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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 18 January 1991
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Footballers (Illegal Payments)
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) when he expects to meet representatives of the Football League in order to discuss the need to ensure consistency of treatment of clubs who make illegal payments to their players ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what information he has concerning the policy of the Football League towards the determination of penalties relating to illegal payments to players ; what representations he has received on this matter ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins : I condemn attempts by any club to gain unfair advantage over others. However, the question of the appropriate action to take when breaches of Football League regulations occur is for the football authorities which I understand consider all such cases on their merits. I have no plans to meet the League to discuss this matter.
Last year my hon. Friend the previous Minister for Sport received a substantial number of representations, mainly from Swindon Town FC supporters, concerning the penalty imposed by the League on the club for making illegal payments to players.
Higher Education
Mr. Cummings : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of young people in the northern region entered higher education year by year since 1985.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The table shows, for school leavers in the north of England and for England as a whole, the percentage whose intended destination was either degree or teacher training courses.
Percentage of leavers going to degree or teacher training courses Academic year |North of England|All England -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984-85 |7.2 |7.8 1985-86 |7.1 |7.8 1986-87 |7.2 |7.7 1987-88 |7.9 |9.1 1988-89 |9.5 |10.2
Primary School Teachers
Sir John Farr : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what initiatives he is taking to reduce the shortage of teachers in primary schools in Leicestershire.
Mr. Fallon : Leicestershire local education authority is to receive grant support for £150,000 of expenditure on teacher recruitment in 1991-92. This is part of an overall
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allocation of £7.7 million between 86 LEAs, the average grant support being £90,000. A similar sum will be available in 1992-93. In addition, Leicestershire LEA will benefit from £80,000 allocated to support a licensed teacher scheme. This funding reflects the Department's commitment to assist authorities in the development of initiatives to improve teacher recruitment.Computers (Security)
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what measures he is taking to ensure the security of (a) his Department's computers in-house and (b) lap-top personal computers when used by civil servants outside his Department's offices.
Mr. Eggar : It is not Government policy to disclose details of the protective security measures for safeguarding computers used for official purposes. To do so would be of assistance to potential attackers and therefore reduce the effectiveness of the measures. These measures are kept under review.
Dyslexic Pupils
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what special arrangements he has now made for the marking of GCSE exam papers where the pupil has dyslexia ; and whether he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The GCSE examining group have a well-established common policy, drawn up in consultation with various national organisations, to deal with handicapped candidates, including those who are recognised as dyslexic. There are also appeals procedures available for those candidates who feel that such special circumstances have not been taken into account in the marking of their examinations. No changes to this provision have been proposed.
Expenditure
Mr. Murphy : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, following the statement by his predecessor, the hon. Member for Norfolk, South (Mr. MacGregor) how much extra capital moneys have been allocated for educational purposes in 1990-91 ; and what proportion of these have been allocated to (a) England and (b) Wales.
Mr. Fallon : With the exception of universities, the Department's expenditure programme does not cover education capital expenditure in Wales.
Provision in the DES programme for capital expenditure on schools, colleges and PCFC institutions in England in 1990-91 was some £109 million higher than in 1989-90. Details are set out in the 1990 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 1011).
Examination Results
Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all local education authorities in England in rank order showing the proportions of school-leavers with five or more GCSE results at grades A to C.
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Mr. Dykes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all local education authorities in England in rank order showing the proportions of school leavers with five or more GCSE results at grades A to C.Mr. Fallon : The information requested is set out in the table.
LEA |Rank |Proportion of
|or more GCSE
|results at Grades
|A-C as percentage
|of all school
|leavers<1>
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Sutton |1 |39.1
Barnet |2 |38.9
Harrow |3 |38.6
Surrey |4 |38.0
Buckinghamshire |5 |36.0
West Sussex |6 |35.5
North Yorkshire |7 |34.5
Richmond |8 |32.4
Berkshire |9 |32.3
Kingston upon Thames |10 |32.2
Hertfordshire |11 |31.9
Solihull |12 |31.7
East Sussex |13 |31.4
Gloucestershire |14 |31.2
Trafford |15 |30.7
Northumberland |15 |30.7
Shropshire |17 |30.3
Wigan |18 |30.2
Bromley |19 |29.9
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |19 |29.9
Hampshire |21 |29.6
Hereford and Worcester |22 |29.2
Cheshire |23 |29.1
Bolton |24 |28.7
Stockport |25 |28.6
Bexley |26 |28.5
Sefton |26 |28.5
Warwickshire |26 |28.5
Cambridgeshire |29 |28.0
Cumbria |29 |28.0
Wirral |31 |27.8
Avon |31 |27.8
Bury |33 |27.7
Oxfordshire |33 |27.7
Dorset |35 |27.6
North Tyneside |36 |27.5
Essex |37 |27.4
Kent |38 |27.3
Tameside |39 |27.1
Somerset |39 |27.1
Enfield |41 |26.9
Lancashire |42 |26.8
Cleveland |43 |26.5
Devon |44 |26.3
Wiltshire |45 |25.9
Kirklees |46 |25.6
Redbridge |47 |25.5
Dudley |47 |25.5
Hounslow |49 |25.2
Lincolnshire |49 |25.2
Leicestershire |51 |25.1
Bedfordshire |52 |24.9
Staffordshire |52 |24.9
Merton |54 |24.6
Derbyshire |54 |24.6
Norfolk |56 |24.5
Havering |57 |24.4
Suffolk |58 |24.2
Walsall |59 |23.4
Durham |59 |23.4
Nottinghamshire |59 |23.4
Salford |62 |23.2
Rotherham |63 |23.0
Northamptonshire |64 |22.8
Hillingdon |65 |22.7
Humberside |66 |22.6
Ealing |67 |22.5
Sheffield |68 |22.2
South Tyneside |68 |22.2
Croydon |70 |22.1
Leeds |71 |22.0
Sunderland |72 |21.8
Doncaster |73 |21.7
Newcastle upon Tyne |74 |21.6
Calderdale |75 |21.5
Coventry |76 |21.2
Rochdale |77 |20.9
Brent |78 |20.6
St. Helens |79 |20.5
Gateshead |80 |20.4
Wolverhampton |81 |19.9
Barnsley |82 |19.7
Isle of Wight |83 |19.5
Liverpool |84 |19.4
Birmingham |85 |19.1
Oldham |86 |18.1
Wakefield |87 |17.5
Bradford |88 |16.9
Haringey |89 |16.6
Manchester |90 |16.4
Inner London |91 |15.9
Sandwell |92 |15.5
Newham |93 |14.9
Waltham Forest |94 |12.7
Barking and Dagenham |95 |11.3
Knowsley |96 |8.5
Total England |25.8
<1> The examination data are aggregated from the results of a sample survey for
the academic years 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89. These figures are based on a 10
per cent. sample of school leavers in maintained schools (excluding special
schools). The percentages do not reflect exam achievements of pupils after leaving
school. It includes GCSE and O-level grades A to C and CSE grade 1.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those local education authorities in England which achieved average or better examination results for school leavers on the basis of the latest information available and are budgeting to spend no more than 5 per cent. above the education component of their 1990-91 standard spending assessment.
Mr. Dykes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those local authorities in England which achieved average or better examination results for school leavers on the basis of the latest information available and which are budgeting to spend no more than 5 per cent. above the education component of their 1990-91 standard spending assessment.
Mr. Fallon : The information requested is set out in the table :
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Local education |1986-87 to 1988-89 |Indexed budgeted
authority |Numbers of leavers |overspend on
|with 5 or more |education element of
|GCSE results at |1990-91 SSA
|Grades A-C as |(100 = Parity)
|percentage of all
|school leavers
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Barnet |38.9 |99
Harrow |38.6 |102
Surrey |38.0 |103
Buckinghamshire |36.0 |103
West Sussex |35.5 |100
Berkshire |32.3 |98
East Sussex |31.4 |105
Trafford |30.7 |102
Bromley |29.9 |100
Cornwall |29.9 |98
Hampshire |29.6 |101
Hereford and
Worcester |29.2 |100
Bolton |28.7 |101
Bexley |28.5 |100
Sefton |28.5 |104
Cambridgeshire |28.0 |104
Wirral |27.8 |101
Essex |27.4 |102
Kent |27.3 |95
Tameside |27.1 |100
Enfield |26.9 |104
Note: Information is not available for the individual inner London boroughs, the
City of London, Brent, Haringey or Barnsley.
The information is based on:
Examination data aggrevated from the results of a sample survey over the three
academic years from 1986-87 to 1988-89 showing the proportions of school leavers
with 5 or more GCSE results at grades A-C;
Education budget data based on budget returns from LEAs to the Department of the
Environment.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those local education authorities in England which achieved below-average examination results for school-leavers in the latest year for which information is available and are budgeting to spend more than 7.5 per cent. above the education component of their 1990-91 standard spending assessment.
Mr. Dykes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those local education authorities in England which achieved below-average examination results for school leavers in the latest year for which information is available and which are budgeting to spend more than 7.5 per cent. above the education component of their 1990-91 standard spending assessment.
Mr. Fallon : The information requested is set out in the table :
LEA |1986-87 to
|1988-89 |geted overspend
|Numbers of |on education
|leavers with 5 |element of
|or more GCSE |1990-91 SSA
|A-C as percen- |(100=Parity)
|tage of all
|School Leavers
Hounslow |25.2 |110
Leicestershire |25.1 |110
Merton |24.6 |109
Derbyshire |24.6 |124
Havering |24.4 |109
Suffolk |24.2 |109
Walsall |23.4 |112
Durham |23.4 |110
Salford |23.2 |113
Rotherham |23.0 |112
Hillingdon |22.7 |111
Sheffield |22.2 |117
South Tyneside |22.2 |113
Leeds |22.0 |109
Doncaster |21.7 |108
Newcastle upon Tyne |21.6 |115
Calderdale |21.5 |110
Coventry |21.2 |110
St. Helens |20.5 |112
Gateshead |20.4 |117
Wakefield |17.5 |117
Sandwell |15.5 |112
Barking and Dagenham |11.3 |114
HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION
House of Commons Services
Mr. Wigley : To ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, why the cleaners in the House of Commons itself and other associated buildings were requested to work on Monday 24 December.
Mr. Beith : For a number of staff of the House, Christmas eve was a normal non-sitting working day, although only a proportion of the House's directly employed cleaning staff was required for work that day.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Community Charge Benefit
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing his estimates of how much will be saved in community charge benefit subsidy in 1990-91 for each local authority which is a housing benefit authority as a result of charge-capping.
Miss Widdecombe : All authorities have until 30 September 1991 to submit claims to community charge benefit subsidy in respect of 1990-91. These claims will reflect community charge benefit expenditure incurred after the application of budget substitution, but it will not be possible reliably to estimate what the level of that expenditure would otherwise have been.
Income Support
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the deductions that may be made from income support benefit before a claimant receives it.
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Miss Widdecombe : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 26 November at cols. 306-08.Pensioners' Christmas Bonus
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of a 1991 Christmas bonus for pensioners at (a) £10.00 per pensioner, (b) £15.00 per pensioner and (c) £20.00 per pensioner.
Miss Widdecombe : The estimated cost of paying the pensioners' Christmas bonus in 1991-92 is approximately £114 million. If the payment was increased to £15 per pensioner, the cost would be about £171 million ; if the payment was increased to £20 per pensioner, the cost would be £228 million.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what savings his Department would make were no notice given of oral questions to Ministers and they were answered without civil service time being used on briefings.
Miss Widdecombe : No savings would be made and costs could increase because officials would have to brief Ministers on the whole range of subjects which could possibly arise.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average length of time taken and the average cost involved of officials' time in his Department preparing ministerial briefs for oral parliamentary questions.
Miss Widdecombe : The time taken to prepare ministerial briefs for oral parliamentary questions is not routinely recorded in this Department, although estimates would be made if the disproportionate cost threshold, currently £250, were likely to be exceeded for an individual question. However, the current estimate of the average cost throughout all Departments of answering an oral question if £99, on the basis set out in the reply of my right hon. Friend the Lord President to the hon. Member on 19 December 1990 at column 163.
Disability Working Allowance
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide illustrative examples of people who would be (a) better off and (b) worse off claiming the disability working allowance compared with their current situation.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 16 January 1991] : Some illustrative examples of the level of income that disability working allowance (DWA) recipients will have were included in the note published on 12 November, a copy of which is in the Library. All recipients who claim more than eight weeks after starting work will be better off than if they did not have DWA. Most other potential recipients earning more than about £30 a week will be better off with DWA than they would be if they remained on an incapacity benefit.
A small number of people in the circumstances listed might be worse off if they decided to take a job at a very
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low rate of pay. However, no one will be obliged to claim DWA and, if they choose to take a job and claim DWA, all of them will be better off than if DWA were not available to supplement their earnings.The level of earnings below which people in the categories listed would be worse off would depend on the incapacity benefit to which they would be entitled if they were not working, the size and composition of their family and, in the case of (a) , on the size of the claimant's mortgage.
The circumstances in which a small number of people might be worse off if they decided to take a job at a very low rate of pay supported by DWA include the following :
a. if the claimant has a mortgage (but we expect about 10,000 DWA recipients will have mortgages and will be better off on DWA) ; b. exceptionally, if the claimant has children and his income, including earnings and DWA, would be very little above income support level, loss of free school meals might take them below income support level ;
c. if the claimant is receiving invalidity benefit and has entitlement to a large amount of additional pension, or if he has a significant amount of capital or another source of income ; d. if the claimant is on invalidity benefit and has a partner who is working (but we expect that some DWA recipients will have partners who are working and will be better off) ;
e. if the IVB recipient is doing therapeutic work permitted by regulations.
THE ARTS
Liverpool Playhouse
Mr. Alton : To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will make a statement on the funding and future of the Liverpool Playhouse.
Mr. Renton : The funding of the Liverpool Playhouse is a matter for the Arts Council, and for the Merseyside local authorities and other local interests. However, I met hon. Members from Merseyside on 16 January to discuss the financial position of the company. I am well aware of the affection and loyalty that is felt for this famous theatre, and of the widespread concern for its future. The Arts Council has long shared that concern, and it is continuing to discuss funding arrangements with the Merseyside local authorities with a view to the local authorities aiming nearer to the level of financial contribution made by the Arts Council. I hope that there will be a successful outcome.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Public Sector Manpower
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the manpower figures for each part of nationalised industry in 1978-79 and 1988-89, showing the reduction or increase in each case and also the decrease in each sector due to denationalisation.
Mr. Mellor : Outturn data for the nationalised industries for 1978- 79 and 1988-89 were published in appendix D of chapter 21 of the 1990 public expenditure White Paper (Cm. 1021). Over that period manpower fell by 1,062,000 from 1,843,000 to 781,000, a reduction of 57.6 per cent. Nationalised industries that were privatised between 1978-79 and 1988-89 employed about 650,000
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people at the time of privatisation. Information on manpower figures for each nationalised industry for the years 1978-79 and 1988-89 can be found in the annual report and accounts of each industry for these years.Alcohol and Tobacco Duty
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it remains Government policy that harmonisation of alcohol and tobacco duties must involve either effective restrictions or high minimum duty rates.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The Government's view on harmonisation remains that centrally determined duty rates are not necessary for completion of the single market, but that alcohol and tobacco need to be treated as special cases under an approach based on the free operation of market forces.
Mr. Donald Thompson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what conclusions he has come on the future structure of the beer duty following the recent consultation exercise with the trade ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : Trade responses to the Customs and Excise consultative paper have not revealed any major obstacles to the introduction of an end-product duty on beer. I have therefore decided to replace in due course the present worts-based duty by a duty on the finished beer, subject to satisfactory arrangements being devised following further consultation with trade interests. I have asked Customs and Excise to begin discussions on the details of a new system.
Computers (Security)
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he is taking to ensure the security of (a) Her Majesty's Treasury's computers in-house and (b) lap-top personal computers when used by civil servants outside his Department's offices.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : It is not Government policy to disclose details of the protective security measures for safeguarding computers used for official purposes. To do so would be of assistance to potential attackers and would therefore reduce the effectiveness of the measures. These measures are kept under review.
Balance of Payments
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which sectors of the British economy were in balance of payments surplus in 1979 and for the latest available date.
Mr. Mellor [holding answer 16 January 1991] : Industrial sector data of imports and exports on a balance of payments basis are normally available only for years in which input-output tables are compiled. Input-output tables exist for 1979 and 1984, and a simple update of 1984 to 1985 was carried out. For these years, the energy and services industrial sectors were in balance of payments surplus. The table gives the relevant data for these and the other main sectors of the economy.
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Exports less imports of goods and services by
industrial sector,
on a balance of payments basis
£ billion
|1979 |1984 |1985
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Agriculture |-1.8 |-1.2 |-2.3
Energy |-1.5 |+5.9 |+6.9
Manufacturing |-3.7 |-15.3 |-14.3
Services etc. |+7.4 |+10.6 |+13.3
|-------|-------|-------
Overall balance |+0.5 |-0.9 |+3.6
Notes on the table:
The industrial sectors are defined in terms of
the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification as
follows:
Agriculture: Division 0.
Energy: Division 1.
Manufacturing: Divisions 2-4.
Services etc.: Divisions 5-9.
The table is restricted to trade in goods and services, and does not include flows of interest, profits and dividends, and transfers. These items are included in the overall measure of the balance of payments for the United Kingdom.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Government Appointees
Rev. Ian Paisley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the names of all Government-appointed nominees to the Northern Ireland Sports Council since its formation, giving the year of appointment and the length of service in each case.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 16 January 1991] : The information requested is set out in the table with names in alphabetical order. Length of service of members still serving is taken as up to January 1991.
Name |Year of |Length of service
|appointment
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Allen, D. F. |1990 |4 months
Allen, J. H. |1974 |16 years
Allen, R. |1981 |1 year
Andrews, D. G. |1986 |4 years, 4 months
Barr, J. W. S. |1977 |3 years
Bell, Mrs. M. |1976 |4 years
Bloomfield, Lady |1989 |1 year, 10 months
Boyd, Mrs. D. M. |1981 |1 year
Burns, K. F. |1977 |4 years
Caldwell, W. A. |1981 |7 years
Cannon, J. F. |1974 |2 years
Carey, J. |1977 |4 years
Carlin, A. |1986 |4 years, 4 months
Clarke, Ms. A. |1990 |4 months
Clarke, A. N. |1977 |4 years
Close, S. A. |1977 |3 years
Colhoun, R. S. |1974 |3 years
Comerton, Mrs. E. |1988 |3 years
Conlon, Dr. W. A. |1974 |7 years
Connolly, B. |1976 |1 year
Connor, R. |1982 |6 years
Corry, W. C. |1974 |3 years
Craig, Rev. R. G. |1977 |3 years
Crozier, E. |1977 |3 years
Dixon, T. R. V. |1981 |5 years
Donnelly, T. |1981 |1 year
Edwards, B. G. |1981 |1 year
Faulkner, H. |1980 |1 year
Farrington, L. W. |1981 |1 year
Gallogly, S. |1986 |4 years
Ginn, G. J. |1981 |5 years
Girvan, A. H. |1974 |3 years
Glancy, Dr. B. |1989 |1 year 10 months
Hamilton, J. |1974 |3 years
Haslett, V. C. |1982 |6 years
Hendra, Mrs. A. |1988 |2 years 4 months
Hendra, M. R. |1977 |2 years
Heron, P. J. |1976 |1 year
Hewitt, F. S. A. |1988 |2 years 4 months
Hogg, Mrs. M. |1977 |2 years
Huey, S. S. J. |1974 |2 years
Hunter, J. A. |1976 |1 year
Jamison, J. Q. |1974 |3 years
Johnston, A. N. |1974 |3 years
Johnston, Mrs. M. |1986 |1 year
Johnstone, H. A. |1974 |3 years
King, W. H. |1986 |4 years 4 months
Kirkwood, R. W. C. |1981 |6 years
Kyle, Mrs. M. |1974 |3 years
Lamont, R. A. |1974 |3 years
Lapsley, J. C. |1974 |3 years
Lee, I. |1988 |2 years 4 months
Linehan, A. J. |1977 |3 years
Martin, Mrs. C. |1977 |3 years
Mayne, H. |1988 |2 years
Miller, S. |1988 |2 years
McBriar, J. T. |1982 |4 years
McCloy, Mrs. J. |1986 |4 years
McCloy, T. |1981 |1 year
McColgan, R. J. |1981 |1 year
McCullough, R. |1982 |4 years
McKeag, H. |1981 |1 year
McKeever, J. |1981 |9 years
McKelvey, Mrs. M. R. |1986 |4 years 4 months
McKie, P. |1976 |1 year
McManus, Mrs. R. |1974 |3 years
McNicholl,
Miss M. H. |1986 |2 years
McShane, P. R. |1986 |4 years
McWilliams P. H. |1982 |6 years
O'Connell, W. |1974 |1 year
O'Doherty, Ms. A. |1990 |4 months
O'Donoghue, P. |1977 |3 years
O'Neill, J. F. |1974 |3 years
O'Neill, V. P. |1974 |1 year
Peacock, R. |1977 |4 years
Peters, Dr. M. E. |1974 |20 years
Pollock, J. S. |1986 |4 years 4 months
Redpath, Mrs. J. |1981 |1 year
Richardson, W. F. |1974 |3 years
Robinson, MP, P. D. |1990 |4 months
Rose, A. D. |1974 |3 years
Sansom,
Rev. Canon C. N. |1981 |1 year
Scott, K. |1986 |4 years 4 months
Shearer, E. D. R. |1974 |3 years
Simpson, Mrs. M. |1974 |3 years
Sleith, Rev. A. A. |1977 |3 years
Stelfox, J. D. |1988 |2 years 4 months
Storey, G. |1977 |3 years
Sweetnam, Dr. J. |1981 |1 year
Traynor, Mrs. R. |1981 |5 years
Turner, E. |1981 |5 years
Walsh, J. |1990 |4 months
Warke, Dr. L. |1977 |2 years
Watson, W. G. |1982 |3 years
Wheeler, F. A. |1974 |6 years
Williams, Miss J. |1982 |10 years
Wilson, D. A. |1987 |1 year
Wilson, Miss M. |1977 |9 years
PRIME MINISTER
House of Lords
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Prime Minister if he will list in the Official Report the names of all those members of the House of Lords nominated to sit therein since 1 August 1987, together with the dates upon which they took their seats.
The Prime Minister : Peerages created since 1 August 1987 are as follows, together with the dates on which the holders were introduced.
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Title |Created |Introduced
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Lord Rippon of Hexham |5 October 1987 |20 October 1987
Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe |6 October 1987 |20 October 1987
Lord Thomas of Gwydir |7 October 1987 |21 October 1987
Lord Jay |8 October 1987 |21 October 1987
Lord Pym |9 October 1987 |28 October 1987
Lord Joseph |12 October 1987 |28 October 1987
Lord Dormand of Easington |13 October 1987 |3 November 1987
Lord Prior |14 October 1987 |11 November 1987
Lord Crickhowell |15 October 1987 |4 November 1987
Lord Colnbrook |16 October 1987 |10 November 1987
Lord St. John of Fawsley |19 October 1987 |4 November 1987
Lord Mason of Barnsley |20 October 1987 |3 November 1987
Lord Carlisle of Bucklow |2 November 1987 |10 November 1987
Lord Jenkin of Roding |3 November 1987 |11 November 1987
Lord Ross of Newport |4 November 1987 |8 December 1987
Lord Callaghan of Cardiff |5 November 1987 |17 November 1987
Lord Rees |16 November 1987|24 November 1987
Lord Jenkins of Hillhead |20 November 1987|1 December 1987
Lord Jakobovits |5 February 1988 |9 February 1988
Baroness Hart of South Lanark |8 February 1988 |10 February 1988
Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle |9 February 1988 |9 February 1988
Lord Donaldson of Lymington |15.February 1988|24 February 1988
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster |26 February 1988|15 March 1988
Lord Alexander of Weedon |11 July 1988 |12 July 1988
Lord Rees-Mogg |8 August 1988 |25 October 1988
Lord Butterfield |10 August 1988 |9 November 1988
Lord Mackenzie-Stuart |18 October 1988 |30 November 1988
Lord Macaulay of Bragar |9 January 1989 |18 January 1989
Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover |31 January 1989 |31 January 1989
Lord Lewis of Newnham |8 February 1989 |8 February 1989
Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes |9 February 1989 |28 February 1989
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie |10 February 1989|22 February 1989
Lord Sharp of Grimsdyke |21 July 1989 |26 July 1989
Lord Walton of Detchant |24 July 1989 |11 October 1989
Lord McColl of Dulwich |25 July 1989 |26 July 1989
Lord Fieldhouse |26 February 1990|7 March 1990
Baroness Park of Monmouth |27 February 1990|6 March 1990
Lord Tombs |28 February 1990|13 March 1990
Lord Clinton-Davis |8 May 1990 |8 May 1990
Lord Morris of Castle Morris |9 May 1990 |9 May 1990
Baroness Eccles of Moulton |10 May 1990 |15 May 1990
Lord Richard |14 May 1990 |15 May 1990
Lord Wade of Chorlton |16 May 1990 |22 May 1990
Lord Cavendish of Furness |17 May 1990 |6 June 1990
Baroness Cumberlege |18 May 1990 |23 May 1990
Baroness Brigstocke |21 May 1990 |23 May 1990
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior |22 May 1990 |12 June 1990
Lord Holme of Cheltenham |29 May 1990 |6 June 1990
Lord Varley |30 May 1990 |5 June 1990
Baroness Hollis of Heigham |1 June 1990 |11 June 1990
Baroness Flather |11 June 1990 |19 June 1990
Lord Pearson of Rannoch |18 June 1990 |19 June 1990
Lord Porter of Luddenham |<1>16 July 1990 |24 July 1990
Baroness Castle of Blackburn |<2>16 July 1990 |18 July 1990
Lord Lane of Horsell |17 July 1990 |17 July 1990
Lord Haslam |13 August 1990 |17 October 1990
Baroness Dunn |24 August 1990 |9 October 1990
Lord Waddington |4 December 1990 |4 December 1990
Lord Sterling of Plaistow |17 January 1991 |To be introduced
<1>a.m.
<2>p.m.
Official Histories
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Prime Minister (1) how many official histories have been commissioned by the Government since 1960 ; what are their titles ; when each was commenced ; when each was completed ; who were the authors ; and what was the cost of each ;
(2) how many Government-sponsored official histories are currently in preparation ; when they were commissioned ; who are the authors ; what are the estimated dates of completion ; and what is the estimated cost of each.
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The Prime Minister : The original programme of official histories commissioned by the War Cabinet covered the military and civil history of the second world war.
Subsequently two further groups of wartime histories were commissioned, tables A and B ;
On 9 March 1966 the then Prime Minister announced that the official programme would be extended to include selected periods or episodes of peacetime history. The following were commissioned, table C.
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Title |Author |Commissioned |Completion Publication
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Table A
SOE in France |M. R. D. Foot |1960 |1966
SOE in the Far East<2> |C. Cruickshank |1980 |1983
SOE in Scandinavia<2> |C. Cruickshank |1984 |1986
SOE in Greece<2> |R. R. M. Clogg |1984
SOE in the Low Countries<2> |M. R. D. Foot |1987
SOE in Yugoslavia<2> |M. C. Wheeler |1987
SOE in Italy |C. M. Woods |1989
Table B
British Intelligence in the Second World War, |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and |1971 |1979
Vol I | others
British Intelligence in the Second World War, |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and |1971 |1981
Vol II | others
British Intelligence in the Second World War, |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and |1971 |1984
Vol III | others
(Part I) |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and
| others
British Intelligence in the Second World War, |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and |1971 |1988
Vol III | others
(Part II) |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and
| others
British Intelligence in the Second World War, |Professor Sir Harry Hinsley and |1971 |1990
Vol IV | C. A. G. Simkins
British Intelligence in the Second World War, |Professor Sir Michael Howard |1971 |1990
Vol V
Table C
Environmental Planning |Professor J. B. Cullingworth |1969 |Published in 4 Vols.
| between 1975-1981
Nationalisation of British Industry |Professor Sir Norman Chester |1969 |1975
Colonial Development<2> |D. J. Morgan |1969 |Published in 5 Vol.s 1980
External Economic Policy<1> |Professor L. S. Pressnell |1974 |Vol. I published 1987
| Vol. II estimated date of
| publication 1992
Defence Organisation Since 1945<1> |Professor D. Cameron Watt |1974 |Estimated date of publication
| 1992
British Part in the Korean War<1> |General Sir Anthony Farrar- |1978
| Hockley |Estimated publication date Vol. II
| 1992
The Health Services Since the War<1> |Dr. Charles Webster |1978 |Vol. I published 1988
|Estimated publication
| of Vol. II 1992-3
<1>currently in preparation.
<2>main preparation and all publication costs met by commercial publishers.
The cost of preparing official histories is borne on the votes of several Government Departments, mainly the Cabinet Office ; the cost of printing, publishing and distribution falls to HMSO. (Revenue from sales goes towards offsetting these costs). It is not possible without disproportionate cost to itemise the cost of individual histories.
Ministers (Overseas Visits)
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Prime Minister if he will list in ranked order and by name the numbers of overseas trips undertaken by Ministers since June 1987.
The Prime Minister : This information is not held centrally and could not be produced without incurring disproportionate costs.
Sanctions
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Prime Minister what criteria have been adopted to judge the success of the application of sanctions upon Iraq imposed under the authorisation of the United Nations.
The Prime Minister : The test of the effectiveness of sanctions is whether they persuade Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. After nearly six months this has not been achieved.
Security
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Prime Minister what guidance is issued to Ministers on answering questions from right hon. and hon. Members on matters affecting security during periods of armed conflict.
The Prime Minister : Normal procedures for answering questions on matters affecting security continue to apply.
Mr. Ian Richter
Mr. Ron Brown : To ask the Prime Minister what representations he has made on behalf of Ian Richter, a British citizen presently held in Iraq ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : We remain concerned about the position of Mr. Ian Richter. We have regularly raised his case with the Iraqi authorities and our ambassador did so again shortly before he left Baghdad earlier this month.
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We have made arrangements to ensure that Mr. Richter continues to receive visits and comforts. We are in close touch with his family here.WALES
Tourism
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he has any plans to improve the overseas marketing of tourism within Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The overseas promotion of Wales as a tourist destination is a statutory responsibility of the British Tourist Authority, although the Wales tourist board can, with the agreement of the BTA, act on its behalf.
Following a meeting I had with the chairman of the WTB last June, the board commissioned a study intended to identify ways of improving the effectiveness of the overseas marketing of Wales, within the existing legal framework.
I understand that the report is expected very shortly. I assure my hon. Friend that Ministers will consider its findings very carefully.
Reading Standards
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will call an all-Wales conference of Her Majesty's inspectors, local education authority parent-teacher associations and teachers to discuss the reading standards of seven-year-olds in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 17 January 1991, column 569-70.
Hazardous Waste
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a list of all sites where a total quantity of 25 tonnes or more of dangerous substances are present, quoting the ordnance survey eight-figure grid reference number for each site.
Mr. Forth : I have been asked to reply.
This information is not available in the format requested. Each Health and Safety Executive area office keeps available for public inspection lists of premises in its area, by name and address, where dangerous substances
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are present and where notification required under certain legislation has been received by the Health and Safety Executive.AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Eggs
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the number and value of eggs (a) imported into the United Kingdom and (b) exported from the United Kingdom, between (i) September 1988 and August 1989 and (ii) September 1989 and August 1990.
Mr. Curry : The information requested is as follows :
|Number |Value
|of eggs
|Thousands |£
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(a) Eggs imported into the United Kingdom
(i) 1 September 1988 to 31 August 1989 |276,432 |9,339,648
(ii) 1 September 1989 to 31 August 1990 |684,988 |29,039,383
(b) Eggs exported from the United Kingdom
(i) 1 September 1988 to 31 August 1989 |395,018 |13,583,133
(ii) 1 September 1989 to 31 August 1990 |100,371 |4,549,383
Common Agricultural Policy
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North dated 20 December 1990, Official Report, column 296, on CAP expenditure, if he will state the total net cost to the Exchequer of support for agriculture and the common agricultural policy, after deducting any relevant refunds and grants received ; and if he will also show the amount per head of the population of the United Kingdom which this net figure represents.
Mr. Curry : The total figures, and the equivalent per head of United Kingdom population, which my hon. Friend has requested, are as follows :
Estimate for 1990-91 |Total |£/head
|(£ million)
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Exchequer expenditure on the
common agricultural policy in
the United Kingdom |1,900 |33
Receipts from the European
Community in the relation to
agriculture |1,600 |28
Total Exchequer expenditure on
agricultural grants and
subsidies in the United
Kingdom (EC and national) |1,950 |34
Cost to the Exchequer of the
United Kingdom's net
contribution to the total
Community budget (all EC
expenditure including
agriculture) |2,100 |37
It would be misleading to net off EC receipts in relation to agriculture from Exchequer expenditure on the CAP, because the United Kingdom is a net contributor to the EC budget. It is not possible, for the reasons given in the previous reply, to estimate the cost of the United Kingdom's contribution to agricultural expenditure elsewhere in the Community.
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