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Stockport
1090
Vol165
26 JANUARY 1990
Mr. Favell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what consultations Stockport metropolitan borough council has had with his Department about a questionnaire, a copy of which has been sent to him, being circulated by the council to the unemployed in Stockport; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Eggar [holding answer 19 January 1990]: The Stockport metropolitan borough council discussed the questionnaire with the manager of Stockport “C” unemployment benefit office and the employment service area manager at Rochdale, who agreed to distribute the questionnaire.
This needs to be set in the wider context of the overall reduction in long-term unemployment which has been achieved by activities of the employment services in Stockport. In the past 12 months unemployment in the Stockport metropolitan borough council area has fallen by 23 per cent, with long-term unemployment falling by 28
per cent.
Earnings
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, further to his letter of 11 January to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, replying further to his holding answer of 19 December to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby, Official Report, 20 December, column 235, whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage median, quartile and decile increases in weekly earnings in each case between 1972-79 and 1979-89.
Mr. Nicholls: Information is not available to compile statistics of the median, quartile and decile percentage increases in weekly earnings.
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage increase since April 1979 to the latest available date in real hourly and weekly earnings of full-time manual male employees in manufacturing industry and of full-time non-manual male employees in the rest of the private sector together with the increase in output per hour and per head in manufacturing and in the rest of the private sector or failing that, the rest of the
economy.
Mr. Nicholls: The real increases in average gross hourly and weekly earnings of full-time adult manual male employees in manufacturing industry from April 1979 to April 1989 (the latest available date) were 15 per cent. and 14 per cent. respectively. Figures are not readily available for the private sector less manufacturing and would involve disproportionate cost to compile.
The increases in manufacturing output per hour and output per head between April 1979 and November 1989 were 52 per cent. and 51 per cent. respectively. The increase in output per head in the whole economy less manufacturing between the second quarter of 1979 and the third quarter of 1989 was 12 per cent. Output per hour data are not available for sectors other than manufacturing.
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Hong Kong
Mr. Rowlands: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials in the Hong Kong administration as presently constituted would be excluded after 1997 from office under the provisions of article 74 of the joint declaration.
Mr. Sainsbury: Section IV of annex I to the joint declaration stipulates that British and other foreign nationals may serve as public servants at all levels "except as heads of major Government departments (corresponding to branches or departments at Secretary level) including the Police Department, and as Deputy Heads of some of those departments".
The Chinese Government have elaborated on this provision in the draft Basic Law. Based on the most recent reports of proposals by Basic Law drafters, we estimate that there are currently between 20 and 30 officials holding such posts.
Somalia
Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken by the British Government to seek an end to the killing of political opponents of the Somali Government; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave: We have made very clear to the Somali Government our concern about continuing reports of serious human rights violations. We have also made adjustments to our aid programme.
Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has to send a diplomatic mission to visit Somalia to investigate claims that the Somali Government have murdered civilians; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave: We have an embassy in Mogadishu which monitors the human rights situation closely. We also keep in touch with other Governments and with NGOs about the human rights situation in Somalia.
SCOTLAND
Infrastructure Projects
Mr. Thurnham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received any representations from the Institute of Civil Engineers about infrastructure projects in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The Institution of Civil Engineers has provided comments on the consultative paper issued by the Scottish Development Department on the routes south of Edinburgh study. These, and other comments which have been received, are currently being considered and a statement on the results of the consultation exercise will be made in due course.
Rents into Mortgages Scheme
Mr. French: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made on the rents into mortgages scheme; and if he will make a statement.
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