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Mr. Norris: The purpose of the current inquiry is to seek to determine whether there have been any breaches of the Air Navigation Order. The inquiry will consider all relevant matters including the actions of the airlines involved in the operation of the flights.
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the road worthiness of lorries used to export animals through the port of Shoreham.
Mr. Norris: This is an operational matter for the Vehicle Inspectorate Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Ron Oliver to Mr. Elliot Morley, dated 13 February 1995:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question regarding the roadworthiness of lorries used to export animals through the port of Shoreham.
Lorries used for all forms of transport have an annual statutory roadworthiness examination and are also subject to roadside checks conducted by the Vehicle Inspectorate regardless of the nature of the transport operation.
In the financial year 1993/94 the Vehicle Inspectorate conducted a total of 672,780 annual checks on motor vehicles and trailers, and
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120,335 roadworthiness spot check inspections (with a further 13, 931 special checks on lorry lights and exhaust emissions). We do not have details on inspection of vehicles specifically used for the transportation of animals.If you have any further queries about the Inspectorate's enforcement activities, please contact me at the above address.
Rail Privatisation
Ms Glenda Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what fee his Department paid for services relating to rail privatisation to (a) Hambros, (b) Price Waterhouse, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG, (e) SG Warburgs, (f) Samuel Montagu, (g) Shandwick, (h) Linklaters and Paines, (i) Freshfields and (j) Greshams.
Mr. Watts: Information about fees paid by the Department to individual contractors is commercially confidential. Total payments to date to these contractors amount to £17.1 million.
Hong Kong
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to travel to Hong Kong in 1995.
Dr. Mawhinney: None at present.
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CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
Parsonages
Mr. Redmond: To ask the right hon. Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners (1) if he will list, for each year of the last 10 years, and by location new parsonages that the Church Commissioners have (a) had built and (b) bought, and the relative costs involved;
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(2) for each of the last 10 years, and by location, the parsonages that the Commissioners have sold; and what revenue has been raised from the sale of each.Mr. Alison: The initiative for the sale, purchase and construction of parsonages rests with the diocesan parsonages boards although each transaction requires the consent of the Church Commissioners. Over the 10 year period 1985-1994, 563 parsonages have been built, 550 purchased and 1,486 sold. The following table gives details including location by diocese and sums raised or expended.
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Parsonages built 1985-1994
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average
Diocese |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Bath and Wells |1 |98,970 |- |- |- |- |1 |139,000|1 |154,211
Birmingham |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Blackburn |1 |65,000 |3 |86,792 |2 |80,830 |2 |29,677 |2 |169,677
Bradford |2 |90,577 |3 |86,192 |- |- |2 |119,092|1 |153,141
Bristol |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |95,000
Canterbury |3 |98,119 |- |- |1 |132,210|1 |93,395 |1 |156,000
Carlisle |2 |95,849 |2 |95,192 |9 |111,915|4 |107,283|5 |118,896
Chelmsford |3 |97,670 |1 |94,311 |1 |135,000|1 |135,000|3 |163,373
Chester |3 |82,576 |1 |95,000 |1 |123,080|3 |100,525|4 |177,068
Chichester |- |- |1 |100,047|3 |129,514|4 |138,636|2 |158,412
Coventry |1 |70,735 |- |- |3 |89,990 |- |- |1 |115,000
Derby |3 |99,233 |3 |94,702 |1 |108,000|1 |109,292|- |-
Durham |3 |89,189 |2 |83,796 |6 |99,789 |1 |102,564|6 |116,971
Ely |3 |78,039 |2 |84,005 |1 |87,301 |1 |108,640|- |-
Exeter |3 |85,848 |3 |97,001 |4 |97,874 |3 |105,633|1 |121,301
Gloucester |- |- |1 |83,992 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Guildford |2 |107,357|3 |108,636|1 |108,762|- |- |2 |136,796
Hereford |1 |86,165 |2 |82,974 |1 |107,350|3 |102,001|1 |166,018
Leicester |- |- |1 |81,744 |3 |93,055 |1 |89,622 |3 |109,675
Lichfield |3 |75,182 |5 |89,419 |2 |107,129|3 |103,146|2 |101,845
Lincoln |3 |84,179 |4 |84,619 |4 |78,728 |2 |80,738 |1 |114,245
Liverpool |3 |78,000 |1 |92,016 |3 |86,503 |2 |119,701|5 |135,690
London |2 |116,504|3 |117,672|1 |172,989|3 |143,521|2 |159,444
Manchester |8 |82,901 |1 |81,231 |8 |93,299 |7 |109,469|3 |137,021
Newcastle |3 |76,328 |1 |91,372 |2 |104,587|4 |96,209 |- |-
Norwich |6 |83,243 |1 |84,705 |3 |102,488|- |- |1 |119,000
Oxford |2 |99,999 |5 |101,336|4 |114,356|3 |124,596|2 |129,115
Peterborough |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |196,531
Portsmouth |- |- |1 |135,211|- |- |2 |140,099|1 |153,640
Ripon |- |- |- |- |4 |88,918 |1 |110,352|1 |126,744
Rochester |2 |95,624 |1 |100,294|- |- |2 |141,580|5 |164,351
St. Albans |- |- |1 |101,115|1 |120,000|2 |114,906|1 |153,424
St. Edmunds and Ipswich |- |- |1 |98,011 |- |- |1 |163,950|2 |121,085
Salisbury |1 |61,460 |- |- |2 |125,058|1 |111,977|1 |179,870
Sheffield |3 |79,482 |2 |74,663 |2 |87,000 |- |- |2 |114,800
Sodor and Man |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |120,750|- |-
Southwark |- |- |- |- |2 |107,015|1 |144,000|- |-
Southwall |1 |67,656 |- |- |3 |84,182 |3 |91,588 |1 |112,283
Truro |1 |78,230 |1 |85,214 |2 |85,408 |2 |95,845 |- |-
Wakefield |5 |74,165 |5 |82,115 |6 |91,984 |4 |90,329 |7 |106,107
Winchester |1 |92,880 |- |- |1 |133,032|- |- |3 |154,000
Worcester |- |- |- |- |1 |119,673|- |- |- |-
York |1 |86,445 |1 |98,060 |- |- |3 |106,122|2 |93,000
Total |76 |85,832 |62 |92,571 |88 |101,391|75 |112,524|79 |135,610
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
|Total
|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|Number
Diocese |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Bath and Wells |2 |177,030|2 |198,441|1 |192,312|1 |154,100|- |- |9
Birmingham |- |- |1 |138,750|- |- |1 |150,100|- |- |2
Blackburn |2 |146,125|2 |160,500|- |- |1 |140,000|2 |102,642|19
Bradford |1 |140,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |192,477|10
Bristol |- |- |- |- |1 |190,949|- |- |- |- |2
Canterbury |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |6
Carlisle |2 |171,845|1 |163,763|1 |131,100|4 |126,229|- |- |30
Chelmsford |1 |151,102|1 |141,588|1 |174,122|- |- |2 |142,993|14
Chester |7 |161,761|1 |302,489|- |- |- |- |- |- |20
Chichester |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |130,000|11
Coventry |1 |225,346|1 |223,153|1 |157,585|- |- |- |- |8
Derby |1 |145,214|- |- |- |- |2 |172,316|- |- |11
Durham |- |- |1 |180,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |19
Ely |1 |148,000|2 |149,000|1 |159,430|- |- |2 |181,500|13
Exeter |3 |147,539|- |- |- |- |1 |168,182|- |- |18
Gloucester |1 |132,000|2 |158,704|- |- |- |- |- |- |4
Guildford |- |- |1 |165,353|1 |183,000|1 |303,367|2 |188,453|13
Hereford |1 |157,050|- |- |- |- |1 |133,915|- |- |10
Leicester |1 |127,000|- |- |2 |145,000|- |- |- |- |11
Lichfield |1 |185,300|1 |149,419|- |- |- |- |1 |190,000|18
Lincoln |1 |103,501|5 |136,509|3 |160,988|2 |144,880|2 |148,952|27
Liverpool |- |- |- |- |1 |91,335 |- |- |- |- |15
London |1 |249,054|- |- |- |- |1 |150,000|- |- |13
Manchester |- |- |7 |175,254|1 |192,577|1 |195,000|1 |169,000|37
Newcastle |3 |152,256|2 |127,446|1 |185,000|- |- |- |- |16
Norwich |2 |163,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |140,000|14
Oxford |- |- |1 |154,440|1 |140,000|4 |168,071|- |- |22
Peterborough |2 |154,339|2 |182,337|- |- |1 |45,963 |- |- |6
Portsmouth |1 |140,930|2 |163,938|- |- |2 |134,736|1 |232,000|10
Ripon |- |- |1 |158,000|1 |167,073|1 |143,000|1 |100,000|10
Rochester |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |144,748|- |- |11
St. Albans |2 |152,696|2 |191,188|1 |190,000|- |- |2 |215,320|12
St. Edmunds and
Ipswich |1 |145,209|1 |202,815|3 |210,028|- |- |1 |175,000|10
Salisbury |1 |163,560|2 |189,126|3 |134,970|- |- |- |- |11
Sheffield |4 |102,785|- |- |4 |116,250|- |- |2 |123,250|19
Sodor and Man |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1
Southwark |- |- |2 |219,200|- |- |2 |222,372|1 |178,000|8
Southwall |1 |143,914|- |- |- |- |1 |120,000|- |- |10
Truro |1 |141,315|3 |132,028|1 |119,137|1 |128,966|- |- |12
Wakefield |3 |115,113|2 |137,156|- |- |1 |129,749|- |- |33
Winchester |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |197,000|1 |151,306|7
Worcester |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |139,428|- |- |2
York |1 |135,000|- |- |1 |140,600|- |- |- |- |9
Total |49 |150,036|48 |167,492|30 |156,239|32 |155,291|24 |161,000|563
Note:
It should be noted that the costs given are averages, so do not necessarily reflect the value of parsonages
across each diocese.
Parsonages purchased 1985-1994
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average
Diocese |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Bath and Wells |1 |80,000 |1 |105,672|6 |121,864|1 |130,000|2 |192,000
Birmingham |3 |72,350 |1 |84,500 |- |- |- |- |- |-
Blackburn |- |- |2 |63,903 |3 |80,871 |1 |138,000|1 |120,000
Bradford |- |- |1 |83,274 |1 |112,500|- |- |1 |125,000
Bristol |- |- |2 |112,577|2 |108,430|2 |162,125|- |-
Canterbury |2 |92,542 |2 |98,969 |2 |115,850|1 |188,400|- |-
Carlisle |1 |47,950 |1 |61,775 |3 |92,119 |1 |98,000 |1 |56,100
Chelmsford |4 |97,007 |2 |130,000|4 |142,094|5 |193,250|5 |210,000
Chester |3 |89,077 |3 |125,995|1 |123,250|- |- |- |-
Chichester |5 |96,325 |- |- |2 |166,081|2 |172,000|4 |223,500
Coventry |- |- |- |- |1 |76,000 |- |- |1 |194,000
Derby |1 |72,377 |- |- |3 |72,600 |- |- |- |-
Durham |- |- |- |- |1 |134,264|1 |100,000|- |-
Ely |- |- |- |- |4 |84,956 |1 |132,000|1 |202,000
Exeter |2 |67,114 |3 |104,876|4 |113,537|2 |131,426|4 |219,371
Gloucester |- |- |- |- |1 |155,000|- |- |4 |277,375
Guildford |3 |162,701|2 |141,344|1 |195,055|2 |340,500|3 |309,394
Hereford |1 |61,335 |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |140,000
Leicester |1 |93,000 |1 |89,267 |- |- |1 |160,000|3 |166,152
Lichfield |1 |42,000 |2 |69,772 |- |- |- |- |1 |227,172
Lincoln |2 |60,490 |1 |76,000 |3 |67,983 |2 |109,750|9 |117,136
Liverpool |- |- |3 |74,705 |1 |82,950 |2 |112,000|3 |171,167
London |3 |106,300|4 |213,950|3 |434,487|3 |299,000|5 |316,177
Manchester |- |- |3 |77,300 |4 |83,975 |6 |91,219 |9 |130,142
Newcastle |1 |80,775 |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |168,000
Norwich |2 |89,897 |2 |89,000 |1 |102,000|1 |152,100|- |-
Oxford |2 |129,025|2 |131,131|2 |136,225|3 |220,665|4 |213,000
Peterborough |1 |93,130 |2 |113,465|- |- |2 |132,750|3 |162,233
Portsmouth |- |- |4 |111,988|3 |158,494|1 |165,000|1 |131,300
Ripon |- |- |- |- |1 |94,000 |- |- |- |-
Rochester |1 |123,500|- |- |- |- |2 |265,000|- |-
St. Albans |- |- |2 |112,400|1 |208,000|1 |247,000|2 |277,750
St. Edmunds and Ipswich |5 |75,749 |1 |78,540 |1 |101,997|1 |137,500|1 |187,000
Salisbury |1 |90,398 |1 |115,010|2 |115,036|- |- |- |-
Sheffield |3 |57,821 |2 |66,300 |4 |75,250 |2 |61,700 |3 |136,667
Sodor and Man |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Southwark |4 |137,352|2 |126,550|3 |146,438|2 |229,300|1 |295,000
Southwell |3 |72,812 |1 |80,000 |- |- |- |- |2 |154,975
Truro |1 |69,500 |1 |65,850 |1 |74,750 |- |- |3 |132,217
Wakefield |3 |74,077 |4 |90,725 |4 |86,327 |2 |94,350 |3 |167,725
Winchester |2 |109,850|1 |164,500|1 |155,000|- |- |- |-
Worcester |1 |88,228 |- |- |- |- |1 |132,600|2 |164,675
York |5 |69,542 |2 |94,930 |- |- |3 |103,333|2 |140,625
Total |68 |89,573 |61 |106,892|74 |123,396|54 |162,684|87 |186,203
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
|Total
|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|Number
Diocese |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Bath and Wells |3 |247,667|1 |212,000|4 |147,506|1 |159,000|3 |174,167|23
Birmingham |- |- |1 |170,000|1 |155,000|1 |99,000 |1 |175,000|8
Blackburn |1 |183,225|2 |190,700|- |- |- |- |1 |244,247|11
Bradford |1 |139,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |4
Bristol |- |- |2 |168,625|1 |200,000|- |- |- |- |9
Canterbury |2 |213,750|- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |9
Carlisle |1 |191,773|1 |194,500|- |- |- |- |1 |67,000 |10
Chelmsford |1 |133,300|- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |172,644|22
Chester |- |- |- |- |1 |74,950 |1 |240,000|1 |108,000|10
Chichester |- |- |1 |160,000|- |- |2 |145,544|4 |125,502|20
Coventry |2 |157,500|- |- |2 |166,750|- |- |- |- |6
Derby |2 |112,765|- |- |- |- |1 |134,000|- |- |7
Durham |2 |61,250 |2 |122,750|3 |128,826|- |- |2 |128,374|11
Ely |1 |127,500|- |- |1 |205,000|1 |87,500 |2 |184,250|11
Exeter |9 |201,083|2 |192,649|1 |169,500|3 |144,869|- |- |30
Gloucester |3 |186,000|1 |202,508|- |- |- |- |- |- |9
Guildford |1 |123,000|- |- |- |- |1 |272,459|- |- |13
Hereford |- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |108,000|1 |153,976|5
Leicester |1 |152,500|- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |7
Lichfield |2 |165,500|2 |113,770|1 |135,000|- |- |1 |155,000|10
Lincoln |3 |99,475 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |20
Liverpool |1 |115,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |192,641|12
London |2 |364,719|1 |276,343|- |- |2 |285,446|- |- |23
Manchester |5 |127,200|4 |127,488|1 |67,000 |2 |157,902|- |- |34
Newcastle |2 |124,760|1 |129,200|1 |165,000|1 |122,900|- |- |8
Norwich |- |- |1 |119,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |7
Oxford |3 |218,333|5 |199,274|2 |210,000|1 |180,000|1 |199,400|25
Peterborough |1 |115,000|- |- |1 |268,206|- |- |- |- |10
Portsmouth |1 |267,500|1 |150,000|1 |175,000|1 |195,000|- |- |13
Ripon |1 |160,217|1 |125,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |3
Rochester |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |145,612|4
St. Albans |1 |160,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |1 |228,000|8
St. Eds and Ips |- |- |8 |169,657|2 |126,500|1 |160,749|2 |145,000|22
Salisbury |2 |202,250|- |- |1 |220,200|- |- |1 |128,000|8
Sheffield |3 |134,667|2 |81,000 |1 |101,000|- |- |2 |104,000|22
Sodor and Man |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |0
Southwark |- |- |2 |309,000|- |- |2 |230,974|- |- |16
Southwell |1 |168,500|- |- |- |- |1 |101,000|1 |146,000|9
Truro |1 |178,450|- |- |- |- |3 |118,167|3 |107,983|13
Wakefield |- |- |1 |112,642|- |- |- |- |3 |91,917 |20
Winchester |5 |216,060|3 |234,791|- |- |1 |207,500|- |- |13
Worcester |2 |174,653|2 |195,866|1 |217,680|- |- |1 |112,938|10
York |1 |180,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |2 |126,500|15
Total |67 |175,130|47 |173,784|26 |159,098|28 |164,427|38 |142,672|550
Note:
It should be noted that the costs given are averages, so do not necessarily reflect the value of parsonages
across each diocese.
Parsonage Sale 1985-1994
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average
Diocese |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Bath and Wells |6 |86,916 |1 |132,000|5 |126,650|6 |176,754|- |-
Birmingham |2 |44,875 |2 |100,000|2 |58,500 |- |- |1 |180,000
Blackburn |6 |64,333 |6 |57,492 |6 |85,033 |2 |78,750 |4 |45,738
Bradford |3 |65,500 |1 |50,000 |4 |59,250 |- |- |1 |165,000
Bristol |2 |83,059 |4 |89,625 |3 |109,167|3 |114,585|1 |250,710
Canterbury |9 |62,444 |8 |96,904 |2 |152,000|2 |136,300|2 |173,750
Carlisle |10 |61,350 |6 |47,917 |6 |65,500 |8 |80,525 |7 |154,479
Chelmsford |8 |87,381 |10 |195,247|7 |203,193|7 |210,997|2 |123,000
Chester |1 |60,000 |6 |81,000 |2 |122,500|2 |91,750 |- |-
Chichester |8 |130,164|5 |101,900|3 |230,167|5 |193,600|3 |206,333
Coventry |1 |101,500|2 |75,825 |- |- |- |- |2 |173,317
Derby |6 |68,333 |3 |70,000 |3 |94,385 |2 |91,000 |5 |152,132
Durham |10 |51,102 |4 |69,125 |3 |31,894 |6 |49,283 |2 |147,061
Ely |8 |70,705 |5 |154,430|8 |97,260 |5 |172,400|2 |215,055
Exeter |9 |67,722 |7 |87,000 |11 |121,318|13 |169,154|6 |208,367
Gloucester |4 |101,935|- |- |2 |199,626|- |- |4 |158,250
Guildford |3 |118,666|5 |173,010|6 |196,917|4 |169,625|1 |131,992
Hereford |1 |43,500 |4 |75,775 |2 |96,250 |2 |175,500|2 |200,500
Leicester |9 |79,094 |3 |87,667 |2 |99,700 |1 |100,000|2 |225,000
Lichfield |13 |54,923 |5 |74,000 |8 |59,800 |4 |88,500 |1 |65,000
Lincoln |1 |52,000 |8 |56,094 |9 |75,458 |9 |107,253|- |-
Liverpool |5 |41,700 |7 |41,107 |8 |52,167 |7 |39,640 |3 |92,050
London |3 |108,000|8 |155,014|7 |356,257|3 |686,167|2 |209,750
Manchester |5 |53,700 |2 |32,000 |4 |50,663 |6 |53,250 |13 |109,258
Newcastle |5 |57,770 |5 |59,210 |5 |47,800 |2 |86,125 |3 |110,091
Norwich |10 |72,219 |8 |86,500 |9 |95,500 |4 |111,125|- |-
Oxford |11 |128,923|15 |153,090|10 |164,272|6 |225,167|7 |227,429
Peterborough |4 |107,659|4 |105,675|2 |140,250|3 |137,653|1 |170,000
Portsmouth |1 |153,000|- |- |4 |215,578|2 |167,500|2 |281,000
Ripon |4 |88,625 |1 |39,000 |2 |80,000 |1 |113,500|- |-
Rochester |2 |98,000 |- |- |2 |181,125|2 |470,000|2 |262,350
St. Albans |7 |97,651 |- |- |2 |107,475|5 |274,200|3 |471,032
St. Edmunds and Ipswich |12 |83,759 |7 |86,165 |3 |128,167|5 |201,663|- |-
Salisbury |4 |77,750 |1 |99,000 |4 |163,088|3 |136,383|3 |222,000
Sheffield |4 |50,359 |5 |45,700 |3 |58,250 |6 |70,361 |2 |76,500
Sodor and Man |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |-
Southwark |6 |138,076|6 |187,854|4 |152,190|3 |330,000|- |-
Southwell |7 |61,788 |5 |51,400 |5 |73,665 |1 |65,000 |1 |140,000
Truro |1 |75,000 |3 |49,683 |7 |78,568 |2 |473,000|1 |180,000
Wakefield |10 |40,025 |6 |67,500 |12 |58,612 |10 |64,455 |4 |107,125
Winchester |8 |140,285|2 |185,000|- |- |3 |170,410|1 |331,011
Worcester |2 |57,739 |2 |84,675 |1 |240,000|2 |228,760|1 |270,000
York |9 |58,889 |9 |53,144 |5 |123,996|2 |54,950 |5 |190,490
Total |240 |78,624 |191 |97,329 |193 |115,950|159 |153,382|102 |175,061
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
|Total
|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|No. |Average|Number
Diocese |£ |£ |£ |£ |£
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Bath and Wells |5 |249,700|2 |155,500|4 |194,519|3 |150,000|1 |130,000|33
Birmingham |1 |80,500 |1 |272,000|- |- |1 |80,000 |- |- |10
Blackburn |2 |150,000|3 |72,000 |3 |90,158 |4 |109,500|2 |176,750|38
Bradford |1 |282,600|1 |162,000|1 |67,500 |2 |94,000 |2 |87,500 |16
Bristol |1 |266,000|2 |124,000|1 |217,000|1 |235,000|1 |100,000|19
Canterbury |3 |164,750|2 |184,000|- |- |- |- |- |- |28
Carlisle |8 |179,296|4 |90,250 |4 |117,750|4 |141,500|4 |119,375|61
Chelmsford |5 |142,500|5 |190,000|5 |155,400|6 |143,140|3 |99,983 |58
Chester |4 |148,750|5 |190,250|3 |122,333|4 |84,750 |6 |139,917|33
Chichester |9 |186,619|1 |210,000|- |- |2 |176,750|4 |142,476|40
Coventry |3 |196,667|- |- |1 |250,000|3 |124,333|2 |143,500|14
Derby |1 |185,000|- |- |1 |185,000|1 |129,000|3 |187,000|25
Durham |1 |64,000 |4 |79,150 |3 |118,000|3 |77,000 |2 |110,000|38
Ely |1 |135,950|2 |252,500|1 |120,000|9 |133,513|1 |298,000|42
Exeter |6 |208,167|6 |159,417|3 |127,500|3 |107,000|4 |95,000 |68
Gloucester |1 |175,000|2 |208,250|4 |182,000|- |- |2 |127,250|19
Guildford |3 |230,750|4 |302,500|1 |130,000|2 |197,250|1 |330,000|30
Hereford |2 |154,500|1 |103,000|2 |167,500|1 |128,000|4 |146,128|21
Leicester |3 |189,333|4 |133,850|1 |122,500|1 |262,000|- |- |26
Lichfield |5 |131,107|1 |75,500 |3 |138,833|3 |97,833 |1 |55,000 |44
Lincoln |7 |119,114|8 |110,363|5 |123,300|9 |130,183|12 |100,083|68
Liverpool |5 |102,000|5 |76,600 |- |- |- |- |4 |191,125|44
London |4 |334,000|2 |310,000|2 |370,000|- |- |- |- |31
Manchester |10 |88,200 |11 |106,527|10 |93,603 |6 |83,167 |7 |97,429 |74
Newcastle |4 |175,374|5 |123,300|4 |91,500 |3 |197,333|1 |79,000 |37
Norwich |2 |128,250|- |- |5 |93,100 |- |- |3 |174,583|41
Oxford |6 |202,875|4 |183,375|9 |191,667|7 |146,464|5 |186,800|80
Peterborough |2 |243,250|3 |160,333|3 |225,858|- |- |- |- |22
Portsmouth |2 |193,750|2 |182,500|4 |339,680|1 |85,000 |3 |215,000|21
Ripon |1 |80,000 |2 |153,331|1 |134,000|1 |230,000|- |- |13
Rochester |2 |158,750|- |- |- |- |1 |110,000|- |- |11
St. Albans |6 |181,875|- |- |5 |185,290|- |- |2 |249,750|30
St. Eds and lps |3 |175,333|5 |131,900|2 |122,500|9 |133,696|7 |127,107|53
Salisbury |2 |136,500|2 |213,000|3 |226,333|2 |169,000|3 |140,867|27
Sheffield |4 |105,625|7 |95,057 |3 |90,083 |6 |105,750|1 |49,750 |41
Sodor and Man |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |0
Southwark |- |- |1 |240,000|3 |250,167|7 |146,150|3 |216,500|33
Southwell |5 |115,800|- |- |- |- |1 |59,950 |- |- |25
Truro |4 |127,113|2 |95,000 |1 |120,000|4 |78,254 |4 |119,250|29
Wakefield |13 |129,892|2 |64,000 |1 |96,000 |2 |122,850|3 |91,667 |63
Winchester |3 |202,851|5 |168,200|1 |115,000|2 |183,750|2 |163,625|27
Worcester |1 |138,000|- |- |3 |141,000|1 |320,000|1 |265,000|14
York |3 |119,369|2 |80,500 |1 |79,000 |- |- |3 |133,000|39
Total |154 |161,812|118 |144,395|107 |156,058|115 |130,955|107 |140,177|1,486
Note:
It should be noted that the costs given are averages, so do not necessarily reflect the value of parsonages
across each diocese.
PRIME MINISTER
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Prime Minister what action Her Majesty's Government have taken in relation to Lockerbie and Libyan sanctions since the Adjournment debate on 1 February.
The Prime Minister: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has written to two hon. Members on matters which arose during the Adjournment debate on 1 February. Discussions about Lockerbie and UTA 772 with our closest partners have continued. The Government's policy towards Libya is kept under constant consideration, but it is only the Libyan Government who can bring about the lifting of sanctions by complying in full with the relevant Security Council resolutions.
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Engagements
Mr. Harry Greenway: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 14 February.
Sir Peter Tapsell: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 14 February.
The Prime Minister: This morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall be having further meetings later today.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Statutory Instruments
Mr. Steen: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list the statutory instruments which each Government Department has sponsored in the last 12
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months; and what statutory instruments each Department proposes to introduce during the current year.Mr. Newton: The information requested is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Internet
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee if he will make a statement on the current progress and the likely timetable to when hon. Members on the parliamentary data and video network will be able to have House of Commons e-mail addresses accessible to their constituents and the general public through the Internet.
Mr. Waller: The Information Committee has recommended, subject to endorsement by the Finance and Services Committee of the necessary expenditure, that connection to the Internet should be made available, as an experiment, to those Members who are users of the parliamentary data and video network and who request it. It is hoped that connection to the Internet will be possible by May of this year. The experiment will be assessed in due course.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Contagious Agalactia
Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of contagious agalactia have occurred in each year since 1985.
Mr. Ancram: There have been no cases of contagious agalactia in Northern Ireland.
Rape and Child Abuse
Rev. Ian Paisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received about the provision in the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, in respect of the removal of a defendant's right to anonymity prior to conviction and sentencing in cases of alleged rape and alleged child abuse.
Sir John Wheeler: Following publication of the proposal for a draft order in 1993, two representations were received expressing concern that the removal of a
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defendant's right to anonymity in a rape case might lead to the identification of the complainant. One of them also expressed concern that a defendant in a rape case whose name had been published might be subject to harassment. The right to anonymity had not extended at any time to defendants in other types of cases, including child abuse.Rev. Ian Paisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what redress is open to defendants for detrimental publicity in cases of alleged rape and alleged child abuse where the defendant's right to anonymity is removed but where the defendant is not proved guilty of an offence.
Sir John Wheeler: The law does not make specific provisions in this matter. A defendant acquitted of a charge in proceedings which may be freely reported must decide for himself whether to seek redress under criminal or civil law if he believes publicity of the case was detrimental to him.
Rev. Ian Paisley: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proposals he has to protect teachers from false accusations of rape and child abuse.
Sir John Wheeler: None. It is impossible to protect any person from having a false accusation laid against them.
TREASURY
Inland Revenue
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total number of Inland Revenue collection staff employed in each year since 1979, broken down to show those employed in ensuring the collection of (a) PAYE, (b) capital gains tax, (c) corporation tax, (d) schedule D tax and (e) national insurance contributions.
Sir George Young: Excluding staff employed on central administration, the table sets out the total numbers of Inland Revenue staff engaged on the collection of tax within the Department's accounts offices, local office network, and the enforcement officers for each year since 1978 79 and how many were working in the areas of (a) PAYE, (b) capital gains tax, (c) corporation tax and (d) schedule D tax. Under (a) the figures include staff used in collecting PAYE from employers and a relatively small number of schedule E tax assessments. As resource usage on national insurance contribution work is incidental to mainstream tax collection, it is not separately recorded.
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Year |Total |PAYE |Capital gains tax|Corporation tax |Schedule D tax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1978-79 |11,041 |4,473 |135 |560 |5,873 1979-80 |10,648 |4,215 |148 |584 |5,701 1980-81 |10,222 |3,953 |143 |597 |5,529 1981-82 |10,124 |3,842 |126 |409 |5,747 1982-83 |10,221 |4,042 |116 |390 |5,673 1983-84 |10,171 |4,094 |113 |394 |5,570 1984-85 |9,339 |4,016 |92 |557 |4,674 1985-86 |8,443 |3,196 |92 |559 |4,596 1986-87 |7,989 |2,902 |85 |530 |4,472 1987-88 |7,795 |2,902 |105 |538 |4,250 1988-89 |7,866 |2,931 |121 |571 |4,243 1989-90 |7,879 |2,974 |92 |570 |4,243 1990-91 |7,846 |2,808 |79 |549 |4,410 1991-92 |8,187 |3,209 |70 |532 |4,376 1992-93 |8,410 |3,119 |69 |492 |4,730 1993-94 |8,173 |2,945 |68 |465 |4,695
The number of staff employed on collection and enforcement work has decreased since 1979. The greater proportion of the reduction arose through automation but other decreases resulted from administrative and efficiency measures and the transfer of work to other parts of the Department. Conversely, extra work loads attracted staff increases but the net overall reduction in permanent staff is around 2,860.
Monetary Union
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions United Kingdom Ministers or officials have had concerning technical aspects of introducing notes and coins for the single European currency, with (a) the expert group reporting to Commissioner Christopherson and (b) other bodies; what representation the United Kingdom has on this group; and when it is anticipated that technical aspects of monetary union will be settled to enable the change over to a single currency to take place.
Mr. Nelson: United Kingdom ministers and officials have had no discussions concerning technical aspects of introducing notes and coins for a single currency with the expert group on the changeover to the single currency. This is an independent group and neither the United Kingdom nor the other member states are formally represented. The group is likely to seek opinions from relevant United Kingdom bodies.
Article 109f(3) of the EC treaty provides that the European Monetary Institute shall supervise the technical preparation of ecu bank notes. The EMI has set up a group of national central bank experts to undertake a detailed study, the EMI working group on printing and issuing a European banknote.
A working group of mint directors from EU member states has been formed to address the technical implications of single European coinage, with the aim of providing advice to the European Commission on the options available.
Technical preparations which would be necessary for monetary union are at a very early stage, and it is not yet possible to give a date for their completion.
The UK opt-out under the Maastricht treaty means that no decision to proceed to monetary union would be made without the agreement of Parliament.
Fraud
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of fraud have been reported in (a) Government Departments and (b) non- departmental public bodies; and what has been their value in each of the last five years.
Sir George Young: The data are submitted by Departments in line with the requirements of 37.1.4 of Government accounting and cover frauds and suspected frauds committed by departmental and agency staff, including cases where staff have colluded with outsiders. The data include NDPB staff frauds where these have been reported by Departments. However, complete data on frauds in NDPBs are not held centrally.
The values are not a completely accurate indicator of actual losses resulting from fraud since in some cases the amounts involved are estimates, and in others, some or all of the sums have been recovered.
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The number and value of fraud cases within Departments, agencies and NDPBs reported to the Treasury in the last five years are:Year |Number of cases|Total value £ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1989-90 |221 |1,496,700 1990-91 |196 |2,302,900 1991-92 |287 |1,536,900 1992-93 |302 |2,108,900 1993-94 |352 |1,688,500
Bank Notes
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current value of (a) £5, (b) £10, (c) £20 and (d) £50 notes in circulation; and what is the estimated current face value of forged notes.
Mr. Nelson: The total value of Bank of England banknotes in circulation is published weekly in the bank return. The value of individual denominations was, at Wednesday 25 January 1995, £1,069 million for the £5; £5,362 million for the £10; £7,677 million for the £20; and £2,869 million for the £50.
The Bank of England, in common with most note-issuing authorities, does not publish details of the counterfeit notes it receives. However, despite an increase in counterfeiting over the last few years, counterfeit notes detected still represent only a small fraction of 1 per cent. of the total notes in circulation
Bus Fuel Duty
Mr. Ottaway: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the difference between the bus fuel duty rebate which has been paid and what would have been paid had the rebate not been frozen for each year from November 30 1993 to date.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: Information for the financial years 1993 94 and 1994 95 is as follows.
|1993-94|1994-95
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Cost of rebate |220 |<1>225
Estimated cost without freeze in rebate
announced 30 November 1993 |227 |257
<1>Indicates forecast outturn.
Business Statistics Service
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for confidentiality and impartiality in a contracted out statutory collection of business statistics service under the Contracting Out (Statistics of Trade) Order 1995.
Mr. Nelson: The order referred to exists in draft form only and has not been laid before Parliament. An independent assessment into the attitudes of business to the contracting out of statistical inquiry work was made in October 1993, and the results of the study were placed in the Library. Should an appropriate contracting out order laid under section 77 (2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 be approved by Parliament, any
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subsequent market testing or contracting out of statistical inquiry work would take the results of this research into account.Reinvestment Relief
Mr. Barry Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if investment in those companies listed under stock exchange rule 4.2 are eligible for reinvestment relief.
Mr. George Young: Yes. Capital gains tax reinvestment relief is available for investment in shares in qualifying unquoted trading companies. Companies listed under stock exchange rule 4.2 are unquoted companies for this purpose.
Hong Kong
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to travel to Hong Kong in 1995.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke: I have no plans to travel to Hong Kong in 1995.
Public Works Loan Board
Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes are proposed to the quotas for lending to local authorities by the Public Works Loan Board.
Mr. Nelson: The Public Works Loan Commissioners have issued a circular today notifying local authorities that there will be no change in the formula for calculating quotas for 1995 96. Copies of the circular have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
Expenditure Review
Mr. Darling: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make a statement about the likely effect on staff numbers in his Department of the fundamental review of expenditure;
(2) what savings to his Department's budget in the next three financial years he expects as a result of the Treasury's fundamental expenditure review.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 13 February 1995]: The FER report identified savings of 25 posts at grade 5 and above--round 25 per cent. of the total. The saving in direct staff costs attributable to this will amount to about £1.8 million in a full year. The implications of the FER for the number of staff employed by the Treasury in these and other grades and for other expenditure for next year and beyond is being considered in the work currently in hand and to set budgets for 1995 96.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Link Projects
Mr. Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a full list of all 500 LINK research and development projects supported by Government to date, indicating the annual Government contribution for each of the last five years.
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Mr. Robert G. Hughes: I have today placed in the Library a full list of the 571 343 active and 228 completed LINK projects supported by the Government since the start of the LINK initiative in 1986, together with details of Government expenditure on LINK for the last five years.
Advertising
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total expenditure on all forms of advertising by his Office and its agencies for each year since its establishment, in 1994 prices.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes: Expenditure on all forms of advertising by the Office of Public Service and Science, including its agencies, for each year since 1992 93, when the office was established, was as follows:
|1992-93 |1993-94 |<1>1994-95
|£ |£ |£
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OPSS |695,400 |1259,200 |477,500
<1>To end-January.
|1992 |1993 |1994
|£ |£ |£
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HMSO |537,100 |1,471,700|1,745,800
NATIONAL HERITAGE
Public Library Service
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he expects to respond to the report commissioned by his Department from the consultants ASLIB on the public library service.
Mr. Sproat: I expect to receive the final report from the review consultants within the next month. I intend then to make a statement on the report as soon as possible thereafter.
Sports Council
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage when he expects to announce the results of his Department's consultation on proposals to restructure the Sports Council.
Mr. Sproat: I am currently considering responses to the consultation on the Government's proposals set out in my 8 July statement. To assist me in this, I have asked the Great Britain Sports Council to provide me with its own view of how its current functions and staffing might be realigned to take account of those proposals. I shall be taking final policy decisions in the light of my analysis and this further work, which will be completed shortly.
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage (1) when the decision was taken to remove the words "sport for all" from the Sports Council's letterhead;
(2) what consultations he has had with the Sports Council about the removal of the words "sport for all" from the Sports Council's letterhead;
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(3) how many sheets of letterheads were discarded by the Sports Council following the recent removal of the words "sport for all" from the design;(4) what costs have been incurred in the alteration of the Sports Council's letterhead by the removal of the words "sport for all".
Mr. Sproat: The Sports Council decided to remove "sport for all" in redesigning its letterhead on the appointment of its new chairman and vice- chairman. This was a matter for the Sports Council and therefore Ministers and officials were neither consulted nor informed. I am advised by the Sports Council that because of the level of stocks held at any one time, the costs were negligible.
Children's Play (Funding)
Mr. Chris Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what assessment he has made on the present arrangements for funding children's play.
Mr. Sproat: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Newcastle under Lyme (Mrs. Golding) on 16 January, Official Report , columns 300-01 .
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Languages, EEC
Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many working languages were used in the EEC (a) in 1970, (b) in 1980, (c) in 1990 and (d) at the latest date for which figures are available; what is the estimated cost of translation services in 1995; and what was the cost in each of the previous years.
Mr. David Davis: The European Community had four official and working languages in 1970, six in 1980, nine in 1990 and has had 11 since the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden in January this year. There is no separate line in the EC budget covering the cost of translation services. Estimates could therefore be calculated only at disproportionate cost.
Copenhagen Summit
Sir David Steel: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what priority Her Majesty's Government attach to the United Nations social summit to be held in March in Copenhagen; and who will represent Her Majesty's Government.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: We are committed to achieving a successful summit and have participated actively in the preparations. Our principle priority is to improve the focus of the international debate around the issues of development.
A final decision on attendance at the summit will be taken near the date.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 6 February, Official Report , column 19 , which of the functions of the EU monitors in Bosnia duplicate
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similar functions performed by UNPROFOR and UNHCR; and if he will make it his policy to avoid such duplication and to ensure that EU funds are used more efficiently in Bosnia.Mr. Douglas Hogg: We are satisfied that there exists no duplication of effort between UNPROFOR's and UNHCR's roles and that of the EU monitoring mission.
Nuclear Weapons
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those resolutions on nuclear arms control, nuclear disarmament, nuclear testing and nuclear materials production freeze voted upon at the most recent session of the United Nations General Assembly, indicating the vote taken on each resolution, how the United Kingdom voted, and the reasons in each case for the way the United Kingdom voted.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: I shall write to the hon. Member with the information he has requested shortly.
Piracy
Mr. Dowd: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the numbers and locations of acts of piracy committed against British shipping worldwide since 1987; and what action his Department has taken in response to these (a) unilaterally, (b) bilaterally and (c) multilaterally.
Mr. Douglas Hogg: This information will take some time to compile. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as it is available.
Work Permits
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the eligibility of United Kingdom citizens to apply for work permits into the United States of America.
Mr. Baldry: British citizens are eligible to apply to the United States immigration authorities for a United States work permit. Applications are generally based on a specific offer of employment from a United States employer.
Colombia
Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will support the appointment of a special rapporteur in Colombia by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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