§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Nottingham, North regarding access to the know-how fund for local education authorities.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI replied to the hon. Gentleman's letter of 17 January on 31 January.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the joint assistance unit expects to meet the British Council to discuss the Brackenhurst college submission for support from the know-how fund.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI am writing to the hon. Member about this case.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in full the current disbursements under the Polish know-how fund.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe list of activities and their estimated expenditure which are being supported in 1990–91 from the Poland know-how fund is as follows: 643W
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Know-How Fund, Poland: Projects being funded 1990/91 Aid Vote Projects Anticipated Expenditure £'000 Banking and Finance Foreign Investment Agency 357.0 Privatisation Consultancies 1,690.0 Privatisation Foundation 112.0 Gdansk Research Centre 32.0 Gdansk Economic Foundation 4.0 Export Development Bank 200.0 Advanced Corporate Finance 15.0 Diagnostic Studies for Banks 200.0 Conference on Demonopolisation 11.3 Financial Seminars 4.0 New Banks - Unity Trust plc 30.0 National Banks of Poland - Lawyers 2.0 Insurance Regulators 6.0 Insurance Seminar 10.0 Insurance Consultancy 300.0 Assets and Liabilities 30.0 Stock Exchange Training 70.0 Total 3073.3 Management and Accountancy Accountancy Project Identification Mission (PIM) 14.3 Accountancy Training Project 109.0 Assistance with Auditing 250.0 Management Project Identification 42.0 Industrial Attachments 300.0 Management Educators 25.0 Regional Management Centres 170.0 Shipping Management 20.0 Total 930.3 Macroeconomic advice Computer Education 8.0 Ministry of Planning—Initial 27.0 Ministry of Planning—Follow-up 70.0 Industrial Competitiveness Research 27.0 Advice to Ministry of Finance 202.0 Total 334.0 Natural resources Section Project Identification Mission (PIM) 5.0 PIM Follow-up 15.0 Agros Vegetable Study 55.0 Krakow Vets Training 42.0 Seeds Sector Training 55.0 Total 172.0 Industry Vehicle Productivity Study—Phase I 44.3 Phase II 123.4 UNIDO Projects 200.0 National Business Services 9.0 Company Doctor Training 431.0 Industrial Restructuring 122.0 Industrial Competitiveness 27.0 Total 956.7 Energy Electric Utility 403.0 UNDP/World Bank Studies Hard Coal 339.0 Oil and Gas 339.0 Lignite and Electricity 409.0 Gas Pricing 156.0 Coal Industry Training (United Kingdom) 130.0 Pilot Course (Poland) 10.5 645W
£'000 Coal Industry Training (Poland) 45.0 Total 1,831.5 Education and ELT Distance Education 23.6 Access to English 319.2 English for Management 300.0 VSO Teachers (English Language Lecturers) 154.0 Equipment for Education Ministry 50.0 Academic Links Programme 185.0 Training Awards Programme 118.0 Study Tour (Technical Education) 15.0 Book Sector Study 29.0 Total 1,193.8 Environment Assistance to Ministry of Environment 20.0 Carlisle/Slupsk-River Pollution Advice 30.0 Total 50.0 Local Government Equipment Supply 20.0 Department of Environment Mission 8.0 Training of Trainers 186.0 Foundation for local Democracy 7.0 Local Government Seminars 12.0 Training Needs Analysis 5.0 Total 238.0 Employment Employment: Sector PIM 5.0 Health and Safety Employment Services 125.0 Training Small Firms Total 130.0 Planning Urban Planning 30.0 Aid Co-ordination Adviser 17.5 Ministry of Physical Planning 26.8 Total 74.3 Telecommunications Telecommunications 40.0 Total 40.0 Railways Polish Railways Management 150.0 Railways Signalling Training 15.8 Total 165.8 Tourism Cracow Tourism Study 20.5 Total 20.5 Health Blood Plasma Study 49.0 Healthcare 17.0
£'000 AIDS Education 47.6 Pharmacy Training 4.2 Eurohealth Conference—Wroclaw 11.0 Total 128.8 Police Police Training 30.0 Total 30.0 Joint Ventures British Airports Authority 41.0 Simon Storage Gp Ltd. 12.5 COMTEC 3.0 Pilotweld 21.0 Total 77.5 BESO Fact Finding Mission 3.0 Total 3.0 AID Vote Total 8,563.8 Political Legal and Other British/Polish Legal Seminars 30.0 British/Polish Round Table 10.0 Placement of Polish Lawyers 40.0 British/Polish Commercial Law 31.5 Book Industry Training—Stage I 70.0 Book Industry Training—Stage II 51.0 Journalists—British Council/Thomson Foundation 120.0 Customs Assistance 3.0 Western Press 20.0 Tweedale Press Group 20.0 Photography—Delta Images 2.8 Trade Union Trading—Gdansk 2.7 Financial Journalists 15.0 OECD Contribution 125.0 Civics Education 1.0 Police 4.5 Ealing Language Courses 45.0 Restructuring Polish TV 3.0 World Service/Media 190.0 Cambridge University Seminar 1.2 Association of Countryside Rangers 10.0 Lecture Tour (Legal) 1.0 Warsaw School of Planning (Books) 5.0 Broadcasting 2.0 Jagiellonian Trust Seminars 16.0 Social Security Advice 3.0 Training Polish Diplomats 53.2 Information and Printing Technology Seminars 8.0 Polish Publishing House 15.0 Education for Democracy Textbook 4.0 Publishing Sales and Marketing Consultancy 5.7 Political Legal and other Total 908.6 GRAND TOTAL 9,472.4