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Deaths from fire in England and Wales 1990-1993
|Multiple |All hotels/
|occupancy |boarding
Year |houses |houses |All hostels|Total
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1990 |61 |1 |- |62
1991 |44 |3 |1 |48
1992 |76 |6 |1 |83
1993<1> |44 |5 |1 |50
<1> Provisional. Figures for 1994 are not yet available.
The question of certification of fire safety in houses in multiple occupation was addressed by many of those responding to my Department's consultation paper on the case for licensing. The consultation period closed on 18 February and we are now considering what action to take. An announcement will be made in due course.
Housing
Mr. Raynsford: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment following the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Mitchell v . Secretary of State of 16 June 1994, what plans he has to issue fresh guidance to local authorities clarifying the extent to which, in the context of the provision of affordable housing, it is material in planning terms to distinguish between different types of tenure.
Mr. Gummer: The Mitchell judgment will be taken into account in the guidance to be issued shortly by the Department.
Temporary Contracts
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment for the current year and each of the past five years, how many employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible who have been employed on temporary contracts of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration are re-employed in the same or similar position at a later date.
Sir Paul Beresford: The following information covers non-industrial staff in my Department, excluding Ordnance Survey and PSA Services. All temporary staff are employed on contracts of less than 51 weeks.
|1990|1991|1992|1993|1994|1995
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DOE |4.5 |18 |26 |9 |5 |0
Agencies |3 |2 |6 |15.5|18.5|0.5
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies supervised by his Department have been employed on temporary contracts of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks duration for the current year and each of the past five years, in each case specifying what percentage of the respective total work force these employees constitute.
Sir Paul Beresford: The following information covers non-industrial staff in my Department, excluding Ordnance Survey and PSA Services. All temporary staff are initially employed on contracts of less than 51 weeks.
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DoE Agencies
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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1 April 1990 |178 |3.5 |30 |3.6
1 April 1991 |176 |2.6 |29.5 |3.4
1 April 1992 |254 |4.0 |57 |3.4
1 April 1993 |209.5 |3.4 |44.5 |3.3
1 April 1994 |304 |6.5 |42.5 |3.3
1 March 1995 |359.5 |8.0 |51 |3.4
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people he expects to employ in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which he is responsible, on temporary contracts of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration in the next three years, in each case specifying the number of employees who had previously been employed in a similar position on the same contract.
Sir Paul Beresford: Departmental policy is only to employ staff on temporary contracts to meet the short-term needs of the Department. It is not possible therefore to forecast accurately the number we expect to employ in the future.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what guidance has been issued in respect of the recruitment and appointment of non-permanent employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies supervised by his Department.
Sir Paul Beresford: In early 1994, my Department issued a circular to all its personnel sections, including those in its regions and agencies, giving guidance on the recruitment and appointment of non-permanent staff.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the full terms of employment as specified to employees in his Department and all executive agencies for which he is responsible who are employed on a temporary contract of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration.
Sir Paul Beresford: My Department has a standard letter of appointment for all temporary staff employed centrally in its regions and agencies. A copy has been placed in the library.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what positions in (i) his Department and(ii) all executive agencies for which his Department is responsible are filled by employees who are employed on temporary contracts of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration.
Sir Paul Beresford: The following information covers non-industrial staff in my Department, excluding Ordnance Survey and PSA Services. All temporary staff are employed on contracts of less than 51 weeks.
Grade |DoE |Agencies ---------------------------------------------- Grade 6 |0.5 |0.0 SEO and equivalent |2.5 |1.5 HEO and equivalent |2.0 |3.0 EO and equivalent |15.0 |5.0 AO and equivalent |174.5 |30.0 AA and equivalent |165.0 |11.5
Water Investment
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the level of investment in the
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water industry in 1978 79; and what is the expected level in 1992 93 expressed in constant prices.Sir Paul Beresford: On a comparable basis at constant prices, water industry capital expenditure in 1978 79 was about £1.1 billion. By 1992 93, it had almost trebled to some £3.2 billion.
Toy Libraries
Mr. Jon Owen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the grants to toy libraries in England in each of the last five years.
Mr. Bowis: I have been asked to reply.
The relevant grants given by the Department of Health to the National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries, known as playmatters, are shown in the table.
£
Grants
awarded |1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95
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Section 64 core
grants |45,000 |45,000 |45,000 |45,000 |45,000
Section 64
project grants |Nil |10,000 |10,000 |10,000 |Nil
Section 64
capital grant |Nil |Nil |Nil |10,371 |Nil
Family Support
Initiative |Nil |Nil |29,334 |15,360 |14,000
Small grants
scheme |40,000 |40,000 |47,500 |61,500 |50,000
Total |85,000 |95,000 |131,834|142,231|109,000
SOCIAL SECURITY
Child Care Disregard
Mr. Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) pursuant to his answer of 10 January, Official Report, column 53, what has been the average award made to the recipients of the new child care disregard since its introduction; and what was the figure for those receiving maximum family credit and for those on the lowest level of family credit;
(2) how many claims have been made for the new child care disregard since its introduction in October; how many of these claims have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and if he will break these figures down according to people receiving (i) family credit,(ii) disability working allowance, (iii) housing benefit and (iv) council tax benefit.
Mr. Roger Evans: Information is available for family credit only. In the five-month period to 28 February 1995, the latest date for which information is available, there were 24,600 claims for help with child care charges. Of these, 12,900 families are now receiving higher family credit awards as a result of the new help. In 4,600 of these cases, the additional help increased their award to the maximum amount of family credit. The average additional weekly amount was £16.40.
Some 11,700 families claimed help with child care charges but did not receive it. Of these, 8,800 families were not eligible because they did not satisfy the qualifying conditions and 2,900 families received no extra help because they were already receiving the maximum
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amount of family credit. Families with child care charges, including those who receive maximum family credit, may get extra help through housing benefit and council tax benefit. No information is yet available on the numbers who have obtained help through these benefits.It will take some time before the new help takes full effect as existing family credit recipients can only claim the child care help when their current 26-week award expires, while many potential beneficiaries need to find work of 16 hours or more and to make appropriate child care arrangements.
Source :
Five per cent. sample of family credit awards made between 1 October 1994 and 28 February 1995. These figures do not include claims made by 28 February but decided after that date.
Mr. Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what the average award was made to family recipients of the new child care disregard since its introduction in October; and what was the figure for those receiving maximum family credit and for those on the lowest level of family credit;
(2) how many family credit recipients have claimed the new child care disregard since its introduction in October; and how many of these claims have been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
Mr. Roger Evans [pursuant to his answer, 10 January 1995, c.53]: I regret that the information provided contained an error. The correct information is set out.
In the two-month period to 30 November 1994, there were 2,000 families who received additional help as a result of the new help with child care charges where the additional help increased their award to the maximum amount of family credit, and not 4,340 families as stated in the original answer.
Source:
Five per cent. sample of family credit awards made between 1 October 1994 and 30 November 1994. The figures do not include claims made by 30 November 1994 but decided after that date.
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Funeral Payments
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what regulations there are in respect of funeral payments under the social fund; and what information claimants must provide to funeral directors about their ability to pay funeral expenses.
Mr. Roger Evans: The relevant regulations are the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987, SI 481; the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1988, SI 36; the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1989, SI 379; the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1992, SI 2149; the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1993, SI 479, and the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1994, SI 506. There is no requirement therein for claimants or potential claimants to the social fund to provide the said information to funeral directors.
Benefits Payments
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people residing in the parliamentary constituency of (a) Greenock and Port Glasgow and (b) Eastwood are presently in receipt of social security payments; and what proportion this figure is of the population of the constituencies.
Mr. Hague: Information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
As information is not available in respect of the total number in receipt of social security payments within the constituencies, it is not possible to provide this figure as a proportion of the population.
The available information, based on the relevant Benefits Agency districts, is in the table.
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Benefit Customers at a given date
Number of
Customers
Benefit |Date |Clyde Coast and |Glasgow South West
|Cowal
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Sickness Benefit |31 January 1995 |3,531 |3,287
Invalidity Benefit |31 January 1995 |7,465 |10,282
Severe Disablement Allowance |31 January 1995 |842 |1,031
Maternity Allowance |31 January 1995 |29 |28
Income Support |30 November 1994 |16,455 |25,303
Family Credit |10 February 1995 |1,946 |1,828
Industrial Death Benefit |31 January 1995 |71 |94
Disability Working Allowance |17 February 1995 |13 |18
Invalidity Benefit
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many (a) men and (b) women are currently in receipt of invalidity benefit in the Greenock and Port Glasgow Benefits Agency district; what proportion they represent of the total population of working age; and what are the average proportions for (i) the Strathclyde region and (ii) Scotland.
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Mr. Hague: The information is not available in the form requested.
The available information is in the tables.
Table A
|Number
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People in receipt of invalidity benefit in the Clyde coast
and Cowal district office area,
which covers the Greenock district office and the Port
Glasgow benefit office, on the last
working day of January 1995. |7,465
People in receipt of invalidity benefit in the district
offices that fall within the Strathclyde
region on the last working day of January 1995. |152,950
Notes:
1. Figures obtained from a 100 per cent. clerical count of cases in the
Benefits Agency offices.
2. The figure will include some people who have claimed but are not
actually receiving invalidity benefit because they are in receipt of a
higher overlapping benefit.
3. A few of the people quoted as being in the Strathclyde area are
actually outside this area.
Table B
People in Scotland in receipt of invalidity benefit on 3 April 1993
by percentage of working population
|People in receipt of|Percentage of the
|invalidity benefit |working population
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Males |145,000 |9
Females |70,000 |5
Notes:
1. The working population has been taken to be 16 to 64 for men and 16 to 59 for
women.
2. Invalidity benefit information based on a one per cent. sample of claimants,
rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. Estimated mid-year population figures supplied by the population estimates unit,
OPCS.
Temporary Contracts
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people he expects to employ in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies for which he is responsible on temporary contracts of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 weeks' duration in the next three years, in each case specifying the number of employees who had previously been employed in a similar position on the same contract.
Mr. Hague: No such projections are available. Recruitment patterns will depend upon the circumstances applying at the time.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish the full terms of employment as specified to employees in his Department and all executive agencies for which he is responsible who are employed on a temporary contract of (a) 51 weeks or (b) less than 51 week's duration.
Mr. Hague: The terms and conditions of service for temporary staff vary according to the type of temporary appointment, the expected length of the appointment, the agency or other business unit in which they are employed, the grade to which they are appointed, the type of work they are required to do and the location of the work. All temporary staff are, however, bound by the same general rules on matters such as conduct, standards of propriety, and political activities as apply to all civil servants and which are set out in the civil service management code, a copy of which is in the Library.
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what guidance has been issued in respect of the recruitment and appointment of non-permanent employees in (i) his Department and (ii) all executive agencies supervised by his Department.
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Mr. Hague: Guidance to managers on the recruitment and appointment of non-permanent employees is based on the rules set out in the civil service management code, a copy of which is in the Library.
Blind and Partially Sighted People
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what survey he has carried out into the extent to which Government Departments publish information in Braille or large type; (2) if he will take steps to ensure that all Government Departments publish information in Braille or large type;
(3) what plans he has to improve access to information to blind and partially sighted people;
(4) if he will bring forward legislation requiring information, with special reference to Bills and public notices, to be sent to the blind and the partially sighted in the form of Braille or large print; and if he will ensure that the blind and partially sighted will be informed of their right to this information;
(5) how he plans to encourage other councils to follow the lead of councils, with special reference to Barnet, to promote services to the blind and partially sighted.
Mr. Hague: The Government recognise the importance of providing information in accessible formats. In the consultation document "Disability on the Agenda" we gave a commitment to seek to increase the range of information made available in this way. Departmental information officers are currently taking this work forward. The Disability Discrimination Bill will provide a right of access for disabled people. Under that right, service providers, including local authorities, will be required to provide auxiliary aids and services where this is reasonable and necessary to enable disabled people, including those with visual impairments, to use the service in question. Where a service itself consists of either the provision of information of facilities for communication, that service must be accessible where reasonable. The Bill itself is available in Braille.
Benefits (Working People)
Ms Harman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will list for (a) 1992, (b) 1991, (c) 1990 and (d) 1989, the total amount of expenditure on(i) income support (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit given to families containing one or more adults in work;
(2) if he will list, for (a) 1992, (b) 1991, (c) 1990 and (d) 1989, how many families containing one or more adults in work received (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit;
(3) if he will list for (a) 1993, (b) 1992, (c) 1991, (d) 1990 and (e) 1989, the total amount of expenditure on(i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit given to people in work with no dependants;
(4) if he will list for (a) 1993, (b) 1992, (c) 1991, (d) 1990 and (e) 1989, how many people in work with no dependants, received (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit.
Mr. Roger Evans [holding answer 6 March 1995]: The information requested is set out in the tables.
|IS |HB |CTB
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1989
Number of Families in work in receipt of: |112,000 |- |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£278,000,000|- |-
Number of recipients in work without dependants in receipt of: |50,000 |- |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£77,000,000 |- |-
1990
Number of families in work in receipt of: |107,000 |182,000 |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£295,000,000|£199,000,000|-
Number of recipients in work without dependants in receipt of: |46,000 |142,000 |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£76,000,000 |£138,000,000|-
1991
Number of families in work in receipt of: |121,000 |192,000 |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£373,000,000|£242,000,000|-
Number of recipients in work without dependants in receipt of: |43,000 |138,000 |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£75,000,000 |£150,000,000|-
1992
Number of families in work in receipt of: |133,000 |223,000 |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£458,000,000|£333,000,000|-
Number of recipients in work without dependants in receipt of: |64,000 |146,000 |-
Estimated expenditure on this group |£118,000,000|£191,000,000|-
1993
Number of families in work in receipt of: |127,000 |240,000 |280,000
Estimated expenditure on this group |£481,000,000|£383,000,000|£79,000,000
Number of recipients in work without dependants in receipt of: |70,000 |150,000 |174,000
Estimated expenditure on this group |£146,000,000|£217,000,000|£47,000,000
Notes:
1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand and expenditure to the nearest million.
2. For this analysis we have taken "recipients" to mean benefit units consisting of single people or couples with
no dependants, and "families" to mean benefit units consisting of single people or couples with dependants.
3. For council tax benefit 1993 is the only year that figures have been provided. Prior to 1993 community charge
benefit was in payment and figures for this are not comparable.
4. Estimated annual expenditure is calculated as benefit units multiplied by the average weekly amount of benefit
in payment for the group, multiplied by 52.
5. IS and HB columns are not mutually exclusive and cannot therefore be summed.
Source:
Income support statistics annual inquiries May 1989 to May 1993 housing benefit management information system
annual 1 per cent. samples May 1989 to May 1993.
Cold Weather Payments
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what entitlement constituents in Stoke-on-Trent, North have to cold weather payments in respect of (a) January and (b) February.
Mr. Roger Evans: The administration of the cold weather payment scheme is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Michael Bichard to Ms Joan Walley, dated 14 March 1995:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about Cold Weather Payments. Persons become entitled to a Cold Weather Payment if for any part of a period of cold weather they are entitled to Income Support which includes one of the following:
an amount for a dependent child under five or
a Pensioner, Higher Pensioner, Enhanced Pensioner, Disability, Severe Disability or Disabled Child Premium.
A period of cold weather is defined as a period of seven consecutive days when the average temperature in a local area is forecast or recorded to be 0 C or below.
Sixty meteorological weather stations in the UK are each linked to a set of postcodes. The Parliamentary constituency of
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Stoke-on-Trent North is in the area covered by the Benefits Agency District of North Staffordshire. The weather stations linked to postcodes in that district are Manchester Airport, Shawbury, Watnall and Wilsden. None of these weather stations returned forecast or recorded periods of cold weather in January or February and therefore no Cold Weather Payments were paid to people in that area during that period.I hope you find this reply helpful.
Social Fund
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was (a) the average, (b) the lowest and (c) the highest total payout made from the social fund by the Southampton benefits office in the most recent year.
Mr. Roger Evans: The administration of the social fund is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available.
Letter from Michael Bichard to Mr. John Denham, dated 14 March 1995 :
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Social Fund (SF) in Southampton.
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Since the formation of the Benefits Agency (BA) in April 1991 all former DSS local offices were formed into Districts. The BA's Southampton office is now part of the BA District of Solent and New Forest, which comprises the offices of Southampton, Fareham and New Forest. Information is available only at District level.I have provided at Annex A the average awards for Community Care Grants (CCG), Budgeting Loans (BLs), Crisis Loans (CLs), Funeral Payments and Maternity Payments made in the Solent and New Forest District in the year 1993 94. No Cold Weather Payments were made in the District during that year. I should add that Maternity payments can be made up to a maximum of £100, although in multiple pregnancies the £100 maximum can be made for each child. Therefore, the average Maternity Payments was slightly above £100.
Statistics showing the lowest or highest amounts awarded are not readily available and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost. However, statistics are readily available showing the number of awards made within certain cash bands and at Annex B I have provided the number of awards within the lowest and highest cash bands for each part of the Fund in 1993 94.
The minimum amount that can be awarded for both CCGs and BLs is £30. There is no minimum award for CLs, therefore, the amount awarded will be enough to relieve the immediate emergency or disaster, after taking into account any income or capital the applicant has. All SF loans are limited to the amount the individual applicant can afford to repay. The maximum amount of SF loans the individual applicant may have outstanding at any one time is £1,000. Therefore, no award can be made which, either singularly or when added to any outstanding amount, will exceed £1,000. There is no maximum amount rule for CCGs and this accounts for the different high and low cash bands.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Annex A: Average award made in the Solent and
New Forest
District for community care grants, budgeting
loans, crisis loans,
funeral payments and maternity payments for the
year April
1993-March 1994
Type |Average award
|£
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Budgeting loan |229.99
Crisis loan |51.14
Community care grant |260.71
Funeral payment |792.82
Maternity payment |100.78
Annex B: The number of community care grant, budgeting loan, crisis loan, funeral payment and maternity payment awards made and the number of awards within the lowest and highest cash bands for Solent and New Forest district April 1993-March 1994 Type |Up to £50 |£901 to £1,000|Total awards --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budgeting loan |409 |26 |7,403 Crisis loan |5,677 |1 |7,548
Type |Up to £50 |Above £1,000|Total awards -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Community care grant |345 |48 |1,908 Funeral payment |12 |68 |458
Type |£51 to £100 |£101 to £200|Total awards ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Maternity payment |2,063 |17 |2,080
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Professional Services
Mr. Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Overseas Development Administration spent on contracted external professional services in 1992 93 and 1993 94; what types of services were provided; and how much expenditure related to (a) the Overseas Development
Administration's internal administration and (b) the aid programme.
Mr. Baldry: Total expenditure on contracted professional services for 1992 93 and 1993 94 was £204 million and £256 million, respectively. Less than 1 per cent. of this related to consultancy advice to assist our internal management of the aid programme. The remainder was aid programme expenditure relating to the provision of professional services to assist over 80 overseas Governments with the implementation of their development programmes. The services provided include conventional consultancy advice--about 25 per cent. of the total--and project and programme management services provided by external private and public sector organisations such as the British Council.
St. Helena
Mr. Mike O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy for encouraging entrepreneurial endeavour on St. Helena.
Mr. Baldry: We recognise the importance of encouraging entrepreneurial endeavour on St. Helena, as an essential means of promoting the island's economic prospects, and we are making a substantial commitment to that goal.
Under a three-year project about to be finalised in agreement with the Government of St. Helena, the Overseas Development Administration will be providing some £1.2 million of aid to support the establishment of a new business development organisation for the island, the St. Helena development agency. The aim of the agency is to encourage an export- oriented and import-substituting private sector, reducing the trade deficit and dependence on UK budgetary aid. Its purpose is to promote sustainable private sector development by providing a viable alternative to aid- financed public sector employment in St. Helena. Activities will include the training of private sector staff, the provision of business advisory services and the provision of grants for private sector projects where justified on development grounds.
Iraq
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking within the framework of humanitarian support to restore the economy of areas of Iraq not under the control of the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Mr. Baldry: In the three northern governorates of Iraq, we have this financial year contributed £2 million to help returning villagers become self-sustaining and £1 million to help protect wheat crops from pests. We are also contributing to a programme of clearing land mines from agricultural areas and villages.
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TREASURY
Barings Bank
Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if Barings bank breached the Banking Act 1987 over transfer of its capital to Singapore;
(2) if Barings bank received permission from the Bank of England to place more than 25 per cent. of its capital in Singapore.
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on what date the issues raised at the board meeting of Barings in September 1994 were first communicated to the Bank of England; (2) what communications were received by the Bank of England as to developing problems at either Barings in the United Kingdom or Singapore from overseas financial authorities in each of the last 24 months;
(3) when the Bank of England was first made aware of the Barings internal audit report outlining concerns over the activities of Mr. Nick Leeson.
Mr. Nelson [holding answers 8 and 13 March 1995]: As my right hon. and learned Friend told the House on 27 February, he has asked the Board of Banking Supervision to investigate fully and urgently all aspects of the Barings episode and to report back to him. He expects to publish the full report subject only to the need to protect the legitimate confidentiality of innocent third parties and any other legal constraints.
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date Ministers were first informed that Barings was unable to meet its financial commitments.
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