§ Mr. Beithasked the Paymaster General (1) if he will list the fees charged for licences to store petroleum products; 842W if he will indicate the proportion of those fees which relate to the time of the police or fire service; and if he will publish the work sheets upon which that portion of the fee has been calculated;
(2) if he will list the fees charged under the Explosives Acts; if he will indicate the proportion of those fees which relate to police time; and if he will publish the work sheets which form the basis for the charge made in respect of the time of the police.
§ Mr. TrippierThe tables set out the fees charged for licences under the Explosives Act and The Petroleum (Consolidation) Act. The fees are intended to cover the full economic costs of administering applications for, and issue of, licences. It is not possible to identify separately an element for police or fire service time.
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Fees payable for licences issued under the provisions of the Explosives Act 1875 £ Fees payable to Health and Safety Executive Original approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept 235 Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept 37 Approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept 14 Licence for importation of compressed acetylene 14 Comparison of a porus substance with a sample porous substance 14 Approval of an acetylene cylinder design 36 Original approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed 235 Amendment of an approval of premises in which acetylene is compressed 37 Authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale, with or without a licence 12 Grant of an original special packing authority under Rule 12 of the Packing of Explosive for Conveyance Rules 1949 50 Amendment to a special packing authority as above 14 Grant of an ammonium nitrate mixture licence under Article 3 of the Ammonium Nitrate Mixtures Exemption Order 1967 18 Test work in connection with: an application for a licence to be granted under or in pursuance of Section 40(9) of the Explosives Act 1875 for the importation of explosives which are not at the time of application authorised to be manufactured for general sale or imported for general sale 25 per man hour Test work in connection with: an application for approval of apparatus in which acetylene is to be manufactured or kept as above 25 per man hour Test work in connection with: an application for comparison of a porus substance with a sample porous substance 25 per man hour Test work in connection with: an application for authorisation of an explosive to be manufactured for general sale or to be imported for general sale, with or without a licence 25 per man hour Factory licence 470 Additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept 26 Factory amending licence 85 Additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be made or kept 6
£ Replacement of factory licence or factory amending licence if lost 12.50 Magazine licence 345 Additional fee for each building or other place in which explosives are to be made or kept 26 Magazine amending licence 31 Additional fee for each building or other place to be specified in the amending licence and in which explosives are to be made or kept 6 Replacement of magazine licence or magazine amending licence if lost 12.50 Licence for importation of explosives 26.50 Licence for the importation of explosives which are not to be distributed in Great Britain but imported for transhipment only 26.50 Replacement of either of the above importation licences if lost 13 The issue of a new licence replacing the original and incorporating an amendment 9 Fees payable to Local Authorities A store licence 36 Renewal of a store licence 36 Registration and renewal of premises for the keeping of explosives with a local authority 6
Number of people involved Position Offences (described in lay terms) Sentence (described in lay terms) 1. 1 Sponsor Deception (6 charges) 9 months' imprisonment on each count to run concurrently 2. 1 Participant Theft by deception 120 hours' Community Service; ordered to pay £341 compensation 3. 1 Book keeper Embezzlement 18 months' suspended sentence 4. 1 Finance manager Theft; false accounting; forgery 4 months' imprisonment 5. 1 Manager Theft; receipt of stolen items (2 charges) 9 months' suspended sentence; restitution order for £150 (materials costs); ordered to pay £250 towards court costs 6. 1 Participant Deception 100 hours' Community Service; ordered to pay £100 compensation 7. 1 Participant Deception (3 charges) 150 hours' Community Service on each count to run concurrently; ordered to pay £650 compensation 8. 1 Participant Theft Fined £50; bound over for 1 year 9. 1 MSC staff Theft (5 charges) 2 years' imprisonment NoteThe details of offences and sentences are provided from information held centrally by the Manpower Services Commission and may not agree in precise terms with court records.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Paymaster General if he will place a copy of the report of the Manpower Services Commission inquiry into certain community programme projects in the west of Scotland in the Library.
§ Mr. LeeThe Manpower Services Commission's report of the inquiry is an internal document which includes information on the conduct of individual members of its staff.
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Paymaster General if the Strathclyde police were involved in the Manpower Services Commission inquiry into certain community programme projects in the west of Scotland.
§ Mr. LeeThe police have not been involved in the Manpower Services Commission inquiry.
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Fees payable for licences issued under the provisions of the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928 Amount A licence to keep a quantity— Not exceeding 2,500 litres £20 per annum Exceeding 2,500 litres, not exceeding 50,000 litres £30 per annum Exceeding 50,000 litres £59 per annum Transfer of a licence £5 each