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Sea Bathing
Mr. Ian Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when his Department expects to announce the results of the 1990 study into the health risks of sea bathing ; and whether those studies are to continue.
Mr. Trippier : The Department is awarding a further contract to the Water Research Centre to manage large-scale studies into the health risks of sea bathing using the methodologies developed over the last two years. The
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WRC will invite tenders from suitably qualified professional institutions and organisations to undertake these studies. The research will be jointly funded by my Department, the Department of Health, Welsh Office and the National Rivers Authority. It will be undertaken at selected bathing beaches where the waters are of different microbiological quality to allow a further investigation of the relationship between the levels of contamination and the incidence of illness.The results of the 1990 studies at Moreton (Wirral) and Ramsgate will be placed in the Library in early April.
Community Charge
Mr. Ken Hargreaves : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish his latest estimate for each local authority in England of (a) the community charge for 1990-91, (b) the charge set for 1991-92 before the new grant announced on 19 March, (c) the charge for 1991 -92 after the new grant, (d) the bill in 1991-92 after the community charge reduction scheme for a couple who had 75 per cent. of the average rateable value for their area and (e) the bill in 1991-92 for a couple who had 50 per cent. of the average rateable value for their area.
Mr. Portillo : The new grant announced yesterday will reduce charges set in England in 1991-92 by £140, or to zero where the local charge was below that figure. The details are as follows :
Notes to table
Column 1 : shows the headline community charge set on average in each authority for 1990-91 ;
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Column 2 : shows the latest information available to the Department of the Environment on community charges actually set in each authority for 1991-92. For most authorities the information is taken from returns to the Department ; but in some cases the figures are taken from press reports or other sources ;Column 3 : shows what the 1991-92 charge in column 2 will be after the £140 reduction announced on 19 March ;
Column 4 : shows the combined charge bill which will be paid by a couple living in a property with 75 per cent. of the average rateable value for their area, after any help they receive from the community charge reduction scheme ;
Column 5 : is the same as column 4 but for a couple living in a property with 50 per cent. of the average rateable value for their area.
The community charge paid by many people will be less than shown in column 3 of the table. Some will be helped by the community charge reduction scheme and people on low incomes may be entitled to a reduction of up to 80 per cent. through community charge benefit. The community charge reduction scheme helps those who have not moved since 1 April 1990 and who face an increase of more than £2 a week over their last rate bill, counting a maximum of two charges for their property. When first introduced, the Government published a "scheme charge" for each authority which was to be used to calculate the reduction to be given, unless the actual charge set were lower. This new grant means that actual charges set for 1991-92 will in every case be lower than the scheme charge and will thus form the basis for the reduction scheme. Therefore, one and two-adult households who have not moved should nowhere pay more than about £2 a week above what they paid in rates in 1989-90.
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1991-92 Community Charges
Bill for couple after charge
reduction scheme
|1990-91 |1991-92 |New 1991-92 |at 75 per |at 50 per
|charge |charge set |charge |cent. average|cent. average
|RV |RV
|(£ adult) |(£ adult) |(£ adult) |(£ couple) |(£ couple)
|1 |2 |3 |4 |5
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Total England |357 |392 |252 |456 |356
Total inner London
boroughs including City |352 |359 |219 |376 |307
Total outer London
boroughs |356 |394 |254 |495 |405
Total shire areas |357 |390 |250 |449 |352
Total Metropolitan areas |360 |403 |263 |476 |358
Greater London
City of London |288 |315 |175 |350 |350
Camden |500 |440 |300 |600 |461
Greenwich |350 |398 |258 |506 |372
Hackney |499 |462 |322 |514 |377
Hammersmith and Fulham |321 |387 |247 |494 |400
Islington |481 |516 |376 |613 |444
Kensington and Chelsea |379 |329 |189 |379 |379
Lambeth |522 |590 |450 |491 |362
Lewisham |297 |308 |168 |336 |336
Southwark |329 |328 |188 |377 |330
Tower Hamlets |297 |287 |147 |294 |294
Wandsworth |150 |137 |0 |0 |0
Westminster |199 |176 |36 |72 |72
Barking and Dagenham |280 |310 |170 |340 |328
Barnet |338 |387 |247 |494 |460
Bexley |280 |342 |202 |404 |333
Brent |470 |470 |330 |660 |588
Bromley |283 |330 |190 |380 |339
Croydon |287 |320 |180 |360 |354
Ealing |435 |395 |255 |510 |421
Enfield |329 |388 |248 |496 |399
Haringey |508 |560 |420 |782 |556
Harrow |322 |393 |253 |506 |411
Havering |350 |369 |229 |458 |355
Hillingdon |290 |355 |215 |430 |405
Hounslow |396 |425 |285 |570 |431
Kingston upon Thames |345 |379 |239 |478 |395
Merton |280 |409 |269 |480 |354
Newham |449 |444 |304 |575 |418
Redbridge |290 |395 |255 |440 |328
Richmond upon Thames |395 |419 |279 |558 |417
Sutton |381 |400 |260 |519 |390
Waltham Forest |438 |437 |297 |541 |395
Greater Manchester
Bolton |345 |406 |266 |439 |327
Bury |373 |436 |296 |527 |386
Manchester |425 |432 |292 |549 |401
Oldham |366 |409 |269 |433 |323
Rochdale |335 |389 |249 |459 |341
Salford |396 |440 |300 |499 |367
Stockport |399 |450 |310 |536 |392
Tameside |349 |410 |270 |456 |338
Trafford |298 |345 |205 |410 |381
Wigan |348 |408 |268 |485 |358
Merseyside
Knowsley |370 |425 |285 |552 |402
Liverpool |449 |474 |334 |525 |385
Sefton |375 |423 |283 |534 |391
St. Helens |380 |401 |261 |504 |371
Wirral |341 |476 |336 |635 |458
South Yorkshire
Barnsley |271 |325 |185 |369 |309
Doncaster |303 |343 |203 |406 |346
Rotherham |298 |372 |232 |450 |335
Sheffield |356 |360 |220 |441 |367
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead |321 |367 |227 |419 |314
Newcastle upon Tyne |391 |456 |316 |490 |361
North Tyneside |354 |425 |285 |524 |384
South Tyneside |309 |360 |220 |430 |321
Sunderland |310 |355 |215 |413 |310
West Midlands
Birmingham |406 |406 |266 |498 |367
Coventry |394 |434 |294 |534 |391
Dudley |387 |415 |275 |529 |387
Sandwell |423 |459 |319 |495 |365
Solihull |393 |396 |256 |512 |402
Walsall |425 |425 |285 |563 |410
Wolverhampton |418 |415 |275 |544 |398
West Yorkshire
Bradford |276 |363 |223 |409 |307
Calderdale |248 |318 |178 |355 |320
Kirklees |290 |380 |240 |396 |299
Leeds |351 |409 |269 |411 |308
Wakefield |313 |353 |213 |426 |325
Avon
Bath |348 |385 |245 |457 |339
Bristol |425 |524 |384 |515 |378
Kingswood |357 |399 |259 |485 |358
Northavon |385 |407 |267 |530 |388
Wansdyke |361 |424 |284 |509 |374
Woodspring |394 |444 |304 |551 |402
Bedfordshire
Luton |403 |390 |250 |500 |435
Mid Bedfordshire |397 |406 |266 |532 |421
North Bedfordshire |398 |404 |264 |527 |396
South Bedfordshire |414 |418 |278 |556 |456
Berkshire
Bracknell Forest |393 |369 |229 |458 |375
Newbury |401 |386 |246 |491 |376
Reading |447 |474 |334 |491 |362
Slough |360 |331 |191 |382 |351
Windsor and Maidenhead |449 |428 |288 |575 |421
Wokingham |434 |404 |264 |527 |445
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Vale |352 |351 |211 |422 |384
Chiltern |402 |391 |251 |502 |502
Milton Keynes |398 |455 |315 |513 |377
South Buckinghamshire |393 |361 |221 |442 |442
Wycombe |409 |408 |268 |536 |464
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge |428 |469 |329 |569 |414
East Cambridgeshire |312 |355 |215 |414 |311
Fenland |293 |372 |232 |396 |299
Huntingdonshire |298 |336 |196 |393 |337
Peterborough |360 |407 |267 |460 |341
South Cambridgeshire |332 |345 |205 |409 |392
Cheshire
Chester |401 |449 |309 |524 |384
Congleton |400 |433 |293 |516 |379
Crewe and Nantwich |417 |452 |312 |493 |363
Ellesmere Port and Neston |406 |449 |309 |523 |383
Halton |395 |465 |325 |456 |339
Macclesfield |430 |423 |283 |565 |427
Vale Royal |391 |432 |292 |485 |358
Warrington |394 |440 |300 |481 |355
Cleveland
Hartlepool |385 |437 |297 |454 |337
Langbaurgh-on-Tees |421 |478 |338 |529 |387
Middlesbrough |429 |457 |317 |494 |364
Stockton-on-Tees |428 |440 |300 |533 |390
Cornwall
Caradon |321 |376 |236 |389 |294
Carrick |318 |391 |251 |395 |298
Kerrier |329 |387 |247 |371 |282
North Cornwall |311 |354 |214 |394 |297
Penwith |317 |365 |225 |362 |276
Restormel |321 |365 |225 |389 |294
Cumbria
Allerdale |289 |352 |212 |383 |290
Barrow-in-Furness |328 |416 |276 |368 |280
Carlisle |367 |439 |299 |410 |308
Copeland |328 |368 |228 |371 |282
Eden |297 |357 |217 |384 |291
South Lakeland |349 |414 |274 |442 |329
Derbyshire
Amber Valley |342 |397 |257 |451 |335
Bolsover |296 |352 |212 |423 |317
Chesterfield |358 |405 |265 |451 |336
Derby |399 |410 |270 |509 |374
Derbyshire Dales |376 |417 |277 |494 |364
Erewash |363 |414 |274 |468 |347
High Peak |337 |401 |261 |457 |340
North East Derbyshire |364 |419 |279 |496 |365
South Derbyshire |384 |437 |297 |499 |367
Devon
East Devon |345 |383 |243 |430 |321
Exeter |344 |377 |237 |404 |304
Mid Devon |338 |394 |254 |380 |288
North Devon |319 |384 |244 |363 |277
Plymouth |350 |380 |240 |432 |323
South Hams |334 |380 |240 |422 |316
Teignbridge |365 |405 |265 |422 |316
Torbay |395 |380 |240 |470 |348
Torridge |285 |346 |206 |333 |257
West Devon |340 |370 |230 |393 |296
Dorset
Bournemouth |320 |348 |208 |416 |344
Christchurch |339 |356 |216 |432 |357
East Dorset |358 |386 |246 |492 |396
North Dorset |295 |340 |200 |399 |307
Poole |325 |340 |200 |400 |362
Purbeck |291 |318 |178 |355 |325
West Dorset |313 |355 |215 |388 |294
Weymouth and Portland |336 |380 |240 |407 |306
Durham
Chester-Le-Street |343 |409 |269 |440 |328
Darlington |356 |416 |276 |462 |343
Derwentside |332 |416 |276 |405 |305
Durham |355 |419 |279 |449 |334
Easington |278 |350 |210 |377 |286
Sedgefield |303 |370 |230 |416 |312
Teesdale |245 |313 |173 |341 |262
Wear Valley |308 |337 |197 |383 |290
East Sussex
Brighton |373 |396 |256 |507 |372
Eastbourne |385 |414 |274 |544 |398
Hastings |380 |414 |274 |453 |337
Hove |330 |337 |197 |394 |358
Lewes |351 |384 |244 |489 |393
Rother |359 |372 |232 |464 |390
Wealden |349 |387 |247 |493 |376
Essex
Basildon |443 |495 |355 |689 |494
Braintree |348 |357 |217 |434 |376
Brentwood |375 |369 |229 |458 |458
Castle Point |377 |355 |215 |430 |423
Chelmsford |397 |368 |228 |456 |438
Colchester |335 |348 |208 |416 |381
Epping Forest |381 |388 |248 |497 |477
Harlow |425 |459 |319 |638 |478
Maldon |347 |343 |203 |406 |406
Rochford |388 |357 |217 |434 |434
Southend-on-Sea |378 |348 |208 |416 |416
Tendring |346 |346 |206 |411 |376
Thurrock |417 |408 |268 |536 |434
Uttlesford |357 |348 |208 |416 |416
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham |364 |416 |276 |472 |349
Cotswold |389 |394 |254 |503 |370
Forest of Dean |342 |412 |272 |388 |293
Gloucester |354 |401 |261 |408 |307
Stroud |380 |445 |305 |452 |336
Tewkesbury |362 |385 |245 |477 |353
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane |323 |327 |187 |374 |336
East Hampshire |368 |363 |223 |447 |381
Eastleigh |368 |385 |245 |474 |351
Fareham |360 |365 |225 |450 |374
Gosport |340 |386 |246 |431 |322
Hart |395 |365 |225 |451 |421
Havant |339 |369 |229 |459 |356
New Forest |328 |339 |199 |398 |341
Portsmouth |309 |319 |179 |358 |308
Rushmoor |325 |358 |218 |436 |357
Southampton |317 |395 |255 |405 |305
Test Valley |329 |320 |180 |361 |359
Winchester |359 |352 |212 |424 |379
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove |339 |362 |222 |444 |357
Hereford |289 |351 |211 |341 |262
Leominster |281 |341 |201 |357 |273
Malvern Hills |343 |379 |239 |463 |343
Redditch |345 |402 |262 |463 |343
South Herefordshire |279 |327 |187 |369 |281
Worcester |340 |397 |257 |452 |336
Wychavon |324 |358 |218 |435 |362
Wyre Forest |343 |393 |253 |440 |328
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne |361 |361 |221 |441 |412
Dacorum |400 |367 |227 |454 |439
East Hertfordshire |379 |369 |229 |458 |428
Hertsmere |416 |369 |229 |457 |457
North Hertfordshire |399 |369 |229 |458 |440
St. Albans |396 |383 |243 |487 |471
Stevenage |435 |433 |293 |586 |452
Three Rivers |423 |415 |275 |551 |512
Watford |404 |434 |294 |574 |417
Welwyn Hatfield |445 |459 |319 |638 |478
Humberside
Beverley |373 |426 |286 |564 |411
Boothferry |291 |360 |220 |416 |312
Cleethorpes |367 |434 |294 |476 |352
East Yorkshire |326 |387 |247 |437 |326
Glanford |361 |424 |284 |459 |341
Great Grimsby |384 |431 |291 |443 |330
Holderness |364 |427 |288 |467 |346
Kingston upon Hull |307 |370 |230 |402 |303
Scunthorpe |356 |409 |269 |480 |355
Isle of Wight
Medina |342 |335 |195 |390 |328
South Wight |374 |378 |238 |476 |354
Kent
Ashford |299 |316 |176 |352 |328
Canterbury |300 |334 |194 |388 |314
Dartford |330 |345 |205 |405 |305
Dover |298 |333 |193 |383 |290
Gillingham |285 |313 |173 |345 |299
Gravesham |294 |294 |154 |308 |308
Maidstone |330 |358 |218 |429 |320
Rochester upon Medway |249 |191 |51 |102 |102
Sevenoaks |308 |331 |191 |382 |341
Shepway |347 |343 |203 |407 |342
Swale |301 |334 |194 |359 |274
Thanet |300 |315 |175 |349 |316
Tonbridge and Malling |320 |348 |208 |417 |323
Tunbridge Wells |315 |348 |208 |417 |321
Lancashire
Blackburn |365 |427 |287 |354 |271
Blackpool |384 |434 |294 |451 |335
Burnley |299 |349 |209 |328 |253
Chorley |363 |434 |294 |424 |317
Fylde |388 |408 |268 |494 |364
Hyndburn |315 |383 |243 |338 |260
Lancaster |385 |419 |279 |408 |307
Pendle |299 |358 |218 |329 |254
Preston |384 |454 |314 |418 |313
Ribble Valley |358 |413 |273 |439 |327
Rossendale |338 |401 |261 |368 |280
South Ribble |367 |427 |287 |423 |317
West Lancashire |378 |400 |260 |497 |366
Wyre |376 |399 |259 |446 |332
Leicestershire
Blaby |343 |368 |228 |456 |361
Charnwood |372 |397 |257 |481 |355
Harborough |367 |405 |265 |529 |387
Hinckley and Bosworth |347 |378 |238 |469 |347
Leicester |405 |459 |319 |427 |320
Melton |339 |390 |250 |457 |339
North West Leicestershire |366 |407 |267 |457 |339
Oadby and Wigston |370 |427 |287 |509 |374
Rutland |370 |394 |254 |508 |373
Lincolnshire
Boston |280 |355 |215 |379 |288
East Lindsey |277 |358 |218 |371 |282
Lincoln |284 |364 |224 |359 |274
North Kesteven |282 |345 |205 |401 |302
South Holland |284 |357 |217 |392 |296
South Kesteven |279 |340 |200 |399 |301
West Lindsey |286 |350 |210 |387 |293
Norfolk
Breckland |310 |375 |235 |404 |304
Broadland |320 |368 |228 |453 |337
Great Yarmouth |326 |400 |260 |386 |292
King's Lynn and West Norfolk |285 |344 |204 |381 |289
North Norfolk |291 |325 |185 |369 |296
Norwich |365 |433 |293 |424 |317
South Norfolk |313 |370 |230 |446 |332
Northamptonshire
Corby |350 |390 |250 |445 |331
Daventry |354 |389 |249 |498 |386
East Northamptonshire |306 |360 |220 |425 |318
Kettering |323 |370 |230 |436 |325
Northampton |349 |366 |226 |453 |369
South Northamptonshire |358 |366 |226 |453 |372
Wellingborough |288 |269 |129 |258 |258
Northumberland
Alnwick |347 |397 |257 |432 |323
Berwick-upon-Tweed |323 |360 |220 |396 |299
Blyth Valley |415 |440 |300 |474 |351
Castle Morpeth |437 |444 |304 |555 |404
Tynedale |389 |443 |303 |448 |333
Wansbeck |348 |395 |255 |426 |318
North Yorkshire
Craven |256 |311 |171 |343 |280
Hambleton |312 |330 |190 |381 |330
Harrogate |362 |394 |254 |470 |348
Richmondshire |276 |329 |189 |379 |325
Ryedale |289 |347 |207 |396 |299
Scarborough |276 |324 |184 |368 |287
Selby |283 |345 |205 |401 |302
York |264 |324 |184 |345 |265
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield |320 |385 |245 |394 |297
Bassetlaw |371 |436 |296 |431 |322
Broxtowe |380 |405 |265 |465 |345
Gedling |371 |407 |267 |481 |356
Mansfield |378 |435 |295 |421 |315
Newark and Sherwood |377 |413 |273 |437 |326
Nottingham |390 |435 |295 |432 |323
Rushcliffe |394 |405 |265 |525 |385
Oxfordshire
Cherwell |385 |389 |249 |498 |370
Oxford |489 |484 |344 |590 |428
South Oxfordshire |456 |449 |309 |555 |405
Vale of White Horse |412 |405 |265 |531 |394
West Oxfordshire |412 |380 |240 |481 |370
Shropshire
Bridgnorth |315 |351 |211 |421 |336
North Shropshire |317 |366 |226 |417 |313
Oswestry |329 |403 |263 |387 |293
Shrewsbury and Atcham |333 |403 |263 |442 |329
South Shropshire |310 |372 |232 |376 |286
The Wrekin |383 |428 |288 |458 |340
Somerset
Mendip |361 |415 |275 |449 |334
Sedgemoor |353 |388 |248 |458 |340
South Somerset |363 |411 |271 |452 |336
Taunton Deane |351 |386 |246 |444 |331
West Somerset |335 |396 |256 |448 |333
Staffordshire
Cannock Chase |356 |409 |269 |460 |342
East Staffordshire |338 |384 |244 |431 |322
Lichfield |349 |376 |236 |472 |401
Newcastle-under-Lyme |349 |409 |269 |440 |328
South Staffordshire |325 |349 |209 |418 |395
Stafford |339 |376 |236 |473 |354
Staffordshire Moorlands |323 |377 |237 |444 |331
Stoke-on-Trent |313 |412 |272 |391 |295
Tamworth |329 |386 |246 |467 |346
Suffolk
Babergh |330 |375 |235 |453 |337
Forest Heath |372 |357 |217 |410 |308
Ipswich |440 |464 |324 |471 |349
Mid Suffolk |332 |370 |230 |440 |328
St. Edmundsbury |319 |379 |239 |429 |321
Suffolk Coastal |390 |370 |230 |461 |363
Waveney |350 |392 |252 |406 |305
Surrey
Elmbridge |449 |479 |339 |677 |502
Epsom and Ewell |452 |467 |327 |654 |491
Guildford |400 |391 |251 |501 |406
Mole Valley |388 |395 |255 |510 |404
Reigate and Banstead |445 |411 |271 |542 |432
Runnymede |295 |338 |198 |396 |380
Spelthorne |368 |387 |247 |488 |360
Surrey Heath |401 |393 |253 |505 |448
Tandridge |373 |413 |273 |540 |395
Waverley |410 |396 |256 |512 |432
Woking |359 |400 |260 |519 |425
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire |391 |459 |319 |544 |397
Nuneaton and Bedworth |386 |476 |336 |536 |392
Rugby |347 |428 |288 |536 |392
Stratford-on-Avon |381 |414 |274 |549 |447
Warwick |386 |409 |269 |538 |439
West Sussex
Adur |351 |406 |266 |470 |348
Arun |314 |360 |220 |440 |336
Chichester |303 |310 |170 |341 |341
Crawley |345 |375 |235 |449 |334
Horsham |304 |329 |189 |378 |337
Mid Sussex |317 |345 |205 |410 |373
Worthing |296 |335 |195 |390 |326
Wiltshire
Kennet |307 |353 |213 |425 |340
North Wiltshire |323 |379 |239 |438 |327
Salisbury |313 |348 |208 |417 |352
Thamesdown |337 |399 |259 |436 |325
West Wiltshire |333 |378 |238 |434 |324
All Purpose Authority
Isles of Scilly |280 |245 |105 |210 |210
EMPLOYMENT
Employment Training
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest information he has, for each region and for Great Britain as a whole, on the number of employment training participants who fall either within (a) the Guarantee group and (b) the Aim group ; if he will give comparable data for one year ago ;
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and if he will make a statement about how he intends to monitor participation by both groups when ET is delivered by training and enterprise councils.Mr. Jackson : The Government's guarantee and aim covers a range of options to help unemployed people back to work : from employment training provided through TECs to others offered by the Employment Service. My Department monitors the provision offered by TECs in the light of the overall position.
The information requested is provided in the following table.
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Employment training
Aim and guarantee group entrants<1>
April to September 1989 April to September 1990
Region |Guarantee |Aim |Guarantee |Aim
|(per cent.)|(per cent.)|(per cent.)|(per cent.)
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South East |8 |26 |9 |16
London |11 |32 |12 |21
South West |13 |25 |13 |16
West Midlands |13 |30 |13 |26
East Midlands and Eastern |15 |31 |15 |20
Yorkshire and
Humberside |16 |27 |15 |21
North West |14 |31 |13 |23
Northern |18 |28 |16 |24
Wales |16 |26 |14 |21
Scotland |17 |33 |15 |28
Great Britain |15 |30 |14 |23
<1> Estimated.
Note: Great Britain total includes a small number of trainees covered by national
contracts and residential training colleges not included in regional totals. The
table shows the latest information for this financial year and comparable data for
the previous year.
Source: ET management information system and ET starts database.
Cathedral Employment Enterprises
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the grant to Cathedral Employment Enterprises for projects in Wandsworth for each of the last three years.
Mr. Jackson : Details of the grants to Cathedral Employment Enterprises for projects in Wandsworth are available only for the last two years. The amounts are :
|£
---------------------------------
1989-90 |564,355
1990-91 |<1>478,822
<1> This figure includes an
estimate for March 1991.
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what discussion he has had with Cathedral Employment Enterprises on future funding of (i) the Earlsfield job club, (ii) English for Asian girls project, Earlsfield, (iii) general office skills training, Earlsfield, and (iv) Milan Asian Centre, Tooting ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Jackson : (i) The current contract with Earlsfield job club expires on 28 June 1991. The award of a contract beyond that date will be subject to competitive tendering during April/May. (ii)-(iv) These projects are currently subject to negotiation by AZTEC.
Youth Training Scheme
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to review the guarantee that all 16-year-olds with special needs will be offered a place, if they so wish, on a youth training scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : The Government remain fully committed to the guarantee of the offer of a suitable YT place to all young people who are under 18, not in full-time education or in a job and who are seeking entry to YT.
This applies to young people with special needs as well as to all other young people. Trainees with special training needs are identified by a process of endorsement, and
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training and enterprise councils--and, where relevant, area offices of the Employment Department--are obliged to provide suitable high-quality training for them.HOME DEPARTMENT
Female Circumcision
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures the Government are taking to curtail the activities of persons entering the country to perform circumcision operations on female children.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Female circumcision is a criminal offence. On convicting a person who does not have the right of abode of such an offence it would be open to a court to recommend deportation.
Life Sentences
Mrs. Peacock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convicted murderers are at present in prison serving life sentences ; and what is the cost of keeping one such prisoner in prison for (a) 15, (b) 20 or (c) 25 years.
Mrs. Rumbold : On 31 December 1990, the latest date for which figures are readily available, it is estimated that 2,300 prisoners were serving life sentences for murder in prison establishments in England and Wales. Detainees during Her Majesty's pleasure and persons sentenced to custody for life are included. It is not possible to distinguish the costs of holding a particular class of prisoner ; the average cost of holding a prisoner was £321 per week in the year ending 31 March 1990.
Escapees
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Spring Hall open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Spring Hill open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |46
1989 |49
1990 |73
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Spring Hill open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |45
1989 |48
1990 |57
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each of the three years.
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|Number
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1988 |1
1989 |Nil
1990 |7
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from North Sea Camp open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from North Sea Camp open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
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1988 |5
1989 |32
1990 |22
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from North Sea Camp open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
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1988 |5
1989 |31
1990 |20
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, none was sentenced for drug- related offences.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Morton Hall open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Morton Hall open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |36
1989 |34
1990 |37
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Morton Hall open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |35
1989 |34
1990 |36
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, none was sentenced for drug- related offences.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Standford Hill open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Standford Hill open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
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|Number
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1988 |79
1989 |110
1990 |122
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Standford Hill open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
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1988 |69
1989 |105
1990 |97
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each of the three years.
|Number
---------------------
1988 |2
1989 |2
1990 |2
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Rudgate open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Rudgate open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
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1988 |98
1989 |120
1990 |107
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Rudgate open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
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1988 |96
1989 |119
1990 |102
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, none was sentenced for drug- related offences.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from East Sutton Park open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from East Sutton Park open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |20
1989 |19
1990 |51
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from East Sutton Park open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
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|Number
---------------------
1988 |15
1989 |7
1990 |23
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each of the three years.
|Number
---------------------
1988 |nil
1989 |8
1990 |25
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Askham Grange open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Askham Grange open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |13
1989 |12
1990 |7
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Askham Grange open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |6
1989 |11
1990 |5
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each of the three years :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |1
1989 |1
1990 |Nil
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Leyhill open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Leyhill open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |32
1989 |28
1990 |16
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Leyhill open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
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|Number
---------------------
1988 |31
1989 |28
1990 |12
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, none was sentenced for drug- related offences.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Kirkham open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Kirkham open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |167
1989 |147
1990 |145
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Kirkham open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |162
1989 |145
1990 |133
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each of the three years.
|Number
---------------------
1988 |Nil
1989 |Nil
1990 |1
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Highpoint open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : I regret that this prison's records for 1988 are not available. The number of prisoners who absconded from Highpoint open prison in 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1989 |1
1990 |10
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Highpoint open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1989 |1
1990 |5
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each year.
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|Number
---------------------
1989 |Nil
1990 |1
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Ford open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Ford open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |79
1989 |74
1990 |71
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Ford open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |71
1989 |64
1990 |61
Of those who remain unlawfully at large, the number sentenced for drug- related offences is as follows for each of the three years.
|Number
1988 |1
1989 |Nil
1990 |1
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners escaped from Sudbury open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 ; how many were recaptured in each year ; and how many of those not recaptured were drug offenders.
Mrs. Rumbold : The number of prisoners who absconded from Sudbury open prison in 1988, 1989 and 1990 was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |111
1989 |92
1990 |90
In each of those years the number of prisoners unlawfully at large from Sudbury open prison who were recaptured was as follows :
|Number
---------------------
1988 |106
1989 |82
1990 |75
Of those who remain unlawfully at large none was sentenced for drug-related offences.
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Electoral Registration
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will consider bringing in legislation to enable women escaping domestic violence to register as electors without revealing their new addresses ;
(2) how many representations he has received asking for women fleeing domestic violence to be able to register as electors without revealing their new addresses.
Mrs. Rumbold : Since September 1989 we have received four letters from hon. Members, five from local authorities and six from members of the public on this issue. I recognise that the hon. Member has raised a matter of genuine concern, but there are important democratic reasons for publishing the names and addresses of registered electors which make an amendment of the existing electoral law in the way proposed unacceptable.
Hunting
Mr. Fearn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list Government funds made available to fox hunts in England and Wales since 1979.
Mrs. Rumbold : The Home Office has made no such funds available to fox hunts.
Drug Offences
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions with prison sentences there have been in each of the last three years for drug-related offences.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is contained in table 3.4 of the Home Office statistical bulletin "Statistics of the misuse of drugs : seizures and offenders dealt with, United Kingdom, 1989", a copy of which is in the Library.
SCOTLAND
Eskbank Bypass
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on what date he expects the A7 Edinburgh to Galashiels trunk route bypass of Eskbank to be opened to traffic.
Mr. Lang : Construction work on the A7 Dalkeith western bypass is expected to be completed and the road opened to traffic this summer several months ahead of schedule.
Historic Buildings Council
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those persons who have, directly or indirectly, been in receipt of grants from the Historic Buildings Council in each of the past 10 years, while serving as members of the council.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Historic building repair grants are awarded by my right hon. Friend, having first taken advice from the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland. In the past 10 years, one member of the council, Mr. Marc Ellington, has received historic building repair grant on one listed building while serving as a member of the council.
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Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many grants have been authorised by the Historic Buildings Council in respect of Towie Barclay castle ; what has been the value in each case ; and in which years they were made.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The following historic building repair grants were approved for Towie Barclay castle and steadings :
|Amount of grant|Paid
|£
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Towie Barclay castle
Phase I |8,800 |1972-74
Phase II |2,000 |1976-77
Towie Barclay castle steadings |36,684 |1987-89
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