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Population Statistics
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the latest estimates by the Registrar General of (a) total populations and (b) populations aged 18 years old and over for each district council area in England and Wales.
Mr. Dorrell : The information requested is given in the table.
Column 592
Estimated mid-year 1990 resident population of England and
Wales
|Persons |Persons
|All ages |18+
|Thousands|Thousands
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Greater London |6,794.4 |5,268.3
City of London |3.9 |3.3
Barking and Dagenham |147.6 |113.2
Barnet |310.0 |239.7
Bexley |220.2 |171.5
Brent |255.6 |196.1
Bromley |300.1 |237.6
Camden |185.5 |147.9
Croydon |319.4 |246.5
Ealing |293.3 |227.2
Enfield |264.3 |205.2
Greenwich |215.9 |163.5
Hackney |191.8 |142.6
Hammersmith and Fulham |149.3 |118.5
Haringey |192.8 |147.9
Harrow |192.5 |147.9
Havering |231.9 |182.0
Hillingdon |235.7 |182.1
Hounslow |197.4 |150.0
Islington |173.6 |135.6
Kensington and Chelsea |130.9 |105.0
Kingston upon Thames |139.0 |110.5
Lambeth |232.5 |179.0
Lewisham |226.3 |173.4
Merton |164.9 |128.5
Newham |208.6 |153.6
Redbridge |234.8 |184.3
Richmond upon Thames |167.2 |134.1
Southwark |225.5 |172.7
Sutton |168.0 |131.9
Tower Hamlets |166.9 |124.6
Waltham Forest |213.4 |164.0
Wandsworth |256.2 |203.8
City of Westminster |179.2 |144.7
Greater Manchester |2,590.5 |1,981.1
Bolton |266.9 |202.5
Bury |177.6 |136.6
Manchester |446.7 |337.3
Oldham |221.7 |168.0
Rochdale |208.5 |156.1
Salford |234.1 |179.9
Stockport |290.5 |225.8
Tameside |219.3 |169.0
Trafford |214.8 |167.2
Wigan |310.4 |238.5
Merseyside |1,443.7 |1,106.6
Knowsley |157.4 |116.3
Liverpool |462.9 |352.1
St. Helens |188.5 |146.2
Sefton |299.6 |233.4
Wirral |335.3 |258.5
South Yorkshire |1,296.2 |1,007.5
Barnsley |221.8 |171.6
Doncaster |294.0 |224.7
Rotherham |254.5 |194.8
Sheffield |525.8 |416.5
Tyne and Wear |1,126.6 |874.0
Gateshead |205.0 |161.2
Newcastle upon Tyne |277.8 |215.9
North Tyneside |191.7 |150.3
South Tyneside |156.0 |121.6
Sunderland |296.1 |225.1
West Midlands |2,614.6 |1,994.3
Birmingham |992.8 |746.4
Coventry |303.7 |230.5
Dudley |306.5 |240.3
Sandwell |295.0 |226.5
Solihull |203.3 |157.6
Walsall |263.9 |202.5
Wolverhampton |249.4 |190.5
West Yorkshire |2,070.1 |1,581.0
Bradford |468.8 |347.1
Calderdale |197.8 |152.3
Kirklees |375.5 |286.3
Leeds |712.2 |550.8
Wakefield |315.8 |244.4
Avon |952.0 |743.3
Bath |83.2 |65.9
Bristol |374.3 |290.7
Kingswood |88.9 |69.9
Northavon |135.7 |104.6
Wansdyke |82.6 |65.1
Woodspring |187.3 |147.1
Bedfordshire |535.5 |405.7
North Bedfordshire |139.0 |106.1
Luton |171.4 |126.9
Mid Bedfordshire |114.8 |88.1
South Bedfordshire |110.2 |84.6
Berkshire |755.5 |574.0
Bracknell Forest |108.2 |80.8
Newbury |141.5 |106.6
Reading |129.9 |100.1
Slough |100.3 |75.3
Windsor and Maidenhead |125.5 |97.3
Wokingham |150.1 |113.8
Buckinghamshire |641.5 |485.7
Aylesbury Vale |148.4 |112.1
South Buckinghamshire |61.1 |48.2
Chiltern |87.3 |69.0
Milton Keynes |185.0 |134.9
Wycombe |159.6 |121.5
Cambridgeshire |664.5 |505.2
Cambridge |100.2 |78.8
East Cambridgeshire |61.0 |47.5
Fenland |74.2 |58.2
Huntingdonshire |154.0 |114.0
Peterborough |154.3 |114.4
South Cambridgeshire |120.7 |92.3
Cheshire |959.0 |739.1
Chester |113.1 |89.0
Congleton |86.7 |68.1
Crewe and Nantwich |102.8 |79.5
Ellesmere Port and Neston |78.7 |60.4
Halton |123.5 |90.9
Macclesfield |150.8 |119.2
Vale Royal |114.1 |87.5
Warrington |189.2 |144.5
Cleveland |552.1 |417.8
Hartlepool |89.9 |68.4
Langbaurgh-on-Tees |144.0 |110.0
Middlesbrough |141.6 |105.0
Stockton-on-Tees |176.6 |134.5
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |467.5 |368.3
Caradon |75.1 |58.4
Carrick |79.5 |63.5
Kerrier |87.7 |68.4
North Cornwall |73.1 |58.1
Penwith |63.1 |50.2
Restormel |87.0 |68.1
Isles of Scilly |2.0 |1.6
Cumbria |492.1 |387.2
Allerdale |97.1 |76.5
Barrow-in-Furness |69.9 |54.5
Carlisle |104.1 |81.2
Copeland |71.9 |55.5
Eden |47.7 |37.8
South Lakeland |101.4 |81.8
Derbyshire |933.0 |725.9
Amber Valley |114.2 |90.0
Bolsover |71.8 |55.6
Chesterfield |101.0 |80.2
Derby |217.3 |166.0
Erewash |107.6 |83.4
High Peak |85.1 |65.2
North East Derbyshire |97.2 |76.2
South Derbyshire |72.8 |56.6
The Derbyshire Dales |66.0 |52.7
Devon |1,030.5 |813.0
East Devon |118.8 |96.8
Exeter |103.6 |80.7
North Devon |86.1 |66.8
Plymouth |252.8 |195.0
South Hams |78.1 |61.9
Teignbridge |112.0 |90.0
Mid Devon |64.1 |49.5
Torbay |119.0 |96.0
Torridge |52.1 |41.3
West Devon |43.8 |35.1
Dorset |658.3 |528.1
Bournemouth |154.0 |125.2
Christchurch |39.3 |33.7
North Dorset |55.3 |43.3
Poole |132.4 |104.9
Purbeck |47.6 |37.8
West Dorset |86.2 |69.4
Weymouth and Portland |64.6 |50.8
East Dorset |78.8 |62.9
Durham |599.4 |466.3
Chester-le-Street |53.1 |41.5
Darlington |100.0 |78.0
Derwentside |85.9 |67.5
Durham |87.1 |68.0
Easington |95.1 |72.8
Sedgefield |88.7 |68.7
Teesdale |25.0 |19.7
Wear Valley |64.6 |50.2
East Sussex |712.2 |572.2
Brighton |141.2 |113.5
Eastbourne |83.4 |67.9
Hastings |82.2 |64.1
Hove |92.6 |75.5
Lewes |90.8 |72.2
Rother |85.1 |70.1
Wealden |136.8 |109.0
Essex |1,533.5 |1,192.0
Basildon |156.0 |118.5
Braintree |115.6 |89.3
Brentwood |68.3 |54.8
Castle Point |84.2 |65.4
Chelmsford |151.7 |116.2
Colchester |154.4 |119.1
Epping Forest |111.7 |87.6
Harlow |70.3 |53.4
Maldon |53.3 |41.3
Rochford |73.6 |57.4
Southend-on-Sea |167.3 |132.3
Tendring |134.1 |109.1
Thurrock |126.8 |96.5
Uttlesford |66.3 |51.0
Gloucestershire |531.4 |414.1
Cheltenham |85.8 |66.3
Cotswold |75.4 |59.6
Forest of Dean |79.0 |61.6
Gloucester |92.0 |70.0
Stroud |110.1 |86.2
Tewkesbury |89.0 |70.4
Hampshire |1,547.1 |1,192.1
Basingstoke and Deane |142.2 |107.7
East Hampshire |102.7 |78.8
Eastleigh |103.9 |79.5
Fareham |102.4 |79.3
Gosport |74.7 |56.3
Hart |80.1 |61.0
Havant |114.6 |86.7
New Forest |163.4 |129.0
Portsmouth |184.1 |144.2
Rushmoor |82.1 |63.0
Southampton |197.4 |151.7
Test Valley |103.4 |80.6
Winchester |96.1 |74.3
Hereford and Worcester |676.2 |522.4
Bromsgrove |88.6 |68.9
Hereford |49.0 |38.0
Leominster |39.7 |31.5
Malvern Hills |87.5 |68.4
Redditch |78.8 |57.5
South Herefordshire |52.5 |41.2
Worcester |82.7 |63.6
Wychavon |101.8 |79.5
Wyre Forest |95.6 |74.0
Hertfordshire |988.7 |763.8
Broxbourne |82.6 |63.8
Dacorum |132.0 |100.8
East Hertfordshire |120.7 |93.3
Hertsmere |87.8 |68.3
North Hertfordshire |113.3 |87.3
St. Albans |129.6 |101.0
Stevenage |74.4 |56.6
Three Rivers |80.5 |62.7
Watford |75.8 |58.2
Welwyn Hatfield |91.9 |71.8
Humberside |859.2 |659.9
Beverley |116.5 |91.7
Boothferry |66.4 |51.4
Cleethorpes |68.2 |53.0
Glanford |73.1 |56.8
Great Grimsby |89.0 |66.7
Holderness |51.8 |40.4
Kingston upon Hull |245.3 |184.2
East Yorkshire |89.1 |70.9
Scunthorpe |59.8 |44.8
Isle of Wight |129.7 |103.9
Medina |72.7 |57.7
South Wight |57.1 |46.2
Kent |1,525.5 |1,182.2
Ashford |96.5 |74.5
Canterbury |131.7 |102.8
Dartford |78.4 |60.6
Dover |106.7 |83.7
Gillingham |95.1 |71.2
Gravesham |88.1 |68.2
Maidstone |137.0 |107.1
Rochester upon Medway |149.3 |113.0
Sevenoaks |104.9 |80.6
Shepway |88.5 |70.3
Swale |117.2 |90.4
Thanet |131.8 |104.0
Tonbridge and Malling |101.2 |79.1
Tunbridge Wells |99.0 |76.6
Lancashire |1,395.3 |1,075.5
Blackburn |135.4 |99.6
Blackpool |139.1 |111.7
Burnley |94.4 |71.0
Chorley |97.3 |74.6
Fylde |74.3 |59.5
Hyndburn |79.4 |60.1
Lancaster |132.5 |103.8
Pendle |85.6 |64.7
Preston |128.5 |97.0
Ribble Valley |51.8 |41.3
Rossendale |65.6 |49.5
South Ribble |102.8 |78.7
West Lancashire |104.3 |80.1
Wyre |104.0 |83.9
Leicestershire |897.7 |685.7
Blaby |85.6 |66.2
Charnwood |151.0 |116.7
Harborough |69.3 |54.5
Hinckley and Bosworth |98.9 |76.7
Leicester |278.0 |205.1
Melton |45.1 |35.3
North West Leicestershire |81.0 |63.1
Oadby and Wigston |51.9 |40.6
Rutland |36.9 |27.6
Lincolnshire |591.3 |464.4
Boston |52.4 |41.5
East Lindsey |119.8 |95.5
Lincoln |80.9 |62.6
North Kesteven |86.5 |68.6
South Holland |67.7 |54.4
South Kesteven |107.1 |82.9
West Lindsey |76.9 |59.0
Norfolk |750.7 |593.0
Breckland |104.4 |82.2
Broadland |106.8 |84.8
Great Yarmouth |89.9 |69.7
North Norfolk |96.2 |78.0
Norwich |117.2 |91.5
South Norfolk |101.6 |80.5
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk |134.5 |106.3
Northamptonshire |580.1 |441.8
Corby |51.5 |38.2
Daventry |64.8 |49.1
East Northamptonshire |68.1 |52.6
Kettering |76.0 |58.9
Northampton |185.1 |139.7
South Northamptonshire |67.6 |52.0
Wellingborough |67.1 |51.4
Northumberland |305.2 |237.8
Alnwick |31.6 |24.5
Berwick-upon-Tweed |26.3 |20.8
Blyth Valley |79.6 |60.6
Castle Morpeth |50.4 |40.0
Tynedale |57.7 |45.2
Wansbrook |59.6 |46.6
North Yorkshire |726.4 |571.9
Craven |51.1 |40.6
Hambleton |78.8 |62.5
Harrogate |147.6 |117.0
Richmondshire |53.4 |41.6
Ryedale |92.2 |73.2
Scarborough |106.8 |84.8
Selby |95.1 |73.1
York |101.2 |79.1
Nottinghamshire |1,016.6 |788.1
Ashfield |109.8 |85.3
Bassetlaw |105.0 |82.2
Broxtowe |110.5 |87.3
Gedling |110.5 |86.8
Mansfield |100.5 |77.4
Newark and Sherwood |103.5 |80.1
Nottingham |274.9 |208.5
Rushcliffe |102.0 |80.3
Oxfordshire |586.6 |446.5
Cherwell |128.9 |94.6
Oxford |118.0 |90.7
South Oxfordshire |129.8 |100.4
Vale of White Horse |113.0 |86.4
West Oxfordshire |96.9 |74.4
Shropshire |405.1 |311.4
Bridgnorth |50.8 |39.9
North Shropshire |56.8 |43.7
Oswestry |33.7 |26.4
Shrewsbury and Atcham |90.6 |70.2
South Shropshire |35.8 |28.5
The Wrekin |137.4 |102.6
Somerset |464.9 |362.2
Mendip |94.7 |73.1
Sedgemoor |98.3 |76.6
Taunton Deane |96.1 |74.8
West Somerset |32.6 |26.2
South Somerset |143.3 |111.5
Staffordshire |1,040.8 |806.2
Cannock Chase |89.7 |68.5
East Staffordshire |97.0 |75.5
Lichfield |93.8 |73.0
Newcastle-under-Lyme |118.7 |92.5
South Staffordshire |109.5 |84.4
Stafford |119.1 |93.8
Staffordshire Moorlands |96.9 |75.9
Stoke-on-Trent |246.7 |191.1
Tamworth |69.4 |51.6
Suffolk |643.8 |493.4
Babergh |77.7 |60.3
Forest Heath |61.7 |44.1
Ipswich |113.7 |87.2
Mid Suffolk |78.3 |60.6
St. Edmundsbury |92.1 |70.8
Suffolk Coastal |113.1 |85.6
Waveney |107.3 |84.8
Surrey |1,002.9 |782.3
Elmbridge |107.1 |84.8
Epsom and Ewell |68.4 |53.7
Guildford |123.6 |95.1
Mole Valley |76.1 |60.2
Reigate and Banstead |115.4 |90.6
Runnymede |72.0 |57.1
Spelthorne |84.9 |67.8
Surrey Heath |84.2 |64.0
Tandridge |75.3 |58.5
Waverley |109.8 |84.6
Woking |86.0 |66.0
Warwickshire |482.6 |376.4
North Warwickshire |60.1 |47.1
Nuneaton and Bedworth |116.1 |89.5
Rugby |85.9 |66.2
Stratford-on-Avon |105.7 |83.4
Warwick |114.9 |90.2
West Sussex |704.9 |560.6
Adur |57.0 |45.8
Arun |129.5 |106.2
Chichester |106.3 |86.0
Crawley |84.7 |65.1
Horsham |109.3 |84.3
Mid Sussex |119.6 |92.4
Worthing |98.6 |80.8
Wiltshire |561.9 |430.2
Kennet |68.6 |51.3
North Wiltshire |114.3 |88.3
Salisbury |101.6 |78.4
Thamesdown |171.1 |129.8
West Wiltshire |106.4 |82.4
Clwyd |411.8 |318.4
Alyn and Deeside |73.2 |55.7
Colwyn |56.2 |44.5
Delyn |66.8 |51.4
Glyndwr |42.2 |33.0
Rhuddlan |56.5 |44.7
Wrexham Maelor |117.0 |89.2
Dyfed |354.0 |276.0
Carmarthen |57.3 |45.0
Ceredigion |68.6 |53.6
Dinefwr |39.0 |30.6
Llanelli |75.6 |59.4
Preseli Pembrokeshire |70.2 |54.0
South Pembrokeshire |43.4 |33.4
Gwent |447.5 |343.5
Blaenau Gwent |77.4 |59.7
Islwyn |68.6 |52.9
Monmouth |81.0 |63.2
Newport |127.0 |96.4
Torfaen |93.7 |71.5
Gwynedd |241.1 |187.4
Aberconwy |54.4 |43.4
Arfon |56.2 |42.8
Dwyfor |27.1 |21.6
Meirionnydd |32.3 |25.6
Ynys Mon |71.1 |54.0
Mid Glamorgan |539.6 |411.6
Cynon Valley |64.6 |49.7
Merthyr Tydfil |59.7 |45.4
Ogwr |137.1 |105.6
Rhondda |76.8 |58.8
Rhymney Valley |104.1 |78.0
Taff-Ely |97.3 |74.0
Powys |117.4 |92.1
Brecknock |41.3 |32.6
Montgomeryshire |52.6 |41.0
Radnorshire |23.5 |18.6
South Glamorgan |406.8 |309.7
Cardiff |287.2 |218.3
Vale of Glamorgan |119.5 |91.4
West Glamorgan |363.2 |281.5
Port Talbot |48.4 |37.7
Lliw Valley |63.3 |49.2
Neath |64.9 |50.2
Swansea |186.6 |144.4
Hospital Waiting Lists
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were removed from waiting lists (a) by admission for treatment and (b) for reasons other than treatment, in each regional health authority in each six month period since September 1988.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The latest regional level information available centrally is given in the table.
Column 599
Waiting list data
Admissions for treatment
Six monthly periods to:
All cases waiting |September |March |September |March |September |March
|1988 |1989 |1989 |1990 |1990 |1991
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Northern |107,243 |110,411 |108,035 |111,170 |106,025 |113,109
Yorkshire |103,751 |112,876 |112,720 |115,667 |111,105 |113,140
Trent |128,393 |124,519 |123,085 |126,011 |128,653 |130,031
East Anglian |56,530 |60,176 |62,611 |61,181 |60,889 |65,536
North West Thames |81,947 |81,929 |85,832 |85,983 |84,302 |71,790
North East Thames |97,634 |100,286 |114,658 |116,007 |110,956 |112,241
South East Thames |99,188 |92,556 |98,509 |94,116 |93,750 |91,223
South West Thames |55,845 |56,363 |59,513 |62,098 |66,487 |65,355
Wessex |70,863 |76,476 |77,202 |78,559 |79,981 |78,905
Oxford |56,990 |60,099 |62,115 |62,047 |62,024 |60,692
South Western |99,172 |99,834 |98,125 |98,032 |97,711 |100,846
West Midlands |130,592 |132,097 |130,908 |139,173 |133,737 |136,409
Mersey |69,377 |72,765 |74,879 |77,252 |74,714 |79,530
North Western |118,071 |126,160 |125,510 |135,540 |139,474 |141,213
SHAs |24,980 |24,963 |26,350 |25,594 |26,352 |24,825
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
England |1,300,576 |1,331,510 |1,360,052 |1,388,430 |1,376,160 |1,384,845
Waiting list data
Removed not admitted for treatment
Six monthly periods to:
All cases waiting |September |March |September |March |September |March
|1988 |1989 |1989 |1990 |1990 |1991
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Northern |2,228 |2,573 |3,216 |3,833 |5,300 |5,469
Yorkshire |5,513 |8,020 |8,852 |7,784 |7,675 |9,462
Trent |4,797 |5,420 |5,759 |5,874 |7,558 |10,081
East Anglian |3,401 |4,035 |7,465 |10,710 |7,636 |6,722
North West Thames |8,267 |10,911 |7,582 |9,637 |9,540 |12,099
North East Thames |11,629 |17,092 |20,097 |20,152 |17,922 |26,274
South East Thames |8,215 |9,129 |8,408 |11,138 |12,137 |22,396
South West Thames |5,567 |6,259 |8,889 |9,048 |9,228 |8,506
Wessex |5,936 |7,032 |8,069 |8,461 |9,194 |10,438
Oxford |4,233 |4,320 |5,327 |6,406 |6,281 |8,004
South Western |5,598 |6,662 |6,149 |6,913 |7,780 |10,085
West Midlands |9,404 |11,253 |10,989 |13,472 |12,898 |14,303
Mersey |7,355 |9,117 |9,010 |10,128 |9,327 |9,977
North Western |5,851 |6,090 |7,248 |7,925 |11,315 |11,664
SHAs |2,556 |2,214 |2,439 |2,523 |4,190 |3,438
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
England |90,550 |110,127 |119,499 |134,004 |137,981 |168,918
Source: SM12A-KH06.
Column 601
Electors
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his estimates for 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991 of (a) the total number of adults eligible to vote and (b) the total number registered ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 20 January 1992] : The information requested, relating to England and Wales, is as follows :
\
(Thousands)
|Total parliamentary |Approximate
|electors |corresponding
|resident population at
|preceding mid-year
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1988 |38,629 |39,852
1989 |38,561 |40,040
1990 |38,596 |40,203
1991 |38,509 |40,305
The electorate figures include unknown numbers of legitimate dual registrations--by persons with second homes and students--each year, as well as overseas electors.
The resident population estimates include persons aged 17, and 63 per cent. of those aged 16, who will become 18 during the period when each electoral register is in use. No account has been taken of adults who die between the mid-year reference date and the 10 October qualifying date for the following year's electoral register. The estimates include residents who are not Commonwealth citizens or citizens of the Republic of Ireland, persons detained in mental institutions, and peers, none of whom are eligible to be parliamentary electors.
These population estimates are based on the 1981 census ; provisional estimates for 1991 based on the 1991 census will be available in the autumn.
Column 603
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Higher Education
Mr. Ward : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the outcome of his consultations about a common financial year in the proposed single higher education system.
Mr. Alan Howarth : My Department and the Welsh Office education department are today writing to higher education institutions in the following terms :
Higher education institutions : A common financial year The White Paper, "Higher Education : A New Framework" (Cm. 1541), indicated the Government's intention that there should be a common financial year to operate within institutions in the new higher education sector. By "financial year" is meant that period for which accounts are maintained. As a first step, the White Paper indicated that there would be consultation with the UFC and PCFC on what that year should be. There would then be consultation with institutions' representative bodies.
Following consultation as indicated above, the Government have decided that the common financial year should be 1 August--31 July. This was the preferred option of the representative bodies of higher education institutions and the Funding Councils, and reflects the cycle of academic activity in most institutions.
Subject to the passage of the Further and Higher Education Bill [Lords] , the Secretary of State proposes to direct that the 1993-94 financial year of Higher Education Corporations shall be 1 August--31 July. Subsequent financial years shall be each successive period of twelve months. The 1992-93 financial year will therefore end on 31 July 1993.
Other higher education institutions in receipt of public funding have the power to determine their own financial years, and those which currently do not operate on 1 August--31 July are requested to change on a similar timetable to that proposed for the Corporations.
GCSE Results
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of young people in local education authority schools in Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich achieved one or more GCSE in 1989, 1990 and 1991.
Mr. Eggar : The information requested is not available centrally.
Training
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of full-time vocational training provided by colleges of further education in Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
Mr. Eggar : The information available to the Department is not disaggregated in the form requested.
Local Authorities (Sport)
Mr. John Carlisle : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the latest outturn of spending by local authorities on the provision of sport and recreation which were relevant to his Department.
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Mr. Atkins : Total net expenditure on sport and active recreation by local authorities in England was £781 million in 1989-90. This is the latest available final outturn figure. Figures for the preceding three years are as follows :
Local authority net expenditure on
sport and active recreation in
England
£ million
|Current|Capital|Total
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1986-87 |362 |154 |516
1987-88 |381 |156 |537
1988-89 |413 |194 |607
School Leavers
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide for Greater London a table showing the numbers of school leavers in each year from 1988 to 1991 who went into (a) a job, (b) a YT or YTS, (c) further education, (d) unemployment and (e) none of these.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 24 January 1992] : The table gives a breakdown of the pupils leaving school in Greater London, analysed by their intended destinations for the academic years 1987-88 to 1989-90, the latest year for which information is available. The Department does not hold information on the numbers of school leavers expecting to become unemployed.
School Examinations Survey
Greater London School Leavers
Intended destination |1987-88 |1988-89 |1989-90
Thousands
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A Job<1> |35.58 |24.08 |22.13
A YT or YTS<1> |<2>- |1.98 |1.70
Further education |25.15 |24.13 |25.27
Other and unknown |14.95 |18.02 |17.33
|--- |--- |---
Total Leavers |75.68 |68.21 |66.43
<1>In 1987-88, the category for those intending to go to employment included pupils joining YTS schemes
or with other destinations thought to be employment. From 1988-89 a separate YTS category has been
specified in the Survey.
<2> Not known.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Farming
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were employed in farming in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.
Mr. Hanley : The information requested is given in the table. It is based on returns made in the June agricultural census, which does not cover minor holdings.
Year |Total
|agricultural
|labour force
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1987 |59,383
1988 |59,455
1989 |59,096
1990 |58,436
1991 |57,212
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time farmers there were in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.
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Mr. Hanley : The information requested is given in the table. It is based on returns made in the June agricultural census, which does not cover minor holdings.Year Full-time farmers
24,583
1924,620
1923,199
1922,722
1922,307
Fire Services
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the population of Donaghadee in the censuses of 1981 and 1991 ; what is the estimated additional population in the Donaghadee/Ballywalter area in the summer due to caravan holiday makers ; how many fire engines were based in Donaghadee in 1981 and at the end of 1991 ; how many fire calls there were to the Donaghadee fire station in each of the past 10 years ; and if he will make a statement on the future adequacy of the fire service in Donaghadee.
Mr. Needham : The population of Donaghadee in the 1981 census was 4,018. The 1991 census figure will not be available for some considerable time. However, the electoral ward figure in the 1991 census preliminary report for the town of Donaghadee and surrounding area is 5,662 as compared to 5,599 in 1981. The estimated additional population in the Donaghadee/Ballywalter area in the summer due to caravan holiday makers is approximately 11,800. This figure is based on the number of caravans currently licensed and assumes four persons per caravan.
Two fire engines were based at Donaghadee in 1981 and one at the end of 1991.
Details of the fire calls to Donaghadee fire station are as follows :
|Number
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1982 |111
1983 |186
1984 |155
1985 |121
1986 |157
1987 |168
1988 |137
1989 |133
1990 |142
1991 |209
The fire authority's recent survey indicates that the town of Donaghadee is a category C fire risk area and the surrounding area is category D. The authority is satisfied that it can meet the Home Office standard response times for these risk categories by the provision of one fire engine at the Donaghadee station and appropriate levels of support from surrounding stations, including the new whole-time station at Bangor, when necessary. The position is kept under regular review.
Mr. John D. Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fire engines were based in the peninsula electoral areas of Ards borough council at the end of 1990 ; how many engines are based there at present ; at which locations they are based ; when a new fire engine will be based at Ballywalter ; and if he will make a
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statement about the adequacy of the fire services in the peninsula area between the present time and the provision of the new fire engine at Ballywalter.Mr. Needham : Seven fire engines were based in the Peninsula electoral areas of Ards borough council at the end of 1990. Six are based there at present located as follows :
Newtownards -- 3
Donaghadee -- 1
Portaferry -- 2
The fire authority expects that, subject to the satisfactory training of personnel, a new fire engine will be based at Ballywalter in early 1993. At present the Ballywalter area is marginally outside the Home Office standard response time of 20 minutes from the nearest neighbouring fire station at Donaghadee. The provision of a fire engine at Ballywalter will enable the fire authority to rectify this. The fire authority is satisfied with the adequacy of fire services elsewhere in the Peninsula area.
Population Statistics
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the latest estimates by the Registrar General of (a) total populations and (b) populations aged 18 years old and over for each district council area in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Hanley : The information requested, taken from the 1990 mid-year estimates of population, is as follows :
District council area |Population
|(to nearest 100)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Ards |65,400
Belfast |295,100
Castlereagh |58,100
Down |57,700
Lisburn |98,700
North Down |72,600
Antrim |47,600
Ballymena |57,300
Ballymoney |24,100
Carrickfergus |31,000
Coleraine |48,600
Cookstown |27,700
Larne |29,000
Magherafelt |33,200
Moyle |15,000
Newtownabbey |72,900
Armagh |49,100
Banbridge |32,100
Craigavon |78,200
Dungannon |43,800
Newry and Mourne |89,700
Fermanagh |50,600
Limavady |29,900
Derry |100,500
Omagh |45,800
Strabane |35,700
Figures on age breakdown of the population to district council level are not produced in mid-year estimates. However, this information will be included in the Northern Ireland census 1991 summary report, to be published in the autumn.
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Prisoner Statistics
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners in Northern Ireland prisons were serving (a) mandatory and (b) discretionary life sentences on 31 December ; and in each case how many of them had served more than 10 years on that date.
Dr. Mawhinney : A total of 311 prisoners were serving mandatory life sentences, of whom 164 had served more than 10 years. Fifteen prisoners were serving discretionary life sentences, of whom 12 had served more than 10 years.
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of those prisoners who had served more than 10 years on 31 December are in a segregated wing chosen by (a) Republican and (b) Loyalist prisoners.
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Dr. Mawhinney : Forty seven life sentence prisoners were in segregated republican wings and 27 life sentence prisoners were in segregated loyalist wings.
Mr. Mallon : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the length of sentence served by each prisoner in Northern Ireland prisons sentenced to a (a) mandatory and (b) discretionary life sentence which exceeded 10 years on 31 December.
Dr. Mawhinney : It would be inappropriate to list individual prisoners and the sentences they have served, but the table gives a summary of the numbers who have been detained for more than 10 years.
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|Number of prisoners by years served
Type of sentence |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mandatory |12 |29 |18 |23 |46 |22 |9 |2 |3 |164
Discretionary |1 |2 |1 |0 |4 |3 |1 |0 |0 |12
National Insurance
Mr. Carr : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what would be the effect in in 1991-92 and 1992-93, on both a first year and a full year basis, on the national insurance contributions of (a) employees and (b) employees and the self-employed, if (i) national insurance contributions were chargeable at the current rates on fringe benefit, (ii) national insurance contributions were chargeable at the current rates on unearned income of those under retirement age in excess of £60 per week, (iii) the ceilings on contributions were abolished, (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) and (v) as (iv), but if contracting-out rebates were abolished and the current 9 per cent. contribution rate was cut to 8 per cent.
Mr. Hanley [holding answer 24 January 1992] : I regret that it is not possible to provide all the information requested. However, figures for the revenue yield of national insurance if the ceilings on contributions were abolished are:
=
£ million
|First year|Full year
-------------------------------------------------------------
1991-92
Employees only |25 |30
Employees and self-employed |30 |40
1992-93
Employees only |30 |35
Employees and self-employed |35 |45
SOCIAL SECURITY
Students (Vacation Payments)
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what recent representations he has received concerning the restriction of social security payments to students during their vacations.
Miss Widdecombe : We have received a number of representations on this matter, but responsibility for student maintenance is that of my right hon. and Learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science.
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Employment Training (Disability)
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in what ways participation in employment training or youth training will affect the eligibility for disability living allowance of a person with a disability who will qualify for either the mobility and/or care elements of disability living allowance after April 1992 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : Participation in employment training or youth training will not affect entitlement to either component of disability living allowance. There will be no change in the curent arrangements for attendance allowance ; after six months on such a scheme, claimants will be asked whether their needs have changed. The award may then be reviewed, depending on the claimant's answer.
Homes (Fees)
Mr. Callaghan : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what evidence he has of whether elderly people have been obliged to leave residential or nursing homes because they were unable to meet the fees.
Miss Widdecombe : We have received no such evidence.
Housing Costs
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what rules govern entitlement to mortgage interest payments to those on income support who have contractual mortgages where the interest rate is fixed annually and where that rate is greater than the prevailing monthly interest rate for other mortgages ;
(2) what guidance is issued to local office staff when determining the level of mortgage interest payments to those on income support where the interest charged on their mortgage is greater than the average mortgage rate of interest ;
(3) what figure is used to calculate the level of mortgage interest rates when income support claimants are eligible for assistance with mortgage interest payments ;
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(4) how many people receiving mortgage interest payments from income support are liable to make monthly payments subject to review by the lender at fixed annual intervals.Miss Widdecombe : Income support mortgage interest payments are calculated using the interest rate chargeable on the loan in question, even if that rate is greater than the generally prevailing one. There are no special rules for fixed interest rate mortgages. Guidance for local office staff on the calculation of income support mortgage interest, including details of some of the various schemes on the market, is included in the adjudication officers guide, a copy of which is available in the Library.
No statistics are collected on the numbers of income support recipients with mortgages subject to annual review by the lender.
Cold Weather Payments
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his answer of 24 January, what response he has made to the representations made by Bradford and district Age Concern between July and November 1991 about cold weather payments in Bradford.
Mr. Scott : Replies have been sent to Bradford and district Age Concern.
DEFENCE
Battalions
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 514, on how many occasions battalions, other than those on a spearhead tour of duty, have been deployed over the past five years to meet various short-notice requirements, excluding Operation Granby.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : Between January 1987 and December 1991 there have been six occasions when additional units have been deployed to meet short-notice requirements, each time to Northern Ireland, for short periods. Two units--the 1st Battalion, the Royal Highland Fusiliers and the 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery--are also currently temporarily deployed to the Province.
Military Training Grounds
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to designate any further areas of mid-Wales as military training grounds for members of the armed forces.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : There are no plans at present to acquire any major new area of land in Wales for military training. The reshaping of our armed forces is, however, likely to result in increased pressure on existing training areas throughout the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Defence may therefore need from time to time to acquire or dispose of land on the edges of some of these areas in order to enhance their integrity and training value.
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Tracked Vehicles
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department intends that tracked vehicles should make increased use of training areas in Scotland as a result of proposed changes in deployment.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : There are no such plans.
Military Satellites
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what contribution his Department is making to the costs of studies of options for future military satellites currently being undertaken by the Western European Union ;
(2) what contribution his Department is making to the costs of operation of the Western European Union satellite station at Torrejon air force base in Spain.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : A satellite data interpretation and training centre is to be established in Spain with a United Kingdom director, for an experimental period of three years. The United Kingdom contribution of £4.6 million will be met by my Department. The United Kingdom contribution of £0.6 million to WEU satellite systems feasibility studies will be met by the Department of Trade and Industry.
REME Workshops, Liverpool
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for 42 district workshops REME, Liverpool.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : A study into the Army's requirements for static workshops is now in progress. No decisions have yet been taken.
Firefighters
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the salary scales of each grade of firefighter in the armed forces ; and what mechanisms exist to study comparability with firefighters employed by fire and civil defence authorities.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : Service men trained in firefighting skills are paid at the same rate as other service personnel of equal rank and pay banding. No mechanism exists to study comparability with firefighters employed by fire and civil defence authorities.
Industrial Base
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the future size and shape of the British defence industrial base.
Mr. Alan Clark : I am confident that the commercial approach to procurement which my Department pursues will continue to ensure that the British defence industry remains strong, efficient and innovative.
Defence Budgets
Mr. Douglas : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish what information he has regarding the defence budgets of all members of NATO ; and if he will show for each their defence budget (a) as a percentage of gross domestic product and (b) in £ sterling.
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Mr. Archie Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to table 10 of volume 1 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1991". The average exchange rate used was $1.79 to £1.Defence Establishment Closures
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what arrangements he made (a) to inform the work force and (b) to make a public announcement of the closure decision in respect of the Royal Navy armaments depot, Trecwn ;
(2) what arrangements he made (a) to inform the work force and (b) to make a public announcement of his decision to close RAF Brawdy.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to my hon. Friends the Members for Exeter (Mr. Hannam) and for Tayside, North (Mr. Walker) on 24 January, Official Report, columns 377-78. The work forces at both establishments were informed in the usual way.
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