Written Answers of 23 May 1994

PRIME MINISTER

  Mobile Telephones
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 5 May,Official Report, column 614, what was the cost of calls made on (a) car and (b) portable telephones in 1993–94; how much this equipment cost to buy or hire; and what were the maintenance costs.

  The Prime Minister
  Total call charges in the year 1993–94 for(a) car telephones were £2,021 and (b) portable telephones were £4,570.

  The total cost of the equipment was approximately £6,700. There are no maintenance charges for the year 1993–94.

  Duchy of Cornwall
  Mr. Gordon Prentice
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will enter discussions with the Prince of Wales with a view to seeking agreement to increase the voluntary contribution to the Exchequer from the Duchy of Cornwall from 25 per cent. of income to 40 per cent.

  The Prime Minister
  No. As explained in the report of the royal trustees dated 11 February 1993 (HC464) the Prince of Wales stopped making voluntary contributions to

  PARLIAMENTARY PRIVATE SECRETARIES

  MAY, 1994

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  Minister for Agriculture (Mrs. G. Shephard)

  Mr. S. Burns

  Minister of State (Mr. M. Jack)

  Miss E. Nicholson

  Defence

  Secretary of State (Mr. M. Rifkind)

  Mr. H. Bellingham

  Minister of State (Mr. J. Aitken)

  Mr. R. Evans

  Minister of State (Mr. J. Hanley)

  Mr. P. Atkinson

  Duchy of Lancaster

  Chancellor of the Duchy (Mr. W. Waldegrave)

  Mr. I. Taylor

  Education

  Secretary of State (Mr. J. Patten)

  Mr. M. Carrington

  Minister of State (Lady Blatch)

  Mr. J. Clappison

  Employment

  Secretary of State (Mr. D. Hunt)

  Mr. N. Evans

  Minister of State (Mr. M. Forsyth)

  Mrs. A. Browning

  Environment

  Secretary of State (Mr. J. Gummer)

  Mr. J. Paice

  Minister of State (Sir G. Young)

  Dr. C. Goodson-Wickes

  Minister of State (Mr. D. Curry)

  Mr. D. French

  Minister of State (Mr. R. Atkins)

  Mr. J. Hayes

  Foreign Office

  Secretary of State (Mr. D. Hurd)

  Mr. D. Martin

  Minister of State (Mr. A. Goodlad)

  Mr. G. Kynoch

  Minister of State (Mr. D. Heathcoat-Amory)

  Mr. R. Richards

  Minister for Overseas Development (Lady Chalker)

  Mr. M. Robinson

  PUSS (Mr. M. Lennox-Boyd)

  Mr. M. Robinson

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  the Exchequer in April 1993. Instead he voluntarily agreed to pay income tax on his personal income in the same way as other taxpayers.

  Upper Limb Disorders
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Prime Minister what is the present number of civil servants taking legal action against his Office as a result of work-related upper limb disorders.

  The Prime Minister
  None.

  Second World War Commemorations
  Mr. Alfred Morris
  To ask the Prime Minister when he expects to be able to reply to the letter sent to him in April by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, about help for war-disabled ex-service men and women and war widows to mark the 50th anniversary of D-day.

  The Prime Minister
  I shall reply to the right hon. Member's letter shortly.

  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Prime Minister if it is intended, as part of the 50th anniversary events next year to commemorate the end of the last war, to include an exhibition on the crimes committed by Italian fascists.

  The Prime Minister
  We have no such plans.

  Parliamentary Private Secretaries
  Mr. Kirkwood
  To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish the current list of parliamentary private secretaries and the Ministers to whom each is attached.

  The Prime Minister
  [holding answer 16 May 1994]: The information requested is as follows:
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  Health

  Secretary of State (Mrs. V. Bottomley)

  Mr. K. Mans

  Minister of State (Dr. B. Mawhinney)

  Mr. M. Trend

  Home Office

  Secretary of State (Mr. M. Howard)

  Dr. L. Fox

  Minister of State (Mr. P. Lloyd)

  Mr. O. Heald

  Minister of State (Mr. D. MacLean)

  Mr. J. Arnold

  Law Officers Department

  Attorney-General (Sir N. Lyell)

  Mr. T. Devlin

  Solicitor-General (Sir D. Spencer)

  Mr. G. Streeter

  National Heritage

  Secretary of State (Mr. P. Brooke)

  Mr. A. Steen

  Northern Ireland Office

  Secretary of State (Sir. P. Mayhew)

  Mr. M. Moss

  Minister of State (Sir J. Wheeler)

  Mr. M. Bates

  Minister of State (Mr. M. Ancram)

  Mr. R. Robertson

  Prime Minister

  Mr. G. Bright

  Privy Council Office

  Lord President and Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. T. Newton)

  Mr. J. Marshall

  Scottish Office

  Secretary of State (Mr. I. Lang)

  Mr. S. Coombs

  Social Security

  Secretary of State (Mr. P. Lilley)

  Mr. P. Merchant

  Minister of State (Mr. N. Scott)

  Mrs. J. Lait

  PUSS (Mr. A. Burt/Lord Astor/Mr. W. Hague)

  Mr. I Bruce

  Trade and Industry

  President of the Board (Mr. M. Heseltine)

  Mr. R. Ottaway

  Minister of State (Mr. T. Eggar)

  Mr. P. Luff

  Minister of State (Mr. T. Sainsbury)

  Mrs. A. Knight

  Minister of State (Mr. R. Needham)

  Mr. A. Rowe

  Transport

  Secretary of State (Mr. J. MacGregor)

  Mr. G. Riddick

  Treasury

  Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. K. Clarke)

  Mr. P. Oppenheim

  Chief Secretary (Mr. M. Portillo)

  Mr. D. Amess

  Financial Secretary (Mr. S. Dorrell)

  Mr. G. Brandreth

  Paymaster General (Sir J. Cope)

  Dr. I Twinn

  Welsh Office

  Secretary of State (Mr. J. Redwood)

  Mr. D. Evennett

  Minister of State (Sir W. Roberts)

  Mr. D. Tredinnick

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

  Small Claims Court
  Mr. Peter Atkinson
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the agencies which supply free assistance and legal advice to those people who wish to pursue claims through the small claims court.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  This information is not kept centrally. The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux issues a list of all individual bureaux in England and Wales but this is being reprinted and will not be available until mid-June. In addition, advice and assistance is provided by law centres and other advice agencies in England and Wales, which are free to decide which kinds of problems to cover.
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  Mr. Pawsey
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what qualifications lay representatives will be required to possess before they can represent plaintiffs in the small claims court as set out in the consultation paper "Small Personal Injury Claims"; and from which professions they will be drawn.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The Lay Representatives (Rights of Audience) Order 1992 allows litigants a free choice of representative to help them pursue or defend their case in court. It is a matter for the litigants themselves whom they choose. Lay representatives are required to act in an honest, reasonable and responsible manner; if they fail to do so the court may withdraw their right of audience.

  Personal Injury Cases
  Mr. Peter Atkinson
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what experience or professional qualifications are required of those people who work in agencies providing free legal advice on personal injury cases.
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  Mr. John M. Taylor
  Individual agencies are best placed to decide the level of skills and training required. At present, only solicitors are able to obtain payment from the legal aid fund for advice given. However, the Legal Aid Board is currently working with the advice sector to define quality assurance standards for advice and assistance in areas of social welfare law. This would enable non-solicitors in agencies meeting these standards to deliver advice and assistance through the legal aid scheme. At present there are no plans to extend this to personal injury cases.

  Mr. Pawsey
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the average sum of money awarded in those personal injury cases heard in county courts in each year since 1990.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  Based on sample surveys, the estimated average value of monetary awards for personal injury cases disposed of by trial at county courts in each year from 1990 to 1993 inclusive is £3,100, £3,700, £4,500 and £7,300 respectively. Corresponding figures relating to cases disposed of by arbitration are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Mr. Peter Atkinson
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) how many malpractice claims have been brought against general practitioners for failing to diagnose correctly the severity of personal injury for each year since 1990;

  (2) how many general practitioners have been disciplined as a result of a malpractice claim brought against them for failing to diagnose the severity of a personal injury for each year since 1990.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  This information is not held centrally by the Lord Chancellor's Department and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  District Judges
  Mr. Pawsey
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what were the average number of cases heard and the average hours worked by a district judge in each year since 1990.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  Based on sample surveys, the estimated average number of cases disposed of by trial at county courts per district judge in each year from 1990 to 1993 inclusive is 18, 24, 28 and 24 respectively. Only a small part of a district judge's time is spent on trial work but corresponding figures relating to cases disposed of by arbitration and the information requested on average hours worked are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Belmarsh Magistrates Court
  Mr. Austin-Walker
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on what date Belmarsh magistrates court opened; on how many occasions there has been a sitting on each weekday since the opening; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  The Belmarsh court complex was officially opened on 21 January 1994. The magistrates court sat for the first time on 14 March 1994. Information about the numbers of sittings is not yet available centrally.

  Equal Opportunities
  Mr. Richards
  To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement about equal opportunities for women and people of ethnic minority origin in relation to appointments to the professional judiciary in England and Wales.

  Mr. John M. Taylor
  In July last year, the Lord Chancellor announced a programme aimed at developing further the current procedures for judicial appointments, including measures to encourage applications by women and ethnic minority practitioners. In carrying out his responsibilities for the appointment of judges, the Lord Chancellor has always supported the principle of equality of opportunity and will continue to do so; the Lord Chancellor does not discriminate on grounds of gender or ethnic origin.

  The Lord Chancellor sets high standards for appointments to judicial office; those appointed are selected on merit from suitably qualified candidates. The Lord Chancellor seeks to ensure that every possible step is taken to treat fairly those who apply for judicial office and that decisions are based on an assessment of suitability which is as objective as possible.

  The Lord Chancellor welcomes and encourages applications from all suitably qualified legal practitioners, including women and practitioners of ethnic minority origin.

  The Lord Chancellor is carrying forward his commitment to equality of opportunity in judicial appointments in the following ways:

  1. Continuing to encourage women and ethnic minority practitioners to apply for judicial appointment by:—

  (i) promoting awareness of opportunities for judicial appointments for women and people of ethnic minority origin among senior members of the judiciary and the profession and inviting them to encourage suitably qualified women and people of ethnic minority origin. to apply; and

  (ii) publicising the opportunities for all to apply for judicial appointments in speeches, at meetings and by other suitable means;

  2. Applying age limits for judicial appointments flexibly in the case of practitioners who take a career break or who start their professional career late;

  3. Conducting reviews of all ethnic minority and female applicants for judicial appointment from time to time to ensure that suitable candidates from these groups are properly considered;

  4. Ensuring that women and ethnic minority candidates are included, wherever possible, among those under consideration for particular posts;

  5. Providing opportunities for familiarisation with the work involved in a judicial post for prospective applicants where appropriate;

  6. Taking due account of the domestic circumstances of individuals concerned wherever possible when making appointments to particular geographical locations;

  7. Recording the number of female and ethnic minority members of the full-time and part-time judiciary and taking steps to improve the information about the ethnic origin of serving office holders and applicants for judicial appointment;

  8. Arranging for an official in the judicial appointment group in my Department to:—

  (i) act as a liaison point with others about equal opportunities matters in relation to judicial appointments; and

  (ii) advise on policies in this field;

  9. Undertaking to keep this programme under review in the light of general developments in the field of equal opportunities and in accordance with any changes in the procedures for judicial appointments.

CHURCH COMMISSIONERS

  Ordination of Women
  Mr. Roger Evans
  To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list the names of the individuals and the amounts of award made to them under section 5 of the Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure 1994.

  Mr. Alison
  I have consulted the Pensions Board, which is concerned in the administration of this matter and shares the commissioners' view that it is not appropriate to publish details of support offered to particular individuals. Eight awards of varying amounts have been made to date under this section, depending on individual circumstances.

  Mr. Roger Evans
  To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will list the names of individuals and the amounts of award made to them under section 1 of the Ordination of Women (Financial Provisions) Measure 1994.

  Mr. Alison
  I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer. Awards have been made under this section to 118 individuals.

  Estates Commission (Pensions)
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, representing the Church Commissioners, who is drawing pensions after holding the offices of the First and Third Estates Commissioner, and of what amounts; on what basis the rate of pensions is calculated; and how many contributory years are required for a full plan.

  Mr. Alison
  The basis of calculation of the pensions payable to retired Church Estates Commissioners is set out in section 20 of the Church Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure, 1960, which contains the following provisions:The Commissioners shall have power to grant to any First Church Estates Commissioner or Third Church Estates Commissioner who retires from from service as such a Commissioner—

  (a) if he has performed not less than fifteen years pensionable service, a pension of such amount as the Commissioners may determine not exceeding two-thirds of the salary to which he was entitled under section 9 of the Ecclesisatical Commissioner (Powers) Measure 1938 immediately before retirement;

  (b) if he has performed less than fifteen years but not less than five years pensionable service, a pension of such amount as the Commissioners may determine, being an amount not exceeding the aggregate of one thrid of the salary to which he was so entitled and one thirtieth of that salary of each completed year of pensionable service in excess of five;

  (c) if he has performed less than five years pensionable service but retires by reason of permanent disability for the performance of the duties of his office, a pension of such amount as the Commissioners may determine not exceeding one-third of the salary to which he was so entitled;

  and a pension under this subjection shall be payable for the remainder of the life to whom it is granted.
  In determining the amount of the pension, if any, to be granted to a person under this subsection the Commissioners shall have regard to any superannuation benefits to which he may be entitled in respect of any other service performed by him before his pensionable service began.
  No lump sum is payable on retirement other than by commutation, nor is there provision for a widow's or widower's pension, other than by allocation of pension.
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  Four pensions are currently in payment at a total cost in 1993 of £84,000. It is not the commissioners' practice to publish details of payments made to particular individuals.

TREASURY

  Third-world Debt
  Mr. William O'Brien
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the Government's most recent proposals to reduce third-world debt.

  Mr. Nelson
  As a result of an initiative launched by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in 1990, the Paris Club of international creditor Governments now offers concessional rescheduling of the official bilateral debts of the poorest and most indebted countries. Such concessional reschedulings are known as Trinidad terms.

  Under present arrangements, 50 per cent. of the eligible debts falling due over the course of an IMF economic adjustment programme are written off. In addition, the creditors undertake to consider writing off 50 per cent. of the whole stock of debt if the debtor maintains a good record with both its debt service and IMF programme. To date, 22 countries have benefited from Trinidad terms. Over the lifetime of these agreements more than $7¼ billion-worth of debt will be restructured and some $2¾ billion-worth of debt forgiven.

  While these agreements represent a substantial achievement, the United Kingdom considers that more could be done to help the poorest and most indebted countries. We are thus pressing our fellow Paris Club creditors to improve the existing Trinidad terms. In particular, we hope that they will agree to give debt reduction along the lines of the Prime Minister's original proposal. This would mean: an immediate stock of debt reduction for countries which have edstablished a track record of reform under an IMF adjustment programme; and increasing the level of debt and debt service relief, from 50 per cent. to some two-thirds on average and up to 80 per cent. for the most deserving countries on a case-by-case basis; Last July, the Tokyo summit of G7 Heads of Government backed the United Kingdom's proposals for earlier stock of debt reductions. Despite this, negotiations within the Paris Club are proceeding slowly.

  Economic and Finance Council
  Mr. Simon Burns
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the most recent Council meeting of European Economic and Finance Ministers.

  Mr. Kenneth Clarke
  The Economic and Finance Council of the European Union—ECOFIN—met in Brussels on 16 May. I represented the United Kingdom.

  We discussed the economic situation in the European Union on the basis of the Commission's latest forecasts and in the context of preparing to revise the broad economic guidelines. Overall, the Commission's forecasts were more optimistic than its previous ones, although it emphasised the need for action on budget deficits. I welcomed the Commission's acknowledgement of the improvement in United Kingdom unemployment and the measures to consolidate the United Kingdom's public finances. But I felt that the Commission was too

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  pessimistic on the United Kingdom growth and inflation outlook. I stated that the United Kingdom was well on the way to sustained growth and low inflation. There was a presentation of the Commission's annual report on fraud and of its anti-fraud strategy, which will be discussed in greater detail at a later Council.

  The Council discussed the follow-up to the conclusions of the Brussels European Council on the Commission's White Paper, "Growth, Competitiveness and Employment". President Delors gave a presentation of the Commission's latest progress report. I supported a German proposal to establish a deregulation "commission" of experts to increase the pace of deregulation and the removal of unnecessary burdents on businesses. I also spoke about the need for the June ECOFIN to send clear conclusions to the Corfu European Council, and said that there was no need for new Community instruments to finance trans-European networks.

  There was also discussion of financial assistance to countries in central and eastern Europe. Political agreement was reached on loans to Moldova and Romania for balance of payments support, and the Council confirmed a loan to Bulgaria. The Council deferred discussion of a grant to Albania and an additional loan to Bulgaria.

  There were no formal votes on issues discussed at the Council.

  Inheritance Tax
  Dr. Strang
  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures the Government have put in place to ensure that agricultural land giving qualification to inheritance tax relief at 100 per cent. is not being purchased as a means of avoiding inheritance tax relief at 40 per cent.

  Mr. Nelson
  [holding answer 19 May 1994]: Qualifying farm land has normally to be owned and farmed by the owner for at least two years before a transfer in order to obtain 100 per cent. relief. This requirement targets the relief at working farms and ensures that speculative investors in land dealing companies do not benefit.

HOME DEPARTMENT

  Private Security Firms
  Mrs. Roche
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 May,Official Report, column 383, if he will publish in the Official Report the information which his Department is collating about the extent of the use of private security firms when it is available.

  Mr. Michael Howard
  Yes.

  Immigration
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions of national law are applied as regards the authorisation of family members of Turkish workers to join the worker for the purposes of article 7 of association Council Decision 1/80 concluded in accordance with the Turkey EC association agreement of 1963.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  Those contained in paragraph 46 of the Immigration Rules (HC 251).
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  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements have been implemented to give effect to article 10(2) of regulation 1612/68 EC to facilitate the admission of family members not coming within article 10(1) of the regulation but who are dependent on, or lived under the same roof in the country from whence they come, as migrant workers citizens of the Union and to favour the admission of such family members under article 1(2) of directive 73/148 EC.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  Regulation 1612/68 has direct effect in United Kingdom law and does not need to be implemented separately. Article 1(2) of Directive 73/148, does not require specific implementation as it is not concerned with a Community entitlement. However, in accordance with the provisions of article 1(2) favourable consideration is given to allowing the admission of those family members who have no other entitlement to join a European economic area national resident in the United Kingdom on whom they are dependent.

  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the distinction between social assistance and social security as those terms are used in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Order 1994.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  "Social assistance" is the term used in article 1 of directives 90/364/EEC—the general right of residence—and 93/96/EEC—the right of residence for students—whereas directive 90/365/EEC—the right of residence for employees and self-employed persons who have ceased their occupational activity—uses the term "social security" in article 1.

  "Social security" means statutory schemes, whether contributory or non-contributory, which are designed to meet the specific contingencies listed in article 4(1) of regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71 on social security or migrant workers. The term "social assistance" is not defined in EC law but is generally interpreted as covering non—contributory schemes which are often means-tested and/or based on need.

  Mobile Telephones
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 9 May,Official Report, columns 9–10, what was the cost of calls made on mobile telephones in 1993–94; how much this equipment cost to buy or hire; and what were the maintenance costs.

  Mr. Howard
  Mobile telephone call charges in my Department, including executive agencies, are estimated to be about £90,000. All or nearly all mobile telephones are bought, at costs which vary from year to year and cannot be quantified except at disproportionate cost. Maintenance costs are small, as it is not deemed necessary to let maintenance contracts.

  Correspondence
  Mr. Hain
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the letter on Direct Mail from the hon. Member for Neath on 10 November and the Minister of State's reply of 13 December.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  I am placing a copy of the correspondence in the Library of the House.

  Police Authority Funding
  Mr. Bates
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each police authority(a) the standard spending assessment and (b) the actual spending broken down into (i) local authority actual spend and (ii)

  Table A

  (£ million)

  County and combined police authorities (England)

  1992–93 Police SSA1

  1992–93 Total local authority current expenditure

  1992–93 Police current grant paid

  Avon and Somerset

  63.999

  124.322

  63.404

  Bedfordshire

  25.127

  44.210

  22.547

  Cambridgeshire

  26.516

  50.027

  25.514

  Cheshire

  39.805

  72.966

  37.213

  Cleveland

  31.139

  59.802

  30.499

  Cumbria

  24.609

  49.501

  25.245

  Derbyshire

  38.354

  75.791

  38.653

  Devon and Cornwall

  60.702

  128.271

  65.418

  Dorset

  26.993

  55.644

  28.378

  Durham

  28.796

  53.226

  27.146

  Essex

  64.662

  125.833

  64.175

  Gloucestershire

  24.546

  48.067

  24.514

  Hampshire

  71.551

  135.434

  69.071

  Hertfordshire

  38.803

  68.523

  34.947

  Humberside

  42.168

  84.119

  42.901

  Kent

  68.381

  137.696

  70.225

  Lancashire

  66.943

  128.669

  65.621

  Leicestershire

  38.416

  72.784

  37.120

  Lincolnshire

  25.002

  51.065

  26.043

  Norfolk

  29.978

  59.084

  30.133

  Northamptonshire

  24.671

  50.617

  25.815

  North Yorkshire

  29.398

  58.444

  29.806

  Nottinghamshire

  48.595

  89.489

  45.639

  Staffordshire

  45.921

  87.742

  44.748

  Suffolk

  25.562

  50.731

  25.873

  Surrey

  39.239

  70.879

  36.148

  Sussex

  60.754

  115.114

  58.708

  Thames Valley

  85.179

  160.512

  81.861

  Warwickshire

  21.520

  42.489

  21.669

  West Mercia

  42.562

  82.670

  42.162

  Wiltshire

  26.495

  51.400

  26.214

  Metropolitan county police authorities

  Greater Manchester

  144.294

  272.190

  138.817

  Merseyside

  97.596

  189.280

  96.533

  Northumbria

  74.897

  136.534

  69.632

  South Yorkshire

  62.880

  117.544

  59.948

  West Midlands

  143.595

  284.274

  144.980

  West Yorkshire

  110.489

  208.724

  106.449

  City of London

  23.187

  44.246

  22.565

  Metropolitan police

  750.134

  1,453.982

  756.070

  Welsh police authorities2

  Dyfed Powys

  —

  38.896

  19.837

  Gwent

  —

  38.965

  19.872

  North Wales

  —

  56.047

  28.584

  South Wales

  —

  127.301

  64.923

  Note:

  1 For the English county and combined police authorities the police SSAs shown are the police component of the county council's SSAs.

  2 Welsh county councils SSAs do not identify separate components for individual services such as police.

  Approved establishment

  Actual strength

  As at 31 March 1993

  COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES

  Avon and Somerset

  3,087

  3,068

  Bedfordshire

  1,178

  1,168

  Cambridgeshire

  1,241

  1,265

  Cheshire

  1,920

  1,908

  Cleveland

  1,502

  1,478

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  Home Office grant; (c) the authorised establishment levels and (d) the actual establishment levels for the last year for which figures are available.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The information provided in the tables is for 1992–93, which is the most recent year for which expenditure outturn is available:

  Approved establishment

  Actual strength

  Cumbria

  1,187

  1,196

  Derbyshire

  1,850

  1,830

  Devon and Cornwall

  2,928

  2,910

  Dorset

  1,302

  1,302

  Durham

  1,389

  1,381

  Essex

  2,950

  2,936

  Gloucestershire

  1,184

  1,149

  Hampshire

  3,269

  3,275

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  Approved establishment

  Actual strength

  Hertfordshire

  1,684

  1,700

  Humberside

  2,034

  2,032

  Kent

  3,136

  3,146

  Lancashire

  3,229

  3,207

  Leicestershire

  1,853

  1,805

  Lincolnshire

  1,206

  1,200

  Norfolk

  1,446

  1,440

  Northamptonshire

  1,190

  1,199

  North Yorkshire

  1,418

  1,393

  Nottinghamshire

  2,344

  2,327

  Staffordshire

  2,215

  2,179

  Suffolk

  1,233

  1,241

  Surrey

  1,673

  1,693

  Sussex

  3,014

  3,008

  Thames Valley

  3,812

  3,840

  Warwickshire

  1,020

  1,020

  West Mercia

  2,053

  2,054

  Wiltshire

  1,181

  1,265

  METROPOLITAN COUNTY FORCES

  Greater Manchester

  7,077

  7,060

  Merseyside

  4,706

  4,669

  Northumbria

  3,613

  3,563

  South Yorkshire

  3,031

  3,032

  West Midlands

  6,977

  6,953

  West Yorkshire

  5,295

  5,037

  City of London

  798

  825

  Metropolitan

  28,118

  27,867

  WELSH FORCES

  Dyfed-Powys

  969

  967

  Gwent

  1,010

  1,004

  North Wales

  1,369

  1,360

  South Wales

  3,168

  3,176

  TOTAL

  126,859

  126,128

  Belmarsh Prison
  Mr. Austin-Walker
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions prisoners or charged persons have been transported between Belmarsh courts and Belmarsh prison by vehicles since the connecting security tunnel was opened; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. John Austin-Walker, dated 23 May 1994:
  The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of occasions prisoners or charged persons have been transported between Belmarsh Courts and Belmarsh Prison by vehicles since the connecting security tunnel was opened.
  Woolwich Crown Court is housed in the building adjacent to Belmarsh prison and the two are connected by the secure tunnel. Motor transport was used on twenty-two occasions to transport prisoners between the two buildings. Twenty of these journeys were as a result of the closure of Greenwich Magistrates Court for renovation. While hearings before magistrates were being held in available court space at Woolwich Crown Court it was decided to continue with the established routine for court escorts. A change in practice would have necessitated the movement of remand prisoners through the tunnel at the same time as category A and trial prisoners. The combination of these movements would have been difficult to control, and presented potential risks.
  The other two journeys were police escorts and not under the control of the Prison Service.
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  The tunnel is now used for all escorts whenever Woolwich Crown Court is sitting.

  Secure Training Units
  Mr. David Porter
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has put on the cost of(a) building and (b) running annually the first five secure training units for persistent juvenile offenders; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Maclean
  The annual cost of secure training centres is estimated to be in excess of £30 million a year. This estimate includes running, building and financing costs, because contractors will be providing the capital to build the centres. The cost of post-release supervision is also included, as are Home Office administrative costs. The actual costs will depend on the results of the competitive tendering exercise.

  EU Residence Rights
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in what United Kingdom legislation provision is made for retired self-employed citizens of the European Union entitled to the benefits set out in Council directive 75/34 EC relating to residence rights;

  (2) in what United Kingdom legislation provision is made to give effect to article 5 of Council directive 75/34 relating to the period within which a retired self-employed citizen of the European Union may exercise the right of residence.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The draft (European Economic Area) Order 1994, which was approved by the House on 9 May 1994, makes full provision to transpose the EC rights of residence directives, including directive 75/34/EEC, into the United Kingdom law. Hitherto, the directives have been implemented either by way of the immigration rules (HC 251) or administratively.

  Disabled Prisoners
  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what provisions are made in prisons for disabled prisoners;

  (2) if he will list those prisons where (a) provisions are made for disabled prisoners and (b) no provision is made; and what plans he has for improvements in facilities for prisoners with disabilities;

  (3) if he will publish the findings and recommendation of his most recent survey of (a) disabled facilities for prisoners and (b) for visitors to prisons who have disabilities.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 23 May 1994:
  The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about facilities in prisons for disabled prisoners.
  The practice of the Prison Service is for staff to ensure that the needs of prisoners with disabilities are met on an individual basis, from reception throughout their time in custody. Staff assess their requirements and seek to provide particular facilities depending on the nature of the disability. The construction of facilities for

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  disabled prisoners, staff and visitors is part of this process and local minor work—such as cell modification—will cover most individual needs. For this reason, it is not possible to categorise prisons into those that do and do not have provision for disabled persons.
  The Prison Design Briefing System guidelines provide for access ramps, lifts, toilets, and for circulation routes to be made suitable for the passage of wheelchairs. These standards are taken into account in the building of new and the refurbishment of old prisons when this is possible.
  Surveys of facilities for the disabled provided as part of the capital building programme were undertaken in 1989 and 1993, but neither were able to cover the vast majority of building work undertaken locally, nor of the other facilities that had been supplied for disabled prisoners. There would be no merit in publishing such incomplete documents.
  Governors identify in their Strategic Development Plans what building work and facilities may be required in the forthcoming year for prisoners, staff and visitors. Most schemes will not require large sums of money and can be met using local funds.

  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations from organisations representing the interests of prisoners with disabilities he has received; and if he will list the organisations concerned.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 23 May 1994:
  The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about representations from organisations representing the interests of prisoners with disabilities.
  Representations have recently been received from "Disabilty Matters Limited" and "Mikewatch", an organisation set up to act on behalf of an individual disabled prisoner.
  The organisations have expressed concern over the opportunities that prisoners with disabilities have to participate in the education, work and recreational activities which are available to other prisoners.
  The supply of equipment to meet the special needs of prisoners and the opportunity to transfer to other establishments has also been raised.
  These representations are being considered and a reply will be sent to the organizations concerned as soon as possible.

  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have disabilities(a) in total and (b) in each standard age group.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Jim Cunningham, dated 23 May 1994:
  The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the numbers of prisoners who have disabilities, both in total and by age group.
  This information is not collected centrally and I regret that it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

  Market Testing
  Ms Ruddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the total cost of all market-testing exercises(a) within his Department excluding the Prison Service and (b) within the Prison Service.
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  Mr. Charles Wardle
  The most recent published figures on the costs of market testing, covering the period April 1992 to December 1993, are contained in table 3 of the "Competing for Quality" section of the citizens charter second report 1994 (Cm. 2540).

  Column 3 of that table shows, as an annual figure spread over 10 years, consultancy and other set-up costs for the Home Office of £24,000. It is not possible to identify separately the Prison Service element of this figure. Column 4 of the same table shows, on an annualised basis, central market-testing support costs for the Home Office as £3,383,000. This figure includes costs of £1,626,000 for the Prison Service. These terms are defined in the notes to table 3 on page 102 of the report.

  Ms Ruddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the full cost of the market test of information and library services at his Department including(a) the cost incurred by the market-testing division, (b) the cost of consultants used by the market-testing division, (c) the cost of the in-house bid, (d) the cost of consultants used by the in-house team and (e) the cost of advice for other internal departments.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  A study was undertaken last year of the scope for market-testing the Home Office's information and library services. This study identified a lack of market readiness to provide these services and it was therefore decided not to proceed with the market test. The study also identified efficiency improvements to the existing service. The staff costs for the scoping study are estimated to be about £12,000, substantially lower than the value of the efficiency improvements. No other significant costs were incurred: no consultants were employed and no bids were invited.

  Ms Ruddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of the market test of the research and planning unit; and how many staff hours it is estimated will be involved.

  Mr. Charless Wardle
  The internal research function of the Home Office's research and planning unit has been included in the Home Office's provisional market-testing programme for the programme year October 1994 to September 1995. If its inclusion in the programme is confirmed, an initial study will consider the scope for testing this activity against the market. In advance of that study, it is not possible to estimate the staff and other costs of any market test.

  Asylum Seekers
  Mr. Allen
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average length of time of detention in police stations of asylum seekers who are currently being held in detention in police stations; and what are the nationalities of those being held.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  This information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Airways (Claims)
  Mr. Madden
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the letter to the hon. Member for Bradford, West, dated 26 April, which he placed in the Library, whether British Caledonian has paid
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  the claim submitted by his Department on 20 February in respect of the costs of detaining and escorting passengers who were refused leave to enter the United Kingdom after arriving on 15 December on BA 1262 (KT 310); whether Leisure International Airways has now paid claims submitted by his Department on 7 March in respect of detention and escorting passengers and submitted on 18 April in respect of detention and escorting passengers who were refused leave to enter the United Kingdom after arriving on 21 December on flight ULE 966; what action is being taken to recover these moneys; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Charles Wardle
  In April, Caledonian Airways Ltd. settled its invoices in full. Payment is still awaited from Leisure International Airways.

  Prisoners (Home Leave)
  Mr. Colin Shepherd
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will issue his consultative document on the subject of home leave for prisoners; and what will be the timetable for the submission of responses.

  Mr. Peter Lloyd
  The final report by the working group reviewing the operation of the home leave and temporary release schemes has not yet been submitted to the Home Secretary. Initial recommendations by the working group have been considered by the Prisons Board and the Home Secretary.

  The working group includes representatives of the organisations principally affected, including the Prison Service, probation service, police and victim support. There are currently no plans to issue the final report for further consultation.

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

  Aid and Trade Provision
  Mrs. Anne Campbell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which are the three firms in the United Kingdom which have benefited most from the aid and trade provisions in the past five years.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The three companies are Balfour Beatty, Foster Wheeler and Snamprogetti (UK) Ltd.

  Know-how Funds
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what new proposals he has to improve the application of know-how funds in the Baltic states.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The know-how fund in the Baltic states will continue to provide rapid and flexible help for the reform process.

  Humanitarian Aid
  Dr. Goodson-Wickes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations he has had to improve the delivery of humanitarian aid through the United Nations.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We have a continuing dialogue with the United Nations on humanitarian relief issues.18
  Most recently, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs called on the Minister for Overseas Development on 12 May. My noble Friend intends to discuss these matters further in New York this week.

  Developing Countries
  Mrs. Roche
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the criteria used for deciding on the level of aid to developing countries.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  We give aid where it will be most effective in promoting sustainable economic and social development, focused on the poorest countries.

  Population and Reproductive Health
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many votes the European Union will have at the international conference on population and development in Cairo in September; and whether he expects each European Union member state to cast its vote separately on decisions about the policy declaration of the conference.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  Each member of the United Nations has one vote. However, we expect the content of the conference document to be decided by consensus.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who will be in the British delegation to the international conference on population and development to be held in Cairo in September.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The British delegation to the international conference on population and development will be led by my right hon. Friend the Minister for. Overseas Development and will include staff of the Overseas Development Administration, the diplomatic wing of Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department of Health, the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and the British Council. The chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on population and development and three representatives from non-governmental organisations are also expected to join the delegation.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which are the next priority countries for the Overseas Development Administration in terms of increased assistance for reproductive health.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The priority countries in which ODA will be concentrating bilateral assistance for reproductive health will be announced by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development at a population meeting to be held at the Royal Society on July 11.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in the development policy of the European Union in respect of population and reproductive health matters.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The European Union maintained unanimity on population and reproductive health policy
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  matters during negotiations in April on the draft plan of action for the international conference on population and development, which takes place in Cairo in September. Under the Horizon 2000 initiative aimed at enhancing co-ordination between the Commission and member states' development assistance in the run-up to the year 2000, the family planning resolution agreed by the Council and member states meeting in Council in November 1992 will be reviewed in 1995. As part of the same process the Development Council approved guidelines on health and HIV/AIDS at its meeting on 6 May 1994.

  United Kingdom multilateral net official development assistance Percentage through EC and United Nations agencies

  Recipient

  1987 (per cent.)

  1988 (per cent.)

  1989 (per cent.)

  1990 (per cent.)

  1991 (per cent.)

  1992 (per cent.)

  Total European Communities

  43.9

  40.2

  44.4

  50.8

  51.9

  45.0

  UNDP Development Programme

  4.2

  3.6

  3.8

  4.1

  3.6

  3.5

  UNICEF Children's Fund

  2.2

  1.8

  1.8

  1.4

  1.2

  1.2

  UNRWA Palestine Refugees

  1.0

  0.8

  0.8

  0.9

  0.8

  1.0

  WFP World Food Programme

  1.9

  0.7

  2.3

  0.6

  1.8

  1.7

  UNHCR Commission for Refugees

  2.7

  2.9

  2.8

  3.0

  3.0

  3.3

  UNFPA Population Activities

  0.9

  0.9

  0.8

  0.5

  1.3

  1.1

  World Health Organisation

  1.7

  2.5

  1.8

  2.9

  2.2

  2.2

  International Atomic Energy Authority

  0.9

  0.8

  0.7

  0.9

  0.8

  0.8

  UN Industrial Development Organisation

  0.4

  0.3

  0.3

  0.4

  0.3

  0.3

  UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control

  0.3

  0.2

  0.2

  0.2

  0.1

  0.0

  UN Environment Programme

  0.2

  0.2

  0.4

  0.5

  0.5

  0.5

  UN Industrial Development Fund

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  UN Border Relief

  0.1

  0.0

  0.1

  0.0

  0.1

  0.0

  UN Special Appeals2

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  3.0

  UN General Contributions

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.4

  UN Regular Budget

  0.5

  0.2

  0.3

  0.0

  0.0

  0.7

  UN Tropical Diseases Research

  0.0

  0.2

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  UN Other1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.2

  Food and Agricultural Organisation

  0.3

  0.4

  0.4

  0.5

  0.4

  0.6

  World Meteorological Organisation

  0.2

  0.1

  0.1

  0.1

  0.0

  0.0

  International Labour Organisation

  0.1

  0.1

  0.2

  0.2

  0.1

  0.1

  UNO

  0.0

  0.0

  0.0

  0.4

  0.4

  0.0

  Total United Nations

  17.7

  15.8

  16.9

  16.8

  16.8

  20.6

  Multilateral Total

  100.0

  100.0

  100.0

  100.0

  100.0

  100.0

  1This includes United Kingdom contributions to: UN Development Fund for Women, UN Training in Southern Africa, UN Centre for Human Settlements, UN office in Vienna, UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Volunteers, UN Disaster Relief Organisation, Universal Postal Union, International Telecommunications Union, World Intellectual Property Organisation and Other UN Technical Cooperation.

  2Prior to 1992, payments in respect of special appeals were included in the totals of the United Nations organization concerned, e.g. UNHCR. In 1992, United Nations special appeals payments were grouped together and reported to DAC as "UN Special Appeals".

  Civil Servants
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants there are in the Overseas Development Administration currently; and how many there were(a) in 1984 and (b) in 1974; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The requested information is:

  1974

  1984

  1994

  Total staff numbers as at 1 April

  2,164

  1,756

  1,554

  Reductions have been made possible through rationalisation and efficiency improvements.

  Multinational Aid
  Miss Lestor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of multilateral overseas development assistance has been directed through(a) the European Community or European Union and (b) each of the United Nations multilateral agencies in each year since 1987.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The breakdown is as follows:

SCOTLAND

  Lothian Health
  Dr. Strang
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he received Lothian Health's acute services strategy; and when he will announce his decision on it.

  Mr. Stewart
  Lothian Health's final acute services strategy was submitted to Ministers on 28 April 1994. The proposals are currently being considered in detail, and Ministers expect to be in a position to make a public announcement on the proposals in the summer.

  Royal Scottish National Hospital
  Mr. Kynoch
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will announce his decision on the proposed merger of the Royal Scottish national hospital and community NHS trust and the Forth Valley health care unit; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Lang
  The public consultation on the proposed merger of the Royal Scottish national hospital and
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  community NHS trust and the Forth Valley health care unit to form the Central Scotland Healthcare NHS trust was carried out by Forth Valley health board and a report was submitted to me in April. The report indicated broad support for the proposals.

  As with all trust applications, the merger proposal has been considered against the published criteria of benefits for patients, management competence, the involvement of clinicians and other health care professionals in management and financial viability.

  The proposed trust arrangements meet these criteria and consequently I have decided to give my approval to the merger proposal. The new trust will come into operation on 1 October 1994.

  1989–90 £

  1990–91 £

  1991–92 £

  1992–93 £

  11993–94 £

  Machair of the Uists

  124,754

  159,897

  189,925

  222,420

  215,127

  Breadalbane

  202,437

  233,698

  270,699

  219,707

  154,109

  Loch Lomond

  43,180

  71,706

  100,437

  77,805

  76,751

  1Provisional.

  Individual ESAs are not given an allocated budget. Expenditure is contained within the overall ESA scheme provision.

  Forestry
  Mr. Llwyd
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration has been given to imposing a requirement for environmental impact assessment when planning permission for forestry plantation is considered; and if he will make a statement.

  Sir Hector Monro
  [holding answer 18 May 1994]: Under the Environmental Assessment (Afforestation) Regulations—SI No. 1207—introduced in 1988, environmental assessment is required where an afforestation project is likely to have significant effects on the environment and may lead to adverse ecological changes.

  Hospital Trusts
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he has given to NHS trusts on(a) the kinds of information which they may deny to hon. Members and (b) the activities of a hospital trust that may be considered commercially confidential.

  Mr. Stewart
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: There has been no advice to NHS trusts to deny any information to hon. Members but trusts are required to respect the right to patient confidentiality. Circular MEL(1993)38 issued on 25 March 1993 sets out the ground rules for access to information and openness in contracting. Trusts have been encouraged to adopt an open approach. A copy of the circular has been placed in the Library of the House.
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  Furthermore, I am pleased to announce that Mr. Adrian Ward MBE, chairman of the Royal Scottish national hospital and community NHS trust, has accepted my invitation to serve as chairman of the new trust. The names of the other non-executive directors will be announced later.

  Environmentally Sensitive Areas
  Mr. Wallace
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the allocated budget, and the actual expenditure, for the environmentally sensitive area schemes in(a) the Machair of the Uists, (b) Breadalbane and (c) Loch Lomond in each financial year since 1989.

  Mr. Lang
  [holding answer 19 May 1994]: The expenditure information required is set out in the table.

  Barkers Scotland Ltd.
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost of the market research being carried out by Barkers Scotland Ltd. on behalf of the Scottish Office; and what was its purpose.

  Mr. Lang
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: To ensure that it was written in a style which would be readily understood by all householders, Market Research Scotland Ltd. carried out pre-publication market testing of the leaflet, published last week, setting out council water charges and the cost of sewerage in each regional and islands council area. The work was commissioned for the Scottish Office through Barkers Scotland Ltd. at a cost of £1,000.

  Prison Deaths
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all the self-inflicted deaths that have occurred in Scottish prison establishments over the past 10 years, giving details of the name, age, status, offence and inquest verdict of each of the deceased and the name of the prisons in which the deaths occurred.

  Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
  [pursuant to his reply, 5 May 1994 c. 620]: The chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, has written further to the hon. Member.

  Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 23 May 1994:
  I wrote to you on 5 May in response to your Question about self-inflicted deaths in Scottish penal establishments and undertook to forward details of the prisoners' offence or alleged offence. These are now included in the table below which, for ease of reference, also repeats the information given in my earlier letter and takes the opportunity to correct one minor mistake which appeared there, for which I apologise.

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  Date

  Name

  Age

  Establishment

  Sentence or remand

  Determination

  1983

  16 January 1983

  John Leinsler Stewart

  34

  Peterhead

  6 years

  Overdose

  Assault with intent to rape

  Breach of peace

  14 February 1983

  William McGlinchey

  20

  Longriggend

  Remand

  Cell fire, asphyxiation

  Assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement

  Attempting to pervert the course of justice

  15 April 1983

  Edward Witts Graham

  23

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement

  Assault, Contravention of Bail Act

  6 July 1983

  John Beagan

  51

  Edinburgh

  Life

  Hanging

  Murder

  14 August 1983

  Robert King

  18

  Glenochil YOI

  3 years

  Hanging

  Contravention of Road Traffic Act

  Culpable and Reckless driving

  Assault to injury

  28 August 1983

  Thomas Mochar

  26

  Barlinnie

  20 months

  Hanging

  Theft by housebreaking and opening a lockfast place

  Reset, Contravention of Misuse of Drugs Act x 2, Uttering

  1984

  16 January 1984

  Hugh Morrow

  35

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Murder

  16 February 1984

  William McDonald

  16

  Glenochil DC

  Remand

  Hanging

  Theft, Assault x 2

  2 March 1984

  Joseph Kerr

  39

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Breach of Peace

  27 September 1984

  Martyn Liston

  27

  Edinburgh

  Remand

  Hanging

  Robbery

  15 November 1984

  Arthur Padden

  48

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Inhalation of toxic fumes in cell fire

  Contravention of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1972 Section 50(1)

  1985

  26 January 1985

  Kenneth Peter Isherwood

  47

  Perth

  Remand

  Hanging

  Breach of Peace

  18 February 1985

  Angus Stewart Boyd

  17

  Glenochil DC

  3 months

  Hanging

  Breach of Peace x 2

  Police Assault x 2

  Contravention of Criminal Justice Act

  Contravention of Civic Government Act

  24 February 1985

  Robert Kelly

  38

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  3 x Lewd and Libidinous Practices

  13 April 1985

  Derek John Richard Harris

  16

  Glenochil YOI

  3 months

  Hanging

  Vandalism, Breach of Peace, Theft by opening a lockfast place

  Contravention Road Traffic Act

  2 June 1985

  John Stanley Buchanan

  25

  Barlinnie

  6 years

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery

  20 June 1985

  John Joseph Sinclair

  33

  Barlinnie

  5 years

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery

  1986

  16 February 1986

  William Myles Moorehouse

  25

  Perth

  5 years

  Jumping

  Assault, Contravention of Bail Act (Scotland)

  24 March 1986

  Frank Lee

  18

  Edinburgh

  Remand

  Hanging

  2 x Assault and Robbery

  Contravention of Bail Act (Scotland)

  22 April 1986

  Jack Blake

  55

  Barlinnie

  Life

  Jumping

  Assault to severe injury and danger of life

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  Date

  Name

  Age

  Establishment

  Sentence or remand

  Determination

  11 June 1986

  Jean Margaret McLean

  27

  Cornton Vale

  Remand

  Hanging

  Breach of Peace

  Contravention of Police (Scotland) Act x 5

  16 June 1986

  Christopher Phillips

  27

  Barlinnie

  18 months

  Hanging

  Theft by housebreaking x 2

  Housebreaking with intent x 12

  Attempted housebreaking with intent x 5

  6 July 1986

  John Hendry Swindle

  22

  Perth

  3 years

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery x 6

  Theft and housebreaking x 3

  Assault and Attempted Robbery

  21 August 1986

  Jarvis Torrance

  50

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Breach of the Peace

  1987

  3 June 1987

  Peter Barnes

  26

  Edinburgh

  Remand

  Hanging

  Abduction with assault and robbery

  Assault, theft by opening lockfast place

  1 August 1987

  Terence Bryce

  29

  Barlinnie

  6 months

  Hanging

  Assault

  30 October 1987

  Gerald Stafford

  31

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery

  Contravention of Bail Act (Scotland)

  31 October 1987

  Thomas William Kerr

  17

  Dumfries

  Remand

  Hanging

  Theft of Motor Vehicle, Contravention of Road Traffic Act 1972

  5 November 1987

  John William Dwyer

  34

  Glenochil

  Life

  Hanging

  Murder

  28 December 1987

  Kenneth Alexander Heron

  21

  Glenochil

  4 years

  Inhalation of vomit, asphyxia and solvent abuse

  Assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement

  28 December 1987

  Anthony Boyle

  23

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Theft of Motor Vehicle, Contravention of Road Traffic Act, Assault and Robbery

  1988

  30 January 1988

  Hugh McGarvie

  26

  Barlinnie

  3 months + 3 months c/c

  Hanging

  Attempted housebreaking with intent

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  3 March 1988

  Alexander Nicol

  29

  Barlinnie

  3 months

  Hanging

  Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  To be detained on rape warrant thereafter

  27 March 1988

  George Smart

  49

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Murder

  5 June 1988

  Ian Barrie Connor

  25

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Culpable Homicide

  14 June 1988

  Gordon McRae

  27

  Glenochil

  3 years

  Hanging

  Lewd and indecent behaviour x 2

  1 July 1988

  Alan McGavin

  24

  Barlinnie

  Life

  Hanging

  Murder

  13 August 1988

  John McLean

  30

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Assault, Contravention Criminal Justice Act x 2

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  1989

  7 February 1989

  George Ferguson

  39

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Self-inflicted wounds to left arm

  Hamesuckin, rape and robbery

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  5 March 1989

  Martin McRae

  31

  Shotts

  Life

  Hanging

  Murder, Assault to Severe Injury and Permanent Disfigurement

  26 27

  Date

  Name

  Age

  Establishment

  Sentence or remand

  Determination

  4 June 1989

  James Welsh

  59

  Aberdeen

  Remand

  Hanging

  Lewd and Libidinous behaviour x 3

  14 July 1989

  Derek Wood

  26

  Perth

  9 years

  Hanging

  Misuse of Drugs Act

  26 July 1989

  Philip McVeigh

  22

  Shotts

  2 years

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery

  3 December 1989

  William Diffin

  18

  Polmont

  3 months

  Hanging

  Theft by Housebreaking and opening a lockfast place

  1990

  9 June 1990

  Edward Ronald

  30

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Attempted Housebreaking with intent

  Theft, Theft by Housebreaking

  31 July 1990

  Robert Wilson Campbell

  39

  Barlinnie

  Life

  Hanging

  Murder, Misuse of Drugs Act

  26 September 1990

  Archibald McCallum

  25

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Self strangulation

  Misuse of Drugs Act, Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  1991

  3 January 1991

  Raymond Langlands

  34

  Perth

  2 years

  Hanging

  Contravention of Firearms Act

  25 January 1991

  Thomas McDougall

  27

  Greenock

  3 months

  Hanging

  Theft by housebreaking, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  28 July 1991

  Thomas Hutchison

  32

  Barlinnie

  60 days

  Hanging

  Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  23 September 1991

  Ernest M. S. Craig

  19

  Longriggend

  Remand

  Hanging

  Theft of Motor Vehicle, Contravention of Road Traffic Act

  1992

  11 February 1992

  Steven Greig

  19

  Polmont

  Remand

  Hanging

  Housebreaking and Malicious Damage

  Breach of Peace

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  (Outstanding Rape Warrant)

  27 February 1992

  John Galbraith

  31

  Barlinnie

  30 days

  Hanging

  Breach of Peace

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  (Outstanding charges of assault to severe injury and attempted murder)

  22 March 1992

  Peter Nichol Goldie

  19

  Polmont

  5 months, 4 months, 3 months c/c

  Hanging

  Contravention of Road Traffic Act

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  Theft of Motor Vehicle

  15 June 1992

  Richard Simon Lowe

  26

  Edinburgh

  3 years

  Hanging

  Indecent Assault

  9 July 1992

  Syrup Metha Ullah

  37

  Edinburgh

  5 years + 5 years c/c

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery

  Contravention of Firearms Act 1968

  25 August 1992

  Philip Goulding

  31

  Dumfries

  Remand

  Hanging

  Assault, Murder, Attempting to pervert the course of justice

  3 September 1992

  William McLeod

  28

  Edinburgh

  Remand

  Hanging

  Assault and Robbery x 2

  Contravention of Firearms Act

  18 October 1992

  Anthony Shivers

  25

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Theft, Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act x 2

  2 November 1992

  John Sime

  45

  Edinburgh

  Remand

  Hanging

  Rape

  28 29

  Date

  Name

  Age

  Establishment

  Sentence or remand

  Determination

  1993

  13 January 1993

  Stewart Sawyers

  23

  Greenock

  Remand

  Hanging

  Contravention of Explosive Substances Act

  Contravention of Bail (Scotland) Act

  7 April 1993

  Robert Greer

  28

  Perth

  Life

  Hanging

  Murder

  22 August 1993

  George Fleming

  45

  Edinburgh

  Remand

  Jumping

  Murder

  20 September 1993

  Thomas Lafferty

  21

  Polmont

  5 years

  Hanging

  Assault to Injury x 3, Assault to Severe Injury, Assault and Robbery

  Contravention of Criminal Justice Act x 5

  17 December 1993

  Gary McGonigle

  23

  Barlinnie

  Remand

  Hanging

  Assault, Assault and Robbery

  Contravention of Criminal Justice Act

  Theft, Breach of Peace x 2

  c/c = Concurrent sentence.

HEALTH

  Deprived Areas
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health which are the top 10 deprived areas in England; and which are the top 10 areas with(a) the highest birth rates and (b) the greatest numbers of new cases of TB every year.

  Mr. Sackville
  The 10 highest scoring district health authorities in England using the Department of the Environment's index of local conditions, applied to district health authority boundaries as they were on 1 April 1992, were:

  Highest scoring DHAs using DoE Index of Local Conditions

  Newham (highest)

  Lewisham and North Southwark

  City and Hackney

  Tower Hamlets

  Camberwell

  Bloomsbury and Islington

  West Lambeth

  Parkside

  Waltham Forest

  Haringey

  Note: This table uses 1991 census data.

  Source: Department of Health.

  The ten DHAs with the highest birth rates1 in 1991 were:

  District health authorities

  East Birmingham

  Newham

  North Manchester

  West Birmingham

  Tower Hamlets

  Bradford

  Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale

  Blackburn, Hyndbum and Ribble Valley

  City and Hackney

  Rochdale

  1This ranking has been constructed using the total period fertility rate (TPFR) which is derived by summing the fertility rates for a given year (live births per woman) by five-year age-groups up to the age of which the childbearing lifespan of women is effectively finished, taken to be age 50. Hence it is a summary measure of the overall level of the year's age-specific fertility rates. The TPFR indicates the average number of children which would be born per woman if a group of women were to experience the age-specific
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  fertility rates of the calendar year in question throughout their childbearing lives.

  Source: OPCS Fertility Statistics Unit.

  The 10 family health services authorities with the highest recorded number of new cases of tuberculosis in 1991—this information is not available by district health authority—were:

  Birmingham

  Brent and Harrow

  Bradford

  Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

  Leicestershire

  Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow

  Lancashire

  City and East London

  Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster

  Enfield and Haringey1

  Redbridge and Waltham Forest1

  1 Joint tenth.

  Source: OPCS Communicable Diseases HMSO Series MB2 1993.

  Nurses
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received about the career prospects of nurses from ethnic minorities; and if she will commission a survey.

  Mr. Sackville
  None. The Department has commissioned the Policy Studies Institute to undertake a study on the careers of nursing staff in a multiracial society. It is expected that the findings will be published in late 1994.

  Mental Health
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of working days lost through problems of mental health in 1993–94; and what is the estimated total cost of that absence from work.

  Mr. Bowis
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 4 November 1993 at cols.453–54.

  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the level of per capita spending on mental health care provided by hospital and community trusts for residents of(a) London, (b) Cornwall, (c) Hertford, (d) Leeds, (e) Newcastle, (f) Liverpool and (g) East Sussex.
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  Mr. Bowis
  Information on expenditure by national health service trusts on a per capita basis cannot be provided as trusts do not provide services for fixed populations.

  Colorectal Cancer
  Mr. Sheerman
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what reasons underlay the decision not to refer to deaths caused by colorectal cancer in her paper the "The Health of the Nation"; and how many deaths occurred in each of the last five years from this form of cancer.

  Mr. Sackville
  The Government's objective is a reduction in mortality and morbidity caused by all cancers. Although colorectal cancer is a major cause of premature death or avoidable ill health, it has not—unlike breast, cervical, skin and lung cancer—been possible to identify a procedure which is both effective and measurable. The value of effective screening for colorectal cancer is therefore still uncertain, although the potential of such a programme remains under review.

  Deaths occurring in England and Wales from malignant neoplasma of the colon and rectum are shown in the table:

  Colon

  Rectum, Rectosigmoid Junction and Anus

  1988

  11,494

  5,756

  1989

  11,626

  5,756

  1990

  11,527

  5,696

  1991

  11,386

  5,685

  1992

  11,781

  5,622

  Dentists
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have given written notice to have their names removed from dental lists since December 1992.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The total number of dentists who have given written notice to have their names removed

  Notifications of selected infectious diseases in Inner London 1979, 1985–1992

  Inner London

  1979

  1985

  1986

  1987

  1988

  1989

  1990

  1991

  1992

  All tuberculosis

  1,203

  887

  810

  717

  751

  831

  879

  922

  1,024

  Diphtheria

  0

  1

  0

  1

  0

  2

  1

  1

  1

  Dysentery

  195

  388

  234

  257

  241

  258

  229

  225

  335

  Source: Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys.

  Cancer Treatment Costs
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the cost of medical oncology, with radiotherapy costs identified separately, per out-patient day case and in-patient episode for patients attending(a) St. Bartholomew's, (b) University College London, (c) Guy's, (d) the Royal Marsden, (e) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Welwyn, (f) Royal Sussex, (g) Addenbrookes and (h) John Radcliffe.

  Mr. Sackville
  The available information is shown in the table. It is not possible to separate out radiotherapy costs from medical oncology.
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  from dental lists between 27 November 1992 and 13 May 1994 is 212. Four hundred and ten dentists were added to the lists in the period 31 December 1992 to 31 December 1993.

  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have contacted each family health services authority asking for help in finding a dentist in the period since December 1992.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The information will be placed in the Library.

  Elderly People (Treatment)
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether she will conduct a review of health authorities' purchasing policies to identify the extent to which elderly people are being excluded from certain treatment on grounds of their age;

  (2) what action she intends to take to establish whether health authorities are issuing contracts which exclude people from treatment on grounds of their age.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  There is no need to conduct such a review. The National Health Service Executive, through its monitoring of district health authorities' purchasing plans and its corporate contracts with regional health authorities, already reviews and monitors annually the purchasing intentions of DHAs and general practitioner fundholders.

  Recorded Diseases, London
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of(a) rickets, (b) scurvy, (c) tuberculosis, (d) diphtheria and (e) dysentery were recorded in inner London for 1979, 1985 and each year since.

  Mr. Sackville
  Notifications of tuberculosis, diphtheria and dysentery are shown in the table.

  There is no reliable source of data on rickets and scurvy.

  Costing information for Medical Oncology in 1992–93

  Cost per Finished Consultant Episode for patients using a bed £

  Cost per out-patient attendance £

  Barts Group of Hospitals Directly Managed Unit (including St. Bartholomews)

  1,025.55

  154.86

  Bloomsbury and Islington Acute Directly Managed Unit (including University College Hospital)

  1,221.11

  n/a

  Guys and Lewisham NHS Trust (including Guys)

  1,640.01

  123.10

  Royal Marsden Special Health Authority

  2,005.39

  144.86

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  Cost per Finished Consultant Episode for patients using a bed £

  Cost per out-patient attendance £

  East Herts NHS Trust (including Queen Elizabeth Hospital)

  see note 3

  Brighton Healthcare Directly Managed Unit (including Royal Sussex Hospital)

  n/a

  n/a

  Addenbrooke's Hospital Directly Managed Unit (including Addenbrooke's Hospital)

  n/a

  n/a

  John Radcliffe Hospital Directly Managed Unit (including John Radcliffe Hospital)

  n/a

  n/a

  Source: Annual financial returns of health authorities and NHS trusts.

  Notes:

  1. All figures are provisional.

  2. n/a = the hospital does not record any expenditure associated with this particular specialty.

  3. East Herts NHS trust (including Queen Elizabeth hospital) does not have a comparable medical oncology service with the other named hospitals.

  Primary Care (Spending)M
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the per capita spending on primary care for residents of(a) London, (b) Cambridge, (c) Hertford, (d) Brighton, (e) Stevenage, (f) Gloucester, (g) Cheltenham, (h) Durham and (i) Truro.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Information is not collected in the form requested.

  Hospital Waiting Lists
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average length of time on the waiting list for(a) hysterectomy, (b) heart by-pass and (c) hip replacement, for patients living in (i) Bloomsbury and Islington, (ii) Redbridge and Waltham Forest, (iii) south-east London, (iv) Hertford, (v) Cambridge, (vi) Manchester, (vii) north Cornwall, (viii) Brighton, (ix) Eastbourne and (x) Leeds.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Information on waiting times is collected by specialty, district health authority and national health service trust. This information is given in "Hospital Waiting List Statistics: England", copies of which are available in the Library. Since 1988 the overall average waiting time has fallen from over nine months to less than five.

  Purchasing Authorities
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she will intervene in the decisions of purchasing authorities to ensure that all residents of those areas are guaranteed the elective or emergency treatment that they need.

  Mr. Sackville
  It is the responsibility of health authorities to assess the health care needs of their local population.

  Bed Availability
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many acute beds were available per head of the population for residents of(a) Newcastle, (b) Birmingham, (c) Manchester, (d) Leeds, (e) Liverpool and (f) London for 1985 and each year since 1989;

  (2) how many NHS continuing care beds were available per head of the population for residents of (a) Newcastle, (b) Birmingham, (c) Manchester, (d) Leeds, (e) Liverpool and (f) London for 1985, 1987 and each year since 1989;

  (3) how many registered nursing home beds were available per head of the population for residents of (a) Newcastle, (b) Birmingham, (c) Manchester, (d) Leeds, (e) Liverpool and (f) London for 1985, 1987 and each year since 1989.

  Mr. Sackville
  The information is not available in the form requested.

  Adoptions
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she intends to take to ensure that both adoptive parents and young people who have been the subjects of trans-racial adoptions are consulted as part of the consultations on her White Paper on the future of adoption.

  Mr. Bowis
  The White Paper "Adoption: The Future" is not a consultation document but contains the Government proposals for reforming adoption law. Publication of the White Paper followed four years work of reviewing adoption law by an inter-departmental working group during which time several consultative documents were issued.

  Views on the Government's plans from parents who have adopted children from ethnic minority cultures, as well as the young people themselves, have been made known to the Department through responses received from local authority social services, voluntary adoption agencies and adoption support groups as well as individual correspondents.

  In formulating the adoption proposals, the Government have taken account of the responses to the various consultation documents as well as the latest research, thinking and practice on a variety of adoption issues.

  GP Fundholders, London
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner fundholders are practising in inner London; and what proportion they represent of all general practitioners in London.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  There are 278 general practitioner fundholders practising in inner London representing 17 per cent. of all general practitioners in that area.

  Inequalities and Health
  Mr. Alfred Morris
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what input other Government Departments will have into the new working party on inequalities and health; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Sackville
  The recently established sub-group of the Chief Medical Officer's "Health of the Nation" working group will be looking at variations in health. The
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  sub-group's terms of reference focus on the provision of practical advice to the Department of Health and the national health service but other Government Departments are being kept informed of its work.

  Nurse Prescribing
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will approve the introduction of nurse prescribing to general practitioners' practices which are not fundholders.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The extension of nurse prescribing to non-fundholding practices will be considered in the light of experience gained from the eight demonstration projects which are to be introduced in October.

  Research Allocation
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will publish the report on the calculation of the special increment for teaching and research which was commissioned in 1993 by her Department to inform resource allocation.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  In due course.

  London Hospitals
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health which London hospitals were fined by their purchasers for failing to meet contract specifications for elective treatments in each year since 1991; and what was the amount of the fine in each case.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Contracts that purchasers have with hospitals may contain clauses which enable financial penalties to be imposed in the event of contract specifications not being met. These contracts are agreed locally and any resulting penalties are not monitored by the national health service executive.

  The hon. Member may wish to write to the chairmen of the relevant health authorities for details.

  Mouth Cancer
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of links between smoking tobacco and the incidence of mouth cancer.

  Mr. Sackville
  Available research shows that an increased risk of cancer of the mouth, relative to that in non-smokers, has been found among tobacco smokers. The risk is of similar magnitude for cigarette, cigar and pipe smokers.

  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the notified cases of mouth cancer were discovered during routine dental check-ups in each of the last five years.

  Mr. Sackville
  The origin of the diagnosis of oral cancer is not routinely recorded.

  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health what materials her Department has produced or funded to educate people on the dangers of mouth cancer.

  Mr. Sackville
  Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, the main known risks factors for mouth cancer, are addressed through a variety of material produced by the Health Education Authority and others.

  Health Workers (Redundancies)
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 15 April,Official Report, column 318, what are the total numbers of redundancies in inner London hospitals since April 1993 by each hospital; and if she will categorise redundancies under the headings (a) ancillary, (b) nursing, (c) doctors, (d) consultants and (e) managers.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  The previous reply covered only those hospitals in receipt of transitional funding. Information on redundancies across all inner London hospitals is not available centrally.

  Operational Mergers
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operational mergers currently exist between district health authorities and family health services authorities in England; and if she will list those authorities operating on such a basis.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  None.

  Performance Tables
  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 20 April,Official Report, column 545, what were the initial non-recurring set up costs for the NHS performance tables.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave him on 20 April,Official Report, column 545.

  Continuing Care
  Mr. David Young
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 16 May,Official Report, column 323, if it is her policy that in all cases payment rests on public funds when a patient is discharged from hospital because of a lack of long-stay beds and is still in' need of continuing care in a nursing home.

  Mr. Bowis
  Arrangements for continuing care will depend on the assessed needs of the individual.

  NHS Trusts
  Mr. Milburn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 16 May, Official Report, columns 317–18, if she will list the trusts and the amounts involved where approval has been given for trusts to invest in (a) United Kingdom public sector institutions, (b) banks and (c) building societies.

  Mr. Sackville
  The approval referred to previously is a general approval as to the institutions in which trusts may invest surplus cash. Individual trusts do not require specific approval for their investment arrangements unless they wish to invest surplus cash other than in an approved institution. No trust has applied to use a non-approved institution. Trusts are not required to notify my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State or the national health service executive the details of their investing activities, as the amounts involved will vary in the normal course of business and are in any event subject to independent audit.

  Mr. Milburn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 17 May Official Report, column 417, which trusts have been investigated by the NHS executive for (a) merger and (b) dissolution.
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  Mr. Sackville
  The circumstances of each trust that materially failed to meet a financial duty in 1993–94 have been reviewed by the national health service executive to ensure that they take appropriate action in the current year. In the case of two trusts, the Royal Liverpool University hospital NHS trust and Broadgreen Hospital NHS trust, their plans include a proposal to dissolve themselves and form a new trust to run the facilities that are managed separately by them at present. As a result, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has given permission to North West regional health authority to consult on this proposal. Consultation, which lasts for three months, commenced on 16 May 1994.

  Mr. Blunkett
  To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library copies of reports received from practice counsellors in general pratitioner fundhold-ing practices, indicating how they intend to achieve the "The Health of the Nation" targets.

  Dr. Mawhinney
  Such information is not available centrally.

WALES

  Care and Repair Cymru
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to announce the funding allocations to care and repair schemes in Wales, and Care and Repair Cymru for 1994–95; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Redwood
  An offer of grant for the first quarter of 1994–95 has been made both to individual schemes and to Care and Repair Cymru. Decisions on the remainder of the year will follow shortly.

  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when his Department's review of care and repair in Wales is expected to be completed; when the review is completed; and what plans he has to publish the results and arrange for consultation on the review's proposals.

  Mr. Redwood
  I expect the review of central funding to care and repair schemes to be completed shortly. My officials will then discuss the future funding of the care and repair movement with Care and Repair Cymru.

  Welsh Development Agency
  Mr. Jon Owen Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when the Welsh Office received an answer from the Welsh Development Agency following its letter to the agency on 25 November 1991 concerning the case of Mr. Price.

  Mr. Redwood
  On 27 November 1991.

  Mr. Jon Owen Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 12 May,Official Report, column 205, whether the Welsh Office made any communication with the Welsh Development Agency between 25 November 1991 and 19 February 1992 concerning the redundancy of Mr. Price.

  Mr. Redwood
  No.

  Energy Efficiency
  Mr. Ron Davies
  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much the Welsh Office has made available in supplementary credit approvals for energy efficiency in local authority administrative buildings in Wales to encourage a 15 per cent. reduction in energy consumption in each year the scheme has been available.

  Mr. Redwood
  [holding answer Friday 20 May 1994]: No supplementary credit approvals have been made specifically for energy efficiency for local authority administrative buildings in Wales. In 1993–94, 79 projects took place in Wales under the "other environmental services" budget.

SOCIAL SECURITY

  Integrated Benefit Information System
  Mr. Pike
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will publish a report on the progress of the integrated benefit information system; when the transition to the new integrated benefit information system will take place; and if he will make a statement;

  (2) what is the estimated cost of introducing the integrated benefit information system computer system into all agencies.

  Mr. Burt
  In September 1993, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced the introduction of a one-stop service to Benefits Agency offices and that as part of that service, a new computer system, the integrated benefit information system—IBIS—would be available by July 1994.

  The IBIS is now available to all Benefits Agency offices. Offices are starting to use it alongside existing systems and other initiatives to support their transition to the business goals of one stop. There are, however, no plans to publish a report on its progress.

  Each agency has a different business focus so it would not be appropriate to introduce the same computer system to them all. The IBIS was designed specifically for the Benefits Agency; however, other agencies are considering using the IBIS concept to deliver systems that will generate greater efficiencies in their own business. Detailed proposals and costings are not currently available.

  Income Support
  Mr. Pike
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the latest figures available for people claiming income support(a) by gender, (b) by region, (c) by marital status, (d) with dependants and (e) in total.

  Mr. Burt
  The available information is in the table.
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  Income support recipients

  Type of recipient

  Number (thousands)

  Gender

  Male

  2,770

  Female

  3,001

  Region

  North Eastern

  839

  London North

  1,018

  South western

  411

  Wales

  312

  Midlands

  912

  North Western

  812

  Scotland

  553

  London South

  915

  Living with a Partner

  Single

  4,759

  With partner

  1,012

  Dependants

  With dependants

  1,658

  No dependants

  4,113

  Total claimants

  5,771

  Notes:

  Source: Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, August 1993.

  2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand and may not sum to the total given.

  3. Regions are the Social Security Administrative Regions used by the Department prior to 1988.

  4. Marital status information from Quarterly Enquiries is limited to whether the recipient is single or living with a partner.

  5. Dependants are defined as young people under the age of 19 still living in the parental home.

  Widowed Fathers
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will review the working of existing legislation to ensure that widowed fathers and their children are treated equally in social security law with widowed mothers; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Hague
  We have no plans to extend the current widowed mother's benefit provisions to widowed fathers.

  Consultants
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the expenditure on management and financial consultants by his Department in 1992–93.

  Mr. Hague
  The information is not available in the form requested.

  Independent Living Fund
  Mr. Bradley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what plans there are to introduce a standard method by which local authorities can determine equitable hourly rates for care costs for independent living 1993 fund claimants, and if he will make a statement;

  (2) what training is received by staff working in local authority social services departments for assessing the eligibility of independent living 1993 fund claimants to personal assistance packages; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Scott
  It is for local authorities to develop adequate training for their staff, and accurate methods for costing 40
  services. I understand that the director of the independent living 1993 fund continues to discuss with the Association of Directors of Social Services and others further ways in which they can be helped to do so.

  Mr. Bradley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications to the independent living 1993 fund have been turned down as a result of the failure of a local authority to provide the required £200 worth of services a week.

  Mr. Scott
  I am informed by the director of the Independent Living (1993) Fund that, in the first full year of operation, 105 applications were rejected for this reason.

  Mobile Telephones
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the cost of calls made on(a) car telephones and (b) portable telephones in 1993–94; how much this equipment cost to buy or hire; and what were the maintenance costs.

  Mr. Hague
  The information is not available in the form requested. The available information is in the table. Maintenance fees are not charged for this equipment.

  1993–94 Costs

  Mobile Telephones1 (including Car Telephones) £

  Benefits Agency

  Annual running costs (including pagers)2

  625,738.94

  Equipment

  3—

  Contributions Agency

  Annual running costs (including pagers)2

  194,183.18

  Equipment

  36,574.50

  Child Support Agency

  Annual running costs (including pagers)2

  41,532.00

  Equipment

  82,553.30

  Information Technology Services Agency

  Calls

  60,868.54

  Equipment

  21,307.78

  Quarterly line rental

  161,122.50

  DSS HQ (including Resettlement Agency)

  Calls

  5,807.94

  Equipment

  4,628.80

  Quarterly line rental

  15,187.50

  War Pensions Agency

  Annual running costs (including pagers)2

  12,887

  Equipment

  12,875

  Notes:

  1The costs of car telephones and mobile telephones could be disaggregated only at disproportionate cost.

  2 The running costs of mobile telephones are included with those of pagers by some of the Agencies and could be disaggregated only at disproportionate cost.

  3 This information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Benefits Payment Card
  Mrs. Fyfe
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what consideration he has given to how long the owner of a benefits payment card which was incorrectly rejected by a machine reader would have to do without payment of benefit; and if he will make a statement.
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  Mr. Hague
  This issue will be addressed as part of the detailed design of the proposed payment system. Appropriate back-up procedures will be incorporated into any system, to be activated in the event of mechanical or electronic failure.

  National Council for One Parent Families
  Mr. Spellar
  To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what grants have been made by his Department or its agencies to the National Council for One Parent Families in each year of the last five years.

  Mr. Burt
  Between 1991 and 31 March 1994 this Department provided £1 million to enable the National Council for One Parent Families to pilot return-to-work courses for lone parents and a consultancy action programme aimed at employers and other key organisations, which was designed to open up work opportunities for lone parents. In 1992 the child support unit—the forerunner to the Child Support Agency—paid about £4,000 to NaCOPF for expenses connected with a joint CSA/NaCOPF guide for lone parents who wished to return to work.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS

  Consultants
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the expenditure on management and financial consultants by his Department in 1992–93.

  Mr. Goodlad
  The expenditure on management and financial consultants in 1992–93 is:

  £

  Diplomatic Wing

  268,759

  Aid Wing

  451,907

  Note: this excludes management and financial consultancies awarded under the aid programme.

  Iraq
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to investigate cases cited by Amnesty International where refugees from Iraq after the 1991 Gulf war were mistreated by the Saudi Arabian authorities.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees has a permanent office in the refugee camp at Rafha and is studying the report. During her visit to Saudi Arabia in January 1993, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mrs. Ogata, expressed her appreciation to the Saudi authorities for the high living standards that they have provided for the refugees.

  Portable Telephones
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 6 May,Official Report, column 676, what was the cost of calls made on (a) car and (b) portable telephones in 1993–94; how much this equipment cost to buy or hire; and what were the maintenance costs.
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  Mr. Goodlad
  A full breakdown of the costs incurred by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during 1993–94 in respect of car and portable telephones is as follows:

  FCO (Diplomatic and Aid Wings)

  Financial year 1993–94 £

  (a) Car

  —calls

  1,500

  —cost of service (air time)

  2,076

  (b) Portable telephones

  —calls

  12,135

  —cost of service (air time)

  46,500

  (c) Cost of new equipment (not hired)

  6,077

  (d)Maintenance costs

  12,127

  Total

  80,415

  Liberia
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received, either directly or via the European Union or the United Nations, as to the selling of arms by peacekeeping forces in Liberia to the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy faction; and what representations he has made to the United Nations about the effect on the peacekeeping process.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  We have received no such reports.

  Rwanda
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of the mandate of the enhanced peacekeeping force in Rwanda; and when it is intended that the force will be in place.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  The Security Council resolution on Rwanda passed on 16 May—SCR 918—expands the mandate of the United Nations Aid Mission in Rwanda, as set out in SCR 912, to include the following tasks:

  (a) To contribute to the security and protection of displaced civilians at risk in Rwanda, including through the establishment and maintenance, where feasible, of secure humanitarian areas;

  (b) To provide security and support for the distribution of relief supplies and humanitarian relief operations.

  SCR 918 requests the Secretary-General to proceed immediately with the deployment of military observers currently stationed in Nairobi, and the strengthening of the United Nations mechanised battalion in Kigali to 800 personnel. The Secretary-General will report again soon to the Security Council on the next stage of deployment.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries have pledged troops and in what numbers for the United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  Consultations continue between the United Nations and potential new troop contributors. No details have yet been confirmed.

  The Secretary-General is due to report to the Security Council in the near future about, interalia, the resources available for the operation.
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  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what actions are being taken to co-ordinate military and humanitarian activity following the United Nation's decision to increase its military presence in Rwanda.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  The special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, working together with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department for Humanitarian Affairs in the United Nations secretariat, is responsible for ensuring effective co-ordination between United Nations military and humanitarian activity on the ground.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy in respect of each side in the conflict in Rwanda in the context of ending the bloodshed.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The main priority is for an end to the fighting and we continue to urge all parties to implement a ceasefire and end the bloodshed. We fully support the efforts of the United Nations and the Organisation for African Unity and regional leaders to bring the fighting to an end.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what forward planning he and the international community are making to prevent the spread of the Rwandan conflict into Burundi.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  The international community is concerned that the Rwandan conflict should not spread into Burundi. A good offices and fact-finding mission has been deployed by the United Nations Security Council and OAU observers are also in place. Their aim is to assist the Government of Burundi to restore democratic institutions, rebuild confidence and stabilise the internal situation.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Rwanda about genocide.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  No representations have been made to the Government of Rwanda about genocide. A special session of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights will shortly take place at which atrocities committed in Rwanda will be considered.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he will take to ensure that no British arms will be sold to the Rwandan Government.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  On 16 May, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 918 which imposes a mandatory arms embargo on Rwanda. In the United Kingdom this will be administered by the export control organisation of the Department of Trade and Industry.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the French Government about the supply of arms to the Rwandan Government.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  No representations have been made to the French Government about the supply of arms to the Rwandan Government. On 16 May, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 918 which imposes a44
  mandatory arms embargo on Rwanda. All countries, including France, will be bound to comply with the terms of the embargo.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his analysis of the causes of the conflict in Rwanda and of which party is the main cause of deaths in that country.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  Tutsi domination of Rwanda's political and economic life ended in 1959. Since then Rwanda has repeatedly been the scene of mass killings and the flight of large numbers of Tutsis and some Hutus to neighbouring countries. There have also been repeated attempts by Tutsis to come back to power, each attempt giving rise to renewed ethnic violence and hatred. Reports indicate that the worst atrocities in the current conflict appear to be occurring in areas then controlled by the interim Government of Rwanda.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made as to whether the Government of Rwanda is contravening the United Nations convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide; and what action he is proposing to take to activate article IV of the convention to punish genocide.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  In its declaration of 16 May, the Foreign Affairs Council appealed to all parties to the conflict to bring an end to the genocide. The United Nations Security Council, in its resolution 918, asked the Secretary-General to report as soon as possible on the investigations of serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda.

  Iran
  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action Her Majesty's. Government will take to use their seat at the United Nations Security Council to secure(a) an international arms embargo against the Government of Iran and (b) a boycott of Iranian goods.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  We have no current intention of seeking either measure. As a matter of declared national policy, the United Kingdom refuses to supply arms to Iran.

  Palestine
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made about the adequacy of the mandate of the temporary international presence in Hebron; and what additional powers he will seek to safeguard the Palestinians.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  The mandate for the temporary international presence for Hebron was agreed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. The agreement signed on 4 May on Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho includes provision for further observers in these areas. We and our European Union partners have offered to participate if requested by the parties.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what diplomatic presence the Government have or intend to have in Gaza and Jericho.
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  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  These areas are covered by Her Majesty's consul general in Jerusalem who visits them regularly. In addition, the British Council maintains an office in the Gaza strip.

  Sudan
  Mr. Alton
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action Her Majesty's Government will take to use their seat at the United Nations Security Council to secure an international fuel and arms embargo against the Government of Sudan.

  Mr. Douglas Hogg
  The imposition of mandatory measures against Sudan would require a determination by the Security Council that a threat existed to international peace and security. Such a determination has not been made.

  The United Kingdom already implements an arms embargo against Sudan, which was imposed by the European Union in March.

  China
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the number and functions of labour camps in China; and what representations he has made to the Chinese Government about the use of such camps.

  Mr. Goodlad
  We have no precise assessment of the number of labour camps. But the use of forced labour is an area of human rights abuse highlighted in the report produced by my right hon. and noble Friend Lord Howe after his visit to China in December 1992. We have regularly urged the Chinese authorities to take up my noble Friend's recommendations in this respect.

  EC Development
  Mr. Marlow
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the position of Her Majesty's Government with regard to a possible governmental working group on EC development including a delegation from the European Parliament.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  The declaration issued at the informal meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council at Ioannina on 28 March provides for"a Reflection Group of Representatives of the Foreign Ministers, which should be created by the European Council in Corfu and start its work mid 1995. This Group will work in association with the European Parliament".

  We support that declaration, to which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs agreed.

  Italy
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government will initiate proposals for Italy to be suspended from the Council of Europe.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  No.

  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why the United Kingdom ambassador met members of the new Italian Government; and what was discussed.
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  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  Her Majesty's ambassador in Rome has met representatives from all the political parties in the new Italian coalition Government to discuss with them both internal political developments and foreign affairs issues.

  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what views he conveyed over the inclusion of neo-fascists in the Italian cabinet when he met representatives of that Government.

  Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
  My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary met Signor Martino, his new Italian counterpart, in Brussels on 16 May. They had a wide-ranging discussion on foreign policy issues. They did not discuss individual appointments in the new Italian Government.

  South Africa
  Mr. Jon Owen Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had regarding the timetable for admission of South Africa to the Commonwealth with(a) the Government of South Africa and (b) the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

  Mr. Lennox-Boyd
  At their conference in Cyprus last October, Heads of Commonwealth Governments agreed that"While it was for the new, democratically elected government in South Africa to decide on whether it should seek to return to the Commonwealth, Heads of Government looked forward to welcoming a non-racial and democratic South Africa back into the Commonwealth at the earliest possible opportunity".

  President Mandela has stated his wish that South Africa return to the Commonwealth. As soon as a formal request seeking re-admission is made by the South African Government, the Commonwealth Secretary-General will inform member Governments.

EDUCATION

  Consultants
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the expenditure on management and financial consultants by his Department in 1992–93.

  Mr. Forth
  In the financial year 1992–93, the Department spent £1.997 million on management and financial consultants.

  Grant-maintained Schools Foundation
  Mr. Byers
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education what level of grant aid the Grant-maintained Schools Foundation Ltd. will receive in 1994–95; and who has been appointed as finance director and accounting officer for the foundation.

  Mr. Robin Squire
  The Grant-maintained Schools Foundation Ltd. is currently in discussion with the Department about grant aid for 1994–95. I will write to the hon. Member when the total level of grant and associated financial responsibilities have been finalised.

  Muslim Girls Community High School
  Mr. Madden
  To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he received an application seeking voluntary-aided status from the Bradford Muslim Girls
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  community high school; whether he has received all the information he requires to enable him to reach a decision on the application; when he expects to announce his decision; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Robin Squire
  The Department received proposals seeking voluntary-aided status for the Bradford Muslim Girls community high school on 30 March. A two-month statutory objection period follows the publication of such proposals. Because of my right hon. Friend's role in these matters, it is not appropriate to comment on proposals which will come before him for decision. We shall make a decision as soon as is compatible with a full and careful consideration of the proposals.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

  Crown Prosecution Service
  Mr. Peter Atkinson
  To ask the Attorney-General what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to improve charging practice.

  The Attorney-General
  The initial decision to charge is usually taken by the police. The Crown Prosecution Service and the police are together developing guidance to help officers to select the right charge at the outset.

  Mr. Ottaway
  To ask the Attorney-General if he will pay an official visit to the Crown Prosecution Service in Croydon to discuss its effectiveness.

  The Solicitor-General
  I have no plans to visit the Crown Prosecution Service in Croydon at present.

  Mr. Heald
  To ask the Attorney-General what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to introduce team working.

  The Solicitor-General
  Historically, lawyers worked primarily in the magistrates courts. Pilot schemes to bring lawyers, law clerks, and support staff together in teams to handle all types of case in both the magistrates courts and the Crown courts are being set up in one branch of each Crown Prosecution Service area.

  Mr. Hawkins
  To ask the Attorney-General when he expects to announce the results of the revision of the code of conduct for crown prosecutors.

  The Attorney-General
  The Director of Public Prosecutions expects to publish the new code in the near future.

EMPLOYMENT

  Workplace Deaths
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron) of 30 March,Official Report, column 813, for what reason the information on the average length of time of investigation into workplace deaths is not available.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  The amount of time spent by inspectors investigating all accidents is recorded locally and principally used to monitor use of resources. It is not possible to isolate information on the use of resources solely used in the investigation of fatalities.

  Consultants
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the expenditure on management and financial consultants by his Department in 1992–93.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  Information in the form requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

  Construction Industry, London
  Mr. Keen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the estimated number of people employed in the construction industry within London for each year since 1988; and what is his estimate for the current year.

  Miss Widdecombe
  The information is given in the table:

  Employees in the construction industry-Greater London

  000s

  1988

  139

  1989

  137

  1990

  132

  1991

  120

  1992

  109

  1993

  100

  Figures as at June of each year.

  Mr. Keen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what studies his Department has initiated into the effects of a release of local authority capital receipts within the London area on levels of employment within the construction industry; and if he will publish their findings.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  The Department has not undertaken any such studies.

  Disabled People (Fax Machines)
  Ms Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many fax machines are currently on loan to people with disability under the aids-to-employment scheme; what service arrangements exist for such equipment; and in what circumstances fax machines are(a) removed, (b) updated or (c) determined to be obsolete.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

  Letter from M. E. G. Fogden to Ms Joan Walley, dated 23 May 1994:
  The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of fax machines currently on loan to people with disabilities under the Special Aids to Employment scheme, (SAE) together with servicing arrangements, the circumstances of removal, updating and determining obsolescence.
  The numbers that you have asked for are not held centrally for machines issued before October 1993.
  Forty two fax machines were issued to clients under the SAE in the six months to April 1994, together with six fax card adaptations which allow receipt and transmission of faxes on personal computers.
  During the same period, one fax machine previously issued required repair.
  As owner of the aid, the ES is responsible for repairs, maintenance and servicing contracts are not taken out by the ES

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  because of the costs involved and the low incidence of breakdown. Where equipment breaks down, a replacement may be issued as a temporary back-up whilst repair is effected.
  Fax machines would normally only be removed if the client left employment or no longer required the equipment. Updating takes place when the need for more advanced equipment is identified.
  Fax hardware and software have both remained stable platforms in the past two years, advance being made largely in terms of speed of fax transmission, which does not affect the ability of older machines to either send or receive messages. For this reason, it is generally accepted that older machines may be slower in transmission but are not regarded as obsolete.
  I hope this is helpful.

  Health and Safety Executive
  Mr. David Marshall
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about the future of the Health and Safety Executive.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  Britain's health and safety record is among the best in the world. I look to the Health and Safety Executive to continue to play its part in improving that record.

  Unemployment, Doncaster
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the Doncaster area between the ages of 18 and 25 years are currently unemployed.

  Miss Widdecombe
  In the Doncaster travel-to-work-area unadjusted claimant unemployment amongst 18–24 year olds—the closest available age group—stood at 3,981 in April 1994.

  Barnsley-Doncaster Training and Enterprise Council
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment when he last met small business represen-tatives to discuss the working of Barnsley-Doncaster TEC; when is his next meeting; and if he will make a statement.

  Miss Widdecombe
  My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, regularly meets training and enterprise directors, many of whom represent small businesses. He also recently met the Federation of Small Businesses and the Forum of Private Business to discuss the work of TECs.

  My right hon. Friend, the President of the Board of Trade, has overall responsibility for the Government's relations with business and has regular contact with its representative organisations.

  Multiple Sclerosis
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what discussions he has had with the Secretaries of State for(a) Health and (b) Social Security in regard to the implementation of the incapacity benefit to those invalided out of employment by multiple sclerosis.

  Mr. Michael Forsyth
  The implementation of incapacity benefit is a matter for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Social Security. Discussions have taken place between our two Departments on several 50
  aspects of the new benefit, including its implementation and the development of the medical test. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has also been consulted.

  I understand that the new more objective medical test of incapacity will take account of the variable and fluctuating nature of illnesses such as multiple sclerosis.

TRANSPORT

  Crime
  Mr. Raynsford
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total number of reported crimes in(a) north London and (b) south London in each year since 1979 and in each month since 1990; if he will list for each period the number of (i) rapes, (ii) indecent assaults, (iii) other assaults, (iv) violent crimes and (v) robberies; and if he will identify separately assaults on staff and assaults on passengers.

  Mr. Freeman
  The tables show reported crime on BR and the London underground for London north and London south for the period 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1994. Comparable figures for the period before April 1992 are not available.

  Year/Month

  London North

  London South

  ALL CRIMES

  1992

  (from April)

  12,570

  13,926

  1993

  15,214

  18,481

  1994

  (to March)

  3,536

  4,218

  1992

  April

  1,207

  1,196

  May

  1,341

  1,317

  June

  1,376

  1,528

  July

  1,439

  1,695

  August

  1,422

  1,656

  September

  1,481

  1,636

  October

  1,654

  1,726

  November

  1,355

  1,647

  December

  1,292

  1,510

  1993

  January

  1,329

  1,538

  February

  1,248

  1,541

  March

  1,511

  1,569

  April

  1,262

  1,435

  May

  1,142

  1,534

  June

  1,380

  1,513

  July

  1,403

  1,626

  August

  1,228

  1,584

  September

  1,279

  1,587

  October

  1,272

  1,493

  November

  1,178

  1,547

  December

  982

  1,453

  1994

  January

  1,040

  1,360

  February

  1,052

  1,236

  March

  1,434

  1,622

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  Sexual offences

  Offence

  1992 (April to December)

  1993

  1994 (January to March)

  London North

  Rape

  1

  2

  1

  Indecent assault

  44

  57

  7

  Indecent exposure

  60

  101

  20

  Other

  7

  16

  8

  London South

  Rape

  1

  3

  2

  Indecent assault

  69

  116

  15

  Indecent exposure

  131

  120

  37

  Other

  41

  97

  16

  Violent crimes

  Offence

  1992 April—December

  1993

  1994 January—March

  Staff

  Public

  Staff

  Public

  Staff

  Public

  London North

  Attempted murder

  —

  1

  —

  1

  —

  —

  Grievous bodily harm

  1

  12

  8

  19

  2

  6

  Wounding

  5

  19

  6

  28

  2

  52

  Actual bodily harm

  45

  136

  59

  197

  —

  —

  Common assault

  16

  25

  28

  58

  8

  20

  Assault on police

  17

  —

  24

  —

  3

  —

  Other

  1

  9

  3

  3

  —

  1

  London South

  Attempted murder

  —

  —

  —

  —

  —

  1

  Manslaughter

  —

  1

  —

  —

  —

  —

  Grievous bodily harm

  1

  16

  2

  22

  —

  6

  Wounding

  3

  16

  3

  19

  —

  8

  Actual bodily harm

  74

  229

  85

  266

  22

  99

  Common assault

  36

  71

  47

  117

  23

  26

  Assault on police

  7

  —

  25

  —

  8

  —

  Other

  2

  6

  1

  15

  1

  6

  Robberies

  Offence

  1992 April—December

  1993

  1994 January—March

  Staff

  Public

  Staff

  Public

  Staff

  Public

  London North

  Robbery

  6

  159

  11

  302

  2

  100

  Assault with intent to rob

  —

  19

  1

  24

  —

  5

  London South

  Robbery

  5

  381

  26

  495

  10

  126

  Assault with intent to rob

  1

  4

  2

  17

  1

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  Cones Hotline
  Ms Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many calls have been received to the cones hotline since its inception; and what are the monthly costs of the line.

  Mr. Key
  A total of 4,538 calls have been received on the cones hotline up to 18 May. Of these, 2,600 have been complaints about or observations on cones and traffic management at roadworks which have been followed up by the relevant regional office. The remaining calls have comprised general inquiries and requests for information which were dealt with immediately.

  Since March this year the cones hotline has operated on a new dedicated number giving callers direct access to the hotline operator. It has also provided for callers to be charged at their local rate irrespective of their location. The new line has been costing about £450 per month, including
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  call charges. All other running costs have been and are being met from within budgets agreed before the hotline was established.

  Departmental Staff
  Mr. Redmond
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the offices of his Department in(a) Doncaster, (b) Barnsley, (c) Rotherham and (d) Sheffield; and how many posts of each are currently covered by (i) casual, (ii) agency or (iii) fixed-term appointment staff; and what the figures were (1) 24 and (2) 48 months ago.

  Mr. Norris
  My Department does not employ any agency staff or staff on fixed-term appointments in Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield. Past information on agency staff is not kept, so figures are not available. A list of the offices, together with the numbers of casual staff, are as follows.
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  Building

  1990

  1992

  1994

  Wellsyke Road, Carcroft Industrial Estate, Doncaster

  —

  —

  1

  Millar House, Melton Road, Sprotborough, Doncaster

  —

  1

  —

  Shaftesbury Avenue, Intake, Doncaster

  —

  1

  1

  Bus Depot, Leicester Avenue, Doncaster

  1

  1—

  1—

  West Road, Barnsley

  —

  —

  —

  42 Sackville Street, Barnsley

  —

  1

  1

  80 Doncaster Road, Rotherham

  —

  —

  2

  St Peters House, Hartshead, Sheffield

  2

  —

  1

  East End Avenue, Manor Top, Sheffield

  —

  —

  —

  Orgreave Way, Handsworth, Sheffield

  —

  1

  —

  Richmond Park Road, Handsworth, Sheffield

  —

  —

  —

  508 Middlewod Road, Sheffield

  —

  —

  1

  1 Office no longer open

  National Road Traffic Forecasts Review
  Ms Walley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the terms of reference for the review of the methodology of the national road traffic forecasts and of the terms of reference of the advisory panel set up to assist this review, the members of the panel with the organisations that they represent, a list of the research that has been or is to be commissioned to assist the review and the date by which the review is expected to be completed.

  Mr. Key
  I announced to the House on 25 November 1993,Official Report, column 101 that my Department had made arrangements to receive advice from experts in traffic modelling and related fields. Those experts have been brought together to form an advisory group. The group has no formal terms of reference: their business is to advise the Department on the methods appropriate for the preparation of the national road traffic forecasts. This is a new part of our normal practice of keeping the forecasts constantly under review. The Department remains satisfied with the existing published forecasts (NRTF(GB)1989), but always seeks to assess possible improvements to forecasting methodology.

  The membership of the group is:

  Mr. H. C. S. Derwent, Grade 3, National Roads Policy Division, Department of Transport (Chairman).
  Professor Peter Hills, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

  Mr. Hollingsworth, Chief Economist, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

  Mr. D. Humby, Head of Transport Planning, Hertfordshire County Council.

  Mr. R. Turner, Executive Director, Transport Planning, Freight Transport Association.

  Mr. Peter Mackie, Deputy Director, Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

  Mr. Keith Buchan, Metropolitan Research Unit. Together with representatives of the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of the Environment, HM Treasury, and those in the Department of Transport responsible for the Forecasts.

  The members of the group contribute independent expertise; they are not appointed as representatives of any particular interest or group. The group's purpose is to give the Department advice on such technical forecasting issues as are placed before it.

  The Department has an on-going programme of research on traffic, car ownership and use. Research let outside the Department particularly relevant to the forecasts includes:
  derivation of a database of traffic flows by area, road type, time and purpose;
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  effects of congestion on car and commercial vehicle use;
  effects of higher fuel prices on vehicle use.

  Further research will be let outside the Department as the need is identified.

  The members of the group have been told that their work will last about 18 months, though this will depend on the nature of the issues that arise.

  Seat Belts
  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the technical or engineering obstacles to the introduction of seat belts in minibuses and coaches.

  Mr. Key
  None. Major manufacturers of minibuses now fit seat belts as standard equipment and coach manufacturers can provide them as an option. Most vehicles can be retrofitted; but there may be technical difficulties in some older vehicles because of the way in which they were originally constructed.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has made to the European Union about the desirability of fitting seat belts in minibuses and coaches.

  Mr. Key
  Following the Auxerre coach accident in France in 1990, representations were made to the Commission to consider amendment of the relevant directives to allow the fitting of seat belts to all seats in minibuses and coaches. In the light of reaction from member states, the Commission concluded at the time that there was insufficient support for any proposal on these lines to take the matter forward.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what obstacles exist in the European Union to the introduction of seat belts in minibuses and coaches.

  Mr. Key
  The European Commission has recently announced a strategy for improved bus and coach safety which includes the fitment of seat belts in vehicles which do not carry standing passengers. We await its detailed proposals.

  Mr. Worthington
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many representations he has received on the desirability of requiring the introduction of safety belts in minibuses and coaches; and what is his timetable for responding to these.

  Mr. Key
  I have received over 700 letters from both hon. Members and members of the public on this subject during the last seven months, as well as a large number of telephone calls.

  We aim to reply to letters from members of the public within 20 working days of receipt.

  Air Cargo Agents
  Miss Lestor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many applicants have applied for listed agent status under the Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) Regulations 1993.

  Mr. Norris
  A total of 355 applications for listed agent status have been made to my Department.

  Miss Lestor
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the applicants for listed agent status provisionally listed under the Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) Regulations 1993.
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  Mr. Norris
  Eighty-eight air cargo agents have been listed by my Department. I am placing copies in the Library.

  Company Cars
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the traffic accidents which involve company-owned cars; and what recommendation he has to improve safety in this area.

  Mr. Key
  Statistics indicate that the accident claim rate for company owned vehicles is some 60–70 per cent. greater than for privately owned vehicles. We have commissioned research from which we shall assess the potential for introducing measures to reduce the accident liability of fleet vehicles.

  Spain-Morocco Ferry Service
  Mr. Ottaway
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action his Department has taken in recent weeks regarding the repeated refusal of the Spanish authorities to allow Cenargo Ltd. to operate a ferry service to Morocco in accordance with EC regulations.

  Mr. Norris
  My Department has continued to take every opportunity to raise the matter, both bilaterally with Spain and within the European Community. We understand that the European Commission has decided to open infraction proceedings against Spain in this case under article 169 of the treaty of Rome.

  Bus Passes
  Mr. Wigley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the working of section 93(7) of the Transport Act 1985 to ensure that eligibility for bus passes is standardised at 60 years of age for both men and women; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Freeman
  At present we have no plans to review the working of section 93(7) of the Transport Act 1985 other than as indicated in the second part of my reply to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mr. Jones) on 13 May,Official Report column 281.

  High Vehicles
  Mr. Snape
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress has been made in introducing regulations to require operators of vehicles over 3 m high to display the height of the vehicle in the cab;

  (2) from what date he will require operators of vehicles over 4.88 m high to give advance notice to local authorities of their movements;

  (3) what progress has been made in introducing regulations to require operators of skips or tipper lorries to provide a warning device in the driving cab to show when the lifting equipment is raised.

  Mr. Key
  Requirements for operators of vehicles over 3 m in height to display the height of the vehicle in the cab, for operators of skips or tipper lorries to provide a warning device in the cab and for operators of vehicles over 4.88 m high to give advance notice of their movements to local authorities are being considered as part of a package of changes to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 to alleviate the problem of "bridge 56
  bashing". We are currently considering a number of points raised by operators in response to consultation on the issue. I cannot therefore give a definite date for implementation.

  Departmental Staff
  Mr. Cohen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff in his Department have received their notice in the last month; how many of those were casual staff; and how they were notified.

  Mr. Norris
  The number of staff who left the Department in April was 147. Of these 81 were permanent staff and 66 were casuals. All staff leaving, for whatever reason, receive their notice in the form of a letter from their personnel officer.

  East London Transport Stoppage
  Mr. Mackinlay
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what were the extent and circumstances of the failure of rail and tube services from east London on 10 May; what estimate he has made of the number of passengers inconvenienced; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Norris
  I understand from the operators of these services that on 10 May, at about 0700 hours, the overhead power cables at East Ham came down, stopping services on the London, Tilbury and Southend—LTS—line. Fenchurch Street station was closed and all LTS services terminated at Barking until 0530 hours the following day. This incident also resulted in delays to westbound services on London Underground's District line of something in excess of two hours.

  We do not have figures for the number of passengers affected by this incident. However, LTS estimates that 25,000 people travel into London on their services each weekday. LUL, which runs westbound District line trains, every two to four minutes in the peak hours, tells me that approximately 600 people travel on each peak hour train.

  LTS has said that a full inquiry is taking place to establish the cause of this incident.

  Railway Franchises
  Mr. Nicholls
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is Railtrack's liability to passenger franchise operators in the event of a section of track being taken out of service for whatever reason; and what is the extent of that liability;

  (2) who is responsible for consequential financial losses incurred by railway franchisees in the event of a railway line being temporarily shut due to track failure or an accident;

  (3) what is the role of the Office of the Rail Regulator in intervening in financial liability disputes between Railtrack and passenger franchise operators.

  Mr. Freeman
  Existing access contracts between Railtrack and BR's train operating units provide for penalty payments to be made by Railtrack in the event of Railtrack's performance falling below predetermined standards, such as where delays are caused by infrastructure failure. They also provide for the abatement of access charges payable by train operators, in accordance with set criteria, in the event of severe disruption. Future access agreements to be negotiated between Railtrack and
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  train operators are likely to include similar arrangements. These agreements will be subject to the approval of the Regulator.

  Upper Limb Disorders
  Dr. Marek
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the present number of civil servants taking legal action against his Department as a result of work-related upper limb disorders.

  Mr. Norris
  Nine civil servants employed by the Department and its agencies assert that they have developed work-related upper limb disorders as a result of their employment and have made claims against the Department.

  International Rail Services
  Mr. Dunn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what restrictions there will be on international rail services through the channel tunnel arriving at Waterloo international terminal during the monring peak hours; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Freeman
  Hon. Members were informed during the passage of the Channel Tunnel Bill in 1986, that restrictions would apply to morning peak hour international arrivals. The aim was to avoid overcrowding on the underground at Waterloo and inconvenience to travellers.

  However, improvements in the facilities for the mainline underground stations at Waterloo and London Underground Ltd. services, mean that the stations will now be able to cope with international passengers arriving during the 0800–0900 peak without inconveniencing other travellers. Consequently European Passenger Services wishes to plan for two Eurostar arrivals to Waterloo international terminal shortly before 0900 on weekdays when full services commence later this year.

  European Passenger Services has consulted LUL which is content with this arrangement.

  Station Staff, London
  Ms Jowell
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many station staff were employed by British Rail on stations in London in 1980, 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1993.

  Mr. Norris
  The information requested is as follows (figures as at 31 March):

  Number

  1980

  4,950

  1985

  4,490

  1989

  3,740

  1991

  3,510

  1993

  3,170

  These figures provided by BR are estimates. They take into account staff movements and assignments within grades—that is, some staff are not permanently based at stations or serve more than one station.

  Tankers
  Mr. Ainger
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what monitoring has been done of the operation of the voluntary ban on tankers over 10,000 tonnes gross 58
  registererd tonnage using the passage between Grassholm and Skomer islands; and how many vessels are known to have broken the ban since it was introduced.

  Mr. Norris
  None. The Department is unaware of any breaches of the internationally agreed recommendation that large laden tankers should avoid the Grassholm channel. Nevertheless, Lord Donaldson's report, "Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas", announced to the House on 17 May, recommends a traffic survey of the areas for a limited but representative period, and we are considering how best to respond to this recommendation.

  Accidents (Children)
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many children have died in cycling accidents in each of the last 10 years; and what proposals he has to reduce the number of such fatalities.

  Mr. Key
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: The information requested is shown in the table. The Department is continually investing time and resources into finding ways to improve safety and convenience for cyclists. The ongoing cycle safe campaign promotes safer cycling and is particularly aimed at children. They are especially encouraged to take proper training. We actively promote the benefits of cycle helmets for children.

  The Department is working to harden attitudes to speeding motorists—one of the major causes of accidents for all road users, cyclists or otherwise.

  The Department also offers guidance to local highway authorities on the facilities which may be introduced to benefit cyclists.

  Child1 pedal cyclist fatalities: Great Britain 1982–1992

  Casualties

  Year

  Pedal cyclist

  1982

  93

  1983

  102

  1984

  110

  1985

  79

  1986

  58

  1987

  79

  1988

  62

  1989

  73

  1990

  59

  1991

  50

  1992

  48

  1Aged 0–15.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents in which children died in each of the last 10 years were caused by drinking and driving.

  Mr. Key
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: The national road accident database includes only objective accident details. It does not include information on the cause of accidents and the information requested is not available. However the following table shows the number of child fatalities in drink-drive accidents during the past 10 years.

  Child Fatalities in Drink Drive Accidents

  Number

  1982

  37

  1983

  29

  1984

  27

  1985

  35

  1986

  22

  59

  Number

  1987

  27

  1988

  18

  1989

  19

  1990

  24

  1991

  14

  11992

  15

  1Provisional

  London Underground
  Mrs. Roche
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the recommendations of the Fennell report into the King's Cross fire which have not yet been implemented; and when he expects them to be implemented.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: London Underground Ltd. has now implemented 116 of the 127 recommendations addressed to it in the Fennell report. One recommendation, which was not accepted by LUL, has been completed by other means. This leaves the following recommendations still to be fully implemented:

  6a Escalator lubrication

  8b Line Controllers facilities

  16a Research into air movement

  36 Escalators—elimination of wooden treads and risers

  49a Station ventilation systems

  52a Elimination of VIR cable (infrastructure)

  69 Removal of hazardous materials

  114 Improvements to CCTV

  125 Control of smoke and ventilation

  142 Subway link at King's Cross

  Discussions on how best to deal with these are taking place between Her Majesty's railways inspectorate and London Underground.

  Mrs. Roche
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which consultants carried out the quantified risk assessment from which his Department concluded that there was little risk of fire as a result of wooden treads on London Underground's escalators; and if he will publish that assessment.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: The quantified risk assessment was carried out for London Underground by Trident Consultants Ltd. as part of a comprehensive two-year study of risks on the underground. As the consultants' final report also includes assessments of risks arising from terrorism it is not for general publication. However, I understand that London Underground is willing to give the hon. Lady a briefing on the risks associated with the wooden escalator treads if she would find that helpful.

  Ms Ruddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the ethnic origin of each of the employees of London Underground who experienced an assault while on duty during 1993.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: The ethnic origins of the 431 London Underground staff who were victims of either criminal or common assaults in 1993 were as follows:
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  Number

  UK/Eire

  237

  Other European

  17

  Asian

  59

  African

  44

  Caribbean

  59

  Other

  15

  Total

  431

  Jubilee Line Extension
  Mr. Spearing
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the range of estimated cost of additions to Westminster underground station occasioned by the Jubilee line extension, excluding any features necessary for the new parliamentary building.

  Mr. Norris
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: Contracts have been awarded for both the civil and the electrical and mechanical work associated with the new Westminster station. The estimated cost for the work is in the range of £75 million to £80 million. It is not possible separately to identify the effect of the new parliamentary building.

  Road Construction Contracts
  Mr. Simon Hughes
  To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the major road construction contracts awarded by his Department worth over £300,000 at current prices, indicating the name of the construction company who was awarded the contract for(a) the year from January 1993 to January 1994 and (b) since February 1994.

  Mr. Key
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: Since 1 April, responsibility for managing, maintaining and improving the national road network in England now lies with the Highways Agency. As the information requested by the hon. Member relates to operational matters of the Highways Agency, I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

  Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Simon Hughes, dated 20 May 1994:
  You put down a Parliamentary Question for answer by the Secretary of State concerning major construction contracts awarded since January 1993.
  As the information requested concerns operational matters for which the Highways Agency is now responsible I am replying to your Question.
  You asked for a list of road construction contracts over £300,000 in value that had been awarded firstly for the period January 1993 to January 1994, and secondly since February 1994, together with the name of the successful contractor.
  The attached lists give the information in relation to contracts valued in excess of £1 million. The Agency does not currently keep central records of contracts below £1 million and I regret this information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
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  List of all major road schemes (over £1 million estimate) awarded between 1 January 1993 and 31 January 1994 (13 months)

  Scheme name

  Award date

  Award price (£)

  Contractor

  A19 Clack Lane to Silton

  5 January 1993

  2,129,639.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A49 Onibury—Stokesay Improvement

  6 January 1993

  1,848,925.00

  Biwater Construction Ltd.

  M23 between junction 10 Crawley and junction 11 Pease Pottage

  8 January 1993

  4,724,106.00

  Colcon Ltd.

  M5 between junctions 20 (Clevedon) and 19 (Portbury), North

  8 January 1993

  858,860.00

  Redland Aggregates Ltd.

  A31 Ringwood to Picket Post, Hampshire

  15 January 1993

  1,904,208.00

  Mowlem, John, Construction plc

  A45 and A11 Swaffham Heath Road Bridge

  18 January 1993

  567,788.00

  Christiani and Nielsen Ltd.

  M50 and M5, Cabling Works, Hindlip B

  21 January 1993

  1,604,418.14

  Murphy Ltd.

  M54 and M6, Cabling Works, Hindlip C

  21 January 1993

  1,384,283.56

  Murphy Ltd.

  M4 junction 4B (M25)—junction 5 (Langley)

  29 January 1993

  4,970,314.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  A64 Wild Man Inn—York bypass

  2 February 1993

  1,814,733.00

  Balfour Beatty Ltd.

  A1 between M62 south of Darrington, West Yorkshire

  3 February 1993

  2,119,387.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  M4 and MS—Second Severn crossing approaches

  5 February 1993

  65,119,651.00

  Balfour Beatty Ltd.

  M1 junction 9–10 (Northbound), Hertfordshire

  5 February 1993

  9,719,555.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  M56 widening between junction 4 (Simonsway) and junction 6

  11 February 1993

  11,820,083.00

  McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.

  M6 Preston—junctions 30–32

  11 February 1993

  37,458,986.00

  Balfour Beatty Ltd.

  Term maintenance—Trunk roads and motorways, M4 West

  15 February 1993

  11,414,660.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  M56 between junctions 12 and 14

  15 February 1993

  3,939,879.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  M27 junctions 3 to 2 concrete repairs (M271 spur)

  19 February 1993

  1,367,252.00

  AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.

  M1 between junctions 28 and 29, (Tibshelf to Health)

  22 February 1993

  4,465,418.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  Term maintenance, Greater Manchester, Motorway

  23 February 1993

  23,163,993.00

  Nuttall, Edmund Ltd.

  M5 Oldbury Viaduct, Sandwell contract R39

  2 March 1993

  1,230,572.00

  Shephard Hill Civil Engineering Ltd.

  Term maintenance, A23 and A205 trunk roads in South London

  2 March 1993

  7,040,203.00

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  Term maintenance—M1, M18 and A1, South Yorkshire

  5 March 1993

  16,577,868.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  M57 junctions 4–7, A59 trunk road

  8 March 1993

  3,630,005.00

  Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.

  M20 junctions 1–3, Contract 8

  9 March 1993

  3,323,433.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  M5 between M6 junction 7 and M5, Sandwell

  12 March 1993

  3,134,870.00

  Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.

  A1(M) between Bowburn interchange and Carville, Durham

  16 March 1993

  3,258,101.00

  Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.

  M20 between junctions 8 and 13 communications upgrade

  16 March 1993

  1,538,143.00

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  A5 Tamworth-Staffordshire (Fazeley Two Gates)

  23 March 1993

  25,955,498.00

  McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.

  Term maintenance-M1, M62 and M621, West Yorkshire

  23 March 1993

  17,060,250.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  A38 Plympton bypass, westbound, near Plymouth

  30 March 1993

  1,179,906.00

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  A1(M) between junction 4 (Hatfield) and junction 6 (Welwyn)

  31 March 1993

  5,506,152.00

  Laing, John, Construction Ltd.

  Term maintenance—Midland Links Motorway 1993–95

  1 April 1993

  3,467,832.00

  Prismo Ltd.

  M25 between junctions 8 and 10, Reigate-Wisley interchange

  1 April 1993

  2,508,051.00

  Mowlem, John, Construction plc.

  M62 improvement between junction 14 and junction 17

  5 April 1993

  10,223,164.00

  Birse Construction Ltd.

  A1 Walshford-Dishforth, north of Wetherby

  8 April 1993

  53,795,508.00

  joint venture—A. McAlpine Construction/AMEC

  A38 Drybridge-Wrangaton, south of Buckfastleigh

  8 April 1993

  1,171,664.00

  ARC Ltd.

  A5 Staples Corner, London Borough of Barnet

  14 April 1993

  901,113.00

  Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.

  M5 Oldbury Viaduct, Contract R17, Sandwell

  16 April 1993

  1,425,317.00

  Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.

  A31 Picket Post to Ocknell

  27 April 1993

  1,753,742.00

  Birse Construction Ltd.

  M1 junction 1, Barnet, viaduct access slips

  28 April 1993

  4,235,912.00

  Shephard Hill Civil Engineering Ltd.

  A20 Swanley bypass, west of M25/M20, junction 3

  29 April 1993

  1,275,338.00

  May Gurney & Co., Ltd.

  A406 North Circular Road, Falloden way, Barned (adv. works)

  4 May 1993

  1,247,694.00

  Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.

  A69 Hexham-Corbridge bypass between Styford and Bridge End

  6 May 1993

  778,057.00

  Davison, Álan (Construction) Ltd.

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  63

  Scheme name

  Award date

  Award price (£)

  Contractor

  M6 Thombridge Viaduct, Contract R52

  7 May 1993

  595,898.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A12 between Hughes Corner (B1068) and Old London Road (C472)

  11 May 1993

  1,111,187.00

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  M66 Denton-Middleton (M62 to River Irk), con. 4

  14 May 1993

  19,237,248.00

  Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.

  A45 maintenance between Quy and Newmarket bypass

  14 May 1993

  4,198,842.00

  AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.

  M6 between junctions 38–39, Cumbria

  17 May 1993

  4,099,000.00

  Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.

  M3 junctions 8–9

  17 May 1993

  2,267,947.00

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  M5 junction 18, Avonmouth, north-west of Bristol

  19 May 1993

  7,926,340.00

  Wimpey Construction Ltd.

  A66 Cumbria, East of Brough to Palliard

  26 May 1993

  7,636,582.00

  Kier Construction Ltd.

  M1 junctions 34–35

  27 May 1993

  2,417,294.00

  Balfour Beatty Ltd.

  A1 Little Ponton-Gorse Lane, Lincolnshire

  28 May 1993

  884,918.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A52 South of Ashbourne, Derbyshire Relief Road

  7 June 1993

  3,185,220.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  M62 junctions 30–31

  8 June 1993

  6,702,818.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A34 Botley Flyover—Deck Reconstruction

  9 June 1993

  933,876.00

  Norwest Holst Construction Ltd.

  A30/A39 Indian Queen junction between Bodmin and Redruth

  10 June 1993

  12,695,070.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A17 Wigtoft-Sutterton, Lincolnshire

  14 June 1993

  4,402,863.00

  May Gurney & Co. Ltd.

  M18 junctions 5–6

  16 June 1993

  4,039,307.00

  Mowlem, John, Construction plc.

  A40 between A4095 Overbridge Witney, Oxfordshire

  24 June 1993

  2,035,182.00

  SIAC Construction Ltd.

  A406 North Circular Road, East of Falloden Way, Main Works

  29 June 1993

  27,013,720.00

  Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.

  M62 junction 26, Gildersome-Dulverton

  30 June 1993

  2,899,500.00

  Tilcon Ltd.

  M4 between junction 15 (A419) and junction 16 (A3102), Wiltshire

  6 July 1993

  1,335,684.00

  Redland Aggregates Ltd.

  M62 between Pollington and Whitley Bridge, Westbound

  9 July 1993

  2,770,040.00

  Tilcon Ltd.

  M6 Midland links Motorway East of junction 2, Coventry

  9 July 1993

  4,665,172.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  M50, M54 and M5 Electrical Works, Hindlip D.

  14 July 1993

  1,088,818.00

  Philips Communications Ltd.

  M3/A34 junction 9, Maintenance Compound

  19 July 1993

  1,191,796.00

  Wiltshier Construction (Midland) Ltd.

  A12 Hackney Wick to Redbridge Roundabout Contract 4

  27 July 1993

  31,558,185.00

  Norwest Holst Construction Ltd.

  A65 Burley in Wharfedale bypass, West Yorkshire

  30 July 1993

  5,547,467.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  M6 between junctions 12–13, Staffordshire

  2 August 1993

  746,459.00

  Colcon Ltd.

  M27 junctions 7–8

  17 August 1993

  2,306,052.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A40 Crockers Ash—Newton Court

  19 August 1993

  2,140,716.00

  Laing, John, Construction Ltd.

  A34 Hinksey Hill (A423) to Lodge Hill (A4183)

  24 August 1993

  2,251,013.00

  Colcon Ltd.

  M3 between Sunbury junction 1 M/P 24/6-Junction M/P 28/0

  24 August 1993

  3,848,762.00

  Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.

  M1 junction 30–31

  25 August 1993

  4,481,825.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A52/A453 Clifton Bridge Complex, Nottingham

  25 August 1993

  1,459,814.79

  Morrison Construction Ltd.

  A56 Edenfield bypass Contract T 138

  26 August 1993

  1,689,918.00

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  M1 East and North of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

  27 August 1993

  1,278,387.86

  Redland Aggregates Ltd.

  M5 between junctions 13–15

  13 September 1993

  1,650,447.00

  Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.

  M6 junctions 15–16, Keele Bank M/P 246/5–249/4

  16 September 1993

  1,456,464.00

  McAlpine, Alfred, Quarry Products Ltd.

  M5 between junction 27 and 26, Sampford Peverell-Chelston

  16 September 1993

  1,352,977.68

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  A38 Plympton bypass, Stage 2

  16 September 1993

  1,496,250.65

  Costain Building and Civil Engineering Ltd.

  M4 junction 14, Shefford Woodlands Interchange

  16 September 1993

  2,674,964.36

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  A168 Asenby-Topcliffe, Yorkshire

  17 September 1993

  1,531,000.00

  Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.

  A1 Stamford Bypass

  20 September 1993

  1,010,236.00

  Wrekin Construction Co. Ltd.

  A140 South of Scole and East of Thelveton

  22 September 1993

  7,186,504.00

  Boot, Henry, Southern Ltd.

  A64 Hopgrove to Grimstone, Major Maintenance

  23 September 1993

  2,107,717.00

  Ward, Thos. W., Roadstone Ltd.

  A120 Crown Interchange-Stratford St. Mary

  28 September 1993

  3,131,169.08

  Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.

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  Scheme name

  Award date

  Award price (£)

  Contractor

  M25 junctions 2–3 between A2 Interchange and A20/M20

  1 October 1993

  11,602,076.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A21 Tonbridge bypass between A2014-Medway Viaduct

  1 October 1993

  4,898,988.00

  Birse Construction Ltd.

  A435 Norton Lenchwick bypass

  5 October 1993

  19,226,966.89

  McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.

  A31 between Ringwood and St. Ives, Dorset (Ashley Health)

  5 October 1993

  6,696,391.00

  Wimpey Construction Ltd.

  M1 junctions 18–19, near Rugby, Northamptonshire

  6 October 1993

  2,265,545.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  A130 Pairglen Interchange-A132 Nevendon

  6 October 1993

  1,515,627.77

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  A1 Jockey Lane-Apley Head

  8 October 1993

  2,999,020.44

  Ward, Thos. W. Roadstone Ltd.

  M4 between junction 18 (Tormanton) and junction 19 (Hambrook)

  11 October 1993

  1,648,631.60

  Wimpey Hobbs Ltd.

  M23 between Hooley and Merstham Interchange, Road Lighting

  13 October 1993

  2,024,991.00

  Birse Construction Ltd.

  A38 Trethawle-Tinkers Lake, Cornwall

  15 October 1993

  1,529,429.00

  Cornwall CC DLO

  A3 between south of Wisley M/P 13/6-Burpham M/P 20/4

  15 October 1993

  14,231,837.71

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A4 West Cromwell Road, Viaduct Repairs

  15 October 1993

  1,994,604.00

  Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.

  M1 junctions 12–11

  21 October 1993

  909,918.12

  Laing, John, Construction Ltd.

  A30 Shallowater Hill-Bodmin Moor

  21 October 1993

  1,703,628.00

  Christiani and Neilsen Ltd.

  A30 Honiton bypass

  22 October 1993

  1,422,586.77

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  A34 Wood Farm—Redhill, Southbound

  26 October 1993

  982,811.76

  Wrekin Construction Co. Ltd.

  A1(M) between junction 1 South Mimms and junction 2 (Colney)

  28 October 1993

  1,960,435.00

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  M56 between junctions 11 and 12 (Stage 10)

  10 November 1993

  6,873,993.00

  ARC Ltd.

  A406 Silver Street-Hall Lane, Lea Valley Viaduct

  12 November 1993

  21,761,735.00

  Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.

  M5 Titford Viaduct-junction 2 Contract R49

  15 November 1993

  2,114,382.91

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A303 Bullington Cross-Andover

  18 November 1993

  1,596,982.96

  Osborne, Geoffrey, Ltd.

  M1 between South of junction 23 and junction 23A, Road Lighting

  25 November 1993

  1,301,135.27

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  A30 Staines By-pass between Glanty and Billet Bridge

  26 November 1993

  3,190,236.45

  Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.

  A50 Blythe Bridge-Queensway, Staffordshire

  29 November 1993

  23,072,304.00

  Birse Construction Ltd.

  A12 Hackney Wick-M11 Link Road, Contract 1A

  30 November 1993

  1,949,394.00

  Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.

  A13 Butcher Row and Branch Road, East London

  30 November 1993

  922,128.89

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  A417 Brockworth Bypass, East of Gloucester

  2 December 1993

  35,142,010.58

  Wimpey Construction Ltd.

  A5 between Longford Island (junction A460) and (junction 12)

  7 December 1993

  1,452,363.36

  Kimbell Construction Ltd.

  A11 between Stump Cross and Four Wentways, Cambridgeshire

  8 December 1993

  18,149,454.27

  Roadworks (1952) Ltd.

  A34 between Firgo Park-Tufton

  13 December 1993

  955,144.00

  ARC Ltd.

  A12 between Hackney Wick and M11 Link Road, Contract 2B

  13 December 1993

  3,524,321.00

  Murphy, J. & Sons Ltd.

  M2 junctions 5 and 7, major maintenance

  13 December 1993

  1,333,137.66

  May Gurney & Co. Ltd.

  M4 junction 4–4A Heathrow Airport Link Road

  15 December 1993

  2,755,299.19

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  M1 junction 30, Barlborough-Woodall

  17 December 1993

  3,963,812.84

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A11 Wymondham Southern Bypass

  17 December 1993

  16,940,943.10

  McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.

  M18 junction 3–4

  21 December 1993

  3,289,904.53

  Ward, Thos. W., Roadstone Ltd.

  A17 Leadenham Bypass Improvement

  22 December 1993

  3,322,890.66

  May Gurney & Co. Ltd.

  A45 Stonebridge, East of A45/M42

  23 December 1993

  8,447,149.00

  Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.

  M25 Widening between junctions 10 and 11, Wisley and Chertsey

  23 December 1993

  35,097,353.15

  Mowlem, John, Construction plc

  M4-A3005 Heston Road, Hounslow

  23 December 1993

  5,695,224.00

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  A406 Silver Street-Hall Lane, Angel Road Viaduct

  24 December 1993

  19,785,316.89

  AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.

  M6 Bescot Viaduct, North of junction 9, Contract R43

  24 December 1993

  1,182,897.00

  Taylor Woodrow Construction Holdings Ltd.

  A64 Fulford-A19 and A1079

  5 January 1994

  3,075,229.72

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A47 Walpole Highway and Tilney High Bypass, Cambridgeshire

  7 January 1994

  23,455,738.07

  May Gurney & Co. Ltd.

  A13 West of Heathway (A1240), South East of Wennington

  10 January 1994

  11,785,847.56

  AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.

  M58 junction 3-M6 Interchange

  11 January 1994

  2,397,882.60

  Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.

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  Scheme name

  Award date

  Award price (£)

  Contractor

  M602 junction 1, West of Manchester

  12 January 1994

  3,992,093.55

  Mowlem, John, Construction plc

  A303 between Harewood Forest and Bransbury

  12 January 1994

  2,597,425.87

  Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.

  A12 Boxted Bridge to Spring Lane

  13 January 1994

  1,098,504.88

  Roadworks (1952) Ltd.

  A27 Patching between Worthing and Arundel, West Sussex

  20 January 1994

  6,402,673.62

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  A50 Blythe Bridge-Contract 1B

  21 January 1994

  28,414,397.00

  Joint venture-Christiani/Kier

  M25 between junction 7 (Merstham) and junction 9 (Reigate)

  25 January 1994

  45,979,928.48

  Laing, John, Construction Ltd.

  A249 between Bobbing and North of Iwade, Kent

  25 January 1994

  35,721,035.06

  AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.

  Total for period

  £1,037,208,941.30

  List of all major road schemes (over £1 million estimate) awarded between 1 February 1994 and 18 May 1994

  Scheme Name

  Award date

  Award price (£)

  Contractor

  M4 junction 19 and junction 18

  1 February 1994

  2,036,894.21

  ARC Ltd.

  A4 River Loddon, East of Reading

  3 February 1994

  951,569.00

  Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.

  M64 Blackburn Southern bypass, Contract 1

  4 February 1994

  65,861,695.00

  Tarmac Construction Ltd.

  A2 Canterbury bypass between A2050 (Harbledown) and A28

  4 February 1994

  1,869,246.29

  ARC Ltd.

  A55 Between junction A483 and Cheshire/Clwyd

  7 February 1994

  3,296,329.00

  Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.

  A13 Thames Avenue—Wennington

  9 February 1994

  71,273,666.10

  Balfour Beatty Ltd.

  A4/A46 Batheaston—Swainswick bypass

  11 February 1994

  44,953,293.00

  Amey Construction Ltd.

  A1 South Witham—Woolfox, Nr. Stamford, Leicestershire

  14 February 1994

  1,420,181.50

  ARC Ltd.

  M6 junctions 5–6, Bromford Viaduct

  15 February 1994

  7,095,869.00

  Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.

  M20 Between junction 1 and 3, Communications Infrastructure

  15 February 1994

  552,443.84

  Semple & Cochrane Ltd.

  A66 Penrith and Keswick (Climbing Lane)

  16 February 1994

  846,748.70

  Cumbria CC DLO (County Contracting)

  M66 Moston Brook Outfall, Advance Works

  17 February 1994

  2,083,000.00

  Kennedy Construction Group

  A38 (Catholme) Barton—Bramston Interchange

  22 February 1994

  1,479,936.78

  Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.

  A27 Kingston—Hangleton, Southwick Hill Tunnel

  1 March 1994

  4,561,802.00

  Hall, Matthew, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

  A249 Queenborough bypass

  3 March 1994

  1,096,053.77

  Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.

  M26 junction 5—junction 2A Dunton Green Railway Bridge

  3 March 1994

  4,561,544.09

  ARC Ltd.

  M11 Between junctions 7 and 8

  16 March 1994

  1,505,838.85

  SIAC Construction Ltd.

  M1 junction 4—Deansbrook Viaduct

  20 March 1994

  11,981,013.00

  Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.

  A66 Bassenthwaite Lake/Keswick

  21 March 1994

  1,328,700.00

  Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.

  M5 Western Arm—Contract MM84

  22 March 1994

  5,687,538.00

  Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.

  A13 Cotton Street Blackwall Tunnel—A102 Improvement

  23 March 1994

  5,100,697.98

  Murphy, J. & Sons Ltd.

  M5 North of Exeter, Poltimore To Hele Straight

  23 March 1994

  1,690,066.90

  Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.

  A5 Between B5011 and A461, North of Birmingham

  25 March 1994

  1,171,607.00

  Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.

  A38 Marsh Mills Viaduct Replacement

  30 March 1994

  12,229,225.00

  Hochtief A.G.

  M4 junction 10, Winnersh Interchange

  11 April 1994

  7,152,923.21

  Mowlem, John, Construction Plc.

  M5 Between junction 22 (Edithmead) and junction 23 (Dunball)

  12 April 1994

  1,148,618.00

  Constable Hart & Co. Ltd.

  A19 Sheraton—Peterlee, North and South Bound, Durham

  15 April 1994

  3,533,000.00

  Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.

  A27 West of Lewes, East Sussex

  15 April 1994

  1,590,523.50

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  M4 junction 3—Heston Road

  22 April 1994

  5,720,560.00

  Associated Asphalt Ltd.

  Term Maintenance, North Yorkshire—Contract 3

  26 April 1994

  1,017,072.00

  North Yorkshire County Council DLO

  Term Maintenance, North Yorkshire—Contract 2

  26 April 1994

  1,154,705.00

  North Yorkshire County Council DLO

  A1(M) Sprotborough—junction 37 (Marr), South Yorkshire

  10 May 1994

  6,640,000.09

  Ward, Thos. W., Roadstone Ltd.

  A46—A606 Widmerpool junction, Nottinghamshire

  12 May 1994

  885,974.00

  Shanks & McEwan (Contracts) Ltd.

  Total for period

  £283,478,334.81

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AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

  Consultants
  Ms Primarolo
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the expenditure on management and financial consultants by her Department in 1992–93.

  Mr. Jack
  The expenditure by my Department—excluding the Intervention Board executive agency—on management and financial consultants in 1992–93 was approximately £2,021,000.

  Whales
  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will make a statement about the International Whaling Commission's study on whale watching.

  Mr. Jack
  The United Kingdom introduced a resolution on whale watching to the 1993 annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission which was adopted by consensus. This called on IWC members to submit reports on the extent and economic significance of whale-watching operations in their respective countries. Many countries, including the United Kingdom, have submitted reports and these have summarised by the IWC secretariat in a document which is being discussed by the IWC at its current meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. At this meeting, the United Kingdom delegation is seeking to ensure that the IWC plays a leading role in the development of this growing new industry, which represents an important new way of utilising whale resources.

  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether she intends to put pressure on the Norwegian Government at the International Whaling Commission in Puerto Vallarta between 23 and 27 May;

  (2) what further action she plans if Norway continues to ignore the International Whaling Commission moratorium on whaling.

  Mr. Jack
  Norway is well aware of the United Kingdom Government's strong opposition to its decision to resume commercial whaling. This has been made clear to the Norwegian Government on numerous occasions and at the highest levels. Although Norway is not legally bound by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling as, under IWC rules, it lodged an objection to the original decision taken in 1982, I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we shall continue to urge Norway, at the IWC meeting and beyond, to respect fully the terms of the moratorium.

  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what figures she has for the current levels of International Whaling Commission protected stock;

  (2) if she will review the levels of internationally protected stock, particularly the minke whale; and if she will make a statement.

  Mr. Jack
  Whale stocks are currently classified by the IWC under the terms of its obsolete new management procedure—NMP. The revised management scheme—70
  RMS—on which the IWC is now working and which incorporates a revised management procedure—RMPwould, if adopted, replace the NMP and would no longer require the formal classification of whale stocks. If the RMP were implemented, zero catch limits would apply to stocks estimated at below 54 per cent. of their pre-exploitation levels. This would be likely to cover the great majority of species of "great" whale.

  The IWC currently estimates the stock of minke whales in the Antarctic to number some 750,000 animals. In the north-east Atlantic the most recent estimate available for minke whales, produced by Norway, is of around 87,000 animals; that estimate is currently under review by the IWCL's scientific committee. The position on minke whales in the north Pacific is less clear, as uncertainty exists over stock identities.

  Mr. Jim Cunningham
  To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the long-term research project at the sea mammal research unit on the effect of environmental change on whales will be complete.

  Mr. Jack
  The project being funded by my Department at the sea mammal research unit to assess the effects of environmental change on whale populations began in April 1993 for an initial period of three years. The project is therefore due for review in April 1996.

DEFENCE

  D-day
  Ms Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Normanton (Mr. O'Brien) of 10 May 1994,Official Report, column 127, what representatives of Opposition parties have been invited to the events his Department is organising to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D-day landings.

  Mr. Hanley
  The following representatives of opposition parties have been invited:

  The Rt. Hon. Mrs. Margaret Beckett

  The Rt. Hon. James Molyneux

  The Rt. Hon. Stanley Onne

  Mr. John Home Robertson

  Mr. Frank Cook

  Mr. Eddie Loyden

  Mr. Don Dixon

  Mr. Archie Kirkwood

  Rev. Martin Smyth

  The Rt. Hon. Paddy Ashdown

  Mr. John Denham

  Mr. Bruce George

  Mr. John McWilliam

  Mr. Menzies Campbell CBE QC

  Mr. Andrew MacKinlay

  The Rt. Hon. Sir David Steel KBE

  Mr. William Ross

  Mr. Ken Maginnis

  Private Members' Bills
  Ms Lynne
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions since April 1992 Ministers from his Department have(a) requested parliamentary counsel to assist in preparing amendments to private Members' Bills on behalf of other private Members and (b) authorized

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  officials to instruct parliamentary counsel to prepare amendments which were subsequently passed to private Members.

  Mr. Hanley
  There have been no such occasions.

  Departmental Housing
  Mr. Steen
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many empty houses and flats are currently in his ownership within the city of Plymouth boundaries; what steps he will be taking to dispose of them; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Hanley
  As at 31 March 1994, my Department owned 301 vacant houses and flats within the city of Plymouth, of which 296 were service married quarters and five were civilian houses. The majority of those properties were undergoing major maintenance work or were already allocated to service families, and some were in the process of being sold. Where there is no long-term requirement, it is our policy to offer properties for sale to service personnel at a discount, to housing associations or on the open market.

  Royal Dockyards
  Mr. Jamieson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the invitation to tender for the sale of Devonport and Rosyth royal dockyards.

  Mr. Aitken
  The invitations to tender for the royal dockyards will contain commercially confidential material. It will not therefore be possible to place copies in the Library.

  Mr. Jamieson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy that the contracts of employment of current employees at Devonport and Rosyth royal dockyards will not be changed after privatisation without the agreement and consent of the employees.

  Mr. Aitken
  The contracts of employment of current employees of Devonport Royal Dockyard plc and Rosyth Royal Dockyard plc are entirely a matter for the dockyard companies and their employees. The present terms and conditions will continue to apply after the proposed sale of the royal dockyards unless and until changes are agreed between the company then owning each dockyard and its employees or the contracts of employment are terminated.

  Mr. Jamieson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total cost of the redundancy liability for the work force at each of Devonport and Rosyth royal dockyards.

  Mr. Aitken
  As the Government plan to continue with two royal dockyards, this is a hypothetical issue. The costs that would be incurred in meeting such a severance liability could be determined only in the full knowledge of all the relevant circumstances applying at the time. Estimates have, however, been made by the Government Actuary, on the basis of information provided by the dockyard contractors, which indicate that the total severance liability for the work forces at Devonport and Rosyth royal dockyards as at 31 March 1994 would have been some £147 million and £101 million respectively, based on the theoretical situation of all staff being made redundant on that date.
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  Mr. Jamieson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects his Department to apply for planning permission for the Trident refit facility at Devonport royal dockyard.

  Mr. Aitken
  This is currently scheduled for August 1994.

  Attack Helicopter
  Mr. Davidson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects an order being placed for an attack helicopter for the armed forces; how many he intends to purchase; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Aitken
  The assessment of the bids received last November in response to the attack helicopter competition is currently under way and the fuller bid from Atlas Aviation is due at the end of September. A final decision is expected in spring of next year and the contract is expected to be in place with the successful contractor by the middle of next year. We intend to order about 90 aircraft, although precise numbers have yet to be determined.

  Trident
  Ms Rachel Squire
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will break down the costings involved in the quoted cost of the Trident refitting facilities at Devonport;

  (2) what additional costs his Department has identified to the figures so far given for the Trident refitting at Devonport; and what is his estimate of the final cost of the contract.

  Mr. Aitken
  I refer the hon. member to annexe A of the consultation document "The Royal Dockyards—Future Arrangements for Ship Refitting" issued by my Department on 8 July 1993, and also to my written answer of 15 March 1994,Official Report, column 655. The detailed composition of the quoted cost is commercially confidential.

  Ms Rachel Squire
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the progress made on negotiating the Trident refitting contract with DML.

  Mr. Aitken
  Contractual arrangements for the refitting of Trident submarines will be a matter for negotiation with the successful bidder for Devonport royal dockyard.

  Ms Rachel Squire
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps will be taken to manage closely the fixed-price contract to be placed with DML for Trident refitting facilities.

  Mr. Aitken
  All necessary steps will be taken to ensure that the project proceeds to time and cost.

  Eurofighter
  Mr. Davidson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the expected cost of Eurofighter per unit indicating the variations depending on the numbers ordered; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Aitken
  On the basis of our declared offtake of 250 aircraft out of a production run of 602 aircraft, the current estimated unit production cost is £34 million at 1993 prices.
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  The unit production cost will vary according to the number of aircraft ordered by each of the four partner nations, the work sharing ratio and the contract prices negotiated.

  Mr. Davidson
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the cost of Eurofighter's development programme to date; what assessment he has made of the reasons for the cost overruns; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Aitken
  The project cost is reviewed annually. As reported in MOD's major projects report 1993 the development cost was estimated at that time at £3,463 million at 1993 prices. That represents an increase of some £570 million since the project was originally approved. Of this, some £450 million is due to German withdrawal from certain equipments, higher than expected equipment costs and the estimated cost of the reorientated development programme. The remainder reflects a reassessment of the estimated development costs between the dates of ministerial approval—April 1988—and the prices negotiated before the start of development—November 1988. The cost increases are unwelcome but not unexpected for a collaborative project of this complexity and technical sophistication. Negotiations are still in progress with industry over the cost of the reorientated development programme. A new estimate reflecting the expected outcome of these negotiations should be available soon.

  Public Bodies
  Mr. Kilfoyle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the Dartmoor steering group and working party.

  Mr. Hanley
  [holding answer 28 January 1994]: The members of the Dartmoor steering group and working party are as follows:

  Sir Anthony Barrowclough Kt QC (Chairman)

  Mr. P. L. Combes

  Councillor R. A. Cook

  Lieutenant General A. A. Dennison-Smith MBE

  Mr. P. D. Girling

  Mr. R. F. T. Halliday

  Mr. N. J. Neath

  Mr. R. Iles

  Mr. H. Kirby

  Dr. D. J. Townshend

  Colonel J. G. O'N Wells-Cole OBE

  Councillor J. P. Wigmore

  Mr. Kilfoyle
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members currently appointed to the independent board of visitors for military corrective training centre and Royal Navy detention quarters.

  Mr. Hanley
  [holding answer 28 January 1994]: The members of the independent board of visitors for the military corrective training centre and the Royal Navy detention quarters are as follows:

  Mr. C. P. Barlow

  Miss M. Beattie, MBE, JP, DL

  Mr. J. Cann, MP

  Mr. J. Denham, MP

  Mr. P. Holmes, JP, FCIS

  Mr. Lindsey, JP

  Mr. D. Martin, MP

  Mr. J. W. Pettinger

  Mr. T. W. Souter, Dip TP, FRTPI

  Mrs. J. Tweed, JP

  Brigadier J. Whitehead (Retired)

  Dr. D. Withnall, MBBD, MRCGP

  Imphal Barracks
  Mr. Bayley
  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 22 April,Official Report, column 394, about the number of square feet of office space of Imphal barracks to be released by the move of Army manning and records offices to Glasgow, what is the notional rental value of this office space per square foot; and what is the notional rental value per square foot of the new office accommodation for Army manning and records staff in Glasgow.

  Mr. Hanley
  [holding answer 12 May 1994]: The office accommodation at Imphal barracks is located within the barrack area and, for security reasons, it could not therefore be leased or otherwise disposed of. The question of a notional rental value is therefore not relevant. The investment appraisal for the Army personnel centre did, however, include an opportunity cost, which represented a notional rental value for that part of Kentigern house which would otherwise have been occupied by the APC. Because of commercial confidentiality, this figure cannot be released.

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

  ECOCON Ventures
  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade which Ministers in his Department met representatives of ECOCON Ventures and on what dates, in the last 12 months.

  Mr. Heseltine
  No such meetings have taken place.

  Insolvency Service
  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what date Stoy Hayward Consulting was given copies of documentation on the privatisation of(a) the Insolvency Service and (b) all other Government services.

  Mr. Heseltine
  Stoy Hayward carried out a study of the potential for involving the private sector more in the mechanical, processing tasks of official receivers following an invitation to bid issued in July 1993. Its remit did not extend to any other Government services.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade when reports on the privatisation of the Insolvency Service were made available by his Department to Ian Greer Associates.

  Mr. Heseltine
  Stoy Hayward produced a report relating to the Insolvency Service. My Department did not make this available to Ian Greer Associates. A summary of the report was supplied to Insolvency Service staff and trade unions and was placed in the Libraries of both Houses. It has also been made available for public inspection in the DTI's Library.

  Mr. Campbell-Savours
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what discussions have taken place between Ministers and representatives of Ian Greer Associates on the question of the privatisation of the Insolvency Service and other Government services.

  Mr. Heseltine
  No discussions have taken place between Ministers in the DTI and representatives of Ian
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  Greer Associates on the question of private sector involvement in the work of the Insolvency Service. Nor, as far as I am aware, have any such discussions taken place in relation to any other Government services.

  Mr. Fraser
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will now place in the Library the consultants' report on the privatisation of the Insolvency Service.

  Mr. Heseltine
  The purpose of Stoy Hayward's study was to examine the ways in which official receivers may concentrate more on their investigatory role by involving the private sector to a greater extent in the mechanical processing work in insolvencies. I do not propose to place the full consultants' report in the Library of the House. The summary already in the Library of the House has been agreed by Stoy Hayward as a fair reflection of its report.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list all those organisations(a) inside and (b) outside Government that have had sight of his Department's report on the future of the Insolvency Service.

  Mr. Heseltine
  [holding answer 18 May 1994]: The full report of Stoy Hayward's work on the potential for involving the private sector more in the mechanical, processing tasks of official receivers was seen by DTI Ministers and their immediate staff; relevant Insolvency Service and DTI officials; members of the agency steering board; and relevant Ministers and officials in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and HM Treasury.

  A summary of the report was placed in the Libraries of both Houses and also in DTI's library for inspection.

  Coal Research Establishment
  Mr. Nigel Jones
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has regarding the future of the Coal Research Establishment; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Eggar
  The future of the Coal Research Establishment is a matter for British Coal.

  Atomic Energy Authority
  Mr. Chris Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the prospects of privatising the National Environmental Technology centre in the light of the conclusions of the privatisation review of the Atomic Energy Authority.

  Mr. Eggar
  I announced on 17 February 1994,Official Report, columns 922–24, the Government's intention to privatise the business activities in the AEA's new commercial division—since renamed "AEA Technology"—and that decisions on the form of privatisation would be taken in due course. The National Environmental Technology centre is part of AEA Technology and, as such, is included within the terms of that announcement.

  Mr. Chris Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what the closure of Warren Springs laboratory and creation of the National Environmental Technology centre has cost to date.

  Mr. Heseltine
  The final accounts for Warren Spring Laboratory are in preparation however the net result to date of the closure of the Stevenage site and the creation of the National Environmental Technology centre is expected to be a benefit to the Exchequer of £11 million.
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  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the total volume of radioactive waste delivered, in each year since 1979, to(a) AEA Technology and (b) British Nuclear Fuels sites under the Radioactive Substances (Waste Closed Sources) Exemption Order 1962.

  Mr. Eggar
  The volumes of these wastes received by UKAEA under the national disposal service between 1979 and 1993 were:

  Year

  Cubic metres

  1979

  6.00

  1980

  6.00

  1981

  6.00

  1982

  6.00

  1983

  6.00

  1984

  7.86

  1985

  4.23

  1986

  7.02

  1987

  6.01

  1988

  5.43

  1989

  5.24

  1990

  2.67

  1991

  7.45

  1992

  13.90

  1993

  20.02

  BNFL has received about 0.05 cubic metres of such wastes over the whole of the period.

  Competition
  Mr. Etherington
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade when his departmental officials last met representatives of the European Commissioner responsible for competition; and what matters were discussed.

  Mr. Neil Hamilton
  My officials are in regular and frequent contact with the competition directorate-general of the European Commission to discuss a wide range of issues.

  Inquiries
  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) when the inspectors to inquire into the affairs of Medway Secondary Metals Ltd. were appointed; when their inquiry was completed; what are the business connections of the inspectors; what is the cost of the investigation; how it has been disbursed to each inspector; what reports have been published; and when he will publish the final reports;

  (2) when the inspectors to inquire into the affairs of British Anzani plc were appointed; when their inquiry was completed; what are the business connections of the inspectors; what is the cost of the investigation; how it has been disbursed to each inspector; what reports have been published; and when he will publish the final reports;

  (3) when the inspectors to inquire into the affairs of Bank Street Securities Ltd. were appointed; when their inquiry was completed; what are the business connections of the inspectors; what is the cost of the investigation; how it has been disbursed to each inspector; what reports have been published; and when he will publish the final reports;

  (4) when the inspectors to inquire into the affairs of Link Service Stations Ltd. were appointed; when their inquiry was completed; what are the business connections

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  of the inspectors; what is the cost of the investigation; how it has been disbursed to each inspector; what reports have been published; and when he will publish the final reports;

  (5) when the inspectors to inquire into the affairs of Graylaw Holdings Ltd. were appointed; when their inquiry was completed; what are the business connections of the inspectors; what is the cost of the investigation; how it has been disbursed to each inspector; what reports have been published; and when he will publish the final reports;

  Company

  Date of appointment of inspectors

  Date of report

  Cost (£)

  Link Service Stations Ltd.

  11 March 1983

  28 November 1989

  Accountant = 598,205 Lawyer = 147,439 Total = 745,644

  Graylaw Holdings Ltd.

  11 March 1983

  28 November 1989

  British Anzanie plc

  11 March 1983

  28 November 1986

  Bank Street Securities

  4 October 1983

  28 November 1989

  Medway Secondary Metals Ltd.

  16 February 1984

  21 October 1987

  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade when the inspectors to inquire into the affairs of Euroseas Securities Ltd. were appointed; when their inquiry was completed; what are the business connections of the inspectors; what is the cost of the investigation; how it has been disbursed to each inspector; what reports have been published; and when he will publish the final reports.

  Mr. Neil Hamilton
  Mr. M. A. F. Lyndon Stanford QC and Mr. B. A. Kemp FCA of Saffery Champness were appointed on 4 September 1980. They reported on 5 March 1985 and it was decided in 1987 not to publish their report. The cost of the inspection was £399,741. A breakdown of this figure is no longer available.

  Imports (China)
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what goods or materials the United Kingdom Government import from China.

  Mr. Needham
  Information on United Kingdom imports from China is regularly published in "Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom." Copies of this publication are available in the Library of the House. Sources of purchases by the Government are not monitored.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade what advice or information he has given United Kingdom companies importing from China about the use of labour camps in the production of Chinese goods and materials.

  Mr. Needham
  I have given no specific advice or information. However, with limited exceptions, the importation into the United Kingdom of goods produced in any foreign prison or like establishment is banned by the Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897, as amended in 1988. Enforcement of the Act is a matter for HM Customs and Excise, which depends on receiving sufficient evidence, specific to the consignment concerned.

  Small Company Audit
  Mr. Stern
  To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to issue regulations in respect of the abolition of the small company audit; and when they will come into effect.
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  Mr. Neil Hamilton
  Elizabeth Appleby, QC and Peter Wilfred Foss, FCA of Moores Rowland were appointed inspectors in all the companies referred to by the hon. Member. The additional information requested by the hon. Member appears in the table. The same inspectors were also appointed in a related company, Pennine Commercial Holdings plc, where because of criminal proceedings, no final report has yet been signed. When the Pennine Commercial Holdings report has been completed, publication of all reports will be considered.

  Mr. Neil Hamilton
  My Department has issued a draft of the statutory instrument and invited public comment on the text by 10 June 1994. We intend the legislation to enter into force this summer.

NATIONAL HERITAGE

  National Railway Museum
  Mr. Bayley
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will make a statement about the recent departure of the head of the national railway museum.

  Mr. Sproat
  The National Heritage Act 1983 lays the responsibility for the management of the national museum of science and industry on its trustees. The new head of the national railway museum, Mr. Andrew Scott, has now been appointed, and I wish him and the museum every success.

  D-day
  Mr. Hawkins
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what arrangements are being made to support the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of D-day in the north of England, with particular reference to the recognition of the role played by men of Lancashire regiments in the invasion.

  Mr. Sproat
  My Department has been in regular touch with the D-day committee in Blackpool to discuss promotion of its commemorative events. These were included in the list of D-day events published at the launch in April of the nationwide programme of popular events.

  Tourism
  Mr. Robert Banks
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what consultations he has had about improving training for jobs in the tourist industry; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Sproat
  Department of National Heritage Ministers and officials regularly consult with the tourism industry, the English tourist board and other relevant bodies on all tourism issues, including training. Indeed, as my hon. Friend is aware, I met the chairman of the Academy of Food and Wine service earlier this year to
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  learn more about the open learning material that it has developed to train those working within the hospitality industry.

  Mr. Barry Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is his policy for tourism; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Sproat
  The objectives of the Government's tourism policy are, as set out in my Department's annual report, to create the conditions which will encourage inward and domestic tourism so that the industry can make its full contribution to the economy; and increase opportunities for access to our culture and heritage.

  Gardening
  Dr. Spink
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what help and encouragement his Department gives to the promotion of gardening as(a) a leisure pursuit and (b) part of the nation's heritage.

  Mr. Sproat
  Gardening is one of the most popular leisure pursuits. The Department has responsibility, through the Royal Parks Agency, for the royal parks, which contain some nationally famous gardens, providing inspiration, if not help and encouragement, to the gardener.

  English Heritage maintains a register of historic parks and gardens and provides grants for their conservation. My Department is also grant-aiding projects being undertaken by the Garden History Society and the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.

  Orchestral Concerts
  Mr. Barry Jones
  To ask the Secretary of State for National heritage how many regional orchestral concerts he has attended.

  Mr. Brooke
  Over the past two years I have had the pleasure of attending 11 orchestral concerts in London and around the country. Only this month, my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary attended a concert in Liverpool which he greatly enjoyed.

  Cross-media Ownership
  Mr. Mullin
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he has for reviewing the regulations governing cross-media ownership; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Brooke
  I announced on 3 January that I would be reviewing the rules which restrict cross-media ownership. Officials will make recommendations to Ministers this summer. The timing of an announcement about the outcome will depend on a number of factors, including the nature of those recommendations and any legislative implications.

  Television Licences (Pensioners)
  Mr. Winnick
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what most recent consultations he has had over the television licence fee for pensioners.

  Mr. Brooke
  The Government have historically received a number of requests for pensioners to be given free or reduced-rate television licences, regardless of the 80
  ability to pay. The Government are sympathetic to pensioners but do not consider the licence fee a suitable instrument of social policy.

  Sport (Disabled People)
  Mr. Patchett
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what role his Department is undertaking in promoting sport for the disabled.

  Mr. Sproat
  In 1993–94, the Sports Council provided grants totalling £469,000 to the British Paralympic Association, the British Sports Association for the Disabled and the United Kingdom Sports Association for People with Mental Handicap. The council also works closely with the governing bodies of sport to assist them to become more involved in this area of sport. In addition, disabled sport has benefited from a number of sportsmatch grants.

  Press Regulation
  Sir David Knox
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he proposes to publish his White Paper on the regulation of the press.

  Mr. Brooke
  As soon as we have completed our consideration of the issues surrounding the proposed civil remedy and criminal offences. I cannot yet say when that will be.

  Museums and Galleries
  Mr. Spring
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what information he collates regarding visitor satisfaction with the national museums and galleries.

  Mr. Sproat
  Information on levels of satisfaction of visitors to the national museums and galleries is collected by the institutions themselves. My Department does not routinely collect such data. I was, however, pleased to learn from the 1993 National Audit Office report "Quality of Service at the National Museums and Galleries" that, at the five national museums and galleries examined, the overall quality of service was high: 98 per cent. of the visitors surveyed were satisfied or very satisfied.

  Mr. Cormack
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what improvements have been made to the national galleries in the last six months.

  Mr. Sproat
  All the national museums and galleries sponsored by my Department undertake a continuous programme of improvements. Notable among the many improvements which have taken place over the past six months are the opening of a new archive and library extension and new gallery at the national portrait gallery, the completion of the latest phase of re-roofing of the Waterhouse building housing the natural history museum, the opening of the new glass gallery at the Victoria and Albert museum and the recently completed phase of stonework and roof repairs at the British museum.

  In addition, all national museums and galleries strive continuously to improve their services to visitors, collection management and general efficiency.

  Further information on the activities of each of the national museums and galleries is published in my Department's annual report and in the triennial reports published by the institutions themselves.

  Privacy
  Sir Michael Neubert
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he next expects to meet the European counterparts to discuss measures to limit invasions of personal privacy by the media.

  Mr. Brooke
  I have no plans for any such meetings at present but I will be attending the Culture Council next month.

  BBC
  Dr. Liam Fox
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what consideration he is giving to efficiency improvements in the BBC in the context of the renewal of the BBC charter.

  Mr. Brooke
  I am taking account of the BBC's continuing efforts to operate more cost-effectively in developing proposals for the corporation's future. Independent consultants, Touche Ross, reporting to me last year, concluded that the BBC has pursued opportunities to make savings and efficiency improvements in a vigorous and effective manner. The BBC is taking further measures to improve its efficiency.

  Outdoor Education Centres
  Mr. Jamieson
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what representations his Department has received regarding the code of practice for outdoor education centres.

  Mr. Sproat
  Since the hon. Member's question on the accreditation of outdoor centres on 18 April,Official Report, column 624, I have received one representation, which was from the hon. Member.

  Sports Council
  Ms Mowlam
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what additional administrative expenses will be incurred by the Sports Council in respect of its distribution of 20 per cent. of the national lottery distribution fund.

  Mr. Brooke
  The staffing, accommodation and IT requirements of the Sports Council in processing lottery applications are currently being costed. Directions issued to the Sports Council under section 26(3) of the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 will require it to secure value for money in the administration of lottery funds.

  International Sporting Events
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what action the Sports Council has taken and is taking to attract major international sporting events to the United Kingdom.

  Mr. Sproat
  The Sports Council assists national governing bodies of sport in attracting major international sporting events. The council has established a major events support group which will hold its inaugural meeting next month. This will provide practical guidance and technical advice on the various tasks and costs involved in bidding for and staging major events. The Sports Council has provided £560,000 in support of a number of major events being held in the United Kingdom this year.

  Television Reception
  Mr. Hendry
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what information he has on communities of more than 200 people in England which cannot obtain reasonable reception of television programmes.

  Mr. Brooke
  I understand that there are around 210 communities of 200 or more people in England which do not have a reasonable reception of terrestrial television services.

  Mr. Hendry
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what proportion of the population of England is unable to receive a reasonable reception of television programmes.

  Mr. Brooke
  I understand that about 0.4 per cent. of the population of England do not have a reasonable reception of terrestrial television services.

  National Lottery
  Sir Fergus Montgomery
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many organisations have expressed an interest in running the national lottery.

  Mr. Brooke
  The Director General of the National Lottery has received eight applications for the section 5 licence to run the national lottery in response to the invitation to apply that he issued on 21 December 1993.

  Beaches
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what assessment he has made of the impact of unclean beaches on(a) the internal and (b) the external tourist trade.

  Mr. Sproat
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: The Government are aware of the current concern about unclean beaches and of the importance of clean beaches to encourage the tourist trade to resort areas. It is naturally in the resorts' interest to work towards cleaner and more accessible beaches. This is recognised in part by the Department of the Environment's commitment to the Tidy Britain Group.

  The TBG administers the United Kingdom seaside awards. Its primary functions are to help raise standards of cleanliness, hygiene and environmental management at beaches and also to provide a comprehensive and free public information service for beach users. All seaside award resort beaches must meet 28 land-based criteria—fewer for rural beaches—as well as attaining at least the mandatory water quality laid down by the EC directive on bathing water. A premier seaside award indicates guideline water quality—better than the mandatory standard—as well as the fulfilment of all land-based criteria. Some 137 beaches in the United Kingdom received seaside awards in 1993.

  As the awards suggest, there is a serious commitment to ensuring the cleanliness of beaches. It is estimated that around 50 per cent. of Britons holidaying in the United Kingdom take their breaks at seaside resorts. This demonstrates the continuing appeal of the traditional seaside holiday and is something which the English tourist board has encouraged in the past few years by promoting resorts through its seaside campaign. Statistics on the number of overseas visitors who go to seaside resorts are not available.

ENVIRONMENT

  Housing Corporation Expenditure (North Yorkshire)
  Mr. Bayley
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much was spent in North Yorkshire by the Housing Corporation in 1993–94; and what is its budget for North Yorkshire in 1994–95.

  Sir George Young
  In 1993–94, the Housing Corporation spent £15,764,153 in North Yorkshire.

  The Housing Corporation cannot, at this stage, give an exact figure for the 1994–95 budget for North Yorkshire. However, the total cost of housing association schemes which the Housing Corporation expects to approve in North Yorkshire in 1994–95 is £11,926,000; approximately half of this is expected to be spent in 1994–95. In addition, the corporation forecasts that in 1994–95 they will spend £8,147,000 on existing schemes in North Yorkshire. Therefore, the total Housing Corporation budget for North Yorkshire in 1994–95 is estimated to be in the region of £14 million.

  "This Common Inheritance"
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many copies of the third year report on the environmental White Paper "This Common Inheritance" (Cm 2549) have been published; at what cost; to whom copies have been distributed; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Atkins
  HMSO published 6,000 copies. The Department of the Environment purchased 2,000 of those and the remainder are on sale from HMSO. So far, the Department has distributed about 1,700 copies to Parliament, overseas Governments, central Government Departments and agencies, local authority associations, businesses and a wide range of special interest groups and academic institutions. At present, the estimated total cost to Government including both direct payment to the Department's designers and purchase from HMSO is about £52,000. In addition, we produced a summary not for publication but for free distribution.

  Development Programme
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total amount of moneys in the approved development programme since its inception at(a) cash prices and (b) current prices.

  Sir George Young
  Housing associations, funded through the Housing Corporation, are now the main providers of new social housing. Below is the total amount of moneys in the Housing Corporation's approved development programme, gross, in cash and current prices for each year since its inception in 1981–82.

  Cash prices £ million

  Current (ie. 1993–94) prices £ million

  1981–82 ADP

  520.5

  959.0

  1982–83 ADP

  755.3

  1,300.2

  1983–84 ADP

  734.0

  1,207.7

  1984–85 ADP

  696.7

  1,090.5

  1985–86 ADP

  710.8

  1,051.0

  1986–87 ADP

  714.7

  1,023.6

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  Cash prices £ million

  Current (ie. 1993–94) prices £ million

  1987–88 ADP

  751.7

  1,035.7

  1988–89 ADP

  791.3

  1,028.2

  1989–90 ADP

  935.2

  1,127.2

  1990–91 ADP

  1,062.7

  1,168.4

  1991–92 ADP

  1,585.7

  1,664.5

  1992–93 ADP

  1,780.2

  1,810.9

  HMP1

  591.0

  601.2

  1993–94 ADP

  1,859.2

  1,859.2

  Total

  13,489.0

  16,927.3

  1994–95 ADP

  1,514.9

  n/a

  1Housing Market Package

  In addition, between 1987–88 and 1994–95 the approved development programme has levered in over £3.6 billion in private finance.

  Portable Telephones
  Mr. Vaz
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 6 May,Official Report, column 650, what was the cost of calls made on (a) car and (b) portable telephones in 1993–94.

  Mr. Baldry
  The cost of calls for car and portable telephones for each business unit is included with those of the other telephone services and, regrettably, could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

  Local Authority Housing
  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the housing capital expenditure of all local authorities in each year since 1980–81 at(a) cash prices and (b) current prices.

  Sir George Young
  Local authority gross housing capital expenditure in England, from 1980–81 to 1993–94, was:

  £ million

  Cash

  21993–94 prices

  1980–81

  2,729

  5,669

  1981–82

  2,632

  4,985

  1982–83

  3,235

  5,719

  1983–84

  3,571

  6,035

  1984–85

  3,501

  5,633

  1985–86

  3,023

  4,608

  1986–87

  3,017

  4,469

  1987–88

  3,272

  4,600

  1988–89

  3,604

  4,749

  1989–90

  5,124

  6,312

  Present capital finance system

  1990–91

  3,164

  3,606

  1991–92

  2,818

  3,021

  1992–93

  2,627

  2,712

  31993–94

  2,791

  2,791

  Notes:

  1 Figures include Urban Programme and City Challenge housing capital expenditure.

  2 Cash figures converted to 1993–94 price levels by excluding the effect of general inflation as measured by the GDP market prices deflator.

  3 Provisional.
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  Mr. Frank Field
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total amount of moneys made available to all local authorities for housing capital expenditure in each year since 1980–81 through(a) capital grants and (b) borrowing approvals at (i) cash prices and (ii) current prices.

  Sir George Young
  Central Government capital provision for local authority housing capital expenditure in England, from 1980–81 to 1993–94, was:

  £ million

  Capital grants1

  Borrowing approvals2

  Cash prices

  1993–94 prices3

  Cash prices

  1993–94 prices3

  1980–81

  n/a

  n/a

  2,203

  4,576

  1981–82

  n/a

  n/a

  1,795

  4,000

  1982–83

  n/a

  n/a

  2,192

  3,875

  1983–84

  n/a

  n/a

  2,233

  3,774

  1984–85

  n/a

  n/a

  1,852

  2,980

  1985–86

  135

  206

  1,605

  2,446

  1986–87

  145

  215

  1,459

  2,161

  1987–88

  147

  207

  1,400

  1,968

  1988–89

  188

  248

  1,331

  1,754

  1989–90

  326

  402

  1,095

  1,349

  Present capital finance system

  1990–91

  293

  334

  1,558

  1,776

  1991–92

  352

  377

  1,706

  1,829

  1992–93

  423

  437

  1,541

  1,591

  41993–94

  413

  413

  1,367

  1,367

  New social housing in England is now mainly provided by housing associations rather than local housing authorities.

  Notes:

  1 Outtrun figures unless otherwise stated. Comprising specified capital grants and other housing capital grants. Before 1990, grants were paid to support loan charges incurred by local authorities in borrowing for the payment of private sector renewal grants. Estimates comparable with capital grants paid under the present system are available only for 1985–86 to 1989–90.

  2 Outturn figures unless otherwise stated. Including Estate Action which forms part of the Single Regeneration Budget for 1994–95 onwards. Figures for 1990–91 onwards comprise the housing contribution to authorities' all-service basic credit approvals and housing supplementary credit approvals. Figures for years before 1990–91 are on a comparable basis, comprising HIP allocations including retrospective borrowing approvals.

  3 Cash figures converted to 1993–94 price levels by excluding the effect of general inflation as measured by the GDP market prices deflator.

  4 Estimated outtum.

  Mr. Battle
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish for each local authority(a) the amount spent on council housing repairs and maintenance and (b) the number of council-owned properties; and what was the average spent by local authorities on repairs and maintenance per council-owned property for each year since 1991–92.

  Sir George Young
  The information available to my Department from local authorities' returns has been placed in the Library. Based on those returns, my Department's estimates of the average amount spent on repairs and maintenance for the three years requested is £509, £545 and £595 per dwelling.

  Local Government Reorganisation
  Mr. Austin Mitchell
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 11 May,Official Report, column 170, what increase in borrowing
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  will be required to pay for the costs of local government reorganisation in Humberside; and what plans he has to indicate this at each stage of reorganisation as it is introduced into Parliament.

  Mr. Curry
  The amount of borrowing required will depend, among other things, on what new structure is adopted. The Local Government Commission, in its report on the options for reorganisation in Humberside, gives an analysis of the costs derived from local authority figures as a basis for decisions on the future structure. Following Parliament's decision, authorities that are to be reorganised will be asked to submit updated figures of the transitional costs and the savings and receipts that they estimate will arise each year. Those will provide the basis for annual limits on the amount of borrowing approvals that the Department will grant. The limits will be issued to authorities before the beginning of each financial year.

  Mr. Mitchell
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 11 May,Official Report, column 120 (1) if he will set out the calculations of savings and receipts on which he bases his statement that borrowings and the interest payable thereon for the cost of local government reorganisation can be paid back;

  (2) what assumptions he made when issuing an assurance on costs of local government reorganisation, on the levels of redundancy and transfer arrangements and costs; and when he will be in a position to give estimates of these costs.

  Mr. Curry
  The Government's policy guidance to the Local Government Commission asks it to take all feasible steps to assess all the costs and benefits of options being considered. Its estimates are based on figures provided by the local authorities and are published together with the Commission's recommendations. The estimates in the reports submitted to date show that in most cases the savings and receipts should be sufficient to pay back the transitional costs of reorganisation and interest. There would need to be exceptional non-financial benefits to justify approving a reorganisation for which the savings and receipts were not expected to pay off the transitional costs, including interest.

  Radioactive Waste
  Mr. Llew Smith
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from his Icelandic counterpart since 15 December 1993 in regard to the consents given to British Nuclear Fuels to open the thermal oxide reprocessing plant.

  Mr. Atkins
  The Secretary of State met with Icelandic Environment Minister on 23 March 1994. A number of subjects, including THORP, were discussed at that meeting.

  Parish Polls
  Mr. Gordon Prentice
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those parish polls which have been conducted since 1979, together with their subject matter in each case.

  Mr. Baldry
  This information is not held centrally.

  Marine Conservation
  Mrs. Maddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will introduce legislation to allow Government agencies to regulate the activities of harbour authorities in marine nature reserves;

  (2) if he will introduce legislation to allow Government agencies to control navigation and fisheries within the boundaries of marine nature reserves established under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

  Mr. Atkins
  The Government have no such plans for marine nature reserves. However, the Government will shortly be laying regulations which will provide for the selection, protection and management of special areas of conservation under the EC habitats directive. Those regulations will place a duty on harbour, navigation and fisheries authorities to undertake their responsibilities in accordance with the requirements of the directive in relation to such areas.

  Mrs. Maddock
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation to protect vulnerable sea areas around the United Kingdom coast and to provide for their integrated management.

  Mr. Atkins
  The Government will shortly be laying regulations, under the European Communities Act 1972, which will provide for the selection, protection and management of special areas of conservation under the EC habitats directive. A number of those areas will be in the marine environment.

  Last October, the Department of the Environment and the Welsh Office issued discussion papers on coastal management and control of development below the low-water mark, which looked at the broader issues relating to the management of the coastal zone. We are considering the responses.

  Boreholes
  Mr. Alex Carlile
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 17 May,Official Report, columns 395–6, what is the legal liability for damage to neighbouring property of water authorities which are negligent in sinking boreholes, irrespective of powers conferred under the Water Industry Act 1991; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Atkins
  The legal position of a water undertaker which abstracts water from a borehole on the undertaker's own land, in circumstances where no abstraction licence or works order is required, is no different from the law applicable to any other landowner who lawfully abstracts water from land. English law distinguishes between two kinds of underground water: water flowing in a certain and definite channel and percolating water. Only water which flows in a known and definite channel can be the subject of property or riparian rights. Whereas at common law the owner of land has the right to have the surface of his land supported by minerals on or under his neighbour's land, there is no equivalent right to have the surface of his land supported by water; nor does he have any rights in respect of water running in undefined channels, except to sink wells and so obtain a supply of water.

  Unless a duty of care is established there is no liability for negligence. Since the owner of land has no right of support from underground water flowing in undefined
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  channels, he cannot show that a neighbouring landowner owes him a duty of care not to abstract that water and so remove support from his own land, unless the loss of support is due to the removal of minerals, such as wet sand, running silt or dissolved rock salt.

  Sheffield City Council
  Mr. Harry Greenway
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his decision on the final cap for Sheffield city council; and if he will make a statement.

  Mr. Curry
  My right hon. Friend has laid before the House a draft order, under section 57 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, setting out our decision on the final cap for Sheffield city council, which had challenged its proposed cap and put forward a higher alternative. We have considered very carefully all the available relevant information, including the case made by the authority in support of a higher cap, before taking our decision. We have concluded that some relaxation in the proposed cap for Sheffield would be justified and have decided to increase its cap by £3 million.

  The final cap for Sheffield is £381.65 million. This cap is, in our view, reasonable, appropriate and achievable in all the circumstances of Sheffield.

  City-centre Investment
  Sir Michael Neubert
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to encourage new investment in town and city centres.

  Mr. Curry
  [holding answer 18 May 1994]: Through our planning policy guidance and other publications, we are encouraging vital and viable town centres in which developers will want to invest. Success is likely to depend on partnerships bringing together the relevant public agencies and residents, retailers, property owners and investors to develop a positive strategy.

  In addition, one aim of the city challenge initiative is to make city and town centres more attractive to businesses and residents. Town centre redevelopments are a significant element in approximately a third of city challenge partnerships. They should attract nearly £350 million in private sector investment to city and town centres.

  The single regeneration budget can also support local proposals including measures which further encourage investment in town centres.

  Bathing Water Directive
  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which beaches in England are classified as unsuitable for bathing.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: None of our identified bathing waters are classified as unsuitable for bathing but bathers should heed local warnings provided on wind, wave and tidal conditions.

  Mr. Flynn
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the progress of the National Rivers Authority in complying with the European bathing water directive.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: The NRA continues to report on a steady improvement in

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  compliance. In 1993, four out of five bathing waters in England and Wales were better than the relevant EC standards. There are schemes under way to bring virtually all the remainder up to standard by the end of next year.

  Vehicle Emissions
  Mr. Nigel Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the contribution petrol containing the detergent petrol additives which are able to clean the combustion chamber as well as the intake valves and the fuel injectors will make towards the Government's overall aim of improving air 90
  quality in the United Kingdom; and if he will recommend the use of such petrol by the public sector, including the Government car service.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: None. The British standard for petrol does permit the use of performance enhancer additives but it is up to the individual oil company to substantiate such claims.

  Mr. Nigel Evans
  To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the effect of the adoption of petrol containing the detergent petrol additives which clean the combustion chamber as well as the intake valves and the fuel injectors on the level of vehicle emissions.

  Mr. Atkins
  [holding answer 20 May 1994]: None.

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  NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES
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  NORTH KOREA: NUCLEAR POLICY
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  US 'TEAM SPIRIT" EXERCISES
  US 'TEAM SPIRIT" EXERCISES
  MACEDONIA
  MACEDONIA
  Mr. HRISTOS SIDEROPOULOS
  Mr. HRISTOS SIDEROPOULOS
  ETHNIC MINORITIES IN GREECE
  ETHNIC MINORITIES IN GREECE
  EVACUATION OF UK CITIZENS FROM YEMEN: COST
  EVACUATION OF UK CITIZENS FROM YEMEN: COST
  EVACUATION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS: COST RECOVERY
  EVACUATION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS: COST RECOVERY
  INJURY COMPENSATION CLAIMS FROM SERVICE PERSONNEL
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  ARTILLERY SHELL FUSES: MIDDLE EAST SALE CONTRACT
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  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: DATA COLLECTION
  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: DATA COLLECTION
  JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
  JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
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