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Mr. Redwood : It is compulsory for local businesses to be members of the chamber of commerce in order to trade in France, Italy and West Germany.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what functions are currently contracted out by his Department to chambers of commerce ; and what proposals he has to extend this cover.
Mr. Redwood : The Association of British Chambers of Commerce (ABCC) has, since 1966, acted as the Department's agent in the administration of the certificates of origin scheme. Since January 1989 the export marketing research scheme has been operated by the ABCC on behalf of the Department on a three-year contract. In May 1990 the ABCC assumed responsibility for issuing international import certificates. Officials are currently holding discussions with the ABCC regarding the possibility of transferring the issue of certificates of experience to chambers of commerce.
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the Government have done to protect the title and definitive status of chambers of commerce and industry.
Mr. Redwood : The titles "Chamber of Commerce", "Chamber of Industry" and "Chamber of Trade" are specified in the schedule to Statutory Instrument 1981 No. 1685 ("The Company and Business Names Regulations 1981").
This schedule specifies words and expressions for whose registration as, or as part of, a company's corporate name or whose use as, or as part of, a business name the Secretary of State's approval is required.
Insider Trading
Mr. John Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many cases of alleged insider trading were investigated by his Department in each of the last five years.
Mr. Redwood : The power to appoint inspectors to investigate possible insider trading is contained in section 177 of the Financial Services Act 1986 which came into force in November 1986. The Secretary of State has made the following number of appointments for each year since then :
1986 |1987 |1988 |1989 |<1>1990 ------------------------------------------------ 3 |10 |12 |16 |1 <1> to date
These statistics are published at page 152 of the Trade and Industry Committee third report on company investigations.
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British Telecom
Mr. Allen : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has any proposals to relinquish his golden share in British Telecom.
Mr. Forth : The articles of association of British
Telecommunications plc require that the special share in the company may be held only by Her Majesty's Government. It could not therefore be sold.
Share Transfers
Mr. Irvine : To ask the Scretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to facilitate the introduction of electronic recording and transfer of shares.
Mr. Redwood : Section 207 of the Companies Act 1989 gives me power to make regulations to enable title to securities to be evidenced and transferred without a written instrument. The international stock exchange (ISE) has published proposals for the introduction of TAURUS, its scheme for recording and transferring shares electronically in October 1991, and I am therefore considering the form of the regulations which I should make.
I welcome developments that improve the international competitiveness of the United Kingdom as a financial centre. However, the introduction of electronic share transfers will also affect the way in which companies can meet their obligations, and change the manner in which investors hold shares. Striking the right balance between the interests of investors, companies and market participants may not be easy and I would like to hear the comments of a wide range of interested parties before reaching decisions on how to proceed. I am today publishing a consultative paper which describes the proposed legal framework for TAURUS, and seeks views on how different rights and obligations should be handled by statutory provisions or by the appropriate regulatory bodies. Comments are invited by 14 September. I am arranging for a copy of the paper to be placed in the Library of the House.
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Ms. Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he intends to take any steps to ensure that the privatised insurance group of the ECGD will not operate in direct competition with the ECGD.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 3 July 1990] : The core business of the Insurance Services Group of the ECGD is quite different from that of the project group. The question of their competing is therefore unlikely to arise.
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to announce the name of the successful bidder for the Insurance Services Group of the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 3 July 1990] : Final decisions have not yet been taken about the proposed method of sale of the Insurance Services Group, which would be subject to the necessary legislation. It is not therefore possible at present to say when I will be in a position to announce the name of any successful bidder(s).
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Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to announce the site of the new offices of the Insurance Services Group, Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 3 July 1990] : Decisions on the site of any new offices would be for the new management and owners.
Ms. Quin : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether any proposition has been submitted to him and the ECGD concerning the possible conversion of the ECGD's projects group into a "next steps"- style agency.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 3 July 1990] : In his written answer of 18 December 1989, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry announced that the precise form of the organisation of ECGD after the separation of its Insurance Services Group would be decided as soon as possible. Decisions would focus on whether ECGD should remain a Department or acquire agency status.
A review has been conducted by the Office of the Minister of the Civil Service (OMCS) to inform that decision. This has taken account of the views expressed by a number of interested parties some of which were opposed to the idea of agency status. A final decision is expected to be announced very shortly.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the accumulated net annual profit or loss in respect of the Export Credits Guarantee Department and the main export credit insurers in (a) the United States of America, (b) Japan, (c) West Germany, (d) France and (e) Italy at the end of the 1988-89 financial year.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 10 July 1990] : The accumulated net annual profit and loss of the Export Credits Guarantee Department as at the end of the 1988-89 financial year can be found in the trading accounts laid before the House in HC 153 in February 1990. Owing to different organisational structures and accounting practices, no comparable figures are available for the other countries from published sources.
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the annual profit or loss in respect of the Export Credits Guarantee Department and the main export credit insurers in (a) the United States of America, (b) Japan, (c) West Germany, (d) France and (e) Italy in 1988-89.
Mr. Redwood [holding answer 9 July 1990] : The profit and loss account for the 1988-89 financial year of the Export Credits Guarantee Department can be found in the trading accounts laid before the House in HC 153 in February 1990. Owing to different organisational structures and accounting practices, no comparable figures are available for the other countries from published sources.
Leather Industry
Mr. Watson : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action he intends to take, in conjunction with the United States of America and European Community countries, to protect the leather industry when the current tariff quota agreement expires in March 1991.
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Mr. Redwood [holding answer 4 July 1990] : The hon. Member is right that the tariff quota agreement with Japan expires in March 1991.
The agreement imposes high import duties on all but a small volume of EC imports of dressed leather and leather footwear whereas EC import duties on those products are low.
Negotiations are handled by the EC. They are currently aiming to reduce Japan's import duties on dressed leather and leather footwear in the Uruguay round and bilaterally.
The EC Commission will look at any allegations of unfair trade practices if damage is being done to the domestic EC industry.
Takeovers
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to alter his policy regarding hostile takeovers ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ridley [holding answer 5 July 1990] : No. The 1988 blue paper policy made clear our belief that the possibility of takeover acts as an important discipline on incumbent managements to demonstrate to their shareholders that they are running their companies as efficiently as possible. I have no plans to amend our policy in respect of hostile takeover bids (which form only a small proportion of the total merger activity in the United Kingdom). It is in general up to the shareholders whether to accept or reject a bid. The main grounds for deciding whether to refer a bid to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission will continue to be its likely effect on competition.
Amateur Radio
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much time the radio investigation service spends monitoring (a) the amateur bands, and (b) amateur radio licence enforcement.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : The radio investigation service (RIS) works to clearly defined priorities. These are firstly to deal with complaints of interference to radio used by emergency and other safety of life services ; secondly with complaints of interference to those who depend on radio for the successful operation of their businesses ; and thirdly with other categories of radio use. The amateur radio hobby falls within the third category. Figures of time spent monitoring the amateur bands and on amateur licence enforcement are not separately recorded.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to introduce a novice amateur radio licence.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : The licensing of amateur radio is the responsibility of the Department of Trade and Industry. I announced on 19 April 1990 that a final draft of the amateur novice licence has been published and that the Radiocommunications Agency of the DTI hoped to be ready to issue the first novice licence in early 1991. A press notice was issued to that effect.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what action radio investigation service officers are taking to stop abuse on GB35L, GB3BM and GB3NA amateur radio repeaters ; and if he will make a statement ;
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(2) what representations he has received about the damage being done to amateur radio by continuous abuse of the VHF two-metre repeater network ; and if he will make a statement.Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : A number of complaints have been received about abuse on these repeater stations. When the radio investigation service (RIS) of my Department's
Radiocommunications Agency is able to prove offences or to establish that improper use of radio facilities has occurred, appropriate action is taken. This may include licence variation or prosecution. In addition to action which the RIS can take it is currently discussing proposals with the Radio Society of Great Britain, the licensee for repeaters, to exercise closer control of repeater stations.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many radio investigation service officers were in post in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 to date.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : Staff in post figures for radio investigation service district offices are published each year in the annual report of my Department's Radiocommunications Agency. The figures were (at 1 April each year) :
|In post
------------------------
1986 |188
1987 |184
1988 |154
1989 |140.5
1990 |143.5
The figures for 1985 are not available.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will close down radio voice repeaters in the United Kingdom until the Radio Society of Great Britain self-policing scheme is in operation.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : In general, no. The majority of amateur radio repeaters are used by responsible licensees. Closure in specific cases is an option if there is abuse.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the number of radio investigation service officers required to cope with the workload.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : The performance of the radio investigation service of my Department's Radiocommunications Agency is kept under review to ensure that the service is correctly resourced. I am satisfied that the number of officers is appropriate to the present workload.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many amateur radio operators licences have been revoked by him in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : The number of amateur radio licences revoked was : in 1988, nil ; in 1989, seven ; in 1990 to date, two are being considered.
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Radio Society of Great Britain amateur
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observation service is currently operational ; and if he will list any occasions in the last year in which it has not been operational.Mr. Forth [holding answer 6 July 1990] : This is a matter for the Radio Society of Great Britain.
0898 Telephone Lines
Mr. David Porter : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement about the voluntary codes for governing services available on 0898 number telephone lines ; and if he has plans further to regulate such lines.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 9 July 1990] : This is a matter for the Director General of Telecommunications who has taken firm action to control 0898 and other premium-rate services. He announced on 29 June that from 10 July he is to withdraw recognition of the code of practice that governs "one-to-one" premium-rate services. They will not be able to operate from that date unless a new code of practice is recognised by the director general.
Philately Counters
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has on (a) the number of specialist philately counters currently operating at post offices in England and Wales, (b) the location of those currently proposed for closure and (c) the total value of annual sales through these counters.
Mr. Forth [holding answer 9 July 1990] : The Post Office tells me there are currently 33 philatelic counters in operation in England and Wales of which seven are new-style "collections" centres opened this financial year. There are, I understand, no plans to close any philatelic counters at present. The figure for the total value of annual sales through these counters is not available.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
United Nations Development Programme
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the United Kingdom's contributions to the United Nations Development Programme for every year since 1979 in current prices, real prices (1990 prices) and as a percentage of United Nations Development Programme's total budget.
Mrs. Chalker : The information is as follows :
Year |Contribution |Contribution |Proportion of
|at constant |UNDP total
|1990 prices
|£ million |£ million |per cent.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
1979 |28.53 |62.5 |8.3
1980 |15.0 |27.5 |4.9
1981 |17.5 |28.8 |5.1
1982 |18.5 |28.3 |4.8
1983 |18.5 |26.9 |4.2
1984 |19.0 |26.4 |3.9
1985 |21.0 |27.6 |3.6
1986 |21.0 |26.7 |4.0
1987 |23.0 |27.8 |4.2
1988 |24.5 |27.9 |4.6
1989 |26.0 |27.7 |4.5
1990 |27.0 |27.0 |4.2
Aid and Trade Provision
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all aid and trade provision projects from 1979 to date with the companies and the sums of money involved.
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Mrs. Chalker : The aid and trade provision projects funded since 1979 are listed in the following schedule.
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Country |Project |Company |Export value |ATP element
|(£ million) |(£ million)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January 1979 to March 1979
Belize |Telecommunications |Plessey |3.000 |0.688
Jordan |Potash Plant |Wimpey |35.000 |10.000
Vietnam |Haiphon Power Station |JBE |9.600 |2.888
Vietnam |SD 14 Ships |Austin Pickersgill |18.000 |4.463
April 1979 to March 1980
Egypt |Electrical Switchgear |GEC |7.500 |2.000
Egypt |Electricity Generation Project |Rolls Royce |28.000 |10.020
Egypt |(Draglines) Irrigation Project |Ransome Rapier |7.500 |2.600
Kenya |Soda Ash Wagons |BRE Metro |3.098 |1.279
Malaysia |Locum Submarine Cable |STC |23.000 |9.018
Senegal |HS 748 Aircraft |British Aerospace |3.000 |1.000
Tanzania |Bus Chassis |Leyland |0.960 |0.481
April 1980 to March 1981
Bangladesh |Combined Cycle Gas Power |GEC |17.297 |4.680
| Station
Brazil |Seine Net Winch |Anglo Dansk |0.019 |0.019
Burma |Gas Turbines Project |JBE |15.625 |3.201
Burma |Jute Mill Expansion |Mackies |10.592 |2.154
Burma |Marine Diesel Engines |Kelvin Diesels |7.350 |1.202
Burma |Jute Carpet Backing Machinery |Mackies |5.882 |1.178
Caribbean |HS 748 Aircraft (Liat) |British Aerospace |3.000 |1.000
Cyprus |Dhekelia B Power Station |NEI Reyrolle |2.500 |0.366
Madagascar |Maintenance for HS 748's |British Aerospace |2.800 |0.600
Malaysia |Airport Study |BAI |0.443 |0.443
Philippines |Wood Burning Power Station |Balfour Beatty |8.592 |1.967
Sri Lanka |Locomotives |British Electrical |7.952 |2.867
Zimbabwe |Railway Electrification |GEC/Westinghouse |27.465 |8.068
April 1981 to March 1982
Burma |Pharmaceutical Plant Study |Cementation/APV |0.188 |0.188
Colombia |Bridges Project |Balfour Beatty |1.070 |0.301
Kenya |Telecommunications |Plessey |2.815 |0.703
Mexico |Sicartsa Steel Works |Davey McKee |200.000 |34.943
Morocco |Nador Roll Mill |Davey Leowy |51.500 |13.505
Mozambique |Bus Maintenance |Leyland |4.223 |1.060
Mozambique |Mineral Survey |Hunting Geology |4.230 |1.030
Pakistan |3 SD 18 Ships |Austin and Pickersgill |27.000 |9.572
Paraguay |Power Transmission Scheme |Balfour Beatty |11.303 |2.870
April 1982 to March 1983
Brazil |Jacui Power Station |Klockner/NEI |90.800 |24.138
Burma |Gas Turbines |JBE |11.044 |2.213
Burma |Bridge Project |Balfour Beatty |0.360 |0.090
Egypt |W. Sebaeya Phosphate Mine |Seltrust Engineering |20.000 |7.315
India |Rihand Super Thermal Power |NEI |231.200 |17.034
| Plant
Indonesia |Mrica Hydro Project |Balfour Beatty |44.646 |12.075
Kenya |Railway Coaches |BRE Metro |23.700 |5.030
Mexico |Scientific Instrument Training |Darwin Instruments |0.029 |0.029
Paraguay |Power Transmission Scheme |Balfour Beatty |5.290 |1.350
Peru |Mini Hydros |Balfour Beatty |25.625 |4.852
Zimbabwe |Hwange Power Station |PED |3.600 |1.000
April 1983 to March 1984
Botswana |Moruple Power Station Turbines |NEI/Parsons |17.126 |4.418
Burma |Outboard Propulsion Units |Sykes Marine |5.000 |1.202
Colombia |Coffee Rust Control Programme |Wiles and Associates |0.201 |0.201
Colombia |Mine Safety Training |BMC |0.018 |0.018
Honduras |Aguan Valley Study |Halcrows |0.500 |0.100
India |Amlori Coal Mine |BMC |80.030 |15.030
Indonesia |Jambu Aye Hydro-Electric Dam |Rendel Williamson Hydro |0.200 |0.200
| Study
Indonesia |Ombilin Coal Mine |Dowty Meco |19.200 |4.445
Jordan |HV Transmission Line |Balfour Beatty |13.568 |3.611
Malawi |Telecommunications |GEC/BT |1.000 |0.260
Malaysia |View Data |GEC |2.367 |0.851
Philippines |Dendro Power Station Adviser |Balfour Beatty |0.080 |0.040
Zimbabwe |Abattoir Feasibility Study |Ove Arup |1.760 |1.760
April 1984 to March 1985
Botswana |Moruple Power Station Coal and |Butterfly Engineering |4.736 |1.343
| Ash Plant
Brazil |Coal Mining Training |BMC Limited |0.019 |0.019
Cameroon |4 Towns Water Project |Sir A. Gibb and W. S. |0.910 |0.910
| Atkins
Colombia |Bridge Project Extension |Balfour Beatty |0.540 |0.152
ECOWAS<1> |Telecommunications Feasibility |British Teleconsult |0.065 |0.065
| Study
Egypt |Electricity Management Study |British Electricity Int |0.166 |0.166
Egypt |Draglines |Ransome and Rapier |0.463 |0.463
India |Balco Power Station |GEC |130.000 |33.066
Indonesia |AIS Submarine Cable |STC |104.000 |3.093
Indonesia |Isolated Diesels |HSPE |38.400 |12.515
Indonesia |Education Equipment Study |British Council |0.036 |0.036
Indonesia |Jabotabek Railway Study |L. H. Manderstan |1.000 |1.000
Malaysia |Sunghai Ahning Dam |Balfour Beatty |9.000 |2.344
Malaysia |Ulu Jelai Hydro Feasibility Study|WLPU/Ewbank |1.850 |1.850
Paraguay |Ascuncion Sewerage Consultancy |Halcrow/Balfour |1.020 |1.020
Sri Lanka |Colombo Airport |UKAG |20.940 |5.264
Thailand |Mini Hydros Pilot Plant |Balfour Beatty |2.500 |2.500
Thailand |Post-Harvest Ground Nut Study: |Rural Investment |0.081 |0.081
| Phase 1 | Overseas
Thailand |Railbus Evaluation Study |Transmark |0.082 |0.082
April 1985 to March 1986
Belize |Electricity Feasibility Study |Merz and McLellan |0.081 |0.081
Bolivia |Mineral Concentrator |GEC |0.027 |0.027
Caribbean |BAE 748 Aircraft |British Aerospace |10.336 |3.838
Colombia |Coffee Bean Sorter |Gunsons Sortex |0.068 |0.068
ECOWAS<1> |Telecommunications |British Teleconsult |0.250 |0.250
| Implementation Study
Egypt |Maghara Coal Mine |Babcock |50.035 |12.578
Egypt |Welding Equipment and Training |British Federal Limited |0.049 |0.049
India |Ganga River Consultancy |Thames Water Authority |0.200 |0.200
Indonesia |South Bengkulu Oil Palm Study |Massey Ferguson |0.400 |0.400
Indonesia |Bukit Asam Rail Bridges |Balfour Beatty |0.750 |0.152
Indonesia |Offshore Supply Vessels |Marine Design |2.156 |0.571
| Consultants
Indonesia |Ombilin Coal Mining Training |Dowty Meco |0.655 |0.655
Kenya |Sugar Milling Equipment |Fletcher and Stewart |0.891 |0.235
Kenya |Upland Bacon Factory Study |Mitchell Cotts |0.100 |0.100
Malaysia |Cross Braced Bogies |British Rail Engineering |7.083 |1.850
| Limited
Mauritius |Plaisance Airport |Plessey |18.960 |6.311
Papua New |Port Moresby Airport Study |Plessey |0.100 |0.100
Guinea
Thailand |Post-Harvest Ground Nut Study: |Rural Investment |0.499 |0.499
| Phase II | Overseas
Zimbabwe |Kariba South Power Consultancy |Merz and McLellan |0.300 |0.300
April 1986 to March 1987
Burma |Rangoon Electrical Distribution |BCPE |20.000 |6.400
Cameroon |Ministry of Equipment/ |British Standards |0.075 |0.075
| Agriculture Technical | Institute
| Assistance
Cameroon |Bamenda Ring Road Survey |SWK |0.173 |0.173
Cameroon |Limbe Port Feasibility Study |NYK |0.250 |0.250
China |Coal Sector Training |Dosco |0.150 |0.150
Egypt |N W Electrification Study |Numerous |0.825 |0.825
Egypt |Brake Block Foundry |Davy McKee |2.749 |0.884
Egypt |N W Electrification Project |Numerous |4.345 |1.308
Egypt |El Omoun Drain |Sulzer |3.195 |0.804
Indonesia |Jabotabek Feasibility Study |Manderstam/F. Wheeler |0.007 |0.007
Kenya |Kipevu |JBE |7.618 |1.959
Malawi |Telecommunications Study |GEC/BT |0.052 |0.052
Malaysia |Rural Water Study |Biwater |194.000 |59.460
Malta |Luqa Airport Study |BAI |0.131 |0.131
Sri Lanka |Samanala Wewa Hydro |Balfour Beatty |57.200 |16.570
Turkey |Ankara Natural Gas Study |British Gas |0.350 |0.350
China |Shengli Power Plant |JBE |14.913 |4.873
April 1987 to March 1988
Belize |Leyland Trucks |British Leyland |0.463 |0.117
Burma |Jute Carpet Mills |Mackies |0.040 |0.040
Cameroon |N W Electrification Project |Balfour Beatty |5.428 |1.362
Cameroon |Douala Port Telecoms |Placons Limited |0.100 |0.100
China |Shandong Paper Mill |Black Clawson |1.667 |0.502
| International Limited
China |Cosco Ships |British Shipbuilders |44.300 |13.578
China |Beijing Traffic Management |MVA Consultants |0.450 |0.450
| Study
China |Liaodong Bay Oil Training |Global Engineering |1.000 |0.080
China |Shanxi Mining College |HSDE |0.061 |0.061
Cyprus |Southern Conveyor |SPP |3.467 |0.870
Djibouti |Transhipment Study |Ocean Mackenzie |0.179 |0.179
India |India/UAE Submarine Cable |STC |24.450 |6.140
India |HBJ Pipeline and Generators |Toyo UK |24.080 |6.060
India |Geological Appraisal |Robertson Research |0.305 |0.305
| International
Indonesia |Steel Bridging |Mabey and Johnson |10.702 |6.846
Indonesia |Navigational Aids |Pharos Marine |9.906 |7.007
Indonesia |Batam Island Power |Kennedy and Donkin |0.252 |0.252
Indonesia |Coalfired Power Station Training |BEI |0.800 |0.800
Indonesia |Radio/TV Consultancy |BBC |0.250 |0.250
Indonesia |Batam Island Airport |Techcon |0.013 |0.013
Jordan |Walking Draglines |Ransome and Rapier |9.000 |4.654
Kenya |Rural Telecommunications |Communication Supplies |20.625 |7.300
Malawi |Power Transmission |Balfour/HSPE/Kennedy |8.080 |2.590
Malawi |UXD5 Telecoms Study |GEC |0.300 |0.300
Malawi |UXD5 Telecoms Stage I |GEC |5.580 |1.734
Mozambique |Trucks |Leyland |2.496 |0.661
Malaysia |Liwagu Hydroelectric Study |Watermeyer Ewbank |0.850 |0.850
Malaysia |Rural Water Supervision |John Taylor |3.000 |3.000
Panama |Gas Turbine Power Station |JBE |14.222 |6.727
Pakistan |Karachi Water II |Sir M. McDonald/ |1.500 |1.500
| Balfour Beatty
Peru |Water Test Units |Potopak |0.088 |0.088
Seychelles |Mahe Water Consultancy |Sir A. Gibb |0.122 |0.122
Tunisia |Polypropylene Plant Equipment |Extrusion Systems |0.188 |0.047
Tunisia |Sakmo II |Froude Consine |1.933 |0.584
Turkey |Circuit Breakers |GCE Switchgear |3.745 |0.940
Turkey |Cerkezkoy Water Consultancy |Thames Water |0.498 |0.498
Zimbabwe |Harare Airport Master Plan |Sir A. Gibb |0.257 |0.257
Zimbabwe |Zisco Steel Works |Otto-Simon Carves |14.161 |5.117
April 1988-March 1989
China |Shanghai No. 3 Flour Mill |Henry Simon |8.450 |2.121
China |Traffic Control Equipment |Plessey Controls Limited |3.999 |1.204
China |Infant Rusks Factories |Baker Perkins |7.070 |2.128
China |Jinzhou Textile Mills |PSL |6.408 |1.929
China |Chongqing Tyre Factory |Dunlop International |21.200 |6.380
China |Fushun Textile Plant |William Tatham Limited |2.373 |0.715
China |Chongqing Power Station |JBE |21.710 |6.500
China |Yue Yang Transmission |Balfour Beatty |8.776 |3.072
China |Bohai Aluminium Phase I |Davey McKee (Poole) |27.750 |8.786
China |Yue Yang Coal Power Station |GEC |171.718 |51.417
China |Yue Yang Monitoring |Hattersley |0.273 |0.273
China |Yue Yang Third Party Inspection |Kennedy Donkin |0.324 |0.324
China |Yue Yang Power Training |GEC |3.865 |3.865
Egypt |Pyramid Road Hospital |Higgs and Hill |3.290 |1.200
Egypt |Leak Detection Equipment |Palmer Environmental |0.251 |0.251
Indonesia |Cigading Port |Tarmac Consortium |17.280 |13.173
Indonesia |Bandung TV Studio |Quantel-Link Systems |11.735 |9.201
Indonesia |Scattered Diesals |GEC |6.887 |5.421
Indonesia |Airport Security Systems |Holmes Aviation |0.020 |0.020
Indonesia |Forest Radio Communications |Phillips Radio |0.228 |0.138
| Communications
Kenya |Telephone Cables |BICC Cables Limited |13.088 |5.242
Kenya |Rural Telecoms (Systems X) |Communications |27.300 |7.525
| Supplies
Kenya |Chemical Sugar Mill |- |0.003 |0.003
Kenya |Power Distribution |- |0.007 |0.007
Kenya |Mombasa Causeway |Sir A. Gibb |0.412 |0.315
Pakistan |Switching Systems |Ferranti Computers |1.513 |0.398
Panama |Gas Turbines |JBE |14.222 |6.958
Malaysia |Sandakan Power Station |NEI/APE |2.965 |0.929
Malaysia |Privatisation Programme |J. H. Schroder Wagg |0.642 |0.194
| and Co.
Sri Lanka |Bus Bodies |Duple Metsec |8.894 |2.677
Thailand |Laem Chabang Port |Port of Flexstowe |0.151 |0.151
| International
Thailand |Supply of DMU |BREL |12.784 |4.487
YAR |MF Tractors |Massey Ferguson |3.840 |1.924
| Limited
Zimbabwe |Zisco Monitoring |W. S. Atkins |0.048 |0.048
April 1989-March 1990
Colombia |System X Digital Telecoms |GEC/Plessey |8.601 |4.939
Egypt |Maghara Coal Mine |Babcocks |0.080 |0.080
India |URI-Hydro |Bovine and Co. |51.200 |17.920
Indonesia |Radio Studios |David Whittle Associates |0.390 |0.390
Indonesia |Aircraft Simulator |CAA |0.050 |0.050
Indonesia |Satellite Remote Sensing |Technology Applied |0.062 |0.025
| Systems
Indonesia |Cigading/Serpong Railway |Davy/British Rail |33.000 |20.995
| Rehabilitation | International
Indonesia |Radio Studio Rehabilitation |Audix Limited |6.330 |5.040
Jordan |Reconstruction of TCC |BT Telecoms |1.585 |0.793
Kenya |Moi University |Cambridgeshire |0.050 |0.050
| University
Kenya |Digital Radio Link I |GEC |6.109 |2.434
Kenya |Digital Micro Wave Link |Telectron Systems |12.040 |4.214
Morocco |Gas Turbines |JBE |18.564 |7.276
Morocco |Diesel Electric Locos |Brush Electrical |18.000 |6.300
Morocco |Nador Steel Works Study |W. S. Atkins |0.265 |0.133
Pakistan |Karachi Water II |Portals Water Treatment |18.940 |6.629
Philippines |Gas Turbines Power Station |JBE |37.500 |7.276
Red Sea |Regional Hydro Carbon Study |Robertson Research |0.375 |0.187
| International
Swaziland |Fire Equipment |Carmichael Fire and |0.410 |0.123
| Bulk
Tunisia |Railway Equipment |Balfour Beatty |1.584 |0.572
Tunisia |Yarn and Fibre Plant |Extrusion Systems |1.118 |0.337
| Limited
Turkey |Natural Gas Conversion |AMEC International |68.019 |62.470
| Construction
April 1990 to June 1990
China |Beijing Metro |Metrotec Group |20.020 |7.070
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India
Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 26 June, Official Report , column 125 , what proportion of United Kingdom bilateral aid was spent on the projects in housing, welfare, education and renewable natural resources sectors, which were regarded as being for direct poverty alleviation.
Mrs. Chalker : The proportion of bilateral aid to India spent from 1980 to 1988 on projects in housing, welfare and education was 7 per cent., and in renewable natural resources sectors 11 per cent., giving a total for the poverty-focused sectors of 18 per cent. It is not possible to extend this analysis to the aid programme as a whole because the circumstances in India, which mean that spending there in these sectors can be directly attributed to poverty alleviation, are not necessarily applicable in other countries.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Secondary Schools
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what criteria he uses to define the physical capacity of secondary schools ; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of these criteria.
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Mr. Alan Howarth : The pupil capacity of a maintained school is defined in the light of the statutory minimum teaching area (MTA) requirements set out in the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981. In connection with the more open enrolment provisions of the Education Reform Act 1988, an LEA or school governing body wishing to vary the standard number for admissions to a secondary school is invited to complete a questionnaire based on pupil work places. The information provided permits the calculation of an indicated admission limit for the school. The method, with minor amendments, has been in use since 1978. It takes account of the size, purpose and intensity of use of each space, and of the number and age of pupils on roll. These criteria appear adequate for the purpose. The procedures allow for the individual consideration of cases where necessary.
Computers
Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the level of integration of computers on to the school timetable.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The information is not available. The level of integration of information technology across the curriculum will vary with such factors as the age of pupils, subjects timetabled, the availability of microcomputers and other information technology equipment, and the expertise of teachers in the effective use of information technology. This is not statistically quantifiable.
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City Technology Colleges
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to have all appointments to the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college suspended until such time as the Haberdashers' city technology college trust company has been formed and that body has adopted a code of good employment practices.
Mrs. Rumbold : Appointments will be made in conformity with the requirements of employment legislation following the establishment of the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will make a statement concerning the compensation of local education authorities for costs they may incur directly or indirectly, as a result of the closure of a voluntary school under section 14 of the Education Act 1944 for the purposes of converting the school to a city technology college ;
(2) if he will fully compensate Lewisham education authority for the redundancy payments it will be obliged to make as a result of the closure of the Haberdashers' Aske's schools in Deptford and their conversion to a city technology college.
Mrs. Rumbold : My right hon. Friend is not empowered to pay compensation to any local education authority for the costs, if any, it may incur as a result of the discontinuance of a voluntary school under section 14 of the Education Act 1944.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the deadline for receiving proposals relating to the catchment area, admissions policy and pupil numbers for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college.
Mrs. Rumbold : It is for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college trust, when established, to decide when it wishes to invite applications for first year places at the CTC for September 1991, subject to the Secretary of State having already agreed the trust's admissions policy.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if the £1 million sponsorship for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college, to be underwritten by the Haberdashers' Company, additional to the value of the existing schools' sites, will be contributed towards either capital or revenue costs of the college.
Mrs. Rumbold : The £1 million sponsorship which the Haberdashers' Company has undertaken to underwrite may be contributed towards capital costs.
Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what additional steps his Department will take to consult those local education authorities whose own educational planning may be affected before approving any proposals relating to catchment area, admissions policy and pupil numbers for the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college.
Mrs. Rumbold : I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave her on 22 June 1990, Official Report, column 717.
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Ms. Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college will be legally constituted, for the purposes of section 105 of the Education Reform Act 1988 and paragraph 21 of the model funding agreement, as a single school or two schools.
Mrs. Rumbold : The Haberdashers' Aske's city technology college will be a single CTC which has single-sex departments. The college will be managed by a single charitable company, and will be conducted by one governing body on the basis of a single instrument of government and one funding agreement with the Secretary of State.
Higher Education (Research Equipment)
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he has taken to ensure that the most recent allocations of the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council for research equipment in universities and polytechnics match the investment recommended by the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Jackson : The allocation of grant to individual higher education institutions is the responsibility of the funding councils. The Universities Funding Council's allocations for equipment take into account relative research strengths. The Government's latest expenditure plans allow for further increases in spending on equipment.
Reading Standards
Mr. Straw : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will place in the Library of the House a note summarising the main evidence and conclusions of the group of senior educational psychologists from nine local education authorities, concerning reading standards ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what study, and with what conclusions, Her Majesty's inspectors have yet been able to make of the evidence and conclusions about reading standards of senior educational psychologists from nine local education authorities.
Mr. MacGregor : I have called for the evidence underlying the reported conclusions of the nine senior educational psychologists. The information that has been made available to Her Majesty's inspectors to date provides an insufficient basis to support firm conclusions concerning the claim that reading standards have fallen significantly. I am continuing to try to accumulate evidence.
SCOTLAND
Takare plc
Mr. McAvoy : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct Greater Glasgow health board to disclose the weekly cost per bed which it will pay to Takare plc under the recently signed contract for care of the elderly in Rutherglen.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth : I have already asked Greater Glasgow health board to write to the hon. Member on this matter. I understand that it has now done so.City of Culture
Mr. Dunnachie : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any current plans to commemorate Glasgow's year as the City of Culture by releasing further specific funding to the city for a permanent environmental testament to the year ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Government are contributing £0.5 million directly to the European City of Culture 1990 and, in addition, Government-funded bodies are committing significant resources in support of particular events taking place in 1990. The City of Glasgow district council did not include in its latest financial plan any proposals to commemorate Glasgow's year as City of Culture and there has been no subsequent request for funding or capital consent for this purpose.
Less-favoured Areas
Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many registered holdings in Scotland are eligible for less-favoured area projects.
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