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Cold Weather Payments
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will increase the cold weather payments for the coming winter in line with the cost of living.
Mr. Scott : No. We believe that £5 is a reasonable amount to pay towards the extra expenses for heating incurred in each week of very cold weather.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each social security office the budget surplus or deficit at the end of the winter 1988-89 for cold weather payment provision.
Mr. Scott : Local offices do not have budgets for cold weather payments. Such payments are regulated and consequently are not subject to local budgetary constraints.
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list, for the winter of 1988-89, by Department of Social Security office, the amount of cold weather payments that were made.
Mr. Scott : In the winter of 1988-89, a total of 502 cold weather payments totalling £2,510 were paid by the Department's local office at Galashiels. No other awards were made, because the weather last winter was so mild.
Dietary Requirements
Mr. Battle : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what research is undertaken by his Department into dietary requirements of people in receipt of benefit.
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Mrs. Gillian Shephard : None. There is no reason to believe that dietary requirements of people in receipt of social security benefits are any different from those of corresponding groups not on benefit.Correspondence
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to reply to the letter from Colin Barlow, a war disabled veteran, which was forwarded to his Department by the hon. Member for South Hams on 26 October.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : My noble Friend Lord Henley replied to my hon. Friend's letter on 30 November.
Care Expenditure
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the sum to be transferred to Scottish local authorities in repect of his Department's care expenditure in the years 1991-92 to 2001 -2.
Mr. Scott : The Government will transfer to local authorities the resources which we would have otherwise provided to finance care through social security payments to people in residential and nursing homes. Final decisions will be taken in next year's public expenditure survey following discussions with the local authority associations. Chapter 8 of the recently published White Paper on community care (Cm. 849), a copy of which is in the Library, gives details of the factors that will be taken into account in the calculation of the sums to be transferred.
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will provide a breakdown of board and lodging expenditure for residential care accommodation for Scotland, England and Wales by Department of Social Security region in the years from 1982 ;
(2) if he will provide a breakdown of board and lodging expenditure for residential care accommodation in Scotland by Department of Social Security local offices during the last financial year ; (3) if he will provide figures for board and lodging expenditure on nursing homes in Scotland, England and Wales by Department of Social Security region in the years from 1982.
Mr. Scott : I regret that reliable estimates for regions and local offices are not available.
Disability
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide estimated figures of disabled people for Scotland by Office of Population Censuses and Surveys disability categories for the years since 1978.
Mr. Scott : I regret that the information is not available. Only the OPCS disability surveys themselves provide information at the level of detail requested, based on data collected between 1985 and 1988.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he is able to give a firm date for the publication of proposals to alter social security benefits for disabled people.
Mr. Scott : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley) on 14 November at column 167.
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Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make it his policy to include social security provision for informal carers in his proposals to change the benefits for disabled people.
Mr. Scott : We have already confirmed our policy to provide extra help for informal carers in the range of measures announced by my right hon. Friend on 25 October. The measures include the introduction of a £10 carers premium in income support and housing benefit for people receiving invalid care allowance ; an increase in the earnings rule for invalid care allowance ; and the extension of invalid care allowance to those caring for people who will qualify for attendance allowance for the first time as a result of the other measures announced.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a complete list of all the research commissioned by his Department in connection with the proposals to change benefits for disabled people.
Mr. Nicholas Scott : The information is as follows :
1. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) surveys of disability in Great Britain--six reports published between September 1988 and July 1989.
2. Department of Social Security study, based on the family expenditure survey, to compare the financial circumstances of households with and without a disabled person.
3. Social policy research unit (SPRU), university of York study of 12 to 20 -year olds' transition to adulthood.
4. IFF Research Limited market research report on occupational sick pay schemes published in June 1988.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in what form his proposals for changes to social security benefits for disabled people will be presented to Parliament.
Mr. Scott : I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) on 28 November at column 217.
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what discussions have taken place in connection with proposals to alter social security benefits for disabled people with voluntary organisations of disabled people and their families.
Mr. Scott : Discussions have taken place with a number of organisations representing disabled people including the Disability Benefits Consortium which represents over 250 disability organisations. We will be meeting the Consortium again shortly. We have also received a large number of comments from individuals and organisations as a result of the OPCS surveys of disability.
Interpreters
Mr. Bradley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he plans to expand the scheme employing interpreters in his Department's local offices in Leeds and Bradford to other offices of his Department serving areas with large non-English speaking populations.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : We have no plans at present to extend the Leeds and Bradford service to other similar areas. In the meantime, of the Department's local offices where 10 per cent. or more of callers have little or no English, over three quarters maintain lists of staff who are willing and able to act as interpreters for ethnic minority customers.
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Family Credit
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the latest available figures for the number of families in receipt of family credit in Wales ; and what percentage this constitutes of the total number eligible for family credit.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The latest information is for September 1989, when the number of families receiving family credit who were living in Wales at the time their award was made was 22,000. Information about the total number of families eligible for family credit can be obtained only for Great Britain, and only retrospectively, from family expenditure survey data.
Income Support
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the latest available figure of the number of persons in receipt of income support in Wales and the percentage this constitutes of the total number eligible for income support.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : The latest available estimates are that 246,000 claimants were in receipt of income support in Wales at May 1989. Information about the total number of people eligible for income support can be obtained only for Great Britain, and only retrospectively, from family expenditure survey data.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people who have been in receipt of attendance allowance at (i) the higher rate and (ii) the lower rate have had their attendance allowance reduced in each year since 1983.
Mr. Scott [holding answer 27 November 1989] : I regret that not all the requested information is available. The available information is in the table.
Attendance allowance: number of awards
reduced and terminated
1984-89
Year |Awards<1> |Awards<2>
|terminated
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1984 |2,572 |21,774
1985 |2,705 |22,985
1986 |2,886 |23,701
1987 |2,671 |22,717
1988 |3,107 |25,141
<3>1989 |2,602 |20,563
<1>Reduced from higher-rate to lower-rate.
<2>Includes higher-rate and lower-rate
awards which were terminated other than on
expiry of the award or on death of the
recipient.
<3>To 30 September 1989.
SCOTLAND
Chernobyl
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what checks or monitoring his Department does for radiation level in food imports from eastern European countries since the accident at Chernobyl ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Responsibility for checking food imports rests under the Imported Food
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(Scotland) Regulations 1985 with district and islands councils. EC regulation 3955/87 currently sets down the maximum permissible levels of radioactivity in imported foods. My Department has received no reports of these levels being exceeded.Boarding Schools
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many boarding schools in Scotland have school boards.
Mr. Lang : The only wholly residential schools under education authority management are six special schools. One of these has a school board following the first round of elections.
Civil Servants
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many civil servants have been attached to his Department in each year since 1970.
Mr. Rifkind : Information in respect of the staff in post in the Scottish Office, Scottish prison service and state hospital at 1 April each year is set out in the table. Part-time staff are counted as half units and casual staff are excluded.
The figures take account of the following transfers of staff arising from machinery of Government changes :
Date |Number
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July 1975 |155 |Staff from Department of Trade and
| Industry
April 1978 |501 |Staff from Property Services Agency
April 1980 |107 |Staff from Property Services Agency
March 1984 |448.5 |Staff to state hospital
November 1984 |96 |Staff from Department of Trade and
| Industry
April 1985 |51 |Staff from the then Department of
| Health and Social Security
October 1985 |162 |Staff to Royal museums of Scotland
March 1986 |169.5 |Staff to Royal botanic garden
July 1987 |52 |Staff to Scottish legal aid board
April 1988 |61 |Staff to Crofter's Commission/Red Deer Commission
|----
Total |+17 |staff (net)
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Alcohol
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider instigating a Government-funded campaign to publicise the danger to health of excessive drinking in the light of evidence of increased incidence of alcohol abuse.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The Government attach high priority to tackling the problem of alcohol misuse and public education on this topic forms one of the Scottish health education group's major programmes. The next stage of the alcohol education media campaign developed by the group will be launched early in 1990.
The Government also provided financial support for the Scottish Council on Alcohol's "Drinkwise" campaign in February 1989.
Prisoners
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since 1974 (a) the number of prisoners in Scottish penal institutions for fine default, (b) the total number of convicted prisoners and (c) (a) as a percentage of (b) .
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information is set out in the table.
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|(a) |(b) |(c)
Year |Average daily|Average daily|(a) as a
|population |population of|percentage
|of fine |convicted |of (b)
|defaulters |prisoners
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1974 |269 |4,212 |6
1975 |329 |4,405 |7
1976 |322 |4,324 |7
1977 |286 |4,367 |7
1978 |309 |4,507 |7
1979 |293 |4,016 |7
1980 |386 |4,303 |9
1981 |231 |3,951 |6
1982 |233 |4,237 |5
1983 |226 |4,406 |5
1984 |256 |3,983 |6
1985 |308 |4,349 |7
1986 |329 |4,791 |7
1987 |287 |4,692 |6
<1>1988 |275 |4,538 |6
<1> Provisional.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of convictions in Scotland for murder, attempted murder, culpable homicide, rape and crimes of violence, respectively, in each year from 1977.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is given in the table.
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Persons with a charge proved for crimes of violence<1> in Scotland
|1977 |1978 |1979 |1980 |1981 |1982 |1983 |1984 |1985 |1986 |1987
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Murder |52 |41 |35 |26 |27 |42 |37 |37 |26 |29 |26
Attempted murder |53 |42 |49 |35 |35 |44 |27 |29 |26 |46 |39
Culpable homicide |30 |30 |30 |38 |43 |36 |45 |31 |50 |27 |46
(common law)
Culpable homicide |44 |44 |30 |34 |25 |27 |26 |20 |29 |26 |28
(statutory)<2>
Rape |35 |29 |34 |30 |40 |31 |30 |20 |39 |29 |34
Other crimes of violence |2,266|2,733|2,429|2,824|2,643|3,865|4,002|3,208|3,188|3,239|3,380
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
Total |2,480|2,919|2,607|2,987|2,813|4,045|4,167|3,345|3,358|3,396|3,553
<1>Comprises group 1 (non-sexual crimes of violence) and the sexual assault category from group
2 (crimes of indecency) of the Scottish Home and Health Department's classification of crimes
and offences.
<2>Statutory culpable homicide is the crime of causing death by dangerous or reckless driving.
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the cost of supporting the spouses and families of men and women in prison in Scottish penal institutions.
Mr. Lang : The information requested is not held centrally and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
Hypothermia
Mrs. Margaret Ewing : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of deaths in Scotland where hypothermia is mentioned as the cause of death ; and what is his estimate of the total number of deaths where hypothermia is a proximate cause of death.
Mr. Michael Forsyth : The number of deaths in Scotland since 1984 mentioning hypothermia or showing hypothermia as the underlying cause are shown in the table :
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Deaths from hypothermia (any mention),
Scotland, 1984 to 1989
Year |Total all |Underlying
|mentions |cause
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1984 |176 |52
1985 |232 |60
1986 |209 |64
1987 |153 |34
1988 |138 |40
<1>1989 |80 |19
<1> Provisional figures for January to
September.
Care Expenditure
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will produce figures for local authority expenditure on residential care in Scotland from 1979-80 to 1988-89, broken down by social work authority ;
(2) if he will provide figures for local authority expenditure on domiciliary care in Scotland between 1979-80 and 1988-89, broken down by social work authority.
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Mr. Lang : The information for 1988-89 is not yet available. Figures for the other years are set out in the tables. A number of changes in accounting practice over the period result in the annual figures not being strictly comparable.Column 163
Table 1 Net expenditure by local authorities on residential care services (£000) Regions |1979-80|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Borders |1,437 |1,625 |1,863 |2,063 |1,948 |2,063 |2,006 |2,094 |1,960 Central |2,406 |2,827 |3,263 |3,483 |4,104 |4,021 |4,080 |4,396 |4,499 Dumfries and Galloway |1,361 |1,522 |1,857 |1,938 |2,377 |2,045 |2,175 |2,303 |2,273 Fife |4,282 |5,111 |5,636 |6,465 |7,695 |7,502 |7,428 |6,725 |7,151 Grampian |5,137 |6,467 |6,881 |7,527 |8,534 |8,098 |8,174 |8,584 |9,810 Highland |2,237 |2,649 |3,121 |3,502 |3,606 |3,459 |3,842 |3,680 |3,674 Lothian |11,900 |15,079 |16,281 |16,491 |19,925 |16,999 |16,959 |16,976 |18,106 Strathclyde |39,782 |47,251 |50,217 |54,368 |57,002 |59,123 |57,044 |57,477 |59,111 Tayside |6,158 |7,531 |7,627 |8,940 |9,960 |9,500 |8,871 |9,011 |9,915 Orkney |331 |425 |486 |418 |380 |436 |458 |388 |688 Shetland |259 |587 |671 |632 |703 |801 |844 |816 |883 Western Isles |679 |698 |878 |1,011 |1,035 |1,065 |1,005 |1,032 |990 Scotland |75,969 |91,772 |98,781 |106,838|117,269|115,112|112,886|113,482|118,970 Notes: 1. The figures up to 1984-85 include unidentified levels of expenditure on wardens in sheltered housing. 1985-86 this is included in Table 2. 2. Unlike for other years, the 1986-87 figure for Okney does not include residential care for mentally handicapped and physically handicapped persons.
Table 2
Net expenditure by local authorities on Domiciliary Care Services
£(000)
Regions |1979-80|1980-81|1981-82|1982-83|1983-84|1984-85|1985-86|1986-87|1987-88
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Borders |349 |403 |407 |420 |549 |603 |750 |788 |1,003
Central |1,681 |1,916 |2,102 |2,323 |2,641 |2,929 |3,631 |3,710 |4,362
Dumfries and Galloway |767 |853 |929 |853 |1,062 |1,144 |1,352 |1,500 |1,563
Fife |2,185 |2,375 |2,689 |2,894 |3,374 |4,004 |5,051 |6,201 |7,567
Grampian |1,909 |2,325 |2,542 |2,934 |3,401 |3,759 |4,617 |5,183 |6,718
Highland |697 |872 |1,029 |1,180 |1,536 |1,733 |1,612 |1,816 |2,16
Lothian |6,069 |7,126 |6,819 |6,690 |7,796 |7,187 |9,238 |10,374 |12,572
Strathclyde |16,263 |18,417 |20,533 |21,740 |24,277 |25,894 |32,661 |34,573 |40,114
Tayside |1,856 |2,173 |2,297 |2,538 |3,227 |3,643 |4,618 |5,189 |6,352
Orkney |227 |248 |257 |287 |355 |371 |473 |461 |485
Shetland |257 |336 |410 |518 |529 |469 |504 |555 |665
Western Isles |561 |616 |637 |742 |961 |827 |1,021 |1,049 |1,145
Scotland |32,821 |37,660 |40,651 |43,119 |49,708 |52,563 |65,528 |71,399 |84,712
Note: The figures for 1979-80 to 1981-82 include only expenditure on home helps and meals on wheels;
from 1982-83 onwards aids to daily living and home adaptations are added; from 1985-86 onwards
expenditure on wardens in sheltered housing is added.
Drink-Driving
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria procurators fiscal apply when considering reports from the police for alleged drink-drive offences following breath tests administered to motorists stopped at random.
Mr. Rifkind : I am advised by my noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate that there is no code of practice in this area, but procurators fiscal will take into account the following matters : (i) It is lawful for a police officer in uniform acting in the execution of his duty to require the driver of any vehicle on a road to stop.
(ii) A police officer who stops a vehicle on a road with the purpose of investigating whether its driver has alcohol in his body is acting in the execution of his duty.
(iii) It is accordingly lawful for a police officer in uniform to stop vehicles at random for that purpose, provided there is no malpractice such as oppression or capricious conduct on the part of the officer.
(iv) It is lawful for a police officer in uniform to require a driver who has been stopped in such circumstances to provide a specimen of breath for a breath test, provided that the officer has reasonable cause to suspect that the driver has alcohol in his body.
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Procurators fiscal must be satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to merit prosecution in the public interest before instituting proceedings.Judicial Appointments
Mr. Allan Stewart : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he intends to make any proposals relating to judicial appointments in the supreme courts ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Rifkind : I have already announced that, in the light of responses to my consultation paper, "The Legal Profession in Scotland", I propose to extend the conditions for appointment to the office of senator to include solicitors who have exercised full rights of audience in the Supreme Courts or who have served as sheriffs principal or sheriffs, in each case for a minimum period of five years. Following the report of the review body chaired by the hon. Lord Maxwell on the use of judicial time in the supreme courts in Scotland I have decided to introduce new provisions relating to the appointment of temporary judges. Following consultation with the Lord President, I propose that the new eligibility criteria for appointment to the office of senator shall apply equally to the office of
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temporary judge : that vacancies in the inner house of the court of session shall be filled by the appointment of a Lord Ordinary nominated by the Lord President and the Lord Justice Clerk : that when under existing statute the Lord President directs any three judges of the court to sit as an extra division of the inner house, the Lord President shall direct which of them is to preside : and that the appointment of a Lord Ordinary to act as Lord Ordinary in exchequer causes shall be made by the Lord President without the need for it to be recorded in delegated legislation.Water Supplies
Mr. Andrew Welsh : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimates his Department has of the costs (a) to local authorities and (b) to central Government of bringing Scottish water supplies up to European Community standards ; what equipment or capital plant is involved ; and what sources of funds are available to complete this work.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 4 December 1989] : Latest estimates from water authorities put the cost of bringing Scottish water supplies fully up to EC standards at approximately £100 million a year on average over a period of up to 15 years. However, authorities will shortly be required to prepare more detailed costed programmes of necessary works. The programmes will involve the construction of new improved water treatement works and the replacement and renovation of much of the distribution system. It is largely for authorities to determine the sources of funds used within the capital expenditure rules set by Government. Grants for the improvement of rural water supplies are available to water authorities under the rural water supplies and sewerage Acts 1944-70.
Scottish Homes
Mr. Ingram : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if Scottish Homes has any plans to sell off vacant houses to private landlords or other housing agencies and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 4 December 1989] : One of Scottish Homes objectives is to increase housing choice in Scotland, and more specifically to encourage owner occupation. In pursuing this objective Scottish Homes will consider the opportunities provided by vacant houses in their stock including sale to its own tenants under its portable discount scheme, in the light of local needs and circumstances.
Under the terms of Section 2(3A) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 as introduced by Section 179 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 Scottish Homes power to dispose of land may be exercised only with the consent of the Secretary of State.
Woodlands
Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he is taking to ensure that the bulldozing of woodland for agricultural purposes is avoided.
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Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Forestry Commission operates a presumption against the conversion of woodland to agriculture and will not normally grant felling permission for this purpose.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Food Safety
Mrs. Gorman : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what will be the estimated capital and revenue costs of establishing and running the food safety directorate.
Mr. Maclean : It is not possible to identify separately all the costs of the new Food Safety Directorate in 1989-90 because some parts of the organisation are not subject to decentralised budgetary control. From 1990-91 the directorate's budget will be fully decentralised and the allocation, which is now being finalised, will be published in the Supply Estimates.
Toxic Farm Chemicals
Mr. Steen : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make it his policy to arrange for the collection of out-of-date toxic farm chemicals at no cost to the farmer.
Mr. Maclean : No. Purchasers of toxic chemicals are responsible for the safe disposal of surpluses and should think about disposal before they buy. Disposal costs can be reduced by co-ordinating collection. In the case of pesticides manufacturers and distributors have provided low-cost disposal arrangements when it has been necessary for Ministers to withdraw statutory approval for use. And I am pleased to note that the National Farmers Union is taking the initiative in making arrangements for the safe disposal of products not covered by industry schemes.
Mr. Steen : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has on the amount of out-of-date toxic farm chemicals held on farms for which no safe disposal site is available.
Mr. Maclean : Safe disposal, off-farm, is available for any toxic chemical which cannot be used. There is no reliable information on the quantity or location of such waste, but the HSE's agricultural inspectorate does from time to time find unapproved pesticides in store. Anyone still holding unapproved pesticides should without delay ensure that it is stored in a safe condition and clearly labelled as not for use and make arrangements for a reputable specialist waste disposal contractor to collect the material for safe disposal.
Food Safety Bill
Dr. David Clark : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what basis he has calculated that the additional costs for local authorities arising from the Food Safety Bill will be £30 million ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gummer : Officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of Health have held consultations with interested parties in order to assess the resources local authorities will need in order to enforce
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the Food Safety Bill. The estimate that the additional cost for local authorities is likely to be of the order of £30 million was based on the information supplied.Food Committees
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any plans to increase representation from (a) consumer groups (b) enforcement agencies on food committees or working parties.
Mr. Maclean : The Food Advisory Committee has two members drawn from enforcement backgrounds and three members who have experience in consumer activities. All members of the committee are, however, appointed for their personal expertise and do not represent any particular interest. The new consumer panel will have nine ordinary consumer members nominated by various consumer organisations. I keep the membership of both committees under review and can where appropriate adjust the emphasis of the membership.
Meetings
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) on what dates within the last 12 months he met representatives of Trusthouse Forte ; what matters were discussed ; and if he plans any future meetings ;
(2) on what dates within the last 12 months he met representatives of Sainsburys ; what matters were discussed ; if he plans any future meetings ; and if he will make a statement ;
(3) on what dates within the last 12 months he met representatives of Tesco ; what matters were discussed ; and what future meetings are planned ;
(4) on what dates within the last 12 months he met representatives of Safeway ; what matters were discussed ; and what future meetings are planned ;
(5) on what dates within the last 12 months he met representatives of Marks and Spencer ; what matters were discussed ; and what future meetings are planned.
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