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Leeds City CouncilCity of Sheffield Metropolitan Council
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions he has had with representatives of organisations concerning the designation of Bradford under the caravans Act ; what discussions he intends holding to discuss this matter ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Yeo [holding answer 17 December 1990] : Bradford metropolitan district was designated under section 12 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968, with effect from 30 May 1990. I have not held discussions subsequently with any organisations concerning this designation and have no plans to do so.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Gold (Iraq and Kuwait)
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the amount of gold held by financial institutions in Iraq on 2 August and of the amount which now remains in Kuwait or Iraq.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The Iraqi economy has been on a war footing for nearly a decade, and very little authoritative information has been disclosed. No useful estimate can therefore be made.
Financial Assets (Kuwait)
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the liquid assets which have been removed from Kuwait since the Iraqi invasion.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : Until the illegal occupation of Kuwait is terminated and the legitimate Government restored we have no basis on which to make meaningful estimates.
Mr. Hardy : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the value of the Kuwaiti currency currently blocked.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : It is not possible to give a precise estimate of the value of Kuwaiti currency currently blocked by sanctions.
Entry Clearance Officers
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by how many the number of entry clearance officers at the post in Bangladesh has been reduced in the past year, to date ; what further plans there are to reduce the number of entry clearance officers ; what effect the reductions in staff will have in applicant waiting times ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : During 1990 the post at Dhaka has been reduced by five entry clearance officers of whom four were redeployed to other Indian sub-continent posts where queues were longer. Staffing levels are kept under continual review. The staff savings were achieved through increased productivity which had reduced applicant waiting times. These are now expected to remain roughly constant at the following levels :
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Queue |Months --------------------- 1 |2 2 |3 3 |3 4 |9
Settlement queues are organised as follows :
(Q1) Persons with a claim to the right of abode, dependent relatives over 70 years, special compassionate cases.
(Q2) All spouses ; all children under 18 years.
(Q3) Fiance(e)s and others applying for first time settlement. (
(Q4) Re-applicants.
Romanian Orphans
Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will issue instructions to the entry clearance section in the British embassy in Bucharest to expedite the documentation required by prospective adoptive parents of Romanian orphans so that their entry clearance certificates may be issued before 19 December.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The British embassy in Bucharest processes entry clearance applications relating to the adoption of Romanian children as quickly as possible. There is no scope for expediting the process further. In any case, prospective adopters should not be unduly delayed by the holiday season, since we understand that the Romanian courts will close only on 24 and 25 December and 1 and 2 January.
Middle East
Mr. Latham : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the peace process in the middle east as between Israel and its Arab neighbouring states.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The cycle of violence in Israel and the occupied territories demonstrates how important it is to retain a process which will bring peace between Israel and her neighbours, including the Palestinians. This is unfinished business to which we shall have to return once the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait has been reversed.
Rights of the Child Convention
Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Her Majesty's Government propose to ratify the UN convention on the rights of the child ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The United Kingdom signed the UN convention on the rights of the child on 19 April 1990. We intend to ratify the convention as soon as possible.
British Embassy, Bucharest
Mr. Thurnham : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will review the decision to close the British embassy in Bucharest from 15 December to 11 January.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : There has been no such decision. During the period in question, the British embassy in Bucharest will close only on 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January, apart from weekends. The visa section is normally closed to the public every Thursday.
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Overseas Domestic Workers
Mr. Archer : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what form of application to British posts overseas is made by employers of domestic servants desirous of visiting the United Kingdom together with those servants ; and what details they are required to give of their domestic servants.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Under present arrangements, unless the domestic servant, who must be aged 16 or over, is a visa national, an application to a British visa-issuing post overseas is not required for a visit to the United Kingdom. Visa nationals are required to obtain the appropriate visa at a British visa-issuing post. In such cases, the domestic servant is required to produce documentary evidence from the employer confirming that the servant is already in the service of the employer abroad, and that adequate support and accommodation will be provided in the United Kingdom.
THE ARTS
G. B. Shaw Estate
Mr. Fisher : To ask the Minister for the Arts (1) what is the total sum that has accrued to the British museum from the G. B. Shaw estate ;
(2) whether he will publish a table showing how much money has accrued to the British museum from the G. B. Shaw estate in each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Renton : These are matters for the trustees of the British museum.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Science and Engineering Research Council
Mr. Terry Davis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many individual members of the staff of the Science and Engineering Research Council were given merit awards during the 1989-90 financial year ;
(2) what was the total value of merit awards given to individual members of staff of the Science and Engineering Research Council during 1989-90.
Mr. Alan Howarth : A total of 150 merit awards were made to members of staff of the Science and Engineering Research Council during the financial year 1989-90 ; the total value of these awards was £41,220.
Wilmington Grammar School
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he intends to issue his decision on the grant-maintained status application made by the Wilmington grammar school for boys ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : My right hon. and learned Friend is still considering his decision. Section 73 (4)(b) of the Education Reform Act requires this proposal and the section 12 proposals published by Kent education authority on13 June to close this school and the Wilmington high school, and the section 13 proposal published simultaneously by the Rochester Church of England diocesan
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board of education to establish a new voluntary aided school in the premises, to be considered together. He will inform the governors, the education authority and the diocese of his decision shortly.Support and Training Grants
Mr. Gill : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allocations will be made to local education authorities under the grants for education support and training programme for 1991-92 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : My Department is today writing to all local education authorities in England to inform them of the level of expenditure which I have approved for support in the grants for education support and training programme for 1991-92. The programme will support total expenditure of some £364 million in 1991-92. The programme is summarised in the table.
I am placing in the Library a more detailed table setting out allocations to individual local education authorities in each activity.
Expenditure to be supported in the 1991-92 GEST programme
|£ million
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School management |71.9
Teacher information |0.8
Teacher appraisal<1> |10.0
College management |3.4
NC assessment |35.0
IT in schools |23.3
National Curriculum |85.7
LEA inspectors/advisers |1.2
Teacher recruitment |7.7
Licensed teachers |5.5
Under 5s |4.8
Health education |7.3
Pupil behaviour |1.8
Training for SEN |5.5
SEN in ordinary schools |1.0
SEN in FE |0.9
PICKUP |2.1
IT in FE |1.1
National Vocational qualifications |2.1
Ethnic diversity in FE |0.9
Workers Educational Association |1.2
Adult literacy |0.7
Youth and community workers |1.2
Management of training |19.9
Articled teachers |8.0
Educational Psychologists |2.6
Committed expenditure
From ESG projects begun in 1990-91 and earlier
years: |58.0
|-------
Total |363.6
<1> Indicative allocation, to be confirmed subject to satisfactory
bids.
Teacher Training
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the intake of teacher training courses in England and Wales in 1989-90 ; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the numbers to provide for the needs of primary and secondary schools and institutions of further education in the years after 1993.
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Mr. Fallon [pursuant to his reply, 14 November 1990, c. 152] : My right hon. and learned Friend is today publishing the technical document describing our projections of school teacher demand and supply. A copy has been placed in the Library. It will contribute to a more informed debate about teacher supply by setting out the basis of our projections, and providing a range of projections as illustration. This will assist those who wish to produce their own projections and to form a view about ours. The document also responds to the Education, Science and Arts Select Committee which asked for a clearer statement of the Department's projection methodology.Column 124
TRANSPORT Taxi Passengers (Accidents)
Mr. Snape : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what figures he has for the past 10 years of the number of people killed or seriously injured whilst travelling by taxi.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information requested is given in the table. The number of taxis registered is also shown. The only available figures for both accidents and vehicle registrations relate to purpose-built taxis.
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Taxi Occupants Killed or Seriously Injured: Great Britain: 1980 to 1989.
|1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989
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Taxi Occupants:
Drivers:
Killed |8 |2 |3 |5 |5 |3 |1 |8 |4 |5
Seriously injured |63 |63 |67 |64 |72 |70 |95 |84 |96 |87
All KSI |71 |65 |70 |69 |77 |73 |96 |92 |100 |92
Passengers:
Killed |3 |5 |6 |1 |6 |7 |3 |3 |6 |3
Seriously injured |102 |99 |109 |117 |120 |89 |115 |138 |135 |144
All KSI |105 |104 |115 |118 |126 |96 |118 |141 |141 |147
All occupants KSI |176 |169 |185 |187 |203 |169 |214 |233 |241 |239
Taxi population<1> |- |- |- |23,547|24,784|25,383|26,310|27,552|29,181|30,249
Figures were not collected before 1983.
Traffic (London)
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will prepare and place in the Library a map showing the principal locations of traffic lock or congestion in London for the year 1989 or other convenient period, indicating for each the principal causes of such conditions.
Mr. Chope : I refer the hon. Member to my Department's report "Traffic Speeds on London Roads", published in November 1989, which shows speeds on the strategic network in London, and to the reports of stage 1 of the London assessment studies published in December 1986 which identified problems on the road network in the study areas and their causes. I am placing in the Library a map showing the location of congestion on the trunk road network identified by the Metropolitan police.
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the range of passenger car units per hour per lane currently flowing on routes in London likely to be designated as red routes ; and the range of respective increase in flow he expects after their designation.
Mr. Chope : Traffic flows vary very widely, depending on the characteristics of the road and the time of day. It is therefore not possible to provide meaningful figures in this form. An objective is to encourage traffic to use the priority routes rather than unsuitable residential roads. We shall be monitoring the pilot scheme to observe the effects on traffic flows through the area.
Clearways (London)
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a map showing the clearways in London on which there are existing parking
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or waiting restrictions originally introduced by the Greater London council in co-operation with London borough councils.Mr. Chope : Clearways in London were introduced by the Minister of Transport in 1961 under the London (Prohibition of Waiting) (Clearways) Order SI No. 1401. There have been a number of subsequent amendments. These specify the locations in great detail and I am investigating whether a convenient summary map can be produced.
Coach and Rail Services
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether any estimates are available of the number of long-distance passengers carried by (a) coach and (b) rail services from 1980 to 1990.
Mr. Freeman : Information required is not available in the form requested, but the following data from the national travel survey provide an assessment of comparable journeys greater than 25 miles in length.
Passenger journeys per
year
(millions)
|Coach|Rail
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1978-79 |50 |190
1985-86 |70 |200
Information from this source for 1989-90 will be available in mid-1992.
Pedestrians
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will indicate the number of pedestrians killed in Great Britain, for the years 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990.
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Mr. Chope : Comprehensive information on pedestrian fatalities is not available. However, information is available on those killed in road accidents and is summarised in the table.Pedestrian deaths: Great Britain: 1986 to 1989 Year |Deaths --------------------- 1986 |1,841 1987 |1,703 1988 |1,753 1989 |1,706
Pedestrian casualty figures for 1990 are not yet available.
Drivers (Health)
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what medical advice is available to him on the health of drivers and motor cycle riders and on those in charge of the various forms of public transport for which he is responsible.
Mr. Chope : All drivers are required by law to notify DVLA, Swansea, of any relevant health condition when they apply for a driving licence, or if a condition develops or worsens during the currency of a licence. In addition public service vehicle drivers are required to submit a full medical report on first application for their vocational licence and at five-yearly intervals from age 46.
Car Phones
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Gloucester on 11 December, Official Report, column 344, what new information he has concerning the safety implications of the use of hand-held car telephones in moving vehicles ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Gloucester on 11 December, Official Report, column 344, what views were expressed at his meeting with the Association of Chief Police Officers by the Association of
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Chief Police Officers concerning the safety implications of using hand-held car telephones in moving vehicles ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Chope : The Association of Chief Police Officers expressed the view that existing powers are sufficient to deal with this problem.
A33
Sir David Price : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport following two recent accidents on the A33, if he has any plans to speed up the completion date for the upgrading of this road to motorway standards.
Mr. Chope : No, the contract completion date for the widening of the Compton to Bassett section of the A33 trunk road is October 1991. We have however taken steps to provide additional coning, flashing lights and warning signs through the site of the works.
WALES
Morriston Hospital, Swansea
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what bed complement is planned for the new burns and plastic surgery unit at Morriston hospital, Swansea.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The bed complement planned for the new burns, plastic and maxillofacial surgery unit at Morriston hospital is 122.
Treatment Centres
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list against the name of each of the centres established in Wales as part of his Department's treatment centres initiative (a) the number of patients treated in each calendar month since the centre started work and (b) the number of patients within each calendar month's total, broken down to show how many came from each district health authority district in Wales and how many of those treated were from outside Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information showing the numbers treated at the treatment centres including those Welsh residents transferred from English lists is as follows :
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Orthopaedic Treatment Centre, Rhydlafar
|December |January |February |March |April |May |June |July |August |September|October |November
|1989 |1990
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Clwyd |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |-
East Dyfed |1 |- |- |- |- |- |1 |2 |- |1 |3 |-
Gwent |- |2 |4 |2 |4 |5 |3 |1 |2 |6 |7 |3
Mid Glamorgan |1 |8 |6 |4 |13 |5 |6 |2 |4 |4 |4 |-
Powys |1 |- |- |- |- |2 |3 |2 |3 |7 |5 |3
South Glamorgan |5 |21 |29 |6 |12 |3 |6 |3 |5 |1 |- |-
West Glamorgan |- |3 |3 |5 |2 |1 |6 |7 |18 |9 |3 |5
England |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |8 |34 |42 |17 |31 |17 |25 |17 |32 |28 |23 |11
Ophthalmic Treatment Centre, Bangor
|July |August |September|October |November
|1990
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Gwent |- |- |- |- |1
Gwynedd 52 40 40 34
Mid Glamorgan |- |- |- |- |1
Powys |- |- |- |- |3
West Glamorgan |- |- |- |- |1
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total 52 40 40 40
Surgical Treatment Centre, Bridgend
|April |May |June |July |August |September|October |November
|1990
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East Dyfed |2 |6 |4 |9 |3 |11 |11 |10
Gwent |1 |- |- |2 |2 |- |2 |6
Mid Glamorgan |38 |22 |19 |24 |27 |20 |30 |38
Powys |- |3 |2 |2 |2 |- |2 |-
South Glamorgan |3 |3 |3 |6 |6 |7 |7 |9
West Glamorgan |1 |1 |2 |5 |3 |6 |9 |24
England |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |-
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |45 |35 |30 |48 |43 |44 |62 |87
Valleys Initiative
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will assess the impact on the unemployment figures of the valleys initiative in each of the areas covered by the initiative since the scheme started.
Mr. David Hunt : The unemployment rate in the whole of the area covered by the programme for the valleys has fallen by 4.1 per cent. since June 1988. This compares with a fall of 3.2 per cent. in Wales and 2.2 per cent. in the United Kingdom as a whole.
Land Reclamation
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the annual rate of land reclamation in the valleys of south Wales since 1979 with the amount of money spent on land reclamation in south Wales each year since 1979.
Mr. David Hunt : I shall write to the hon. Lady and place a copy of my reply in the Library of the House.
Smoke Alarms
Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money has been spent by his Department on public safety campaigns encouraging the use of domestic smoke alarms in each of the last five years ; how much is budgeted for the current year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : None. The Home Office is responsible for fire safety publicity in Wales.
Urban Programme Grant
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the annual urban programme grant for Wales for each year since the scheme started, giving the percentage increase or decrease each year and the rate of inflation for each of the corresponding years.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information requested is contained in the table for 1975-76 onwards. Information relating to earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Year |UP allocation|Percentage |Percentage
|Wales |change over |increase in
|£ million<1> |previous year|GDP deflator
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1975-76 |2.91 |- |-
1976-77 |3.29 |+13.06 |13.54
1977-78 |3.85 |+17.02 |13.69
1978-79 |5.50 |+42.86 |10.88
1979-80 |7.10 |+29.09 |16.68
1980-81 |9.10 |+28.17 |18.33
1981-82 |10.90 |+19.78 |9.65
1982-83 |18.60 |+70.64 |7.10
1983-84 |17.70 |-4.84 |4.62
1984-85 |22.10 |+24.86 |5.08
1985-86 |19.20 |-13.12 |5.45
1986-87 |23.70 |+23.44 |3.42
1987-88 |23.10 |-2.53 |5.45
1988-89 |24.60 |+6.49 |7.30
1989-90 |27.60 |+12.20 |6.37
1990-91 |32.50 |+17.75 |8.00
1991-92 |34.00 |+4.62 |6.00
<1> Allocation represents the level of expenditure approved, made up
of 75 per cent. grant and 25 per cent. local authority contribution.
SCOTLAND
Car Ownership
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list the estimated number of households with a car in (a) Falkirk district, (b) Stirling district and (c) Clackmannan district, and express these figures as a percentage of all households in each district.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The latest information available is from the 1981 census of population and is shown in the table :
Households with at least one car available
District |Number |Percentage of all
|households
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Falkirk |27,525 |54.6
Stirling |16,585 |61.5
Clackmannan |9,626 |58.3
Births (Central Region)
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list, for each of the past 10 years, the number of births by postal code of the residence of the mother for each postal code area in Central region.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : The information is as follows :
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Births by postcode sector of usual residence of mother, Central Region, 1980 to 1989
Year
Postcode sector |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989
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FK1 1 |16 |20 |16 |17 |14 |21 |25 |22 |17 |18
FK1 2 |149 |142 |142 |111 |109 |115 |105 |108 |118 |98
FK1 3 |30 |23 |27 |30 |23 |29 |25 |33 |37 |25
FK1 4 |129 |119 |110 |115 |77 |116 |97 |101 |99 |119
FK1 5 |63 |54 |60 |50 |70 |59 |58 |50 |56 |52
FK2 0 |203 |181 |176 |184 |179 |179 |154 |189 |162 |158
FK2 7 |107 |127 |113 |147 |127 |127 |133 |157 |147 |141
FK2 8 |85 |80 |72 |93 |84 |90 |70 |106 |97 |59
FK2 9 |129 |111 |114 |130 |107 |127 |105 |110 |104 |100
FK3 0 |109 |116 |116 |126 |125 |117 |92 |127 |108 |107
FK3 8 |69 |62 |60 |71 |71 |74 |70 |73 |72 |66
FK3 9 |80 |69 |73 |66 |47 |75 |61 |62 |64 |62
FK4 1 |131 |122 |142 |111 |127 |135 |128 |95 |126 |98
FK4 2 |39 |42 |45 |29 |32 |32 |26 |27 |18 |34
FK5 3 |64 |59 |54 |59 |54 |73 |60 |45 |50 |47
FK5 4 |137 |122 |121 |115 |141 |127 |138 |136 |122 |122
FK6 5 |145 |125 |113 |126 |114 |107 |106 |101 |112 |117
FK6 6 |83 |87 |68 |65 |67 |57 |61 |69 |63 |62
FK7 0 |68 |58 |59 |54 |59 |52 |55 |60 |54 |63
FK7 7 |141 |125 |136 |128 |131 |136 |120 |147 |128 |121
FK7 8 |54 |37 |45 |43 |54 |68 |50 |84 |52 |73
FK7 9 |109 |98 |117 |107 |121 |96 |82 |110 |88 |94
FK8 1 |157 |158 |149 |137 |127 |145 |129 |149 |137 |123
FK8 2 |36 |30 |22 |24 |22 |21 |27 |25 |30 |21
FK8 3 |46 |47 |52 |50 |58 |50 |53 |44 |53 |52
FK9 4 |50 |54 |40 |49 |58 |50 |45 |64 |52 |57
FK9 5 |63 |74 |71 |75 |56 |68 |69 |60 |83 |67
FK10 1 |89 |93 |107 |79 |70 |103 |78 |89 |90 |80
FK10 2 |180 |223 |157 |173 |186 |194 |210 |191 |215 |165
FK10 3 |103 |109 |115 |112 |105 |97 |107 |106 |102 |107
FK10 4 |44 |54 |51 |42 |45 |53 |50 |37 |50 |36
FK11 7 |50 |14 |29 |30 |29 |23 |20 |25 |21 |13
FK12 5 |84 |71 |65 |49 |78 |55 |57 |72 |62 |57
FK13 6 |93 |87 |94 |88 |81 |85 |83 |91 |97 |84
FK14 7 |30 |23 |29 |19 |24 |30 |26 |19 |33 |15
FK15 0 |39 |46 |35 |38 |27 |33 |25 |37 |35 |34
FK15 9 |33 |62 |48 |44 |48 |46 |50 |62 |52 |40
FK16 6 |14 |13 |24 |19 |20 |21 |23 |23 |20 |25
FK17 8 |40 |24 |39 |29 |32 |25 |32 |25 |20 |34
FK18 8 |- |3 |2 |1 |1 |3 |- |2 |- |2
FK19 8 |3 |6 |8 |2 |3 |2 |4 |3 |3 |6
FK20 8 |2 |5 |6 |10 |2 |3 |5 |2 |5 |2
FK21 6 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
FK21 8 |9 |4 |6 |19 |7 |8 |7 |6 |13 |9
G62 8 |1 |- |- |3 |1 |1 |4 |2 |- |3
G63 0 |36 |34 |42 |34 |31 |31 |43 |39 |36 |50
G63 9 |69 |61 |39 |46 |40 |52 |49 |38 |53 |50
G67 3 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
G68 0 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
G83 7 |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
G83 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1
G83 9 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
EH49 6 |13 |13 |12 |10 |11 |11 |12 |14 |11 |6
EH49 7 |5 |5 |6 |7 |4 |6 |1 |10 |3 |4
EH51 0 |108 |119 |81 |97 |70 |86 |72 |62 |63 |77
EH51 9 |96 |109 |88 |72 |89 |100 |80 |90 |97 |85
KY13 7 |- |5 |- |1 |9 |3 |1 |3 |2 |2
Other Postcodes |15 |13 |10 |24 |10 |14 |18 |16 |14 |7
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |3,648 |3,538 |3,407 |3,360 |3,277 |3,431 |3,201 |3,418 |3,346 |3,150
Note: The births included in the table are those which occurred anywhere in Scotland to mothers resident in Central region and those few (shown against "other postcodes") which occurred in
Central region to mothers resident outside Scotland.
Smoke Alarms Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money has been spent by his Department on public safety campaigns encouraging the use of domestic smoke alarms in each of the last five years ; how much money is budgeted for the current year ; and if he will make a statement.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Scottish Home and Health Department has spent the following amounts in connection with these campaigns :
|£
-------------------------
1987-88 |7,500
1988-89 |89,000
1989-90 |51,000
<1>1990-91 |84,000
<1> Estimate.
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The Department will continue to encourage the installation of domestic smoke alarms in Scotland through media advertising and the provision of publicity material to the eight Scottish fire brigades for their local campaigns.
Sandeels
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if his Department has yet received sufficient data to give a reliable estimate on the recruitment level of sandeels in Shetland waters in 1989 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The results of the most recent assessment carried out by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries marine laboratory, Aberdeen indicate the size of the 1989 year class of sandeels as 25,327 million. This is regarded as being approximately average abundance. This provisional scientific assessment and related advice is being studied closely. We will consult fishery and other interests very shortly regarding 1991 management arrangements for the Shetland sandeel fishery.
Dogs
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what response he has received to the consultation paper "The Control of Dogs" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Allan Stewart [holding answer 17 December 1990] : In Scotland we have received to date 110 responses to the consultation paper which was issued jointly with the Home Office, the Welsh Office and the Department of the Environment. Most of the responses which we received were supportive of our proposals and my right hon. Friend will wish to consider carefully with colleagues what further action on dogs might be appropriate.
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AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Agriculture
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Minster of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the efficiency of agriculture in terms of output and value of output per person engaged in each of the EEC countries ; and if he will list them in league order.
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