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Instrument |Central Band |Area Bands (X4) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Flute/Piccolo |4 |2 Oboe |2 |2 Clarinet |18 |9 Saxophone |6 |3 Bassoon |4 |2 Horn |8 |4 Cornet |12 |6 Trombone |8 |5 Euphonium |2 |2 Tuba |6 |3 Percussion/Timpani |6 |2 Violins |3 |- Viola |1 |- Cello |1 |- String Bass |1 |- Piano |1 |- The numbers above relate to the instruments established in each Band. Most musicians are accomplished players of more than one instrument.
The annual running costs of the RAF Music Services, including Headquarters costs and the RAF School of Music, based on FY 91/92 rates are as follows :
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Headquarters Music Services and United Kingdom
Bands |3,947,000
Royal Air Force Germany Band |792,000
The costs include staff costs, LOA, travel and subsistence and
other miscellaneous costs, eg. quartering costs.
Leyland DAF
Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many DROPS vehicles are still outstanding from the order placed by his Department with Leyland DAF company.
Mr. Aitken : On 5 February 1993, 349 DROPS vehicles were still outstanding from the order placed with Leyland DAF.
Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of Leyland DAF company being placed in receivership on the British Army.
Mr. Aitken : A preliminary assessment has been made but it is not possible to be definitive until the receiver has determined the company's future.
Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many 4- tonne trucks are outstanding from the order placed by the British Army with the Leyland DAF company.
Mr. Aitken : On 5 February 1993, 2,080 4-tonne trucks were outstanding from the order placed with Leyland DAF.
Consultants
86. Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the firms of consultants used by his Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 together with the total cost ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Aitken : It is open to individual management areas within the Department to employ consultants as necessary, within the limits of their budgets. Information on these contracts and their value is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Scientists
Mr. Temple-Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are being taken to assist the redeployment in civil research and development of scientists losing their jobs because of closure of defence research establishments.
Mr. Aitken : This is a matter delegated to the Defence Research Agency under its framework document. I have therefore asked the chief executive to reply direct to my hon. Friend.
Letter from J. Chisholm to Mr. Peter Temple-Morris dated 12 February 1993 :
In today's written answer the Secretary of State for Defence informed you that I would be replying directly to your question regarding the steps being taken to assist the redeployment in civil research and development of scientists losing their jobs because of closure of defence research establishments.
While it is true that the DRA's rationalisation programme will result in some 2,000 job losses, we have been able so far to draw our plans to take those wholly in the support areas. Our aim is to retain and develop our front line scientific capability.
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I hope you will find this information useful.Military Hospitals
Mr. William Powell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes he plans for the status and activities of the seven military hospitals.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Woolwich (Mr. Austin-Walker) on 4 February Official Report, column 267.
Royal Yacht
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 1 February, Official Report, column 37, if he will list the movements and locations of the royal yacht Britannia during the Falklands' conflict ; and what press releases or press advice were issued about its role during the conflict.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : During the period in question, HMY Britannia left her home port of Portsmouth to visit St. Nazaire between 22 and 27 April 1982, and Dover between 7 and 11 June 1982, in support of official royal engagements. It is not possible to provide the rest of the information requested without disproportionate cost.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when and where his Department first announced that the royal yacht Britannia was no longer considered necessary as a possible hospital ship.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The Ministry of Defence concluded during late 1992 that there was no longer a requirement for Britannia to fulfil the war role of a hospital ship. We have confirmed this decision in response to specific inquiries, the first instance being by my Department's press office on 20 January 1993.
Royal Flights
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many nights in 1992 crew members of royal flights were found accommodation overseas ; what was the cost ; and what were the locations involved.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : Whenever practical, aircraft of the Queen's Flight which have carried out tasks to overseas destinations recover to the United Kingdom, thus enabling them to undertake other tasks. When this is not practical, crew members are accommodated in hotels in accordance with the standard regulations which apply to all air transport crews. In 1992, 266 nights were spent away from RAF Benson as a result of flights in the United Kingdom or overseas. The estimate for travel and subsistence for financial year 1992-93 is some £264,000 which covers nights spent away in both the United Kingdom and overseas. Details of individual occurrences could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Ethnic Minorities
Mr. Winnick : To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what policies are pursued to ensure that people from the ethnic minorities are recruited as Officers of the House.
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Mr. Beith : In recruiting all staff to the House of Commons service, it is the Commission's policy that all eligible persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and advancement on the basis of their ability, qualifications and fitness for the work and that there shall be no discrimination on any other grounds. The Commission has appointed an equal opportunities officer whose responsibility it is to monitor the Commission's policy of equal opportunity and to provide relevant advice to management and staff of the House. Members of selection boards are provided with written guidance as to the conduct of interviews. This makes it clear that there must be no discrimination on grounds of colour, race, ethnic or national origins, sex or marital status.
The Commission monitors its policy on racial equality by asking candidates to complete a questionnaire indicating their ethnic origin. This is voluntary and it is explained in the accompanying literature that the ethnic information is confidential to the equal opportunities officer and is not available to those involved in the selection process.
EDUCATION
Schools Inspectors
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if schools are permitted to charge the Office for Standards in Education for the time and materials used in providing the essential information and statistics which independent inspectors need to make their inspections.
Mr. Forth : No. The information which registered inspectors will need to carry out an inspection will be readily available in all schools.
Open University
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many people have been enrolled in Open university courses for each year since 1979 ;
(2) how many Open university degrees have been awarded in each year since 1979.
Mr. Boswell : In 1979-80 there were 70,000 enrolments and 5,800 degrees awarded. Details of Open university enrolment and degrees awarded for later years up to 1990-91 are contained in statistical bulletin 8/92, copies of which are available in the Library.
Books and Magazines (VAT)
Mr. Cash : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of a standard rate of VAT on books and magazines on the reading patterns of primary and secondary school children.
Mr. Forth : My right hon. Friend has made no such assessment. Books and magazines are zero rated for VAT.
Reading
Mr. Cash : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to encourage reading among young people.
Mr. Forth : This is already an essential element of our policy. The current review of national curriculum English,
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on which the National Curriculum Council is expected to report soon, has been addressing the need to ensure that pupils are encouraged to develop the habit of reading widely, and are introduced to the richness of great literature.Special Educational Needs
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the number of students with special educational needs who gained entry to university and polytechnics for each year since 1982.
Mr. Boswell : This information is not held centrally.
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is (a) the number and (b) the proportion
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of children with statements of special educational needs in (i) primary schools, (ii) middle schools, (iii) secondary schools and (iv) special schools in each local education authority area.Mr. Forth : Information about pupils with statements of special educational needs in maintained middle, secondary and special schools in each local education authority in England in January 1992 is shown in the table. The numbers of pupils with statements in maintained primary schools in 1992 are not available. In January 1991, the latest year for which reliable figures are available, there were over 30,000 pupils with statements in maintained primary schools.
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LEA Middle Seconday Special
Pupils with Pupils with Pupils with
statements statements statements
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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City
Camden |- |- |137 |1.3 |277 |74.5
Greenwich |- |- |229 |1.6 |676 |91.1
Hackney |- |- |93 |1.2 |613 |94.2
Hammersmith |- |- |72 |1.2 |392 |89.9
Islington |- |- |86 |1.1 |323 |96.4
Kensington and Chelsea |- |- |34 |0.9 |87 |100.0
Lambeth |- |- |87 |1.4 |711 |84.3
Lewisham |- |- |127 |1.2 |422 |90.6
Southwark |- |- |95 |1.0 |371 |75.6
Tower Hamlets |- |- |89 |0.8 |403 |78.9
Wandsworth |- |- |112 |1.2 |663 |92.7
Westminster |- |- |81 |1.1 |158 |94.0
Barking |- |- |59 |0.6 |150 |93.2
Barnet |- |- |113 |0.6 |291 |79.7
Bexley |- |- |185 |1.3 |260 |95.6
Brent |- |- |94 |0.8 |256 |72.5
Bromley |- |- |121 |0.8 |302 |84.4
Croydon |- |- |164 |1.0 |505 |98.1
Ealing |69 |1.0 |87 |0.8 |428 |93.2
Enfield |- |- |26 |0.2 |128 |29.8
Haringey |- |- |42 |0.5 |242 |70.8
Harrow |70 |1.3 |98 |1.2 |173 |78.6
Havering |- |- |159 |1.0 |214 |95.1
Hillingdon |- |- |85 |0.6 |313 |77.9
Hounslow |- |- |302 |2.3 |384 |98.2
Kingston on Thames |- |- |98 |1.3 |228 |98.7
Merton |82 |1.3 |89 |1.4 |235 |94.4
Newham |- |- |159 |1.2 |271 |79.2
Redbridge |- |- |63 |0.4 |367 |96.1
Richmond upon Thames |- |- |124 |1.7 |149 |100.0
Sutton |- |- |90 |0.8 |274 |88.1
Waltham Forest |- |- |89 |0.7 |689 |88.7
Birmingham |16 |0.5 |418 |0.6 |2,325 |77.1
Coventry |- |- |79 |0.4 |777 |94.8
Dudley |- |- |112 |0.6 |569 |99.6
Sandwell |- |- |44 |0.2 |619 |75.6
Solihull |- |- |170 |1.2 |262 |94.6
Walsall |- |- |112 |0.6 |567 |98.6
Wolvehampton |- |- |167 |1.1 |499 |99.6
Knowsley |- |- |151 |1.7 |501 |80.2
Liverpool |- |- |69 |0.2 |1,487 |93.8
St. Helens |- |- |131 |1.1 |448 |95.3
Sefton |- |- |210 |1.1 |387 |90.4
Wirral |- |- |251 |1.2 |638 |82.6
Bolton |- |- |114 |0.7 |376 |77.8
Bury |- |- |274 |2.6 |278 |93.3
Manchester |- |- |134 |0.6 |646 |34.9
Oldham |- |- |229 |1.4 |444 |74.9
Rochdale |- |- |137 |1.1 |369 |73.4
Salford |- |- |75 |0.6 |298 |66.1
Stockport |- |- |315 |1.7 |405 |90.4
Tameside |- |- |173 |1.2 |340 |80.6
Trafford |- |- |168 |1.5 |343 |86.2
Wigan |- |- |189 |0.9 |461 |53.1
Barnsley |- |- |109 |0.9 |158 |100.0
Doncaster |45 |0.5 |128 |0.8 |689 |97.0
Rotherham |- |- |83 |0.5 |623 |99.2
Sheffield |94 |1.3 |316 |1.3 |819 |93.3
Bradford |167 |0.7 |143 |0.7 |707 |73.5
Calderdale |- |- |85 |0.7 |179 |89.9
Kirklees |47 |1.3 |249 |1.1 |643 |99.7
Leeds |394 |2.3 |614 |1.8 |996 |97.7
Wakefield |39 |0.5 |89 |0.6 |569 |89.6
Gateshead |- |- |68 |0.6 |328 |90.1
Newcastle upon Tyne |46 |1.4 |94 |0.7 |675 |85.2
North Tyneside |82 |1.5 |100 |1.1 |419 |95.4
South Tyneside |- |- |117 |1.3 |346 |100.0
Sunderland |- |- |116 |0.6 |688 |99.0
Isles of Scilly |- |- |- |- |- |-
Avon |- |- |553 |1.0 |1,917 |92.8
Bedfordshire |201 |1.2 |230 |0.8 |1,032 |90.3
Berkshire |102 |2.0 |262 |0.6 |1,572 |95.3
Buckinghamshire |339 |2.2 |634 |1.8 |1,452 |91.8
Cambridgeshire |1 |0.6 |489 |1.2 |711 |72.3
Cheshire |- |- |1,192 |1.9 |1,379 |91.6
Cleveland |- |- |496 |1.3 |1,266 |89.5
Cornwall |- |- |784 |2.7 |285 |95.6
Cumbria |- |- |654 |2.1 |287 |93.8
Derbyshire |- |- |1,486 |2.6 |1,062 |78.3
Devon |131 |3.6 |1,300 |2.3 |1,677 |93.8
Dorset |79 |0.7 |413 |1.3 |1,095 |99.2
Durham |- |- |258 |0.7 |955 |89.4
East Sussex |- |- |117 |0.3 |1,273 |93.2
Essex |- |- |949 |1.0 |2,317 |88.8
Gloucestershire |- |- |305 |1.0 |848 |64.2
Hampshire |342 |1.6 |1,170 |1.4 |2,839 |77.0
Hereford and Worcester |25 |0.2 |175 |0.5 |787 |62.5
Hertfordshire |59 |1.9 |718 |1.1 |1,894 |99.1
Humberside |- |- |452 |0.8 |1,161 |93.6
Isle of Wight |45 |0.8 |36 |0.7 |214 |84.9
Kent |25 |0.6 |918 |1.0 |3,030 |90.6
Lancashire |- |- |1,599 |1.9 |2,891 |88.7
Leicestershire |91 |1.7 |570 |1.0 |1,076 |97.5
Lincolnshire |- |- |713 |2.0 |1,025 |89.5
Norfolk |446 |2.7 |862 |2.1 |768 |85.7
North Yorkshire |2 |0.5 |531 |1.2 |951 |94.4
Northamptonshire |48 |0.5 |287 |0.8 |991 |85.6
Northumberland |163 |1.1 |118 |0.9 |485 |99.4
Nottinghamshire |8 |0.3 |122 |0.2 |1,622 |94.4
Oxfordshire |11 |0.3 |116 |0.4 |645 |76.9
Shropshire |- |- |831 |3.1 |485 |88.2
Somerset |75 |1.7 |385 |1.6 |561 |92.1
Staffordshire |55 |0.8 |350 |0.6 |1,884 |84.8
Suffolk |511 |3.2 |871 |2.8 |717 |90.5
Surrey |621 |2.3 |498 |1.2 |1,781 |99.9
Warwickshire |95 |0.7 |151 |0.6 |1,019 |78.3
West Sussex |87 |0.9 |239 |0.6 |766 |62.1
Wiltshire |78 |6.3 |1,182 |3.7 |637 |84.6
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England |4,791 |1.4 |32,538 |1.2 |79,190 |86.0
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the number of pre-school and nursery school children with statements of special educational needs in each local education authority area.
Mr. Forth : The number of pupils with statements of special educational needs in maintained nursery schools in each local education authority in England in January 1992 is shown in the table. Information about pre-school children who have statements is not available.
Pupils with statements of special educational needs in
maintained
nursery schools in England: January 1992
LEA |Number of pupils
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City |0
Camden |1
Greenwich |0
Hackney |1
Hammersmith |1
Islington |1
Kensington and Chelsea |1
Lambeth |0
Lewisham |0
Southwark |1
Tower Hamlets |1
Wandsworth |1
Westminster |4
Barking |0
Barnet |1
Bexley |2
Brent |0
Bromley |0
Croydon |1
Ealing |0
Enfield |0
Haringey |1
Harrow |0
Havering |0
Hounslow |0
Kingston upon Thames |12
Merton |0
Newham |6
Redbridge |0
Richmond upon Thames |0
Sutton |0
Waltham Forest |0
Birmingham |1
Coventry |0
Dudley |0
Sandwell |0
Solihull |0
Walsall |1
Wolverhampton |2
Knowsley |0
Liverpool |1
St. Helens |0
Sefton |1
Wirral |2
Bolton |3
Bury |0
Manchester |0
Oldham |0
Rochdale |2
Salford |0
Stockport |8
Tameside |0
Trafford |0
Wigan |0
Barnsley |1
Doncaster |0
Rotherham |3
Sheffield |1
Bradford |0
Calderdale |0
Kirklees |8
Leeds |0
Wakefield |1
Gateshead |0
Newcastle upon Tyne |3
North Tyneside |1
South Tyneside |1
Sunderland |2
Isles of Scilly |0
Avon |5
Bedfordshire |3
Berkshire |30
Buckinghamshire |21
Cambridgeshire |6
Cheshire |6
Cleveland |0
Cornwall |2
Cumbria |5
Derbyshire |5
Devon |1
Dorset |0
Durham |51
East Sussex |0
Essex |0
Gloucestershire |0
Hampshire |0
Hereford and Worcester |0
Hertfordshire |9
Humberside |3
Isle of Wight |0
Kent |0
Lancashire |18
Leicestershire |1
Lincolnshire |8
Norfolk |2
North Yorkshire |7
Northamptonshire |2
Northumberland |1
Nottinghamshire |1
Oxfordshire |1
Shropshire |0
Somerset |0
Staffordshire |7
Suffolk |0
Surrey |23
Warwickshire |3
West Sussex |0
Wiltshire |0
|--
England |298
National Library for the Handicapped Child
105. Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to grant governmental funding to the national library for the handicapped child.
Mr. Forth : We have no plans to fund the national library for the handicapped child.
Higher Education Institutions
156. Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 27 January, Official Report, column 744, if he will conduct a survey of higher education institutions on the advantages of a single organisation fowarding tuition fees to them.
Mr. Boswell : My right hon. Friend has no plans to undertake such a survey.
157. Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 27 January, Official Report, column 744, if he will bring forward proposals that local authorities forwarding tuition fees to higher education institutions after the specified date should add a payment for interest.
Mr. Boswell : My right hon. Friend has no plans to do so.
158. Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make a statement on representations he has received from and on behalf of higher education institutions in respect of late payment of the tuition fees from his Department via local authorities.
Mr. Boswell : Representations have recently been received from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and from two individual institutions.
Professors of General Practice
Ms. Primarolo : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many professors of general practice there are in each medical school in England.
Mr. Boswell : I have been asked to reply.
This information is not collected centrally.
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OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Aid Loans
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the levels of reduction in debt service achieved by countries that have benefited from the relief of old aid loans granted by the United Kingdom.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Since 1979 we have written off over £450 million, through retrospective terms adjustment, of aid loans to the poorest countries. In the period 1979-91 this, together with the rescheduling of other aid loans, translated into a £410 million reduction in debt service for the countries concerned.
We recently announced that we would also write off £56 million of aid loans to Zambia from 1 April 1993, provided their economic reform programme stays on track. In addition, we agreed to provide India with local cost aid for projects to offset repayments of past aid loans amounting to £560 million. Thus, the Government have, overall, relieved the burden of aid loans to developing countries by about £1 billion. Twenty-four countries have benefited from these measures.
Forests
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific measures were undertaken to ensure that aid is targeted to the poorest people in areas where the forests are facing the severest threats.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Britain's aid in all sectors is targeted predominantly to the poorest countries and our forestry programmes are focused on countries, and parts of countries, where forestry and deforestation are important issues such as in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kenya, Ghana and Malawi. Some relatively better off countries such as Brazil and Malaysia also receive our forestry aid because of the particular problems they face in this sector.
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those logging activities recognised by the Overseas Development Administration as promoting sustainable forest use for the benefit of traditional and other forest dwellers.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The logging activities most likely to promote sustainable forest use for the benefit of forest dwellers are those in which they participate directly.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Market Testing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department are assigned to the market testing programme ; how much the programme has cost his Department since November 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nelson : Work on market testing is combined with other duties and it is not possible to give a figure for the number of people assigned to the market testing
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programme. We broadly estimate that the cost of the programme to date is £155,000. This includes the cost of support for the in-house teams and other consultancy work. It does not include the cost of the in-house teams themselves.Tax Welfare
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review tax welfare alongside the review of spending Departments.
Mr. Dorrell : The tax system is reviewed each year in the run-up to the Budget.
Disabled Employees
Miss Lestor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of employees in his Department is registered disabled.
Sir John Cope : On 1 January 1993, the latest date for which this information is available, 0.9 per cent. of Treasury staff were registered disabled. The Department employs a number of people with disabilities who have chosen not to register as disabled.
Departmental Expenditure
Ms. Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what common procedures are being used by Government departments in relation to (a) the 1993 public expenditure survey, (b) plans for reductions in years beyond 1993-94 and (c) plans for 1996-97 ; what figure is being used to calculate reductions in 1996-97 from the 1995-96 baseline ; and what information he has on the effect on real terms of reductions of (i) 2 per cent. and (ii) 5 per cent. below the 1993-94 baseline for each Department.
Mr. Portillo : Procedures for the 1993 public expenditure survey are currently under discussion. No decisions have been taken.
Value Added Tax
Mr. Cash : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from the publishing industry about the possible imposition of VAT on reading matter.
Sir John Cope : My right hon. Friend has received many representations on Budget-related matters. As is usual, I cannot anticipate his Budget statement.
Monarch (Taxation)
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the right hon. Member for Swansea, West can expect a reply to his letter of 12 January, concerning taxation of the monarch.
Mr. Lamont : I shall be replying to the right hon. Member's letter of 12 January very shortly.
Output Statistics
Mr. Matthew Banks : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average output per head for each county in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
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Mr. Nelson [holding answer 11 February 1993] : The latest available information, relating to gross domestic product by county for 1987 and 1989, was published in the December 1991 issue of "Economic Trends". Estimates for Scottish regions have recently been revised, reflecting improved methodology, and these are as follows.
Gross domestic product at factor cost Scottish regions £ per head Region |1987 |1989 ------------------------------------------- Borders |5,271 |5,931 Central |5,465 |6,790 Dumfries and Galloway |5,384 |6,486 Fife |5,334 |6,228 Grampian |7,248 |8,966 Highlands and Islands |5,143 |5,934 Lothian |6,844 |8,190 Strathclyde |5,371 |6,536 Tayside |5,465 |6,593
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Consultants
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the firms of consultants used by his Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 together with the total cost; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : The Crown prosecution service has used consultants PE International and Price Waterhouse in its market testing programme at a cost of £12,800. The legal secretariat to the Law Officers, the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the Serious Fraud Office have not used any firm of consultants.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Refugee Children
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what immigration status is granted to unaccompanied children from the former Yugoslavia ; and what assessment he has made of the effect of their families of their immigration status.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Applications are considered individually and decisions take account of all relevant circumstances.
Devon and Cornwall
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed by the Devon and Cornwall police force in each year since 1979.
Mr. Charles Wardle : This information is set out in the table :
Devon and Cornwall constabulary Strength as at 31 December Year |Strength --------------------------- 1979 |2,639 1980 |2,721 1981 |2,694 1982 |2,729 1983 |2,724 1984 |2,745 1985 |2,747 1986 |2,753 1987 |2,797 1988 |2,812 1989 |2,830 1990 |2,867 1991 |2,876 <1>1992 |2,909 <1>November.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifiable criminal offences took place in Devon and Cornwall in each year since 1979 ; and if he will publish separate figures for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling of stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery (g) criminal damage and (h) other offences.
Mr. Jack : Statistics for 1979 are published in Table 32 of the 1979 volume of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". Statistics for 1980 are published in table 3.1 of the "Criminal Statistics, Supplementary Volume 3". Figures for 1981-90 are published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"--table 2.4 in the 1983 volume and table 2.5 in the remaining volumes--copies of all these publications are available in the Library. Information for 1991 is published in the table. Figures for 1992 are not year available.
Notifiable offences recorded by the police in
Devon and Cornwall
Number of offences
|1991
---------------------------------------------------
Total |108,208
Violence against the person |3,742
Sexual offences |806
Robbery |295
Burglary |25,708
Theft and handling of stolen goods |57,965
Fraud and forgery |4,175
Criminal damage |14,975
Other offences |542
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he has introduced to reduce crime in the south- west.
Mr. Jack : The Devon and Cornwall constabulary has resources to maintain a strong and effective police service. At the end of November 1992 the force strength was 2,909 police officers and 1,400 civilians. This represents an increase in strength of 242 police officers and 292 civilians since 1979. We have also encouraged the development of effective crime prevention programmes. Nine crime prevention panels are in operation in the area and there are 3,378 neighbourhood watch schemes covering over 90,000 households. Other watch schemes have been introduced with the participation of the local community including boat watch, farm watch, community and business watch. The police have also reported a 3 per cent. decrease in the theft of vehicles of 1992 which is likely to be partly attributable to national and local car crime prevention campaigns. In addition an alcohol byelaw, which prohibits
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the consumption of alcohol in certain public places in an effort to reduce disorder and anti-social behaviour, was confirmed in Restormel in 1991 following Home Office approval.Metropolitan Police
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested by the Metropolitan police in (a) the last six months of 1991 and (b) the last six months of 1992 ; and how many arrested in each period were subsequently (i) charged, (ii) cautioned and (iii) had no action taken against them.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is not held centrally and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Peter Faithfull
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to complete his consideration of an application to the Court of Appeal to review the conviction of Mr. Peter Faithfull, HMP Sudbury.
Mr. Jack : Following a number of representations on Mr. Faithfull's behalf, we are making enquiries into his case. I can not at present say when my right hon. and learned Friend will be in a position to decide whether a reference to the Court of Appeal would be justified.
Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989
Sir John Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received a report from the Viscount Colville of Culross QC on the operation in 1992 of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : I have received such a report from Viscount Colville and I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Library.
Remand Prisoners
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) men and (b) women being held in police cells as a remand prisoner in England and Wales as of 1 February.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : On 1 February there were 159 male prisoners in police cells in England and Wales of whom 132 were unconvicted. There were no women in police cells. The most up to date information, however, is for 11 February when there were 53 male prisoners in police cells, of whom 39 were unconvicted.
Brain Dead Patients
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will bring forward legislation to amend the law concerning brain dead persons on life support systems.
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