HC Deb 17 February 1993 vol 219 cc227-8W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many people have been displaced by the Narmada dam project in India to date; and how many have been resettled;

(2) if he will make a statement on the mechanism for payment of compensation to each displaced person in connection with the Narmada dam project, India; and what information he has on the relative differentials in compensation to people displaced in Gujarat and in Madhya Pradesh;

(3) how much land each person displaced by the Narmada dam project and canal network receives; how many hectares of land have been allocated for displaced people; and if he will list the districts to which displaced people have been and will be located.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

[holding answer 4 February 1993]: A total of 5,500 families in Gujarat and Maharashtra have

Force Average days sickness per officer due to assault 1990 Average days sickness per officer non-assault 1990 Average days sickness per officer due to assault 1991 Average days sickness per officer non-assault 1991
Avon and Somerset 0.46 9.71 0.27 9.89
Bedfordshire 0.55 12.39 0.76 11.66
Cambridgeshire 0.18 12.24 0.48 10.10
Cheshire 0.59 10.04 0.49 11.82
City of London 0.05 12.55 0.01 10.93
Cleveland 0.49 19.01 0.41 15.83
Cumbria 0.14 11.15 0.30 10.25
Derbyshire 0.37 10.67 0.67 13.69
Devon and Cornwall 0.30 9.19 0.34 9.78
Dorset 0.32 7.27 0.25 10.72
Durham 0.87 10.77 0.82 11.48
Dyfed Powys 0.66 10.37 0.24 11.44
Essex 0.22 12.42 0.16 11.28
Gloucestershire 0.22 9.98 0.29 11.18
Greater Manchester 0.53 13.69 0.52 12.46
Gwent 0.33 10.60 0.13 13.68
Hampshire 0.69 9.79 0.29 13.58
Hertfordshire 0.39 13.06 0.38 13.49
Humberside 0.45 13.13 0.42 9.96
Kent 0.18 9.67 0.06 6.69
Lancashire 0.43 15.97 0.75 14.81
Leicestershire 0.36 13.22 0.37 13.52
Lincolnshire 0.56 13.02 0.63 14.36
Merseyside 0.87 16.09 0.93 18.93
Norfolk 0.27 12.42 0.11 10.79
North Wales 0.47 13.24 0.60 16.46
North Yorkshire 0.20 11.64 0.30 13.71
Northamptonshire 0.12 12.40 0.06 13.21
Northumbria 1.22 9.07 1.15 8.75

been resettled to date. Compensation mechanisms have been established, but compensation formulae differ from state to state depending on eligibility criteria. About 11,300 hectares of land have been allocated so far to those who have been displaced. My noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development will write to the hon. Member in more detail about his questions; copies of her letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.