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Derbyshire police authorityDevon county council
Dudley metropolitan borough council
Durham county council
East Lindsey district council
East Midlands county councils
Gateshead metropolitan borough council
Gateshead metropolitan borough council (on behalf of the metropolitan authorities outside London)
Glanford district council
Hereford and Worcester county council
High Peak district council
Humberside county council
Isles of Scilly council
Isle of Wight council
Kent county council
Kirklees metropolitan borough council
Knowsley metropolitan borough council
Lancashire county council
Lincolnshire county council
Lincolnshire police authority
Liverpool city council
London borough of Brent
London borough of Ealing
London borough of Enfield
London borough of Havering
London borough of Hillingdon
London borough of Hounslow
London borough of Kingston upon Thames
London borough of Merton
London borough of Richmond upon Thames
London borough of Sutton
London borough of Westminster
Newark and Sherwood district council
Norfolk county council
North Yorkshire county council
Northamptonshire county council
Northamptonshire police authority
Northumberland county council
Nottinghamshire county council
Oxfordshire county council
Reading district council
Rushmoor district council
Sheffield city council
Shropshire county council
Slough borough council
Staffordshire county council
Stevenage district council
St. Helens metropolitan borough council
Suffolk county council
Surrey county council
Tameside metropolitan borough council
Tandridge district council
Thurrock district council
Tonbridge and Malling district council
Warwickshire county council
West Yorkshire fire and civil defence authority
West Sussex county council
Wokingham district council
Wolverhampton metropolitan borough council
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when his Department plans to remedy inequities in the area cost adjustment.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The Government consider that the existing area cost adjustment is well justified, but remain willing to consider arguments for improvements
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in the way in which the standard spending assessments sallow for the higher costs in some parts of the country.Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his assessment of the amount of transfer of grant to (a) London and (b) the south-east under the area cost adjustment for each year since it was introduced together with the comparative figures for Humberside, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The table shows the total contribution of the area cost adjustment to standard spending assessments for (a) London and (b) the rest of the south-east, for each year since SSAs were first introduced in 1990 91. The area cost adjustment is not applied to shire counties outside the south-east.
Contribution of area cost adjustment to SSAs (£ million)
|Area of the
|receiver for the|South-east
|Metropolitan |(outside
Year |London |Police |London)
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1990-91 |562.2 |- |274.0
1991-92 |778.0 |- |373.5
1992-93 |855.0 |- |458.8
1993-94 |842.7 |- |489.0
1994-95 |960.1 |- |575.6
1995-96 (proposed) |1002.8 |116.1 |556.7
Note:
The area of the Receiver for the Metropolitan police excludes the City of London and
includes parts of the south-east outside London. Before 1995-96, the SSA for the
receiver was based on his budget, as approved by the Home Secretary, which included
those extra costs which, from 1995-96, are reflected in the area cost adjustment.
Air Pollution
Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his proposals to tackle severe air pollution including winter smog.
Mr. Atkins: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State yesterday published a statement of the Government's strategic policies for improving air quality. Proposals on action during air quality episodes, including provision of information to the public, will be published later this year.
Mr. Corbett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to consult with organisations of, and representing, people with disabilities over any restrictions on vehicular use of city centre streets in periods of high air pollution.
Sir Paul Beresford: The Government's strategic policies for managing air quality are set out in "Air Quality: Meeting the Challenge", published by the Secretaries of State for the Environment, for Scotland, for Wales, for Northern Ireland, and for Transport on 19 January 1995. Those policies are aimed at delivering sustainable improvements in air quality, thereby reducing the risk of episodes of high pollution and possible need for restrictions on vehicular use in such circumstance. It will be the Government's policy to ensure that should such restrictions nevertheless be contemplated, there is appropriate consultation with relevant interests, including people with disabilities.
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Single Regeneration Budget
Mr Raynsford: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the successful bids for single regeneration budget funding in London, giving in each case the total amount allocated in each financial year and its breakdown between each district expenditure programme within the single regeneration budget.
Mr. Curry: The proposed funding from the single regeneration budget for the successful bids in London, subject to the finalisation of delivery plans and funding
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agreements and the availability of resources, is given the table. No allocation can be made between expenditure programmes that make up the single regeneration budget; the new arrangements are designed to provide flexible support for sustainable regeneration, economic development and industrial competitiveness in a way which meets local needs and priorities. It is therefore not possible to identify how funding of successful SRB bids relates to existing programmes that now form part of the SRB.Column 707
Single Regeneration Budget-Successful bids with amount allocated per year
Lead organisation |1995-96 |1996-97 |1997-98 |1998-99 |1999-00 |2000-01 |2001-02
and bid title
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AZTEC
High Flyers |313,000 |312,000 |311,000 |- |- |- |-
AZTEC
Unlocking the Economic
Potential of Young People |540,000 |850,000 |850,000 |850,000 |850,000 |850,000 |851,088
CENTEC
Business 2000 |370,000 |370,000 |370,000 |- |- |- |-
CENTEC
Business Education Alliance |122,000 |225,000 |225,000 |225,000 |225,000 |225,000 |224,500
CENTEC
Off the Streets and Into Work |555,200 |496,800 |522,400 |461,600 |- |- |-
City and Inner London North
TEC
Contributing to a World Class
City |1,042,400 |1,184,675 |1,184,675 |1,184,675 |1,184,675 |1,184,675 |1,184,675
Hackney 2000 Partnership
Building on our Strengths |1,450,000 |2,800,000 |3,890,000 |3,890,000 |3,890,000 |3,890,000 |5,486,737
London Borough Barking and
Dagenham
Roding Valley Area
Regeneration |235,000 |320,000 |145,000 |10,000 |10,000 |- |-
London Borough Brent
Chalkhill Estate: Economic
and Physical Regeneration |541,000 |619,000 |947,000 |377,000 |766,000 |- |-
London Borough Brent
Crime Reduction, Employment
and Training Programme |674,670 |1,025,450 |622,010 |549,000 |546,000 |- |-
London Borough Brent
Department of Education
Brent Reading Recovery |150,000 |125,000 |100,000 |75,000 |50,000 |- |-
London Borough Greenwich
Greenwich Regeneration:
Woolwich Revival |2,750,000 |5,574,000 |5,579,000 |4,186,000 |3,107,000 |1,828,000 |1,828,000
London Borough Harrow
Ethnic Minority Business
Development |79,150 |88,595 |103,460 |- |- |- |-
London Borough Hounslow
Bid for Brentford |2,400,000 |5,000,000 |4,000,000 |1,200,000 |1,000,000 |- |-
London Borough Hounslow
Children's Service Training
Centre |143,000 |31,000 |14,000 |- |- |- |-
London Borough Lambeth
Riverside South |390,000 |1,555,000 |1,566,00 |1,148,000 |180,000 |190,000 |160,000
London Borough Lewisham
Silwood Estate: Combating
Racial Harassment |113,908 |81,508 |53,208 |- |- |- |-
London Borough Merton
Wandle Strategy for
Regeneration |750,000 |1,500,000 |1,500,000 |- |- |- |-
London Borough Newham
Green Street Regeneration |700,000 |1,444,000 |1,360,000 |1,458,000 |942,000 |811,000 |869,000
London Borough Newham
Meeting the needs of
Newham's Communities |700,000 |700,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000
London Borough Southwark
Cross River Partnership |80,000 |225,000 |563,000 |1,025,000 |750,000 |0 |0
London Borough Southwark
Peckham Partnership |3,564,000 |11,257,000 |10,340,000 |10,740,000 |10,740,000 |8,915,000 |4,390,000
London Borough Sutton
Sutton Regeneration
Partnership |150,000 |693,930 |621,920 |413,000 |323,000 |329,000 |284,000
London Borough Hamlets
Stepney Revitalisation Bid |2,705,000 |2,700,000 |4,600,000 |4,600,000 |4,600,000 |4,600,000 |4,600,000
London Borough Wandsworth
Wandsworth Partnership |310,000 |1,303,000 |1,303,000 |- |- |- |-
London Boroughs Barking and
Dagenham, Havering and
Newham
East Thames Side Partnership |1,335,000 |1,345,000 |2,775,000 |3,580,000 |3,983,000 |300,000 |300,000
LETEC
ASSIST: Business Development
Support |277,000 |277,000 |277,000 |0 |0 |0 |-
LETEC
Higher Level Skills
Enhancement Initiative |250,000 |377,000 |377,000 |377,000 |377,000 |377,000 |376,750
LETEC
Language Support in East
London |60,000 |70,000 |80,000 |85,800 |85,800 |85,800 |85,800
LETEC
Raising the Skill Base in East
London |314,000 |349,000 |349,000 |349,000 |349,000 |349,000 |348,200
Lewisham Enterprise
Consortium
Into the Mainstream |125,000 |125,000 |0 |- |- |- |-
London First and Groundwork
in London
Action for London's
Environment |120,000 |400,000 |400,000 |0 |0 |- |-
NLTEC
Support for New Businesses |600,000 |600,000 |600,000 |- |- |- |-
NLTEC
Upper Lee Valley Partnership |5,000,000 |6,300,000 |6,300,000 |6,500,000 |5,800,000 |5,000,000 |5,000,000
NWLTEC
Brent and Harrow SRB Bid |573,000 |519,000 |469,000 |- |- |- |-
Park Royal Partnership Ltd.
Development Park Royal's
Offer |2,237,000 |2,645,000 |1,635,000 |735,000 |605,000 |435,000 |325,000
Soho Housing Association
Salter's City Foyer |300,000 |120,000 |80,000 |80,000 |80,000 |80,000 |80,000
SOLOTEC
Building Education Business
Links |272,000 |285,250 |285,250 |285,250 |285,250 |- |-
SOLOTEC
Credit Accumulation and
Transfer System for London |170,000 |63,000 |17,000 |- |- |- |-
SOLOTEC
New Business Growth |650,000 |650,000 |650,000 |- |- |- |-
South Bank Employers Group
South Bank Environmental
Improvements Project |1,100,000 |1,000,000 |- |- |- |- |-
Stratford Development
Partnership Ltd.
New Dimensions for Stratford
and Temple Mills |800,000 |2,100,000 |2,100,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000 |2,000,000
STTEC
Education and Guidance |223,000 |344,500 |344,500 |344,500 |344,500 |344,500 |344,500
STTEC
Self employment for the
disadvantaged |250,000 |200,000 |200,000 |- |- |- |-
The Bloomsbury Project Board
Bloomsbury Project |125,000 |225,000 |225,000 |225,000 |- |- |-
Tower Hamlets College
Raising Participation: Raising
Achievement |100,000 |70,000 |70,000 |70,000 |70,000 |70,000 |50,000
WLTEC
Centre for Manufacturing and
Engineering Innovation |150,000 |100,000 |- |- |- |- |-
WLTEC
Economic Development for
New Businesses, West London |500,000 |500,000 |500,000 |- |- |- |-
WLTEC
Education-Business
Partnerships in West London |225,000 |225,000 |220,000 |185,000 |170,000 |150,000 |105,000
Home Ownership
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many self-employed householders were owner-occupiers in the years 1979, 1985 and 1994.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The estimates available are:
|Million |<1>Per cent.
----------------------------------------------------
1977-78 |1.00 |11
1985 |1.33 |12
1993-94 |1.81 |13
<1> As a proportion of all owner occupiers.
These figures are taken from the national dwelling and housing survey for the earliest estimate, the 1985 labour force survey and the 1993 94 survey of English housing, and are subject to sampling error.
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Mr. Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the state of the United Kingdom housing industry; and if he will indicate those steps he is taking which specifically promote home ownership.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: Total housing starts in the United Kingdom in the first nine months of 1994 were 10 per cent. higher than in the same period in 1993. Private housing starts were up 13 per cent. The number of starts in 1994 will be the highest since 1989 for both the private sector and in total. We are continuing to promote home ownership through a range of policies including the right to buy, cash incentive schemes open to local authority and housing association tenants, and shared ownership schemes.
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Energy Efficiency
Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received regarding the introduction of a national energy efficiency programme and the environmental implication; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: I receive many representations on every aspect of energy efficiency, including the numerous energy efficiency initiatives and programmes run by my Department's energy efficiency office.
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Hereford and Worcester County Council
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total standard spending assessment of Hereford and Worcester county council in 1992 93, 1993 94 and 1994 95 and what it is for 1995 96; and within that total, what the standard spending assessment was for (a) education, (b) social services, (c) police authority and (d) fire services in each of these years.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The figures requested are set out in the table. They have not been adjusted for changes of responsibility.
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(£ million)
|1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |<1>1995-96
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Education |241.880 |<2>211.588|216.529 |219.948
Personal social services |47.190 |51.235 |61.284 |69.567
Police |26.580 |28.318 |29.448 |<3>nil
Fire |11.831 |12.116 |12.378 |11.672
Highway maintenance |25.462 |25.114 |24.968 |24.870
Other services |21.480 |21.679 |23.236 |22.811
Capital financing |22.620 |22.515 |20.194 |17.772
Total SSA |397.044 |372.565 |388.036 |366.640
Notes:
<1> 1995-96 figures are those in the proposed local government finance
settlement 1995-96, announced by the Secretary of State on1 December 1994.
<2> Responsibility for most further education was transferred out of local
government from 1 April 1993.
<3> SSA for police is allocated direct to West Mercia police authority from 1
April 1995. The police authority receives a police SSA of £48.466 million and a
total SSA of £49.339 million.
Mr. Jopling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the level of standard spending assessment per head of population for all local authorities for which he has responsibility.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: I am placing in the Library a table which provides the information requested using the proposed standard spending assessment figures for 1995 96, as announced by the Secretary of State on 1 December 1994.
Assembly of European Regions
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the Assembly of European Regions; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: My Department has no record of
representations from this organisation.
Electricity-generating Domestic Waste Incineration Plants
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current number and capacity of electricity-generating domestic waste incineration plants in the United Kingdom; and what estimate he has made of the future number and capacity of such plants.
Mr. Charles Wardle: I have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer that I gave him on 19 January, Official Report, column 591.
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Peace Talks
Mr. McFall: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on progress of the peace talks.
Sir Patrick Mayhew: I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Lady Olga Maitland) on 19 January, Official Report, column 835.
Fair Employment
Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to reform the Fair Employment Act 1989.
Sir Patrick Mayhew: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Dagenham (Ms Church) on 19 January, Official Report, column 607.
Youth Service
Mr. Dafis: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what calculations he has made of the changes in levels of funding for the youth service in Northern Ireland since 1989; and if he will make a statement.
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