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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 15 April 1994
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Courts Service
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what are his plans for privatisation in the courts service ; what plans he has to achieve them within the terms of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill ; and what plans he has to seek the repeal of section 27 of the Courts Act 1971 before the contracting out or privatising of the courts service.
Mr. John M. Taylor : There are no plans either to privatise any part of the court service in the sense of the private sector taking over responsibility for ensuring the provision of court services or to repeal section 27 of the Courts Act 1971. However, the Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill would amend that section to enable the Lord Chancellor to contract with others to provide staff to carry out administrative work in the Supreme Court and county courts and hence enable him to market-test any such work where doing so was likely to improve the value for money of the services concerned and would not risk impugning the independence or probity of the judicial process. The Government have decided, however, that there will be no market testing in the courts service at least until it has been launched as an executive agency in April 1995.
Defendants (Custody)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the recommended period that a defendant can be held in custody before Crown court trial ; if he will indicate the trend in achieving this target ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Pursuant to the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987, the maximum period of time an individual may be held in custody between committal for trial and arraignment is 112 days--16 weeks. The table shows the trend in achieving the limit. In addition, the Department sets custody waiting time targets which are 12 weeks in London, 10 weeks in the south-eastern area and eight weeks elsewhere in England and Wales.
Custody waiting times
|Percentage of|Average
|defendants |waiting time
|dealt with |(weeks)
|within 16
|weeks
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1989 |84 |10.1
1990 |84 |10.0
1991 |84 |10.0
<1>1992 |82 |11.1
<1>1993 |77.1 |12.59
<1> Provisional figures.
Crown Prosecution Service
Mr. Allen : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what rights of audience barristers directly employed by the Crown Prosecution Service have in the Crown court ; and what plans he has to alter such rights.
Mr. John M. Taylor : Barristers employed by the Crown Prosecution Service have no rights of audience in the Crown court.
The Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct is at present considering this issue, and no decision on the rights of audience of employed barristers will be taken until the advisory committee's advice is received. This is expected later this year.
Principles of Justice
Mr. Allen : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what codification of the principles of justice has taken place since 1979 ; and what proposals he has for further codification.
Mr. John M. Taylor : No legislation of a purely codifying nature has been enacted since 1979. However, some legislation emanating from recommendations by the Law Commission, such as the Children Act 1989, has been drafted in the context of codification of the area of the law to which it relates. The Government are considering a draft codifying Bill on offences against the person and general principles, which was published by the Law Commission in 1993--Law Com. No. 218.
Judges
Mr. Allen : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many judges were (a) barristers and (b) solicitors ; and if he will make a statement on the trends in appointments.
Mr. John M. Taylor : As at 1 April 1994 there were 509 circuit judges in office, of whom 449 had been barristers and 60 had been solicitors at the time of their appointment. There were 95 High Court judges of whom 94 had been barristers and one a solicitor. All other Supreme Court judges had been barristers and all Lords of Appeal had been barristers or members of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland. By comparison, as at 1 October 1991, 46 out of the 446 circuit judges and none of the more senior judges in office had been solicitors at the time of their appointment. It continues to be the Lord Chancellor's policy to appoint to each judicial post the candidate who appears to him to be best qualified to fill it.
CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
Compensation
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners how many (a) inquiries and (b) detailed applications have been made for compensation under the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993.
Mr. Alison : A total of 836 individuals have sought and received information about the Ordination of Women
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(Financial Provisions) Measure. Very few have given any indication of their actual intentions ; 177 individuals have resigned or indicated their firm intention to do so, with a view to receiving financial provision under the Measure.OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Indonesia (Aid)
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of the aid and trade provision programme has been absorbed by Indonesia in each year since 1979.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The table provides details drawn from "British Aid Statistics" for the calendar years up to 1990 ; and for the financial years from 1991 onwards.
Indonesia percentage of ATP
expenditure
|Per cent.
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Calendar
years
1980 |Nil
1981 |Nil
1982 |4.8
1983 |8.8
1984 |11.4
1985 |46.4
1986 |0.1
1987 |3.5
1988 |2.0
1989 |2.2
1990 |3.9
Financial years
1991-92 |10.7
1992-93 |10.5
Acer Engineering
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aid-trade projects have been awarded to Acer Engineering since 1990 ; and in how many other such projects Acer Engineering acted as a subcontractor or consultant.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Acer Engineering has not been the lead contractor for any project supported with aid and trade provision finance since 1990. Data are not held centrally on subcontractors or consultants employed by lead contractors under aid and trade provision-supported contracts, and such information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Pergau Dam
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what payments of compensation have been made in connection with the Pergau dam project to the state Government of Kelantan and to local landowners ; and by whom.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We understand that Tenaga Nasional Berhad--the publicly listed Malaysian Electricity Company--agreed in 1992 to pay compensation to the Kelantan State Government for the use of land and water and loss of timber revenue. This amounted to just over M$121 million-- £28 million. We understand that compensation has also been paid to local landowners although we are not aware of the amount.
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Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make available the most up-to-date analyses of the environmental impact of the Pergau dam.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : ODA continues to monitor the environmental effects of this project. It is not our policy to publish advisers' reports but, following a recent monitoring visit by an ODA adviser, the main conclusions were that the Malaysian environmental management plan is being effectively implemented and that the Pergau project will not have an adverse long-term environmental impact.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the cost to public funds of the specialist consultants appointed by the Overseas Development Administration to monitor progress on the Pergau dam.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We expect to spend a total of £1.035 million up to the 1996-97 financial year on technical, financial and environmental monitoring of the implementation of the project.
Mr. Hain : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations he had over the military implications of the Pergau dam project.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 12 April 1994] : None.
Iraq
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the consequences of the sanctions on Iraq on the food consumption of the civilian population ;
(2) what assessment he has made of the consequences of the sanctions on Iraq on the repair of water purification and sewage plants that were destroyed in the Gulf war ;
(3) what assessment he has made of the change in the incidence of water- borne diseases and other diseases since the imposition of sanctions on Iraq ;
(4) what assessment he has made of the change in the incidence of infant mortality since the imposition of sanctions on Iraq.
Mr. Lennox Boyd : We have made no assessments of our own. Iraq is continuing to refuse access to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iraq and UN human rights monitors. We do, however, receive reports from UN agencies and non-governmental organisations with their assessments of needs in Iraq. It is on the basis of these assessments that we have provided some £66 million humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people since 1991.
Burma
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the extent to which refugees are leaving Burma as a result of actions of the Burmese Government.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : We understand from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that at present there is no significant movement of refugees from Burma into neighbouring countries.
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Somalia
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the World Health Organisation's plan for the development of health services in Somaliland will be produced ; and what plans exist to make it available for public scrutiny.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The World Health Organisation has informed us that the plan is expected to be made public by the end of April. Copies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
PRIME MINISTER
Iraq
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister if he will seek to arrange for a senior official of the Foreign Office to visit the marshlands of Iraq, in the area where the Tigris joins
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the Euphrates, to be accompanied by a medical officer experienced in water-borne malnutrition-related diseases and an expert in water filtering and pumping equipment.The Prime Minister [holding answer 14 April 1994] : Many international organisations and humanitarian workers have sought to visit these areas to aid civilians. However, Iraq has consistently refused to permit access, despite the fact that this is in contravention of the United Nations Security Council resolution 688.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Pensioner Incomes
Mr. Bowden : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make an analysis for each quintile of pensioner incomes for single pensioners, pensioner couples and all pensioner units similar to that published on 7 May 1993, Official Report, columns 294-98, using the most recent family expenditure survey figures available.
Mr. Hague : The information is in the tables.
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Table 1: The average incomes of pensioners 1979/1990-91 (by quintile-quintile 1=lowest)
Average income (£ per week January 1991 prices)
Income source Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5 Total
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(a) Single Pensioners |1979 |1990-91|1979 |1990-91|1979 |1990-91|1979 |1990-91|1979 |1990-91|1979 |1990-91
Earnings<1> |0.4 |0.1 |0.1 |0.3 |0.3 |0.5 |3.5 |2.5 |23.2 |23.8 |5.5 |5.44
Benefit Income |47.2 |51.4 |54.8 |61.4 |57.5 |68.7 |57.1 |66.6 |51.7 |63.3 |53.7 |62.30
Investment Income |1.9 |2.8 |2.0 |4.0 |2.2 |4.5 |6.4 |15.4 |30.5 |81.2 |8.6 |21.60
Occupational Pension |0.6 |1.6 |1.7 |4.9 |3.1 |7.7 |7.3 |20.2 |34.3 |66.6 |9.4 |20.20
Other<1> |0.4 |0.2 |0.1 |0.5 |0.3 |0.4 |0.9 |0.7 |0.9 |2.2 |0.5 |0.80
Gross Income |50.5 |56.0 |59.0 |71.1 |63.0 |81.8 |75.0 |105.3 |141.0 |237.0 |78.0 |110.20
Deductions |5.2 |6.9 |4.0 |6.9 |4.0 |7.2 |7.0 |11.7 |27.0 |44.1 |10.0 |15.40
Net Income BHC (mean) |45.3 |49.1 |55.0 |64.2 |59.0 |74.6 |68.0 |93.6 |113.0 |192.9 |68.0 |94.80
Net Income AHC (mean) |34.8 |37.5 |43.3 |50.0 |46.9 |57.3 |54.4 |81.9 |97.9 |186.0 |55.4 |82.60
Net Income BHC (median) |46.8 |50.7 |55.7 |65.6 |61.8 |75.2 |68.9 |92.3 |98.2 |158.9 |61.8 |75.20
Net Income AHC (median) |36.7 |39.8 |43.3 |48.9 |47.6 |54.4 |54.8 |78.8 |84.8 |149.2 |47.6 |54.40
(b) Pensioner Couples
Earnings<1> |0.3 |0.2 |1.2 |1.6 |5.5 |7.1 |25.9 |19.5 |88.5 |72.0 |24.2 |20.00
Benefit Income |79.1 |87.0 |86.2 |99.0 |86.1 |101.0 |81.5 |95.8 |72.9 |89.1 |81.2 |94.40
Investment Income |2.5 |5.0 |3.4 |8.2 |5.4 |18.8 |9.9 |39.3 |59.9 |154.6 |16.2 |45.10
Occupational Pension |2.4 |5.4 |6.8 |13.2 |17.7 |28.4 |35.5 |60.7 |89.1 |164.5 |30.2 |54.40
Other<1> |0.3 |0.1 |0.4 |0.3 |1.5 |0.8 |0.8 |0.9 |1.0 |2.7 |0.8 |1.00
Gross Income |84.6 |97.7 |98.0 |122.3 |116.2 |156.0 |153.7 |216.2 |311.5 |482.8 |152.5 |214.80
Deductions |5.7 |12.5 |5.2 |12.8 |7.8 |16.5 |17.0 |27.5 |74.8 |99.0 |22.0 |33.60
Net Income BHC (mean) |78.9 |85.2 |92.7 |109.5 |108.5 |139.5 |136.6 |188.7 |236.7 |383.8 |130.5 |181.20
Net Income AHC (mean) |64.6 |72.9 |76.0 |94.9 |91.5 |129.0 |117.8 |180.5 |209.0 |377.9 |111.6 |170.90
Net Income BHC (median) |79.1 |86.7 |91.8 |108.1 |106.5 |138.6 |134.7 |186.5 |204.6 |311.8 |106.5 |138.60
Net Income AHC (median) |64.7 |74.5 |75.2 |89.9 |89.4 |123.2 |117.0 |172.5 |180.9 |300.0 |89.4 |123.20
(c) Pensioner Units
Earnings<1> |0.3 |0.8 |0.5 |0.7 |0.8 |1.7 |9.8 |9.2 |48.4 |42.7 |11.9 |10.90
Benefit Income |58.1 |64.3 |66.0 |74.4 |64.3 |76.7 |65.1 |81.1 |62.4 |74.6 |63.2 |74.20
Investment Income |2.1 |2.8 |2.6 |5.2 |2.8 |8.0 |7.8 |23.9 |40.8 |111.0 |11.2 |30.30
Occupational Pension |1.2 |5.9 |3.6 |7.1 |5.9 |13.4 |16.0 |34.1 |56.3 |107.0 |16.6 |32.90
Other<1> |0.4 |0.5 |0.2 |0.5 |0.5 |0.4 |1.3 |0.9 |0.8 |2.3 |0.6 |0.90
Gross Income |62.0 |74.3 |72.9 |87.8 |74.3 |100.2 |99.9 |149.2 |208.7 |337.5 |103.5 |149.10
Deductions |5.4 |4.8 |4.7 |8.8 |4.8 |9.5 |9.4 |17.7 |44.9 |65.8 |13.8 |22.20
Net Income BHC (mean) |56.6 |69.5 |68.2 |79.0 |69.5 |90.7 |90.5 |131.5 |163.8 |271.7 |89.7 |127.00
Net Income AHC (mean) |48.2 |56.6 |52.9 |58.2 |56.6 |80.5 |75.9 |123.1 |140.7 |263.0 |74.9 |115.50
Net Income BHC (median) |49.7 |63.3 |57.9 |69.0 |63.3 |79.5 |78.8 |119.0 |150.9 |226.9 |63.3 |79.50
Net Income AHC (median) |39.7 |48.5 |43.8 |50.3 |48.5 |62.9 |61.6 |103.3 |129.0 |213.2 |48.5 |62.90
Notes:
<1>Indicates that sample sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Figures are shown only to demonstrate how totals
are arived at.
1. All figures before housing costs (BHC) unless otherwise stated. After housing costs=AHC.
2. All average amounts are means except where otherwise stated.
3. Components may not sum to totals owing to rounding.
4. Pensioner units are defined as single people over state pension age and couples in which the husband is over state pension
age.
5. Estimates of percentage growth are based on unrounded income figures and may not therefore be the same as those calculated
from the rounded amounts shown in the table.
6. Estimates of growth in total net incomes by quintile are based on medians. Estimates of growth of components of income and
total incomes of all pensioners are based on means.
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(d) Growth in pensioner income
1979 to 1990-91
Average income change (per cent.)
Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3
Income source |Single |Pensioner |Pensioner |Single |Pensioner |Pensioner |Single |Pensioner |Pensioner
|pensioners |couples |units |pensioners |couples |units |pensioners |couples |units
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Earnings<1> |-67 |-33 |150 |183 |33 |35 |54 |29 |115
Benefit income |9 |10 |11 |12 |15 |13 |19 |17 |19
Investment income |48 |97 |35 |100 |141 |104 |102 |249 |184
Occupational pension |163 |124 |399 |181 |95 |99 |151 |60 |125
Other<1> |-50 |-58 |22 |265 |-15 |100 |49 |-50 |-2
Gross income |11 |16 |20 |21 |25 |20 |29 |34 |35
Deductions |33 |120 |-11 |61 |145 |88 |78 |112 |98
Net income BHC<2> |9 |10 |27 |18 |18 |19 |22 |30 |25
Net income AHC<2> |8 |15 |22 |13 |20 |15 |14 |38 |30
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Quintile 4 Quintile 5 Total
Income source |Single |Pensioner |Pensioner |Single |Pensioner |Pensioner |Single |Pensioner |Pensioner
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Earnings<1> |-27 |-25 |-6 |2 |-19 |-12 |-1 |-17 |-9
Benefit income |17 |17 |25 |22 |22 |19 |16 |16 |17
Investment income |139 |297 |205 |166 |158 |172 |151 |179 |170
Occupational pension |175 |71 |113 |94 |85 |90 |115 |80 |98
Other<1> |-26 |11 |-32 |140 |162 |196 |51 |19 |37
Gross income |40 |41 |49 |68 |55 |62 |42 |41 |44
Deductions |74 |61 |88 |61 |32 |47 |62 |53 |60
Net income BHC<2> |34 |38 |51 |62 |52 |50 |<3>39 |<3>39 |<3>42
Net income AHC<2> |44 |48 |68 |76 |66 |65 |<3>49 |<3>53 |<3>54
N.B. means given for total income growth.
<1>Indicates that sample sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Figures are shown only to demonstrate how totals are arrived at.
<2>Median.
<3>Mean.
Notes:
1. All figures before housing costs-BHC-unless otherwise stated. After housing costs-AHC.
2. All average amounts are means except where otherwise stated.
3. Components may not sum to totals owing to rounding.
4. Pensioner units are defined as single people over state pension age and couples in which the husband is over state pension age.
5. Estimates of percentage growth are based on unrounded income figures and may not therefore be the same as those calculated from the rounded amounts shown in
the table.
6. Estimates of growth in total net incomes by quintile are based on medians. Estimates of growth of components of income and total incomes of all pensioners
are based on means.
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Table 2
Investment Income for Pensioner Units of all Ages
Quintile Percentage of Average amount
units for those in
(Q1 = lowestin receipt receipt (£ per
week)
|1979 |1990-91 |1979 |1990-91 |Percentage
|growth
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(a) Pensioner Couples
Q1 |68 |7.3 |n/a
Q2 |61.5 |75 |4.8 |10.9 |n/a
Q3 |67.8 |84 |7.9 |22.4 |182
Q4 |75.3 |91 |13.1 |43.3 |230
Q5 |89.9 |98 |66.7 |157.5 |136
All |71.2 |83 |22.7 |54.1 |138
(b) Single Pensioners
Q1 |49 |64 |3.9 |4.4 |14
Q2 |49 |59 |4.1 |6.8 |67
Q3 |45 |64 |5.0 |7.0 |41
Q4 |62 |77 |10.3 |19.9 |93
Q5 |78 |92 |39.0 |88.6 |127
All |57 |71 |15.2 |30.3 |100
(c) All Pensioner Units
Q1 |52 |65 |4.0 |5.5 |36
Q2 |55 |64 |4.6 |8.1 |75
Q3 |50 |71 |5.6 |11.3 |103
Q4 |68 |83 |11.5 |28.8 |151
Q5 |83 |95 |49.4 |116.7 |136
All |62 |76 |18.2 |40.1 |120
Table 3
Investment Income for Recently Retired Pensioner Units
Quintile Percentage of Average amount
units for those in
(Q1 = lowestin receipt receipt (£ per
week)
|1979 |1990-91 |1979 |1990-91 |Percentage
|growth
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(a) Pensioner Couple
Q1 |n/a
Q2 |70 |12.8 |n/a
Q3 |65 |6.6 |n/a
Q4 |88 |37.5 |n/a
Q5 |84 |100 |44.7 |152.6 |n/a
All |73 |83 |24.1 |56.8 |136
(b) Single Pensioners
Q1 |n/a
Q2 |n/a
Q3 |53 |4.6 |n/a
Q4 |n/a
Q5 |89 |57.7 |n/a
All |61 |72 |14.1 |39.0 |177
(c) All Pensioner Units
Q1
Q2 |53.1 |59 |4.7 |8.7 |87
Q3 |72 |13.5 |n/a
Q4 |72.1 |87 |11.8 |27.8 |n/a
Q5 |88.2 |94 |53.6 |107.4 |100
All |68 |78 |20.4 |49.9 |145
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Table 4
Occupational Pension for Pensioner Units of All Ages
Quintile Percentage of Average amount
units for those in
(Q1 = lowestin receipt receipt (£ per
week)
|1979 |1990-91 |1979 |1990-91 |Percentage
|growth
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(a) Pensioner Couple
Q1 |37 |14.7 |n/a
Q2 |45 |62 |10.2 |21.4 |n/a
Q3 |73 |74 |24.2 |38.5 |59
Q4 |75 |82 |47.1 |73.9 |57
Q5 |70 |88 |127.3 |186.7 |47
All |62 |68 |48.9 |79.4 |62
(b) Single Pensioners
Q1 |n/a
Q2 |27 |12.0 |n/a
Q3 |17 |44 |10.8 |17.4 |n/a
Q4 |41 |61 |18.1 |33.2 |83
Q5 |55 |69 |62.6 |96.1 |53
All |29 |46 |32.4 |44.3 |37
(c) All Pensioner Units
Q1 |25 |12.0 |n/a
Q2 |25 |43 |9.7 |16.5 |n/a
Q3 |35 |56 |17.0 |24.0 |41
Q4 |55 |68 |28.9 |49.9 |73
Q5 |62 |78 |90.3 |136.6 |51
All |40 |54 |41.1 |60.8 |48
Table 5
Occupational Pension for Recently Retired Pensioner Units
Quintile Percentage of Average amount
units for those in
(Q1 = lowestin receipt receipt (£ per
week)
|1979 |1990-91 |1979 |1990-91 |Percentage
|growth
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(a) Pensioner Couple
Q1 |n/a
Q2 |51 |23.8 |n/a
Q3 |57 |23.3 |n/a
Q4 |82 |64.3 |n/a
Q5 |70 |87 |99.7 |184.0 |n/a
All |62 |70 |57.5 |82.2 |43
(b) Single Pensioners
Q1 |n/a
Q2 |n/a
Q3 |n/a
Q4 |n/a
Q5 |n/a
All |33 |49 |34.9 |24.8 |29
(c) All Pensioners
Q1 |n/a
Q2 |36 |18.2 |n/a
Q3 |42 |57 |20.2 |28.7 |n/a
Q4 |76 |53.2 |n/a
Q5 |62 |78 |83.3 |128.2 |n/a
All |50 |61 |51.2 |71.6 |40
Notes to tables 2 to 5:
1. Pensioner units are defined as single people over state pension age and
couples in which the husband is over state pension age.
2. A Recently Retired pensioner unit is defined as a single pensioner aged
less than five years above SPA or a pensioner couple where the husband is
aged less than five years above SPA.
3. Where boxes have been joined together this signifies that due to low
numbers of sample cases, an estimate has to be given for a number of
combined quantiles.
4. All amounts are given at January 1991 prices.
5. Tables 1 and 3 are based on the separate income distributions for single
pensioners, pensioner couples and all pensioner units respectively. Tables 2
and 4 are based on separate income distrubtions for recently-retired single
pensioners, pensioner couples and all pensioner units respectively.
Child Support Agency
Mr. Bill Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what consideration has been given to the publication of the collection and enforcement manual of the Child Support Agency ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Burt : There are no plans to publish the child support collection and enforcement manual.
Youth Training
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many youth training recipients have become eligible for top-up payments to bring them up to income support level and for welfare benefits since 11 April ; and what will be the cost to public funds.
Mr. Burt : The information requested is not available. Many YT trainees have access to resources beyond their YT allowance--earnings from employers, for example.
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Without knowledge of such resources, it is not possible to say how many young people might now be entitled to income support.Housing Benefit
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what consultations he has had with the voluntary organisations specialising in halfway houses, hostels and supported housing for former residents of institutions catering for those with learning difficulties in relation to the future provision of housing benefit, inclusive of the cost of support and care.
Mr. Hague : In order to restore the existing policy intention, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has recently consulted the Social Security Advisory Committee and the local authority associations on a proposed change to the regulations relating to eligibility for housing benefit where rent includes the cost of general counselling and support.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Police Force
Mr. Mike O'Brien : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons currently hold the rank of (a) constable, (b) sergeant, (c) inspector, (d) chief inspector, (e) superintendent, (f) chief superin-tendent, (g) assistant chief constable and (h) deputy chief constable in each of the police forces in England and Wales other than the Metropolitan police.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The information requested is set out in the table.
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Police service strength by rank in England and Wales as at 31 January 1994
Police force |Deputy |Assistant |Chief |Superinten- |Chief |Inspector |Sergeant |Constable
|chief |chief |superinten- |dent |inspector
|constable |constable |dent
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Avon and Somerset |1 |3 |9 |31 |52 |160 |468 |2,306
Bedfordshire |1 |1 |4 |13 |15 |61 |161 |907
Cambridgeshire |0 |1 |2 |13 |25 |61 |203 |960
Cheshire |1 |1 |4 |18 |31 |107 |292 |1,436
City of London |1 |0 |5 |9 |19 |59 |127 |664
Cleveland |1 |2 |0 |11 |21 |88 |216 |1,083
Cumbria |1 |1 |6 |15 |21 |72 |187 |874
Derbyshire |1 |2 |5 |21 |32 |98 |266 |1,381
Devon and Cornwall |1 |3 |9 |36 |48 |142 |462 |2,219
Dorset |1 |1 |6 |16 |26 |69 |204 |972
Durham |1 |1 |6 |16 |20 |79 |215 |1,051
Dyfed Powys |1 |1 |3 |13 |20 |41 |157 |729
Essex |0 |3 |10 |30 |52 |140 |453 |2,252
Gloucestershire |1 |1 |4 |11 |21 |59 |170 |881
Greater Manchester |1 |4 |22 |77 |114 |418 |1,075 |5,311
Gwent |1 |1 |4 |11 |15 |46 |155 |761
Hampshire |1 |3 |5 |39 |42 |154 |504 |2,532
Hertfordshire |1 |1 |5 |20 |31 |90 |248 |1,289
Humberside |1 |2 |8 |15 |37 |104 |295 |1,571
Kent |1 |3 |10 |27 |46 |183 |450 |2,446
Lancashire |1 |3 |9 |33 |63 |172 |517 |2,345
Leicestershire |1 |2 |6 |18 |28 |106 |279 |1,403
Lincolnshire |0 |1 |4 |12 |22 |65 |193 |908
Merseyside |1 |4 |17 |60 |74 |263 |753 |3,503
Norfolk |1 |1 |5 |14 |23 |66 |210 |1,106
Northamptonshire |1 |1 |4 |15 |22 |69 |165 |903
Northumbria |1 |3 |9 |36 |59 |179 |517 |2,783
North Wales |1 |0 |7 |21 |26 |71 |227 |995
North Yorkshire |0 |2 |4 |12 |24 |72 |199 |1,015
Nottinghamshire |1 |2 |7 |22 |28 |126 |333 |1,813
South Wales |1 |3 |8 |32 |51 |168 |518 |2,356
South Yorkshire |1 |3 |12 |36 |46 |159 |458 |2,297
Staffordshire |1 |2 |8 |23 |40 |120 |342 |1,655
Suffolk |1 |1 |6 |17 |18 |64 |184 |920
Surrey |1 |2 |6 |19 |18 |86 |269 |1,259
Sussex |1 |4 |5 |28 |36 |172 |463 |2,274
Thames Valley |1 |3 |11 |37 |46 |194 |516 |3,092
Warwickshire |1 |1 |3 |14 |17 |58 |159 |784
West Mercia |0 |2 |7 |24 |37 |131 |300 |1,541
West Midlands |1 |4 |21 |77 |101 |380 |1,057 |5,334
West Yorkshire |1 |4 |9 |49 |73 |272 |765 |3,828
Wiltshire |1 |1 |5 |12 |19 |69 |195 |970
Consultants
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 March, if he will list the firms of consultants employed by his Department and the number of contracts they have undertaken.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The suppliers of the consultancies are as follows ; figures in brackets indicate the number of contracts to that company if more than one :
Supplier
Beck and Politzer
Capita
Clayton Forde Associates
Coopers and Lybrand ( 5)
DBI Associates
D. Jenkins
Dent Lee Witte plc
David Matthews Associates
Ernst & Young ( 2)
ER Consultants
Ewbank Preece Limited ( 2)
G. Lister
Grosvenor, Consult, Dew Limited
Harrison Smith Associates Limited
Hedra Limited
IHSM Consultants Limited
IRM ( 2)
J. L. Patterson
Jones Lang Wooton
Kensington Construction Centre
Kingsley Lord ( 2)
KPMG Peat Marwick ( 2)
L. Massey ( 3)
Laboratory of the Government Chemist
Lamb Business Management Services
LEK
M. Kenworthy
MIRO Communications ( 2)
OCP ( 2)
Organisation Consul Hart
PA Consulting ( 5)
Price Waterhouse ( 5)
R. Dewey
R. Oliver
REL Consultants
Resource Evaluation
Rethinking Recycling
Shreeveports ( 2)
Strategic People
The Institute of Counselling
Touche Ross ( 2)
Tricon Catering Services
Vector Corporate Directions Limited ( 3)
Wolsey Hall Oxford
Yale Consultants
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