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Greater LondonBexley, Bromley, Croydon, Harrow, Hendon, Highbury, Horseferry, Sutton, Richmond, Wimbledon, Kingston
Greater Manchester
Manchester, Bolton, Oldham, Stockport, Trafford, Thameside, Wigan Merseyside
Liverpool, St. Helens, Wirral, Huyton, Knowsley
Norfolk
King's Lynn, Norwich, Thetford, Great Yarmouth, Central Norfolk Northumbria
Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, North/South Tyneside
Somerset
Illminster, Somerton, Wincanton, Yeovil
Staffordshire
Burton, Cannock, Moorlands, Newcastle, Stoke, Central Staffs. Shropshire
Telford
Suffolk
Ipswich, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Lowestoft, Beccles, Saxmundham, Mildenhall, Haverhill, Sudbury, Newmarket, Bury St. Edmunds
Court Escort Service
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will announce the awarding of contracts for the court escort service in London ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated July 1993 : The Home Secretary has asked me to reply directly to your recent Parliamentary question about the court escort and custody service in London.
It is hoped that a contract for the service will be awarded by the end of this year.
Strangeways Prison
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the full cost of the market-testing exercise in connection with Strangeways Manchester prison from its inception to completion on 15 July.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated July 1993 : MANCHESTER PRISON
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for the full cost of the market testing exercise in connection with Strangeways Manchester prison from its inception to completion on 15 July.
The in house team and evaluation panel used consultancy support at a cost of £130,000. Additionally a number of
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Prison Service staff, both full and part time, worked on preparing the tender documents, preparing the bid and evaluating it.Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract awarded to the in- house bid with respect to Strangeways Manchester prison announced on 15 July.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated July 1993 : The Home Secretary has asked me to recply diretly to your recent Parliamentary Question asking if the contract for the management of Manchester prison can be placed in the Library of the House. The decision announced on 15 July was the selection of the in-house team as the preferred Service Provider tto manage HMP Manchester. Work is now underway to draw up the Service level Agreement which will incorporate the Operational Specification placed in the Library on 27 October 1992.
Prison Officers
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answerr of 27 April, Official Report, column 358, regarding prison officers, if he will make a statement about the deployment of those staff not retained within establishments within the contract area.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated July 1993 : The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question pursuant to his Answer of Tuesday, 27 April, Opal Report, column 358, about the deployment of those prison officers not retained in establishments within the East Midlands and Humberside court escort contract area.
The Prison Service was required to surrender the 78 posts occupied by those staff in order to fund the contract. The staff are therefore being deployed to fill vacancies in establishments as they arise. In the case of Hull, additional posts have since been found to enable a change of role towards that of a community prison. Staff do not therefore need to be deployed away from Hull.
Bail Hostels
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (i) bail hostels and (ii) combined probation and bail hostels there are in England and Wales ; how many places there are in each category of hostel ; how many additional places the Government aim to provide by 1995 ; and how many of these hostels are managed by voluntary organisations.
Mr. Maclean [holding answer 19 July 1993] : There are 30 approved bail hostels providing 659 places, of which one is managed by a voluntary managing committee. There are 84 approved combined probation and bail hostels providing 1991 places, of which 16 are managed by voluntary managing committees. The expansion plans set
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out in the Home Office Annual Report 1993 envisaged the provision of a total of 3,010 places by the end of 1993-94 and 3,190 places by the end of 1994-95 ; but because of unforseen closures and delays in obtaining suitable sites these figures have had to be revised downwards to 2,858 and 2,978.Juvenile Offenders
Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Reading, West (Sir A. Durant) of 16 June, Official Report, column 571, how many representations about his current proposals to deal with persistent juvenile offenders have been made in total ; how many of these representations were from (a) individuals and (b) organisations ; and, of the organisations which made representations, which were opposed to the proposals.
Mr. Maclean [holding answer 19 July 1993] : A total of 62 written representations have been received in response to the Government's proposals, of which 10 were from individuals. The majority of those who responded agreed that the powers of the courts should be strengthened in order that they could deal more effectively with persistent juvenile offenders. Respondents differed about the nature of the new powers that were required and the ways in which they should be put into effect.
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Veterinary Products
Mr. Lord : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which other EC countries are implementing a relicensing procedure as part of their enforcement of EEC directive 81/851 on the harmonisation of veterinary products.
Mr. Soames : Details of implementation of directive 81/851/EEC in other member states, is a matter for those member states and the EC Commission. So far as we are aware, however, all member states are reviewing and relicensing, where appropriate, long standing pharmaceutical veterinary medical products in accordance with the terms of the directive.
Mr. Lord : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment she has made of the uniformity with which the EC directive 81/851 on the harmonisation of veterinary products is being applied throughout the Community.
Mr. Soames : This is a matter for the EC Commission. All member states are required to conduct the review of pharmaceutical veterinary medical products in accordance with the terms of directive 81/851/EEC.
Mr. Lord : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many veterinary products have been withdrawn from sale in the United Kingdom as a result of the Veterinary Medicine Directorate's relicensing policy.
Mr. Soames : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 14 July, Official Report, column 543.
Mr. Lord : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information she has on the cost of relicensing veterinary products under EEC directive 81/851 (a) in France and (b) in the United Kingdom.
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Mr. Soames : No fee is charged for the review of an old product in the United Kingdom. We have no information on whether any fee is payable in France. In both countries, the costs to a company of relicensing a medicine are variable, and will depend on what data are necessary to demonstrate that a product meets current standards of safety, quality and efficacy.
Employees
Mr. Lord : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many extra staff have been taken on by her Department to deal with (a) recent integrated administration and control system forms and (b) her Department's deregulatory initiatives.
Mr. Jack : My Department has provision in 1993-94 for a total of 700 additional posts to deal with work arising out of CAP reform as a whole. It is not possible to distinguish the actual number taken on to deal with recent IACS forms.
The Ministry has made deregulation a high priority task for all its operating divisions. This work is co-ordinated by a deregulation unit which now has four full-time staff and one part-time member compared with four part-time members at the beginning of the year.
Mr. Lord : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many people were employed by her Department in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Mr. Jack : The information requested is given in the table, which covers all established staff in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, including its agencies. Part-time staff are counted as half-units and the year total are rounded to whole numbers. Figures for 1984-92 are those published by Her Majesty's Treasury in "Civil Sevice Statistics". The 1993 figure is taken from Her Majesty's Treasury statistical system MANDATE.
Year<1> |Total ------------------------ 1984 |11,476 1985 |11,393 1986 |11,009 1987 |10,480 1988 |10,318 1989 |10,100 1990 |9,881 1991 |10,097 1992 |9,782 1993 |10,038 <1>1 April.
Sheep Dips
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will place a copy in the Library of the report produced by the national poisons unit on organophosphates in sheep dips.
Mr. Soames : Yes. This has been done.
Sea Fishing
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what requirement remains for the United Kingdom to make good its failure
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to achieve its objectives under the second multi-annual guidance programme ; what carry-over there is as a result into the third MAGP ; and what sanctions arise as a result ;(2) what sanctions the Commission imposed on the United Kingdom for its failure to achieve its MAGP effort reduction targets ; how much aid was lost to United Kingdom industry as a result ; and what protests were made by the United Kingdom ;
(3) how she proposes fulfilling the requirement to the MAGP to reduce capacity by 20 per cent. to take account of technical growth accounting for an increase of 2 per cent. a year ;
(4) if she will specify the factors which led the Government to decide to introduce a decommissioning scheme ; and when she decided that such a scheme would make a contribution to conservation ; (5) what is the Government's target for reducing United Kingdom fishing efforts in the life of the third MAGP ;
(6) what were the reasons for the United Kingdom fishing effort growth in the second multi-annual guidance programme ;
(7) how she intends to ensure that the decommissioning scheme meets its targets in those sectors where reductions are required but does not affect those sectors where no reduction is required ; (8) what representations she received in the first and second MAGPs about the failure of the United Kingdom to achieve its target reductions ;
(9) if she will give her estimate of the reduction in effort which will be achieved through her decommissioning scheme ; and how far will this go to fulfil the MAGP targets.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 12 July 1993] : At the end of 1991, the capacity of the United Kingdom fishing fleet exceeded our MAGP target under the 1987-91 programme by 9 per cent. It is not possible to be precise on the reasons for this, but the economics of the fishing industry did result
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in an enlarged fleet. This backlog of capacity reduction was added to the new MAGP target for 1993 to 1996. Because of the backlog, the EC Commission ceased to award aid for the construction of new United Kingdom fishing vessels. We received a number of representations about these matters.We will be aiming to meet our MAGP target for 1993 to 1996, and the backlog from earlier programmes, by application of the measures announced by Ministers in February 1992. These measures comprise decommissioning, days at sea controls and revised licensing arrangements. They allow differentiation in terms of segments of the fleet. In proposing MAGP targets for 1993 to 1996, which for the United Kingdom fleet as a whole require a reduction of about 10 per cent.--19 per cent. allowing for the backlog--the Commission took account of technical efficiency improvements in fishing methods of about 2 per cent. per year.
The United Kingdom decommissioning scheme recently introduced, combined with effort control measures, should provide a positive contribution to conservation by reducing fishing effort and thus the number of fish being caught and killed.
Salmon
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many (a) salmon and (b) grilse were taken by each type of net in the fisheries of England and Wales in each of the last 10 years ; and how many such fish were taken by anglers in each of those years.
Mr. Jack : I regret that separate figures for catches of salmon and of grilse are not available. Combined catches of salmon and grilse in England and Wales, by method of capture, in each of the years 1983 to 1991, are given in the table. Catch data for 1992 are still being collated by the National Rivers Authority.
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Reported catches of Salmon and Grilse in England and Wales by method: 1983-91 [TITRE} --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drift Nets<1><5> |79,794|62,798|60,222|66,931|40,658|54,687|42,310|52,695|25,948 Seine Nets<2> |11,740|10,860|10,919|14,212|16,555|13,364|12,973|7,900 |4,045 Lifting Nets<3> |6,611 |6,449 |1,484 |4,751 |3,152 |2,298 |4,727 |4,259 |2,893 Fixed Nets<4><5> |3,986 |3,096 |3,275 |4,553 |3,363 |6,968 |8,902 |6,967 |4,789 Rod and Line |14,811|11,021|19,601|20,347|19,711|32,846|14,728|14,849|13,974 <1> Includes trammel and coracle nets. <2> Includes wade nets. <3> Lave, haaf and dip nets. <4> Fixed nets and traps. <5> Catch statistics for the Northumbrian net fisheries for the years 1983-87 did not distinguish between method of capture. All salmon and grilse caught in these years have therefore been included under the drift net heading, even though some will have been caught in fixed nets. Source:-MAFF: Salmon and Migratory Trout Fisheries Statistics 1983-88. -NRA: Fisheries Statistics 1989-91.
Mr. William Ross : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list for each drift salmon fishery in England and Wales the number of salmon and grilse taken in each of the last 10 years and the average weight of each category of such fish.
Mr. Jack : The numbers and average weights of salmon and grilse caught in each of the salmon drift net fisheries in England and Wales, in each of the years 1983 to 1991, are given in the table. Separate figures for salmon and for grilse are not available. Catch data for 1992 are still being collated by the National Rivers Authority. Data for 1982 are not readily available in the form requested.
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Reported catches and average weight of salmon and grilse
caught in drift net fisheries in England and Wales: 1983-91
|Numbers caught |Average weight (kg)
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Northumbria Coast<1>
1983 |62,944 |3.6
1984 |50,685 |3.6
1985 |46,652 |3.7
1986 |53,898 |3.8
1987 |33,064 |3.6
1988 |42,066 |3.6
1989 |31,328 |3.5
1990 |40,496 |3.9
1991 |20,098 |3.8
Yorkshire Coast
1983 |12,245 |3.8
1984 |7,810 |3.6
1985 |9,291 |3.6
1986 |8,059 |3.6
1987 |2,562 |3.3
1988 |5,399 |3.4
1989 |4,908 |3.1
1990 |7,723 |3.4
1991 |2,365 |3.6
River Camel
1983 |219 |3.2
1984 |225 |2.9
1985 |286 |3.4
1986 |220 |3.3
1987 |110 |3.6
1988 |729 |2.8
1989 |- |-
1990 |- |-
1991 |- |-
River Ribble
1983 |432 |4.2
1984 |507 |5.1
1985 |395 |5.5
1986 |434 |5.0
1987 |508 |4.7
1988 |829 |4.8
1989 |502 |4.9
1990 |239 |5.1
1991 |206 |4.6
River Lune
1983 |1,152 |3.5
1984 |1,306 |3.1
1985 |912 |3.4
1986 |1,497 |3.4
1987 |1,703 |3.2
1988 |2,402 |3.3
1989 |2,284 |3.4
1990 |1,405 |3.5
1991 |1,472 |3.6
North West Coast
1983 |1,167 |3.3
1984 |735 |3.7
1985 |4 |17
1986 |868 |3.4
1987 |416 |3.6
1988 |760 |3.2
1989 |816 |3.1
1990 |479 |4.0
1991 |195 |3.7
Anglian Coast
1983 |- |-
1984 |- |-
1985 |- |-
1986 |- |-
1987 |- |-
1988 |- |-
1989 |4 |4.5
1990 |9 |2.1
1991 |34 |3.2
River Wye
1983 |135 |4.0
1984 |144 |5.1
1985 |- |-
1986 |- |-
1987 |- |-
1988 |- |-
1989 |- |-
1990 |- |-
1991 |- |-
River Usk
1983 |757 |4.1
1984 |689 |4.7
1985 |1,656 |4.7
1986 |1,290 |4.4
1987 |1,579 |3.7
1988 |1,807 |4.0
1989 |1,893 |4.5
1990 |1,827 |5.4
1991 |1,154 |5.5
River Clywd
1983 |323 |2.6
1984 |344 |2.5
1985 |295 |2.3
1986 |260 |2.8
1987 |259 |2.4
1988 |267 |2.7
1989 |89 |3.0
1990 |63 |3.3
1991 |135 |2.9
River Tywi (coracle nets)
1983 |80 |4.8
1984 |54 |2.5
1985 |25 |4.2
1986 |72 |5.0
1987 |59 |4.2
1988 |53 |4.3
1989 |57 |4.4
1990 |44 |4.5
1991 |49 |4.2
River Taf (coracle nets)
1983 |10 |9.4
1984 |1 |9.0
1985 |26 |4.3
1986 |4 |7.0
1987 |3 |9.3
1988 |6 |3.5
1989 |- |-
1990 |9 |3.7
1991 |5 |3.6
River Teifi (coracle nets)
1983 |66 |3.4
1984 |33 |5.1
1985 |29 |3.6
1986 |68 |4.0
1987 |62 |3.5
1988 |49 |3.7
1989 |48 |3.5
1990 |166 |3.4
1991 |42 |3.8
River Dee (trammel nets)
1983 |264 |3.6
1984 |265 |3.1
1985 |268 |3.7
1986 |261 |4.5
1987 |333 |4.6
1988 |320 |3.6
1989 |381 |3.9
1990 |235 |5.5
1991 |193 |4.9
<1> Figures for the years 1983 to 1987 include fish caught in T nets (fixed engines).
Source:
MAFF: Salmon and Migratory Trout Fisheries Statistics 1983-1988.
NRA: Fisheries Statistics 1989-1991.
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Fishing Vessels
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many Spanish-owned fishing vessels are registered as (a) British, (b) Danish, (c) Dutch, (d) Irish, (e) French and (f) Belgian.
Mr. Jack : As at 14 July, there were 69 Spanish-owned or largely Spanish owned fishing vessels registered in the United Kingdom. We do not hold information about registration of such vessels in other member states.
Common Fisheries Policy
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Mrs. Lait) of 7 July, Official Report, column 163, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Maastricht treaty on the operation of the common fisheries policy ; and if she will seek a ruling from the appropriate European body on whether article 38 of the treaty of Rome gives sufficient powers to apply a common fisheries policy to (a) the catching, (b) conservation and (c) protection of fish.
Mr. Jack : Article 38 of the treaty of Rome provides :
"The common market shall extend to agriculture and trade in agricultural products. Agricultural products' means the products of the soil, of stockfarming and of fisheries and products of first-stage processing directly related to these products." The products subject to the common policy are listed in annex II to the treaty of Rome. They include fish, crustaceans and molluscs, both live and dead.
The objectives of the common policy are set out in article 39. They include increasing productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of production, stabilising markets and ensuring the availability of supplies. These objectives are served by measures which regulate the catching, conservation and protection of fish.
The part of the treaty of Rome dealing with agriculture--articles 38 to 47- -therefore also provides the legal base for the common fisheries policy, and the Commission has proposed, and the Council has adopted CFP regulations on the basis of article 43.
The Maastricht treaty does not amend the provisions of the treaty of Rome which establish the CFP. However, the CFP, like other policies, will be subject to the general provisions of the Maastricht treaty relating for example to subsidiarity, and to the enhanced enforcement of Community legislation.
Secret Fish Holds
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many Spanish-owned vessels operating in EC waters have been found to have second or secret fish holds in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 to date ; and how many of these were British registered.
Mr. Jack : In 1989 and 1990, no Spanish-owned vessels were found to have second or secret fish holds. For details of the years 1991 to date, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 July, Official Report, column 459.
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Set-aside
Mr. Cormack : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in agreeing the rules for set-aside for 1994 ; and if she will make a statement.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : At yesterday's Council of Agriculture Ministers, I stressed the importance for both agriculture and the environment of reaching early agreement on the future for those farmers coming out of five-year set-aside this year. They need to know whether they will be able to put more than 18 per cent. of their land into set-aside under the new arable area payments scheme. In reply the Agriculture Commissioner indicated that he intended to propose to the Commission that compensation should be paid for voluntary set-aside which exceeded 18 per cent. He also intended to propose arrangements for the transfer of set- aside obligation. A combination of these two measures could offer a solution. I had hoped that a suitable proposal would have been available for discussion at the Council. The Commissioner acknowledged the deadline, agreed by Ministers at the May Council, of 31 July. I shall urge them to meet this and, subsequently, press for an early agreement by the Council.
However, more progress has been made on some of the other detailed set- aside rules that will apply next year. The cereals management committee voted on these at the end of last week. We expect the regulations to be adopted formally by the Commission in time to come into force on 1 September.
The key points are as follows. The rotational set-aside period will be from 15 January to 31 August. However, from 15 July, subject to any national rules, producers may sow crops for harvest the next year.
For both rotational and non-rotational set-aside, during the period 1 September to 14 January, producers must not sell any green cover remaining on the land whether for grazing or for hay or silage. However, they may harvest hay or silage for their own use during this period or graze their own animals on the land.
Land entered into non-rotational set-aside must remain set-aside from 15 January for at least five years. The set-aside rules apply throughout this period though limited use of the green cover is allowed between 1 September and 14 January. Penalties will be applied if the land does not remain in set-aside for five years, except that, exceptionally, farmers may take land out of non-rotational set-aside without penalty at the end of 1993-94 ; and they may take land out of set-aside without penalty to join forestry or agri-environment schemes ; and the obligation to keep the land in non- rotational set-aside will not apply if the land changes hands. Short rotation coppice may be grown on set-aside land. However, it will not be eligible for establishment grants under the woodland grant scheme. The rules as they stand do not permit arable land entered into the farm woodland premium scheme or land withdrawn from production under the agri- environment programme to count as set-aside under the arable support arrangements. I shall be urging the Council of Ministers to allow this.
Copies of a free leaflet giving more details of these changes will be deposited in the Library of the House.
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Agriculture Council
Mr. Sims : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Brussels on 19 July.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard : At this meeting, at which I represented the United Kingdom, the Council adopted two regulations relating to farmers who were not originally allocated milk quotas at the time of their introduction in 1984, because they had, under a scheme in force at the time, undertaken not to produce milk for a five-year period. These measures were necessary to implement the latest in a series of judgments of the European Court that these farmers were entitled to quotas. I abstained in the vote on one of the regulations, providing for cash compensation for the period during which these farmers were deprived of quota, on the grounds that the compensation was too generous.
The Council also adopted, by majority vote, a regulation setting standard qualities for cereals for intervention buying and other purposes. While not voting against, I urged the Commission to embody in legislative form the circumstances in which they have assured us that intervention buying would be available for feed wheat. Finally, the Council adopted, by majority vote, a directive concerning the labelling and use of animal feedingstuffs designed for special nutritional purposes. I voted against the measure on the grounds that it was unnecessarily detailed and restrictive. The Council discussed the welfare of farm animals in transport and I welcomed the Commission's intention to present proposals on this subject shortly.
I also raised the issue of those farmers coming out of five year set-aside this year. I have reported the outcome in my reply today to my hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, South (Mr. Cormack).
TRANSPORT
Motorway Repairs
Ms Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has received through penalties charged under the lane rental scheme since July 1991.
Mr. Key : Charges incurred under lane rental contracts completed during the financial year 1991-92 amounted to some £420,000. We expect the corresponding figure for 1992-93 to be about £600,000.
Ms Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) all the roadworks planned or continuing to take place on United Kingdom motorways during the period 1 to 31 August, (b) which of those roadworks are covered by the lane rental scheme and (c) what maximum length of coned-off carriageway is stipulated in the contracts in each case where lane rental applies.
Mr. Key : Following is the information for major motorway roadworks in England which are expected to be taking place during part or all of the month of August. Motorways in the rest of the United Kingdom are the responsibility of my hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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Scheme Lane rental Maximum length to
be coned off
(kilometre)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maintenance Schemes
A1 (M) |A177 to A690|No |-
M1 |J34 to J35 |Yes | 9.5
M4 |J14 to J16 |Yes |5
M5 |M6 - J8 |No |-
M6 |J1 to J2 |Yes |4
M6 |J35 to J36 |No |-
M6 |J31 to J39 |No |-
M18 |J5 to J6 |No |-
M25 |J8 to J10 |Yes |4
M57 |A59 to A580 |Yes | 5.25
M61 |J5 to J6 |No |-
M62 |J30 to J31 |Yes | 5.5
Widening Schemes
M1 |J9 to J10 |No |-
M4 |J4b to J5 |No |-
M5 |J6 to J8 |No |-
M6 |J20 to J21A |No |-
M6 |J30 to J32 |No |-
M20 |J5 to J8 |No |-
M25 |J15 to J16 |No |-
M56 |J4 to J6 |No |-
M62 |J14 to J17 |No |-
M62 |J34 to J35 |Yes |7
M621 |J1 to M62 |Yes |7
Overall, for financial year 1993-94, we expect to let some 80 per cent. of major maintenance schemes as lane rental contracts. In addition to the above schemes some minor roadworks and routine maintenance activities may be necessary. These will be carried out at night whenever possible.
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