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Nationality Office
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress in establishing a direct line at the Liverpool nationality office for hon. Members' inquiries.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Inquiries should continue to be pursued through the existing telephone numbers in Lunar house. However, hon. Members will shortly be advised of new arrangements for making inquiries on nationality matters when the transfer of work from Croydon to Liverpool is complete.
Data Protection
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will describe the reasons for the Government's opposition to the European Commission's proposal for a data protection directive ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : As indicated in the answer to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) on
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22 February 1991, at column 278 , the Government wish to see all Community states ratify the European convention on data protection and introduce national implementing legislation. We are not yet convinced that provisions of the draft directive which go beyond the convention are necessary or desirable.Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many replies to his consultation exercise in relation to the proposal by the European Commission for a data protection directive he has received ; how many come from organisations representing data users and how many from organisations representing data subjects ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : I have received written comments on the draft directive from 56 organisations broadly representing data users' interests, and four from organisations broadly representing data subjects' interests. Negotiations on the draft directive have begun in Brussels, and the Government are considering their position in the light of the comments they have received.
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to propose amendments to the Data Protection Act.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : As indicated in my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member on 18 October 1990 at column 893, legislation is unlikely before the European directive has been adopted.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give separate figures for the spending by the office of the Data Protection Registrar on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979-80 and in each following year ; and what are his latest estimates for 1990-91 and budgets for 1991-92.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The Data Protection Registrar was first appointed in September 1984. I understand that no significant promotional expenditure was incurred in the financial year 1984-85. Expenditure in the years 1985-86 to 1990-91 and the estimate for 1991-92 on fees paid for promotion were as follows :
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Advertising Exhibitions
|TV |Radio |Newspaper|Other
|£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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1985-86 |- |- |319,012 |- |10,538
1986-87 |- |- |156,912 |- |22,143
1987-88 |- |- |364,614 |- |15,157
1988-89 |- |- |448,603 |- |11,383
1989-90 |301,353 |- |8,348 |- |21,260
1990-91 |198,380 |- |2,125 |2,500 |21,101
1991-92 |- |- |50,000 |2,500 |25,000
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to privatise any activities of the office of the Data Protection Registrar.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The Data Protection Registrar is an independent authority appointed by the Crown to enforce the Data Protection Act 1984. I have no plans for changing his status. It is for the registrar to decide how best to carry out his specific statutory functions.
Prison Officers
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by year for the last 10 years and for the current year to date (a) the number of prison officers found guilty of offences at their place of work, (b) the prison and (c) the offence.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The tables give details of prison officers found guilty of offences in criminal proceedings and of officers found guilty of disciplinary offences as a result of internal disciplinary proceedings. Table A contains a full breakdown for the past 10 years by establishment and by offence. Table B contains only those offences which were dealt with centrally, either by virtue of their intrinsic seriousness or because the officer appealed against the governor's findings. The majority of disciplinary offences are dealt with locally and no central record is kept. In view of the wide range of disciplinary offences, it is not practicable to provide a breakdown by individual offence.
Table A : Officers found guilty of criminal offences. 1981 Brixton--Officer convicted of assault on inmate.
1982
Brixton--Officer convicted of assault on inmate.
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Kingston--Officer convicted of theft of meat from prison. Ashford--Officer convicted of criminal deception (fraudulent expenses)1983
Askham Grange--Officer convicted of false accounting.
Blundeston--Officer convicted of theft and falsifying accounts-- took money from staff fund for disabled.
Oxford--Officer convicted of deception, attempted deception and forgery-- submitted incorrect expenses claim.
1984
Swinfen Hall--Officer convicted of false accounting and obtaining money by deception--false mileage claim.
1985
Leicester--Officer convicted of deception (falsely claimed lodging allowance).
Bedford--Officer convicted of stealing money from incoming letter to an inmate.
1986
Leicester--Officer convicted of stealing cream and peas from prison kitchen.
Cardiff--Officer convicted of drugs offences involving an inmate. Wandsworth--Officer convicted of forgery : altered a medical certificate and then submitted it to the Department.
1987
Grendon--Officer convicted of conspiracy to supply a Schedule B drug to a prisoner.
Liverpool--Officer convicted of possession of drugs with intent to supply to a prisoner.
Ford--Officer convicted of four offences of corruption (bringing alcohol, tobacco and other items into the prison).
Albany--Officer convicted of theft from officers' mess.
1988
Blundeston--Officer convicted of theft and false accounting as Treasurer of Officers' Club.
1989
Maidstone--Officer convicted of 2 counts of indecent assault on female member of staff.
Lincoln--Officer convicted of theft of meat from prison. Coldingley-- Officer convicted of theft of £1,000 from Officers' Club.
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Table B: Officers found guilty of serious disciplinary offences (year of final disciplinary decision)
|1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991
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Acklington |1 |- |1 |1 |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Albany |1 |1 |- |- |- |- |- |1 |2 |- |-
Aldington |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Ashwell |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Aylesbury |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |-
Bedford |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |2 |- |-
Birmingham |- |2 |5 |2 |9 |1 |- |- |- |1 |-
Blundeston |1 |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Bristol |- |1 |2 |- |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Brixton |1 |4 |3 |4 |- |1 |1 |- |1 |4 |1
Bullwood Hall |- |- |- |- |1 |3 |- |- |- |- |-
Camp Hill |- |4 |- |2 |- |2 |- |- |- |- |1
Canterbury |- |- |- |- |- |1 |2 |- |- |1 |1
Cardiff |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |-
Castington |- |- |2 |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |-
Channings Wood |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Chelmsford |- |2 |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |-
Coldingley |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |- |- |- |-
Cookham Wood |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |1
Dartmoor |- |1 |- |- |- |- |2 |- |1 |2 |-
Deerbolt |- |- |1 |1 |1 |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Dorchester |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Dover |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |1 |-
Drake Hall |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Eastwood Park |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Everthorpe |- |- |- |- |- |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Exeter |- |- |- |- |- |2 |3 |1 |1 |1 |-
Feltham/Ashford |4 |1 |- |1 |- |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Ford |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Frankland |- |- |- |2 |2 |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Full Sutton |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1 |1 |- |-
Garth |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1 |-
Gartree |- |1 |3 |1 |- |1 |1 |- |- |- |-
Glen Parva |- |1 |- |- |- |4 |- |- |- |- |-
Gloucester |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |-
Grendon |- |- |- |- |2 |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Hatfield |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Havering |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Highpoint |- |- |- |- |3 |1 |2 |1 |1 |- |-
Hindley |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |3 |-
Hollesley Bay |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |1 |- |-
Holloway |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |- |2 |- |-
Hull |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |2 |- |- |- |-
Huntercombe |- |- |- |- |2 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Kingston |1 |1 |- |- |- |- |2 |- |1 |1 |-
Latchmere |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Leeds |1 |2 |- |2 |1 |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Leicester |1 |4 |3 |- |- |2 |- |- |- |1 |1
Lewes |- |- |- |1 |3 |2 |- |1 |- |- |-
Leyhill |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |-
Lincoln |2 |1 |- |- |- |3 |2 |- |- |- |-
Liverpool |- |- |2 |2 |3 |4 |- |1 |- |- |-
Long Lartin |1 |- |- |1 |1 |- |2 |2 |- |1 |-
Lowdham Grange |- |- |1 |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Low Newton |1 |1 |- |- |2 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Maidstone |- |2 |- |- |2 |1 |1 |2 |1 |- |-
Manchester |- |- |- |2 |- |- |4 |2 |2 |- |-
New Hall |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Northallerton |- |- |2 |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Northeye |- |- |- |- |3 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Norwich |1 |1 |- |2 |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Nottingham |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Onley |1 |- |1 |2 |- |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Oxford |- |- |- |- |- |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Parkhurst |- |- |1 |2 |1 |1 |- |4 |1 |1 |-
Pentonville |1 |- |1 |- |2 |- |1 |4 |1 |1 |-
Portland |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Preston |1 |2 |2 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Pucklechurch |1 |2 |- |- |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |-
Ranby |- |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Reading |- |3 |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |-
Risley |1 |2 |2 |- |3 |- |- |- |1 |- |-
Rochester |- |- |- |1 |2 |- |- |- |- |1 |-
Send |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Shepton Mallett |- |- |1 |17 |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |-
Shrewsbury |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |1 |2 |- |1
Stafford |1 |1 |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |3 |-
Stanford Hill |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |2 |- |- |- |-
Stocken |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |1
Stoke Heath |- |2 |- |- |- |2 |- |- |- |1 |-
Styal |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |4
Sudbury/Foston Hall |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |-
Swaleside |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |-
Swansea |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |1 |-
Swinfen Hall |1 |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |2 |1 |-
Thorn Cross |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |- |2 |-
Thorp Arch |1 |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |-
The Verne |- |- |- |1 |1 |- |1 |3 |- |- |-
Wakefield |- |- |1 |- |- |2 |- |- |- |- |-
Wandsworth |3 |2 |1 |- |- |3 |1 |2 |1 |1 |-
Wayland |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |-
Wellingborough |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |-
Werrington |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |- |- |- |1 |-
Whatton |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |-
Winchester |1 |1 |1 |- |- |- |- |- |4 |- |-
Wormwood Scrubs |1 |2 |1 |1 |1 |- |1 |1 |1 |1 |-
Wymott |-7 |- |3 |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
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Frances the Firefly"
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many copies of "Frances the Firefly" were produced for his Department by the Central Office of Information ; what was the cost of (i) the production and (ii) the distribution of "Frances the Firefly" ; who offered advice on the content of "Frances the Firefly" ; and whether he intends to produce a sequel.
Mr. John Patten : The "Frances the Firefly" package consists of a story book and a five-minute video intended to warn small children of the dangers of playing with matches. To date 900,000 copies of the story book have been distributed, 97 per cent. of which were in response to requests. A total of 374 copies of the video have been sold and there have been 1,089 loans of the video through the central film library.
The production costs for the story book were £190,503 including the costs of development and reprints. The production costs of the video were £59,126 including £54,920 on development costs. The initial distribution costs of the video and story book were £14,728. Advice on the content of the video and publication was provided internally by the Home Office fire and emergency planning department and the Home Office public relations branch, by the Central Office of Information and from a sample of primary school teachers in the Greater London area ; and the style of presentation was also discussed with child psychologists.
It is intended to produce worksheets later this year to accompany the existing package. The character is capable of being used in future projects aimed at children, but no decision has yet been taken on a sequel.
Vagrancy
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824.
Mr. John Patten : No. The Vagrancy Act 1824 has been much amended over the years and in its present form provides power to deal with a number of nuisances, including indecent exposure.
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prosecutions and convictions under the Vagrancy Act 1824 occurred in 1989 and 1990 ; and what was the average cost of prosecution ;
(2) how many prosecutions and convictions under the Vagrancy Act 1824 occurred in 1989 and 1990 for young people under the age of 18 years ; and what was the average cost of prosecution for this age group.
Mr. John Patten : Information for 1990 is not yet available. Prosecutions and convictions for 1989 for all Vagrancy Act offences are shown in the table.
Category |Prosecutions|Convictions ---------------------------------------------------- All ages |3,482 |2,839 Under 18 |247 |175
Prosecution costs are not available by reference to offence.
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Missing People
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to establish a national database of missing persons.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Yes. My right hon. Friend plans to introduce a national index of missing persons on the new police national computer.
Narayan Shankar
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a final decision on the future of Narayan Shankar (Ref. S680769), whose application for political asylum was made in August, 1989 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The delay in dealing with applications for asylum is a result of the increase in the number of applications in the last two years. On 26 April my right hon. Friend announced a nearly fivefold increase in staff resources for asylum determination. Mr. Shankar's application is receiving attention and his representatives will be informed of the outcome as soon as possible.
Football Licensing Authority
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time inspectors are currently in post at the Football Licensing Authority, how many more (i) full-time and (ii) part-time inspectors it is planned to appoint ; what stage has been reached in the training of these inspectors ; and what timescale is envisaged for the completion of all Football Licensing Authority inspectors' training.
Mr. John Patten : Eight full-time ground safety inspectors are already in post, and one further full-time appointment is expected to be made shortly. No further appointments, either part time or full time, are currently proposed. The initial teacher training programme for the inspectors began on 1 May and will take about one month to complete.
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to extend the remit of the Football Licensing Authority to cover all sports grounds designated under the Safety of Sports Ground Act 1975 and all grounds requiring safety certificates or licences under parts III and IV of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sports Act 1987 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : No. The responsibilities of the Football Licensing Authority under the Football Spectators Act 1989 are limited to sports grounds at which designated football matches are played. We have no plans to extend the powers of the authority to other sports grounds.
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the introduction of section 13 of the Football Spectators Act 1989.
Mr. John Patten : The Football Spectators Act 1989 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1991 (SI No. 1991/1071 (C 28) ) was laid on 1 May, and will bring section 13 of the 1989 Act into force on 3 June 1991. Section 13 empowers
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the Football Licensing Authority to keep under review the discharge by local authorities of their functions under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 in relation to sports grounds at which designated football matches are played ; and subject to consultation with regulatory authorities, to direct local authorities to include terms and conditions in safety certificates. Section 13 also empowers the authority's inspectors to enter and inspect relevant sports grounds and to examine safety certificates and related records, and enables the authority to require local authorities to furnish it with information relating to the discharge of the functions which the Football Licensing Authority is empowered to keep under review.Police Complaints Authority (Appointments)
Mr. Alexander : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any new appointments have been made to the Police Complaints Authority.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : I have recently appointed two further members to the Police Complaints Authority. Mrs. Linda Cawsey will join the authority on 13 May and Mr. Mark Chapman on 10 June. Mrs. Cawsey was until recently a senior manager with BP International Ltd. while Mr. Chapman was formerly Her Majesty's ambassador to Iceland.
War Crimes
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what investigation he has directed to attempt to identify persons resident in the United Kingdom who may have been involved in the murder of partisans in southern France in 1945 ; (2) what investigation he has directed to attempt to identify persons resident in the United Kingdom who may have been involved in the massacre of the Russian officer corps or any of those murdered in Stalin's purges ;
(3) what investigation he has directed to attempt to identify persons resident in the United Kingdom who may have been involved in the murder of Cossacks in Yugoslavia, Russia and Austria in 1945 ; (4) what investigation he has directed to attempt to identify persons resident in the United Kingdom who may have been involved in the murder of Poles in the Warsaw uprising in 1944 ;
(5) what investigation he has directed to attempt to identify persons resident in the United Kingdom who may have been involved in the murder of Germans in Berlin in 1945 by Russian soldiers ; (6) what investigation he has directed to attempt to identify persons resident in the United Kingdom who may have been involved in the massacre of Polish officers at Katyn.
Mr. John Patten [holding answer 7 May 1991] : So far as the Government are aware, no allegations have been made--in the media, or to the Government, the police or anyone else--that persons resident in this country participated in any of these murders.
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PRIME MINISTER
Ministers' Visits
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Prime Minister what are the guidelines for Ministers using Government expenses to undertake official visits which promote prospective candidates for the constituency visited.
The Prime Minister : As under previous Administrations, Ministers do not normally use official resources, such as transport, in connection with party business, but there may be circumstances which makes this necessary, for example, security or when official and party engagements are consecutive.
EMPLOYMENT
Race and Sex Discrimination
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases of breaches of the legislation on race and sex discrimination have the Employment Service referred to the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Mr. Jackson : Questions on operational matters in the Employment Service executive agency are the responsibility of Mike Fogden, the agency's chief executive, to whom I have referred this question for reply.
Redundancies
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies there were in British companies in each year since 1987 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : The number of confirmed redundancies recorded in each of the years since 1987 is given in the table.
Confirmed redundancies Year |Number ------------------------ 1987 |144,135 1988 |107,930 1989 |116,766 1990 |124,777
Quangos
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the individual appointments excluding casual vacancies he is scheduled to make on quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations in (a) 1991 and (b) 1992 indicating in each case the title of the post, the salary if any and the duration of the appointment.
Mr. Forth : The readily available information about the appointments for which I am responsible, a number of which fall to be made in 1991 and 1992, is given in "Public Bodies 1990" and "Public Appointments : A Handbook for Women's Organisations", copies of which are in the House of Commons Library.
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Privatisation
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals he has to privatise any activities of the British Tourist Authority.
Mr. Forth : Following the completion of the Government's review of support for tourism, the authority announced on 6 December 1989 the privatisation or contracting out of certain of its activities. The authority will keep under review further possibilities for privatisation.
Training
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of people on work-related Government training programmes are (a) men and (b) women on each programme ; and what is the total percentage of (i) single women, (ii) married women and (iii) women with children on each programme.
Mr. Jackson : Information about the proportions of men and women on employment training and youth training is given in the following table. No information is available about the marital status of women or the number with children.
Proportions of men and women
joining employment training and youth
training
April-September 1990
|Youth |Employment
|training |training
|Per cent. |Per cent.
--------------------------------------------
Men |59 |66
Women |41 |34
Source: ATVOS/TFS.
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of men and women for each occupational group of Government employment training programmes.
Mr. Jackson : The most recent available information is given in the tables.
Youth Training Scheme
Training occupational classification by men and women in training
at
31 March 1990
|Men |Women
|per cent.|per cent.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Administration and Clerical |32 |68
Creative and Educational |64 |36
Health and Community Care |7 |93
Selling and Storage |43 |57
Scientific |70 |30
Catering and Food Preparation |56 |44
Agriculture and Fishing |71 |29
Transport Operations |86 |14
Civil Engineering and Mining |97 |3
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |96 |4
Mechanical Engineering and Metal
Processing |95 |5
Motor Vehicle Repair |97 |3
Non Metal Processing |76 |24
Printing |85 |15
Textiles |16 |84
Other |66 |34
Source: Spectrum.
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Employment Training
Standard Occupational Classification by Men and Women
leavers April-December 1990
|Men |Women
|(per cent.)|(per cent.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corporate Managers and Administrators |70 |30
Managers/Proprietors in Agriculture and
Services |66 |34
Professional Occupations |53 |47
Science and Engineering Associate
Professions |83 |17
Health Associate Professions |42 |58
Legal, Business, Social Welfare and
Other Associate Professions |65 |35
Literary, Artistic and Sports
Professionals |69 |31
Clerical Occupations |34 |66
Secretarial Occupations |35 |65
Skilled Construction |95 |5
Skilled Engineering, Metal Machining
Electrical and Electronic Trades |96 |4
Metal Forming and Fabrication Trades |99 |1
Vehicle Trades |96 |4
Textiles, Garments and Related Trades |27 |73
Printing, Woodworking, Food Preparation
and Other Craft Occupations |91 |9
Protective Service Occupations |91 |9
Catering, Waiting Staff and Travel
Attendants |66 |34
Health and Related Occupations |26 |74
Hair, Beauty and Other Personal
Occupations |18 |82
Buyers and Sales Representatives |77 |23
Sales Assistants and Other Selling
Occupations |54 |46
Industrial Plant Operators/Fitters |87 |13
Transport Operatives/Drivers |96 |4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
Occupations |84 |16
Other Elementary Occupations |82 |18
Source: ET National Follow Up Survey.
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many women-only training schemes there are in the United Kingdom which are Government-funded ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : Information on the number of these programmes is not held centrally. Training and enterprise councils have discretion under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to operate single-sex training programmes.
Continental Shelf (Deaths and Injuries)
Mr. Doran : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in the United Kingdom continental shelf in each year from June 1979 to 1 April.
Mr. Forth : The number of accidents causing deaths or serious injuries on or near to offshore installations on the United Kingdom continental shelf have in the past been published annually in the report "Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United Kingdom". Copies of the report for 1990 are now available in the Library of the House. The information for the calendar years from 1979 to 1990 is as follows :
|Fatalities|Serious
|accidents
--------------------------------------------
1979 |10 |43
1980 |4 |45
1981 |6 |59
1982 |14 |39
1983 |10 |47
1984 |13 |59
1985 |8 |103
1986 |3 |101
1987 |6 |59
1988 |<1>173 |<2>85
1989 |3 |85
1990 |<3>13 |87
<1> 167 relate to Piper Alpha.
<2> Includes 11 of the 61 Piper Alpha
survivors.
<3> Includes six relating to Brent Spar
helicopter accident.
Employment Training
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those parts of the country in which employment training is to be available to people aged 18 to 24 years only ; and whether he expects this restriction to be permanent.
Mr. Jackson [holding answer 1 May 1991] : The Government are committed to ensuring that employment training plays its proper part in meeting the Government's guarantee and aim for long-term unemployed people. The provision of employment training is now largely a matter for training and enterprise councils. Training and enterprise councils are obliged to ensure that priority is given to those unemployed people who fall within the guarantee and aim groups, including people aged 18 to 24 years. I am satisfied that adequate resources are available for employment training for it to continue to play its part in meeting the Government's guarantee and aim.
British Tourist Authority
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each year from 1979-80, including 1991-92, the number of staff actually employed on 1 April and the full complement of staff including vacant posts in the press and public relations office of the British Tourist Authority.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 7 May 1991] : These matters are the responsibility of the board of the British Tourist Authority and I am asking the chairman to write directly to the hon. Gentleman.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give separate figures for the spending by the British Tourist Authority on (a) TV advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979-80 and in the following year ; and what are his latest estimates for 1990-91 and budgets for 1991-92.
Mr. Forth : These matters are the responsibility of the board of the British Tourist Authority and I am asking the chairman to write directly to the hon. Gentleman.
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