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What is his policy on the award of costs at hearings held in connection with the functions of the Environment Agency or appeals against the Agency. - Inc ref to Local Government Act 1972, Environment Act 1995, Environment Act 1995, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989,...
What is his policy on the award of costs at hearings held in connection with the functions of the Environment Agency or appeals against the Agency. - Inc ref to Local Government Act 1972, Environment Act 1995, Environment Act 1995, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989,...
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
20 March 1997
Answered on
20 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his policy on the award of costs at hearings held in
connection with the functions of the Environment Agency or appeals against the agency. [21654]
Mr. Clappison: Subsection 250(5) of the Local Government Act 1972 enables the Secretary of State to make an order as to the costs of
the parties at an inquiry and as to the parties by whom the costs are to be paid. Subsection 53(2) of the Environment Act 1995
applies subsection 250(5) of the 1972 Act to inquiries and other hearings held in connection with the functions of the Environment
Agency or the Secretary of State's functions in relation to the agency. These include appeals over integrated pollution control
authorisations and waste management licences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, waste carrier licences under the Control
of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, and abstraction licences and discharge consents under the Water Resources Act 1991.
The parties at these hearings are normally expected to meet their own expenses irrespective of the outcome. Costs are awarded only
on grounds of "unreasonable" behaviour resulting in unnecessary expense. An award of costs does not therefore follow the event of
the decision on merits.
In considering the award of costs, the Secretary of State will apply by analogy the guidance on award of costs in planning
proceedings in DOE circular 8/93 (Welsh Office 23/93). The circular includes a summary of the criteria for unreasonable behaviour
and advice on the general principles for awards of costs for unreasonable behaviour, general procedural requirements, and
applications for costs.
Section 53 of the 1995 Act enables costs to be awarded only in cases where a hearing is held. Unlike planning proceedings, costs are
not available where a hearing is cancelled due to a party's withdrawal.
Subsection 250(5) of the 1972 Act does not apply to proceedings in connection with local authority air pollution control decisions
under part 1 of the Environment Protection Act 1990. Consideration will be given to seeking such provision in due course.
Subjects
Appeals; Costs; Inquiries; Environment Agency; Pollution control; Waste disposal
Date
20 March 1997
Reference
21654; 292 c693W
House
House of Commons
That this House notes the Labour Party's policy on a minimum wage, National Insurance contributions and personal taxation; and calls upon the Right honourable Member for Sedgefield to confirm that he has always fully complied with his own party's policy in the remuneration of his own home helps and nannies.
That this House notes the Labour Party's policy on a minimum wage, National Insurance contributions and personal taxation; and calls upon the Right honourable Member for Sedgefield to confirm that he has always fully complied with his own party's policy in the remuneration of his own home helps and nannies.
Primary sponsor
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Subjects
Blair, Tony
Date
19 March 1997
Reference
692
House
House of Commons
If he will comment on the benefits to the United Kingdom of (a) inward and (b) overseas investment.
If he will comment on the benefits to the United Kingdom of (a) inward and (b) overseas investment.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Lang of Monkton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
19 March 1997
Answered on
19 March 1997
Subjects
Investment income; Job creation; Overseas investment; Foreign investment in UK
Date
19 March 1997
Reference
292 c871; 19447
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on same.
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 March 1997
Subjects
Investment income; Job creation; Overseas investment; Foreign investment in UK
Date
19 March 1997
Reference
292 c871
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What procedures exist to ensure that parents whose children are sentenced to be detained do not continue to receive (a) child benefit and (b) other benefits in respect of them. - Text of letter from Peter Mathison of Benefits Agency.
What procedures exist to ensure that parents whose children are sentenced to be detained do not continue to receive (a) child benefit and (b) other benefits in respect of them. - Text of letter from Peter Mathison of Benefits Agency.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Roger Evans
(Conservative)
Answering body
Social Security Benefits Agency
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
18 March 1997
Answered on
18 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what procedures exist to ensure that parents whose children are
sentenced to be detained do not continue to receive (a) child benefit and (b) other benefits in respect of them. [18099]
Mr. Roger Evans: This is an operational matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the
hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. David Shaw, dated 17 March 1997:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what procedures exist
to ensure that parents whose children are sentenced to be detained, do not continue to receive a) Child Benefit and b) other
benefits in respect of them.
Customers receiving Child Benefit are obliged to report any changes of circumstances in accordance with the instructions contained
in their order book. This would include instances when a child is detained in legal custody. Similarly, those in receipt of Widows
Benefit, Retirement Pension, Income Support or short term benefits which include an additional amount for a dependent child must
report the changes.
Customer receiving benefit by Automated Credit Transfer are periodically sent details of what changes of circumstances should be
reported.
The position is different for people receiving Family Credit (FC). Entitlement is calculated and benefit is awarded for a fixed
period for a family's circumstances at the date of the claim. If a child subsequently leaves a household, entitlement continues
unless the child is included within another family claiming FC. There are no provisions within FC legislation for payments to cease
in any other circumstances involving children.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Subjects
Child benefit; Custodial treatment; Families; Family credit; Social security benefits; Young people; Young offenders
Date
18 March 1997
Reference
18099; 292 c574-5W
House
House of Commons
If he will comment on capital expenditure in the Health Service. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figs.
If he will comment on capital expenditure in the Health Service. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figs.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Horam
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
18 March 1997
Answered on
18 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on capital expenditure in the health service.
[19188]
Mr. Horam: The last 10 years have seen the largest sustained building programme in the history of the national health service with
over 700 schemes each costing over £1 million being completed. It is anticipated that £1.9 billion will be spent in 1996-97 on
constructing, improving and modernising NHS buildings using both public capital.
Subjects
Capital investment; Expenditure; NHS
Date
18 March 1997
Reference
292 c579W;292 c579-80W; 19188
House
House of Commons
What proposals have been assessed by (i) European institutions and (ii) member governments for a common basis of calculating inflation in each EU member state; and what assessment he has made of the implications of such proposals for (a) United Kingdom government expenditure and (b) United Kingdom pensioners' incomes and...
What proposals have been assessed by (i) European institutions and (ii) member governments for a common basis of calculating inflation in each EU member state; and what assessment he has made of the implications of such proposals for (a) United Kingdom government expenditure and (b) United Kingdom pensioners' incomes and...
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
13 March 1997
Answered on
13 March 1997
Subjects
Consumers; Consumer information; EU countries; EU action; Economic and monetary union; Inflation; Pensioners; Prices; Statistics
Date
13 March 1997
Reference
292 c316-7W;292 c317W; 17358;17357
House
House of Commons
What arrangements are being made for the provision of emergency towing vessels next winter. - Inc fact that the three vessels will be re-engaged to provide emergency cover the next winter in the same areas.
What arrangements are being made for the provision of emergency towing vessels next winter. - Inc fact that the three vessels will be re-engaged to provide emergency cover the next winter in the same areas.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
John Bowis
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
10 March 1997
Answered on
10 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements are being made for the provision of emergency towing
vessels next winter. [19844]
Mr. Bowis: Emergency towing vessels have been stationed, on a trial basis, in the Minches and Dover strait for the last three winter
periods and in the south-west approaches this winter, following recommendations by Lord Donaldson and the emergency towing study
team.
A report of the first two year's trials had been published. Further analysis of the trials is to be undertaken so that the benefits
of the provision of such Government-funded vessels can be fully assessed. Meanwhile, the three vessels will be re-engaged to provide
emergency cover the next winter in the same areas.
Subjects
Safety; Shipping; Tugboats
Date
10 March 1997
Reference
19844; 292 c29W
House
House of Commons
If he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local authority per 1,000 of population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. - As info requested is lengthy, have arranged for it to be placed in Library (Dep/3 4768).
If he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local authority per 1,000 of population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. - As info requested is lengthy, have arranged for it to be placed in Library (Dep/3 4768).
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
George Kynoch
(Conservative)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
6 March 1997
Answered on
6 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local
authority per 1,000 of population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. [18095]
Mr. Kynoch: As the information requested is lengthy, I have arranged for it to be placed in the House Library.
Subjects
Local government; Staff; Scotland
Date
6 March 1997
Reference
18095; 291 c688W
House
House of Commons
If he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local authority per 1000 of population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. - Table given.
If he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local authority per 1000 of population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. - Table given.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Gwilym Jones
(Conservative)
Answering body
Welsh Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
5 March 1997
Answered on
5 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local
authority per 1,000 of population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. [18096]
Mr. Gwilym Jones: The information requested is given in the following tables:
Number of local authority employees per 1000 of population, June 1993 {1}
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Counties {1} Total employees per 1,000 of Full-time employees per 1,000 Part-time employees per 1,000
population of population{2} of population{2}
Clwyd 34.8 17.4 17.5
South Glamorgan 35.2 18.2 16.9
West Glamorgan 37.9 22.0 15.9
Gwynedd 38.2 20.0 18.2
Mid Glamorgan 39.2 22.1 17.1
Gwent 40.1 19.2 20.9
Dyfed 41.0 21.7 19.3
Districts{4}
Brecknock 6.3 5.5 0.7
Dinefwr 6.6 6.3 0.4
Monmouth 7.5 5.9 1.6
Taff Ely 7.5 6.3 1.2
South Pembrokeshire 7.6 6.9 0.6
Ynys Mon 7.8 6.5 1.3
Alyn and Deeside 8.0 6.8 1.2
Carmarthen 8.0 6.8 1.2
Vale of Glamorgan 8.3 6.4 1.8
Preseli Pembrokeshire 8.3 7.4 0.8
Ceredigion 8.3 7.8 0.5
Glyndwr 8.5 6.3 2.2
Colwyn 8.6 6.7 1.9
Radnorshire 8.9 6.2 2.6
Lliw Valley 9.1 7.6 1.5
Rhuddlan 9.1 7.8 1.3
Montgomeryshire 9.2 5.8 3.4
Ogwr 9.2 7.1 2.1
Dwyfor 9.5 8.7 0.8
Neath 9.6 8.5 1.1
Cynon Valley 9.7 9.0 0.7
Arfon 9.9 8.7 1.2
Delyn 9.9 7.2 2.7
Torfaen 10.3 8.6 1.8
Newport 10.6 8.6 2.0
Islwyn 10.7 9.5 1.2
Wrexham Maelor 11.1 9.1 2.0
Meirionnydd 11.4 9.5 1.8
Rhymney Valley 11.7 8.9 2.8
Cardiff 11.8 8.3 3.5
Rhondda 12.6 9.9 2.8
Merthyr Tydfil 12.7 11.3 1.5
Swansea 13.5 12.5 1.0
Blaenau Gwent 14.2 12.4 1.9
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Authorities are ranked according to total employees (i.e. the sum of full-time and part-time) per 1000 population. {2} Full-time
employees are those that work over 30 hours per week, part-time employees are those that work up to and including 30 hours per week.
{3} Data for Powys are unavailable. {4} Data for Aberconwy, Llanelli and Port Talbot are unavailable.
Number of local authority employees per 1000 of population, June 1994{1}
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Total employees per 1,000 of Full-time employees per 1,000 Part-time employees per 1,000
population of population{2} of population{2}
Counties{3}
Clwyd 33.6 16.4 17.3
South Glamorgan 35.0 18.1 17.0
West Glamorgan 38.0 22.1 15.9
Gwynedd 38.9 20.1 18.8
Mid Glamorgan 39.6 21.9 17.7
Gwent 39.8 18.8 21.0
Dyfed 41.8 21.9 19.9
Districts{4}
Brecknock 6.1 5.4 0.6
Dinefwr 6.3 6.0 0.4
Monmouth 7.1 5.7 1.4
Vale of Glamorgan 7.6 6.3 1.2
South Pembrokeshire 7.8 7.3 0.5
Taff Ely 7.8 6.6 1.2
Ynys Mo+n 7.8 6.4 1.4
Alyn and Deeside 8.0 6.7 1.2
Carmarthen 8.0 6.7 1.3
Ceredigion 8.0 7.6 0.5
Colwyn 8.1 6.6 1.5
Glyndwr 8.2 5.9 2.2
Preseli Pembrokeshire 8.2 7.3 0.9
Montgomeryshire 8.4 5.6 2.8
Radnorshire 8.6 6.1 2.5
Lliw Valley 8.8 7.7 1.1
Rhuddlan 9.0 7.8 1.2
Ogwr 9.3 7.2 2.1
Delyn 9.4 6.8 2.7
Dwyfor 9.5 8.6 0.8
Neath 9.6 8.3 1.3
Arfon 9.8 8.4 1.3
Llanelli 10.0 9.0 1.0
Torfaen 10.0 8.2 1.7
Newport 10.4 8.7 1.7
Port Talbot 10.4 8.8 1.6
Meirionnydd 10.8 9.2 1.5
Islwyn 11.0 9.2 1.8
Wrexham Maelor 11.0 9.2 1.9
Rhymney Valley 11.4 8.7 2.7
Cardiff 12.1 8.2 3.9
Rhondda 12.6 9.8 2.8
Merthyr Tydfil 13.0 11.5 1.4
Swansea 13.4 12.2 1.2
Blaenau Gwent 14.5 12.3 2.1
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Authorities are ranked according to total employees (i.e. the sum of full-time and part-time) per 1000 population.
{2} Full-time employees are those that work over 30 hours per week, part-time employees are those that work up to and including 30
hours per week.
{3} Data for Powys are unavailable.
{4} Data for Aberconwy and Cynon Valley are unavailable.
Number of local authority employees per 1,000 of population, June 1995{1}
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Total employees per 1,000 of Full-time employees per 1,000 Part-time employees per 1,000
population of population{2} of population{2}
Counties{3}
Clwyd 33.5 16.3 17.1
South Glamorgan 36.0 18.0 17.9
Gwent 39.6 18.3 21.3
Gwynedd 40.2 20.1 20.1
Mid Glamorgan 41.6 22.6 19.1
Dyfed 42.5 22.1 20.3
Districts{4}
Brecknock 6.3 5.5 0.8
Dinefwr 6.6 6.1 0.5
Monmouth 6.9 5.4 1.5
Vale of Glamorgan 7.2 5.7 1.5
Ynys Mo+n 7.4 5.9 1.5
Carmarthen 7.9 6.6 1.3
Alyn and Deeside 7.9 6.7 1.2
South Pembrokeshire 8.1 7.8 0.3
Glyndy+r 8.2 6.0 2.3
Taff Ely 8.3 6.7 1.6
Preseli Pembrokeshire 8.4 7.5 0.9
Colwyn 8.5 6.8 1.8
Radnorshire 8.6 6.0 2.6
Montgomeryshire 8.8 5.7 3.1
Lliw Valley 8.9 7.8 1.1
Dwyfor 9.2 8.4 0.8
Rhuddlan 9.3 7.6 1.7
Aberconwy 9.5 8.5 1.0
Llanelli 9.5 8.6 0.9
Ogwr 9.7 7.4 2.3
Arfon 9.9 8.4 1.6
Delyn 10.2 7.0 3.2
Neath 10.6 9.1 1.5
Rhymney Valley 10.7 8.6 2.1
Meirionnydd 10.7 9.2 1.6
Wrexham Maelor 10.9 8.9 2.0
Port Talbot 11.0 9.4 1.6
Islwyn 12.0 9.7 2.3
Newport 12.0 8.9 3.1
Cynon Valley 12.0 8.8 3.2
Cardiff 12.8 8.4 4.3
Swansea 13.1 11.9 1.2
Merthyr Tydfil 13.3 11.8 1.5
Rhondda 13.5 10.0 3.5
Blaenau Gwent 14.6 12.2 2.4
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Authorities are ranked according to total employees (i.e., the sum of full-time and part-time) per 1,000 population.
{2} Full-time employees are those that work over 30 hours per week, part-time employees are those that work up to and including 30
hours per week.
{3} Data for Powys and West Glamorgan are unavailable.
{4} Data for Ceredigion and Torfaen are unavailable.
Subjects
Local government; Staff; Wales
Date
5 March 1997
Reference
18096; 291 c668-71W
House
House of Commons
If she will list in rank order local education authorities by GCSE A-C grade results together with the local education authority rank order place for expenditure per pupil. - Table given for GCSEs in 1995-96 and expenditure per secondary pupil in 1994-95.
If she will list in rank order local education authorities by GCSE A-C grade results together with the local education authority rank order place for expenditure per pupil. - Table given for GCSEs in 1995-96 and expenditure per secondary pupil in 1994-95.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Cheryl Gillan
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
5 March 1997
Answered on
5 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list in rank order local education
authorities by GCSE A to C grade results together with the local education authority rank order place for expenditure per pupil.
[18090]
Mrs. Gillan: The following table lists in rank order for each local authority the percentage of 15-year-old pupils obtaining five or
more GCSEs at grades A* to C in 1995-96 together with the local education authority rank order place for expenditure per secondary
pupil in 1994-95--the latest year for which information is available.
Maintained schools in England{1}
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Local 1995-96 1994-95
education authority Pupils aged 15 achieving 5 or more GCSE Grades A*-C Unit costs
Per cent. Rank Rank{2} {3}
Isles of Scilly 73.1 1 108
Kingston upon Thames 59.9 2 86
Sutton 56.4 3 85
Harrow 53.5 4 90
Barnet 53.4 5 81
North Yorkshire 53.0 6 n/a
North Somerset 52.5 7 n/a
Richmond upon Thames 52.2 8 76
Redbridge 50.8 9 87
West Sussex 50.6 10 47
Buckinghamshire 50.5 11 50
Surrey 50.5 11 45
Bromley 50.3 13 42
Gloucestershire 50.2 14 1
Somerset 50.0 15 18
Solihull 49.6 16 38
Cheshire 49.3 17 29
Dorset 49.3 17 11
Hertfordshire 49.3 17 54
Stockport 49.0 20 25
Berkshire 48.8 21 46
Bury 48.6 22 5
Trafford 48.6 22 65
Wiltshire 48.3 24 20
Shropshire 48.0 25 80
York 47.7 26 n/a
Bath and North East Somerset 47.4 27 n/a
Suffolk 47.0 28 32
Bexley 46.8 29 44
Cambridgeshire 46.7 30 26
Cornwall 46.7 30 33
Kensington and Chelsea 46.7 30 106
Hampshire 46.5 33 30
Northumberland 46.1 34 2
Oxfordshire 45.8 35 58
Dudley 44.9 36 35
South Gloucestershire 44.7 37 n/a
Hereford and Worcester 44.6 38 13
Isle of Wight 44.5 39 4
Lincolnshire 44.5 39 77
Wirral 44.4 41 61
Cumbria 44.2 42 7
Devon 44.2 42 34
Havering 44.1 44 88
Sefton 44.0 45 40
Wigan 43.9 46 21
Kent 43.7 47 57
Warwickshire 43.7 47 71
East Riding of Yorkshire 43.6 49 n/a
Northamptonshire 43.5 50 55
East Sussex 43.3 51 74
Essex 43.1 52 66
Camden 43.0 53 99
Bedfordshire 42.7 54 42
Lancashire 42.6 55 70
Hounslow 42.3 56 89
Derbyshire 42.0 57 59
Bolton 41.9 58 53
Norfolk 41.9 58 69
North Tyneside 41.1 60 23
Enfield 41.0 61 74
Hillingdon 40.9 62 93
St. Helens 40.9 62 49
Staffordshire 40.9 62 15
Calderdale 39.7 65 15
Leicestershire 39.7 65 56
Croydon 38.8 67 27
Kirklees 38.4 68 50
Merton 38.3 69 95
Coventry 38.0 70 82
North Lincolnshire 37.6 71 n/a
Redcar and Cleveland 37.6 71 n/a
Sheffield 37.2 73 17
Stockton on Tees 37.2 73 n/a
Gateshead 36.6 75 52
Leeds 36.6 75 37
Nottinghamshire 36.4 77 79
Durham 36.2 78 19
Rotherham 36.2 78 36
Rochdale 35.4 80 38
Tameside 35.4 80 9
Hammersmith and Fulham 35.3 82 105
Wakefield 35.3 82 9
South Tyneside 35.2 84 12
Brent 35.1 85 6
Ealing 34.6 86 84
Doncaster 33.5 87 3
waltham Forest 33.4 88 78
Oldham 33.3 89 60
Westminster 33.0 90 100
Birmingham 32.9 91 73
Wandsworth 32.8 92 102
Newcastle Upon Tyne 32.7 93 63
North East Lincolnshire 32.4 94 n/a
Walsall 32.2 95 63
Hartlepool 31.9 96 n/a
Sunderland 31.7 97 22
City of Bristol 30.9 98 n/a
Wolverhampton 30.2 99 68
salford 30.1 100 24
Lewisham 30.0 101 96
Greenwich 29.1 102 98
Bradford 28.9 103 8
Haringey 28.5 104 101
Barnsley 28.2 105 14
Newham 27.9 106 92
Liverpool 27.6 107 91
barking and Dagenham 27.1 108 72
Manchester 27.0 109 83
Middlesbrough 26.9 110 n/a
Sandwell 26.5 111 48
Hackney 25.7 112 103
Lambeth 25.1 113 107
Southwark 24.6 114 97
Tower Hamlets 23.9 115 104
Knowsley 23.6 116 41
City of Kingston-upon-Hull 22.8 117 n/a
Islington 22.4 118 94
England 41.7
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} The figures for GCSE achievements relate to LEA maintained and grant maintained schools in England.
{2} The ranking of unit costs relates to LEA maintained schools only and exclude grant maintained schools. The ranking is in
ascending order, the lowest being at the top.
{3} n/a denotes not available.
Subjects
Costs; Education; Local education authorities; Pupils; Standards; Secondary education; GCSE
Date
5 March 1997
Reference
18090; 291 c627-30W
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the mechanisms for the introduction of a separate system of income taxation in Scotland.
What assessment he has made of the mechanisms for the introduction of a separate system of income taxation in Scotland.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
(Conservative)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
5 March 1997
Answered on
5 March 1997
Subjects
Bureaucracy; Devolution; Income tax; Scotland; Taxation
Date
5 March 1997
Reference
291 c892; 17319
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will list the main price indices used in each EU member state; and what assessment he has made of their (a) basis, (b) data collection procedures and (c) methods of calculation relative to those used in the United Kingdom. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of the...
If he will list the main price indices used in each EU member state; and what assessment he has made of their (a) basis, (b) data collection procedures and (c) methods of calculation relative to those used in the United Kingdom. - Text of letter from Tim Holt of the...
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
5 March 1997
Answered on
5 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the main price indices used in each EU member state; and what
assessment he has made of their (a) basis, (b) data collection procedures and (c) methods of calculation relative to those used in
the United Kingdom. [17356]
Mr. Oppenheim: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National
Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Shaw, dated 5 March 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question
on the main price indices used in each EU Member State; and what assessment has been made on their basis, data collection procedures
and methods of calculation relative to those used in the United Kingdom.
All EU Member States produce a consumer price index (CPI) based on the expenditure patterns of consumers in their country for
national purposes. The last study of EU national prices indices was carried out by Rudolf Teekens of the Institute of Social Studies
in the 1989 Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, publication Consumer Price Indices in the EC--
Similarities, Differences and Proposals for Harmonisation, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library. A table
from the report listing the main prices indices for each country is attached. This is the latest information available but it is
possible that the situation has changed since the report was produced.
In addition to nation price indices the EU Member States have been working with Eurostat for over three years to produce harmonised
measures of inflation expressly for the purposes of comparisons across Member States. This has involved assessment of the basis of
the indices, the data collection procedures and the method of calculation in each country.
These harmonised inflation figures will be used to inform decisions on which Member States meet the conditions to participate in EMU
under Article 109j of the Treaty on European Union. However, they are not intended to replace existing national CPIs. The RPI
remains the best indicator of UK consumer price inflation.
This programme of harmonisation has lead to the production of Harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) by each Member State,
Norway and Iceland. The first figures for all 15 Member States will be published by the EC on 7 March 1997. The figures for the UK
were published by ONS on 26 February 1997.
Table: A.1
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Country Name of the Index, Widest Field of Observation
D Cost-of-Living Index for all Private Households (Preisindex fuÏr
die Lebenshaltung aller Privaten Haushalte) published items of
expenditure: 755
G Consumer Price Index for Urban Households of Workers and
Employees (Indice des Prix a- la Consommation des Menages
Urbains dont le chef est ouvrier ou employe published items of
expenditure: 296
I National Consumer Price Index (Prezzi al Comsumo per l'intera
Collettivita- Nazionale) published items of expenditure: 878
NL Consumer Price Index for the Whole Population (Prijsindexcijfer
van de Gezinsconsumptie voor de Totale Bevolking) published
items of expenditure: 690
B Consumer Price Index (Indice des Prix a- la Consommation)
published items of expenditure: 401
L Consumer Price Index (Indice des Prix a- la Consommation)
published items of expenditure: 255
UK General Index of Retail Prices published items of expenditure:
394
IRL Consumer Price index published items of expenditure: 722
DK Consumer Price Index (Forbrugerprisindeks) published items of
expenditure: 523
G Consumer Price Index published items of expenditure: 386
E Consumer Price Index (Indice de Precios de Consumo) published
items of expenditure: 428
P Consumer Price Index (Indice de Precos no Consumidor) published
items of expenditure: 500
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Subjects
EU countries; Prices; Statistics
Date
5 March 1997
Reference
17356; 291 c612-4W
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on level of bureaucracy required to administer system and residency rules.
1st supplementary on level of bureaucracy required to administer system and residency rules.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answering body
Scottish Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
5 March 1997
Subjects
Bureaucracy; Devolution; Income tax; Scotland; Taxation
Date
5 March 1997
Reference
291 c892
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local authority per 1000 of the resident population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. - Includes fact that have today placed the information for 1995 and 1996 in Library (Dep/3 4745).
If he will list in rank order the number of employees for each local authority per 1000 of the resident population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. - Includes fact that have today placed the information for 1995 and 1996 in Library (Dep/3 4745).
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Paul Beresford
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
4 March 1997
Answered on
4 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in rank order the number of employees for each
local authority per 1,000 of the resident population for the most recent three years for which figures are available. [18097]
Sir Paul Beresford: I have today placed the information for 1995 and 1996 in the Library of the House.
The figures are taken from the "Joint Staffing Watch". The survey was reviewed in 1994 and from 1995 onwards a revised survey form
was introduced which included a different service analysis, introduced figures for whole-time equivalent employment, and introduced
new guidelines on the recording of part time staff. As a result of these changes, it is not possible to provide comparable figures
for 1994.
The levels of employment in individual authorities are not directly comparable because of variations in population structure, social
characteristics and the extent to which they use private firms and contractors or act as agents for other authorities.
Subjects
Local government; Staff
Date
4 March 1997
Reference
18097; 291 c599-600W
House
House of Commons
Supplementary on local authority credit approvals for housing investment and use of capital receipts.
Supplementary on local authority credit approvals for housing investment and use of capital receipts.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
4 March 1997
Subjects
Council housing; Finance
Date
4 March 1997
Reference
291 c699-700
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will list the accounting treatments being adopted by each EU member state in their 1996 and 1997 national accounts which differ from United Kingdom practice; and what assessment he has made of the expected effect of each difference. - Including text of letter from Tim Holt of the...
If he will list the accounting treatments being adopted by each EU member state in their 1996 and 1997 national accounts which differ from United Kingdom practice; and what assessment he has made of the expected effect of each difference. - Including text of letter from Tim Holt of the...
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Angela Knight
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
3 March 1997
Answered on
3 March 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the accounting treatments being adopted by each EU member
state in their 1996 and 1997 national accounts which differ from United Kingdom practice; and what assessment he has made of the
expected effect of each difference. [15333]
Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National
Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Shaw, dated 3 March 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent question
on the accounting treatments being adopted by each EU member state in their 1996 and 1997 national accounts which differ from United
Kingdom practice; and what assessment he has made of the expected effect of each difference.
There is a requirement for certain statistics relating to European Monetary Union convergence to be compiled and reported to
Eurostat in line with the European System of Accounts, second edition (ESA79). For the purposes of excess deficit criteria, the
European System of Accounts (ESA95) Regulation 2223/96 requires that 1 September 1999 reports will be the last to be submitted on an
ESA79 basis.
ESA79 is used as the basis for accounting treatment for the debt and deficit criteria for EMU. There are some differences in
treatment between member states. In these cases, in order to ensure better comparability for the debt and deficit procedure, after
consultation with statistical experts from member states, The Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) takes
decisions on methodological rules to be applied by member states. Eurostat visits member states to check compliance with these
rules. However, no specific assessment has been, or could realistically be, made of the effects of differences in treatment in other
countries' own accounts from UK practice. UK accounting treatment is described in United Kingdom National Accounts--The Blue Book,
published annually by the Office for National Statistics.
Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom, of 13 February 1989 (known as "the GNP Directive") requires that member states provide data
on Gross National Product at market prices (GNPmp) on an ESA79-basis for own resource purposes annually to the Commission. The
Directive also requires member states to provide the Commission (Eurostat) with an inventory of the procedures and basic statistics
used to calculate GNPmp and its components. The GNP Committee has the job of examining compliance of GNPmp data with ESA79
definitions, and examining the statistical sources and the procedures used for calculating GNPmp and its components.
Data for 1996 have not yet been compiled by member states. What treatment has been adopted--and any differences between
countries--will not become clear until these accounts are published, or submitted to Eurostat. Therefore any comparison of
differences in treatment between the UK and other member states could not yet be done for latest years.
For the national accounts in general, in advance of the introduction of ESA95, there is no statutory framework which determines
treatment to be adopted by each member state in their national accounts as a whole. As I mention above, Eurostat does however
maintain copies of inventories describing the procedures and basic statistics in that part of the accounts used to calculate data on
Gross National Product at market prices (GNPmp) and its components, required under the GNP Directive for own resource purposes.
Subjects
Accountancy; EU countries; EU law; Economic and monetary union; National income; Public finance
Date
3 March 1997
Reference
15333; 291 c489-90W
House
House of Commons
Which of the groups which were successful in the election to the Northern Ireland Forum have expressed support for a ceasefire and a peaceful solution to problems in the Province; and which have not.
Which of the groups which were successful in the election to the Northern Ireland Forum have expressed support for a ceasefire and a peaceful solution to problems in the Province; and which have not.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Marquess of Lothian
(Conservative; Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
27 February 1997
Answered on
27 February 1997
Subjects
Crimes of violence; Northern Ireland; Proscribed organisations; Northern Ireland government; Northern Ireland Forum; Ceasefires
Date
27 February 1997
Reference
291 c418-9; 16363
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on low credibility of Sinn Fein-IRA and welcoming loyalist restraint over violence.
1st supplementary on low credibility of Sinn Fein-IRA and welcoming loyalist restraint over violence.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 February 1997
Subjects
Crimes of violence; Northern Ireland; Proscribed organisations; Northern Ireland government; Northern Ireland Forum
Date
27 February 1997
Reference
291 c418-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If he will list government contracts and commitments which are (a) contractually and (b) non-contractually linked to the retail price index. - Information requested is not held centrally and disproportionate cost.
If he will list government contracts and commitments which are (a) contractually and (b) non-contractually linked to the retail price index. - Information requested is not held centrally and disproportionate cost.
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Freeman
(Conservative)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
26 February 1997
Answered on
26 February 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list Government contracts and commitments which are (a)
contractually and (b) non-contractually linked to the retail prices index. [17359]
Mr. Freeman: The information requested is not held centrally, and may be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Subjects
Contracts; Retail prices index
Date
26 February 1997
Reference
17359; 291 c222W
House
House of Commons