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Written Answers to Questions
Thursday 5 November 1992
CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
Pit Closures
Mr. Redmond : To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church Commissioners have had with the management of the electricity companies in connection with the pit closure programme, under the Commissioners' investment policy guidelines ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Michael Alison : The Commissioners take an active interest in those businesses in which they invest and this includes regular discussions with the chairmen of companies in which they have substantial holdings, primarily to discuss a range of ethical questions. From time to time, on matters where the Church has expressed concern, they can use their position as shareholders to reinforce that concern with these chairmen and this is what they are doing in the case of the proposed pit closures.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Crime, Northumbria
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will meet representatives of the Northumbria police authority to discuss the continuation of urban crime fund resources.
Mr. Charles Wardle : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him on 22 October, at column 553. My right hon. and learned Friend is currently considering a request from Northumbria police authority for a meeting.
Le Trong Khai
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to reply to the letters of 19 February and 22 April from the hon. Member for Sunderland, South regarding the family of Le Trong Khai (ref. L301037/PO4731/92).
Mr. Charles Wardle : This case is one of about 30 cases involving Vietnamese boat people raised with hon. Members by Ms. Frances House, all of which are being considered together. We are awaiting further information from Ms. House on some of the cases, but I hope that this will be forthcoming and that I will be able to send the hon. Member a substantive reply to his letters shortly.
Mrs. Zarqa Begum
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the application for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom by Mrs. Zarqa Begum (Ref. IMP B490251/2/S) submitted to him
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by the hon. Member for Bradford, West ; when the application was refused ; when the hon. Member for Bradford, West was notified of the refusal ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Charles Wardle : The application was received on 22 January 1992. My hon. Friend the Member for Fareham (Mr. Lloyd) wrote to the hon. Member on 11 March explaining that inquiries were being made and that the compassionate circumstances would be taken into account when a decision was reached. The application was refused on 21 July ; it was subsequently reconsidered but again refused on 10 September. I have agreed to meet the hon. Member to discuss this case on 5 November.
Immigration and Nationality Department
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department after what interval a right hon. or hon. Member can expect a substantive reply to letters concerning the immigration and nationality department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : In most cases 35 days.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to establish an independent complaints procedure for the immigration and nationality department.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The arrangements for dealing with complaints are currently under review in the light of the principles in the citizens charter. The arguments for introducing an independent element, which have not hitherto been found persuasive, will be considered in the course of that review.
Fire Regulations
Mrs. Peacock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the Fire Precautions (Places of Work) Regulations 1992 and associated guidance.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : My right hon. and learned Friend is still considering the many comments on the proposed regulations and guidance received during the consultation period which ended on 1 September. He is concerned to give proper consideration to those comments before deciding on the form which the regulations and guidance should take.
Terrorist Suspects (Interviews)
Sir John Wheeler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement concerning the tape recording of interviews with terrorist suspects.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The full tape recording of interviews with terrorist suspects will begin, on a trial basis, on Tuesday 1 December 1992. All forces in England and Wales will tape record interviews with terrorist suspects in line with current practice for other criminal suspects under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. These trials, which will run for up to two years, will be carefully evaluated before any decision is taken to extend formally the code of practice on tape recording under the 1984 Act to cover terrorist cases.
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Asylum
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will name each of the asylum seekers who have died in detention since 1990 ; what public reports were made on the circumstances of their deaths ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Charles Wardle : Two asylum seekers have died in detention during this period. On 16 June 1990, Mr. Kimpua Nsimba died in the Harmondsworth detention centre. The coroner's inquest into his death recorded on 4 March 1991 a finding of suicide by asphyxia and hanging. On 8 October 1991, Mr. Omasase Lumumba died in Her Majesty's prison Pentonville. I understand that the coroner's inquest is due to take place on 8 February 1993.
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Duty Psychiatrists
Ms. Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress he has made towards using the funds announced in the "Autumn Statement 1991" to finance the establishment of duty psychiatrist schemes.
Mr. Jack : Arrangements for administering the financial provision designated for local, court-based duty psychia-trist schemes have been worked out in consultation with the Department of Health, and we hope shortly to be in a position to invite bids for funding to support the operation of such schemes.
Crime Statistics
Mr. Peter Bottomley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the change in numbers of each serious crime since 1979.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 3 November 1992] : The information is contained in the table :
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Changes in the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police by offence group
England and Wales Number of offences
Offence group |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991
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Change in numbers compared with previous year
Violence against the person |7,887 |2,286 |2,961 |8,488 |2,647 |2,845 |7,544 |3,768 |15,543 |17,206 |18,714 |7,703 |5,674
Sexual offences |-524 |-736 |-1,683 |305 |681 |-188 |1,234 |1,228 |2,470 |1,375 |3,204 |-689 |379
Robbery |-668 |2,524 |5,276 |2,555 |-718 |2,771 |2,573 |2,557 |2,613 |-1,196 |1,726 |3,032 |9,128
Burglary |-16,072 |74,353 |99,991 |87,008 |2,952 |84,582 |-26,226 |64,923 |-31,516 |-82,312 |8,138 |180,883 |212,651
Theft and handling stolen goods |-25,110 |47,326 |139,682 |152,702 |-49,929 |102,057 |76,088 |119,804 |48,132 |-120,731 |81,486 |361,649 |386,710
Fraud and forgery |-4,134 |-12,787 |1,425 |16,430 |-1,310 |4,302 |8,674 |-1,336 |-455 |897 |617 |13,419 |26,833
Criminal damage |14,197 |38,981 |27,277 |31,087 |25,502 |54,524 |41,124 |44,624 |5,373 |4,962 |36,161 |103,361 |87,696
Other notifiable offences |-338 |-449 |597 |86 |4,783 |1,184 |1,765 |-41 |2,631 |3,365 |4,935 |3,505 |3,491
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total notifiable offences |-24,762 |151,498 |275,526 |298,661 |-15,392 |252,077 |112,776 |235,527 |44,791 |-176,434 |154,981 |672,863 |732,562
Public Houses (Violence)
Mr. Nigel Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (i) how many prison sentences were imposed on persons found guilty of physical violence against landlords or landladies of public houses in 1991 ;
(2) how many orders of exclusion from public houses have been enforced on persons found guilty of physical violence against landlords or landladies in 1991.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 27 October 1992] : Information is not held centrally on the number of offenders convicted of offences of violence against landlords or landladies of public houses. Data held centrally show that in 1990 there were 101 exclusion orders made excluding offenders from licensed premises. This information may be under-recorded, because police forces are not always able to supply us with the relevant details. Provisional data for 1991 will be available before the end of 1992.
Accommodation Agencies Act 1953
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of prosecutions under the Accommodation Agencies Act 1953 each year since 1962.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 27 October 1992] : Information is given in the table. Data for 1962 to 1974 and 1990 are not available. Information collected centrally for 1990 does not identify offences committed under this specific Act from other summary offences. This will also apply to 1991 data when available.
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Number of prosecutions under the
Accommodation Agencies Act
1953, 1962-90 England and Wales
Year |Prosecutions
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1962-74 |<1>-
1975 |2
1976 |2
1977 |9
1978 |2
1979 |-
1980 |4
1981 |3
1982 |5
1983 |4
1984 |5
1985 |3
1986 |<2>21
1987 |5
1988 |2
1989 |5
1990 |<1>-
<1> Not available.
<2> 12 of these cases were heard on
the same day in Sheffield.
Smoking and Drinking (Young People)
Dr. Spink : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many publicans have been prosecuted over the last 10 years for selling alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years ; (2) how many shopkeepers have been prosecuted over the last 10 years for selling cigarettes to children under 16 years.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 2 November 1992] : The table shows the information held centrally on the number of
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prosecutions for the illegal sale of alcohol on licensed premises to persons under the age of 18 and for the sale of tobacco to children under the age of 16. We are unable to distinguish the number of publicans and shopkeepers involved.Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for illegal sales of alcohol and tobacco to children 1981-90 England and Wales. Number proceeded against Year |Alcohol<1>|Tobacco<2> -------------------------------------------- 1981 |410 |17 1982 |323 |7 1983 |307 |29 1984 |314 |45 1985 |274 |28 1986 |296 |17 1987 |333 |18 1988 |673 |29 1989 |747 |66 1990 |574 |83 <1>Licensing Act 1964, Section 169(1); Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983, Schedule (Section 3) para 4(1). <2>The Children and Young Persons Act 1933, Section 7.
Bus Lanes
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration is being given to providing bus priority designated lanes with priority at traffic signals on main routes in Belfast.
Mr. Atkins : An experimental scheme was introduced on Ormeau road earlier this year and a further scheme is planned for 1993.
Irish Republican Army
Mr. Beggs : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representation has been made by him and his predecessors to eastern European states and the former Soviet Union to obtain information on the supply of weapons and explosives to the Irish Republican Army.
Mr. Mates : Discussions have taken place with several eastern European Governments and with the Government of Russia. Concern about the supply by Libya of Czechoslovak-made Semtex explosive to PIRA led to the conclusion of the convention on the marking of plastic explosives. The Government will continue to pursue all leads about the supply of weapons and explosives to the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Community Charge
Mr. Nigel Jones : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will publish a table showing for each county court, and in total, the costs incurred by his Department since 1990 in actions taken recovering community charge arrears.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The enforcement of community charge is dealt with by the magistrates courts. The estimated cost of community charge enforcement in magistrates courts from 1 April 1990 to 30 June 1992 was £8.2 million. It is not possible to break this figure down between individual magistrates courts.
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Terrorist-related Crimes
Mr. A. Cecil Walker : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many bail applications for
terrorist-related crimes were lodged in Northern Ireland in each of the past two years ; how many were successful ; and what was the total cost to the Exchequer for each year of these applications.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The number of bail applications made in respect of scheduled offences in 1990 and in 1991 ; and the number of such bail applications which were successful were as follows :
Applications for bail in respect of
scheduled offences
|1990 |1991
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Applications made |1,035|1,573
Applications successful |562 |746
The cost to the Exchequer of these applications is not available and could not be made available except at disproportionate cost.
Consultants
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list all of the reports his Department has commissioned from external consultants in each of the past three years ; for each of the past three years, how many reports from external consultants to his Department led to further consultancy work being commissioned, stating for each of these who were the original and subsequent consultants and briefly describing the subject matter of the consultancy work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost. I will not make a statement.
Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93 for each executive agency for which he is responsible.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The Lord Chancellor is responsible for two agencies,--the Public Record Office and Her Majesty's Land Registry. Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the chief executives of both agencies and I have asked them to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from W. Arnold to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992 :
The Chief Executive is presently absent from the Office and, as Principal Establishment Officer of the Public Record Office, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question as set down below, since this is a matter delegated to the Office under the terms of the Agency's Framework Document.
I enclose tables giving the information you seek in respect of the Public Record Office.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask me.
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Public record office
Staff in post: 1 April 1992
|Number
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Grade 3 |1.0
Grade 5 |3.0
Grade 6 |6.0
Grade 7 |21.0
Grade 8 |20.0
Grade 9 |20.5
Grade 10 |44.5
Grade 11 |48.5
Grade 12 |4.5
Senior Personal Secretary |1.5
Typing Manager |1.5
Personal Secretary |3.0
Typist |6.5
Conservation Officer D |1.0
Conservation Officer E |4.0
Conservation Officer F |13.0
Conservation Officer G |11.0
Museum Support Grade 2 |1.0
Museum Support Grade 3 |7.5
Support Manager 1 |1.0
Support Manager 2 |8.0
Support Manager 3 |16.0
Support Grade Band 1 |41.5
Support Grade Band 2 |141.0
|---
Total |426.5
Casual staff
Typist |1.0
Support Grade Band 2 |2.5
Staff costs 1991-92 |£6.742 million
Public record office
Estimated staff in post: 1 April 1993
|Number
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Grade 3 |1.0
Grade 5 |3.0
Grade 6 |4.0
Grade 7 |24.0
Grade 8 |22.5
Grade 9 |25.0
Grade 10 |54.0
Grade 11 |62.0
Grade 12 |5.5
Senior Personal Secretary |1.5
Typing Manager |1.5
Personal Secretary |3.0
Typist |8.0
Conservation Officer D |1.0
Conservation Officer E |4.0
Conservation Officer F |16.0
Conservation Officer G |8.0
Museum Support Grade 2 |1.0
Museum Support Grade 3 |8.0
Support Manager 1 |1.0
Support Manager 2 |8.0
Support Manager 3 |16.0
Support Grade Band 1 |38.0
Support Grade Band 2 |151.0
|---
Total |467.0
Casual staff
Support Grade Band 2 |6
Estimated costs 1992-93 |£7.200 million
Letter from John Manthorpe to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992 :
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The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your question concerning staff numbers by grade and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figure for 1992-93 in the Land Registry.The table attached indicates the permanent staff in post by grade at the beginning and end of 1991-92 and an estimate of the total at 1 April 1993. Costs, both inclusive and exclusive of superannuation expenditure, for permanent staff in 1991-92 and an estimate for 1992-93 are also shown in the table.
Her Majesty's Land Registry
1. Staff in post
Actual staff in Estimated staff in
post post
|1 April 1991|1 April 1992|1 April 1993
|Permanent |Permanent |Permanent
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Grade 2 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0
Grade 3 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0
Grade 4 |0.0 |0.0 |1.0
Grade 5 (legal) |14.0 |17.0 |17.0
Grade 6 (legal) |18.0 |19.0 |20.0
Grade 7 (legal) |89.5 |84.0 |81.5
Legal officer |7.0 |4.0 |2.5
Grade 5 |4.0 |4.0 |3.0
Grade 6 |20.0 |23.0 |23.0
Grade 7 |45.0 |46.0 |47.0
SEO |295.0 |290.5 |282.0
HEO |601.0 |592.5 |580.0
EO |2,152.0 |2,103.5 |2,050.0
AO(SDP) |53.5 |44.0 |30.0
AO |3,236.0 |3,137.0 |2,996.0
AA(DP) |316.0 |284.0 |267.0
AA |1,158.5 |966.0 |865.0
Chief typing manager 12.0 11.0 11.0
Typing manager |73.0 |72.5 |72.5
Senior personal secretary 2.0 1.0 2.0
Personal secretary |8.0 |7.0 |8.0
Typist |786.0 |776.0 |770.0
Trainee typist |0.0 |0.0 |0.0
Support manager 1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Support manager 2 4.0 4.0 2.0
Support manager 3 51.5 54.5 53.0
Support grade band 1 204.0 188.0 166.0
Support grade band 2 890.0 822.0 783.0
Night watchman |4.0 |3.5 |3.5
|------- |------- |-------
Total |10,047.0 |9,557.0 |9,139.0
Note: These figures relate to permanent staff, part-timers are counted
as half.
2. Staff costs 1991-92 |1992-93 (estimate) £ million |£ million --------------------------------------------------------- 124.221 |129.100 (144.031) |(149.450) Note: The figures in brackets include superannuation costs.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Consultants
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all of the reports his Department has commissioned from external consultants in each of the last three years ; for each of the last three years, how many reports from external consultants to his Department led to further consultancy work being commissioned, stating for each of these who were the original and subsequent consultants and briefly describing the subject matter of the consultancy work ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Waldegrave : This information is not held centrally and can be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
Citizens Charter
Ms. Mowlam : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which organisations, in each principal sector, have been targeted to receive a copy of the citizens charter ; and what progress has been made to date in ensuring that all public bodies affected by the charter's recommendations have a copy of Cm 1599.
Mr. Waldegrave : In July 1991 the head of the home civil service, Sir Robin Butler, wrote to permanent secretaries of civil service Departments about the citizens charter and its implementation. Copies of the White Paper were made available to them. In addition, agency chief executives, the chairmen of British Rail and London Regional Transport, the Association of District Councils, the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, the Association of County Councils, the London Boroughs Association, the Association of London Authorities and the Convention of Scottish Authorities were also sent copies. Many other bodies were informed of the White Paper's availability including the general managers of the regional health authorities, district health authorities, family health services authorities, special health authorities, chief executives of national health service trust hospitals, the chief officers of police, the chief probation officers and the secretaries of clerks of magistrates courts committees. The White Paper was advertised widely. To date, 20,246 copies of the White Paper have been sold ; 455,617 copies of the popular version--"A Guide to the Citizen's Charter"--have been distributed, free of charge.
TRANSPORT
M40
Mr. Rooker : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research has been undertaken regarding congestion at junction 9 of the M40 motorway.
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Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : My Department has invited Oxfordshire county council to undertake a study to investigate and determine measures to improve traffic conditions at this junction.
M11
Mr. Haselhurst : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement about the construction of a motorway services area by Trust House Forte at Birchanger on the M11.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The chief executive of Forte Restaurants wrote to my right hon. and learned Friend the then Secretary of State on 6 March to explain that his company had stopped work at Birchanger pending completion of the Government's review of motorway service area policy. My right hon. Friend announced the outcome of that review on 6 August, and my officials are to meet the company shortly to discuss a resumption of work at the site.
Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93, for each executive agency for which he is responsible.
Mr. Steve Norris : The numbers of staff for each of the Department of Transport's Agencies, by grade and their cost for 1991-92, and the estimated figures for 1992-93 are shown in the tables. TRL and DVOIT became agencies on 1 April 1992 ; the 1991-92 figures for DVOIT are included in DVLA's figures for that year. All staff costs shown include superannuation and earnings-related national insurance contribution provision.
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Vehicle inspectorate staff numbers and costs 1991-92 and estimates for 1992-93
1991-92 1992-93
Grade |Numbers |Costs £ |Numbers |Costs £
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Grade 4 |1 |60,979 |1 |62,098
Grade 5 |1 |50,290 |1 |53,285
Grade 6<1> |4 |275,143 |4 |188,081
Grade 7 |24 |820,042 |25 |877,616
Senior Executive Officer |9 |243,497 |11 |304,923
Higher Executive Officer |17 |379,147 |23 |530,432
Executive Officer |44 |768,546 |58 |1,048,324
Administrative Officer |168 |2,093,197 |208 |2,681,370
Administrative Assistant |270 |2,569,375 |251 |2,570,298
Senior Professional and Technical Officer |43 |1,194,976 |40 |1,182,348
Higher Professional and Technical Officer |106 |2,412,859 |101 |2,377,924
Professional and Technical Officer |457 |8,901,040 |456 |9,101,455
Assistant Vehicle Examiner |77 |1,209,971 |90 |1,426,562
Enforcement Manager<2> |0 |0 |7 |174,300
Senior Traffic Examiner<2> |0 |0 |31 |694,418
Traffic Examiner<2> |0 |0 |175 |3,046,378
Senior Personal Secretary |2 |32,708 |2 |34,753
Personal Secretary |3 |49,981 |3 |46,572
Typist |34 |398,861 |35 |453,804
Support Grades |8 |81,660 |8 |95,486
Industrials |345 |4,826,892 |314 |3,806,833
Casuals |0 |0 |30 |211,083
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,613 |26,369,164|1,874 |30,968,343
<1> 1991-92 figures include Early Retirement costs
<2> The Traffic Examiner Organisation have been funded from the Inspectorate since 1 April 1992
Driving standards agency staff numbers and costs 1991-92 and estimates for 1992-93
1991-92 1992-93
Grade |Numbers |Costs £ |Numbers |Costs £
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Grade 5 |1.0 |53,233 |1.0 |56,496
Grade 6 |2.0 |90,844 |1.3 |58,746
Grade 7 |6.0 |217,608 |6.0 |225,040
Senior Executive Officer |14.0 |380,407 |13.0 |384,706
Higher Executive Officer |25.0 |523,385 |25.0 |552,171
Executive Officer |39.0 |655,921 |40.0 |712,271
Administrative Officer |111.0 |1,444,832 |113.0 |1,620,782
Administrative Assistant |201.0 |1,910,364 |168.0 |1,763,372
Chief Driving Examiner |1.0 |34,778 |1.0 |36,691
Deputy Chief Driving Examiner |2.0 |59,083 |2.0 |62,332
Assistant Chief Driving Examiner |12.0 |318,276 |11.0 |284,563
Supervising Examiner |108.0 |2,370,956 |105.0 |2,342,088
Senior Driving Examiner |372.0 |7,105,903 |345.0 |7,084,897
Driving Examiner |1,158.0 |20,204,213|1,071.0 |19,296,820
Personal Secretary |2.4 |34,758 |2.0 |30,348
Typist |7.0 |78,072 |8.0 |89,346
Telephonist |1.0 |11,468 |2.0 |22,337
Paper Keeper |4.0 |31,186 |4.0 |32,901
Support Grades |32.0 |290,097 |22.0 |210,664
Industrials |2.0 |20,616 |2.0 |20,880
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |2,100.4 |35,836,000|1,942.3 |34,887,451
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Transport research laboratory staff numbers and costs 1991-92 and estimates for 1992-93
1991-92 1992-93
Grade |Numbers |Costs £ |Numbers |Costs £
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Grade 3 |1 |59,237 |1 |81,504
Grade 4 |1 |55,354 |1 |59,668
Grade 5 |6 |292,719 |5 |269,082
Grade 6 |23 |1,000,564 |23 |1,087,824
Grade 7 |80 |2,800,284 |81 |3,036,259
Senior Executive Officer |4 |126,557 |3 |105,490
Higher Executive Officer |9 |209,587 |10 |225,796
Executive Officer |19 |335,997 |21 |347,787
Administrative Officer |46 |588,189 |44 |612,250
Administrative Assistant |5 |61,885 |4 |52,507
Senior Scientific Officer |84 |2,209,828 |82 |2,330,767
Higher Scientific Officer |69 |1,477,665 |72 |1,651,953
Scientific Officer |80 |1,301,621 |79 |1,395,699
Assistant Scientific Officer |12 |163,398 |15 |211,476
Senior Professional and Technical Officer |10 |265,760 |11 |315,238
Higher Professional and Technical Officer |11 |219,678 |10 |233,630
Professional and Technical Officer |12 |228,673 |15 |283,396
Senior Librarian |1 |28,270 |1 |30,318
Librarian |4 |79,598 |4 |85,932
Assistant Librarian |3 |40,075 |3 |43,127
Senior Information |1 |21,481 |1 |23,038
Senior Personal Secretary |2 |35,166 |2 |38,237
Personal Secretary |20 |302,429 |19 |315,976
Typing Manager |1 |17,575 |1 |18,821
Typist |6 |78,653 |6 |84,212
Telephonist |3 |35,775 |3 |38,367
Support Grades |26 |508,015 |25 |494,968
Industrials |97 |1,188,111 |84 |1,177,610
Casuals |8 |42,000 |10 |50,000
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |644 |13,774,144|636 |14,700,932
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Vehicle certification agency staff numbers and costs 1991-92 and estimates for 1992-93
1991-92 1992-93
Grade |Numbers |Costs £ |Numbers |Costs £
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Grade 5 |1.0 |48,509 |1.0 |49,623
Grade 6 |1.0 |42,560 |1.0 |43,900
Grade 7 |4.0 |138,546 |4.0 |140,981
Senior Executive Officer |0.5 |12,136 |0.0 |0
Higher Executive Officer |3.0 |58,711 |2.0 |44,486
Executive Officer |8.0 |132,771 |8.0 |139,847
Administrative Officer |17.5 |183,241 |16.0 |199,715
Administrative Assistant |4.0 |51,126 |3.0 |38,899
Senior Professional and Technical Officer |10.0 |232,035 |11.0 |277,858
Higher Professional and Technical Officer |25.0 |520,122 |21.0 |495,578
Professional and Technical Officer |3.0 |56,539 |2.0 |35,100
Personal Secretary |1.0 |16,235 |1.0 |13,298
Typist |4.0 |48,463 |3.0 |31,593
Support Grades |1.0 |11,690 |1.0 |10,064
Industrials |1.0 |9,995 |1.0 |9,525
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |84.0 |1,562,679|75.0 |1,530,467
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Driver and vehicle licensing agency staff numbers and costs
1991-92 and estimates for 1992-93
Vehicle inspectorate staff numbers and costs 1991-92 and estimates for 1992-93
1991-92 1992-93
Grade |Numbers |Costs £ |Numbers |Costs £
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Grade 3 |1 |61,557 |1 |64,729
Grade 4 |1 |59,023 |0 |0
Grade 5 |5 |252,521 |4 |213,071
Medical Officer |7 |302,809 |8 |370,431
Grade 6 |7 |305,831 |6 |278,631
Grade 7 |37 |1,268,700 |24 |874,580
Senior Executive Officer |87 |2,386,372 |45 |1,288,161
Higher Executive Officer |275 |6,135,751 |170 |3,925,551
Executive Officer |683 |11,862,833|437 |7,905,676
Administrative Officer |1,735 |23,014,092|1,676 |23,257,112
Administrative Assistant |1,962 |20,959,503|1,838 |20,716,748
Higher Professional and Technical Officer |1 |26,774 |1 |28,388
Professional and Technical Officer |2 |43,653 |2 |43,475
Assistant Librarian |1 |17,598 |1 |18,067
Senior Personal Secretary |1 |17,484 |1 |18,229
Personal Secretary |21 |327,518 |18 |297,515
Chief Typing Manager |1 |22,340 |1 |23,290
Typing Manager |6 |99,824 |5 |86,726
Typist |96 |1,283,031 |89 |1,263,097
Telex Operator |1 |13,213 |1 |13,774
Support Manager |17 |263,926 |16 |266,223
Support Grades |243 |2,822,448 |226 |2,771,040
Casuals |85 |729,466 |61 |545,766
Stores Officer |4 |75,733 |4 |79,720
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |5,279 |72,352,000|4 |4,635 |64,350,000
DVOIT staff numbers and costs estimates for 1992-93
1992-93
Grade |Numbers |Costs
|£
----------------------------------------------------------
Grade 4 |1 |61,928
Grade 5 |1 |55,269
Grade 6 |3 |142,444
Grade 7 |14 |510,125
Senior Executive Officer |39 |1,240,394
Higher Executive Officer 93 2,478,385
Executive Officer |246 |5,292,263
Administrative Officer |44 |682,330
Administrative Assistant 42 555,744
Personal Secretary |4 |65,592
|------- |-------
Total |486 |11,084,474
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many inspectors are employed by the Marine directorate ; and if he will give details of the number of (a) United Kingdom-flagged vessels and (b) flag-of -convenience tonnage covered by inspectors of the Marine directorate in 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93.
Mr. Norris : There are at present 190 marine surveyors employed within the marine directorate.
The numbers of inspections of United Kingdom vessels were :
|Numbers
------------------------
1989-90 |4,021
1990-91 |3,503
1991-92 |4,174
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The numbers of foreign ships inspected were :
|Numbers
------------------------
1989-90 |1,782
1990-91 |2,197
1991-92 |2,397
Commuter Fares
Mr. Austin-Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on the level of commuter fares in London relative to other EC capital and major cities ; and if he will make a statement on Government policy with regard to this situation.
Mr. Norris : It is difficult to compare fare levels internationally because each transport system has a different fare structure and few European cities are as large and complex as London. In 1991-92 fares on London Buses and the Underground were 17 per cent. and 7 per cent. higher in real terms than 10 years earlier ; Network SouthEast fares were 19 per cent. higher. Over the same period, average real weekly earnings have increased by 40 per cent. in London. So fares increases have been more than matched by increased ability to pay. The Government believe that it is right to strike a balance between contributions from users, and subsidy from taxpayers. If one pays less, the other of necessity pays more.
Plutonium
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what submissions his Department has made to the International Maritime Organisation on the subject of the maritime transport of plutonium.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93 for each executive agency for which he is responsible.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to both Wilton Park under its
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chief executive, Geoffrey Denton, and to the Natural Resources Institute under its chief executive, Anthony Beattie. I have asked them to arrange for a reply to be given.Letter from Geoffrey Denton to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 4 November 1992
Thank you for your question asking Wilton Park to list by grade the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92 and the estimated figures for 1992-93.
The answer to your question is as follows :
Listing of staff 1991-92
|Numbers
------------------------------
DS4 |1
DS5 |5
EO |3
AO |4
SPS |<1>1
PS |2
Cat Man III |2
Chef II |3
Industrial |<2>8
|-------
Total costs |£503,503
Forecast 1992-93
|Numbers
----------------------------------------------------
DS4 |1
DS5S |1
DS5 |4
EO |3
AO |4
PS |3
|<1>1
Cat Man III |2
Chef II |3
Industrial |<2>8
|-------
Total costs |£536,545
|-------
Increase year on year |3.76 per cent.
<1>Part time.
<2>Four part time.
Letter from Anthony Beattie to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992 :
Lady Chalker has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question about staff and their costs in executive agencies.
I enclose a table giving the information you require.
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Natural Resources Institute staff numbers and costs by grade
1991-92 (actual) 1992-93
(estimated)
Grade |Man years |Cost |Man years |Cost
|£ |£
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unified Grade 3 |1.00 |65,248 |1.00 |68,770
Unified Grade 5 |4.00 |204,697 |3.51 |188,438
Unified Grade 6 |21.77 |964,275 |23.60 |1,091,842
Unified Grade 7 |96.21 |3,327,165 |100.59 |3,645,976
Senior Scientific Officer |79.04 |2,110,342 |96.65 |2,424,496
Higher Scientific Officer |68.51 |1,377,374 |66.63 |1,406,194
Scientific Officer |45.50 |697,428 |41.65 |673,708
Assistant Scientific Officer |20.59 |253,641 |21.20 |273,289
Senior Research Officer |10.86 |231,353 |11.34 |242,115
Research Officer |1.10 |20,082 |0.37 |6,997
Librarian |0.20 |6,733 |- |-
Assistant Librarian |1.75 |23,063 |2.00 |27,384
Higher Mapping and Charting Officer |1.00 |22,004 |1.00 |23,020
Mapping and Charting Officer |1.00 |19,574 |1.00 |20,478
Professional/Technology Officer |2.00 |32,555 |2.00 |34,055
Experimental Worker |17.34 |156,074 |7.53 |72,674
Senior Information Officer |1.00 |26,031 |1.00 |27,272
Information Officer |2.30 |39,904 |2.00 |36,344
Assistant Information Officer |1.24 |17,371 |1.00 |15,047
Higher Graphics Officer |1.00 |21,527 |1.00 |22,521
Senior Executive Officer |3.00 |84,547 |2.41 |69,721
Higher Executive Officer |7.68 |164,872 |10.12 |226,023
Executive Officer |21.75 |365,557 |19.08 |333,389
Administrative Officer |43.10 |501,709 |43.25 |532,170
Administrative Assistant |3.02 |22,414 |2.27 |17,350
Support Grade Band 1 |5.61 |63,882 |7.50 |91,896
Support Grade Band 2 |10.76 |92,238 |14.24 |143,029
Personal Secretary |12.14 |177,530 |14.14 |214,957
Technical Grade 1 |- |- |5.00 |68,668
Typing Manager |2.00 |32,999 |2.00 |34,324
Typist |7.94 |99,077 |9.39 |121,963
College Sandwich Course Students |6.43 |55,112 |3.66 |32,419
Graphics Officer |0.07 |916 |0.50 |6,517
Mapping and Charting Technical Grade 1 |0.58 |8,559 |1.00 |15,125
Agricultural Advisory Officer I |19.21 |795,323 |17.80 |770,215
Agricultural Advisory Officer II |7.36 |217,088 |5.00 |153,611
Economic Adviser |1.00 |33,602 |0.51 |17,532
Deputy Regional Veterinary Officer |2.00 |105,881 |2.00 |111,111
Chargehand |0.87 |10,163 |0.17 |2,209
Craftsman |5.03 |55,505 |0.84 |10,531
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |537.04 |12,503,415|535.95 |13,273,280
Visiting Musicians (Visas)
Mr. Madden : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when visas were issued by the United Kingdom post in Islamabad to five musicians, led by Qadi Muhammad Tufail, born on 10 July 1935, to tour the United Kingdom at the invitation of the Al Falah Youth Organisation of Bradford ; when that post was notified that all members of the group had been issued with work permits by the overseas labour section of the Department of Employment ; when visit visa applications were made on behalf of the group ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : In the absence of any information about this case, we have asked the high commission in Islamabad for a full report. We shall arrange for the hon. Member to receive a substantive reply from the migration and visa correspondence unit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as soon as possible.
Maastricht Treaty
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has to accommodate the request by Denmark for amendments to the treaty on European union.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : As presidency, the United Kingdom will use the proposals submitted by the Danish Government as the basis for discussion with partners on agreeing the framework for a solution at Edinburgh.
International Atomic Energy Agency
Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether the International Atomic Energy Agency has the authority to conduct
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special investigations at facilities that have not been previously reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency ; and if he will make a statement ;(2) what assessment has been made by his Department of the effectiveness of the non-proliferation safeguards set out in the International Atomic Energy Agency document INFCIRO/153 ; and if he will make a statement.
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