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Mr. Neil Hamilton : Deregulation Ministers are responsible for ensuring that enforcement agencies publish their own codes of practice setting our how they have met the principles in "Working with Business: a code for enforcement agencies". Therefore, it is for Departmental Deregulation Ministers to determine what resource should be devoted to publication of the codes of practice taking into account the size and nature of the business community with whom each of the enforcement agencies deal.
Atomic Energy Authority
Mr. Mills : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the current level of public funding of the Atomic Energy Authority; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : The Atomic Energy Authority operates as a trading fund and does not receive grant in aid from the Government. The Atomic Energy Authority currently has outstanding long-term borrowing from the national loans fund of £124.4 million. It is intended that the Atomic Energy Authority's borrowing should progressively decrease over the public expenditure planning period. In 1992-93 approximately £320 million of the Atomic Energy Authority's turnover came from work undertaken forGovernment Departments and other public sector organisations. Where practicable work for the Government is increasingly subject to competition in line with Government policy.
Business Licences
Sir Donald Thompson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the business licence requirements which the Government has reviewed since 1990.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : All regulations affecting business, including licensing requirements are currently under review as part of the deregulation initiative. No information has been centrally collected on reviews of business licensing prior to the current exercise.
Statistical Forms
Sir Donald Thompson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action has been taken to identify the potential for limiting the burden of statistical form filling on business.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : Government Departments are reviewing the forms they issue to business as part of their overall review of regulations which affect industry. The deregulation task forces have also been looking at how the burden of form filling can be reduced and have made a number of proposals which we are considering.
THORP
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 3 December, Official Report, column 766, for what period of time the THORP receipt and storage pond at Sellafield has been designated for safeguards inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Mr. Eggar : No time scale has been set.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the level 4 uranium commissioning at THORP has been completed; and what modifications have been demanded by the nuclear installations inspectorate before commissioning can proceed to level 5.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 9 December 1993] : Progress on level 4 commissioning of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant is a matter for British Nuclear Fuels plc. Level 5 commissioning can only commence if the new discharge authorisations for Sellafield are granted and the Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate is satisfied as to its safety.
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what economic costs expressed in net present value terms were estimated by Touche Ross for a two-year delay in THORP to (i) the United Kingdom economy, (ii) BNFL and (iii) overseas customers.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 9 December 1993] : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire, South-West (Mr. Page) on 15 April 1993, Official Report, column 680.
Departmental Office, Teeside
Mr. Bates : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to establish a permanent office of the DTI on Teesside.
Mr. Eggar : The DTI already has an office in Billingham.
Tourism
Mr. Bayley : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how he intends to clarify the EC Package Travel Regulations for the United Kingdom tourist industry.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : All guidance issued by my Department is kept under review and we will be considering what revisions to make to the guidance notes on the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 in the light of recommendations from the retail, tourism and services deregulations task force.
Frog's Legs
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the quantities and country of origin of frogs' legs imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
Mr. Needham : The available information is given in the following table.
United Kingdom imports of frogs' legs (metric tonnes) Country of origin |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- France |31.6 |8.6 |2.5 |5.6 |4.9 Belgium-Luxembourg |11.7 |10.1 |9.8 |8.6 |6.4 Netherlands |0.6 |6.4 |3.9 |4.7 |0.9 Bangladesh |- |- |- |- |3.2 Indonesia |16.2 |11.4 |12.6 |10.2 |7.3 Total |60.2 |36.4 |28.7 |29.1 |22.8 Note: Frogs' legs are classified as heading 012.92 of the Standard International Trade Classification. Accounts Services Agency
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much operating surplus has been surrendered by the Accounts Services Agency to the Exchequer each year since 1991; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will retain in the public sector the Accounts Services Agency; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire, North (Mr. Heald) on 29 October, Official Report, column 805. The review of the Accounts Services Agency has yet to be concluded. In due course a decision will be taken and an announcement made.
Sizewell B
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will ensure that the Sizewell B nuclear power stations will be provided with containment which is demonstrated to be no less effective than the containment provided for test explosions of nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what estimate he had made of the consequences of a disruptive explosion of the reactor pressure vessel of the Sizewell B nuclear power station in terms of (a) the total value today of expected losses and (b) the total numbers of injuries and premature deaths; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar : All aspects of the Sizewell B pressurised water reactor (PWR) design including the operations safety of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and containment building, and the possibility of the catastrophic failure of the RPV were carefully scrutinised by eminent independent assessors during the extensive public inquiry into the Sizewell B proposal. These matters are further re-examined at the public inquiry for Hinkley Point C when a similar design of PWR to that for Sizewell B was proposed. The conclusion of both inquiries was that the possibility of RPV explosion was extremely remote. Moreover, Sizewell B has been built to a very high technical standard and the independent Health and Safety Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate will not consent to its operation if they are not completely satisfied that it is safe to do so.
Electricity Imports
Mrs. Anne Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the total (a) value and (b) number of kilowatt hours of electricity supplied to the United Kingdom by Electricite de France in each year since such supplies commenced.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 10 December 1993] : The net amount and value of electricity supplied to the United Kingdom from France has been as follows. Estimates of value since April 1990 are based on prevailing pool prices.
|Value £ million
------------------------------------------------
1986 |80
1987 |242
1988 |268
1989 |305
1990 |200
1991 |343
1992 |369
Source: United Kingdom Digest of Energy
Statistics; 1993, tables 49 and 66; 1992,
tables 48 and 65; tables 50 and 66.
Mrs. Anne Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what projections he has made of the (a) value and (b) volume of electricity which is expected to be imported from France in each of the next 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 10 December 1993] : A description of how trade across the interconnector with France was expected to develop in the foreseeable future was given in the Government's Coal Review White Paper (Cm. 2235), paragraphs 7.100 to 7.101.
Mrs. Anne Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will make it his policy to cease to import electricity from France; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will commission an independent report into the total employment effect, implications for the balance of payments, and impact upon Exchequer revenues and social security spending which have occurred or which will occur in the future as a result of the importation of electricity from France.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 10 December 1993] : The Government's policy towards trade in electricity across the interconnector was set out in Chapter 7 of the Government's Coal Review White Paper (Cm. 2235).
Electricity Generation
Mrs. Anne Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information he has concerning the percentage of electricity produced in each member country of the European Community from (a) nuclear, (b) coal, (c) gas, (d) orimulsion, (e) oil, (f) hydroelectric and (g) other powdered generators.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 10 December 1993] : The information requested is shown in the following table. Separate figures for orimulsion are not available.
Total Net Production of Electrical Energy in 1991
|per cent
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|Nuclear |Coal |Gas<1> |Oil<2> |Hydro-electricity<3>|Other<4>
Belgium |59.7 |22.9 |12.4 |2.5 |1.4 |1.1
Denmark |- |90.9 |2.4 |3.7 |2.3 |0.7
Germany |27.9 |56.6 |8.4 |2.7 |3.6 |0.9
Greece |- |65.7 |0.3 |24.5 |9.6 |-
Spain |35.9 |37.1 |1.5 |6.4 |18.8 |0.4
France |72.7 |8.6 |1.4 |3.1 |14.0 |0.2
Ireland |- |<5>52.6 |24.7 |16.0 |6.7 |-
Italy |- |12.7 |17.4 |46.5 |21.4 |2.1
Luxembourg |- |- |38.8 |1.8 |56.8 |2.7
Netherlands |4.4 |30.6 |59.0 |4.6 |0.2 |1.4
Portugal |- |32.3 |0.2 |33.3 |31.5 |2.7
United Kingdom |20.8 |65.2 |1.8 |9.5 |2.0 |0.8
Source: Eurostat: Energy - Yearly Statistics
<1> includes both natural gas and derived gases such as coke oven gas and blast furnace gas.
<2> includes Orimulsion.
<3> includes production from pumped storage stations.
<4> includes wood, peat (except in Ireland), industrial residues and geothermal.
<5> Irish figure includes peat.
Electricite de France
Mrs. Anne Winterton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he last met representatives of Elecricite de France; and what was said at that meeting.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 10 December 1993] : I met the French Industry Minister, M. Lomguet, in the summer. We discussed the liberalisation of the French energy market, opportunities for United Kingdom generators to export to and through France, and the levy-exempt status of Electricite de France's electricity exports to the United Kingdom.
WALES
Forestry
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which of the woods owned by the Forestry Commission in Wales are now for sale; which have been sold; and what is the amount of sales receipts so far.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The following areas of forest land in Wales are currently being offered for sale on the open market by the Forestry Commission.
County |Name |Area (hectares)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clwyd |Nantyffrith |111
Dyfed |Allt Cil y Llyn Fawr |3
|Allt Crychdu |18
|Allt Fawr |7
|Allt Llwyn Dyfrion |11
|Allt y Down/Allt Pant Lleuci|16
|Allt y Fergwm |23
|Bwlch Newydd |8
|Bylchau Duon |62
|Cefn Eithin |5
|Cilfowyr |3
|Cilgwyn Wood |11
|Coed Cefn Pwll Hen |20
|Coed Ffridd Cwmere |20
|Court Wood |19
|Cynheidre Uchaf |24
|Fforest |22
|Glanteifi |3
|Havod Wood |12
|Llwyn y Gwair |14
|Lon Isaf |7
|Maestwynog |12
|Pencwm Fawr |9
|Penhill Wood |4
|Penrallt Ddu |13
|Pont Eynon and Allt y Forlan|29
|Pont Henri |14
|Portis Pant |30
|Ty'r Shyme |7
|Waun Baglan Woods |26
Gwent |Craig y Merchant |24
|Tyllys |12
|Ty Fry Big Wood |17
|Llandafal Wood |10
Gwynedd |Coed Ty Uchaf |15
|Coed Dyfi |17
|Glyn Estate |49
Powys |Great Wood |9
|Pwll Llydan |31
|Tirabad |2
South Glamorgan |Breach Wood |9
West Glamorgan |Blaen y Cwm |32
|Bryn Llefrith |26
|Craig Ynysgollen |10
|Gelligaer |33
|Nant y Stalwyn |44
|Tir y Gof |47
Lists giving details of the areas of forest land sold by the Forestry Commission from the start of the disposals programme in July 1981 to December 1992 are held in the Library of the House. A list of the forest land sold by the Commission in 1993 will be drawn up and placed in the Library of the House in the new year.
The receipts from the sales of forest land in Wales from July 1981 to 31 March 1993 were £18 million.
School Pupils
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will give a percentage breakdown of all subjects attempted at A-level during each of the last three years in English-medium schools in Wales, in Welsh-medium schools and in bilingual schools in Wales ;
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(2) what was the proportion of passes in each grade for each subject attempted at A-level during each of the last three years in English-medium schools in Wales, Welsh-medium schools and in bilingual schools in Wales.Sir Wyn Roberts : Information is not collected in the form requested. Maintained secondary schools are designated as either Welsh speaking or not under the Education Reform Act 1988. Tables giving information on the proportion of passes at each grade for A level and a percentage breakdown for each subject for Welsh speaking and non Welsh speaking schools for available years has been placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. Richards : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of children from (a) Welsh-medium schools, (b) English-medium schools and (c) bilingual schools went on to university ; what proportion of those undertook to read mathematics or science ; and if he will give comparable data for English-medium schools in Wales and bilingual schools.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information is not available in the form requested. Maintained secondary schools are classified as either Welsh speaking or not Welsh speaking under the Education Reform Act 1988. In 1991 -92, 25 per cent. of all pupils leaving Welsh speaking schools and 18 per cent. of those leaving schools not designated as Welsh speaking entered higher education institutions. Information is not collected on the subjects which pupils intend to study.
Cormorants
Sir Cranley Onslow : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many applications his Department has received in the last 12 months for licences to control the number of cormorant on Welsh fisheries ; and how many of these have been approved.
Mr. Redwood : Four applications have been received in the last 12 months ; three have been rejected and one is under consideration.
Crickhowell Bypass
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current level of financial commitment for the employment of consultants for the investigation into the Crickhowell bypass scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Some £593,000 has been expended since mid- 1989 on fees and expenses to consultants employed for the two public consultations and the preparation of the necessary engineering, environmental, archaeological and town planning studies in connection with this scheme.
All views expressed following the recent public consultation are being carefully considered before a decision is taken on whether or not to proceed with any of the published routes.
Trawsfynydd
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will reverse the decision to allow Nuclear Electric plc to burn radioactive waste oil and other contaminated materials at Trawsfynydd ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Gwilym Jones : No, my right hon. Friend sees no grounds for doing so, especially as high temperature incineration is widely accepted to be the most suitable environmental option for this type of waste.
Opencast Coal Mines
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his policy in respect of the construction of opencast coal mines in sites of special scientific interest, with particular reference to the proximity of national parks ; what such proposals he has recently received ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Redwood : Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3, "Opencast Coal Mining", advises that opencast coal proposals in sites of special scientific interest or affecting national parks should be subject to a most rigorous examination. Currently there are no proposals before me for determination.
Forestry Commission Land
Mr. Tipping : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each separate piece of land currently owned or leased by the Forestry Commission in Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan (a) its land and (b) its area in hectares ; and whether he will place a map in the Library which names and identifies each of these pieces of land.
Sir Wyn Roberts : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave him on 8 December 1993 at columns 237-238.
Nuclear Industry
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to place on the agenda of the European Union Heads of Government summit meeting in Brussels on 10 to 11 December the matter of nuclear reprocessing and plutonium stockpiles in the European Community.
Mr. Eggar : I have been asked to reply.
No.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Child Support Agency
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the policy of the Child Support Agency in respect of payments to children whose fathers are dead.
Mr. Burt : Child support legislation is applicable only where there is an absent parent. Where a child's natural or adoptive father is dead, no application for child support maintenance can be made.
Government Car Service
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the annual cost to the Department of the car service for Ministers in 1990-91 ; and how many vehicles were involved.
Mr. Hague : Five vehicles were provided and the net cost, exclusive of VAT, was £209,989.
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Child Benefit
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much money families will receive in total in child benefit this year ; and how much more would have been received if the number of children were the same as in 1979.
Mr. Burt : It is estimated that families will receive about £6 billion in total in child benefit in 1993-94 and that a further £500 million would have been received if the number of children were the same as in 1978-79.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on what dates since 1978 there has been an announcement of change in the level of child benefit ; when each change came into effect ; and by which Minister each change was announced.
Mr. Burt : The information is in the table.
Announced by |Date of announcement|Effective date of
|change
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Secretary of State for Social |12 April 1978 |13 November 1978
Security<1>
Chancellor of the Exchequer |26 March 1980 |24 November 1980
Secretary of State for Social |11 March 1981 |23 November 1981
Security
Secretary of State for Social |10 March 1982 |22 November 1982
Security
Secretary of State for Social |23 June 1983 |21 November 1983
Security
Secretary of State for Social |18 June 1984 |26 November 1984
Security
Secretary of State for Social |18 June 1985 |25 November 1985
Security
Secretary of State for Social |24 February 1986 |28 July 1986
Security
Secretary of State for Social |22 October 1986 |6 April 1987
Security
Secretary of State for Social |24 October 1990 |8 April 1991
Security
Chancellor of the Exchequer |19 March 1991 |7 October 1991
Secretary of State for Social |21 October 1991 |6 April 1992
Security
Secretary of State for Social |12 November 1992 |12 April 1993
Security
Secretary of State for Social |1 December 1993 |11 April 1994
Security
<1> Labour administration.
Mrs. Ann Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many cases to date have been considered by the Child Support Agency ; how many and what percentage of those cases have resulted in the establishment of new financial support arrangements ; and in how many and what percentage of those cases a court maintenance order was already in operation.
Mr. Burt : The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for Ros Hepplewhite, the chief executive. She will write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Ros Hepplewhite to Mrs. Ann Winterton, dated 10 December 1993 :
I am replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking questions about the operations of the Child Support Agency.
To 31 October 1993, the Agency has processed over 107,000 cases. Of these, 47,000 (44 of the total) have resulted in the arrangement of maintenance. Figures are not not kept on the proportion of these cases in which a court order for maintenance
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was already in operation. We estimate, however, that about 50 of cases taken on by 31 October were already receiving maintenance. I hope you will find this reply helpful.Incapacity Benefit
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how the planned changes to incapacity benefit will affect the entitlements of patients who suffer from severe heart conditions and strokes.
Mr. Scott : A new, more objective, medical test of incapacity for work will apply to claims for incapacity benefit. The new test will assess, on a case-by-case basis, the incapacitating nature of a condition or combinations of conditions on the ability to work. Specific medical conditions such as strokes can have a wide range of effects from severe to very mild. We expect that those with more severe conditions would satisfy the test.
Unemployment Benefit
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will consider reintroducing earnings-related unemployment benefits ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hague : The Government have no plans to reintroduce earnings- related unemployment benefit.
Official Travel
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 23 November, Official Report, column 35, which company arranges travel for his officials ; and what form bills take if records are kept by mode of travel only.
Mr. Hague : Wagon-Lits Travel Ltd. is the approved contractor for business travel by officials of the Department. The company presents its bills in two forms. Each month, a list of all travel transactions is provided in invoice date order together with cost centre analyses of individual expenditure for internal accounting purposes.
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security on how many occasions and at what cost to public funds officials have visited his private residence in France.
Mr. Hague : Department of Social Security officials have visited the house of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in France on one occasion. The cost of the visit was £449.24.
Family Credit
Ms Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a table showing the number of families receiving family credit per week of (a) less than £100, (b) between £100 and £120, (c) between £120 and £140, (d) between £140 and £150, (e) between £150 and £160, (f) between £160 and £180, (g) between £180 and £200, (h) between £200 and £250 and (i) over £300 ; and in each category how many he expects will gain (i) nothing, (ii) between £0 and £10, (iii) between £10 and £20 and (iv) between £20 and £28 as a result of the proposed changes announced in the Budget statement relating to family credit.
Mr. Burt : The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table :
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Family credit recipients
|All cases
------------------------------------
Total |486,720
Under £100 |480,520
£100 to £119.99 |4,620
£120 to £139.99 |1,300
£140 to £149.99 |180
£150 to £159.99 |80
£160 to £179.99 |20
Note: Awards of Family Credit
current at 30 April 1993, analysed
by amount of Family Credit in
payment. Based on 5 per cent.
sample of awards.
Ms Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will estimate the number of families receiving family credit which he expects will gain (a) nothing, (b) between £0 and £10, (c) between £10 and £20 and (d) between £20 and £28 as a result of the proposed changes announced in the Budget statement relating to family credit ;
(2) how many families he expects to benefit from the change in rules announced in the Budget statement relating to family credit. (3) how many more families he expects will be entitled to family credit as a result of the change in rules announced in the Budget statement relating to family credit ; and how many of these he expects to gain (a) the full £28 and (b) less than £28.
Mr. Burt : We estimate that the assistance with child care costs will give substantial help to 150,000 families. A total of 80,000 families already on family credit will benefit and 20,000 at present just outside the family credit scheme will become entitled. We estimate that 50,000 families presently on income support will be enabled to take up work as a result of the change.
The amount of increase in the family credit award for those already receiving the benefit will be related to the actual child care costs up to a maximum of £40 which they incur.
Ms Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families receiving family credit have (a) two parents with (i) one child, (ii) two children,(iii) three children and (iv) four children or more and (b) one parent with (i) one child, (ii) two children,(iii) three children and (iv) four children or more ; and if he will estimate how many in each category will gain (1) nothing, (2) between £0 to £10, (3) between £10 to £20 and (4) between £20 to £28 as a result of the proposed changes to family credit announced in the Budget.
Mr. Burt : The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table :
Family credit recipients
|Couples |Singles |All cases
-------------------------------------------------------------------
With one child |72,220 |106,240 |178,460
With two children |106,700 |71,840 |178,540
With three children |64,040 |21,460 |85,500
With four or more children |37,880 |6,340 |44,220
|------- |------- |-------
Total |280,840 |205,880 |486,720
Note: Awards of family credit current at 30 April 1993, analysed
by family size and type. Based on 5 per cent. sample of awards.
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Income Support
Mr. Rendel : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many persons without accommodation claimed income support in the Newbury constituency in each month between December 1992 and November 1993.
Mr. Burt : I am informed by Mr. Michael Bichard, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Child Care
Ms Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families receiving family credit currently make child care arrangements by (a) child minding, (b) playgroups, (c) workplace nurseries, (d) nurseries and (e) a nanny ; and what information he has on the costs of each type of arrangement.
Mr. Burt : Information about the child care arrangements of families receiving family credit is not available. Information about families in general is in the tables and further elaborated in the sources quoted, copies of which are in the Library.
Weekly cost of child care --------------------------------------- All working parents |23 |30.70 Working couples |22 |32.40 Working lone parents |29 |24.60
Low income working lone parents
|Percentage that pay|Average weekly cost
|£
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lone parents |19 |N/a
Lone parents working full-time |27 |21.50
N/a-Not available.
Cost of professional<1> child care
All working parents
Type of care used |Average weekly cost
|£
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Professional care as sole method |42.40
Two methods of child care,
professional/non-professional |30.00
<1>"Professional"-not care provided by friends and relatives.
Sources:
PSI reports-Families, Work and the Use of Childcare (Employment
Gazette, August 1993.)
Families, Work and Benefits (September 1993).
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Policing
35. Mr. Steen : To ask the right hon. Member for
Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission what is the annual amount paid by the House of Commons administration for the supply of police cover.
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