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Mr. Atkins : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 March, Official Report, column 643.
Local Government Finance
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list (a) the 10 authorities which gained most proportionate to population from the use of residents of non-self contained accommodation as an indicator for the purpose of standard spending assessment distribution, (b) the amounts gained and (c) the effect on Coventry's standard spending assessment of the use of this indicator ;
(2) if he will list (a) the 10 authorities which gained most proportionate to population from the use of housing benefit claimants as an indicator for the purpose of standard spending assessment distribution (b) the amounts gained and (c) the effect on Coventry's standard spending assessment of the use of this indicator ;
(3) if he will list (a) the 10 authorities which gained most proportionate to population from the use of residents at non-self contained or non- permanent accommodation as an indicator for the purpose of standard spending assessment distribution (b) the amounts gained and (c) the effect on Coventry's standard spending assessment of the use of this indicator ;
(4) if he will list (a) the 10 authorities which gained most proportionate to population from the use of households living in rented purpose built flats as an indicator for the purpose of standard spending assessment distribution (b) the amounts gained and (c) the effect on Coventry's standard spending assessment of the use of this indicator ;
(5) if he will list (a) the 10 authorities which gained most proportionate to population from the use of elderly living in rented accommodation as an indicator for the purposes of standard spending assessment distribution (b) the amounts gained and (c) the effect on Coventry's standard spending assessment of the use of this indicator ;
(6) if he will list (a) the 10 authorities which gained most from the use of children in rented accommodation proportionate to population as an indicator for the purposes of standard spending assessment distribution (b) the amounts gained and (c) the effect on Coventry's standard spending assessment.
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Mr. Baldry : The information is provided in the tables. However, there are some important technical points relating to the interpretation of the figures provided.
In a simple arithmetic sense, it is possible to say how much of an authority's standard spending assessment arises from a particular indicator. In most cases, it is simply a matter of multiplying the value of the indicator in that particular authority by the weighting, and scaling factor, attached to it in "The Local Government Finance Report (England) 1994-95 [HC 179]". This is the basis for the figures in the tables.
But there are two important qualifications to the results of those calculations. One is general. The other applies specifically to four indexes reflecting social and economic conditions : the social index, the other social services index, the economic index and the children in need index.
The general qualification is that the simple arithmetic calculation does not show how much better off or worse off the authority is as a result of that particular indicator being included in the formula. It would do so only if the rest of the formula remained unchanged when that indicator was removed. But it would not remain unchanged, because that would normally lead to a reduction in the national total of SSAs. To maintain the national total, there would have to be other compensating changes in the SSA formula. This would not be a simple scaling up of the factors ; it would be usual to draw on statistical analyses to determine the weights on the remaining indicators. The weights would be likely to change differentially, to make good, as far as possible, the effect of the indicator which had been left out. In practice, if one indicator was left out of the analysis, it might well be appropriate to bring in some other similar indicator in its place.
In other words, to find out how much an authority is advantaged or disadvantaged by a particular indicator would require the production of a hypothetical SSA in which that indicator had been omitted, but in which other compensating changes had been made. There is no basis on which such a hypothetical SSA formula could be defined conclusively. Consequently, there is no basis for saying conclusively how much an authority gained or lost by the adoption of an indicator in the actual SSA formula.
The specific qualification relates to the indicators which are within the indexes reflecting social and economic conditions. All the general qualifications apply equally to the components of these indexes. But, in addition, the indexes are unlike other indicators in that they are not intended to reflect the total amount in SSAs attributable to social and economic conditions, but are only the amount by which the relevant part of an authority's SSA is increased or decreased from a national average because of those conditions. The figures in the tables have been calculated by applying the weighting and scaling factor for each indicator to the data for that indicator for the authority mentioned. The figures exclude any area cost adjustment. In each case, the amount for Coventry is shown for comparison.
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Table 1
The proportion of household residents living in
accommodation which is
not self-contained
Ranking and Local |Contribution
authority |per head to
|SSA(£)
---------------------------------------------------------
Coventry |2
1 Islington |44
2 Hackney |39
3 Lambeth |38
4 Haringey |38
5 Camden |35
6 Hammersmith and
Fulham |32
7 Kensington and
Chelsea |28
8 Brent |25
9 Westminster |23
10 Lewisham |21
Table 2
The proportion of households living in
rented purpose-built flats in
residential buildings
Ranking and Local
authority
---------------------------------------
Coventry
1 City of London
2 Tower Hamlets
3 Southwark
4 Westminster
5 Hackney
6 Islington
7 Camden
8 Lambeth
9 Greenwich
Fulham
Table 3
The proportion of household residents living in
accommodation which is
not self-contained or is non-permanent
Ranking and local |Contribution
authority |per head to
|SSA (£)
--------------------------------------------------------
Coventry |-3
1 Kensington and
Chelsea |29
2 Westminster |29
3 Camden |25
4 Hammersmith and
Fulham |20
5 Islington |19
6 Haringey |19
7 Brent |15
8 Lambeth |14
9 Runnymede |14
10 Hackney |13
The average number of Housing Benefit claimants
Ranking and local |Contribution
authority |per head to
|SSA (£)
-------------------------------------------------------
Coventry |1
1 City of London |152
2 Manchester |9
3 Tower Hamlets |8
4 Camden |8
5 Hackney |8
6 Haringey |7
7 Islington |6
8 Southwark |5
9 Newham |5
10 Salford |5
Table 5
The proportion of household residents under 16
years of age
living in rented accommodation
Ranking and |Contribution
Local authority |per head to
|SSA (£)
---------------------------------------------------
Coventry |0
1 Tower Hamlets |10
2 Southwark |7
3 Hackney |6
4 Islington |6
5 Lambeth |5
6 Isles of Scilly |5
7 Manchester |4
8 Camden |4
9 Greenwich |4
10 Westminster |4
Table 6 The proportion of household residents of pensionable age living in rented accommodation Ranking and |Contribution Local authority |per head to SSA (£) ------------------------------------------------------- Coventry |12 1 Camden |32 2 Westminster |31 3 Tower Hamlets |31 4 Islington |30 5 Southwark |30 6 Sheffield |29 7 Hackney |29 8 South Tyneside |28 9 Newcastle upon Tyne |27 10 Manchester |27
TREASURY
VAT on Fuel (Advance Payments)
Mr. Hanson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the revenue lost to the Exchequer by advance payments of VAT by customers of utility companies now subject to VAT from April.
Sir John Cope : Some loss through advance payments was anticipated on this, as on other tax adjustments, and was taken into account in the Budget calculations. It is too early to say what the actual effect on revenue will be.
Taxpayers
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number and percentage of (a) basic rate and (b) higher rate tax payers in each English county, metropolitan district and London borough for the most recent year for which figures are available.
Mr. Dorrell : The table provides estimates for each English county for 1991-92, the latest available year for
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which information can be provided below the United Kingdom level. I regret that information is not available for metropolitan districts and London boroughs.
Basic and higher rate taxpayers 1991-92
Taxpayers liable
atTaxpayers
liable at
only basic rate higher rate
County |000s |Per cent.|000s |Per cent.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cleveland |171 |96.2 |7 |3.8
Cumbria |256 |96.3 |10 |3.7
Durham |221 |95.4 |11 |4.6
Northumberland |141 |95.4 |7 |4.6
Tyne and Wear |429 |96.3 |16 |3.7
Humberside |327 |94.8 |18 |5.2
North Yorkshire |359 |93.7 |24 |6.3
South Yorkshire |505 |97.2 |14 |2.8
West Yorkshire |862 |95.9 |37 |4.1
Cheshire |413 |93.5 |29 |6.5
Greater Manchester |1,040 |96.1 |42 |3.9
Lancashire |601 |95.2 |30 |4.8
Merseyside |561 |96.4 |21 |3.6
Derbyshire |395 |95.9 |17 |4.1
Leicestershire |384 |94.8 |21 |5.2
Lincolnshire |257 |95.7 |11 |4.3
Northamptonshire |288 |94.4 |17 |5.6
Nottinghamshire |431 |96.4 |16 |3.6
Hereford and Worcester |317 |95.5 |15 |4.5
Shropshire |169 |95.8 |7 |4.2
Staffordshire |426 |95.8 |18 |4.2
Warwickshire |210 |92.6 |17 |7.4
West Midlands |1,040 |96.6 |37 |3.4
Cambridgeshire |326 |94.2 |20 |5.8
Norfolk |355 |95.3 |17 |4.7
Suffolk |294 |95.0 |15 |5.0
Bedfordshire |230 |92.9 |18 |7.1
Berkshire |313 |87.9 |43 |12.1
Buckinghamshire |259 |85.7 |43 |14.3
East Sussex |312 |93.8 |20 |6.2
Essex |709 |92.1 |61 |7.9
Greater London |3,020 |90.1 |331 |9.9
Hampshire |707 |91.9 |63 |8.1
Hertfordshire |441 |88.6 |57 |11.4
Kent |656 |92.6 |52 |7.4
Oxfordshire |240 |90.6 |25 |9.4
Surrey |477 |85.2 |83 |14.8
West Sussex |354 |90.9 |35 |9.1
Isle of Wight |54 |97.8 |1 |2.2
Avon |423 |94.3 |25 |5.7
Cornwall |202 |97.2 |6 |2.8
Devon |503 |95.5 |24 |4.5
Dorset |304 |95.0 |16 |5.0
Gloucestershire |250 |93.2 |18 |6.8
Somerset |211 |95.5 |10 |4.5
Wiltshire |266 |94.7 |15 |5.3
Appointments
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information the Treasury holds or obtains relating to individuals who have been appointed, or may be considered for appointment, to paid or unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment, in particular relating to active involvement in (a) extreme left-wing organisations, (b) extreme right-wing organisations and (c) involvement in any of the political parties represented in the House of Commons.
Mr. Nelson : All relevant background and experience is taken into account when considering individuals for appointment to paid or unpaid posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what procedures the Treasury has to prevent the
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possible appointment of individuals with extreme political views to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person or shortlist for the appointment.Mr. Nelson : The Treasury takes all reasonable steps to ensure that all relevant background and experience is taken into account when a Minister has to approve a person or shortlist for an appointment.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the organisations and individuals outside the Treasury who are sent information on, or consulted about, individuals who are, or may be, proposed to the Minister for appointment to posts for which a Minister has to approve the person appointed or the shortlist for the appointment.
Mr. Nelson : The public appointments unit is sent information on, or consulted about, individuals who are, or may be, proposed to the Minister for appointment to posts for which a Minister has to approve the shortlist for appointment or the person appointed.
Foreign Assets
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has on the assets (a) in total and (b) per head of population of (i) El Salvador, (ii) Nepal, (iii) Paraguay, (iv) Benin, (v) Togo, (vi) Sierra Leone, (vii) Mauritius, (viii) Burundi, (ix) Rwanda, (x) Haiti, (xi) Chad, (xii) Albania, (xiii) Barbados, (xiv) Malta, (xv) Botswana, (xvi) Ukraine, (xvii) The Gambia and (xviii) Mongolia.
Mr. Nelson : Information on most countries' GNP and per capita GNP is available from various published sources, including the World bank's annual world development reports and the OECD's annual "Geographical distribution of financial flows to developing countries", copies of which are held in the Library.
Private Sector Debt
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total United Kingdom personal private sector debt ; and what is the total United Kingdom personal private sector debt per household.
Mr. Nelson : Total indebtedness of the personal sector--which includes unincorporated businesses and private non-profit making bodies, as well as households--was £499 billion in September 1993. Figures for household debt are not available. The number of households in the United Kingdom was 22.4 million in April 1991. Both figures are the latest available.
Household Debt
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average level of household debt for each year since 1979.
Mr. Nelson : Debt figures for the personal sector--which includes unincorporated businesses and private non-profit making bodies, as well as households--are available from the Central Statistical Office database. Separate figures for the household sector are not available.
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Exchange Rate
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the reasons why the nominal exchange rate against the ecu in January was only 2 per cent. less than in December 1989 ; what was the corresponding reduction/increase in the real exchange rate against the ecu based on (a) relative producer prices, (b) relative export unit values and (c) the terms of trade for manufacturers : and what has been the effect on output and employment in manufacturing industry.
Mr. Nelson : Movements in the nominal exchange rate between currencies reflect many factors in the countries concerned, including relative growth rates, cyclical positions and inflation prospects. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 21 March 1994, Official Report, column 15, which provides references to data which can be used to calculate the information requested. In the same answer I made a statement about the effect of the real exchange rate on output and employment in manufacturing industry, to which I also refer him.
Personal Investment Authority
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received about the appointment of Mr. Joe Palmer as chairman of the Personal Investment Authority.
Mr. Nelson : A number of representations have been received. However, the appointment of the chairman of the Personal Investment Authority is a matter for the board of the authority.
Taxation
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received concerning the effect Government tax policies will have from the beginning of April on the economic well-being of the average family with two children and one spouse on average male earnings.
Mr. Dorrell : Treasury Ministers have received a number of representations concerning the effects of the Government's tax policies on the living standards of families.
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received concerning the cost to the average family of the cumulative tax increases announced since March 1993.
Mr. Dorrell : Treasury Ministers have received a number of representations.
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the tax burden of a married couple on typical earnings and with two children.
Mr. Dorrell : A single-earner couple with two children on average earnings is likely to pay under 22 per cent. of its gross earnings in income tax and national insurance contributions in 1994-95. Under the last Labour Government it paid 23 per cent. on average.
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the change in the tax burden
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for a married couple on typical earnings, and with two children, since 1978-79 is accounted for by increases and extensions in VAT.Sir John Cope : The change in the tax burden since 1978-79 has been determined by a range of factors, including the growth in real earnings as well as changes in the tax system. Reliable estimates of the contribution of changes in the rate and coverage of VAT are not available.
Shareholders
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will instruct the Bank of England to ensure that individual shareholders in public companies continue to receive company reports and so on, and share certificates in any new trading system for the stock exchange.
Mr. Nelson : I take it that the hon. Member is referring to the proposed paperless share settlement system called CREST. The Bank of England has designed CREST to permit individual shareholders, if they wish, to participate in CREST while remaining on the company register and so receive company reports, etc. direct from the companies in which they hold shares. Moreover, membership of the system will be voluntary, so that any shareholder may instead continue to hold share certificates and remain on the company register. This may be a simpler option for the less active smaller investor.
Indirect Taxation
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people with earnings so low that they do not pay income tax will be affected this month by increases in indirect taxation.
Sir John Cope : It is not possible to determine the number of individuals with earnings but not paying tax who will be affected by indirect tax increases.
VAT
Mrs. Currie : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new businesses have been registered for VAT in each of the last five years in (a) Milton Keynes, (b) Bedford and (c) Luton.
Sir John Cope : Customs hold registration information by local office. The local VAT office at Bedford covers Milton Keynes. The number of new businesses registered for VAT in Bedford and Luton in each of the last five years is as follows :
<
Year |New |New
|registrations |registrations
|at the Bedford|at the Luton
|office |office
------------------------------------------------------------
1989 |3,222 |2,574
1990 |2,909 |2,200
1991 |2,160 |2,320
1992 |1,784 |2,166
1993 |1,912 |2,084
Stable Prices
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 1 March, Official Report, column 665, what priority he accords to stable
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prices ; and what is the connection between that and (a) each of the priorities indicated in his answer and (b) reducing unemployment.Mr. Nelson : Low inflation on a permanent basis is an essential condition for sustained economic growth and higher living standards. But in itself it is not enough. Combined with the Government's policies to improve the functioning of the labour market, and the operation of markets more generally, it will contribute to a lasting fall in unemployment.
Low Incomes
Mr. Jim Cunningham : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to compensate the poorest 10 per cent. of wage earners, following the changes announced in last year's Budget which came into effect this month.
Mr. Portillo : Since 1979 those in the lowest decile of adult male full-time earnings have enjoyed a real increase in take home pay of 18.2 per cent.
Flower Growers
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence there is that mainland European flower growers are selling produce into British markets and evading taxation.
Mr. Dorrell : I am unaware of any evidence of tax evasion in this area. But the revenue departments are always prepared to investigate such evidence if brought to them.
Decentralisation
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to revise his policy on the devolvement and decentralisation of Government functions and activity to the regions ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell : The policy remains as set out in the relocation guidelines, as updated in January 1993, a copy of which is in the Library of the House of Commons.
Mortgage Interest Relief at Source
Mr. Soley : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people received MIRAS in 1988 ; and what was the total cost to the Exchequer.
Mr. Dorrell : About 9.2 million single people or married couples received mortgage interest relief in 1988-89 at a total cost of £5.4 billion.
Industrial Building Allowance
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much revenue is forgone by allowing industrial building allowance to extend to office and retail premises for sporting and recreational facilities ;
(2) if he will publish an estimate for the latest year for which information is available of the value of industrial building allowances against corporation tax due on buildings associated with the provision of sporting and recreational facilities to employees.
Mr. Dorrell : I regret that the information requested is not available.
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Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the industrial building allowance is available for workplace nurseries in workplaces other than factories and warehouses ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell : Industrial building allowances may be available for workplace nurseries within premises which are in use for the purposes of a trade carried on in a factory, or for other purposes defined in sections 18 and 19 of the Capital Allowances Act 1990.
Workplace Nurseries
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many employers have workplace nurseries ;
(2) how many employees get the benefit of tax relief for workplace nurseries.
Mr. Dorrell : Information is not available centrally on the number of nurseries. It is estimated about 20,000 employees had a full-time or part-time place for their children in a workplace nursery in 1991.
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish an estimate for the latest year for which information is available of the revenue raised from income tax charged on the benefit in kind to employees who make use of child care facilities paid for by their employers other than tax-exempt workplace nurseries.
Mr. Dorrell : It is estimated that in 1993-94 the tax charged was about £5 million.
Vice President Gore (Meeting)
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 25 March, Official Report, column 446, what agreements were reached on environmental matters during dinner with Vice President Gore on 14 March ; and what decisions he took consequently to that dinner.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : None. The discussion was an internal exchange of views and was not intended to be the occasion for decisions on specific issues.
Privatisation Costs
Mr. Burns : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure it is proposed to incur in order to finance privatisation costs ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell : Expenditure will be needed to cover :
(i) the initial costs of advisers, estimated at £2,000,000, in connection with the forthcoming sale of shares in the two Generating Companies ;
(ii) expenditure, estimated at £600,000, in connection with the Treasury's sale of privatised companies' debt this year.
Parliamentary approval of these new services will be sought in the 1994-95 main and summer supplementary estimates for Her Majesty's Treasury's sale or sales of residual Government shareholdings and Government holdings of privatised companies' debt vote (class XVII, vote 16). Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £2, 600,000 will be met by repayable advances from the contingencies fund.
European Union (United Kingdom Payments)
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the additional payments the United Kingdom will be obliged to make to the
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European Union in (a) 1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97 as a result of the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel.Sir John Cope [holding answer 25 March 1994] : The contributions made to the EC Budget under the Community's VAT--or "Third"-- resource are made on the basis of a harmonised VAT base, designed to ensure that variations in VAT coverage and rates do not affect contributions. The Community's GNP--or "Fourth"--resource is based on GNP at market prices, and the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel is likely to increase very slightly United Kingdom payments under this heading. The EC budget is only established one year in advance so estimates of future payments are necessarily uncertain and the amounts will depend on the detailed circumstances of the EC budget in each year and the overall growth in EC GNP in general and United Kingdom GNP in particular.
Fuel Consumption
Mr. Austin-Walker : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what advice Her Majesty's Customs and Excise has given to British Gas and the regional electricity supply companies setting out options for apportioning bills for supplies consumed before and after the day when VAT is introduced ;
(2) if he will publish details of the agreements negotiated by British Gas and the regional electricity supply companies with Her Majesty's Customs and Excise regarding the calculation of fuel consumed after 1 April on the basis of warmer weather ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 28 March 1994] : Apportionment can be based on meter readings taken on 31 March. Customs have also agreed that it would be acceptable to apportion bills by using the ratio of the number of days before and from 1 April or by applying weighting factors of 1.75 : 1 for electricity and 2.5 : 1 for gas. The actual method of apportionment chosen is a commercial matter between the individual suppliers and their customers.
Mr. Austin-Walker : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice is given to consumers who believe that the apportionment of their electricity or gas bills for fuel consumed before and after 1 April 1994 is not fair or reasonable ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 28 March 1994] : Consumers should approach their supplier with evidence that would support a different apportionment.
European Investment Bank Loans
Mr. Andrew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the level of allocation of European Investment bank loans for projects in the United Kingdom in 1993 changed from previous years ; and what were the reasons for the difference.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 29 March 1994] : The following is the information :
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0 European Investment Bank lending in the United Kingdom (Loan signatures) Year |£ million |Million ecu ------------------------------------------------ 1993 |1,502 |1,929 1992 |1,796 |2,407 1991 |1,467 |2,091 1990 |1,365 |1,893 1989 |1,084 |1,623
Figures for European Investment bank lending in the United Kingdom, over the past five years, are shown in the table. It should be noted, however, that these do not reflect a pre-planned lending programme, with fixed amounts allocated in advance to lending in the United Kingdom.
The European Investment bank has a dual character, as both a development institution, and as a bank. It lends to capital investment projects which must both, contribute to the development of the Community, and meet normal banking criteria, especially that of financial viability. As a consequence, it does not attempt to set overall, national, or sectoral targets for lending, but rather responds to market demand, considering every application for a loan on an individual basis, against its objectives.
The annual outturn figures published by the European Investment bank reflect this process, but they can also be influenced by decisions by the bank and promoters as to exactly when they will choose to sign for a loan, once it has been approved. Delays in signing agreed loans over a year end can have a significant impact on the figures. This occurred in 1993, when, for this reason, an increase in approvals of loans was not matched by a corresponding increase in loan signatures.
HEALTH
Medicines (Advertising) Regulations
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she intends to make the Medicines (Advertising) Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
Mr. Sackville : This is currently under consideration.
Hospital Staff, Doncaster
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the percentage ratio of trained nurses to the number of in-patients in the Doncaster area national health service hospitals for (a) 1982-83, (b) 1984- 85, (c) 1990-91, (d) 1991-92 and (e) 1992-93.
Mr. Sackville : The information available is shown in the table :
|1990 |1991 |1992
-------------------------------------------------------------
In-patients<1> |48,867|49,856|50,984
Qualified nurses<2> in Doncaster
Health Authority area at
30 September |1,380 |1,350 |1,350
Ratio nurses:in-patients |1:35 |1:37 |1:38
<1> In-patient figures are calculated by adding together
ordinary admissions and day cases.
<2> The figure for qualified nurses excludes community
nurses and midwives.
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