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Mr. Heseltine [holding answers 30 March 1994] : There is no world-wide agreement on the definition of cleaner technology. Reliable statistics of this type are not therefore available.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Research Reports
Mr. Matthew Taylor : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the answer of 2 March, Official Report, columns 767- 68, if he will place in the Library copies of each research report referred to.
Mr. Waldegrave : Copies of the report on attitudes to the 1993 charter mark scheme will be placed in the Library of the House shortly. We are evaluating the pilot charterline service which ends on 31 March. Market research and tracking research will be made available when the evaluation is complete and decisions are announced. I have no plans to publish HMSO's market research report, which is commercially confidential.
Research and Development
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what decisions have been taken by the European Commission recently on the new initiatives under the fourth research and development framework programme ; and how these affect the United Kingdom.
Mr. Waldegrave : On 21 March the conciliation committee consisting of members of the Research Council of Ministers and of the European Parliament reached political agreement on a joint text for the fourth framework programme on European Community research and
development--FP4. This now awaits formal adoption by both institutions. The European Commission will shortly bring forward the specific programmes of FP4 which implement the framework programme decision and these will be negotiated during the remainder of 1994.
Public Appointments
Mr. Kilfoyle : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish an annual directory of all those appointed to public bodies as listed in the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies 1993", to include the names, addresses, remuneration, period of office and political and pecuniary interests of all those so appointed.
Mr. Waldegrave : No. Information on the 42,606 public appointments listed in "Public Bodies" is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Citizens Charter
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many copies of his "Citizen's Charter Second Report : 1994" have been published ; at what cost ;
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to whom it has been distributed ; what criteria were used in the choice of persons or organisations to which the report was distributed ; and what is the equivalent information in respect of the first report.Mr. Waldegrave : Some 8,000 copies of the "Citizen's Charter Second Report : 1994" were printed and published by HMSO. The costs of printing and publishing were borne by HMSO which aims to recover these from sales revenue. Some 14,000 copies of the first report were printed and published by HMSO on the same basis.
Some 300 copies of the second report were sent to Ministers and their permanent secretaries, departmental citizens charter liaison staff, agency chief executives, the citizens charter advisory panel and complaints task force, and a variety of others, including the Parliamentary and Local Government Ombudsmen, the secretaries of the local authority associations and the heads of the regulatory bodies. We have not kept records of those to whom the first report was distributed.
Magistrates
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many magistrates have been appointed in the Duchy for each year since 1989 ; how many expressed a political affiliation ; and if he will break down the figure by party.
Mr. Waldegrave : The answer is :
|Number
---------------------
1989 |276
1990 |303
1991 |330
1992 |293
1993 |281
To provide details of political affiliation of appointees for the past five years would involve disproportionate cost. However, figures for 1993 are as follows :
|Number
---------------------------------------
Labour |76
Conservative |120
Liberal/Democrat |46
Not declared/Independent |39
Departmental Staff
Mr. Janner : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many, and what percentage of officers in each of grades 1 to 7 and overall in his Department are (a) women, (b) from ethnic minorities and (c) disabled, respectively.
Mr. David Davis : In respect of the departments and agencies for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, and other areas which fall to the Cabinet Office vote, the information is set out in the tables below.
Ethnic monitoring in the civil service is carried out on a voluntary basis. The figures in table B below relate to those people who have chosen to register as non-white.
The figures at table C relate to registered disabled people. The departments and agencies employ other staff with disabilities who have chosen not to register.
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Table A
Women
|Grade 1|Grade 2|Grade 3|Grade 4|Grade 5|Grade 6|Grade 7|Overall
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Cabinet Office<1>
Women |0 |2 |2 |0 |16 |8 |37 |642
Total |3 |18 |21 |1 |50 |40 |173 |1,386
Per cent. of women |0 |11 |10 |0 |32 |20 |21 |46
CS College
Women |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |6 |19 |157
Total |0 |0 |1 |0 |3 |20 |70 |275
Per cent. of women |0 |0 |0 |0 |33 |30 |27 |57
OHS
Women |0 |0 |1 |0 |2 |4 |3 |105
Total |0 |0 |1 |1 |8 |8 |4 |127
Per cent. of women |0 |0 |100 |0 |25 |50 |75 |83
RAS
Women |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |1 |5 |100
Total |0 |0 |2 |0 |1 |3 |17 |150
Per cent. of women |0 |0 |50 |0 |0 |33 |29 |67
Chessington
Women |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |240
Total |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |6 |449
Per cent. of women |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |17 |53
COI
Women |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |8 |222
Total |0 |0 |1 |0 |2 |10 |33 |507
Per cent. of women |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |24 |44
HMSO
Women |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |835
Total |0 |1 |0 |2 |8 |15 |54 |1,965
Per cent. of women |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |7 |42
Total
Women |0 |2 |4 |0 |19 |19 |77 |2,301
Total |3 |19 |25 |4 |73 |96 |357 |4,859
Per cent. of women |0 |10 |16 |0 |26 |20 |22 |47
<1> Including OPSS.
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Table B
Ethnic minorities
|Grade 1|Grade 2|Grade 3|Grade 4|Grade 5|Grade 6|Grade 7|Overall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cabinet Office<1>
Ethnic minorities |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |1 |96
Total |3 |18 |21 |1 |50 |40 |173 |1,386
Percentage of ethnic minorities |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |3.0 |0.5 |7.0
CS College
Ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |2 |9
Total |nil |nil |1 |nil |3 |20 |70 |275
Percentage of ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |3 |3
OHS
Ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |5
Total |nil |nil |1 |1 |8 |8 |4 |127
Percentage of ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4
RAS
Ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |1 |5
Total |nil |nil |2 |nil |1 |3 |17 |150
Percentage of ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |6 |3
Chessington
Ethnic minorities |nil |nil |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |16
Total |nil |nil |nil |nil |1 |nil |6 |449
Percentage of ethnic minorities |nil |nil |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |4
COI
Ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |0 |22
Total |nil |nil |1 |nil |2 |10 |33 |507
Percentage of ethnic minorities |nil |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |0 |4
HMSO
Ethnic minorities |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |0 |0 |32
Total |nil |1 |nil |2 |8 |15 |54 |1,965
Percentage of ethnic minorities |nil |0 |nil |0 |0 |0 |0 |2
Total
Ethnic minorities |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |4 |185
Total |3 |19 |25 |4 |73 |96 |357 |4,859
Percentage of ethnic minorities |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |1 |4
<1>Including OPSS.
Table C
Registered disabled people March 1994
|Registered |Total |Per cent. of
|disabled |registered
|people |disabled
|people
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Overall
Cabinet Office<1> |16 |1,386 |1
CS College |0 |275 |0
OHS |1 |127 |1
RAS |4 |150 |3
Chessington |3 |449 |1
COI |5 |507 |1
HMSO |52 |1,965 |3
|------- |------- |-------
Total |81 |4,859 |2
<1> Including OPSS.
One grade 7 in HMSO is registered disabled.
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Proton Cars
Mr. Redmond : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many Proton cars were purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years for which information is available ; and at what cost.
Disabled People
Mr. Steinberg : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps are currently taken by his Department to encourage and recruit disabled people into the civil service ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : The civil service is an equal opportunities employer, with recruitment to the service through selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. My Department, the Office of Public Service and Science, takes the lead in developing, monitoring and
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reviewing implementation of this policy throughout the service, but each department and agency is responsible for implementing policy within its own organisation.A civil service code of practice on employment of people with disabilities has been in use since 1985. This lays down advice and examples of best practice on all aspects of the employment of disabled people from recruitment to retention and career development. In line with steps already taken in respect of women and people of ethnic minority origin, this code of practice is shortly to be upgraded to a programme for action. In addition to general guidance, this will contain action checklists which will enable departments and agencies to address specific areas of disability policy and to draw up their own action plans.
While there is no room for complacency, the civil service position on the employment of registered disabled people--1.5 per cent.--compares well with that of other employers in both the public sector more generally and the private sector--both 0.8 per cent. In common with other employers, the civil service also employs many more disabled people who choose not to register.
I am confident that the upgrading of the code of practice to a programme for action will represent a significant step forward.
Consultants
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many contracts his Department has had with consultants ; and what has been the total cost in each of the past five years.
Mr. David Davis : The cost of contracts let by the Cabinet Office, its agencies, COI and HMSO is not held centrally in the form requested. The full information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The costs of consultancy contracts let by the Cabinet Office and its agencies in 1992-93 and 1993-94 to date are as follows :
|£
------------------------------
1992-93 |4,054,273
1993-94 |7,472,097
The cost of consultancy contracts awarded by COI and HMSO in 1992-93 and 1993-94 to date are as follows :
|£
-------------------------------
COI
1992-93 |136,460
<1>1993-94 |55,189
HMSO<1>
1992 |410,075
1993 |1,061,025
<1> To date.
Public Bodies
Mr. Meale : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all non-departmental public bodies set up since the most recent publication of "Public Bodies".
Mr. Waldegrave : "Public Bodies 1993", published in December 1993, lists non-departmental public bodies in existence at 1 April 1993.
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The following non-departmental public bodies have been established since then :Executive bodies
Birmingham Castle Vale Housing Action Trust
Commissioner for Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action English Partnerships (Urban Regeneration Agency)
Investors in People (UK) Ltd.
Millennium Commission
School Curriculum and Assessment Authority
Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust
Advisory bodies
Advisory Committee on Coal Research
Complaints Task Force
Council for Science and Technology
Energy Advisory Panel
Joint Environmental Markets Unit Advisory Committee
Local Government Staff Commission
Local Government Reorganisation Staff Advisory Committee (Wales) National Board on Crime Prevention
Technology Foresight Steering Group
Welsh Economic Council
Tribunals
Child Support Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland)
Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunals
Since 1 April 1993, 38 executive bodies and 10 advisory bodies have been abolished or declassified.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Official Entertainment
Mr. Boyes : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the total cost of official entertainment in his Department in each year since 1990-91 ; if he will list the receptions held in each year at his Department's expense ; and what was the cost of each reception.
Mr. Goodlad : The following has been spent on official entertainment by the FCO--incorporating both the diplomatic wing and the ODA :
Year |Amount £ ------------------------------- 1990-91 |5,178,849 1991-92 |5,700,606 1992-93 |6,946,298 <1>1993-94 |6,641,945 <1>To date.
This is included in the running cost expenditure for my Department which is published every year in the annual report. The vast majority of this is spent overseas, at numerous official functions of various types. There is no central record of these.
East Timor
Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring of human rights the British Government carry out in East Timor ; how many political prisoners are currently held in East Timor ; and how many people have been killed in East Timor since the start of the Indonesian occupation.
Mr. Goodlad : Her Majesty's embassy staff in Jakarta visit East Timor. So, too, do numerous non-governmental organisations, human rights groups and other western
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diplomats with whom we keep in close touch. There is no agreed definition of a "political prisoner". Nor is there any reliable source of information about the number of people killed in East Timor.Luxembourg Compromise
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the application of the Luxembourg compromise to the introduction of a maximum working week.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : We have no plans to introduce legislation to implement a maximum working week. The Government secured significant improvements to the working time directive which met Britain's main concerns. It is challenging the legal base on which the directive was adopted. The Government reserve the right to invoke the Luxembourg compromise where it considers that very important national issues are at stake.
Mr. Colvin : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the scope of the Luxembourg compromise following ratification of the Maastricht treaty.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : The Luxembourg compromise was not affected by the Maastricht treaty.
Correspondence
Mr. Kaufman : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he intends to reply to the letters dated 13 December 1993, 24 January 1994 and 24 February 1994 sent to him by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Lin Qi Qun, wife of Mr. Chiu Hung Ing of 1 Princess parade, Manchester.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has not received the hon. Member's letters of the dates quoted. If he will re-send them, he will reply as soon as possible.
Peacekeeping
Sir John Stanley : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the international peacekeeping operations carried out under United Nations or other international auspices in which British forces have taken part since May 1979.
Mr. Douglas Hogg : United Kingdom forces have taken part in the following peacekeeping operations :
UN Advance Mission in Cambodia.
UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UN Transitional Assistance Group--Namibia
UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
UN Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission
UN Force in Cyprus
UN Protection Force--former Yugoslavia
Multinational Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon
Military Observer Force in Sinai
Operation Safe Haven--Iraq
European Union Council
Mr. Elletson : To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a statement on the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union.
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Mr. Heathcoat-Amory : The information is as follows :
Monthly Forecast of Business for April 1994--
The following meetings are planned :
12 April--Fisheries Council
18 April--Transport Council
18 and 19 April--Foreign Affairs Council
19 April--Social Affairs Council
21 April--Civil Protection Council
21 April--Interior Council
22 April--Industry Council
25 and 26 April--Agriculturale Council
The following subjects are likely to be discussed :
A. 12 April--Fisheries Council
Spain and Portugal
Direct landings from third countries
Blue fin tuna certification
Mediterranean technical measures
Community expenditure on pilot projects
15th amendment to technical conservation measures
regulations--possible
Tariff quotas--possible
Any Other Business :
Compensation for fishermen affected by bad weather--possible B. 18 April-- Transport Council
Aviation "crisis"
Transport infrastructure--TENS
Road transport external relations mandate
Switzerland
Railways--licensing and access--(possible)
Dangerous goods--ADR--(possible)
Air accident investigation (possible)
Negiotations with third countries on inland waterways
Any Other Business :
--Presidency presentation on Crete transport conference
--Commission information on contacts with the United States on transport
--Report on Community road safety
C. 18 and 19 April--Foreign Affairs Council
White Paper: follow-up
Cohesion Funds
CFSP Financing
Relations with Cyprus : position for Association Council Ukraine
EEA : Fish quotas
South Africa
Ex-Yugoslavia
Dual use Goods (possible)
Stability Pact : preparation of inaugrural conference
Classified Documents (possible) EC/Russia (possible)
Right to vote and stand in municipal elections (possible) OECD : Shipyards (possible)
In the margins :
18 April--Association Council and dinner with Cyprus
D. 19 April--Social Affairs Council
--agenda unavailable
E. 21 April--Civil Protection Council
--agenda unavailable
F. 21 April--Possible Interior Council
--agenda unavailable
G. 22 April--Industry Council
EC Commission White Paper on growth, competitiveness and employment
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Council resolution on automotives
Council resolution on competitiveness in the EC textile and clothing sector
Steel--including state aid and the ECSC treaty
Commission communiction on the maritime industries
H. 25 and 26 April--Agriculture Council
Plant Variety Rights (possible)
Animal Welfare--Transport (possible)
Price Fixing
Milk Quotas
Potatoes (possible)
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