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Laugharne Township, Llanddawror, Llangynin, Lovestone, Ludchurch, Mounton, Narberth South, Reynalton, St. Ishmael.Gwent
Brynmawr, Caerleon, Henllys, Llanddewi Sgyrrid, Llanfihangel Llantarnam, Llantilic Pertholey, Rogerston, Usk
Gwynedd
Buan, Caerhun, Caenarfon, Carreglefn, Conway Borough, Criccieth, Dolbenmaen, Gyffin, Heneglwys, Henryd, Llanbedr-y-Cennin, Llanddyfnan, Llandudno, Llanfachraeth, Llanfair-is-Gaer, Llanfairynghornwy, Llanfihangel -Tre'r-Beirdd, Llangadwaladr, Llangeinwen, Llangristiolus, Llangwyllog, Llanidan, Llaniestyn Rural, Llanllyfni, Llansantffraid Glan Conwy, Nefyn, Newborough, Pentir, Pentraeth, Pwllheli, Trefdraeth.
Scotland--
Borders
Bedrule, Cavers, Coldingham, Earlston, Jedburgh, Langton, Lauder, Legerwood, Oxnam.
Grampian
Aberdour, Birnie, Crimond, Deskford, Dyke, Elgin, Fraserburgh, Gamrie, King Edward, Kintore, Longside, Lonmay, Methlick, Old Deer, Peterhead, Pitsligo, Rathen, Spynie, St. Fergus, Tarves, Tyrie, Udny.
Lothian
Cranston, Garvald, Humbie, Spott, Stenton, Whittinghame, Yester. Tayside
Abdie, Airlie, Ardoch, Arngask, Blackford, Blairgowrie, Cleish, Comrie, Crieff, Edzell, Fossoway, Fowlis Wester, Glamis, Kingoldrum, Kinnaird, Kinnoul, Lintrathen, Menmuir, Monzievaird, Newburgh, Orwell, Portmoack, Stracathro, Tannadice.
The extension in Northern Ireland covers land in the administrative counties of Antrim, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
Maps showing the revised areas are being prepared and a copy will be placed in the Library as soon as possible.
Salmonella
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any cases of invasive salmonella have been found in consignments of imported eggs in the current year.
Mr. Gummer : The public health laboratory service is investigating consignments of imported eggs for the presence of invasive salmonella. In arrivals up to 8 November, they have identified invasive salmonella in 24 consignments of Dutch eggs, in two consignments of Belgian eggs and in one consignment each from France and Germany. One consignment of eggs from the Irish Republic was also found to be contaminated.
The number of isolations of invasive salmonella in eggs from our major overseas supplier (the Netherlands) is particularly worrying and I have taken this up with the Dutch Minister of Agriculture as a matter of urgency.
The Dutch veterinary services already have a monitoring and control programme for salmonella enteritidis in the breeding sector and those breeding flocks found to be infected are destroyed. In addition, a code of practice will be introduced shortly in the egg laying sector
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which will place particular emphasis on all aspects of hygiene. Following my approach, the Dutch Ministry will be discussing with egg producers additional safeguards that will offer protection to consumers both within the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom. It is too early to say precisely what form these controls will take, but they will be developed in close co-operation with my chief veterinary officer.Coffee (Decaffeination)
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he intends to introduce labelling of coffee for the different processes of decaffeination ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : The labelling of coffee and coffee products is harmonised throughout the European Community ; the harmonised rules provide for the use of the description "decaffeinated" but not for differentiation between different processes. Any additional provisions would have to be discussed at EC level ; I have no plans to initiate any such discussions.
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the safety of the different processes used to decaffeinate coffee ; whether any of his committees have considered the matter ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : Water, carbon dioxide, and dichloromethane are used to decaffeinate coffee. Both carbon dioxide and dichloromethane were considered by the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee in its review of solvents in 1978 and found to be suitable for use in food although further data on dichloromethane was requested.
These have subsequently been provided and both the Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food and the Environment (COT) and the European Commission's Scientific Committee for Food have approved its use providing residues do not exceed 5mg/kg.
Organic Produce
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of organic produce consumed in the United Kingdom is imported ; and at what cost.
Mr. Maclean : This information is not available.
Agricultural Chemicals
Mr. Colin Shepherd : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the average time for processing applications for registration of agricultural chemicals in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Maclean : This information cannot be obtained, except at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Colin Shepherd : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications for registration of agricultural chemicals were made, and how many registrations were granted, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Maclean : The information requested is set out below in respect of application for new agricultural
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pesticides (active ingredients) submitted to the Ministry for approval by the six Departments responsible. Applications for which the Health and Safety Executive is primarily responsible (that is non-agricultural pesticides) are not included.
|1987 |1988 |1989 |<1>1990
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(a) Received |23 |12 |15 |7
(b) Approved
(Fully Provisionally) |11 |2 |3 |6
(c) Only approved for
experimental use |- |3 |2 |1
(d) Rejected/Withdrawn |1 |- |1 |5
<1> As at 10/1.
Cattle (Records)
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will outline the details required to be recorded by farmers in herd books as a result of the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 ; whether he intends to introduce a new pro forma herd book ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what information he has given to farmers about recording details of cattle as outlined in the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) what information has been given to his regional offices about the recording details for cattle as outlined in the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : The information which has to be recorded by farmers is set out in the schedule to the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990. Farmers will have to make their own arrangements to record this information.
Information about the requirements of the order was issued by press notice, a letter to trade organisations, including the farming unions, and through an animal health circular to all the Agriculture Departments' veterinary and technical staff.
Food Irradiation
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what advice he has issued to local authorities concerning the implementation of the new regulations on food irradiation ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean : Consideration of applications to preserve food by irradiation will be a matter for a national licensing authority. Where a licence to operate is granted, the authority will liaise as necessary with other enforcement agencies to ensure compliance with statutory provisions.
Spanish Abattoirs
Dame Janet Fookes : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take urgent action to lay before the European Commission evidence sent to him by the RSPCA relating to breaches of the humane slaughter regulations in Spanish abattoirs.
Mr. Maclean : The Commission is already considering this matter and is aware of the evidence presented by the RSPCA, and the British Government will be raising it directly with the Commission at the earliest opportunity.
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WALES
NHS Corporate Management Programme
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he intends to publish an updated version of the national health service corporate management programme.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : "National Health Service Wales : Agenda for Action", the successor document to the corporate management programme, is being published today. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Speech Therapists
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many speech therapists per head of population are employed by (a) each health authority in Wales and (b) each county council in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The provision of speech therapy services is the responsibility of district health authorities under the National Health Service Act 1977. Information on speech therapists employed by health authorities in Wales which relates to whole-time equivalents in post at 30 September 1990, is given in the following table. No information is held centrally on the numbers (if any) of speech therapists employed directly by county councils.
Authority |WTE per
|100,000
|population
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Clwyd |7.2
Dyfed |6.4
Gwent |3.6
Gwynedd |4.7
Mid Glamorgan |3.4
Pembrokeshire |4.4
Powys |7.2
South Glamorgan |8.1
West Glamorgan |4.9
Inspectorate for Education
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated annual cost of Her Majesty's inspectorate for education in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : It is estimated that the cost of Her Majesty's inspectorate for education in Wales for 1990-91 will be £3.39 million.
Pupils (GCSE Results)
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of pupils sitting GCSE core and foundation subjects achieved grades of C and above in the latest year for which figures are available.
Sir Wyn Roberts : There is no examination by GCSE of the statutory requirements of the national curriculum at present. The national curriculum requirements for core subjects are scheduled to be examined for the first time at the end of key stage 4 in 1994, except for Welsh which will be first examined in schools where Welsh is currently taught in 1995, with foundation subjects following progressively between 1995 and 1997.
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What follows are the percentages of pupils achieving a grade C or above in Welsh Joint Education Committee GCSE examinations in summer 1990.
|Percentage Grade A-C<1>
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English |43.7
Mathematics |37.6
Welsh as a 1st language |47.1
Physics |47.4
Chemistry |48.6
Biology |42.2
Geography |44.3
History |45.9
French |55.8
Music |63.3
Art and Design |46.4
PE |37.8
<1> Includes an element of pupils aged 14 and 16. WJEC examinations
account for approximately 95 per cent. of all GCSE entries in Wales.
Technology is not examined as a single subject by the WJEC at present.
Bathing Beaches
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many bathing beaches in Wales have achieved a blue flag award ; and what steps he is taking to ensure more beaches meet the same standards of cleanliness.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : One beach in Wales, Cefn Sidan, was awarded a blue flag in 1990. A major programme of investment is under way to bring bathing waters designated under EC directive 76/160/EEC up to standard and to implement the Government's decisions on levels of treatment to be given to discharges to coastal and estuarial waters. The cost in the United Kingdom of these programmes is estimated at £3.5 billion. It will be for local authorities or, in some cases, the owner, to capitalise on this and bring their beaches up to the requisite standards.
Vacant Accommodation
Mr. Gwilyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the numbers and percentage of vacant council-owned accommodation for each of the district councils in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information is given in the following table :
Local Authority vacant dwellings at 1 April 1990
Welsh Districts |Number |<1>Number
|as a
|percentage
|of local
|authority
|stock
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Aberconwy |23 |0.9
Alyn and Deeside |56 |1.1
Arfon |27 |0.6
Blaenau Gwent |124 |1.2
Brecknock |0 |-
Cardiff |293 |1.5
Carmarthen |3 |0.1
Ceredigion |31 |0.9
Colwyn |26 |1.0
Cynon Valley |184 |3.6
Delyn |47 |1.0
Dinefwr |29 |1.2
Dwyfor |6 |0.4
Glyndwr |58 |2.1
Islwyn |170 |2.9
Llanelli |109 |1.6
Lliw Valley |46 |0.9
Meirionnydd |7 |0.4
Merthyr Tydfil |106 |1.6
Monmouth |74 |1.6
Montgomeryshire |36 |0.9
Neath |68 |1.3
Newport |96 |0.7
Ogwr |143 |1.5
Port Talbot |291 |5.1
Preseli Pembrokeshire |26 |0.5
Radnorshire |9 |0.8
Rhondda |83 |1.7
Rhuddlan |28 |1.1
Rhymney Valley |64 |0.7
South Pembrokeshire |6 |0.2
Swansea |134 |0.8
Taff-Ely |125 |1.8
Torfaen |169 |1.3
Vale of Glamorgan |40 |0.7
Wrexham Maelor |229 |1.5
Ynys Mon |57 |1.1
|--- |---
Wales Total |3,473 |1.5
<1>Calculated using provisional stock estimates for 1 April 1990.
Homelessness
Mr. Gwilym Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the numbers of those legally defined as homeless for each district council in Wales ; and if he will estimate the proportion of each who do not have a roof over their heads.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Data for the third quarter of 1990 on the number of cases accepted as homeless, or threatened with homelessness within 28 days, as described in part 3, section 58 of the Housing Act 1985, are given in the following table. The proportion of these cases who do not have a roof over their head is nil.
Cases accepted as homeless
Welsh districts |Cases
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Aberconwy |9
Alyn and Deeside |51
Arfon |10
Blaenau Gwent |98
Brecknock |24
Cardiff |281
Carmarthen |18
Ceredigion |37
Colwyn |15
Cynon Valley |67
Delyn |67
Dinefwr |15
Dwyfor |13
Glyndwr |3
Islwyn |39
Llanelli |30
Lliw Valley |21
Meirionnydd |24
Merthyr Tydfil |55
Monmouth |26
Montgomeryshire |29
Neath |81
Newport |285
Ogwr |183
Port Talbot |25
Preseli Pembrokeshire |17
Radnorshire |9
Rhondda |21
Rhuddlan |25
Rhymney Valley |41
South Pembrokeshire |25
Swansea |54
Taff-Ely |52
Torfaen |143
Vale of Glamorgan |115
Wrexham Maelor |137
Ynys Mon |14
|---
Wales total |2,159
Home Ownership
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to extend home ownership in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : In Wales, our right-to-buy policy has been extremely successful. In the last 10 years, well over 80,000 local authority dwellings have been sold and owner occupation has increased from 62 per cent. in 1981 to 71 per cent. earlier this year--higher than any other part of the United Kingdom.
Building on this, last year we introduced an experimental flexi-ownership scheme which enables tenants of the Development Board for Rural Wales to buy their homes at a weekly outlay broadly the same as their existing rent. I am very encouraged by the success of the scheme : 17 per cent. of eligible tenants have expressed an interest and 14 sales have already been completed which, at 2 per cent. of the eligible stock, is a little more than the initial take-up of right-to-buy. Within a few months, when current applications have been processed, I expect completed sales to total about 5 per cent. of the eligible stock. We are considering whether this scheme can be extended to other public sector tenants in Wales. The Department will continue to work with local authorities to foster low-cost home ownership schemes, encouraging them especially to work with housing associations and the private sector to provide homes affordable by first time buyers. Housing for Wales is also making a significant contribution to low-cost home ownership particularly through its shared ownership programme, targeted mainly at rural areas.
Seals
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many coastal sites have seal populations ; and how many have been lost in the last five years.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : We are advised by the Natural Environment Research Council that the last comprehensive survey of grey seals along the Welsh coastline was undertaken in 1974. This showed that although there was a concentration of seals on and around the islands of Ramsey and Skomer, Pembrokeshire generally seals were spread widely along beaches and in small caves along the Welsh coastline. It is therefore not possible to define specific "coastal sites" in Wales or to say how many there were or whether any have been lost in the last five years. The study concentrated on grey seals, as the common seal does not occur in the coastal waters around Wales.
However, based on a long series of data from the island of Skomer and on local observations along the Welsh
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mainland coast, the sea mammals research unit of NERC and the Nature Conservancy Council believe that the grey seal population in Wales has remained stable during the last five years.Hospital Waiting Lists
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the waiting list numbers for each hospital in Wales in respect of (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients in each of the specialties for which his Department has established a treatment centre in Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information for 31 March 1990 has been placed in the Library of the House.
Advertising
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the publicity campaigns that have been undertaken by his Department in each of the last three years and the sums spent on each in respect of (a) press advertising, (b) television advertising and (c) other forms of advertising and promotion on each.
Mr. David Hunt : The information requested is not readily available, and I will reply to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Prisoners (Suicide)
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the total number of verdicts of suicide which have been returned on prisoners who died by their own hand during 1990 in England and Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : As at 17 December, a total of 48 inmates had died at their own hands during 1990. A verdict of suicide was returned on 19 of these inmates ; inquests on 19 of the deaths are yet to be held.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales died by their own hand in each year from 1980 until the latest available date ; and of these, what number were (a) remand prisoners, (b) female prisoners, and (c) prisoners under the age of 21 years ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : The information is set out in the table
Deaths at the inmate's own hand at HM Prison Service establishments 1 January 1980-17 December 1990 Year |Unsentenced |Female |Inmates inmates<1> |inmates |aged |under 21<2> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1980 |12 |- |2 |25 (21) 1981 |8 |1 |2 |21 (16) 1982 |15 |- |5 |25 (18) 1983 |12 |- |3 |27 (21) 1984 |15 |- |4 |27 (23) 1985 |19 |1 |3 |29 (23) 1986 |14 |1 |5 |21 (17) 1987 |28 |1 |7 |46 (42) 1988 |21 |- |9 |37 (31) 1989<4> |27 |2 |11 |48 (34) 1990<4> |25 |1 |8 |<3>48 (19) <1> Includes inmates who had been convicted by not yet sentenced. <2> The figures in brackets show the number of deaths for which a suicide verdict was returned. <3> Inquests have yet to be held on 19 deaths which occurred in 1990. <4> To 17 December.
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Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training is offered within the prison service to staff on how to deal with suicidal inmates ; and if he has any plans to increase the amount of training offered.
Mrs. Rumbold (holding answer 18 December 1990) : All new entrant prison officers are given training in suicide awareness and interpersonal skills as part of their initial course. In-service training is organised on the cascade principle. Selected members of staff attend a three-day course at the prison service college, at which they are trained in suicide prevention and also learn how to deliver this training within their own establishments. Courses are arranged locally as and when governors are able to release staff to attend them. I welcome the increasing participation by the Samaritans in suicide prevention courses both at the prison service college and at a number of individual establishments.
We shall be considering the need to accelerate and develop the in-service training programme in the light of the report on suicide and self-injury by Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons, which has been published today.
Mr. Lorrain Osman
Mr. Parry : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the case of Mr. Lorrain Osman.
Mr. John Patten : Mr. Osman is the subject of an extradition request made by the Government of Hong Kong, in respect of various charges there, involving conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to steal, bribery, theft and fraudulent false accounting. In support of their request, the Hong Kong Government submitted over 30,000 pages of evidence.
Mr. Osman was arrested on 6 December 1985 and remanded in custody. On 1 June 1987, after a hearing lasting 66 working days, he was committed to custody by the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate for surrender. Since then, he has appealed four times by applications for writs of habeas corpus. He cannot be surrendered while appeal proceedings are pending. His fourth application was dismissed by the Divisional Court on 12 December 1990 as an abuse of process and contravention of statute. The judgment said that no blame could be attached to the Hong Kong Government for the lapse of time while Mr. Osman has been pursuing his appeals, and expressed the hope that the question of return could be determined without delay. Mr. Osman may apply, within 14 days of the judgment, for leave to appeal to the House of Lords.
Acacia Place, NW8 (Armed Raid)
Mr. Parry : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the departmental designation of those officials not members of the Metropolitan police, who attended an armed raid on No. 3 Acacia place, NW8 recently ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I understand from the Commissioner that only officers of the Metropolitan police were involved in the search at 3 Acacia place on 27 November.
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Third Safe Country Policy
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to review the operation of the third safe country policy ; and if he will make a statement.
Police Powers of Entry
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to extend police powers of entry into private premises to conduct searches if it is believed that explosives or ammunition are being kept there.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : My right hon. Friend is discussing with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment and with the director of the Health and Safety Commission new draft regulations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 in order to improve controls over the storage of explosives on private premises. We are considering the designation of a small number of police officers as inspectors under the 1974 Act. They will attract, under section 20 of the Act, those powers which are necessary for them to fulfil their duties under the proposed Control of Explosives Regulations.
Food Irradiation
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice he intends to provide about the use of irradiated food in prisons ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Rumbold : Regulations made under the Food Safety Act 1990 are intended to allow a person buying food or being served with food to decide whether or not to consume irradiated foods. This poses difficulties in a prison environment. We have therefore no plans for the central procurement of irradiated foods for use in prisons. For minor items purchased locally, prisons are being advised to avoid irradiated foods.
Prisons
Mr. Andy Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has reached any conclusions on the review of the prison estate following his consultation with staff, trade unions and boards of visitors.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : My right hon. Friend the then Home Secretary announced in reply to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster, North (Sir J. Wheeler) on 17 July at columns 468-70, following a review of the prison estate, a number of proposals involving either changes in the role of prison service establishments or in some cases, closure. I have carefully considered the comments and suggestions received since then, including a number from right hon. and hon. Members. I have now concluded that most of the proposals which emerged from the review should be implemented, although further thought should be given to some.
I have decided that two young offender institutions--Campfield House and Lowdham Grange--should close by the end of March 1991. In addition, HMYOI Eastwood
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Park and Her Majesty's prison Northeye should close in 1992-93. I have also decided that the closure of Her Majesty's prison Lancaster should be brought forward to coincide with the opening of a neighbouring new establishment, HMYOI Lancaster Farms, currently scheduled for 1992-93.I have decided that the changes of role proposed in the consultation exercise should also go ahead, with the exception of the proposals relating to Send, Brockhill, Oxford, Risley and Thorp Arch. The changes of role proposed for the first four were designed to meet problems which the latest population figures suggest may not now arise. It is only sensible therefore that these establishments should continue for the present with their existing tasks. The intention now is to close Brockhill when it is no longer needed for its present role, the timing being phased with the opening of Brinsford and Blakenhurst which are new establishments both currently scheduled to be available in the latter part of 1991-92.
I have also concluded that the building programme offers an alternative and quicker means of offering relief to the young prisoner population in Leeds and Hull than the conversion of Thorp Arch would have done. It is therefore intended to locate these prisoners in the new establishment at Moorland during the second half of next year. Moorland will offer the most modern accommodation, and the opportunity for the prison service to develop an improved regime for those on remand.
Revised projections for the prison population to 1998 were published in Home Office statistical bulletin 33/90, a copy of which is in the Library. These projections were substantially lower than those previously published. Prison service management will therefore be conducting a further review of the estate in the light of this trend in the prison population and the resources available.
Election Expenses
Mr. Charles Wardle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress on the review of the system of controls on candidates' expenses at elections announced on 21 June 1989, Official Report, columns 131-33.
Mrs. Rumbold : The second and final stage of the review has now been set in hand. A consultative group is being set up under Home Office chairmanship and representatives of the main political parties and of local authority associations are being invited to participate. The review will include Scotland and Northern Ireland. The group's terms of reference are to consider whether the current provisions for controlling expenditure on election campaigning at parliamentary, European parliamentary and local government elections are both appropriate and effective and, where appropriate, to make recommendations for change.
Broadcasting (Terrorist Organisations)
Mr. Cash : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking under the Broadcasting Act 1990 to continue the restrictions on the broadcasting of direct statements by representatives of terrorists' organisations connected with Northern Ireland and their supporters.
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Mr. Kenneth Baker : I have today issued notices, to take effect from 1 January 1991, to the following broadcasters and broadcasting regulatory bodies.
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