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Textiles and Clothing
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs have been lost in the textile and clothing industries in each of the last 12 months.
Mr. Jackson [pursuant to his reply, 24 October 1990,c. 240] : I regret that my reply of 24 October 1990 contained two incorrect figures. The correct information is set out hereafter.
Employers in textile and clothing
industries
Textiles and clothing excluding
footwear
(Great Britain)
|Net monthly
| change
|(thousands)
------------------------------------
1989
August |5.8
September |0.2
October |-1.1
November |1.1
December |-3.2
1990
January |-0.6
February |-5.9
March |-0.5
April |-0.8
May |-0.3
June |-0.7
July |1.4
August |-0.8
Deaf-blind People
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consideration he has given to the employment and training needs of deaf- blind people.
Mr. Jackson [holding answer 29 October 1990] : My Department provides a service for all people with disabilities treating each as an individual and identifying the most appropriate action. People who are deaf -blind can use the full range of Employment Department services available to anyone with a disability including those services offered by the network of employment rehabilitation centres and ASSET centres. Through them we have been able to refer some deaf-blind people for specialist help through the close links maintained with organisations such as RNIB and SENSE. As outlined in the consultative document, "Employment and Training for People with Disabilities", we are intending to expand access to specialist help further by increasingly providing employment rehabilitation through agents such as voluntary bodies. We are also intending to strengthen the training given to disablement resettlement officers and the disablement advisory service with a view to providing a more professional and effective service.
In training we try to encourage integrated provision although there is specialist help available mainly through the residential providers which cater for the particular needs of deaf-blind trainees. Training and enterprise councils now have responsibility for co-ordinating training locally and they will address the particular needs of their local community which may include developing provision for deaf-blind trainees.
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether hearing and sight impaired communication equipment is available to deaf- blind people through the disablement advisory service.
Mr. Jackson [holding answer 29 October 1990] : Questions on operational matters in the Employment Service executive agency are the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the Agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.
Footwear and Textile Industries
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the numbers of those employed in the footwear and textile industries per month, by industry, using the latest figures available, since April 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Jackson [holding answer 29 October 1990] : The numbers of employees in the footwear and textile industries are supplied in the table :
Employees in footwear and textile industries
(Standard Industrial Classification 1980)
Great Britain
Thousands
|Footwear SIC|Textiles SIC
|Group 451 |Class 43
----------------------------------------------------
1990
April |44.7 |208.6
May |44.0 |207.7
June |44.6 |207.1
July |44.9 |207.7
August |45.0 |207.2
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Investigations
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the results or progress of any investigations into (a) Caird Development Ltd. and (b) Cleveland Fuels Ltd. in respect of recent acquisitions or any other matters.
Mr. Redwood : I cannot discuss the affairs of individual companies.
Supervisory Bodies
222. Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will be seeking any assurances on democracy and openness from the organisations applying for supervisory body status under the Companies Act 1989.
Mr. Redwood : In general these are matters to be determined by the constitution of the body and by its membership. However, under the Companies Act 1989 the Secretary of State can recognise a supervisory body only if it appears to him that its rules and practices relating to membership, eligibility as a company auditor and discipline are fair and reasonable and include adequate provision for appeals.
Company Legislation
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has any plans to exempt any auditing firms from the monitoring and compliance rules in accordance with schedule 11 (10) of Companies Act 1989.
Mr. Redwood : Under paragraph 10 of schedule 11 of the Companies Act 1989 anybody seeking recognition as a supervisory body under part II of the Act must have adequate arrangements and resources for the effective monitoring and enforcement of compliance with its rules. The Secretary of State must be satisfied that an applicant's proposals meet this requirement before he can recognise the body.
Accountancy Profession
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will provide a list of the disciplinary cases he has asked the accountancy profession to investigate.
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Mr. Redwood : Since 1988 my Department has referred 15 cases where members' conduct was thought to warrant consideration by their professional body.Audit Policy
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has any plans to require that before any organisation is granted supervisory status in audit or accountancy, its rules should include disclosure of partners' fees, and partnership donations for political or charitable purposes.
Mr. Redwood : The Secretary of State has no power to refuse recognition on these grounds.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many representations his Department has made in the years 1989 and 1990 to (a) CCAB Ltd. and (b) the Auditing Practices Committee ; what topics those representations covered ; and whether he will place the text of all such representations in the Library.
Mr. Redwood : My Department discusses matters of concern as necessary with representatives of the CCAB. It also participates fully in the work of the Auditing Practices Committee through its non-voting membership of the committee, and it comments on the committee's exposure drafts. Copies of responses to exposure drafts are available in the libraries of the CCAB bodies, and I have placed in the Library a copy of the Department's written comments made since January last year.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his policy on any organisation granted supervisory status in audit or accountancy having rules to prevent auditors from having the beneficial ownership of shares in the companies they audit.
Mr. Redwood : Under the Companies Act 1989, the Secretary of State cannot recognise a supervisory body unless it appears to him to have adequate rules and practices in respect of professional integrity and independence.
Accounting Standards Board
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what indications he now has as to the work programme of the Accounting Standards Board.
Mr. Redwood : As has been indicated in its public bulletins, the Accounting Standards Board has adopted the statements of standard accounting practice extant at 1 August, formulated a policy on statements of recommended accounting practice, and dealt with a number of procedural matters. It is currently engaged in consideration of a number of basic issues of principle as a precursor to work on individual accounting standards.
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Company Accounts
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will seek to ensure that all employees of public limited companies receive a short version of the companies' accounts and a notice telling them where the long version may be consulted.
Mr. Redwood : No. It is for companies to decide how best to communicate with those of its employees who are not shareholders in the company.
Company Management
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in how many public limited liability companies the position of chairperson and chief executive are combined.
Mr. Redwood : This information is not available from Government sources. Information relating to appointments in individual companies is, however, open to public inspection at Companies house.
Import Penetration
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to reduce import penetration.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The Department's policies aim to foster the competitiveness of British industry.
Brewing Industry
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met the Director General of Fair Trading to discuss the developing structure of the brewing industry.
Mr. Redwood : I met the Director General of Fair Trading on 22 August to discuss a wide variety of competition issues. My Department keeps in close touch with the Office of Fair Trading, which is monitoring developments in the brewing industry in the light of the 1989 MMC report on the supply of beer.
Regional Assistance
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the Official Report the amount of regional preferential assistance paid to each standard region of England, Scotland and Wales in each year from 1978-79 to the most recent available date in (a) cash and (b) constant prices and with an annual index.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The requested information with regard to regional preferential assistance from 1978-79 to the most recent year is as follows :
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Table 3 Index |1988-89 prices --------------------------------------------- 1978-79 |45.5 1979-80 |53.1 1980-81 |62.9 1981-82 |69.0 1982-83 |74.0 1983-84 |77.5 1984-85 |81.3 1985-86 |85.7 1986-87 |88.6 1987-88 |93.4 1988-89 |100.0 1989-90 |106.5 Notes to tables 1, 2 and 3: 1. All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries. 2. The totals do not always equal the sum of the component parts because of rounding. 3. Includes some minor expenditure in west midlands in respect of Oswestry TTWA which ceased to be an assisted area in 1982-83. 4. Certain TTWAs in the west midlands were designated as assisted areas on 29 November 1984. 5. Expenditure on a 1988-89 price basis for each year is calculated by applying the appropriate deflator to expenditure at current prices. 6. Includes expenditure in Cumbria, otherwise shown within the totals for northern region. The items included in the expenditure are regional development grants, regional selective assistance and regional enterprise grants; expenditure on land and factories by the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies, the Development Board for Rural Wales, and the Highlands and Islands Development Board.
Table 3 Index |1988-89 prices --------------------------------------------- 1978-79 |45.5 1979-80 |53.1 1980-81 |62.9 1981-82 |69.0 1982-83 |74.0 1983-84 |77.5 1984-85 |81.3 1985-86 |85.7 1986-87 |88.6 1987-88 |93.4 1988-89 |100.0 1989-90 |106.5 Notes to tables 1, 2 and 3: 1. All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries. 2. The totals do not always equal the sum of the component parts because of rounding. 3. Includes some minor expenditure in west midlands in respect of Oswestry TTWA which ceased to be an assisted area in 1982-83. 4. Certain TTWAs in the west midlands were designated as assisted areas on 29 November 1984. 5. Expenditure on a 1988-89 price basis for each year is calculated by applying the appropriate deflator to expenditure at current prices. 6. Includes expenditure in Cumbria, otherwise shown within the totals for northern region. The items included in the expenditure are regional development grants, regional selective assistance and regional enterprise grants; expenditure on land and factories by the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies, the Development Board for Rural Wales, and the Highlands and Islands Development Board.
Table 3 Index |1988-89 prices --------------------------------------------- 1978-79 |45.5 1979-80 |53.1 1980-81 |62.9 1981-82 |69.0 1982-83 |74.0 1983-84 |77.5 1984-85 |81.3 1985-86 |85.7 1986-87 |88.6 1987-88 |93.4 1988-89 |100.0 1989-90 |106.5 Notes to tables 1, 2 and 3: 1. All figures are gross and include payments to nationalised industries. 2. The totals do not always equal the sum of the component parts because of rounding. 3. Includes some minor expenditure in west midlands in respect of Oswestry TTWA which ceased to be an assisted area in 1982-83. 4. Certain TTWAs in the west midlands were designated as assisted areas on 29 November 1984. 5. Expenditure on a 1988-89 price basis for each year is calculated by applying the appropriate deflator to expenditure at current prices. 6. Includes expenditure in Cumbria, otherwise shown within the totals for northern region. The items included in the expenditure are regional development grants, regional selective assistance and regional enterprise grants; expenditure on land and factories by the English Industrial Estates Corporation, the Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies, the Development Board for Rural Wales, and the Highlands and Islands Development Board.
Scottish Companies
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the number of (a) Scottish registered public limited companies, (b) Scottish companies quoted on the unlisted securities market and (c) what has been the change in Scottish quoted companies, in percentage terms, between 1979 and 1989.
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Mr. Redwood : At 19 October there were 531 Scottish registered public limited companies.
The number of Scottish companies quoted on the unlisted securities market is a matter for the International Stock Exchange, as therefore is the change in percentage terms between 1979 and 1989.
Textiles
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the amount of textiles (a) imported and (b) exported by the United Kingdom in each year since 1979.
Mr. Sainsbury : Figures showing the total value of United Kingdom imports and exports of textiles (SITC division 65) are published in the annual editions of Overseas Trade Statistics, which can be consulted in the House of Commons Library.
Company Directors (Disqualification)
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the guidelines from his Department to insolvency practitioners as to the requirements for prosecution of a case for disqualification of a company director reported by a liquidator to be unfit to hold the position ; and if he will make a statement on any proposed changes to such guidelines.
Mr. Redwood : My Department issues written guidance notes to insolvency practitioners on the completion of statutory returns and reports on the conduct of directors of insolvent companies. The notes, which were last revised in March 1987, are in the process of revision to take into consideration the general attitude of the courts to disqualification applications, recently decided cases and the views of official receivers and insolvency practitioners. The insolvency service also communicates with insolvency practitioners on disqualification matters through the insolvency practitioners' joint liaison
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committee, which represents insolvency practitioners and members of five of the recognised professional bodies on technical matters, and through a series of "Dear IP" letters. Members of thedisqualification unit also visit insolvency practitioners frequently to discuss disqualification work.
I have placed copies of the guidance notes in the Libraries of the House.
Agency Recognition
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will outline the terms of remit of the Office of Fair Trading inquiry into agency recognition requirements for all media ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood : I understand that officials of the Director General of Fair Trading are in discussion with various associations of publishers concerning the terms of their agency recognition agreements in relation to the provisions of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976.
Monopolies and Mergers
Mr. Paice : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he intends to make a further reference of a public sector body to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission under section 11 of the Competition Act 1980.
Mr. Redwood : As part of its regular programme of efficiency studies of nationalised industries, the commission has been asked to look into the service provided by London Underground Ltd. The formal reference was made today. It asks the MMC to look at whether LUL could improve its quality of service through greater efficiency and at whether cost savings could be made without affecting quality of service or the programme of safety improvements which LUL is already undertaking. The Commission will report in six months. A copy of the reference has been placed in the Library.
Accountancy Bodies
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which accountancy bodies have applied under the Companies Act 1989 for recognition of their professional qualification.
Mr. Redwood : To date, the following bodies have applied for recognition :
(i) The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, (
(ii) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, (
(iii) The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. I have placed a copy of each application in the Library of the House. Certain material submitted in confidence has been excluded from the copy placed in the Library.
Chartered Institute of Accountants in England and Wales
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what independent advice he proposes to seek in evaluating whether the Chartered Institute of Accountants in England and Wales is a fit body to exercise supervisory powers under the Companies Act 1989.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 29 October 1990] : My right hon. Friend will carry out such consultation as he
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thinks necessary to enable him to reach a view on any application for recognition as a supervisory body under the Companies Act 1989.Company Directors
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when companies will be required to identify the amount of non-audit fees paid to directors.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 29 October 1990] : I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the power in section 390B of the Companies Act 1985, inserted into that Act by section 121 of the Companies Act 1989, to make regulations requiring the disclosure of non-audit fees paid to auditors or their associates. The Department is currently consulting interested parties on the drafting of the regulations.
Environment Conference
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he, or officials of his Department, have been invited to participate in the conference on environmental opportunities and market forecast organised by the Environment Council in London on 15-16 November.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 22 October 1990] : I am pleased to report that a speaker from my Department's research agency, Warren Spring Laboratory, will be present at this conference.
Enterprise Initiative
Dr. Bray : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is considering extending the enterprise initiative to companies with more than 50 employees.
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 29 October 1990] : The consultancy initiatives are already available to independent firms and members of groups of under 500 employees. There are no plans to extend the small firms merit award for research and technology (SMART) to firms of over 50 employees, but the number of awards has been increased this year from 150 to 180.
Dr. Bray : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is considering extending the length of the enterprise initiative.
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 29 October 1990] : As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced on 9 October, the consultancy initiatives are to be extended for a final three years from 1 April 1991.
EC Assistance
Dr. Bray : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission with a view to developing new schemes of assistance for industry.
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 29 October 1990] : I have had no discussions with the European Commission on this matter.
Company Research Projects
Dr. Bray : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give details of any proposed new schemes for the financial support of single company research projects ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 29 October 1990] : I have reviewed recently our support of research and development for small and medium-sized enterprises. As a result we plan to announce, early in the new year, a scheme to provide support for single companies for product and process development. At present, I am unable to give further details as the operation of the scheme has still to be agreed and European Commission approval obtained.Business Academic Links
Dr. Bray : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to improve links between business and the academic community.
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 29 October 1990] : My Department actively promotes links between business and academia by providing advice and financial support, and funding up to half the eligible costs of approved collaborative research projects between academic institutions and industry under schemes such as LINK, the advanced technology programmes, and general industrial collaborative projects.
We also support such links through the teaching company scheme which enables graduates to work in industry under joint supervision of a company and an academic ; through the national electronics research initiative, which encourages secondment of employees to centres of research excellence at universities and Government research establishments ; and through
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support for a network of regional technology centres (RTCs) which give firms access to technical expertise in universities and polytechnics. The Secretary of State plans to introduce a programme to strengthen RTCs acting as intermediaries between the science base and small and medium-sized firms. Government also provide support for science parks at universities and polytechnics and forinterdisciplinary research centres staffed by teams of scientists and people seconded from industry.
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give a breakdown of inward investment in the United Kingdom by standard English region and for Scotland and Wales for each year since 1974, showing the amount received in each region as a proportion of the total in each year.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : These figures are available only from 1979. However, the tables sets out the number of investment decisions known to the Invest in Britain Bureau for the calendar years 1979 to 1989 and the associated jobs for the United Kingdom by region. Comparable information on the total level of financial investment by inward investors is not available.
The decisions recorded include the establishment of new business, expansion or acquisition of an existing business and involvement in joint venture. The figures are based on information provided by the companies themselves at the time of the investment and take no account of subsequent developments.
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North West Yorkshire/Humberside West Midlands East Midlands
|Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total
|of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs
|projects |jobs |projects |jobs |projects |jobs |projects |jobs
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1979 |9 |379 |<1>- |379 |27 |1,176 |<1>- |1,176 |11 |864 |<1>- |864 |15 |1,174 |<1>- |1,174
|(4.9) |(2.6) |<1>- |(2.6) |(14.8) |(8.2) |<1>- |(8.2) |(6.0) |(6.0) |<1>- |(6.0) |(8.2) |(8.2) |<1>- |(8.2)
1980 |15 |913 |<1>- |913 |17 |890 |<1>- |890 |3 |1,040 |<1>- |1,040 |5 |276 |<1>- |276
|(9.7) |(4.9) |<1>- |(4.9) |(11.0) |(4.8) |<1>- |(4.8) |(1.9) |(5.6) |<1>- |(5.6) |(3.2) |(1.5) |<1>- |(1.5)
1981 |12 |1,177 |<1>- |1,177 |6 |167 |<1>- |167 |7 |425 |<1>- |425 |8 |290 |<1>- |290
|(9.0) |(7.2) |<1>- |(7.2) |(4.5) |(1.0) |<1>- |(1.0) |(5.3) |(2.6) |<1>- |(2.6) |(6.0) |(1.8) |<1>- |(1.8)
1982 |14 |1,291 |<1>- |1,291 |7 |104 |<1>- |104 |1 |100 |<1>- |100 |13 |848 |<1>- |848
|(10.5) |(12.3) |<1>- |(12.3) |(5.3) |(0.9) |<1>- |(1.0) |(0.7) |(0.9) |<1>- |(0.9) |(9.8) |(8.1) |<1>- |(8.1)
1983 |22 |709 |1,114 |1,823 |10 |345 |502 |847 |13 |1,201 |3,179 |4,380 |12 |939 |80 |1,019
|(9.3) |(4.6) |(7.3) |(5.9) |(4.2) |(2.2) |(3.3) |(2.7) |(5.5) |(7.7) |(20.8) |(14.2) |(5.1) |(6.0) |(0.5) |(3.3)
1984 |40 |1,135 |1,911 |3,046 |7 |119 |860 |979 |14 |1,531 |5,240 |6,771 |11 |658 |303 |961
|(12.2) |(4.2) |(9.9) |(6.6) |(2.1) |(0.4) |(4.5) |(2.1) |(4.3) |(5.6) |(27.2) |(14.6) |(3.4) |(2.4) |(1.6) |(2.1)
1985 |28 |2,271 |1,378 |3,649 |16 |2,263 |2,969 |5,232 |63 |5,197 |1,375 |6,572 |19 |778 |0 |778
|(7.5) |(8.9) |(7.4) |(8.2) |(4.3) |(8.8) |(15.9) |(11.8) |(16.8) |(20.3) |(7.4) |(14.8) |(5.1) |(3.0) |- |(1.8)
1986 |34 |1,400 |1,389 |2,789 |11 |158 |57 |215 |74 |4,393 |1,899 |6,292 |15 |557 |20 |577
|(10.0) |(8.6) |(12.9) |(10.3) |(3.2) |(0.9) |(0.5) |(0.7) |(21.8) |(27.0) |(17.7) |(23.3) |(4.4) |(3.4) |(0.1) |(2.1)
1987 |28 |1,323 |4,896 |6,219 |23 |1,147 |961 |2,108 |59 |3,079 |2,271 |5,350 |11 |456 |398 |854
|(8.6) |(6.1) |(24.1) |(14.1) |(7.1) |(5.3) |(4.7) |(5.0) |(18.2) |(14.2) |(11.2) |(12.8) |(3.4) |(2.1) |(2.0) |(2.0)
1988 |30 |1,763 |3,844 |5,607 |23 |1,790 |380 |2,170 |69 |3,671 |7,840 |11,511 |18 |1,139 |880 |2,019
|(8.5) |(6.4) |(17.7) |(10.9) |(5.7) |(6.4) |(2.1) |(4.7) |(19.6) |(13.3) |(42.8) |(25.0) |(5.2) |(4.1) |(4.8) |(4.4)
1989 |52 |2,646 |4,538 |7,184 |11 |600 |1,100 |1,700 |87 |5,629 |7,035 |12,664 |11 |4,073 |2,420 |6,783
|(15.9) |(8.6) |(17.0) |(12.5) |(3.4) |(1.9) |(4.1) |(3.0) |(26.6) |(18.3) |(26.2) |(22.0) |(3.3) |(13.2) |(9.0) |(11.6)
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North West Yorkshire/Humberside West Midlands East Midlands
|Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total
|of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs
|projects |jobs |projects |jobs |projects |jobs |projects |jobs
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1979 |9 |379 |<1>- |379 |27 |1,176 |<1>- |1,176 |11 |864 |<1>- |864 |15 |1,174 |<1>- |1,174
|(4.9) |(2.6) |<1>- |(2.6) |(14.8) |(8.2) |<1>- |(8.2) |(6.0) |(6.0) |<1>- |(6.0) |(8.2) |(8.2) |<1>- |(8.2)
1980 |15 |913 |<1>- |913 |17 |890 |<1>- |890 |3 |1,040 |<1>- |1,040 |5 |276 |<1>- |276
|(9.7) |(4.9) |<1>- |(4.9) |(11.0) |(4.8) |<1>- |(4.8) |(1.9) |(5.6) |<1>- |(5.6) |(3.2) |(1.5) |<1>- |(1.5)
1981 |12 |1,177 |<1>- |1,177 |6 |167 |<1>- |167 |7 |425 |<1>- |425 |8 |290 |<1>- |290
|(9.0) |(7.2) |<1>- |(7.2) |(4.5) |(1.0) |<1>- |(1.0) |(5.3) |(2.6) |<1>- |(2.6) |(6.0) |(1.8) |<1>- |(1.8)
1982 |14 |1,291 |<1>- |1,291 |7 |104 |<1>- |104 |1 |100 |<1>- |100 |13 |848 |<1>- |848
|(10.5) |(12.3) |<1>- |(12.3) |(5.3) |(0.9) |<1>- |(1.0) |(0.7) |(0.9) |<1>- |(0.9) |(9.8) |(8.1) |<1>- |(8.1)
1983 |22 |709 |1,114 |1,823 |10 |345 |502 |847 |13 |1,201 |3,179 |4,380 |12 |939 |80 |1,019
|(9.3) |(4.6) |(7.3) |(5.9) |(4.2) |(2.2) |(3.3) |(2.7) |(5.5) |(7.7) |(20.8) |(14.2) |(5.1) |(6.0) |(0.5) |(3.3)
1984 |40 |1,135 |1,911 |3,046 |7 |119 |860 |979 |14 |1,531 |5,240 |6,771 |11 |658 |303 |961
|(12.2) |(4.2) |(9.9) |(6.6) |(2.1) |(0.4) |(4.5) |(2.1) |(4.3) |(5.6) |(27.2) |(14.6) |(3.4) |(2.4) |(1.6) |(2.1)
1985 |28 |2,271 |1,378 |3,649 |16 |2,263 |2,969 |5,232 |63 |5,197 |1,375 |6,572 |19 |778 |0 |778
|(7.5) |(8.9) |(7.4) |(8.2) |(4.3) |(8.8) |(15.9) |(11.8) |(16.8) |(20.3) |(7.4) |(14.8) |(5.1) |(3.0) |- |(1.8)
1986 |34 |1,400 |1,389 |2,789 |11 |158 |57 |215 |74 |4,393 |1,899 |6,292 |15 |557 |20 |577
|(10.0) |(8.6) |(12.9) |(10.3) |(3.2) |(0.9) |(0.5) |(0.7) |(21.8) |(27.0) |(17.7) |(23.3) |(4.4) |(3.4) |(0.1) |(2.1)
1987 |28 |1,323 |4,896 |6,219 |23 |1,147 |961 |2,108 |59 |3,079 |2,271 |5,350 |11 |456 |398 |854
|(8.6) |(6.1) |(24.1) |(14.1) |(7.1) |(5.3) |(4.7) |(5.0) |(18.2) |(14.2) |(11.2) |(12.8) |(3.4) |(2.1) |(2.0) |(2.0)
1988 |30 |1,763 |3,844 |5,607 |23 |1,790 |380 |2,170 |69 |3,671 |7,840 |11,511 |18 |1,139 |880 |2,019
|(8.5) |(6.4) |(17.7) |(10.9) |(5.7) |(6.4) |(2.1) |(4.7) |(19.6) |(13.3) |(42.8) |(25.0) |(5.2) |(4.1) |(4.8) |(4.4)
1989 |52 |2,646 |4,538 |7,184 |11 |600 |1,100 |1,700 |87 |5,629 |7,035 |12,664 |11 |4,073 |2,420 |6,783
|(15.9) |(8.6) |(17.0) |(12.5) |(3.4) |(1.9) |(4.1) |(3.0) |(26.6) |(18.3) |(26.2) |(22.0) |(3.3) |(13.2) |(9.0) |(11.6)
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North West Yorkshire/Humberside West Midlands East Midlands
|Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total |Number |New |Safe- |Total
|of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs |of |jobs |guarded |jobs
|projects |jobs |projects |jobs |projects |jobs |projects |jobs
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1979 |9 |379 |<1>- |379 |27 |1,176 |<1>- |1,176 |11 |864 |<1>- |864 |15 |1,174 |<1>- |1,174
|(4.9) |(2.6) |<1>- |(2.6) |(14.8) |(8.2) |<1>- |(8.2) |(6.0) |(6.0) |<1>- |(6.0) |(8.2) |(8.2) |<1>- |(8.2)
1980 |15 |913 |<1>- |913 |17 |890 |<1>- |890 |3 |1,040 |<1>- |1,040 |5 |276 |<1>- |276
|(9.7) |(4.9) |<1>- |(4.9) |(11.0) |(4.8) |<1>- |(4.8) |(1.9) |(5.6) |<1>- |(5.6) |(3.2) |(1.5) |<1>- |(1.5)
1981 |12 |1,177 |<1>- |1,177 |6 |167 |<1>- |167 |7 |425 |<1>- |425 |8 |290 |<1>- |290
|(9.0) |(7.2) |<1>- |(7.2) |(4.5) |(1.0) |<1>- |(1.0) |(5.3) |(2.6) |<1>- |(2.6) |(6.0) |(1.8) |<1>- |(1.8)
1982 |14 |1,291 |<1>- |1,291 |7 |104 |<1>- |104 |1 |100 |<1>- |100 |13 |848 |<1>- |848
|(10.5) |(12.3) |<1>- |(12.3) |(5.3) |(0.9) |<1>- |(1.0) |(0.7) |(0.9) |<1>- |(0.9) |(9.8) |(8.1) |<1>- |(8.1)
1983 |22 |709 |1,114 |1,823 |10 |345 |502 |847 |13 |1,201 |3,179 |4,380 |12 |939 |80 |1,019
|(9.3) |(4.6) |(7.3) |(5.9) |(4.2) |(2.2) |(3.3) |(2.7) |(5.5) |(7.7) |(20.8) |(14.2) |(5.1) |(6.0) |(0.5) |(3.3)
1984 |40 |1,135 |1,911 |3,046 |7 |119 |860 |979 |14 |1,531 |5,240 |6,771 |11 |658 |303 |961
|(12.2) |(4.2) |(9.9) |(6.6) |(2.1) |(0.4) |(4.5) |(2.1) |(4.3) |(5.6) |(27.2) |(14.6) |(3.4) |(2.4) |(1.6) |(2.1)
1985 |28 |2,271 |1,378 |3,649 |16 |2,263 |2,969 |5,232 |63 |5,197 |1,375 |6,572 |19 |778 |0 |778
|(7.5) |(8.9) |(7.4) |(8.2) |(4.3) |(8.8) |(15.9) |(11.8) |(16.8) |(20.3) |(7.4) |(14.8) |(5.1) |(3.0) |- |(1.8)
1986 |34 |1,400 |1,389 |2,789 |11 |158 |57 |215 |74 |4,393 |1,899 |6,292 |15 |557 |20 |577
|(10.0) |(8.6) |(12.9) |(10.3) |(3.2) |(0.9) |(0.5) |(0.7) |(21.8) |(27.0) |(17.7) |(23.3) |(4.4) |(3.4) |(0.1) |(2.1)
1987 |28 |1,323 |4,896 |6,219 |23 |1,147 |961 |2,108 |59 |3,079 |2,271 |5,350 |11 |456 |398 |854
|(8.6) |(6.1) |(24.1) |(14.1) |(7.1) |(5.3) |(4.7) |(5.0) |(18.2) |(14.2) |(11.2) |(12.8) |(3.4) |(2.1) |(2.0) |(2.0)
1988 |30 |1,763 |3,844 |5,607 |23 |1,790 |380 |2,170 |69 |3,671 |7,840 |11,511 |18 |1,139 |880 |2,019
|(8.5) |(6.4) |(17.7) |(10.9) |(5.7) |(6.4) |(2.1) |(4.7) |(19.6) |(13.3) |(42.8) |(25.0) |(5.2) |(4.1) |(4.8) |(4.4)
1989 |52 |2,646 |4,538 |7,184 |11 |600 |1,100 |1,700 |87 |5,629 |7,035 |12,664 |11 |4,073 |2,420 |6,783
|(15.9) |(8.6) |(17.0) |(12.5) |(3.4) |(1.9) |(4.1) |(3.0) |(26.6) |(18.3) |(26.2) |(22.0) |(3.3) |(13.2) |(9.0) |(11.6)
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ENERGY
Non-nuclear Energy
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement in respect of what non-nuclear applications for energy he will be financing in 1994.
Mr. Moynihan : My expectation is that the general coverage of my Department's research, development and demonstration work will remain broadly similar to that at present. It is not possible, however, at this time, to be more specific about the detail of individual programmes.
Wave Energy
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy on what date he will conclude his review of Professor Stephen Salter's nodding duck device to produce electricity from wave power ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Moynihan : The wave energy review now in progress is examining the prospects for wave energy in the United Kingdom across the whole range from shoreline to large-scale offshore devices. When the work has been completed, including collection of some additional wave energy data, a final report will be published in 1991.
The review is being conducted in stages. Two progress reports have already been circulated for comment to the wave research and development community and have also been placed in the Library of the House.
It is intended that an interim report will be published early in 1991. This interim report will address offshore wave energy including progress on the assessment of Professor Salter's nodding duck device.
Mr. Jopling : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what research has been carried out over the last 10 years on obtaining energy from wave power ; what is currently being carried on ; how long those programmes will last ; and what costs are involved.
Mr. Moynihan : A major programme of wave energy research and development funded by the Department of Energy was carried out from 1974 to 1983 and cost approximately £15.5 million. The programme is described in ETSU R26, published in March 1985. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library of the House.
Since 1983, wave energy research has focused on near-shore and small-scale shoreline devices. On the island of Islay in Scotland, a project funded by the Department is currently being carried out by Queen's university, Belfast to construct and monitor an experimental oscillating water column shoreline device. Queen's university is also carrying out a survey funded by the Department to assess the near-shore and shoreline wave energy resource.
In addition the Department is updating its earlier wave energy studies and a review is now in hand to examine the prospects for wave energy across the whole range from shoreline to large-scale offshore devices. Two progress reports have already been circulated for comment to the wave research and development community and have also been placed in the Library of the House. It is intended that an interim report will be published early in 1991 and a final report published later that year.
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The Department will re-examine its policy on wave energy research and development in the light of the results of the review. Total funding by the Department since 1983, including committed expenditure, for the Islay project, wave energy surveys, work in support of the review and other wave energy work has amounted to about £2.5 million.Piper Alpha
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he exects to receive the report of the Cullen inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster.
Mr. Moynihan : I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Hughes) on 22 October 1990, at column 16.
Research and Development
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, for the current financial year, a breakdown of the money his Department is spending on research and development.
Mr. Moynihan : The supply estimates 1990-91, class V, vote 2, Department of Energy research and development and industrial support, set out the Department's provision for R and D expenditure by programme, as follows :
|£ million
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Nuclear R and D |128.886
Energy Efficiency R and D |10.990
Oil and gas production technology |3.660
Safety in offshore oil and gas operations |6.973
Enhanced oil recovery |0.650
Coal based energy |7.603
Renewables |20.330
Final outturn expenditure may differ in some detailed respects from these figures.
Offshore Oil (Accidents)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list by year for the last 10 years to date, and by location, the number of offshore oil workers who have (a) lost their lives and (b) been injured during their employment in the offshore oil fields around the coast of the United Kingdom.
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