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Mr. Eggar : Coal stocks at power stations at 3 January 1993 totalled 31.5 million tonnes. Valuation of coal stocks at power stations is a matter for the generating company concerned.
Gross Domestic Product
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information he has on the percentage contribution of (a) the chemical industry and (b) the
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engineering industry to the GDP of (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) France, (iii) Germany and (iv) Italy in each of the last 20 years.Mr. Sainsbury : The information requested is published in National Accounts ESA, detailed tables by branch ; EUROSTAT relevant copies are available in the House of Commons Library.
Offshore Drilling
Mr. Ainger : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) pursuant to his answer of 18 January, Official Report, column 37, regarding environmental impact assessments prior to drilling in the Celtic sea, what special conditions he has plans to attach to any licences issued for blocks 103/2, 103/3, 103/6, 103/7, 106/25, 106/29, 107/21, 104/16, 104/17, 104/18, 104/19 and 104/21 ;
(2) what advice he received from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Countryside Council for Wales prior to including each of blocks 103/2, 103/3, 103/6, 103/7, 106/25, 106/29, 107/21, 104/16, 104/17, 104/18, 104/19 and 104/21 in the 14th round of offshore drilling licensing ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : In considering whether to offer blocks 103/2, 103/3, 103/6, 103/7, 106/25, 106/29, 107/21, 104/16, 104/17, 104/18, 104/19 and 104/21 in the 14th round, officials took account of the concerns of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee--JNCC--and the Countryside Council for Wales--CCW--regarding the ecological status of the area. On balance, the evidence did not justify the exclusion of these blocks from hydrocarbons exploration, but it was agreed that special conditions should be attached to each licence.
These special conditions have been agreed with the Department of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the JNCC, which has consulted the CCW. As part of the special conditions, licensees will be obliged to consult these organisations before undertaking any activity in these blocks. The conditions will reflect the concerns related to each block and to those elements of the environment potentially at risk.
Coal Industry
Dr. Marek : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the access allowed to Alan Oakes and Associates, consultants hired by Clwyd county council, to visit the Point of Ayr colliery for the purpose of assessing the pit's viability.
Mr. Eggar : This is a matter for British Coal.
Consultancy Reports
Mr. Tipping : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place copies of the consultancy reports from Caminus Energy, PIMS Associates Ltd. and Ernst and Young in the Library.
Mr. Eggar : The consultants' reports will be placed in the Library as soon as they are published.
Atomic Energy Authority
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what external financing limit has been set for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for 1993-94.
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Mr. Eggar : The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's external financing limit for 1993-94 will be minus £2.1 million.
Coal Industry
Mr. Janner : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on current employment in the coal mining industry.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 19 January 1993] : The total number of people employed by British Coal at the end of December 1992 was 48, 700. The total work force at deep mines licensed by British Coal at 30 September 1992--the latest available figure--was 1,683. No figures are held centrally for employees of contractors working at British Coal's own pits and opencast sites or of employment at opencast sites licensed by British Coal.
Electricity
Mr. Clapham : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the criteria agreed in 1990 which triggers compensation payments to the regional electricity companies if they have to take dearer electricity.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 19 January 1993] : The operation of contracts for differences between regional electricity
companies--RECs--and the generators, which hedge the RECs against increases in pool prices, is a commercial matter for the companies concerned.
Public Houses
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 738, if he will publish the information his Department holds on the purchasers of public houses under the Supply of Beer (Tied Estates) Order 1989 (S.I., 1989, No. 2390) ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Neil Hamilton [holding answer 20 January 1993] : As I explained in my answer of 13 January, the statutory undertakings given by the national brewers to provide the Director General of Fair Trading with information to enable him to monitor compliance with the order do not require them to provide details of the purchasers of public houses that are sold. However, my Department is aware of trade press estimates-- Publican, 11 January 1993--which suggest that since 1989 the number of pubs owned by independent retailers had increased by 8,000 while regional brewers have purchased a further 3,000 outlets.
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
High Court Judges
Mr. John Morris : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the current establishment of High Court judges ; and how many are currently in post.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Following a number of very recent promotions and retirements there are currently 83 High Court judges holding appointment out of a complement of 85, which is also the current statutory limit on their numbers. Steps are being taken to bring that number back to 85 as soon as is practicable.
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Mr. John Morris : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many sittings in the High Court there were in the last available week ; how many were taken by (a) High Court judges, (b) deputy High Court judges and (c) circuit judges, excluding appellate and divisional court sittings.
Mr. John M. Taylor : In the royal courts of justice in London in the week commencing 11 January 1993 there were 253 sittings in the three divisions of the High Court. Of these sittings 147 were taken by High Court judges, 59 were taken by circuit judges sitting as judges of the High Court and 47 were taken by deputies. These figures do not, of course, take account of the substantial number of sittings on High Court business and serious crime undertaken by High Court judges on circuits, for which figures for the week commencing 11 January 1993 are not yet available.
Mr. John Morris : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what progress is being made by the Lord Chancellor's committee on the work deployment and number of High Court judges ; when it is expected to report ; and whether the report will be published.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The group of senior judges and officials which has been asked to advise the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice on the work, deployment and numbers of High Court judges met first on 5 October 1992 and has met several times since then. It is hoped that their advice will be received soon. It is unclear yet whether the advice will be in a form which could be published, but as parliamentary and Privy Council approval is required to increase the statutory limit on the number of High Court judges any changes proposed to be made as a result of it would come into the public domain.
Possession Notices
Mr. Allen : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many (a) possession notices and (b) suspended possession notices have been served in the latest period of 12 months for which figures are available in the Nottinghamshire area ; and what were the corresponding figures for the previous period of 12 months.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Mortgage possession figures are collected by the number of actions entered, suspended orders and orders made. The table shows the information for each county court in Nottinghamshire during 1991 and 1992. The figures do not indicate how many houses have been repossessed through the courts as not all the orders will have resulted in the issue and execution of warrants of possession. At this stage, the 1992 figures are provisional and therefore liable to revision to take account of any late amendments. Figures on mortgage possession actions taken in each county court in England and Wales are published quarterly in an information bulletin which is placed in the Libraries of both Houses of Parliament. The figures covering the whole of 1991 and 1992 will be published on 27 January 1993.
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Mortgage possession actions entered and orders made in Nottinghamshire
county courts during 1991 and 1992
Actions enteSuspended orOrders made
Court |1991 |1992 |1991 |1992 |1991 |1992
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Mansfield |922 |601 |327 |261 |297 |298
Newark |161 |124 |37 |44 |75 |60
Nottingham |2,235|1,497|693 |657 |790 |613
Worksop |445 |340 |142 |138 |203 |133
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Nottinghamshire County Total |3,763|2,562|1,199|1,100|1,365|1,104
NATIONAL FINANCE
Maastricht Treaty
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress each of the 12 EC member states has made in reaching the convergence criteria of the Maastricht treaty.
Mr. Nelson : Article 109j of the Maastricht treaty gives to the Council the responsibility for determining whether or not a member state has met the necessary conditions for entry to stage 3 of economic and monetary union. The Council is required to make this judgment, taking into account reports from the Commission and European Monetary Institute on the extent to which a member state complies with criteria concerning the relative rate of inflation ; the Government's fiscal position ; observance of the normal fluctuation margins within the exchange rate mechanism--ERM ; and long-term interest rates. In addition, the reports must take account of a number of other factors, including the development of the ecu, the integration of markets, current account positions, and unit labour costs and other price indices.
A protocol attached to the treaty lays down figures for the convergence criteria regarding inflation and long-term interest rates. Another protocol sets out reference values for fiscal criteria which, if breached, might prompt a Commission report to the Council on the fiscal position of a member state--such a report being the basis on which the Council would judge whether or not an excessive deficit existed. However, definitions of the indicators of convergence have not yet been fully standardised and figures are therefore only indicative at this stage.
The current position of each member state, in respect of the convergence criteria, is given in the table. The criterion on participation in the ERM is that a member state has respected the normal fluctuation margins without severe tensions for at least the last two years. In particular, the member state shall not have devalued its currency's bilateral central rate against any other member state's currency on its own initiative for the same period. The following member states have been in the narrow band for at least two years : Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
|Latest inflation<1> |Budget balance<2> |General government |Longer bond yield<4>
|debt<3>
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Belgium |2.2 |-6.4 |132.2 |7.5
Denmark |1.4 |-2.0 |60.6 |8.5
France |2.1 |-2.2 |48.6 |7.8
Germany<5> |3.7 |-3.2 |41.8 |7.1
Greece |15.0 |-16.1 |82.9 |n/a
Ireland |2.3 |-1.9 |101.2 |<4>9.4
Italy |4.9 |-10.2 |102.7 |13.4
Luxembourg |2.9 |<2>2.6 |<3>6.3 |7.5
Netherlands |2.9 |-2.6 |77.0 |7.1
Portugal |8.6 |-6.1 |<3>68.6 |<4>9.9
Spain |5.1 |-4.9 |46.3 |12.1
United Kingdom |3.0 |-2.8 |36.5 |8.6
<1> November 1992; percentage change of consumer prices over previous 12 months.
<2> 1991 general government financial balance (as a percentage of GDP).
OECD Outlook (December 1992), except for Luxembourg (EC May 1992).
<3> 1991 gross debt of general government (as a percentage of GDP).
OECD Outlook (December 1992), except for Luxembourg and Portugal (EC May 1992).
<4> Yield on fixed interest government securities on 18 January 1993, except Ireland and Portugal (October 1992).
<5> Inflation and government debt figures are for western Germany.
Source: OECD and Eurostat.
Mortgage Repayments
Mr. Bayley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in (a) Great Britain, (b) the Yorkshire-Humberside region and (c) the York area have been helped under the scheme announced by him on 19 December 1991 to provide funding on concessional terms to help borrowers who are not on income support, but who face serious problems in paying their mortgages ; and what means have been used to assess the effectiveness of the scheme.
Mr. Nelson : I do not believe that it is possible to single out the specific effect of particular elements in the range of industry and Government measures which my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced following my meeting with the mortgage lenders-- Official Report, 19 December 1991, column 453.
As for the number of households helped by the package as a whole, one indicator is the latest published figures for possession actions in the county courts in England and Wales which indicate a fall of 16,563--32 per cent.--in the number of actions entered in the third quarter of 1992 compared with the third quarter of 1991. Over the same period possession actions entered in the Yorkshire and Humberside region fell by 1,428--38 per cent. ; and in the York and Malton area by 33--22 per cent.
Third World Debt
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government are taking to encourage British banks to cancel a proportion of debts owed to them by third-world countries.
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Mr. Nelson : The Government welcome the significant progress made by banks in reaching voluntary arrangements on debt relief with developing countries. The United Kingdom is financing its share of the International Monetary Fund and World bank resources used in support of these arrangements.
Drinks Duty
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what representations he has had on the harmonisation of drinks duties in the European Community ; and if he will make a statement ; (2) what discussions he has had with (a) his European Community counterparts and (b) the Scotch whisky industry and others on the harmonisation of drinks duties in the European Community ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) what discussions he has had with representatives of the Scotch whisky industry to discuss excise taxation ; what representations he has received on the taxation of Scotch whisky ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope : EC Finance Ministers have not discussed drinks duties since the adoption of the rates and structures directives last October. Treasury Ministers have since received many representations from the drinks trade on the subject of United Kingdom duties. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer met a delegation from the Scotch Whisky Association on 14 January to
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discuss its request for no increase in or revalorisation of the duty on spirits, and a narrowing of the duty differential between spirits and beer and wine. All these representations will be considered in the review of indirect taxation in the run-up to the Budget.Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his current estimate of the value of sales of Scotch whisky which would be lost in the event of the abolition of duty free ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope : Intra-EC duty-free sales of Scotch whisky are estimated to be worth around £50 million a year. We have no details on the value of non-EC duty-free sales of Scotch whisky. No estimates are available for the value of sales that would be lost in the event of abolition of duty-free sales.
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide details of (a) the amount and (b) the value of sales of (i) Scotch whisky and (ii) imported wine in cash and real terms in the United Kingdom for each year since 1979 ; and if he will list the percentage increase/decrease compared with the previous year.
Sir John Cope : Such information as is available is given in the table. The figures for whisky relate to home-produced mature whisky and whiskey. For wine, the figures relate to heavy, light and sparkling wine, the bulk of which is imported.
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(i) Whisky<1>
|Volume of whisky (thousand hectolitres of pure alcohol)<2>|Year-on-year percentage increase |Total expenditure (current market prices) |Year-on-year percentage increase |Total expenditure (constant 1985 prices) |Year-on-year percentage increase
[NL] |£ million |£ million
1984 |440.8 |1,561 |1,635
1985 |461.6 |4.7 |1,711 |9.6 |1,711 |4.6
1986 |456.2 |-1.2 |1,749 |2.3 |1,691 |-1.1
1987 |446.0 |-2.2 |1,765 |0.9 |1,650 |-2.4
1988 |451.8 |1.3 |1,858 |5.3 |1,669 |1.1
1989 |430.2 |-4.8 |1,862 |0.2 |1,590 |-4.7
1990 |413.5 |-3.9 |1,967 |5.6 |1,528 |-3.9
1991 |382.6 |-7.5 |2,065 |5.0 |1,419 |-7.1
<1> Home produced mature whisky and whiskey.
<2> Released from bond for domestic market.
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(ii) Wine<3>
|Volume of imported |Year-on-year |Total expenditure |Year-on-year |Total expenditure |Year-on-year
|wine (thousand |percentage increase|(current market |percentage increase|(constant 1985 |percentage increase
|hectolitres of pure |prices) |prices)
|alcohol)<4>
|£ million |£ million
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1984 |5,389.0 |2,473 |2,596
1985 |5,642.7 |4.7 |2,701 |9.2 |2,701 |4.0
1986 |5,901.7 |4.6 |2,834 |4.9 |2,788 |3.2
1987 |6,278.3 |6.4 |3,131 |10.5 |2,962 |6.2
1988 |6,482.5 |3.3 |3,343 |6.8 |3,067 |3.5
1989 |6,669.5 |2.9 |3,613 |8.1 |3,166 |3.2
1990 |6,636.3 |-0.5 |3,898 |7.9 |3,132 |-1.1
1991 |6,653.3 |0.3 |4,207 |7.9 |3,105 |-0.8
<3> Heavy, light and sparkling wine.
<4> Released from bond for domestic market.
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide details of the amount of taxation levied on Scotch whisky compared with that levied against wine for each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
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Sir John Cope : Firm data on duty receipts are only available for total spirits. Estimates can be made for all home-produced whisky and these are given in the table.
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£ millions
|Estimated duty and|Duty and
|consequential VAT |consequential VAT
|on whisky/whiskey |on wines
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1979-80 |647 |417
1980-81 |664 |449
1981-82 |717 |581
1982-83 |549 |582
1983-84 |941 |716
1984-85 |679 |745
1985-86 |822 |789
1986-87 |767 |801
1987-88 |803 |843
1988-89 |784 |902
1989-90 |748 |910
1990-91 |835 |984
1991-92 |856 |1,084
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will show how the rate at which Scotch whisky is taxed has varied compared with the rate at which wine is taxed from 1979 to date ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope : The information is as follows :--
Percentage change in duty rate
Year |Whisky |Wine of fresh grape
|5.5 per cent. to
|not exceeding 15
|per cent. strength
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1979 |0.0 |0.0
1980 |13.7 |0.0
1981 |14.6 |16.9
1982 |6.4 |12.2
1983 |5.0 |5.8
1984 |1.9 |<1>-19.9
1985 |1.9 |8.3
1986 |0.0 |0.0
1987 |0.0 |0.0
1988 |0.0 |4.5
1989 |0.0 |0.0
1990 |10.0 |7.7
1991 |9.3 |9.3
1992 |4.5 |4.5
<1> Due to duty restructuring
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the level of duty on a bottle of Scotch whisky in each of the EC member states ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope : Our latest information is for November 1992 and is as follows :
Excise duty on a 70cl bottle of Scotch whisky
Member state |National currency|Sterling
|Cost per 70cl |Duty per 70cl
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Belgium |178.00 |3.50
Denmark |102.77 |10.77
France |21.85 |2.62
Germany |7.13 |2.89
Greece |388.22 |1.22
Ireland |5.63 |5.98
Italy |2,603.32 |1.20
Luxembourg |106.29 |2.09
Netherlands |8.90 |3.20
Portugal |335.82 |1.53
Spain |203.00 |1.17
United Kingdom |5.55 |5.55
Notes:
1. Calculated using exchange rates as at 1 October 1992.
2. In most cases VAT is also charged at the standard rate applicable in
each member state.
Mrs. Ewing : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the annual amount of revenue accruing to the Exchequer in (a) cash and (b) real terms from the levying of excise duty on Scotch whisky for each year since 1979.
Sir John Cope : Firm data on duty receipts are available only for total spirits. Estimates can be made for all home-produced whisky and these are given in the table :
£ million
|Estimated duty and|In real terms at
|consequential VAT |1991-92 prices
|on whisky/whiskey
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1979-80 |647 |1,475
1980-81 |664 |1,301
1981-82 |717 |1,259
1982-83 |549 |901
1983-84 |941 |1,476
1984-85 |679 |1,014
1985-86 |822 |1,158
1986-87 |767 |1,047
1987-88 |803 |1,055
1988-89 |784 |971
1989-90 |748 |859
1990-91 |835 |875
1991-92 |856 |856
Correspondence
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when a reply will be sent to the letter written on 1 December 1992 by the hon. Member for Walsall, North regarding a constituent.
Mr. Dorrell : I wrote to the hon. Member yesterday ; I apologise for not being able to reply earlier.
Retail Prices Index
Mr. Burns : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to receive a report from the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee.
Mr. Lamont : I have today received a report from the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee. It makes recommendations on the treatment in the RPI of council tax and holidays. The full report is being published this afternoon as Cm 2142 and copies are available in the Vote Office.
In due course I will announce my response on the recommendations. The committee has not yet concluded its consideration of the treatment of owner -occupiers' housing costs and new cars.
Non-residents (Tax)
Mr. Burns : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchquer if he will make a statement on the application of the tax deduction at source arrangements to the payment of gross interest to non-residents by deposit-takers.
Mr. Dorrell : The tax deduction at source legislation provides, generally, that individuals who are not
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ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, and who make a declaration to that effect, can receive their interest without deduction of tax. However under existing rules a deposit-taker which is not a bank or a building society is required to deduct tax even when a declaration has been made.We have decided to remove this inconsistency by including legislation in the next Finance Bill to allow these deposit-takers to pay gross interest on the same footing as banks and building societies.
In the meantime, in anticipation of this legislation, and with my agreement, the Inland Revenue will not seek to recover tax from a deposit- taker which has paid gross interest to someone who is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and has provided the necessary declaration.
Germany (Coach Importation)
Mr. Fry : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make representations through the European Commission regarding the tax on the temporary importation of coach vehicles to Germany via any border being imposed on vehicles of another EC member state.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 19 January 1993] : There is some uncertainty surrounding the approach being adopted by Germany to coaches since the abolition of fiscal frontiers on 1 January 1993. HM Customs and Excise are seeking clarification of the situation with the Commission and other member states.
Income Statistics
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the increase in incomes since 1979 has gone to the top 1 per cent., 5 per cent., 10 per cent. and 20 per cent. of the population ; and what are the comparable figures for the USA, Japan, Germany and France.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 11 January 1993] : The data requested in the question are not readily available. However, information for the United Kingdom on changes in income shares and real incomes was contained in replies my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, North (Mr. Burt), the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security gave to the hon. Member for Bradford, West (Mr. Madden) on 2 December 1992 at column 100 and the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms. Harman) on 7 December at column 506.
PRIME MINISTER
Iraq
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's discussions with the Government of Jordan on the efficacy of military intervention in Iraq.
The Prime Minister : Since the invasion of Kuwait we have had frequent discussions with the Jordanians on the situation in Iraq. We have discussed the allies' latest military action in Iraq with Jordanian officials.
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EDUCATION
Education Spending
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list for each education authority, the amount per pupil spent on (a) under-fives, (b) primary, (c) 11 to 16 and (d) post-16 education for the last three years for which figures are available.
Mr. Forth : Available expenditure data cover nursery and primary schools, or secondary schools, as a whole, and cannot be disaggregated between particular age ranges. The latest year for which information on actual expenditure by local education authorities is available is 1990-91. The tables indicate, for each local education authority in England, the average school-based expenditure per pupil in nursery and primary schools and in secondary schools in each year from 1988-89 to 1990-91.
Net institutional expenditure per pupil in nursery and
primary
schools
|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91
|£ |£ |£
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ILEA |1,605 |1,835 |-
City |- |- |1,950
Camden |- |- |1,710
Greenwich |- |- |1,720
Hackney |- |- |1,900
Hammersmith |- |- |1,970
Islington |- |- |1,770
Kensington |- |- |2,060
Lambeth |- |- |1,840
Lewisham |- |- |1,710
Southwark |- |- |1,850
Tower Hamlets |- |- |1,940
Wandsworth |- |- |1,820
Westminster |- |- |2,110
Barking |1,255 |1,360 |1,460
Barnet |1,250 |1,370 |1,550
Bexley |1,100 |1,215 |1,260
Brent |1,375 |1,425 |1,670
Bromley |1,165 |1,290 |1,410
Croydon |1,180 |1,200 |1,440
Ealing |1,385 |1,485 |1,690
Enfield |1,110 |1,220 |1,430
Haringey |n/a |n/a |1,840
Harrow |1,115 |1,230 |1,480
Havering |1,095 |1,155 |1,290
Hillingdon |1,195 |1,305 |1,540
Hounslow |1,270 |n/a |1,510
Kingston-upon-Thames |1,175 |1,265 |1,430
Merton |1,210 |1,345 |1,750
Newham |1,360 |1,445 |1,490
Redbridge |1,070 |1,150 |1,350
Richmond upon Thames |1,180 |1,375 |1,530
Sutton |1,090 |1,215 |1,360
Waltham Forest |1,250 |1,430 |1,570
Birmingham |1,040 |1,130 |1,260
Coventry |1,065 |1,195 |1,300
Dudley |1,020 |1,085 |1,230
Sandwell |1,175 |1,275 |1,450
Solihull |1,040 |1,160 |1,240
Walsall |1,200 |1,255 |1,510
Wolverhampton |1,190 |1,320 |1,390
Knowsley |1,165 |1,235 |1,390
Liverpool |1,150 |1,225 |1,290
St. Helens |1,050 |1,170 |1,210
Sefton |1,015 |1,110 |1,260
Wirral |1,070 |1,225 |1,280
Bolton |1,015 |1,130 |1,220
Bury |1,080 |1,190 |1,190
Manchester |n/a |n/a |1,320
Oldham |1,125 |1,295 |1,370
Rochdale |990 |1,170 |1,200
Salford |1,085 |1,200 |1,270
Stockport |1,035 |1,095 |1,260
Tameside |1,115 |1,235 |1,320
Trafford |1,050 |1,130 |1,170
Wigan |1,025 |1,090 |1,140
Barnsley |1,065 |1,145 |1,260
Doncaster |1,175 |1,255 |1,250
Rotherham |1,125 |1,245 |1,340
Sheffield |1,230 |1,315 |1,390
Bradford |1,160 |1,275 |1,500
Calderdale |1,145 |1,140 |1,440
Kirklees |1,110 |1,205 |1,300
Leeds |1,155 |1,255 |1,430
Wakefield |n/a |n/a |1,340
Gateshead |1,180 |1,245 |1,390
Newcastle upon Tyne |1,225 |1,320 |1,520
North Tyneside |1,145 |n/a |1,310
South Tyneside |1,150 |1,255 |1,290
Sunderland |1,005 |1,155 |1,280
Avon |1,050 |1,195 |1,320
Bedfordshire |1,115 |1,240 |1,380
Berkshire |1,030 |1,105 |1,340
Buckinghamshire |1,065 |1,170 |1,320
Cambridgeshire |1,005 |1,115 |1,260
Cheshire |960 |1,050 |1,260
Cleveland |1,075 |1,150 |1,230
Cornwall |1,010 |1,095 |1,190
Cumbria |1,140 |1,265 |1,340
Derbyshire |1,080 |1,235 |1,370
Devon |975 |1,095 |1,310
Dorset |1,020 |1,120 |1,290
Durham |1,130 |1,225 |1,370
East Sussex |1,025 |1,125 |1,240
Essex |1,050 |1,150 |1,240
Gloucestershire |1,010 |1,140 |1,200
Hampshire |1,040 |1,125 |1,260
Hereford and Worcester |1,000 |1,145 |1,360
Hertfordshire |1,130 |1,245 |1,340
Humberside |1,155 |1,265 |1,280
Isle of Wight |1,055 |1,120 |1,250
Kent |935 |1,030 |1,120
Lancashire |985 |1,090 |1,310
Leicestershire |1,085 |1,180 |1,290
Lincolnshire |1,005 |1,110 |1,210
Norfolk |1,070 |1,160 |1,280
North Yorkshire |1,030 |1,100 |1,230
Northamptonshire |1,005 |1,095 |1,230
Northumberland |1,090 |1,175 |1,320
Nottinghamshire |1,115 |1,255 |1,390
Oxfordshire |1,125 |1,205 |1,570
Shropshire |1,075 |1,160 |1,350
Somerset |1,025 |1,145 |1,230
Staffordshire |1,050 |1,155 |1,270
Suffolk |1,020 |1,120 |1,310
Surrey |1,050 |1,140 |1,340
Warwickshire |1,025 |1,140 |1,220
West Sussex |1,005 |1,145 |1,240
Wiltshire |1,045 |1,125 |1,260
Net institutional expenditure per pupil in secondary
schools
|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91
|£ |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------
ILEA |2,505 |2,725 |-
Camden |- |- |2,290
Greenwich |- |- |2,390
Hackney |- |- |2,710
Hammersmith |- |- |2,670
Islington |- |- |2,440
Kensington |- |- |2,900
Lambeth |- |- |2,580
Lewisham |- |- |2,430
Southwark |- |- |2,350
Tower Hamlets |- |- |2,490
Wandsworth |- |- |2,520
Westminster |- |- |2,580
Barking |1,970 |2,200 |2,300
Barnet |1,820 |1,925 |2,110
Bexley |1,685 |1,820 |1,970
Brent |2,305 |2,225 |2,360
Bromley |1,770 |1,955 |2,220
Croydon |2,040 |1,935 |2,080
Ealing |2,145 |2,345 |2,580
Enfield |1,715 |1,815 |2,080
Haringey |n/a |n/a |2,590
Harrow |1,740 |1,975 |2,320
Havering |1,860 |1,990 |2,140
Hillingdon |1,870 |2,005 |2,340
Hounslow |1,895 |n/a |2,080
Kingston-upon-Thames |1,905 |2,120 |2,240
Merton |1,660 |1,925 |1,990
Newham |2,140 |2,310 |2,410
Redbridge |1,735 |1,855 |2,120
Richmond upon Thames |1,645 |1,790 |1,990
Sutton |1,630 |1,750 |2,080
Waltham Forest |2,435 |2,490 |2,650
Birmingham |1,640 |1,800 |2,050
Coventry |1,940 |2,180 |2,340
Dudley |1,840 |1,915 |2,100
Sandwell |1,885 |2,120 |2,300
Solihull |1,650 |1,835 |2,080
Walsall |1,885 |1,995 |2,260
Wolverhampton |1,745 |1,970 |2,120
Knowsley |1,990 |2,105 |2,230
Liverpool |1,905 |2,060 |2,250
St. Helens |1,710 |1,965 |1,960
Sefton |1,600 |1,715 |2,030
Wirral |1,750 |1,970 |2,110
Bolton |1,635 |1,795 |1,990
Bury |1,730 |1,860 |1,810
Manchester |n/a |n/a |2,150
Oldham |1,590 |1,760 |1,940
Rochdale |1,695 |2,050 |2,140
Salford |1,860 |2,140 |2,190
Stockport |1,730 |1,860 |2,030
Tameside |1,660 |1,770 |1,950
Trafford |1,710 |1,920 |2,080
Wigan |1,850 |2,000 |2,100
Barnsley |1,645 |1,795 |1,820
Doncaster |1,655 |1,805 |1,860
Rotherham |1,635 |1,810 |1,960
Sheffield |1,810 |1,920 |2,150
Bradford |1,605 |1,635 |1,780
Calderdale |1,665 |1,665 |2,090
Kirklees |1,620 |1,765 |1,920
Leeds |1,545 |1,715 |1,920
Wakefield |n/a |n/a |1,940
Gateshead |1,770 |1,865 |2,080
Newcastle upon Tyne |1,870 |1,980 |1,990
North Tyneside |1,785 |n/a |1,940
South Tyneside |1,825 |2,010 |2,140
Sunderland |1,670 |1,845 |1,930
Avon |1,630 |1,795 |1,940
Bedfordshire |1,635 |1,815 |1,880
Berkshire |1,570 |1,735 |1,950
Buckinghamshire |1,715 |1,850 |2,050
Cambridgeshire |1,480 |1,640 |1,880
Cheshire |1,545 |1,715 |1,950
Cleveland |1,770 |1,915 |2,090
Cornwall |1,525 |1,690 |1,890
Cumbria |1,685 |1,845 |2,030
Derbyshire |1,755 |1,975 |2,110
Devon |1,535 |1,705 |1,950
Dorset |1,490 |1,630 |1,810
Durham |1,575 |1,735 |1,990
East Sussex |1,565 |1,765 |1,980
Essex |1,635 |1,800 |1,950
Gloucestershire |1,545 |1,735 |1,910
Hampshire |1,580 |1,790 |1,970
Hereford and Worcestershire |1,440 |1,635 |1,840
Hertfordshire |1,740 |1,900 |2,070
Humberside |1,690 |1,765 |1,910
Isle of Wight |1,495 |1,575 |1,760
Kent |1,475 |1,565 |1,800
Lancashire |1,620 |1,810 |1,950
Leicestershire |1,770 |1,900 |2,090
Lincolnshire |1,505 |1,630 |1,910
Norfolk |1,585 |1,810 |1,990
North Yorkshire |1,595 |1,760 |2,020
Northamptonshire |1,545 |1,685 |1,800
Northumberland |1,630 |1,645 |1,810
Nottinghamshire |1,745 |1,960 |2,220
Oxfordshire |1,660 |1,810 |2,160
Shropshire |1,690 |1,855 |2,100
Somerset |1,570 |1,745 |1,850
Staffordshire |1,610 |1,790 |1,930
Suffolk |1,485 |1,820 |2,020
Surrey |1,635 |1,675 |2,100
Warwickshire |1,635 |1,765 |1,890
West Sussex |1,530 |1,745 |1,910
Wiltshire |1,555 |1,700 |1,890
Notes to tables:
1. Figures are derived from LEAs' returns of their spending
to the Department of the Environment and of their pupil
numbers to the Department for Education. They include
school-based spending on salaries and wages, recurrent
premises costs, books, equipment and other supplies and
services. For 1990-91 they also include unspent balances
held by schools at the year end under local management
schemes. Figures exclude spending on home to school
transport,
school meals, LEAs' central administration and financing
costs of capital expenditure.
2. "n/a" indicates that a return was not received from the
LEA. Figures for 1988-89 and 1989-90 are rounded to the
nearest £5, and for 1990-91 to the nearest £10.
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list for each education authority, the amount per pupil spent on special needs education, the total spent on special needs education and the percentage this represents of the total education budget, for the last year for which figures are available.
Mr. Forth : The latest year for which information on actual expenditure is available is 1990-91. The table indicates, for each local education authority in England, net institutional expenditure per pupil in maintained special schools or receiving education otherwise than at school provided by each local education authority ; total net recurrent expenditure on special education ; and the percentage this represents of the LEA's total net recurrent expenditure on education. The figures for special education exclude expenditure on pupils with special needs attending primary and secondary schools and on services such as child guidance and educational psychology, as the relevant data are not collected separately.
Column 347
|Net institutional |Net recurrent |Net recurrent
|expenditure per |expenditure special|expenditure,
|pupil |education |special education
|as a percentage of
|all education
Local education |£ |£'000s |Per cent.
authority
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Camden |13,230 |5,857 |8.9
Greenwich |15,190 |13,049 |12.7
Hackney |7,920 |6,369 |6.0
Hammersmith |13,590 |4,114 |7.2
Islington |11,290 |5,065 |6.1
Kensington |15,300 |2,088 |5.1
Lambeth |9,120 |12,518 |10.3
Lewisham |11,370 |8,342 |7.6
Southwark |12,900 |8,181 |7.9
Tower Hamlets |11,090 |7,575 |7.1
Wandsworth |14,950 |9,102 |8.8
Westminster |8,390 |4,956 |6.2
Barking |16,800 |3,828 |6.7
Barnet |8,590 |5,982 |6.2
Bexley |7,330 |4,796 |6.5
Brent |11,170 |7,165 |6.0
Bromley |8,680 |5,754 |6.6
Croydon |6,820 |4,058 |3.3
Ealing |8,820 |10,244 |7.9
Enfield |10,510 |7,822 |7.7
Haringey |9,140 |5,070 |4.9
Harrow |14,120 |5,582 |7.3
Havering |6,500 |3,519 |4.4
Hillingdon |9,340 |5,965 |7.0
Hounslow |8,460 |6,876 |8.5
Kingston upon Thames |7,520 |3,196 |6.7
Merton |9,450 |4,183 |7.0
Newham |11,350 |7,001 |6.7
Redbridge |7,760 |5,624 |7.4
Richmond upon Thames |8,440 |2,613 |5.4
Sutton |6,020 |3,811 |6.7
Waltham Forest |10,680 |6,219 |6.7
Birmingham |8,010 |25,526 |6.6
Coventry |9,040 |8,503 |6.4
Dudley |7,310 |6,456 |6.0
Sandwell |5,600 |6,699 |5.4
Solihull |12,080 |4,453 |6.3
Walsall |7,630 |4,941 |4.2
Wolverhampton |7,030 |4,588 |4.3
Knowsley |6,790 |5,091 |7.0
Liverpool |5,880 |12,648 |6.4
St. Helens |6,340 |5,124 |7.1
Sefton |5,370 |4,892 |4.7
Wirrall |6,750 |8,316 |6.3
Bolton |6,550 |4,909 |5.0
Bury |6,130 |3,649 |5.5
Manchester |8,670 |14,738 |7.7
Oldham |5,990 |4,664 |5.5
Rochdale |6,990 |5,197 |6.0
Salford |7,800 |5,379 |6.1
Stockport |7,140 |6,404 |6.3
Tameside |8,250 |5,023 |6.4
Trafford |6,550 |3,709 |5.0
Wigan |7,070 |7,850 |6.6
Barnsley |9,750 |2,959 |4.0
Doncaster |4,240 |4,578 |4.2
Rotherham |7,260 |7,232 |7.6
Sheffield |11,470 |10,281 |5.5
Bradford |9,950 |10,716 |5.3
Calderdale |6,480 |2,491 |3.3
Kirklees |8,200 |7,270 |4.9
Leeds |6,380 |8,665 |3.4
Wakefield |5,630 |5,828 |5.2
Gateshead |8,110 |4,549 |6.2
Newcastle upon Tyne |9,430 |6,597 |6.2
North Tyneside |8,520 |5,363 |7.3
South Tyneside |6,560 |2,797 |4.4
Sunderland |5,740 |5,125 |4.8
Avon |7,590 |20,867 |6.5
Bedfordshire |6,700 |11,258 |5.6
Berkshire |6,880 |16,974 |6.7
Buckinghamshire |6,450 |15,866 |6.8
Cambridgeshire |8,890 |12,396 |5.4
Cheshire |9,570 |22,415 |6.5
Cleveland |6,390 |11,040 |4.7
Cornwall |7,040 |5,265 |3.4
Cumbria |9,050 |5,819 |3.3
Derbyshire |8,860 |19,722 |5.6
Devon |5,590 |17,405 |5.5
Dorset |4,960 |10,179 |5.3
Durham |8,470 |12,427 |5.8
East Sussex |7,650 |16,137 |8.2
Essex |7,010 |30,704 |6.1
Gloucestershire |7,590 |14,675 |8.0
Hampshire |6,250 |35,309 |7.1
Herefordshire and Worcestershire |5,040 |10,869 |4.9
Hertfordshire |8,760 |23,326 |6.5
Humberside |12,310 |18,764 |5.8
Isle of Wight |4,270 |2,062 |4.9
Kent |5,360 |31,992 |6.8
Lancashire |7,760 |40,346 |7.7
Leicestershire |7,940 |13,595 |4.1
Lincolnshire |9,250 |14,985 |8.0
Norfolk |9,480 |13,304 |5.7
North Yorkshire |8,950 |13,987 |5.9
Northamptonshire |8,620 |13,123 |6.4
Northumberland |7,820 |5,549 |5.0
Nottinghamshire |6,310 |17,382 |4.7
Oxfordshire |8,420 |9,362 |4.8
Shropshire |7,880 |7,776 |5.2
Somerset |13,890 |11,962 |7.3
Staffordshire |6,720 |17,723 |5.0
Suffolk |6,170 |8,817 |4.4
Surrey |6,690 |21,942 |7.2
Warwickshire |8,120 |13,263 |7.7
West Sussex |5,740 |13,193 |6.5
Wiltshire |6,610 |11,751 |5.9
Note to table
1. Figures are derived from LEAs' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment and of their
pupil numbers to the Department for Education.
2. Net institutional expenditure covers the costs of salaries and wages, recurrent premises costs, books,
equipment and other supplies and services. It excludes the costs of home to school transport, school meals,
LEAs' central administration, and financing costs of capital expenditure.
3. Net recurrent expenditure includes all expenditure other than on financing of capital expenditure, less
income other than from specific
grants.
4. The variations in the figures between LEAs partly reflect the geographical distribution of different kinds of
special schools and partly differences in policies of integration of pupils with special needs into ordinary
schools.
Nursery Education
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list in rank order the latest available figures for the percentage of three and four-year-olds in nursery education for each local education authority in England.
Mr. Forth : Estimates of the percentage of three and four-year-olds in maintained nursery schools or nursery classes in maintained primary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1991 were published in column (xvii) of table 1 of statistical bulletin 5/92. A copy of this bulletin is available in the Library.
However, data which have since become available from the 1991 census of population suggest that the estimates of the three and four-year-old population in each local education authority used in bulletin 5/92 are in need of revision in some cases, and therefore that the percentages in column (xvii) of table 1 also need to be revised. The percentages as they stand do not therefore provide a reliable basis for a listing of local education authorities in rank order.
It is however not yet possible to re-calculate the percentages in bulletin 5/92 more accurately, or to update them to 1992, because not all of the population estimates required for this purpose are available on a post- census basis.
Teacher Salaries
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will list, for each education authority not in receipt of area cost adjustment, the average teacher's salary for the last year that figures are available ;
(2) if he will list, for each education authority in receipt of area cost adjustment, the average teacher's salary for the last year that figures are available.
Mr. Forth : The most recent date for which figures are available is 31 March 1990.
The area cost adjustment is designed to compensate local authorities in London and south-east England for additional employment costs incurred in that region. It is based on evidence of general market earnings levels drawn from the annual new earnings survey.
Some care must be taken in drawing parallels between differentials in average teacher salaries and the area cost adjustment. First, in the field of education, the adjustment compensates for the additional labour costs which apply to all types of staff employed in educational work. While approximately three quarters of total local authority education expenditure is on labour costs, in the current year only half this total expenditure relates to teachers' pay. Secondly, the average salary figures given below do not necessarily fully reflect the higher costs of employing teachers in the south-east, since in order to attract teaching staff, authorities in that region have generally found it necessary to offer additional incentives, particularly to help with the costs of housing. With these qualifications, the average teacher's salary was, for education authorities which receive area cost adjustment :
Column 352
|£
------------------------------
ILEA |16,662
Barking |16,635
Barnet |16,075
Bexley |16,322
Brent |17,059
Bromley |16,581
Croydon |16,522
Ealing |16,781
Enfield |16,116
Haringey |16,692
Harrow |15,982
Havering |16,065
Hillingdon |16,411
Hounslow |16,118
Kingston |16,236
Merton |17,137
Newham |17,233
Redbridge |16,163
Richmond |15,939
Sutton |16,312
Waltham Forest |16,182
Bedfordshire |15,501
Berkshire |15,581
Buckinghamshire |15,283
East Sussex |15,315
Essex |15,513
Hampshire |15,236
Hertfordshire |15,531
Isle of Wight |15,193
Kent |15,492
Oxfordshire |15,453
Surrey |15,639
West Sussex |15,252
Isles of Scilly |15,023
The average teacher's salary was, for local education authorities which do not receive area cost adjustment :
|£
------------------------------
Birmingham |15,489
Coventry |15,520
Dudley |15,079
Sandwell |15,309
Solihull |15,380
Walsall |15,310
Wolverhampton |15,314
Knowsley |15,447
Liverpool |15,531
St. Helens |15,289
Sefton |15,577
Wirral |15,202
Bolton |15,034
Bury |15,373
Manchester |15,672
Oldham |14,898
Rochdale |15,272
Salford |15,348
Stockport |15,350
Tameside |15,256
Trafford |15,379
Wigan |15,526
Barnsley |15,201
Doncaster |15,369
Rotherham |15,198
Sheffield |15,706
Bradford |14,960
Calderdale |15,381
Kirklees |15,182
Leeds |15,421
Wakefield |15,390
Gateshead |15,592
Newcastle |15,428
North Tyneside |15,298
South Tyneside |15,236
Sunderland |15,175
Avon |15,477
Cambridgeshire |15,196
Cheshire |15,477
Cleveland |15,349
Cornwall |15,499
Cumbria |15,409
Derbyshire |15,349
Devon |15,245
Dorset |15,363
Durham |15,399
Gloucestershire |15,264
Hereford |15,496
Humberside |15,531
Lancashire |15,318
Leicestershire |15,434
Lincolnshire |15,484
Norfolk |15,432
North Yorkshire |15,352
Northampton |15,273
Northumberland |15,496
Nottinghamshire |15,472
Shropshire |15,441
Somerset |15,341
Staffordshire |15,530
Suffolk |15,220
Warwickshire |15,542
Wiltshire |15,198
All these figures are average salaries of full-time teachers in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, including grant-maintained schools.
Dronfield School, Derbyshire
Mr. Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the cost of the services of the Electoral Reform Society in conducting the ballot on grant-maintained status at the Dronfield school in Derbyshire.
Mr. Forth : The cost of the services of the Electoral Reform Society in conducting the ballot on grant-maintained status at the Dronfield school was £350.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Olner : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the cost for the printing and distribution of the pack of information relating to grant maintained conferences for heads and governors, midlands.
Mr. Forth : The conference material for the events to be held in Leicester in February and in Nottingham and Birmingham in March comprised a letter of invitation and a copy of the standard grant maintained information pack. Production costs for the information packs were approximately £5,500. The mailing of invitations and packs fell within the terms of the contract with the departmental dispatch centre and distribution costs cannot be identified separately.
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