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Standard Spending Assessments
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what response he has made to the proposal of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities that the "other services" standard spending assessment should include an indicator of economic deprivation taking into account the extent of unemployment ;
(2) what response he has made to the London Boroughs Association's proposal to alter the standard spending assessment by removing the need for the London Regional Transport adjustment.
Mr. Key : My right hon. Friend is considering all the representations which he has received from local authority representatives on standard spending assessments and will announce his proposals for 1992- 93 shortly.
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the "social services (children)" standard spending assessments for the London boroughs of Greenwich, Woolwich and Lewisham with the child population of each of those boroughs ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Key : There is no London borough of Woolwich. The information for Greenwich and Lewisham, as requested, is shown in the following table.
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|SSA for children's|Children aged 0 to
|social services |17 years
|1991-92
|£ million
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Greenwich |14.070 |51,746
Lewisham |22.890 |52,352
The children's social services SSA is not simply based on the number of children in an area but takes account of a number of other factors which reflect the cost of providing a standard level of service.
Infant Mortality (Greenwich)
Mr. Cartwright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the London borough of Greenwich about the impact of the borough's infant mortality rates on its social services spending ; and what has been his response.
Mr. Key : The London borough of Greenwich has made several representations that the children's social services standard spending assessment should include an indicator based on infant mortality rates. They have not tried to quantify the possible impact of the borough's infant mortality rates on its social services spending. My right hon. Friend is considering all representations received from local authorities on standard spending assessments and will announce his proposals for 1992-93 shortly.
Non-domestic Rates
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish an estimate of the actual total yield from the national non -domestic rate for the financial year 1990-91 and of the expected total yield for 1991-92.
Mr. Portillo : We estimate the total rate yield in England for 1990- 91 to be £10,737 million and for 1991-92, £12,066 million.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the total local authority funds at risk following the closure of the BCCI.
Mr. Key : My Department wrote on 27 September to local authorities in the United Kingdom asking them about deposits with BCCI. Returns were due to be submitted by 7 November. The information we have received to date is listed below.
Authorities with deposits with BCCI
Local Authority |Deposit
|£ 000s
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Western Isles |23,062
Bury |6,500
Harlow |4,000
Rochester on Medway |4,000
Westminster |3,575
Lisburn |3,000
Southwark |3,000
Mansfield |2,400
Wigan |2,150
Three Rivers |2,000
Banff and Buchan |2,000
Ross and Cromarty |1,800
Greater Manchester
Fire and Civil Defence |1,783
South Bedfordshire |1,350
York |1,300
Barrow in Furness |1,200
Stockport |1,150
Allerdale |1,050
Alnwick
|Selby
Mid Bedfordshire |1,000
Rother |850
Dover |750
Clackmannan |700
Bristol |600
Guildford |600
Fareham |500
Durham, City |300
Landfill Sites, Leicestershire
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many landfill sites he has discovered in Leicestershire ; and how much has been given in supplemental credit allowance to pay for surveys.
Mr. Baldry : The discovery of landfill sites is a matter for local authorities, not the Secretary of State. Since the initiation in 1990-91 of the supplementary credit approval (SCA) programme for landfill gas works at closed landfill sites, the Department has approved SCAs for 13 sites in the Leicestershire county area. The number of the sites and the amounts for which SCAs have been approved for each authority (which may include both surveys and remedial works) are listed in the following table :
|Sites |£
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Leicestershire county council |6 |598,237
Blaby district council |1 |230,000
Hinckley and Bosworth borough
council |2 |40,000
Leicester city council |3 |155,000
North West Leicestershire district
council |1 |108,759
|-------
Total |1,131,996
Local Government Finance
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a list for each local authority showing the proposed basic credits approvals for 1992-93 broken down by service block as appropriate.
Mr. Portillo : Basic credit approvals for 1992-93 for individual local authorities will be announced in due course. I will arrange for a copy of this information to be placed in the Library of the House of Commons when it is available.
Bathing Water
Mr. Carrington : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will announce the results of the survey of bathing water quality in 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Trippier : Results from the survey carried out during the 1991 bathing season showed that 76 per cent. of the 453 identified bathing waters in the United Kingdom met the mandatory coliform bacteria standards of the EC Bathing Water Directive. This compares with 77 per cent. in 1990 and 76 per cent. in 1989.
These results are encouraging because overall compliance has remained steady in spite of the worse summer weather this year. Completion of improvement schemes for some 20 bathing waters in the £2 billion clean up programme has helped to offset the effects of the poor weather and it is clear that the programme, which was expanded and accelerated last year, is beginning to deliver tangible environmental improvements. Many more schemes are due to be completed in the next few years so that by 1995 virtually all our bathing waters will be up to the required standard.
The 1991 results for the United Kingdom are set out in summary form. I shall arrange for a more detailed summary of results to be placed in the Library and we shall also be sending the detailed results to the Commission of the European Communities.
Bathing Waters survey-1991 Results for England, Wales,
Scotland
and Northern Ireland. (Compliance with Bathing Water
Directive
(76/160/EEC): Coliform Standards).
|Pass |Fail |Total
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England And Wales
NRA Regions
Northumbrian |21(21) |12(11) |33(32)
Yorkshire |19(17) |3(5) |22(22)
Anglian |29(27) |4(2) |33(29)
Thames |2(3) |1(0) |3(3)
Southern |45(48) |22(18) |67(66)
Wessex |36(39) |3(0) |39(39)
South West |105(118)|28(15) |133(133)
North West |10(10) |23(23) |33(33)
Welsh |45(35) |6(15) |51(50)
|---- |---- |----
Total |312(318)|102(89) |414(407)
Scotland |15(12) |8(11) |23(23)
Northern Ireland |16(15) |0(1) |16(16)
|---- |---- |----
Grand Total |343(345)|110(101)|453(446)
(Results for 1990 are in brackets).
Urban Programmes
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources he is providing for his Department's urban group of programmes following the autumn statement ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Portillo : The Government are making available an extra £100 million over the next two financial years to regenerate our inner cities and reclaim derelict land. The details for each programme are set out in the tables. These extra resources will ensure we capitalise on the progress we are already making in tackling run-down parts of our urban areas.
The urban development corporations (UDCs) are currently responsible for regenerating nearly 16,000 hectares of underused inner city land. We are proposing additional resources totalling £47 million, bringing the total Government input to over £650 million over the next two years. These will enable the UDCs to make further and faster headway revitalising these areas.
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The further resources of £30 million for derelict land grant will bring the total available to over £220 million over the next two years, including over £20 million of forecast receipts ploughed back into the programme. These further resources will accelerate progress in reclaiming land for economic and environmental purposes, with a particular emphasis on badly contaminated land, reflecting the Government's continuing commitment to environmental policies. The city grant programme, which encourages developers to bring derelict land and buildings back intoColumn 468
productive use, will be boosted by an additional £18 million over previously planned levels, bringing the total grant available to £173 million over the next two years.We have already announced that the eleven city challenge pacemakers will receive a total of £82.5 million each year for up to five years, from urban and housing programmes, to take forward their winning plans. These resources, together with the input by the local authorities and their private, voluntary and community partners, will be directed at achieving the comprehensive and lasting regeneration of those key localities.
Department of Environment Urban Block
£ million (rounded to nearest £ million)
|1991-92 |1992-93 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1993-94 |1994-95
|Provision |Previous plan|New plan |Previous plan|New plan |New plan
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City Grant<1> |51 |76 |84 |79 |89 |91
UDCs |<2>502 |305 |<2>332 |303 |323 |305
Derelict Land Grant<1>
Gross |88 |94 |109 |98 |113 |115
Receipts |-12 |-11 |-11 |-11 |-11 |-11
Net |76 |83 |98 |87 |102 |104
Urban Programme<1> |242 |244 |249 |246 |246 |252
City Action Teams<1> |8 |8 |8 |9 |9 |9
Research |1 |1 |1 |1 |1 |1
|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |--
Total Urban Block |880 |717 |772 |724 |769 |762
<1> The city challenge pacemakers will receive £ 82.5 million resources each year, from 1992-93 for up to five years,
drawn from these and
Housing programmes.
<2> Figures reflect completion of LDDC transport infrastructure projects e.g. Limehouse Link.
Individual UDC allocations
(£ million rounded)
|1991-92 |1992-93 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1993-94 |1994-95
|current |previous plan|new plan |previous plan|new plan |new plan
provision
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LDDC |248.7 |96.0 |101.0 |98.4 |101.4 |99.9
MDC |28.8 |30.0 |32.0 |28.0 |29.0 |28.5
BCDC |36.4 |35.0 |36.5 |36.0 |36.0 |36.3
TDC |53.1 |36.0 |38.5 |35.0 |36.0 |35.0
TPDC |28.1 |30.1 |31.6 |30.1 |30.6 |30.0
TWDC |37.5 |37.0 |40.5 |36.0 |37.5 |36.0
BDC |27.1 |9.3 |9.3 |8.3 |9.3 |8.0
CMDC |16.0 |17.0 |17.0 |17.0 |17.0 |7.5
LDC |12.6 |3.0 |5.0 |1.0 |4.0 |3.2
SDC |13.3 |12.0 |13.0 |13.0 |13.0 |12.0
Uncommitted |- |- |8.0 |- |9.0 |9.0
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |501.5 |305.4 |332.4 |302.8 |322.8 |305.4
NORTHERN IRELAND
Traffic, Donaghadee
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the change in traffic volume on the Newtownards road, Donaghadee near Cottown school over the past 10 years.
Mr. Needham : Figures for the past 10 years are not available. Between 1981 and 1988 traffic volume increased by approximately 21 per cent. from 2,518 vehicles per day to 3,050.
Work Forces
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what percentage of the economically active population of Northern Ireland are Protestant ; and what percentages of the work forces of the Bank of Ireland were Protestant in the most recent figures available ;
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(2) what percentage of the economically active population of Northern Ireland are Protestant ; and what percentage of the work force of Allied Irish Banks Plc were Protestant in the last available survey ;(3) what percentage of the economically active population is Protestant ; and what percentage of the work force in the public sector is Protestant.
Mr. Needham : It is estimated from the 1990 labour force survey that 60 per cent of the economically active population in Northern Ireland are Protestant.
The Fair Employment Commission's report "A Profile of the Workforce in Northern Ireland : A Summary of the 1990 Monitoring Returns" published in April this year, indicates that 65 per cent of the public sector work force are Protestant.
A report by the Fair Employment Agency published in March 1986 indicated that 42 per cent of the workforce of the Bank of Ireland and 28 per cent of that of Allied Irish
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Banks were Protestant. More recent information derived from statutory monitoring returns has not yet been published by the FEC. The labour force survey is based on a random sample of approximately 1 per cent of domestic properties and estimates produced from it are subject to sampling error.Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of the economically active population within the area of the Eastern health and social services board are Protestant ; and what percentage of the board's work force are Protestant.
Mr. Hanley : It is estimated from the 1990 labour force survey that 68 per cent. of the economically active population within the area of the Eastern health and social services board is Protestant. The board has indicated that at 1 January 1991 54 per cent. of its work force was Protestant.
The labour force survey is based on a random sample of approximately 1 per cent. of domestic properties and estimates produced from it are subject to sampling error.
Milk Marketing Board
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the monopoly powers of the Northern Ireland Milk Marketing Board ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley : Under Community law the United Kingdom is authorised to grant the milk marketing boards the exclusive right to buy from producers in their area the milk which they produce and market without processing, provided it satisfies certain minimum requirements. This right is coupled with an obligation on the boards to purchase the milk in question.
CRISP Programme
Mr. Trimble : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been committed to the CRISP--community regeneration initiative special project--programme and to urban development grants ; and how much money from other sources is committed to those programmes.
Mr. Hanley : Public expenditure under the urban development grant scheme is shown in the following table :
Urban development grant
|£ million
------------------------------------
1982-83 |Nil
1983-84 |1.055
1984-85 |1.595
1985-86 |3.789
1986-87 |8.009
1987-88 |13.443
1988-89 |9.424
1989-90 |5.845
1990-91 |6.499
1991-92 |<1>8.300
<1> Estimate.
No funds from any other source have been committed to this scheme. The Government have allocated £8 million to the CRISP programme which, in addition, receives funding from the International Fund for Ireland. The international fund also provides finance for the urban development programme in towns outside Belfast and Londonderry.
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I have asked the chairman of the fund to write to the hon. Gentleman and will place a copy of his letter in the Library.Mr. Trimble : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what authority public money has been committed to urban development grant and CRISP--community regeneration initiative special project-- programme.
Mr. Needham : The Social Need (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
Fair Employment
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many consultants have been appointed by the Fair Employment Commission to advise small firms on the implementation of fair employment practices ; and if he will publish their names and addresses.
Mr. Needham : This is a matter for the Fair Employment Commission. I understand from the chairman that 76 consultants have been appointed and I have asked him to write to the right hon. Gentleman. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.
Low Fat Milk
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is intended to retain low fat milk within the milk marketing scheme operated by the Northern Ireland Milk Marketing Board.
Mr. Hanley : I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food gave to the hon. Member for Stamford and Spalding (Mr. Davies) on 6 November at columns 165-66.
Road Deaths
Mr. Kilfedder : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been killed in road accidents in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years ; how many road accident deaths in Northern Ireland have been associated with excess alcohol consumption ; how many due solely to exceeding the speed limit ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : The information requested is as follows :
|1986|1987|1988|1989|1990
----------------------------------------------------
Total killed in road
accidents |236 |214 |178 |181 |185
Alcohol-associated
road deaths<1> |48 |48 |27 |41 |53
Road deaths due to
excessive speed<2> |52 |63 |51 |53 |35
<1> These figures include both drivers and
pedestrians killed with
alcohol in their blood.
<2> It is not possible to say how many road deaths
in Northern Ireland
were due solely to exceeding the speed limit, the
figures given refer to
deaths caused by excessive speed for the road
traffic or weather
conditions.
Schools
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schools in Northern Ireland have applied for local management of schools ; and if he will make a statement.
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Dr. Mawhinney : Schools in Northern Ireland do not apply for local management of schools. From 1 April 1991, all controlled and maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools but excluding special schools have been funded on the basis of a formula. All secondary schools and colleges of further education have fully delegated budgets.Inter-party Talks
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reason the Conservative party in Northern Ireland has been excluded from the inter-party talks on the future government of Northern Ireland.
Mr. Brooke : The Conservative party in Northern Ireland is no different from the Conservative party nationally. The Conservative party nationally has been represented by my hon. Friend the Minister of State and myself.
RNIB Needs Survey
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration he has given to the report "Blind and Partially Sighted Adults in Britain--The RNIB Needs Survey" ; what action he will be taking in relation to its findings ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hanley : Although the report was based on a survey confined to Great Britain, its findings will be given careful consideration by Northern Ireland Departments and appropriate lessons drawn.
Security Forces (Live Rounds)
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many live rounds have been fired by the security forces since 1970.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 7 November 1991] : I understand that army records show that approximately 150,800 rounds have been fired by the police and army since 1970.
Plastic Bullets
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have died as a result of the use of plastic bullets since 1970.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 7 November 1991] : Since 1970, 14 people have died as a result of being struck by plastic baton rounds, a further two people have also died as a result of being struck by rubber rounds, the use of which was phased out in 1975.
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DEFENCE
Nuclear Safety
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now make it his policy to publish details of the membership of the nuclear-powered warships safety committee.
Perisher Exercise
Mr. Wilson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy not to proceed with the Perisher exercise in the Firth of Clyde later this month.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : I will write to the hon. Member.
Indonesia
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he last met representatives of the Indonesian Government ; and what was the purpose of that meeting.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State last met representatives of the Indonesian Government when he visited that country in September. A wide range of issues of mutual interest was discussed.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Income Support
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many individuals came off income support because last year's social security uprating took the standard retirement pension above the income support level.
Miss Widdecombe : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 1 May 1991 at column 249. The latest available information gives us no reason to change the estimate then given.
Benefits
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the number of unemployed claimants and lone parents on supplementary benefit or income support receiving financial help with mortgage interest each year since 1979 ; and what each of these numbers was as a percentage of total unemployed claimants and of total lone parents.
Miss Widdecombe : Estimates are given in the table.
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Supplementary benefit/Income support
Unemployed claimants Lone parent claimants
Year |Number with |As a percentage of|Number with |As a percentage of|As a percentage of
|mortgage |all unemployed |mortgage |all lone parent |total lone parents
|claimants |claimants
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1979 |23,000 |4 |17,000 |6 |2
1980 |50,000 |6 |19,000 |6 |2
1981 |98,000 |8 |27,000 |7 |3
1982 |135,000 |8 |28,000 |7 |3
1983 |131,000 |8 |35,000 |8 |4
1984 |151,000 |8 |38,000 |8 |4
1986 |200,000 |10 |50,000 |9 |5
1987 |160,000 |9 |58,000 |9 |6
1988 |114,000 |8 |62,000 |9 |6
1989 |88,000 |8 |67,000 |9 |<1>6
1990 |88,000 |9 |77,000 |10 |-
<1> Based on a provisional estimate of total lone parents.
Notes:
(1) No Enquiry was undertaken in 1985.
(2) Figures for numbers of claimants are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
(3) Figures from 1983 onwards are not comparable with earlier figures because Enquiry data was collected on a different basis.
(4) Supplementary benefit was replaced by income support in 1988.
(5) No estimate of the number of lone parents is available for 1990.
Source: Income Support Annual Statistical Enquiries.
Population Trends 65.
Child Benefit
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what administrative costs are expected as a result of the introduction of a higher amount of child benefit for the oldest child.
Mr. Jack : The administration of child benefit is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.
Pensioners' Savings
Mr. David Shaw : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what pensioners' average real income from savings was (a) in 1979 and (b) in the most recent year for which figures are available ; and if he will estimate the figure for 1992 ; (2) what proportion of newly-retired pensioners had income from savings, other than their second or more pension, at retirement in (a) 1979 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available ; and if he will estimate the figure for 1992 ; (3) what proportion of newly-retired pensioners had two or more pensions at retirement in (a) 1979 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available ; and if he will estimate the figure for 1992.
Miss Widdecombe : The average real income of single pensioners and pensioner couples from savings is estimated at £9.50 per week in 1979 and £19.90 in 1988 (both figures are at 1988 prices).
In 1979, 68 per cent. of newly-retired single pensioners and pensioner couples received income from savings, the corresponding figure for 1988 was 78 per cent.
In 1979, 50 per cent. of newly-retired pensioners and pensioner couples received income from both state benefits and an occupational pension ; the corresponding figure for 1988 was 62 per cent. Source : Family Expenditure Survey.
Note : Newly-retired pensioners are defined as single women aged 60-64, single men aged 65-69 and couples in which the man is aged 65-69. Single pensioners are defined as being aged 60 or over for women and 65 or over for men ; pensioner couples are those where the man is aged 65 or over. No estimates of these figures are available for 1992.
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Policies
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what policies he is bringing forward in the current parliamentary session to develop and enhance the social security system.
Mr. Jack : We intend to continue this Government's programme of developing the social security system in line with our priorities and of ensuring that it is effectively delivered.
In addition to the measures that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced to the House on 21 October, we expect to publish a discussion paper on the options for the equalisation of state pension age ; to establish a new child support unit and to introduce, after the consultation now under way, detailed regulations under the Child Support Act passed in the last Session ; to bring into operation the two new benefits for disabled people ; to implement the changes to income-related benefits already announced which will help families with children, and particularly lone parents, to work if they wish to do so ; to implement the citizens charter and, in particular, to introduce a charter for the customers of the Benefits Agency ; and to improve further the quality and effectiveness of the delivery of services to customers through the development of the Department's executive agencies.
Mobility Allowance
Mr. Beith : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will make a statement about the entitlement to mobility allowance payments of claimants where cases fall within the scope of the European Court of Justice judgment in respect of Mr. R. Newton.
Mr. Scott : The effect of this judgment is that mobility allowance beneficiaries falling within its scope will continue to receive payment even though they have taken up residence in another European Community member state. The independent adjudicating authorities are already dealing with such cases in this way.
Income Support
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his answer of 5 November, Official Report, column 93, on what date he will (a) issue a circular to local authorities about notifying those newly eligible for
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income support as a result of the uprating statement and (b) announce the results of his consideration of further steps.Miss Widdecombe : The circular was issued to local authorities on 8 November. Any announcement about other steps, which will be taken in good time for the uprating, will be made as and when appropriate.
Local Offices
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many benefit claim offices in Nottingham have been closed to the public at any time during the past year during official opening hours because they were becoming overcrowded or because staff were over-pressed ; which offices closed ; and for how many days.
Miss Widdecombe : No Nottingham offices have closed during the last year because they were becoming overcrowded or because staff were over- pressed.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out, for each of his Department's offices in the country, the number of hours in each month of the last year that they were closed during normal daily opening hours of 9 am to 5.30 pm.
Miss Widdecombe : I understand from Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Disability
Mr. Bill Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the moneys available from the European Community for helping people with disabilities in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other member states.
Mr. Scott : The information requested is not held centrally. However, according to information received from the European Commission the total figures are as follows :
Specific measures for disabled people
HELIOS (1988-1991)33 million ecu over 4 years
TIDE (1992-1994)100 million ecu over 3 years
HORIZON(1991-1993)180 million ecu over 3 years
Other Community programmes, actions and initiatives focusing on disabled people
European Social Fund (ESF)
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
(These form part of the Structural Funds for which a total of 2,607 million ecu were allocated for 1989-1993--350 million ecu in respect of the United Kingdom).
ERASMUS(1990-1992)100 million ecu over 3 years
LINGUA (1989-1993)200 million ecu over 5 years
ARION (1990-1991)420 thousand ecu over 2 years
Youth for Europe (1988-1991) 18.5 million ecu over 4
years.
In most cases it is not possible to say how much of the sums involved were paid to recipients in the United Kingdom or in any other member state, payments being dependent on applications received or projects undertaken.
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