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species to utilise in calculating a provisional annual average environmental quality standard--EQS--and also to derive a 24-hour EQS. These studies will also be used by the Department of the Environment in confirming EQSs for use by the appropriate water and river authorities. As all sea lochs differ in their tidal flushing characteristics, clearly this factor will also need to be taken into account in the calculation.Sheep Scab
Mr. Amos : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on control arrangements for sheep scab.
Mr. Maclean : The Government have undertaken a review of their policy for dealing with sheep scab, following a five-year programme involving two compulsory annual dips. As a result, single dips were announced for 1989 and 1990. Sheep scab is a skin condition which, if neglected, may lead to an animal welfare problem but has no human health implications.
Since the industry's rejection of a proposal for the introduction of movement controls in south-west Great Britain, discussions have continued to try to find a solution which achieves our objective of dealing effectively with sheep scab while avoiding unnecessary burdens on the industry. We believe we have now achieved this and we aim to have the new arrangements in place as soon as possible. Details of the new arrangements are as follows :
(i) The disease will remain notifiable ;
(ii) Local Authorities will maintain the right to supervise the annual dip, but the key enforcement measure will be a compulsory declaration by the owner that all sheep on his holding have been dipped ;
(iii) When the disease occurs, MAFF veterinary staff wil continue to confirm its presence and place movement restrictions on the infected premises. Restrictions will normally be lifted on the basis of the farmer's own declaration that the action necessary to eradicate the disease has been taken. In cases where a recrudescence of infection occurs, restrictions will not normally be lifted until the farmer's own veterinary surgeon certificates (at the farmer's cost) that no clinical signs of the disease are present in the flock concerned. MAFF staff will have the right to supervise dipping on infected premises. Controls on contiguous premises will be operated flexibly, in accordance with the needs of each case ;
(iv) Tracings to find the origin of an outbreak will be initiated in each case, but will be abandoned where they seem likely to involve excessive resources ; and
(v) The present arrangements for tracing the potential spread of infection by movements of sheep off infected premises will generally be replaced as follows. A letter will be sent to every recipient of sheep from the infected flock since the end of the preceding national dip, informing the recipient that sheep scab had been confirmed on the premises of origin, reminding him of the need to inspect the sheep and report any suspicion of disease, and advising him to dip his sheep. He will also be advised that if the purchased sheep had been sold on, the information should be passed to subsequent purchasers. However, the State Veterinary Service will retain the option of imposing restrictions on premises which have received sheep from those where infection has been found until the sheep there have been dipped if this is considered appropriate.
These arrangements will come into force as soon as the necessary legislative changes can be made. There will be a
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further compulsory national dip in 1991 and these arrangements will be reviewed next year to consider options for control measures thereafter.Financial Services
Mr. Andy Stewart : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the work of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation in offering financial services required by the agricultural industry.
Mr. Gummer : The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation presently operates within statutory constraints which limit the range of financial services that it can offer. I believe that the time has come to review its position to take account of moves to complete the EC internal market by 1992, and the changing circumstances and needs of the agricultural industry. I am, therefore, starting a process of consultation in order to identify what, if any, changes in present legislation might be desirable.
Animal Imports (Diseases)
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the diseases that have been introduced into the United Kingdom by imported animals since 1980 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : Apart from caseous lymphadenitis, which may have been introduced by goats imported from West Germany, no diseases are known to have been introduced into the United Kingdom by imported animals since 1980.
Caseous Lymphadenitis
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what measures he is proposing to eradicate caseous lymphadenitis from sheep and goats in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : We are currently considering options for control of the disease. All farms where the disease has been confirmed or suspected have been subjected to movement restrictions and contacts have been traced.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answers of 12 June, Official Report, columns 77-78, whether goats infected with caseous lymphadenitis were imported into the United Kingdom with inaccurate certification documents ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : The recent outbreak of caseous lymphadenitis appears to be associated with a consignment of goats imported from West Germany. Investigations are continuing and it would not be appropriate for me to prejudge their outcome.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answers of 12 June, Official Report, columns 77-78, whether the goats imported from West Germany with caseous lymphadenitis underwent a period of quarantine ; whether they were examined by veterinarians during that period ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : All animals susceptible to foot and mouth disease--FMD- -including goats imported from
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West Germany are subjected to a period of post-import quarantine as a precaution against FMD, during which they are routinely examined by official veterinarians.Shellfish
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list (a) the dates on which the samples of shellfish were taken, (b) the sample points and (c) the number of samples which showed danger levels of toxins on which the decision to impose a shellfishing ban was based.
Mr. Curry : Details of the mussel samples on which a decision was taken to issue the warning on 26 May about the consumption of shellfish from the north-east coast are as follows :
Date of sample |Sample site |Units of toxin
|per 100g
----------------------------------------------------------------
19 May |Loch Erisor |Not detected
21 May |Whitby |848
21 May |Berwick Harbour|903
22 May |Trow Rocks |19,881
22 May |Redcar |909
22 May |Saltburn |255
22 May |Coquet Estuary |1,119
22 May |Cresswell |5,900
22 May |Holy Island |386
22 May |Montrose |Not detected
22 May |Scarborough |300
The World Health Organisation recommends that action should be taken to protect consumers from consuming shellfish containing more than 400 units of toxin per 100g of flesh.
National Fruit Collection
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on his Department's role in securing the future of the national fruit collection at Brogdale.
Mr. Curry : My first concern has always been to provide a secure and stable home for the national fruit collection. This was the basis on which the decision was made last year to transfer the collection to Wye college, part of the university of London. Moreover, Wye college offers the scientific and academic expertise fully to develop and utilise the collection for educational and scientific purposes. I was informed last week of the Duchy of Cornwall's interest in purchasing the Brogdale site. The duchy's involvement offers the degree of stability which such a collection demands and I have therefore instructed my officials to look at the possibility of keeping the national fruit collection at Brogdale under Wye college's management.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Irish Residents (Shopping)
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made any representations to the European Community about the proposal by the
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Government of the Republic of Ireland to impose a 36-hour restriction on its residents shopping in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Major : Her Majesty's Government are urgently considering the implications of the proposal which has just been tabled by the Government of the Republic of Ireland. The Government continue to support the Commission's proposals for significant increases to the travellers' allowances in the period up to 31 December 1992.
Scotch Whisky
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total value to the Treasury in each of the last 10 years of (a) domestic excise duty levied on Scotch whisky and (b) export earnings from Scotch whisky.
Mr. Ryder : Figures are not directly available for Scotch whisky. The estimated excise duty accruing on all whisky, including small amounts produced outside Scotland, and the value of all United Kingdom whisky exports in each of the 10 years, is as follows :
|Excise duty |Export value<1>
Year |£ million |£ million
----------------------------------------------------------------
1980 |570 |747.5
1981 |620 |787.2
1982 |630 |875.4
1983 |670 |863.9
1984 |670 |937.3
1985 |720 |1,001.0
1986 |720 |1,075.3
1987 |700 |1,142.4
1988 |710 |1,297.6
1989 |680 |1,479.5
<1>Source: Overseas trade statistics; includes bourbon.
Whisky
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what current negotiations he is holding with his European counterparts to ensure equal tax treatment for whisky (a) in the European Community and (b) in Japan ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : There are no current Community negotiations relating to equal tax treatment for whisky. Member states apply their own rates of duty equally to home-produced and imported spirits.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry continues to watch developments in the Japanese whisky market to ensure that the beneficial effects of the tax changes introduced last year are not undermined. The Government will make representations to the Japanese authorities as appropriate about any problems which arise from the remaining tax differentials.
Economic and Monetary Union
Mr. Hanley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will be putting forward further ideas on ways of moving towards economic and monetary union to his counterparts in the European Community.
Mr. Major : I have deposited in the Library of the House copies of a speech I made yesterday to the German Industry Forum in the United Kingdom, in which I
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suggested further practical steps beyond stage 1. These would promote convergence, low inflation and stable exchange rates by building up the Community's existing common currency, the ecu. I will be discussing these ideas further with my colleagues in the European Community in the coming weeks.Mileage Allowances
Mr. Norris : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any proposals for changing the tax rules for motor mileage allowances paid by employers to employees who use their own cars for work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lilley : Two new clauses to the Finance Bill are being tabled today, and the Inland Revenue is announcing changes to its administrative arrangements for taxing mileage allowances. In many cases the Inland Revenue collects any tax due on mileage allowances through administrative arrangements known as the fixed profit car scheme--FPCS. The tax-free mileage rates used under the FPCS to calculate liability are intended to reflect the tax-allowable costs of using a private car for business purposes. But over the years they have got out of line with the relief strictly due under existing law, and have become too generous. The Revenue is under an obligation to apply the tax law Parliament has enacted. Present practice does not achieve that. The Revenue has concluded that it must bring present arrangements into conformity with the law. But changes to bring the FPCS into line with the strict legal position would mean that many employees who receive mileage allowances from their employers would face much bigger tax bills.
The Government have therefore reviewed the present tax regime and has concluded that changes in the law are appropriate to make the statutory tax reliefs more generous. In addition, the Revenue will be changing the FPCS so that it reflects business motoring costs more closely. The proposed new rules will take effect from6 April 1990, and will produce a fairer system under which employees who use their own cars for work will be able to claim tax relief for the business proportion of all their motoring expenses.
Many employees' tax bills will not be affected by these changes, but some will be reduced and some increased. The reductions will apply from 6 April 1990. But the Government propose transitional arrangements which will
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ensure that no one who received mileage allowances in 1989-90 has more tax to pay as a result of these proposals for 1990-91 ; and that any increases as a result of the changes will be phased in gradually over subsequent years.An Inland Revenue press release is being issued today giving full details of all the proposed changes.
WALES
Eye Tests
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many relatives of glaucoma sufferers in Wales received free eyesight tests in each quarter of 1988-89 and in each quarter of 1989-90.
Mr. Grist : The data requested were not collected centrally prior to 1 April 1989, since when they have been collected on a six-monthly basis.
The available information (on an all-Wales basis) is as follows :
Estimated<1> number of sight
tests paid for by Family
Practitioner Committees in
the six months ending
|30 September|31 March
|1990 |1990
------------------------------------------------------------------------
People with glaucoma or diabetes |5,050 |8,860
<1>Estimates based upon a 2 per cent. sample of all such sight tests.
Health Services, Ceredigion
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what new investments and improvements his Department has made to health services in Ceredigion so far in the current year ; what were the corresponding figures for the last five years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Grist : The East Dyfed health authority is responsible for determining any developments in hospital and community health services in the Ceredigion area which are funded from the authority's discretionary revenue and capital resources. However, so far as centrally funded developments are concerned, the following bids from the authority in respect of developments in the Ceredigion area have been successful in recent years and to date in the current financial year :
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|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91
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Day care assistants, Aberystwyth |2,549 |2,549 |2,549 |2,549 |2,549 |2,549
Area Mental Health Team, Ceredigion |- |10,737 |10,737 |10,737 |10,737 |10,737
Team Co-ordinator, Area Mental Health Team |- |5,225 |5,225 |5,225 |5,225 |5,225
Residential rehabilitation centre, Rhoserchan |- |- |- |10,200 |23,286 |<1>-
Area Mental Health Team, Aberystwyth |- |- |- |1,568 |1,568 |1,568
Peripatetic Care Assistant, Aberystywth |- |- |- |3,600 |3,600 |3,600
Social Worker, Aberystwyth |- |- |- |8,501 |8,501 |8,501
IT investment Bronglais General Hospital and Cardigan Hospital<2> |- |- |- |- |63,000 |-
Computing Laboratory systems with links to FPC records cervical |- |- |- |- |31,250 |4,460
cytology, Bronglais Hospital
<1> Unit accepts referrals from Wales and occasionally from England. A new bid for this unit for 1990-91 will be
considered by the Welsh Office in September.
<2> This funding is specific to the Ceredigion area. The funding does not reflect the level of investment in district
wide developments from which Ceredigion will have benefited nor the investment in all Wales IT systems which are also of
benefit to the Ceredigion area.
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Welsh Language
Mr. Geraint Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has on the number of school children in Ceredigion of primary school age who are fluent in the Welsh language ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : At September 1989, there were 2,654 school children in Ceredigion of primary school age who were fluent in the Welsh language.
Teachers' Salaries
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage change there has been in teaching salaries in Wales in 1989-90 ; what were the comparable figures in the previous three years ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The estimated rise in the salaries of full-time teachers in nursery, primary and secondary schools in England and Wales in the last four years is as follows :
-
|Per cent.
------------------------------
1989-90 |<1>8.9
1988-89 |7.8
1987-88 |4.3
1986-87 |16.8
<1>The 1989-90 increase is
estimated to include only the
first Phase of the 1990
staged pay award.
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average teaching salary in Wales for (a) primary school, (b) secondary school and (c) high school teachers.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Estimates of average teachers' salaries are available only for 1989 on an England and Wales basis, and are as follows :
|c|Estimated average teachers' salary
at 1 April 1989<1>|c|
|£
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Nursery/Primary Schools |14,100
Secondary Schools |15,240
<1>Refers to all full-time teachers.
Toxic Waste (Welsh Ports)
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the Welsh ports that received toxic waste in each year since 1987, the quantity of such waste imported, the composition of the waste and the country of origin and ultimate destination of the waste.
Mr. Grist : The information is available in the detail requested only since the introduction of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988. Provisional figures for imports of hazardous wastes through Welsh ports in the year to 31 March 1990 are as follows. Figures for types of waste imported through individual ports are not readily available in a concise form.
|c|Imports of hazardous waste 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990
via ports|c|
|c|in Wales|c|
By country of origin |Tonnes
---------------------------------------------------------------
Holyhead
Ireland |156
Newport
Austria |53
Germany |146
Ireland |468
Spain |239
Switzerland |409
Total Newport |1,314
Swansea
Greece |5
Total |1,475
|c|Imports of hazardous waste|c|
|c|1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990|c|
|c|via ports in Wales|c|
Waste disposal authority of destination |Tonnes
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Holyhead
Cheshire CC |54
Greater Manchester |92
Torfaen BC |10
|-------
Total Holyhead |156
Newport
East Sussex CC |48
Greater Manchester |357
Hampshire CC |108
Nottinghamshire CC |22
Torfaen BC |779
|-------
Total Newport |1,314
Swansea
Torfaen BC |5
|-------
Total |1,475
|c|Imports of hazardous waste 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990|c|
|c|via ports in Wales|c|
By type of waste |Tonnes
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Organic acids and related compounds |44
Alkalis |116
Toxic Metal Compounds |23
Metal Oxides |182
Inorganic Compounds |83
Organic Compounds excluding PCBs |74
PCBs/PCB contaminated material |484
Polymeric material and precursors |36
Fine Chemicals and Biocides |99
Miscellaneous Chemical Waste |252
Filter Materials, Treatment Sludge and Contaminated
Rubbish |9
Interceptor Wastes, Tars, Paint, Dyes and Pigments |63
Miscellaneous Wastes |8
|--
Total |1,475
ENERGY
North Sea Gas
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what recent permissions have been given for new developments in gas gathering in the North sea ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Morrison : In May this year I approved a development plan from Mobil North Sea Ltd. to lay a gas export pipeline between the Beryl field and the St. Fergus gas terminal.
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Non-fossil Fuel Purchasing Agency
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects to announce the establishment of the proposed non-fossil fuel purchasing agency.
Mr. Baldry : The non-fossil purchasing agency is an agent of the regional electricity companies through which they contracted for non-fossil capacity to meet the non-fossil fuel obligation. It has already been established by them.
Sellafield
Mr. Salmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what are the estimated quantities of low and intermediate level waste arising from the decommissioning of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield ;
(2) what is his estimate of the cost of decommissioning the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield.
(3) how the costs of decommissioning the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield will be met.
Mr. Baldry : The work of decommissioning plant operated by British Nuclear Fuels plc and estimates of the costs of that work are matters for the company.
Renewable Energy
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his most up-to-date estimate of the number and percentage share of wind energy projects to be approved in the first tranche of renewable energy projects to be approved by the non-fossil fuel purchasing agency.
Mr. Peter Morrison : This information will not be available until it is known which projects have been contracted within the non-fossil fuel obligation.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects to announce the first tranche of renewable energy projects to be approved by the non-fossil fuel purchasing agency.
Mr. Peter Morrison : My right hon. Friend expects to make the first order setting the level of the non-fossil fuel obligation, in respect of renewables-sourced generation projects, in the late summer.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has made any approaches to the Energy Commissioner of the European Commission for approval of contract terms beyond 1 April 1998 for renewable energy projects.
Mr. Peter Morrison : No. The legislation provides the public electricity suppliers--PESs--with a sufficient degree of flexibility to enable a significant number of renewables projects to be contracted within the non-fossil fuel obligation.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Concessionary Television Licences
49. Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide concessionary television licences for all pensioners living on their own or with another pensioner in Northern Ireland.
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Mr. Mellor : No. We have no plans to extend the present concessions.
Community Service Orders
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community service orders have been made by the courts in England and Wales in each of the last five years ; and if he will break down the figure in the last available year according to the number of hours of service specified in the order.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is given in the tables. The figures for court orders differ slightly from the figures published in probation statistics because they are compiled on a slightly different basis.
|c|Persons sentenced to community service orders by the courts|c| Year |Number --------------------- 1984 |37,900 1985 |38,300 1986 |35,100 1988 |35,300 Source: Criminal Statistics England and Wales 1988.
|c|Persons commencing community service orders|c|
|c|by hours specified, 1988|c|
Hours specified |Number
------------------------------------------------------
40 and less than 100 |7,490
100 and less than 150 |13,670
150 and less than 200 |7,850
200 to 240 inclusive |5,900
|---
Total |34,900
Source:
Probation Statistics England and Wales 1988.
Neighbourhood Watch
Mr. Burns : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood watch schemes there were in the Chelmsford local authority area in June 1983, June 1984, June 1987 and the latest available date.
Mr. John Patten : I understand from Essex police that there were no neighbourhood watch schemes in June 1983 or June 1984 in the area covered by the Chelmsford sub-division of Essex police, which covers very nearly the same area as the local authority area. The first scheme in this area was set up on 31 October 1984. There were 128 neighbourhood watch schemes at the beginning of June 1987 and at the beginning of June 1990 there were estimated to be 217 schemes in the area.
Chelmsford Prison
Mr. Burns : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures his Department is taking to reduce overcrowding at Chelmsford prison ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor : The Government's overall strategy of reducing the number committed to custody while increasing the number of places available is, notwithstanding the recent disturbances, well on the way to drastically reducing overcrowding in prisons in the next two or three years. Meanwhile Chelmsford, along with other local
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prisons and remand centres, many of which are similarly overcrowded, must hold those whom the courts commit to custody. The current industrial action by the local branch of the Prison Officers Association at Chelmsford is not the way to solve the problem. It simply means that prisoners have to be held in even less suitable conditions in police cells.Correspondence
Miss Hoey : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 11 March from the Central Council of Physical Recreation on the subject of a single agency licensing authority for sports centres.
Mr. John Patten : A reply has been sent.
Colombia
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from Colombia, seeking to visit friends and family in Britain, have been refused leave of entry to the United Kingdom in the six month period (a) from January 1990, (b) between June 1989 and January 1990 and (c) between January 1989 and June 1989 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The centrally available information is as follows :
Period |Number of
|Colombian nationals
|refused leave to enter
|and removed
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January to June 1989 |312
July to December 1989 |327
January to April 1990 |212
From this information persons seeking to visit friends and family in Britain cannot be distinguished. More specific information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Royal Prerogative of Mercy
Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list separately for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available the number of cases in which the royal prerogative of mercy was exercised (a) on grounds affecting the original conviction and (b) on other grounds, where the following actions were taken : (i) free pardon, (ii) remission of imprisonment, (iii) remission of borstal training, (iv) remission of detention and (v) remission of fine ; if he will list separately the number of these cases that involved road traffic offences ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : The tables give details of the information requested.
|c|Table I|c|
|c|Free Pardons (including those relating to road traffic offences)|c|
Years |Total |Pardon |Pardon |Number of
|number of |granted on |granted for |pardons
|pardons |grounds |other |relating to
|affecting |reasons |road traffic
|the original |offences
|conviction
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1980 |282 |270 |12 |268
1981 |168 |161 |7 |155
1982 |84 |75 |9 |72
1983 |143 |133 |10 |131
1984 |60 |60 |- |42
1985 |92 |38 |54 |85
1986 |28 |26 |2 |20
1987 |41 |35 |6 |29
1988 |39 |32 |7 |29
1989 |50 |37 |13 |39
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |987 |867 |120 |870
|c|Table II|c|
|c|Remission of imprisonment|c|
Years |Total |Remission |Remission |Number of
|number of |granted |granted |remissions
|remissions |on grounds |for other |involving
|affecting |reasons |road traffic
|the original |offences<1>
|conviction
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1980 |180 |2 |178 |13
1981 |131 |1 |130 |12
1982 |129 |- |129 |14
1983 |103 |- |103 |12
1984 |60 |- |60 |8
1985 |78 |- |78 |5
1986 |91 |- |91 |13
1987 |70 |- |70 |7
1988 |69 |- |69 |12
1989 |71 |- |71 |11
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |982 |3 |979 |107
<1>Includes cases where a road traffic offence form part of the conviction.
|c|Table III|c|
|c|Remission of borstal training/youth custody/|c|
|c|detention in a young offenders institution|c|
Years |Total |Remission |Remission |Number of
|number of |granted |granted |remissions
|remissions |on grounds |for other |involving
|affecting |reasons |road traffic
|the original |offences<2>
|conviction
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1980 |7 |- |7 |-
1981 |7 |- |7 |3
1982 |4 |- |4 |1
<1>1983 |<1>73 |- |73 |9
1984 |24 |- |24 |4
1985 |31 |- |31 |4
1986 |21 |- |21 |2
1987 |18 |- |18 |2
1988 |19 |- |19 |1
1989 |17 |- |17 |3
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |221 |- |221 |29
<1>Fifty-two cases involved the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in
order to avoid any change to the release date brought about by the change
from Borstal Training to Youth Custody.
<2>Includes cases where a road traffic offence form part of the conviction.
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|c|Table IV-Remission of Detention|c|
Years |Total |Remission |Remission |Number of
|number of |granted |granted |remissions
|remissions |on grounds |for other |involving
|affecting |reasons |road traffic
|the original |offences<1>
|conviction
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1980 |3 |- |3 |1
1981 |2 |- |2 |-
1982 |4 |- |4 |-
1983 |2 |- |2 |1
1984 |1 |- |1 |-
1985 |1 |- |1 |1
|---- |---- |---- |----
Total |13 |- |13 |3
<1> Includes cases where a road traffic offence forms part of the conviction.
|c|Table V-Remission of Fines|c|
Years |Total |Remission |Remission |Number of
|number of |granted |granted |remissions
|remissions |on grounds |for other |involving
|affecting |reasons |road traffic
|the original |offences
|conviction
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980 |83 |75 |8 |76
1981 |79 |57 |22 |56
1982 |92 |87 |5 |89
1983 |14 |3 |11 |13
1984 |13 |- |13 |12
1985 |31 |8 |23 |26
1986 |1 |1 |- |-
1987 |9 |8 |1 |4
1988 |4 |4 |- |2
1989 |2 |1 |1 |2
|---- |---- |---- |----
Total |328 |244 |84 |280
Police Complaints Authority
Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the total number of criminal convictions arising out of criminal charges which arose out of cases (a) supervised and (b) unsupervised by the Police Complaints Authority in each of the last four years for which figures are available ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : Information relating to the numbers of police officers convicted of offences, following complaints made by members of the public, are published each year in the annual reports of Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary (for all forces in England and Wales other than the Metropolitan police) and of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, copies of which may be found in the Library. Information distinguishing those cases where the investigation was supervised by the Police Complaints Authority is not available.
Court of Appeal (References)
Mr. Sedgemore : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list separately for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available the number of cases referred by him to the Court of Appeal under section 17(1) (a) of the Court of Appeal Act 1968 in respect of conviction ; and for each such year (a) the number of defendants involved, (b) the number of appeals allowed and (c) the number of appeals dismissed ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. John Patten : The table gives details of the cases referred to the Court of Appeal under section 17(1) (a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 in respect of conviction since 1980.
|c|References by the Home Secretary to the Court of Appeal under|c|
|c|Section 17(1)(a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 in respect of|c|
|c|conviction|c|
Years Number of Number of Appeals
|cases referred|defendants |Allowed |Dismissed
|involved
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1980 |3 |3 |1 |2
1981 |1 |1 |- |1
1982 |4 |7 |4 |-
1983 |3 |3 |3 |-
1984 |<1>12 |14 |3 |6
1985 |4 |4 |2 |2
1986 |4 |4 |1 |3
1987 |6 |13 |3 |3
1988 |<2>2 |2 |- |1
1989 |<3>3 |6 |2 |-
|-- |-- |-- |--
Total |42 |57 |19 |18
<1> 3 cases abandoned.
<2> 1 case abandoned.
<3> 1 case to be heard by the Court of Appeal.
Animal Experiments
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recommendations were made to his Department to curtail or end the work of Professor Feldberg at the National Institute of Medical Research.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : None, before the publicity which was given to Professor Feldberg's work in May this year.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department specifically gave its approval for the use by Professor Feldberg of an anglepoise lamp as a heat source on experiments involving rabbits.
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