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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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