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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 24 January 1992
NORTHERN IRELAND
Rates
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate how many Northern Ireland pensioners and others in receipt of benefits other than income support will pay more rates in 1991-92 as a percentage of disposable income than they paid in 1990-91.
Mr. Needham : The information requested is not available and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
Harbour Improvements
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on improvements to the harbours at Church Bay and at Ballycastle.
Mr. Needham : In the current financial year Moyle district council, with the aid of grant from the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, has undertaken improvements to the harbours at Church bay, Rathlin and Ballycastle. These works include dredging at Church bay and repairs to Boyd's wall, Ballycastle. In addition hydraulic model testing, which will assist the design work on proposed major improvements at Ballycastle, will shortly be completed.
The Department had hoped to be able to provide substantial grant support to the council over the financial years 1992-93 and 1993-94 for major improvement works to both harbours. In the event it has not proved possible to allocate the necessary resources for this purpose. However the council and the Department are now considering, as an interim measure, the provision of slipways at both harbours which would enable a small roll- on/roll-off vessel to operate the ferry service between the two harbours.
Child Benefit
Mr. Peter Robinson : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the cost of the provision of child benefit in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
Mr. Hanley : The total expenditure on child benefit was as follows :
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|£ million
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1986-87 |177.3
1987-88 |182.8
1988-89 |178.2
1989-90 |180.2
1990-91 |182.4
Ecstasy
Mr. Rathbone : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what problems have been reported regarding use of ecstasy and similar drugs in the Province ; and what action is being taken to meet those problems.
Dr. Mawhinney [holding answer 17 January 1992] : I am informed by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that misuse of ecstasy, LSD and amphetamine is increasing in Northern Ireland. These drugs continue to be associated with young people and places of entertainment, particularly "rave parties". The RUC is working closely with other police forces in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, and with Her Majesty's Customs, to counter this trend in drugs misuse.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Universities (Research Funding)
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much money allocated by the Universities Funding Council in 1990-91 to each university and university college can be identified as being for research ; and of this allocation how much was utilised for purposes other than research by each institution.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The Universities Funding Council allocated £680 million on research-based criteria to universities in academic year 1991-92. This sum was not hypothecated for research. The council has allowed each institution to determine its own spending on teaching and research within the aggregate funds available to it from all sources.
A-Levels
Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students were entered for advanced-level examinations in mathematics, physics and chemistry in England and Wales, for each year from 1979 to the present, giving the information (a) as the number of entrants and (b) as a percentage of the total number of entrants for all subjects in that year.
Mr. Eggar : For the academic years 1978-79 to 1989-90--the latest year for which information is available--the numbers of school leavers attempting advanced level examinations in mathematics, physics and chemistry in English schools, were as are shown in the table. The table also shows these numbers as a percentage of all school leavers attempting any subject at the advanced level.
The figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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School leavers-England
Numbers of pupils attempting advanced level examinations
Mathematics Physics Chemistry
|Pupils |As percentage|Pupils |As percentage|Pupils |As percentage
|attempting |of all pupils|attempting |of all pupils|attempting |of all pupils
|(000's) |attempting A |(000's) |attempting A |(000's) |attempting A
|levels |levels |levels
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1978-79 |44.99 |35.1 |35.20 |27.5 |32.46 |25.3
1979-80 |48.08 |36.5 |35.84 |27.2 |31.74 |24.1
1980-81 |50.06 |36.9 |38.15 |28.1 |34.22 |25.2
1981-82 |54.89 |37.9 |41.62 |28.7 |36.79 |25.4
1982-83 |56.12 |37.8 |40.72 |27.4 |36.30 |24.4
1983-84 |56.60 |38.8 |41.12 |28.2 |36.48 |25.0
1984-85 |56.06 |39.9 |38.95 |27.7 |35.60 |25.3
1985-86 |54.69 |40.8 |36.81 |27.4 |35.00 |26.1
1986-87 |52.81 |39.2 |34.13 |25.4 |31.95 |23.7
1987-88 |53.85 |40.3 |33.44 |25.0 |32.17 |24.1
1988-89 |51.48 |37.1 |32.93 |23.8 |30.65 |22.1
1989-90 |50.68 |33.9 |32.96 |22.1 |33.29 |22.3
Primary Classes
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will estimate the current cost of reducing all primary class sizes to 30 or less ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Fallon : The average size of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools in January 1991 was 26.3. If local education authorities and schools were to organise their provision differently, pupils in primary schools could be taught in class sizes of 30 or less with the existing number of teachers in primary schools.
Primary School Teachers
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out his estimates of the number of primary school teachers he expects to be employed in each school year until 1996-97.
Mr. Fallon : A total of 176,300 full-time equivalent teachers were employed in primary schools in January 1991, the latest year for which we have information. The number of teachers which will be employed in each year up to 1996-97 will depend on the decisions taken by local education authorities and schools with delegated budgets on the deployment of the funds at their disposal.
Youth Service, Warwickshire
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what discussions he has had with Warwickshire county council about its decision to completely close its youth service from 1 April 1992 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins : None. I understand that a proposal is to be considered by the education committee of Warwickshire county council on 28 January to end the directly provided youth and community service, and to make such provision in future through voluntary groups, schools and colleges.
The youth service is statutorily part of further education. Section 41 of the 1944 Education Act, which is inserted under section 120 of the Education Reform Act, places a duty on loal education authorities to secure the provision of adequate facilities for further education. Section 53 of the 1944 Act places a duty on local education authorities to secure that the facilities for primary, secondary and further education provided for their area
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include adequate facilities for recreation and social and physical training. It is for each local education authority to discharge these statutory obligations in accordance with local needs, circumstances and priorities.School Leavers
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide a table showing for Greater London the numbers of young people who left school at each of ages 16, 17, and 18 years in each year since 1988, the numbers expected to leave school in 1992, and the number of people at each of these ages in each of those years.
Mr. Fallon : The following table gives the breakdown of the pupils leaving school in Greater London, analysed by age for the years 1987-88 to 1989-90--the latest year for which information is available. The table also shows the projected population figures for Greater London for the same years.
1
School examinations survey Greater London
A. School leavers
Thousands
|1987-88|1988-89|1989-90
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School leavers
Aged 16 |43.89 |38.67 |36.42
Aged 17 |14.44 |12.12 |11.48
Aged 18 and over |17.35 |17.42 |18.53
Total leavers |75.68 |68.21 |66.43
B. Estimated population aged (at previous 31 August): January
Thousands
Aged at previous August |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90
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15 |80.80 |75.60 |71.10
16 |87.90 |82.10 |77.00
17 |99.20 |91.90 |86.00
Music
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received on the teaching of music in schools ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : My right hon. Friend issued last August proposals for music and art in the national curriculum, representations on which were sent to the National Curriculum Council.
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In the light of the National Curriculum Council's advice, he intends on Monday to publish for consultation, draft orders with associated documents setting out attainment targets and programmes of study for art and music in the national curriculum for pupils aged five to 14, as he is required to do by section 20(5) of the Education Reform Act. Copies will be placed in the Library.The period for consultation on the draft orders will end on 4 March 1992. My right hon. Friend intends to make the final orders in March 1992 in good time for schools to begin teaching national curriculum art and music to pupils aged five, seven and 11 from the following autumn. The draft orders apply to England. My right hon. Friend will be publishing for consultation draft orders for art and music for Wales.
TRANSPORT
British Rail Escalators
Dr. Marek : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to keep records on the number of escalators operated by British Rail ; and how many of them are broken at any one time and for how long.
Mr. Freeman : These are operational matters for British Rail.
Channel Tunnel
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what procedure he has set up to consult the London borough of Newham over the route of the channel tunnel rail route and the new international station to be built at Stratford.
Mr. Freeman : I intend very shortly to issue invitations to a consultative forum for local authorities affected by the proposed route corridor and stations for the channel tunnel rail link.
Railways (Research and Development)
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how research and development for the railways will be funded after the privatisation of British Rail.
Mr. Freeman : This will depend on the future structure of British Rail, on which the Government have not yet taken decisions.
SS Richard Montgomery
Mr. Moate : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he is now able to make a statement on the recent survey on the SS Richard Montgomery.
Mr. McLoughlin : A very thorough survey of this dangerous wreck was completed in September. The Medway ports authority has since completed a fresh hydrographic survey of the surrounding area. There is no evidence of any recent major changes to the wreck itself, although it continues to deteriorate and may be expected to begin to break up within a few years. No dangerous material was identified during the latest survey, although a substantial quantity of explosives must be presumed to remain on board. The surveys have shown that the silt around the site is mobile and extensive
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scouring under the wreck itself was observed. This can only accelerate its breaking up and the disappearance of what is now still visible above the water surface.I have decided in the light of the survey findings that the site of the wreck should remain a prohibited area under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and that no attempt be made to clear it or its cargo. The wreck will continue to be monitored and another survey will be undertaken in due course.
I have placed in the Library a paper summarising the results of these and previous surveys, and the steps taken over the years to quantify and contain the danger from explosives on this wreck. I am sending a copy to my hon. Friend.
ENVIRONMENT
Genetic Engineering
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what research his Department is funding into whether genetically engineered micro-organisms decay in the environment or multiply in an uncontrollable fashion threatening ecological balance ;
(2) what research his Department is funding into the possible hazards to the health of man and of animal and plant life from the release of genetically engineered micro-organisms into the environment.
Mr. Baldry : My Department spent over £1 million in 1990-91 on research into genetically modified organisms and expects to maintain future expenditure at a similar level. A substantial part of the research programme focuses on risks associated with the release of genetically modified micro-organisms, and more particularly on developing and assessing techniques for their isolation, identification and tracking in the environment. Results from this research are now being used to determine accurately whether populations of micro-organisms multiply or decay after release and to assess their subsequent impacts on other organisms in the environment.
Greenhouse Effect
Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's estimate of the contribution to the greenhouse effect from (a) the combustion of fossil fuels in Britain and (b) the escape of natural gas into the environment during the production and processing of North sea gas and its distribution to the consumer.
Mr. Baldry : Revised figures for annual United Kingdom emissions of greenhouse gases up to 1990 will be published in late February or early March in the 14th edition of the "Digest of Environmental Protection and Water Statistics". The new estimates indicate that in 1990 United Kingdom emissions of CO from fossil fuel combustion were about 2.6 per cent. of world emissions. Current estimates of world methane emissions from natural gas production are uncertain within a factor of at least two. United Kingdom emissions in 1990 can therefore be estimated only very approximately at between 1.7 per cent. and 3 per cent. of world emissions from this source.
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Mr. Alan W. Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what figures he has on the relative efficiency of absorption of infra-red radiation leading to the greenhouse effect for (a) carbon dioxide, (b) nitrogen dioxide, (c) methane and (d) chlorofluorocarbons.
Mr. Baldry : The relative impact of greenhouse gases is only partly explained by their radiation absorption properties. Differences in concentration, atmospheric lifetime and secondary effects on the concentration of other gases are also important.
To take account of all these factors, the inter-governmental panel on climate change (IPCC) developed the concept of the global warming potential (GWP).
Initial tentative GWP values for a wide range of substances were published in the panel's first scientific assessment, copies of which have been placed in the Library of the House.
The IPCC, in a supplementary report which will be made public within a few months, will give revised GWPs for the main greenhouse gases. However the summary of the assessment, published recently, indicates that there is now greater uncertainty in the calculation of GWPs.
United Nations Conference
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the meeting between his Department and non- governmental organisations regarding progress towards the United Nations conference on environment and development, held on 15 January.
Mr. Baldry : The meeting on 15 January enabled representatives of non-governmental organisations to give a verbal report on the international meeting they attended in Paris in December. They undertook to provide the Department of the Environment with the final report of the meeting as soon as it was available.
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Newport, West, Official Report, 15 January, column 574, on liaison with non-governmental organisations on the forthcoming United Nations conference on environment and development, he will set out (a) the dates of the meetings held to date, the issues discussed at each meeting and (b) the dates of the planned meetings and issues expected to be discussed.
Mr. Baldry : Ministers and officials of the Department of the Environment and other Departments liaise regularly and often with a wide range of non-governmental organisations, individually and in groups, on UNCED issues and will continue to do so in the course of the government's preparations for the conference in June.
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 15 January, Official Report, columns 574-75, how many copies of the booklet on the United Kingdom's overall approach to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development have been published ; and where else the booklet has been made available for the wider public.
Mr. Baldry : Six thousand copies of the booklet were originally printed and a further 6,000 have been ordered. It has been made available to posts overseas and is being widely used in replies to Ministerial and official enquiries about UNCED.
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Eco Decision"
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will arrange for his Department's library to subscribe to the new international journal, "Eco decision", published in Canada.
Mr. Baldry : The library will obtain a specimen copy to see if it is likely to be of use to the Department.
Audit Commission
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list all the management and occasional papers published by the Audit Commission, showing the dates they were commissioned and completed, and the cost of producing each paper ; (2) how many comparative and other studies were undertaken by the Audit Commission in each year since 1983, under section 26 of the Local Government Finance Act 1982 ; what the total cost of these studies was for each of the years, expressed in 1991 prices ; and how long each study took to complete.
Mr. Key : The Audit Commission is responsible for deciding what papers it will publish and what studies it will promote or undertake. Any available information will be obtainable from the Audit Commission.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of the Audit Commission's operating costs for each year since 1983 is attributable to activities not related to auditing the performance of local authorities.
Mr. Key : This information is not available in the form requested. The Audit Commission's annual reports show that the percentage of the Audit Commission's total operating costs represented by central studies was as follows :
|Percentage
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1983-84 |5.0
1984-85 |4.7
1985-86 |5.1
1986-87 |4.3
1987-88 |4.2
1988-89 |4.3
1989-90 |3.9
<1>1990-91 |3.6
<1> Excludes operating costs and
costs of central studies
relating to the NHS, for which
the Audit Commission assumed
responsibility on 1 October
1990.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will show (a) the total salaries and (b) the total staff costs of the Audit Commission for each year since 1983, expressed in 1991 prices.
Mr. Key : Total salaries and staff costs for field and support staff in the district audit service and the Audit Commission headquarters at 1991 prices are listed. Payments to audit firms and contract audit staff are excluded.
|£000 |£000
1983-84 |9,859 |13,279
1984-85 |11,956 |15,331
1985-86 |12,500 |16,341
1986-87 |13,172 |17,735
1987-88 |13,924 |18,871
1988-89 |14,341 |19,172
1989-90 |16,082 |21,757
<2>1990-91 |20,697 |27,945
<1> Calculated using GDP deflator index.
<2> Includes additional salaries and staff costs
payable from 1 October 1990 in relation to NHS
activities.
District Auditors
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, for each year since 1983, he will list all the public interest reports issued by district auditors, showing the names of the local authorities concerned, the dates they were issued and the political control of those authorities at the time the reports were issued.
Mr. Key : Auditors are required to send copies of public interest reports concerning local authorities to the Audit Commission and do not send copies to the Secretary of State for the Environment. Any available information will be obtainable from the Audit Commission.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment by what percentage the fees payable by local authorities for the services of district auditors were increased each year since 1979 ; and what was the annual rate of inflation applying at the time of each increase.
Mr. Key : Increases in audit fee rates charged to local authorities in England and Wales are not readily available for the years prior to 1984. In subsequent years provincial fee rates have increased as shown in the table. Provincial fee rates cover around 70 per cent. of authorities. Supplements are charged to authorities in London and the south-east to cover additional costs.
Year |Per cent. rise|GDP deflator
|compared to |index
|previous year |(per. cent.
|inflation)
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1984-85 |0.0 |5.0
1985-86 |7.1 |5.5
1986-87 |5.8 |3.3
1987-88 |6.5 |5.4
1988-89 |5.8 |7.2
1989-90 |8.1 |6.5
1990-91 |10.4 |8.5
1991-92 |6.5 |7.0
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount paid by local authorities, in England and Wales, in fees to district auditors each year since 1979, expressed in (a) current prices and (b) 1991 prices.
Mr. Key : The gross fee income obtained from local authorities in England and Wales before 1983-84 is not readily available. The amounts of gross fee income obtained from the annual reports and accounts of the Audit Commission for 1983-84 onwards are as listed.
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Gross fee income (£000)
Year |Current |1991
|prices |prices<1>
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1983-84 |14,987 |22,391
1984-85 |20,002 |28,459
1985-86 |21,477 |28,960
1986-87 |23,663 |30,892
1987-88 |25,388 |31,434
1988-89 |27,936 |32,272
1989-90 |31,881 |34,586
1990-91 |37,958 |37,958
<1> Calculated using GDP deflator
index.
Hostels for the Homeless
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of occasions in the last year for which records are available when grants from his Department to hostels for the homeless run by charitable organisations have been paid late ; and in how many cases over the same period interest and charges on bank overdrafts incurred by the charity as a result of late payment has been refunded.
Mr. Yeo : Most revenue funding of hostels for the homeless is made by the Housing Corporation, using hostel deficit grant (HDG) or special needs management allowance (SNMA).
Under the rough sleepers initiative, my Department is meeting some revenue costs of hostels and emergency shelters under section 73 of the Housing Act 1985 : These payments are made as soon as my officials are satisfied with the financial and other information required from the voluntary organisation concerned. No payments of interest or charges on overdrafts have been made or requested.
Housing, Walsall
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the hon. Member for Walsall, North will receive an answer to the letter written on 17 December to the Minister of State over housing in the borough of Walsall.
Mr. Yeo : I have written to the hon. Member today.
Local Authority Staff
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of staff employed directly by local authorities, in England and Wales, in each year since 1979.
Mr. Key : The information for England is as listed. Staffing levels of local authorities in Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Staffing levels at June of each year
|Total staff
Year |(full-time |(full-time
|plus |equivalents)
|part-time)
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1979 |2,512,593 |1,975,170
1980 |2,474,900 |1,951,070
1981 |2,420,956 |1,914,368
1982 |2,392,851 |1,887,175
1983 |2,405,448 |1,892,603
1984 |2,409,561 |1,891,823
1985 |2,419,293 |1,892,117
1986 |2,448,709 |1,902,192
1987 |2,490,518 |1,922,430
1988 |2,514,330 |1,929,719
1989 |2,453,922 |1,886,548
1990 |2,480,059 |1,900,965
1991 |2,457,751 |1,885,941
Source: Joint Staffing Watch for England.
Note:-Three major events caused significant losses
from the local authority sector during the period
covered by this table. The numbers involved are:
1. Approximately 6,300 ftes due to the abolition of
the GLC and the metropolitan county councils in
1986.
2. Around 14,500 ftes due to the change in status
of the local authority bus and municipal airport
staff in 1986 and 1987.
3. Around 39,000 ftes when polytechnics and higher
education institutions transferred from the public
to the personal sector in 1989.
Compulsory Competitive Tendering
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what evidence his Department has that local authorities have abused the current rules with regard to compulsory competitive tendering ; and if he will publish a list of those authorities involved.
Mr. Portillo : A full list of local authorities against whom statutory action has been taken under sections 13 and 14 of the Local Government Act 1988 and sections 19A and 19B of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 follows. There are many other instances where there is evidence of a breach of the statutory provisions but the Secretary of State has concluded that the case for statutory action is not made.
Notices issued under Section 13 of the Local Government Act 1988 Where (a) the Authority appeared to have acted in an anti-competitive manner Authority |Date of notice --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham city council |10 May 1990 Braintree district council |29 March 1990 Bristol city council | 4 September 1989 Bury metropolitan borough council | 1 June 1990 Camden, London borough of | 3 July 1990 Charnwood borough council |21 December 1989 Doncaster metropolitan borough council |21 September 1990 East Lindsey district council | 9 April 1990 Eden district council |29 March 1990 Halton borough council | 9 October 1991 Haringey, London borough of |12 November 1991 Hillingdon, London borough of | 4 September 1989 Knowsley metropolitan borough council | 7 December 1989 Leicester city council |11 September 1990 Liverpool city council |31 May 1990 Nottingham city council | 8 January 1992 Redditch borough council |18 January 1991 Thurrock district council | 3 October 1990 Wakefield metropolitan borough council | 6 March 1991 Warrington district council | 2 August 1991 Waveney district council |24 July 1991 Wolverhampton metropolitan borough council |3 January 1990 Woodspring district council | 6 September 1990 York city council |10 May 1990
Notices issued under Section 13 of the Local Government Act 1988 Where (b) the Authority appeared to have failed
to achieve the prescribed financial objective
Authority Date of notice
Breckland district council 19 September 1991
Camden, London borough of 3 July 1990
Crawley borough council 29 July 1991
Crawley borough council (2 notices) 9 October 1991
Eastleigh borough council 18 December 1990
Epsom and Ewell borough council 1 July 1991
Gloucester city council 28 October 1991
Gosport borough council 29 July 1991
Harrogate borough council 1 July 1991
Haringey, London borough of 12 December 1990
Humberside county council 8 June 1990
Lewes district council 28 October 1991
North Tyneside metropolitan borough council 1 July 1991 Preston borough council 22 November 1991
Redbridge, London borough of 1 July 1991
Shropshire county council 28 October 1991
Surrey county council 28 October 1991
Waverley district council 28 October 1991
West Devon district council 1 July 1991
Notices issued under Section 13 of the Local Government Act 1988 Where (c) the Authority appeared to have failed
to comply with the detailed specification for the work
Authority Date of notice
Camden, London borough of 3 July 1990
Directions served under section 14 of the Local Government Act 1988 where
(a) the authority appeared to have acted in an anti-competitive manner
Doncaster MBC, 11 December 1990 (replacement direction issued 28 March 1991)
Hillingdon LB, 13 March 1990 (replacement direction issued 1 August 1990)
East Lindsey DC, 6 July 1990 (replacement direction issued 31 July 1990)
Knowsley MBC, 6 July 1990 (replacement direction issued 3 August 1990)
Leicester City C, 19 December 1990 (replacement direction issued 29 January 1991)
Liverpool City C, 6 August 1990 (replacement direction issued 24 June 1991)
Redditch BC, 5 March 1991
Thurrock DC, 19 December 1990 (replacement direction issued 5 March 1991)
Wakefield MBC, 15 August 1991
Woodspring DC, 8 November 1990
York City C, 9 August 1990 (replacement direction issued 13 September 1990).
(b) the authority appeared to have failed to achieve the prescribed financial objective
Camden LB, 31 October 1990
Eastleigh BC, 9 April 1991
Haringey LB, 20 June 1991
Harrogate BC, 15 November 1991
Humberside CC, 30 July 1990
and
(c) the authority appeared to have failed to comply with the detailed specification for the work
Camden LB, 31 October 1990.
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