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Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the members currently appointed to the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 4 February 1994] : The current members are :
Professor D. C. Carter
Dr. E. G. Buckley
Dr. J. S. Rennie
Dr. I. J. T. Davies
Professor R. M. Harden
Professor N. MacKay
Professor A. L. Muir
Professor R. A. Wood
Mr. J. S. Clyde
Dr. M. Church
Dr. J. F. Calder
Dr. I. Davidson
Professor H. Dick
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Professor E. JohnstoneDr. B. D. Keighley
Mr. J. Lusby
Dr. G. G. Shirriffs
Dr. D. Thomas
Dr. A. D. Toft
Dr. H. Zealley
Community Charge
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much community charge remains unpaid within (a) Scotland, (b) Strathclyde region and (c) Cunninghame district.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 3 February 1994] : The amount of net budgeted community charge income uncollected by local authorities at 30 November 1993--the most recent date for which information is available--is, for Scotland, £371 million and, for Strathclyde region, £224 million. Information for Cunninghame district is not separately identifiable.
Council Tax
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appeals have been lodged against council tax banding in each region and islands area ; how many have been determined and how many are still outstanding ; and how many of those appeals relate to tied housing.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 3 February 1994] : Details of the numbers of appeals lodged and the status of these as at 30 November 1993 are given in the table.
Information about the number of appeals relating to tied housing is not collected centrally.
Proposals lodged Proposals/appeals:
|1 April 1993 to |Settled |Still to be
|30 November 1993 |dealt with
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Borders |2,996 |254 |2,742
Central |2,719 |422 |2,297
Dumfries and Galloway |3,048 |1,077 |1,971
Fife |6,411 |3,139 |3,272
Grampian |11,221 |3,956 |7,265
Highland |5,991 |1,470 |4,521
Lothian |11,739 |2,093 |9,646
Strathclyde |39,463 |15,606 |23,857
Tayside |11,171 |1,113 |10,058
Orkney |211 |166 |45
Shetland |159 |114 |45
Western Isles |837 |227 |610
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what guidance he has given to assessors as to the calculation of council tax bands for tied housing in agriculture and other sectors.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 3 February 1994] : No detailed guidance has been issued to assessors. The special assumptions to be made in valuing dwellings occupied in connection with agriculture or fish farming are set out in the Council Tax (Valuation of Dwellings) (Scotland) Regulations 1992. The regulations were issued with Finance Circular No. 20/1992 which was copied to regional assessors. Annex B of the circular explains that these provisions are designed to ensure that the valuation of these dwellings will be undertaken on the basis that the dwelling may be occupied only along with the associated land.
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There are no special provisions for tied housing in other sectors.Prisoners
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners convicted for (a) theft, (b) burglary and (c) violent crimes against the person were(i) unemployed at or (ii) in receipt of income support at the time of their arrest in each of the past four years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 4 February 1994] : I have asked Mr. E. W. Frizzell, the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. E. Frizzell to Dr. Norman Godman, dated 7 February 1994 :
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your Question about the number of prisoners convicted for (a) theft, (b) burglary and (c) violent crimes against the person who were (i) unemployed or (ii) in receipt of income support at the time of their arrest in each of the past four years.
The information is not available in the form requested. For each reception into a penal establishment information is collected on whether or not the person involved was employed or unemployed immediately prior to their reception. Information on whether a person was unemployed or on income support at the time of their arrest is not collected centrally.
The table below sets out the number of receptions to penal establishments in Scotland (excluding receptions as a result of fine defaults) of persons who were unemployed and had been convicted of theft, burglary (housebreaking in Scotland) or violent crimes against the person. These figures have been obtained using the best available approximations in The Scottish Office Home and Health Department's classification of crimes and offences to produce the categories requested in your question.
|1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
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(a) Theft |2,754|2,602|2,879|3,313
(b) Burglary (housebreaking) |1,549|1,604|1,697|1,715
(c) Violence against the person |1,330|1,306|1,353|1,547
This information is supplied by the prisoner on arrival at the establishment and should therefore be treated with some caution.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners originally sentenced for murder had their sentences (a) subsequently reduced or (b) quashed on appeal while serving their sentences since 1970 ; and what sums of money were paid, by way of compensation, to those released from prison in such circumstances.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 4 February 1994] : The mandatory sentence to be imposed on a person convicted of murder is imprisonment for life. Information prior to 1981 is not held centrally, nor is information on the results of retrials, but since 1981 three prisoners originally sentenced for murder had their sentence subsequently reduced, a further four had their sentence quashed on appeal and a retrial was authorised for two prisoners. Compensation is not payable in cases where a conviction for murder is reduced or quashed on appeal within the normal time limits. Since 1970, two payments of compensation of £77,000 and £50,415 have been made to persons originally convicted of murder and whose sentences were subsequently quashed or reversed outside the normal time limits.
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Safe from Harm"
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if it is his intention to issue a guidance document for voluntary organisations similar to the one published by the Home Office entitled "Safe from Harm" ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 4 February 1994] : The Home Office code of good practice, "Safe from Harm", contains useful information which will assist voluntary organisations in England and Wales in the selection of staff and volunteers to work with children. We are presently examining the advice in the document for its relevance to Scotland and will consider the need to issue a similar document in Scotland when that examination is complete.
Homosexuals
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent guidelines have been issued to police forces concerning the issue of consenting homosexual relationships among males aged 16 years or more ; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 7 February 1994] : None.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
43. Mr. Skinner : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent meetings he has had with third-world Ministers to discuss the effects of GATT on third-world trade.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. Friend discussed the GATT negotiations in detail with Commonwealth Ministers at the Heads of Government meeting in Cyprus last October. They all supported a declaration in favour of the Uruguay round. There has been a wide range of positive comment from third-world representatives about the outcome of the negotiations.
Non-governmental Organisations
45. Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the Overseas Development Administration is supporting the work of non-governmental organisations in helping to meet the long-term needs of the poorest communities in developing countries.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : In 1992-93 the ODA gave a total of £77 million to support the long-term development programmes of British non- governmental organisations.
Aid-Trade Provision
Mr. Harvey : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the operation of the aid-trade provision.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The ATP is a separate allocation within Britain's overseas aid programme. It is designed to support, in certain countries, development projects with industrial and commercial importance for the United Kingdom.
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Aid
44. Mr. Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will outline the Government's key objectives for overseas aid ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development outlined the future direction of the overseas aid programme in her Chatham house speech on 18 October 1993. Copies are in the Library of the House.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the aid awarded from the overseas aid budget to each recipient country in (a) 1979, (b) 1980 and (c) 1993 ; and if he will set out the gross national product for each recipient country in each such year.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Information on bilateral aid by country, and on GNP, is available in the 1981, 1982 and 1993 editions of "British Aid Statistics" which are in the Libraries of the House. The latest available figures for bilateral aid are for 1992-93 and for GNP 1991.
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In addition to our bilateral assistance, countries receive substantial amounts of assistance from multilateral bodies to which the United Kingdom makes a major contribution.Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects the aid provided to developing nations to reach 0.7 per cent. of gross national product.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Government have agreed to reach the international aid target of 0.7 per cent. of GNP as soon as possible, but are not prepared to set a timetable for reaching it. Future levels of aid will continue to depend upon our economic circumstances and on other calls for public expenditure.
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out the levels of aid to (a) Indonesia, (b) Nigeria, (c) India, (d) Thailand, (e) Oman, (f) Malaysia and (g) Jordan over each of the last 10 years, (i) in totals each year and (ii) per head of the population.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 3 February 1994] : The information is as follows :
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Levels of bilateral aid 1983 to 1992-93
Thousands
PopulationCountry programme ATP Disaster ODA CDC Other<1> Gross bilateral
aid
|Total |Per |relief |programme |Total |Per
|capita |/Food aid|total |capita
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Indonesia
Calendar year
1983 |155,669 |4,355 |0.03 |2,882 |5 |7,422 |2,843 |2,273 |12,358 |0.08
1984 |158,915 |4,663 |0.03 |5,868 |15 |10,546 |15,473 |2,273 |28,292 |0.18
1985 |162,212 |9,788 |0.06 |19,793 |16 |29,507 |1,869 |2,273 |33,649 |0.21
1986 |166,627 |5,139 |0.03 |51 |- |5,190 |1,435 |2,273 |8,898 |0.05
1987 |171,443 |6,079 |0.04 |1,042 |- |7,121 |2,829 |2,273 |12,223 |0.07
Financial year<2>
1987-88 |171,443 |6,043 |0.04 |1,807 |- |7,850 |4,537 |2,273 |14,660 |0.09
1988-89 |174,832 |8,333 |0.05 |2,410 |- |10,743 |4,350 |2,273 |17,366 |0.10
1989-90 |178,211 |7,444 |0.04 |2,192 |- |9,636 |9,707 |2,273 |21,616 |0.12
1990-91 |181,580 |10,689 |0.06 |6,342 |- |17,031 |5,550 |2,273 |24,854 |0.14
1991-92 |181,388 |10,372 |0.06 |10,828 |- |21,200 |10,952 |2,273 |34,425 |0.19
1992-93 |184,274 |11,916 |0.06 |9,778 |178 |21,872 |9,041 |2,251 |33,164 |0.18
Nigeria
Calendar year
1983 |93,642 |5,480 |0.06 |- |- |5,480 |- |- |5,480 |0.06
1984 |96,485 |5,584 |0.06 |- |- |5,584 |- |- |5,584 |0.06
1985 |99,669 |6,240 |0.06 |- |- |6,240 |- |- |6,240 |0.06
1986 |103,147 |5,580 |0.05 |- |- |5,580 |- |- |5,580 |0.05
1987 |106,638 |6,554 |0.06 |- |30 |6,584 |- |- |6,584 |0.06
Financial year
1987-88 |106,638 |8,133 |0.08 |- |30 |8,163 |- |- |8,163 |0.08
1988-89 |110,068 |6,310 |0.06 |- |- |6,310 |- |- |6,310 |0.06
1989-90 |113,665 |67,698 |0.60 |- |- |67,698 |- |5 |67,703 |0.60
1990-91 |117,510 |34,864 |0.30 |- |- |34,864 |- |606 |35,470 |0.30
1991-92 |118,811 |14,440 |0.12 |- |13 |14,453 |- |6 |14,460 |0.12
1992-93 |101,884 |13,951 |0.14 |- |- |13,951 |1,900 |4 |15,855 |0.16
India
Calendar year
1983 |733,248 |121,019 |0.17 |6,336 |245 |127,600 |- |- |127,600 |0.17
1984 |749,184 |122,077 |0.16 |24,423 |37 |146,537 |- |- |146,537 |0.20
1985 |765,147 |87,419 |0.11 |8,879 |168 |106,466 |- |- |106,466 |0.14
1986 |781,367 |134,913 |0.17 |8,553 |15 |143,481 |- |- |143,481 |0.18
1987 |797,526 |78,042 |0.10 |115 |307 |78,464 |- |- |78,464 |0.10
Financial year
1987-88 |797,526 |82,586 |0.10 |7,851 |403 |90,840 |8,257 |- |99,097 |0.12
1988-89 |815,590 |69,411 |0.09 |1,911 |20 |71,342 |13,305 |- |84,647 |0.10
1989-90 |832,535 |68,881 |0.08 |7,240 |- |76,121 |11,531 |- |87,652 |0.11
1990-91 |849,510 |82,679 |0.10 |5,580 |65 |88,324 |11,791 |700 |100,815 |0.12
1991-92 |865,020 |121,893 |0.14 |6,542 |112 |128,547 |7,832 |7 |136,386 |0.16
1992-93 |883,473 |93,107 |0.11 |867 |7 |93,981 |21,340 |49 |115,370 |0.13
Thailand
Calendar year
1983 |49,169 |1,228 |0.02 |- |- |1,228 |4,325 |- |5,553 |0.11
1984 |50,023 |1,880 |0.04 |225 |15 |2,120 |17,916 |- |20,036 |0.40
1985 |50,950 |1,516 |0.03 |233 |30 |1,779 |5,658 |- |7,437 |0.15
1986 |52,642 |1,440 |0.03 |404 |- |1,844 |2,371 |- |4,215 |0.08
1987 |53,605 |1,836 |0.03 |251 |- |2,087 |3,271 |- |5,358 |0.10
Financial year
1987-88 |53,605 |1,879 |0.04 |426 |- |2,304 |2,620 |- |4,924 |0.09
1988-89 |54,469 |1,937 |0.04 |774 |77 |2,788 |21,091 |- |23,879 |0.44
1989-90 |55,200 |2,121 |0.04 |3,212 |6 |5,339 |6,190 |46 |11,575 |0.21
1990-91 |55,801 |2,108 |0.04 |2,854 |6 |4,968 |4,373 |42 |9,383 |0.17
1991-92 |56,679 |2,057 |0.04 |207 |6 |2,270 |1,675 |57 |4,002 |0.07
1992-93 |57,992 |1,881 |0.03 |200 |54 |2,135 |32,035 |151 |34,321 |0.59
Oman
Calendar year
1983 |1,131 |641 |0.57 |- |- |641 |- |- |641 |0.57
1984 |1,138 |570 |0.50 |- |- |570 |- |- |570 |0.50
1985 |1,181 |500 |0.42 |- |- |500 |- |- |500 |0.42
1986 |1,294 |610 |0.47 |- |- |610 |- |- |610 |0.47
1987 |1,347 |457 |0.34 |- |- |457 |- |- |457 |0.34
Financial year
1987-88 |1,347 |740 |0.55 |- |- |740 |- |- |740 |0.55
1988-89 |1,421 |773 |0.54 |- |- |773 |- |- |773 |0.54
1989-90 |1,486 |815 |0.55 |- |- |815 |- |- |815 |0.55
1990-91 |1,554 |825 |0.53 |- |- |825 |- |- |825 |0.53
1991-92 |1,618 |1,044 |0.65 |- |- |1,044 |- |- |1,044 |0.65
1992-93 |1,647 |750 |0.46 |- |- |750 |- |- |750 |0.46
Malaysia
Calendar year
1983 |14,863 |2,201 |0.15 |797 |- |2,998 |874 |- |3,872 |0.26
1984 |15,270 |2,399 |0.16 |54 |- |2,453 |519 |2,020 |4,992 |0.33
1985 |15,611 |2,562 |0.16 |1,660 |- |4,222 |3,232 |- |7,454 |0.48
1986 |16,110 |2,098 |0.13 |50,128 |- |52,226 |3,268 |- |55,494 |3.44
1987 |16,528 |2,673 |0.16 |5,801 |- |8,474 |1,305 |- |9,779 |0.59
Financial year
1987-88 |16,528 |4,922 |0.30 |6,697 |- |11,619 |905 |- |12,524 |0.76
1988-89 |16,921 |2,683 |0.16 |3,925 |- |6,608 |1,692 |- |8,300 |0.49
1989-90 |17,340 |2,693 |0.16 |5,305 |- |7,998 |- |28 |8,026 |0.46
1990-91 |17,752 |2,624 |0.15 |17,336 |- |19,960 |7,924 |23 |27,907 |1.57
1991-92 |18,294 |2,911 |0.16 |12,231 |- |15,142 |693 |15 |15,850 |0.87
1992-93 |18,610 |2,665 |0.14 |17,798 |- |20,463 |526 |6 |20,995 |1.13
Jordan
Calendar year
1983 |3,247 |2,747 |0.85 |- |- |2,747 |- |- |2,747 |0.85
1984 |3,385 |2,665 |0.79 |3,440 |- |6,105 |- |- |6,105 |1.80
1985 |3,512 |2,332 |0.66 |- |- |2,332 |- |- |2,332 |0.66
1986 |3,620 |5,641 |1.56 |- |- |5,641 |- |- |5,641 |1.56
1987 |3,790 |4,679 |1.23 |130 |- |4,809 |- |- |4,809 |1.27
Financial year
1987-88 |3,790 |4,235 |1.12 |260 |- |4,495 |- |- |4,495 |1.19
1988-89 |3,903 |2,421 |0.62 |401 |- |2,822 |- |- |2,822 |0.72
1989-90 |4,041 |4,653 |1.15 |452 |- |5,105 |- |- |5,105 |1.26
1990-91 |3,154 |2,254 |0.71 |475 |2,720 |5,450 |- |5,476 |10,925 |3.46
1991-92 |3,453 |2,649 |0.77 |473 |- |3,122 |- |- |3,122 |0.90
1992-93 |3,949 |3,777 |0.96 |472 |- |4,249 |- |10,468 |14,717 |3.73
<1>This is mainly debt relief, but also includes small amounts of drug-related assistance funded by the Home Office and FCO.
<2>From 1987-88 data on aid spending have been compiled on a financial year basis.
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Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total value of the aid trade programme for each year since 1979 ; what were the dozen highest value projects assisted under this programme in each of these years and the value of each of these projects ; which was the main company or companies involved in each of these projects each year and what was the level of aid they received under this programme or in any related form ; and in each case which of these contracts were let without tender in each of these years.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd [holding answer 3 February 1994] : The total value of the aid and trade provision--cash expenditure--for each year since 1979 was as follows :
|£ million
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1979-80 |29
1980-81 |26
1981-82 |53
1982-83 |47
1983-84 |28
1984-85 |59
1985-86 |36
1986-87 |81
1987-88 |49
1988-89 |58
1989-90 |62
1990-91 |94
1991-92 |101
1992-93 |93
All the other information requested, with one exception, is contained in the detailed list of ATP projects placed in the Library of the House in October 1993 pursuant to the reply my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary gave the right hon. Member for Copeland (Dr. Cunningham) on 28 October, Official Report. column 732. The one exception relates to aid received by companies in any related form, this information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Commonwealth Development Corporation
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all projects and programmes funded by the Commonwealth Development Corporation in the last five years ; what projects and programmes are (a) legally committed and (b) planned in the current year ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Details of CDC's equity holdings, loans and commitments are given in its annual report and accounts, copies of which are laid before the House. Additions from January 1993 are shown. For reasons of commercial confidentiality information is not available on project proposals on which CTC is conducting negotiations with clients and co-investors.
We intend to make a statement shortly on the outcome of a quinquennial review of CDC, and to publicise a further progress report on recommendations made by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in 1992.
Country |Project
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Belize |Belize Electricity Company
Dominican |Hotel Flamenco Playa Puerto Plata
Republic
Dominica |Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development
|Bank
India |Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd.
India |Modern Woollens Ltd.
India |Mysore Paper Mills Ltd.
India |Square D Software Ltd.
India |Tata Ceramics Ltd.
India |CESC Ltd.
India |CG Glass Ltd.
Indonesia |PT Samudera
Indonesia |PT Gunung Raja Paksi
Indonesia |PT Wiraswasta Gemilang Co. Ltd.
Malta |Malta Mariculture Ltd.
Mozambique |Grafite de Ancuabe Ltda
Nicaragua |Camarones Del Pacifico
Nigeria |Cadbury Nigeria plc
Nigeria |Heleena Farms Ltd.
Pakistan |International Housing Finance Ltd.
Pakistan |Ravi Chemicals Ltd.
Pakistan |Sarah Textiles Ltd.
Pakistan |Fauji Marine Oil Terminal Distribution Co.
Pakistan |Fauji Cement Co. Ltd.
Pakistan |Hub Power Co. Ltd.
Pakistan |Pearl Continental Lahore
Philippines |Bukidnon Resources Co. Inc.
Philippines |Hopewell Power (Philippines) Corporation
Tanzania |Tourism Promotion Services (Tanzania) Ltd.
Thailand |Thai Rural Equity Fund
Thailand |United Palm Oil Ind. Co. Ltd.
Zambia |Nanga Farms Ltd.
Zimbabwe |Hippo Valley Estates Ltd.
Zimbabwe |Triangle Ltd.
Zimbabwe |Wankie Colliery Co. Ltd.
Zimbabwe |Victoria Falls Safari Lodge (Pvt) Ltd.
Malawi
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by cost each bilateral aid project in Malawi.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : A list of ODA's current bilateral aid projects in Malawi will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Nigeria
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list each project funded by the Overseas Development Administration in Nigeria over the last five years.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : I have placed a list of all projects in the Library of the House.
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what water projects the Overseas Development Administration is currently funding in Nigeria ; and which companies have won those contracts.
Indonesia
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last reviewed the application of the good governance criterion governing the provision of aid by the Overseas Development Administration to the programme of aid to Indonesia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The position for all countries is reviewed at least annually and was last reviewed for Indonesia in autumn 1993.
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Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which United Kingdom company was involved in providing the flight simulator supported under the British aid programme to Indonesia.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The United Kingdom company supplying the flight simulator to the Indonesian domestic airline, Merpati, is Aeronautical Systems Designers Ltd.
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what stage has been reached in the tendering process for the power plant in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is being funded under the aid trade provision.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The bids received by the Indonesian electricity authority for the Samarinda power station in East Kalimantan are currently being evaluated by the Government of Indonesia. The bid documents for the associated transmission line were issued by the electricity authority in mid-January with a return date of 24 March 1994.
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what water projects the Overseas Development Administration is currently funding in Indonesia ; and which companies have won those contracts.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : ODA is currently funding a small project that forms part of a general research programme into canal systems maintenance in a number of countries including Indonesia. ODA is also supporting five village-based water self-help supply schemes.
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which United Kingdom companies are involved in the Jambi power plant in Indonesia supported by the Overseas Development Administration.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The United Kingdom company which supplied equipment for the Jambi power plant was Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd.
Malaysia
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what water projects the Overseas Development Administration is currently funding in Malaysia ; and which companies have won those contracts.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Overseas Development Administration is currently not funding any water projects in Malaysia.
St. Helena
Dr. Marek : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the Wright report on privatisation in St. Helena.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : Copies of the 1990 report by David Wright on the expansion of the private sector in St. Helena have been placed in the Library of the House.
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Thailand
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what water projects in Thailand are currently funded by the Overseas Development Administration.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The Overseas Development Administration is currently not funding any water projects in Thailand.
Oman
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what scholarships and training have been provided under the British aid programme to Oman in the last five years ; and in which subject areas.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The number of scholarships and training awards provided under the British aid programme to Oman since 1990-91 are as follows. Details prior to this can be provided only at
disproportionate cost.
1990-91
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English Language training |2
Infrastructure |5
Planning, Administration and Finance |4
1991-92
Teacher Training |2
English Language Training |1
Renewable Natural Resources |10
Health |1
Infrastructure |6
Planning, Administration and Finance |1
1992-93
English Language Training |10
Teacher Training |1
Renewable Natural Resources |6
Planning, Administration and Finance |1
Infrastructure |3
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many expatriate personnel were funded by the Overseas Development Administration to work in Oman in each year since 1980 ; and on which projects they work.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The following numbers of expatriate personnel have been funded by the Overseas Development Administration to work in Oman since 1988-89. Information prior to this can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Ministry of
Agriculture Livestock
Project
|Number
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1988-89 |6
1989-90 |3
1990-91 |4
1991-92 |4
1992-93 |2
Ministry of
Electricity and Water
|Number
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1988-89 |1
1989-90 |1
1990-91 |1
1991-92 |1
Ministry of Commerce
and Industry
|Number
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1988-89 |1
1989-90 |1
1990-91 |1
1991-92 |1
Oman Technical and
Industrial College
|Number
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1988-89 |10
1989-90 |13
1990-91 |13
1991-92 |9
1992-93 |6
Educational
Curriculum Reform
|Number
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1988-89 |4
1989-90 |3
1990-91 |2
1991-92 |2
1992-93 |1
Vocational Training
Institute
|Number
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1988-89 |7
1989-90 |8
1990-91 |12
1991-92 |12
1992-93 |10
Institute of Health
|Number
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1988-89 |2
1989-90 |1
1990-91 |1
Tissue Culture
|Number
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1988-89 |1
Mr. Tom Clarke : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which projects other than scholarships and training have been funded under the British aid programme to Oman in the last five years.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : The following projects other than scholarships and training have been funded under the British aid programme to Oman in the last five years :
Assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture in livestock control and marketing.
Advice to the Ministry of Electricity and Water on electricity safety rules and the operation of a drawing office in the electricity supply industry.
Advice to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on investment promotion and industrial diversification.
A training needs analysis for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Assistance to improve English language teaching at the Oman technical and industrial college.
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