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Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many cars there are in the Government car pool ; and how many of those use unleaded petrol.
Mr. Chope : The Government car service operate 181 vehicles. By the middle of this year we intend to have 128 vehicles capable of using unleaded petrol. At present 39 have this capability.
Computer Consultants
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total amount spent by the Property Services Agency in 1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases ; and if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by the Property Services Agency in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
Mr. Ridley : Expenditure by the Property Services Agency, on management and computer consultancy contracts in 1988, excluding hardware and software purchases, was £6,462,582.
The list of each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by the Property Services Agency in 1988, giving the name of each consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment, is as follows :
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Consultancy Firm |Subject of Assignment
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Management consultancy
P A Computers and Telecommunications Ltd |To carry out an analysis of PSA financial and management accounting processes
| as they would be performed under a full commercial accounting regime.
P A Computers and Telecommunications Ltd |To examine the impact of existing IT systems relating to Directly Employed
| Labour (DEL) performance
Price Waterhouse |Business and Finance Development
Samuel Montagu and Co Ltd |Advice on effecting the sale of the Crown Suppliers
Write Solutions Ltd |Assistance with development of the marketing strategy for QEII Conference
| Centre
Michael Rines Associates |Public Relations Support for QEII Conference Centre
MCP Management Consultants |Software support
Farnfield Marketing Consultants Ltd |Establishing the sales potential of publications produced by PSA's Director
| General of Design Services
Duffy, Eley Giffone and Worthington |Impact of New Technology on Accommodation Standards
Peat Marwick McLintock |Assessment of tenders for contracting out management of maintenance and minor
| works activities
BIS Applied Systems Ltd |Support in the development of a Quality Support Framework
BIS Applied Systems Ltd |Support in the production of a statement of requirement for PSA's Regional Computing Standards
BIS Applied Systems Ltd |Support in the development of a Configuration Management Framework
Dialatron Business Systems Ltd |Evaluation, implementation and development of facilities on text processing
| equipment
Systems Designers plc |Software support
Oracle Corporation UK Ltd |Software support
Peat Marwick McLintock |Introduction of Low Cost 2-dimensional computer aided draughting (CAD)
| system
Dr Stanley Port |Support for General Draughting Management Study
ICL (UK) Ltd |Support for computer communications
Norbec (Microfilm) Ltd |Support for installation of microfilming system
BIS Applied Systems Ltd |Assistance in the review, development and evaluation of IT standards
ICL (UK) Ltd |Software support
ICL (UK) Ltd |Technical support to link computer operating systems
Computer Consultancy
Applied Network Technology Ltd |Transfer of priority data from an Apple microcomputer to an IBM PC
P A Computers and Telecommunications Ltd |Evaluation of PC-based software for project management requirements
Peter Downes Ltd |To develop proposals for a comprehensive register of computing, telecoms and
| office machinery held by PSA
John Evans & Associates Ltd |Implementation of revised methods for planning and control of Directly
| Employed Labour
CAP Industry Ltd (SEMA Group) |Public Health Engineering Computerisation
Prime Computer (UK) Ltd |Software support
P A Computers and Telecommunications Ltd |Support to the planning of the Infrastructure Computer Services Project
BIS Applied Systems Ltd |Support in the evaluation of security requirements of PSA's Strategic Infrastructure
BIS Applied Systems Ltd |Support in the evaluation of the security requirements of PSA's Interim Systems
| and Central Hastings Processes
K P G Computer Support Services Ltd |Software support
Peat Marwick McLintock |Professional Computing Strategy Study
Metascybe Systems Ltd |Enhancement to financial control computer system
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd |Technical support to link computer operating systems
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd |Assistance in the procurement of IT equipment
ICL (UK) Ltd |Audit of accounting systems
P A Computers and Telecommunications Ltd |Evaluation of short-listed suppliers for computing equipment
ICL (UK) Ltd |Specialist support for accounting (LAFIS) software package
Sports Clubs
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he has had with sporting associations and local authorities relating to mandatory and discretionary relief from non- domestic rates to sports clubs ; and what guidance he has issued.
Mr. Ridley : My Department is issuing today a consultation letter on the content of proposed regulations about the period for which discretionary rate relief may be granted and the notice which must be given if relief is varied or terminated. I am placing a copy of the letter in the Library.
Also the Department has discussed with the local authority associations and with the Sports Council what guidance should be given to local authorities on the use of their powers to grant discretionary relief. We plan to consult separately on this subject.
Rating Reform
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the initial one-off costs of art-work and creative design of "You and the Community Charge : Exemptions" published on 22 March ; what further subsidiary leaflets are planned on aspects of the community charge ; when these will be published ; and what is the total budgetary provision in his Department's estimates for these publications.
Mr. Ridley : The initial design and art-work costs of the exemptions leaflet were £2,200.
Further leaflets are in preparation on rebates--"The Collective Community Charge", "Students and the Community Charge," "Appeals and Second Homes." These will be published variously over the next few weeks. The total estimated cost of all these publications, including that on exemptions, is approximately £113,100.
Water
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state for each water authority what percentage of the projected necessary funding for improvements in standards of (a) drinking water quality, (b) sewage treatment and disposal and (c) bathing water quality is contained within existing capital programmes.
Mr. Ridley : The information requested by the hon. Member is not available. I refer the hon. Member to the
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answer given to the hon. Member for Dunfermline, East (Mr. Brown) by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, East (Mr. Moynihan) on 25 January 1989.Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide details for each water authority of the funding allocated to improvements in (a) drinking water quality, (b) sewage treatment and disposal and (c) bathing water quality standards through existing capital programmes for each of the next 10 years.
Mr. Ridley : The information requested by the hon. Member is not available.
Concierge Systems (Tower Blocks)
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make funds available for a concierge system on the two remaining tower blocks on Edward Woods estate in Shepherds Bush.
Mr. Trippier [holding answer 23 March 1989] : The estate action programme has already provided resources for a pilot scheme at Stebbing house involving a concierge system. The council's outline bid for further resources for similar facilities at the two other tower blocks on the estate is under consideration.
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Environment what assessment he has made of the extent to which the existence of concierge systems on tower blocks is a useful deterrent to crime.
Mr. Trippier [holding answer 23 March 1989] : The report "A Better Reception", published by the Department of the Environment in March last year pointed to evidence that concierge schemes do deter crime as well as making blocks of flats more pleasant places in which to live. A further study of concierge and other schemes in local authority high rise blocks of flats is in progress.
Housing (Transfers)
Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice be given to the London borough of Redbridge concerning the choice to be given to tenants in relation to estate transfers.
Mr. Trippier [holding answer 23 March 1989] : It is for the council to decide what proposal it wishes to put before its tenants.
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Mr. Corbyn : To ask the Secretary of State for Environment whether he has had any meetings with the London borough of Redbridge to discuss its proposed transfer of housing.
Mr. Trippier [holding answer 23 March 1989] : Council officers had a meeting with officials of the Department on 3317 January 1989 to discuss in general terms the Department's guidelines on voluntary transfers. There have been no meetings since the Department was sent on 9 March a copy of the report approved by the council's housing services committee on 1 March.
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London Docklands
Mr. Leighton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money the London Docklands development corporation has spent on social regeneration in each year of its existence ; and what projects it has initiated or supported.
Mr. Trippier : The information is as follows :
All London Docklands development corporation's expenditure on regeneration should improve local social conditions directly or indirectly. It is not practicable to identify a clear "social" category or to list the projects. Subject to that the following table gives a indication of expenditure in this area.
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|c|Value of approved urban development grant at 1988-89 prices in £ millions|c|
|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|Total
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Bolton |5.160 |0.146 |0.152 |0.684 |0.014 |6.156
Knowsley |0.704 |3.499 |4.203
Liverpool |1.181 |1.181
Greater Manchester |2.543 |2.543
Manchester |2.720 |1.052 |0.471 |0.901 |5.144
Merseyside |2.049 |0.216 |2.265
Oldham |0.939 |0.607 |0.032 |0.199 |0.236 |0.390 |2.403
Rochdale |0.293 |0.061 |0.043 |0.339 |0.736
Salford |0.512 |0.694 |0.995 |2.201
Sefton |0.190 |0.372 |0.562
Trafford |0.035 |0.520 |0.555
Wigan |0.435 |0.048 |0.483
Wirral |0.295 |3.317 |0.460 |0.031 |4.103
Air Pollution
Mr. Alan Meale : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he intends to take to control air pollution from (a) National Health Service incinerators and boiler plants and (b) other Crown properties.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The Clean Air Acts already provide statutory contols over atmospheric emissions from National Health Service incinerators and boilers and other combustion processes on Crown premises. Where there is potential for significant air pollution Crown premises are controlled like any other industrial site by the national pollution inspectorates. Regulations due to come into force on 31 March will bring National Health Service incinerators with an hourly capacity of more than one tonne under their control. A consultation paper in December 1988 proposed further amendment to the schedule of processes subject to prior approval by the national inspectorates and the introduction of a parallel schedule for local authority control. A copy is in the Library of the House.
Waste Management '89
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what departmental representation was made, and what papers from the United Kingdom were presented, at the Waste Management '89 conference held in Tuscon, Arizona, the United States of America, between 26 February and 2 March.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The Department was not represented at this conference.
Hinckley C (Inquiry)
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what departmental resources have been committed to the Hinckley C public inquiry in terms of official presence, the monitoring of evidence and the production of evidence.
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Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Departmental officials gave evidence at the Hinckley Point C public inquiry on 9 and 10 February under topic 2 and expect to give evidence under topics 3 and 4. The Department has submitted three proofs of evidence to the inquiry. All evidence submitted to the inquiry is monitored by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution.
Radioactive Waste
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he received the proposals from the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive for low and intermediate level radioactive waste disposal repositories ; and when he expects to make an announcement on the issue.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The Government received Nirex's report and recommendations on 28 February. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the Government's response in the answer he gave on 21 March to my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) at column 506.
Urban Development Grants
Mr. George Howarth : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the value of urban development grants by metropolitan district council area in the north-west of England for each year since 1979 at constant prices.
Mr. Trippier : Urban development grant was launched in 1982. The table shows the amount of grant in schemes approved in each year in each metropolitan district council area, adjusted to 1988-89 prices.
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|c|Value of approved urban development grant at 1988-89 prices in £ millions|c|
|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88|1988-89|Total
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Bolton |5.160 |0.146 |0.152 |0.684 |0.014 |6.156
Knowsley |0.704 |3.499 |4.203
Liverpool |1.181 |1.181
Greater Manchester |2.543 |2.543
Manchester |2.720 |1.052 |0.471 |0.901 |5.144
Merseyside |2.049 |0.216 |2.265
Oldham |0.939 |0.607 |0.032 |0.199 |0.236 |0.390 |2.403
Rochdale |0.293 |0.061 |0.043 |0.339 |0.736
Salford |0.512 |0.694 |0.995 |2.201
Sefton |0.190 |0.372 |0.562
Trafford |0.035 |0.520 |0.555
Wigan |0.435 |0.048 |0.483
Wirral |0.295 |3.317 |0.460 |0.031 |4.103
Water Quality
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give since 1979, and by division within the Severn-Trent water authority, the number of breaches of European directives for mercury and cadmium in river sediment, in addition to breaches for the pesticide lindane ; and what action he has taken to rectify this.
Mr. Moynihan : There have been no known breaches of the European directives for mercury, cadmium and lindane within the Severn-Trent water authority since the relevant directives came into effect in 1986. Nevertheless, steps are being taken to reduce further inputs of these substances in line with the undertakings given at the 1987 North sea conference.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list information available to him, by division, within the Severn- Trent water authority, as to the number of miles of prime, game and course fishing rivers which have been unsuitable for fishing since 1979.
Mr. Moynihan : Since 1980, the Severn-Trent water authority has designated around 2000 km of rivers and canals for the purposes of EEC Directive 78/659/EEC on the quality of freshwater needed to support fish life. These waters are classified as either salmonoid (game fisheries) or cyprinid (coarse fisheries).
I understand that no stretches have become unsuitable for fishing since 1979.
Rivers (Grading)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by rivers the classification grades of rivers by each division within the Severn-Trent water authority.
Mr. Moynihan : The latest available information is in the form of maps showing the classification of all rivers included in the 1985 river quality survey of England and Wales. This has been published for each water authority, including Severn-Trent. Copies are available in the Library of the House.
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Water Authorities (Performance Targets)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the criteria on the performance targets set for each chairman of the national water authorities.
Mr. Moynihan : Targets set and achievement against them, are published each year in water authority's annual report and accounts. Copies are available in the Library of the House. In setting these targets the Government take account of past performance, the characteristics of the region within which the authority operates, and an assessment of the scope for improvement in performance.
Severn-Trent Water Authority (Chairman)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for the past five years for the chairman of Severn-Trent water authority (a) the annual bonus he received based on the performance targets set him and (b) his basic salary.
Mr. Moynihan : In response to the first part of the hon. Member's question, I refer him to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East (Mr. Barnes) on 28 February at columns 109-110.
The basic salary of the chairman of the Severn-Trent water authority in each of the past five years has been as follows :
Year |Salary (1 July to 30 June) |(£) ------------------------------------------------------------ 1984-85 |33,600 1985-86 |35,480 1986-87 |37,608 1987-88 |41,604 1988-89 |45,600
Drought
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the present levels of water reserves in the Severn-Trent water authority ; have they applied for any drought orders ; what are the risks of drought conditions arising during the coming months of 1989 ; and if he will list by location and area division the areas most susceptible to drought conditions.
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Mr. Moynihan : Reservoir storage levels are now generally satisfactory throughout the Severn-Trent water authority area. Groundwater resources are also adequate except for some spring sources in Gloucestershire. The authority has not applied for any drought orders and foresees no difficulty in meeting demand unless a dry summer occurs. In that event, the east midlands will continue to be vulnerable pending completion of Carsington reservoir due in 1933. Water supplies in limited areas of Gloucestershire could also be affected by drought conditions this summer.
South Yorkshire (Strategic Guidance)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what strategic guidance exists for South Yorkshire ; to whom this has been made available ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Chope : No strategic guidance exists for South Yorkshire at the present time. I shall be issuing draft strategic guidance in the near future and will welcome the views of the general public, local authorities and other interested organisations.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Goodlad : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the change in the level of employment in each of the enterprise zones in the north-west in each of the past three years.
Mr. Trippier : The table below shows how employment levels changed between May 1983 and December 1986, the latest date for which information is available. Information on employment at October 1987 will be published shortly.
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|Employment at May 1983 |Employment at September|Employment at December |Employment at December
|1984 |1985 |1986
|(a) |(b) |(c) |(c)
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Allerdale |- |600 |1,400 |2,000
North-East Lancashire |- |740 |1,900 |2,400
Salford/Trafford |3,306 |3,100 |4,200 |5,200
Speke |1,018 |800 |700 |1,200
Sources: (a) Roger Tym and Partners, 1984, monitoring enterprise zones year three report.
(b) Enterprise zone information 1983-84, DOE July 1985.
(c) Department of Employment.
Raleigh Site (Nottingham)
Mr. Brandon-Bravo : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list those with whom he has considered the benefits of providing a city grant to assist the redevelopment of the Raleigh site in the inner city area of Nottingham ; and whether the case for facilitating an export-led expansion of the company's activities has been taken into account ;
(2) if, when considering the city grant application from Raleigh Industries, Nottingham, he will make it his policy to take into account both the normal employment criteria and its overall impact on the relocation and development of this site.
Mr. Trippier : The Department has not received an application in respect of the Raleigh site. If an application is received it will be fully appraised in the usual way, taking into account both the direct employment implications and the wider urban regenerative impact on inner Nottingham.
Sewage Works
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the sewage works by division within the Severn-Trent water authority which are to be allowed relaxation in breaching the legal limits on effluent set by him ; and what is the time scale for this relaxation ;
(2) if he will list the water authorities who have replied to his document dated 1 February, asking them to speed up applications for relaxation of pollution controls on discharges from sewage works ; if he will list the locations of each application so far received ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Moynihan : The Severn-Trent water authority, and the other water authorities have been invited to apply for time-limited variations to discharge consents for those
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sewage treatment works where they plan to complete improvement schemes designed to bring these works up to standard by March 1992. In addition, water authorities may also apply for longer- term variations in respect of a limited number of minor works, where it can be demonstrated that investment to meet current consent requirements would produce negligible environmental benefits. In all cases, Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution will consider applications on their merits before deciding whether to grant revised consent conditions. Time limits on these temporary variations will normally be imposed to run from approval of the authority's application to the expected commissioning date of the improved works.The Department and Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution are in discussion with the water authorities about these applications. When applications are made and consents given, details are entered on the authority's register which may be inspected, free of charge, by anyone at all reasonable hours. Responses to the Department's letter of 1 February were obtained from all water authorities by telephone.
Gipsies
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state for the latest date for which he has figures, the numbers of travellers' children of school age within the Doncaster metropolitan borough council area, as detailed in the statistics gathered by his Department's gipsy sites branch ; and what were the figures for (a) 10 and (b) five years ago.
Mr. Trippier : Providing these statistics is a voluntary exercise, and I regret to say that Doncaster has not
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provided information on the numbers of travellers' children of school age in its borough since the bi-annual count began in 1979.Government Buildings (Drinking Water)
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by location all Government buildings where the drinking water supply from the mains is unsuitable for drinking and alternative sources have to be used ; what are those sources ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Chope : I have no information which indicates any cases where the water supplied to Government buildings from water undertakers mains is unsuitable for drinking and alternative sources have to be used.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what advice and information, in the form of a code of guidance, is currently available to owners and occupiers of sites of special scientific interest under the provision of section 33 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ; what price is charged for such a code ; whether the Nature Conservancy Council issues the code to all owners and occupiers of sites of special scientific interest notified after the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1985 ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2), pursuant to his reply of 10 February, to the hon. Member for Don Valley, Official Report, column 816, on how many occasions a revised code of guidance on sites of special scientific interest has been laid before Parliament since the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1985 ; what was the reason for withdrawal of the previous code in each case ; and if he will make a statement ; (3), pursuant to his answer of 10 February to the hon. Member for Don Valley, Official Report, column 816, how many items in the current code of guidance on sites of special scientific interest have been superseded by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1985 ; and whether contravention of the current code constitutes a breach of the amended codes.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Section 33 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 provides for the preparation and issue, subject to parliamentary approval, of a code of guidance for sites of special scientific interest to interested parties and the general public. The original version of the code was published in 1982 and the Nature Conservancy Council supplied copies free of charge to all owners and occupiers notified of SSSIs under the Act.
Amendments to the notification procedures were introduced by the Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 and the Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices) Act 1985. The code of guidance has not been reprinted. A revised version incorporating appropriate amendments is in preparation and will be submitted for approval by Parliament later this year. In the meantime NCC has provided advice to owners and occupiers on initial notifications of an SSSI in the form of its own publication "Sites of Special Scientific Interest". The code of guidance is advisory ; its provisions carry no legal force.
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Hadrian's Wall
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to preserve and restore Hadrian's wall.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Responsibility for Hadrian 's wall rests with a number of public and private owners. English Heritage acts on behalf of the Government to ensure that those sections of the wall which it owns are properly conserved. It has also provided grants for conservation work on those stretches of the wall owned by others, including the National Trust. The known parts of the wall are scheduled as ancient monuments so that the Secretary of State decides whether to grant consent on all work affecting the wall. In this he is advised by English Heritage.
Microlight Aircraft
Mr. Colin Shepherd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if it is his intention to bring the use of land for the purpose of taking off and landing of microlight aircraft within the scope of the general development order.
Mr. Chope : The use of land for this purpose is already permitted for up to 28 days in any calendar year by class B of part 4 of schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988.
Churston Golf Club
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for South Hams, Official Report, 21 March, what further information on the planning appeal with regard to Churston golf club, Torbay, he is waiting for ; what are the reasons for his delay in reaching a decision on the appeal ; and what factors are required to bring him to a decision.
Mr. Chope : Although pressure of planning business has meant that this appeal has taken longer than I would wish, it is also necessary to consider highway amendments proposed by the developer after the appeal had been lodged. The appeal cannot be determined until interested parties have had an opportunity to comment in writing on the proposed amendments. A decision on the appeal will be issued as quickly as possible when this process has been completed.
Housing Investment Programme
Mr. Patnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has decided on the additional housing investment programme resources to be made available to local authorities with substantial housing defects obligations.
Mr. Trippier : We have decided to allocate the £15 million of HIP resources to 75 local authorities, which are today being notified individually by my Department's regional controllers. The authorities receiving such allocations are as follows :
Region |Amount
|(£)
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Northern
Newcastle-upon Tyne |100,000
Chester-le-Street |40,000
Gateshead |40,000
Teesdale |40,000
Tynedale |14,000
|----
Total |234,000
North West
Salford |75,000
Wigan |90,000
South Ribble |60,000
Tameside |20,000
Stockport |45,000
Rossendale |60,000
Crewe |40,000
Bury |50,000
|----
Total |440,000
Merseyside Task Force
Ellesmere Port |245,000
Liverpool |545,000
St. Helens |25,000
|----
Total |815,000
East Midlands
Boston |78,000
Chesterfield |186,000
Corby |182,000
Derbyshire Dales |236,000
Gedling |262,000
North East Derbyshire |218,000
North Kesteven |79,000
South Holland |195,000
|-----
Total |1,436,000
Eastern
Thurrock |400,000
Epping Forest |400,000
East Herts |149,000
Three Rivers |140,000
|-----
Total |1,089,000
South East
Eastleigh |150,000
Reading |130,000
Rochester |390,000
Runnymede |135,000
Southampton |650,000
|-----
Total |1,455,000
Yorkshire and Humberside
Barnsley |125,000
Doncaster |50,000
Harrogate |25,000
Leeds |400,000
Rotherham |360,000
Sheffield |100,000
Wakefield |170,000
|-----
Total |1,230,000
West Midlands
Birmingham |445,000
Dudley |169,000
Hereford City |134,000
Newcastle-under-Lyme |389,000
North Warwickshire |260,000
Nuneaton and Bedworth |251,000
Redditch |58,000
Sandwell |667,000
Staffordshire Moorlands |690,000
Stoke-on-Trent |54,000
Walsall |125,000
Warwick |69,000
Wolverhampton |171,000
Worcester City |114,000
|-------
Total |3,596,000
South West
Bristol |1,250,000
Cotswold |100,000
Kerrier |100,000
Mid Devon |130,000
Northavon |350,000
North Cornwall |100,000
North Wiltshire |180,000
Restormel |100,000
Salisbury |200,000
Stroud |150,000
Tewkesbury |400,000
Thamesdown |213,000
West Wiltshire |100,000
Weymouth and Portland |170,000
Woodspring |150,000
|-------
Total |3,639,000
London region
Barking |150,000
Havering |150,000
Merton |100,000
Redbridge |200,000
Richmond |262,000
Waltham Forest |150,000
|-------
Total |1,012,000
Empty Dwellings
Mr. Allan Roberts : To ask the secretary of state for the environment if he will list each scheme to bring empty housing association dwellings into use for homeless households, where these dwellings were developed with local authority funding but the local authority is unable to fund the necessary major repairs, financed by the Housing Corporation under the initiative announced on 24 March 1988, Official Report, columns 191-92 ; and if he will state for each scheme (a) the number of units of accommodation provided, (b) the housing association involved, (c) the local authorities with nomination rights to these units, (d) the scheme's date of completion and (e) the scheme's capital cost.
Mr. Trippier : This information is not held centrally. I have asked the Housing Corporation to supply so much of it as it can provide without disproportionate cost, to the hon. Member direct.
Housing Investment
Mr. Rogers : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list at 1989-90 prices his Department's gross provision for local authority housing capital investment for each year since 1980-81, together with an estimate for 1989-90.
Mr. Trippier : The public expenditure surveys have made the following gross provision for local authority housing capital investment.
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|c|1989-90 prices<1>|c| Year |£ million ------------------------------ 1980-81 |<2>3,690 1981-82 |<2>3,350 1982-83 |3,515 1983-84 |3,383 1984-85 |3,230 1985-86 |2,851 1986-87 |3,009 1987-88 |3,306 1988-89 |<3>3,216 1989-90 |<3>3,303 <1>Revalued using the GDP deflator. <2>The White Paper figures have been converted from survey prices to outturn prices and then converted to 1989-90 outturn prices using the GDP deflator. <3>Includes local authority lending to housing associations shown under "Central Government" in Cm 288 and 609.
Unused Sites (Thamesdown)
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for the environment if he will list all the unused sites owned by public bodies within the borough of Thamesdown, together with their owners and sizes in hectares as detailed in the land register.
Mr. Trippier : The information about all the sites, grouped by owner, is listed below :
Site name |Size in hectares
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Thamesdown Borough Council
Land at Groundwell Farm, Cricklade Road, Swindon |70.82
Land on West Side of Swindon to Highworth Road |44.52
Land South West of Akers Way/South East of Purton |41.68
Road, Swindon
Land at Sparcells, Roughmoor and Lower Shaw Farm, Shaw, Swindon |41.58
Land at Home Farm, Highworth |33.19
Land at Wick Farm, Lydiard and Upper Shaw Farm, Shaw, |12.91
Swindon
Land at Broome Farm, Swindon |11.74
Land on North East Side of Kite Hill, Wanborough |4.86
Land on South West Side of Kite Hill, Wanborough |2.05
Land at Elm Grove, Shaw, Swindon |1.52
Wiltshire County Council
Former Moredon Railway Line |15.38
Land at Kingshill, Swindon (Rushey Platt) |9.63
Land at Hughes Street, Swindon |9.51
Land at Dorcan School Swindon |8.22
Land South of Church Street, Stratton St. Margaret |7.49
Land at Haydon Wick |2.21
Land at the Rear of Beatrice Street, Swindon |1.86
Land at Belmont Farm, Codrington, Near Wroughton |1.82
Land at Ruskin Junior School Annexe, Stratton St. |1.62
Margaret
Land at Kingsdown High School, Stratton St. |1.62
Margaret
Land at Meadway/Stonehill Green, Westlea Down, |1.60
Swindon
Land at Baker's Field, Lower Wanborough |1.47
Land adjoining Attlee Crescent, Stratton St. Margaret |1.38
Park Farm, Moredon, Swindon |1.32
Land at Scarborough Road, Swindon |0.66
Former Queenstown Infants School/6-10 Turl Street/ |0.43
15-17 Oriel Street, Swindon
Swindon Health Authority
Land at Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill, Swindon |2.16
Department of Transport
Land at Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon |5.16
British Rail
Land Rear of Dean Street, Swindon |5.46
Tree Preservation Orders
Mr. Brazier : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many tree preservation orders have been made in each county in England (a) for individual trees and (b) for groups of trees or woods ; and what area is covered by the latter case.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : This information is not held centrally. A recent sample survey of 31 districts and boroughs in England found that more than 90 per cent. of tree preservation orders related to trees in or on the fringe of urban areas, and that a large number were on single trees in front gardens. The consultants who carried out the survey for the Department concluded that a typical authority in their sample had over 5,000 trees protected by over 200 orders.
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