§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations took place before his Department agreed to fund the police management training project in Indonesia; if he consulted(a) the Overseas Development Administration geographical department, (b) the overseas post, (c) the development division and (d) the overseas police adviser; when the project was submitted to his Department for approval; if the submission to his Department was considered by the aid policy department; if the aid policy department considered the question of human rights; what view the aid policy department took of the record of the Indonesian national police in relation to human rights abuses; and on what date ministerial approval was given to the project. [30760]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 26 June 19951: Appropriate advice, including that on the issue of human rights, was sought from all relevant quarters prior to the project's approval on 22 March 1990.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 13 June,Official Report columns 504-505, under which sub-division of the tropical forest management programme the local application of remote sensing techniques system was supplied to the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry; what was the value of the equipment supplied; how it was funded; and on what date his Department agreed to fund the project to supply the equipment. [30764]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 26 June 1995]: The equipment was provided under sub-project 2, provincial forest management. It cost £30,000 and was financed from technical co-operation funds. Sub-project 2 was approved on 20 July 1993.
§ Mrs ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 13 June,Official Report, columns 504-505, under which 803W sub-division of the tropical forest management programme the NASA satellite imagery equipment was supplied to the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry; what was the value of the equipment supplied; how it was funded; and on what date his Department agreed to fund the project to supply the equipment. [30765]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 26 June 1995]: The NASA satellite imagery, which is digital data used for map making, was provided under sub-project 5. No equipment was bought. The cost of the data was $8,000, and was financed from technical co-operation funds. Sub-project 5 was approved on 1 February 1991.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 15 June,Official Report, column 631, and the ministerial letter of 31 May, in the case of steel bridging, phase 1 project in Indonesia, what was (a) the appraisal date for the Overseas Development Administration and (b) the submission date by the Department of Trade and Industry to the sub-committee on aid and trade; when the project was completed in July 1988; and if he will make a statement on (i) the relationship and (ii) the interval between these dates. [31157]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 27 June 1995]: This project was appraised by the Overseas Development Administration in February 1983 and presented to the sub-committee on aid and trade in January 1983. There is nothing of significance in the relationship between these dates and the completion date of the project in July 1988.
§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the letter from his Minister of 31 May, what considerations made it necessary to refer to the radio studio's rehabilitation project in Indonesia to the sub-committee on aid and trade on four occasions; and what assessment of the project has been made. [31153]
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 27 June 1995]: When this project was presented to the sub-committee on aid and trade in June 1986, it was combined with that for the Bandung television studios project. Detailed negotiations between the supply company and the Government of Indonesia representatives led to delays as well as changes in the equipment specification. SCAT was apprised of these developments in November 1987 and was also advised that consideration was being given to separating
804W the two projects. Formal notification of separation was conveyed to SACT in July 1989 and approval was sought for the radio studios project only. Between then and October 1989 negotiations between the contracting parties were completed and SACT was notified of the final contract costs.
European social fund allocations to the United Kingdom (including Community initiatives) £million, 1994 prices 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941 Objective 1 North West England 0 0 0 0 0 36 Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 6 Northern Ireland 56 54 53 59 61 39 Total objective 1 56 54 53 59 61 81 Objective 2 North of England 13 19 19 23 23 21 Yorkshire and Humberside 12 17 17 20 20 19 East Midlands2 0 0 0 0 0 5 South East 0 0 0 0 0 5 South West 0 0 0 0 0 1 West Midlands 8 13 13 16 16 23 A project completion report was prepared in April 1992. It concluded that the outputs of the implementation phases of the project had largely been met.