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Mr. Nicholas Winterton asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students from each of the following countries have applied to start courses in United Kingdom univer- sities and polytechnics in the current year; Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, West Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Dr. Boyson: The information requested by my hon. Friend is not readily available nor have all applications been received. I will be writing to him during the next month with an assessment of the present position.
Teacher Exchange
Mr. Nicholas Winterton asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if his Department gives grant aid to facilitate exchanges between teachers from the United Kingdom and other countries; and if so, what was the cost to public funds of giving such aid in 1979.
Dr. Boyson: Yes. In 1979-80 the Department included £706,000 in its grants to the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges and the League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers to facilitate exchanges by teachers from England and Wales. Teacher exchanges from Scotland and Northern Ireland are grant aided by the Scottish Education Department and the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
Wolverhampton
Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much is spent on the education of each child in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the Wolverhampton education area.
Dr. Boyson: The information is as follows:
Net recurrent expenditure by Wolverhampton Local Education Authority on primary and Secondary education expressed per pupil in maintained primary and secondary schools. £ (outturn prices)
1978-79 385 559
Primary Secondary
* Excluding debt charges and revenue con- tributions to capital outlay.
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS
Diplomatic Immunity
Mr. Greville Janner asked the Lord Privy Seal what countries with whom the United Kingdom has diplomatic relations the right to submit United Kingdom diplomatic bags to electronic surveillance; and whether such rights are exercised.
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Mr. Hurd: No specific reservations of this character have been made by any party to the Vienna Convention on Diplo matic Relations. The majority of nations do not seek to impose electronic sur- veillance on diplomatic bags.
Vietnamese Refugees
Dr. Edmund Marshall asked the Lord Privy Seal how many Vietnamese re- fugees are still in Hong Kong.
Mr. Blaker: On 23 July there were 38,635 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong.
EMPLOYMENT
Picketing
Mr. Skinner asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will now abandon his plans to introduce a code of practice on picketing; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mayhew: No. My right hon. Friend intends to publish draft codes of practice on picketing and the closed shop for consultation as soon as possible after the Employment Bill receives Royal Assent.
Woolwich
Mr. Cartwright asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the numbers registered as unemployed and the numbers of vacancies notified at the Woolwich employment office and the careers offices for the month of June.
Mr. Jim Lester: At 12 June, there were 4,578 people registered as unemployed in the Woolwich employment office area. At 6 June, there were 153 notified vacancies remaining unfilled at the employment office and 41 at the careers offices.
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