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Mr. Peter Walker : The latest budget information available relates to 1989-90. Based on this, all Welsh districts had annual budgets of less than £35 million and all Welsh counties had annual budgets of greater than£35 million.
Teachers' Pay
Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish a table similar to appendix A of Cm. 973 showing the teachers' pay baseline 1990-91 for Wales ; and if he will give a breakdown in similar form showing the cost of implementing the recommendations of the interim advisory committee in 1990-91 and in a full year thereafter ;
(2) pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Pontypridd of 9 February, Official Report , column 811 , what amount and proportion of the difference between the full £600 million remit given to the interim advisory committee and the £563 million English element of that remit has been included in the education component of total standard spending for authorities in Wales.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The Welsh component of the total shown in appendix A of Cm. 973 is estimated at £485 million. The breakdown of the pay baseline in the categories set out in Cm. 973 is only available on an England and Wales basis. The cost for Wales of staging the interim advisory committee's recommendation in the way accepted by the Government would be around £37 million in 1990-91 and £44 million in a full year. The remit given to the IAC was allowed for in full in the Welsh local authority revenue settlement for 1990-91. Standard spending assessments are not hypothecated to particular services.
Community Care
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what financial support he intends to make available to organisations concerned with the needs of (a) elderly people, (b) people with physical, sensory or mental disability and (c) carers in the coming financial year to enable them to participate fully in the planning for, and implementation of, increased care in the community.
Mr. Grist : In addition to the sums made available to health and social services authorities for main programme expenditure, Welsh Office support is provided through a number of funding mechanisms including our mental illness and mental handicap strategies and the elderly initiative, the urban programme and grants under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. Figures relating to elderly people, people with a physical and or sensory disability and carers are as follows :
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|<1>1990-91
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Elderly people |3,200,000
People with a physical or sensory disability |744,000
Carers |87,000
<1>Provisional.
We expect also to allocate, in addition to core funding of voluntary organisations, up to some £2.2 million in 1990-91 towards initiatives proposed both by voluntary and statutory agencies under the mental illness strategy. The strategy was specifically designed to promote the development of appropriate services in the community for those suffering from mental illness and for their carers. An announcement will be made shortly in respect of the financial support available under the mental handicap strategy for 1990-91. We also intend that voluntary organisations will be given every opportunity to participate in the planning of the new community care framework as outlined in our draft planning guidance issues on 26 January, of which the hon. Gentleman has been sent a copy.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current status of his Department's circular 51/89, also referred to as WO health (89)58 and FP (89)15, regarding services for people with physical and/or sensory disabilities in Wales.
Mr. Grist : The circular is a draft issued for consultation. It is intended to publish the final version next month.
Alzheimer's Disease
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to reply to the application of the Alzheimer's Disease Society for funding for the work of the development officer for south Wales.
Mr. Grist : We expect to make a decision within the next fortnight upon all those bids for funding under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 that are related to mental illness services ; replies will be sent to applicants, including the Alzheimer's Disease Society, shortly thereafter.
Sports Council
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money he has made available to governing bodies of sports in Wales, via the Sports Council for Wales in each of the years 1987-88, 1988-89 and 1989-90 ; what information he has on how much of the money in each of those years was allocated to assist (a) administration, (b) coaching and (c) international representation ; what figures he will make available in the 1990-91 financial year ; and what conditions or guidelines govern the proportion which may be allocated to administration, coaching and international representation, respectively.
Mr. Grist : The figures for the relevant years are as follows :
|£
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1987-88 |<1>531,026
1988-89 |<1>687,745
1989-90 |<2>667,000
1990-91 |<2>680,000
<1>from the council's annual
reports
<2>estimated
The grants to governing bodies are not allocated by the Sports Council for Wales in the terms requested.
Hospitals
Mr. John Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales over what period the £10 million cash boost for health care in the valleys is to be spent ; and how much has been allocated to each hospital.
Mr. Grist : I refer the right hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, North (Mr. Jones) on 12 February 1990.
Mr. John Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what extra money he is allocating to the proposed new hospital for Neath/Port Talbot.
Mr. Grist : The responsibility for funding the proposed hospital to serve the Neath/Port Talbot area rests with the West Glamorgan health authority.
Mr. John Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he now proposes to reach a decision as to whether to go ahead with a new hospital for Neath/Port Talbot ; how much slippage there has been since his last announced date for commencement ; and what is the reason for the delay in the progress of this proposal.
Mr. Grist : Discussions on technical details of the health authority's submission on this proposal are still proceeding between officials. We shall come to a decision on the scheme once the outstanding issues have been resolved. The health authority will review the projected start date at that time.
Local Government and Housing Act
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy that the time scale for implementation of part V of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 in respect of companies with which Welsh local authorities have an involvement is such as to allow the orderly rearrangement of the companies' structures and other arrangements to comply with the Act and achieve the continuation of their functions.
Mr. Grist : The timetable for implementation will facilitate an orderly transition.
EMPLOYMENT
Gateshead Central Training Unit for the Disabled
Mr. Norris : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has for the future of the Gateshead central training unit for the disabled.
Mr. Eggar : I understand that my hon. Friend is referring to the support under the sheltered placement scheme. The scheme is currently supporting 33 jobs for people with severe disabilities in Gateshead. Nine of these are sponsored by Gateshead metropolitan borough council and 24 by voluntary organisations. I shall be informing sponsors shortly about the level of resource for the sheltered placement scheme in 1990-91.
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Labour Statistics
Ms. Walley : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number, and the relevant percentages, of young people aged 16 and 17 years who are currently (a) on YTS and (b) employed or unemployed.
Mr. Nicholls : The table sets out the numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds training under YTS, broken down by employed and non-employed status on 31 December 1989.
|Total |Per cent.|Total |Per cent.|Total
|employed |of total |non- |of total
|employed
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16-year-olds |29,500 |25.0 |88,300 |75.0 |117,800
17-year-olds |54,700 |30.5 |124,500 |69.5 |179,200
|------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Totals |84,200 |28.4 |212,800 |71.6 |297,000
There are also 88,600 trainees in YTS who are over 18 of whom 34 per cent. have employed status.
Factories (Registration)
Mr. Bill Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many informations were laid against employers for failure to register factory premises with the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years and in each Health and Safety Executive area.
Mr. Nicholls : The table shows the number of informations laid by Her Majesty's factory and agricultural inspectorates alleging contravention of section 137 of the Factories Act 1961 (which deals with the requirement to register factory premises with the Health and Safety Executive). Information about the informations laid by other Health and Safety Executive inspectorates could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Informations laid by factory and agricultural inspectorates under section 137 of
the Factories Act 1961
Area |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986-87|1987-88
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01 South West |- |- |1 |- |-
02 South |2 |- |- |1 |-
03 South East |1 |2 |1 |2 |3
04-06 Greater London |2 |1 |2 |2 |-
07 East Anglia |- |- |- |1 |-
08 Northern Home Counties |- |- |- |- |1
09 East Midlands |1 |7 |2 |2 |8
10 West Midlands |2 |2 |2 |1 |1
11 Wales |- |- |1 |- |-
12 Marches |2 |13 |2 |3 |3
13 North Midlands |3 |- |3 |1 |-
14 South Yorkshire and Humberside |3 |3 |2 |- |1
15 West and North Yorkshire |2 |2 |4 |6 |2
16 Greater Manchester |- |3 |- |1 |3
17 Merseyside |- |- |1 |- |-
18 North West |- |- |- |- |-
19 North East |3 |- |- |- |1
20 Scotland East |- |- |- |- |-
21 Scotland West |- |- |- |- |-
|--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |21 |33 |21 |20 |23
Notes:
1983-1985 Calendar years.
1986-87 onwards Financial years.
Mr. Bill Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what internal research the Health and Safety Executive has done in the last two years into the proportion of factory premises which are not registered with the factory inspectorate ; and if he will summarise the findings of that research in relation to the proportion of premises which are unregistered and the proportion of factory employees who work in unregistered premises.
Mr. Nicholls : It is not possible to state the proportion of premises which are not registered or the proportion of factory employees who work in unregistered premises and there are no current research projects into non-registration. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is aware that some firms have failed to register their manufacturing premises with it as required under section 137 of the Factories Act 1961. HSE's factory inspectorate plans to spend a fixed proportion of its resources each year on the identification and inspection of unregistered fixed workplaces as part of its programme of preventive inspection. HSE also encourages registration through publicity campaigns and publications such as "500 Dead".
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Improvement and Prohibition Notices
Mr. Bill Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many improvement and prohibition notices have been issued in each of the Health and Safety Executive's areas for the last four quarters for which information is available ; and how many of these have been identified as warranting public disclosure.
Mr. Nicholls : The table gives details of the enforcement notices issued by each area of Her Majesty's factory and agricultural inspectorates for the four quarters of 1987-88. Information about the enforcement notices issued by other Health and Safety Executive inspectorates could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The Environment and Safety Information Act 1988 requires enforcing authorities to maintain public registers of details of improvement and prohibition notices which have public safety implications. The Act came into force on 1 April 1989 and was not retrospective. Prior to that date, no separate register of the minority of enforcement notices warranting public disclosure was kept.
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Table 1
Enforcement notices issued by Her Majesty's factory inspectorate and Her Majesty's agricultural inspectorate
HSE HSE area 1 April 1987 to 1 July 1987 to 1 October 1987 to 1 January 1988 to
area 30 June 1987 30 September 1987 31 December 1987 31 March 1988
code |Improve- |Deferred |Immediate |Improve- |Deferred |Immediate |Improve- |Deferred |Immediate |Improve- |Deferred |Immediate
|ment |prohibi- |prohibi- |ment |prohibi- |prohibi- |ment |prohibi- |prohibi- |ment |prohibi- |prohibi-
|tion |tion<1> |tion |tion<1> |tion |tion<1> |tion tion<1>
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01 |South West |138 |3 |14 |111 |2 |19 |162 |- |62 |137 |3 |20
02 |South |92 |3 |31 |36 |1 |35 |84 |- |50 |67 |- |42
03 |South East |65 |- |24 |65 |1 |47 |70 |2 |53 |79 |5 |51
04-06 |Greater London |55 |1 |29 |130 |3 |66 |117 |4 |142 |149 |11 |60
07 |East Anglia |78 |1 |31 |84 |2 |34 |86 |- |130 |87 |2 |61
08 Northern Home Counties 56 - 66 64 2 99 62 - 60 67 3 50
09 |East Midlands |159 |1 |33 |74 |1 |46 |88 |4 |92 |117 |1 |42
10 |West Midlands |31 |- |32 |36 |- |39 |28 |1 |35 |44 |- |31
11 |Wales |206 |6 |28 |98 |12 |43 |181 |5 |43 |212 |2 |39
12 |Marches |102 |2 |30 |122 |2 |60 |133 |3 |76 |134 |- |56
13 |North Midlands |81 |- |38 |78 |6 |45 |74 |12 |55 |82 |1 |29
14 South Yorkshire and Humberside 75 11 74 83 - 62 100 5 38 51 2 25
15 West and North Yorkshire 68 19 42 75 8 44 75 4 50 90 2 49
16 |Greater Manchester|51 |- |35 |107 |3 |84 |124 |1 |33 |91 |5 |64
17 |Merseyside |10 |1 |10 |35 |0 |50 |37 |1 |16 |54 |- |46
18 |North West |74 |1 |28 |71 |- |28 |47 |- |125 |99 |- |187
19 |North East |50 |2 |35 |54 |11 |55 |69 |7 |51 |76 |7 |56
20 |Scotland East |144 |2 |58 |100 |5 |66 |81 |- |37 |159 |- |222
21 |Scotland West |51 |2 |109 |59 |2 |109 |60 |1 |137 |71 |1 |84
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
|Total |1,586 |55 |747 |1,482 |61 |1,031 |1,678 |50 |1,285 |1,866 |45 |1,214
<1> Reflects the major enforcement initiatives aimed at small construction sites.
Health and Safety
Mr. Bill Michie : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to empower magistrates to refer for sentencing to the Crown court cases brought by the Health and Safety Executive under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act and any of the relevant statutory provisions within the meaning of section 53 of the Act.
Mr. Nicholls : Magistrates have existing powers under the Magistrates Court Act 1980 to refer individuals to a higher court for sentencing. This power does not extend to corporations. Any amendment to include corporations would be a matter for the Home Office. However, for
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serious health and safety cases, health and safety executive inspectors are increasingly seeking to persuade magistrates that such cases should be dealt with in the Crown court.Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) improvement and (b) prohibition notices were issued by the Health and Safety Executive in the years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 ; to whom they were served ; and what was the outcome.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 14 February 1990] : The table summarises the number of improvement and prohibition notices issued for the calendar year 1985 and the financial years 1986-87 and 1987-88, and their outcome. The figures for 1988-89 are not yet available. The names of those on whom the notices were served could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Enforcement notices issued by health and safety executive inspectorates<1>
Number Result of notice
|issued |Full |Compliance |Withdrawn |Prosecution|No |Continuing |Other |Result
|compliance |with |further |requirement|result |not
|extension |action |known
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1985
Improvement |5,584 |4,703 |508 |48 |39 |96 |13 |1 |176
Prohibition:
Deferred |248 |203 |10 |4 |1 |2 |16 |- |12
Immediate |2,193 |1,948 |8 |1 |11 |8 |181 |5 |31
1986-87<2>
Improvement |6,575 |5,514 |509 |64 |73 |86 |8 |5 |316
Prohibition:
Deferred |195 |147 |5 |1 |- |- |21 |1 |20
Immediate |2,707 |2,353 |10 |8 |11 |20 |231 |- |84
1987-88<2>
Improvement |6,629 |5,401 |501 |60 |46 |91 |8 |1 |521
Prohibition:
Deferred |231 |178 |4 |- |- |- |35 |- |14
Immediate<3> |4,296 |3,903 |15 |5 |14 |14 |217 |1 |127
<1> Her Majesty's Factory, Agricultural, Mines and Quarries, Explosives and Nuclear Installations inspectorates.
<2> Years commencing 1 April.
<3> Reflects the major enforcement initiatives aimed at small construction sites.
Skill Centres
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if any undertaking to provide employment training courses has been given by skill centres under the privatisation arrangements.
Mr. Nicholls : Astra Training Services Ltd. has announced that it intends to consolidate the STA's present position as a major provider of employment training. The other successful bidder for a skill centre, Metel, is already a training manager for ET.
Youth Training
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the differences between YTS and youth training which will replace it.
Mr. Nicholls : The youth training arrangements build upon the successes of YTS and incorporate major new flexibilities designed to meet a wide range of local needs both economic and individual. The key differences are :
(a) an emphasis on outputs rather than training processes. (
(b) flexible design of individual schemes to achieve outputs instead of a fixed national design structure.
(c) the two year and one year entitlements of YTS give way to programmes of varying duration suitable for particular types of courses and the types of trainee need involved.
(d) the promise of courses at a standard of at least level 2 as laid down by the National Council of Vocational Qualifications or at equivalent occupational training or educational standards. In addition, more purchase of training at levels 3 and 4.
(e) allowances for unemployed trainees based upon age rather than cumulative time in training.
(f) improved assessment and endorsement procedures for special training needs.
(g) enhanced training opportunities to help unemployed trainees nearing the end of training to secure jobs.
(h) extension of the guarantee to include certain groups whose entry into training has been unavoidably delayed.
(i) more scope for discretionary entry for people not covered by the guarantee.
(j) greater financial discretion to use YT funds to build up local training arrangements, improve local marketing, and to give specific support for individual young people on assessment, action plans and similar matters.
Contracts of Employment
Mr. Janner : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will now take steps to transfer the jurisdiction of courts to industrial tribunals, in respect of claims by dismissed employees against employers arising out of alleged breaches of contracts of employment.
Mr. Nicholls : My right hon. Friend will be making a statement shortly.
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Employment Training
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many filled employment training places there are in the Greater Manchester area ; and what percentage this represents of the original departmental projections.
Mr. Nicholls : On 9 February 1990, the latest date for which information is available, there were 9,719 people on employment training in Greater Manchester. Departmental projections are for internal management information purposes only.
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places were filled on the Greater Manchester archaeological unit employment training scheme at the time of closure ; and what percentage this represented of the original and revised contracted places.
Mr. Nicholls : The Greater Manchester archaeological unit employment training scheme has not closed. On 26 January 1990, a total of 241 places were filled on the scheme. This represents 80 per cent. of its current contracted capacity and 48 per cent. of its original contracted level.
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much public money from the Training Agency has been given to the Greater Manchester archaeological unit employment training scheme ; and on what dates.
Mr. Nicholls : Money advanced by the Training Agency to the Greater Manchester archaeological unit under employment training was in accordance with the terms of the university of Manchester's contract with the Training Agency. The precise terms of this contract are confidential to the parties involved.
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the closure of the Greater Manchester archaeological unit employment training scheme ; and what is his assessment of the implications of the closure for other employment training schemes in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Nicholls : The Greater Manchester archaeological unit of the university of Manchester is still operating in employment training. The university's council of government is to meet on 27 February to consider the unit's future under ET. This has no implications for other ET training managers.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the total number of employment training trainees who have (a) successfully completed more than three months' training, (b) obtained a vocational qualification or credit towards one and (c) received a training bonus between December 1988 and December 1989 and the figures for each of the standard regions, Wales, Scotland and Great Britain ;
(2) what was the average length of time a trainee spent at an employment training place in the period December 1988 to December 1989 for Great Britain ;
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(3) what was the total number of employment training trainees who have received qualifications in the period between September 1988 to December 1989 for Great Britain ;(4) what was the total number of positive outcome from employment training leavers who go into (a) further education and training, (b) self-employment and (c) jobs between December 1988 and December 1989 for Great Britain.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 12 February 1990] : The information requested is not available.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total expenditure on the £10 employment training trainee allowance in December 1989 for Great Britain.
Mr. Nicholls [holding answer 12 February 1990] : Expenditure on the £10 premium part of employment training (ET) trainee allowances in December 1989 is estimated to be over £8 million.
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of unemployed receiving enterprise training within employment training between September 1988 and December 1989 for Great Britain.
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 12 February 1990] : A total of 547,000 people entered employment training between September 1988 and December 1989. Of these about 7 per cent. joined the programme to receive enterprise training.
Channel Tunnel
Mr. Tony Lloyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on health and safety issues arising out of the construction of the Channel tunnel.
Mr. Nicholls : Responsibility for health and safety during the construction of the Channel tunnel rests with the employers involved. The Health and Safety Executive will continue to enforce vigorously the health and safety regulations which apply to the construction of the tunnel.
Radiation
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in the nuclear industry have received, over the past year, exposures to radiation in excess of the new radiation safety thresholds introduced on 5 February ; and if he will publish a table showing the source of the radiation, the number of dose units received and the location of the exposure for each case.
Mr. Nicholls : No new threshold dose was introduced on 5 February.
National Vocational Qualifications
Mr. Pendry : To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to improve co-operation in bringing about the comprehensive framework for national vocational qualifications.
Mr. Nicholls : The NCVQ will be building on the good progress made so far in reforming the vocational
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qualifications system and accrediting national vocational qualifications. There is still much to do. The Government will be looking to the NCVQ to carry forward purposefully and harmoniously the reform of qualifications and the need for a more and better qualified work force. There is good will for reform which I want to see skilfully harnessed to this vital work.THE ARTS
Paternity Leave
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Minister for the Arts what paternity leave is allowed to staff in his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : At present paternity leave is not available to civil servants. The Treasury is, however, finalising arrangements for the introduction of an entitlement to two days paid paternity leave.
The Three Graces
Mr. Faulds : To ask the Minister for the Arts whether all the moneys raised by the Victoria and Albert museum in its efforts to keep in the United Kingdom the statues by Canova, "The Three Graces", will go directly towards paying the purchase price ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : The Victoria and Albert museum has advised me that, in the event that it proves possible to make an offer to purchase "The Three Graces" by 12 March, all the money subscribed by the public will be used for the purchase. The cash costs of the appeal have been underwritten by an anonymous and separate donation ; there have also been many contributions in kind to the organisation of the appeal. In the event that the appeal does not reach its target, all money subscribed in an identifiable and returnable form will be offered back. Money deposited in cash in collecting boxes will, as a notice beside the boxes clearly states, be put in the V and A central purchase fund and used to support the purchase of other major heritage objects.
CIVIL SERVICE
Paternity Leave
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what paternity leave is allowed to staff in his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Luce : At present paternity leave is not available to civil servants. The Treasury is, however, finalising arrangements for the introduction of an entitlement to two days paid paternity leave. In my Department we have made full use of the flexibilities which already exist in the rules on special leave for this purpose.
House of Commons Disqualification Act
Mr. Andy Stewart : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what arrangements are to be made to provide hon. Members with information about the amendments contained in the resolution tabled on 19 February updating schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act.
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Mr. Luce : A detailed explanatory note is available from the Vote Office.NORTHERN IRELAND
Bed and Breakfast
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the latest figures for the number of people living in bed and breakfast accommodation.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : I understand from the chief executive of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive that at 8 February 106 households were living in bed and breakfast accommodation secured for them under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.
Local Government Staff Commission
Mr. McGrady : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria are used to select members to serve on the Local Government Staff Commission.
Mr. Peter Bottomley : The Local Government Staff Commission is established under the Local Government Act (NI) 1972
"for the purposes of exercising general oversight of matters connected with the recruitment, training and terms and conditions of employment of officers of councils and of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and of making recommendations to councils and to the Executive on such matters".
Membership of the commission is comprised of a chairman and up to 12 other members appointed by the Department of Environment for Northern Ireland after consultation with associations representative of councils or their staffs and any other appropriate association or public body.
The members of the commission are appointed on the basis that they reflect the interests of local government and that they can contribute to the work of the commission. In view of its wide remit it is also essential to appoint members who can assist the commission because of their skills and knowledge in particular areas. The criteria for selection are members who will represent
"employee interests, drawn from nominations from trade unions, staff associations etc.;
employer interests, drawn from nominations from district councils ; and
other interests i.e. those who have a knowledge of local government or whose expertise on such matters as training, personnel, finance etc. will be of help to the commission."
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