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Channel 4
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what representations he has received from Channel 4 regarding payments to the Independent Television Commission.
Mr. Dorrell: I have received a number of letters from the chairman and chief executive of Channel 4, and met them on 17 October 1994 to listen to their views.
Press
Mr. Soley: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he has discussed with the Press Complaints Commission media coverage of crime and the press code of conduct.
Mr. Dorrell: I have met members of the Press Complaints Commission and the newspaper industry to discuss the effectiveness of press self- regulation. Amendments to the code of practice are matters for the industry's code committee.
Mr. Bermingham: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his answer of 21 February, Official Report, column 158, when he expects to announce any decision on changes to the law as it relates to privacy following the reports on privacy and media intrusion by the National Heritage Committee HC 294 1992 93, and HC 38, 1993 94, and of the report of Sir David Calcutt's review of press self-regulation.
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Mr. Dorrell: The White Paper on privacy and media intrusion will set out what, if any, changes may be needed to the law as it relates to privacy. It will be published when we have completed our consideration of the legal issues relating to the proposed criminal and civil remedies.
Teletext
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans he has to review the allocation of television broadcasting line capacity in order to encourage further improvements in teletext services on ITV and Channel 4.
Mr. Dorrell: None. The present allocation aims to make the best use of spare capacity within the television signals on Channel 3 and 4 while enabling the provision of a public teletext service meeting the detailed content requirements specified in the Broadcasting Act 1990.
Correspondence
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many letters were sent to hon. Members last month by each Minister in the Department.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 22 February 1995]: The following number of letters were sent to hon. Members last month:
Member |Number ------------------------------------------------- The right hon. Stephen Dorrell, MP |33 Iain Sproat, MP |101 Viscount Astor |122
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many letters were received in the Department from hon. Members last month.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 22 February 1995]: Some 297 letter were received in my Department from hon. Members last month.
Statutory Instruments
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the statutory instruments which his Department has sponsored in the last 12 months.
Mr. Dorrell: My Department has sponsored 21 statutory instruments in the last 12 months as follows:
Title of SI |Number ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The National Lottery Regulations 1994. |SI 1994/189 The Broadcasting (Prescribed Countries) Order 1994. |SI 1994/454 The Broadcasting (Foreign Satellite Programmes) (Specified Countries) Order 1994. |SI 1994/453 The Hyde Park and Regents Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1994. |SI 1994/432 The Return of Cultural Objects Regulations 1994. |SI 1994/501 The Wireless Telegraphy (Television Licence Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1994. |SI 1994/595 The Grants to the Redundant Churches Fund Order 1994. |SI 1994/962 The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production Order 1994. |SI 1994/1065 The National Lottery (Licence Fees) Order 1994. |SI 1994/1200 Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) Order 1994. |SI 1994/1381 The National Lottery etc Act 1993 (Amendment of Section 23) Order 1994. |SI 1994/1342 The National Lottery (Revocation of Licences) Procedure Regulations 1994. |SI 1994/1170 Sports Grounds and Sporting Events: the Football Spectators (Seating) Orders 1994. |SI 1994/1666 The Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Order 1994. |SI 1994/1771 The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production (Amendment) Order 1994. |SI 1994/1904 The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1994. |SI 1994/2239 The Protection of Wrecks (Designation, No. 1) Order 1994. |SI 1994/1842 The Broadcasting (Restrictive Trade Practice Act 1976) (Exemption for Networking Arrangements) Order 1994. |SI 1994/2540 The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1994. |SI 1994/3218 The Films Co-Production (Amendment) Order 1994. |SI 1994/3222 The Broadcasting (Unlicensed Television Services) Exemption Order 1994. |SI 1994/3172
EMPLOYMENT
Youth Training
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places are currently provided for youth training by further education institutions in each training and enterprise council area; and what this figure is expressed as a proportion of the total number of youth training places provided through each TEC.
Mr. Paice: The information requested is not available.
Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many young people in (a) the county of Cumbria and (b) the borough of Copeland he expects to be in receipt of youth training guarantees on 1 April.
(2) How many youth training guarantees were made in 1994 to young people in the area covered by Cumbria TEC; how many youth training guarantees had been met by Cumbria TEC as at 21 December 1994; and how many youth training guarantees are projected to have been met by 31 March 1995 in the area covered by Cumbria TEC.
Mr. Paice: In 1994, 2,714 school leavers registered as eligible for youth training in Cumbria. As at 21 December 1994, all eligible young people bar one had received an offer of a place on YT within the guarantee period. At April 1995, it is expected that there will be 3,285 young people eligible for the YT guarantee in Cumbria, of which 632 will be from Copeland. The training and enterprise council expects fully to meet its obligations to offer a YT place to every eligible young person up to and beyond 31 March 1995.
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many places were provided by further education institutions for youth training in each of the last five years for each region; what these numbers are as a proportion of the total places provided in each region in each year; what has been the cost in each region in each year of these training places; and what percentage of the youth training budget in each region in each year this represents.
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Mr. Paice: The information requested is not available.
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many further education institutions are contracted as training providers for youth training by each training and enterprise council; and what this figure is expressed as a proportion of the total number of youth training providers contracted to each TEC.
Mr. Paice: Training and enterprise councils are private companies and are responsible for determining their own contracts with training providers. The Department does not have this information.
Employment Training and Training for Work
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the number of starts in employment training and in training for work in each of the last five years; and what is the number in each year for those completing such training.
Mr. Paice: The information is given in the table. As figures on those completing training come from surveys, it is possible to give only an estimate of the percentage and not the actual number.
Great Britain
|Total number of |Percentage of
|starts |leavers in
|employment training |each year completing
|their
|1989-90 to 1992-93, |agreed training-ET
|training for work |1989-90 to 1992-93,
Year |1993-94 |TfW 1993-94
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1989-90 |431,000 |47<1>
1990-91 |389,000 |48
1991-92 |293,000 |55
1992-93 |291,000 |59
1993-94 |338,000 |60<2>
Source:
Management information provided by training and enterprise councils, the Welsh
office and the Scottish Office, training for work national follow-up survey.
Notes:
<1> July 1989 to March 1990.
<2> England and Wales only.
Training and Enterprise Councils
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, what plans he has to provide training in Government organisational and financial procedures for non-executive directors of TEC boards.
Mr. Paice: None. Training and enterprise councils are private companies and the induction and training of their directors is a matter for the board.
Mr. Pearson: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many out-of-school child care places were delivered by Dudley TEC in 1993 94 and are planned to be delivered in 1994 95 and in future years; and at what cost.
Mr. Paice: Dudley training and enterprise council was not one of the pilot TECs for child care and therefore did not deliver any out-of-school child care places in 1993 94.
In 1994 95 the TEC is planning to deliver 95 child care places and has a budget of £60,615 which covers development work and setting up costs.
In 1995 96, 139 full-time places are allocated to the TEC, with a budget of £100,895.
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Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many contracts were issued by Cumbria TEC in the financial year 1994 95 to provide training for people with special needs.
Mr. Paice: One hundred and twenty four of the contracts issued by Cumbria training and enterprise council to date have capacity for training people with special needs.
Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, what estimate he has made as to the ability of Cumbria TEC to provide sufficient contracts to meet the needs of the unemployed; and what contingency plans he has made.
Mr. Paice: The Government office for the north west is currently in negotiation with Cumbria training and enterprise council for the 1995 96 financial year and is confident that Cumbria TEC will continue to deliver effective programmes to support the unemployed in the area for which it is responsible.
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what guidance his Department (a) has issued, (b) plans to issue and (c) plans to revise in respect of the requirement for evidencing outputs and starts for output-related funding of training providers by TECs; and if he will place in the Library copies of the guidance documents on evidencing outputs and starts that his Department produces.
Mr. Paice: The evidence the Department requires to support claims is set out in the training and enterprise council contractual documents, copies of which are placed in the Library each year. Copies of the documents for 1995 96 have been sent to TECs and will be placed in the Library.
Further guidance, explaining the requirements in more detail and describing the checks to be made, will be available to TECs at the beginning of 1995 96 and will be revised as necessary.
Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evaluation he has made of the technical and vocational education initiative; and what plans he has for it achievements to be continued.
Mr. Paice [holding answer 24 February 1995]: The Department is responsible for the technical and vocational education initiative. We have undertaken three major evaluation studies of the programme: one covering students' experiences, one assessing TVEI's impact on the labour market, and one covering how well TVEI practices have become embedded in schools and colleges. There has also been research into the impact of specific TVEI themes. In addition, each local project is required to undertake its own evaluation. These studies suggest that TVEI has made a significant contribution to improving the preparation of young people for working life.
Staff in Government offices continue to work with local education authorities, training and enterprise councils, schools and colleges to take forward the lessons of TVEI. In the White Paper, "Competitiveness: Helping Business to Win", CM 2563, additional funds were announced to support action to spread best practice identified through TVEI and to ensure that all pupils in their last year of compulsory education can have at least one week's work experience.
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Funding for Training
Mr. Barron: To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the amount and type of funding or other support received from his Department by (a) the National Council for Vocational Qualifications, (b) the Business and Technology Education Council and (c) City and Guilds in (i) the current year and (ii) each of the previous three years.
Mr. Paice: The Department has provided funding or other support to the National Council for Vocational Qualifications comprising grant in aid towards its operating costs and specific contract funding to enable it to undertake activities in support of the development of national vocational qualifications and general national vocational qualifications and to help support other Government initiatives. Details of the funding provided in the current year to date and in the previous three years is shown in the following table.
|Funding
Year |£
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1994-95 |Grant in aid funding |1,928,000
|Support for specific activities|3,271,648
1993-94 |Grant in aid funding |3,826,000
|Support for specific activities|3,244,703
1992-93 |Grant in aid funding |3,900,000
|Support for specific activities|3,202,932
1991-92 |Grant in aid funding |3,700,000
|Support for specific activities|1,878,721
No funding or other support has been provided by the Employment Department to the Business and Technology Education Council or to City and Guilds in the current year or any of the previous three years. The Department does not normally fund awarding bodies.
SCOTLAND
NHS Trusts
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the financial status of each NHS trust in Scotland as at 1 February.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: As at 31 January, the majority of NHS trusts in Scotland were forecasting that they would meet their financial targets. Of those that were not, only two will not break even on their income and expenditure account. The other trusts are within 1 per cent. of their target rate of return.
Scottish Homes
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the remuneration of the chairman and the board members of Scottish Homes; what are the termination dates for their appointments; what compensation would be required for early termination; and what notice would be required.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information regarding the remuneration of the chairman and members appointed to the board of Scottish Homes and the termination date for their appointment is set out in the table. The terms of appointment of members indicate that, normally, no compensation is payable where a person
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ceases to be a member before the expiry date of the term of office but schedule 1, paragraph 7(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 provides for circumstances where my right hon. Friend may consider it right for compensation to be paid. Such compensation would be of an amount which my right hon. Friend, with the approval of Treasury, may determine. No notice of termination is required.
|Annual
|remuneration |Termination
Name |£ |date
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Sir James Mellon (Chairman) |38,330 |31 March 1996
Mrs. Frances McCall, MBE |6,660 |31 March 1998
Professor Duncan McLennan,
MA, M Phil, FRSA |6,660 |31 March 1997
Dr. Tom N. A. Begg, OBE, JP,
BA, PhD |6,660 |31 March 1995
Mrs. Heather Sheerin, OBE |6,660 |31 March 1997
Councillor Daphne M. W. Sleigh |6,660 |31 March 1999
Mr. Cameron H. Parker, OBE |6,660 |31 March 1996
Professor John Rankin Small,
CBE |6,660 |31 March 1997
Mr. Alastair C. Dempster,
FCIBS |6,660 |31 March 1998
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if potential landlords who propose to acquire Scottish Homes or new town development corporation stock under large-scale voluntary transfers are excluded if they have no former experience or track record of managing and maintaining housing stock.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: No. However, when Scottish Homes and new town development corporations consider selling their houses to an alternative landlord it is essential that the organisation is able to demonstrate a long term guaranteed future for tenants and the ability to provide the required level of service. The appraisal and evaluation of any proposal will take these issues fully into account.
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which registered housing associations, housing trusts, private landlords or private companies, community businesses or individuals have (a) expressed an interest in bidding for Scottish Homes stock or new town development corporation stock and (b) formally proposed to acquire such stock; and which of them are at (i) the initial screening stage to establish the validity of the proposal and (ii) the detailed evaluation stage involving consultation with tenants.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested relating to Scottish Homes stock is a matter for Scottish Homes and I have asked its chairman, Sir James Mellon, to write to the hon. Member. Details of organisation which have expressed an interest in new town development corporation stock are not held centrally. Glenrothes and East Kilbride have received formal bids for their stock from the following organisations:
Glenrothes
Kirkcaldy District Council
The Munro Trust
Kingdom Housing Association
Glenrothes Community Housing Association
Collydean Housing Association
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Hillcrest Housing AssociationBield Housing Association
Kirk Care Housing Association
East Kilbride
East Kilbride District Council
The Munro Trust
All the offers received to date by the corporations have completed the evaluation stage including consultation with tenants, or have been withdrawn.
Public Bodies
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department which will (a) follow the pay arrangements of the sponsoring Department and (b) pursue an independent and separate route under the delegated pay option (i) from April 1995 and (ii) from April 1996.
Mr. Lang: Such information will not be available for some time. Of the 49 existing executive NDPBs sponsored by my Department, around one third have pay arrangements involving a close link to national civil service settlements. It will be for the management in each NPDB concerned to develop and bring forward proposals over the coming year for new pay arrangements to operate following delegation of civil service pay to Departments and agencies and in the absence of national settlements from April 1996.
Sheriff Court House, Haddington
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of whether the sheriff court house at Haddington satisfies the objectives set out in the justice charter for Scotland in respect of (a) accessibility for disabled people, (b) adequate and comfortable accommodation, (c) refreshment facilities, (d) services for defence witnesses and lawyers and (e) in all other respects; and if he will make a statement on plans to improve Haddington's sheriff court premises.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The accommodation for the sheriff court in County buildings at Haddington has a number of deficiencies, particularly in terms of facilities for court users. County buildings is partly owned by the Secretary of State for Scotland and partly by East Lothian district council. Substantial improvements to the sheriff court facilities within the building would therefore require participation by the council and my noble and learned Friend the Minister of State wrote to the hon. Member on 20 December 1994 indicating his willingness to consider proposals from the council.
Breast Care Nurses
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of breast care nurses employed in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland; of these nurses how many are employed by way of funding from outwith the national health service; and if he will make a statement.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Statistics on the number of nurses engaged on breast care duties are not maintained centrally.
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Prison Management Costs
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the cost to public funds of managing each prison since 1979.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer20 February 1995]: The subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have
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asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell to arrange for a reply to be given.Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Godman, dated27 February 1995: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your Question about the cost to public funds of managing each prison since 1979.
The attached Annex sets out yearly expenditure per establishment, from financial year 1981/82 onwards. The Agency records do not provide for information detailed by establishment, prior to this.
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Scottish Prison Service-expenditure by individual establishment<1>
Annex ]£ thousands
|1981- |1982- |1983- |1984- |1985- |1986- |1987- |1988- |1989- |1990- |1991- |1992- |1993-
|82 |83 |84 |85 |86 |87 |88 |89 |90 |91 |92 |93 |94
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Aberdeen |1,165 |1,553 |1,777 |1,726 |1,713 |1,776 |1,934 |2,469 |2,969 |2,967 |3,364 |4,277 |4,494
Barlinnie |5,569 |6,058 |6,991 |7,983 |8,539 |9,096 |10,089 |11,573 |13,015 |13,029 |13,975 |15,367 |17,383
Barlinnie Unit |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |42 |361 |391 |440
Castle Huntly |993 |973 |1,067 |1,055 |1,143 |1,119 |1,355 |1,697 |1,891 |1,882 |2,021 |2,406 |3,402
Corton Vale |2,127 |2,345 |2,457 |2,978 |2,953 |3,060 |3,195 |3,629 |4,600 |5,010 |4,760 |5,196 |6,017
Dumfries |1,206 |1,473 |1,503 |1,932 |1,761 |1,778 |3,221 |3,202 |2,740 |3,323 |3,475 |3,958 |4,390
Dungavel |1,109 |1,145 |1,256 |1,352 |1,185 |1,134 |1,462 |2,101 |2,100 |1,957 |2,273 |2,863 |2,945
Edinburgh |4,249 |5,310 |5,353 |5,944 |7,306 |7,222 |7,592 |8,505 |9,382 |9,992 |10,774 |12,743 |13,133
Friarton |558 |681 |653 |818 |972 |966 |1,074 |1,205 |1,163 |1,165 |1,302 |1,502 |1,731
Glenochil |4,199 |4,918 |5,082 |5,657 |6,348 |6,476 |7,245 |8,219 |9,320 |10,228 |11,569 |12,868 |14,346
Greenock |399 |1,076 |781 |1,435 |2,624 |2,601 |2,997 |3,426 |3,405 |3,246 |3,925 |4,101 |4,918
Inverness |921 |1,050 |1,258 |1,315 |1,308 |1,375 |1,966 |2,316 |2,441 |2,367 |2,506 |2,910 |3,000
Longriggend |1,481 |1,699 |2,006 |2,325 |2,426 |2,471 |3,345 |4,066 |3,384 |3,764 |4,021 |4,264 |4,788
Low Moss |1,218 |1,690 |2,280 |2,835 |2,280 |2,177 |2,623 |3,035 |2,901 |3,981 |4,344 |4,438 |5,195
Noranside |702 |836 |936 |1,182 |1,223 |1,085 |1,349 |2,200 |1,632 |1,614 |2,375 |2,228 |2,483
Penninghame |566 |643 |664 |690 |682 |677 |859 |1,060 |958 |1,178 |1,258 |1,342 |1,611
Perth |3,485 |3,674 |4,352 |6,119 |5,272 |5,428 |7,016 |7,845 |8,275 |9,555 |10,212 |10,854 |11,661
Peterhead |3,328 |3,631 |4,162 |4,538 |4,788 |4,940 |5,604 |5,818 |6,700 |6,320 |6,124 |6,364 |7,765
Polmont |2,911 |3,644 |3,769 |4,883 |4,550 |4,184 |4,699 |5,770 |7,619 |6,649 |8,230 |8,546 |10,960
Shotts |958 |1,112 |1,127 |1,513 |1,413 |2,983 |5,879 |8,069 |10,612 |10,929 |10,090 |10,753 |12,670
Shotts Unit |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |n/a |83 |447 |505 |607
Total by establishment |37,143 |43,511 |47,474 |56,279 |58,487 |60,549 |73,503 |86,203 |95,105 |99,281 |107,431|117,874|133,939
Other expenditure |13,887 |13,104 |15,363 |16,164 |22,162 |24,563 |22,801 |24,870 |26,394 |26,627 |29,332 |34,340 |20,404
Total expenditure |51,030 |56,615 |62,837 |72,443 |80,649 |85,112 |96,304 |111,073|121,499|125,908|136,763|152,214|154,343
<1> 1979-80 and 1980-81 not available.
Note:
"Other Expenditure" represents the cost of Central Administration and expenditure met from the Votes of other Departments on behalf of
the Scottish Prison Service. These costs cannot be allocated due to the data capture system being designed for Vote, rather than
Management information purposes.
NHS Consultants
flag Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what measures he intends to adopt to enable him to monitor and record the allocation of time that NHS consultants devote to (a) NHS responsibilities and tasks and (b) their private practice work.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 20 February 1995]: NHS consultants are contracted to work to the duties and responsibilities agreed with their employers. It is for the employing bodies to satisfy themselves that they are fulfilling their NHS commitments. NHS consultants are able to undertake private practice provided that it is not to the disadvantage of the NHS or NHS work. Whole- time consultants are expected to devote substantially the whole of their professional time to their NHS duties. They may not earn from private practice more than 10 per cent. of their gross NHS earnings; if they do so they transfer to a maximum part-time contract. The provisions of the maximum part-time contract allow the consultant to carry out private practice without a specific limit, but maintain the consultant's commitment to NHS responsibilities and tasks.
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M77
Mr. Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from Scottish Militant Labour with regard to the extension to the M77; and what action he proposes to take.
Mr. Lang [holding answer 24 February 1995]: No representations on the M77 have been received from Scottish Militant Labour.
Waste Nuclear Fuel
Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about Scottish Nuclear's proposal for a dry store for waste nuclear fuel at Torness power station.
Mr. Kynoch: My right hon. Friend expects to make a decision shortly.
ENVIRONMENT
Sulphur Quotas
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment
what actio sulphur quotas from England and Wales to Northern Ireland.
Mr. Atkins: As my hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Industry said in his reply to the question from the hon. Member for Antrim East (Mr. Beggs) on 8 February 1995, Official Report , columns 315-16 , this is a matter which is kept under regular review.
Exchange Sale Scheme
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many responses he has received to his proposed exchange sale scheme for council leaseholders; and what proportion supported the scheme.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: We received 38 responses to the proposal for the exchange sale scheme. More than three quarters supported the introduction of a scheme in principle and commented on the details.
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to publish the exchange sale scheme for council leaseholders.
Mr. Robert B. Jones: We are reviewing the scheme in the light of the comments received to our consultation exercise. We hope to announce details shortly.
Deregulation
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ensure that the enforcement provisions contained in the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 apply to all regulations for which his Department is responsible, past, present and future; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Paul Beresford: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs earlier today.
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