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WALES
Disabled People
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the cost of implementation of sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 in Wales ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : It is estimated that the cost of implementation would be less than £2 million. It has been decided, as in the rest of Great Britain, not to implement these sections, but the situation will be reviewed carefully when the impact can be assessed of the wider reforms set out in the White Paper "Caring for People : Community Care in the Next Decade and Beyond"--Cm. 849.
Housing Benefit
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what will be the impact in Wales of the £140 reduction in community charge on the eligibility to claim housing benefit.
Mr. David Hunt : Community charge payers throughout Wales will benefit directly from the £62 million we have made available under the community charge reduction scheme and from the additional £300 million we have secured for the general reduction scheme which was announced on 19 March. The overall effect of these schemes, taken together with the realistic local government finance settlement we have made for 1991-92, is that the average charge payable in Wales will be no more than £95 before taking into account eligibility for community charge benefit. Eligibility to claim housing benefit is not affected by these arrangements.
Community Charge
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the community charge payments that will be demanded in every ward in Newport, West and East, incorporating recent changes including transitional relief and community council rates.
Mr. David Hunt : The information requested is given in the table :
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Community Charge Payments in Newport East and West: 1991-92
District |Community |(1) Charge exc. |(2) General |(1)-(2) |Community |Net |Community |Average
|Community |Community |Charge Reduction |Charge exc. |Community |Community
|Council Charge |Charge Reduction |Scheme for |Comm.Council |Council Charge |Charge
|Communities |Charge (a) |(a)
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newport |Average |275 |140 |135 |11 |124 |1 |125
Newport |Allt-yr-yn |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Alway |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Beechwood |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Bettws |275 |140 |135 |7 |128 |- |-
Newport |Bishton |275 |140 |135 |27 |108 |- |-
Newport |Caerleon |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Coedkernew |275 |140 |135 |15 |120 |- |-
Newport |Gaer |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Goldcliffe |275 |140 |135 |28 |107 |- |-
Newport |Graig |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Langstone |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Liswerry |275 |140 |135 |27 |108 |- |-
Newport |Llanvaches |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Llanwern |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Malpas |275 |140 |135 |15 |120 |- |-
Newport |Marshfield |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Michaelstone-y-Fedw|275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Nash |275 |140 |135 |49 |86 |- |-
Newport |Penhow |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Pillgwenlly |275 |140 |135 |34 |101 |- |-
Newport |Redwick |275 |140 |135 |38 |97 |- |-
Newport |Ringland |275 |140 |135 |3 |132 |- |-
Newport |Rogerstone |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |St. Julians |275 |140 |135 |15 |120 |- |-
Newport |Shaftesbury |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Stowe Hill |275 |140 |135 |35 |100 |- |-
Newport |Tredegar Park |275 |140 |135 |0 |135 |- |-
Newport |Victoria |275 |140 |135 |53 |82 |- |-
Newport |Wentlooge |275 |140 |135 |46 |89 |- |-
Monmouth |Average |244 |140 |104 |1 |103 |5 |108
Monmouth |Caldicot |244 |140 |104 |0 |104 |- |-
Monmouth |Magor with Undy |244 |140 |104 |0 |104 |- |-
Monmouth |Rogiet |244 |140 |104 |19 |85 |- |-
Note (a): Information on individual Community Council charges is not collected centrally.
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the total relief provided by the provisions of the Community Charges (General Reduction) Bill to those charge payers paying the standard charge in Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : Out of the total relief of about £300 million, standard charge payers will receive around £9 million.
Cancelled Operations
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 7 March, Official Report, column 236, on cancelled operations, when he will write to the hon. Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I sent dated 12 April, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.
Press Releases
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many press releases have been issued by his Department each year for the past five years ended December 1990.
Mr. David Hunt : My Department issued press releases for the Welsh Office and on behalf of other Government Departments as follows :
|Welsh Office|Other
|departments
----------------------------------------------------
1986 |814 |470
1987 |779 |564
1988 |960 |558
1989 |815 |511
1990 |881 |397
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Local Authority Child Care
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children in Wales were received into local authority care where the specific cause was family homelessness, in every year since 1979 until the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The number of children received into care in Wales for the years ending 31 March 1979 to 31 March 1990, where the specific cause was that their family was homeless, is given in the following table :
During year |Due to ending |Homelessness 31 March --------------------------------------- 1979 |50 1980 |47 1981 |34 1982 |35 1983 |16 1984 |15 1985 |25 1986 |10 1987 |20 1988 |14 1989 |5 1990 |18
Research and Development
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was his Department's expenditure to encourage research and development for each year from 1980 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt [holding answer 27 March 1991] : Expenditure on research and development by the Welsh Office since 1981-82, the earliest years for which figures are available, are given in the table.
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Year |£ million ------------------------------------ 1981-82 |1.6 1982-83 |1.5 1983-84 |1.3 1984-85 |1.6 1985-86 |2.6 1986-87 |3.5 1987-88 |1.9 1988-89 |1.9 1989-90 |2.4 1990-91 |<1>2.7 <1>Estimated outturn.
I shall continue to attach importance to the encouragement of research and development in Wales.
Community Councils
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his policy in respect of the minimum number of years for which a community council in Wales should have been established before he is prepared to grant permission for its dissolution.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett [holding answer 28 March 1991] : I shall consider any request for permission for the making of a community application for the dissolution of a community council in the light of all relevant circumstances.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the names of community councils in Wales of which he has been notified regarding their dissolution.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett [holding answer 28 March 1991] : I have received copies of orders dissolving Vaynor and Rhoose community councils.
CIVIL SERVICE
Next Steps" Agencies
38. Mr. Rowe : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement on the progress so far achieved by "next steps" agencies.
Mr. Renton : This month the number of "next steps" agencies reaches 50 with over 200,000 staff working on "next steps" lines. The following table sets out the agencies and announced candidates. Demanding financial and quality of service targets are being set and delivered. They show that the initiative is succeeding.
Next steps-Executive agencies established as of 15 April 1991
|Number
------------------------------------------------------------------
Building Research Establishment |690
Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) |220
Central Office of Information<1> |730
Central Veterinary Laboratory |580
Chemical Biological Defence Establishment<2> |580
Civil Service College |210
Companies House |1,150
Defence Research Agency |11,700
Directorate General of Defence Accounts<2> |2,100
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |5,450
Driving Standards Agency |2,050
Employment Service |35,600
Forensic Science Service |580
Historic Royal Palaces |300
Historic Scotland |580
HMSO<1> |3,300
Hydrographic Office<2> |880
Information Technology Services Agency |3,350
Insolvency Service |1,450
Intervention Board |910
Laboratory of the Government Chemist |320
Land Registry |10,400
Meteorological Office |2,250
Military Survey<2> |850
National Engineering Laboratory |430
National Physical Laboratory |820
National Weights and Measures Laboratory |50
Natural Resources Institute |390
NHS Estates |120
Occupational Health Service |100
Ordnance Survey |2,500
Patent Office |1,150
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre |70
Radiocommunications Agency |500
RAF Maintenance<2> |5,700
Rate Collection Agency (Northern Ireland) |280
Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency |320
Registers of Scotland |1,100
Resettlement Agency |510
Royal Mint<1> |1,050
Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency |230
Service Children's Schools (North West Europe)<2> |2,300
Social Security Benefits Agency |68,000
Social Security Contributions Agency |6,600
Training & Employment Agency (Northern Ireland) |1,700
United Kingdom Passport Agency |1,200
Vehicle Certification Agency |70
Vehicle Inspectorate<1> |1,650
Veterinary Medicines Directorate |70
Warren Spring Laboratory |320
50 in number |183,460
Customs & Excise<3> (30 Executive Units) |26,800
|----
|210,260
<1> Trading Funds.
<2> Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service
personnel.
<3> Moving towards full operation on Next Steps lines following
publication of Framework Documents.
Next steps-activities announced by Departments as under
consideration as of 15 April 1991
|Number
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADAS Agency |2,500
Central Science Laboratory |340
Central Statistical Office |1,050
Chessington Computer Centre |440
Child Support Agency<1> |not yet known
Fuel Suppliers Branch |30
Planning Inspectorate |570
Pollution Inspectorate |230
Property Holdings |1,650
Public Record Office |430
RAF Training<2> |2,500
Royal Parks |600
Teachers' Pensions Branch |300
The Buying Agency<3> |120
Valuation Office |5,250
Youth Treatment Service |210
Ordnance Survey (Northern Ireland) |200
Social Security Operations (Northern Ireland) |5,000
18 in number |21,420
Inland Revenue<4> (excluding Valuation Office) |59,800
|-------
Total |81,220
<1>From April 1993 the Agency is estimated to require 4,500 staff,
1,500 of which will come from the Social Security Benefits Agency.
<2>Defence Support Agency. Figure does not include service
personnel.
<3>Trading Fund.
<4>Moving towards full operation on "next steps" lines in accordance
with the action plan of February 1991: 33 Executive Offices by April
1992, each with a framework document, sharper accountabilities and
wider managerial freedom.
Staffing figures are based on staff in post 1 October 1990. Many other
areas are under consideration.
Mr. John Garrett : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list in the Official Report, when each of the "next steps" agencies so far established will produce a report showing its results compared with the performance criteria laid down in its framework document.
Mr. Renton : Agencies will publish their annual reports and accounts as soon as possible after the end of the financial year. Those reports will include information on achievement of key performance targets.
Pay and Conditions
43. Mr. Skinner : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he last met civil service trade union representatives about pay and conditions of service ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Renton : I meet civil service trade union representatives from time to time to discuss a variety of issues.
Agencies
44. Mrs. Gorman : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what consideration he has given to putting out agencies to private management.
Mr. Renton : Ministers continue to keep under review the basis on which Government services are provided. The feasibility of immediate privatisation has been considered and rejected in the case of all agencies created so far. It cannot be ruled out, however, that after a period of years agencies, like other Government activities, may be suitable for privatisation.
EC Nationals
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he plans to make changes to the legislation which governs the employment in the civil service of nationals of other member states of the European Community.
Mr. Renton [pursuant to his reply, 20 December 1990, c. 295] : I have today laid before Parliament, a draft Order in Council which, subject to approval by a resolution of each House of Parliament, will allow nationals of other member states of the European Community and certain members of their families to be employed in the civil service, in posts other than those posts which are part of the public service within the meaning of article 48(4) of the EEC treaty. The Order in Council makes similar provision in relation to the Northern Ireland civil service, thus ensuring that the same position is achieved in the whole of the United Kingdom.
PRIME MINISTER
Iraq
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister what representations Her Majesty's Government have received from international doctors about disease in Iraq.
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The Prime Minister : We have received a number of reports about conditions in Iraq, notably that of United Nations Under Secretary-General Ahtisaari. We have announced a pledge of £20 million to be spent partly bilaterally and multilaterally to alleviate the human tragedy provoked by Saddam Hussein. We are also funding daily airlifts to the refugees at a cost of £1 million per week. These contributions are in addition to earlier substantial pledges to the International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nation agencies' appeals.
Chile
Mr. Wray : To ask the Prime Minister if, during the official visit of the President of Chile, the Government will offer improved terms of trade for Chilean exports, and increased transfer of technology and financial support for his programmes.
The Prime Minister : Chile will benefit from any market access concessions negotiated with the European Community during the GATT round. We increased our bilateral technical co-operation funds for Chile following the accession of President Aylwin's Government and are presently discussing a number of projects.
President Aylwin's visit will lead to closer links between Britain and Chile. I was able to pay tribute to the President's achievement in restoring and consolidating democracy.
Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Allen : To ask the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to use nuclear weapons first in response to a conventional attack.
The Prime Minister : The 1990 NATO London declaration made clear that, while NATO will never in any circumstances be the first to use force, nuclear weapons will continue to fulfil an essential role in the overall strategy of the alliance to prevent war by ensuring that there are no circumstances in which nuclear retaliation in response to military action might be discounted.
Migrant Workers
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Prime Minister what is Her Majesty's Government's policy towards ratification of the new international convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and their families.
The Prime Minister : The United Kingdom does not intend to ratify the convention on the protection of migrant workers and their families.
Vehicle Theft
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Prime Minister if he will set up a joint working party of the Home Office and Department of Transport to investigate the possibility of designing cars to be more resistant to theft.
The Prime Minister : The Home Office and Department of Transport have investigated ways in which the security of cars could be improved and discussions are in progress between these Departments, and with the motor manufacturers, on how best their findings and recommendations may be implemented. Home Office crime prevention publicity, particularly during crime prevention
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week this week, aims to increase awareness of the need for effective car security measures. My right Friend the Home Secretary published today a car theft index which allows owners to see which models are particularly subject to theft.AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Imported Vegetables
Mr. Speller : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will list those vegetables of temperate country origin whose importers represent more
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than 25 per cent. of United Kingdom consumption, together with values and percentages of importers as a proportion of domestic production ;(2) if he will list the value of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, spring onions and radishes (a) imported into and (b) produced in the United Kingdom in the most recent year for which figures are available ; and what is (a) as a percentage of (b).
Mr. Curry : The requested information is as follows :
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Imports Output Imports (tonnage) as a
percentage of
|'000 tonnes |Value |'000 tonnes |Value |Home |Output
|consumption
Vegetable |(£ million) |(£ million)|Per cent. |Per cent.
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Asparagus |1.9 |4.3 |1.1 |3.1 |62 |162
Beans |135.5 |68.1 |61.9 |21.5 |74 |219
Celery |30.2 |10.5 |74.6 |32.4 |29 |41
Cucumbers |62.5 |41.0 |87.4 |37.8 |42 |71
Peas |28.1 |12.6 |222.5 |50.4 |27 |13
Lettuce |77.8 |46.3 |193.8 |67.8 |29 |40
Salad Onions |12.4 |2.9 |27.4 |23.8 |33 |45
Sweet Peppers |41.5 |39.2 |2.5 |2.3 |95 |1,633
Tomatoes |272.5 |154.6 |141.0 |68.7 |67 |193
Notes:
i. Separate data are not available for radishes.
ii. The Channel Islands are treated as part of the United Kingdom for the purposes of overseas trade
statistics but are not covered within
the output figures.
iii. Estimates of output (production less on-farm waste) have been quoted as being the more comparable with
imports.
iv. Peas and beans include dried peas and beans for human consumption.
Farm and Conservation Grants
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers he expects to benefit from his plan to drop the requirement that farmers applying for grants under the farm and conservation grants scheme must receive acknowledgment of their prior notification form before incurring costs on farm waste and traditional buildings projects.
Mr. Curry : All applicants for these grants would benefit from the simplified application procedures. A number of farmers who had previously been turned down for grant would also be in a position to re-apply when the rules are changed, but exact figures could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy that his working group reviewing the environmental impact of hill livestock compensatory allowances should meet in public ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Curry : We are still considering whether existing environmental benefits afforded by HLCAs should be made more specific. We propose to consult all interested parties in due course.
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will write to all local authorities requesting them to increase monitoring for BSE in slaughterhouses and livestock markets.
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Mr. Gummer : No. The Government already have a fully effective system in place.
Milk
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the latest estimate of milk output in the EC and the level of consumption of milk and dairy products within the EC.
Mr. Curry : Dairy cows' milk production in the EC in 1990 was 109, 102,800 tonnes--provisional figure. Consumption of milk and the major dairy products was as follows :
P '000 tonnes |1989 |1990 |<1>1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liquid milk and fresh products |- |31,051.0 |31,237.5 Butter |- |1,468.5 |1,420.5 Cheese |- |4,621.9 |4,719.9 Skimmed milk powder and |1,130 |- |- buttermilk powder (including for animal feed) <1> Forecast Source: EC Quarterly Questionnaire and MMB (Dairy Facts and Figures)
Sugar
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the latest estimate of sugar consumption and sugar production within the EC.
Mr. Curry : The EC Commission's latest preliminary forecast for the year ending 30 September 1991 put production from sugar grown within the Community at 15.9 million tonnes. Additionally, the Community is
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forecast to import some 1.5 million tonnes from African, Caribbean and Pacific and other countries, most of which is raw sugar for refining. EC consumption of sugar from all sources is estimated at 11.8 million tonnes.EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Education Service (Statistics)
Mr. Wilshire : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will supply for each local education authority information on (a) the total revenue expenditure of the relevant council on all services, (b) the total revenue expenditure on all education services, (c) the total revenue expenditure on further education and sixth form colleges, (d) the percentage of item (a) represented by items (b) and (c) , (e) the total capital expenditure of the relevant council on all services, (f) the total capital expenditure on all education services, (g) the total capital expenditure on further education and sixth form colleges, (h) the percentage of item (e) represented by items (f) and (g) , (i) the total number of, whole-time equivalent, employees of the relevant councils, (j) the total number of whole-time employees engaged in providing the education services and (k) the total number of equivalent employees working in further education and sixth form colleges, and (l) the percentage of item (i) represented by items (j) and (k) .
Mr. Fallon : The readily available information is shown in the tables. The financial information is taken from authorities' spending returns and is for 1988-89, the latest year for which data are available. The information on numbers of employees is as collected by the joint staffing watch, and is for March 1990.
Information on further education and sixth form colleges is not collected on a comparable basis. Authorities' spending returns do not separate expenditure on sixth form colleges from that on other secondary schools. Information returned on further education colleges does not separately identify those institutions which subsequently transferred to the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council.
Table 1 Revenue expenditure, 1988-89 ----------------------------------------------------- Barking |83.2 |45.7 |54.9 Barnet |143.7 |79.1 |55.0 Bexley |99.8 |62.7 |62.8 Brent |185.9 |104.2 |56.1 Bromley |130.4 |73.3 |56.2 Croydon |162.9 |97.0 |59.5 Ealing |189.8 |99.8 |52.6 Enfield |132.8 |79.4 |59.8 Haringey |147.8 |79.6 |53.8 Harrow |103.5 |63.6 |61.4 Havering |116.1 |70.6 |60.8 Hillingdon |128.2 |69.2 |54.0 Hounslow |123.5 |69.6 |56.3 Kingston-upon-Thames |68.8 |36.5 |53.1 Merton |86.6 |45.4 |52.4 Newham |163.6 |85.1 |52.0 Redbridge |113.2 |62.8 |55.5 Richmond-upon-Thames |75.4 |37.7 |50.0 Sutton |81.5 |45.8 |56.2 Waltham Forest |142.2 |76.9 |54.0 ILEA |1,001.7|950.5 |94.9 Birmingham |547.5 |312.1 |57.0 Coventry |158.5 |100.7 |63.6 Dudley |136.2 |88.0 |64.6 Sandwell |163.5 |102.9 |62.9 Solihull |90.4 |59.1 |65.4 Walsall |133.4 |93.1 |69.8 Wolverhampton |141.3 |88.6 |62.7 Knowsley |96.3 |61.8 |64.2 Liverpool |290.4 |171.1 |58.9 St. Helens |96.6 |61.7 |63.9 Sefton |136.4 |84.1 |61.7 Wirral |173.6 |108.5 |62.5 Bolton |130.5 |80.4 |61.6 Bury |85.1 |56.0 |65.8 Manchester |281.9 |164.3 |58.3 Oldham |116.6 |71.7 |61.5 Rochdale |119.9 |72.0 |60.1 Salford |126.2 |73.5 |58.3 Stockport |132.3 |83.7 |63.2 Tameside |114.8 |66.7 |58.1 Trafford |101.4 |62.8 |61.9 Wigan |150.7 |101.5 |67.4 Barnsley |104.9 |64.1 |61.1 Doncaster |147.6 |95.6 |64.8 Rotherham |127.7 |81.2 |63.6 Sheffield |261.9 |160.4 |61.2 Bradford |277.0 |170.9 |61.7 Calderdale |105.7 |62.6 |59.2 Kirklees |196.8 |125.3 |63.7 Leeds |331.0 |212.0 |64.0 Wakefield |156.3 |94.2 |60.3 Gateshead |104.1 |60.3 |57.9 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 157.7 87.4 55.4 North Tyneside |108.0 |64.1 |59.3 South Tyneside |86.8 |52.6 |60.6 Sunderland |151.5 |87.8 |57.9 Isles of Scilly |1.4 |0.9 |63.4 Avon |449.7 |258.9 |57.6 Bedfordshire |257.1 |163.9 |63.8 Berkshire |321.9 |195.9 |60.9 Buckinghamshire |298.5 |189.1 |63.4 Cambridgeshire |288.9 |183.0 |63.3 Cheshire |461.5 |286.1 |62.0 Cleveland |329.6 |196.2 |59.5 Cornwall |202.5 |120.8 |59.6 Cumbria |253.0 |149.0 |58.9 Derbyshire |486.2 |297.6 |61.2 Devon |435.9 |249.6 |57.3 Dorset |263.4 |151.0 |57.3 Durham |295.5 |178.2 |60.3 East Sussex |282.2 |153.1 |54.3 Essex |698.9 |431.9 |61.8 Gloucestershire |240.1 |146.3 |60.9 Hampshire |671.9 |412.5 |61.4 Hereford and Worcester 284.8 174.0 61.1 Hertfordshire |476.1 |297.1 |62.4 Humberside |461.3 |277.2 |60.1 Isle of Wight |56.1 |34.1 |60.7 Kent |661.8 |385.2 |58.2 Lancashire |697.9 |421.6 |60.4 Leicestershire |438.6 |273.7 |62.4 Lincolnshire |260.0 |154.9 |59.6 Norfolk |312.4 |185.7 |59.5 North Yorkshire |311.8 |193.8 |62.1 Northamptonshire |276.4 |171.5 |62.0 Northumberland |136.1 |92.5 |68.0 Nottinghamshire |513.9 |308.4 |60.0 Oxfordshire |236.1 |144.6 |61.3 Shropshire |190.5 |123.0 |64.6 Somerset |208.2 |128.7 |61.8 Staffordshire |464.3 |296.9 |63.9 Suffolk |266.4 |163.5 |61.4 Surrey |418.7 |253.4 |60.5 Warwickshire |230.3 |142.4 |61.8 West Sussex |276.8 |157.7 |57.0 Wiltshire |249.5 |152.4 |61.1
Table 2 Capital Expenditure, 1988-89
LEA |Total Capital |Total Capital |Education as
|Expenditure |Expenditure |percentage of
|on all services|on Education |all services
|£ million |£ million
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Barking |25.2 |2.3 |9.1
Barnet |39.7 |5.1 |12.8
Bexley |20.4 |3.5 |17.2
Brent |52.8 |6.3 |11.9
Bromley |46.7 |6.9 |14.8
Croydon |58.7 |6.8 |11.6
Ealing |N/A |N/A |N/A
Enfield |56.1 |5.3 |9.4
Haringey |N/A |N/A |N/A
Harrow |26.5 |5.4 |20.4
Havering |28.8 |3.8 |13.2
Hillingdon |43.4 |8.5 |19.5
Hounslow |38.6 |6.0 |15.5
Kingston-upon-
Thames |28.0 |9.0 |232.1
Merton |28.5 |3.3 |11.6
Newham |58.6 |7.3 |12.5
Redbridge |N/A |N/A |N/A
Richmond-upon-
Thames |N/A |N/A |N/A
Sutton |31.4 |3.4 |10.8
Waltham Forest |N/A |N/A |N/A
Birmingham |179.0 |5.5 |3.1
ILEA |30.5 |30.3 |99.3
Coventry |56.7 |12.9 |22.8
Dudley |32.3 |4.2 |13.0
Sandwell |65.2 |2.2 |3.4
Solihull |20.1 |2.7 |13.4
Walsall |41.6 |3.2 |7.7
Wolverhampton |37.2 |3.9 |10.5
Knowsley |31.0 |1.6 |5.2
Liverpool |84.0 |10.8 |12.9
St. Helens |15.5 |2.4 |15.5
Sefton |18.0 |1.9 |10.6
Wirral |40.1 |5.3 |13.2
Bolton |35.0 |3.4 |9.7
Bury |12.3 |1.1 |8.9
Manchester |N/A |N/A |N/A
Oldham |31.6 |2.6 |8.2
Rochdale |35.3 |2.8 |7.9
Salford |53.0 |4.4 |8.3
Stockport |24.3 |3.3 |13.6
Tameside |18.8 |2.7 |14.4
Trafford |18.0 |1.6 |8.9
Wigan |30.3 |4.0 |13.2
Barnsley |35.2 |1.9 |5.4
Doncaster |40.8 |1.3 |3.2
Rotherham |24.4 |3.1 |12.7
Sheffield |123.4 |21.8 |17.7
Bradford |54.4 |12.1 |22.2
Calderdale |17.3 |3.3 |19.1
Kirklees |35.3 |5.9 |16.7
Leeds |94.5 |19.5 |20.6
Wakefield |38.9 |5.9 |15.2
Gateshead |39.8 |4.2 |10.6
Newcastle |54.5 |8.1 |14.9
North Tyneside |34.0 |3.2 |9.4
South Tyneside |32.5 |3.8 |11.7
Sunderland |39.4 |7.6 |19.3
Isles of Scilly |.2 |.1 |50.0
Avon |28.6 |9.7 |33.9
Bedfordshire |23.6 |5.5 |23.3
Berkshire |56.5 |26.1 |46.2
Buckinghamshire |19.5 |8.6 |44.1
Cambridgeshire |48.4 |17.1 |35.3
Cheshire |70.9 |28.5 |40.2
Cleveland |25.3 |6.9 |27.3
Cornwall |21.3 |7.4 |34.7
Cumbria |20.2 |5.9 |29.2
Derbyshire |39.1 |15.3 |39.1
Devon |43.8 |13.3 |30.4
Dorset |30.4 |6.5 |21.4
Durham |17.4 |4.8 |27.6
East Sussex |31.8 |14.0 |44.0
Essex |70.7 |24.0 |33.9
Gloucestershire |27.9 |9.2 |33.0
Hampshire |78.1 |34.2 |43.8
Hereford and
Worcester |17.5 |7.3 |41.7
Hertfordshire |41.3 |21.1 |51.1
Humberside |43.8 |12.4 |28.3
Isle of Wight |9.0 |2.4 |26.7
Kent |68.9 |16.1 |23.4
Lancashire |55.4 |17.4 |31.4
Leicester |41.6 |14.9 |35.8
Lincolnshire |22.5 |7.9 |35.1
Norfolk |24.9 |8.2 |32.9
North Yorkshire |38.7 |9.6 |24.8
Northamptonshire |23.9 |5.2 |21.8
Northumberland |12.1 |2.4 |19.8
Nottinghamshire |37.4 |7.4 |19.8
Oxfordshire |28.9 |11.0 |38.1
Shropshire |16.5 |5.3 |32.1
Somerset |27.4 |5.1 |18.6
Staffordshire |38.3 |9.5 |24.8
Suffolk |35.2 |11.7 |33.2
Surrey |64.5 |25.0 |38.8
Warwickshire |22.0 |3.9 |17.7
West Sussex |27.8 |9.8 |35.3
Wiltshire |12.8 |4.8 |37.5
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Table 3
Employee numbers-March 1990
All services Education
|Full-time|Part-time|Full-time|Part-time
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Barking |4,716 |2,940 |2,096 |1,992
Barnet |6,858 |4,524 |3,317 |3,576
Bexley |4,735 |4,026 |2,334 |2,708
Brent |7,777 |2,565 |3,380 |1,730
Bromley |5,546 |3,485 |2,803 |2,371
Croydon |7,898 |5,204 |3,623 |4,382
Ealing |8,150 |4,267 |3,456 |3,160
Enfield |6,199 |4,121 |3,004 |3,185
Haringey |n.a. |n.a. |n.a. |n.a
Harrow |4,792 |4,009 |2,351 |3,002
Havering |5,649 |4,614 |2,734 |3,212
Hillingdon |6,050 |4,573 |2,514 |2,744
Hounslow |6,446 |3,739 |2,860 |2,614
Kingston-upon-Thames |3,580 |2,572 |1,740 |1,873
Merton |3,300 |1,525 |1,641 |849
Newham |n.a. |n.a. |n.a. |n.a
Redbridge |5,042 |3,571 |2,235 |2,399
Richmond-upon-Thames |3,745 |2,255 |1,527 |1,602
Sutton |3,587 |2,469 |1,784 |1,886
Waltham Forest |6,765 |5,021 |3,116 |2,844
ILEA |37,899 |38,283 |37,899 |38,283
Birmingham |29,826 |20,890 |12,944 |14,300
Coventry |9,902 |7,881 |4,626 |5,174
Dudley |7,982 |6,117 |4,092 |3,945
Sandwell |11,302 |7,456 |4,948 |5,130
Solihull |4,352 |4,268 |2,543 |3,070
Walsall |8,940 |6,088 |4,858 |4,481
Wolverhampton |9,084 |5,831 |4,118 |3,846
Knowsley |5,488 |3,211 |2,481 |2,264
Liverpool |19,066 |10,094 |7,439 |7,019
St. Helens |5,791 |3,356 |2,880 |2,187
Sefton |7,554 |4,848 |3,816 |3,485
Wirral |8,982 |7,791 |4,395 |5,326
Bolton |7,565 |5,475 |3,727 |3,448
Bury |4,431 |3,281 |2,421 |2,026
Manchester |23,159 |11,869 |8,330 |8,459
Oldham |86,971 |4,014 |3,653 |2,792
Rochdale |6,907 |4,136 |3,390 |2,348
Salford |7,937 |5,248 |3,731 |3,332
Stockport |6,901 |5,867 |3,532 |3,824
Tameside |6,849 |2,992 |4,649 |1,894
Trafford |4,780 |3,985 |2,422 |2,189
Wigan |8,373 |5,605 |4,613 |3,622
Barnsley |6,724 |5,360 |2,817 |3,033
Doncaster |8,492 |6,999 |4,221 |4,634
Rotherham |7,643 |6,064 |3,714 |3,580
Sheffield |18,871 |10,948 |6,380 |7,270
Bradford |14,516 |13,626 |7,947 |9,765
Calderdale |5,248 |4,769 |2,649 |3,057
Kirklees |10,760 |9,375 |5,393 |6,269
Leeds |19,533 |15,676 |9,878 |9,413
Wakefield |9,906 |6,936 |4,136 |4,197
Gateshead |7,576 |4,131 |2,895 |1,991
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |11,122 |7,582 |4,385 |4,935
North Tyneside |6,521 |4,848 |2,745 |3,100
South Tyneside |6,071 |3,016 |2,615 |1,941
Sunderland |10,778 |6,282 |4,470 |3,838
Avon |17,248 |17,969 |11,435 |13,234
Bedfordshire |9,173 |11,181 |6,252 |8,527
Berkshire |12,026 |11,804 |8,045 |9,302
Buckinghamshire |10,086 |12,265 |6,871 |9,590
Cambridgeshire |11,527 |11,450 |7,908 |8,867
Cheshire |18,010 |18,679 |12,105 |13,774
Cleveland |13,542 |12,963 |9,229 |9,647
Cornwall |8,231 |7,566 |5,109 |5,494
Cumbria |10,203 |9,071 |6,080 |7,015
Derbyshire |19,800 |23,551 |13,180 |16,748
Devon |16,672 |17,315 |10,148 |12,835
Dorset |9,916 |9,997 |6,394 |7,167
Durham |14,155 |10,616 |8,788 |7,959
East Sussex |10,659 |11,934 |6,396 |8,392
Essex |23,789 |29,242 |16,137 |22,444
Gloucestershire |9,865 |8,618 |6,580 |6,512
Hampshire |23,090 |28,370 |16,603 |22,423
Hereford and Worcester |11,146 |9,174 |7,304 |6,910
Hertfordshire |16,589 |20,749 |12,160 |16,149
Humberside |17,756 |18,770 |11,671 |13,152
Isle of Wight |2,397 |1,746 |1,443 |1,215
Kent |24,012 |20,022 |16,495 |14,659
Lancashire |27,846 |25,388 |17,652 |18,380
Leicestershire |16,764 |17,691 |11,170 |13,439
Lincolnshire |9,391 |8,138 |6,202 |5,442
Norfolk |11,651 |12,864 |8,103 |9,377
North Yorkshire |11,860 |12,971 |7,780 |9,559
Northamptonshire |9,686 |12,076 |6,865 |9,139
Northumberland |6,732 |5,304 |4,149 |3,749
Nottinghamshire |20,357 |19,053 |13,462 |14,336
Oxfordshire |8,338 |9,096 |5,454 |6,813
Shropshire |7,427 |7,909 |5,101 |6,245
Somerset |8,510 |9,819 |5,443 |7,386
Staffordshire |19,001 |22,272 |12,913 |17,453
Suffolk |9,740 |12,434 |6,853 |9,344
Surrey |13,657 |12,763 |9,377 |10,106
Warwickshire |8,217 |10,596 |5,795 |8,227
West Sussex |9,675 |12,507 |6,284 |9,510
Wiltshire |9,401 |12,075 |6,214 |9,452
Note:
No full-time equivalents of the part-time numbers are available, and the
total part-time staff figures provide a general indication only of the
actual amount of part-time employment. Since the full-time equivalents
of part-time employees cannot be calculated, neither can meaningful
percentages of totals accounted for by the education sector.
Erasmus Programme
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many United Kingdom students have received awards under the Erasmus programme ; and if he will list in rank order the number of students from each United Kingdom institution of higher education whose period of study in another EC country has been funded under the Erasmus programme.
Mr. Alan Howarth : We expect, by the end of the 1990-91 academic year, some 10,500 United Kingdom students to have received student mobility support under the Erasmus programme. The listing of individual institutions has been placed in the Library.
Expenditure (South Yorkshire)
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of educating (a) a primary school pupil and (b) a secondary school pupil in the local education authorities within South Yorkshire.
Mr. Fallon : In 1988-89, the latest year for which information is available, the school-based expenditure per nursery and primary pupil and per secondary pupil derived from information returned by the authorities was as shown in the table. Figures for nursery schools and for primary schools are not collected separately.
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|Nursery and |Secondary
|Primary schools|schools
|£ |£
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Barnsley |1,065 |1,645
Doncaster |1,175 |1,655
Rotherham |1,125 |1,635
Sheffield |1,230 |1,810
University Salaries
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met representatives of the Committee of Vice- Chancellors and Principals ; and whether he is willing to agree to their request for additional funds for university pay.
Mr. Alan Howarth : My right hon. and learned Friend last met representatives of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals on 4 February 1991. It is for the employers and the Association of University Teachers to draw up a pay settlement within the resources available.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the total pay bill in 1990 prices for university (a) support staff and (b) teachers in each year from 1985 to 1990, and express the overall pay bill as a percentage of the total universities' general recurrent expenditure in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The information requested is available only to 1988-89 and is given in the table.
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|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89
£ million (1990-91 prices)
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Academic-academic related staff |1,170.3|1,218.9|1,255.0|1,262.1
Other staff |530.3 |532.0 |522.6 |521.6
Total as a percentage of United Kingdom
universities' total recurrent expenditure
from general funds |66.8 |67.9 |67.3 |66.2
Note:
1990-91 prices are derived using GDP deflator assumptions based on the university
academic year.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will fund a survey to compare the pay of university technicians with people in similar jobs in the private and public sectors ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Alan Howarth : No. This is a matter for the employers to consider and fund if it is deemed necessary.
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Geography
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the differences between the programmes of study for geography in the documents referred to in his answer of 25 March, Official Report, column 277, and the recommendations of the National Curriculum Council's consultative report ; what priority he gives to work on issue- based topics and inquiry-based learning in geography ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Eggar : The differences are clear from a comparison of the documents. There is no prescription as to the teaching methods to be used in geography, so that issues-based approaches may, if teachers so decide, be used to deliver the statutory requirements. An inquiry approach is required to form an important part of children's work in geography.European Space Agency
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom contribution to the European Space Agency's Hipparcos project.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The United Kingdom contributes to the ESA Hipparcos project through its subscription to the mandatory science programme of the European Space Agency. As a member of an international consortium, the United Kingdom also supports the analysis of data received from the satellite.
Truancy
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he proposes to take to reduce truancy rates in schools.
Mr. Fallon : My right hon. and learned Friend and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales have today issued for consultation a draft circular on school attendance together with draft regulations about pupil registration and the publication of information about rates of attendance.
Truancy needs to be tackled vigorously to ensure that the national curriculum and other educational reforms benefit all pupils. Governors, parents and prospective parents need to have the facts on school attendance. My right hon. Friends therefore propose that schools should be required to publish annually the rates of unauthorised absence for each year group, for each term of the preceding school year.
We expect schools to give the highest priority to maximising rates of attendance, and to work with parents, local education authorities and others to achieve that objective.
Local education authorities and other appropriate educational bodies have been invited to comment on the proposals with a view to regulations being made in the summer.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
South Africa
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the Government have taken to secure the release of South African political prisoners since August 1990.
Mrs. Chalker : We have repeatedly called on the South African Government to free all political prisoners. We welcome the fact that over 300 political prisoners have been released since February 1990.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the action taken by Her Majesty's Government to secure
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the implementation of the United Nations declaration on South Africa adopted at the 16th special session of the General Assembly.Mrs. Chalker : We continue to encourage all sides in South Africa to maintain progress towards the broad aims set out in the United Nations declaration.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the South African Government concerning the immunity from prosecution of political exiles returning to South Africa.
Mrs. Chalker : We have urged the South African Government to reach agreement with the parties concerned on sensible arrangements for the return of political exiles to South Africa.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations the Government have made to the South African Government concerning the implementation of section B, clause 8c, of the United Nations declaration on South Africa.
Mrs. Chalker : We maintain regular contacts with all sides in South Africa. We have expressed to them the hope that full constitutional negotiations towards a non-racial, democratic society may begin as soon as possible. It is for the parties to those negotiations to decide how the new constitution should be drawn up and adopted.
Mr. Caborn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the South African Government on the Internal Security Act.
Mrs. Chalker : We have often stressed to the South African Government the need to repeal those legislative provisions, such as detention without trial, which are contrary to international norms of human rights. The South African Government are currently conducting a review of all such legislation, including the Internal Security Act.
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the level of funds available to the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
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