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Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 18 July 1995]: The Government's plans for legislation will be announced in the Queen's Speech at the start of the 1995 96 Session.
Public Service Vehicles and Minibuses
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by region the number of accidents involving public service vehicles and minibuses carrying school children in the last two years for which figures are available. [34794]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 17 July 1995]: The information available is given in the table.
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Accidents involving injury to school age children (5 to 16 years) travelling in public service vehicles or minibuses,
by region and whether travelling to or from school, 1993-1994<1>
Number of accidents
1993 1994
|Travelling |Not travelling |Travelling |Not travelling
Region |to/from school|to/from school|Total |to/from school|to/from school|Total
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Borders |1 |- |1 |2 |1 |3
Central |2 |3 |5 |3 |6 |9
Dumfries and Galloway |2 |1 |3 |- |- |-
Fife |2 |1 |3 |2 |1 |3
Grampian |1 |1 |2 |2 |2 |4
Highland |1 |2 |3 |1 |1 |2
Lothian |5 |11 |16 |6 |24 |30
Strathclyde |10 |31 |41 |16 |27 |43
Tayside |2 |1 |3 |1 |3 |4
Orkney |- |- |- |- |- |-
Shetland |- |- |- |- |- |-
Western Isles |- |- |- |- |1 |1
Scotland |26 |51 |77 |33 |66 |99
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Departmental Staff (Absence through Sickness)
Mr. Ian McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many days were lost in sickness in the last 12 months by employees in his Department (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the number of days worked; and what was the cost of this absence. [34612]
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 18 July 1995]: The table shows the required information, covering the period 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1995, separately for the Scottish Office and its executive agencies other than the Scottish Prison Service, and for the Scottish Prison Service. Information on the cost of absence per individual could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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|Days lost
|Average |divided by
|staffing over|(Average
|Total |year |staffing x
|days lost |(headcount) |x 365)
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The Scottish Office
(excluding the Scottish Prison Service) |77,940 |5,997 |0.036
Scottish Prison Service |77,490 |4,371 |0.049
The figures are extracted from the Department's own records: it has not been possible to adjust the figures to discount weekends and bank holidays, as is the case with the standardised statistical analysis on sickness absence across the civil service prepared by the Occupational Health and Safety Agency.
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The figures on average staffing levels during the year have been calculated by averaging levels as recorded at the first of each month. In calculating days lost as a proportion of days worked, 365 has been used to gross up the staffing figures.Algal Blooms
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many rivers, canals and lakes have been deemed a hazard to public health as a result of algal blooms in each of the last five years. [34628]
Mr. George Kynoch [holding answer 13 July 1995]: A total of 124 episodes of blue green algae--cyanobacteria--occurring in fresh waters in Scotland have been reported to he Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health since surveillance commenced in 1992. The annual numbers of episodes reported were:
1992: 15
1993: 36
1994: 45
1995: 28 (to 30 June)
In each episode, action has been taken to prevent risk to public health. This has focused principally on the provision of advice to avoid skin contact with, or ingestion of, aigal scums. No human health effects have been associated with blue green algal episodes by the surveillance programme.
Computer Consultancy
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department and its agencies have spent on computer consultancy in each of the last five years; and what is the expected expenditure over the next five years. [33854]
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Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 12 July 1995]: The amount spent by my Department and its agencies on computer consultancy in each of the last five financial years is as follows:
Year |Amount £ million --------------------------------------------------- 1990-91 |0.10 1991-92 |0.16 1992-93 |0.85 1993-94 |1.09 1994-95 |2.13
Expenditure on computer consultancy is estimated at around £4 million for the current 1995 96 financial year, and £0.8 million for each of the following four years.
Sewerage Services
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the figures per each house valuation banding in each Scottish local authority for (a) the costs of sewerage services per household in the years 1993 94, 1994 95 and 1995 96 and (b) what each household pays for sewerage services in money terms and as a percentage of its council tax bills in the years 1993 94, 1994 95 and 1995 96. [33310]
Mr. Kynoch [holding answer 11 July 1995]: Costs of sewerage services for households of two or more adults in each valuation band by authority for the years 1993 94, 1994 95 and 1995 96 are given in the tables.
Domestic sewerage services are funded from the council tax and, with other services, receive support via the revenue support grant element of aggregate external finance. Actual payments per household for individual services are not separately identified.
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Table A: Expenditure on sewerage per council tax band 1993-94-2 or more adults £ Valuation bands |A |B |C |D |E |F |G |H ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authority Borders |52.36 |61.09 |69.81 |78.54 |95.99 |113.45 |130.90 |157.08 Central |43.54 |50.80 |58.05 |65.31 |79.82 |94.34 |108.85 |130.62 Dumfries and Galloway |47.04 |54.88 |62.72 |70.56 |86.24 |101.92 |117.60 |141.12 Fife |38.00 |44.33 |50.67 |57.00 |69.67 |82.33 |95.00 |114.00 Grampian |31.33 |36.56 |41.78 |47.00 |57.44 |67.89 |78.33 |94.00 Highland |40.15 |46.84 |53.53 |60.22 |73.60 |86.98 |100.37 |120.44 Lothian |33.61 |39.22 |44.82 |50.42 |61.62 |72.83 |84.03 |100.84 Strathclyde |33.61 |39.22 |44.82 |50.42 |61.62 |72.83 |84.03 |100.84 Tayside |42.15 |49.17 |56.20 |63.22 |77.27 |91.32 |105.37 |126.44 Orkney |30.00 |35.00 |40.00 |45.00 |55.00 |65.00 |75.00 |90.00 Shetland |44.23 |51.60 |58.97 |66.34 |81.08 |95.82 |110.57 |132.68 Western Isles |64.67 |75.44 |86.22 |97.00 |118.56 |140.11 |161.67 |194.00
Table B: Expenditure on sewerage per council tax band 1994-95-2 or more adults £ Valuation bands |A |B |C |D |E |F |G |H ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authority Borders |51.12 |59.64 |68.16 |76.68 |93.72 |110.76 |127.80 |153.36 Central |43.58 |50.84 |58.11 |65.37 |79.90 |94.42 |108.95 |130.74 Dumfries and Galloway |45.56 |53.15 |60.75 |68.34 |83.53 |98.71 |113.90 |136.68 Fife |39.33 |45.89 |52.44 |59.00 |72.11 |85.22 |98.33 |118.00 Grampian |31.95 |37.28 |42.60 |47.93 |58.58 |69.23 |79.88 |95.86 Highland |40.65 |47.43 |54.20 |60.98 |74.53 |88.08 |101.63 |121.96 Lothian |34.57 |40.34 |46.10 |51.86 |63.38 |74.91 |86.43 |103.72 Strathclyde |33.69 |39.31 |44.92 |50.54 |61.77 |73.00 |84.23 |101.08 Tayside |39.59 |46.18 |52.78 |59.38 |72.58 |85.77 |98.97 |118.76 Orkney |32.29 |37.67 |43.05 |48.43 |59.19 |69.95 |80.72 |96.86 Shetland |46.92 |54.74 |62.56 |70.38 |86.02 |101.66 |117.30 |140.76 Western Isles |74.67 |87.11 |99.56 |112.00 |136.89 |161.78 |186.67 |224.00
Table C: Expenditure on sewerage per council tax band 1995-96-2 or more adults \$|£ Valuation bands |A |B |C |D |E |F |G |H ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authority Borders |51.72 |60.34 |68.96 |77.58 |94.82 |112.06 |129.30 |155.16 Central |41.11 |47.97 |54.82 |61.67 |75.37 |89.08 |102.78 |123.34 Dumfries and Galloway |48.05 |56.06 |64.07 |72.08 |88.10 |104.12 |120.13 |144.16 Fife |38.93 |45.42 |51.91 |58.40 |71.38 |84.36 |97.33 |116.80 Grampian |33.50 |39.08 |44.67 |50.25 |61.42 |72.58 |83.75 |100.50 Highland |44.85 |52.32 |59.80 |67.27 |82.22 |97.17 |112.12 |134.54 Lothian |35.15 |41.00 |46.86 |52.72 |64.44 |76.15 |87.87 |105.44 Strathclyde |36.09 |42.11 |48.12 |54.14 |66.17 |78.20 |90.23 |108.28 Tayside |40.15 |46.85 |53.54 |60.23 |73.61 |87.00 |100.38 |120.46 Orkney |41.52 |48.44 |55.36 |62.28 |76.12 |89.96 |103.80 |124.56 Shetland |46.41 |54.15 |61.88 |69.62 |85.09 |100.56 |116.03 |139.24 Western Isles |72.09 |84.10 |96.12 |108.13 |132.16 |156.19 |180.22 |216.26
Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 allowance.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: [holding answer 4 July 1995]: The information requested is kept, and provided, at actual prices. Figures on the very small amount claimed for bicycle allowance are not separately identified.
|1993-94 £|1994-95 £
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(i) Public transport |2,000,933|1,871,524
(ii) Car mileage |496,013 |559,628
Public Access (Tax Exemptions)
Mr. Macdonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will state the total average of land in Scotland where landowners benefit from conditional exemption form inheritance tax by virtue of there being a right of public access; and what is the total number of estates and buildings in Scotland granted exemption from tax for the granting of public access. [33759]
Mr. Jack: I have been asked to reply.
The area, rounded, of land in Scotland of outstanding scenic interest which is conditionally exempt from inheritance tax or capital transfer tax is 47,000 hectares. There have been a total of 68 designations of land and historic buildings in Scotland. Some of the designations of historic buildings will have extended to surrounding land. Some designations of historic buildings have been for the purposes of the tax exemptions for maintenance
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funds rather than for exemption of the buildings themselves.Councils of Ministers
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings of the European Council of Ministers have taken place since April 1994; how many Scottish Office Ministers have attended in each case; which minister attended; and what was the subject discussed at each of these meetings. [32231]
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 5 July 1995]: The various European Councils of Ministers meet on average about 125 times per year. The subject matter of their meetings is often not a direct responsibility of the Scottish Office--for example, the Foreign Affairs Councils. Where, however, the matters under discussion are relevant to my responsibilities, Scottish Ministers are consulted on the line to take or attend the meetings as part of the United Kingdom delegation.
Since April 1994 my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries, then Minister for Fisheries in Scotland, attended 6 Fisheries Councils, my noble and learned friend the Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry, then Minister for Home Affairs in Scotland, attended two Justice/Interior Issues Councils and one Fisheries Council and my honourable friend the Member for Eastwood, then Minister for Industry in Scotland, attended one Regional Policy Council.
Agendas for meetings of the Council of Ministers usually cover a number of different subjects, but all within the area of responsibility of the particular Council.
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Health Service (Computers)
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what valuation was placed on national health service computer assets on their last two valuations; and when the last valuation took place; [35215]
(2) what capital transfer has been made to Scottish health boards to compensate them for the revaluation of national health service computer centre assets; [35214]
(3) what was the cost and the remit of his Department's contract with Coopers and Lybrand to draw up a service profile relating to the market testing of Scottish national health service computer services; [35213]
(4) if he will list the service specifications included in the contract put out to tender for running Scottish national health service computer services; and if he will list the bidders who have applied for the contract. [35216]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
GP Fundholders
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been allocated to GP fundholders in management allowances in each year since the start of the scheme. [35392]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 18 July 1995]: The information is set out in the table.
|£ million
------------------------------
1990-91 |0.025
1991-92 |0.252
1992-93 |1.554
1993-94 |3.114
1994-95 |4.336
Total |9.281
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the costs of assisting GP fundholders with information technology expenditure in each year since 1991 92. [35387]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 18 July 1995]: Information available centrally relates only to direct payments to GP fundholders for computing costs made by health boards under the statement of fees and allowances. This information from 1992 93--the first year in which it was available centrally--until 30 September 1994 the latest date available, is set out in the table.
£ million
Financial Year
|6 months to
|1992-93 |1993-94 |30 September 1994
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total computer costs |1.247 |2.045 |0.607
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what studies his Department has undertaken on the effectiveness of general practitioner fundholding and trust status. [35692]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Hospital Closures
Mr. McAvoy: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions since 1979 he or his predecessors have refused to accept a recommendation to close a hospital; and if he will list the hospitals. [34801]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 17 July 1995]: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Ayshire and Arran Community Healthcare Trust
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what tendering procedure was adopted by the Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare Trust in appointing its public relations advisers; and what companies were involved in this process. [35732]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: I shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Political Activities
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of contract relating to the conditions other than levels of pay, and the conditions of contract, of Mr. Gregor Mackay, pursuant to the oral answer by the Parliamentary Secretary of the Office of Public Service and Science, to the hon. Member for Gateshead, Official Report , column 15, and if he will define the term "leave" in relation to political activity. [33005]
Mr. Michael Forsyth [holding answer 10 July 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 24 April 1995, Official Report , 24 April, col 373 . Special advisers, like other civil servants, have an annual leave allocation which they can use for their own pursuits.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Nuclear Holding Company
Mr. Carrington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the appointment of the chief executive of the proposed nuclear holding company. [36542]
Mr. Lang: In consultation with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland, I have agreed to the appointments of Dr. Robert Hawley as chief executive of the holding company, Mr. Michael Kirwan as finance director and Mr. Robert Armour as company secretary. Over the next eight months, Dr. Hawley and Mr. Kirwan will progressively reduce their involvement with Nuclear Electric. Their involvement in Nuclear Electric is expected to cease completely at the end of March 1996.
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Further appointments will be announced in due course.Chemical Weapons Convention
Mr. Flynn: To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he intends to publish the draft Bill pertinent to the chemical weapons convention; and if he will make a statement. [33284]
Mr. Lang [holding answer 12 July 1995]: My hon. Friend the Minister for Trade and Technology announced to the House on 24 April 1995, Official Report, column 638 that the Government intended to publish a draft of the Chemical Weapons Bill for consultation with a view to its introduction in the coming session. The draft Bill has been published today and I have arranged for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.
Civil Service Pension Scheme
Mr. Carrington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has for the administration of the principal civil service pension scheme in his Department; and if he will make a statement. [36545]
Mr. Jonathan Evans: My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service and Science, informed the House on 27 June 1995, Official Report, column 551, that parliamentary approval is to be sought to permit Departments to market test the administration of the principal civil service pension scheme. Subject to this being given, our preferred option would be to contract the work out, provided that it is demonstrated to offer better value for money than continued in-house provision. It will be open to appropriate bodies within Government to compete for this work. In the meantime, officials have been instructed to undertake preparatory work to pursue this option.
Simpler Trade Procedures Board
Mr. Spring: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he has completed his review of the Simpler Trade Procedures Board; and if he will make a statement. [36546]
Mr. Nelson: The purpose of the review, begun in May 1994, was to decide how SITPRO's work should be taken forward. The review, which has taken into account the report of a departmental review team and extensive representations by the SITPRO board, senior staff and other interested parties, is now complete. I am grateful to all those who contributed.
I am pleased to acknowledge the value of the work undertaken by SITPRO on trade facilitation and in stimulating the application of best practice, including electronic data interchange. A wide range of business representatives has made an extensive contribution over the years to the work of the board and its committees.
I have decided that the core trade facilitation function should continue, and be conducted at arm's length from the Department, with input from business. My Department, in conjunction with the chairman and the board, will be re-defining SITPRO's role in the light of the Government's wider trade and other policies. The focus will be on international trade procedures and associated information flows. I recognise that SITPRO, in co -operation with other
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bodies, has made a pioneering contribution to the development of EDI standards. However, I believe that it is now appropriate to consolidate this work with other IT standards work led by the private sector. Although SITPRO will cease to play a leading role, it will provide input on the implications for international trade procedures. The Department is therefore negotiating with relevant bodies to ensure that the future focus for EDI standards work will be the relevant EDI standards BSI committee through the United Kingdom Confederation for Electronic Data Interchange Standards, UKCEDIS. To provide a stronger UK voice, with wider industry support, in the UN/EDIFACT process, the Department is negotiating to transfer SITPRO's EDI standards team to the private sector, where its expertise will continue to provide a resource for the lead standards body and the EDI community. The Department will fund this support activity on a tapering basis, to allow the private sector time to put alternative funding in place.I share the board's view that SITPRO's software business could now make a greater contribution by being in the private sector. Consequently, preparations are being made to sell the business. I believe that this programme of changes represents a way forward which will meet the wider governmental policies and key international trade facilitation needs.
British Antarctic Survey
Mr. Spring: To ask the President of the Board of trade what progress has been made on the restructuring programme on the British Antarctic Survey, with particular reference to the proposed transfer of the Faraday research station in Antarctica to the Government of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement. [36548]
Mr. Ian Taylor: The House was informed on 9 May 1993 that funds to the order of £4 million would be provided to the Natural Environment Research Council from the science budget for the three years up to 1995 96 for restructuring of the British Antarctic Survey's facilities in Antarctica. Work is progressing.
At the Rothera station, the first year of the construction programme on new accommodation and laboratory facilities has been completed. Work is expected to be finished by the end of the next austral summer. This will enable a greatly expanded inshore marine and terrestrial biology programme to be developed at Rothera. At Signy station, preparation of the site for construction has started. It is anticipated that work on new accommodation and laboratory facilities will be completed next season. In addition, automated equipment has been developed to record meteorological and sea ice conditions.
On completion, these projects will sustain the world-class research conducted by the survey and will provide enhanced opportunities for visiting scientists from our higher educational institutes and will facilitate international scientific collaboration.
Negotiations for the handover of the Faraday station to the Government of Ukraine announced to the House on 7 February have been successfully concluded. The terms of agreement to be signed on 20 July provide for the transfer of ownership of the Faraday research station to the Ukraine. It is proposed that the transfer will be concluded before 31 March 1996. The Ukrainian
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Government have agreed that Faraday will continue to be used for scientific research and that key scientific observations, shall be continued.Under the terms of the agreement, the United Kingdom and the international community will continue to receive, free of charge, scientific data to complement existing long term datasets. The Ukraine has also agreed to ensure that its scientific, logistic and support services in the Antarctic are fully in accord with the provisions of the Antarctic treaty and its protocol on environmental protection.
The arrangement will avoid the expenditure that would otherwise have been incurred had the base been closed and deemed abandoned. Clean-up of abandoned former British bases in Antarctica continues. Four of these bases were designated as historic sites at the XIXth Antarctic treaty consultative meeting in May this year.
Coal Industry
Mr. Spring: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the future of British Coal Enterprise. [36547]
Mr. Page: Following careful consideration of the options, the Government have accepted British Coal's recommendation that British Coal should invite competitive proposals for all or part of its British Coal Enterprise subsidiary. This will enable British Coal to take a clear view on the best way forward for BCE, having regard to its statutory duties and the importance of ensuring continuation of effective assistance to the coalfield communities. British Coal expects that the process will be concluded by March 1996.
Mr. Carrington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the timetable for transferring remaining liabilities from the British Coal Corporation to the Secretary of State. [36544]
Mr. Page: The Department had already taken on responsibility for a number of British Coal liabilities, including for concessionary fuel, for certain pension fund contributions, and for health and injury liabilities to former British Coal employees who transferred to the private sector successor companies and the Coal Authority in respect of their past service with British Coal.
Where remaining liabilities, including those arising in connection with health-damage claims for former British Coal employees who have not transferred to private sector successor companies, are not otherwise dealt with, they will similarly be transferred by the end of 1997.
The Coal Industry Act 1994 provides that the corporation may be dissolved as soon as it appears to the Secretary of State that it is no longer necessary for the corporation to continue to exist. I would not expect to reach such a conclusion without being satisfied that there was proper provision for all outstanding liabilities to be honoured.
Mr. Clapham: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those organisations and individuals who made representations to his Department supporting the sale of CINven separately from CINMan. [36299]
Mr. Eggar: The Department and British Coal have received a number of representations on the separate sale of CINVen. The decision to allow for a separate sale was
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made after consideration by all the interested parties, including CINMan, CINVen and trustees of the British Coal pension schemes as well as by British Coal and my Department.Dual-use Exports
Mr. Carrington: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if the list of destinations subject to special licensing procedures for the export of dual-use goods published on 9 February, Official Report , column 353 54 , has been revised. [36543]
Mr. Nelson: Yes. Some licence applications for dual use goods to the following destinations are subject to special licensing procedures:
Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Burma, China (Peoples Republic of), Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrghystan, Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekhistan, Vietnam, Zaire.
This list is subject to regular review. In addition, some licence applications for destinations not listed are also subject to special licensing procedures.
The use of these procedures does not preclude the granting of an export licence.
Regional Assistance
Ms Armstrong: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the amounts of regional preferential assistance of each type invested in each region in each year since 1978 79 in cash and constant prices. [35474]
Mr. Eggar: Details of regional preferential assistance from 1978 79 to 1992 93 at current prices and at 1991 92 prices can be found in the Official Report , 31 March 1994, columns 1005 6 .
A regional breakdown of regional preferential assistance at cash and constant prices for 1993 94 and 1994 95 is given in the table. More detailed analysis of regional preferential assistance could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
1993-94 1994-95
|Current |1991-92 |Current |1991-92
|prices |prices |prices |prices
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Northern |52.7 |49.2 |38.2 |35.0
Yorkshire and
Humberside |35.6 |33.2 |23.0 |21.1
East Midlands |1.9 |1.8 |5.2 |4.8
South West |9.5 |8.9 |9.2 |8.4
West
Midlands |14.4 |13.4 |14.7 |13.5
North West |40.3 |37.6 |17.4 |15.9
Merseyside<1> |- |- |15.0 |13.7
East |- |- |0.7 |0.6
South East |- |- |0.9 |0.8
London |- |- |0.6 |0.5
England |154.4 |144.1 |124.9 |114.3
Wales |118.8 |110.8 |<2>109.2|<2>100.1
Scotland |121.2 |113.1 |134.5 |123.2
Great Britain |394.4 |368.0 |368.6 |337.6
<1>Figures for Merseyside for earlier years are included in
those for the North West.
<2> Welsh figures for 1994-95 are provisional.
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the cost per job year of the financial inducements given under the regional selective assistance scheme in each year since 1993 95; and if he will make a statement. [34954]
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Mr. Oppenheim: The figures requested are as follows:
Regional Selective Assistance--England
Average cost per job
1992 93: £4,473
1993 94: £4,083
1994 95: £4,364
Based on offers of grant accepted during the specified periods.
Mr. Byers: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much his department provided by way of regional assistance to industry in constant prices by region in each year since 1979 80. [34644]
Mr. Eggar [holding answer 17 July 1995]: The figures requested are as follows:
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