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Employment Statistics
Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer given to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) of 7 December, Official Report, column 212 , if he will give a breakdown for the same periods as in that question of the total numbers of temporary and permanent vacancies for each region by industrial classification as employed by his Department.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 21 January 1994 :
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The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the numbers of vacancies notified from April 1987, broken down by region, industrial classification and whether temporary or permanent.I am sorry I am unable to supply information in the form requested. Prior to April 1992, information was not collected in a way which fitted in with the sub-divisions which you are interested in. From April 1992 onwards, it has been collected but it is not collated in a way which fits your requirements. I am afraid it could only be provided at a disproportionate cost as a large number of separate returns are involved.
You may like to know that information about the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) of vacancies notified to Jobcentres, covering the period April 1987 to February 1992, is held on the National On-Line Manpower Information System (NOMIS). Information for vacancies in each region by SIC is available, but it cannot be further broken down to distinguish between temporary and permanent vacancies. Information can be obtained from the NOMIS database in the House of Commons library.
Similar information can be provided by the Employment Service in respect of the period from April 1992 onwards. If you would like to have this please let me know.
I hope this is helpful.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Population Projects
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals the Government have for (a) mobilising additional resources and (b) involving new donor agencies in this country and in other member states in the European Union to increase official development assistance on population projects.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are continuing to encourage the mobilisation of additional resources for population in all appropriate international fora, including the European Community. We are making full use of the preparatory process for the international conference on population and development-- taking place in Cairo in September 1994--to encourage greater commitment to population issues. We are working with the European Commission to increase the support of other member states of the Community for population activities. We would greatly welcome the involvement of more United Kingdom non-governmental organisations in family planning and reproductive health programmes.
Mr. Harry Greenway : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans the Government have for encouraging other member states in the European Union to start funding family planning and related projects as part of their development and co-operation budgets.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We are playing a leading role in pressing for concrete action to result from the 1992 EC resolution on population. Officials participate in regular expert meetings in Brussels to strengthen co-operation among member states and the Commission. We are also helping the Commission to organise a seminar for EC member states and senior Commission officials on 28 February.
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AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Ministerial Cars
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will quantify the cost of the factors which led to an increase in the cost of cars for Ministers in her Department since 1990-91.
Mr. Jack : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the second paragraph of the reply given on 20 January by the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry).
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Mr. Butler : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what changes she intends to make to the compensation arrangements for bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Mr. Soames : I am proposing to modity the BSE compensation arrangments from 1 April 1994. At present under the BSE Compensation Order 1990, the amount of compensation paid for an animal which is compulsorily slaughtered because it is suspected of having BSE is subject to a ceiling based on an average market price, calculated each month from actual market prices of commecial grade. Friesian cows and heifers in milk and in calf sold in specified markets. With an increasing proportion of older cattle being slaughtered as BSE suspects, we now need to reflect this in the calculation of the compensation price. I will, therefore, be consulting interested organisations on the proposed new arrangements whereby the price of older cattle being sold for slaughter rather than for breeding would be included in the calculation of the compensation ceiling. We propose to continue the arrangement whereby in the case of a slaughtered animal not confirmed for BSE the compensation paid would be subject to an enhanced ceiling. The new method of calculation would still result in a compensation price higher than the price the farmer would get for a dairy cow sold for meat so that farmers would not be discouraged from reporting all suspect BSE cases.
TRANSPORT
Traffic Cones Hotline
Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many calls have been received by the traffic cones hotline to date ; and what action his Department has taken in response to those calls.
Mr. Key : Since its introduction in June 1992 until 15 January 1994, 383 calls registered as formal inquiries have been received by the cones hotline. Inquiries which cannot be answered immediately have been followed up by the regional office responsible for the particular road scheme ; and written replies have been sent, or for recent inquiries are in the process of being sent, to each caller. Until recently, other calls received by the hotline have not been recorded, but they are currently running at two to three times the number of formal inquiries about specific road works.
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Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Ms Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what financial commitment the Government are prepared to make to the channel tunnel rail link project ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The Government are prepared to provide substantial financial support to the channel tunnel rail link. The precise amount required will be determined by the competition for a private sector promoter which was announced on 11 November 1993.
Transport Safety
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a full list of all organisations to which his Department sent, and from which it has received responses regarding the consultation paper on a new system for approving safety of railways and trams, together with the addresses of each such organisation.
Mr. Freeman [holding answer 18 January 1994] : My Department issued 59 copies of the consultation paper to transport operators, passenger transport executives, trade unions, and manufacturers and we received 15 responses. In addition, a further 25 inquiries were received leading to nine further representations. It is not our practice to identify those organisations or individuals who respond to consultation exercises.
Noise Regulations
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a full list of all organisations to which his Department sent, and from which it has received responses, regarding the consultation letter on noise insulation regulations for new railways and other guided systems, together with the addresses of each such organisation.
Mr. Freeman [holding answer 18 January 1994] : My Department issued 42 copies of the consultation paper to transport operators, PTEs, trade unions, the police, magistrates and the medical profession and we received 27 responses. It is not our practice to identify those organisations or individuals who respond to consultation exercises.
Bus Services
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a full list of all organisations to which his Department sent, and from which his Department has received responses, regarding the consultation paper on a bus strategy for London, together with the addresses of each such organisation.
Mr. Norris [holding answer 18 January 1994] : In 1991 my Department issued some 2,500 copies of the consultation paper to : all London Members of Parliament ; London local authorities ; bus companies ; trade unions ; organisations representing business, freight transport operators, consumers, motorists, the disabled, public transport users ; and individuals. We received 156 responses from organisations, and 49 responses from individuals. The consultation paper indicated that responses would be treated as public unless marked "confidential", and a list of those who had responded was deposited in the Library in July 1991.
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RUCATSE Report
Mr. Kenneth Baker : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the responses in relation to the current consultation on the report of the RUCATSE--runway capacity in the south-east--working group, will be made public ; and whether a summary of the responses will be published.
Mr. Norris [holding answer 20 January 1994] : The individual responses to the consultation on the report of the RUCATSE working group will not be published by the Government, although it will, of course, be open to respondents to make public their responses if they wish to do so. When the Government make their own response to the consultation, they will make public a summary of the responses received.
Beach Pollution
Mr. Ainger : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps his Department is taking to discover the origin of oil which has recently polluted beaches in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire ; (2) what steps his Department is taking to discover the exact nature and source of the pollution which has recently affected marine life and beaches at Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.
Mr. Norris [holding answers 20 January 1994] : A small area of oil pollution measuring 2 ft wide on Amroth beach, Carmarthen bay, was first reported to the Department of Transport's marine pollution control unit on 3 January. On 4 January oil pollution in the form of tarry lumps covering four to five miles was reported at Pendine beach and the following day a "slick" two miles long and 4 yd wide was reported on the sea close to Pendine beach. The MPCU arranged for its aerial surveillance aircraft to be diverted to the area. No oil was reported at sea, and no vessels were seen in the area. MPCU has discussed the incident with Dyfed county council, who took action to clean the affected beaches. Despite prompt action to discover the source of the pollution, it has not proved possible to identify the cause.
EDUCATION
Nursery Education
Mrs. Beckett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children aged three and four years were in receipt of nursery education; and what percentage of the total number of children in that age group that constituted (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each education authority in each year since 1978-79.
Mr. Robin Squire : Information about the provision of nursery education in maintained nursery and primary schools in each local education authority in England in January 1993 is shown in the table. Similar information for years 1980 to 1992 is published in statistical bulletins, copies of which are available in the Library. National results for January 1979 are shown in statistical bulletin 5/81. Information for each LEA in January 1979 is not readily available. Information on schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Pupils under five in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in
maintained primary schools in each Local Education Authority in
England
January 1993
LEA |Pupils in Nursery |Percentage of
|Schools and |population
|Nursery Classes<1>
Camden |1,073 |27
Greenwich |3,245 |48
Hackney |2,354 |39
Hammersmith and Fulham |1,521 |42
Islington |1,888 |40
Kensington and Chelsea |886 |30
Lambeth |2,456 |34
Lewisham |2,620 |38
Southwark |2,948 |42
Tower Hamlets |3,100 |53
Wandsworth |2,356 |39
Westminster<2> |1,145 |33
Barking |1,797 |40
Barnet |2,456 |30
Bexley |1,225 |20
Brent |2,527 |38
Bromley |172 |2
Croydon |1,431 |16
Ealing |3,323 |44
Enfield |1,693 |23
Haringey |2,670 |47
Harrow |955 |18
Havering |357 |6
Hillingdon |3,242 |48
Hounslow |2,425 |42
Kingston upon Thames |1,132 |33
Merton |2,677 |57
Newham |4,927 |64
Redbridge |1,104 |18
Richmond upon Thames |745 |18
Sutton |1,711 |36
Waltham Forest |2,584 |40
Birmingham |10,429 |35
Coventry |2,266 |26
Dudley |2,951 |37
Sandwell |4,681 |57
Solihull |1,802 |35
Walsall |4,309 |60
Wolverhampton |3,780 |54
Knowsley |2,556 |51
Liverpool |6,181 |48
St. Helens |1,655 |36
Sefton |2,470 |32
Wirral |2,285 |25
Bolton |3,058 |40
Bury |1,505 |30
Manchester |7,531 |57
Oldham |2,473 |38
Rochdale |2,049 |33
Salford |3,411 |54
Stockport |1,885 |25
Tameside |2,499 |39
Trafford |1,988 |35
Wigan |2,138 |25
Barnsley |2,955 |50
Doncaster |3,397 |41
Rotherham |3,162 |44
Sheffield |5,768 |44
Bradford |6,252 |43
Calderdale |1,849 |34
Kirklees |4,343 |41
Leeds |8,979 |46
Wakefield |4,427 |50
Gateshead |1,861 |37
Newcastle upon Tyne |3,016 |43
North Tyneside |2,672 |55
South Tyneside |2,208 |53
Sunderland |3,309 |40
Avon |5,052 |20
Bedfordshire |5,283 |33
Berkshire |5,900 |28
Buckinghamshire |2,683 |15
Cambridgeshire |2,205 |12
Cheshire |5,526 |21
Cleveland |9,312 |57
Cornwall<3> |1,674 |14
Cumbria |3,035 |25
Derbyshire |9,467 |39
Devon |2,790 |11
Dorset |810 |5
Durham |7,072 |46
East Sussex |1,465 |8
Essex |2,549 |6
Gloucestershire |0 |0
Hampshire |1,959 |5
Hereford and Worcester |1,296 |7
Hertfordshire |8,409 |31
Humberside |9,118 |38
Isle of Wight |186 |7
Kent |2,008 |5
Lancashire |7,239 |19
Leicestershire |5,473 |22
Lincolnshire |1,431 |10
Norfolk |861 |5
North Yorkshire |3,713 |21
Northamptonshire |2,852 |17
Northumberland |3,044 |40
Nottinghamshire |13,498 |49
Oxfordshire |2,635 |17
Shropshire |1,897 |17
Somerset |322 |3
Staffordshire |6,787 |24
Suffolk |3,097 |17
Surrey |2,860 |11
Warwickshire |2,179 |17
West Sussex |796 |5
Wiltshire |586 |4
England |339,914 |26
<1>Excludes pupils who became five years of age by 1 January 1993.
<2>Includes Corporation of London.
<3>Includes Isles of Scilly.
Parental Ballots
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what was (a) the lowest bid and (b) the highest bid from companies invited to tender for the running of parental ballots over proposals for schools to move to grant-maintained status;
(2) whether he will list by registered name those companies invited to tender to conduct parental ballots over proposals for schools to move to grant-maintained status;
(3) for what period Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Ltd. has been contracted to run parental ballots over proposals for schools to move to grant-maintained status;
(4) by what tendering process was Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Ltd. appointed to conduct parental ballots over proposals for schools to move to grant-maintained status;
(5) when he next intends to invite tenders for the running of parental ballots over proposals for schools to move to
grant-maintained status;
(6) what is the scale of charges made to his Department by Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Ltd. for running parental ballots over proposals for schools to move to grant-maintained status.
Mr. Robin Squire : The Education Reform Act 1988 gave parents the right to vote on whether their children's
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school should become grant maintained. The Electoral Reform Society's company, Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Ltd., is the body currently prescribed in regulations to make the necessary arrangements for ballots of parents on the question of whether schools should apply for grant-maintained status. The Electoral Reform Society has had this function since 1988.Following implementation of the parts of the Education Act 1993 which streamline the arrangements for schools to acquire grant-maintained status, the Department is reviewing details of the balloting arrangements and considering seeking tenders for future contracts for balloting services.
Charging arrangements between the Department and Electoral Reform (Ballot Services) Ltd. are commercial in confidence.
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the information held by his Department on the typical cost to schools of holding parental ballots on proposals to move to grant- maintained status.
Mr. Robin Squire : A small survey undertaken by the Department last year indicated that the governing body of an average-sized primary school typically spends approximately £900 and the governors of an average secondary school approximately £1,500 in the process of applying for grant-maintained status. Most of this is spent on providing information for parents, including in meeting the statutory requirement to place a summary statement about proposals to become GM in a local newspaper.
From 1 January 1994, governing bodies of schools in the process of balloting for GM status or preparing statutory proposals may apply to the Department for a grant to help cover the expenses incurred.
Bentley Drive Primary School
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what current financial difficulties prevent a purpose-built block to be built at the Bentley Drive primary school, Walsall to replace the mobile classrooms.
Mr. Forth : Decisions on capital spending at a county school such as this are entirely a matter for the Walsall local education authority.
Teacher Training
Mr. David Martin : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students were recruited to courses of initial teacher training in 1993 -94.
Mr. Robin Squire : A survey undertaken by my Department shows that 29,266 students entered courses of initial teacher training in universities and colleges in England this autumn, some 5 per cent. above target. I have placed a copy of the survey report in the Library.
Compared to 1992-93, recruitment to primary ITT courses fell by 5 per cent., to 15,775, and recruitment to secondary courses increased by 5 per cent., to 13,491. These figures reflect the pattern of intake targets for 1993-94 adopted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England--HEFCE- -at the request of the Secretary of State. Of the main secondary shortage subjects, mathematics increased recruitment by 4 per cent. to 1,769, science by
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10 per cent. to 2,373 and modern languages by 13 per cent. to 1, 542. English, religious education and music also increased recruitment, but technology fell by 7 per cent. to 2,057. The survey did not cover distance learning PGCE courses at the Open university and ITT courses by consortia of schools and city technology colleges, which are being run for the first time this academic year. These courses are expected to recruit 1,220 and 220 students respectively, including 115 in technology under the CTC trust's smallpiece programme.Taken together, this means that overall intakes for each of the secondary shortage subjects--mathematics, science, modern languages and technology-- are higher this academic year than in 1992-93.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Asbestos Pollution
Mr. Battle : To ask the Attorney-General what discussions he has had with Lloyd's about outstanding and impending compensation claims for asbestos pollution from companies ; and what assessment he has made of the prospects for compensation claims for mesothelima.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : I have been asked to reply.
Underwriters at Lloyd's are required to maintain assets estimated to be sufficient to meet all liabilities arising from valid claims that may arise from current and past policies. In accordance with the Insurance Companies Act 1982, the adequacy of these reserves is certified annually by auditors, in accordance with rules approved by the Secretary of State. This process was successfully completed last summer for the year ended December 1992. The basis of reserving is reviewed annually, and it has recently been approved for the accounts to be submitted later this year.
ENVIRONMENT
Tenant Incentive Scheme
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many tenant incentive schemes grants have gone to people moving to homes overseas ;
(2) if he will list by country to which they moved the number of tenant incentive grant schemes going to tenants who have bought properties overseas.
Sir George Young : The information requested, based on returns to the Housing Corporation, for 1992-93 and 1993-94 to 17 January 1994 is as follows :
|Number
-------------------------------------------
1992-93
Australia |2
Canada |2
Chile |6
Colombia |2
Cyprus |6
Egypt |1
Eire |34
France |6
Ghana |3
Gibraltar |2
Guyana |2
India |1
Jamaica |7
Malaysia |1
Malta |2
New Zealand |1
Poland |1
Portugal |2
Spain |6
St. Lucia |1
Turkey |1
Uganda |1
USA |2
Unspecified |18
Total |110
1993-94 (to 17 January 1994)
Antigua |1
Australia |3
Barbados |1
Boliva |1
Colombia |2
Cyprus |2
Egypt |1
Eire |31
France |2
Germany |1
Ghana |2
Gibraltar |1
India |1
Iran |1
Jamaica |3
Mauritius |1
Nigeria |1
Poland |1
Portugal |1
Seychelles |1
Spain |6
Sri Lanka |1
St. Lucia |1
Trinidad |2
USA |3
Unspecified |20
Total |91
Public Bodies
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment who are the members currently appointed to the Royal Commission on environmental pollution.
Mr. Atkins : Current members of the Royal Commission on environmental pollution are :
Sir John Houghton-- Chairman
Sir Geoffrey Allen
Professor Henry Charnock
Professor Dame Barbara E. Clayton
Mr. Henry R. Fell
Mr. Peter R. A. Jacques
Professor John H. Lawton
Professor R. B. Macrory
Professor J. G. Morris
Mr. Donald A. D. Reeve
Emma Rothschild
Professor Z. A. Silberston
The Earl of Selborne
Government Offices
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of Government office accommodation in (a) the SW1 postage district of London and (b) the remainder of the United Kingdom is now vacant ; and what is the estimated annual net cost of these vacancies.
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Mr. Baldry : Office accommodation for general government use is managed on the common user estate. Including properties undergoing refurbishment, 5.8 per cent. is vacant in SW1 at an estimated cost in 1993- 94 of £4.9 million. In the remainder of the United Kingdom, 9.6 per cent. is vacant at an estimated cost in 1993-94 of £51. 9 million.
National House Building Council
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the extent to which the interest of consumers is being met by the National House Building Council ; and if he will make a statement.
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Sir George Young : This is a matter for the council itself, which is an independent body. A number of consumer interest groups are represented on both the council and its standards committee and are therefore able to influence the standards set.
Estate Action
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of the estate action schemes currently in operation which have projected spend estimates beyond 1995-96.
Sir George Young : Of the estate action schemes given full approval on or before 4 January 1994, the following have projected spend estimates beyond 1995-96 :
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Local Authority |Estate/Scheme ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Barnet |Grahame Park-phase 3 Birmingham |Ladywood-phase 2 Birmingham |Newtown-phase 2 Birmingham |The Firs-phase 4 Blackburn |Bennington Street Bradford |Canterbury Bristol |Barton Hill Bristol |Lawrence Weston/Orlebar Gardens Burnley |Trafalgar Gardens Carlisle |Botcherby Cheltenham |St. Pauls Chester |Poet's Corner-phase 2 Darlington |Skerne Park Derby |Austin Derby |Harvey Road Doncaster |Stainforth-phase 3 East Yorkshire |South Back Lane Great Yarmouth |Middlegate Hackney |Clapton Park-phase 4 Hackney |Holly Street Hackney |Trowbridge Haringey |Broadwater Farm-phase 3 Harrogate |Broadacres Hounslow |Highfield Hull |The Garths Knowsley |Kirby Knowsley |Lickers Lane Lambeth |Penwith Manor Lambeth |Thorlands Lambeth |Myatts Field Lewisham |Evelyn Lewisham |Milton Court-phase 1 Lewisham |Pepys Liverpool |Belle Vale Liverpool |Dingle Liverpool |Dovecot/Baycliffe and Southdene Liverpool |Netherley Liverpool |Norris Green/Sedgemoor Liverpool |Norwood Manchester |Benchill North-phase 2 Manchester |Monsall Manchester |Newbank Street North Tyneside |Meadowell-phases 1 and 2 Nottingham |Bridgeway/The Meadows Nottingham |St. Anns Preston |Callon-phase 2 Redbridge |Tiptree/Clayhall Avenue Rochdale |College Bank-phase 2 Salford |Amersham Street Salford |Ordsall-phase 4 Southwark |Gloucester Grove-phase 6 St. Helens |Peasley View Tower Hamlets |Watney Market Vale Royal |Over/St. Johns Gardens
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Tenant Management Organisation
Mrs. Gorman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those tenants and residents associations which received grant to develop a tenant management organisation in 1992-93, showing for each (a) the value of the grant in 1992-93, (b) the aggregate value of any previous grants and the years in which they have
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been paid, (c) the value of any grant paid in 1993-94, (d) the local authority, (e) what organisations are advising the association, (f) what progress has been made towards the successful establishment of a tenant manager co-operative or estate management board and (g) when the activity was first brought to the Department's attention.Sir George Young : The information requested is as follows :
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Tenants' |Authority |<1>Agency |Units |<2>Start date |<3>Progress |Development |<4>1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |<5>EMB |<6>TMC
organisation
|cost
|Total £ |£ |£ |£
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abbey Road |Camden |(None) |279 |May 1992 |June 1992 |22,186 |22,186 |0 |0 |- |1
Agar Grove |Camden |CATCH |247 |January 1994 |7,692 |0 |0 |7,692 |- |1
Alderwood |Langbaurgh |BOW |20 |TD |September 1992 |13,900 |13,900 |0 |0 |- |1
Alpha |Sheffield |YCHS |255 |TD |5,913 |0 |0 |5,913 |- |1
Angell Town |Lambeth |PEP |844 |August 1991 |52,750 |21,011 |31,739 |0 |1 |-
Arica Co-op |Southwark |HEXAGON |82 |April 1992 |25,118 |0 |8,713 |16,405 |- |1
Ashb'ne and Buxton |Trafford |TPAS |118 |October 1993 |8,580 |0 |0 |8,580 |- |1
Atholl and Braemar |Westminster |PIC SERVS |42 |November 1992 |24,073 |0 |10,585 |13,488 |- |1
Bancroft |Tower Hamlets |SOLON CHS |628 |September 1990 |19,898 |19,898 |0 |0 |- |1
Berryfields |North Cornwall |CPT |273 |July 1993 |11,957 |0 |0 |11,957 |1 |-
Bethnal Green |Tower Hamlets |PCHA |158 |January 1994 |4,726 |0 |0 |4,726 |- |1
Birch Green |West Lancashire |PEP |1,175 |June 1993 |24,023 |0 |0 |24,023 |1 |-
Blackbrook |Warrington |PEP |809 |November 1992 |40,767 |0 |12,838 |27,929 |1 |-
Botcherby |Carlisle |BOW |539 |April 1992 |35,323 |0 |24,041 |11,282 |1 |-
Boulter Crescent |Oadby/Wigston |LHA |140 |January 1994 |4,875 |0 |0 |4,875 |- |1
Broadwater Farm |Haringey |P W'HSE/T A |1,063 |June 1993 |27,174 |0 |0 |27,174 |1 |-
Browning |Southwark |CHURCH |433 |TD |26,394 |16,435 |9,959 |0 |1 |-
Brunshaw |Burnley |PEP |1,904 |May 1993 |31,917 |0 |0 |31,917 |1 |-
Burrows St/Green L |Walsall |BCHS |259 |June 1992 |29,315 |0 |18,290 |11,025 |- |1
Carol Street |Camden |(None) |36 |January 1992 |June 1992 |10,662 |10,662 |0 |0 |- |1
Carrbrook |Manchester |CHS (NW) |127 |TD |February 1993 |9,806 |9,806 |0 |0 |- |-
Cartergate |Nottingham |LFHS |52 |TD |February 1992 |10,146 |10,146 |0 |0 |- |1
Chalkhill |Brent |TPAS |1,800 |April 1992 |53,089 |0 |29,536 |23,553 |1 |-
Chelsea Manor CT |RBKC |PEP |83 |Failed |9,776 |0 |9,776 |0 |- |-
Chuckery |Walsall |BCHS |213 |September 1992 |25,755 |22,397 |3,358 |0 |- |1
Church Court |Bradford |YCHS |32 |April 1992 |In abeyance |21,892 |0 |17,006 |4,886 |- |1
Clapton Park |Hackney |PEP |1,594 |January 1992 |60,255 |8,122 |31,363 |20,770 |1 |-
Claybrow |West Lancashire |CDS (LIV) |512 |July 1992 |35,324 |0 |9,697 |25,627 |- |1
Cleveland Est |Tower Hamlets |TENANT |287 |April 1993 |20,632 |0 |0 |20,632 |- |1
Colesborne |Liverpool |PEP |1,173 |January 1994 |10,113 |0 |0 |10,113 |1 |-
Colwell Action G P |Liverpool |CDS (LIV) |340 |July 1992 |30,462 |0 |17,147 |13,315 |- |1
Cottington Close |Lambeth |SLFHA |227 |November 1992 |25,730 |0 |9,598 |16,132 |- |1
Cowley |Lambeth |SLFHA |515 |April 1993 |21,025 |0 |0 |21,025 |- |1
Cranbrook |Tower Hamlets |HEXAGON |435 |August 1993 |14,626 |0 |0 |14,626 |- |1
Crusader |Lewisham |CHISEL |156 |April 1991 |28,490 |17,105 |11,385 |0 |- |1
De Beauvoir |Hackney |PEP |877 |January 1992 |47,821 |3,656 |26,317 |17,848 |1 |-
Digby Greenways |Tower Hamlets |HEXAGON |890 |April 1993 |18,632 |0 |0 |18,632 |1 |-
Ewart Road |Lewisham |HEXAGON |182 |TD |1,590 |1,590 |0 |0 |- |1
Fenside |Boston |LHA |955 |April 1993 |21,059 |0 |0 |21,059 |1 |-
Field Bottoms |Hyndeburn |PEP |525 |October 1993 |11,489 |0 |0 |11,489 |1 |-
Five Ways |Lewisham |CHISEL |181 |March 1993 |26,802 |0 |5,809 |20,993 |- |1
Gascoyne |Hackney |CHURCH |243 |Failed |28,905 |0 |19,594 |9,311 |1 |-
Gloucester Grove |Southwark |TIDE |714 |April 1993 |36,422 |0 |0 |36,422 |1 |-
Godwin/Crowndale |Camden |PEP |173 |July 1990 |June 1992 |13,516 |13,516 |0 |0 |- |1
Goscote |Walsall |PEP |422 |October 1993 |13,706 |0 |0 |13,706 |1 |-
Greave Estate |Rochdale |TPAS |268 |April 1993 |18,610 |0 |0 |18,610 |- |1
Halton Moor |Leeds |PEP |1,319 |November 1991 |July 1993 |26,912 |26,912 |0 |0 |1 |-
Harford House |Westminster |PIC SERVS |104 |April 1993 |24,562 |0 |0 |24,562 |- |1
Haslingden |Rossendale |PEP |1,461 |April 1992 |July 1992 |33,927 |33,927 |0 |0 |1 |-
Higginshaw Village |Oldham |PEP |339 |October 1991 |November 1993 |33,790 |11,327 |18,522 |3,941 |1 |-
Holland Rise |Lambeth |PEP |94 |June 1992 |22,626 |0 |18,788 |3,838 |- |1
Holland Town |Lambeth |SLFHA |300 |January 1993 |22,729 |0 |5,645 |17,084 |- |1
Hollin |Rochdale |PEP |1,200 |September 1990 |May 1993 |30,698 |30,698 |0 |0 |1 |-
Holts Village |Oldham |CHS (NW) |925 |April 1992 |46,108 |0 |33,750 |12,358 |1 |-
Hornsey Lane |Islington |(Local Authority)|173 |April 1990 |August 1992 |13,139 |13,139 |0 |0 |1 |-
Ironbridge |Liverpool |CDS (LIV) |227 |July 1993 |14,893 |0 |0 |14,893 |1 |-
Kennington Park House |Southwark |HEXAGON |40 |TD |April 1992 |15,803 |15,803 |0 |0 |- |1
Kilburn Square |Camden |CATCH |268 |July 1991 |28,056 |21,488 |6,568 |0 |- |1
Kingsmead |Hackney |PEP |976 |July 1992 |45,349 |0 |12,452 |32,897 |1 |-
Lancaster West |RBKC |PEP |829 |July 1991 |August 1993 |43,208 |20,542 |20,547 |2,119 |1 |-
Langridge |Middlesbrough |BOW |60 |TD |December 1993 |4,997 |4,997 |0 |0 |- |1
Leather Market Gardens |Southwark |TPAS |1,659 |October 1993 |27,740 |0 |0 |27,740 |1 |-
Lillestone |Westminster |PPCR |73 |November 1993 |6,870 |0 |0 |6,870 |1 |-
Locknor |Hackney |FED HACK |186 |April 1993 |19,649 |0 |0 |19,649 |- |1
Loggans |Penwith |CPT |97 |April 1993 |15,706 |0 |0 |15,706 |1 |-
Magdalen |Lambeth |SOLON W |126 |March 1993 |26,276 |0 |1,000 |25,276 |- |1
Maiden Lane |Camden |PEP |479 |July 1990 |May 1992 |19,794 |19,794 |0 |0 |- |1
Menzies |Liverpool |CDS (LIV) |265 |August 1993 |14,460 |0 |0 |14,460 |1 |-
Mowmacre |Leicester |PEP |1,079 |June 1992 |In abeyance |47,715 |0 |22,821 |24,894 |1 |-
New Park Village |Wolverhampton |(None) |415 |July 1992 |December 1992 |26,055 |15,286 |10,769 |0 |- |1
Nightingale CR |Bromley |CHISEL |34 |TD |13,169 |13,169 |0 |0 |- |1
North Garths |Hull |TPAS |1,082 |December 1993 |11,689 |0 |0 |11,689 |1 |-
North Peckham |Southwark |PEP |1,429 |October 1991 |In abeyance |54,350 |18,206 |36,144 |0 |1 |-
Old/New Loughborough |Lambeth |PEP |1,209 |August 1991 |48,703 |22,675 |26,028 |0 |1 |-
Oslo Court |Merton |SOLON W |16 |TD |In abeyance |11,423 |11,423 |0 |0 |- |1
Parc Mellan |Penwith |CPT |39 |April 1993 |11,928 |0 |0 |11,928 |1 |-
Park View |Tower Hamlets |HEXAGON |307 |June 1993 |12,416 |0 |0 |12,416 |1 |-
Parkwood Rise |Bradford |YCHS |192 |October 1991 |26,446 |6,065 |20,381 |0 |- |1
Pembroke Res |Plymouth |DEVON CDA |153 |October 1992 |34,244 |0 |14,046 |20,198 |1 |-
Perronet |Southwark |TIDE |102 |April 1993 |29,654 |0 |0 |29,654 |- |1
Pinehurst |Liverpool |CDS (LIV) |750 |August 1993 |18,243 |0 |0 |18,243 |1 |1
Pleck |Walsall |BCHS |434 |October 1992 |32,278 |0 |11,246 |21,032 |1 |-
Ridings Way |Bradford |YCHS |134 |April 1992 |24,711 |0 |24,711 |0 |- |1
Rossmere |Middlesbrough |BOW |35 |April 1993 |17,165 |0 |0 |17,165 |- |1
Rothbury Road |Middlesbrough |BOW |16 |June 1991 |December 1993 |13,800 |13,800 |0 |0 |- |1
Saint Georges |Southwark |TIDE |567 |April 1993 |33,503 |0 |0 |33,503 |1 |-
Saint Giles |Lincoln |LHA |1,383 |October 1993 |14,728 |0 |0 |14,728 |1 |-
Saint Marks |Leicester |LHA |439 |April 1992 |49,200 |19,805 |11,023 |18,372 |1 |-
Saint Pancras Court |Camden |CATCH |49 |April 1992 |April 1992 |22,874 |22,874 |0 |0 |- |1
Saint Pauls |Cheltenham |CHURCH |274 |October 1992 |22,451 |0 |11,195 |11,256 |1 |-
Samuda |Tower Hamlets |PEP |505 |May 1990 |February 1993 |16,754 |16,754 |0 |0 |1 |-
Sandbank |Birmingham |BCHS |253 |April 1993 |23,169 |0 |0 |23,169 |- |1
Scotland Gate |Carlisle |BOW |265 |March 1993 |31,069 |0 |9,011 |22,058 |- |1
South Bank |Langbaurgh |PEP |865 |July 1990 |September 1992 |20,435 |3,080 |17,355 |0 |1 |-
South Hornsey |Haringey |PEP |668 |July 1993 |18,720 |0 |0 |18,720 |1 |-
Springfield Horseshoe |Wolverhampton |PARTNERS IC |128 |October 1992 |32,191 |0 |16,931 |15,260 |- |1
Staincliffe |Kirklees |PEP |628 |September 1990 |July 1992 |27,875 |27,875 |0 |0 |1 |-
Stamford Hill |Hackney |PPCR |460 |September 1993 |19,224 |0 |0 |19,224 |1 |-
Stockwell Park |Lambeth |SOLON W |998 |May 1993 |28,551 |0 |0 |28,551 |1 |-
Suffolk Estate |Hackney |FED HACK |259 |February 1993 |27,095 |0 |3,094 |24,001 |- |1
Sutton Park A' |Birmingham |(Self) |250 |April 1992 |26,644 |0 |13,238 |13,406 |- |1
Tabard Gardens |Southwark |TENANT ACT |1,433 |November 1991 |81,673 |10,790 |43,954 |26,929 |- |1
Tanhouse |West Lancashire |BCHS |533 |April 1993 |October 1992 |28,958 |0 |0 |28,958 |1 |-
Tanner House |Southwark |PEP |25 |July 1993 |17,827 |0 |0 |17,827 |- |1
Thorlands |Lambeth |PEP |403 |July 1993 |15,776 |0 |0 |15,776 |1 |-
Triangle |Bradford |TPAS |255 |July 1993 |14,704 |0 |0 |14,704 |- |1
Trowbridge |Hackney |TENANT ACT |555 |January 1992 |26,873 |3,965 |16,433 |6,475 |- |1
Tustin |Southwark |PEABODY |476 |April 1992 |33,960 |0 |25,119 |8,841 |1 |-
Walpole |Greenwich |TENANT ACT |87 |September 1993 |13,677 |0 |0 |13,677 |1 |-
Warwick Crescent |Westminster |PIC SERVS |25 |December 1992 |23,983 |0 |8,019 |15,964 |- |1
West Houghton |Bolton |CHS (NW) |534 |June 1992 |31,391 |0 |24,805 |6,586 |1 |-
West View |Wyre |PEP |843 |October 1991 |44,049 |10,624 |21,467 |11,958 |1 |-
Weston Rise |Islington |SNU |147 |April 1993 |24,878 |0 |0 |24,878 |1 |-
Whitworth Valley |Rossendale |PEP |827 |July 1990 |July 1992 |26,165 |26,165 |0 |0 |1 |-
Woolwich CRA |Greenwich |PEP |1,220 |Failed |49,677 |26,645 |23,032 |0 |1 |-
Wyke |Hackney |FED HACK |415 |February 1993 |11,863 |0 |3,333 |8,530 |- |1
Wyncote |Hartlepool |BOW |15 |June 1991 |18,987 |13,404 |5,583 |0 |- |1
Totals |119 |56,690 |2,893,121 |671,662 |843,761 |1,337,698 |59 |57
<1>Agency name abbreviations:
BCHS Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services.
BOW Bank of the Wear (CHS) Ltd.
CATCH Catch Ltd.
CDS (LIV) Co-operative Development Services (Liverpool).
CHISEL Community Housing in South East London.
CHS (NW) Community Housing Services (North West).
CHURCH English Churches Housing Group.
CPT Community Projects Trust.
DEVON CDA Devon Co-operative Development Agency.
FED HACK Federation of Hackney Tenants.
HEXAGON Hexagon Housing Association.
LFHS Leicester Federation of Housing Services.
LHA Leicester Housing Association.
P W'HSE/T A Price Waterhouse/Tenant Action Ltd.
PARTNERS I C Partners In Change Ltd.
PCHA Paddington Churches Housing Association.
PEABODY Peabody Trust.
PEP Priority Estates Project.
PIC SERVS PIC Services.
PPCR PPCR Associates.
SLFHA South London Family Housing Association.
SNU Safe Neighbourhoods Unit.
SOLON CHS Solon Community Housing Services.
SOLON W Solon Wandsworth Housing Association.
TENANT ACT Tenant Action Ltd.
TIDE Tenant Initiatives Development Services Ltd.
TPAS Tenant Participation Advisory Service.
YCHS Yorkshire Community Housing Services.
<2>Start date refers to the date on which a tenant management development programme began. TD refers to those developments which commenced
under previous grant arrangements.
<3>Date is that on which a tenant management organisation's management agreement received the Secretary of State's approval. Where a date does
not appear, this indicates that development is continuing.
<4>Information from previous years is not readily available.
<5>Estate management boards.
<6>Tenant management co-operatives.
Column 867
Housing Associations
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are (a) the budget and (b) the staff available to the housing associations' ombudsman service from the Housing Corporation for (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994- 95 and (iii) 1995-96.
Sir George Young : The ombudsman service for housing association tenants became operational in November 1993. The operating budget is as follows :
|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96
|£'000 |£'000 |£'000
-----------------------------------------------------------
Staff Costs |150 |227 |227
Non-Staff Costs<1> |79 |145 |143
Mediation/Legal
Other Operational Costs |103 |123 |110
|-- |-- |--
|332 |495 |480
<1>In 1993-94, there was an additional sum of £24,000 to
set up premises.
The total staffing complement available to the ombudsman service is seven.
Council Tenants
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures he proposes to introduce to make it easier for local authorities to take action against council tenants displaying anti- social behaviour.
Sir George Young : Local authorities currently have a range of measures at their disposal to tackle anti-social behaviour. We have asked the local authority associations to let us know how their members are dealing with this problem and whether they think that there are any constraints on their ability to do the job effectively. We shall review the position in the light of the associations' response.
Pennine Bridleway
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to announce his decision regarding the Pennine bridleway national trail ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Baldry : The Countryside Commission published its supplementary report to the Secretary of State on 1 July 1993, outlining revised proposals for the bridleway. I am presently considering the matter and I expect to announce my decision shortly.
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