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Written Answers to Questions
Thursday 26 October 1989
CIVIL SERVICE
Race Relations
Mr. Janner : To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many Civil Service appointments have been made since 1979 under section 5(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976 ; and how many posts within the Civil Service are designated under section 5(2) of the Act.
Mr. Luce : No appointments to the Civil Service have been made under section 5(2) of the Race Relations Act 1976 ; there are no posts within the Civil Service designated under section 5(2) of the Act.
NATIONAL FINANCE
Correspondence
Mr. Cran : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters were received from and sent to hon. Members by his Department in (a) January of the current year and (b) the present Session up to July.
Mr. Lawson : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave him on 28 July 1989 at columns 1114-15.
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of letters from hon. Members to his Department received a reply (a) in under four weeks, (b) within four to six weeks, (c) within six to eight weeks and (d) over eight weeks, in each of the last three years.
Mr. Lawson : I regret that the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Central Office of Information
Mr. David Davis : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is proposing any change to the Central Office of Information cash limit for 1989-90 ; and whether he is proposing any changes to the services provided on an allied basis by the Central Office of Information for 1989-90.
Mr. Ryder : Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for class XIX vote 1 will be increased by £92,000 from £1,181,000 to £1,273,000. The additional expenditure is needed to cover an increase of £92,000 in the cost of existing services provided by the Central Office of Information on an allied service basis to the royal household. The increase in the cash limit will be charged to the reserve and therefore, will not add to the planned total of public expenditure.
In addition, following the transfer of responsibility for the information officer management unit to the Cabinet Office, Office of the Minister for the Civil Service, the running costs limit for the Central Office of Information will be reduced by £186,000 from £22, 036,000 to £21,850,000.
Civil Service Trade Unions
Mr. Charles Wardle : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the latest estimates of the numbers of elected representatives of Civil Service trade unions in each of the main Government Departments and of the cost of providing paid time off.
Mr. Ryder : The details for 1988-89 are given in the tables which show that the total cost of facility time was £12.67 million. Compared with the position as at 31 March 1988, the total amount of paid time off for union business shows a reduction of 64 man years (6.1 per cent.), with a consequential saving of £0.41 million. This marks the seventh successive year in which facilities costs have been reduced.
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Table 1 Civil Service non-industrial elected union representatives
estimates of numbers with paid time off for industrial relations duties and trade union activities
(as at 31 March 1989)
Departments |5 per cent. and less|6-10 per cent. |11-20 per cent. |21-30 per cent. |31-40 per cent. |41-50 per cent. |51-60 per cent. |61-70 per cent. |71-80 per cent. |81-90 per cent. |91-99 per cent. |100 per cent. |Total |Full time equivalent
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1. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries |513 |35 |12 |4 |1 |0 |1 |1 |0 |1 |0 |5 |573 |19
and Food
2. Customs and Excise |632 |83 |50 |12 |13 |13 |8 |6 |4 |12 |6 |0 |839 |67
3. Ministry of Defence |938 |147 |55 |17 |14 |7 |4 |2 |1 |0 |0 |24 |1,209 |82
4. Department of Employment group |1,502 |313 |117 |38 |16 |10 |11 |4 |3 |2 |5 |18 |2,039 |107
5. Department of Environment/ |390 |66 |32 |2 |4 |7 |0 |0 |2 |3 |0 |19 |525 |41
Transport Excluding PSA
6. Foreign and Commonwealth Office |84 |11 |10 |1 |1 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |115 |13
including Overseas Development
Administration
7. Department of Health and Social |1,254 |309 |132 |36 |19 |16 |26 |25 |18 |29 |7 |20 |1,891 |231
Security
8. Home Office including Prison |1,043 |165 |82 |14 |13 |3 |11 |2 |2 |2 |8 |14 |1,359 |89
Department
9. Department of Trade and Industry |364 |28 |16 |7 |3 |3 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |11 |434 |24
10. Inland Revenue |1,326 |244 |124 |44 |22 |15 |7 |5 |8 |6 |1 |8 |1,810 |120
11. Lord Chancellor's Department |73 |12 |21 |11 |7 |2 |2 |3 |3 |2 |2 |6 |144 |32
12. Department for National Savings |75 |22 |13 |0 |0 |1 |2 |0 |1 |1 |0 |14 |129 |22
13. PSA-including Crown Suppliers |331 |41 |13 |3 |2 |1 |1 |1 |0 |0 |0 |6 |399 |18
14. Scottish Office |141 |15 |10 |3 |0 |3 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |7 |180 |14
15. Other Government Departments |1,043 |100 |60 |20 |5 |21 |3 |2 |2 |3 |0 |17 |1,274 |101
|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |--- |--
Total |9,709 |1,591 |747 |212 |120 |104 |18 |52 |44 |59 |29 |169 |12,920 |980
Table 2: Costs of non-industrial union elected representatives
Department |Total number expressed as|Cost in salaries, wages |Costs as percentage of |Total number of
|whole time equivalent |and direct benefit (£ |wage bill |non-industrial staff at
|million) |31 March 1989
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Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food |19 |0.30 |0.196 |9,572
Customs and Excise |67 |0.99 |0.260 |26,416
Ministry of Defence |82 |1.17 |0.095 |88,709
Department of Employment
Group |107 |1.23 |0.181 |54,462
Department of Environment/
Transport (excluding PSA) |41 |0.59 |0.198 |19,733
Foreign & Commonwealth
Office (including Overseas
Development Administration) |13 |0.12 |0.191 |9,443
DHSS |231 |2.70 |0.250 |92,082
Home Office (including Prison
Department) |89 |1.28 |0.206 |37,691
Department of Trade and
Industry |24 |0.35 |0.180 |12,365
Inland Revenue |120 |1.76 |0.196 |67,035
Lord Chancellor's Department |32 |0.22 |0.198 |10,895
Department for National
Savings |22 |0.23 |0.302 |7,242
PSA (including Crown
Suppliers) |18 |0.28 |0.124 |13,763
Scottish Office |14 |0.16 |0.146 |6,079
Other Government Departments |101 |1.29 |0.193 |42,809
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |980 |12.67 |0.186 |498,296
National Accounts
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the figures for table 2-2, chapters 12-14 in the current years's edition of the United Kingdom National Accounts have not been updated for 1988 ; and if he will now publish the figures in the Official Report.
Mr. Norman Lamont [holding answer 23 October 1989] : Table 2- 2 : The analysis of gross domestic product by the manufacturing industries will, following the usual practice and reflecting the availability of data, be updated to cover 1988 in next year's edition.
Chapter 12 : Estimates of tangible and intangible non-financial assets for the national and sector balance sheets will be updated when resources permit, and depending on the contribution they can make to assessments of economic developments. The personal sector balance sheet estimates for 1988 will appear, as usual, in the February 1990 edition of the CSO's "Financial Statistics". Chapter 13 : Estimates of fixed capital formation by certain industries in 1988 were not thought to be of an acceptable quality to permit publication. Such reliable estimates as can be made will appear in the quarterly national income and expenditure articles in the CSO's "Economic Trends.
Chapter 14 : The estimates of capital consumption and capital stock are derived from the full range of fixed capital
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formation statistics. Some of the estimates for 1988 have not been produced because of quality problems with the fixed investment statistics.Output
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the level of (a) world industrial output and (b) United Kingdom industrial output each year since 1960 ; what has been the percentage demand growth in each case ; and what levels are predicted to be reached by the year 2000.
Mr. Norman Lamont [holding answer 19 October 1989] : Levels of industrial production of the industrialised countries for each year since 1960 are published in the IMF publication "International Financial Statistics, 1989 Yearbook". A series of United Kingdom industrial production from 1948 to 1987 is published in "Economic Trends Annual Supplement, 1989", and the latest estimates for recent years are published in the latest Economic Trends . The OECD's latest forecasts of industrial production in its member countries are published in "OECD Economic Outlook", June 1989. The United Kingdom Government do not publish forecasts of industrial production. Forecasts of the growth of manufacturing output, the largest component of industrial production, are published in the FSBR and Autumn Statement.
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Blue Arrow
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give an up-date of his Department's inquiry into the National Westminster bank and the Blue Arrow affair.
Mr. Redwood : The inspectors' inquiries into County NatWest are at an end. Their report was published on 20 July 1989 and copies were passed to the serious fraud office which is carrying out inquiries with the City of London police. Copies were also passed to regulatory authorities to enable them to take such action as they consider appropriate.
Post Office Counters Ltd.
Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals he has to privatise Post Office Counters Ltd.
Mr. Forth : The great majority of post offices is already run by subpostmasters operating in the private sector and this number is increasing with the conversion of Crown post offices to agency or sub- office status. We have no further plans for privatisation of Post Office Counters.
Hotol Project
Mr. Jack: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to promote further European collaboration on the Hotol project.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : This is now a matter for the companies directly concerned. The Government remain ready to facilitate such contracts with other countries as the companies request.
Consumer Protection
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to introduce new legislation or regulations on consumer protection.
Mr. Forth : We intend to improve the protection given to consumers in a number of ways, including the introduction of regulations under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 on price indications and unit pricing about which we are currently engaging in public consultation, and changes to other legislation affecting consumers' interests.
Plain English
Mr. Steel: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps are being taken to promote plain English in the credit industry in expressing terms and conditions for loans.
Mr. Forth : The codes of practice of a number of consumer credit trade associations require the use of plain English in all communications with the consumer. In addition, regulations under the Consumer Credit Act which will come into force on 1 February 1990 require that certain consumer credit advertisements contain prescribed statements. These statements are in plain English.
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Correspondence
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of letters from hon. Members to his Department received a reply (a) in under four weeks, (b) within four to six weeks, (c) within six to eight weeks and (d) over eight weeks, in each of the last three years.
Mr. Ridley : The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Design Services (Balance of Trade)
Mr. Fisher : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on the balance of trade in design services.
Mr. Redwood : Statistics relating to the balance of trade in design services are not available.
EC Discussions
Mr. John Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next plans to meet his European Economic Community counterparts ; and what matters will be discussed.
Mr. Redwood : I intend to maintain close contact with all my EC counterparts. I have recently met my German opposite number and some of his ministerial colleagues. The agenda for such meetings depends on issues current at the time.
Balance of Trade Statistics
Mr. McLeish : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was (a) the trade surplus/deficit and (b) the ratio of imports to total trade in each of the EEC countries, Japan and the United States of America for the most recent date for which figures are available.
Mr. Redwood : The information is in the table :
Trade Balance and Ratio of Imports to Total Trade
12 months to March 1989
Country |Crude balance|Import ratio
|ECU billion |per cent.
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Greece<1> |-7.8 |77
Portugal |-5.4 |61
Spain |-13.9 |58
United States of America |-99.4 |57
United Kingdom |-44.4 |57
France |-12.8 |52
Italy |-10.4 |52
Belgium/Luxembourg |-2.1 |51
Netherlands |1.8 |50
Denmark |0.8 |49
Ireland |2.8 |45
Germany |66.0 |43
Japan |68.3 |42
<1> 12 months to June 1988.
Source: Eurostat.
Arms Sales (South Africa)
Mr. Wray : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, further to his reply of 18 October, Official Report, column 120, to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Provan, Her Majesty's Government are investigating the alleged arms deals between Ferranti ISC subsidiaries and shell companies in South Africa.
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Mr. Redwood [holding answer 23 October 1989] : Any evidence of alleged breaches of United Kingdom export controls is carefully investigated. It is not our practice to comment on individual cases.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Reciprocal Enforcement Agreements
Mr. Devlin : To ask the Attorney-General what further steps are being taken to achieve reciprocal enforcement agreements in matters of family law and child custody.
The Attorney-General : The Government consider that the best way forward is to encourage countries to ratify the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction and the European convention on recognition and enforcement of decisions concerning custody of children and on restoration of custody of children rather than to promote a proliferation of different bilateral agreements. The Government take every opportunity to make their views known to those states that have still to accede to these conventions or to put them into effect. In relation to child maintenance orders, the United Kingdom is participating in the early stages of discussions aimed at producing an EC agreement.
Representation at Tribunals
Mr. Lawrence : To ask the Attorney-General what action the Lord Chancellor proposes to take following the recommendations of the report "The Effectiveness of Representation at Tribunals," published in July.
The Attorney-General : The Lord Chancellor's Department is currently considering the report's contents in consultation with other Departments.
Reckless Driving
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Attorney-General for what reason the Crown prosecution service initially refused to support a reckless driving charge against Peter Sumner and Mark Hill-Trevor subsequently given custodial sentences by the Court of Appeal following a private prosecution.
The Attorney-General : The Crown prosecution service initially declined to prosecute Peter Sumner for the offence of causing death by reckless driving because it appeared that the evidence against Peter Sumner was insufficient to afford a realistic prospect of securing a conviction for that offence. In reaching that decision it applied the criteria set out in the code for Crown prosecutors. But the making of such assessments, particularly in this category of case, is not an exact science, as the conviction itself has shown. The Crown prosecution service assumed responsibility for a prosecution for the offence once the matter had been committed for trial by the magistrates court.
In the case of Mark Hill-Trevor there was no refusal to prosecute for the offence for which the defendant was convicted. The proceedings were at all stages conducted by the Crown prosecution service.
Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Attorney-General if he will meet the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss possible legal action regarding the remarks made in
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Manchester on Saturday 21 October by Dr. Kalim Siddiqui calling for the murder of a United Kingdom citizen ; if it is intended to issue any public statement about incitement to murder ; and if he will make a statement.The Attorney-General : I have no plans to meet the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss Dr. Siddiqui's remarks, but may do so if the results of any police investigation are submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service. I will not make any public statement about incitement to murder ; the constituents of the offence are clearly understood.
Mr. Marlow : To ask the Attorney-General if he will prosecute Dr. Siddiqui for incitement to murder ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : A decision whether or not to prosecute Dr. Siddiqui for any criminal offences can only be made after an investigation into his activities has been conducted by the police. The Crown Prosecution Service has not been supplied with the results of any such investigation.
One Girl's War"
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Attorney-General what current legal action the Government are taking on the book "One Girl's War" ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : Interim injunctions obtained in November 1986 against the distributor and two booksellers, restraining them from distributing or selling the book, remain in force.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
South Africa
Mr. Robert Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish in the Official Report the details of aid being provided to Mozambican refugees in South Africa.
Mrs. Chalker : Out of a total commitment of £127,000, we have already spent so far this financial year £95,000 on Operation Hunger, a project which helps Mozambican refugees on the South African side of the border. This is in addition to more than £100,000 provided for emergency relief supplies since January 1988.
Mr. Robert Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which South African organisations were consulted on Her Majesty's Government's policy for contributing to the Urban Foundation scheme for low-cost housing.
Mrs. Chalker : The Urban Foundation consulted widely among black community leaders. The British embassy in Pretoria took independent soundings from black community leaders inside South Africa ; all encouraged us to contribute to the scheme.
ENERGY
Radioactive Waste Disposal
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the outcome of the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors
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meeting on safety principles for radioactive waste disposal, held on 20 September ; and if he will make available copies of the safety principles document.Mr. Michael Spicer : The International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors approved for publication a draft report on safety principles and technical criteria for the underground disposal of high-level radioactive wastes during its September meeting. The International Atomic Energy Agency plans to publish the report in its "Safety Series" of documents before the end of the year. A copy of the published report will be placed in the Library in due course.
Oil Exploration (Wiltshire)
Mr. Simon Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on oil exploration in Wiltshire.
Mr. Peter Morrison : In the past three years two seismic survey programmes have been conducted in the county by petroleum licences, the results of which are being evaluated. No exploration wells have been drilled in the county since the well at Urchfont near Devizes was drilled in July 1986.
Gas Leakages
Mr. Malcolm Bruce : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what figures he has for 1987 and 1988 for gas leakages from the low-pressure distribution system ; and what measures he takes to check the validity of figures provided by British Gas.
Mr. Peter Morrison : British Gas estimates that current leakage from the low-pressure distribution system is less than 1 per cent. of throughput. It is difficult to estimate such figures accurately and my Department is discussing with British Gas how the estimates may be improved.
WALES
Coastal Waters
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people took advantage of the Government's offer of a free meal and expenses if they would swim in Welsh coastal waters to see if they would become ill ; and what results have been obtained to date.
Mr. Grist : No such offer has been made. If the hon. Gentleman is referring to the epidemiological study, announced by my hon. and learned Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning, on 17 May, 264 people took part in the controlled cohort study at Langland Bay near Swansea on 2 September. Of these 134 were bathers and 130 non-bathers.
Farmers
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many farmers were employed in each county in Wales in (a) June 1988 and (b) June 1989.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information for June 1989 is not yet available. That for June 1988 is shown in the table :
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Farmers, by county
June 1988
|Whole-time|Part-time |Total
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Clwyd |3,148 |1,309 |4,457
Dyfed |8,839 |3,301 |12,140
Gwent |1,617 |784 |2,401
Gwynedd |3,563 |1,517 |5,080
Mid Glamorgan |717 |374 |1,091
Powys |4,911 |1,490 |6,401
South Glamorgan |418 |165 |583
West Glamorgan |621 |393 |1,014
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Wales |23,834 |393 |9,333 |1,014 |33,167
Note:
These figures are for main holdings only, and include partners and directors
where they too are engaged in farm work. Wives/husbands of farmers, partners and
directors are excluded, even though the wives/husbands themselves may be partners
or directors.
Radioactive Material (Curran Embankment)
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will outline the actions taken by his Department, by the emergency services and by the local authorities following the discovery of a drum of radioactive material outside Unit 8, Curran embankment, on 19 October.
Mr. Grist : The national arrangements involving radioactivity (NAIR) were activated by the police who co-ordinated the activities of the organisations concerned. The Welsh Office advised the police of suitable teporary storage locations and made arrangements for the National Radiological Protection Board to collect and dispose of the source.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what actions he has taken, following the discovery of a drum of radioactive material dating from 1979 outside Unit 8, Curran embankment, to identify whether there are any other such deposits and to protect the public from any possible effects.
Mr. Grist : An Inspector from Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution, acting on behalf of the Department, visited the site with the radiation protection adviser who had carried out monitoring and provided advice to the police as part of the NAIR arrangements. Further monitoring was undertaken which revealed no evidence of any remaining radioactive sources.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the seriousness and potential seriousness of the discovery of a drum of radioactive material outside Unit 8, Curran embankment, on 19 October ; what level of radioactivity it contained ; and how this relates to safety levels.
Mr. Grist : It appears that the source in its container may have been abandoned when the premises were vacated by a company which ceased trading in 1984. The container in question is of the type used for radiography sources. It is believed to hold a radioactive iridium-192 source, of activity 8 curies in 1980. Since this radionuclide has a half life of 74 days, only a negligible fraction of the original activity will have remained when the company ceased trading. No significant radiation exposure would have resulted from the discovery of the source after that period had elapsed, and I am advised by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution that on-site monitoring supports
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this conclusion. Nevertheless, I view any such abandonment of a radioactive source as being a potentially serious radiation incident which could cause public concern, and a highly irresponsible act.Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he is satisfied with the operation of the emergency plan implemented following the discovery of a drum of radioactive material ouside Unit 8, Curran embankment, on 19 October.
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Farm Workers
Mr. David Clark : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many farm workers were employed in each county in Wales in (a) June 1988 and (b) June 1989.
Mr. Peter Walker : The information for June 1989 is not yet available. That for June 1988 is shown in the table :
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Farm Workers, by County: June 1988
|Regular family workers |Regular hired workers |Total regular workers |Seasonal casual workers|Total workers
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Clwyd |718 |985 |1,703 |1,143 |2,846
Dyfed |1,772 |1,527 |3,299 |3,318 |6,617
Gwent |414 |459 |873 |660 |1,533
Gwynedd |702 |700 |1,402 |1,006 |2,408
Mid Glamorgan |160 |153 |313 |351 |664
Powys |999 |936 |1,935 |1,472 |3,407
South Glamorgan |560
|282 |361 |643 |543
West Glamorgan |626
Wales |5,047 |5,121 |10,168 |8,493 |18,661
Notes:
1. Figures relate to main holdings only.
2. Regular workers include those working full-time and part-time.
Toxic Waste
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to seek a meeting with the producers and researchers of the Thames Television "This Week" programme on toxic waste dumps, to ascertain the full list of locations of forgotten and hidden toxic waste tips in Wales.
Mr. Grist : No. The Department has already carried out a survey of contaminated land in Wales which lists abandoned toxic waste sites. Two reports of the survey which was carried out in 1982-83 and updated in 1987- 88 have been made available to local authorities and other interested parties. I have placed a copy of the later report in the Library of the House.
Water Quality
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the water supplies (a) which will meet the European Community directive on tap water quality, 80/778/EEC by 1992, (b) which will not, stating the criteria each water supply fails to meet, the number of people affected and the planned date for compliance and (c) to what extent the position will have improved by 1995.
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Mr. Grist : Copies of the undertakings accepted by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State under section 20(5)(b) of the Water Act 1989 and of the relaxations he has granted under regulation 4(1)(c) and 4(2) of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 1989 have been placed in the Library.
Mr. Win Griffiths : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those beaches which will comply with the European Community bathing water quality directive, 76/160/EEC, by 1992, and those which will not.
Mr. Grist : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the information placed in the Library by my hon. and learned Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning on 20 October.
Radioactive Incidents
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make it his policy to inform an hon. Member immediately when an incident involving radioactivity occurs in his constituency.
Mr. Grist : The police are responsible for implementing the national arrangements involving radioactivity (NAIR) and a decision whether or not to notify a Member of Parliament is for them.
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Milford Haven
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total expenditure on Welsh Office funded projects in Milford Haven ; and if he will list the projects.
Mr. Peter Walker [holding answer 23 October 1989] : The total estimated expenditure by the Welsh Office and public bodies funded by the Department on projects under way in Milford Haven in 1989-90 is £5,643,341.
The projects are shown in the table :
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