§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if the London Docklands development corporation keeps a register which indicates the number of homosexual men and women employed.
§ Sir George YoungNo.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps the London Docklands development corporation has taken to provide guidance to 893W developers on provisions for disabled people in public buildings as required by the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 as amended by the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: All planning decision letters issued by LDDC are accompanied by guidance notes drawing the attention of applicants to the design guidance notes for disabled persons issued by the access committee for England.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many (a) privately owned units and (b) publicly owned or housing association units on London Docklands development corporation-owned land have been designed for people with disabilities; and what is the London Docklands development corporation target number for such dwellings on London Docklands development corporation-owned land.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: Information on privately owned dwellings is not collected by the LDDC. Provision for the disabled is a matter for negotiation between the builder and the prospective purchaser. I shall write to the hon. Member about numbers of publicly owned dwellings.
LDDC does not have a target for the provision of housing for the disabled. The number built on publicly owned land is a matter for the housing authorities.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many women have obtained new jobs in the London Docklands development corporation area; what industries these women are employed in; and what percentage of total new jobs it represents.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: This information is not held by the Department or by LDDC.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps the London Docklands development corporation has taken to seek to ensure that new leisure facilities in the London Docklands development corporation areas are designed to give access for the disabled and elderly; and what steps are being taken to provide sports and leisure facilities that are suited to the specific requirements of the disabled and elderly.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: Where LDDC has provided all or part of the finance for a leisure facility, the corporation ensures that the builders take practical steps to give maximum accessibility to all sections of the community. For example, provision is made in the London docklands arena, which is under construction, for two disabled persons' lifts making access available to all of the building's amenities.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many construction jobs in the London Docklands development corporation area have been taken (a) by women and (b) by people from the black and ethnic minority communities.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: 130 full and part-time women workers are employed by construction firms based in the LDDC area. Information is not available for women employed in firms based outside but who are working within the LDDC area. Information on the second part of the question is not collected.
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§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what provision the London Docklands development corporation has made of roads and pavements in its area for people with impaired mobility, wheelchair users, and pedestrians with aural and visual impairments.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: On roads built by the LDDC, provision has been made for dropped kerbs and ramps to ease mobility.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if the London Docklands development corporation keeps a register which indicates the number of members of black and other ethnic minority communities employed.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: No.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply of 29 April, Official Report, columns 31–32, if he will list the individual development initiatives for the royal docks being discussed by the London Docklands development corporation.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 25 July 1985]: The premature provision of information concerning development initiatives in the preliminary stages would breach commercial confidentiality and could prejudice present and future negotiations by the LDDC. However, one development initiative that has been publicised is a sports and exhibition complex on the north side of the Royal Victoria dock. Feasibility studies put forward by the developers, Intersport, are being considered by the corporation.