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Parliamentary electors registered in each constituency in Greater London, 1988-1992
Note: BC=borough constituency
Parliamentary constituency |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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Barking |BC |51,885 |51,501 |51,503 |51,147 |50,998
Battersea |BC |67,198 |66,508 |66,383 |67,187 |68,617
Beckenham |BC |60,558 |60,336 |60,261 |59,764 |60,009
Bethnal Green and Stepney |BC |55,326 |55,859 |54,895 |52,475 |56,165
Bexleyheath |BC |60,105 |59,390 |58,966 |58,424 |58,421
Bow and Poplar |BC |58,346 |57,884 |57,655 |53,493 |57,018
Brent East |BC |59,821 |58,764 |58,693 |57,010 |53,610
Brent North |BC |63,465 |62,424 |61,664 |60,672 |59,296
Brent South |BC |61,787 |60,757 |60,463 |58,220 |56,317
Brentford and Isleworth |BC |71,982 |70,547 |72,713 |72,532 |71,619
Carshalton and Wallington |BC |67,224 |65,529 |65,736 |65,150 |65,857
Chelsea |BC |46,763 |44,381 |45,618 |42,651 |42,549
Chingford |BC |57,093 |56,219 |56,181 |56,393 |55,981
Chipping Barnet |BC |60,880 |59,543 |58,269 |57,986 |57,721
Chislehurst |BC |56,033 |55,609 |55,139 |54,675 |54,323
City of London and Westminster South, The |BC |55,407 |55,454 |53,347 |54,823 |54,667
Croydon Central |BC |55,506 |55,284 |53,792 |54,612 |56,292
Croydon North East |BC |62,844 |63,547 |61,849 |62,911 |64,888
Croydon North West |BC |56,825 |56,703 |54,015 |55,129 |57,691
Croydon South |BC |65,491 |65,287 |63,963 |64,125 |65,539
Dagenham |BC |61,689 |61,104 |61,110 |60,642 |60,254
Dulwich |BC |56,354 |55,086 |54,849 |56,719 |55,420
Ealing, Acton |BC |65,367 |64,236 |64,375 |58,926 |59,152
Ealing North |BC |71,123 |70,012 |70,142 |64,685 |64,212
Ealing, Southall |BC |74,304 |72,565 |72,698 |66,678 |66,371
Edmonton |BC |65,593 |65,856 |65,490 |63,918 |63,535
Eltham |BC |54,167 |53,542 |53,176 |53,136 |52,633
Enfield North |BC |69,861 |69,754 |69,414 |68,617 |68,030
Enfield, Southgate |BC |66,533 |66,436 |66,093 |65,183 |64,882
Erith and Crayford |BC |60,367 |60,340 |60,642 |59,974 |59,936
Feltham and Heston |BC |81,808 |80,714 |82,955 |83,169 |82,085
Finchley |BC |58,667 |55,957 |53,779 |53,566 |53,322
Fulham |BC |53,963 |52,107 |51,976 |52,419 |52,960
Greenwich |BC |50,319 |49,007 |48,638 |49,110 |48,225
Hackney North and Stoke Newington |BC |66,831 |67,475 |67,257 |64,975 |54,980
Hackney South and Shoreditch |BC |71,003 |70,573 |70,229 |67,630 |58,225
Hammersmith |BC |47,888 |47,198 |46,957 |47,022 |47,468
Hampstead and Highgate |BC |62,578 |61,118 |60,057 |58,624 |58,436
Harrow East |BC |81,280 |77,538 |76,918 |76,258 |75,435
Harrow West |BC |74,175 |71,902 |71,582 |70,811 |70,340
Hayes and Harlington |BC |58,855 |58,683 |58,853 |58,579 |54,979
Hendon North |BC |55,068 |54,059 |52,220 |52,027 |52,066
Hendon South |BC |53,966 |52,242 |49,128 |49,240 |48,816
Holborn and St. Pancras |BC |70,154 |68,937 |67,034 |65,082 |64,721
Hornchurch |BC |62,772 |62,228 |62,045 |61,509 |61,284
Hornsey and Wood Green |BC |79,819 |78,030 |76,449 |74,341 |73,922
Ilford North |BC |62,097 |61,303 |60,377 |60,067 |59,261
Ilford South |BC |60,054 |59,139 |57,068 |57,005 |56,376
Islington North |BC |57,005 |55,550 |55,206 |55,672 |56,589
Islington South and Finsbury |BC |55,817 |55,309 |54,961 |55,130 |55,849
Kensington |BC |45,998 |44,393 |45,482 |43,131 |42,327
Kingston upon Thames |BC |54,054 |53,048 |51,648 |51,126 |51,559
Lewisham, Deptford |BC |58,474 |57,818 |57,113 |56,780 |57,266
Lewisham East |BC |59,889 |59,088 |58,655 |57,979 |57,959
Lewisham West |BC |63,203 |62,242 |61,415 |60,434 |59,598
Leyton |BC |57,751 |56,954 |57,682 |58,327 |57,755
Mitcham and Morden |BC |63,197 |64,236 |64,772 |61,600 |64,392
Newham North East |BC |61,315 |60,183 |59,453 |59,282 |60,057
Newham North West |BC |47,814 |47,591 |46,786 |46,473 |46,855
Newham South |BC |51,614 |52,000 |51,712 |51,007 |51,508
Norwood |BC |56,528 |55,955 |55,123 |52,166 |52,730
Old Bexley and Sidcup |BC |51,036 |50,507 |50,101 |49,934 |50,064
Orpington |BC |59,958 |59,342 |58,825 |58,214 |58,090
Peckham |BC |59,510 |59,430 |59,498 |61,288 |58,534
Putney |BC |62,999 |62,017 |61,761 |61,883 |62,405
Ravensbourne |BC |59,466 |58,758 |58,278 |57,992 |57,992
Richmond and Barnes |BC |53,563 |51,746 |52,034 |52,080 |53,592
Romford |BC |56,003 |55,537 |54,938 |54,654 |54,712
Ruislip-Northwood |BC |56,661 |56,479 |56,070 |56,193 |54,654
Southwark and Bermondsey |BC |56,024 |56,949 |57,858 |60,182 |60,511
Streatham |BC |59,676 |58,969 |58,421 |55,844 |57,045
Surbiton |BC |45,320 |44,344 |43,607 |42,561 |42,845
Sutton and Cheam |BC |61,963 |60,631 |61,058 |61,017 |61,529
Tooting |BC |67,635 |66,777 |66,599 |67,221 |68,766
Tottenham |BC |76,092 |75,530 |73,196 |70,236 |68,769
Twickenham |BC |64,571 |62,618 |63,551 |62,881 |63,702
Upminster |BC |66,905 |66,066 |65,583 |64,990 |64,927
Uxbridge |BC |64,122 |64,309 |64,721 |64,698 |62,306
Vauxhall |BC |65,809 |65,060 |63,920 |61,739 |62,664
Walthamstow |BC |49,072 |48,744 |49,319 |49,836 |49,603
Wanstead and Woodford |BC |59,045 |58,521 |56,932 |57,131 |56,454
Westminster North |BC |57,665 |55,414 |54,516 |57,742 |59,064
Wimbledon |BC |62,912 |63,726 |62,745 |60,633 |62,520
Woolwich |BC |58,269 |57,322 |57,214 |57,158 |56,534
|---- |---- |---- |---- |----
Total |5,098,129 |5,031,830 |4,993,369 |4,934,505 |4,916,630
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
The figures in this table are those supplied by Electoral Registration Officers at the times when the registers come in to use each year.
#9461
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the estimated adult population in each parliamentary constituency in Greater London for each year since 1979.
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Mr. Sackville : Population estimates are available for London boroughs but not for parliamentary constituencies. Mid-year estimates of persons aged 18 and over in each borough between 1979 and 1990 are shown in the table.
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Estimated resident population of London boroughs aged 18 and over (thousands) Area |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greater London |5,236.9|5,240.4|5,242.6|5,228.1|5,235.3|5,248.3 City of London |5.1 |5.0 |4.8 |4.8 |4.9 |4.8 Barking and Dagenham |114.6 |115.0 |115.1 |115.3 |114.7 |114.5 Barnet |226.4 |226.6 |228.1 |228.3 |228.5 |231.7 Bexley |160.3 |161.7 |162.8 |164.3 |165.6 |167.0 Brent |192.0 |191.9 |193.3 |194.0 |194.9 |196.0 Bromley |225.5 |227.1 |228.5 |229.5 |232.6 |233.2 Camden |153.2 |149.9 |148.6 |146.5 |146.2 |146.7 Croydon |240.9 |241.1 |242.1 |243.2 |243.0 |242.8 Ealing |216.7 |214.4 |215.1 |215.4 |217.4 |221.8 Enfield |196.9 |198.1 |199.1 |200.4 |201.8 |202.9 Greenwich |158.8 |160.7 |161.0 |162.0 |162.4 |163.0 Hackney |136.8 |137.2 |137.6 |136.6 |139.1 |140.3 Hammersmith and Fulham |125.1 |123.3 |122.4 |121.2 |121.9 |122.0 Haringey |163.7 |163.1 |159.2 |157.7 |158.3 |154.8 Harrow |150.4 |151.3 |151.5 |151.9 |153.1 |155.3 Havering |180.1 |181.4 |181.5 |183.0 |183.3 |184.1 Hillingdon |173.6 |175.1 |177.1 |177.5 |179.3 |178.5 Hounslow |152.5 |154.4 |155.3 |156.1 |153.4 |151.2 Islington |128.8 |130.1 |130.6 |128.7 |128.8 |130.8 Kensington and Chelsea |120.1 |119.4 |117.7 |115.3 |113.2 |114.0 Kingston upon Thames |105.5 |105.3 |104.7 |104.7 |105.1 |105.9 Lambeth |197.0 |195.2 |195.3 |191.9 |190.0 |189.9 Lewisham |179.3 |180.3 |181.1 |179.4 |178.5 |179.3 Merton |129.8 |129.8 |130.8 |130.0 |128.9 |128.1 Newham |160.3 |159.0 |156.8 |157.0 |156.4 |155.8 Redbridge |176.5 |177.0 |176.8 |176.2 |176.2 |176.4 Richmond upon Thames |129.4 |128.4 |128.7 |128.0 |128.8 |128.9 Southwark |166.9 |167.9 |168.4 |165.9 |167.1 |167.3 Sutton |129.6 |130.5 |130.8 |131.4 |131.6 |132.0 Tower Hamlets |109.3 |109.4 |110.2 |109.5 |108.8 |109.0 Waltham Forest |164.4 |164.7 |164.4 |163.1 |162.8 |163.4 Wandsworth |205.9 |205.6 |204.3 |202.0 |202.3 |203.1 City of Westminster |161.7 |160.5 |159.1 |157.5 |156.2 |153.5 Notes: <1> All figures are rounded to thousands. <2> Totals may not agree due to rounding. <3> Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS; Crown copyright. #9463
Estimated resident population of London Boroughs aged 18 and over
Thousands
Area |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990
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Greater London |5,262.6|5,267.6|5,264.8|5,233.4|5,246.4|5,268.3
City of London |4.4 |4.2 |4.0 |3.7 |3.6 |3.3
Barking and Dagenham |114.1 |113.8 |113.7 |113.4 |113.2 |113.2
Barnet |234.0 |236.3 |236.9 |233.1 |240.1 |239.7
Bexley |168.1 |170.0 |170.9 |171.2 |171.2 |171.5
Brent |196.0 |196.5 |197.2 |197.5 |195.5 |196.1
Bromley |233.8 |233.8 |235.4 |235.7 |236.9 |237.6
Camden |148.1 |149.5 |149.9 |147.2 |147.1 |147.9
Croydon |243.9 |244.7 |245.3 |244.2 |244.8 |246.5
Ealing |225.2 |227.9 |229.3 |230.0 |227.4 |227.2
Enfield |204.7 |205.4 |202.6 |202.2 |203.4 |205.2
Greenwich |163.5 |164.8 |164.0 |162.4 |161.7 |163.5
Hackney |140.1 |139.7 |139.8 |140.8 |142.9 |142.6
Hammersmith and Fulham |121.9 |121.2 |121.2 |119.6 |118.2 |118.5
Haringey |152.6 |151.5 |149.5 |148.2 |146.1 |147.9
Harrow |155.7 |155.9 |154.4 |151.9 |149.2 |147.9
Havering |184.3 |184.8 |185.1 |184.1 |182.2 |182.0
Hillingdon |179.1 |179.0 |178.7 |179.3 |181.9 |182.1
Hounslow |149.2 |148.4 |147.7 |145.0 |149.0 |150.0
Islington |132.7 |132.3 |132.6 |132.7 |132.6 |135.6
Kensington and Chelsea |114.7 |113.7 |109.5 |102.7 |105.7 |105.0
Kingston upon Thames |106.0 |106.1 |105.0 |107.0 |108.3 |110.5
Lambeth |189.5 |190.5 |189.0 |185.9 |184.4 |179.0
Lewisham |179.7 |179.3 |178.9 |176.5 |174.4 |173.4
Merton |128.7 |128.9 |128.2 |128.1 |128.0 |128.5
Newham |155.3 |152.4 |153.1 |153.1 |152.9 |153.6
Redbridge |178.0 |178.3 |180.3 |180.9 |182.3 |184.3
Richmond upon Thames |129.8 |130.3 |131.3 |129.4 |131.5 |134.1
Southwark |167.5 |167.3 |167.5 |167.2 |168.9 |172.7
Sutton |132.5 |132.1 |132.2 |131.9 |132.6 |131.9
Tower Hamlets |110.6 |114.7 |119.3 |121.3 |122.6 |124.6
Waltham Forest |165.0 |165.0 |164.5 |163.7 |162.7 |164.0
Wandsworth |204.2 |203.1 |204.5 |204.2 |203.9 |203.8
City of Westminster |150.0 |146.2 |143.2 |139.4 |141.2 |144.7
Notes:
<1> All figures are rounded to thousands.
<2> Totals may not agree due to rounding.
<3> Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS; Crown copyright.
Advertising
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give separate figures for the spending by her Department on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979-80 and in each following year up to and including 1991-92 ; and what is her latest estimate for 1992-93.
Mr. Sackville : Information for the years 1979-80 to 1987-88 is not available in the form requested.
The Department's budget for communications and publicity includes provision for nurse recruitment, blood donor recruitment and drug misuse campaigns.
Expenditure is as follows :
|£ million
-----------------------------------
1988-89
Television |1.662
Radio |0.205
Newspaper |1.196
Other Material |7.736
1989-90
Television |3.549
Radio |0.127
Newspaper |2.739
Other Material |10.828
1990-91
Television |1.900
Radio |0.005
Newspaper |2.258
Other Material |16.845
1991-92
Television |4.489
Radio |0.015
Newspaper |3.104
Other Material |16.863
The budget for communications and
publicity for 1992-93 is £26.2
million.
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South Manchester Hospitals
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information her Department has on plans or proposals for reorganising south Manchester's hospitals ; what is the earliest date on which she expects any reorganisation could proceed ; and if she will make a statement.
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Mr. Sackville : Responsibility for planning hospital services in South Manchester is a matter for the North Western regional health authority and South Manchester health authority.It is the long term objective of South Manchester health authority to concentrate acute hospital services in South Manchester on a single site. This proposal is subject to detailed consultation and to consideration by the regional health authority.
Interim proposals to transfer maternity services from Withington hospital to Wythenshaw hospital are presently the subject of further discussions between North Western regional health authority and South Manchester health authority.
Asthma
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children under five years, five to 10 years, and 10 years plus are asthma sufferers by health district for Greater London according to the latest available statistics ; and what is the number for each of the last 10 years.
Mr. Sackville : The information requested is not held centrally.
Birth Statistics
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were born in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years ; and how many and what percentage of those children were born to parents who were married at the time of their birth.
Mr. Sackville : The numbers of live births in the United Kingdom in 1987 to 1991 were as follows :
F
|Total births |Births within|Percentage of
|marriage |births within
|marriage
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1987 |775,617 |598,085 |77.1
1988 |787,556 |589,516 |74.9
1989 |777,276 |570,586 |73.4
1990 |798,612 |575,768 |72.1
<1>1991 |792,506 |556,393 |70.2
<1> Provisional. Source (OPCS).
Cot Deaths
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by socio-economic class the number of deaths in England and Wales registered as (a) cot death and (b) sudden infant death syndrome in 1990.
Mr. Sackville [holding answer 20 May 1992] : The information requested is given in the table.
Numbers of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
deaths and of Cot deaths by father's social class,
England, Wales and Elsewhere<1>, 1990.
Father's |1990 Number |1990 Number
social class |of SIDS |of Cot Deaths
--------------------------------------------------------
I |48 |51
II |159 |172
IIIN |65 |68
IIIM |349 |377
IV |177 |196
V |140 |153
Other |96 |102
Not stated |121 |125
|--- |---
Total |1,155 |1,244
<1>These data may include some cases of children
normally resident overseas.
#9466
Home Care Workers
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she has issued any advice to local authorities regarding the grading of female home care workers following the recent ruling of the industrial tribunal in East Sussex.
Mr. Yeo [holding answer 22 May 1992] : No. The grading of staff is a matter for local authorities to determine in their capacity as employers.
Dentists
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will make a statement on the remuneration of NHS dentists.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley [pursuant to the reply 12 May 1992 col. 85] : At a meeting today with representatives of the General DentalServices Committee (GDSC) I put forward fair and reasonable proposals on dentists' remuneration.
For the present year 1992-93 the intention of the Doctors and Dentists Remuneration Review Body (DDRB) was that, on average, a dentist's net earnings should be £35,815. This represented an 8.5 per cent. increase in dentists' net remuneration. The Government accepted this recommendation for a greater increase than was awarded to either doctors or nurses.
The evidence suggests that, if left unchanged, the July 1991 fee scale would provide in 1992-93 very substantially more than the DDRB recommended.
Calculations presented to the GDSC today show that, to bring the increase in dentists' income back to the level recommended by the DDRB, a fee reduction of about 23 per cent. would be needed now. The longer action is delayed, the more this figure rises.
I have weighed all the available evidence carefully. This includes the views put to me by dentists and their representatives, the results of the joint inquiry which the Health Departments and the GDSC began in February, and the emerging data on payments in the last financial quarter of 1991-92 to dentists.
Even allowing for some significant margin for error the evidence suggests that actual income will be much higher than intended income unless action is taken now.
I therefore propose a 7 per cent. lowering of the fee scale with effect from 8 July.
I also propose to reduce to £200 the ceiling at which courses of treatment require prior approval from the Dental Practice Board. It is reasonable in the present circumstances for dentists to have to seek prior approval from the Dental Practice Board of their plans for more expensive treatments. This will apply to some 3 per cent. of courses of treatment carried out.
These proposals represent the best way forward for patients, for dentists and taxpayers. They underline our full commitment to the NHS dental service. The chief executive of the NHS is writing to all regional general
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managers and family health services authority managers today to stress to them the need to maintain the availability of NHS general dental services, if necessary, by employing salaried dentists. For the future, the Government remain committed to a fundamental review of dental remuneration. I look to that review to develop a system which more effectively and fairly remunerates all dentists for the important work they do.Smoking
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 12 May, Official Report, column 84, (1) when she expects to have information or indications on the proportions of smokers in the United Kingdom and in each other European Community country later then the 1989 figures in the British Medical Journal ;
(2) what information she receives from the European Commission on the trends in smoking in each or any parts of the European Community.
Dr. Mawhinney [pursuant to his reply 21 May 1992 col. 228] : the figure given for smoking prevalance in the United Kingdom for 1990 should have been 30 per cent. rather than 39 per cent.
EMPLOYMENT
Management Consultants
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total sum paid out in fees by her Department to management consultants in 1979-80 and in each following year up to and including 1991-92 ; and what is her estimate for 1992-93.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Expenditure on management consultancy in the Employment Department group in each year from 1984-85 to 1990-91 was as follows :
|£ thousands
------------------------------------
1984-85 |365
1985-86 |365
1986-87 |1,032
1987-88 |653
1988-89 |998
1989-90 |1,482
1990-91 |1,782
1991-92 |<1>5,344
<1> Estimated outturn.
The information for 1992-93 will be reported to Parliament in the usual way. Information for 1979-80 to 1983-84 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons are registered as available for work in the SW9 postal code area of London ; and how many are currently registered as unemployed.
Mr. McLoughlin : In April 1992, on the unadjusted basis, the number of claimants unemployed in the SW9 postal code area was 1,027. This monthly unemployment count relates to claimants of benefits at unemployment benefit offices on the day of
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the count. Claimants include those people who claim unemployment benefit, income support or national insurance credits and who state that they are available for, and actively seeking, work.Public Opinion Surveys
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the public opinion surveys carried out by her Department since 1 November 1991.
Mr. McLoughlin : The Department's various research branches do not commission public opinion surveys as such. However, they do carry out research projects on a variety of employment-related issues which involve surveys of individuals. The following list shows those research studies, commissioned or partly funded by the Employment Department group (ED, Employment Service, Health and Safety Executive and the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service), which have involved surveys of individuals commissioned since 1 November 1991. Barriers to Returning to Work
NUBS 2 Client Survey
Restart Courses Follow Up Survey
New Clients Follow-up Survey
North West Off Flows Study
Evaluation of Job Interview Guarantee Scheme
Ethnic Origin Equal Opportunities Survey
Attitudes Towards Part-Time and Flexible Working Hours
British Household Panel Study
Investors in People
Second Chance
Disability Symbol and Disability Advertising
Employers Attitudes to Jobcentres and the Employment of People with Disabilities
Jobclub Monitor
Just the Job Booklet Research
Insight Readership Survey
Youth Training
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people aged 16 and 17 years have applied for youth training ; and how many have not been given a youth training place at once in each training and enterprise council area.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information is not available in the form requested.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what income a 16 or 17-year-old receives on youth training, in any week, waiting for a youth training place ; how many people aged 16 or 17 years waiting for a youth training place have been receiving income or income support ; and how soon after applying for youth training a 16 or 17-year- old can receive income while waiting for a place to become available.
Mr. McLoughlin : The following arrangements apply :
(i) A young person on youth training (YT) in employed status will receive a wage at a level agreed with the employer.
(ii) A non-employed trainee must receive at least £29.50 per week if under 17 years old and £35 per week if 17 or over.
(iii) A young person waiting for YT may either have a place booked and be waiting to take it up, or may be seeking the offer of a place. In either case that young person, if under 18 years of age, may be eligible for a YT bridging allowance of £15 per week from the
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Employment Service for up to eight weeks in any 12 month period or, if they run the risk of severe hardship, they may be eligible to receive income support through the severe hardship provision. ()(iv
Even if they are not eligible for any of the payments in (iii) above, young people waiting for YT may still receive income from a variety of sources. The number of young people waiting for YT who have an income of their own cannot therefore be estimated accurately.
(v
Young people eligible for bridging allowance (except for some special groups) cannot start receiving bridging allowance until they have left a previous job or YT place, made an application, and waited for their first girocheque payment.
(vi
Young persons can secure income support (including severe hardship payments) as soon as they satisfy the eligibility criteria. They may be able to secure assistance through a crisis loan until regular payments commence.
Disabled Employees
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the total work force in her Department are registered as disabled ; what steps she is taking to encourage the employment of disabled people within her Department ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A total of 3.2 per cent. at June 1991, the latest date for which figures are available. The Department also employs many other people with disabilities who have chosen not to register. It has also implemented the code of practice on the employment of people with disabilities in the civil service.
Advertising
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give separate figures for the spending by her Department on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) newspaper advertising and (d) other promotional material in 1979-80 and in each following year up to and including 1991-92 ; and what is her latest estimate for 1992-93.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Expenditure on advertising and promotional material by the Department of Employment from 1979-80 to 1985-86 was as follows :
|£
------------------------------
1979-80 |70,000
1980-81 |320,000
1981-82 |400,000
1982-83 |360,000
1983-84 |500,000
1984-85 |320,000
1985-86 |1,220,000
Figures for television, radio and newspaper advertising and other promotional material are not available separately. The figures for 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91 and 1991-92 are as follows :
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The figures from 1979-80 to 1990-91 refer only to Department of Employment expenditure. They do not cover expenditure by the former Training Agency, Training Commission and Manpower Services Commission. Figures for these were provided to the hon. Member in a written reply on 5 November 1991 at col. 68-70. From 1991-92, expenditure by the former agency has been handled centrally within the Department's overall advertising and publicity budget. The Department's overall advertising and publicity budget for 1992-93 is £8.35 million. Detailed decisions on expenditure by media category have not yet been taken.
High Peak TEC
Ms. Coffey : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of young people offered training places by High Peak training and enterprise council within the last two years (a) finished their training and (b) found full-time jobs.
Mr. McLoughlin : The information required is not available in the form requested. Stockport and High Peak TEC became operational on 20 August 1990 previously the area came partly under Manchester East area office and Derbyshire area office. The latest information is for leavers from the youth training programme in the Stockport and High Peak TEC area during the period August 1990 to July 1991. Thirty four per cent. of all leavers completed their training and 52 per cent. of all leavers went into full- time work.
Horizon Programme
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list all the United Kingdom participants in the European Community Horizon programme and the nature of each project ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : A total of 37 projects have been formally approved under the Horizon programme in Great Britain. Information relating to these projects has been extracted from individual applications and is given in the following table. This was correct at 22 May 1992.
A further 45 projects have been given approval in principle. These will receive formal approval once outstanding queries on financial and transnational aspects are resolved.
Brothers of Charity Lancashire
To implement new techniques that identify economic sectors that are apt for vocational training and employment for people with a mental handicap.
Bilston Community College
To provide training and support to a group of Special Needs Trainers from Greece who wish to develop training provision in Greece.
Lancashire County Council
To develop a model programme of training for the physically disabled to enter the tourism industry.
Lancashire County Council
To develop model programmes of training and supported employment for those with physical and mental disabilities which will promote their inclusion into society.
Brothers of Charity
To provide training for open employment in horticulture/agriculture business for people with a mental handicap.
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University of NottinghamTo establish a model for the computer mediated training of disabled people in Information Technology skills for employment in business and commerce.
Manchester Council for Voluntary Services
To support the creation of small business (Social Firms) providing an integrated work setting for people with mental distress. Essex CDA
To facilitate the progression from sheltered workshop to open employment for long term unemployed mentally disabled people aged 25 and over.
Richmond Fellowship London
To offer an employment service to people with long term mental health problems and locate and develop appropriate training and employment opportunities.
Department of Adult Continuing Education University College Swansea
To enable physically handicapped people to gain the necessary qualifications and skills to work in open employment. These skills are primarily in Information Technology.
Kent Social Services
To enable people with severe learning and/or physical disabilities to gain access to the world of work by providing opportunities for vocational training, work experience, voluntary work and paid employment in ordinary workplaces.
Wheels For Change Clwyd
The creation of employment and training opportunities for people who have multiple disabilities in the context of open integrated employment in two existing bicycle co-operatives.
Scottish Interactive Technology Centre Midlothian
To develop a multi-media based (interactive video) training package to enable deaf people to acquire skills using computers, word processing, spreadsheet and databases.
WMCE Ltd. Berkshire
To develop a training programme targeted at very long term unemployed persons with no relevant or obsolete skills.
Centre for Deaf Studies University of Bristol
The provision of modularised training programmes for sign language interpreters within a university framework.
Bradford and Ilkley Community College
To develop models for training for disabled people ; including those whose hearing is impaired ; that will help them obtain employment in community education settings, including distance learning via satellite broadcasting and computer aided learning. Hertfordshire College of Art and Design
To devise training modules in specialised techniques using the arts within rehabilitation and training settings, particularly related to the transfer from institutional and community care.
The Cellar Project West Yorkshire
A programme to give unemployed people disabled by long term psychiatric illness but capable of open employment the necessary vocational and social skills and work experience to make the transition from sheltered to open employment.
Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
To develop a flexible learning programme for people with learning difficulties to equip them with a range of skills suited to their individual capabilities.
Park Lane College West Yorkshire
To provide vocational training leading to recognised qualifications and/or stable employment for long term unemployed people with both physical and sensory disabilities.
Brothers of Charity Lancashire
To identify economic sectors apt for vocational training and employment for people with mental handicap. Employment placement and supported employment to lead to open employment for some individuals.
Edinburgh University Settlement
To set up specialist training courses in Adult Basic
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