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Mr. Maclean [holding answer 26 June 1995]: As detailed information on arrests and on the number of people charged is not collected centrally, cautioning and court data is given in the tables.
It is possible to distinguish centrally only offenders who have committed drug offences as opposed to drug related offences. It is also not possible to identify the date by local authority area.
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Table A Total number of persons aged 10 to under 14 years cautioned and prosecuted for indictable drug offences by region 1984-1993 Region |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North West |3 |2 |5 |7 |4 |15 |26 |33 |46 |55 North East |1 |1 |1 |2 |1 |7 |11 |14 |23 |27 Midlands |1 |1 |1 |- |3 |3 |14 |14 |12 |12 Eastern |2 |- |- |1 |- |2 |4 |3 |10 |22 South East |13 |11 |5 |6 |26 |38 |56 |44 |54 |73 Metropolitan Police |11 |7 |5 |5 |21 |35 |44 |27 |32 |44 City of London |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- Other |2 |4 |- |1 |5 |3 |11 |17 |22 |29 South West |- |1 |- |- |- |- |3 |10 |10 |18 Wales |- |- |4 |1 |3 |- |4 |10 |7 |17 England and Wales |20 |16 |16 |17 |37 |65 |118 |128 |162 |224
Table B Total number of persons aged 10 to under 14 years cautioned and prosecuted for indictable drug offences by police force area, 1984-1993 Police Force Area |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avon and Somerset |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |2 Bedfordshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- Cambridgeshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |4 Cheshire |- |- |- |3 |- |- |1 |5 |4 |3 Cleveland |- |- |- |1 |- |- |1 |- |3 |3 Cumbria |- |- |- |- |- |2 |1 |1 |2 |8 Derbyshire |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |2 |3 Devon and Cornwall |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |5 |5 |7 Dorset |- |1 |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |2 Durham |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 Essex |1 |- |- |- |1 |1 |1 |4 |5 |5 Gloucestershire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |3 |3 Greater Manchester |- |- |2 |2 |2 |5 |13 |13 |27 |22 Hampshire |1 |1 |- |- |1 |- |2 |3 |4 |10 Hertfordshire |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |3 |4 Humberside |- |- |- |- |- |1 |2 |- |1 |5 Kent |- |1 |- |- |- |1 |4 |- |1 |2 Lancashire |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |5 |8 |16 Leicestershire |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |1 |1 |1 Lincolnshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |1 |1 |3 City of London |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- Merseyside |3 |2 |3 |2 |2 |8 |10 |9 |5 |6 Metropolitan Police |11 |7 |5 |5 |21 |35 |44 |27 |32 |44 Norfolk |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |2 |2 Northamptonshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |2 Northumbria |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |1 |- |2 |5 North Yorkshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |6 |1 Nottinghamshire |1 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |3 |4 South Yorkshire |- |- |- |- |1 |3 |1 |6 |2 |5 Staffordshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 Suffolk |1 |- |- |- |- |1 |1 |- |- |3 Surrey |- |1 |- |- |- |- |2 |- |1 |- Sussex |- |1 |- |1 |1 |- |- |3 |1 |2 Thames Valley |- |- |- |- |2 |- |2 |6 |7 |6 Warwickshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |- |1 |1 West Mercia |- |- |- |1 |- |- |- |- |3 |2 West Midlands |1 |1 |1 |- |3 |3 |12 |14 |8 |8 West Yorkshire |1 |1 |1 |- |- |2 |6 |7 |9 |7 Wiltshire |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |4 |- |4 Dyfed Powys |- |- |4 |1 |- |- |- |1 |- |- Gwent |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |2 |1 |5 North Wales |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |3 |4 |5 South Wales |- |- |- |- |3 |- |1 |4 |2 |7 England and Wales |20 |16 |16 |17 |37 |65 |118 |128 |162 |224
Secure Units
Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out the criteria for applications for secure units; and if he will make a statement. [29986]
Mr. Maclean: The documents which made up the invitations to tender for the design, construction/refurbishment, management and finance of secure training centres at Cookham Wood and Gringley set out the requirements and the criteria that bidders are to meet.
Copies of schedules 2, design and build specification; 2A, note to tenderers on design and build; 2B, maintenance specification; 3, operational specification; 3A staff selection, training, qualifications and certification; appendix 1, administrative paper on secure training centre rules; and guidance by the Department of Health and the Department for Education have been placed in the Library.
Sir Irvine Patnick: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications he has received for the establishment of secure units; and if he will list the areas concerned. [29987]
Mr. Maclean: Invitations to tender for the design,
construction/refurbishment, management and finance of secure training centres at Cookham Wood, Kent and Gringley, Nottinghamshire were issued on 31 March to nine companies/consortia:
Group 4 Rebound ecd Ltd./Tarmac Construction Ltd./Panton Sargent Shepherd Construction Ltd./Greystone House School
Henry Boot Management Ltd./Secure Training Centres Ltd. UK Detention Services Ltd./John Mowlam/Correction Corporation of America
Premier Prison Services Ltd./Serco/Wackenhut Ltd.
MANcare Ltd.
Castle Homes/Taylor Woodrow
Higgs and Hill Construction Ltd./Rebound!
Team Management Services (UK) Ltd.
Bids were submitted by 12 June and are currently being assessed. Contracts will be awarded as soon as possible on completion of the tender process.
Invitations to tender will be issued as soon as the necessary planning consents have been granted for the three remaining sites serving the midlands, south-west and
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central England plus south Wales, and north- west and north-east England plus north Wales.Special Constables
Mr. Straw: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables were on establishment in (a) England and Wales and (b) each constabulary in England and Wales in 1994. [30010]
Mr. Maclean: Special constables are volunteers and as such are not included as part of the permanent police establishment but are members of the special constabulary.
The number of special constables as at 31 December 1994 is given in the table.
Special constabulary strength as at 31 December
1994
Force |Total strength
-------------------------------------------------
Avon and Somerset |678
Bedfordshire |198
Cambridgeshire |289
Cheshire |320
City of London |92
Cleveland |230
Cumbria |259
Derbyshire |445
Devon and Cornwall |1,113
Dorset |234
Durham |220
Dyfed-Powys |306
Essex |690
Gloucestershire |307
Greater Manchester |741
Gwent |124
Hampshire |620
Hertfordshire |306
Humberside |406
Kent |575
Lancashire |578
Leicestershire |365
Lincolnshire |328
Merseyside |395
Metropolitan |1,520
Norfolk |349
Northamptonshire |318
Northumbria |507
North Wales |315
North Yorkshire |403
Nottinghamshire |564
South Wales |488
South Yorkshire |458
Staffordshire |720
Suffolk |409
Surrey |233
Sussex |531
Thames Valley |669
Warwickshire |354
West Mercia |582
West Midlands |845
West Yorkshire |731
Wiltshire |281
Total |20,096
Parks and Market Police
Mr. George: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities are legally empowered to establish and operate (a) parks police and (b) market police; and what is the statutory basis for each force. [30094]
Mr. Maclean: A full list of all such authorities is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of parliamentary questions which would have been answered directly by him or his Ministers prior to the establishment of executive agencies, are now referred to the chief executive of such an agency. [28496]
Mr. Howard: Ministers are accountable to Parliament for all matters concerning their agencies. Written parliamentary questions concerning matters which have been delegated to the chief executive of an executive agency in its framework document normally receive a reply from the Minster to the effect that he or she has asked the chief executive to reply direct to the Member by letter. The chief executive's letter is published in Hansard below the Minister's reply.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Market Testing
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list those parts of his Department or departmental agencies which were privatised without an in-house bid; if he will indicate the expertise which was absent in his Department or departmental agencies which prevented an in-house bid taking place; which future parts of his Department or departmental agencies he intends to privatise; and which of them do not have the necessary in-house expertise to mount an in-house bid. [29423]
Mr. Hague: The following areas of work have been contracted out without an in-house bid:
Benefit Agency:
Accommodation and Office services at the Quarry House site in Leeds;
Travel services;
Information Technology Services Agency:
Service Delivery.
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An in-house bid was not invited for travel services or IT service delivery because it was considered that the private sector was better equipped to deliver these services, had a better understanding of the market needs and a capacity to invest in new technological support. In the case of accommodation and office services at Quarry house, Leeds, too few staff were prepared to re-locate with the work transferred from London to Leeds to be able to mount an in-house bid.The Benefits Agency has decided to contract out quantity surveying work, in which four staff are currently employed.
The Contributions Agency has decided to contract out elements of estates work in which some 24 staff are currently employed. The CA considers that staff do not have the necessary technical, professional estates management expertise to compete with the private sector.
Incomes
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the real terms cash value of the 62 per cent. increase in income between 1987 and 1993 for the top 10 per cent. of earners shown in appendix 10 of the latest Households Below Average Income statistics. [30381]
Mr. Burt: The information is in the table. The 62 per cent. increase in income is between 1979 and 1992 93 for the top 10 per cent. of incomes after housing costs.
Median equivalised income of the top 10 per cent. of the UK
income distribution after housing costs in March 1995 prices
|Increase from
|1979 to
|1979 |1992-93 |1992-93
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equivalised income
(£ per week) |321 |520 |199
Notes:
1. Income is equivalised to allow meaningful comparisons between the
incomes of households of different sizes and composition. The income
values here represent the cash amounts (adjusted only for inflation) for a
couple with no children. Appendix 4 of HBAI contains further information.
2. 1992-93 is the amalgamation of the calendar years 1992 and 1993.
3. Income after housing costs is defined in appendix 2 of HBAI.
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the figures for real income changes referred to in table A2 of the latest Households Below Average Incomes statistics, including self-employed earners both before and after housing costs. [30383]
Mr. Burt: The real income changes in table A2 of the latest households below average income are presented as percentage changes in table A1 of HBAI. Absolute income changes can be obtained by subtracting the 1979 income values from the 1992 93 values in table A2.
Mortgage Interest
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what support with mortgage interest payments will be available to existing borrowers after October 1995 if they are presently receiving income support help with mortgage interest payments and they accept a job on a short-term contract that will return them to unemployment after October 1995; and what type of insurance policy he
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expects people in these circumstances to take out to cover their mortgage interest repayments. [30515]Mr. Roger Evans: Under our proposals for changes to the rules on income support help with mortgage interest payments, an existing borrower who is currently receiving help with his mortgage interest payments and who takes a short-term contract before October this year will be treated as if his claim for income support had been continuous if, when he re-claims income support after 1 October, his break in entitlement had been for 12 weeks or less.
If the break in their entitlement was for more than 12 weeks and a new claim is made after 1 October, existing borrowers will get no help with interest payments for two months--eight weeks--and 50 per cent. for the next four months--18 weeks. The full amount, calculated using the standard interest rate, will be payable thereafter. It is a matter for the individuals concerned to decide how best to meet their mortgage commitments in the initial period of an income support claim. The Association of British Insurers is addressing many of the issues of concern about the interface between benefit and insurance, including the treatment of contract workers, in its forthcoming guidelines to best practice.
Students
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the cost of restoring university student benefit entitlement to income support and housing benefit. [30313]
Mr. Roger Evans: This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Motability
Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what powers his Department has to prevent the transfer of funds by way of gift aid from Motability Finance Ltd. into Motability's charitable funds; and if he will make a
statement. [31051]
Mr. Hague: The transfer of funds from Motability Finance Ltd. to Motability, an independent charity, is a matter of discussion between the two organisations. The Department is consulted about such donations.
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 19 June 1995, Official Report, columns 98 100 on Motability, if he will make available in the Library the financial memorandum to which he refers. [31052]
Mr. Hague: I will place a copy in the Library shortly.
Pensioners' Organisations
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his oral answer of 19 June 1995, Official Report, column 616 if he will list the organisations seen by a Minister; and if he will give a breakdown of the correspondence referred to. [31134]
Mr. Arbuthnot: Ministers have held many meetings, both formal and informal, with parties interested in the
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Pensions Bill. They have met hon. Members, noble Lords, pressure groups and employers.In the past eight months, Ministers have met and discussed pensions' issues with the following organisations:
The Law Society, The Pension Trustees Forum, The ABI, British Airways, The Association of Pensioner Trustees, The Fawcett Society, The National Federation of Sub-Postmasters, The Captains of Industry, The PMI, The CBI, The National Federation of Post Office and BT Pensioners, The Pensions Ombudsman, The EOC, Royal Insurance, OPAS, The Campaign for Pension Fund Democracy, The Consumers Association, Bacon and Woodrow, The Prudential Corporation, The Society of Pension Consultants, The TUC, Pensioners Voice, The National Association of Pension Funds, Scottish Widows, Hill Samuel, Greig Middleton and Co and The Occupational Pensions Board.
A breakdown of the 900 items of ministerial correspondence dealt with since the beginning of the year is given in the table. Some covered more than one topic and therefore the total is more than 900.
Description of |Number Subject ----------------------------------------------------------------- Christmas Bonus |13 Pension Age |198 Over 80's Pension/Age Addition |40 Earnings Rule/Retirement Condition |1 Concessions |14 Benefit Levels |203 Uprating |145 RPI |23 Restoration of link with earnings |19 Means Test/Abolish RP |7 EC Comparison |24 VAT on Fuel |84 Delays |3 Individual Benefit Position |122 Home Responsibilities Protection |4 Increments |1 Graduated Pension |4 Dual Title/Topping Up |20 SERPS |22 Additional Pension Queries |10 Public Service Pension Queries |4 Pension Paydays |34 ACT Invitation Exercise |2 Divorce |9 Widower's Benefit |8 Method of Payment |2 Procedures |2 Publications |2 Forms |2 Ax Stat Awards |1 Alleged Misdirection |3 Compensation |7 Bank Charges |1 Miscellaneous |151
Income Support
Dr. Marek: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 21 June, 1995, Official Report , column 253 , how much was recovered by claimants by way of arrears of supplementary benefit in the area covered by the Wrexham and North Wales Coast Benefits Agency office in June 1994. [31154]
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Mr. Roger Evans: The information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many income support live load (a) E cases, (b) P cases, (c) A cases and (d) total cases there were in each quarter since January 1991 by (i) district and (ii) area directorate. [29329]
Mr. Evans: The administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Ian Magee, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Ian Magee to Mr. Alan Milburn, dated 26 June 1995 : The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking about Income Support live load statistics since January 1991.
Complete information is available only from May 1991 which was the first quarter in which the Benefits Agency collected information by District Office and Area Directorate. Information in table 1 is for each Area Directorate and in table 2 for the District offices. Copies of these tables have been placed in the Library.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Compensation Recovery Unit
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 29 November 1994, Official Report , column 625 , if he will update the table given in his answer to give the latest available information on the operation of the compensation recovery unit for the financial year 1994 95. [29262]
Mr. Roger Evans: This is a matter for Mr. Ian Magee, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member. Letter from Ian Magee to Mr. Frank Field, dated 26 June 1995: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking for information relating to the operation of the Compensation Recovery Unit during the 1994/95 financial year.
The information is provided in the table below:
|Total
|amount |Operating
|Number |recovered|costs
Period |of cases |£ million|£ million
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 April 1994-31 March 1995 |39,915 |<1>110.1 |2.8
<1>This figure includes monies recovered from both final and
interim settlements.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Education and Library Boards
Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what savings on administration costs he estimates will be achieved by reducing the number of education and library boards; and if he will itemise these savings. [29495]
Mr. Ancram: The initial estimate of savings in administrative costs arising from the proposals for change is £2 million. This is of necessity an overall estimate
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since, with the exception of the Western board, the education and library boards declined to take part in the appraisal of options for change. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to attempt to itemise any savings.Economic Development
Dr. Hendron: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total expenditure by the Department of Economic Development in each of the parliamentary constituencies of Northern Ireland for each of the last 10 years. [29971]
Mr. Ancram: The information is not held in the form requested. The total expenditure by the Department of Economic Development for the last 10 years was as follows:
Financial year |Expenditure (rounded
|to nearest £
|million)
---------------------------------------------------------------
1985-86 |437
1986-87 |454
1987-88 |441
1988-89 |<1>742
1989-90 |<1>723
1990-91 |477
1991-92 |454
1992-93 |438
1993-94 |431
1994-95 |434
<1> Includes expenditure incurred on privatisations of Shorts
and Harland Wolff.
Small and Medium-size Businesses
Ms Primarolo: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) small businesses and (b) medium-size businesses were started up in each of the last 10 years; and if he will break these figures down by gender of the entrepreneur. [29579]
Mr. Ancram [holding reply 21 June 1995]: There is no fully comprehensive means of counting the number of business start-ups in Northern Ireland. However, VAT registrations give a useful indication of the number of new businesses created in any period. The figures set out in the table show the number of VAT registrations during the period 1985 93. Data for 1994 are not yet available. It is not possible to break this information down by gender.
Table 1: Number of VAT registrations in
Northern Ireland
Thousands
Year |Number of
|registrations
------------------------------------------
1985 |3.8
1986 |3.4
1987 |3.5
1988 |3.7
1989 |4.0
1990 |4.3
1991 |3.7
1992 |3.7
1993 |4.0
Notes:
Details of Northern Ireland VAT figures
are included in VAT Registration and
Deregistrations, County and District
Analyses 1980-91 and VAT Registrations
and Deregistrations, County and District
Analyses 1992-93, copies of which are
available in the Library.
Ms Primarolo: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what initiatives his Department has to assist and encourage women who want to start their own business; and how the success of any initiative is monitored and assessed. [29582]
Mr. Ancram [holding answer reply 21 June 1995]: The local enterprise development unit funds a series of business start programmes aimed specifically at women throughout Northern Ireland and a women's enterprise programme in the Greater Belfast area. These initiatives are monitored through periodical reviews and the overall success is assessed by the number of participants, the number of business plans which result from the programmes, the percentage of participants starting their own businesses and the number who enter other employment.
Higher Education
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is his estimate of the cost in the current year of restoring the value of the student maintenance grant to its real 1979 level. [30371]
Mr. Ancram: In view of the major changes made to the student support system in the intervening period, including the introduction of student loans in 1990, the cost would very much depend on whether the changes were to be reversed.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the university or polytechnic total student population for each year from 1974 75; and what it will be in each year to 1998 99.
Mr. Ancram: The information is available in the form requested only from the year 1975 76 and is as follows:
Year |Total student
|population
------------------------------------------
1975-76 |13,060
1976-77 |13,939
1977-78 |14,416
1978-79 |14,786
1979-80 |15,377
1980-81 |15,759
1981-82 |16,258
1982-83 |17,005
1983-84 |17,566
1984-85 |19,163
1985-86 |19,571
1986-87 |20,089
1987-88 |20,871
1988-89 |21,526
1989-90 |22,403
1990-91 |24,340
1991-92 |26,645
1992-93 |28,873
1993-94 |31,272
1994-95 |35,965
Note:
Projected Northern Ireland student
numbers are published in "Northern
Ireland Expenditure Plans and Priorities",
a copy of which is available in the
Library. Figures are not presently
available for 1998-99.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will list the changes to university and polytechnic student maintenance grant entitlement since 1974; [30368]
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(2) what has been the value of the full university student grant for each year since 1974 75 in 1994 prices. [30366]Mr. Ancram: The information is as follows:
Value of the standard maintenance grant and
loan in Northern Ireland
£
|Standard
|Standard |maintenance |Standard
|maintenance |grant plus |Standard |maintenance
|grant |loan |maintenance |grant plus
|<1>(cash |<2>(cash |grant |loan
Year |terms) |terms) |<3>(real terms)|<3>(real terms)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1974-75 |605 |- |3,056 |-
1975-76 |740 |- |2,945 |-
1976-77 |875 |- |3,041 |-
1977-78 |1,010 |- |3,033 |-
1978-79 |1,100 |- |3,062 |-
1979-80 |1,245 |- |2,996 |-
1980-81 |1,430 |- |2,997 |-
1981-82 |1,535 |- |2,875 |-
1982-83 |1,595 |- |2,783 |-
1983-84 |1,660 |- |2,753 |-
1984-85 |1,775 |- |2,832 |-
1985-86 |1,830 |- |2,766 |-
1986-87 |1,901 |- |2,778 |-
1987-88 |1,972 |- |2,784 |-
1988-89 |2,050 |- |2,752 |-
1989-90 |2,155 |- |2,733 |-
1990-91 |2,265 |2,685 |2,624 |3,111
1991-92 |2,265 |2,845 |2,483 |3,119
1992-93 |2,265 |2,980 |2,387 |3,141
1993-94 |2,265 |3,065 |2,311 |3,128
1994-95 |2,040 |3,190 |2,040 |3,190
<1>The standard maintenance grant rate is that applicable to students living away from home and
studying outside London.
<2>Since 1990-91 student support has included grant and loan: the grant was frozen at the
1990-91 level (ie £2,265) until 1994-95 when it was reduced to £2,040. Figures for 1990-91 and
subsequent years include grant plus full year loan for students living away from home.
<3>Based on the retail price index (excluding mortgage interest payments) in September of each
academic year.
<4>Up to and including 1983-84 students claimed and were individually reimbursed, full
travelling expenses; from 1984-85 most students had to meet their travel costs from within
their main rate of grant.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is his estimate of the staff to student ratio at universities and their forerunners in each year from 1974 75 to 1997 98. [30364]
Mr. Ancram: The information is available for Northern Ireland universities only from 1981 82 to 1993 94 and is as follows:
Year |Staff: student ratio --------------------------------------------------------------- 1981-82 |8.7 1982-83 |9.1 1983-84 |9.5 1984-85 |12.0 1985-86 |12.1 1986-87 |12.2 1987-88 |13.0 1988-89 |13.9 1989-90 |13.8 1990-91 |14.4 1991-92 |15.5 1992-93 |15.5 1993-94 |16.5
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the average cost to the Exchequer of each student in university education for each year from 1984 85, broken down by (a) maintenance grant; (b) fees; and (c) other. [30372]
Mr. Ancram: The information is not available in the form requested. The available information is as follows:
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Expenditure and funding in higher education in Northern Ireland
Mandatory award
holders
|Recurrent average
|grant and
Recipients Expenditure Average student loincome from tuition
per fees per
(academic years) (financial years) loan (academic student (financial
years)<4> years)<5>
|Fees |Maintenance
|Thousands |£ million |£ million |£ |£
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1984-85 |n/a |n/a |n/a |- |3,400
1985-86 |n/a |n/a |n/a |- |4,000
1986-87 |17.6 |10.1 |21.8 |- |4,100
1987-88 |18.9 |11.3 |23.6 |- |4,300
1988-89 |19.7 |12.0 |25.4 |- |4,500
1989-90 |21.0 |13.6 |28.5 |- |4,800
1990-91 |22.6 |<1>24.7 |31.8 |370 |4,900
1991-92 |<2>28.5 |<2>53.0 |<2>38.2 |500 |4,900
1992-93 |30.5 |67.7 |43.2 |610 |4,900
1993-94 |33.9 |<3>69.9 |47.3 |690 |4,800
1994-95 |n/a |n/a |n/a |- |4,600
<1> Shift in institutional funding towards the fee introduced from September 1990.
<2> Includes teacher training and EC students from September 1991.
<3> Shift of fees towards institutional funding from September 1993.
<4> Based on Loan Holders studying in Northern Ireland.
<5> Figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the drop-out rate for university and polytechnic courses in each year since 1979. [30303]
Mr. Ancram: The information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what is his estimate of the annual cost of providing the full maintenance grant to all university students. [30307]
(2) what would be the annual cost of paying (a) all fees for, and (b) the full maintenance grant to, all part-time university students. [30306]
Mr. Ancram: It is not possible to provide an estimate of these costs since it would depend upon such factors as the eligibility of courses, their duration, the maximum payable fee and maintenance grant, and the account to be taken of the personal circumstances of potentially eligible students.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what would be the cost of restoring university student benefit entitlement to income support and housing benefit. [30305]
Mr. Malcolm Moss: This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what would be the cost of reducing the level of university fees paid by non- European Community country students to the fee levels paid by students from European Community countries. [30309]
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Mr. Ancram: Information on fees for overseas students, which are set separately by each university, is not available.
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