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When she will make a report on library and information matters in accordance with her responsibilities under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. - I have today laid before both Houses a copy of my report for 1995 and 1996. (UP 1323 1996/97).

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of National Heritage

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 March 1997

Reference

21610; 292 c703W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

How many abortions have been performed on girls under the age of 16 years (i) at Kettering General Hospital and (ii) nationally in each year since 1987; and in each case what that figure was as a percentage of abortions performed (a) at the hospital and (b) nationally. - Text...

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

18 March 1997

Answered on

18 March 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many abortions have been performed on girls under the age of 16 years (i) at Kettering general hospital and (ii) nationally in each year since 1987; and in each case what that figure was as a percentage of abortions performed (a) at the hospital and (b) nationally. [20207] 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 John Fox to Mr. William Powell, dated 18 March 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent question on how many abortions have been performed on girls under the age of 16 years (i) at Kettering General Hospital and (ii) nationally in each year since 1987; and in each case what was that figure as a percentage of abortions performed (a) at the hospital and (b) nationally. In his absence, the Director has asked me to reply. For confidentiality reasons, abortion data are not released for individual hospitals. Figures for legal abortions performed on resident and non-resident girls aged under 16 in England and Wales for the years 1987-1995 are presented below: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of abortions on girls under 16 As a percentage of total abortions on women of all ages 1987 4,075 2.3 1988 3,804 2.1 1989 3,576 1.9 1990 3,622 1.9 1991 3,317 1.8 1992 3,167 1.8 1993 3,269 1.9 1994 3,399 2.0 1995 3,401 2.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Abortion statistics 1987-1995, England and Wales, series AB numbers 14-21, 96/5.

Date

18 March 1997

Reference

20207; 292 c543-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What is his latest estimate of the number of (a) local authority and (b) housing association tenants (i) not in receipt and (ii) in receipt of housing benefit in each district of Northamptonshire. - Tables given.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

24 February 1997

Answered on

24 February 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his latest estimate of the number of (a) local authority and (b) housing association tenants (i) not in receipt and (ii) in receipt of housing benefit in each district of Northamptonshire. [15777] Mr. Evans: The information is set out in the table. Local authority tenancies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority Total tenancies Non-housing benefit tenants Housing benefit tenants Corby 7,240 3,250 3,980 Daventry 3,760 1,700 2,070 East Northants 4,120 1,730 2,390 Kettering 4,690 1,540 3,150 Northampton 15,040 5,050 9,990 South Northants 3,500 1,500 2,000 Wellingborough 5,650 2,470 3,180 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Housing association tenancies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority Total tenancies Non-housing benefit tenants Housing benefit tenants Corby 500 140 350 Daventry 320 10 300 East Northants 620 160 460 Kettering 590 150 440 Northampton 1,630 640 990 South Northants 210 40 160 Wellingborough 680 230 460 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding to the nearest 10. Sources: 1. Local authority tenancies--Department of Environment annual housing investment programme (HIP1) returns as at 1 April 1996. 2. Housing association tenancies--Housing Corporation's annual HAR10/1 returns as at 31 March 1996. 3. Housing benefit management information system, 100 per cent. quarterly stock count enquiry for housing benefit-Council Tax Benefit recipients with and without income support, for each local authority in Northamptonshire taken at the end of May 1996.

Date

24 February 1997

Reference

15777; 291 c87W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

If he will list the parliamentary constituencies in which the number of people out of work and claiming benefit declined by more than 40 per cent. between December 1991 and December 1996, including in the table for each constituency the total for (a) December 1991 and (b) December 1996, and...

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 February 1997

Reference

15731; 291 c14-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

What was the total amount paid under the Industry Acts and subsequent legislation to companies in the Corby area in each year since 1980.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

19 February 1997

Answered on

19 February 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount paid under the Industry Acts and subsequent legislation to companies in the Corby area in each year since 1980. [15730] Mr. Greg Knight: Records showing the total amount paid to companies in the Corby travel-to-work area under sections 7 and 8 of the Industrial Development Act (1982), by calender year, for the period 1983 to 1996 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000's) 1983 840 1984 3,037 1985 5,611 1986 2,925 1987 6,561 1988 5,262 1989 7,210 1990 10,404 1991 3,322 1992 1,339 1993 1,991 1994 2,964 1995 669 1996 1,047 Total 53,182 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There are no computerised records for the years 1980 to 1982, and the information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Legislation

Industrial Development Act 1982

Date

19 February 1997

Reference

15730; 290 c598-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

What is his latest estimate of the arrears of outstanding uncollected (a) domestic rates, (b) business rates, (c) community charge and (d) council tax for each collecting authority in Northamptonshire. - Inc table and ref to "Revenue Collection Statistics 1994-5" (in Library).

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

18 February 1997

Answered on

18 February 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the arrears of outstanding uncollected (a) domestic rates, (b) business rates, (c) community charge and (d) council tax for each collecting authority in Northamptonshire. [15728] Sir Paul Beresford: Estimates of the levels of business rates, community charge and council tax arrears for individual authorities are published regularly by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. The latest information relates to the position at 31 March 1995 and is available in the "Revenue Collection Statistics 1994-95" publication in the Library. Information on the arrears of domestic rates is not available. The latest available figures for the Northamptonshire authorities and the dates to which they relate are as follow: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Estimated arrears of: Business rates Community charges Council taxes Corby (31 March 1995) 211 1,189 451 Daventry (31 March 1993) 475 1,663 -- East Northamptonshire -- -- -- Kettering (31 March 1994) 390 860 463 Northampton -- -- -- South Northamptonshire (31 March 1,092 368 205 1995) Wellingborough (31 March 1993) 804 1,099 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. -- No information has been published by CIPFA for East Northamptonshire or Northampton since community charge was abolished.

Date

18 February 1997

Reference

15728; 290 c446W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

If he will list the total usable receipts held by each local authority in each year since 1990. - A list of the usable capital receipts held by each English local authority on 31 March of each year from 1990 to 1996 has been placed in the Library of the...

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 February 1997

Reference

15729; 290 c445W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

How many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire (a) full-time and (b) part-time in each year since 1992. - Table given of available figs.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

17 February 1997

Answered on

17 February 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were employed by each local authority in Northamptonshire (a) full time and (b) part time in each year since 1992. [15732] Sir Paul Beresford: The information is given in the table. The levels of employment in individual authorities are not directly comparable because of variations in population structure, social characteristics, hours worked by part-time staff, and the extent to which they use private firms and contractors or act as agents for other authorities. Numbers employed directly by local authorities in Northamptonshire: (excluding Law and Order) At June of each year _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Authority Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Northamptons 8,911 10,262 7,640 9,707 {1}-- {1}-- 7,247 10,088 {1}-- {1}-- hire{2} Corby 613 133 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- 527 130 505 114 Daventry 315 86 312 89 344 96 311 128 315 111 East 203 57 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Northamptons hire Kettering {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- 365 190 363 235 Northamptons 1,518 151 1,429 255 1,396 180 1,351 299 1,343 311 hire South 342 43 336 74 334 63 294 109 267 53 Northampton Wellingborou 383 119 346 116 339 112 325 111 308 108 gh _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Joint Staffing Watch. 1996 figures are provisional. {1} Data not available. {2} In making comparisons between years it should be noted that staffing levels within county councils have been affected by (a) the removal of further education institutions from the local authority sector and (b) local authorities taking on responsibility for Community Care. Both these changes took place from April 1993.

Date

17 February 1997

Reference

15732; 290 c416-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

If he will list the total sum realised by the sale of assets by the Commission for the New Towns in Corby for each year since 1979-80. - Inc table of available figs.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

17 February 1997

Answered on

17 February 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total sum realised by the sale of assets by the Commission for the New Towns in Corby for each year since 1979-80. [15733] Sir Paul Beresford: The Commission for the New Towns took over from the Corby new town development corporation in 1980. The total sum realised by the sale of assets in Corby each year since then is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Amount £ million 1980-81 0.913 1981-82 0.557 1982-83 5.723 1983-84 2.495 1984-85 1.470 1985-86 1.772 1986-87 4.220 1987-88 10.249 1988-89 17.410 1989-90 38.087 1990-91 7.541 1991-92 2.498 1992-93 0.558 1993-94 0.368 1994-95 9.507 1995-96 1.943 Total 105.311 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

17 February 1997

Reference

15733; 290 c416W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

What is his current estimate of the annual running costs of (a) the European Commission, (b) the European Parliament, (c) the European Court of Justice and (d) other EU institutions. - Table given.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

17 February 1997

Answered on

17 February 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his current estimate of the annual running costs of (a) the European Commission, (b) the European Parliament, (c) the European Court of Justice and (d) other EU institutions. [15727] Mr. David Davis: The running costs of EU institutions in 1995, 1996 and 1997 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1996 1997 Commission 2,538.6 2,696.7 2,798.1 Parliament 832.1 802.7 887.2 Council 306.2 307.0 320.3 Court of Justice 112.9 169.7 123.1 Court of Auditors 50.0 56.2 57.7 Economic and Social Committee 25.0 27.6 27.9 Committee of the Regions 10.5 16.1 15.6 Joint organisational structure 49.8 52.6 53.8 (supports the Economic and Social Committee of the Regions) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All figures are commitments in mecu and are rounded to the nearest 0.1 mecu. The 1995 figures are taken from the Court of Auditors annual report concerning the financial year 1995. The 1996 and 1997 figures have been taken from the general budget of the European Union for these years.

Date

17 February 1997

Reference

15727; 290 c405-6W

House

House of Commons

BRITISH ACADEMY OF SPORT: KETTERING BID

That this House welcomes the inclusion of the Sports City Foundation (Kettering) bid on the shortlist for the British Academy of Sport; notes that the proposal is to build a ??250 million flagship facility centred in the middle of Britain with provision for over 40 sporting disciplines and over 180...

Primary sponsor

William Powell (Conservative)

Type

Early day motions

Date

5 February 1997

Reference

486

House

House of Commons

Dept of National Heritage

When she expects to announce the final shortlist of applications for the British Academy of Sport. - A decision on the successful bidder will be announced in early spring.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of National Heritage

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 February 1997

Reference

289 c607W; 14045

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Supplementary on Labour party's public expenditure plans.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

4 February 1997

Reference

289 c798

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

How many full time equivalent teachers were employed in Northamptonshire in (a) local education authority schools, (b) grant maintained schools and (c) city technology colleges in the (i) nursery, (ii) primary and (iii) secondary sectors in (1) January 1996 and (2) January 1997. - Table given.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

27 January 1997

Answered on

27 January 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many full-time equivalent teachers were employed in Northamptonshire in (a) local education authority schools, (b) grant-maintained schools and (c) city technology colleges in the (i) nursery, (ii) primary and (iii) secondary sectors in (1) January 1996 and (2) January 1997. [12629] Mr. Forth: The available information is in the following table. Number of teachers in LEA maintained and grant-maintained schools{1} and city technology colleges{2} in Northamptonshire local education authority area Position as at January 1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number LEA maintained Nursery 18.8 Primary 2,087.5 Secondary 2,076.2 Grant maintained Primary 151.8 Secondary 617.2 City Technology Colleges 68.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Full-time equivalent number of qualified teachers. {2} Includes all teaching staff.

Date

27 January 1997

Reference

12629; 289 c75-6W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

What is the latest estimate of the net contribution of each EU member state to the EU budget; and what this figure is in terms of pounds sterling per head of population in each member state. - Inc table.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

24 January 1997

Answered on

24 January 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the latest estimate of the net contribution of each EU member state to the EU budget; and what this figure is in terms of pounds sterling per head of population in each member state. [11800] Mr. David Davis: Net contributions by member states to the EC budget for 1995--the latest year for which figures are available--are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Member state Net contribution (£ million) Net contribution per head (£) Belgium +254.9 +25.5 Denmark -250.3 -48.9 Germany +10,999.1 +135.8 Greece -2,857.2 -280.1 Spain -5,911.1 -149.7 France +1,414.5 +25.0 Ireland -1,545.2 -439.0 Italy +502.9 +8.9 Luxembourg +36.7 +96.5 Netherlands +1,641.7 +109.4 Austria +741.2 +95.0 Portugal -1,950.0 -188.8 Finland +134.8 +27.2 Sweden +767.6 +90.1 UK +2,865.5 +67.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures are drawn from the European Court of Auditor's report on the 1995 budget. They do not take account of expenditure not attributable to individual member states, such as administration, and should not therefore be regarded as definitive.

Date

24 January 1997

Reference

11800; 288 c763W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

If he will list those full time judges now aged over 70 years still sitting on the bench, together with the date by which they must retire. - List given.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

22 January 1997

Answered on

22 January 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list those full-time judges now aged over 70 years still sitting on the bench, together with the date by which they must retire. [11072] Mr. Streeter: The information requested is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Retirement date The Right Honourable The Lord Goff of Chieveley 12 November 2001 The Right Honourable Sir Stephen Brown President of the Family 3 October 1999 Division The Right Honourable Lord Justice Beldam 29 March 2000 The Right Honourable Lord Justice Hirst 31 July 2000 The Honourable Mr. Justice French 14 October 2000 The Honourable Mr. Justice Owen 22 November 2000 His Honour Judge David QC DL 30 April 1997 His Honour Judge Sir Lawrence Verney TD DL Recorder of London 1 June 1998 His Honour Judge Halnan 8 June 1997 His Honour Judge Edwards QC 22 July 1997 His Honour Judge Ian Davidson QC 23 September 1997 His Honour Judge Atkinson 7 October 1997 His Honour Judge Baker DL 29 March 1998 His Honour Judge Sir David Hughes-Morgan CBE 15 May 1998 His Honour Judge Gerald Coombe 29 May 1998 His Honour Judge Esyr Lewis QC 27 September 1998 His Honour Judge Harrison-Hall DL 28 September 1998 His Honour Judge Morgan Hughes 9 November 1998 His Honour Judge Robert Smyth 9 December 1998 His Honour Judge Paiba 19 December 1998 His Honour Judge Tibber 5 January 1999 Her Honour Judge Viner CBE QC 16 January 1999 His Honour Judge Watts 2 March 1999 His Honour Judge Wickham Recorder of Liverpool 2 September 1999 His Honour Judge Goldstone 26 September 1999 His Honour Judge Harry Walker 29 November 1999 District Judge HG Hughes 31 December 1997 District Judge Lambert 31 December 1997 District Judge Wood 30 November 1998 District Judge Goodman 19 June 1999 District Judge Kendrick 31 October 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

22 January 1997

Reference

11072; 288 c602W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

How many council houses were (a) built, (b) restored to use and (c) acquired in each local authority in Northamptonshire in each of the last five years. - Including tables.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

22 January 1997

Answered on

22 January 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses were (a) built, (b) restored to use and (c) acquired in each local authority in Northamptonshire in each of the last five years. [11066] Mr. Clappison: The available information on council houses built or restored to use is set out in the tables. New council dwellings completed{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Corby -- -- -- -- -- Daventry 50 6 -- -- -- East Northamptonshire 31 2 -- -- -- Kettering 74 3 -- -- -- Northampton -- -- -- -- 12 South Northamptonshire 1 -- -- -- -- Wellingborough 42 -- -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Source: P2 returns from local authorities. Vacant council dwellings restored to use after major renovation work{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Corby n/a -- 8 Daventry -- -- -- East Northamptonshire 2 2 -- Kettering 10 11 -- Northampton 44 37 27 South Northamptonshire -- -- -- Wellingborough -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: {1} Housing investment programme returns--HIP3 for 1995-96 and HIP annex B for 1993-94 and 1994-95. These data were not collected in this form prior to 1993-94. During this period, housing investment programme (HIP2) returns submitted by local authorities in Northamptonshire reported six dwellings acquired for continued use, excluding low cost home ownership schemes. These were in Daventry (one in 1992-93), east Northamptonshire (two in 1992-93), Kettering (one in 1991-92), Northampton (one in 1992-93) and Wellingborough (one in 1992-93).

Date

22 January 1997

Reference

11066; 288 c642-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

How many pensions are currently being paid to war widows; and how many of these relate to service up to (a) 30th September 1921 and (b) 31st December 1945. - Including figures.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 1997

Reference

11075; 288 c619-20W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

If he will list the most recently available figure for the housing benefit live load in each district of Northamptonshire; and what are the costs involved. - Table given.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

21 January 1997

Answered on

21 January 1997

Mr. William Powell: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the most recently available figure for the housing benefit live load in each district of Northamptonshire; and what are the costs involved. [11076] Mr. Evans: The information is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Northamptonshire local authority district Number of housing benefit recipients Housing benefit expenditure costs (1995-96 average) (1995-96) £ Corby 5,230 8,964,000 Daventy 2,860 5,091,000 East Northants 3,690 6,949,000 Kettering 4,680 9,778,000 Northampton 14,030 30,549.000 South Northants 2,710 5,563.000 Wellingborough 4,720 8,639.000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Sources: 1. DSS local authority expenditure claim forms. 2. Department of the Environment local authority expenditure claim forms. 3. DSS housing benefit management information system.

Date

21 January 1997

Reference

11076; 288 c567W;288 c566-7W

House

House of Commons

Church Commissioners

How many clergy enjoying full incumbent status are aged (a) over 70 years and (b) over 80 years. - Includes figures.

Asked by

William Powell (Conservative)

Answering body

Church Commissioners

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 January 1997

Reference

11073; 288 c577W;288 c576W

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Year

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher