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Dichlorvos
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the advice given to him by the veterinary products advisory committee about the pesticide dichlorvos.
Mr. Maclean : No, because veterinary products committee advice is directed to the licensing authority and is usually in the form of recommendations on licence applications for specific products, taking into account the circumstances of their use.
Dredge Spoil
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the dumping of dredge spoil is controlled under the terms of the North sea conference agreements ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what controls exist in respect of disposal of dredge spoil ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Curry : The disposal of dredged spoil at sea is controlled by a requirement for licensing under part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those locations where dredge spoil was dumped last year, giving the quantities for each site ; and what checks are carried out to establish impact on the marine environment in respect of choice of location, quantity of dredge spoil and contamination levels of dredge spoil, before such dumping is carried out.
Mr. Curry : About 110 locations in English and Welsh waters have been designated for the disposal of dredged
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material. The sites are identified in annual reports of the Oslo Commission, copies of which are in the Library of the House. Statistics of quantities disposed of at each site in 1989 are not yet available.The assessment of dredged material for disposal at sea is carried out in accordance with guidelines agreed by the Oslo Commission in 1986.
The guidelines provide a means of assessing dredged material which it is proposed to deposit at sea, including information on the nature, quantity and composition of the material. They also include the factors which are to be considered in the designation of dredged material disposal areas. These factors include :
1. Geographical position, depth and distance from the coast ; 2. Location in relation to living resources in adult or juvenile phases ;
3. Location in relation to amenity areas ;
4. Initial dilution achieved by proposed method of discharge ; 5. Dispersal, horizontal transport and vertical mixing characteristics ;
6. Existence and effects of current and previous discharges and dumping in the area (including accumulative effects).
Guidelines for post-operational monitoring of dredged material disposal sites were adopted by the Oslo Commission in 1980 and form the basis of our current site surveillance strategy.
Sheep Prices
Mr. Amos : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to implement the award agreed at the recent price fixing for the sheep sector to take effect immediately ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Curry : The new green rates for sheep, which will increase the sterling value of the support price by 11 per cent., will come into effect at the beginning of the 1991 marketing year. This is in line with usual practice and any amendment to the implementation date would have to be proposed by the Commission and agreed by the Council.
Public Appointments
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the full-time and part-time public appointments for which he is responsible, together with the salary and the date when each appointment is due for renewal.
Mr. Curry : The main appointments, for which I am responsible, with details of remuneration are set out in "Public Bodies 1989", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. All appointments are part time.
The next dates for appointment or renewal are set out below. The dates of other appointments or renewals cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.
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Name of body |Date of next appointment |Position
|or renewal
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Agricultural Training Board |March 1992 |Whole committee
Agricultural Wages Board |July 1990 |Chairman+2 independent
|members
|July 1991 |2 independent members
Agricultural Wages Committees |1990 |1 Chairman+21 members
(England)
Apple and Pear Research Council |December 1992 |Chairman + 8 members
(formerly Apple and Pear
Development Council)
Food from Britain |May 1990 |Chairman
|September 1990 |2 Members
|September 1992 |Deputy Chairman+11 members
Home Grown Cereals Authority |June 1990 |6 members
|June 1991 |Deputy Chairman+6 members
|June 1992 |Chairman+7 members
Horticultural Development |July 1990 |7 members
Council |July 1991 |6 members
|July 1992 |Chairman, Deputy Chairman
|+7 members
Meat and Livestock Commission |August 1990 |Chairman
|January 1992 |Deputy Chairman
|March 1992 |Chairman of Consumers
| Committee+5 members
|September 1992 |5 members
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |June 1990 |1 member
|October 1991 |Chairman+5 members
|April 1992 |1 member
|October 1992 |3 members
|October 1993 |1 member
Sea Fish Industry Authority |September 1990 |Whole committee
The Wine Standards Board of the |April 1992 |Whole committee
Vintners Company
Advisory Committee on Pesticides |December 1990 |Chairman+8 members
|December 1992 |Deputy Chairman+1 member
Agricultural Dwelling House |Convened on an Ad Hoc basis
Advisory Committee
Regional Panels for the Farming |Various dates between August
Industry |1990 and August 1992
|depending on Committee
Salmon Advisory Committee |February 1992 |8 members
|November 1992 |Chairman
|February 1993 |9 members
Steering Group on Food |March 1991 |Reviewed on a yearly basis
Surveillance
Sugar Beet Research and |July 1990 |1 member
Education Committee |June 1991 |2 members
|September 1991 |Chairman and 1 member
|June 1992 |3 members
Veterinary Products Committee |December 1991 |Chairman+6 members
|December 1993 |9 members
Agricultural Land Tribunals |All appointments made by Lord
Chancellor
Dairy Product Quota Tribunal |No fixed term of office
Milk and Dairies Tribunals |1991 to 1992 depending on region|5 Chairmen
Plant Varieties and Seeds |April 1990 |1 member
Tribunal |September 1990 |8 members
|October 1990 |1 member
|March 1991 |14 members
|April 1991 |3 members
|January 1992 |1 member
|June 1992 |1 member
|August 1992 |2 members
|September 1992 |2 members
Covent Garden Market Authority |June 1991 |1 member
|July 1991 |1 member
|December 1991 |Chairman
|January 1992 |1 member
|August 1992 |1 member
|January 1993 |1 member
Agricultural Statistics |Under consideration (expired
Consultative Committee |1998)
Area VII White Fish Industry |December 1992 |Whole committee
Advisory Committee
Committee on Agricultural |March 1993 |Whole committee
Valuation
Spongiform Encephalopathy |No fixed term
Advisory Committee (formerly
Consultative Committee on
Research into Spongiform
Encephalopathies)
Consultative Panel on Badgers |January 1993 |Whole committee
and Tuberculosis
Consumers Committee for England |November 1990 |1 member
and Wales under the |January 1991 |1 member
Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 |February 1991 |3 members
|September 1991 |Chairman
|May 1992 |1 member
|December 1992 |1 member
Consumers Committee for Great |November 1990 |1 member
Britain under the Agricultural |January 1991 |1 member
Marketing Act 1958 |February 1991 |3 members
|August 1991 |1 member
|September 1991 |Chairman
|May 1992 |1 member
|December 1992 |1 member
Experimental Centres Advisory |Various dates between 1990 and
Committees in England and |1992 depending on committee
Wales
Farm Animal Welfare Council |December 1990 |5 members
|May 1991 |Chairman
|June 1991 |1 member
|September 1991 |2 members
|October 1991 |4 members
|November 1991 |1 member
|December 1991 |5 members
|January 1992 |1 member
|December 1992 |3 members
Food Advisory Committee |October 1991 |Chairman+6 members
|October 1992 |8 members
Hill Farming Advisory Committee |February 1992 |Whole committee
for England, Wales and
Northern Ireland
National Food Survey Committee |September 1990 |1 member
|July 1991 |2 members
|August 1991 |1 member
|October 1991 |1 member
Priorities Board for Research and |June 1990 |4 members
Development in Agriculture |October 1990 |Chairman+5 members
and Food |November 1990 |1 member
|March 1992 |1 member
SCOTLAND
Fish Industries
113. Mr. Buchanan-Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met representatives of the Scottish fishing, fish processing and fish merchandising industries ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang : The Government place considerable importance on maintaining close contact with representatives of the industry in Scotland. My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State and my noble Friend the Minister of State last met representatives of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation on 8 May. My noble Friend the Minister of State has regular contact with all sectors of the industry. He met representatives of the Scottish Fish Merchants Federation on 12 February and a further meeting has been arranged for 6 June.
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Local Government Finance
Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average amount of Government grant and contribution from business rates which is made in respect of each community charge payer in Scotland ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The average amount for 1990-91 is £1, 031.
Housing Associations
Mr. Michael J. Martin : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place a list of the names of the directors of the Thenew housing association in the Library.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not held by the Scottish Development Department. Under
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section 4 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, Scottish Homes has the responsibility for maintaining a register of housing associations and overseeing their constitution.This register is available for inspection at Scottish Homes head office during normal office hours.
Mr. Michael J. Martin : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what projects the Thenew housing association is involved in the Possilpark area.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : This information is not held by the Scottish Development Department.
Approval of individual housing association developments is a matter entirely for Scottish Homes.
Mr. Michael J. Martin : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with housing associations funded by Scottish Homes on their policies on consulting local residents where they embark on new projects in an area.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : None. Detailed consideration of individual housing associations proposals is a matter entirely for Scottish Homes taking account of its own policies and programme, and in the context of local housing need.
Civic Government (Scotland) Act
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what requests he has received to introduce an appeal procedure under section 49(2) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : It has been brought to our attention that section 49(2) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 makes no specific provision for an appeal. This will be one of the points addressed in the review of the 1982 Act which we are currently undertaking.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends to publish proposals for changes to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : A consultation paper will be issued this year.
Skye Bridge
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from the National Trust for Scotland concerning the proposed line of route and causeway design component of a bridge to Skye with particular reference to (a) the impact of this upon the National Trust for Scotland-owned Eilean Dhubh, (b) the alignment from the Plock of Kyle to Eilean Dhubh and (c) the desirability or feasibility of a viaduct construction in preference to a causeway ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : As part of the consultation now in hand with various parties, the National Trust for Scotland wrote to the Scottish Development Department in a letter received on 18 May with its views. The comments of the trust are detailed and its views have not yet been assessed. The general view of the trust is that it wishes to see environmental and aesthetic standards appropriate to the project and its landscape setting, a view shared by all involved in the project.
The next step will be for designers and landscape architects to take account of the various views expressed and prepare scale models of developed proposals for presentation to those concerned.
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Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will assess the cost implications of the construction of the proposed bridge to Skye of a viaduct design in preference to the inclusion of a causeway ; if he will indicate what impact such a design change might have upon possible toll charges to be levied ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Consultation is now in hand with the relevant parties about the various aspects of the proposed bridge to Skye. These include its environmental treatment and the views of conservation and amenity groups such as the National Trust for Scotland, the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland are being sought. When all these views on general treatment are to hand it will be possible for designers and landscape architects to work up proposals, costings and environmental solutions for detailed discussion. It would be premature to speculate on the likely level of tolls until a complete project has been satisfactorily defined.
National Trust for Scotland
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what legislative procedures would be involved in a Government Department seeking to remove a specific piece of land from the ownership of the National Trust for Scotland ; if such a procedure has been invoked before ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : If the National Trust for Scotland objects to any party seeking to compulsorily acquire land held in alienably by the National Trust for Scotland, the matter is dealt with through special parliamentary procedures. My right hon. and learned Friend would direct an inquiry to be held under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936.
Commisioners appointed under the Act would hold the inquiry at such places as they would determine, hear the various parties and issue their recommendations. If my right hon. and learned Friend is not prepared to accept their recommendations, he can present a Bill for confirmation of the order to Parliament and section 9 of the 1936 Act would apply to such a Bill.
There is no record of this procedure having been used in relation to the National Trust for Scotland.
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to seek legislative means to remove the island of Eilean Dhub from the ownership of the National Trust for Scotland Balmacara estate ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to remove the island of Eilean Dhubh from the ownership of the National Trust for Scotland Balmacara estate.
Primary School, Oban
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what request he has received for funding for a new primary school in Oban ; and what response he has made.
Mr. Lang : Funding for educational building projects is the responsibility of individual authorities, operating
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within limits on their overall levels of capital expenditure set by my right hon. and learned Friend. Account has been taken of proposals in Strathclyde regional council's financial plans for primary school provision in Oban in determining provisional limits for the council's capital expenditure in 1991-92 and 1992-93.Dounreay
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what account he took of public opinion before giving permission for a test borehole at Dounreay ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Before reaching his decision to sustain the appeal lodged by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority against Highland regional council's decision to refuse planning permission for the drilling of two test boreholes at Dounreay, my right hon. and learned Friend gave careful consideration to all representations made including those from individual members of the public and those from organisations representing a wide range of public interests.
Seals
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to require fish farming operations to introduce measures to keep seals away which eliminate the need to employ marksmen to kill them.
Mr. Lang : In February this year the Scottish Salmon Growers Association published a code of practice on salmon farming and predatory wildlife. This document was developed in collaboration with various wildlife conservation interests, including the Nature Conservancy Council. It lays down the general policy that shooting or other methods of destructive control must only be considered as a last resort. In relation to seals, the code of practice emphasises that the killing of a particular animal may be considered only after reasonable measures have been taken to exclude seals from salmon farms.
My right hon. and learned Friend welcomes the adoption of the code of practice and the emphasis on non-destructive measures with shooting only as a last resort to prevent damage.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many seals he estimates were killed legitimately last year under the terms of the Seals Act 1970 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang : No such estimate is available. In 1989 no licences were issued to shoot seals of either species under the provisions in section 10 of the 1970 Act. There is no central record or requirement to report seals which may have been killed in other circumstances.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy in respect of the establishment of fish farms adjacent to known seal colonies ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Proximity to areas of wildlife interests is one of the factors taken into account in the consultation procedures which the Crown Estates Commissioners undertake when considering a sea bed lease for the purposes of marine fish farming. The Crown Estates guidelines on siting procedures and principles, and
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on siting and design of marine fish farms in Scotland emphasise that important wildlife areas should be avoided. Nature conservation and other interests are given the opportunity to comment on applications for marine fish farm leases under the procedures agreed with my right hon. and learned Friend.Local Authority Budgets
Mr. Younger : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Ayr of 1 February, Official Report, column 213, he is now able to make a statement about local authorities' budgets for 1990-91.
Mr. Rifkind : Details of local authorities' budgets for 1990-91 compared with those for 1989-90 are set out in the table. Based on adjusted budget returns, it is now clear that authorities are planning an average increase of 8.9 per cent. in their expenditure for 1990-91 over the corresponding figure for last year. This is a noticeable reduction over the previous year's actual increase of 12.3 per cent., and I have already expressed some satisfaction that there are some signs that accountability is beginning to work through. There are, however, no grounds for complacency as too many authorities are still budgeting for growth in their expenditure, leading to higher than necessary community charges. It is for individual authorities to justify those increases to their local electorates.
|Budget |Budget |Percentage
|Estimate |Estimate |increase
|1988-90 |1990-91
|£000 |£000
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Borders |71,169 |76,979 |8.2
Central |174,297 |194,142 |11.4
Dumfries and Galloway |98,292 |107,068 |8.9
Fife |232,235 |259,686 |11.8
Grampian |308,204 |333,956 |8.4
Highland |154,670 |176,434 |13.9
Lothian |482,368 |547,306 |13.6
Strathclyde |1,690,456 |1,780,005 |5.3
Tayside |266,540 |289,441 |8.6
Regions |3,478,431 |3,765,521 |8.3
Orkney |18,588 |19,184 |3.2
Shetland |23,714 |35,743 |50.7
Western Isles |33,384 |37,928 |13.6
Islands |75,686 |92,855 |22.7
Berwickshire |1,215 |1,465 |20.6
Ettrick and Lauderdale |2,426 |2,612 |7.7
Roxburgh |2,686 |3,034 |13.0
Tweeddale |1,044 |1,144 |9.6
Clackmannan |5,992 |6,791 |13.3
Falkirk |11,912 |12,115 |1.7
Stirling |10,173 |11,983 |17.8
Annandale and Eskdale |2,749 |3,132 |13.9
Nithsdale |4,445 |5,110 |15.0
Stewartry |1,724 |2,073 |20.2
Wigtown |2,291 |2,755 |20.3
Dunfermline |12,631 |14,705 |14.6
Kirkcaldy |15,303 |16,465 |7.6
North East Fife |5,844 |7,175 |22.8
Aberdeen |24,950 |28,296 |13.4
Banff and Buchan |7,179 |7,927 |10.4
Gordon |5,212 |7,831 |50.2
Kincardine and Deeside |3,194 |3,663 |14.7
Moray |6,559 |7,129 |8.7
Badenoch and Strathspey |773 |909 |17.6
Caithness |1,953 |2,082 |6.6
Inverness |4,408 |4,677 |6.1
Lochaber |1,597 |1,758 |10.1
Nairn |765 |891 |16.5
Ross and Cromarty |4,170 |4,565 |9.5
Skye and Lochalsh |881 |1,087 |23.4
Sutherland |1,194 |1,474 |23.5
East Lothian |8,600 |9,047 |5.2
Edinburgh |53,127 |60,191 |13.3
Midlothian |8,284 |9,016 |8.8
West Lothian |12,888 |13,788 |7.0
Argyll and Bute |7,673 |8,275 |7.8
Bearsden and Milngavie |3,650 |4,041 |10.7
Clydebank |6,229 |5,603 |-10.0
Clydesdale |6,506 |7,208 |10.8
Cumbernauld |5,875 |6,527 |11.1
Cumnock |4,370 |4,874 |11.5
Cunninghame |14,685 |16,415 |11.8
Dumbarton |8,405 |9,662 |15.0
East Kilbride |8,734 |10,168 |16.4
Eastwood |4,603 |5,028 |9.2
Glasgow |136,736 |148,060 |8.3
Hamilton |10,028 |11,418 |13.9
Inverclyde |9,684 |10,958 |13.2
Kilmarnock |7,752 |8,432 |8.8
Kyle and Carrick |12,574 |14,104 |12.2
Monklands |11,705 |12,991 |11.0
Motherwell |14,527 |16,320 |12.3
Renfrew |24,019 |26,459 |10.2
Strathkelvin |8,459 |10,012 |18.2
Angus |8,581 |9,533 |11.1
Dundee |19,931 |22,231 |11.5
Perth and Kinross |10,600 |12,521 |15.9
Districts |571,905 |635,740 |11.2
Scotland |4,126,022 |4,494,116 |8.9
Note: Figures are total relevant expenditure excluding loan and
leasing charges and CFCR.
Local Councillors
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he still intends to introduce regulations on councillors' allowances on 1 July 1990 ; and when he proposes to consult on regulations in respect of voting rights and political balance on local authority committees.
Mr. Rifkind : My final proposals for councillors' allowances in Scotland were sent to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) last week. I have decided to defer introduction of the new scheme until 1 August 1990 to allow more time for authorities to make the necessary arrangements.
As regards the proposed regulations on voting rights and political balance on committees, I shall be consulting COSLA on these shortly and shall reach a final decision on an implementation date in the light of their response.
Fisheries Protection Services
Mr. Buchanan-Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the future organisation of the Scottish fisheries protection services.
Mr. Rifkind : I have decided that the Scottish fisheries protection services should become a candidate for executive agency status within the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland under the "next steps" initiative.
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Rural Library Service
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will meet local authority representatives to discuss ways of improving the library service in rural areas ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 22 May 1990] : Statutory responsibility for the local authority public library service in Scotland lies with the local authorities themselves and not with my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. I have had no request from local authority representatives for a meeting on rural library services and I do not think that such a meeting would serve any useful purpose at present. I am, nevertheless, aware of the recent report on public library provision in rural Scotland. My officials met representatives of the sponsors of the report to discuss the issues involved and I have undertaken to consider the proposal of a rural library incentive scheme in due course in light of an evaluation of a comparable scheme presently in operation in England.
EMPLOYMENT
Youth Training
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish details for Great Britain and for the west midlands region, for each year from April 1986 to the most recent date, of the total number of (a) three-month extensions granted to YTS trainees with disabilities, (b) six-month extensions granted to YTS trainees with disabilities, (c) initial training places taken up by YTS trainees with disabilities, (d) adaptions to premises and equipment grants applied for by youth training schemes, (e) adaptions to premises and equipment grants granted to youth training schemes, (f) successful applications to the special aids to employment scheme granted to youth training schemes, (g) personal reader services for the blind provided to trainees on youth training schemes, (h) communication services for the deaf provided to trainees on youth training schemes and (i) residential training awards provided to trainees on youth training schemes.
Mr. Nicholls : This information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and total how many people who were not unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not available to start work within two weeks, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference ;
(2) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and total how many people who were not unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds
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that they were not available to start work within two weeks, but had actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference ;(3) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) work as an employee, (b) work as self-employed, or (c) expressed no preference ;
(4) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they were not available to start work within two weeks, but had actively sought work within the four weeks prior to interview, and stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference ;
(5) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain claiming benefit as unemployed who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they were not free to start work within two weeks, had looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, and stated that they would like a job if one were available, were in each of the categories (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason ;
(6) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and total, how many people who were not unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but who stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were available to start work within two weeks, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference ;
(7) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, and were free to start work within two weeks, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part- time work, or (c) no preference ;
(8) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were free to start work within two weeks, and stated that they would like a job if one was available,
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were in each of the categories (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason ; (9) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preferences ;(10) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain claiming benefit as unemployed who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, stated that they would like a job if one was available and were in each of the categories : (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason ;
(11) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain as a whole, by male, female and totals how many people were unemployed according to International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development definitions and wanting (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work and (c) expressed no preference ; (12) from labour force survey data for each Spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, expressed a preference for (a) full-time work, (b) part-time work, or (c) expressed no preference ;
(13) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview and were not free to start work within two weeks, stated that they would like a job if one was available and were in each of the categories : (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason ;
(14) from the 1989 labour force survey, by standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain by male, female and total, how many people unemployed according to International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development definitions wanted full-time work, part-time work, or expressed no preference ;
(15) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, but stated that they would like a job if one was available, and
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were free to start work within two weeks, expressed a preference for (a) work as an employee, (b) work as self- employed, or (c) expressed no preference ;(16) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, for each standard region including Greater London, and for Great Britain by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed according to ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they were not free to start work within two weeks, had actively looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, and stated they would like a job if one was available ;
(17) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they were not free to start work within two weeks, had looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, and stated that they would like a job if one was available, were in each of the categories : (a) students, (b) long- term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason ;
(18) from labour force survey data for each spring from 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people were not counted as unemployed by the definition using International Labour Organisation/Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines on the grounds that they were not available to start work within two weeks, had actively sought work within the four weeks prior to interview, stated that they would like a job if one was available, and expressed a preference for (a) work as an employee, (b) work as self-employed, or (c) expressed no preference ; (19) from labour force survey data for the years 1984 to 1989, by male, female and total, how many people in Great Britain claiming benefit as unemployed who were not counted as unemployed by the definition using ILO/OECD guidelines on the grounds that they had not looked for work in the four weeks prior to interview, were free to start work within two weeks and stated that they would like a job if one was available, were in each of the categories : (a) students, (b) long-term sick or disabled, (c) looking after family/home, (d) retired from paid work, (e) believes no jobs available and (f) any other reason.
Mr. Nicholls : Estimates from labour force surveys as requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if training and enterprise councils will be required to offer employment training trainees the same training bonuses as are now available to those who successfully complete their action plans and/or obtain vocational qualifications ; how much the Government will continue to pay directly towards the training bonuses ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholls : Training and enterprise councils (TECs) have discretion over the arrangements for training bonuses on employment training. Where a TEC takes over responsibility for the training programme of a trainee already on employment training, the TEC must continue
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to offer terms and conditions no less favourable than those previously enjoyed by that trainee. Resources for training bonuses are included in TEC budgets.
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