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licensing for mackerel fishing by hand-held line will continue to apply. Thie extension will not apply to salmon and sea trout which are already covered by licensing arrangements run by the National Rivers Authority. Vessels fishing other than for profit will also be excluded from the need to be licensed. A statutory instrument will be laid before the House as soon as possible after the Easter recess. Subject to parliamentary approval, the new licensing order will take effect in early May. The new arrangements for capacity aggregation and licence transfers will take effect from the same date. With the introduction of these new arrangements, it is necessary to clarify policy for dealing with licence transfers among freezers and pursers with pelagic licences. In future, if the pelagic licence of one or more freezers or pursers is transferred to another freezer or purser intending to fish against a producer organisation's pelagic allocation, the receiving vessel's producer organisation will receive allocations reflecting the track record or records of the licence or licences transferred. Similarly, if the pelagic licence of one or more pursers or freezers is transferred to a purser or freezer fishing or wishing to fish with an individual vessel pelagic allocation, the allocations to the receiving vessel will reflect the track record or records of the licence or licences transferred. Vessels with individual vessel allocations will in future be able to arrange for up to 70 per cent. of their allocations to be fished by other vessels in the same ownership or producer organisation which also have individual vessel allocations.The new capacity aggregation and licence transfer rules will provide some useful extra flexibility for fishermen wishing to restructure their businesses. We will be keeping under close review the operation of these arrangements and particularly the impact of the new capacity formula and the new provision for capacity aggregation.
We are also preparing another consultation paper about further liberalisation in our licensing and management arrangements which would allow fishermen to acquire increased fishing possibilities without necessarily increasing their fishing capacity. We have called these arrangements entitlement aggregation. We intend to circulate this paper for the industry's comments by the middle of May and will hope to receive the industry's views by the end of June. In the light of the industry's reactions we will consider how to take forward the issues raised, and this could include pilot schemes.
ENERGY
Offshore Oil Platforms
Mr. Doran : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) in respect of the Auk production platform, how many times this has been inspected by the appropriate certifying authority in the last five years ; what were the dates of inspection ; what are the dates of inspection by his Department's inspectors in the same period ; what was the result of these inspections ; what regulations and guidance notes were in force at the time of construction of the installation ; whether any exemption was applied for or granted to these provisions ; whether the facilities on the installation comply with all current regulations and guidance notes ; what is the number of injuries, including fatalities, occurring on the installation since it was positioned ; how many breaches of regulations or Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 provisions have been
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reported to him ; how many he has passed to the appropriate prosecution authority for action ; and what is his latest estimate of the life of the installation ;(2) in respect of the Central Cormorant production platform, how many times this has been inspected by the appropriate certifying authority in the last five years ; what were the dates of inspection ; what are the dates of inspection by his Department's inspectors in the same period ; what was the result of these inspections ; what regulations and guidance notes were in force at the time of construction of the installation ; whether any exemption was applied for or granted to these provisions ; whether the facilities on the installation comply with all current regulations and guidance notes ; what is the number of injuries, including fatalities, occurring on the installation since it was positioned ; how many breaches of regulations or Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 provisions have been reported to him ; how many he has passed to the appropriate prosecution authority for action ; and what is his latest estimate of the life of the installation ;
(3) in respect of the Hutton production platform, how many times this has been inspected by the appropriate certifying authority in the last five years ; what were the dates of inspection ; what are the dates of inspection by his Department's inspectors in the same period ; what was the result of these inspections ; what regulations and guidance notes were in force at the time of construction of the installation ; whether any exemption was applied for or granted to these provisions ; whether the facilities on the installation comply with all current regulations and guidance notes ; what is the number of injuries, including fatalities, occurring on the installation since it was positioned ; how many breaches of regulations or Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 provisions have been reported to him ; how many he has passed to the appropriate prosecution authority for action ; and what is his latest estimate of the life of the installation ;
(4) in respect of the Montrose production platform, how many times this has been inspected by the appropriate certifying authority in the last five years ; what were the dates of inspection ; what are the dates of inspection by his Department's inspectors in the same period ; what was the result of these inspections ; what regulations and guidance notes were in force at the time of construction of the installation ; whether any exemption was applied for or granted to these provisions ; whether the facilities on the installation comply with all current regulations and guidance notes ; what is the number of injuries, including fatalities, occurring on the installation since it was positioned ; how many breaches of regulations or Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 provisions have been reported to him ; how many he has passed to the appropriate prosecution authority for action ; and what is his latest estimate of the life of the installation.
Mr. Peter Morrison : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on Monday 2 April 1990 at columns 406-11 about the offshore safety regime.
The most recent inspection of the Auk platform took place in May 1989, of Cormorant A in October 1989, of North Cormorant in February 1990, of Hutton in July 1989, of North West Hutton in November 1989, and of Montrose in January 1990. Central Cormorant is an underwater manifold centre linked to Cormorant A. The dates on which these platforms were installed are as follows :
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Platform |Installation Date ------------------------------------------------------ Auk |July 1974 Cormorant A |May 1978 North Cormorant |April 1981 Hutton |September 1984 North West Hutton |September 1981 Montrose |August 1975 Source: Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom, Department of Energy 1989.
There has been one fatality on these platforms during the past five years ; this occurred on Cormorant A in April 1989. My Department investigates all fatal accidents.
Over the same period, there has been one conviction for breach of United Kingdom safety legislation on these platforms following investigations by my inspectors. This involved Santa Fe UK Ltd. on which a penalty of £250 was imposed on 6 July 1988 following an incident on the Montrose platform.
Non-fossil Fuel Obligation
Mr. Speller : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many non- fossil fuel obligation projects he expects to accept ; and what will be the criteria used in assessing the project for acceptance in the obligation.
Mr. Baldry : In setting the level of the non-fossil fuel obligation to be placed on the public electricity suppliers in respect of renewables- sourced electricity generating capacity, my right hon. Friend will have regard to the amount of capacity that could be secured through projects that are ready to sign contracts with the PESs. However, the arrangements that the public electricity suppliers make in order to meet their respective obligations are a matter for the suppliers themselves.
Mr. Speller : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many projects and for what capacity his Department expects to apply for inclusion in the non-fossil fuel obligation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : The public electricity suppliers have received applications from over 300 renewables-sourced electricity generating projects, representing between 1 and 2 GW of capacity, for contracting within the non-fossil fuel obligation. These are now being processed by the PESs, and my right hon. Friend proposes to make an order in the early summer to reflect the amount of capacity that would be secured though those projects that are ready to sign contracts.
Dr. Michael Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the intended duration of contracts for purchased wind power under the renewable energy tranche of the non-fossil fuel quota ; and whether such contracts will be renewable under similar terms at the expiry of that period.
Mr. Baldry : The first order setting the level of the non-fossil fuel obligation in respect of renewables-sourced electricity generating capacity will cover the period from 1990 until 1998. The arrangements that the public electricity suppliers make in order to meet their respective obligations are a matter for the suppliers themselves. In deciding what terms to offer to renewables-sourced generators after 1998 the suppliers will wish to take
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account of the extent of any non-fossil fuel obligation beyond 1998. The Government expect to take decisions on this in 1994.Low-sulphur Coal
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Easington (Mr. Cummings) of 26 March, Official Report, column 85, on low-sulphur coal imports, what methodology he has employed to calculate that the United Kingdom will comply in full with the European Community large combustion plants directive.
Mr. Baldry : The means by which the Government intend to ensure that the United Kingdom complies with the EC large combustion plants directive were set out in a consultation paper published by the Department of the Environment last August. A copy of this paper is in the Library of the House.
Nuclear Power Stations
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of evacuation plans from the neighbouring locale in the event of a serious incident at either (a) Heysham or (b) Hartlepool nuclear power station ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : The effectiveness of evacuation plans for the neighbouring population of nuclear power stations is regularly tested in exercises. Exercise participants, which include the police, local authorities and the emergency services, help assess these exercises with a view to identifying possible improvements.
Electricity Licences
Mr. Arbuthnot : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what licences have been granted under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989 authorising the generation, transmission or supply of electricity.
Mr. Wakeham : My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and I have now issued licences to all those requiring licences from commencement of the new regime : principally, but not solely, the successor companies of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales and Scotland. Copies of those licences will be placed in the Libraries of each House. They are substantially the same as the model licences published on 12 February and 22 March.
These and future licences will also be available for inspection and copying at the offices of the Office of Electricity Regulation.
EMPLOYMENT
National Minimum Wage
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 2 February, Official Report, column 375 , to the hon. Member for Stretford, on what date work on estimating the effect of a national minimum wage first began ; and when it was completed.
Mr. Howard : In recent years my Department has considered the effect of minimum wages on a number of
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occasions. Work estimating the effect of a national minimum wage in the context of the social charter started in early October 1989. After consultation between officials, both within and outside my Department, the work was completed towards the end of January 1990, and a note explaining the method used was placed in the Library on 2 February.Steel Foundries
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment he has made of skill shortages in the 1990s among those working in the steel foundry and casting industry ; and what action he is taking to provide skills such as pattern making.
Mr. Nicholls : The statutory engineering industry training board currently has responsibility for assessing future skill needs in the steel foundry and casting industry. There are indications that skill shortages are developing in this sector. The Government look to the employers in the industry to work together to solve such skill shortages.
Wages Councils
Mr. McFall : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to increase the staffing of the wages councils.
Council of Ministers
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he last met his counterparts in the Council of Ministers ; and what was discussed.
Mr. Howard : I last met my European Community counterparts at an informal meeting of EC Labour and Social Affairs Ministers in Dublin on 1 and 2 March. Our discussions covered action to assist the long-term unemployed, and training assistance for eastern Europe. At the meeting I secured a commitment from the EC Commission to make regular reports to the Council of Ministers on member states' records in implementing European legislation.
Youth Training Scheme
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if unemployed young people over 18 years who (a) refuse to participate in a youth training scheme or (b) leave a youth training scheme early without good cause, will be subject to the benefit sanctions which apply to approved training schemes.
Mr. Eggar : The youth training scheme (YTS) is the only training scheme approved by the Secretary of State for Employment for the purposes of social security legislation. Under that legislation a young person over the age of 18 who is offered a place on the YTS and without good cause refuses or fails to apply for or accept that place, or voluntarily leaves YTS, can be subject to the unemployment benefit sanctions.
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the estimated expenditure on YTS for 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991- 92.
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Mr. Nicholls : Planned expenditure on youth training, as set out in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1990-91 to 1992-93", Cm 1006, is £1,010 million in 1989-90, £907 million in 1990-91 and £808 million in 1991-92.
Training and enterprise councils and local enterprise companies in Scotland whose bids to run training credit pilots are accepted will have additional funds available for their training credit pilots. These will involve a transfer of the appropriate proportion of relevant elements from the revenue support grant, and additional sums of £12 million in 1991-92 and £25 million in subsequent years will be made available.
Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what requirements will be placed on youth training and employment training providers by TECs and LECs in respect of disciplinary and grievance procedures for non-employed trainees, what will be the role of the regional office of the Training Agency ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : When TECs and LECs take over the delivery of training programmes they will be required to determine and establish the grievance and disciplinary procedures applying to non-employed trainees. It will be the role of the Training Agency to establish effective contractual arrangements with TECs and LECs, including the establishment of grievance and disciplinary procedures.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what guidance he will issue on how youth training and employment training non- employed trainees will have any disciplinary and grievance procedures explained to them during their period of induction and on the role of trade unions or other representatives in taking up individual cases ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : Under existing guidance, providers of youth training and employment training are required to have a written code of practice setting out the disciplinary and grievance procedures for trainees. These procedures, together with any relevant agreements with trade unions, should be explained to trainees during the induction process.
After exhaustion of normal local procedures, trainees may refer their grievances to officials of the Training Agency and also, in the case of YT trainees, to the careers service.
Work Permits
Mr. Stern : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications for work permits remained unsettled with his Department at the latest available date.
Mr. Eggar : The number of applications for work permits under consideration at 30 March 1990 was 3,945.
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many work permits were issued to foreign nationals in each of the past two years ; in what main areas of work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The total number of work permits granted in 1988 and 1989 for overseas nationals to work in Great Britain were 25,973 and 29,730 respectively. The main areas of work for which permits were granted were :
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Occupational group |1988 |1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Performers |11,705 |12,107 Companies secretaries, accountants |2,999 |4,877 Directors and general managers |2,319 |2,059 Personnel and management specialists<1> |1,770 |1,279 Engineering researchers, designers and consultants<1> |1,086 |1,695 Natural science researchers and consultants |981 |1,155 Teachers and instructors<1> |806 |840 Cooks and waiters<1> |779 |1,104 Health diagnosing and treating occupations<1> |685 |973 Sportspersons<2> |647 |- Marketing and public relations specialists<2> |- |629 <1> Ranking changed in 1989. <2> Appeared in top ten for one year only.
Of these, 3,790 and 4,228 work permits were granted in 1988 and 1989 under the training and work experience scheme.
Training
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total sum to be expended by his Department on the finance of training in the current year ; and by what percentage this has changed in real terms over the past five years.
Mr. Nicholls : Records are kept on the basis of the standard financial year for Government expenditure, which runs from 1 April to 31 March.
The total estimated expenditure on training, by the Training Agency, in 1990-91, is £2,693,000.
There is a reduction in the estimated provision for 1990-91 against forecast outturn for 1989-90, both in cash terms and constant 1990-91 prices. This is due to reduced expenditure on youth training, reflecting demographic changes, and savings accruing from the transfer of the operating costs of the Skills Training Agency to the private sector.
The total spent by the Training Agency, and its predecessors, the Training Commission and the Manpower Services Commission, for the years 1985-86 to 1988-89, and the forecast outturn for 1989-90, at constant 1990-91 prices, and the percentage year-on-year changes are as follows :
Year |£ |Per cent. ---------------------------------------- 1985-86 |1,648,500 1986-87 |1,830,700|+11.1 1987-88 |1,945,400|+6.3 1988-89 |2,328,800|+19.7 1989-90 |2,840,400|+22.0 1990-91 |2,693,000|-5.2 Prices were calculated by use of the GDP deflator index.
The figures are inclusive of the following programmes : Youth Training Scheme
Employment Training
Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
Non Advanced Further Education
Business Growth Training
Skills Training Agency
Adult Training
Scientific and Technical Equipment in Schools
and all related administration costs net of receipts.
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Labour Statistics
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest level of unemployment for (a) England and (b) Cornwall.
Mr. Nicholls : In February 1990 the unadjusted number of unemployed claimants was 1,272,230 in England and 14,678 in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
Mr. Clelland : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what changes he intends to make to the compilation and publication of labour market statistics and other information following the introduction of training and enterprise councils.
Industrial Action
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of working days lost due to industrial action in (a) January and February 1979, (b) 1988 and (c) 1989.
Mr. Nicholls : The total number of working days lost as a result of industrial action in January and February 1979 was 5.4 million. There were 3.7 million days lost in the whole of 1988 and it is provisionally estimated that 4.1 million days were lost in 1989.
Health and Safety
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will estimate the additional resources which will be needed by local authorities to enforce the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989 ;
(2) whether he will allocate additional funds to local authorities in whose areas major pop concerts are held, to enable them to implement the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989.
Mr. Nicholls : It is for local authorities to determine the resources they need to enforce the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The local authority associations agreed to local authorities undertaking additional responsibilities, including health and safety in entertainment, under the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989, without extra resources, but acknowledged that local authorities would need to have effective priority planning systems to ensure that they address the higher- risk activities.
Easington Colliery (Flooding)
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will call for a report from Her Majesty's chief inspector of mines on the flooding of the low main seam at Easington colliery.
Mr. Nicholls : No. The Health and Safety Executive has inspected the flood site and will continue to monitor the situation.
Disabled People
Mr. Hannam : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average annual net cost to the Treasury of (a) a disabled person supported in the sheltered placement scheme and (b) a disabled person supported in a sheltered workshop or Remploy factory.
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Mr. Eggar : The most recent estimates made by my Department, which relate to 1986-87, are :
|£
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Sheltered placement scheme |260
Sheltered workshops |2,620
Remploy |2,630
The basis for these estimates, which depend upon a number of assumptions, is described in the Department of Employment research paper No. 69.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each training and enterprise council established, how many board members have (a) small business experience, (b) hotel and catering experience and (c) tourism, leisure and related industry experience, excluding (b) ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : Training and enterprise councils (TECs) will include lists of their board members in their corporate plans. Private sector board members should broadly reflect the mix of commerce and industry in their area and should include executives with first-hand experience of running small businesses as well as major employers. In addition, TECs will need to demonstrate that they command support in the business community across the whole area which they cover.
Skill Centres
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many offers for the skill centres included a request that the Government should provide money to take over the skill centres ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The Skills Training Agency (STA) was offered for sale by private tender. Details of individual offers received are commercially confidential. It was for individual bidders to decide whether to make allowances in their offers in respect of particular expenditures which they envisaged if their bids were successful.
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the offers received for the skill centres, give the reason for rejection, where applicable in each case ; and state who made the evaluation of the offers.
Mr. Eggar : The Skills Training Agency (STA) was offered for sale by private tender. Details of individual
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offers received are commercially confidential. The Government's sale advisers, Deloitte Corporate Finance, assessed all offers against the Government's six objectives for the sale (a copy of which was placed in the Vote Office on 13 February 1990). Deloittes, in conjunction with my Department's other advisers, evaluated all the offers and made recommendations to my Department.Correspondence (MEPs)
Mr. David Young : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many communications he has received from Members of the European Parliament since 18 June 1989 that concern local or United Kingdom matters ; and if he will make it his practice where such matters are involved to provide the hon. Member for the local constituency with a copy of the correspondence and the reply for information.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 4 April 1990] : I have received a total of 40 communications since 18 June 1989, 29 of which dealt with local matters and the remaining 11 with national matters.
When a Member of the European Parliament writes about a matter which is of purely local interest, my reply would suggest that the MEP should refer the matter to the hon. Member for the constituency concerned. Such replies would normally be copied to the hon. Member concerned only if the MEP had copied his own letter in this way.
SCOTLAND
Local Government Finance
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the maximum payment of community charge, including community water charge, payable by a single pensioner and a pensioner couple on a basic retirement income in Scotland in 1989-90 and 1990-91 for each local authority ; and if he will express each sum payable as a percentage of the total community charge in that area.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : I have been asked to reply.
Single pensioners and pensioner couples in receipt of only basic state retirement pension (currently £43.60 a week plus £26.20 a week for a dependent partner) with no other source of income and savings of £3,000 or less are entitled to the maximum community charge rebate of 80 per cent. of the community charge for the area. This excludes community water charges, which are not rebated.
The information requested is in the tables.
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Pensioner couple
|1989-80 Annual | As a percentage of|1990-91 Annual |As a percentage of
|Community Charge | total Community |Community Charge |total Community
|and Community | Charge (including |and Community |Charge (including
|Water Charge |Water Charge) |Water Charge |Water Charge)
|payment |payment
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Berwickshire |113.00 |26 |112.40 |25
Etterick and Lauderdale |117.40 |25 |116.00 |25
Roxburgh |117.40 |25 |117.20 |25
Tweeddale |117.80 |25 |116.80 |25
Clackmannan |129.00 |22 |149.40 |22
Falkirk |112.60 |22 |124.20 |22
Stirling |133.00 |22 |151.80 |22
Annandale and Eskdale |118.20 |25 |132.00 |25
Nithsdale |115.00 |25 |129.60 |25
Stewartry |114.20 |25 |125.20 |26
Wigtown |115.40 |25 |125.60 |26
Dunfermline |128.00 |23 |139.40 |22
Kirkcaldy |130.00 |22 |140.60 |22
North East Fife |138.80 |22 |145.80 |22
Aberdeen City |139.60 |24 |141.20 |24
Banff and Buchan |128.28 |25 |127.20 |25
Gordon |123.20 |25 |120.00 |25
Kincardine and Deeside |118.40 |25 |113.20 |26
Moray |122.40 |25 |119.60 |25
Badenoch and Strathspey |106.00 |24 |114.00 |24
Caithness |102.00 |24 |112.80 |25
Inverness |102.40 |24 |112.40 |25
Lochaber |106.80 |24 |120.80 |24
Nairn |103.20 |24 |113.20 |25
Ross and Cromarty |107.60 |23 |121.60 |24
Skye and Lochalsh |102.00 |24 |112.80 |25
Sutherland |94.40 |24 |108.40 |25
East Lothian |160.40 |22 |174.20 |22
Edinburgh City |167.60 |22 |186.60 |22
Midlothian |156.40 |22 |169.00 |22
West Lothian |154.40 |22 |166.20 |22
Argyll and Bute |122.20 |23 |140.60 |23
Bearsden and Milngavie |130.60 |23 |141.00 |23
Clydebank |130.20 |23 |149.80 |23
Clydesdale |131.80 |23 |143.80 |23
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |121.40 |23 |135.00 |23
Cumnock and Doon Valley |121.80 |23 |135.40 |23
Cunninghame |122.60 |23 |138.60 |23
Dumbarton |130.60 |23 |154.20 |22
East Kilbride |138.60 |22 |153.80 |22
Eastwood |124.20 |23 |128.60 |23
Glasgow City |133.80 |23 |147.80 |23
Hamilton |127.80 |23 |141.80 |23
Inverclyde |127.80 |23 |139.80 |23
Kilmarnock and Loudon |119.00 |23 |133.40 |23
Kyle and Carrick |134.60 |23 |145.40 |23
Monklands |128.60 |23 |147.00 |23
Motherwell |133.40 |23 |139.00 |23
Renfrew |129.40 |23 |148.60 |23
Strathkelvin |131.00 |23 |146.60 |23
Angus |129.80 |23 |133.00 |23
Dundee City |142.20 |23 |147.00 |23
Perth and Kinross |132.20 |23 |134.20 |23
Orkney |74.80 |28 |82.60 |29
Shetland |49.73 |22 |74.94 |35
Western Isles |88.80 |29 |105.40 |30
Pensioner couple
|1989-80 Annual | As a percentage of|1990-91 Annual |As a percentage of
|Community Charge | total Community |Community Charge |total Community
|and Community | Charge (including |and Community |Charge (including
|Water Charge |Water Charge) |Water Charge |Water Charge)
|payment |payment
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Berwickshire |113.00 |26 |112.40 |25
Etterick and Lauderdale |117.40 |25 |116.00 |25
Roxburgh |117.40 |25 |117.20 |25
Tweeddale |117.80 |25 |116.80 |25
Clackmannan |129.00 |22 |149.40 |22
Falkirk |112.60 |22 |124.20 |22
Stirling |133.00 |22 |151.80 |22
Annandale and Eskdale |118.20 |25 |132.00 |25
Nithsdale |115.00 |25 |129.60 |25
Stewartry |114.20 |25 |125.20 |26
Wigtown |115.40 |25 |125.60 |26
Dunfermline |128.00 |23 |139.40 |22
Kirkcaldy |130.00 |22 |140.60 |22
North East Fife |138.80 |22 |145.80 |22
Aberdeen City |139.60 |24 |141.20 |24
Banff and Buchan |128.28 |25 |127.20 |25
Gordon |123.20 |25 |120.00 |25
Kincardine and Deeside |118.40 |25 |113.20 |26
Moray |122.40 |25 |119.60 |25
Badenoch and Strathspey |106.00 |24 |114.00 |24
Caithness |102.00 |24 |112.80 |25
Inverness |102.40 |24 |112.40 |25
Lochaber |106.80 |24 |120.80 |24
Nairn |103.20 |24 |113.20 |25
Ross and Cromarty |107.60 |23 |121.60 |24
Skye and Lochalsh |102.00 |24 |112.80 |25
Sutherland |94.40 |24 |108.40 |25
East Lothian |160.40 |22 |174.20 |22
Edinburgh City |167.60 |22 |186.60 |22
Midlothian |156.40 |22 |169.00 |22
West Lothian |154.40 |22 |166.20 |22
Argyll and Bute |122.20 |23 |140.60 |23
Bearsden and Milngavie |130.60 |23 |141.00 |23
Clydebank |130.20 |23 |149.80 |23
Clydesdale |131.80 |23 |143.80 |23
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |121.40 |23 |135.00 |23
Cumnock and Doon Valley |121.80 |23 |135.40 |23
Cunninghame |122.60 |23 |138.60 |23
Dumbarton |130.60 |23 |154.20 |22
East Kilbride |138.60 |22 |153.80 |22
Eastwood |124.20 |23 |128.60 |23
Glasgow City |133.80 |23 |147.80 |23
Hamilton |127.80 |23 |141.80 |23
Inverclyde |127.80 |23 |139.80 |23
Kilmarnock and Loudon |119.00 |23 |133.40 |23
Kyle and Carrick |134.60 |23 |145.40 |23
Monklands |128.60 |23 |147.00 |23
Motherwell |133.40 |23 |139.00 |23
Renfrew |129.40 |23 |148.60 |23
Strathkelvin |131.00 |23 |146.60 |23
Angus |129.80 |23 |133.00 |23
Dundee City |142.20 |23 |147.00 |23
Perth and Kinross |132.20 |23 |134.20 |23
Orkney |74.80 |28 |82.60 |29
Shetland |49.73 |22 |74.94 |35
Western Isles |88.80 |29 |105.40 |30
Mr. Hood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pensioners have been refused community charge rebate in Scotland because of the level of their savings.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : I have been asked to reply.
The information requested is not available.
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