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Agencies
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the health and safety policy of each of the agencies within his Department.
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Mr. Nelson : The chief executive of the Valuation Office, Central Statistical Office and Royal Mint executive agencies have operational responsibility for health and safety. The three agencies have supplied me with statements on these matters and I am arranging for these to be placed in the Library.
Double Taxation
Mr. David Nicholson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy in his EC internal market negotiations to seek agreement that member states should not impose extraordinary levies on bank balances held by businesses owned in other member states ; and if he will make a statement on recent such developments in Italy.
Mr. Dorrell : Direct taxation is a matter for the member states, provided that its provisions are not contrary to obligations under the treaty establishing the European Economic Community. The Commission of the European Communities has a responsibility to ensure that national laws are consistent with treaty obligations. As I have already indicated to my hon. Friend, the question of the levy on bank balances recently imposed in Italy is under discussion with the Italian authorities.
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of double taxation relief by the United States of America on the United Kingdom's overseas earnings ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 12 November 1992] : I am not aware of any such proposals. If the United States Administration were to propose any such change, the effect on United States and United Kingdom individuals and companies would depend on the precise nature of the United States proposals and the United Kingdom reaction to them.
Taxpayers
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number and percentage of standard rate and higher rate tax payers in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the United Kingdom for the most recent year for which figures are available.
Mr. Dorrell : The table provides estimates of the number and percentage of taxpayers in Lancashire and the United Kingdom liable to standard and higher rate tax for 1989-90, the latest available year for which information can be provided below the United Kingdom level. I regret that estimates are not available below county level. Married couples are counted as one unit in this last year before independent taxation.
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Basic and higher rate taxpayers 1989-90
Taxpayers liable Taxpayers liable
at only basic rate at higher rate
|Thousands |Percentage|Thousands |Percentage
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Lancashire |513 |94.6 |29 |5.4
United Kingdom |20,100 |92.0 |1,750 |8.0
Crown Estate Commissioners
Mr. Luff : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to amend the Crown Estates Act 1961 to enable the Crown Estate Commissioners to make significant charitable donations to organisatons operating within communities where the Commissioners own property ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lamont : Section 4(2) of the Crown Estate Act 1961 allows the Commissioners to make financial contributions out of the income of the Crown Estate for any religious or educational purpose connected with land of the Crown Estate, or for other purposes tending to the welfare of persons residing or employed on any such land. I have no plans to extend this to the wider local community.
Invalidity Benefit
Mr. Robert Ainsworth : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to tax invalidity benefit.
Mr. Dorrell : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Garscadden (Mr. Dewar) on 19 October, at column 190.
Bank Rates
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the changes in (a) bank rate and (b) rate of interest paid on premium bonds, since 1 January 1987.
Mr. Nelson : The information is as follows :
(a) Changes in bank base rates
|Bank base rates<1>
---------------------------------------------------------
1987
March 9 |10.5
March 18 |10.0
April 28 |9.5
May 8 |9.0
August 6 |10.0
October 26 |9.5
November 4 |9.0
December 3 |8.5
1988
February 1 |9.0
March 17 |8.5
April 8 |8.0
May 17 |7.5
June 2 |8.0
June 6 |8.5
June 22 |9.0
June 28 |9.5
July 4 |10.0
July 18 |10.5
August 8 |11.0
August 25 |12.0
November 25 |13.0
1989
May 24 |14.0
October 5 |15.0
1990
October 8 |14.0
1991
February 13 |13.5
February 27 |13.0
March 22 |12.5
April 12 |12.0
May 24 |11.5
July 12 |11.0
September 4 |10.5
1992
May 5 |10.0
September 16 |<2>12.0
September 17 |10.0
September 22 |9.0
October 16 |8.0
November 13 |<3>7.0
<1>Date shown when Bank of England changed dealing
rates. Base rates generally moved on next working day.
<2>MLR of 15 per cent. announced 16 September to apply
17 September but not implemented.
<3>MLR of 7 per cent. announced in Autumn Statement on
12 November to apply 13 November.
(b) Changes in underlying rate of
interest which determines the size
of the premium bond prize fund
|Per cent.
----------------------------------------
1 August 1987 |7.0
1 July 1988 |6.5
12 November 1992<1> |5.0
<1> Will take effect from 1 March 1993.
Tax Files
Mr. Steen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when Mr. G. Williamson's tax file, reference number 336/N21/02/F, will be sent from Hull district 1 tax office to the Plymouth office.
Mr. Dorrell : I will be writing to my hon. Friend.
Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992
Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to amend section 175(1) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to bring it into conformity with the words of section 276(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970.
Mr. Lamont : No. Section 175(1) of the 1992 Act is not different in substance from section 276(1) of the 1970 Act. The slight difference in wording is an editorial consequence of the process of consolidating the tax provisions on capital gains.
Value Added Tax
Mr. Rooney : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of VAT collected in each of the last 10 fiscal years expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) at June 1992 prices and (c) as a percentage of total Exchequer income.
Sir John Cope : The information requested is shown in the table.
VAT receipts
|At current prices |At 1992 Q2 prices<1>|As percentage of
|general Government
|receipts
|£ billion |£ billion
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1982-83 |13.8 |23.4 |11.3
1983-84 |15.2 |24.7 |11.7
1984-85 |18.5 |28.6 |13.1
1985-86 |19.3 |28.3 |12.7
1986-87 |21.4 |30.4 |13.4
1987-88 |24.1 |32.3 |13.7
1988-89 |27.3 |34.2 |14.3
1989-90 |29.5 |34.7 |14.2
1990-91 |31.0 |34.4 |14.2
1991-92 |35.3 |36.6 |15.9
<1> Using the GDP deflator at market prices.
Exchequer Income
Mr. Rooney : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of (a) income tax, (b) capital gains tax and (c) corporation tax paid for each of the last 10 fiscal years expressed (a) in cash terms, (b) at June 1992 prices and (c) as a percentage of total Exchequer income.
Mr. Dorrell : The information requested is shown in the tables.
Income tax receipts
£ billion
|at current prices |at 1992 Q2 prices<1>|as per cent. of
|general Government
|receipts
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1982-83 |30.4 |51.5 |24.8
1983-84 |31.1 |50.4 |23.9
1984-85 |32.5 |50.2 |23.0
1985-86 |35.4 |51.7 |23.3
1986-87 |38.5 |54.6 |24.1
1987-88 |41.4 |55.6 |23.6
1988-89 |43.4 |54.4 |22.7
1989-90 |48.8 |57.4 |23.5
1990-91 |55.3 |61.3 |25.4
1991-92 |57.5 |59.6 |25.9
<1>Using the GDP deflator at market prices.
Capital tax receipts
£ billion
|At current prices |At 1992 Q2 prices<1>|As percentage of
|general Government
|receipts
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1982-83 |0.6 |1.1 |0.5
1983-84 |0.7 |1.1 |0.5
1984-85 |0.7 |1.1 |0.5
1985-86 |0.9 |1.3 |0.6
1986-87 |1.1 |1.5 |0.7
1987-88 |1.4 |1.9 |0.8
1988-89 |2.3 |2.9 |1.2
1989-90 |1.9 |2.2 |0.9
1990-91 |1.9 |2.1 |0.9
1991-92 |1.1 |1.2 |0.5
<1>Using the GDP deflator at market prices.
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Corporation tax receipts
£ billion
|At current prices |At 1992 Q2 prices<1>|As percentage of
|general Government
|receipts
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1982-83 |5.7 |9.6 |4.6
1983-84 |6.2 |10.0 |4.7
1984-85 |8.3 |12.9 |5.9
1985-86 |10.7 |15.7 |7.1
1986-87 |13.5 |19.1 |8.4
1987-88 |15.7 |21.1 |9.0
1988-89 |18.5 |23.2 |9.7
1989-90 |21.5 |25.3 |10.4
1990-91 |21.5 |23.8 |9.9
1991-92 |18.3 |18.9 |8.2
<1>Using the GDP deflator at market prices.
Public Sector Pay
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral statement of 12 November Official Report, column 994, if he will set out how he intends to apply the conditions to public sector pay rises.
Mr. Dorrell : As my right hon. Friend announced in his autumn statement on 12 November, the Government's policy is to restrict public sector pay settlements to between zero and 1 per cent. in the coming year. The Government expect this policy to be applied without exception throughout the public sector regardless of the normal method of settling pay. For central Government employees and NHS staff not covered by review bodies the Government will apply the policy directly as part of its responsibility for setting the pay of these groups. Application of the policy to staff covered by the pay review bodies was set out in my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer's answer of 13 November 1992, at column 1002 . Spending allocations have been adjusted to reflect the impact of the policy on other public sector groups.
Valuation Office
Mr. Peter Ainsworth : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes he has made to the Valuation Office executive agency's published key targets for the year 1992-93.
Mr. Nelson : Yes. The key target for the clearance of non-domestic rating appeals has been increased from 302,000 to 308,000. This is to take account of additional receipts from the Welsh Office to maintain the current good progress in clearing outstanding appeals.
United States-United Kingdom Taxation Agreements
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the United States-United Kingdom taxation treaties and agreements together with the dates when they took effect.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 12 November 1992] : Two agreements are in place with the United States.
First, the taxation of income and capital gains is covered by arrangements which comprise a convention dated 31 December 1975, as amended by protocols of 26 August 1976, 31 March 1977 and 15 March 1979. The
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convention, as amended, in general took effect for the tax year, financial year or chargeable period beginning in 1975. The relevant provisions are detailed in Statutory Instrument 1980 : No. 568 titled The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (The United States of America) Order 1980.Second, provisions regarding the taxation of inheritances and gifts are set out in Statutory Instrument 1979 : No. 1454 titled The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Estates of Deceased Persons and on Gifts) (United States of America) Order 1979. This convention was concluded on 19 October 1978 and took effect from 10 November 1979.
Corporation Tax
Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the amount of advance corporation tax repaid to United States companies with United Kingdom subsidiaries in each of the last five years.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 12 November 1992] : Payments of tax credits to non-resident parent companies under the United Kingdom/USA double taxation convention--companies which control at least 10 per cent. of the voting stock of the United Kingdom company--are estimated to have been as follows :
£ million
|Tax credits payable
------------------------------------------------------------
1987-88 |310
1988-89 |390
1989-90 |410
1990-91 |260
1991-92 |180
Matrix Churchill
Mr. Hain : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when either he or the Governor of the Bank of England knew of banking accounts held in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International by Matrix Churchill or its individual executives that were used for the export of equipment to Iraq which could be used for defence purposes ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 13 November 1992] : Neither my right hon. Friend the Chancellor nor the Governor of the Bank of England has ever been given any such information.
Iraq (Military Equipment)
Mr. Hain : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when either the Government or the Bank of England was informed that accounts held in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International were used for the export of equipment to Iraq which could be used for defence purposes between 1987 and 1990 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 13 November 1992] : Neither the Government nor the Bank of England has ever been given any such information.
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Scotch Whisky
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the income from duties on Scotch whisky in each of the past 10 years in cash and constant price terms.
Sir John Cope [holding answer 16 November 1992] : The following is the estimated income which includes whiskey from Northern Ireland.
£ million
Year |Excise duty receipts|At constant 1991-92
|prices
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1982-83 |478 |784
1983-84 |818 |1,282
1984-85 |591 |883
1985-86 |714 |1,007
1986-87 |667 |910
1987-88 |698 |917
1988-89 |681 |844
1989-90 |650 |747
1990-91 |726 |761
1991-92 |730 |730
ENVIRONMENT
Ordnance Survey
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by location, the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillars that have currently been adopted ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Howard : Responsibility for this subject has been delegated to the executive agency. I have asked Professor David Rhind, chief executive for the Ordnance Survey to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from David Rhind to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 27 October 1992 :
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question about the adoption of Triangulation (Trig) Pillars.
Ordnance Survey has recently completed its assessment of the pillars it needs to maintain as part of its survey control network. We have decided to maintain 1,269 pillars, leaving 4,906 for which we have no further need.
Great interest has been shown by a wide variety of organisations and individuals in adopting single or groups of pillars for voluntary maintenance. We are now starting the process of dealing with these applications and publicising opportunities. This will take some time to complete because, whilst the pillars will remain the property of Ordnance Survey, we have to obtain the permission of the land owners for those adopting pillars to have access.
In short, no pillars have yet been adopted but the process for adoption is now under way. We anticipate this will take several months to complete.
Please let me know if you would like me to supply a list of adopted pillars and their locations when the exercise is over.
Fact-finding Visits
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he wil list the fact-finding visits made in the last 12 months by the chief executive of each executive agency for which he is responsible ; and what were the findings resulting from each visit.
Mr. Howard : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to my executive agencies
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under their chief executives. I have asked Mr. Roger Courtney to arrange for a reply to be given for the Building Research Establishment ; Professor David Rhind for the Ordnance Survey ; Mr. Stephen Crow for the Planning Inspectorate ; Mr. Marcus Buck for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre ; and Mr. Roger Powell for the Buying Agency.Letter from Roger Courtney to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 29 October 1992 :
The Secretary of State has asked me to respond to your question regarding fact finding visits that I have made during the last twelve months.
My recent visits are listed below :
Transport Research Laboratory (Executive Agency, Department of Transport).
National Institute for Standards and Technology, USA.
Technical Research Institute, Finland, (VTT).
Such visits provide me with comparative information on sources of funding and associated policies, programme formulation and management, and operational arrangements and therefore assist the future development of BRE. Where appropriate, the scope for co-operative working is also explored, to mutual benefit. My many regular contacts with heads of research executive agencies and with my counterparts in other countries supplement these specific visits.
I would be happy to provide further information if you wish. Letter from David Rhind to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992 :
The Secretary of State for the Environment has asked me to reply to your question about fact finding visits made by the chief executives of agencies.
I have not made any visits which I would classify as "fact finding" since I took up my appointment as Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey in January of this year.
Letter from Stephen Crow to Mr. Martin Redmond Dated 28 October 1992 :
In reply to your Parliamentary Questions, I am asked on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Environment to list both the titles of papers published by the Planning Inspectorate since it became an agency and the fact finding visits made by myself in the last 12 months ; and to indicate the findings resulting from those visits. The Planning Inspectorate became an Executive Agency only on 1 April this year, and so a full 12 months have not yet elapsed.
The only Inspectorate paper published since 1 April is entitled "Good Practice at Planning Inquiries". It was published on 7 September 1992 as an Annex to Department of the Environment Circular 24/92 (Welsh Office Circular 47/92).
Since April I have made one fact finding visit, to Edinburgh and nearby, where I was shown some interesting examples of urban regeneration, and where I was able to discuss, with my opposite numbers in Scotland and Ireland, matters of mutual concern. The visit and meeting resulted in useful comparison of professional and managerial practice.
Letter from Mr. Marcus Buck to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 27 October 1992 :
I am responding to your question regarding the fact finding visits undertaken during the last twelve months by Agency Chief Executives in the Department of the Environment, and the resulting findings. During his last months in office, my predecessor, Roy Kendrick, did not undertake any fact finding visits. As Chief Executive designate I conducted a series of visits to conference centres in order to familiarise myself with the industry. My findings were not aggregated into a publishable form.
If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Letter from Roger H. Powell to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992 :I have been asked to reply direct to your parliamentary question regarding fact finding visits by Chief Executives.
I have undertaken no "fact finding" visits as such. I have visited a number of principal customers and suppliers but these have primarily been to promote relationships.
Agencies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. Howard : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to my executive agencies under their chief executives. I have asked Mr. Roger Courtney to arrange for a reply to be given for the Building Research Establishment ; Professor David Rhind for the Ordnance Survey ; Mr. Stephen Crow for the Planning Inspectorate ; Mr. Marcus Buck for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre ; and Mr. Roger Powell for the Buying Agency.
Letter from R. G. Courtney to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992 :
PQ : Executive Agency staff numbers and costs--BRE The Secretary of State has asked me to respond to your question regarding BRE's staff numbers and costs for 1991-92 and 1992-93.
The average number of BRE staff in each grade during 1991-92 and the estimated equivalent for 1992-93 are given in the attached table. These figures include staff employed on a casual basis.
The "full economic cost" for the staff in post in 1991-92 was £16, 734k and the present estimate for the equivalent cost in 1992-93 is £18, 330k.
Average number of staff at BRE in 1991-92 and 1992-93 by grade
Grade |1991-92|1992-93
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Grade 3 |1.0 |1.0
Grade 4 |1.0 |1.0
Grade 5 |5.0 |5.0
Grade 6 |24.0 |25.0
Grade 7 |90.0 |96.5
Senior Scientific Officer |97.5 |100.5
Higher Scientific Officer |95.5 |102.5
Scientific Officer |62.5 |60.0
Assistant Scientific Officer |17.5 |13.5
Senior Professional and Technology Officer |16.0 |18.0
Higher Professional and Technology Officer |11.0 |12.0
Professional and Technology Officer |12.0 |12.0
Technical Grade I (PTO) |1.0 |1.0
Senior Information Officer |6.0 |7.0
Information Officer |7.0 |9.0
Assistant Information Officer |2.0 |4.0
Senior Librarian |1.0 |1.0
Librarian |1.0 |1.0
Assistant Librarian |1.0 |1.0
Senior Photographic Officer |2.0 |2.0
Higher Photographic Officer |3.0 |4.0
Photographic Officer |5.0 |4.0
Senior Executive Officer |1.0 |1.0
Higher Executive Officer |9.0 |11.5
Executive Officer |23.0 |24.5
Administrative Officer |74.5 |76.5
Administrative Assistant |5.5 |3.0
Senior Personal Secretary |1.0 |1.0
Personal Secretary |21.5 |22.5
Typing Manager |2.0 |2.0
Typist |15.5 |17.5
Graphics Officer |1.0 |1.0
Technical Grade 1 (DOA) |1.5 |1.5
Technical Grade 2 (Tracer) |2.0 |2.0
Assistant Chief Reprographics Officer |1.0 |1.0
Reprographics Officer I |3.5 |3.5
Senior Messenger |1.0 |1.0
Messenger |2.0 |2.0
Telephonist |3.0 |3.0
College-based Sandwich Course Student |- |-
Vacation Student |- |-
Industrial |94.0 |82.5
|-------|-------
Total |724.0 |738.0
Letter from David Rhind to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992 :
The Secretary of State for the Environment has asked me to reply to your question about staff numbers and cost. I enclose a table which shows the Ordnance Survey staff numbers by grade and their associated costs for 1991- 92 and the corresponding estimated figures for 1992-93.
The cost figures quoted comprise salaries, ERNIC, superannuation, overtime and specialist allowances.
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Ordnance survey staffing
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Unified grades
Grade 3 |1.0 |68,198 |1.0 |71,477
Grade 5 |3.0 |162,486 |3.0 |170,313
Grade 6 |8.0 |373,496 |8.0 |393,880
Grade 7 |39.0 |1,419,132 |40.0 |1,530,960
Administrative grades
SEO |27.0 |727,110 |28.0 |790,920
HEO |73.0 |1,563,039 |82.0 |1,851,321
EO |105.0 |1,744,995 |106.0 |1,870,264
AO |168.0 |2,127,216 |175.0 |2,347,450
AA |52.0 |484,432 |53.0 |533,498
Senior personal secretary |1.0 |17,049 |1.0 |17,849
Personal secretary |3.0 |41,814 |3.0 |43,773
Typing manager |1.0 |17,634 |1.0 |18,460
Typist |12.0 |123,456 |9.0 |96,921
Graduate trainee |6.0 |98,880 |3.0 |53,097
Librarian |1.0 |22,638 |1.0 |23,735
Assistant librarian |1.0 |18,618 |1.0 |19,520
Mapping and charting grades
SMCO |61.0 |1,777,784 |67.0 |2,057,101
HMCO |181.0 |4,199,200 |179.0 |4,355,786
MCO |1,091.0 |21,446,878|1,106.0 |22,831,158
MCT1 |362.0 |6,101,510 |274.0 |4,875.830
MCT2 |59.0 |711,953 |51.0 |658,716
Carto assistant |1.0 |14,125 |0 |0
Support grades
Stores C |3.0 |58,107 |3.0 |60,921
Stores D |4.0 |63,240 |5.0 |85,640
Support manager 2 |1.0 |17,928 |1.0 |18,815
Support manager 3 |3.0 |43,143 |3.0 |46,539
Support grade band 1 |35.0 |419,580 |37.0 |472,490
Support grade band 2 |74.0 |736,966 |74.0 |784,548
P & T Group
PTO |1.0 |20,138 |1.0 |21,113
Technical grade 1 |5.0 |84,105 |5.0 |88,180
Industrial |32.0 |291,340 |14.0 |134.211
Letter from Stephen Crow to Mr. Martin Redmond dated 3 November 1992 :
1. The Secretary of State for the Environment has asked me to reply on behalf of the Planning Inspectorate to your recent Parliamentary Question in which you asked for a list by grade of the numbers of staff and their cost for 1991-92, and estimated figures for 1992-93. 2. The Planning Inspectorate was launched as a joint Agency in the Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office on 1 April 1992. The Agency's estimated staff cost for 1992-93 is £13.9 million. The breakdown of permanent staff by grades (as at 1 September 1992) is in the attached table.
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3. Prior to 1 April 1992 the Welsh Office were directly responsible for the Inspectorate's functions in Wales. The average number of permanent staff undertaking the Inspectorate's functions in England during 1991-92 was 613 and the salary cost was £12.3 million.
The Planning Inspectorate
Staff in Post as at 1 September 1992
Grade |Staff in Post
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3 |1.0
4 |2.0
5 |14.0
6 |2.0
7 |7.0
Principal Housing and Planning Inspector |39.0
Senior Housing and Planning Inspector |117.0
Housing and Planning Inspector |84.0
Senior Executive Officer |7.0
Higher Executive Officer |33.5
Executive Officer |78.0
Senior Personal Secretary |1.0
Personal Secretary |14.0
Administrative Officer |167.5
Administrative Assistant etc. |69.5
Typist |1.0
|---
Total |637.5
Letter from Mr. Marcus Buck to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992 :
I am responding to your question regarding the above subject. Figures for The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre are as follows :
|1991-92 |1992-93
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AO |15 |16
EO |11 |10
HEO |4 |4
SEO |1 |1
SIO |2 |1
Grade 7 |5 |4
Grade 6 |0 |1
Grade 5 |1 |1
HPTO |3 |3
PTO |1 |1
Personal Secretary |2 |2
Typist |1 |1
SGB1 |1 |1
SGB2 |8 |8
Specialists |10 |9
Casual |1 |1
|-- |--
Total |66 |64
Costs |£1,525,000 |£1,612,000
|(Actual) |(Estimated)
If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
Letter from Roger H. Powell to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 2 November 1992 :
Michael Howard has asked the Chief Executives of Agencies attached to his Department to respond to your Parliamentary Question on the above matter.
I have set out at Appendix A 3 figures which represent snapshots of the situation as of December 1991, and October 1992 and a forecast for October 1993.
I have given staff in post figures which include a number of non-civil servants.
If I can be of further help please contact me.
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Appendix A
December 1991 October 1992 October 1993<1>
|Staff |Salaries |Staff |Salaries |Staff |Salaries
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Administration Officers |34 |287,599 |31 |280,404 |29 |267,560
Support Grades |4 |33,712 |4 |35,864 |4 |36,581
Typists |5 |39,073 |5 |41,569 |5 |42,400
Executive Officers |22 |268,745 |20 |259,134 |20 |264,317
Personal Secretaries |2 |21,620 |2 |23,000 |2 |23,460
SM3/SPS/Typing Manager |3 |36,987 |3 |39,348 |3 |40,135
Technical Officer |- |- |- |- |- |-
HEO |7 |114,735 |7 |122,059 |7 |124,500
HPTO |6 |137,059 |10 |236,950 |12 |290,027
SEO |4 |93,382 |4 |99,343 |4 |101,330
SPTO |7 |151,340 |9 |212,069 |11 |264,379
Grade 7 |7 |184,980 |6 |170,759 |6 |174,174
Grade 6 |2 |75,000 |2 |78,500 |2 |82,500
Grade 5 |1 |47,000 |1 |49,000 |1 |50,750
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
|104 |1,496,232|104 |1,653,499|107 |1,779,523
<1> Forecast.
Airports (Planning Applications)
Mr. Wilshire : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the length of time between submitting the application and a final decision being announced in respect of all planning applications involving airport expansion that were subject to a local public inquiry since 1970.
Mr. Baldry : Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The table gives details of the length of time taken to determine most of the major airport expansions subject to public local inquiry since 1977.
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(months) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leeds Bradford |8 August 1977 |17 December 1980 |40 Heathrow (Terminal 4) |26 September 1977|17 December 1979 |26 Manchester |2 February 1979 |9 September 1980 |19 Gatwick North |2 March 1979 |9 November 1982 |44 Birmingham |17 April 1979 |30 May 1980 |13 East Midlands |1 November 1979 |1 February 1983 |38 Heathrow (Terminal 4) |4 June 1984 |18 September 1985|15 Leeds Bradford |23 January 1986 |14 August 1989 |42 Lydd |8 September 1987 |24 September 1992|60 London City |12 September 1989|26 September 1991|24
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