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Written Answers to Questions
Friday 21 June 1991
ENERGY
Electricity Prices
Sir Robert McCrindle : To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what discussions he has held with the Office of Electricity Supply on the post- privatisation pricing system for industrial users of electricity ; what representations he has received from industrial users on the pricing system ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : My right hon. Friend and I meet the Director General of Electricity Supply from time to time when we discuss a range of matters including electricity prices. I have received a number of representations from industrial users about electricity prices. Under the new competitive regime we have put in place it is for large users to use their commercial strength to negotiate the keenest prices from a number of potential suppliers.
EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
Church Schools
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of children aged between 5 and 16 years being educated in church schools ; and what were the comparable figures for 1980 and 1985.
Mr. Fallon : The number of children of compulsory school age being taught in maintained church schools in England in January 1990 is shown in the following table. Comparable figures for 1980 and 1985 are also shown.
Pupils of compulsory school age in maintained church schools Type of school |1980 |1985 |1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Church of England |804,874 |695,414 |704,303 Roman Catholic |663,766 |577,381 |558,370 Methodist |6,000 |4,060 |4,004
Truancy
Mr. Ronnie Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his oral answer of 23 April, Official Report, column 886, what information is available on a non-standard national basis about levels of truancy in (a) primary and (b) high schools.
Mr. Fallon : This information is not collected centrally.
Teachers' Pay
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers in full-time employment with seven years' experience are earning (a) £10,000 to £12,000, (b) £12,000 to £14,000, (c) £14,000 to
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£16,000, (d) £16,000 to £18,000, (e) £18,000 to £20,000, (f) £20,000 to £22,000, (g) £22,000 to £24,000 and (h) £24,000 to £26,000 per annum, or the nearest convenient salary break points.Mr. Eggar : Information on the number of teachers in full-time employment with seven years' experience as at 31 March 1988 is shown in the table. Information for later years is not yet available.
Maintained nursery, primary and secondary sector
full-time teachers with seven years' experience<1>
Salary at March 1988|England
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Under £10,000 |1,746
£10,000-£12,000 |5,905
£12,000-£14,000 |3,023
£14,000-£16,000 |1,863
£16,000-£18,000 |384
|-------
Total |28
<1>Indicates teachers with completed service of seven but
less than eight years at 31 March 1988.
English Teaching
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the cost of the report undertaken by Professor Ron Carter and others into the teaching of English ;
(2) if he will place in the Library a copy of the report prepared by Professor Ron Carter and others on the teaching of English.
Mr. Eggar : The material commissioned, at a cost of some £120,000, was not a report but a training package for use as part of the language in the curriculum project. I will arrange for a copy to be placed in the Library.
Student Finance
Mr. Lewis : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research he has commissioned into the financial position of students following changes in support, including the student loan scheme and the withdrawal of income support and housing benefit.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The take-up of student loans is monitored by the Student Loans Company and the Department. We intend to conduct periodically student income and expenditure surveys comparable with the baseline survey published in 1989, and to review the access funds scheme after three years.
Mr. Anthony Coombs : To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will announce the postgraduate bursary and studentship rates payable by his Department for the academic year 1991-92.
Mr. Alan Howarth : The main maintenance rates under the Department's own postgraduate awards scheme in the academic year 1991-92 will be as follows (1990-91 rates are shown in brackets) :
|£ |£
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Bursaries
London |2,950 |(2,775)
Elsewhere |2,330 |(2,195)
Parental home |1,760 |(1,655)
Studentships
London |4,970 |(4,690)
Elsewhere |3,950 |(3,725)
Parental home |2,915 |(2,750)
These represent increases of about 6 per cent. on the current year's rates. The relevant supplementary allowances will be increased broadly in line.
PRIME MINISTER
Vietnam
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Prime Minister when the Government next plan to meet representatives of the Vietnamese Government ; and when he next intends to discuss with the United States Government trading policy on Vietnam.
The Prime Minister : The Government are urgently seeking discussions with the Vietnamese Government on the problems posed by the sharply increased rate of arrivals of Vietnamese migrants in Hong Kong. We regularly discuss all aspects of United States Indo-China policy at a high level with the United States Government.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Rent Rebates
Mr. Soley : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the levels of contributions to rent rebates that local authorities are projected to make that correspond to the figures for HRAS (Rent Rebate) subsidy for 1992-93, and 1993-94, set out in figure 64 in the housing chapter of the current public expenditure plans, Cm. 1508.
Mr. Yeo : I have been asked to reply.
As stated by my hon. Friend on 28 March at column 535 no decisions have been taken as to the contributions which local housing authorities are estimated to make to their rent rebate costs in 1992-93 and 1993-94. This is because the amounts will depend largely on annual decisions about rent guidelines and management and maintenance allowances for those years. For general planning purposes, the entries at figure 64 in the housing chapter of Cm. 1508 include projected contributions to rent rebates of £420 million for 1992-93, and £536 million for 1993-94 based upon inflation only guideline increases for rent and management and maintenance allowances.
Pensioners' Expenditure
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Don Valley of 4 June, Official Report, columns 109-10, what information is kept on the levels of expenditure of pensioners ; and to what extent this is broken down geographically.
Miss Widdecombe : Information on expenditure patterns is extracted from the family expenditure survey. While the published version does not give information on pensioners' expenditure below the national level the information can be broken down by region, although in many cases this can be achieved only at disproportionate
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cost while in others the size of the sample is too small to support a valid inference. The 11 regions in Great Britain are : the North, Yorkshire and Humberside, the North-West, the East Midlands, the West Midlands, East Anglia, Greater London, the South-East (excluding Greater London), the South-West, Wales and Scotland. Data can also be provided by type of administrative area, viz ; Greater London, the Metropolitan district and Central Clydeside conurbation, non-metropolitan districts (with high population density) and non-metropolitan districts (with low population density), but the same caveats apply.AIDS
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what reply he has sent to the letters of 31 January and 10 June from the Terrence Higgins Trust concerning the cost of diets for people with AIDS ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Scott : I have replied to these letters today.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
Africa (Food Shortages)
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much money has been allocated to counter food shortages in (a) Ethiopia, (b) Sudan, (c) Mozambique, (d) Angola, (e) Malawi and (f) Liberia from January to the present date ; and what percentage of the 1990-91 and 1991-92 overseas aid budgets have been allocated to counter food shortages in each country.
Mrs. Chalker : The following bilateral food aid allocations to the named countries have been made since January 1991 :
Country |Cost (£ million)|Cost (£ million)
|(Food aid) |(Non-food aid)
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Ethiopia |14.196 |5.802
Sudan |10.959 |3.626
Mozambique |3.000 |2.000
Angola |0.700 |1.885
Malawi (Mozambican |1.060 |3.000
refugees)
Liberia |0.0 |1.456
|--- |---
Total |<1>29.915 |17.769
<1> Does not include the United Kingdom share of EC food aid.
The remaining information is not available in the form requested. Bilateral food aid as a percentage of total bilateral aid to those countries in 1989- 90 was as follows :
Country |Food aid |Total aid |Percentage
|£ million |£ million
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Ethiopia |5.182 |12.730 |41
Sudan |1.114 |25.507 |4
Mozambique |2.519 |19.048 |13
Angola |- |0.733 |-
Malawi |- |26.965 |-
Liberia |- |0.507 |-
Vietnam
Mr. Ashley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aid has been given to Vietnam in the last five years ; and what is its current gross national product per head.
Mrs. Chalker [holding answer 20 June 1991] : Britain has provided no direct bilateral aid to Vietnam in the last five years. Since May 1990 over £1 million has been committed in support of projects by British non-governmental organisations to assist with community development and the reintegration of boat people returning from Hong Kong. Since 1986 the United Kingdom has provided some £2.4 million towards EC food aid to Vietnam and our contribution through the European Commission's pilot scheme for the reintegration of returning boat people will be more than £1 million. No reliable data exists for Vietnam's GNP but it is estimated that in 1988 GDP per capita was approximately US$150-200.
HEALTH
Day Nurseries
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what categories of day nurseries are exempt from registration.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The regulation and registration of day nurseries is currently governed by the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948, as amended. Section 8 deals with exemption from the requirements of the Act, including registration.
The 1948 Act will be repealed when the Children Act 1989 comes into effect on 14 October 1991. Registration of day care facilities for young children will then be regulated under section 71 of and schedule 9 to the 1989 Act. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of schedule 9 list exemptions from registration.
Optical Charges
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will now make provision for the refund of optical charges under the health benefits low income scheme ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : Refunds are already available under the low income scheme for NHS charges incurred for sight tests and also for spectacles provided by the hospital eye service. The review of the administration of the scheme which is now under way, will provide a fresh opportunity to examine the arrangements for optical refunds.
AIDS
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what decisions were made at the European Community Health Council on 4 June concerning the campaign against AIDS ; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The European Community Health Council agreed to adopt a plan of action within the framework of the Europe against AIDS programme. The intention of the plan is that member states should benefit from the exchange of information, expertise and examples of good practice.
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A copy has been placed in the Library.Births
Ms. Harman : To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 8 March, Official Report, column 322, if he can now list for the year 1989-90 for England and for each NHS region (1) the percentage of women who had (i) general anaesthesia, (ii) epidural or caudal anaesthesia, (iii) spinal anaesthesia, (iv) combinations of these methods of anaesthesia and (v) none of these methods of anaesthesia during labour or delivery ;
(2) the percentage of women (i) whose labours were surgically induced, (ii) whose labours were induced by oxytocic drugs, (iii) whose labours were induced by a combination of surgical methods and oxytocic drugs, (iv) whose labours were of spontaneous onset and (v) who had elective Caesarian sections ;
(3) the percentage of women whose deliveries were (i) at a domestic address, (ii) in a consultant ward of an NHS hospital, (iii) in a general practitioner ward of an NHS hospital, (iv) in a combined consultant/general practitioner ward of an NHS hospital, (v) in a private hospital, (vi) in another hospital or institution and (vii) elsewhere ;
(4) the percentage of women whose deliveries were conducted by (a) a hospital doctor, (b) a general practitioner, (c) a midwife and (d) a person other than a doctor or midwife.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : The estimated national percentages for England for 1989-90 are given in the tables. The feasibility of producing estimated percentages analysed by NHS region is still being investigated and I shall write to the hon. Member when our investigations are complete.
1989-90 England |Per cent.
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(i) Anaesthetic administered
General |7
Epidural or caudal |15
Spinal |1
Combination |1
Other including no anaesthetic |66
Not known |11
(ii) Method of onset of labour
Spontaneous onset |74
Elective Caesarean |5
Surgically induced |4
Oxytocic drugs |8
Combination |6
Not known |3
(iii) Place of delivery
At a domestic address |<1>0
In a consultant ward |64
In a GP ward |5
Consultant/GP ward |31
Private hospital |<1>0
Other hospital or institution |<1>0
Elsewhere |<1>0
(iv) Person conducting delivery
Hospital doctor |24
General practitioner |<1>0
Midwife |72
Other |2
Not known |2
<1>Less than 0.5 per cent.
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics 1989-90.
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Pregnancy
Mr. Alton : To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public money was given by which regional health authorities to (a) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and (b) the Life Care and Housing Trust for the last year for which figures are available.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley : No central record is kept of donations or grants made by regional health authorities. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service receives income as a result of service provision contracts with some district health authorities. Details of these arrangements are not held by the Department.
Trent Regional Health Authority
Mr. Patchett : To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the numbers of operations and waiting lists for ear, nose and throat operations carried out year by year since 1986 in Trent regional health authority.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley [holding answer 7 June 1991] : The information requested is given in the table. It is the time that individual patients wait for treatment that matters, not the total number on the list. The number waiting more than one year for in-patient ENT treatment in Trent has fallen by 8 per cent. since September 1986 and by 33 per cent. since March 1979. At the same time the number of in-patients treated has increased by 6 per cent. since 1986 and by 53 per cent. since 1979.
Numbers of operations and patients awaiting elective admission
for the ENT speciality in Trent RHA-In-patients
Date Number of Total Patients waiting
|operations<1> |patients |over 12 months
|waiting<2> |Number<3> |Per cent.<4>
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1986 |n/a |8,873 |1,798 |20
1987 |n/a |7,578 |1,629 |20
1988 |26,708 |8,630 |1,561 |18
1989 |26,656 |8,516 |1,608 |18
1990 |27,239 |9,262 |1,659 |17
<1> Figures relate to the total number of cases operated on in the year ending 31 March.
<2> Figures exclude self-deferred cases and relate to the position at 30 September.
<3> Figures relate to the position at 30 September and for 1987 to 1990 include any
self-deffered cases.
<4> Figures for 1987 to 1990 are based on the number of patients including self-deferred
cases.
n/a=Not available.
Sources: Number of operations: DH Form KH08
Patients awaiting elective admission: DH Form KH07.
Pre-school Care
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give the numbers of (a) day nurseries, (b) childminders and (c) playgroups in 1990 and the number of places in each.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley [holding answer 18 June 1991] : The information requested is set out in the table. The figures include registered provision, local authority provision and for day nurseries and play groups some provision exempt from registration (eg provision on crown property).
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Day care facilities for children under five
at 31 March 1990
(provisional figures)
|Premises|Places
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(a) Day nurseries |2,920 |87,450
(b) Childminders |93,070 |205,470
(c) Playgroups |17,790 |416,380
WALES
Local Government Finance
Mrs. Roe : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the financial adjustment fixed by each charging local authority in Wales for 1991-92 to be paid by each charge payer as a result of the failure, anticipated or actual, of all charge payers to pay charges lawfully demanded ; and what were the comparable figures for 1990-91.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : The collection fund adjustments payable by charge payers in 1991-92 are shown in the table. These adjustments reflect a number of factors including local authority assumptions as to any losses in collection in 1990-91 and estimates of interest paid from and accrued to the collection fund in 1990-91 and 1991-92. There are no comparable figures for 1990-91.
Collection fund adjustments 1991-92 Charging authority |<1>£ ------------------------------------------------------------ Alyn and Deeside |0.00 Colwyn |-0.17 Delyn |1.99 Glyndwr |0.00 Rhuddlan |0.00 Wrexham Maelor |0.00 Carmarthen |-7.00 Ceredigion |-5.00 Dinefwr |0.00 Llanelli |-8.28 Preseli Pembrokeshire |-2.88 South Pembrokeshire |0.22 Blaenau Gwent |0.00 Islwyn |0.00 Monmouth |0.00 Newport |4.00 Torfaen |0.00 Aberconwy |-3.01 Arfon |0.00 Dwyfor |0.00 Meirionnydd |-3.01 Ynys Mon |-5.01 Cynon Valley |0.00 Merthyr Tydfil |-3.01 Ogwr |-3.00 Rhondda |-5.00 Rhymney Valley |0.00 Taff Ely |0.00 Brecknock |0.00 Montgomeryshire |0.00 Radnorshire |0.00 Cardiff |0.00 Vale of Glamorgan |0.00 Port Talbot |0.00 Lliw Valley |0.00 Neath |0.00 Swansea |0.00 <1> A positive figure in the table denotes an addition to the 1991-92 charge.
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Labour Statistics
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list total employment in the electronics and information technology industries in Wales in each year from 1979 to the most recent year available.
Sir Wyn Roberts : There are several sources of information for employment in the electronics industry over the past decade. The most complete series available is that of the Engineering Industry Training Board and are given in the following table.
Year |Employment --------------------------------- 1979 |13,000 1980 |13,100 1981 |12,300 1982 |12,400 1983 |13,600 1984 |14,900 1985 |15,300 1986 |15,900 1987 |18,600 1988 |21,300 1989 |23,200 1990 |25,900 Source: Engineering Industry Training Board Statutory Returns. Note: Employment estimates rounded to nearest 100.
Group Transport 2000 Plus Report
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the implications for Wales of the recommendations of the Group Transport 2000 Plus report on transport options for the future, published by the European Commission in January.
Sir Wyn Roberts : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given on 20 June 1991 by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Department of Transport. My right hon. Friend will assess the implications for Wales of the EC Commission's paper on Community transport policy when it has been completed.
Community Care
Mr. Alfred Morris : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the advantages over the arrangements now operating in England of the proposed new grant scheme for promoting the development of more flexible forms of community care for elderly people and for people with physical or sensory disabilities ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Bennett : This grant scheme has been introduced in 1991 -92, for which we have announced allocations of £1.3 million to pump- prime innovation. It is too early to judge its effectiveness. Selected schemes will be subject to independent evaluation, along the lines of the existing arrangements to evaluate our earlier initiative to promote the development of innovative services for elderly people, with the aim of identifying and disseminating good practice. However, our main effort of assessment will go into the wider annual review of performance of social services and health authorities in developing effective social and community care, for which the principal means of Government financial support are, and will remain, the revenue support grant to local authorities and mainstream allocations to health authorities.
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Departmental Circulars
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to ensure that hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies receive copies of all circulars issued by his Department to local authorities in Wales.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Those circulars issued by the Welsh Office to local authorities which deal with decisions or advice on important aspects of policy are distributed as a matter of course to hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies.
If the hon. Gentleman has experienced any difficulties with this arrangement perhaps he would write to my right hon. Friend so that my right hon. Friend can consider the matter further.
Video Recordings
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West of 18 June, Official Report, columns 96-97, if he will list those video cassette recordings purchased for use in conjunction with the video recorder installed in his flat at the Crown Buildings, Cathays park, Cardiff.
ENVIRONMENT
Wild Birds
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what responsibilities his Department has for (a) conservation, (b) transport and (c) the welfare of imported wild birds.
Mr. Baldry : My Department has numerous responsibilities for the conservation of imported wild birds under :
the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), and EC Regulation 3626/82, which implements the convention in the European Community ;
the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 ;
the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ; and
EC Directive 79/409/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Although these measures are primarily concerned with conservation, some contain subsidiary requirements relating to transport and welfare matters.
Community Charge
Mr. Fraser : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will investigate the reasons for the discrepancy between the number of community charge payers of 41,900,000 registered for 1990 in England, Scotland and Wales and the Government's estimated size of the population aged 18 years and over of the same countries of 43,160,000.
Mr. Key : The difference of 1,260,000 between the number of people shown on community charges registers in Great Britain and the estimated population aged 18 years and over is largely attributable to the number of exempt people. We estimate that at least 870,000 people are exempt from the personal community charge, not
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including those who are exempt by virtue of living in short stay accommodation or because they have no fixed abode, for which no reliable information is available. Other factors affecting the comparison are : errors in the registers or under-registration ; errors in reporting the numbers on the registers ; errors in estimates of the adult population, which are based on the 1981 population census ; and to a limited extent differences in timing and definition. It is not possible to quantify any of these factors.Mr. Spearing : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing, for each local authority levying a community charge in England and Wales, the sum shown in their respective demand statements following the words "plus other adjustments", stating the nature of all elements or charges comprising such adjustments together with his, or other estimate, of the proportion of the global sum attributable to the additional shortfall of income for the year 1990-91 and projected shortfall for 1991-92, respectively.
Mr. Key [holding answer 20 June 1991] : I am arranging for the available information for England to be placed in the Library of the House. Information for Wales is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
Hazardous Waste
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by year for the last 10 years, the countries which have made shipments of hazardous waste to England for disposal reported under the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations.
Mr. Baldry : Information on the importation of waste by country of origin into the United Kingdom is available only since the introduction of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations in October 1988.
The information in respect of imports of waste for disposal in England for the financial years 1 April to 31March for 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91 is shown in the following table.
Countries of origin
1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91
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Australia |Australia |Australia
Belgium |Austria |Austria
Canada |Belgium |Bahamas
Denmark |Canada |Belgium
Hong Kong |Channel Islands|Canada
Ireland |Germany |Germany
Italy |Denmark |Denmark
Netherlands |Finland |France
Switzerland |Ireland |Ireland
|Italy |Isle of Man
|Netherlands |Italy
|Norway |Luxembourg
|Singapore |Malaysia
|Spain |Netherlands
|Sweden |Portugal
|Switzerland |Singapore
|United States |Spain
|Sri Lanka
|Sweden
|Switzerland
|United States
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Aggregates
Mr. Walden : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the organisations and individuals who have been sent a copy of his Department's report "Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England and Wales, Review of MPG6" ; and which organisations and individuals have formally been asked to submit comments on this report.
Mr. Yeo : To date 170 organisations and individuals have received this report. They are as follows :
Forecasts report
Penny Smyth--CBI
P. Stant--Savilles
Mrs. D. Milford--ECC Quarries
Robert Wemyss--Western Isles Island Council
D. Parkinson--Alfred McAlpine
D. Clark--West Midland Regional Forum
O. Avarrey--Evered Bardon Quarry Products
Harry Dicken--Mill Stream Cottage
C. Leese--Northern Aggregates
Tim Hammond--Aspinwall and Co.
J. Milner--Huntsman Quarries
B. McDonald--Nacco UK Ltd.
Claire Duncan--TM Economics
N. Everington--United Marine Aggregates
Ronald Dovan--Davy Energy and Environmental Ltd.
C. Williams--Ennemix Dev Ltd.
J. Hyde--CBI (Library)
G. Wilson--Davy Energy and Environmental
Terry Macintyre--SAGA
Mrs. Norrie--ECC Quarries
J. Drew--EEC Construction Materials Ltd.
Mrs. M. Williams--ECC Quarries
Sarah Leatherdale--MDIS Ltd.
J. Dickinson--CSL Surveys
Elizabeth Garland--CPRE
C. Dobbs--Tarmac Roadstone
Lisa Prior--McKenna and Co.
B. Dwyer--Hall Aggregates
Miss G. Mead--Alfred McAlpine Quarry
John Prescott MP--House of Commons
Chris Blasdale--Evered Barden plc
Moya Watson--Savilles Research
Tom Economou--RMC Group
D. Mathers--Equity Research
J. Bace--Countryside Commission (Library)
D. Bays--Association of County Councils
J. Jarver--Information Centre (EC1)
A. Everrad--Cardiff
N. Greene--Strutt and Parker
A. Carrington--Wimpey Minerals
A. D. Aggregates--Kidderminster, Worcestershire
J. Bennett--Pioneer Concrete Holding plc
B. West--Lazard Brothers
Mr. Harrison--Minerals Planning
F. Thompson--Strutt and Parker
C. Couzens--Royal Society for Nature Conservation
D. Sanderson--Martells
Mrs. E. Franklin--Somerset Trust for Nature Conservation Dr. M. Bell--Co. Durham
P. Stephenson--Kendall, Cumbria
M. Hyslop--Pollerton, Nottinghamshire
Redlands Aggregates--Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
T. Fairhead--Gent Fairhead and Co.
P. Scott--Greenham Construction
M. O'Neill
C. Stubbings--Mid-Essex Gravel
Mrs. J. Arkell--Wiltshire County Council
Dr. M. Bell--Co. Durham
Megan Mackay--Baring Brothers
D. Neil-Gallacher--Alfred McAlphine
P. Pomisford--Steetley plc
Mrs. Morris--Steetley plc
Mrs. M. Allan--Ron Allan Associates
M. Gentle--ARC Central
R. Ward--Tarmac Ltd.
Dr. C. Nicholas--ECC Quarries
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