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The RFA will remain a civilian organisation and these changes will not affect the conditions of service of RFA personnel. RFA vessels will continue to wear the blue ensign and will be manned by Merchant Navy officers and ratings. Responsibility for such issues as pay, conditions of service, recruitment and initial training will remain with the chief of fleet support and be discharged on his behalf by the director general of supplies and transport (naval).It is planned to implement these changes by April 1993 and there will be full consultation with the trade unions involved. The new command arrangements will ensure that the RFA continues to make the vital contribution to our overall defence effort of which its personnel are rightly proud.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
United Nations Peace Keeping
Sir Russell Johnston : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the United Kingdom will make the payment currently owed to the United Nations for special peace-keeping activities.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The United Kingdom makes its assessed payments for any United Nations peacekeeping operations within 30 days of receiving the request from the United Nations. The only exceptions are for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force where we offset part of our assessed payment against the logistic support we provide. The adjustment for this does not take place until the end of a mandate period.
President de Klerk
Mr. Robert Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent meeting with President de Klerk and the Minister of State at the Foreign Office.
Mrs. Chalker : I had a useful and constructive meeting with President de Klerk on 20 January. The President explained his proposals for a new constitution and transitional arrangements and he emphasised South Africa's urgent need for economic development. I emphasised our support for the CODESA process and for economic growth in South Africa.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Back Payments
Mr. Wallace : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many (a) claims have been received and (b) payments made in respect of claims for back payments
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under the additional requirement provisions for supplementary benefit at (i) the Lerwick and (ii) Kirkwall benefit agency offices in the last 12 months.Miss Widdecombe : The administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and copies will be placed in the Library and the Public Information Office.
Pensioners
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 2 December, Official Report , column 51 , if he will republish the figures of pensioner incomes, distinguishing for married couples between the incomes of husbands and wives.
Miss Widdecombe : The figures required on gross incomes net of retirement pensions and supplementary benefit/income support for husbands over state pension age, their wives and single people over state pension age are in the table.
Thousands
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Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing the value of the state basic pension for a single person--category A--and a married couple--category A plus category B--as percentages of (a) gross average earnings and (b) average earnings net of income tax and national insurance contribution in 1968, 1978 and each year thereafter.
Miss Widdecombe : The information requested is in the tables.
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Table 1-Single Person
|Weekly |Gross |Net |RP as |RP as
|Retirement|Average |Average |percentage|percentage
|Pension |Weekly |Weekly |of GAWE |of NAWE
|(RP) |Earnings |Earnings
|(GAWE) |(NAWE)
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November 1968 |4.50 |23.25 |17.10 |19.4 |26.3
November 1978 |19.50 |87.40 |60.30 |22.3 |32.3
November 1979 |23.30 |103.60 |73.20 |22.5 |31.8
November 1980 |27.15 |118.60 |82.90 |22.9 |32.8
November 1981 |29.60 |129.50 |88.50 |22.9 |33.4
November 1982 |32.85 |138.40 |93.80 |23.7 |35.0
November 1983 |34.05 |147.70 |100.40 |23.1 |33.9
November 1984 |35.80 |159.60 |108.90 |22.4 |32.9
November 1985 |38.30 |168.70 |115.60 |22.7 |33.1
July 1986 |38.70 |176.70 |122.60 |21.9 |31.6
April 1987 |39.50 |185.50 |131.30 |21.3 |30.1
April 1988 |41.15 |200.60 |144.90 |20.5 |28.4
April 1989 |43.60 |217.80 |157.20 |20.0 |27.7
April 1990 |46.90 |237.20 |174.20 |19.8 |26.9
April 1991 |52.00 |253.10 |186.50 |20.5 |27.9
Notes: Gross Average Weekly Earnings (GAWE) and Net Average Weekly Earnings (
NAWE) are for male manual workers.
All dates are uprating dates except 1968 when there was no uprating.
Table 2-Married couple
|Weekly |Gross |Net |RP as |RP as
|Retirement|Average |Average |percentage|percentage
|Pension |Weekly |Weekly |of GAWE |of NAWE
|(RP) |Earnings |Earnings
|(GAWE) |(NAWE)
|£ |£ |£
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November 1968 |7.30 |23.25 |18.05 |31.4 |40.4
November 1978 |31.20 |87.40 |63.80 |35.7 |48.9
November 1979 |37.30 |103.60 |77.00 |36.0 |48.4
November 1980 |43.45 |118.60 |87.40 |36.6 |49.7
November 1981 |47.35 |129.50 |93.00 |36.6 |50.9
November 1982 |52.55 |138.40 |98.90 |38.0 |53.1
November 1983 |54.50 |147.70 |106.20 |36.9 |51.3
November 1984 |57.30 |159.60 |115.50 |35.9 |49.6
November 1985 |61.30 |168.70 |122.80 |36.3 |49.9
July 1986 |61.95 |176.70 |129.90 |35.1 |47.7
April 1987 |63.25 |185.50 |138.40 |34.1 |45.7
April 1988 |65.90 |200.60 |152.10 |32.9 |43.3
April 1989 |69.80 |217.80 |164.80 |32.0 |42.4
April 1990 |75.10 |237.20 |182.50 |31.7 |41.2
April 1991 |83.25 |253.10 |194.80 |32.9 |42.7
Notes:
Gross average weekly earnings (GAWE) and net average weekly earnings (NAWE) are
for male manual workers.
All dates are uprating dates except 1968 when there was no uprating.
Unemployed Pensioners
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of unemployed people aged over 55 years are disqualified from national insurance unemployment benefit, or have their national insurance benefit abated, because they are in receipt of occupational or personal pensions.
Mr. Jack : About 15,600, or 8.6 per cent. of unemployed claimants aged 55 or over are affected.
Source : "Half Yearly Analysis of Unemployed Claimants" (UBS3) May 1991-- grossed up from 5 per cent. sample.
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make provision available to unemployed people aged 55 years or over whose occupational pension is committed to the payment of mortgage interest or other debts, and whose capital is above the limits for income support.
Mr. Jack : The Government are committed to the policy of helping unemployed people meet their mortgage interest payments through income support where their circumstances qualify them for this benefit. However, we currently have no plans to extend this form of help by means of other social security benefits.
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Pensions
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) on 3 February, Official Report, column 96, on raising state pensions, what would be the cost separated between employer and employee on average earnings for the changes proposed.
Miss Widdecombe : The combined weekly cost in extra national insurance contributions of the proposed changes to a man on average earnings and his employer would be (a) £6 and (b) £5.50. This estimate assumes an equal split between employer and employee.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Terrorism
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts for each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The information requested is given in the table. The figures include those detained in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
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|Number of persons detained under |Number of persons detained under
|the Prevention of Terrorism |the Prevention of Terrorism
|legislation detained in connection|legislation detained in connection
|with Northern Irish terrorism |with international terrorism<1>
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1982 |1,048 |-
1983 |1,366 |-
1984 |1,067 |44
1985 |1,137 |73
1986 |1,456 |55
1987 |1,643 |41
1988 |1,887 |16
1989 |17,46 |18
1990 |1,718 |24
1991 |<2>1,702 |32
|--- |--
Total |14,770 |303
<1>The power to detain persons in connection with international terrorism came into effect on 22 March 1984 with the introduction of the
Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984.
<2>Provisional figure.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons who emanated (a) from the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts for each of the last 10 years ;
(2) for each of the last five years, how many persons who emanated from the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts on more than one occasion.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who emanated from (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Ireland were charged with offences following detention under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts for each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : Statistics on those detained under the prevention of terrorism legislation are not kept in the form requested. The total numbers of people detained under the legislation and subsequently charged with offences are given in the table.
[TITER] -------------------- 1982 |22 |- 1983 |31 |- 1984 |23 |<2>8 1985 |38 |15 1986 |31 |5 1987 |17 |8 1988 |18 |3 1989 |18 |3 1990 |25 |3 1991 |7 |- <1> The figures given relate to those detained on the mainland of Great Britain only. Details of those detained under the legislation in Northern Ireland and subsequently charged with offences are not kept in the form requested. However, 3,983 such people were charged with offences during the period 29 November 1984 to 30 September 1991. <2> The power to detain persons in connection with international terrorism came into effect on 22 March 1984 with the introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions) Act 1984.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who emanated from (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland have been excluded from Great Britain following detention under the terms of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The information available is given in the table.
|Total |Number of |Number of
|people |people
|removed to |removed to
|Northern |the Republic
|Ireland |of Ireland
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1982 |11 |10 |1
1983 |13 |12 |1
1984 |1 |1 |-
1985 |2 |2 |-
1986 |7 |7 |-
1987 |15 |14 |1
1988 |16 |11 |5
1989 |9 |9 |-
1990 |15 |12 |3
1991 |10 |7 |3
The figures given show the number of people removed to Northern Ireland or to the Republic of Ireland in each year. In addition, 11 exclusion orders were made in Northern Ireland during this period. Nine of the orders excluded people from the whole of the United Kingdom and two excluded people from Northern Ireland only.
Mr. Bermingham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons who have emanated from Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland have been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts in the Metropolitan police area for each of the last three years.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : The information is not available in the form requested. However, the total number of people detained under the prevention of terrorism legislation in the Metropolitan police district in each of the last three years is as follows :
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Year |Number --------------------- 1989 |30 1990 |76 1991 |57
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the dates on which the lower limit for eligibility for compensation under the criminal injuries compensation scheme has been raised since 1979, with the new limit in each case, expressed in cash terms and at 1991 prices.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is as follows :
Date new minimum |Minimum award |Equivalent value at
award introduced |£ | 1991 prices (£) (us-
|ing GDP deflator)
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April 1981 |250 |448
February 1983 |400 |669
November 1986 |550 |768
February 1990 |750 |871
January 1992 |1,000 |-
Prison Suicides
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young men under 25 years have committed suicide while on remand in prison in the last year.
Mrs. Rumbold : Eleven unsentenced male prisoners under the age of 25 years died as a result of an act of deliberate self-harm in 1991. Of these, two were convicted but awaiting sentence. Verdicts of suicide were recorded at all six of the inquests that have so far been held into these deaths.
Wolds Remand Centre
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to visit the site of the new Wolds remand centre.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : I plan to visit Wolds remand prison later this month.
Leeds Prison
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next intends to visit Her Majesty's prison, Leeds.
Mr. Kenneth Baker : I hope to include Leeds in my programme of future visits to prisons, but I have no firm arrangements for a visit at the moment.
Heroin
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what review he has undertaken of the standard of security arrangements maintained by the United Kingdom companies presently supplying pharmaceutical heroin--diamorphine--to the national health service.
Mr. John Patten : Companies that supply diamorphine are subject to stringent security requirements which are kept under regular review.
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Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultations he has had with air travel authorities about security problems arising from regular commercial shipment of heroin via United Kingdom airports.
Mr. John Patten : The transit of controlled drugs through United Kingdom airports has not hitherto given rise to any significant security problems. The arrangements for such movements are however kept under continuing review.
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the International Narcotics Control Board on the proposals to allow commercial importation of heroin--diamorphine--to the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John Patten : My Department has consulted the International Narcotics Control Board and is taking its views into account.
Pit Bull Terriers
Dame Janet Fookes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pit bull terriers have been registered in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 ; how many have been destroyed by their owners in preference to being registered ; and how many he estimates remain unregistered.
Mrs. Rumbold : More than 8,000 notifications have been made in respect of all specially controlled dogs, including pit bull terriers. Some 400 claims for compensation have been made by owners who have had their dogs destroyed. Other owners have chosen to have their dogs destroyed but have not claimed compensation. By 11 February 3,200 certificates of exemption had been issued and some 1, 100 applications are being processed.
The "Index of Exempted Dogs" is writing again to the remaining owners who have not yet obtained a certificate of exemption to remind them of their legal obligations.
Drinking and Driving
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was spent in each year from 1980 to 1991 on campaigns to stop drinking and driving.
Mr. Chope : I have been asked to reply.
The expenditure by my Department on campaigns to stop drinking is recorded in financial years and between 1980-81 and 1990-91 the expenditure was as follows :
|£000
--------------------
1980-81 |1,589
1981-82 |1,134
1982-83 |1,183
1983-84 |911
1984-85 |818
1985-86 |1,380
1986-87 |2,296
1987-88 |2,677
1988-89 |2,130
1989-90 |2,040
1990-91 |2,011
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PRIME MINISTER
Russia
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Prime Minister what information he has on Russia's plans to continue its nuclear warhead testing programme to maintain the safety and reliability of its nuclear weapon deterrent.
The Prime Minister : President Yeltsin's statement of 29 January confirmed that Russia will adhere to the one-year moratorium on testing announced in October 1991. President Yeltsin also called for other nuclear powers to refrain from testing. The United Kingdom has to carry out nuclear tests from time to time to maintain the effectiveness and safety of our nuclear deterrent.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Gross Domestic Product
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the British gross domestic product per head expressed as a proportion of the European Community average in 1980, 1985 and 1990, including only those countries which were members of the Community in 1980.
Mr. Mellor : Figures published by the OECD in "National Accounts 1969-1990" suggest that United Kingdom gross domestic product per head expressed as a percentage of the average for the EC excluding Greece, Portugal and Spain are as follows :
|Percentage
---------------------------------
1980 |90
1985 |93
1990 |94
These figures are based on data of GDP at current prices and current purchasing power parities. Figures are provisional and the final set to be issued later in the year will include new information for several countries including the United Kingdom.
Data Information Systems
Mr. Cohen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. Maples : The central Treasury has two major applications which both accept and transmit electronic data. The financial information system takes in and then confirms with Departments their planned and current expenditure. The Treasury economic service accepts financial and economic data from both governmental--for example, Central Statistical Office--and commercial sources--for example, the Financial Times, Reuters, and so on.
Computer centre Chessington interchanges information with other Government Departments and associated bodies in connection with pay, personnel and financial
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accounting computer systems. No Treasury data information systems are linked to the PNC ; nor is there any intention that they should be.The administration of all Treasury data information systems complies with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1984.
Universities Tax
Mr. Beith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations the Inland Revenue has received from universities about tax treatment of consultancy earnings, holiday lettings and conference facilities ; and what response has been given.
Mr. Maude : The Inland Revenue has recently had discussions about the tax treatment of these activities with the Committee of Vice- Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, at the committee's request.
The Inland Revenue has explained that universities are entitled to the same tax exemptions as other charities. Trading profits are exempt only where the trade is exercised in the course of the actual carrying out of a primary purpose of the charity, or where the work in connection with the trade is mainly carried out by beneficiaries of the charity. Profits from other trading activities are likely to be taxable, in the same way as for other traders. The outcome in each case will depend on its own particular facts.
The Inland Revenue is seeking further information to assist in determining whether any particular activities give rise to taxable profits.
Taxation (HGV Telephones)
Mr. Madden : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received concerning the taxation of telephones in heavy goods vehicles ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maude : My right hon. Friend has received a few representations on the taxation of the benefit of private use of employer provided telephones in heavy goods vehicles.
Official Report"
Mr. Straw : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the price charged for the daily Official Report of parliamentary debates in 1970, 1974, 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1992, and with a constant price index where 1970 = 100.
Mr. Maples [holding answer 10 February 1992] : The information requested is as follows :
Year |Actual Price |Price Expressed
|in February |in 1970 terms
----------------------------------------------------------------
1970 |2s 3d |2s 3d
1974 |20p |14p
1979 |40p |14p
1983 |£1.00 |22p
1987 |£2.95 |53p
1992 |£7.50 |£1.04
For many years the prices of parliamentary debates were heavily subsidised. In 1983, when the annual subsidy stood at £6 million, the Government decided progressively to reduce the level of subsidy required, by a combination
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of price increases and improved methods of production. I was able to announce last November that the latest price increases, together with plans to enable the reports of proceedings to be "machine-read" by the HMSO presses, should permit the final elimination of the revenue subsidy--1 November 1991, Official Report, column 3.Mortgage Repossessions
Mr. Allen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what mortgage repossession schemes he has considered with mortgage lenders since his statement of 19 December ; how many families for each scheme are expected to be
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housed ; how many families have already been housed ; what has been the total cost ; and if he will give the proportion met from public funds.Mr. Maples [holding answer 11 February 1992] : Lenders have pledged funding for mortgage rescue schemes which is expected by the Council of Mortgage Lenders to amount to £1 billion if the need is there. Detailed schemes have already been announced by some lenders and announcements from others are expected shortly. It is too early to provide estimates of the number of borrowers in difficulties who are being helped in these schemes or the consequential effect on housing benefit expenditure.
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EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Bullying
Mr. Bowis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what advice and guidance he issues to local education authorities for the use of teachers and school governors to counteract bullying ; and if he will assist with the provision of educational materials to help children when confronted with the problem.
Mr. Fallon : The report of the committee of inquiry into discipline in schools, chaired by Lord Elton and published in 1989, contained advice on bullying. Copies of the report were sent to all schools and local education authorities in England and Wales. The Department is funding a major research project on bullying which is aimed at making available guidance on good practice for all schools when the project is completed in August 1993.
Pupil Numbers
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children attended (a) primary--infant and junior--and (b) secondary schools in England each year since 1979.
Mr. Fallon : The number of pupils, in England, for the categories shown are given in the table.
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Full-time equivalent pupils in primary and secondary schools in England 1979 to 1991 ---------------------------------------- 1979 |4,444,500|3,872,000 1980 |4,285,600|3,866,100 1981 |4,098,700|3,839,900 1982 |3,922,800|3,798,000 1983 |3,752,400|3,740,900 1984 |3,668,600|3,645,600 1985 |3,645,000|3,525,800 1986 |3,654,600|3,388,500 1987 |3,684,600|3,239,500 1988 |3,731,600|3,070,200 1989 |3,786,300|2,944,700 1990 |3,859,400|2,862,600 1991 |3,914,800|2,853,300
Education Expenditure
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total capital spending on (a) primary--infant and junior- -and (b) secondary schools in England each year since 1979 in cash terms and at 1979 prices ; and what was the percentage change in the level of spending in real terms between each of those years.
Mr. Fallon : The information requested is set out in the table.
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Capital expenditure: Local authority maintained schools in England
Nursery and primary Secondary
Year |Cash |1978-80 |Percentage |Cash |1979-80 |Percentage
|terms |prices |change on |terms |prices |change on
|£ million |£ million |previous year|£ million |£ million |previous year
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |124 |124 |- |201 |201 |-
1980-81 |162 |137 |+10.5 |229 |194 |-3.5
1981-82 |131 |101 |-26.3 |183 |141 |-27.3
1982-83 |131 |94 |-6.9 |197 |142 |+0.7
1983-84 |146 |100 |+6.4 |197 |135 |-4.9
1984-85 |171 |112 |+12.0 |197 |129 |-4.4
1985-86 |195 |121 |+8.0 |202 |125 |-3.1
1986-87 |215 |129 |+6.6 |205 |123 |-1.6
1987-88 |254 |145 |+12.4 |215 |123 |0.0
1988-89 |336 |179 |+23.4 |279 |148 |+20.3
1989-90 |379 |189 |+5.6 |376 |188 |+27.0
Notes:
(1) 1989-90 is the latest year for which final outturn data are available.
(2) Spending covers LEA maintained, voluntary aided and special agreement schools; DES grant and Governors'
contribution to voluntary
aided schools split 63 per cent. primary and 37 per cent. secondary as in 1990-91 VA major named projects.
(3) Spending on special education is excluded.
(4) Spending figures are rounded to the nearest £1 million.
Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total spending on (a) primary--infant and junior--and (b) secondary schools in England each year since 1979 in cash terms and at 1979 prices ; and what was the percentage change in the level of spending in real terms between each of those years.
Mr. Fallon : Net recurrent spending on primary and secondary schools in England is shown in the tables. The tables show for each year from 1979- 80 to 1989-90, the latest year for which actual spending figures are available, expenditure in cash, expenditure at 1979-80 prices, and the percentage change in real terms spending from the previous year.
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Nursery and primary schools<2>
Year |Net recurrent |Net recurrent |Real terms
|expenditure<1>|expenditure |change on
|at 1979-80 |previous year
|prices<3>
|£ million |£ million |percentage
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |19,081 |19,081
1980-81 |23,282 |19,675 | 3.1
1981-82 |25,222 |19,438 |-1.2
1982-83 |26,561 |19,108 |-1.7
1983-84 |27,654 |19,013 |-0.5
1984-85 |28,630 |18,747 |-1.4
1985-86 |30,509 |18,933 | 1.0
1986-87 |34,011 |20,434 | 7.9
1987-88 |38,291 |21,819 | 6.8
1988-89 |42,254 |22,464 | 3.0
1989-90 |47,617 |23,773 | 5.8
Secondary schools
Year |Net recurrent |Net recurrent |Real terms
|expenditure<1>|expenditure |change on
|at 1979-80 |previous year
|prices<3>
|£ million |£ million |percentage
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |24,846 |24,846
1980-81 |30,934 |26,141 | 5.2
1981-82 |34,384 |26,498 | 1.4
1982-83 |36,915 |26,557 | 0.2
1983-84 |38,800 |26,677 | 0.5
1984-85 |40,173 |26,305 |-1.4
1985-86 |43,523 |27,009 | 2.7
1986-87 |45,617 |27,406 | 1.5
1987-88 |49,067 |27,959 | 2.0
1988-89 |52,217 |27,761 |-0.7
1989-90 |55,391 |27,654 |-0.4
<1> Net recurrent expenditure includes total expenditure other than
costs of financing capital expenditure, less income other than from
specific grants.
<2> Spending on nursery and primary schools was not collected
separately for years after 1986-87, so expenditure figures cover both
nursery and primary schools.
<3> Expenditure figures have been repriced to 1979-80 prices using the
current GDP (market prices) deflator index.
Note: The figures in the tables are derived from local education
authorities' returns of their spending to the Department of the
Environment.
Schools (Capital Schemes)
Mr. Carr : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a list of secondary schools that have applied for borrowing approval for capital schemes ; and, in each case, whether approval was given.
Mr. Fallon : Under the terms of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, only local authorities are allowed to bid for borrowing approval for capital schemes.
Details of all secondary schools included within LEAs' capital bids and our decisions in each case could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the international fund for agricultural development in achieving its aim of providing long-term aid.
Mrs. Chalker : The IFAD has an effective monitoring and evaluation system, which includes the provision of an annual report on evaluation findings to the executive board. An evaluation committee of the board meets regularly to examine issues in more detail.
Africa (Food Crisis)
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further contribution Her Majesty's Government are making to the second phase of the United Nation's international fund for agricultural development to overcome Africa's food crisis ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Chalker : We consider that IFAD's future activities in Africa should be financed in the same way as its work elsewhere. The most important priority is to work
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