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Mr. Boswell [holding answer 12 July 1995]: Expenditure on computer consultancy over the past five years is:
£ million Year |Expenditure ------------------------------------ 1990-91 |4.4 1991-92 |4.0 1992-93 |5.2 1993-94 |8.3 1994-95 |5.4
The estimated expenditure in 1995 96 is around £6 million. Expenditure in the following four years is expected to be in the range of £3.5 million annually, depending upon the requirements, assessment of priorities and PES settlements.
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which firms won computer consultancy contracts from his Department and its agencies over the last five years: and what is the number of contracts per firm. [33894]
Mr. Boswell [holding answer 12 July 1995]: The details requested are as follows:
Consultants |Number of contracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACT Logsys |1 ACT Business Systems |1 Admiral |3 AIMS Systems |1 Aimtech Europe |1 Ampersand |5 AMP Systems |1 AMTEC |4 Applied Information Systems |1 Arena |1 ASK Group |2 Aslib Consultancy |1 Asterisk Systems |6 Benson Networks |1 BIS |1 Brandt Computers |1 Bristol University |1 Brook Systems |1 Keith Butterfield Associates |1 Cambridge Ergonomics |1 CAPITA |1 CCT |6 Chris Cole Associates |1 Coopers and Lybrand |1 Corporate Computers |1 Cray Systems |1 CSS Trident |2 Digital Equipment Corporation |1 D M Shaw Associates |3 DPP International |1 Duhig Berry |1 Electronic Facilities Design |3 Eosys |1 Ernst and Young |2 Exclusive Software |2 Exeter University |1 FI Group |4 Forvus Ltd |1 Foxware |3 Gateway Systems |1 Grafton |1 R. T. Grandy Associates |1 Harwell Computers |1 Hayes-Davies |1 Hay Management |1 Haynes Associates |1 Hoskyns |3 Hunterskill |1 IBM |1 Independent Training Solutions |1 Inference Ltd |1 Infocus |1 Infologistix |1 Ingres |1 Insight Consultancy |1 ISM Consultants |1 Intergraph |1 Intersect |1 International Software |1 John Guest Ltd. |1 Kermon Associates |2 LBMS |3 Logica |2 Mansell Associates |1 Megaware Consultants |1 MSB International |1 Metron |1 Midsummer Computing |1 MMT Ltd. |6 Mouncey and Partners |10 MSB International |2 MSG Business Systems |1 Neville Clarke |1 OFICE |1 Oracle |6 PA Consulting |12 PACTUM Ltd. |1 Perspective |1 Premier Computing |1 Price Waterhouse |3 Prime Computer Systems |1 Projects Group |1 Quanta Learning Systems |3 Reading University |1 Reed Personnel |1 Ricardo Ltd. |1 SAC Ltd. |1 Sapphire Ltd. |1 SEMA Group |19 Sequent Computer Systems |2 Sequelogic |1 Sherwoods Ltd. |9 Shreeveport Ltd. |1 Siemens Nixdorf |4 Software Innovations |1 Software Support |1 Soft Toolrack |1 South-West Health Authority |1 Softbridge Support Services |1 Softlab |1 Span Group |3 STATUS IQ |2 Syntech |2 Surrey Training and Enterprise Council |1 Touche Ross |11 TMS Computer Authors |1 Triad Ltd. |15 Unidata |1 Zergo Ltd. |1
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which firms of consultants employed by his Department over the last year have been paid more than £1,000 per day. [33870]
Mr. Boswell [holding answer 12 July 1995]: During the past year, the following consultants have been employed by my Department at an agreed daily rate of £1,000 or more:
Charterhouse Bank
Oxford Communications Group
Price Waterhouse
Mrs. J. Olsen
KPMG Peat Marwick
Ernst and Young
Waste Paper Sludge (Thieveley Pike)
Mr. Pike: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received regarding the problems caused by the spreading of waste paper sludge at Thieveley Pike, Cliviger, Burnley. [33614]
Mr. Boswell: We have received two letters on this subject and will reply to those parts of the letters which relate to MAFF's interests as soon as we have investigated the matters raised.
Unfair Dismissal
Mr. Ian McCartney: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many unfair dismissal cases were brought against his Department during the last 12 months; how many were successful; and what were the total costs including legal fees and
compensation. [34584]
Mr. Boswell: Four applications to an industrial tribunal on the grounds of unfair dismissal have been brought against this Department within the last 12 months. Two are pending. Two were withdrawn by the applicants, one of which was on terms providing £1,000 compensation as part of an agreed settlement. No external legal fees have been paid.
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Deputy Prime Minister
Mr. Winnick: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what will be the involvement of the Deputy Prime Minister in the work of his Department. [34036]
Mr. Douglas Hogg [holding answer 13 July 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Pembroke (Mr. Ainger) by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 11 July 1995, Official Report , columns 496 97 .
Allowances
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will detail the amount of travel claims at constant prices in his Department in (a) 1993 94 and (b) 1994 95 broken down by (i) public transport, (ii) car mileage allowance and (iii) bicycle allowances. [32214]
Mr. Jack: The amount spent by the Department during each of the last two years on public transport and car mileage allowance, at prices and rates current in the relevant year, is as follows:
|1993-94 |1994-95
|£ |£
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(i) Public transport |2,285,933|2,148,659
(ii) Car mileage allowance |3,770,826|3,714,600
Expenditure on bicycle allowance is not recorded separately but is contained in the public transport figures, which also include some other associated travel costs.
The figures for 1993 94 include the Pesticides Safety and Veterinary Medicines Directorates.
Responsibility for such matters within ADAS, the Central Science Laboratory, the Central Veterinary Laboratory and the Pesticides Safety and the Veterinary Medicines Directorates has been delegated to the agency chief executives and I have asked them to reply to you direct.
Letter from Professor P. I. Stanley to Mrs. Anne Campbell, dated 14 July 1995:
The amount of travel claims at constant prices in 1993/94 and 1994/95
The Central Science Laboratory (CSL) was launched as an executive agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) on 1 April 1992 and following the merger with 2 further laboratories was relaunched on 1 April 1994. Expenditure on travel claims are as follows:
|1993-94 |1994-95
|£ |£
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Public Transport |99,051.96 |203,385.79
Car Mileage Allowance |66,749.71 |177,904.37
Bicycle Allowance |Nil |Nil
The Minister has asked me to reply to your question concerning the amount of travel claims at the Central Veterinary Laboratory. We do not distinguish between bicycle and car mileage and neither do we analyses overseas travel by mode of transport. Against this background the expenditure based on constant 1993/94 prices was as follows:
|1993-94 £|1994-95 £
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Public transport (UK) |34,482 |<1>33,673
Mileage (UK) |17,839 |<1>15,176
<1> 2.75 per cent. deflator used on 1994-1995
costs.
Letter from G. K. Bruce to Mrs. Anne Campbell, dated 14 July 1995:
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has asked me to reply, in respect of the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), to your Question about travel claims.
The amounts of travel claims at actual prices in 1993/94 and 1994/95 were as follows:
£
|1993/94|1994/95
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Public transport (UK and foreign travel) |77,909 |81,921
Car mileage allowance |9,039 |12,923
Bicycle allowance |0 |0
Please note that the figures for 1993/94 are also included in the reply from the Minister. They are given here to enable a comparison to be made between the two years.
Letter from Dr. J. M. Rutter to Mrs. Anne Campbell MP, dated 3 July 1995:
PQ1 28 June 1995--
The Minister of State has asked me to reply to your question about travel costs incurred by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, as this is an operational matter for which I am responsible. The information you requested (at 1994 95 prices) is as follows:
|1993-94|1994-95
|£ |£
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Public transport |12,456 |14,434
Car mileage allowance |6,842 |9,831
Bicycle allowance |Nil |Nil
Letter from Dr. J. M. Walsh to Mrs. Anne Campbell, dated 14 July 1995:
Recently you tabled a question in the House of Commons (PQ Number 1584) asking the Minister of Agriculture for details of travel claims at constant prices in his Department in (a) 1993/94 and (b) 1994/95, broken down by 1) public transport, 2) car mileage allowance and 3) bicycle allowance.
I understand that he will be writing to you with details of the core part of the Ministry, but has asked the Chief Executive's to reply on behalf of their agencies. ADAS was formed as an Executive Agency of MAFF and the Welsh Office in April 1992.
The details requested in constant 1994/95 prices are as follows:
|1993-94 |1994-95
|£ |£
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Car Mileage Allowances |3,626,346|3,458,338
Public Transport Claims |217,818 |213,292
Bicycle Allowances |0 |0
Mr. Byers: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current tonnage and value of tobacco held in intervention by the European Commission. [34640]
Mr. Baldry: From the 1993 harvest, the facility to take tobacco into intervention was removed and it can be
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re-introduced only in exceptional circumstances. Details of the remaining volume of intervention stocks for tobacco for harvests prior to 1993, updated on a monthly basis, are available in the Library of the House. There is no information readily available on the value of those stocks, although the value of the different consignments at the time of being taken into intervention, was taken into account in reimbursing member states for storage costs and stock depreciation.Column 859
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