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Mr. Meacher : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was the value of consultancy contracts awarded by his Department each year since 1992, both in current prices and at constant 1994 prices.
Mr. Sproat : My Department and its two agencies have awarded consultancy contracts to the value of £5.13 million in 1992-93 (£5.3 million at constant 1994 prices) and £3.15 million in 1993- 94.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will publish a list of the equipment stolen from his Department ; and what was the approximate value of each item.
Mr. Sproat : Since the establishment of the Department of National Heritage on 13 April 1992 we have had one lap top personal computer stolen. The approximate value was £2,500.
Ms Mowlam : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) what is the estimated completion date for the British library project ;
(2) if he will publish the report of his Department's consultants, Kennedy and Donkin, into the British library project.
Mr. Brooke : I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member on 7 February at column 40.
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was his Department's total expenditure on the royal parks in each year from 1978-79 to 1991-92.
Mr. Sproat : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Welch to Mr. Nick Raynsford, dated 11 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for National Heritage has asked me to reply to your Question of 9 February 1994 about expenditure on the royal parks for the period 1978-879 to 1991-92, originally addressed to the Secretary of State for the Environment.
Prior to 1988-89 Royal Parks was not separately accounted for so expenditure figures before this date are not available. However, the figures for spend from 1988-89 to 1991-92 are as follows :
|£ million ------------------------------ 1988-89 |16.2 1989-90 |16.0 1990-91 |20.1 1991-92 |25.4
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what was his Department's total expenditure on the royal parks in 1992-93 and 1993-94 ; and what is the budgeted expenditure for 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97.
Mr. Sproat : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Welch to Mr. Nick Raynsford, dated 11 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for National Heritage has asked me to reply to your Question of 9 February 1994 about expenditure on the royal parks.
The figures for spend on the Royal Parks are as follows :
- |£ million ------------------------------ 1992-93 |<1>22.80 1993-94 |<2>22.91 1994-95 |<3>23.87 1995-96 |<3>25.75 1996-97 |<3>25.75 <1> (Outturn). <2> (Forecast outturn). <3> (Planned).
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he has to commission a research study into useage of the royal parks from the University of North London ; and what will be (i) the cost, (ii) the duration and (iii) the terms of reference of the research.
Mr. Sproat : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Welch to Mr. Nick Raynsford, dated 11 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for National Heritage has asked me to reply to your Question of 9 February 1994 about a research study into usage of the Royal Parks.
In December 1993 the Centre for Leisure and Tourism studies, University of North London, won a competitively tendered three year contract to undertake a market research study of people using The Royal Parks. This will cost £94,600 in year one. The terms of reference include estimation of visitor numbers, development of a questionnaire, interviews and production of reports. The volume of work to be ordered in years 2 and 3 of the commission will be influenced by the results obtained during the first year.
Mr. Raynsford : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how much his Department has spent on (i) consultancy and (ii) research relating to the royal parks in 1992-93 and 1993-94 ; and what is the budgeted expenditure for 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97.
Mr. Sproat : Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Royal Parks Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. David Welch. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Mr. D. Welch to Mr. Nick Raynsford, dated 11 February 1994 :The Secretary of State for National Heritage has asked me to reply to your Question of 9 February 1994 about spend on consultancy and research.
The Royal Parks figures for spend on consultancies, including market research, are as follows :
Year |£000 ---------------------- 1992-93 |<1>749 1993-94 |<2>744 1994-95 |<3>760 1995-96 |<3>750 1996-97 |<3>750 <1> Outturn. <2> Forecast outturn. <3> Planned.
The Royal Parks do not currently intend to spend any moneys on research other than the £95,000 market research to be carried out by the University of North London during 1994. The response to your Question of the same date as this one refers.
Dr. Wright : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will publish a table showing, in 1992-93 prices, the gross public spending for each year since 1990-91 and the projected expenditure for each year to 1995-96 for each executive non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department, as listed in "Public Bodies 1993".
Mr. Sproat [holding answer 15 February 1994] : The information requested is as follows :
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Department of National Heritage-1992-93 prices £ million |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96 |Outturn |Outturn |Outturn |Provisional|Plans |Plans |Outturn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Bodies Arts Council |194.1 |212.9 |221.2 |218.5 |173.2 |167.8 British Film Institute |14.0 |14.6 |15.0 |14.5 |15.9 |15.3 British Library (including St. Pancras) |120.6 |127.6 |127.3 |104.7 |123.7 |116.8 British Tourist Authority |30.4 |30.3 |30.9 |31.0 |30.0 |30.5 Broadcasting Complaints Commission |0.0 |0.0 |0.5 |0.5 |0.6 |0.5 Broadcasting Standards Council |0.0 |0.0 |1.3 |1.4 |1.2 |1.2 Crafts Council |2.8 |2.9 |3.0 |3.3 |3.0 |3.0 English Tourist Board |16.7 |16.8 |13.9 |10.9 |9.3 |9.0 Football Licensing Authority |0.1 |0.8 |0.8 |0.9 |0.8 |0.8 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England |87.8 |94.7 |102.0 |96.9 |96.9 |95.0 Museums and Galleries British Museum |30.9 |32.6 |32.4 |33.0 |31.9 |30.1 Geffrye Museum |0.0 |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |0.9 |1.0 Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry |1.9 |2.0 |2.2 |2.1 |2.1 |2.2 Horniman Museum |0.0 |2.4 |2.6 |2.8 |3.1 |3.0 Imperial War Museum |10.6 |11.2 |11.0 |10.5 |10.5 |10.0 Museum of London |3.8 |4.0 |4.1 |4.1 |4.1 |3.9 National Gallery |18.0 |17.8 |17.2 |17.6 |17.1 |16.5 Natural History Museum |27.9 |28.9 |28.9 |27.5 |25.7 |25.8 National Maritime Museum |12.0 |11.6 |11.6 |10.3 |10.2 |9.7 National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside |13.6 |13.1 |13.4 |13.5 |15.3 |12.1 National Museum for Science and Industry |20.4 |20.5 |21.9 |20.7 |20.4 |19.5 National Portrait Gallery |4.7 |6.4 |5.5 |4.6 |3.6 |4.6 Sir John Sloane's Museum |0.6 |0.6 |0.6 |0.7 |0.7 |0.6 Tate Gallery |15.2 |15.8 |16.0 |16.2 |16.0 |17.1 Victoria and Albert Museum |28.5 |29.3 |29.3 |30.2 |29.6 |28.4 Wallace Collection |2.1 |2.0 |1.9 |1.9 |1.9 |1.7 Museums and Galleries Commission |11.5 |11.8 |8.8 |8.7 |8.4 |8.1 National Film and Television School |1.9 |1.9 |1.9 |1.8 |1.7 |1.7 National Film Development Fund |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 National Heritage Memorial Fund |3.3 |12.5 |12.0 |11.6 |8.1 |7.9 Registrar of Public Lending Right |3.9 |4.9 |4.8 |4.8 |4.6 |4.4 Royal Armouries |4.0 |3.9 |5.4 |5.6 |3.6 |3.6 Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts |0.9 |0.8 |0.9 |0.9 |1.0 |1.0 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) |7.4 |8.3 |11.9 |14.0 |12.8 |10.3 South Bank Theatre Board |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 Sports Council |49.4 |48.5 |48.6 |49.0 |46.4 |43.9 Notes: i. From 1 April 1994 responsibility for the Scottish and Welsh Arts Councils will be transferred from the Secretary of State for National Heritage to the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales respectively. Whilst the above figures take account of all three Arts Councils for the years prior to 1994-95, from that year they represent the Arts Council of England only. ii. The British Library figures include payments in relation to the building of the new British Library, St. Pancras.
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Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list all television advertising, newspaper advertising, radio advertising and other promotional campaigns with a budgeted cost in excess of £10,000 conducted by (a) his Department and (b) his agencies (i) in the current financial year and (ii) planned for 1994-95, showing for each one the objectives and mechanisms for assessing the effectiveness of the advertising.
Mr. Sproat : My Department has conducted no advertising or other promotional campaigns with a budgeted cost in excess of £10,000 in the current financial year. For 1994-95, the Department is planning a programme of civilian events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D-day landings on 6 June 1994.
I have asked the chief executives of the Historic Royal Palaces and Royal Parks Agencies to write to the hon. Member about the position in their agencies.
Letter from Mr. D. Welch to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 10 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for National Heritage has asked me to reply to your Question of 8 February 1994 about advertising and promotional campaigns, in so far as the question relates to this Agency. Neither in the current financial year nor in our 1994-95 plans do we have any advertising or other promotional campaign that will cost over £10,000.
Letter from Mr. D. Beeton to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 14 February 1994 :
The Secretary of State for National Heritage has requested me to reply to your Written Question as far as it affects my Agency. I am enclosing a schedule setting out the requested information. These promotional campaigns are aimed at protecting and enhancing our business income, which is forecast to total £28 million in 1994-95, having risen from £11 million on the establishment of the Agency in 1989-90.
In answer to your written Parliamentary Question, please find below a list of all television advertising, newspaper advertising and other promotional campaigns for Historic Royal Palaces, with a budgeted cost in excess of £10,000 in the current financial year, and those planned for 1994-95 :
1993-94 Tower of London To contribute towards target visitor numbers of 2.32 million ;
To continue to reposition the Tower to the domestic audience. Campaigns : 1 30 April--cross track poster campaign on the London Underground ; Total budget £100,000 (includes production). 27 July 12 August : London radio campaign on Capital FM : Total budget £40,000.
2 August 11 September ; London television advertising campaign ; Total budget £215,000.
Evaluation : Advertising Track Study set up to evaluate the effectiveness of the television advertising against objectives by means of an omnibus survey. Conducted by BMRB Research.
Analysis of visitor numbers.
Annual Summer Visitor Survey comprising 300 on-site face-to-face interviews with visitors.
1994-95 Tower of London To contribute towards achieving target visitor numbers of 2.5 million
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Campaigns : 12 July 30 August ; London Television advertising campaign. Total budget £190,000.26 31 December ; London Television advertising campaign. Total budget £36,000.
Evaluation : Advertising Tracking Study set up to evaluate the effectiveness of the television advertising against objectives by means of an omnibus survey conducted by BMRB Research.
Analysis of visitor numbers.
Annual Summer Visitor Survey comprising 300 on-site face-to-face interviews with visitors.
1994-95 Hampton Court Palace Advertising objectives : To contribute towards achieving target visitor numbers of 586,000. Planned campaigns : 10 28 August ; London Television advertising campaign : £92,000. Please note : neither budget nor timing confirmed.
Evaluation : Advertising Tracking Study set up to evaluate the effectiveness of the television advertising against objectives by means of an omnibus survey conducted by BMRB Research.
Analysis of visitor numbers.
Annual Summer Visitor Survey comprising 300 on-site face-to-face interviews with visitors.
1993-94 Corporate Sales Promotion----Total budget £100,000 The corporate sales promotion activity comprised the Royal Pass, entitling visitors to entry to all the Palaces for £15, plus a souvenir guidebook, the joint Palaces leaflet promoting the Royal Pass and the Sovereign Trail competition.
Evaluation : H H & S, the incumbent sales promotion agency, provide analysis of results based on targets agreed at the outset. 1994-95 Corporate Sales Promotion----Total planned budget £86,000 Pitches yet to be received from competitive tendering exercise. However, plan to further consolidate the Royal Pass, improve the design and usefulness of the joint Palaces leaflet, i.e. multilingual and develop appropriate business partnerships.
Evaluation : Selected consultancy will be asked to provide detailed evaluation of their campaigns against targets set at the outset.
I do hope this answers your questions.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what is the total rent rceived for accommodation provided at Kensington palace andSt. James's palace.
Mr. Sproat [holding answer 10 February 1994] : The total annual rent receivable at the present time from this accommodation is £26, 348.
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will place in the Library a list of all the tenants of the grace and favour accommodation in the occupied royal palaces and of the offices these tenants held or hold.
Mr. Sproat [holding answer 10 February 1994] : I refer to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member on19 January at column 652 in response to a similar question.
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Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the (i) Government and(ii)
Government-funded voluntary sector resources currently available for victims of sexual harassment.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Government funding helps the victims of sexual harassment in a wide variety of ways.
I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment that the Equal Opportunities Commission incurs legal expenses for the purpose of giving advice and assisting those who have been discriminated against on grounds of sex to seek redress in industrial tribunals. Some of the assistance goes towards sexual harassment cases. Examples of Government funding, where violence occurs, include the criminal injuries compensation scheme, victim support schemes and police and health service facilities. It is not, however, possible to identify separately the extent of Government funding, whether direct or through the voluntary sector, in support of victims of sexual harassment.
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Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans he has to continue funding projects currently in receipt of section 11 funding ; and if he will make a statement ;
(2) what representations he has received with regard to the future of section 11 funding ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : We have received many representations about section 11 funding from local authorities and associations, teaching unions, ethnic minority communities and other interested parties, mainly supporting its continuation. Commitments to projects currently in receipt of section 11 funding will be honoured. In the future the particular needs of ethnic minorities will be met either through section 11 funds, or through wider regeneration programmes under the single regeneration budget.
Mrs. Golding : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sexual offences were committed by people under the age of 16 years in each year since 1987.
Mr. Maclean : The readily available information for 1987 to 1992 on the number of offenders aged under 16 years found guilty or cautioned for sexual offences is given in the table.
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Number of persons aged 10 to under 16 cautioned and found guilty at all courts of indictable sexual offences by type of offence 1987 to 1992 England and Wales Offence |1987 |1988 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16 Buggery |33 |30 |30 |52 |26 |30 17 Indecent assault on a male |99 |98 |100 |123 |112 |102 18 Indecency between males |16 |14 |15 |27 |10 |9 19 Rape |17 |24 |20 |24 |11 |10 20 Indecent assault on a female |671 |847 |820 |728 |666 |674 21 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 |41 |28 |55 |34 |29 |26 22 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 |198 |211 |201 |145 |114 |91 23 Incest |16 |4 |13 |11 |11 |9 24 Procuration |1 |- |1 |1 |- |2 25 Abduction |4 |2 |3 |- |- |4 26 Bigamy |1 |- |- |1 |- |- 27 Soliciting by a man |6 |1 |1 |- |1 |4 74 Gross indecency with children |37 |39 |35 |55 |35 |27 Total sexual offences |1,140 |1,298 |1,294 |1,201 |1,015 |988
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish the cost of food per prisoner week by prison in England ;
(2) what is (a) the cost of food per prisoner week at the Wolds private prison and (b) the cost standard required in repsect of Doncaster prison when that becomes privately managed.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange to a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Martin Redmond dated 16 February 1994 :
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Cost of food for prisonersThe Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your two recent Qeustions about the cost of food for prisoners at both publicly and privately managed prisons in England.
The information requested in respect of prisons whose management has not been contracted out is given in the attached table. Contracts applying to those prisons managed by the private sector, including Wolds and Doncaster, do not directly specify the cost of food for prisoners. Contracts specify outputs and the requirements and standards which contractors much meet, rather than inputs which are left to contractors to determine.
The requirements and standards laid down are set out in the operational specification and performance criteria contained in the invitation to tender (ITT) documents issued to each bidder and subsequently in the contracts themselves. A copy of the operational specification from the ITT for each prison whose management has been contracted out has been placed in the Library of the House.
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The requirements include the provision of three meals a day, one of which must be hot ; a choice of dish for the main meal of the day ; a hot meal for all reception prisoners ; and suitable refreshment for prisoners at court or on escort outside the prison. In addition, meals must meet the daily amounts of food, energy and nutrients, recommended by the Department of Health ; modified diets must be provided as necessary for medical, religious or other reasons ; and food must be prepared and served to high standards of food handling and hygiene to ensure proper temperature, appearance and palatability.Performance to the standards required is monitored by the on-site Prison Service Controller. Remedies for failure to deliver the required standards include withholding payment of part of all of the contractor's management fee. This is a powerful incentive for contractors to maintain standards and is one which is not available in the publicly managed part of the service.
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Establishment |Inmate cost |Establishment |Inmate cost |per week |per week |£ |£ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acklington |9.03 |Albany |9.24 Aldington |9.73 |Ashwell |9.24 Askham Grange |9.52 |Aylesbury |9.24 Bedford |10.01 |Belmarsh |9.03 Birmingham |9.66 |Blantyre House |9.94 Blundeston |10.57 |Brinsford |9.17 Bristol |9.66 |Brixton |9.17 Brockhill |9.31 |Bullingdon |9.17 Bullwood Hall |9.59 |Camp Hill |9.31 Canterbury |9.31 |Cardiff |9.73 Castington |9.24 |Channings Wood |9.17 Chelmsford |N/a |Coldingley |9.24 Cookham Wood |N/a |Dartmoor |9.45 Deerbolt |N/a |Dorchester |9.31 Dover |9.52 |Downview |N/a Drake Hall |9.52 |Durham |9.31 East Sutton Park |N/a |Elmley |9.10 Erlestoke |9.73 |Everthorpe |9.73 Exeter |9.38 |Featherstone |9.17 Feltham |9.03 |Finnamore Wood |10.50 Ford |9.31 |Frankland |9.45 Full Sutton |10.57 |Garth |9.52 Gartree |10.29 |Glen Parva |9.10 Gloucester |9.66 |Grendon |9.45 Guys Marsh |9.59 |Haslar |9.24 Hatfield |9.31 |Haverigg |9.59 Hewell Grange |9.38 |Highdown |9.24 Highpoint |9.03 |Hindley |9.10 Hollesley |9.52 |Holloway |9.80 Holme House |9.17 |Hull |9.31 Huntercombe |9.45 |Kingston |10.78 Kirkham |9.10 |Kirklevington |9.24 Lancaster |9.59 |Lancaster Farms|N/a Latchmere |12.11 |Leeds |9.24 Leicester |9.66 |Lewes |10.08 Leyhill |9.59 |Lincoln |9.03 Lindholme |9.24 |Littlehey |10.01 Liverpool |9.10 |Long Lartin |10.99 Low Newton |9.17 |Maidstone |10.36 Manchester |9.24 |Moorland |9.17 Morton Hall |9.31 |Mount |10.29 New Hall |9.59 |Northallerton |9.24 North Sea Camp |10.50 |Norwich |10.08 Nottingham |10.15 |Onley |9.31 Parkhurst |9.59 |Pentonville |9.10 Portland |9.10 |Preston |9.38 Pucklechurch |9.38 |Ranby |9.31 Reading |9.24 |Risley |9.45 Rochester |9.87 |Rudgate |9.24 Send |9.31 |Shepton Mallet |9.24 Shrewsbury |9.73 |Springhill |9.66 Stafford |9.10 |Standford Hill |9.24 Stocken |9.38 |Stoke Heath |9.10 Styal |10.36 |Sudbury/Foston |10.01 Swaleside |9.24 |Swansea |9.45 Swinfen Hall |9.24 |Thorn Cross |9.31 Thorp Arch |9.38 |Usk |9.24 The Verne |9.31 |Wakefield |9.52 Wandsworth |9.31 |Wayland |9.59 Wellingborough |10.29 |Werrington |9.24 Wetherby |9.24 |Whatton |9.17 Whitemoor |9.52 |Winchester |9.31 Woodhill |10.01 |Wormwood Scrubs|9.38 Wymott |9.10
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Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his policing priorities for the Metropolitan police authority for 1994.
Mr. Charles Wardle : My right hon. and learned Friend's policing priorities for 1994 are reflected in the Metropolitan police corporate strategy priorities document which he announced on 7 February at col 22.
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Mr. Vaz : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visits abroad each Minister of State made during 1993 ; and what was (a) the cost to public funds and (b) the purpose of each visit.
Mr. Howard : The cost and purpose of each visit made by the Ministers of State for the Home Department during 1993 were as follows :
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Date |Minister |Cost |Purpose |£ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27-28 May |Peter Lloyd |1,703 |Italian ministerial conference |on European drug trafficking |routes, Rome. 1-2 June |Charles Wardle |875 |TREVI/immigration |ministerial meeting, |Copenhagen 28-29 September |David Maclean |441 |European ministers of justice |meeting, Brussels. 21-22 October |David Maclean |792 |Third European |ministerial conference on |equality between men and |women, Rome. 17-19 November |Charles Wardle |903 |5th conference of European |ministers responsible for |migration affairs, Athens. 28-29 November |Charles Wardle |527 |Interior/Justice Council |meeting, Brussels.
Mr. Llwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make it his policy that all members of a police authority shall be elected representatives.
Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans he has to contract out any of the functions currently discharged by the traffic police.
(2) what plans he has to contract out the convoy escort service for very heavy vehicles.
Mr. Charles Wardle : The possibility of using private escorts is being examined with the Association of Chief Police Officers as one way of reducing the police's involvement in the escorting of abnormal loads of up to 150 tonnes. There are no current plans to change the escort arrangements for very heavy loads of over 150 tonnes. However, as part of the review of police core and ancillary tasks there is to be a review of traffic policing whose terms of reference are : To review the role of the police in enforcing the traffic laws and, taking account of the impact of new technology on the most cost effective use of resources, to consider what changes are desirable consistent with the maintenance of high standards of road safety and traffic management.
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all television advertising, newspaper advertising, radio advertising and
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