HC Deb 29 January 1996 vol 270 cc579-80W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what plans he has to amend part IV of the

1992 1993 1994 1995
Value in ECUS Value in pounds1 Value in ECUS Value in pounds Value in ECUS Value in pounds Value in ECUS Value in pounds
South West 961,000 768,800 1,162,743 930,194 240,608 192,486 176,720 141,376
South East 643,000 514,400 5,015,790 4,012,632 4,113,498 3,290,798 4,586,232 3,668985
East Anglia 1,771,900 1,417,520 0 0 300,000 240,000 0 0
West Midlands 159,048 127,238 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Midlands 1,200,000 960,000 0 0 1,200,414 960,331 345,846 276,676
North West 1,720,000 1,376,000 0 0 1,452,868 1,162,294 2,296,450 1,837,160
Yorkshire and Humberside 0 0 517,500 414,000 1,397,801 1,118,240 503,700 402,960
North 1,868,500 1,494,000 611,354 489,083 0 0 0 0
Wales 0 0 647,283 517,826 363,408 290,726 796,000 636,800
Scotland 1,071,500 857,200 575,151 460,120 987,022 789,617 280,500 224,400
Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 439,232 351,385 0 0
UK total 9,394,948 7,515,158 8,529,821 6,823,855 1,049,485 8,395,877 8,985,448 7,188,357
1To take account of currency fluctuations, £1 is considered to be equal to 1.2 ecu.

Mr. Hain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much in(a) ecus and (b) pounds by standard region and in total is allocated to the United Kingdom from the European LIFE programme under the current financial perspectives. [11651]

Mr. Clappison

There is no allocation of LIFE funds to any member state or region within the European Union. Funds were distributed to the highest quality proposals wherever they may come from, and are paid directly by the EC Commission to the successful applicant.

Mr. Hain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much in(a) ecus and (b) pound sterling by standard region and in total the United Kingdom

Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) Regulations 1994; and if he will make a statement; [11971]

(2) how many representations his Department has received in the last 18 months on the operation part IV of the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) Regulations 1994; and if he will make a statement. [11972]

Sir Paul Beresford

Part IV of the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) Regulations 1994 came into force on 28 December 1994 and gave local authorities in England and Wales discretionary powers to make compensatory payments by 28 June 1995 to former employees who had their pensions reduced as a consequence of a Court of Appeal judgment in Allsopv.North Tyneside metropolitan borough council. My right hon. Friend has no plans to introduce further provisions. Thirty-six items of correspondence were received while part IV of the regulations was in force; in addition, 35 items were received prior to the provisions coming into force, and since 29 June 1995.