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Afghanistan
Mr. Parry : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan at the most recent date.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : British diplomats were withdrawn from Kabul in February 1989. It is too early to say when they will return. The Afghan embassy in London remains open under a charge d'affaires.
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Somalia
Mr. Parry : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on current relations between Britain and Somalia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We seek to use our relations with Somalia to encourage national reconciliation, democracy and respect for human rights in that country.
Kuwait
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government intend to publish a paper giving the details of the terror in Kuwait since its illegal annexation.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : A copy is being placed in the Library of the House of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office briefing note entitled "The Rape of Kuwait".
Hong Kong
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of items from endangered species seized by the Hong Kong authorities in the first half of 1990 and the prosecutions arising from such seizures.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 17 October] : In the first half of 1990, the Hong Kong authorities made 218 seizures, from which 96 prosecutions arose. Details of the seizures are as follows :
Species |Quantity
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Mammals
worked ivory |126.45 kg
Monkey-live |3 hds
Pangolin-live |2 hds
Pangolin-stuffed/carcasses
meat/scale |2 hds + 30.2 kg
Wild cats-stuffed/skin/rug |138 pcs
Bear paw |1 pc
Peccaries skin |102 pc
Seal skin |2 pcs
Birds
Parrots |44 hds
Birds of prey-live |12 hds
Birds of prey-stuffed/carcass |11 hds
Reptiles
Sea turtle-stuffed |99 hds
Tortoise-live |7 hds
Python-skin/meat |37 pcs + 37.5 kg
Lizard skin |12,166 pcs + 27.5 kg
Crocodile-stuffed /skin |90 hds + 6.6 kg
Amphibians
Giant Salamander-live |1 hd
Fish
Asiatic Bony Tongue fish-live/dead |163 tails
Insects
Butterfly-mounted specimens |15 pcs
Molluscs
Giant clam-live |11 hds
Corals
Black coral |5,000 kg
Plants
Orchid |3,264 pcs
Ginseng Root |15.4 kg
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Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of ivory exported from Hong Kong since midnight on17 July.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 17 October] : No commercial exports of ivory have been authorised since midnight on 17 July.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current total of all ivory known to be held in Hong Kong ; and on what date it was assessed.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 17 October] : The total stock of commercial ivory held in Hong Kong on 17 July 1990 was 463 tonnes, to the nearest tonne. No commercial exports of ivory have been authorised since then.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of licences issued by the Hong Kong authorities for the export of ivory between 7 July and midnight on 17 July.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 17 October] : Between 7 July 1990 and midnight on 17 July 1990, two export licences were issued by the Hong Kong authorities for the export of 18 kg and 41 kg of worked ivory to South Korea.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 23 July, Official Report, column 105, if the information on the countries of origin of tusks held in Hong Kong has been forwarded to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (Hong Kong).
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 18 October] : The compilation of information on the countries of origin of tusks held in Hong Kong is nearing completion and will be forwarded to the World Wide Fund for Nature (Hong Kong) shortly.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many spot checks have been made by the Hong Kong authorities on ivory-holding premises since June 1990 ; and if any irregularities were discovered.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 19 October] : The Hong Kong authorities have made 215 spot checks on ivory-holding premises since June 1990. No irregularities have been discovered.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current number of possession licences issued to holders of ivory stocks in Hong Kong.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 19 October] : As at 17 October 1990, the number of possession licences issued to commercial ivory stock holders in Hong Kong was 985. This figure includes both licences issued for ivory with CITES documentation and the separate licences issued for ivory without such documentation.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if any ivory has been confiscated by the Hong Kong authorities since 17 July ; and if any prosecutions for illegal export have been entered since the same date.
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Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 19 October] : A total of 19.7 kg of worked ivory was seized by the Hong Kong authorities between 17 July 1990 and 17 October 1990. This ivory will be confiscated if the prosecutions arising from these seizures result in convictions. Two prosecutions for illegal export involving 59 kg of worked ivory have been entered since 17 July 1990, but these prosecutions relate to seizures made before that date.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made by the Hong Kong authorities in identifying the source of the 960 kg of ivory name seals seized by Japanese customs officers ; and if any prosecutions have been pursued.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 19 October] : The source of the 960 kg of ivory name seals seized by Japanese customs officers has been confirmed as being Hong Kong. Four persons suspected of being involved in the illegal export of this ivory have been investigated, but no prosecution has been entered for lack of evidence.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
World Bank Loans
Mr. Strang : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Kingdom representative on the board of the World Bank supported the decisions to give development aid loans for the Sardar Sarovar dam in India and the Carajas iron ore mine in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest.
Mrs. Chalker : It is not the policy of the British Government to disclose instructions to our executive directors in the World Bank or other international financial institutions.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Manufacturing Industry
152. Mr. Ian Bruce : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the profitability of manufacturing industry in 1989 and at the beginning of the decade.
154. Mr. Gerald Howarth : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the profitability of non-North sea industrial and commercial companies in 1989 and at the beginning of the decade.
158. Mr. Wilshire : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the relative profitability of manufacturing industry in 1989 and at the beginning of the decade.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The net real rate of return on capital employed by non-North sea industrial and commercial companies is estimated to have been 8.3 per cent. in 1989, compared with 3.9 per cent. in 1980. For manufacturing companies the net real rate of return on capital employed is estimated to have been 7.4 per cent. in 1989, compared with 3.1 per cent. in 1980. Full details may be found in Business Bulletin issue 79/90, published on Thursday 25 October 1990, a copy of which is available in the Library.
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Balance of Trade
155. Mr. Douglas : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the current United Kingdom balance of trade.
Mr. Norman Lamont : In the third quarter of this year the United Kingdom's visible trade deficit was £3.8 billion. This compares with £5.2 billion in the previous quarter and £6.6 billion a year earlier.
153. Mr. Roy Hughes : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reduce the size of Britain's trade deficit.
156. Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reduce the size of Britain's trade deficit.
157. Mr. Snape : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reduce the size of Britain's trade deficit.
Mr. Norman Lamont : There are clear signs that the visible trade deficit is falling as domestic demand pressures ease. In the third quarter of 1990, the UK's visible trade
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deficit was £3.8 billion. This compares with £5.2 billion in the previous quarter and £6.6 billion a year earlier. Export volumes, less oil and erratics, have risen 8 per cent. over the past year while imports were unchanged.Incomes
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is the income gap difference between average pre-tax income per family per week in the south-east and all other United Kingdom regions in current prices for 1979 and 1989 ;
(2) what is the income gap difference between average income after tax per family per week in the south-east and other United Kingdom regions in current prices for 1979 and 1989.
Mr. Maude : Available information based on the annual survey of personal incomes is given in the tables. Information relates to tax units (single people and married couples) with income above the pay-as-you-earn threshold regardless of whether they are liable to income tax. I regret that it is not possible to provide a regional breakdown for years subsequent to 1987-88.
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Average pre-tax income and post-tax income per unit by region, 1987-88
£ per annum
Region |Average pre-tax |Difference in pre- |Average post-tax |Difference in post-
|income per tax |tax income |income per tax |tax income
|unit |compared with |unit |compared with
|South East
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North |10,700 |2,300 |9,030 |1,470
Yorkshire and Humberside |11,000 |2,000 |9,170 |1,330
North West |10,700 |2,300 |9,000 |1,500
East Midlands |11,200 |1,800 |9,440 |1,060
West Midlands |11,100 |1,900 |9,330 |1,170
East Anglia |11,800 |1,200 |9,830 |670
South East (including Greater London) |13,000 |- |10,500 |-
South West |10,800 |2,200 |9,030 |1,470
Wales |10,700 |2,300 |8,990 |1,510
Scotland |10,600 |2,400 |8,940 |1,560
Northern Ireland |10,900 |2,100 |9,100 |1,400
United Kingdom |11,600 |(1,400) |9,600 |(900)
Average pre-tax income and post-tax income per unit by region, 1987-88
£ per annum
Region |Average pre-tax |Difference in pre- |Average post-tax |Difference in post-
|income per tax |tax income |income per tax |tax income
|unit |compared with |unit |compared with
|South East
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North |10,700 |2,300 |9,030 |1,470
Yorkshire and Humberside |11,000 |2,000 |9,170 |1,330
North West |10,700 |2,300 |9,000 |1,500
East Midlands |11,200 |1,800 |9,440 |1,060
West Midlands |11,100 |1,900 |9,330 |1,170
East Anglia |11,800 |1,200 |9,830 |670
South East (including Greater London) |13,000 |- |10,500 |-
South West |10,800 |2,200 |9,030 |1,470
Wales |10,700 |2,300 |8,990 |1,510
Scotland |10,600 |2,400 |8,940 |1,560
Northern Ireland |10,900 |2,100 |9,100 |1,400
United Kingdom |11,600 |(1,400) |9,600 |(900)
Foreign-owned Businesses
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the United Kingdom work force is employed by foreign- owned businesses.
Mr. Norman Lamont : I have been asked to reply.
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Information is available only for manufacturing industry where it is estimated that, in 1988, 13 per cent. of the work force was employed by businesses controlled or owned by companies incorporated overseas.Column 571
Statistics
Mr. Fisher : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing the number of civil servants employed in the gathering and publishing of statistics in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Maples : The table gives the total number of staff in the Government Statistical Service (GSS) from 1978 to 1988-89, the last year for which such information is available.
Much of the decrease shown in the table results from widespread computerisation of statistical services, which has reduced the need for clerical support. The number of staff in the statistician group (the professionally qualified part of the GSS) increased from 566 on 1 April 1978 to 599 on 1 April 1988, reflecting a continuing level of professional input to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistical information.
Much data-gathering for the GSS is carried out by staff who are not members of the GSS and some statistics are published by non-GSS staff. The work of the GSS covers more than simply gathering and publishing statistics.
The number of staff in the Government Statistical Service<1> 1978 to 1988-89 Year |Number of staff<2> --------------------------------------------------------- 1978 |6,157 1979 |6,131 1980 |5,909 1981 |5,587 1982 |5,211 1983 |4,707 1984 |4,469 1985-86 |<3>4,592 1986-87 |<4>4,767 1987-88 |4,254 1988-89 |4,228 <1>The Government Statistical Service is decentalised and its boundaries are liable to change over time. This table collects together figures from many departments. <2>At 1 April. <3>From 1985-86 onwards the number of staff figure represent the number of man-years in the GSS during the financial year. <4>Man-years forecast.
Mr. Fisher : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing the expenditure in real terms, corrected for inflation, on the gathering and publishing of statistics by Government in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Maples : The Government's statistical service is decentralised and the information requested is therefore not available.
Regional Spending
Mr. Beith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will show for each region in table 11.4 of "Regional Trends"--1988--or the subsequent year, the breakdown of the item "Public Administration and Defence" into the sub-categories (a) agriculture, (b) trade and industry, (c) employment, (d) transport, (e) environment and (f) law enforcement showing separately the spending on health and education services.
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Mr. Norman Lamont : The information requested is not available. The latest estimates of gross domestic product by industry group are published in the 1990 edition of "Regional Trends" at table 12.2. Provisional estimates for 1989 will be published in the November edition of "Economic Trends". The sample surveys on which the figures are based do not disaggregate public administration and defence.
Official Report
Mr. Hanley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the price of the Official Report.
Mr. Maples : Following a review by HMSO, I have authorised increases of £1 in the prices of the daily part and Standing Committee debates and of £3 in the price of the weekly part. Rather lower percentage increases have been authorised for other Hansard items. Subscription rates will be adjusted accordingly and the scale of charges for reprints of Members' speeches appearing in the Official Report will also be raised. These increases, coupled with continued careful control of production costs, are further steps towards eliminating the central subsidy required, which has been progressively reduced from £6 million in 1983-84 to a forecast £1.2 million for 1991-92. The rises will come into effect from the beginning of the new Session.
Manufacturing Industry
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the growth of manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom and other G7 countries during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Mr. Lilley : I have been asked to reply.
In the 1960s Britain had the slowest rate of growth in manufacturing productivity of any of the major seven industrial countries. In the 1970s we again had the slowest rate of growth of manufacturing productivity of any of those countries. In the 1980s we have had the fastest rate of growth of manufacturing productivity of any of those countries.
Growth in manufacturing productivity
Annual average percentage chang
|1960-70|1970-80|1980-89
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United Kingdom |3.1 |1.6 |5.1
United States of
America |3.5 |3.0 |4.1
Japan |8.8 |5.3 |3.3
Germany |4.1 |2.9 |2.3
France |4.5 |3.2 |3.2
Italy |6.2 |2.5 |3.1
Canada |3.4 |3.0 |3.2
Group of 7 |4.4 |3.2 |3.6
Source: Her Majesty's Treasury.
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THE ARTS
Public Libraries
Mr. Fisher : To ask the Minister for the Arts what information he has on reductions in (a) book fund expenditure, (b) opening hours and (c) the number of public libraries in the current financial year, by public library authority.
Mr. Mellor : I will not have a full picture of public library expenditure in England for 1990-91 until the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy has published its statistics early in 1992. I am aware of reductions by some library authorities in book fund expenditure, opening hours and temporary closure of branches. I particularly deplore the decision of Derbyshire county council to close 11 libraries about which I am making inquiries.
Mr. Fisher : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will publish a table showing the rate per loan of the public lending scheme for the years in which the scheme has operated (a) in cash terms and (b) adjusted for retail prices index inflation.
Mr. Mellor : The table shows the public lending right scheme rate per loan in cash terms, and in real terms using the Government's gross domestic product deflator.
Year Rate per loan
|Cash |At 1989-90 prices
|pence |pence
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1983-84 |1.02 |1.40
1984-85 |0.92 |1.20
1985-86 |1.27 |1.58
1986-87 |1.20 |1.44
1987-88 |1.12 |1.28
1988-89 |1.45 |1.54
1989-90 |1.39 |1.39
Lieu of Tax
Sir Hal Miller : To ask the Minister for the Arts, if there have been any items accepted in lieu of tax or allocated since he last made an announcement on the subject to the House.
Mr. Mellor [pursuant to the reply, 20 April 1990,c. 1042] : I am pleased to announce the acceptance of a collection of works by and relating to John Piper in lieu of £137,918 tax. A decision on the allocation of this collection has yet to be taken but I have decided to allocate a number of offers accepted in the last financial year as follows : the painting "Richmond pre s Londres" by Corot shall go to the London borough of Richmond upon Thames for display in Orleans house ; the Constable painting "Farm Cart with Horse in Harness" will go to the Ipswich museum and the Kirckman harpsichord will be allocated to the Manchester city art gallery for display and to use in recitals at Heaton hall. Finally I would like to inform the House that a further payment of £360 has been made to the Inland Revenue in relation to the acceptance in lieu of the Beechey painting announced on 20 April. The total tax satisfied by the acceptance of this painting is therefore £151,849.
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CIVIL SERVICE
Agencies
Mr. Beith : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement about progress and future plans on the creation of agencies.
Mr. Mellor [pursuant to his reply, 29 October 1990,c. 724] : The Government are today publishing their reply (Cm. 1263) to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee's helpful report of progress in the "next steps" initiative.
In addition, following my predecessor's announcement to the House on 2 April at columns 386-89, the Government are today publishing the first review of the "next steps" agencies (Cm. 1261) showing summaries of developments and results in individual agencies.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Social Fund
Mr. Maxton : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will provide for Paisley social security office the information on social fund budget and crisis loans provided in his reply to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) of 25 January, Official Report, columns 809-12 ;
(2) if he will provide for each of the local social security offices in Renfrew district comparable information to that provided in his answer of 6 July to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn), Official Report, column 721, for the years (a) 1985-86, (b) 1986-87, (c) 1987-88, (d) 1988- 89 and (e) 1989-90 ; (3) if he will list for each social security office in Renfrew district the number of social fund applications (a) submitted and (b) rejected on grounds of insufficient priorities since 1 July in each of these categories : (i) grants, (ii) budget loans and (iii) crisis loans.
Mr. Scott : I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many social fund loan applications were refused in the London borough of Newham in the financial year 1989-90 and 1990 to date due to perceived inability to repay ; and what general advice was offered to those refused.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 19 October 1990] : The table shows the number of applications recorded as refused on grounds of inability to repay.
|April 1989 to |April 1990 to
|March 1990 | September 1990
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Canning Town |36 |21
Plaistow |38 |15
Woodgrange Park |45 |30
All decision letters advise applicants of their right to ask for a review and refer to the citizens advice bureau or a local law centre as a source of general advice. Money advice is normally offered to applicants discovered to be in financial difficulties, including such cases where an applicant is refused because of a perceived inability to repay.
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Social Fund
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many applications for review were received during the period (a) April 1988 to March 1989 and (b) April 1989 to March 1990 in respect of (i) community care grants, (ii) budgeting loans, and (iii) crisis loans by each of the local offices covering the Doncaster area ; and if he will show in his answer how many of these applications for review resulted in revised decisions (2) if he will list for each social security office covering the Doncaster area, the number of social fund applications (a) submitted and (b) rejected on grounds of insufficient priority, for the 12-month period ended 30 September, in each of the categories (i) grants, (ii) budget loan, and (iii) crisis loans.
Mr. Scott : I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Income Support
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applicants for unemployment benefit are being referred to claim income support as a result of the actively seeking work test in (a) Leeds, West and (b) England and Wales.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The information requested is not kept and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were the numbers of (i) claimants,(ii) dependants and (iii) total numbers dependent on income support in Scotland in each year since 1979.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Information for 1985 and 1990 is unavailable. The information for the years 1979-84 and 1986-89 is in the table.
Year |Number of |Number of |Total number
|claimants | dependants | dependent on
|supplementary
|benefit/income
|support
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1979 |286,000 |164,000 |450,000
1980 |304,000 |177,000 |481,000
1981 |371,000 |236,000 |607,000
1982 |423,000 |281,000 |704,000
1983 |440,000 |272,000 |712,000
1984 |468,000 |302,000 |770,000
1986 |506,000 |323,000 |829,000
1987 |535,000 |323,000 |858,000
1988 |499,000 |324,000 |823,000
1989 |486,000 |309,000 |795,000
Source: Annual Statistical Inquiry.
Disability Benefits
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representation he has received from the Disability Benefits Consortium in support of a comprehensive disability income scheme ; what has been his response ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : The constituent groups within the Disability Benefits Consortium have long advocated such a scheme and we discussed the proposal in "The Way Ahead : Benefits for Disabled People" (Cmd. 917). We concluded
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that an elaborate disability income striving to cover a whole range of specific needs would be much more complicated than existing benefits and produce an unacceptable number of losers. The prime objective must be to provide a system which can get help quickly and effectively to those most in need.Children
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the number of Scottish children (a) in total and (b) as a percentage dependent on supplementary benefit and income support in each year since 1978.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Information for 1985 and 1990 is unavailable. The information for the years 1978-84 and 1986-89 is in the table.
Year |Number of children |Percentage of children under 16
|under 16 in Scotland<1> | dependent on supplementary
|benefit/income support<2>
|per cent.
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1978 |1,377,000 |9
1979 |1,347,000 |8
1980 |1,316,000 |9
1981 |1,284,000 |12
1982 |1,251,000 |15
1983 |1,195,000 |15
1984 |1,168,000 |17
1986 |1,145,000 |19
1987 |1,125,000 |20
1988 |1,105,000 |21
1989 |1,021,000 |22
Sources:
<1> Office of Population, Census and Surveys census returns.
<2> Annual Statistical Inquiry.
Child Benefit
Dr. Hampson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are in reciept of child benefit ; how many are top rate taxpayers ; and what is his most recent estimate of the cost of paying child benefit to top rate taxpayers.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Child benefit is paid to about 7 million people--mostly mothers--in the United Kingdom. It is estimated that around 0.1 million of these recipients pay tax at the higher rate in 1990-91 and receive child benefit amounting to about £57 million.
Housing Benefit
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many (a) pensioner households, (b) families with children and (c) other households who are tenants of (i) local authorities and new towns, (ii) housing associations and (iii) other landlords, are estimated to be receiving (x) maximum housing benefit with no deductions for non- dependants, (y) maximum housing benefit but with deductions for non- dependants and (z) a lesser amount of housing benefit, towards their rent payments currently, and over the previous five years, in Great Britain as a whole, and in each region for which figures are available ; and what proportion of the total number of tenants in each category they represent.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The available information is given in the table. Comparable information is not readily available for years prior to the introduction of the
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reformed scheme in 1988-89, and is not separately available for families with children or for tenants of housing associations. "Pensioners" include those entitled to the pensioner premium, and therefore includes all persons aged 60 and over. Table 3 will contain a small number of cases who, though not receiving income support, are nevertheless entitled to maximum housing benefit ; it is not possible to isolate these.Column 577
Table 3
Householders in receipt of rent rebate/allowance,
but not in receipt of income support
May 1988 May 1989
Pensioners Others Total Pensioners Others Total
|Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per
|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of
|tenants |tenants |tenants |tenants
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Local Authority tenants
England |748 |17 |212 |5 |960 |22 |750 |18 |205 |5 |955 |23
Wales |47 |19 |18 |7 |65 |27 |44 |19 |20 |9 |64 |28
Scotland |151 |17 |65 |7 |216 |24 |139 |16 |52 |6 |191 |22
Great Britain |946 |17 |295 |5 |1,241 |23 |933 |18 |277 |5 |1,210 |23
Other tenants
England |180 |9 |177 |9 |356 |18 |193 |10 |154 |8 |347 |17
Wales |7 |7 |8 |8 |16 |15 |8 |8 |13 |12 |21 |20
Scotland |14 |7 |20 |10 |34 |17 |12 |6 |22 |11 |34 |18
Great Britain |201 |9 |205 |9 |406 |17 |214 |9 |189 |8 |402 |18
Table 3
Householders in receipt of rent rebate/allowance,
but not in receipt of income support
May 1988 May 1989
Pensioners Others Total Pensioners Others Total
|Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per
|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of
|tenants |tenants |tenants |tenants
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Local Authority tenants
England |748 |17 |212 |5 |960 |22 |750 |18 |205 |5 |955 |23
Wales |47 |19 |18 |7 |65 |27 |44 |19 |20 |9 |64 |28
Scotland |151 |17 |65 |7 |216 |24 |139 |16 |52 |6 |191 |22
Great Britain |946 |17 |295 |5 |1,241 |23 |933 |18 |277 |5 |1,210 |23
Other tenants
England |180 |9 |177 |9 |356 |18 |193 |10 |154 |8 |347 |17
Wales |7 |7 |8 |8 |16 |15 |8 |8 |13 |12 |21 |20
Scotland |14 |7 |20 |10 |34 |17 |12 |6 |22 |11 |34 |18
Great Britain |201 |9 |205 |9 |406 |17 |214 |9 |189 |8 |402 |18
Table 3
Householders in receipt of rent rebate/allowance,
but not in receipt of income support
May 1988 May 1989
Pensioners Others Total Pensioners Others Total
|Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per |Number |per
|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of|'000s |cent. of
|tenants |tenants |tenants |tenants
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Local Authority tenants
England |748 |17 |212 |5 |960 |22 |750 |18 |205 |5 |955 |23
Wales |47 |19 |18 |7 |65 |27 |44 |19 |20 |9 |64 |28
Scotland |151 |17 |65 |7 |216 |24 |139 |16 |52 |6 |191 |22
Great Britain |946 |17 |295 |5 |1,241 |23 |933 |18 |277 |5 |1,210 |23
Other tenants
England |180 |9 |177 |9 |356 |18 |193 |10 |154 |8 |347 |17
Wales |7 |7 |8 |8 |16 |15 |8 |8 |13 |12 |21 |20
Scotland |14 |7 |20 |10 |34 |17 |12 |6 |22 |11 |34 |18
Great Britain |201 |9 |205 |9 |406 |17 |214 |9 |189 |8 |402 |18
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Students' Benefits
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of the total number of students is exempt from disentitlement to social security benefits ; and if he will make a statement.
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