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Mr. Nelson : The table shows the percentage changes in the relevant components of the retail prices index for the periods specified up to September 1992, the latest date for which information is available.
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Index Percentage change
over
|(January 1987 = 100|Twelve months |Six months |Three months
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All items |139.4 |3.6 |2.0 |0.1
All items except housing |134.9 |3.5 |1.4 |-0.1
All items except mortgage interest payments |137.3 |4.0 |2.1 |0.1
Note: The housing group of the retail prices index comprises rents in both the public and private sectors, mortgage interest payments,
Community charges, water and sewerage charges, dwelling insurance and ground rent, repairs and maintenance charges and do-it-yourself
materials.
Output
Mr. Hain : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give figures for the percentage increases between 1979 and 1991 of (a) consumer expenditure at constant prices, (b) output, (c) output excluding North sea oil production and (d) manufacturing output.
Mr. Nelson : The percentage increases, derived at constant 1985 prices, are (a) 37.5, (b) 23.6, (c) 21.8 and (d) 5.8 respectively.
Bank and Insurance Company Accounts
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what checks he performs on bank and insurance company accounts when they are filed at Companies House.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : I have been asked to reply.
The Registrar of Companies informs me that accounts delivered to him for filing, including those of banks and insurance companies, are checked to ensure that they comprise the appropriate documents--in the majority of cases, profit and loss account, balance sheet, directors' report and auditors' report--are duly signed and cover the appropriate period. The accounts are then made available for public inspection. Insurance companies also deliver accounts to the insurance division of my Department under the provisions of the Insurance Companies Act 1982. These are subjected to manual and computer checks covering correctness, consistency with previous accounts and solvency. I am advised that the Bank of England carries out its own checks on copies of accounts of banking companies, which are sent direct to them by the companies concerned.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Fact-finding Visits
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the fact-finding visits made in the last 12 months by the chief executive of each executive agency for which he is responsible ; and what were the findings resulting from each visit.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to both Wilton Park under its chief executive, Geoffrey Denton, and to the Natural Resources Institute under its chief executive, Anthony Beattie. I have asked them to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from G. Denton to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 29 October 1992 :
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Thank you for your question about the number of fact finding visits made by the Chief Executive of this Agency in the last twelve months.During the year in question I did not make any fact finding visits.
Letter from A. Beattie to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 28 October 1992 :
Lady Chalker has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about fact-finding visits by chief executives of Agencies. On 8 November 1991 I visited Hadlow College in Kent to brief myself on the College's facilities and courses. On 8 May this year I went to the EC's centre for Tropical Agriculture (CTA) at Wageningen in The Netherlands to explore the scope for collaboration between the Centre and NRI and to sign a memorandum of understanding covering joint activities.
Overseas Territories
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the proposed citizenship status under the treaty of European union, of citizens of (a) French overseas territories and (b) British dependent territories.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The declaration on nationality of a member state accompanying the treaty on European Union states :
"the question whether an individual possesses the nationality of a member state shall be settled solely by reference to the national law of the member state concerned."
Under the United Kingdom declaration on the definition of United Kingdom nationals for European Community purposes, made on accession and revised in January 1983, the only British dependent territories citizens so defined are those
"who acquire their citizenship from a connection with Gibraltar". These are accordingly the only BDTCs eligible for citizenship of the European union. It is not for us to comment on French nationality law.
Indonesia
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken in respect of British arms trading with Indonesia under the terms of the European Council of Ministers declaration at Lisbon on non-proliferation and arms exports.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : None. The sale of arms and defence equipment to all destinations, including Indonesia, is subject to strict export licensing procedures. In the United Kingdom's case, the criterion agreed at the Lisbon European Council was already taken into consideration when making export licensing decisions.
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Haiti
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives he has taken to encourage constitutional rule in Haiti.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We issued a statement and co-sponsored United Nations General Assembly resolution 46/7 condemning the coup and calling for the restoration of democracy in Haiti. Along with our EC partners, we continue to support the efforts of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to broker a settlement : a senior British diplomat represented the presidency on a recent OAS mission to Haiti.
EC General Affairs
Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, at the next General Affairs Council, he will propose that its next meeting shall be held wholly or partially in public, pursuant to its order of procedure ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : At its next meeting on 9 November the General Affairs Council, as instructed by the European Council at Birmingham, will discuss ways in which all Councils can conduct their business in a more open and transparent way. As Chairman of the Council, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will call upon Foreign Ministers to consider a number of ideas including the question of whether, and under what circumstances, Council meetings should be held in open session.
Mahammed Afzal
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken to help the Pakistani authorities to apprehend the killers of Mahammed Afzal in Jaurah village, Pakistan, on 4 October.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Mr. Afzal was a dual British-Pakistani national, and the United Kingdom has no standing under international law to intervene in the investigation of his murder, which is being conducted by the Pakistani police. Our high commission in Islamabad is, however, maintaining contact with the Pakistani authorities.
NATIONAL HERITAGE
National Music Day
Mr. Batiste : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will support a national music day in 1993.
Mr. Brooke : Following the success of the national music day on 28 June this year, I am pleased to confirm my commitment to a further national music day in 1993. This will take place on Sunday 27 June.
Redundant Churches Fund
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement about the implementation of the Wilding report on the redundant churches fund.
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Mr. Key : A number of the recommendations made by Richard Wilding in his report are for the Church Commissioners to implement through amendment of the Pastoral Measure 1983. The General Synod, which meets next week, will have before it a draft amending measure. Should Synod approve the amending measure, I intend to bring forward legislation to amend the Redundant Churches and other Religious Buildings Act 1969 so that my Department's grant to the redundant churches fund can in future be paid through the Church Commissioners rather than directly to the fund. This was a key recommendation of the Wilding report, and will strengthen the role of the Commissioners as the focal point for the review of policy, the selection of priorities and the matching of expenditure with resources.
Items in Lieu of Tax
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if there have been any offers accepted in lieu of tax or allocated since his predecessor's announcement on 16 June.
Mr. Brooke : Since my predecessor's announcement on 16 June, Official Report, colimns 448-9 , I am pleased to inform the House of the acceptance of two offers in lieu of tax, and the allocation of three offers previously accepted. A further payment has also been made for an offer accepted last year.
The offers are :
A painting by Beccafumi, "San Bernardino preaching in the Campo at Siena", together with a chalk study for the painting, and two diagrams by Michelangelo, satisfying £119,000 tax, and
A sculpture by Henry Moore which will satisfy £87,500 tax. The sculpture will be allocated to Leeds city art gallery. A decision on the allocation of the Beccafumi and Michelangelo diagrams has yet to be taken.
Three offers, previously accepted, have now been allocated. An offer of a collection of eight contemporary paintings : "Bomb store" by David Bomberg
"Self-portrait, recto and verso" by David Bomberg
"Ghetto theatre" by David Bomberg
"Woman and goat" by Robert Colquhoun
"Two Figures Monotype" Robert Colquhoun
"Man hosing metal fish boxes" by Prunella Clough
"Pears" by William Scott
An untitled work by Roger Hilton
"Bomb store" by David Bomberg and the Prunella Clough painting have been allocated to the Tate gallery and the remainder to the Wakefield city art gallery.
An offer comprising of a vintage motorcar and two motor-cycles. The car will go to the national motor museum and the motor-cycles to the Bradford industrial museum and the tank museum.
An offer comprising a Rembrandt etching and 31 illuminated manuscripts will go to the national art collections fund. The further payment for the Statham collection of porcelain will be £4,333.51.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Cattle
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what systems he has to ensure that payments for cattle sold into the Irish Republic can be traced to buyers in Northern Ireland.
Mr. Hanley : None. The question of payment for cattle sold in Northern Ireland is a private matter between the seller and purchaser and, if the sale is through a livestock market, the operator of the market.
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action has been taken to trace cattle movements through herd book registers in Northern Ireland to identify smuggling activity into the Irish Republic.
Mr. Hanley : Checks on herd registers as a means of tracing illegal movements of cattle are ineffective. The legal movement of cattle between herds, to and from livestock markets and to slaughterhouses is recorded for purposes of animal disease control. The export of cattle to the Republic of Ireland is prohibited, except in very limited circumstances, for bovine spongiform encephalopathy reasons. This means that permits for movements to the Republic are not normally requested and such movements would not therefore be recorded in herd registers.
Cold Weather Payments Scheme
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many households in East Antrim qualified for payment under the cold weather payments scheme during the winter period 1991-92.
Mr. Hanley : Social security operational matters are the responsibility of the chief executive of the Social Security Agency. However, I understand that the cold weather payment system was not triggered in any part of Northern Ireland during the winter period 1991-92 and consequently no one qualified for payment under the scheme.
Form Buildings
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will extend the qualifying size condition for grant in respect of replacement dwellings on farms beyond the present 100 sq m restriction.
Mr. Atkins : Whilst existing floor area is not a factor when considering applications for grant for a replacement house or farmhouse, a replacement dwelling with a standard floor area of 100 sq m--1,050 sq ft-- is regarded as reasonable to meet normal family requirements. In cases where specific family need can be established, such as accommodation for a disabled person, alleviating overcrowding or providing facilities to accommodate additional farm workers, and where these cannot be met within the standard 100 sq m floor area the Housing Executive, which administers this scheme, has discretion to exceed that standard.
Although farms which were certified as "viable" by the Department of Agriculture, used to enjoy preferential treatment for grants purposes, such status gave no automatic entitlement to a particular size of floor area.
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Applicants for grant aid who can demonstrate the need for additional floor space will not, therefore, be disadvantaged under the replacement grant scheme.Health Service
Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the background to the review of services at Altnagelvin area hospital and detailing the reorganisation of services including relocation of wards, changes in speciality ward numbers, introduction of new facilities and the closure or phasing out of any existing facilities.
Mr. Hanley : The Western health and social services board has established a project review group, supported by the management consultant firm of Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte, to undertake a strategic review of acute services and associated requirements at Altnagelvin hospital.
The review group's recommendations will be considered by the Western board at its meeting on 30 November 1992, following which the board will submit proposals to the Department of Health and Social Services for consideration.
In the meantime a £6.6 million external re-cladding scheme for the hospital has already been approved and is at present in planning.
Mr. Hume : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what contacts have been made between the management executive and units in the Western health and social services board regarding proposals or potential applications for moving to HSS trust status.
Mr. Hanley : The working paper "Self-Governing Hospitals in Northern Ireland--An Initial Guide" was issued in January 1990 and all units of management within the health and personal social services were invited to express an interest in becoming health and social services trusts. The initial guide was replaced by an updated version entitled "HSS : A Working Guide" which was also issued to every unit of management. After the first round, the chief executive of the management executive wrote to unit general managers in all four boards inviting expressions of interest in a second round. No expressions of interest have been received from any unit within the Western health and social services board in either round.
Industrial Relations Legislation
Mr. Cormack : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to introduce further industrial relations legislation.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill at present before the House includes an enablement whereby certain provisions may be extended to Northern Ireland by means of an Order in Council subject to negative resolution procedure. The provisions to be extended to Northern Ireland deal with EC obligations--relating to proof of an employment relationship, procedures for handling redundancies and protection against dismissal of health and safety workers--employment rights--relating to pregnant workers, sex discrimination and industrial tribunals procedures--and the abolition of wages councils. It is my intention to introduce such an order as soon as possible following Royal Assent.
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The application to Northern Ireland of provisions equivalent to the remainder of the Bill, and also the provisions of the Employment Act 1990, will be considered in due course following discussions with local bodies.Independent Living Fund
Mr. Wells : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the cash limit, NID2, for the independent living fund.
Sir Patrick Mayhew : The cash limit for the independent living fund (NID2) in 1992-93 will be reduced by £247,000 from £5,298,000 to £5, 051,000. The cash limit is being reduced because of an overspend in 1991-92.
EMPLOYMENT
Wages Councils
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the lowest and the mean rates of pay discovered in wages council industries.
Mr. McLoughlin : In April 1992 the mean rate paid to workers on adult rates of pay in wages council industries was £5.05 an hour. The minimum basic rates currently range from £2.59 to £3.10 an hour.
Sunday Trading
Mr. Ray Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what research she has commissioned into the likely effectiveness and enforceability of legal measures intended to protect shop managers and employees who do not wish to work on Sundays.
Mr. McLoughlin : None. The Government will shortly be announcing their intentions regarding the current legislation governing Sunday trading.
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Protective Headwear (Sikhs)
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will arrange to exempt Sikhs from EC regulations requiring those people in certain occupations to wear protective headwear in their place of work ; what representations she has received on this matter ; what consultations EC institutions are undertaking with Sikh organisations and others ; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. McLoughlin : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment has no plans to arrange for a general exemption for turban wearing followers of the Sikh religion from the regulations to implement the European directive on the use of personal protective equipment at work. Nor has she any plans to remove the existing exemption for such Sikhs on construction sites. The Secretary of State has received a number of representations from Sikh organisations and others on this issue, to which she and Ministers of this Department have responded individually. Consultations which EC institutions undertake are a matter for those institutions themselves.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 29 June, Official Report, column 418, if she will now provide the figures for training and enterprise council budgets and contracts for 1992-93 in the same form as her answer.
Mr. McLoughlin : The tables show the budgets and volumes agreed for each training and enterprise council in England for 1992-93. Information relating to Wales and Scotland is for the respective Secretaries of State to provide.
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Budget-£ million Training weeks X
10,000
TEC |Total |Enterprise training|Youth training |Enterprise training|Youth training
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South East Region
Essex |35.5 |7.8 |16.2 |6.6 |33.0
Hampshire |34.1 |5.4
9.0 |39.5
Heart of England |12.2 |1.7 |5.7 |3.4 |14.6
Hertfordshire |24.8 |3.1 |13.2 |5.5 |19.5
Isle of Wight |4.3 |0.6 |1.9 |1.6 |6.8
Kent |35.1 |5.3 |18.0 |8.6 |31.5
Milton Keynes/North Buckinghamshire |8.0 |1.2 |4.0 |2.6 |11.1
Surrey |13.8 |1.5 |4.4 |3.1 |11.9
Sussex |27.2 |5.1 |11.3 |8.3 |24.5
Thames Valley Enterprise |21.2 |2.1 |9.2 |3.6 |20.3
London
AZTEC |11.7 |1.7 |3.6 |2.8 |7.3
CENTEC |24.2 |6.6 |6.5 |10.4 |12.8
CILNTEC |22.6 |5.9 |7.3 |9.7 |12.4
LETEC |35.8 |9.8 |12.5 |16.2 |27.2
North London |18.9 |5.0 |4.1 |8.1 |8.5
North West London |10.0 |2.8 |2.5 |4.5 |4.9
SOLOTEC |20.1 |3.3 |9.1 |5.3 |14.7
South Thames |32.9 |9.1 |9.2 |15.4 |15.5
West London |17.3 |2.5 |6.6 |4.1 |13.6
South West
Avon |28.8 |6.1 |11.8 |10.3 |26.9
Devon/Cornwall |52.5 |9.0 |26.3 |15.7 |41.5
Dorset |16.5 |2.3 |7.3 |4.4 |17.9
Gloucestershire |13.9 |2.0 |6.6 |3.6 |15.7
Somerset |13.8 |2.1 |6.4 |4.1 |15.7
Wiltshire |14.7 |2.1 |6.8 |4.1 |16.7
West Midlands
Birmingham |49.8 |15.6 |20.6 |22.4 |36.7
Central England |11.7 |1.8 |5.1 |3.4 |10.9
Coventry/Warwickshire |25.4 |5.0 |11.9 |9.1 |27.3
Dudley |11.7 |2.5 |5.2 |4.4 |11.5
HAWTEC |11.8 |1.8 |5.5 |4.0 |13.5
Sandwell |12.0 |2.6 |5.5 |4.5 |13.3
Shropshire |14.7 |2.4 |7.7 |4.4 |17.3
Staffordshire |35.6 |5.4 |20.6 |9.3 |53.4
Walsall |10.0 |2.3 |4.3 |4.3 |11.3
Wolverhampton |12.1 |2.5 |5.2 |4.6 |10.8
East Midlands
Bedfordshire |11.7 |1.5 |5.3 |2.7 |12.0
Cambstec |6.4 |0.6 |2.6 |1.2 |5.8
Greater Nottingham |21.0 |4.1 |9.7 |6.5 |21.2
Greater Peterborough |9.3 |1.8 |4.5 |3.2 |10.4
Leicestershire |26.2 |4.0 |13.3 |6.5 |29.0
Lincolnshire |20.7 |3.7 |10.2 |6.7 |22.0
Norfolk/Waveney |22.6 |4.8 |10.7 |8.1 |24.3
Northamptonshire |13.8 |1.7 |6.6 |3.0 |14.5
North Derbyshire |10.6 |2.2 |5.1 |4.2 |11.6
North Nottinghamshire |17.1 |5.4 |7.4 |5.6 |16.2
South Derbyshire |18.3 |3.9 |8.6 |5.9 |18.5
Suffolk |15.5 |1.7 |9.5 |3.1 |15.0
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley/Doncaster |25.1 |5.5 |12.9 |9.5 |26.9
Bradford and District |20.8 |4.2 |10.6 |7.2 |18.2
Calderdale/Kirklees |21.4 |5.0 |9.7 |8.4 |20.0
Humberside |37.8 |8.5 |17.9 |14.2 |37.2
Leeds |21.3 |5.2 |8.8 |9.8 |17.0
North Yorkshire |17.6 |3.2 |8.0 |6.1 |16.8
Rotherham |12.5 |2.7 |5.6 |4.6 |11.1
Sheffield |23.4 |6.2 |9.5 |10.2 |20.4
Wakefield |12.5 |3.0 |5.3 |5.4 |10.8
North West
Bolton/Bury |14.4 |2.1 |6.9 |3.7 |14.8
Cewtec |21.0 |5.0 |9.5 |8.8 |19.4
Cumbria |17.7 |2.4 |9.7 |4.3 |21.3
Eltec |18.8 |3.5 |9.3 |6.0 |20.1
Lawtec |28.4 |4.9 |12.8 |8.5 |28.3
Manchester |39.3 |8.7 |16.4 |14.5 |36.3
Normidtec |14.6 |2.7 |7.2 |4.6 |15.4
Merseyside |51.0 |13.2 |22.8 |23.1 |47.6
Metrotec |11.3 |2.2 |5.3 |3.8 |11.0
Oldham |9.2 |1.5 |4.8 |2.8 |10.5
Qualitec |9.8 |2.0 |5.1 |3.4 |10.4
Rochdale |8.9 |2.1 |3.8 |3.8 |8.5
South and East Cheshire |12.8 |1.9 |6.5 |2.8 |22.3
Stockport |10.5 |1.6 |4.7 |2.9 |10.3
Northern
Durham |30.1 |8.5 |13.0 |14.4 |27.2
Northumberland |15.3 |2.9 |7.8 |5.4 |12.6
Teesside |33.5 |9.2 |15.7 |16.1 |32.2
Tyneside |40.5 |10.7 |17.0 |16.4 |34.5
Wearside |18.5 |5.2 |7.4 |9.3 |17.1
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Price Marking Order 1991
Mr. McFall : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representation he has received from the retail industry relating to the Price Marketing Order 1991.
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Mr. Leigh : My Department has received a number of representations from the British Retail Consortium, and its constituent organisations, expressing concern about how some aspects of the order apply to them.
Mr. McFall : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on his plans to amend the Price Marking Order 1991.
Mr. Leigh : This order has been looked at in detail in the light of representations received. The issues involved are complex, but my Department will be in a position to discuss the way forward with interested parties shortly.
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Nuclear Power
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what consultations and communications his Department has had in regard to the establishment of a structure for the forthcoming review of nuclear power ; and what criteria he plans to adopt in setting out the remit for the review.
Mr. Eggar : My Department is considering the form and content of the 1994 review of the future prospects for nuclear power in the United Kingdom including the need to provide for appropriate public and parliamentary consultation. The precise terms of reference will take account of any relevant conclusions reached as a result of the review of the coal industry currently being undertaken by my Department.
Pit Closures
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what environmental implications were taken into account in the original announcement for the closure of 31 pits.
Mr. Eggar : This is an operational matter for British Coal.
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Dr. Wright : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take to extend the support and resources provided to citizens advice bureaux to enable them to meet their increased work load.
Mr. Leigh : The Department of Trade and Industry funds the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux--NACAB--and the Citizens' Advice Scotland--CAS--which provide the central support services for the local bureaux in England, Wales and Scotland. Similarly, the Northern Ireland Office funds the Northern Ireland Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux-- NIACAB. Since 1982, the total grant in aid to these bodies has more than doubled from around £5.7 million in 1982-83 to around £12.6 million in 1991-92--an increase of more than 30 per cent. in real terms. Total grant in aid in 1992-93 is expected to be more than £13.2 million, representing a 5 per cent. increase over 1991-92 which is above the rate of inflation.
The funding of individual bureaux is a matter for local authorities based on their own assessment of local needs and the resources available. However, although the Government do not fund individual citizens advice bureaux, directly, the grant in aid to the central organisation does include provision to develop the local network through partnership agreements with local authorities on a strictly time-limited basis.
Supervisory Bodies
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what basis he will be reviewing the operations of the recognised supervisory bodies in 1993.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : When the supervisory bodies for auditors were granted recognition last year under the Companies Act 1989, it was agreed with them that it would be appropriate for the bodies to review jointly with my Department in 1993 the operation of their procedures for monitoring compliance by their members with their rules.
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Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what examination he made of the disciplinary procedures of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales before granting it recognised supervisory body status.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : My Department's examination of the institute's application for recognition as a supervisory body for auditors under part II of, and schedule 11 to, the Companies Act 1989 was such as to enable the Secretary of State to determine whether the statutory requirements were satisfied.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the relationship between the Auditing Practices Board and the recognised supervisory body regime established under the Companies Act 1989.
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