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Scheme |Estimated works cost |Next key stage |Forecast year
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A21 schemes-From North to South
Tonbridge Bypass-Pembury Bypass |13.6 |Public Inquiry |1993
Kipping's Cross-Lamberhurst |9.3 |Draft Order Publication |1993
Lamberhurst Bypass |5.4 |Public Inquiry starts |<5>1992
Lamberhurst-Flimwell |7.4 |Public Consultation |1993
Hurst Green Bypass |7.0 |Public Consultation |1993
Silver Hill Improvements |<2>7.0 |Preferred Route Announcement following
| further consultation |1993
Folkestone-Honiton Trunk Road Schemes-From East to West
A259 Dymchurch-M20 Junction 11 |9.0 Draft Order Publication |1993
A259 St. Mary's Bay and Dymchurch Bypass |10.7 |Draft Order Publication |1992
A259 New Romney Bypass |4.0 |Draft Order Publication |1992
A259 Brookland Diversion |1.0 |Decision following Public Inquiry |1993
A259 Walland Marsh Improvement |4.0 |Preferred Route Announcement |1992
A259 Rye Bypass |<3>41.9 |Draft Order Publication |<6>-
A259 Winchester Bypass |<3>18.0 |Draft Order Publication |1993
A259 Guestling Thorn and Icklesham Bypass |<2>13.3 |Public Consultation |1993
A259 Hastings Eastern Bypass |8.3 |Draft Order Publication |1993
A259 Bexhill and Hastings Western Bypass |29.7 |Draft Order Publication |1993
A259 Pevensey-Bexhill Improvement |4.5 |Draft Order Publication |1993
A27 Polegate Bypass |13.1 |Decision following Public Inquiry |1993
A27 Lewes-Polegate |25.1 |Preferred Route Announcement |1993
A27 Brighton and Hove Bypass
Contract 4: Kingston-Hangleton |<2>27.7 |Construction completion |1995
A27 Worthing-Lancing Improvement |33.0 |Draft Order Publication |1992
A27 Patching Junction Improvement |6.7 |Decision following Public Inquiry |1992
A27 Crossbush Bypass |<2>3.9 |Construction completion |1993
A27 Arundel Bypass |15.7 |Preferred Route Announcement following
|further consultation |1992
A27 Westhampnett Bypass |<2>10.1 |Construction completion |1993
M27 Widening between Junctions 4 and 12 |<4>133.0 |Award of Stage 1 Design Commission |1993
A31 M27-Ringwood Improvement |41.0 |Public Consultation |1993
A31 Ringwood-Ashley Heath Improvement |2.5 |Public Consultation |1993
A31 Ashley Heath Grade-separated Junction |3.0 |Making of Orders |1993
A31 Lion Gate-Roundhouse Improvements |1.8 |Public Consultation |1993
A31 Stag Gate Improvement |2.5 |Public Consultation |1993
A31 Winterbourne Zelston Improvement |2.1 |Public Consultation |1993-94
A31 Sturt Lane to Red Post Improvement |1.5 |Draft Order Publication |1993
A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass |12.3 |Decision following Public Inquiry |1993
A35 Stinsford to Cuckoo Lane Improvement |2.5 |Draft Order Publication |1993
A35 Winterbourne Abbas Bypass |4.6 |Public Consultation |1994
A35 Chidecock to Morecombelake Bypass |7.3 |Draft Order Publication |1992
<1>November 1987 prices, except where otherwise indicated.
<2>Current prices.
<3>1991 prices.
<4>1990 prices.
<5>1 December 1992.
<6>Not yet programmed.
M1
Mr. Fry : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the situation on the M1 motorway on the night of 6 to 7 August, and the closure of the northbound lanes, junctions 16 and 18 ; and what advance publicity was given of this closure.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle [holding answer 2 November 1992] : On the night of 6 to 7 August, traffic using the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway was reduced to a single lane from 21.30 hours to allow surfacing works to be carried out. Those works, exacerbated by a number of vehicle breakdowns, led to a build-up of traffic after midnight. Once the extent of the problem was recognised, works were halted for the night at 01.30 hours and the road was fully open to traffic by 02.30 hours.
The contract works were well publicised before they began at the end of June ; radio announcements and press releases were issued warning of possible delays. Throughout the works, the Department's press office kept in touch with the media.
Motor Cycles (Safety)
Sir Keith Speed : To ask the Secretary of state for Transport (1) if he will publish figures showing how much the Transport research laboratory is budgeting to spend for 1992-93 and the next two years on research into secondary safety systems for motor-cycle riders ; and if he will list the topics of research that are currently under way at the Transport Research Laboratory in respect of secondary vehicle safety systems for motor-cycle riders ;
(2) if he will publish figures showing his Department's budget for 1992-93 and each of the next two years on the vehicle safety research programme and the components of that programme covering accident investigations and surveys, primary safety vehicle construction standards, motor-cycle safety and injury reduction to vehicle occupants and pedestrians.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle [holding answer 2 November 1992] : The Department's planned expenditure on road safety and environmental research, as reported in the Department of Transport 1992 report, incorporates expenditure on secondary safety systems for motor-cycle riders, as below :
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Year |£ million ------------------------------ 1992-93 |1.2 1993-94 |1.2 1994-95 |1.0
Current topics being researched by the Transport Research Laboratory are improved helmet design standards ; leg protection specifications ; air bag restraint systems ; and mathematical modelling of motor-cycling impacts.
These figures can be placed in the context of an overall vehicle safety research programme, as follows.
|1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95
|£ million|£ million|£ million
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Accident investigations and
surveys |0.8 |1.1 |0.7
Primary safety vehicle
construction standards |1.0 |0.9 |1.3
Motorcycle safety |1.4 |1.2 |1.0
Injury reduction to vehicle
occupants and pedestrians |2.5 |2.4 |2.8
|---- |---- |----
Total vehicle safety research |5.7 |5.6 |5.8
In both the tables, the figures for 1993-94 and 1994-95 include the estimated costs of new research proposals.
NATIONAL HERITAGE
European Community
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the number of civil servants in his Department whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Community.
Mr. Key : The Department of National Heritage has no civil servants whose main task is work wholly related to the European Community. However, five members of staff are occupied on work which is related mainly to the EC. A significant number of other staff are routinely concerned with EC matters in the context of their normal day-to-day work.
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LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
European Community
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Lord President of the Council what is the number of civil servants in his Department whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Community. Mr. Newton : One.
Appointments
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list all the names of public appointments that he has made, giving the period for which the appointment was made, relevant qualifications of the appointees and what remuneration each currently receives.
Mr. Newton : In my capacity as Lord President, I have appointed Mrs. M. Corsar and Mr. J. Miller to the convocation of Heriot-Watt university ; Mr. A Bernstein to the court of the Victoria university of Manchester ; Dr. R. Brinley Jones, Mr. J. E. Hugh Rees, and Mr. T. C. Wignall to the court of the university college of Swansea ; and Lord Prys Davies to the court of the university of Wales. The provisions under which these appointments have been made do not require the nominees to have particular qualifications. In all cases, the appointments have been made for three years ending in 1995. None of the appointments attracts any remuneration.
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WALES
Schools (Vandalism)
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what provision is made within the local management of schools system for the cost of repair of damage by vandalism ; whether these costs are included within the total budget set for each school or in addition ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Local education authorities may include as part of their local management of schools budget formula a "location factor" which can reflect the incidence of vandalism in particular schools. It is also open to them to draw on their contingency reserves for major costs which a school could not reasonably be expected to meet.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Ms. Short : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the budget agreed with each TEC in Wales for 1992-93, broken down into the five major expenditure blocks ; if he will give comparable information for each TEC for 1991-92 ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : The information requested is shown in the tables. The breakdown is in terms of programmes rather than funding blocks since the former are now the basis for agreeing TEC budgets. The figures for 1991 -92 relate to actual expenditure.
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|c|1991/92 TEC Expenditure £ million|c|
TEC |Gwent |Mid Glam |North East Wales|North West Wales|Powys |South Glam |West Wales
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Youth Training |8.310 |10.154 |5.526 |6.493 |1.778 |4.400 |12.082
Compacts |0.000 |0.100 |0.097 |0.000 |0.000 |0.085 |0.093
EBP |0.037 |0.038 |0.026 |0.011 |0.022 |0.002 |0.028
TPS |0.000 |0.010 |0.000 |0.000 |0.000 |0.000 |0.002
WRFE |1.149 |1.146 |0.599 |0.929 |0.290 |0.787 |1.935
Employment Training |4.399 |4.680 |2.520 |2.565 |0.837 |3.274 |8.239
HTNT |0.321 |0.122 |0.042 |0.000 |0.000 |0.224 |0.178
Employment Action |0.119 |0.245 |0.006 |0.042 |0.003 |0.048 |0.152
Business Start-Up |0.910 |1.053 |0.726 |1.196 |0.436 |0.784 |2.154
BES |0.582 |0.551 |0.614 |0.397 |0.192 |0.477 |1.441
LIF |0.468 |0.715 |0.380 |0.279 |0.363 |0.447 |1.021
National Development |0.000 |0.033 |0.000 |0.118 |0.068 |0.165 |0.287
Management Fee |1.095 |1.192 |0.827 |0.853 |0.364 |0.978 |1.683
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |17.390 |20.039 |11.363 |12.883 |4.353 |11.671 |29.295
Explanatory notes
Youth Training includes Training Credits.
Employment Training and Employment Action exclude Allowances.
Business Start-Up was formerly known as the Enterprise Allowance Scheme.
Abbreviations used:-
EBP-Education Business Partnerships
TPS-Teacher Placement Scheme
WRFE-Work Related Further Education
HTNT-Higher Technology National Training
BES-Business Enterprise Scheme
LIF-Local Initiative Fund
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|c|1992/93 TEC Budgets|c| £ million TEC |Gwent |Mid Glam |North East Wales|North West Wales|Powys |South Glam |West Wales ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Youth Training |7.924 |9.764 |5.115 |6.077 |1.785 |4.786 |11.257 Compacts |0.000 |0.000 |0.070 |0.050 |0.000 |0.085 |0.085 EBP |0.025 |0.025 |0.025 |0.025 |0.025 |0.025 |0.050 TPS |0.022 |0.029 |0.015 |0.018 |0.012 |0.020 |0.036 WRFE |1.049 |1.028 |0.555 |0.867 |0.279 |0.747 |1.871 Careers Partnerships |0.040 |0.000 |0.080 |0.000 |0.040 |0.035 |0.000 Careers Libraries |0.043 |0.050 |0.039 |0.047 |0.024 |0.045 |0.710 Employment Training |4.227 |4.767 |2.081 |2.857 |0.885 |3.426 |6.661 HTNT |0.341 |0.000 |0.068 |0.065 |0.000 |0.229 |0.000 Employment Action |0.899 |1.336 |0.325 |0.786 |0.163 |0.776 |1.029 Business Start-Up |0.709 |0.806 |0.429 |0.765 |0.221 |0.401 |1.783 BES |0.694 |0.724 |0.894 |0.692 |0.289 |0.797 |1.387 LIF |0.356 |0.250 |0.342 |0.257 |0.141 |0.297 |0.601 National Development |0.930 |0.100 |0.000 |0.457 |0.055 |0.067 |0.153 Research and Evaluation |0.007 |0.029 |0.000 |0.000 |0.000 |0.005 |0.005 Management Fee |1.480 |1.653 |1.111 |1.200 |0.496 |1.325 |2.283 Total |18.746 |20.561 |11.149 |14.163 |4.415 |13.066 |27.911 Explanatory notes Youth Training includes Training Credits. Employment Training and Employment Action exclude Allowances. Business Start-Up was formerly known as the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme. Abbreviations used: EBP-Education Business Partnerships TPS-Teacher Placement Scheme WRFE-Work Related Further Education HTNT-Higher Technology Nation Training BES-Business Enterprise Scheme LIF-Local Initiative Fund
Environmental Monitoring
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to introduce regional UV-B monitoring systems ; what initiatives he has taken to encourage Welsh industry to switch to non-ozone - depleting substances ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Plans are under way to extend the monitoring network set up by the National Radiological Protection Board in order to provide a more comprehensive picture of the terrestrial solar UV levels over the United Kingdom.
The Welsh Office has a continuing programme encouraging businesses to adopt best environmental practice. This includes information on the main alternative technologies available to reduce industry's dependence on ozone -depleting substances. We have also recently established a new network of environmental managers in Wales which aims, inter alia, to raise awareness among business of the importance of phasing out these substances.
Disabled Children
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many disabled children are currently integrated into mainstream schools in each local education authority in Wales ; and how many are granted specialist equipment within each authority.
Sir Wyn Roberts : Information on the provision of specialist equipment for disabled pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools is not collected centrally.
The number of disabled children, in maintained primary and secondary schools, for whom the local education authority was maintaining a statement of special needs in January, 1991, is given as follows :
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|Number
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Clwyd |1,123
Dyfed |562
Gwent |1,459
Gwynedd |514
Mid Glamorgan |2,421
Powys |170
South Glamorgan |715
West Glamorgan |1,894
|---
Wales |8,858
Note: Figures include
children in both mainstream
classes and special
classes/units in maintained
primary and secondary
schools. Figures for Dyfed,
Mid Glamorgan and Powys
include a small number of
pupils who are receiving
education outside of their
own authorities.
Waste Disposal
Mr. Dafis : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to prohibit the disposal of toxic ash from waste incineration on landfill sites in Wales.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : It is the responsibility of the appropriate waste disposal authority to ensure through appropriate conditions in a waste disposal licence issued under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 that deposits of this kind do not cause water pollution or danger to public health.
Housing Stock
Mr. Jonathan Evans : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what action his Department is taking to reduce the level of voids in stock managed by Welsh housing associations ;
(2) what action his Department is taking to reduce the level of voids in housing stock managed by Welsh local authorities.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The action which the Department expects both of housing associations and local authorities
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is featured in the published "Agenda for Action on Housing for Wales". The relevant target is that void rates should be below 2 per cent. : the current average for local authorities and housing associations combined is 1.2 per cent. Progress is subject to examination in the context of annual review and monitoring meetings.Consultants
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all of the reports his Department has commissioned from external consultants in each of the past three years ; for each of the past three years, how many reports from external consultants to his Department led to further consultancy work being commissioned, stating for each of these who were the original and subsequent consultants and briefly describing the subject matter of the consultancy work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. David Hunt : This information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
NHS Trusts
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to advertise the posts of chairman or chairwoman of future national health service trusts.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : Present practice is that appointments such as these are not normally advertised.
Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many respondents were (a) in favour of and (b) against the establishment of the three national health service trusts proposed in Gwent.
Mr. Gwilym Jones : The information is as follows :
|In support|Opposed |Undeclared
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South Gwent Acute Unit |3 |17 |8
Gwent Community and
Mental Health Unit |5 |12 |8
Powys, Gwent and South
Glamorgan Ambulance
Services |1 |22 |11
The views expressed were taken into account alongside other assessments of the applications and their individual merits.
Transport Grant, Clwyd
Mr. Barry Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to announce transport supplementary grant allocations to Clwyd county council ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Wyn Roberts : An announcement on transport grant support in 1993 -94 will be made following the 1992 public expenditure survey.
Press Releases
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make available to hon. Members on the day of issue press releases issued by his Department.
Mr. David Hunt : Yes, whenever practicable.
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European Community
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of civil servants in his Department whose main task is work related wholly or mainly to the European Community.
Mr. David Hunt : There are currently 49 staff in my Department employed wholly or mainly on work related to the European Community. In addition, European Community matters form part of the duties of a wide range of other officials.
Development Board for Rural Wales
Mr. Alan Williams : To as the Secretary of State for Wales on what date he announced the re-appointment of Mr. Glyn Davies as chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : On 10 March 1992.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on what date he was informed that the Comptroller and Auditor General had qualified the accounts of the Development Board for Rural Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : On 12 December, although my Department became aware that the Comptroller and Auditor General was considering qualifying the board's 1991 accounts on 21 August 1991.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on what date the National Audit Office report on the retirement settlement to the former chief executive of the Development Board for Rural Wales was available to his Department.
Mr. David Hunt : My Department was sent a copy of the final National Audit Office report in a letter dated 12 December 1991. Although it was first notified of the proposed contents of the National Audit Office report in correspondence dated 1 October 1991.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what account he took of the fact that the Public Accounts Committee report was pending on the qualified accounts of the Development Board for Rural Wales when he re-appointed for three years the chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales.
Mr. David Hunt : I announced the re-appointment of Mr. Glyn Davies as chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales for a further term of three years on 10 March 1992, after taking full account of proceedings in the Public Accounts Committee hearing on 15 January 1992. His previous term of appointment was due to end on 31 March 1992, and the Public Accounts Committee report on the qualified accounts of the Development Board for Rural Wales was not published until 24 September 1992. I also took account of the excellent performance of the Development Board for Rural Wales during Mr. Glyn Davies' chairmanship, examples of which are to be found in Cm 1516.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Nuclear Suppliers Group
Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries are currently members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group ; what
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consideration has been given to expanding its membership ; and what consideration has been given to establishing a secretariat for the group.Mr. Douglas Hogg : The following countries are currently members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) :
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Czech and Slovak Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of America
At its plenary meeting in Warsaw in March this year, the NSG agreed to set up a working group on institutional questions whose terms of reference included a review of the criteria for membership of the NSG. The findings of the working group are likely to be discussed at the next NSG plenary next March. There are no plans at present to establish a secretariat.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the involvement of the United Kingdom in the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The United Kingdom plays an active part in the workings of the Nuclear Suppliers Groups (NSG). Representatives from the United Kingdom attended the last plenary meeting in Warsaw in March and sit on all NSG working groups.
Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Nuclear Suppliers Group working party studying the control of nuclear dual-use items has completed its work ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey, East (Mr. Ainsworth) on 15 July 1992 at column 735.
Zangger Committee
Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is (a) the current annual expenditure of the Zangger committee and (b) the number of staff in its secretariat.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The Zangger committee is an informal body. It has no contributory budget and member states finance their own involvement.
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A member of staff of the United Kingdom mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna acts as secretary to the committee, which meets twice a year, in additional to his other duties.Mr. Hutton : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries are currently members of the Zangger committee ; and what consideration has been given to expanding the membership.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : The following countries are currently members of the Zangger committee :
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Czech and Slovak Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of America
The question of which, if any, additional countries should be invited to become members is kept constantly under review. Bulgaria, France, Portugal and Spain became members at the last meeting of the committee in Vienna on 22 October.
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