§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many derelict land grants have been paid in respect of schemes in Birmingham in each of the past three years; how much grant was paid; and what was the value of the schemes;
(2) if he will list current applications for derelict land grants in Birmingham and the west midlands;
(3) if he will list all projects funded by derelict land grants in the west midlands during the past three years.
§ Mr. John PattenI shall answer these questions shortly.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department carries out any checks on the form of contracts used in respect of projects funded by derelict land grant.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Department specifies that tenders for local authority reclamation schemes shall contain the general conditions of contract issued by the Institute of Civil Engineers in collaboration with the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, the general conditions of engagement issued by the Landscape Institute or the standard form of building contract produced by the joint contracts tribunal, as appropriate. Copies of the tender documents must be submitted to the Department with the preferred tender. Similar conditions will apply to private sector reclamation schemes from 1 April 1987.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if contractors carrying out work funded by 239W use of derelict land grant are required to state if they are using labour-only sub-contractors with or without the use of a tax exemption certificate.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Department imposes no such requirement.