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Car Imports
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what share imported cars took of the United Kingdom car market in 1973 ; what they take currently ; what forecasts were made in 1973 of the effect of EC
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membership on the British car industry ; and by how much output and employment in the industry has changed since 1973.Mr. Sainsbury : I am not aware of the forecasts to which the hon. Gentleman refers. A search of relevant literature would involve disproportionate cost.
The available data are as follows :
Year |Imports as a |Production |Employment
|percentage of |(cars) |in motor
|UK car market |vehicles and
|parts industry
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1973 |27 |1,747,321 |514,000
1974 |28 |1,543,119 |500,000
1975 |33 |1,267,695 |460,000
1976 |38 |1,333,449 |451,000
1977 |45 |1,327,820 |467,000
1978 |49 |1,222,949 |474,000
1979 |56 |1,070,452 |466,000
1980 |57 |923,744 |437,000
1981 |56 |954,650 |366,000
1982 |58 |887,679 |318,000
1983 |57 |1,044,597 |299,000
1984 |58 |908,906 |281,000
1985 |58 |1,047,973 |274,000
1986 |56 |1,018,962 |266,000
1987 |52 |1,142,683 |260,000
1988 |56 |1,226,835 |271,000
1989 |57 |1,299,082 |264,000
1990 |57 |1,295,611 |249,000
1991 |56 |1,236,900 |225,000
1992 |55 |1,291,880 |234,000
1993 |55 |1,375,200 |218,000
Sources: Imports as a percentage of UK market and production figures are
from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Employment figures are
from the Department of Employment.
Rover Group
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will seek assurances from BMW concerning its takeover of Rover.
Mr. Sainsbury : I refer the hon. Member to the letter sent from BMW to my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, a copy of the which has been placed in the Library of the House.
Timber and Pulp
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information he has as to the impact of timber and pulp imports into the United Kingdom on temperate rain forest areas in Canada ; what quantity of timber and pulp originates from such sources ; and if he will consider removing the favourable trade tariff awarded to imports of this kind from Canada.
Mr. Needham : In 1992 (the latest complete year for which data is available) the United Kingdom imported timber and pulp from Canada valued at £224,715,000. Imports from Canada do not receive any favourable tariff treatment. In any case, it is not open to the United Kingdom to alter the tariff on these products--that is a matter for the European Community, which has a common customs tariff. As for the impact of logging on temperature rain forest areas in Canada, that is a matter for the Canadian authorities, as principle 2 of the Rio declaration makes clear.
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Parcelforce
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make it his policy that any announcement about the future of Parcelforce will be made concurrently with announcements about the future of Royal Mail.
Mr. McLoughlin : My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade makes announcements about policy. It is not his practice to make policies about announcements.
Dress Sizes
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to introduce a standard dress size in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : Any new or revised British Standard is a matter primarily for the responsible Committee of the British Standards Institution. The Institution is independent of Government. I am advised that there are no plans to introduce a standard dress size in the United Kingdom. A British standard which provides for a system of designating the sizes of women's garments, BS3666 already exists. Except where special considerations such as safety apply, the Government's view is that the development, promotion and use of standards is best undertaken by industry itself, with the support of the British Standards Institution, in the light of consumer requirements in the market, on a voluntary basis.
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the amount and reasons for unauthorised payments by the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Mr. Needham : I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member for Tiverton (Mrs. Browning) on 2 February at column 772.
The payments made to exporters were irregular because, although they were made on what was considered to be an appropriate basis for sharing recoveries, they were in excess of what we are now advised is the exporters' strict entitlement under the terms of the guarantee, and because no Treasury approval had been obtained for making what were therefore in effect ex-gratia payments.
Tin Mining
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what assessment was made, and when, with the costs of closure of the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall on (a) employment, (b) related industries, (c) the environment and (d) the National Rivers Authority operation at Wheal Jane (i) by his Department and (ii) in conjunction with other Departments ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what cross-departmental cost-benefit analysis was undertaken of the possible impact before refusing Carnon Consolidated a further loan ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) what assessment was made of the impact on Carnon Consolidateds tin mining operation of refusing its request for a further loan ; and what conclusions were reached.
Mr. Sainsbury : On 21 December 1993 Carnon's directors made a formal application to the Department for
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permission to draw additional monies from the existing loans, which had been made under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 ; these loans were suspended in June 1990 on the grounds that the project was in jeopardy. When the application was made on 21December 1993, the company's Directors were seeking an urgent decision in January 1994. Carnon submitted financial and other information in support of its request.The decision to refuse further drawings from the loans was taken under the legal and financial criteria which apply to selective financial assistance under the 1982 Act, taking account of economic and employment considerations and the information available about the environmental implications. Assessment of the environmental issues is continuing.
Because of the need to maintain commercial confidentiality, I cannot disclose the results of the Department's investigations. Discussions continue with the company on their plans and proposals.
Enterprise Initiative
Mr. Bates : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much has been spent on the enterprise initiative since its inception in the north- east region of England.
Mr. Eggar : Total payments on enterprise initiative consultancy projects in the North East from the launch of the consultancy scheme in 1988 to the end of 1993 amounted to £11.1 million.
Ministerial Travel
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list all the visits that have been made by Trade and Industry Ministers to (a) Ecuador, (b) India, (c) Indonesia, (d) Jordan, (d) Malaysia, (f) Nigeria, (g) Oman, (h) Pakistan and (i) Thailand since June 1987; and what was the purpose of each visit.
Mr. Needham : Information on all overseas visits by Trade and Industry Ministers to these markets for any purpose since June 1987 could be made available only at disproportionate cost. The following Trade and Industry Ministers made trade promotion visits (to the markets referred to) in the financial year 1993-94.
Mr. Needham
Thailand/Indonesia--June 1993
Malaysia--September 1993
Malaysia/Indonesia--November/December 1993
India--November 1993
Mr. Eggar
Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia--September 1993
Mr. Vaz : To ask the President of the Board to Trade how many visits abroad the Minister for Energy made during 1993 ; and what was (a) the cost to public funds and (b) the purpose of each visit.
Mr. Eggar : During 1993 I made 12 visits abroad. The visits and their purposes are set out in the table, together with an estimate of the costs which covers travel and subsistence for me and those who accompanied me.
Purpose/Place |Cost
|£
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Energy Policy Seminar, Norway |1,119.55
Bilateral Discussions, France |718.81
Energy and Environment Council, Luxembourg |1,802.52
Offshore Technology Conference and Bilateral discussions,
USA |4,647.27
Trade Promotion, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab
Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain |5,950.38
International Energy Authority and Bilateral discussions,
France |1,459.42
Energy Council, Luxembourg |3,187.95
Trade Promotion, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand |14,231.46
Trade Promotion, Kazakhstan |5,216.32
Trade Promotion, Algeria |1,851.33
Energy Council, Belgium |755.62
Bilateral discussions, Norway |884.00
Mr. Vaz : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many visits abroad the Minister of State for Industry has made during 1993 ; and what was (a) the cost to public funds and (b) the purpose of each visit.
Mr. Sainsbury : During 1993 I made 17 visits abroad. The visits and their purposes are set out in the table together with an estimate of the costs which covers travel and subsistance for me and those who accompanied me.
Purpose/Place |Cost
|£
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Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels |912.00
Steel Council, Brussels |1,045.20
Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels |1,045.20
Informal Industry Council, Denmark |1,796.40
Inward Investment Promotion and Aerospace Sector
Sponsorship, USA and Canada |13,205.05
Industry Council, Brussels |1,045.20
Speech at the Inauguration Ceremony for the European
Transonic Windtunnel, Germany |653.74
Inward Investment Promotion and competitiveness, Japan |18,479.83
Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels |1,065.60
Bilaterals with Commissioners Millan and Van Miert to
discuss Structural Funds, the Assisted Area Map and
the Shipbuilding Intervention Fund |1,072.62
Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels |1,072.62
Agriculture and Trade Council, Brussels |1,289.20
Visit to Airbus, France |855.00
Inward Investment Promotion, Germany |1,106.26
Industry Council, Brussels |1,528.20
Bilaterals with Commissioners Millan and Van Miert to
discuss Structural Funds and the Shipbuilding
Intervention Fund |1,251.60
Steel Council, Brussels |2,350.20
Industry (Financial Assistance)
Mr. Milburn : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what have been the administration costs of each of his Department's schemes of financial assistance to industry in each of the last five years (a) as a total cost and (b) as a proportion of the total individual scheme budget.
Mr. Heseltine : The information in respect of the period I have been President of the Board of Trade is contained in form O of the Department's MINIS returns, which were placed in the Library of the House last July. Data is not available for the earlier years.
Steel Mills
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the Government's policy concerning overcapacity in the steel mills of the European Union ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Sainsbury : State subsidies are a major cause of EC over- capacity. The agreement reached at the December Industry Council will ensure both worthwhile capacity reductions and a much improved framework for the control of state aids.
British Coal
Mr. William O'Brien : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if, when he next meets the chairman of British Coal, he will ask him to reply to the letters sent to him by the hon. Member for Normanton.
Mr. Eggar : I understand that the chairman of British Coal replied to the hon. Member's letters on 11 February 1994.
North Sea Gas
Mr. Spearing : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what are his estimates of the date when progressive exhaustion of United Kingdom supplies of North sea gas, over the rate of proven discovery, has been or will be reached and, on the current rate of consumption, the quantities of energy at such dates that will be required from other sources to fill the consequential deficits.
Mr. Eggar : The table shows that the rate of proven discovery of gas on the United Kingdom continental shelf (as measured by the increase in proven reserves between the end of 1991 and the end of 1992) exceeded gas production in 1992 by 70 billion cubic metres. This indicates progressive enhancement rather than exhaustion.
Gas on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf<1>
Billion cubic metres
|1991 |1992 |Increase
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proven<2> reserves at end of period |1,345 |1,465 |+120
Cumulative production |805 |855 |+50
Remaining proven gas reserves |540 |610 |+70
<1> Includes onshore and offshore discoveries.
<2> Proven reserves are defined as those which on the available
evidence are virtually certain to be technically and economically
producible (i.e. those reserves which have a better than 90 per cent.
chance of being produced).
Source: Table 4, Development of the Oil and Gas Resources of the United
Kingdom 1993, DTI.
Oil Pollution
Mr. Ainger : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to ensure that operators granted exemption under section 23 from section 3 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 comply with the PARCOM decision approved at a meeting at the Oslo and Paris Commissions on 22 September 1992.
Mr. Eggar : Exemptions issued under section 23 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (POPA '71), have conditions attached to them which require operators to report the level and quantity of oil discharged with drill cuttings. The conditions specify the target level which is in accordance with the PARCOM Decision 92/2, approved at the meeting at the Oslo and Paris Commissions on 22September 1992.
Mr. Ainger : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many operators are bound by section 3 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 ; how many have applied for exemption under section 23 ; and how many have made no application for exemption.
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Mr. Eggar : All 38 operators on the UKCS are bound by section 3 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971.
During 1993, 21 operators applied and were granted Exemptions under section 3 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971.
1993, 17 operators made no request for Exemption under section 3 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971. Mr. Ainger : To ask thPresident of the Board of Trade how many applications have been made by companies for exemption under section 23, from section 3 of the
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Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 ; how many applications have been granted ; and how many have been refused.Mr. Eggar : A total of 178 applications were made during 1993. All were granted.
Mr. Ainger : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list for each exemption granted under section 23 from section 3 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971, the operator, the year, the volume of discharged cuttings and the measured oil content of discharged cuttings.
Mr. Eggar : A list showing operators and the total volume of discharged cuttings and oil content for the year 1993 is as follows :
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Company |Year |Total cuttings |Average oil content
|tonnes |-grammes of oil
|per kilogramme of
|cuttings
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Agip |1993 |1,358.7 |86
Amerada Hess |1993 |5,549.5 |76
Arco |1993 |1,606 |84
BP |1993 |10,336.4 |83
Chevron |1993 |1,758 |69
Conoco |1993 |4,581.9 |72
Fina |1993 |751.1 |70
Hamilton |1993 |1,515.1 |10
Keer McGee |1993 |1,743.3 |93
Lasmo |1993 |672.8 |84
Marathon |1993 |1,459 |90
Mobil |1993 |1,586.9 |95
MSR |1993 |1,244.7 |89
Phillips |1993 |2,595.4 |77
Shell |1993 |2,919.1 |93
Texaco |1993 |1,247.9 |68
|------- |------- |-------
Total |1993 |2,366 |57
Oil Licensing
Mr. Ainger : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what criteria he used in deciding to exclude from the 14th licensing round 35 blocks identified as highly sensitive but nominated for inclusion by the oil industry ; and if he will list the blocks.
Mr. Eggar : Decisions on whether to offer environmentally sensitive blocks for licence in the 14th Round were taken on the basis of the following criteria :
whether the environmental sensitivities identified could be protected by imposing strict conditions on any licences awarded ; whether there were objections to the licensing of the block from other Government Departments and the combination of restrictions would have made exploration impractical ; and
the degree of company interest in the blocks.
Since other Departments' objections were provided in confidence, I am unable to list the blocks.
Pension Plans
Mr. Darling : To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what information he has as to the number of pension providers that have made provision for claims against them in respect of possible mis-selling of personal pension plans ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what advice he has given to pension providers to show in their accounts appropriate provision against possible claims in respect of alleged mis- selling of personal pension plans ; and if he will make a statement ;
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(3) what information he has as to the total amount provided by the life assurance industry against claims in respect of alleged mis-selling of personal pension plans.Mr. Neil Hamilton : The Department has written to life offices to ask them to indicate their likely exposure to compensation in respect of mis-selling of personal pensions, and to provide guidance on how the Department expects life offices to reserve for any such exposure in future Companies Act accounts and DTI returns. The Securities and Investments Board are seeking to determine the extent of the mis-selling. The position will not be clear until that review is completed. However, where life offices consider that they are likely to have a liability or a contingent liability, the Department expects this to be recognised in the published accounts.
Textile Tariffs
Mr. Riddick : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on his discussions with Sir Leon Brittan and others concerning the level of tariffs being levied on textiles by India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Korea.
Mr. Needham [holding answer 14 February 1994] : In contacts with the commission on the Uruguay round market access negotiations, United Kingdom ministers and officials have underlined our concern that the Commission should take every opportunity to press the Governments of India, Pakistan and Indonesia to improve their offers in respect of textiles and clothing. The European Commission
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has made clear its determination to continue negotiations to improve market access offers, if necessary until ministers sign the GATT Final Act in April. As far as Korean tariff increases on wool fabrics are concerned, I have written to the Korean Finance and Trade Industry ministers to express my concern.EDUCATION
Surplus Places
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his latest assessment of the number of surplus places in each of (a) the London boroughs and (b) the Greater Manchester boroughs.
Mr. Robin Squire : The Department has not collected comprehensive information on surplus school places since the survey in 1991 from which were derived the figures given in reply to a similar question from the hon. Member on Wednesday 28 April 1993.
We intend to make regulations later this year under section 21 of the Education Act 1993 requiring all LEAs and, where it has relevant responsibilities, the new Funding Agency for Schools, to submit information to the Secretary of State annually, beginning in 1994, on surplus places in LEA maintained and grant-maintained schools respectively.
Grant-maintained Schools
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the number of grant-maintained schools at (a) primary and (b) secondary level, set out by parliamentary constituency.
Mr. Robin Squire : The Department does not at present hold a full list of locations of grant-maintained schools by parliamentary constituency. One is to be compiled shortly and I will send a copy to my hon. Friend as soon as it is available.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the cost of special purpose grants--transitional--to grant- maintained schools in England in each year since 1991.
Mr. Robin Squire : Total spending on transitional grants to self- governing--grant maintained--schools in each year since 1991-92 has been as follows :
Year |£ million ------------------------------- <1>1991-92 |5.3 <1>1992-93 |10.4 <2>1993-94 |23.0 <1> Outturn. <2> Estimated outturn.
Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the current arrangements for funding grant-maintained schools in Essex ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Robin Squire : Grant-maintained schools in Essex are receiving funding in 1993-94 based on their entitlement under the local education authority's local management of schools scheme, plus additional sums to reflect their
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additional responsibilities. My right hon. Friend announced on 14 February his intention to introduce a common funding formula for funding GM schools in Essex and four other LEAs in 1994-95.Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the proportion of the total number of pupils in Essex at (a) primary school and (b) secondary school who are attending grant-maintained schools.
Mr. Robin Squire : Essex has the highest percentage of primary school pupils being educated in grant-maintained schools at 12 per cent of the total, and the third highest proportion of secondary school pupils with 64 per cent.
Mr. Whittingdale : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in Essex have become grant maintained ; and how many applications to become grant maintained are outstanding.
Mr. Robin Squire : There are 63 secondary and 55 primary schools operating with grant-maintained status in Essex. A further four secondary and 15 primary schools are currently approved to become grant-maintained on 1 April. Three secondary and two primary schools have published proposals following a yes vote and are awaiting a decision.
Autism
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will make a statement about the provision made by each local education authority for children with autism; and what steps he is taking to ensure that children with such difficulties are identified and helped appropriately;
(2) what information he has on the extent of under-identification of children with autism;
(3) how many children have been diagnosed as having autism problems in each local education authority area; how many have had statements in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of children with autism problems who have not been identified and provided for appropriately;
(4) how many children have been diagnosed as having autism problems required special educational support in each local education authority area in each of the last five years.
Mr. Forth : The information requested is not collected centrally. Under the Education Acts 1981 and 1993 it is the responsibility of schools and LEAs to identify, assess and make provision for children with special educational needs, including those with autism. The Secretary of State intends, subject to the approval of Parliament, to issue a code of practice which will give practical guidance to schools and local education authorities on the identification and assessment of all children with special educational needs. The Department for Education and the Department of Health are currently sponsoring a research project by the University of Nottingham into the education and treatment of children with autism in England and Wales. The researchers, assuming a prevalence rate of six per 10,000, estimate that there are in the region of 7,800 children with autism in England and Wales. Of these, approximately 1, 000 children attend schools or units which specialise in
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teaching children with autism. We await the report of the second stage of the research project which aims to evaluate the main types of provision for young autistic children.Bullying
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration he has given to (a) bullying in school, (b) inadequate playground supervision of children and (c) the provision of appropriate training for all staff in schools on how to handle bullying ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Forth : Head teachers are responsible for maintaining discipline and good behaviour in schools. The Government expect them to deal firmly with bullying and to make appropriate arrangements for supervision of children and for staff training. To help them, the Department issued practical advice in the form of "Action Against Bullying" packs to all schools in England in July 1992. We are considering whether further advice would be helpful. Local education authorities have also had the opportunity to bid for support for whole-school action on bullying under the "Truancy and Disaffected Pupils" category of the Department's grants for education support and training, GEST, schemes for 1993-94 and 1994-95.
Further Education Colleges, Coventry
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much expenditure has been incurred by each of Coventry's further education colleges in legal costs since incorporation ; and what are the comparable figures for the 1 April 1993.
Mr. Boswell : Neither the Department nor the Further Education Funding Council collects information on college expenditure at the level of detail necessary to enable the amounts spent on legal advice to be identified. In the year to 1 April 1993 legal costs incurred by Coventry's further education colleges were met by the city council, which is unable to disaggregate the information from overall costs.
Sixth Forms
Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 8 February, Official Report , columns 168-69 , if he will provide information showing the proportion of sixth form students in schools and colleges by local education authority area, in sixth forms with (a) fewer than 50 students, (b) 50 to 100 students and (c) 100 to 150 students.
Mr. Robin Squire : The information requested is shown in the table.
Percentage of sixth form pupils in sixth forms by size in
LEA-maintained
secondary schools in each local education authority in England
January 1993
Sixth forms by
size
LEA |Less than|50-100 |101-150
|50 pupils|pupils |pupils
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Corporation of London (1) |0 |0 |0
Camden |2 |0 |19
Greenwich |6 |20 |26
Hackney |0 |0 |100
Hammersmith |50 |50 |0
Islington |0 |61 |39
Kensington and Chelsea |0 |0 |0
Lambeth |23 |0 |77
Lewisham |2 |50 |28
Southwark |0 |100 |0
Tower Hamlets |4 |32 |0
Wandsworth |10 |18 |0
Westminster |0 |8 |22
Barking |0 |30 |13
Barnet |0 |12 |23
Bexley |4 |16 |25
Brent |0 |25 |16
Bromley |0 |23 |53
Croydon |0 |0 |0
Ealing |25 |0 |0
Enfield |0 |7 |18
Haringey |0 |22 |58
Harrow (1, 2) |0 |0 |0
Havering |0 |7 |43
Hillingdon |10 |13 |40
Hounslow |0 |4 |51
Kingston upon Thames |4 |19 |22
Merton |0 |0 |0
Newham |33 |0 |25
Redbridge |0 |0 |9
Richmond upon Thames (1) |0 |0 |0
Sutton |0 |26 |16
Waltham Forest |0 |0 |100
Birmingham |2 |8 |25
Coventry |1 |16 |36
Dudley |0 |0 |100
Sandwell |0 |26 |14
Solihull |0 |0 |26
Walsall |4 |26 |30
Wolverhampton |11 |30 |22
Knowsley |8 |28 |26
Liverpool |4 |20 |39
St. Helens |0 |7 |26
Sefton |0 |15 |19
Wirral |0 |20 |9
Bolton |5 |0 |13
Bury (1, 2) |0 |0 |0
Manchester |10 |25 |0
Oldham |15 |31 |13
Rochdale |0 |0 |19
Salford (1, 2) |0 |0 |0
Stockport |0 |26 |74
Tameside |0 |100 |0
Trafford |0 |10 |15
Wigan |0 |0 |0
Barnsley |0 |0 |0
Doncaster |0 |6 |14
Rotherham |0 |0 |18
Sheffield |2 |6 |15
Bradford |0 |8 |12
Calderdale |0 |23 |39
Kirklees |0 |0 |28
Leeds |7 |12 |18
Wakefield |0 |9 |13
Gateshead |0 |17 |17
Newcastle upon Tyne |2 |24 |17
North Tyneside |0 |14 |46
South Tyneside |0 |0 |0
Sunderland |0 |0 |0
Isles of Scilly (1) |0 |0 |0
Avon |4 |20 |22
Bedfordshire |0 |2 |8
Berkshire |1 |10 |31
Buckinghamshire |3 |10 |12
Cambridgeshire |0 |4 |3
Cheshire |1 |12 |40
Cleveland |0 |0 |28
Cornwall |0 |6 |11
Cumbria |6 |21 |47
Derbyshire |0 |2 |17
Devon |0 |5 |31
Dorset |1 |2 |10
Durham |0 |20 |30
East Sussex |0 |0 |43
Essex |2 |4 |25
Gloucestershire |2 |14 |25
Hampshire |0 |15 |30
Hereford and Worcester |1 |11 |35
Hertfordshire |0 |26 |33
Humberside |2 |6 |37
Isle of Wight |0 |0 |13
Kent |6 |10 |9
Lancashire |0 |2 |28
Leicestershire |0 |2 |8
Lincolnshire |0 |17 |26
Norfolk |1 |2 |10
North Yorkshire |1 |3 |34
Northamptonshire |0 |17 |21
Northumberland |0 |3 |16
Nottinghamshire |3 |21 |49
Oxfordshire |0 |6 |40
Shropshire |0 |17 |41
Somerset |1 |7 |9
Staffordshire |1 |28 |31
Suffolk |0 |4 |16
Surrey |0 |10 |19
Warwickshire |0 |9 |21
West Sussex |0 |4 |17
Wiltshire |0 |3 |28
|-- |-- |--
England |2 |11 |24
(1) In January 1993 these LEAs did not maintain secondary schools
with a sixth form.
(2) In January 1993 these LEAs maintained sixth form colleges
only.
Equipment Thefts
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department in the last three years for which information is available ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Mr. Boswell : The following information is recorded :
Description of item |Approximate value
|(£)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991
Printer cable |15
RM Nimbus 386SX PC |1,200
Toshiba T1000 Portable PC |800
1992
HP Deskjet Printer |300
Compaq Laptop PC |2,000
Portable PC (type not recorded) |2,000
Mitsubishi colour printer |4,000
Compaq LTE20 Portable PC |2,000
Compaq LTE20 Portable PC |2,000
HPII Laser printer |1,000
1993
Compaq Portable PC |2,000
Compaq Contura Portable PC |2,000
Toshiba T3300SL Portable PC |2,000
In addition the following items belonging to the Department were stolen
whilst on loan to Local Education Authorities.
RM Nimbus PC CPU |1,000
|(December 1991)
PC (type not recorded) X 2 |2,000
|(July 1992)
RM Nimbus 386 PC |1,000
|(December 1993)
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