a) infrastructure projects undertaken by non-central Government bodies, (b) infrastructure projects undertaken by central Government and (c) industrial projects.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : The following amounts have been received from the European regional development fund to 31 December 1989 :
|£ million
---------------------------------------------
Infrastructure:
Non-central Government |106.0
Central Government |71.3
Industry |77.7
Programmes<1> |24.5
|-------
Total<2> |279.5
<1>These programmes combine elements of both
industry and infrastructure.
<2>Includes estimated receipts for the first
nine months of the 1989-90 financial year.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the receipts which Northern Ireland has received from the European regional development fund since 1973 has been earned by (a) the private sector, (b) non-central Government public sector bodies and (c) central Government.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : The following amounts have been received from the European regional development fund to 31 December 1989 :
|£ million
----------------------------------------------------------------
Private sector |15.8
Non-central Government public sector bodies |114.7
Central Government |149.0
|---
Total |279.5
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the £57.9 million of receipts received under the special urban renewal regulation for the Belfast area represented a cash addition to the Northern Ireland economy ; and how much was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : All £61.8 million of the money due under the urban renewal regulation has now been received. The availability of receipts under the regulation was taken into account when determining public expenditure in Northern Ireland, thereby enabling public expenditure to be set at a higher level than would otherwise have been feasible.
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was Northern Ireland's share
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of the United Kingdom's payments into the European Economic Community from 1 January 1973 to 31 December 1989 ; how much was Northern Ireland's share of the receipts for the same period ; and how much of those receipts was used to offset Government expenditure on Northern Ireland.Mr. Cope [holding answer 8 February 1990] : It is not possible to determine Northern Ireland's actual share of the United Kingdom's contribution to the European Community because payments are made on a national and not a regional basis. Similarly it is not possible to identify the full extent of receipts from the Community. However, a Northern Ireland attributed share of the contribution to the EC is calculated as an accounting mechanism necessary because of the operation of a separate Northern Ireland Consolidated Fund. This national attributed share does not count as an item of expenditure within the Northern Ireland public expenditure programme and has therefore no bearing on the level of public expenditure in the Province.
Figures for the notional attribution of part of Northern Ireland's share of the United Kingdom's payments and for those areas where the receipts can be separately identified are as follows :
£ million
Financial year |Attributed |Identified
|share (part) |receipts
------------------------------------------------------------
1973-74 |1.0 |-
1974-75 |5.6 |3.6
1975-76 |7.9 |3.6
1976-77 |12.7 |16.0
1977-78 |16.0 |16.8
1978-79 |23.9 |23.0
1979-80 |28.1 |36.5
1980-81 |28.2 |51.0
1981-82 |50.3 |47.8
1982-83 |65.6 |61.4
1983-84 |65.6 |92.4
1984-85 |67.9 |93.1
1985-86 |74.4 |85.9
1986-87 |62.3 |87.9
1987-88 |<1>91.6 |<2>139.2
1988-89 |<1>97.2 |123.5
|------- |-------
Total |698.3 |<3>881.7
<1> Attributed share figures for the last two years are
provisional estimates which will be revised when final
details of tax revenues are determined.
<2> From 1987-88, outturn figures include certain EAGGF
guarantee section receipts for which the Department of
Agriculture for Northern Ireland assumed accounting
responsibility on 1 April 1987.
<3> This comprises total identified EC receipts in Northern
Ireland, including those from outside the main EC funds.
All receipts represent cash additions to the recipients and are subject to normal European Community audit arrangements.
The overall level of receipts is taken into account in the Government's decisions on public expenditure allocations and their availability enables public expenditure to be maintained at a higher level than would otherwise be feasible.
Rural Action Project
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he has received a report from the interdepartmental working group on the future of the Rural Action Project, Northern Ireland ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Needham [holding answer 12 February 1990] : No. The interdepartmental committee on rural development has only recently been set up and is unlikely to have even an interim report with us before March.Stormont
Rev. Martin Smyth : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what building will be vacated in the Stormont estate with the transfer of civil servants to the Castle Court building ; and what plans there are for the use of the vacant offices.
Mr. Cope [holding answer 12 February 1990] : The transfer of civil servants to the Castle Court building will vacate part of Castle Buildings in the Stormont estate. It is proposed that the space freed in Castle Buildings will be used by DHSS staff moving from Dundonald house, and the space thus vacated in Dundonald house will be used by DANI and NIO, alleviating current overcrowding and allowing greater centralisation of departmental functions.
Cave Hill
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he has as to the presence of mineral ores in commercial quantities in or under Cave hill.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 13 February 1990] : None.
Coleraine Hospital
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will ensure that the proposed option appraisal for the hospital needs of the Coleraine area is definitive and reach a final conclusion as to the needs of the area ;
(2) what provision he is making for new hospital building in Coleraine in the current and the next five financial years ; and what provision he is making to carry over from one financial year to the next sums allocated but not spent in each financial year ; (3) what steps he is taking to ensure that the new hospital building for Coleraine is completed by 1997 ;
(4) whether he will make it his policy to accept the findings of the option appraisal for the Coleraine hospital and immediately it is available build on the basis of its conclusions.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 13 February 1990] : Responsibility for preparing the option appraisal lies with the Northern health and social services board. Provided that it is carried out to the standards required under the Government's guidelines, the appraisal should lead to a final decision on the future provision of acute hospital services in the Coleraine, Ballymoney and Moyle area. The earliest on-site dates which can be accommodated within the Department of Health and Social Services major development programme are 1993 for a phased redevelopment of Coleraine hospital and 1997 for a new hospital. The completion date will depend on which option is chosen.
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums have been expended on Coleraine hospital on (a) new building work, (b)
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maintenance and (c) other capital expenditure in each of the last 10 years ; and in the case of (a) above what was provided by the major sums expended in that period.Mr. Needham [holding answer 13 February 1990] : The information is as follows :
|(a) |(b) |(c)
|New building work|Maintenance<1> |Other capital
|expenditure<2>
|£ |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1978-80 |176,598 |104,983
1980-81 |430,492 |148,348 |129,411
1981-82 |734,248 |126,970 |272,017
1982-83 |59,819 |156,327 |332,315
1983-84 |31,612 |251,629 |106,833
1984-85 |1,924 |231,683 |83,854
1985-86 |349,312 |187,192
1986-87 |224,228 |98,988
1987-88 |236,874 |213,464
1988-89 |259,721 |221,639
<1> Building and engineering.
<2> Capital works, furniture and equipment.
Expenditure at (a) provided a 72-bed geriatric unit and 15-place day hospital.
Fishing Industry
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what benefits are available to fishermen who are restricted to only one day's work per week due to the inclement weather ; and if he will make a statement on social services assistance to those presently employed in the fishing industry at Portavogie.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 14 February 1990] : Unemployment benefit is available to fishermen for those days of the week on which they are unable to work because of inclement weather provided that their earnings for that week do not equal or exceed the lower earnings level for national insurance contribution liability. This is currently £43 a week. Income support may also be available to fishermen who work for fewer than 24 hours a week subject to the normal rules regarding income and capital.
The provision of social services in the Portavogie area is the responsibility of the Eastern health and social services board. The board would consider sympathetically any requests for social services assistance made to it by those employed in the fishing industry at Portavogie or their families.
Births
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table to show how many births there were in each hospital in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years ; what rate per thousand this represented in the catchment areas of those hospitals in Northern Ireland ; and what is the number of births in each hospital to United Kingdom women from outside Northern Ireland and citizens of the Irish Republic.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 14 February 1990] : The number of live births in hospitals in Northern Ireland for each of the five years from 1984 to 1988 are shown in the table. The other information requested is not available.
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Births in Northern Ireland by hospital 1984-88 Hospital |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |<1>1988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ulster |2,983 |2,015 |2,090 |2,121 |2,070 Mater |728 |748 |878 |936 |863 Royal Maternity |3,520 |3,547 |3,630 |3,499 |3,467 Belfast City |2,917 |3,027 |3,132 |2,959 |2,929 Samaritan 161 132 33 Hospital closed Downpatrick Maternity 742 706 745 674 674 Lagan Valley |1,139 |1,129 |1,104 |1,191 |1,233 Bangor |1,009 |138 |- |- |- Ards |70 |1,000 |1,026 |1,074 |993 Route |960 |941 |999 |1,016 |1,032 Robinson Memorial |344 |338 |352 |346 |305 Dalriada |64 |75 |65 |52 |17 Cushendall |19 |15 |11 |5 |- Moyle |424 |402 |489 |543 |611 Carrickfergus |124 |117 |136 |114 |61 Mid-Ulster |1,023 |1,036 |968 |985 |959 Massereene |129 |122 |139 |129 |- Ballymena Cottage |312 |260 |240 |189 |106 Waveney |1,172 |1,186 |1,317 |1,467 |1,537 South Tyrone |958 |886 |933 |927 |914 Tower Hill Maternity 152 177 156 122 50 Craigavon Area |2,195 |2,213 |2,252 |2,316 |2,295 Banbridge |193 |172 |155 |175 |96 Daisy Hill |1,857 |1,855 |1,813 |1,839 |1,807 St. John of God |8 |11 |7 |4 |- Altnagelvin |2,846 |2,855 |3,066 |3,053 |3,089 Anderson House |285 |218 |207 |138 |- Roe Valley |61 |17 |- |- |- Strabane |122 |79 |12 |- |- Tyrone Country |1,123 |1,097 |1,119 |1,163 |1,018 Erne |961 |1,013 |986 |888 |926 <1>1988 figures are for financial year 1988-89-the other figures shown are for year ended 31 December.
DEFENCE
Polish Ex-Service Men
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what advice his Department will give to the dependants of Polish ex-service men who settled in the United Kingdom as to the circumstances in which his Department will be prepared to offer them assistance with their resettlement in accordance with undertakings given to the ex-service men when they were settled in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State will write to my hon. Friend.
Air Defence
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects that the improved United Kingdom air defence ground environment/integrated command and control system will be in operation.
Mr. Alan Clark : In the early 1990s.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effect Staff Requirement (Naval and Air) 908 will have on the date of coming into operation of the improved United Kingdom air defence ground environment/integrated command and control system.
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Arbitration
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects that the arbitration between the Ministry of Defence and UKSL will be completed.
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