4.1.7.600 8/579
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577
Written Answers
1 APRIL 1976 replaced by revised estimates in the 1976) Brown Book to be published within a few weeks-and using today's oil prices and exchange rates, the estimated value of the oil to be landed in the United Kingdom from the North Sea is as follows:
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1976
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1977
1978
1979
1980
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£ billion
about 900 about 2,100 3,300-3,500 4,400-4,900 5,300-6,800
The same figures represent the benefit of North Sea Oil to the visible trade in crude oil and products. The overall im- pact on the balance of payments will also be determined by the possible increaso in imports of goods and services asso- ciated with exploration, development and production in the North Sea, by outflows of interest, profits and dividends and by the net inflow of capital from overseas required to finance North Sea capital. expenditures. But it is not possible to predict with any certainty the net impact of those effects on the balance of payments.
Oil Imports
Mr. Watkinson asked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total value of oil imports in 1975, 1974, 1973 azd 1972.
Mr. John Smith: The value of imports of crude and process oils, together with the value of refined products is published in the Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom. For convenience the following is the information:
£ million
1972 1973 1974 1975
1,166
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1,678
4,533 4,168
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Hong Kong
Mr. Dan Jones asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the extent and development of evening classes for the youth of Hong Kong: and what are the principal subjects being taught
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Mr. Ennals: The Hong Kong Govern. ment's Education Department provided education classes in the everings for nearly 22,000 persons, including about 8,000 under the age of 18, in 1975. The two universities and the Hong Kong Polytechnic provide extra mural courses for almost 44,000 young and adult students in 1974-75. Private orgainsa- tions also provide evening courses for approximately 100,000 persons a year. A detailed breakdown of the subjects taught is not available but they cover a wide range of vocational and non-vocational 'subjects.
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of 3 State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give the facts and figures to show to what extent the UMELCO office is used by the public in Hong Kong.
Mr. Ennals : The UMELCO office dealt › with 3,115 new cases during the year ending 30th June 1975.
There were
4,822 interviews with members of the public and 1,415 letters were received. Of those cases completed in that year, 22 per cent. were ones in which the com-` plaint was rectified or the individual's difficulty fully overcome.
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and .Commonweath Affairs if he will report on the progress of the plans for a second niedical school in Hong Kong.
Mr. Ennals: The Hong Kong Govern- ment propose to establish a medical school at the Chinese University of Hong Kong which will be associated with a new 1,200-bed hospital to be built at Site Tin. The first intake of students should take place in the early 1980s.
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what family planning services are available to the inhabitants of Hong Kong.
Mr. Ennals: The Hong Kong Govern- ment run 40 family health clinics pro- viding family planning services. Addi- tionally, the Hong Kong Family Planning Association runs 26 family planning clinics, mainly in areas not served by the Government facilities. Total attendance
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