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Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice he has received on the potential economic costs of damage to materials in the UK from tropospheric ozone. [27851]
Mr. Atkins: In 1994, my Department commissioned a report to assess the potential economic costs of damage to materials by ozone. This scaled US estimates from the late 1960s, and provided a range of costs for the UK of £170 million--£345 million in current terms for damage to all stock at risk and antiozonant protection. I am pleased to announce that, following this report, I have commissioned a three-year research programme which will quantify the current and potential future extent and costs of damage to materials from atmospheric ozone.
Hedgerows
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action his Department is going to take in respect of the hedgerow removal at (a) Stamford bridge, grid reference SE 663529, (b) Kilburn, north Yorkshire, grid reference SE 507805 and (c) Balne crossroads, grid reference SE 567197; what assessment he has made of whether the removal of these hedgerows is in contradiction of his countryside stewardship scheme and other initiatives; and if he will make a statement. [27397]
Mr. Atkins: I will write to the hon. Member.
Repossessions
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of repossessions which occurred (a) in Hornsey and Wood Green (b) Haringey, (c) Greater London and (d) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. [27661]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The information requested is not available centrally.
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Berkshire
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will identify the geographical characteristics of Berkshire which justify its division into six unitary authorities. [27853]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: Geography is among the factors considered in the Local Government Commission's final report for Berkshire which recommended a structure of five unitary authorities, based on existing districts but including a merger of Bracknell Forest and Windsor and Maidenhead. My right hon. Friend accepted the commission's reasons and recommendations for an all-unitary structure but rejected the proposed merger for the reasons given in his statement and written answers of 21 March, Official Report, columns 123 and 145.
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how he will compensate the six new unitary authorities in Berkshire for the extra costs incurred by entering into separate contracts for highway maintenance, electrical engineering and highway and planning services. [27854]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The effect of the regulations that we have made is that contracts of an abolished authority will normally pass to its successor authorities on reorganisation. Authorities may negotiate different contractual arrangements if they wish: presumably, they would do so only if they judged that making the change would improve cost- effectiveness.
Urban Development Corporations
Mr. Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has made to other Government Departments within the last year regarding urban development corporations to ensure their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. [27790]
Defective Housing
Mr. Dunn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the names, style and variety of precast concrete materials used in the construction of public sector housing; and which types were deemed to be faulty and as such qualified for financial compensation. [28154]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: Precast concrete has been used for a wide variety of purposes in public sector housing since the early 1900s; a definitive list is not available. The following types of properties have been designated in England by the Secretary of State under part XVI if the Housing Act 1985:
|Qualifying
Type |Main construction |defect
|element
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Airey |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Boot |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Boswell |In Situ concrete |C
Cornish Unit |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Dorran |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Dyke |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Gregory |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Myton |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Newland |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Orlit |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Parkinson |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Reema Hollow Panel |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Schindler/Hawksley |In Situ concrete |A
SGS
Smith |Precast concrete |B
Stent |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Stonecrete |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Tarran |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Underdown |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Unity/Butterley |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Waller |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Wates |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Wessex |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Winget |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Woolaway |Precast reinforced concrete|A
Qualifying defect:
A: Ineffective protection of the embedded steel in the reinforced concrete loadbearing parts of the buildings.
B: In effective protection of the embedded steel handling reinforcement in the concrete panels forming part of
the loadbearing walls.
C: (a) Aggregate containing excessive quantities of unburnt coal in concrete forming the walls, floors or
foundations of the dwelling; or
(b) ineffective protection of the embedded steel in any precast reinforced concrete parts of the dwelling.
Local Government Finance
Dr. Goodson-Wickes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his decision on the final caps for the nine local authorities which challenged their cap; and if he will make a statement. [28539]
Mr. Gummer: I have laid before the House a draft order, under section 57 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, setting out our decisions on the final caps for Devon, Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Somerset county councils, Barnsley, Newcastle and Sheffield metropolitan district councils, Norwich city council and Lincolnshire police authority.
We have considered very carefully all the available relevant information, including the case made by the authorities in support of a higher cap, before taking our decisions. We have decided to increase the proposed caps for Somerset and Lincolnshire police by £2.6 million and £1.82 million respectively, to allow the budgets set by the authorities to remain unaltered; and to increase Barnsley's cap by £2 million, £1.09 million less than requested by the authorities.
The cap proposed for the other authorities have been confirmed. The caps are, in our view, reasonable, appropriate and achievable in all the circumstances of the authorities concerned. These decisions will reduce public expenditure, and the burden on council taxpayers in the areas concerned by £24 million in 1995 96.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Scott Inquiry
Mr. Byers: To ask the Attorney-General on what dates he or other Ministers or former Ministers in his Department received extracts for comment from Sir Richard Scott's draft report; on what date comments were
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submitted to Sir Richard; and what requests have been made for an extension of the period within which comments should have been made. [27553]The Attorney-General: The Government do not disclose details of correspondence between the Inquiry and individual witnesses. In the case of draft extracts in particular, the inquiry has asked that these be treated in the strictest confidence.
EMPLOYMENT
New Earnings Survey
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to amend the new earnings survey to include low-paid workers. [24998]
Mr. Oppenheim: There are no plans to change the basis on which the new earnings survey is conducted.
Epileptics
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what training is provided for disability employment advisers and special needs careers advisers to enable them to advise appropriately people with epilepsy about employment and training; [27764]
(2) what training welfare rights officers receive to enable them to advise appropriately people with epilepsy about welfare benefits to which they are entitled. [27765]
Miss Widdecombe: The training currently provided by the Employment Service for disability employment advisers covers a wide range of disabilities, including epilepsy. From July this year, the training will be enhanced. Training will continue to include information on specific disabilities such a epilepsy.
DEAs, like all ES client advisers, are trained on the full range of benefits available to unemployed jobseekers and to those in employment. Clients can be referred to benefits specialists within jobcentres or the Benefits Agency to assist them in making decisions about work and training opportunities or to ensure that they receive their correct entitlement to benefits. The new DEA training will include material on benefits for clients with all types of disabilities and special needs.
The skills, knowledge and attitudes required of careers officers dealing with young people with special needs are included in the post-graduate diploma in careers guidance. Careers officers must hold this or an equivalent qualification. In addition, there are specific training courses run by higher education establishments in a range of topics relating to special needs.
Employment Schemes
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the numbers attending and leaving restart courses, for each year of their operation, including those who left before the completion of the course; [27520]
(2) if he will list the numbers leaving restart courses, as an actual number and as a percentage of total leavers, for each year of its operation, including those who left before completion of the scheme, stipulating those who went into work, those who went into further employment schemes and those who become unemployed; and, of
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these, if he will list the type and level of qualification each leaver obtained, including those who failed to obtain any qualification at all. [27510]Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for the subject of the questions 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 Mr. Frank Field, dated 12 June 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about the number of people attending Restart Courses for each year of operation and the number of those who left to go into work or further employment schemes.
It may help if I explain that Restart Courses have been in existence since 1986. In April 1994 a new two week Restart Course programme was launched. These new courses combine morning attendance on the course, with individual job search activities in the afternoon. They build on the success of the original shorter one week courses and are designed to boost confidence and job search
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activity. There is an emphasis on making real applications for jobs and opportunities. They give people an opportunity to take a fresh look at their situation, become aware of the options open to them locally and plan positive steps back to work. During the course each person can plan the steps that they need to take to help them back to work.The table attached shows the number of people who have attended Restart Courses and the number of referrals to a further option during the period April 1988 to March 1995. Prior to this we did not collect referral information.
From April 1994 information has been collected on the total number of starts resulting from a referral. Between April 1994 and March 1995, 21% of Restart Course completers started a job, an Employment Department employment or training programme or another option.
We do not keep records of the qualification that Restart Course leavers go on to obtain.
From April 1995 we will be able to supply separate figures for starts into jobs, and Employment Department or training programme or another option.
I hope this is helpful.
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Restart courses
Referrals<1>
|Employment
|Starters |Completers |Non-completers|Jobs |programmes |Other
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1986/87<2> |108,885 |- |- |- |- |-
1987/88<2> |48,812 |- |- |- |- |-
1988/89 |43,010 |31,977 |11,033 |7,999 |12,714 |10,299
1989/90 |41,940 |33,172 |8,768 |8,010 |19,372 |9,367
1990/91 |57,976 |49,159 |8,817 |11,621 |23,891 |14,448
1991/92 |133,840 |120,422 |13,418 |32,974 |43,176 |51,458
1992/93 |124,705 |111,559 |13,146 |32,099 |55,885 |49,127
1993/94 |143,280 |129,943 |13,337 |37,156 |57,844 |64,028
1994/95 |147,120 |126,772 |20,348 |56,110 |71,605 |38,829
Total |849,568 |603,004 |88,867 |183,969 |284,487 |237,556
<1> Participants may be referred to more than one option.
<2> Information about completers and referrals is not available for this period.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the numbers attending and leaving jobplan workshops, for each year of their operation, including those who left before the completion of the scheme; [27522]
(2) if he will list the numbers leaving jobplan workshops, as an actual number and as a percentage of total leavers, for each year of its operation, including those who left before completion of the scheme, stipulating those who went into work, those who went into further employment schemes and those who become unemployed; and, of these, if he will list the type and level of qualification each leaver obtained, including those who failed to obtain any qualification at all. [27512]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for the subject of the questions 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 Mr. Frank Field, dated 12 June 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about Jobplan workshops. You have asked about the number of attenders and outcomes since the programme was launched in April 1993.
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It may help if I explain that Jobplan workshops are short five day courses for people who have been unemployed for a year, who decline or fail to take up a job or a place on an Employment Department programme at their Restart interview. It aims to help people compete more successfully for jobs and opportunities by allowing them to review their strengths and skills and establish clear job goals. This will help them draw up a comprehensive Action Plan, which maps out the steps they need to take to get them back to work.Jobplan workshops were launched in April 1993 and the figures in the table attached show the number of people who have taken part in the workshops and the subsequent opportunities to which they were referred during the period April 1993 to March 1995. We do not keep records of qualifications that Jobplan leavers go on to obtain. Since April 1993, 94% of workshop completers were referred to a job or an Employment Department employment or training programme or another option to help them back to work.
From April 1994 information has been collected on the total number of starts resulting from such referrals. Between April 1994 and March 1995, 26% of Jobplan completers started either a job, an Employment Department employment or training programme or another option. From April 1995 we will be able to supply separate figures for starts in each of these categories.
I hope this is helpful.
x
Jobplan
Referrals<1>
|Employment
|Starters |Completers |Non-completers|Jobs |programmes |Other
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1993-94 |301,807 |276,864 |24,943 |86,774 |165,873 |96,809
1994-95 |248,388 |228,309 |20,079 |79,046 |150,223 |73,932
Total |550,195 |505,173 |45,022 |165,820 |316,096 |170,741
<1> Participants may be referred to more than one option.
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the numbers attending and leaving job clubs, for each year of their operation, including those who left before the completion of the scheme; [27521]
(2) if he will list the numbers leaving job clubs, as an actual number and as a percentage of total leavers, for each year of its operation, including those who left before completion of the scheme, stipulating those who went into work, those who went into further employment schemes and those who become unemployed; and, of these, if he will list the type and level of qualification each leaver obtained, including those who failed to obtain any qualification at all. [27511]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for the subject of the questions has been delegated to the Employment Service Agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Mr. Frank Field, dated 12 June 1995:The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions to him about the numbers of people attending and leaving Jobclubs for each year of their operation and the outcomes from them. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Chief Executive of the Agency.
Jobclubs were first introduced in Great Britain in 1984, but comprehensive figures on entrants, leavers and outcomes have only been collected since 1987. These are shown in the attached table, together with explanations for each category.
We do not keep a record of the qualifications obtained by Jobclub members. Additionally, we have no way of breaking down the "other leavers" category between those who remain unemployed and those who leave for other reason.
It may be helpful if I explain that Jobclubs are for those people who have been unemployed for 6 months or more. Jobclubs offer a professional approach to jobhunting--they provide the support and resources to carry out an effective programme of job search. Jobclub is a long term programme and people may attend for a few weeks or up to 6 months depending on how long it takes to find work. Around 50 per cent. of members leave Jobclub with a job, and others go into training, further education or self employment.
I hope this is helpful.
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Jobclub management information 1987-88 to 1994-95
|Number |Number |Number |Leaving into |Other final
|attending |leaving |leaving into |jobs |Other final |outputs |Other |Other leavers
Year |(entrants) |(leavers) |jobs |(per cent.) |outputs<1> |(per cent.) |leavers<2> |(per cent.)
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1987-88 |117,748 |105,677 |57,080 |54 |14,883 |14 |33,714 |32
1988-89 |136,672 |132,262 |71,495 |54 |20,056 |15 |40,711 |31
1989-90 |145,089 |140,095 |72,977 |52 |21,336 |15 |45,782 |33
1990-91 |140,774 |134,712 |65,498 |49 |21,377 |16 |47,837 |36
1991-92 |190,117 |176,140 |76,831 |44 |26,082 |15 |73,227 |42
1992-93 |220,997 |216,679 |96,925 |45 |30,953 |14 |88.801 |41
1993-94 |249,107 |231,325 |105,678 |46 |29,992 |13 |95,655 |41
1994-95 |266,422 |264,790 |113,768 |43 |29,849 |11 |121,173 |46
Total |1,466,926 |1,401,680 |660,252 |47 |194,528 |14 |546,900 |39
<1> Other final outputs-people leaving Jobclub who go into ES/ED programmes, further/higher education, other training, voluntary work etc.
We do not track the progress of people centrally, after they leave Jobclub.
<2> Other leavers-people leaving Jobclub who do not go into jobs or other final outputs. We do not keep information relating to the
unemployment status of these people centrally.
Part-time Employment
Mr. Hardy: To ask the Secretary of state for Employment how many people are currently in part-time employment; and what was the position in 1979. [26385]
Mr. Oppenheim: In December 1994, there were 6,290,000 part-time employees in employment in the United Kingdom. An equivalent figure for June 1979 is unavailable; however, the census of employment shows there were 4,472,000 part-time employees in the United Kingdom in June 1978.
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Age Discrimination
Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many outstanding vacancies have an upper age requirement on them (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total. [27592]
Miss Widdecombe: The Employment Service conducts periodic sample surveys of age restrictions on jobcentre vacancies. The last survey was published in June 1994.
Findings revealed that age restrictions were placed on 28 per cent. of all vacancies. This was an improvement
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upon 1990 when 39 per cent. of vacancies had restrictions. An analysis of upper age limits revealed that 6 per cent. of the vacancies were closed to people aged 40 or over, while 8 per cent. were closed to those aged 60 and over.A copy of report entitled "A Study of Age Restrictions on ES Vacancies" will be placed in the Library.
Mrs. Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) when he last issued guidelines to the Employment Service on how to combat age discrimination; [27593]
(2) if he will publish the guidelines issued tothe Employment Service about combating age discrimination. [27594]
Miss Widdecombe: The chief executive of the Employment Service is responsible for issuing guidance on operational matters.
Guidance to ES staff on how to combat age discrimination was last issued in March 1994. This guidance instructs staff in jobcentres to challenge age restrictions placed on job vacancies and to persuade employers to consider jobseekers on their merits.
Where employers insist on imposing age limits, they are reluctantly accepted. However, jobcentre staff are then encouraged to approach an employer on behalf of an otherwise suitable jobseeker who falls outside the stated age limit.
While it is not normal practice to publish guidance prepared for ES staff, a copy of the leaflet "What's Age Got To Do With It?" is available in the Library. This leaflet brings together advice contained in a number of handbooks which are issued to ES staff.
TREASURY
Caravans and Leisure Parks
Mr. Hicks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current position in respect of the 1995 revaluation of caravan and leisure parks following the discussions between representatives of the leisure caravan industry and the Valuation Office agency; when he expects a national agreement to be reached similar to the one reached in 1990; what further meetings are planned; and if he will make a statement. [27795]
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Mr. Nelson: Two meetings took place in April between the representatives of the leisure caravan industry and the Valuation Office agency. At the second meeting on 28 April, the representatives of the industry undertook to select representative sites to be considered in detail. It is expected that they will assemble financial and other information on the individual sites by mid-June to enable discussions to resume. If, as is hoped, a national agreement can be reached on the way in which the sites should be valued, valuation officers will take steps to implement any changes which are necessary.
Value Added Tax
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to the Exchequer of reducing the rate of value-added tax on energy-saving materials from 17.5 per cent. to 8 per cent. [28148]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: There is no definitive list of energy-saving materials in existence; therefore it is impossible to quantify the cost to the Exchequer of taking such action.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the annual cost to the Exchequer of reducing the top rate of value-added tax from 17.5 per cent. to 16.5 per cent. [28149]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: The estimated cost in 1995 96, published by Her Majesty's Treasury in the "Tax Ready Reckoner and Tax Reliefs", was £2.6 billion. A new estimate will be published this July.
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the revenue impact on the Government of reducing the rate of value added tax on domestic fuel from 8 per cent. to 5 per cent. [28141]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: The estimated loss in revenue in 1995 96 from a three percentage point reduction in VAT on domestic fuel is about £500 million. It will be revised this summer. The figure is based on the costings methodology in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report".
Trading Profits
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring up to date the table given in his answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby dated 25 March 1982, Official Report, columns 393 94 , concerning trading profits and relief from tax. [25619]
Sir George Young: The available information is shown in the table and notes.
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£ million
Unincorporated
business
Manufacturing Financial in manufacturing
companies companies
|Gross |Capital |Stock |Gross |Capital |Gross |Capital |Stock
|trading |allowance|relief |trading |Other |allowance|Interest |trading |allowance|relief
|profits |claimed |claimed |profits |income |claimed |payments |profits |allowed |claimed
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1981 |11,703 |6,140 |n/a |-6,750 |22,747 |2,130 |14,823 |998 |99 |14
1982 |14,025 |5,637 |1,403 |-7,491 |24,508 |2,300 |15,923 |938 |127 |13
1983 |15,764 |6,673 |1,815 |-5,831 |23,869 |3,638 |15,060 |1,280 |164 |13
1984 |16,597 |6,668 |625 |-8,668 |27,409 |6,088 |18,448 |1,700 |217 |-
1985 |18,560 |6,257 |- |-8,478 |34,888 |4,607 |25,328 |1,730 |166 |-
1986 |19,880 |5,631 |- |-8,146 |36,986 |3,165 |25,404 |1,600 |110 |-
1987 |22,096 |6,180 |- |-6,830 |40,379 |4,441 |26,466 |1,970 |159 |-
1988 |26,648 |7,883 |- |-10,549 |47,483 |7,216 |31,059 |2,390 |214 |-
1989 |28,103 |9,565 |- |-13,631 |70,172 |7,172 |48,855 |2,490 |216 |-
1990 |30,539 |9,413 |- |-14,973 |85,398 |7,538 |64,245 |2,920 |258 |-
1991 |23,931 |10,010 |- |-16,511 |78,700 |5,449 |59,914 |2,620 |221 |-
1992 |23,078 |10,780 |- |-15,480 |70,239 |5,329 |51,577 |n/a |n/a |-
1993 |25,988 |n/a |- |-12,291 |57,333 |- |38,741 |n/a |n/a |-
n/a Not available.
1. For companies and financial institutions gross trading profits are as defined for national accounts purposes and are
before deducting capital allowances and interest payments.
2. Manufacturing companies interest payments deducted from trading profits for tax purposes are not available.
3. For unincorporated businesses in manufacturing, gross trading profits are estimated from tax assessments and are
before deductions for capital.
4. Stock relief was abolished during 1984.
5. All estimates are subject to revision as more information becomes available.
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Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 25 March 1982, Official Report , columns 393 94, concerning trading profits and reliefs for tax, if he will now provide and bring up-to-date the figures for taxable profits in each case. [27126]
Sir George Young: The available information is shown in the table and notes.
Income chargeable to tax
£ million
|Unincorporated
|Manufacturing |Financial |businesses in
|companies |institutions |manufacturing
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1960 |1,752 |144 |89
1961 |1,549 |181 |84
1962 |1,454 |166 |88
1963 |1,531 |174 |94
1964 |1,660 |229 |104
1965 |1,815 |380 |115
1966 |1,923 |610 |126
1967 |2,069 |881 |130
1968 |2,532 |1,114 |152
1969 |2,326 |1,025 |161
1970 |2,248 |1,000 |178
1971 |2,203 |1,281 |202
1972 |2,295 |1,791 |240
1973 |1,915 |1,624 |293
1974 |1,556 |1,590 |311
1975 |2,285 |1,859 |344
1976 |2,949 |2,421 |380
1977 |3,456 |3,563 |470
1978 |4,117 |3,566 |605
1979 |3,771 |2,852 |741
1980 |3,973 |3,060 |796
1981 |4,155 |3,053 |885
1982 |4,759 |2,923 |798
1983 |5,373 |3,313 |1,103
1984 |6,969 |4,254 |1,483
1985 |10,240 |7,716 |1,564
1986 |14,561 |10,147 |1,490
1987 |17,278 |10,333 |1,811
1988 |19,177 |11,117 |2,176
1989 |18,870 |10,430 |2,274
1990 |14,999 |10,081 |2,662
1991 |13,426 |9,079 |2,399
1992 |15,320 |10,413 |-
1. For companies, the estimates relate to income in accounting periods
ending in the corresponding financial year. For unincorporated businesses,
the estimates broadly refer to income earned in the calendar year.
2. For companies, the estimates include income derived from trading and
non-trading sources. For unincorporated businesses, the income is from the
trading activities only.
Engineering Sales
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer further to his press notice CSO (95)78 concerning engineering sales, if he will list for the categories closest to those covered by SITC division 75 the corresponding information on sales for 1994 together with his estimate of the import content. [26546]
Mr. Nelson: Information on sales and orders can be found in the CSO publication "Engineering Sales and Orders", which is available in the House of Commons Library. The category closest to SITC 75 is the aggregate "Manufacture of Office Machinery and Data Processing Equipment". Data on a current price basis may be found in table 35 and constant price; seasonally adjusted information may be found in table 74. No estimates are available on the import content of these figures but data on all imports within SITC 75 may be found in the CSO publication MM20A "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom with the World".
Crown v . Abraham, Allen and Henderson
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid to leading counsel in the prosecution of the Crown v . Abraham, Allen and Henderson; how much was paid to the costs of the entire prosecution team in the Crown v . Abraham, Allen and Henderson; and what additional costs were charged to the cost of the case by (a) Customs and Excise and (b) the Treasury solicitors. [27172]
Mr. Heathcoat Amory: Fees, including VAT, paid to leading and other counsel in relation to the prosecution were £156,980 and £109, 859 respectively. Customs and Excise estimates that its solicitor's office costs for the prosecution were in the region of £40,000. Costs billed by the Treasury Solicitor amounted to £28,300.
Eamon Collins
Mr. Trimble: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any money or other inducement was paid or offered to Eamon Collins in respect of his claim for unfair dismissal against Her Majesty's Customs and Excise-- reference No. 1710/87. [27386]
Mr. Heathcoat Amory: I can confirm that no inducement was offered or money paid to Eamon Collins in respect of his claim for unfair dismissal against Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
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Nationalised Industries
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the figures for loans to nationalised industries in table B20 of the "Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund Accounts", 1993 94 to give figures for 1994 95 and plans for 1995 96. [27884]
Mr. Nelson: Outturn figures for loans to nationalised industries in 1994 95 are still being compiled. They will appear as usual in the supplementary statements to the "Consolidated Fund and National Loans Fund Accounts", which is published each December. This exercise is constrained to outturn figures, and does not extend to the current year.
Credit Expansion
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring up to date his written answer of 10 May 1993, Official Report , columns 277 78 , showing the expansion of domestic credit each year since 1952 in terms of sterling and as a percentage of the money supply and add a fresh column to show domestic credit expansion as a percentage of gross domestic product. [27435]
Mr. Nelson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 21 July 1994, Official Report , columns 436 37 .
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