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Sir John Cope : The information is as follows :
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Excise duty on Estimated
spirits (£ per whisky/whiskey duty
litre of pure in real terms
alcohol)
Date of Budget |Rate |Rate in real terms |£ millions
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1978 11 April<1> |10.44 |28.95 |1977-78 |1,278
1979 12 June<1> |10.44 |25.62 |1978-79 |1,495
1980 27 March |11.87 |25.39 |1979-80 |1,303
1981 11 March |13.60 |25.82 |1980-81 |1,131
1982 10 March |14.47 |24.91 |1981-82 |1,095
1983 16 March |15.19 |24.99 |1982-83 |<2>784
1984 14 March |15.48 |24.18 |1983-84 |<2>1,284
1985 20 March |15.77 |23.23 |1984-85 |882
1986 18 March<1> |15.77 |22.29 |1985-86 |1,007
1987 17 March<1> |15.77 |21.43 |1986-87 |911
1988 15 March<1> |15.77 |20.71 |1987-88 |917
1989 14 March<1> |15.77 |19.20 |1988-89 |844
1990 20 March |17.35 |19.54 |1989-90 |747
1991 19 March |18.96 |19.72 |1990-91 |761
1992 10 March |19.81 |19.81 |1991-92 |730
<1>No change in duty rate.
<2>Receipts in 1982-83 and 1983-84 were substantially affected by the introduction of duty deferment on wines and
spirits in February 1983. If duty deferment had not been available, receipts of duty from spirits in 1982-83
would have been higher than those recorded and conversely lower than recorded in 1983-84.
The real terms figures have been calculated using the RPI. Estimated whisky duty is at 1991-92 prices. Duty rates are at March 1992 prices and use the RPI applying in the Budget month where as December RPI is normally used or revalorisation.
For information on the percentage duty changes I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to him on 20 January 1993, at column 256.
Stock Exchange
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage and amount of the equities bought on the stock exchange are bought by (a) pension funds, (b) insurance companies and (c) each other type of financial institution ; and how these percentages have changed since 1979 ;
(2) what percentage of shares bought on the stock exchange is bought by (a) financial institutions and (b) individuals.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 26 January 1993] : The amount and percentage of ordinary shares, in terms of market capitalisation, owned in United Kingdom companies listed on the London stock exchange, excluding issues on the unlisted securities market, as at 1 January 1992 are set out in the table.
|£ billion |Percentage
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Pension funds |165.0 |31.1
Insurance companies |109.7 |20.7
Banks |1.1 |0.2
Unit trusts |30.4 |5.7
Other financial institutions |14.5 |2.8
All financial institutions |320.7 |60.5
Individuals |104.8 |19.8
Unincorporated businesses |1.3 |0.2
Non-profit making bodies |11.4 |2.2
Public sector |6.8 |1.2
Industrial and commercial companies |17.5 |3.3
Overseas |67.8 |12.8
All sectors |530.2 |100.0
Note: Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
Other financial institutions comprise : building societies, unit trusts, securities dealers and other miscellaneous financial institutions. They also include SEPON--the stock exchange account into which shares are placed while in transit between buyer and seller--in 1992, amounting to around £3.1 billion and around 0.6 per cent. Comparable figures for 1979 are not available, but percentages for 1981, the nearest available year, are as follows :
|per cent.
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Pension Funds |26.7
Insurance Companies |20.5
Banks |0.3
Unit Trusts |3.6
Other Financial institutions |6.8
|-------
All Financial Institutions |57.9
Individuals) |28.2
Unincorporated businesses)
Non-profit making bodies |2.2
Public Sector |3.0
Industrial and commercial companies |5.1
Overseas |3.6
|-------
Total |100.0
Further details and information for earlier periods is available in an article "The 1992 Share Register Survey", published in "Economic Trends" No. 466 which is available from the Library.
Appointments
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will update the information given in his answer to the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Redmond) on 4 November 1992, Official Report, columns 270-74 ; and if he will state the political affiliation of the appointees where known.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 4 February 1993] : There have been only two changes to the list of appointees to the public bodies for which the Chancellor is responsible. Dr. C. Swan, Garter King of Arms, has been appointed as a member of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee. Mr. N. Fox Bassett, lawyer, has been appointed to the Building Societies Commission.
No details are held of the political affiliation of appointees to any of the public bodies for which the Chancellor is responsible.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Pit Closures
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from mining equipment manufacturing companies about the effects on export and domestic business of a programme of pit closures.
Mr. Eggar : Representations have been made both by a number of individual companies and their trade associations. The Government have made it clear that they will give every proper assistance to the industry, including help to build upon their impressive export record.
My hon. Friend the Minister for Trade and I intend to meet representatives from the industry again shortly.
Dr. Wright : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total cost of the consultants' reports commissioned as part of the review of the coal industry.
Mr. Eggar : The estimated total cost to the Department of consultants commissioned to carry out studies and advise in respect of the coal review is £1.4 million.
Electricity
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what consideration he has given to (a) the competition and (b) other implications of the granting of
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permission to individual large users of electricity to buy electricity directly from a generator at a cheaper rate than other industrial users ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Eggar : My Department is in dialogue with larger users of electricity about their electricity prices. We have noted the recommendations by the Trade and Industry Select Committee that large users with unvarying demand should be able to bypass the pool and that the fossil fuel levy should be tapered, so that larger users pay a lower percentage.
Engineering Employers Federation
Mr. Leighton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from the Engineering Employers Federation on industrial strategy since October 1992 ; and what response he has made.
Mr. Sainsbury : Ministers and officials at my Department have a continuing dialogue with the EEF. My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade wrote to the EEF on 14 December in response to the launch of the EEF's industrial strategy document and is due to meet with representatives of the EEF shortly.
Intellectual Property Rights
Dr. Moonie : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what actions his Department is taking in order to incorporate considerations relating to intellectual property rights in the Uruguay round of the GATT negotiations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : The draft final act of the GATT Uruguay round presented by the GATT director general, Mr. Dunkel, in December 1991 included an agreement on trade-related intellectual property rights. The views of business, industry and other organisations were actively sought and carefully considered as part of the negotiations. The draft agreement is considered to be a good text which we are encouraging other countries to accept without any amendments, as part of an overall agreement in the Uruguay round.
Energy Policy
Mr. Mike O'Brien : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what response he is making to section VII on opencast, of the first report of Session 1992-93 from the Trade and Industry Committee on British energy policy and the market for coal ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The findings of the Trade and Industry Committee report are being considered and the Government will respond in due course.
Fuel Prices
Mr. Churchill : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish his estimate of the trend in world prices of oil, natural gas and coal over the next 10, 20 and 30 years.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 5 February 1993] : As part of a study of energy-related CO emissions the Department of Trade and Industry recently published a range of fuel price assumptions in Energy Paper No. 59, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.
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Radiation Emergencies
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he has made to the Health and Safety Commission's emergency planning consultative document No. 32 concerning the definition of zones for radiation emergencies.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 25 January 1993] : I have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, together with the Secretary of State for Scotland, has responsibility for the regulations proposed in this consultative document. The consultative document proposed that the existing arrangements for determining the scope of detailed and extended planning should continue following the introduction of the Off- Site Plan (Licensed Nuclear Installations) Regulations. Some commentators sought a wider planning area, but most supported the existing basis for planning.
Regional Preferential Assistance
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a breakdown of regional preferential assistance in constant prices for each United Kingdom region for each year since 1980-81.
Mr. Sainsbury [holding answer 27 January 1993] : I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 5 June to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn), Official Report, columns 675-78. The regional schemes that were included in the answer are the same as those that make up regional preferential assistance.
International Atomic Energy Authority
Mr. Hain : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from the International Atomic Energy Authority concerning increased levels of funding ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 4 February 1993] : None. I expect the agency to submit proposals for its regular budget in March.
EDUCATION
Class Sizes
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average class size in Hampshire in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each year since 1987 as calculated (i) including non- teaching heads and (ii) excluding non-teaching heads.
Mr. Forth : The average sizes of classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary and secondary schools in Hampshire local education authority for each year 1987 to 1992 are shown in the table. The figures may include some classes taught by head teachers, but it is not possible to identify these classes separately.
Average sizes of classes taught by one teacher-Hampshire LEA
|Primary schools |Secondary schools
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1992 |26.5 |20.7
1991 |26.8 |20.6
1990 |26.0 |20.4
1989 |26.0 |20.4
1988 |26.0 |20.5
1987 |25.8 |21.0
Primary Education
Mr. Denham : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the average spending per primary school pupil in Southampton in 1979 and in 1992 on (a) teaching costs and (b) non-teaching costs ; and if he will express those figures in actual and 1979 values.
Mr. Forth : The information requested is collected by local education authorities only, so separate figures are not available for Southampton. Average net institutional expenditure per pupil in primary and nursery schools in Hampshire are shown in the table. The table shows spending in cash for 1979-80 and 1990-91, the latest year for which information on actual spending is available, and at 1979-80 prices.
|Teaching costs |Non-Teaching costs
|£ |£
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1979-80 (cash) |274 |110
1990-91 (cash) |830 |431
1990-91 (in 1979-80 prices) |383 |199
Notes to table:
1. Net institutional expenditure covers the direct costs in schools of salaries and
wages, premises and certain supplies and services. It does not include the costs of
school meals, home to school transport, LEA central administration, and financing
costs of capital expenditure. For 1990-91, figures include unspent balances held by
schools at the year end under local management of schools schemes.
2. Figures for teaching posts include gross salaries and employers' national
insurance and superannuation contributions. Non-teaching costs include all other
items of net institutional expenditure.
3. Figures for 1990-91 have been repriced to 1979-80 prices using the GDP (Market
Prices) Deflator index.
Correspondence
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education when the hon. Member for Hammersmith can expect a reply to his letter to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State dated 7 December 1992 and referring to his answer of 17 November 1992, Official Report, column 134.
Mr. Forth : A full reply was sent on 3 February.
Autism
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many autistic children and adults are currently receiving specialist educational help in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : This information is not available centrally. It is the responsibility of local education authorities and schools to ensure that individual autistic pupils receive the special education they require. The Department for Education and the Department of Health are currently jointly funding a research project into the education and treatment of children with autism in England and Wales.
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Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what specialist educational services are provided for autistic children and adults ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : Local education authorities and schools have statutory responsibilities to ensure that pupils with special educational needs, including individual autistic pupils, receive appropriate special educational provision. The Department for Education and the Department of Health are currently jointly funding a research project into the education and treatment of children with autism.
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provisions have been made by his Department to ensure legislation regarding the special needs of autistic children and adults in education is implemented in a fair and consistent way.
Mr. Forth : The Education Bill currently before Parliament would require the Secretary of State to issue a code of practice to which local education authorities would have to have regard when carrying out their statutory duties towards children with special educational needs including those with autism. The national code will encourage consistency. The special educational needs tribunal will ensure fairness in the code's implementation.
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what specialist education and welfare provisions are provided to ensure the specific needs of autistic children are met effectively in schools ; and what steps his Department is taking to identify those who need help.
Mr. Forth : There is a range of provision available for children with autism, both in schools maintained by local education authorities and in schools run by voluntary organisations. The Department for Education and the Department of Health are currently funding a research project into the education and treatment of children with autism.
Grant-maintained Schools
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps have been taken to ensure that all grant-maintained schools have adequate insurance cover ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : On becoming incorporated all grant-maintained schools are required to sign a financial memorandum. This makes it clear that, unless otherwise agreed with the Department, the governing body must obtain insurance cover for building and contents and employers' and public liability. It is the responsibility of each school to ensure that the cover which it arranges is adequate for its needs.
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to amend the arrangements for insurance cover for grant- maintained schools.
Mr. Forth : There are no plans at present to amend the arrangements for insurance cover for grant-maintained schools.
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance has been laid down for the number of companies which must be invited to tender to provide insurance services to a grant-maintained school before a contract can be entered into.
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Mr. Forth : The financial memorandum which all grant-maintained schools sign sets out the procedures that governing bodies should follow to ensure that they obtain value for money for all purchases of goods and services. Contracts should normally be placed on a competitive tender basis and the lowest tender accepted unless there are good reasons to the contrary.
Mr. Jon Owen Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many grant-maintained schools in England are, or have been, in dispute with a statutory body over property jointly used or owned by the local community ; and how many grant-maintained schools are currently in litigation with a statutory body over property jointly used or owned by the local community.
Mr. Forth : There is one case where the Education Assets Board has been unable to reach agreement with a local authority on the transfer of facilities used jointly by the school and local community. The matter has been referred to my right hon. Friend to determine. I am not aware of any grant-maintained school in litigation with the Education Assets Board.
Mr. Nicholls : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list all schools in the Greater London area which have opted to adopt grant-maintained status.
Mr. Forth : The information, correct on 5 February, is listed in the table :
SCHOOLS OPERATING AS GM
Inner London local education authorities
Hammersmith--
London Oratory School
Kensington--
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
Lambeth--
St. Bernadette Roman Catholic Junior Mixed School
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls (G.M.) School
Lewisham--
Turnham Primary with Nursery G.M. School
Southwark--
London Nautical School
Tower Hamlets--
Raines Foundation School
Wandsworth--
Graveney School
Salesian College
Ethelburga Primary School (Grant-Maintained)
Burntwood School
Elliott School (Grant-Maintained)
Other London local education authorities
Barnet--
Mill Hill County High School
Hendon School
Queen Elizabeth's G.M. School for Boys
Bexley--
Barnehurst Infant Grant-Maintained School
Barnehurst Junior Grant-Maintained School
Brent--
Claremont High School (Grant-Maintained)
Copland Community School and Technology Centre
Bromley--
Newstead Wood School for Girls (Grant-Maintained)
Coopers School
Crofton Junior School
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Bullers Wood School for GirlsLangley Park School for Boys
Kelsey Park School
Beaverwood School for Girls
Charles Darwin School
St. John Rigby School
Hayes School
Ravens Wood School for Boys
Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Primary School
St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School
Croydon--
Riddlesdown Grant-Maintained School
Ealing--
Drayton Manor high School
Northolt High School
Brentside High School
Wood End Middle School
Wood End First School
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
Greenford High School
Hillingdon--
Oak Farm Junior Mixed School (Grant-Maintained)
Oak Farm Infant School (Grant-Maintained)
Northwood School
Bishopshalt School
Mellow Lane School
Vyners School
Uxbridge High School
The Hayes Manor School
The Douay Martyrs School
Haydon School
Queensmead School
Kingston-upon-Thames--
Tiffin School
Newham--
Stratford School
Sutton--
Nonsuch High School for Girls
Wilsons School
The John Fisher School
Cheam High School
Sutton Grammar School for Boys
Waltham Forest--
Highams Park School
SCHOOLS APPROVED FOR GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS BUT NOT YET OPEN Inner London LEAs
Lambeth--
Bishop Thomas Grant Secondary School
Southwark--
St. Francesca Cabrini RC Primary School
Outer London LEAs
Croydon--
Edenham School
Havering--
The Frances Bardsley School
Sutton--
Wallington High School for Girls
St. Philomena's School, Carshalton
SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE VOTED YES AND PUBLISHED PROPOSALS
Inner London LEAs
Lambeth--
Archbishop Tenison's School
Dunraven School
Wandsworth--
Hillbrook Primary School
John Paul II RC School
Southfields School
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