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HOME DEPARTMENT
Uninsured Drivers
Mr. French : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for driving a vehicle whilst uninsured for the last three available years.
Mr. John Patten : The following table shows the number of court proceedings for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks.
Proceedings for the offence
of using motor vehicle
uninsured against
third party risks in England
and Wales 1988-1990
Year |Number of
|offences
------------------------------
1988 |294,966
1989 |304,432
<1>1990 |317,797
<1> Provisional
The number of people involved is likely to be less because some may have been proceeded against for more than one of these offences.
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Jeremiah Miller
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received and if he will refer to the Court of Appeal for review of the sentence against Jeremiah Miller, presently a prisoner at Garth prison ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : I have received and considered representations on the case from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Mossley Hill and from one other hon. Member. In the absence of anything new that appears to touch the safety of the conviction, there are not on present information grounds to justify intervention. I am always ready to consider any alleged new evidence.
Bail Offenders
Mr. Onslow : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what studies his Department has undertaken of re-offending on bail.
Mr. John Patten : I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave to a question from the hon. Member for Newark (Mr. Alexander) on 6 February at column 247 .
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the claim of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Eastwood, who used to live at 33 Buxton road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, was first registered with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board ; when he expects the board to come to a conclusion on the claim ; and what is the average length of time the board now takes to settle claims.
Mr. John Patten : The administration of the criminal injuries compensation scheme and the determination of individual applications is entirely a matter for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. I am accordingly asking the board to reply directly to the hon. Member about this case.
The board does not produce statistics on the average time taken to settle claims. But percentages of cases resolved within certain periods of registration are given in the board's annual report, copies of which are in the Library.
Mr. Abdul Rauf
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department received a telex from the high commission in Islamabad inquiring about the outcome of an appeal by Mr. Abdul Rauf (Ref. IMM/V/24399/89 ; TH 19383/89) against refusal to grant him a visa to visit the United Kingdom ; what reply has been sent ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : A telex from the high commission in Islamabad about the outcome of Mr. Abdul Rauf's appeal was received on 12 December 1991. The Immigration and Nationality Department replied by telex on 19 December 1991 confirming that the appeal had been allowed, that the adjudicator had issued no directions, and that a further copy of the determination would be sent. A copy had been despatched to the high commission on 15 October 1990 but does not appear to have reached its destination. I very much regret that as a result the issue of Mr. Rauf's visa was delayed.
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Asylum
Mr. Darling : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Turkish nationals have (a) sought asylum in the United Kingdom and (b) been granted asylum in each year since 1980.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Information is given in the following table. Information on applications in 1991 is available only for principal applicants excluding dependants, while for 1980-84 it is available only including dependants. Figures are therefore shown on both bases, where available, for comparison.
Applications<1> by Turkish nationals for refugee status or asylum in
the United Kingdom and numbers granted<1> 1980-91
Applications Granted refugee status or
asylum
|Excluding |Including |Excluding |Including
|dependants |associated |dependants |associated
|dependants<2> |dependants<2>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1980 |. . |21 |. . |1
1981 |. . |1 |. . |1
1982 |. . |38 |. . |6
1983 |. . |43 |. . |18
1984 |. . |61 |. . |46
1985 |27 |34 |10 |12
1986 |86 |111 |9 |13
1987 |121 |210 |3 |5
1988 |337 |705 |5 |5
<3>1989 |2,380 |4,500 |205 |390
<3>1990 |1,100 |1,455 |235 |530
<3>1990 |2,100 |. . |<4>- |<4>-
<1> Grants in a particular year do not necessarily relate to applications made in
that year.
<2> Including dependants applying with the principal applicant and those to date,
arriving subsequently but before the principal application was decided.
<3> Figures rounded to nearest 5.
. . Not available.
<4> Not yet available.
Police Cells (Lay Visitors)
Mr. Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what allowances or payments in compensation for loss of earnings are available to lay visitors to prisoners held in police cells.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Home Office guidance to police authorities is that travelling expenses will be payable to lay visitors on the same basis as to members of authorities when travelling on authority business.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Mortgage Interest Tax Relief
Mr. Soley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the expenditure on mortgage interest tax relief for the calendar year 1991.
Mr. Maude : Tax relief is calculated for the fiscal year. Provisional estimates of the cost of mortgage interest tax relief for 1990- 91 and 1991-92 are £7.7 billion, and £6.1 billion respectively.
Higher-rate Taxpayers
Mr. Beith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many higher- rate taxpayers in 1992-93 he estimates will be using the married couple's allowance ; and what
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proportion of higher-rate taxpayers this represents, assuming statutory indexation for 1992-93 limits and allowances.Mr. Maude : It is estimated that 1.1 million higher rate taxpayers-- 70 per cent. of the total--would be entitled to the married couple's allowance in 1992-93, assuming statutory indexation.
Profit-related Pay
Mr. Ian Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees participated in live registered profit-related pay schemes in the last period for which figures are available ; how many schemes are in operation ; and what is the estimated total value of those schemes.
Mr. Maude [holding answer 6 February 1992] : There were 581,000 participating employees in 2,049 live registered profit-related pay schemes at the end of December 1991. On the basis of the latest information provided by participating employers, the total annual value of the distributable PRP pool for these schemes is tentatively estimated at about £400 million.
PRIME MINISTER
Special Advisers
Mr. Harris : To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish the names of all persons who have served as special advisers to Ministers, by Department (a) from June 1987 to November 1990 and (b) since November 1990 ; and if he will indicate where possible the individual's prior profession or employment.
The Prime Minister : Information on the names of special advisers, including part-timers, and their Departments is as follows. Information on prior employment or profession is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Special advisers serving from June 1987 to November 1990
Name |Department
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
K. Adams |Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
R. Gueterbock |Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
N. R. Blackwell |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
G. D. Bourne |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
Sir P. Craddock |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
A. J. Dunlop |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
| (formerly Defence)
Miss R. Z. Finlay |Cabinet Office (Chief Whip's Office)
Mrs. T. Gaisman |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
Professor B. Griffiths |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
G. R. J. Guise |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
R. D. R. Harris |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
| (formerly Lord President)
H. Harris-Hughes |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
V. E. Hartley-Booth |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
A. J. O'Sullivan |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
Mrs. A. Ponsonby |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
I. K. Whitehead |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
J. B. Wybrew |Cabinet Office (including No. 10)
K. R. Simpson |Defence
T. Kerpel |Education and Science
Mrs. E. Laing |Education and Science
W. M. Lightfoot |Employment
J. Derrick |Energy
N. D. Martin |Energy
G. Black |Energy
T. Collins |Employment (formerly Environment)
R. Marsh |Environment
Professor D. Pearce |Environment
P. J. Rock |Environment
A. D. Fergusson |Foreign and Commonwealth
M. Fraser |Foreign and Commonwealth
J. Houston |Foreign and Commonwealth
D. R. Liddington |Foreign and Commonwealth (formerly
| Home Office)
A. Turner |Health and Social Security
J. H. Hill |Health (formerly Trade and Industry)
Mrs. T. Keswick |Health
Miss M. Libby |Social Security (formerly Health and
| Social Security)
L. Stewart |Social Security
E. S. C. Bickham |Home Office
J. P. Godfrey |Home Office
M. Simmonds |Home Office (formerly Trade and
| Industry)
J. Taylor |Home Office
A. Teasdale |Lord President (formerly Foreign and
| Commonwealth)
Dr. E. Cottrell |Privy Council Office
G. J. Carter |Scottish Office
A. Young |Scottish Office
C. Hendry |Trade and industry (formerly Health
| and Social Security)
H. James |Trade and Industry
P. Luff |Trade and Industry
J. Mayhew |Trade and Industry
Mrs. K, Ramsay |Trade and Industry (formerly
| Environment)
Sir J. Sterling |Trade and Industry
Miss E. Buchanan |Transport
Professor B. J. Hoskins |Transport
M. Call |Treasury
Mrs. J. Chaplin |Treasury
P. J. Cropper |Treasury
W. M. Lightfoot |Treasury (formerly Employment)
A. G. Tyrie |Treasury
R. Richards |Welsh Office
Special advisers serving since November 1990.
Name |Department --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K. Adams |Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Sir P. Craddock |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) Mrs. R. Z. Finlay |Cabinet Office (Chief Whip) H. Harris-Hughes |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) J. H. Hill |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) Mrs. S. Hogg |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) A. Rosling |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) N. True |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) Miss B. Wallis |Cabinet Office (including No. 10) Ms. S. Hole |Cabinet Office (Chief Whip's Office) P. Moman |Cabinet Office (Privy Council Office) J. R. M. Gardner |Defence Mrs. T. Keswick |Education and Science D. L. Ruffley |Education and Science T. Collins |Employment I. Wilton |Employment G. Black |Energy T. Burke |Environment Miss A. Broom |Environment Professor P. Hall |Environment Dr. A. Kemp |Environment Sir P. Levene |Environment Professor D. Pearce |Environment Lady Strathnaver |Environment E. Bickham |Foreign and Commonwealth M. Fraser |Foreign and Commonwealth Ms. L. Campey |Health Mrs. K. Ramsay |Health R. J. Marsh |Health (formerly Environment) T. Kerpel |Home Office C. M. Grantham |Home Office J. Caine |Northern Ireland Office Mrs. E. Laing |Privy Council Office (Lord President) Ms. S. McEwen |Privy Council Office (Lord Privy Seal) A. Young |Scottish Office I. Stewart |Social Security L. Anisfield |Trade and Industry J. Mayhew |Trade and Industry P. J. E. Miller |Transport Dr. P. W. Robinson |Treasury A. Ross-Goobey |Treasury W. M. Lightfoot |Treasury R. Richards |Welsh Office
Eggs
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the respective responsibilities of the Minister of Agriculture and the Secretary of State for Health in ensuring that foreign imports of eggs are free of salmonella infection and satisfy the quality requirements of United Kingdom produced eggs.
The Prime Minister : The Secretary of State for Health has lead responsibility for the Imported Food Regulations 1984 which contain measures for the protection of public health in relation to imported food, including eggs. Responsibility for the enforcement of the regulations lies with local authorities and port health authorities. The Minister of Agriculture acted jointly with the Secretary of State for Health in the making of the regulations.
Members' Correspondence
Mr. Rowlands : To ask the Prime Minister (1) what specific procedures he has laid down for Ministers and Departments for the answering of hon. Members' urgent correspondence ;
(2) what response times have been or will be established for departmental replies to hon. Members' letters under the citizens charter ;
(3) what is the average time taken by Ministers to reply to hon. Members' letters in each Department.
The Prime Minister : Following the publication of the efficiency scrutiny of ministerial correspondence in December 1990, the Government have reinforced their efforts to ensure that letters from hon. Members receive proper consideration and replies within a reasonable time. These include extensive use of targets for reply times, monitoring and publication of performance against targets, and more efficient ways of dealing with letters within Departments and agencies. Departments will each publish their performance against targets for replies to ministerial correspondence.
Data Information Systems
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Prime Minister what data information systems his Office has (a) agreed and (b) been consulted about with a view to taking part in ; what are the criteria for inclusion in such systems ; whether they will be linked to (i) the police national computer and (ii) other computer systems ; what data protection provisions apply to them ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : The Cabinet Office and 10 Downing street each have data information systems.
We have not been consulted with a view to taking part in other data information systems, and there are no current or planned links to the police national computer.
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A X400 electronic mail link is planned between the networks, and in due course to other Government Departments.The Data Protection Act applies to both systems and appropriate registrations have been made.
EMPLOYMENT
Labour Statistics
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of (a) men and (b) women under the age of 21 years who were registered as unemployed in the London borough of Wandsworth on 31 January.
Mr. Jackson : Unemployment figures by age and duration are available on a quarterly basis and for standard age bands only. In October 1991, the latest available date, there were 500 male and 306 female unemployed claimants aged under 20 years in the London borough of Wandsworth.
Figures relating to January 1992 will be released on 18 February 1992.
Small Businesses
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate the total number of firms in Great Britain employing (a) fewer than 20, (b) fewer than 10 and (c) fewer than five employees ; if he will list these totals as a percentage of the total number of firms registered in Great Britain ; if he will provide similar information for European Community and OECD countries ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : The available information for the United Kingdom is given in the following table. I regret that comparable information for other countries is not available.
Number of businesses<1> by size band
United Kingdom; end 1989
<2>Employment |Number of |Share of total
size band |businesses |businesses
|thousand | per cent.
------------------------------------------------------------
1 to 5 |2,621 |87.7
6 to 10 |181 |6.1
11 to 19 |92 |3.1
<1> Includes all businesses, whether registered for VAT or
not.
<2> Total employment, including self-employed proprietors.
CIVIL SERVICE
Data Information Systems
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what data information systems his Department has (a) agreed and (b) been consulted about with a view to taking part in ; what are the criteria for inclusion in such systems ; whether they will be linked to (i) the police national computer and (ii) other computer systems ; what data protection provisions apply to them ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Renton : The Cabinet Office (Office for the Minister for the Civil Service) has a number of networked data information systems in its buildings in London and Basingstoke.
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We have not been consulted with a view to taking part in other data information systems, and there are no current or planned links to the police national computer.An X400 electronic mail link is planned between each major network and to other Government Departments.
The 1984 Data Protection Act applies to the existing systems and the necessary registrations have been made.
WALES
Mental Handicap
Mr. Kennedy : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number, for each regional health authority, of in-patient residents in health service facilities for patients with a mental handicap for each year since 1981 ; and what proportion of the reduction in numbers is due to discharge and what proportion due to death, in each regional health authority.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The information is not available in the exact form requested. There are no regional health authorities within Wales. The table gives information in respect of NHS hospital facilities in Wales for patients with a mental handicap. Deaths and discharges of patients from such facilities relate either to those patients resident at the end of the previous year or those who were admitted during the year.
Year |Resident |Discharges<2>|Deaths<2>
|patients<1> |(per cent.) |(per cent.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1981 |2,153 |96.4 |3.6
1982 |2,103 |96.3 |3.7
1983 |2,064 |97.5 |2.5
1984 |1,962 |97.5 |2.5
1985 |1,883 |97.5 |2.5
1986 |1,792 |97.5 |2.5
1987 |1,692 |97.4 |2.6
1988 |1,582 |97.1 |2.9
1989 |1,470 |97.0 |3.0
<3>1990 |1,335 |97.5 |2.5
<1>At 31 December, in NHS hospital facilities for patients with a
mental handicap.
<2>As a percentage of all deaths and discharges during the year from
NHS hospital facilities for patients with a mental handicap.
<3>Provisional.
Ophthalmic Cases
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what representations have been made to the end of 1991 by West Glamorgan health authority for assistance with its waiting list for ophthalmic cases.
(2) what bids for funding under the waiting list initiative has been made by each health authority to clear waiting lists for ophthalmic operations.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To help with its ophthalmic waiting lists, West Glamorgan health authority made a bid for funds under the 1991-92 waiting times initiative. Out of the £1.3 million available at the all Wales level the authority received a total of £256,000, including £49,000 specifically for ophthalmic lists.
In addition, between March and December 1991, 85 West Glamorgan residents were referred to the two ophthalmic treatment centres at Bangor and Bridgend, and benefited from the opportunity to receive earlier treatment through this initiative which is unique to Wales.
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West Glamorgan health authority has also received an extra £250, 000 towards reducing waiting lists, part of an overall package of £1.8 million which I announced today. This is aimed at further reducing waiting lists throughout Wales.West Glamorgan Health Authority
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales for which specialties West Glamorgan health authority has sought Welsh Office funding in each of the last five years and during 1991-92.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : Since April 1991, all health authorities have been funded to secure services for their resident population. Prior to the introduction of the National Health Service reforms, health authorities were funded on an historic basis, reflecting the level of specialties and services which they inherited in 1974 at the time of the National Health Service reorganisation.
Prior to the de-designation of regional services from 1 April 1991, West Glamorgan was also centrally funded to provide the following regional specialties :
Renal Dialysis
Radiotherapy and Oncology
Burns and Plastic Surgery Service Development
Since 1 April 1991, central funds have been devolved to user health authorities to contract with providing units for all former regional services on behalf of their resident populations. West Glamorgan health authority continues to be centrally funded for the burns and plastic surgery service development at Morriston hospital.
HEALTH
Management Executive
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the present work programme of the NHS management executive on the improvement of district purchasing functions ; and how their purchasing functions are kept under review.
Mr. Dorrell : A range of project-based work is in progress which includes work on creating healthy alliances for joint purchasing between district health authorities, family health services authorities, local authorities and others ; developing an intelligence capability ; ways of involving local people in purchasing ; setting priorities and monitoring and evaluating contract effectiveness. A series of epidemiologically-based needs assessments have also been commissioned and 11 learning networks have been sponsored with over 55 district health authorities purchasing teams participating. The management executive is also working closely with the regional health authorities in the development of regionally specific comprehensive purchaser development programmes for 1992-93.
Hospital Beds
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of acute NHS hospital beds that would become vacant if people who are medically ready to leave hospital, and who have been made a firm offer of a place in a residential/nursing home, and were given a social fund community cost grant to bridge the
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financial difference between the residential fees charged by the receiving home and the current levels of DSS residential/nursing home fees.Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Information is not available to prepare such an estimate.
Blood Plasma
Mr. Bellotti : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 180, if he will list the blood and plasma products in addition to source plasma exported from the United Kingdom by the bio products laboratory, or by a broker on behalf of the bio products laboratory, in each of the last two years ; and if he will give the number of units of each product exported in total from the United Kingdom.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : This information is commercially confidential.
Geriatric Care
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many district health authorities have renegotiated contracts for geriatric care outside their authority boundaries ; and if he will list them ; (2) for each district health authority, how many extra-contractual referrals for geriatric cases have been (a) made, (b) funded and (c) not funded since the introduction of the internal market in April 1991.
Mr. Dorrell : This information is not available centrally.
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the effect of the National Health Service internal market on cross-boundary flows for geriatric cases.
Mr. Dorrell : We are satisfied that the contractual arrangements introduced by health authorities provide for the great majority of referrals and that, where no contract is in place, there are arrangements for making extra-contractual referrals.
Health Education Authority
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the budget for the Health Education Authority between 1 April 1990 and 30 September 1991.
Mr. Dorrell : The total allocation to the Health Education Authority for 1990-91 was £28,749,000 and for 1991-92 is £31,427,000. There is no specific budget for part of a financial year.
Health Promotion
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the expenditure by district health authorities on health promotion between 1 April 1990 and 31 September 1991.
Mr. Dorrell : Financial returns submitted to the Department by district health authorities in England for the financial year 1990-91 separately identify revenue expenditure on health promotion and education totalling some £71 million--a provisional figure at this stage. Equivalent information is not collected on an in-year basis.
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The expenditure recorded in the annual financial returns relates only to the direct costs of health education and promotion departments and specific campaigns organised by or on behalf of the health authorities. Some direct costs of clinical medical officers, health visitors and other health professionals (for the time they are engaged on specific health education work in the community) are included but the financial returns do not capture all expenditure related to health promotion in its broadest sense. For example, it would be impracticable to identify and cost all health education and promotional advice routinely provided during the course of hospital consultations and treatment.Patient Statistics
Mr. Robin Cook : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the number of (a) in-patients, (b) day patients and (c) total patients treated in the year 1990-91 on a basis (i) comparable to the published figures for 1989-90 and (ii) comparable to the figures published in the review of the six months April to September 1991.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The information is in the table. Figures published in the Department of Health "Statistical Bulletin" are from the KP70 annual statistical return. Those used in the review of the six months April to September 1991 are from NHSME regional monitoring returns. These two returns are collected through different processes and some groups of patients are included in one but not the others (eg. well babies who appear in the KP70 returns but not the NHSME returns). Discussions are held with regions each year to validate the difference between the two sets of figures.
2
('000s)
|KP70 |NHSME
|1990-91<1>|Returns
|1990-91<1>
--------------------------------------------------
In-patient cases |5,779 |5,717
Day cases |1,236 |1,258
|------- |-------
Total |7,015 |6,975
<1> Provisional.
National Census
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements are made for the sale of information obtained through the official national census.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 5 February 1992] : Printed census reports to Parliament are sold at HMSO bookshops. Other statistical information for areas in England and Wales from the census is available on request to the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. A charge is made to recover the cost of extracting such information from the census data base and presenting it in the form required.
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information obtained through the national census is distributed in any form which gives details of postal codes.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 5 February 1992] : Statistics from the 1991 census will be available for postcode sectors (containing about 2,000 households each on average). An enumeration district to postcode directory
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will be available for England and Wales, enabling census users to relate statistics for census enumeration districts to the aggregations of postcode units which most nearly approximate those districts. Census users will also be able to request statistics for areas defined by them as particular aggregations of postcodes. These will be provided only if the areas requested are sufficiently large, and sufficiently different from standard areas, for confidentiality to be safeguarded.Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what income is received from the sale of information obtained by the national census for the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 5 February 1992] : The income received by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys from the sale of census statistics over the five financial years from April 1986 to March 1991 is as follows :
Financial |Income year |(£ thousand) --------------------------------------- 1986-87 |346 1987-88 |194 1988-89 |110 1989-90 | 62 1990-91 | 53
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organisations or companies have directly purchased information collected by the national census in the last 10 years ; and what public record is kept of such usage.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 5 February 1992] : In the last 10 years the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys has met approximately 12,000 requests for census statistics from central and local government, health authorities, public corporations and banks, and from insurance, retail and other commercial companies, and the academic sector.
Records of all sales of specially commissioned statistics are held by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for public viewing in St. Catherine's house, London and at Titchfield in Hampshire.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Family Spending Power
Mr. Ralph Howell : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the net weekly spending power of a man, wife and two children aged 13 and 16 years, and that of a single parent family with two children aged 13 and 16 years whose income in both cases is (a) £150 per week, (b) £175 per week and (c) £200 per week, on the same basis as shown for the two-parent family in the taxation benefit model tables pages 108-110.
Mr. Jack : The information is given in the tables. All assumptions are set out in the published tax/benefit model tables. Each family is assumed to live in council property appropriate to its size and to pay estimated average rent and community charge.
In recognition of the fact that lone parents have different employment opportunities available to them compared with couples, income tax personal allowances
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and the adult credit within family credit is the same for both family types. In addition a lone parent receives one parent benefit at £5.60 a week.It should be noted that the results in the tables remain arbitrary. They cannot reflect, except by chance, the actual circumstances of particular people, and cannot claim to be
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representative of the population at large. The tables use hypothetical rents, so they do not reflect the full range of housing costs which people can pay.My hon. Friend may further wish to note that the tax/benefit model tables show the total net income on income support for each family type and this information has been included in the tables.
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Married Couple with Two Children Aged 13 and 16 years
Tax Threshold=£96.44 Basic Tax Rate=25 per cent.
Total Net Income on Income Support=£154.46
Net Income after Rent and Community Charge on Income Support=£119.03
(£ Per Week)
Gross |Tax |NI |Take |Family |Child |Rent |Rent |Community |Community |Total |Net Income
earnings |Home |Credit |Benefit |Rebate |Charge |Charge |Net |after Rent
|Pay |Benefit |Income |and
|Community
|Charge
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
150.00 |13.39 |9.86 |126.75 |29.30 |16.75 |26.03 |0.00 |9.40 |0.33 |173.13 |137.70
175.00 |19.64 |12.11 |143.25 |17.75 |16.75 |26.03 |0.00 |9.40 |0.00 |177.75 |142.32
200.00 |25.89 |14.36 |159.75 |6.20 |16.75 |26.03 |0.00 |9.40 |0.00 |182.70 |147.27
Gross |Tax |NI |Take |Family |Child |Rent |Rent |Community |Community |Total |Net Income
earnings |Home |Credit |Benefit |Rebate |Charge |Charge |Net |after Rent
|Pay |Benefit |Income |and
|Community
|Charge
150.00 |13.39 |9.86 |126.75 |29.30 |22.35 |26.03 |0.00 |4.70 |0.33 |178.40 |147.67
175.00 |19.64 |12.11 |143.25 |17.75 |22.35 |26.03 |0.00 |4.70 |0.00 |183.35 |152.62
200.00 |25.89 |14.36 |159.75 |6.20 |22.35 |26.03 |0.00 |4.70 |0.00 |188.30 |157.57
Claimants (Compensation)
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will amend his Department's standing instructions in the departmental administrative code that deals with compensation for benefit claimants to include automatic payment to compensate for pain, suffering and loss of amenity.
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