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of the principal reasons for the general failure of initiatives taken so far, including the tropical forestry action plan and the International Tropical Timber Organisation, not to prevent the destruction of tropical rainforests. [19803]Mr. Baldry [holding answer 21 April 1995]: Much forest loss is caused by local land use pressures which are not subject to resolution through international initiatives. TFAP and ITTO have assisted and encouraged Governments to develop and implement sustainable forest management policies in their own countries, but they cannot replace the overriding importance of national action and local political commitment.
Mr. Dafis: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the willingness or otherwise of the British public to pay, through taxation, for additional measures to conserve tropical rainforests. [19806]
Mr. Baldry [holding answer 21 April 1995]: Sustainable management of tropical rainforests is principally the responsibility of the Governments of the countries in which they occur. It is not evident that measures taken by them would be directly assisted by taxation levied in the United Kingdom. In due course, producer countries might aim to fund forest conservation partly from a premium on tropical timber certified as being from a sustainable source, but there are differing views on the willingness of consumers to pay such premiums.
Mr. Dafis: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the United Kingdom Government's policy regarding the involvement of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in the issue of tropical rainforest conservation. [19805]
Mr. Baldry [holding answer 21 April 1995]: FAO is responsible within the UN system for forest issues and has considerable expertise in forestry. We believe that FAO should increase the proportion of its existing resources which it devotes to assisting the sustainable development and conversation of forests.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Rules and Regulations
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many rules and regulations he repealed in the first three months of 1995; and how many new rules and regulations were introduced in that period by way of statutory instruments, motions or orders. [19367]
Mr. Hague: In the first three months of 1995, 32 statutory instruments were laid, not including commencement orders, Orders in Council and instruments not subject to parliamentary procedure, of which five introduced new regulatory requirements which had costs for business. Compliance cost assessments were published and copies have been placed in the Library. These statutory instruments also repealed eight rules and regulations.
Competitive Tendering
Mrs Ann Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many competitive tendering exercises carried out by his Department in each of the last two years
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were caught by the provisions of the public services directive but were not subsequently advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union in compliance with the relevant regulations. [19227]Mr. Arbuthnot: All contracts for services awarded by this Department since the public services directive came into effect on 1 July 1993 have been awarded in compliance with the relevant regulations.
Incapacity Benefit
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many representations he has received expressing opposition to the new incapacity benefit;and what plans he has to review the working of this benefit. [20371]
Mr. Hague: I have received a number of letters about incapacity benefit since the changes were announced in December 1993. We will closely monitor the effects of the changes but we have no plans to review the benefit.
Mr. Stephen: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when the revised charter for national insurance payers will be published. [20757]
Mr. Arbuthnot: I have today published the revised contributor's charter. It highlights the progress the Contributions Agency has made since its launch four years ago. It demonstrates the agency's continuing commitment to providing a quality service. I am particularly pleased to see that the charter's complaints section has been revised. Customers now have access to an independent adjudicator and are clearly directed to other sources of independent advice. The agency is now better placed to deal with customers dissatisfaction effectively and positively.
Self-Employed Farmers
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to provide injury benefit to self-employed farmers who paid class 2 national insurance contributions and who are now suffering from organophosphorous poisoning as a result of the compulsory use of organophosphorous dips. [20259]
Mr. Hague: Injury benefit was abolished in 1983. Disablement benefit may be payable under the industrial injuries scheme to employed earners who suffer organophosphorous poisoning as a result of their work. We have no plans to extend the industrial injuries scheme to the self-employed in agriculture. However, incapacity benefit is available to self-employed farmers who satisfy the relevant incapacity and contribution conditions.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Annesley Bentinck Colliery
Mr. Garnier: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the future of Annesley Bentinck colliery. [21001]
Mr. Page: Discussions with Coal Investments plc on its proposed acquisition of Annesley Bentinick are at an
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advanced stage and we hope to complete the sale very shortly. The bid has been subject to a detailed process of clarification and negotiation since Coal Investments was selected as preferred bidder in October 1994. Agreement has now been reached, subject to contract, that Coal Investments will acquire Annesley Bentinck colliery, which has been on care and maintenance since February 1994, for a nominal consideration of £1. Coal Investments will take over British Coal's substantial liabilities in relation to the colliery--for example, in relation to site restoration when production ceases. In order to conclude the transfer at the earliest opportunity so as to minimise the on-going costs currently being incurred by British Coal, the Government will pay Coal Investments a contribution of up to £270,000 towards continuing care and maintenance costs for a limited period. The Department will shortly lay a minute before the House describing certain limited warranties which it proposes to give in relation to the sale.Exploration Licences
Mr. Cohen: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if the fee paid by Canuk Exploration Ltd. for the exploration licence covering the Windsor area will correlate to the proceeds of any oil discovery; and if he will make a statement. [20042]
Mr. Page: Application fees and rental payments for all petroleum licences are not related to future proceeds from any oil discovery but are charged on a standard basis. All third round licensees, including Canuk Exploration Ltd., paid a standard application fee of £1,000 and a non- recurrent rental of £75 per square kilometre when it was awarded exploration licences. The rental paid by Canuk amounted to £7,500. Licensees wishing to develop any discoveries would need first to apply for an appraisal licence, which currently attracts a non-recurrent rental of £75 per square kilometre, and then a development licence, for which the charge is £1,500 per square kilometre per year. Licence fees and rentals are agreed with the Treasury prior to each licensing round and are currently being reviewed. I hope to announce the new rental structure shortly.
Mr. Cohen: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what criteria are used to access the adequacy of the financial and technical resources of applicants applying for oil exploration licences. [20043]
Mr. Page: Before awarding an onshore exploration licence, my officials make the necessary checks to ensure that applicants have sufficient technical resources to perform their proposed work programmes and have access to the funding required to enable these to be carried out.
Crown Post Offices
Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the Crown post offices in Britain which are earmarked for conversion to agency status and the constituencies within which they lie. [19483]
Mr. Heseltine: I understand from the Post Office that it has begun or completed consultation on the conversion of the following Crown post offices in Britain to agency status but has either not yet taken a decision to proceed or has not yet proceeded with the conversion.
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Crown Office |Constituency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Banstead |Epsom and Ewell Caterham |East Surrey Cranleigh |Guildford Downham |Lewisham East East Grinstead |Mid Sussex Elephand and Castle |Southwark and Bermondsey Greenwich |Greenwich Melville Road Hove |Hove Rye |Hastings and Rye South Kensington |Chelsea South Norwood |Croydon North East Southsea |Portsmouth South Waterlooville |Havant Wimbledon |Wimbledon Walton |Liverpool Walton Nelson |Pendle Whitehaven |Copeland Ulverston |Barrow in Furness New Ferry |Wirral South Speke |Liverpool Garston Skelmersdale |Lancashire West Hightown |Manchester Central Atherton |Leigh Bury |Bury North Stalybridge |Stalybridge and Hyde Bodmin |North Cornwall Bude |North Cornwall Launceston |North Cornwall Tewkesbury |Cirencester and Tewkesbury Brighouse |Calder Valley Derby |Derby South Long Eaton |Erewash Willenhall |Walsall North South Wolfe Street Stoke on Trent |Stoke on Trent South Greenock |Greenock and Port Glasgow Nicholson Street |Greenock and Port Glasgow Westerhailes |Edinburgh Pentland Maida Hill |Westminster North Stanmore |Harrow East Highbury |Islington North Islington |Islington South Muswell Hill |Hornsey and Wood Green Southgate |Enfield Southgate Cricklewood |Brent East Halstead |Saffron Walden Dunmow |Saffron Walden Saffron Walden |Saffron Walden Chadwell Heath |Dagenham Newton Aycliffe |Bishop Auckland
Raytheon
Dr. John Cunningham: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he has written to the chief executive of Raytheon asking him to meet representatives of the Raytheon campaign. [19956]
Mr. Heseltine: Ministers at the DTI and the Welsh Office have written to the chief executive of Raytheon asking him to meet representatives of the Raytheon campaign.
Public Information Telephone Line
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the public information telephone inquiry lines operated by his Department, in each case indicating the costs of
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establishing, operating and publicising these lines and the number of calls made to them up until this point; when they were established; and what assessment his Department has made of their effectiveness. [17456]Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 3 April 1995]: The information requested is as follows.
Environment Helpline 0800 585 794
The Environmental Helpline is a freephone service which provides up to two hours of free advice to firms on environmental issues affecting their business. Until 1994, it was run by the DTI's Warren Spring Laboratory. Since June 1994, it has been run by the National Environmental Technology Centre (NETCEN) as part of DTI/DOE Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme, for which it is the first point of contact. The figures below for the period 1990 91 to 1993 94 relate to the cost of operating the helpline, excluding any DTI staff involved, and to the number of calls received during this period:
Year |Costs (£)|Calls ---------------------------------------- 1990-91 |2,076 |5,052 1991-92 |3,311 |6,735 1992-93 |4,184 |6,441 1993-94 |2,262 |2,962
Since the transfer of the helpline service to NETCEN as part of the Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme, the full cost of providing the helpline service, including the provision of a site visit advisory service and the associated staff costs relating to this are available. For 1994/95, a total of 6,322 calls were handled by the helpline service, at a total cost to the Department of £259, 793.
Business in Europe Hotline (0117 944 4888)
The Business in Europe Hotline superseded the Single Market Helpline in April 1993 and was further streamlined, with consequent cost savings, in May 1994.
This Hotline now concentrates on taking orders for free publications, providing names of government contacts for specific areas of legislation and signposting to private sector sources of advice. Cost since the changeover and the number of calls to date are as follows:
Year |Costs (£)|Calls ---------------------------------------- 1993-94 |94,850 |30,169 1994-95 |<1>26,129|19,986
Innovation Enquiry Line 0800 44 2001
The line provides a single point of contact for those seeking information about the Department's innovation services; it signposts enquirers to other sources of help and advice, and takes orders for the despatch of relevant literature.
Costs (excluding staff costs) since inception and the number of calls to date are as follows. The 1994 95 call figures reflects steps taken to discourage irrelevant enquiries.
Year |Costs (£)|Calls ---------------------------------------- 1991-92 |3,700 |7,980 1992-93 |3,700 |7,430 1993-94 |5,400 |9,584 1994-95 |4,100<1> |4,872
Services for Business Line (0800 500 200)
The Services for Business line (formerly known as the Enterprise Initiative Helpline) provides a signposting and publication-ordering facility across a wide range of the Department's business services. From April 1995 it will be known as the Business Link Hotline. Costs and number of calls to date are as follows:
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Year |Costs (£) |Calls ---------------------------------------------------- 1987-88 |67,000 |44,971 1988-89 |106,700 |43,413 1989-90 |163,600 |38,496 1990-91 |166,400 |37,606 1991-92 |120,500 |26,833 1992-93 |124,200 |31,009 1993-94 |118,000 |26,608 1994-95 |<1>112,000<>|21,513 <1> Estimated A Biotechnology Means Business Helpline (0800 432 100) was launched on 22 March 1995 as part of a three-year awareness initiative but it is too early to make an assessment of its effectiveness.
These lines provide a valuable and necessary function in enabling the Department to measure and respond to interest generated by its various awareness-raising marketing campaigns and in most instances provide gateways into various DTI best-practice programmes and services.
The costs, call levels and nature of inquiries are under constant assessment and subject to periodic formal review and, where necessary, appropriate steps are taken to improve value for money. Such steps include contracting out, streamlining services, changing service suppliers and screening out inappropriate calls.
Patent Office
Mr. Flynn: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what quality standards he will require when the marketing and information technology section of the Patent Office is opened to competitive tenders. [20028]
Mr. Ian Taylor: The Patent Office will require prospective tenderers to demonstrate commitment to quality standards as part of their proposals and quality standards will be incorporated in the specifications. Deciding the nature and scope of appropriate standards will form part of the process of drawing up those specifications.
Mr. Flynn: To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he intends to invite tenders for Patent Office work including the marketing section and duties undertaken by the London Front section. [20027]
Mr. Ian Taylor: The Patent Office will seek to contract out activities wherever this is compatible with its statutory role and good value for money. It is currently assessing the scope for contracting out and some candidates have been identified. Before tenders can be invited, operational requirements need to be assessed and specifications drawn up. In the case of marketing and the London Front office, it is likely that consultants will be appointed in May to help with this stage of the work, on which the subsequent timetable depends.
Scott Inquiry
Mr. Gunnell: To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he is now expecting the house to receive the findings of the Scott inquiry. [18746]
Mr. Heseltine: Sir Richard Scott has advised me that he hopes to publish his report in late June or shortly thereafter.
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Electro-shock Equipment
Mr. Harvey: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set up an inquiry into the extent to which British companies have been involved in the export or arrangement for sale of electro-shock equipment since 1984. [19510]
Mr. Ian Taylor [holding answer 18 April 1995]: The export of portable anti-riot devices for administering an electric shock and specialised components therefore has been controlled since 1984 under the terms of various Export of Goods (Control) Orders which have applied since and before that date. In considering any applications for licences for the export of such equipment the Department of Trade and Industry and advisers in other Government Departments would take special care and consider very carefully the political and military implications of allowing such goods to be exported. Particular attention is paid to proposed exports to countries with poor human rights records, where the equipment might be used for internal repression. Evasion of UK export controls is a criminal offence and investigation of such evasion is a matter for Customs and Excise; any evidence that evasion may have taken place should be supplied to that Department. Controls on the exports of such goods from outside the United Kingdom are the responsibility of the appropriate authorities in the countries from which the goods are supplied. In these circumstances I do not think that inquiry is necessary or appropriate.
Executive Agencies
Mr. Macdonald: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the number and location of Accounts Services Agency, Companies House, Insolvency Service, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, National Engineering Laboratory, National Physical Laboratory, National Weights and Measures Laboratory, Patent Office and Radiocommunications Agency offices closed and the number of jobs lost or transferred as a result of agency work transferring from Scotland to the rest of the United Kingdom over the past five years; and if he will list the number and location of offices opened and jobs gained in Scotland as the result of agency work transferring to Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom over the same period. [20299]
Mr. Heseltine: One clerical post in Radiocommunications Agency was transferred to Scotland during the period in question. No other work carried out by any of the Department's executive agencies has been transferred to or from Scotland from or to the rest of the UK during the period.
Regional Selective Assistance
Mr. William Powell: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those companies in the Corby area which have qualified for regional selective assistance since 1991 92, together with the total value of such selective assistance in each year. [20277]
Mr. Page: Discussions about regional selective assistance grants are confidential between the company
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concerned and my Department. I am, therefore, unable to provide a full list of companies which received RSA during the period in question. However, where RSA exceeds £75,000, details are published in the Employment Gazette once the first payment has been made. I can provide figures which show the total amounts of RSA approved for projects in the Corby travel-to-work area from financial year 1991 92 onwards, and these figures are as follows:
Financial year |Number of offers|Amount offered
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1991-92 |4 |553
1992-93 |6 |588
1993-94 |11 |1,295
1994-95 |4 |843
As my hon. Friend is aware, Corby lost its development area status when the new assisted area map was published on 1 August 1993. The above totals for 1993 94 and for 1994 95 include figures for projects which were submitted to my Department prior to 1 August 1993 but which were not officially approved until after that date.
Business Links
Mr. Wilson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the viability of Business Link outlets which have already been created. [18106]
Mr. Page: All Business Links which are open have convinced a national assessment panel that they have sound financial plans, including their long-term viability.
Business Links are private sector companies. It is for their boards to ensure that they remain solvent and that they keep their expenditure within their income. This includes, for 1995 96 alone, £38.5 million from the Government for pump priming, in addition to £50 million which will be provided for services. The amount available for services will be known three years in advance in a rolling programme for funding. Over and above Government funding, there will be additional funding from other partners, membership fees, charges for services and sponsorship income.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Debates
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Lord President of the Council what debates have been held in the past year as a result of requests made by hon. Members at business questions.
Mr. Newton: Alongside a wide range of other factors, representations at business questions frequently have considerable influence on the content and timing of the business scheduled. Examples of debates where this has been particularly clear so far this year are the Commonwealth, civil service, tourism and Hong Kong.
Parliamentary Questions
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Lord President of the Council what proportion of written parliamentary questions were answered (a) directly by Ministers and
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(b) in letters from officials of executive agencies in the first three months of (i) 1993, (ii) 1994 and (iii) 1995.Mr. Newton: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Dewsbury(Mrs. Taylor) on 5 April, Official Report, column 1131.
Pension Fund
Mr. Ray Powell: To ask the Lord President of the Council, pursuant to his answer on 5 April Official Report, column 1132 , to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe (Mr. Morris), on what date the report by the Government Actuary on the valuation of the parliamentary contributory pension fund, placed in the Vote Office on 4 April, came into operational effect, as it affects hon. and right hon. Members' contributions to the fund.
Mr. Newton [holding answer 18 April 1995]: The report of the Government Actuary on the valuation of the parliamentary contributory pension fund as at 1 April 1993 covers the general financial position of the fund and, as required by legislation, recommends the Exchequer contribution needed to meet the balance of the cost of the scheme. The Government Actuary Department's report will not affect the contribution payable by hon. and right hon. Members. The Exchequer contributions rate recommendation is in respect of the financial year beginning after the Actuary's report is made, in this case, 1 April 1995.
LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Drugs
Mr. McMaster: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement on the work in which he has been involved aimed at tackling the problems related to drug misuse in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Newton: I chair the ministerial sub-committee on the misuse of drugs which has co-ordinated a series of reviews of the Government's strategies to tackle drug misuse in the United Kingdom
A new drugs strategy for England for the period 1995 98 will be set out in a White Paper to be published shortly. The White Paper is a revised version of the consultative document "Tackling Drugs Together", which was published in October 1994. In Scotland, work is underway to implement the recommendations of the report "Drugs in Scotland: Meeting the Challenge" produced by the ministerial drugs task force, which was also published in October 1994. In Wales, a strategy on drug and alcohol misuse is being prepared. It is intended to set up a Welsh drug and alcohol unit to oversee the implementation of the strategy. The Northern Ireland committee on drug misuse has reviewed existing drug policies in Northern Ireland and last month issued a new policy statement for consultation.
Overtime and Sickness
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Lord President of the Council, if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible (a) the total hours
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of overtime worked for which payment has been made, (b) the total amount paid in overtime and (c) the total time in days and its monetary equivalent lost through sickness in each of the last three years.Mr. Newton: The information requested under (a) could not be provided except at disproportionate cost. As to (b) , overtime costs incurred by the Privy Council Office were as follows: 1992 93 £36,000 (estimate), 1993 94 £34,121, and 1994 95 £41,137. The total number of days lost through sickness in the PCO was 100 in 1992 calendar year and 237 in 1993. Figures are not yet available for 1994. It is not possible to attribute accurate monetary equivalents to days lost through sickness.
I am not responsible for any agencies.
Allowances
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible (a) the total amount of removal costs and associated expenses reimbursed to officials who were required to relocate as part of their employment, (b) the amount of each of the highest three claims that were concluded and settled and (c) the average amount of each claim in each of the last three years.
Mr. Newton: No relocation expenses were claimed by staff of the Privy Council Office in the years in question. I am not responsible for any agencies.
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will list the total amount paid by his central Department and each agency for which he is responsible in subsistence allowances for travel (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) outside the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.
Mr. Newton: Separate figures for subsistence costs incurred by the Privy Council Office in 1992 93, when such costs were aggregated with travel costs, are not available. Subsistence costs in 1993 94 and 1994 95 were as follows:
|UK |Overseas
|£ |£
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1993-94 |680 |-
1994-95 |747 |202
I am not responsible for any agencies.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Asil Nadir
25. Mrs. Roche: To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement about progress in the case of Asil Nadir. [18747]
26. Mr. Winnick: To ask the Attorney-General when he now expects Asil Nadir to return to this country to face the charges against him [18749]
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The Attorney-General: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Asil Nadir. The Crown is ready to proceed as soon as he returns or is returned to the jurisdiction.
Witnesses
Mr. Dowd: To ask the Attorney-General what plans he has to review the procedure by which the Crown Prosecution Service informs its witnesses of the scheduling of the court case in which they have to appear. [18744]
The Attorney-General: Witness warning has been recently under review. Two independent reports have recommended that it should continue to be carried out by the police who already have the necessary liaison with both victims and witnesses and are currently best placed to do the job effectively.
Government Departments
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Attorney-General what arrangements exist for liaison between his Office and the Crown Office in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General: There are established procedures for liaison and consultation on matters of mutual interest to Government Departments. Close co-ordination between the English and Scottish law officers ensures effective contact between my office and the Crown Office.
Crown Prosecution Service
Mr. Simon Hughes: To ask the Attorney-General what percentage of charges prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service has resulted in conviction in each of the years of the Crown Prosecution Service's existence.
The Attorney-General: Crown Prosecution Service records are based on the number of defendants whose case results in a conviction, rather than the number of charges resulting in conviction. Since 1987, expressed as a proportion of all defendants whose case proceeded to a hearing, the percentage convicted in magistrates court proceedings has been 97 per cent. each year. In the Crown court, the percentage was 91 per cent. between 1987 and 1991, and 90 per cent. thereafter.
PRIME MINISTER
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 28 March, Official Report, columns 545 46, and to his letter to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 10 April, what response he has had from the United States authorities as to the authenticity or otherwise of a signal, a copy of which was sent to him and to the US embassy in London, by the hon. Member for Linlithgow, purporting to be a threat to the life of Major Charles McKee, who died over Lockerbie by the agencies of the United States Government. [20316]
The Prime Minister: The United States authorities' examination of the document concerned is continuing. They have not yet been able to establish its authenticity.
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Nursery Places
Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Prime Minister what are the total number of workplace nursery places provided by each Government Department; and what plans there are to increase this provision [20292]
The Prime Minister: Information on individual Departments and agencies' number of workplace nursery places is not collected centrally in the form requested. However, as detailed in the childcare bulletin, to be published by the Cabinet Office later this month, 39 Departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies are currently involved in 71 workplace nurseries, in which there are over 1,800 places. Copies of the bulletin will be placed in the Library of the House.
It is for Departments and agencies to decide whether to increase their childcare provision in the light of their own circumstances, provided they can justify this in value-for-money terms and contain costs within their existing budgets. I am aware of plans for two further workplace nurseries-- in Falkirk, 30 places, and in York, 33 places.
VE Day (Poland)
Mr. Mackinlay: To ask the Prime Minister what representations have been made to Her Majesty's Government alleging disparity of treatment between Poland and other allied countries in respect of Poland's exclusion from the principal allies Heads of States and Heads of Governments visits to allied countries in and around the days of commemorating victory in Europe; and if he will make a statement. [20227]
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