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Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what are the figures for the yield from non-domestic rates for each of the last five years for each standard region of England, and in total ;
(2) what are the figures of non-domestic rate payments to local authorities for each of the last five years for each standard region of England and in total ;
(3) what were the amounts of rate support grant for local authorities for each of the last three years of its operation for each standard region of England and in total ;
(4) what were the amounts of revenue support grant and community charge grant for local authorities for each of the last three years for each standard region of England and in total ;
(5) what was the amount of grant given to local authorities for community charge transitional relief in respect of 1990-91, for each standard region of England, and in total ;
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(6) what were the amounts of grant given to local authorities under the community charge reduction scheme in respect of (a) 1991-92 and (b) 1992-93 for each standard region of England and in total.Column 156
Mr. Robin Squire : The information requested is as follows :
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Non-domestic rate distributable amounts and yields
Non-domestic rate Non-domestic rate
yield payments to local
authorities
Region |1988-89 |1989-90 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93
|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million|£ million
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North |345 |370 |444 |479 |457 |679 |806 |795
North West |960 |1,049 |986 |1,052 |1,029 |1,373 |1,622 |1,613
Yorkshire and Humberside |655 |715 |755 |829 |770 |1,082 |1,277 |1,265
East Anglia |305 |330 |303 |344 |362 |445 |532 |528
South East |1,750 |1,910 |1,888 |2,243 |2,324 |2,344 |2,773 |2,745
South West |605 |660 |631 |743 |755 |1,023 |1,229 |1,224
West Midlands |805 |880 |809 |874 |832 |1,126 |1,345 |1,341
East Midlands |570 |625 |585 |632 |625 |878 |1,044 |1,035
London |2,900 |3,170 |2,607 |3,010 |3,209 |1,477 |1,780 |1,759
|---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |---- |----
England |8,895 |9,710 |9,007 |10,206 |10,363 |10,428 |12,408 |12,306
Notes:
Columns 1 and 2 show estimated net non-domestic rate yield for 1988-89 and 1989-90 including income from
properties which from 1990-91 would be shown on the central or crown lists.
Columns 3 to 5 show the estimated amount of non-domestic rates raised by local authorities for each year of the
community charge system from properties shown on local lists-that is the contribution to the pool plus the
allowance for the cost of collection. For 1990-91 and 1991-92 there are based on final calculations by authorities
(taking into account prior year adjustments where appropriate. For 1992-93 the amounts shown are the provisional
calculations of the contribution to the pool, taking into account in-year recalculations resulting from the
provisions of the Non-Domestic Rates Act 1992. These amounts are not comparable with columns 1 and 2, which will
include income from properties not on local lists.
Columns 6 to 8 show the amount of non-domestic rates paid to local authorities from the non-domestic rates pool
for each year of the community charge system, 1990-91 to 1992-93. For 1992-93 payments from the pool include an
Exchequer payment which compensates local authorities for the shortfall in 1992-93 which would otherwise occur as
a result of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 1992. Payments of non-domestic rates in respect of 1988-89 and 1989-90 are
assumed to be the same as the estimated yield, as shown in columns 1 and 2 respectively.
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Rate support grant, revenue support grant and community charge grant
Rate support Revenue support Community charg
grant grant grant
(£ millions) (£ millions) (£ millions)
Region |1987-88|1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1991-92
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North |796 |849 |843 |595 |594 |1,031 |311
North West |1,624 |1,716 |1,694 |1,481 |1,530 |2,419 |626
Yorkshire and Humberside |1,278 |1,325 |1,306 |888 |903 |1,603 |489
East Anglia |306 |302 |287 |235 |206 |491 |210
South East |1,211 |1,048 |947 |1,332 |1,294 |2,857 |1,075
South West |809 |819 |786 |525 |443 |1,094 |480
West Midlands |1,052 |1,040 |1,052 |1,081 |1,051 |1,774 |527
East Midlands |758 |783 |762 |583 |546 |1,116 |405
London |1,633 |1,804 |1,902 |2,748 |3,084 |4,275 |682
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England |9,466 |9,686 |9,578 |9,468 |9,652 |16,661 |4,805
Notes:
Columns 1 to 3 show the rate support grant payable in each year from 1987-88 to 1989-90.
The rate support grant for the receiver for the Metropolitan police has been included
within the figure for London.
Columns 4 to 6 show the revenue support grant payable in each year of the community
charge system from 1990-91 to 1992-93. The figures for 1992-93 include additional grant
payable in respect of the teachers pay award.
Column 7 shows the community charge grant receivable in respect of 1991-92 community
charges, as estimated by authorities when setting their community charges for 1992-93.
Community Charge Reduction Scheme Grants
Region |Transitional relief|CCRS 1991-92 (£ |CCRS 1992-93 (£
|1990-91 (£ |millions) |million)
|millions)
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North |37 |100 |88
North West |49 |202 |200
Yorkshire and
Humberside |28 |104 |104
East Anglia |11 |44 |45
South East |41 |186 |115
South West |23 |120 |119
West Midlands |19 |125 |124
East Midlands |24 |121 |104
London |20 |119 |93
|--- |--- |---
England |252 |1,121 |992
Note: The above figures show the amount of grant estimated to be payable transitional relief in
1990-91 and community charge reduction scheme (CCRS) in 1991-92 and 1992-93.
Mr. John Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the difference in the level of
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Government grant and business rates per head of population and per household between the London borough of Wandsworth and the London borough of Hackney.Mr. Robin Squire : The amounts of revenue support grant (RSG) and income from the uniform business rate (UBR) per head of resident population and per household for 1993-94 for the authorities requested are given :
Local Authority |RSG |RSG |UBR |UBR
|£ per head |£ per household|£ per head |£ per household
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wandsworth |619 |1,459 |213 |501
Hackney |1,082 |2,625 |213 |516
Note: The household figures are from the 1991 census.
Urban Regeneration Agency
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the people Lord Walker has met in furtherance of his role as chairman-designate of the Urban Regeneration Agency, the dates of these meetings and the reasons for them.
Mr. Robin Squire : Since the announcement of the Government's intention that he should be the first chairman of the Urban Regeneration Agency, Lord Walker has met numerous people on a range of matters and has listened to the views that many of them have expressed on the Urban Regeneration Agency.
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what consultations he has had and plans to have with local authority associations on the composition of the board of the Urban Regeneration Agency ; and when he intends to begin appointing board members ;
(2) if he will make a statement on the criteria to be used in selecting people for appointment to the board of the Urban Regeneration Agency.
Mr. Robin Squire : Board members will not be appointed until after the Housing and Urban Regeneration Bill has received Royal Assent. In making the appointments, the Secretary of State will take into account views expressed during Parliament's consideration of the Bill and the responses to the consultation exercise on the agency, including those from the local authority associations. His aim in selecting board members will be to make a range of expertise available to the agency, choosing them for the contribution they can make, not because of whom they represent.
Tree Preservation Orders
Sir David Steel : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will complete draft proposals for the revision of the legislation on tree preservation orders.
Mr. Maclean : The system of tree preservation legislation has proved its value over the years and remains extremely effective. It has been modified and strengthened from time to time and the Government are currently undertaking a formal review to see whether further progress can be made. My Department is continuing to study representations made in the light of the consultation stage of this review.
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Waste Management
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what contribution has been made by British experts to the waste management policy group of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Mr. Maclean : Officials from my Department attend all meetings of the group to reflect United Kingdom experience and interests. The head of my Department's waste technical division chaired the group's advisory committee which prepared the 1992 OECD council decision on the control of transfrontier movements of wastes destined for recovery operations.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what initiatives his Department supports in local authorities to support the separation and recycling of household wastes.
Mr. Maclean : My Department supports local authority initiatives for separating and recycling waste through supplementary credit approvals for recycling. The following authorities have been allocated supplementary credit approvals for 1992-93 :
Authority |Amount
|£'000
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London Boroughs
Camden |10.015
Croydon |180.000
Ealing |185.000
Enfield |76.000
Greenwich |136.910
Hackney |38.538
Hammersmith and Fulham |38.785
Haringey |18.000
Hounslow |81.000
Kingston upon Thames |13.000
Lambeth |20.000
Merton |50.000
North London Waste Authority |600.000
Richmond upon Thames |40.000
Southwark |78.000
Sutton |183.000
Waltham Forest |10.000
Metropolitan Authorities
Barnsley |65.000
Bolton |25.000
Calderdale |20.500
Doncaster |67.000
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority |133.000
Kirklees |14.000
Leeds |2,662.000
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority |24.000
Newcastle upon Tyne |160.000
North Tyneside |10.000
Salford |12.000
South Tyneside |24.000
Sunderland |10.000
Wakefield |88.950
Walsall |95.000
West Yorkshire Waste Management joint committee |950.950
Wolverhampton |196.100
County Councils
Cambridgeshire |181.000
Cheshire |225.000
Cornwall |254.000
Devon |251.000
Gloucestershire |95.000
Hampshire |630.000
Hereford and Worcester |55.000
Humberside |40.000
Leicestershire |285.000
Norfolk |80.000
North Yorkshire |79.000
Somerset |54.000
Staffordshire |6.000
Suffolk |15.000
District Councils
Adur |355.000
Allerdale |30.000
Alnwick |3.000
Bassetlaw |7.000
Bath |53.120
Blaby |20.000
Bolsover |30.000
Braintree |15.000
Brighton |76.000
Bristol |185.000
Broxborne |40.000
Burnley |40.000
Carlisle |19.000
Castle Morpeth |60.000
Castle Point |12.000
Chelmsford |12.000
Cherwell |6.000
Chesterfield |7.000
Copeland |35.000
Cotswold |90.000
Darlington |12.000
Derby |54.000
East Hampshire |70.000
East Yorkshire |10.000
Ellesmere Port and Neston |5.000
Exeter |15.000
Gedling |31.000
Guildford |75.000
Harborough |6.000
Harrogate |22.000
Hartlepool |246.308
Hastings |57.000
Hinckley and Bosworth |45.000
Isles of Scilly |42.000
Leicester |65.000
Lewes |140.000
Luton |56.000
Melton |30.200
Mid Devon |4.000
Mid Suffolk |24.000
Milton Keynes |2,000.000
Newark and Sherwood |32.050
Northavon |55.000
North Dorset |4.000
North Hertfordshire |6.000
Norwich |199.000
Nottingham |150.000
Nuneaton and Bedworth |8.000
Oxford |110.000
Plymouth |45.000
Reading |43.000
Restormel |58.000
Rother |35.000
Rushmoor |16.000
Ryedale |76.000
St. Albans |158.000
Scarborough |88.000
Scunthorpe |79.000
South Derbyshire |37.000
South Holland |20.150
South Somerset |176.000
Test Valley |263.000
Tewkesbury |18.000
Thurrock |14.000
Tonbridge and Malling |95.000
Wansdyke |23.000
Waverley |15.000
Wealden |220.000
West Dorset |48.000
West Wiltshire |9.900
Woking |107.000
Wokingham |17.000
Wrekin, The |94.000
Wycombe |5.000
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Total |14,994.926
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what evaluation he has made of the application to the United Kingdom of the recent report on management of plastic wastes in Europe by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Mr. Maclean : We have examined the report, which will be a useful contribution to the current debate on recycling.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what volumes of hazardous or toxic wastes have been imported into the United Kingdom since 5 May 1992 ; what ports of entry were involved ; and what checks are made on consignments of imported wastes to ascertain if consignment papers match cargoes.
Mr. Maclean : Imports of hazardous or toxic wastes to the United Kingdom from 5 May 1992 until 12 March 1993, by last Customs office of entry, are as follows :
Port of entry |Waste (tonnes)
-------------------------------------------------
Boston |149.0
Dover |7,109.7
Felixstowe |3,070.1
Fleetwood |98.7
Great Yarmouth |125.6
Grimsby |64.3
Harwich |1,511.5
Heysham |940.3
Holyhead |328.4
Immingham |7,880.4
Ipswich |466.3
Kingston upon Hull |2,350.5
Liverpool |782.5
Newport (Gwent) |977.5
Newry |31.7
Purfleet |56.6
Ramsgate |2,896.8
Southampton |1,199.4
Teesport |0.7
|---
Total |30,040.0
A transfrontier shipment note giving details of the nature, amount and destination of a consignment of toxic or hazardous waste must be sent to the relevant waste regulation authority before the wast shipment can take place and must travel with the consignment. The waste regulation authority is responsible for ensuring that the contents of consignments match the descriptions given in transfrontier shipment notes.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what volumes of (a) lindane, (b) chlorobenzenes, (c) chlorophenols, (d) chlorinated methoxy benzene and (e) other dioxin-contaminated wastes have been imported into the United Kingdom since 1 January ; what import licences have been issued over the past 15 months for such imports ; and if he will make a
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statement on council decision 93/98/EEC on transfrontier transport of hazardous wastes and their disposal of 1 February, in so far as it applies to the United Kingdom.Mr. Maclean : Imports are not recorded in the exact manner indicated by the hon. Member. The tables show the amount of waste imported (a) from 1 January 1992 to 12 March 1993 and (b) from 1 January 1993 to 12 March 1993.
Under decision 93/98/EEC of 1 February 1993, the Council approved the procedure for the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. The Council on 23 March will consider the date of deposit of the instrument of approval by the Community.
Transfrontier shipments
Summary totals report between 1 January 1992 and 12 March 1993
Wastes |Totals (tonnes)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Absorption Effluents |20.6
Total Acetate |26.4
Total Acetone |15.8
Total Acids Tars |0.2
Total Aerosol |416.8
Total Alkalies |17.5
Total Alkyl Amine Salt |0.7
Total Mixed |1,724.2
Total Ashes and Slags |23.3
Total AZO Dyes |3.2
Total Blomate |9.8
Total Tropical Bleaching Powder |168.1
Total BTH Residue |83.5
Total Carbon/Charcoal Waste |4.0
Total Electrical Transformer |27.5
Total Catalyst Cr, Cu, Zn, Solids |99.6
Total Celite Waste |202.1
Total Chemicals |505.6
Total Chlorinated Compounds |22.2
Total Chlorinated Solvents |4,473.7
Total Clean Out |17.8
Total Contaminated Solvents |198.0
Total Cosmetics |3.4
Total Cyanide Waste |65.8
Total Fire Damaged TVs |45.1
Total DDT Dusting Powder |15.2
Total Dichlorodiphenytrichloroe |1.5
Total Dielectric Fluid |12.6
Total Diethylhexylpthalate |4.5
Total Distillation Residue |69.4
Total Drums Filter Aids |75.4
Total Dry Cleaning Processes |18.6
Total Durotak 280-2630 |63.9
Total Grinding Dust from Brake |961.9
Total Effluent Treatment Waste |37.3
Total Electric Capacitors |82.7
Total Empty Containers |23.9
Total Facron "S" Liquid Formulae |37.1
Total Fatty Acid |6.2
Total Filtercake Mixed Metals |969.9
Total Filtration Products |6,490.9
Total Flammable Solvents |77.3
Total Fluegas/Furnace Soot/Dust |22.5
Total Fly-ashes/Slags |10,663.9
Total Freon TDFC |2.5
Total Furnace Dust |90.2
Total Glycolmethacrylate Scrap |2.4
Total Haloginated Compounds |42.5
Total Halogenated Sludge |296.9
Total Hexachlorobenzene |306.8
Total Herbicides |20.7
Total Hexachlorobutadene |252.2
Total Hospital Waste |628.3
Total Ink Solution |2.0
Total Inorganic Acids |17.0
Total Inorganic Waste |20.6
Total Isocianate + Urea |17.0
Total Isolation Material |42.3
Total Laboratory Chemicals |84.9
Total Luminiscent Tubes |14.6
Total Metal Hydroxide/Oxides |147.2
Total Methanol |2.2
Total Methyl Methacrylate |4.0
Total Miscellaneous Waste |39.8
Total Miscellaneous Chemical Waste |196.8
Total Chlorinated Solvent Mix |195.3
Total Mother Layer (RD 41400) |265.2
Total Nickel Baths Sludge |3.0
Total Nitrobenzotrifluoride |10.8
Total Oil Sludge/Wax/Grease |6.3
Total Organic Acids |17.0
Total Organic Waste Mix |405.8
Total Paint Waste |260.1
Total Paracetamol Waste |3.4
Total Paranitrochlorobenzene |18.0
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyl |4,022.2
Total PCB Contaminated Material |6.0
Total PCB Fluid/Transformer |16.1
Total Pesticides |1,430.9
Total Pharmaceutical Waste |101.3
Total Styrenated Phenol |1.4
Total Phosphate Salt |16.8
Total Polyester Waste |0.8
Total Polymer Paste (PVC) |1.9
Total Polypropylene Waste |278.5
Total Polysterene Waste |14.3
Total Potassium Contaminated |20.0
Total Printing Waste |3.8
Total Purification Residues |38.1
Total Miscellaneous Redundant |362.5
Total Pesticide Residues |1,902.6
Total Resin Waste |13.7
Total Sewage Sludge |8.4
Total Silicon Polymere |16.6
Total Sludge Waste |465.2
Total Solid Material |43.8
Total Solvent-Cleaning |1.1
Total Solvent Sludges |386.6
Total Sulphuric Acid |1,051.1
Total Factory Sweeping Waste |343.4
Total Tar Residue/Liquid |218.7
Total Toxic Metals Contaminated |44.0
Total Transformer Carcass |31.4
Total Treatment |396.6
Total Trichloroethane Residue |2.5
Total Ureas |1.1
Total Used Paints and Emulsion |59.6
Total Varnish Waste |170.0
Total Waste Water |2,506.4
Total Yarn Waste |208.5
Total Zinc Salts/Waste |21.9
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Grand total |45,435.0
Transfrontier shipments
Summary totals report between 1 January 1993 and 12 March 1993
Wastes |Totals (tonnes)
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Total Aerosol |119.8
Total Mixed |305.4
Total Tropical Bleaching Powder |149.0
Total Celite Waste |22.9
Total Chlorinated Solvents |9.6
Total Clean Out |4.5
Total Contaminated Solvents |10.4
Total DDT Dusting Powder |0.2
Total Dielectric Fluid |7.2
Total Filtration Products |115.7
Total Haloginated Compounds |42.5
Total Halogenated Sludge |37.7
Total Inorganic Waste |7.4
Total Isocianate + Urea |17.0
Total Laboratory Chemicals |10.2
Total Luminiscent Tubes |14.6
Total Miscellaneous Chemical Waste |11.4
Total Oil Sludge/Wax/Grease |1.1
Total Organic Waste Mix |72.6
Total Paint Waste |49.2
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyl |139.9
Total PCB Contaminated Material |6.0
Total PCB Fluid/Transformer |1.0
Total Pesticides |119.8
Total Pharmaceutical Waste |18.2
Total Polypropylene Waste |278.5
Total Miscellaneous Redundant |64.5
Total Pesticide Residues |301.5
Total Solvent-Cleaning |1.1
Total Solvent Sludges |3.2
Total Sulphuric Acid |40.0
Total Factory Sweeping Waste |22.2
Total Tar Residue/Liquid |58.8
Total Transformer Carcass |22.4
Total Treatment |73.6
Total Varnish Waste |41.3
Total Waste Water |118.9
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Grand total |2,319.2
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what progress has been made by the European Commission and the EC technical adaptation committee in drawing up a list of wastes under the framework directive on waste, and a list of hazardous wastes under the hazardous waste directive ;
(2) what consultation he has had with industry prior to producing the draft list of those wastes which would be considered hazardous in the context of the hazardous waste directive and associated measures ;
(3) upon what scientific basis he has concluded that the recycling of paper sludge to agricultural land should be regarded as hazardous ;
(4) what assessment he has made of the additional costs to United Kingdom industry if it were prevented from recycling paper sludge on agricultural sites and obliged instead to use formal landfill sites.
Mr. Maclean : The draft lists, known as the European waste catalogue, are being drawn up by the Commission's consultants for consideration by the technical adaptation committee. The catalogue is still at a formative stage and no decisions have yet been taken. Successive drafts of the catalogue have been widely circulated for comment to a growing list of representative bodies, beginning in October last year.
In the light of responses to consultation, the Government are considering the draft catalogue, its potential cost implications, and the implications for the special waste regulations. Paper sludge is shown as non-hazardous in the draft. Other wastes from the paper manufacturing industry are shown as hazardous. Whether this would represent a change from the position under the existing special waste regulations will depend upon the precise composition of the waste concerned.
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Tenants' Choice
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many tenants have exercised their rights under the tenants' choice programme to transfer from local authorities to housing associations.
Mr. Baldry : This information is not held in the form requested. However, 830 dwellings have transferred to housing associations, following successful tenants' choice ballots.
Uniform Business Rate
Mr. Alison : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what individual valuations have been calculated and currently applied to the specifically and separately rateable British Coal installation within Selby district in relation to the introduction of uniform business rate.
Mr. Robin Squire : The Selby mine complex is assessed as one hereditament comprising land, buildings, rateable plant and machinery at five mines and a coal disposal point at Gascoigne Wood. Kellingley colliery is a similar property.
The table shows a breakdown of the 1992-93 assessments.
Rateable value
(£)
|Selby |Kellingley
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Land value |46,000 |30,250
Buildings, structures, rateable
plant and machinery |3,786,500 |1,148,550
Access rights (shafts etc.) |3,981,462 |1,142,129
Mineral element |6,132,579 |1,760,075
|----- |-----
Total |13,946,541|4,081,004
There is also a tipping site at Cridling Stubbs with an assessment of £59,228.
Solid Fuel
Mrs. Helen Jackson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what responses he has received to the consultation paper issued in July 1992 about a proposal to limit the sulphur content of solid fuel for domestic use ; and what action he has taken on the issue.
Mr. Maclean : My Department received comments from 23 organisations. These were mostly in favour of the proposal, but a number of practical problems of monitoring and enforcement were raised. We are currently considering next steps in the light of these responses.
City Challenge, Bradford
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he has given to the application of Bradford city challenge funds for providing grant aid to Springram Ltd. in connection with a new factory at Euroway estate, Bradford.
Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 5 February] : Any such application is a matter for Bradford city challenge in the first instance. No formal proposal has been put to the Department for consideration.
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Hedges
Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many hedge planting and hedge repair schemes were carried out in rural areas in each year since 1979 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Maclean [holding answer 15 March 1993] : Grants for hedgerow planting and for major repairs have been available under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's farm and conservation grant scheme and its predecessors since 1976. Farmers in environmentally sensitive areas may also benefit from the option of planting and repairing hedgerows under conservation plans. However, the information requested with regard to these schemes can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Incentives are also offered under schemes run by the Countryside Commission. The countryside stewardship scheme seeks to conserve those features of the landscape which contribute to the preservation and abundance of our wildlife. The precise number of agreements involving hedgerow restoration and planting is not known, but an approximate figure since the scheme's launch in July 1991 is 344 agreements. The hedgerow incentive scheme provides grant aid for the restoration and management of our most valuable hedgerows. Since its launch in July 1992, 481 agreements have been made.
Countryside Stewardship Scheme
Mr. Martlew : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many successful applications were made under the countryside stewardship scheme in (a) 1991 and (b) 1992 ; what was the cost of such schemes for each year ; how many schemes involved additional payments for public access ; what was the total amount paid in additional access payments ; and what was the amount of land for which access has been paid.
Mr. Maclean [holding answer 15 March 1993] : The table provides the information requested in relation to agreements secured with land managers under countryside stewardship as a result of applications to the scheme in 1991. Figures for 1992 are based on agreement offers made-- final figures for agreements secured are not yet available.
Countryside |1991 |1992 stewardship ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Successful applications which resulted in agreements or agreement offers |900 |1,384 The cost of agreements secured or offered<1> |£3,250,000 |£6,900,000 Number of agreements secured or offered in each year involving additional payments for public access |300 |350 Amount paid for additional access<1><2> |£350,000 |£625,000 Amount of land to which access |7,000 |12,474 payments apply<1><2> |(hectares) |(hectares) <1> Figures shown for 1992 under these categories are based on the cumulative total for agreements secured as a result of applications made in 1991 and agreement offers made as a result of applications in 1992. Payments in respect of 1992 agreements are estimated only and most will not fall due until September 1993. <2> In 1992 an additional access option was introduced to offer payments for the creation of linear routes. Figures are not included in the table, but it is estimated that 1992 agreements will lead to the creation of about 163 km of new linear access.
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Leeds Development Corporation
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out for each year since its creation the publicity and public relations budget of the Leeds development corporation.
Mr. Robin Squire [holding answer 15 March 1993] : Leeds development corporation's expenditure on publicity and public relations, which includes the corporation's promotional and marketing activities, was £223,000 in 1988-89, £324,000 in 1989-90, £480,000 in 1990- 91 and £499,000 in 1991-92. For 1992-93 the proposed level of expenditure is £300,000.
HOME DEPARTMENT
Northern Ireland-related Offences
Mr. McNamara : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the occupations, by census classification or other categorisation, of each person killed in Great Britain in violence related to the security situation in Northern Ireland since 1969.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke : The available information, which may not be completely accurate, is :
1 Cancer research specialist
3 Children
3 Cleaners
1 Car worker
1 Club manager
3 Company directors
1 Company manager
1 Courier
1 Door attendant
2 Electricians
1 Gardener
6 Housewives
2 Journalists
2 Labourers
1 Librarian
1 Maintenance worker
1 Management consultant
3 Members of Parliament
1 Office worker
2 Pipe fitters
1 Plasterer
5 Police officers
1 Postman
1 Psychiatric nurse
1 Punch-card operator
1 Quantity surveyor
1 Railway guard
1 Restaurateur
1 Sales clerk
1 Securities dealer
44 Service personnel
1 Shop assistant
1 Shop manager
1 Stockbroker
1 Stock controller
1 Store supervisor
2 Students
1 Telephonist
1 Tube driver
1 Typist
2 Unemployed
3 Unknown
1 Wages clerk
2 Waiters/Waitresses
2 Welders
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