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Written Answers
6 MAY 1986
Mr. Ren The Hong Kong Government continue to make satisfaory Fi
ess in providing further education to meet the territory professional manpower needs and Hong Kong students' aspirations. The recent decisions of the Hong Kong Government to establish a third university, and to increase the numbers of the places available in the existing universities and other institutes of higher education, will ensure that the long-term targets for further education continue to be met.
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Advertising Agencies
Mr. Clay asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which advertising agencies have been engaged by his Department for each of the past five years; and what sums each have been paid.
Mr. Eggar: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has engaged the following advertising agencies during the past five years:
Financial Years
1981-82 £
1982-83 £
1983-84 £
1984-85 £
1985-86 £
10,564 19,152 162,821
49,449
45,862
93,591
125,564 121,445
116,541
178,056
2,000
418
Charles Barker Recruitment, London Whites Recruitment Ltd, London
Riley Recruitment Ltd, Glasgow PA Advertising, London
TG Scott & Sons, London
North Atlantic Assembly
Mr. Lawrence asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the United Kingdom parliamentary delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly.
Mr. Eggar: The following represent the United Kingdom at the North Atlantic Assembly:
Sir Patrick Wall MP (Leader)
Mr. Robert Banks MP
Sir Peter Emery MP
Sir Philip Goodhart MP
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith MP
Mr. Robert McCrindle MP
Sir Julian Ridsdale MP
Mr. Peter Viggers MP
Mr. Jerry Wiggin MP Earl of Kimberley Earl de la Warr
Dr. David Clark MP
Mr. Patrick Duffy MP
Mr. Bruce George MP
Mr. Kevin McNamara MP
Lord Ardwick
The right honourable Lord Mayhew
Mr. John Cartwright MP
My hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Mr. Browne) is an alternate member of the delegation.
EMPLOYMENT
Advertising Agencies
Mr. Clay asked the Paymaster General which advertising agencies have been engaged by his Department for each of the past five years; and what sums each have been paid.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke: In this period, four agencies have handled campaigns by my Department. These were Freeman Mathews and Treasure (previously Freeman Mathews and Milne), Charles Barker and Sons Ltd., Davidson Pearce Ltd. and Industrial Publicity Service Ltd. The sums which have been paid to these agencies are:
£
1981-82
Freeman Mathews and Milne Charles Barker
357,533
9,445
1982-83
Freeman Mathews and Milne Charles Barker
476,065
4,496
1983-84
Freeman Mathews and Treasure
17.522
Charles Barker
1,395
Davidson Pearce
459,966
1984-85
Davidson Pearce
1985-86
Davidson Pearce
Industrial Publicity Service
7,346
82,300 110,179
This exludes some details of minor expenditure on miscellaneous advertising, such as local recruitment, which would be available only at disproportionate cost.
Central Regional Council
Mr. Michael Forsyth asked the Paymaster General what action has been taken to ensure that the Central regional council submits accurate returns for the census of employment in future; if he will estimate the effect of previous inaccurate returns on the published unemploy- ment figures for the Stirling constituency; and if he will indicate the extent to which this affected the Stirling constituency's eligibility for regional assistance.
Mr. Lang: Arrangements have been made to allocate the employees of Central regional council to their correct districts for the 1984 census of employment. My officials have also arranged for the council to be given advance warning of the need to provide sufficiently detailed information to allow employees to be correctly classified in the forthcoming 1986 census.
If allowances are made for the inaccuracies in the 1981 census, resulting from the Central regional council's return, the unemployment rate for Stirling travel-to-work area is estimated at 14-4 per cent. for March 1986. The current published figure is 11.9 per cent. Unemployment rates were only one of several factors taken into consideration in deciding assisted area status. I am advised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade
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