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Mr. Stewart : The information requested is not centrally available.
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest figures and those for the previous four years of the number of operating theatre sessions postponed or cancelled because the appropriate back-up resources were absent or insufficient for (a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole.
Mr. Stewart : The information requested is not centrally available.
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Carers
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest figures for the number of carers in (a) the parliamentary constituency of Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole.
Mr. Stewart : The 1990 general household survey estimated that there were 150,000 carers in Scotland who were looking after someone with whom they lived, and a further 600,000 carers providing help to people who lived elsewhere. No information on individual local authorities is held centrally.
Scottish Enterprise
Dr. Godman : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the current membership of Scottish Enterprise along with the cost associated with servicing it and remuneration or expenses paid to its members in respect of their duties.
Mr. Stewart : The current membership of Scottish Enterprise and the remuneration, and so on, paid to its members in respect of their duties are set out in Scottish Enterprise's annual report and accounts which were laid before Parliament on 13 July 1994. The associated administrative cost of servicing the membership of Scottish Enterprise is an operational matter for that body and I have asked its chairman to write to the hon. Member.
School Meals
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for each year since 1987, what was the percentage of school pupils entitled to free school meals.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested taken from annual school meals census returns is as follows :
Percentage of pupils entitled
to free school meals
|Per cent.
------------------------------
1988 |n/a
1989 |n/a
1990 |16.8
1991 |16.9
1992<1> |17.2
1993 |18.2
<1> Excludes data for 28
nursery schools in Ayr
Division of Strathclyde,
and 21 special schools in
Dumfries and Galloway.
n/a = Not available.
Figures for 1994 are not yet available.
Scottish Homes
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how much Scottish Homes spent hosting its landlord awareness seminar at its headquarters in June ;
(2) how much Scottish Homes is paying Management Consultancy Services for examining its management structure ;
(3) how much Scottish Homes has spent on its membership of the Quality Scotland Foundation ;
(4) how much Scottish Homes expects to spend pursuing its application for the charter mark under the charter mark scheme ; (5) if he will make a statement on the costs incurred by Scottish Homes in holding its informal lunch for new employees in June ;
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(6) how much Scottish Homes has spent on corporate hospitality during the last 12 months.Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The information requested is a matter for Scottish Homes. I have asked its chairman, Sir James Mellon, to write to the hon. Member.
Charter Marks
Mr. Donohoe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which public bodies under the operational control of the Scottish Office are now in receipt of the charter mark.
Mr. Lang : The following six public bodies which are sponsored by my Department are in receipt of charter mark awards :
Her Majesty's Prison, Dungavel, Lanarkshire
Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust
Dumfries and Galloway Police
Dumfries and Galloway Fire Brigade
Tayside Police
University of Strathclyde, Careers Advisory Service
Her Majesty's Prison, Dungavel received its award in 1992. The other bodies received their awards in 1993.
Agricultural Payments
Mr. Home Robertson : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the total areas claimed by arable farmers in the Scottish non-less favoured area for crops and set-aside under the arable area payments scheme in 1994 ; how those figures relate to the baseline areas declared to the European Commission ; what estimate he has made of the overshoot ; and if he will make a statement on the scale of penalty that is likely to arise from such an overshoot.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 14 July 1994] : The total areas claimed by arable farmers in the Scottish non-less favoured area under the arable area payments scheme in 1994, and so far recorded, are as follows :
|Hectares
--------------------------------------------------
Cereals |270,491
Linseed |259
Oilseeds |63,155
Protein Crops |2,042
Set-aside |69,671
less uncompensated set-aside<1> |2,190
Simplified scheme |19,395
|-------
Total |422,823
<1>The uncompensated element of the set-aside
claim is not counted
against the base area.
These figures are provisional and my Department's analysis of the claims is not yet complete. In particular, they do not include details of arable claims in respect of Scottish non-LFA land submitted to the other United Kingdom Agriculture Departments. In addition to the AAPS areas claimed, the EC rules also require that five-year set-aside land and land forming part of a forage area claim but growing cereals, linseed, oilseeds or protein crops--CLOPs--must also be counted against the base area. My Department's provisional estimate of these areas against the base area already submittted to the European Commission is as follows :
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|Hectares
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total of arable claims (as above) |422,823
Estimate of Scottish non-LFA land submitted to the
other United Kingdom Agriculture Departments |2,721
Five-year set-aside (provisional) |8,810
CLOPs in forage |12,471
|-------
Total |446,825
Base Area |430,467
Overshoot (provisional) |16,358
|(3.8 per cent.)
Because of the measures which the Government obtained in Brussels to reduce the impact of the 1993 overshoot, only 20 per cent. of the penalties due in respect of the 1994 harvest in the Scottish non-LFA will be applied. A 3.8 per cent. overshoot would result in a 0.76 per cent. additional uncompensated set-aside requirement in 1995 and a corresponding reduction in AAPS payment rates this year. Regardless of the overshoot, between the autumn and next spring my Department will be paying over £120 million to Scottish farmers under the arable regime. This is a significant increase on last year's payments.
Psychiatric Beds
Mrs. Fyfe : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his target for the number of psychiatric beds by 1999 ; and what is the current number of such beds.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 18 July 1994] : There are no such targets setting the number of psychiatric beds although there is a long- term aim to reduce long-stay beds by around 8,000. It is for individual health boards to determine future in-patient bed numbers, based on assessment of patients who are likely to require continuing specialist medical and nursing supervision.
The current average number of staffed psychiatric beds available is shown in the table.
0
Psychiatric |Number
speciality
|of beds
------------------------------------------------
Adolescent psychiatry |63
Child psychiatry |56
Mental illness |5,120
Psychogeriatrics |5,960
Psychiatric specialties |11,199
This excludes long-stay provision for people with learning disabilities and for the frail elderly.
Nurse Training and Education
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to provide for the retraining and redeployment of nurse teachers who are displaced as a result of the proposed reduction in the number of nursing students.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 19 July 1994] : It is for health boards as employers of Colleges of Nursing and Midwifery teaching and other staff, to determine what action should be taken in relation to surplus staff, in the light of local circumstances.
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Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total cost of the changes in nurse education since 1989 which result from the introduction of Project 2000.
Mr. Stewart [holding answer 19 July 1994] : The total cost to nurse education of the introduction in 1992 of Project 2000 is not separately identifiable. However, additional specific funding of approximately £57 million was made to health boards between 1990-91 and 1993-94. From 1994-95 onwards this additional funding is not identified separately in the health boards' allocations.
Airports
Mr. Maclennan : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the transfer of ownership of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. to him from the Civil Aviation Authority to take place, and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 13 July 1994] : The transfer can be effected without the need for legislation. A number
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of important issues require to be resolved before the transfer takes place, including arrangements for future funding and for employee pensions. Subject to resolving the outstanding issues the transfer will take place by or before 1 April 1995.EDUCATION
Student Loans
Dr. Lynne Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will list the value of the student loans for each year since their introduction ;
(2) if he will list the value of the student grant for each year since 1979 and for the 1994-95 academic year.
Mr. Boswell : Student loans were introduced in the academic year 1990-91. The table shows the value of the loans for that and subsequent academic years, and of student grants since 1979.
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Value of the standard maintenance grant and loan
Academic YeaStandard Student loaTotal
maintenance
grant (cash (cash terms(grant+loan)
terms) £<1><3>
------------------------------------------------------------------
1979-80 |1,245 |(1,287)<4>|- |-
1980-81 |1,430 |(1,478)<4>|- |-
1981-82 |1,535 |(1,587)<4>|- |-
1982-83 |1,595 |(1,649)<4>|- |-
1983-84 |1,660 |(1,716)<4>|- |-
1984-85 |1,775 |- |- |-
1985-86 |1,830 |- |- |-
1986-87 |1,901 |- |- |-
1987-88 |1,972 |- |- |-
1988-89 |2,050 |- |- |-
1989-90 |2,155 |- |- |-
1990-91 |2,265 |- |420 |2,685
1991-92 |2,265 |- |580 |2,845
1992-93 |2,265 |- |715 |2,980
1993-94 |2,265 |- |800 |3,065
1994-95 |2,040 |- |1,150 |3,190
<1> Applies to students in England and Wales living away from
home and studying outside London. It excludes any supplementary
allowances.
<2> Applies to students in England, Wales and Scotland living
away from home and studying outside London. Final year students
get a lower level of
loan because it does not cover the summer vacation period. The
1994-95 final year loan will be £840.
<3> Different rates of grant and loan apply to students studying
in London and those living in the parental home.
<4> Includes adjustments to figures for 1983-84 and earlier for
travel costs: up to, and including 1983-84, students claimed and
were individually
reimbursed full travelling expenses; from 1984-85 a flat-rate
amount for travelling costs was incorporated within the main rate
of grant.
Special Advisers
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will publish the names of the employers joined by special advisers who left his Department in each of the last five years ;
(2) how many special advisers who left his Department in each of the last five years became (a) management consultants and (b) joined a firm of consultants.
Mr. Forth : There is no requirement for special advisers to provide details of their employers after leaving Government service.
Mr. Milburn : To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many special advisers have (a) joined and (b) left his Department in each of the last five years.
Mr. Forth : The information is as follows :
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Year |Joined|Left ---------------------------- 1989 |1 |1 1990 |1 |1 1991 |1 |0 1992 |1 |2 1993 |0 |0
Pupil Numbers
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his forecast for pupil numbers in (a) nursery and primary and (b) secondary schools for the academic years 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98.
Mr. Robin Squire : The projected numbers of pupils in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England are as follows :
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Thousands
|Nursery |Secondary
|schools
------------------------------------------------
At January of each academic year
1994-95 |4,192 |2,989
1995-96 |4,268 |3,023
1996-97 |4,316 |3,061
1997-98 |4,347 |3,094
School Meals
Mr. Byers : To ask the Secretary of State for Education for each year since 1987, what was the percentage of school pupils entitled to free school meals.
Mr. Forth : Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals was collected from maintained schools in England for the first time in January 1993. At this time, 20 per cent. of pupils were reported as known to be eligible for free school meals.
Special Schools
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education which local education authorities have submitted plans for the discontinuance of a special school under section 14 of the Education Act 1981 and section 183 of the Education Act 1993 and have not received final replies ; which of these have been waiting (a) three months, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six and 12 months and (d) more than 12 months ; and if he will name the schools affected in each case.
Mr. Forth : The information requested is provided in the table. There are proposals from four LEAs which have been outstanding for more than 12 months. In all these cases further information has had to be sought from the LEAs concerned. My right hon. Friend has decided, in the light of the new consolidated statutory regime under section 183 of the Education Act 1993, to set a general target of seven months for the determination of special school proposals, and has asked officials to consult LEAs about ways of improving the information contained in LEA proposals to help expedite decisions.
LEA proposals for the closures of special schools which have not had
determinant or "minded to" decisions, as at 19 July 1994
Waiting time in
months
LEA and school |<3 |3-6 |6-12 |>12
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derbyshire
Ashe Hall |*
Kent
Beech House |*
Northamptonshire
Eastfield |*
Fairlawn |*
Brookfield |*
Nottinghamshire
Appletongate |*
Linden |*
St Ann's Hospital |*
Kinder Hospital |*
University Hospital |*
City Hospital |*
Hopwell |*
Bassetlaw |*
Ewing |*
Oxford
Tesdale |*
Bennet House |*
East Sussex
Robert Mitchell |*
Walsall
Beacon |*
Lambeth
Aspen House |*
Hyde Farm |*
Lansdowne |*
Barking and Dagenham
Bentry |*
Castle |*
Faircross |*
Hampshire
Furzebrook |*
Knowsley
Cartbridge |*
Lancashire
Longridge |*
Liverpool
Harold Magnay |*
Sandfield Park |*
Finchlea |*
Longmoor |*
Millstead |*
Palmerston |*
Princes |*
Okfield |*
North Yorkshire
Field Hospital |*
Gateshead
Joicy Road |*
Bradford
Ashfield |*
School Closures and Mergers
Mrs. Ann Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for Education which local education authorities have submitted plans for closure, re- organisation or merger of schools under sections 12 and 13 of the Education Act 1980 and have not received final replies ; which of these have been waiting (a) three months, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six and 12 months and (d) more than 12 months ; and if he will name the schools affected in each case.
Mr. Robin Squire : I am placing in the Library a table listing schools named in proposals under either section 12 or 13 of the Education Act 1980 which have been under consideration in the Department for (a) three months or less, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six and 12 months and (d) more than 12 months. Some statutory proposals affect more than one school. Proposals received by my right hon. Friend within the last four months may in certain cases fall to the local authority for determination.
ENVIRONMENT
Bicycling
Mr. Robathan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions he has had with his colleagues at the Departments of Health, Education and Transport about encouraging children to bicycle to school, in order to reduce pollution and congestion, while encouraging health.
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Mr. Atkins : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Minister for Roads and Traffic on Monday 18 July, Official Report, column 71.
Housing
Mr. Pike : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on current trends in the number of permanent dwellings (a) started, (b) under construction and (c) completed.
Sir George Young [pursuant to his reply, 24 June 1994, c. 307] : My right hon. Friend announced on 7 July, Official Report, column 307, the publication of the latest state of the construction industry report, produced jointly with the construction industry ; copies are available in the Library. It points to a period of sustained modest growth, with private housing showing an improvement on last year. With steady growth in the economy and low interest rates, a vigorous and competitive construction industry is well set to take advantage of a period of steady sustained growth.
Urban Regeneration
Mr. Frank Field : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will update the information on urban regenerations pending given in his answer of 18 March 1993, Official Report, columns 365-67, so as to correspond with the single regeneration budget information sought in the later question.
Mr. Baldry [pursuant to his reply, 25 April 1994, columns 36-38] : I regret that the table of figures included in my reply contained some errors. I therefore have revised the table which I have also placed in the Library to the House.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
Rest of SRB<3> Year |a |b ------------------------ 1981-82 |50 |98 1982-83 |60 |111 1983-84 |67 |118 1984-85 |63 |106 1985-86 |69 |110 1986-87 |73 |113 1987-88 |76 |111 1988-89 |70 |95 1989-90 |94 |120 1990-91 |108 |128 1991-92 |226 |251 1992-93 |215 |230 1993-94 |258 |269 1994-95 |201 |201 *1995-96 |778 |- *1996-97 |768 |- Notes: a=Cash Terms. b=Current Prices. *=Current Plans. <1>includes UDG and URG. <2>includes Urban Crime Fund payments in 1992-93. <3>Up to 1994-95. Rest of SRB is made up from: Regional Enterprise Grant, Safer Cities, section 11. Ethnic Minority Grant, Ethnic Minority Business Initiatives, Programme Development Fund (PDF), TEC Challenge, Business Start-up Scheme, Local Initiative Fund, Compacts, Education Business Partnerships, Teacher Placement Service and GEST 19. From 1995-96 Rest of SRB also includes Urban Programme, Task Forces, City Action Teams (CATS), City Challenge, and Estate Action. PDF=figures are for Great Britain, except for 1994-95 when they are for England only. s11 (urban)=figures include payments to non-UPA ILEA authorities prior to 1991-92. City Challenge=also supported by £19 million per year from the Housing Corporation. Urban Regeneration Agency (URA)-from 1994-95 subsumed City Grant and Derelict Land Grant.
County Hall
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria were used to distribute to the London boroughs the proceeds from the sale of County hall ; if he will make a statement about the balance between the receipt from the sale of County hall and the sum distributed to the London boroughs ; and when the London Residuary Body received full payment from the sale of the riverside building.
Mr. Curry : The proceeds received before 30 November 1993 from the disposal of the riverside building of County hall were distributed by the London Residuary
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Body to the London boroughs in proportion to the total populations of each borough in accordance with the London Reorganisation (Capital Money) (Greater London) (Amendment) Order 1993. The terms of the sale--including the sale price--are a matter of commercial confidentiality.Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what interest has been expressed recently in the purchase of the unsold parts of the County hall complex ; and what were the conditions of sale for the riverside building and for the unsold part of the County hall complex.
Mr. Baldry : The sale of the remainder of the County hall site is a matter for the London Residuary Body. The conditions of the sale of the riverside building and any conditions for the sale of the remainder of the site area are a matter of commercial
confidentiality.
Local Government, Worthing
Sir Terence Higgins : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy that any public consultation document issued to ascertain views on the draft recommendation of the Local Government
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Commission affecting Worthing will include a status quo option, as well as the two alternatives put forward which are identical as far as the Worthing constituency is concerned.Mr. Curry : The period of public consultation on the Local Government Commission's draft recommendations for the future local government in east and west Sussex began on 12 July 1994 and will end on 26 September 1994. The recommendations themselves and the method of consultation on them are matters for the commission, not for the Government.
Before submitting its final recommendations to the Secretary of State the commission must take into consideration any representations made to it during the consultation period. The commission's final recommendations may differ from the preliminary recommendations, as a result of its consultations. Once the final report of the commission has been submitted there is a minimum period of six weeks during which representations can be made to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State can accept, modify or reject the commission's recommendations, or can direct the commission to conduct a further review. Any order implementing structural change is subject to affirmative resolution in both Houses.
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ENVIRONMENT
Local Government Review
Mr. Henderson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of whether adequate statutory powers exist for elections at the commencement of shadow periods of all new unitary authorities established consequent upon the local government review for England, including new authorities which have boundaries coterminous with either (a) an existing county authority or (b) an existing district authority ; and if he will specify the source of those powers.
Mr. Curry : The Government are satisfied that the statutory powers contained in sections 17 and 19 of the Local Government Act 1992 are adequate for such elections.
Rural Housing Trust
Mr. Allason : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what measures are taken to ensure that the Rural Housing Trust accounts for public funds received by the trust from the Housing Corporation.
Sir George Young : The Rural Housing Trust--RHT--is not a registered housing association and does not therefore receive allocations of housing association grant--HAG--from the Housing Corporation. The corporation provides HAG to registered rural housing associations which work closely with the RHT. All registered rural housing associations are subject to the corporation's regulatory framework and their development projects are subject to the corporation's sample scheme audits.
The RHT received a revenue grant from the corporation for £7,590 in October 1992 to develop and investigate appropriate tenant involvement in four rural housing associations in the midlands. The corporation considers that the project achieved value for money.
Toxic Waste
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what funding is provided for help in the removal of toxic waste deposits from former industrial sites in the Greater London area.
Mr. Atkins : Under the "polluter pays" principle, the responsibility for funding the removal of toxic wastes rests with the owner or operator of the site. The availability of any public funds to help will depend on the particular circumstances. Removal of such waste as part of a regeneration scheme might be eligible for grant aid by English Partnerships. A local authority involved in a removal operation might be able to apply this Department for a supplementary credit approval.
Diabled People
Mr. McMaster : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what role will be taken by his Department in any consultation on disability ; and what plans he has to publish a consultation paper on countering unfair discrimination in building access.
Mr. Baldry : On 15 July, the Government published a consultation document on measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people. My Department will continue
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to be involved with other Departments in the development of measures arising from that consultation. I aim to publish, by the end of the year, a consultation paper on ways in which the building regulations could be extended to require provisions in new dwellings for the benefit of disabled people.Homelessness
Miss Lestor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many responses his Department had on the homelessness consultation document ; and how many were supportive of the Government proposals.
Sir George Young : We received about 10,000 responses to the consultation paper "Access to Local Authority and Housing Association Tenancies". The paper contained at least 10 distinct proposals, some of which commanded widespread support from the more informed commentators. The responses are available for inspection in my Department's library.
Waste Disposal
Mr. Cash : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what representations he has received from the waste-to-energy industry regarding his Department's circular 8/91 ;
(2) what plans he has to update his Department's circular 8/91 ; (3) if he will recommend improvements to the local authority tendering process for waste disposal contracts in his Department's response to the report of the Royal Commission on environmental pollution on incineration.
Mr. Atkins : We have received representations from the Energy from Waste Association, formerly the recycling waste-to-energy group, about the advice given to waste disposal authorities in circular 8/91--competition for local authority waste disposal contracts and new arrangements for disposal operations--on the duration of waste disposal contracts. In particular, the industry wishes us to emphasise the importance to waste-to- energy schemes of long-term contracts. Similar representationss have been made by the producer responsibility group in its proposals for recovering value from packaging waste.
My Department is currently reviewing the guidance given to local authorities in circular 8/91 about tendering for waste disposal contracts and we intend to issue updated guidance later this year. Among other things, the updated guidance will re-emphasise the importance of taking environmental factors into account in the tendering process, including the benefits of the waste-to-energy option in appropriate circumstances and the contractual arrangements most likely to facilitate its development.
The Government will publish their response to the Royal Commission on environmental pollution's report on incineration shortly. Our response will address the royal commission's recommendation that waste disposal authorities should be encouraged to enter into long-term contracts with operators of incineration plants, extending over 10 years or more. However, this is not an appropriate vehicle for offering detailed guidance on the considerations which should be taken into account by authorities in the tendering process.
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Water and Sewerage Charges
Mr. David Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will replace the present rateable valuation system by a system based on council tax banding as the basis of charging for water and sewerage ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Atkins : I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) on 14 July 1994, Official Report , column 766 .
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