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Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criticism he has received over the past three years from outside evaluators used to study the overall effectiveness of the United Kingdom aid programme ; and what was the action taken.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 31 January 1991] : The findings of around 50 evaluation studies completed over the last three years are too numerous and detailed to list.
Evaluation reports, or the synthesis studies based on them, are considered by the ODA projects and evaluation committee. They are summarised in evaluation abstracts EVSUMS and circulated to all operational staff so that the lessons learned can be applied to future aid activities. Consideration is also given to whether ODA procedures should be changed in the light of the findings in order to
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improve aid effectiveness. The catalogue of evaluation studies and the collection of EVSUMS are available in the House of Commons Library.Departmental Staff
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific measures he is taking to attract more women into the Overseas Development Administration ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Chalker : I am anxious to provide the fullest possible opportunities for women to work in the ODA. Our equal opportunity policy is designed to ensure, among other things, that any barriers to women's career development are eliminated. We have for example provided flexible working arrangements, established holiday play schemes for employees' children and reduced seniority requirements for promotion. The number of women working in ODA permanent posts has increased by 13 per cent. since 1986. We also want to attract more women to overseas contract posts and are now implementing the recommendation of a study specially commissioned for that purpose.
Aid Programme
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give at constant prices (a) the total level of United Kingdom aid in each of the last four decades and (b) the contribution per head of the United Kingdom population in the same period.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 31 January 1991] : Calculations of gross public expenditure on aid in each of the last four decades at constant prices are as follows :
Decade |Total aid in |Population |Aid per head
|decade 1989<1>|(million) |of United
|prices |Kingdom
|(£ million) |population
|per decade
|(£ )
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1950-59 |7,433 |50.856 |146
1960-69 |15,559 |54.171 |287
1970-79 |16,172 |56.231 |288
1980-89 |16,707 |56.539 |295
Sources: Annual Abstract of Statistics (Treasury, CSO); British Aid
Statistics.
<1> 1950-65 are in 1989-90 prices; 1966-89 in 1989 prices; figures from
1972 include aid administration costs.
Food Aid
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries, including developed nations, are receiving food aid.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 31 January 1991] : Under the food aid convention, the United Kingdom has an obligation to provide 110, 700 tonnes of food aid to the developing countries each year. The principal beneficiaries are currently Ethiopia, Sudan, Bangladesh, Mozambique and Pakistan.
The United Kingdom also contributes to the EC food aid budget, which benefits a wide range of developing countries. There is a separate provision of 350 million ecu for food aid for eastern Europe, from which the Soviet Union, Bulgaria and Romania are expected to benefit.
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Malawi
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Lilongwe-Salima road in Malawi has cost to date ; and what he estimates the final cost to be.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 31 January 1991] : The estimated total cost of the project is £15,104,000. Our contribution under the British aid programme for Malawi will be £15,042,000, of which £6,751,561 has so far been spent.
Procurement, Advisory and Monitoring Unit
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what savings he expects from the Overseas Development Administrations procurement, advisory and monitoring unit for 1991-92 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 31 January 1991] : The new savings' target to be set for 1991-92 will meet the requirements specified by the central unit on purchasing and published in the 1990 progress report to the Prime Minister on Government purchasing.
Joint Funding
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of ODA bilateral aid, broken down by region and by purpose, was provided through non-governmental organisations through the joint funding scheme.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 31 January 1991] : In 1989-90, the last complete financial year, the figures were :
|Sum spent |As a percentage
|under the joint |of bilateral aid
|funding scheme |programme
|£ million
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Total joint funding scheme |16.47 |1.78
By continent
Africa |8.28 |2.03
Americas |2.73 |5.05
Asia |4.91 |1.96
Oceania |0.17 |4.19
Unallocable by country |0.38 |0.20
By sector heading
Agriculture |1.57 |<1>
Aids |0.11 |<1>
Appropriate technology |0.15 |<1>
Children |0.16 |<1>
Disabled |0.73 |<1>
Education |2.02 |<1>
Environment |0.54 |<1>
Fisheries |0.03 |<1>
Forestry |1.06 |<1>
Health |3.56 |<1>
Housing |0.17 |<1>
Income generation |0.50 |<1>
Population |0.79 |<1>
Social development |2.53 |<1>
Water |1.88 |<1>
Women |0.63 |<1>
Youth |0.04 |<1>
<1> This information could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
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WALES
Service Personnel (Hospital Treatment)
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what provisions have been made in hospitals in Wales for the priority admission and treatment of any Welsh service personnel who may be wounded in the Gulf war ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Appropriate plans have been made for the NHS in Wales to play its part in the treatment of Gulf war casualties. The central priority is to transfer the wounded from their point of arrival in the United Kingdom to appropriate hospitals as quickly and effectively as possible.
Cardiac Treatment
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he intends to provide the specialist cardiac resources at the university hospital of Wales.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : In addition to the facilities which already exist, our Department is currently funding enhanced cardiac catheter laboratories and improved intensive care and coronary care facilities.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the names of all the NHS specialist cardiologists in Wales, together with the hospitals at which they are based.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : This information is not held centrally. There is no general hospital in Wales which is without a consultant physician who will have had higher training in all aspects of general medicine including cardiology. Cardiology training has developed over time with changing technologies and therapies and general physicians with a practising interest can be expected to have a range of training backgrounds and experience consistent with their professional clinical practice.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which hospitals in Wales he is currently considering for the establishment of the satellite cardiac centre ; and when he expects the centre to be operational.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him on 30 November 1990, at column 511.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the level of funding for (a) the specialist paediatric cardiology and (b) the paediatric cardiac surgery, following the opening of the paediatric cardiac unit at the university hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The paediatric cardiac unit at the University Hospital of Wales has been planned to provide about 100 paediatric cardiac operations yearly and appropriate cardiological services consistent with the recommendations of the cardiology committee of the Royal College of Physicians. It will be funded accordingly as demand develops and subject to review.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on what date the paediatric cardiac unit, including the infant surgery component, will be operational at the university hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
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Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The paediatric cardiac unit at the University Hospital of Wales is expected to come into operation in mid 1991 to provide a paediatric cardiac surgery service and a cardiological service for children of all ages. Neonatal and infant cardiac surgery is a supra regional service currently provided at a limited number of centres, the nearest of which is Bristol. Following the advice of the cardiology committee of the Royal College of Physicians provision of neonatal and infant cardiac surgery at the University Hospital of Wales is to be reviewed when the unit has been in operation a sufficient time for an assessment to be made.Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if it remains his policy to increase the specialist cardiac and cardiological resources in Wales to meet a target of at least 1,200 adult heart operations.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : It remains our target to increase provision for adult cardiac survey and cardiology for south Wales to about 1, 200 operations per annum as recommended by the cardiology committee of the Royal College of Physicians.
Hospitals
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what additional information or studies he requires before announcing his verdict on South Glamorgan health authority's proposed hospital closures.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The Secretary of State now has sufficient information for him to consider carefully the proposal's made by South Glamorgan health authority. This information is currently being assessed and the considerations applying to all the proposals will be referred to in the decision letters, which it is hoped to issue before too long.
Waste
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what funds are available to assist district authorities in Wales to purchase and install recycling and incineration equipment, as an alternative method to landfill, for the disposal of household and commercial waste.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Districts are able to fund such expenditure from their capital resources. In addition funding may be available from the Department of Energy's renewable energy programme. The formula based arrangements for the distribution of local authority capital resources in Wales have the support of the local authority associations and was introduced in order that authorities should be able to determine individually, how the resources made available are spent.
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many district waste authorities in Wales operate waste recycling plants ; and if he will list them, together with the type and capacity of plant in operation.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information is not maintained centrally. Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 each waste collection and regulation authority will be required to publicise plans showing its arrangements for the recycling of waste.
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National Health Service Reform
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if health authorities in Wales have been issued with guidelines outlining the requirements for the drafting of detailed business plans for the implementation of the National Health Service reforms with particular regard to approval in principle submission for major capital projects.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Guidance outlining the issues to be addressed in the preparation of business plans was issued generally to district health authorities on 25 January 1991. This confirmed advice previously given to those individual health authorities currently progressing approval in principle submissions for major capital projects.
Hospital, Ynys-y-plwm
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) when he will give to the Mid Glamorgan health authority his decision on the approval in principle submission relating to the application by that authority to build a new district general hospital at Ynys-y-plwm, Llanstrisant, for Taff Ely and Rhondda ;
(2) what is his policy with respect to announcing a decision on the approval in principle submission by Mid Glamorgan health authority for construction of a district general hospital at Ynys-y-plwm, Llanstrisant, before a business case has been presented to the Welsh Office by the authority detailing the implications of the National Health Service reforms on the district general hospital proposals ; (3) if he will issue without delay to the Mid Glamorgan health authority formal approval for the district general hospital project at Ynys-y-plwm, Llantrisant.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : No decision will be taken until the approval in principle submission and accompanying business plan have been fully considered, and at present we are unable to indicate when this might be since a business plan completed in the format requested by the Department has yet to be received from the authority.
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if the public consultation process relating to the district general hospital project at Ynys-y-Plwm, Llantrisant, has ended ; by what date appeals to him were required to be submitted ; and when he expects to announce his decision.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Consultation on the restructuring of health services in Taff-Ely and Rhondda in the light of the proposed district general hospital at Ynys-y-Plwm has ended. Appeals to the Secretary of State had to be submitted by 4 November 1990. A decision on the proposals will be announced as soon as possible.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will provide the detailed calculation of the transitional relief level for poll tax payers for the Bettws community of Newport ;
(2) if he will provide the detailed calculation of the transitional relief level for poll tax payers for the Wentloog community of Newport.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The transitional relief scheme which is in operation during 1990-91 is calculated as follows. Column numbers refer to the following tables.
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Under the scheme an amount of transitional relief is paid to all personal community chargepayers within a community area if the forecast charge (column 5), based on present expenditure patterns, is over a certain threshold amount above the notional average domestic rate bill per adult (column 4) for that community (calculated as the product of the average district domestic rate poundage in 1989-90 (column 3) and the domestic rateable value of the community on 1 April 1989 (column 1) divided by the total number of community charge payers (column 2) in that community area). The transitional relief paid to each personal community chargepayer (column 7) is equal to the amount that the forecast community charge exceeds the threshold level.Column 24
The threshold for 1990-91 was set at £18 above the average domestic rate bill per adult ; £20 million will be paid out to personal chargepayers on this basis over the whole of Wales.The scheme which will be in operation during 1991-92 differs in three respects. Firstly, the forecast community charge in the above calculation is replaced by the actual 1990-91 community charge. Secondly, the threshold has been increased to £37. Finally, the amount paid out to personal chargepayers over the whole of Wales under the scheme in 1991-92 will be £62 million, £42 million more than the relief in 1990-91.
The data for the communities requested are shown in the following tables.
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1990-1991 Relief: Newport
Local Authority and |(1) |(2) |(3) |(4) |(5) |(6) |(7)
Community Council |Domestic |Relevant |Domestic |Notional ave. |Forecast |Difference |Amount
|rateable |population<1> |poundage |Domestic rates |community |between C.C.
|value(3) |number |9(p) |per adult(£ ) |charge(£ ) |and rates(£ ) |threshold (£ )
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newport
Bettws |494,827 |6,531 |257.43 |195 |175 |-20 |-38
Wentloog |36,667 |605 |257.43 |156 |175 |19 |1
1/2
1991-1992 Relief: Newport
Local Authority and |(1) |(2) |(3) |(4) |(5) |(6) |(7)
Community Council |Domestic |Relevant |Domestic |Notional ave. |Forecast |Difference |Amount
|rateable |population<1> |poundage |Domestic rates |community |between C.C.
|value(3) |number |9(p) |per adult(£ ) |charge(£ ) |and rates(£ ) |threshold (£ )
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newport
Bettws |494,827 |6,531 |257.43 |195 |239 |44 |7
Wentloog |36,667 |605 |257.43 |156 |239 |83 |46
<1>As specified in Appendix 2 of the Welsh Revenue Support Grant Distribution Report.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will outline the principles on which he has based eligibility and levels of transitional relief for communities in Wales in respect of the poll tax in 1991-92.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : All communities in Wales are eligible for the community charge reduction scheme, as they were for transitional relief. Under the scheme an amount will be deducted from the community charge bill for all personal community chargepayers within a qualifying community area. Communities qualify for reductions if the actual community charge set by the charging authority for 1990-91 exceeds the specified threshold set at £37 above the national average domestic rate bill per adult for that community, calculated as the product of the average district domestic rate poundage in the 1989-90 and the domestic rateable value of the community on 1 April 1989 divided by the total number of community chargepayers in that area. The community charge reduction in each case is equal to the amount that the actual community charge for 1990-91 exceeds £37. This revised scheme provides relief to around 67 per cent. of chargepayers in Wales in 1991-92 compared with around 35 per cent. of chargepayers in 1990-91.
Commonwealth Games
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what action he intends to take as a result of the Sports Council's report in respect of happenings during the Commonwealth Games in Auckland and the response by the Wales Commonwealth Games Council ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Nicholas Bennett : These are matters for the Sports Council for Wales, in discussion with the Commonwealth Games Council, and I do not propose to intervene.
EMPLOYMENT
Wiltshire TEC
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the progress of the Wiltshire training and enterprise council.
Mr. Jackson : Wiltshire training and enterprise council is currently drawing up its corporate and business plans with a view to becoming operational in the spring.
Skill Centre, Gabalfa
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consultations he has had with the chairman of South Glamorgan TEC regarding (a) the future of the skill centre at Western avenue, Gabalfa, (b) the disposal of his leasehold interest in it and (c) the provision and fitting out of replacement training facilities.
Mr. Jackson : I have had no consultations with the chairman of South Glamorgan TEC on the issue raised.
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Patents
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from the United Kingdom pharmaceutical sector on the likely effects of the proposed reform of patents, as set out by the report of the European Parliament's committee on the environment, public health and consumer protection ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Leigh : I have received many representations from the pharmaceutical industry about the Commission's proposal for a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products but none has referred to the particular changes addressed by the recommendation of the European Parliament's committee on the environment, public health and consumer protection. The European Parliament did not adopt the committee's recommendation in its opinion on the proposal.
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give his Department's assessment of the optimum period it is believed should apply to patents and to supplementary protection certificates for pharmaceuticals in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Leigh : The optimum overall period of protection for pharmaceuticals by patent and the supplementary protection certificate currently proposed by the EC Commission should be such as to encourage research and development whilst not having unduly adverse consequences, because of the monopoly, on consumers, the national health service and the generic pharmaceutical industry. We hope to be in a position to announce a view on the details of the Commission's proposals shortly.
ECGD Insurance Services Group
Dr. Hampson : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish the list of potential purchasers after privatisation of the insurance services group of the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Mr. Sainsbury : For reasons of commercial confidentiality it would not be appropriate to publish the names of the potential purchasers who responded to the prequalification questionnaire. The names of short-listed bidders will be made public when they have been selected and invited to submit definitive bids.
Anti-dumping Duties
Mr. Oppenheim : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what products investigated by the EC under its anti-dumping regulations are subject to price maintenance agreements, import quotas, or any other action falling short of anti-dumping duties as a result of the anti-dumping investigation.
Mr. Sainsbury : I refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 17 January 1991 Official Report, columns 593-94. I have placed in the Library of the House a list of all remedies in force on 31 December 1990. This shows not only duties but undertakings given by exporters. Most of these relate to minimum price levels, but the undertakings in respect of urea relate to volumes exported to the Community.
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Imports
Mr. Oppenheim : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what products are subject to either EC or national quotas, excluding those relating to the multi-fibre arrangement.
Mr. Sainsbury : I refer my hon. Friend to my reply of 17 January 1991, Official Report, columns 593-94. All products requiring an individual import licence are listed in the open general import licence of 4 December 1987, as amended which is published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. I have placed in the Library of the House of Commons notice to importers 2293 which gives the provisional 1991 quota arrangements for goods from the state trading area. In addition to those listed there are restraints on a range of iron and steel goods which originate in the Soviet Union. There are also quotas on the import of bananas originating in the dollar area. Notices to importers are published in Thursday editions of Lloyd's List International.
ECGD Insurance Services Group
Dr. Hampson : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the position of clearing banks as potential buyers for the business of the Insurance Services Group of the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Mr. Sainsbury : The Government have been willing to consider proposals from any bona fide potential investor, including any clearing bank, before reaching decisions on a shortlist of bidders for competitive tendering purposes.
Theft
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Mr. Leigh [holding answer 30 January 1991] : Details of equipment stolen from the Department during the last three financial years are set out in the tables.
Financial year 1987-88
|£
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Intelligent modem |416.00
Camera and lens |374.00
Camera |500.00
Video recorder |<1>20.00
Casette deck |<1>20.00
Colour television |<1>20.00
Video recorder |<1>20.00
Pocket calculator |1.53
Video recorder |677.00
TV colour monitor |155.00
Transmitter-receiver |1,265.00
Video recorder |411.00
Video recorder |400.00
Video recorder |430.00
Radio |<1>10.00
Video recorder |610.00
Colour TV |<1>20.00
Colour TV |<1>20.00
Colour TV |<1>20.00
Colour TV |<1>20.00
Colour TV |<1>20.00
Video recorder |<1>20.00
Microwave oven |<1>20.00
Camera |250.00
Camera |145.00
M200 |210.00
MC7 |90.00
Six tapes |11.25
Pocket calculator |4.50
<1> Residual value.
Financial year 1988-89
|£
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Computer |525.00
Computer equipment |158.00
Camera |25.00
Video camera |684.00
Five cases of lost equipment |142.00
Car swaging kit |25.00
Answering machine |80.00
Calculator |53.00
Nineteen missing items |6,145.50
Computer |450.00
Fluke multimeter |120.00
Calculator |21.00
Calculator |5.00
Equipment |500.00
TV |<1>70.00
Machine-Phillips 0285 |44.00
TV and video |375.00
Word processor and feeder |1,875.00
<1> Residual value.
Financial year 1989-90
|£
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Gas Meter |300.00
Shears |12.00
Calculator |6.00
Camera |100.00
Video Recorder |520.00
Photographic Slide Printer |45.00
Portable Video Recorder |588.00
Video Camera |567.00
Colour TV Monitor |264.00
Socket set |139.00
Camera |323.00
Calculator |61.00
Answering Machine |244.00
TV |703.00
Microcomputer |408.00
TV Monitor |172.00
Dual AMS Disc Drive |310.00
Dual Disc Drive |344.00
Colour Monitor |201.00
Special Monitor |312.00
Microcomputer |402.00
VHS Recorder |195.00
Calculator |71.00
Calculator |84.00
Camera |452.00
Lens |324.00
Micro Computer |624.00
Digital Multimeter |68.00
Computer |401.00
Camera and Holder |234.00
Electric Drill |131.00
Staple Gun |<1>3.00
Cordless Cleaner |10.00
Sub Surface Buoy |400.00
Electric Motor |75.00
Rechargeable Cleaner |<1>21.00
Computer |150.00
Computer Monitor |112.50
Computer |112.50
Mast Unit |375.00
Mast Unit |375.00
Calculator |25.00
Printer |401.73
Computer |<1>112.50
Printer FX 100 |<1>75.00
Colour Monitor |112.50
Computer |200.00
Dual Disc Drive |200.00
Microvitec 1441 |200.00
Monitor |200.00
Video Recorder |144.00
Computer |901.00
Answering Machine |80.00
2 Video Recorders |293.74
Answering Machine |80.00
Pinwriter Printer |112.00
Computer |897.00
Radio |408.02
<1> Residual value.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Iraqi Citizens
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the internment of Iraqi citizens living in Britain.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : No power permitting internment of Iraqis civilians is in force in United Kingdom law. If such a power were proposed, Parliament would be able to consider and decide the matter.
The Gulf
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residents in the United Kingdom, of Palestinian and Arabic origin have been detained under security regulations arising out of the conflict in the Gulf, as at Monday 28 January ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : By 28 January a total of 101 Iraqis and 10 other nationals had been detained under the Immigration Act powers following notification of a decision to make deportation orders against them on the grounds that their presence was not conducive to the public good for reasons of national security. At 28 January 42 Iraqis and eight others remained in detention under the Immigration Act and 35 Iraqis were held in military custody as prisoners of war.
Magistrates
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward further proposals to increase the financial loss allowance for magistrates.
Mr. John Patten : The financial loss allowance for magistrates was last increased in April 1990, in line with the increase for local authority councillors. We shall consider whether a further increase is possible with effect from this April to reflect changes in levels of earnings.
Passports
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for British passports were processed in (a) 1979, (b) 1985, (c) 1986, (d) 1987, (e) 1988, (f) 1989 and (g) for each month of 1990.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : The total number of British passport services in 1979 and each of the years from 1985 to 1989 was :
|Millions
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1979 |1.79
1985 |2.02
1986 |2.50
1987 |2.43
1988 |2.83
1989 |2.77
The total number of British passport services for each month of 1990 was :
|Number
January |265,000
February |360,000
March |414,000
April |364,000
May |395,000
June |329,000
July |308,000
August |280,000
September |168,000
October |146,000
November |184,00
December |100,000
|---------
TOTAL |3,310,000
Number
January 265,000
February 360,000
March 414,000
April 364,000
May 395,000
June 329,000
July 308,000
August 280,000
September 168,000
October 146,000
November 184,000
December 100,000
Total-- 3,310,000
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