§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many kilometres of road have now been completed in Port Stanley town; and at what cost, broken down into plant, materials, contractors' camp, freight, insurance, management, local costs, and other items;
(2) what has been the cost so far of the repair of roads in Port Stanley and the road to the Port Stanley airport.
§ Mr. Raison11.1 km of roads have been repaired or reconstructed (4.8 km Stanley town roads and 6.3 km airport road). A total of £6.8 million was allocated 475W including provision for a stone crusher which was not, in the event, used on this project but transferred elsewhere. Estimated expenditure is £6.3 million made up as follows:
£ thousand Capital items, plant and spares 1,377 Materials 301 Camp accommodation and equipment 532 Procurement, shipping and insurance 929 Labour and messing 2,348 Management Fee 391 Local costs 389 6,267 Of this, £3.2 million was for Stanley town roads, £2.9 million for the airport road and £0.2 million for minor tasks on behalf of, or materials handed over to, the Public Works Department.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the availability of the hostel for school children in Port Stanley.
§ Mr. RaisonAt present, 18 girls are accommodated in Stanley house and 24 boys are accommodated in mobile homes in the grounds of Stanley house. Plans are now being finalised for the erection of two dormitory blocks in the grounds which, when completed, will accommodate a total of 61, meeting all the anticipated demand for boarding school facilities from families in the camp.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to what standard the airport road between Port Stanley and the airport has been completed.
§ Mr. RaisonThe original carriageway has been widened to a width of 6 metres with 1 metre hard shoulders each side on a crushed stone sub-base. Surfacing was a three coat application of bitumen, a prime coat and two seal coats with stone chippings.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what grants have now been paid for a small scale industrial estate in Port Stanley.
§ Mr. RaisonOrders have been placed with suppliers, but there has been no expenditure to date.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the cost in 1984–85 of providing permanent boarding school facilities for secondary school children in Port Stanley.
§ Mr. RaisonThe Falkland Islands Government have allocated £94,280 in 1984–85 for the cost of providing hostel facilities for school children in Stanley. The estimated cost of the two new dormitory blocks to be built in the grounds of Stanley house will be approximately £850,000.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the cost so far of the repair and replacement of damaged housing in Port Stanley.
§ Mr. RaisonIt is not possible to give a precise figure because the information available cannot be broken down in sufficient detail. Excluding the cost of the prefabricated housing project, part of which was to replace housing destroyed during the conflict in 1982, materials to the value of approximately £360,000 have been supplied for repairs to housing.
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§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the payment to James Brewster Associates in relation to its claims for extra costs for Brewster houses in Port Stanley caused by delays in shipping and port handling.
§ Mr. RaisonDelay claims settled to date total £369,403.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current rate of occupation for Brewster houses in Port Stanley.
§ Mr. RaisonTwenty-seven houses are currently occupied.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what safety inspection has been undertaken of Stanley house school boys' hostel and its electric wiring.
§ Mr. RaisonStanley house was rewired in 1981 and, in accordance with the standard procedure of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, it would not be due for a complete inspection for five years. The kitchen, however, was rewired in March 1983 when new equipment was installed and regular examination of wiring is carried out.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether there are fire hydrants at Stanley house school boys' hostel.
§ Mr. RaisonThere are no fire hydrants in or immediately adjacent to the building, but there are hydrants in streets bordering the plot. There are fire extinguishers in Stanley house itself and in every mobile home in the hostel grounds as well as automatic smoke detectors. Fire drills are practised regularly.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library the memorandum by Mr. John Broderick, Islands Public Works Director, in June 1982, urging improvements in the water supply and boiler system of the Falklands hospital.
§ Mr. RaisonWe have no record of any such memorandum.
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether written requests were made by hospital staff asking for the Falklands hospital fire-hoses to be connected to the Port Stanley water-supply before the hospital fire.
§ Mr. RaisonYes. Details are given in paragraph 5.17 of the report of the commission of inquiry into the fire at the King Edward memorial hospital Stanley, on 10 April 1984.