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Sir Paul Beresford: If standards of health and safety are not adequate, health and safety inspectors have the statutory power to serve improvement or prohibition notices, or prosecute duty holders. Information is not centrally available on the number of cases or contractors sanctioned involving the use of respiratory protective equipment where the level of respirable asbestos dust exceeds the manufacturers claimed level of protection. This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many instances have been identified in each of the last three years for which figures are available of asbestos removal work being carried out by licensed contractors using self-employed operatives who have been required to provide their own respiratory protective equipment; [38059]
(2) what sanctions have been applied to licensed asbestos removal contractors who have been found using self-employed operatives who have been required to provide their own respiratory protective equipment. [38060]
Sir Paul Beresford: Licensed asbestos removal contractors cannot require self-employed operatives to provide their own respiratory protective equipment. Where self-employed operatives voluntarily provide their own respiratory protective equipment the licensed contractor, as duty holder under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987, remains responsible for ensuring that the equipment is suitable for the work to be undertaken, taking into account the approved code of practice.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what work is being carried out to monitor the Health and Safety Executive's July 1992 initiative to reduce exposure to asbestos dust during the removal of asbestos insulation; and if he will make a statement. [38065]
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(2) what evidence he has of reduced exposure to asbestos dust during the removal of asbestos insulation since July 1992; [38066] (3) what progress has been made on reduced exposure to asbestos by measures other than the use of respiratory protective equipment since July 1992. [38068]Sir Paul Beresford: The Health and Safety Executive does not hold quantitative data on the progress made in reducing exposure to asbestos by measures other than the use of respiratory protective equipment since July 1992.
Licensed asbestos removal contractors are required to provide the appropriate enforcing authority with written notification of the proposed work entailing the removal of asbestos insulation or asbestos coating. On the notification form, the licensed asbestos removal contractor is required to specify the dust suppression or dust control technique to be used. Where dust suppression methods--controlled wet stripping--are not to be used, that decision has to be justified to the satisfaction of the enforcing authority which can monitor the action being taken by the contractor in accordance with the July 1992 initiative.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many cases have been identified, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, of operatives directly employed by licensed asbestos removal contractors who are not under medical surveillance; [38050]
(2) how many cases have been identified, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, of operatives directly employed by licensed asbestos removal contractors who have not been medically examined within the preceding two years. [38051]
Sir Paul Beresford: This information requested is not centrally available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many contractors have been (a) sanctioned and (b) fined for asking little attempt to use effective dust suppression or dust control measures and relying on respirators to protect against high levels of respirable dust, since July 1992; and what is the average level of fine. [38054]
Sir Paul Beresford: This information requested is not centrally available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money has been spent on publicity to increase awareness of the risks of casual exposure to asbestos since the publication of the Health and Safety Executive statement on asbestos 1994. [38070]
Sir Paul Beresford: In February this year HSE launched a major campaign to raise awareness of the risks of casual exposure to asbestos and of the appropriate precautions which should be taken when working with it. A total of £227,700 was spent on national newspaper and trade journal advertising alone. A low-cost telephone order line and the production and distribution of more than 250,000 free leaflets and pocket cards cost a further £244,000.
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Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what approaches have been made to employers' associations and trade unions to participate in a joint publicity drive to highlight the risks of casual exposure to asbestos as outlined in the HSE statement on asbestos 1994. [38053]
Sir Paul Beresford: Trade unions and employers' associations have been involved in HSE's asbestos awareness campaign, through the usual channel of the Health and Safety Commission's advisory committees, and in particular the Health and Safety Commission's construction industry advisory committee. In addition, HSE recently sought the help of all local authorities to ensure that workers and contractors involved in building maintenance are aware of the risks of exposure to asbestos dust.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what sanctions are applied to contractors who make little or no attempt to use effective dust suppression or dust control measures and rely on respirators to protect against high levels of respiratory dust. [38069]
Sir Paul Beresford: If standards of health and safety are not adequate, health and safety inspectors have the statutory power to serve improvement or prohibition notices, or prosecute duty holders. The Health and Safety Executive may revoke a licence if an asbestos removal contractor is convicted of an offence of failing to discharge a duty relating to work with asbestos insulation or asbestos coating to which he is subject by any health and safety legislation.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made on reducing the risk of heat stress during the removal of insulation from hot plant and pipework, since the publication of the Health and Safety Executive's guidance note EH 57, "The problems of Asbestos Removal at High Temperatures" in December 1992. [38067]
Sir Paul Beresford: The Health and Safety Executive has not undertaken a formal assessment of the impact of the advice contained in guidance note EH 57.
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many prosecutions have been taken by the Health and Safety Executive to enforce asbestos regulations since the publication of the HSE Statement on Asbestos-1994, and what was the corresponding number of prosecutions taken in the preceding period covering the same time span. [38071]
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Sir Paul Beresford: The Health and Safety Executive's statement on asbestos was published in September 1994. Details of informations laid by Health and Safety Executive inspectors alleging contravention of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 1987, the Asbestos (Licensing) Regulations 1983 or the Asbestos (Prohibitions) Regulations 1992 are given in the table. Statistics from April 1995 have not yet been compiled.
|Number of |Number of
Period |months |informations
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1 August 1993 to
31 August 1994 |13 |<1>52
1 September 1993 to
31 March 1994 |7 |31
1 September 1994 to
31 March 1995 |7 |<1>27
<1> Provisional: Statistics for April 1994 to March 1995
not yet verified.
Safety Consultants
Mr. McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many safety consultants are currently in operation in the United Kingdom; [38061]
(2) what qualifications are required and what BSI standard is to be achieved before a person is recognised as a safety consultant; [38062]
(3) what type of training, and for what duration, is required before a person is recognised as a safety consultant; [38063] (4) if safety consultants operating in British industry are required to register with the Health and Safety Executive. [38064]
Sir Paul Beresford: The Health and Safety Executive has no information on the numbers of safety consultants. Safety consultants are not required to register with HSE or to have any specific qualifications or undergo any particular type or duration of training. While there are a range of qualifications in health and safety, including National and Scottish Vocational Qualifications in Occupational Health and Safety Practice, there is no British Standard. HSE has published a free booklet, "Selecting a health and safety consultancy", which helps business to find competent consultants.
Local Government Finance, Dorset
Mr. David Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total percentage increase in the various categories of standard spending assessments for Dorset compared with inflation since 1990. [38376]
Sir Paul Beresford: The information is as follows:
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Dorset County Council SSA (unadjusted for changes in function)
SSA Element |1990-91 |1991-92 |1992-93 |1993-94 |1994-95 |1995-96
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Education
£ million |157.560 |184.435 |200.117 |185.549 |191.515 |197.952
Percentage change |- |+17.1 |+8.5 |-7.3 |+3.2 |+3.4
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+17.1 |+8.5 |+4.4 |+3.2 |+1.1
Per Social Services
£ million |43.495 |53.506 |57.420 |59.481 |68.427 |77.623
Percentage change |- |+23.0 |+7.3 |+3.6 |+15.0 |+13.4
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+23.0 |+7.3 |+3.6 |-1.4 |+0.2
Fire
£ million |9.527 |10.928 |11.753 |12.065 |12.179 |12.444
Percentage change |- |+14.7 |+7.6 |+2.7 |+0.9 |+2.2
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+14.7 |+7.6 |+2.7 |+0.9 |+2.2
Police
£ million |20.801 |22.879 |26.993 |28.043 |29.218 |<2>-
Percentage change |- |+10.0 |+18.0 |+3.9 |+4.2 |<2>-
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+10.0 |+18.0 |+3.9 |+4.2 |<2>-
Highways maintenance
£ million |21.758 |24.680 |24.632 |24.273 |24.292 |24.828
Percentage change |- |+13.4 |-0.2 |-1.5 |0 |+2.2
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |-13.4 |-0.2 |+5.5 |+0.1 |+2.2
Capital financing
£ million |24.207 |27.321 |24.253 |24.240 |22.181 |20.065
Percentage change |- |+12.9 |-11.2 |-0.1 |-8.5 |-9.5
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+12.9 |-11.2 |+0.1 |-8.5 |<2>-6.2
All other services
£ million |12.992 |18.069 |24.608 |23.839 |23.731 |25.362
Percentage change |- |+39.1 |+36.2 |-3.1 |-0.5 |+6.9
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+39.1 |+36.2 |-2.8 |-0.5 |+5.4
Total SSA
£ million |290.339 |341.818 |369.776 |357.489 |371.543 |358.274
Percentage change |- |+17.7 |+8.2 |-3.3 |+3.9 |-3.6
Percentage adjusted<1> |- |+17.7 |+8.2 |+3.4 |+1.1 |+0.9
GDP Deflator
Percentage change |- |+4.1 |+3.0 |+1.8 |+3.0 |+3.0
<1>For 1993-94 onwards, an adjusted SSA figure has been used to provide an appropriate year on year
comparison. Details of the calculation are included in the annual Standard Spending Assessment Handbook.
<2>In 1995-96, Dorset police authority's SSA is £31.619 million. This includes a police SSA element of
£31.109 million, a capital financing element of -£0.273 million and an all other services element of
£0.783 million. The comparable figures for 1994-95 and earlier years are included in Dorset county
council's SSA.
Regional Planning Guidance, West Midlands
Mr. Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to review the regional planning guidance for the west midlands, to reduce the level of new house building required in Worcestershire and correspondingly increase it in
Birmingham. [38146]
Sir Paul Beresford: We shall keep our recently issued regional planning guidance for the west midlands under review. In particular, I have asked the local authorities to reconsider the housing figures in the light of the latest national household projections. They will advise me on this next year and we will then consider whether to revise our guidance. However, I cannot promise the hon. Member that the outcome will be a lower figure for Worcestershire and a higher figure for Birmingham.
Local Government Reorganisation
Mr. Gill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated cost of reorganisation in each of the individual local authority areas affected. [38412]
Sir Paul Beresford: It is too early to estimate the final cost of reorganisation in each area. The reports of the Local Government Commission give estimates of costs and savings for the main options they considered and for their recommendations. The outcome will depend on how authorities implement reorganisation.
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EU Fur Imports Ban
Mr. Heppel: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) when a technical working group of the European Union with Canada and the USA was established to develop humane trapping standards; and if he will make a statement on its activities. [38705]
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that EC Regulation 3254/91 to Ban the Import of Fur from Certain Species will be implemented at the end of the year and that no further delays in its implementation occur; and if he will make a statement. [38706]
Mr. Clappison: I understand that the working group was established in August this year. The United Kingdom is not represented on it and we have not so far received any written report from it. We would expect any advice from the working group to be submitted to the Council of Ministers.
The Government strongly support the objectives of EC Regulation 3254/91 which was adopted by the Council of Ministers in November 1991. The ban will come into force on 1 January 1996. We are currently awaiting formal receipt of the Commission's detailed proposals for implementing the ban on the import of certain furs from countries which still use leghold traps. The proposals are expected to include a list of countries which have already banned the use of leghold traps and can therefore continue to trade in fur products from the 13 species listed in the regulation.
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) when he will publish revised financial guidelines for the management agreements with owners and occupiers of sites of special scientific interest; [39242]
(2) when he will publish recommendations, advice and information to aid owners and occupiers of sites of special scientific interest in accordance with section 33 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. [39243]
Mr. Clappison: Work on revising these documents is continuing. They will be the subject of consultation with interested parties before being finalised and issued.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review permitted development rights for temporary activities within or adjacent to sites of special scientific interest. [38525]
Mr. Clappison: Following a review in 1992, permitted development rights for certain recreational uses of sites of special scientific interest were withdrawn. The Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994 remove permitted development rights which would adversely affect the integrity of a Natura 2000 site which is also a site of special scientific interest. We have no plans for a further review.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he proposes to take to prevent Mickletownings site of special scientific interest from receiving sewage-created nutrient input. [38529]
Mr. Clappison: In 1991, following a series of accidental sewage overflows during storm conditions in the 1980s, English Nature initiated a 10-year monitoring programme agreed with British Coal Opencast and Leeds city council to monitor the physical and chemical nature of the pond waters within the site of special scientific interest. Evidence points to an improvement in water quality and no damage to the special interest.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has made and received on the impact of sea level rises on sites of special scientific interest in the Humber estuary. [38530]
Mr. Clappison: English Nature is working with the National Rivers Authority to address the concerns expressed and develop a comprehensive framework for the future management of the flood defences of the Humber.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he will take to protect Skipwith Common site of special scientific interest from dredging and drainage operations. [38531]
Mr. Clappison: Routine maintenance, including dredging and drainage, does not adversely affect the scientific interest of this site.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he will take to protect Bingley South Bog site of special scientific interest from damage arising from road
construction. [38532]
Mr. Clappison: Appropriate mitigation measures will be taken to protect the scientific interest of this site.
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Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he will take to protect (a) Broadhead Clough, (b) Dark Peak and (c) Haworth Moor site of special scientific interest from acid deposition. [38533]
Mr. Clappison: The southern Pennines, in which the three sites lie, has had a long legacy of air pollution from the effects of the industrial revolution in neighbouring Lancashire and Manchester. The special interest of the sites of special scientific interest is presently maintained but long-term sustainability can only be ensured through the UK's commitment to reducing sulphur emissions. UK emissions of sulphur dioxide have fallen by 45 per cent. since 1970. The Government are committed to making further cuts under the EC Large Combustion Plants Directive, which will substantially reduce the proportion of the UK surface area suffering from acid damage by the end of the century.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he will take to protect the Leeds-Liverpool canal site of special scientific interest from development for a boat and caravan storage facility. [38534]
Mr. Clappison: Appropriate mitigation measures have been taken to protect the nature conservation interests of this site.
European Biodiversity Strategy
Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he has made to the pan-European biological diversity strategy in relation to no climbing areas or seasons; and what discussions he has held with the British Mountaineering Council on this matter. [38029]
Mr. Clappison: The strategy is on the agenda of the European Environment Ministers conference in Sofia, which the Secretary of State is currently attending.
The strategy is a useful framework for international action but further work is needed on it, particularly consultation with relevant interests, including the British Mountaineering Council.
Mines Rescue Service
Mr. Tipping: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the future size, location and funding of the mines rescue service. [38262]
Sir Paul Beresford: The Government have been concerned to ensure that a mines rescue service continues to be available to those mines who may have need of it. To this end I will be making regulations in the near future requiring the owners of certain types of mines to participate in a mines rescue scheme approved by the Secretary of State and which would ensure that appropriate and effective rescue services continue to be available. Once these regulations are made I will consult the Health and Safety Commission and others whom I consider to be appropriate, on proposals for approval of such a mines rescue scheme. A scheme has already been submitted for approval which proposes to maintain the current level of provision of six central rescue stations in strategic locations and a minimum of 80 full-time
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employees. The mines rescue service is currently operated by British Coal on a contract basis, and funded by the mine owners. Within the framework of the relevant statutory requirements, including the regulations and the scheme when these come into force, the future organisation of mines rescue service will be a matter for the mine owners.Local Government Residuary Body
Mr. Waller: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will issue the management statement to the chairman of the Local Government Residuary Body (England). [39322]
Sir Paul Beresford: I have today issued the management statement to the chairman of the Local Government Residuary Body (England). I am placing a copy in the Library.
Employee Fraud
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of cases of all forms of fraud committed by employees of his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for each year from 1991 92 to 1994 95; and for each of these years, what was the total monetary sum (1) misappropriated in such frauds and (2) subsequently recovered. [39130]
Sir Paul Beresford: The information requested is in the table:
|Number of |Total |Total
|frauds |misappropriated|recovered
|£ |£
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991-92
Department |7 |84,139 |57,215
Agencies |0 |0 |0
NDPBs |6 |19,690 |2,442
1992-93
Department |7 |9,024 |7,635
Agencies |0 |0 |0
NDPBs |9 |3,056 |1,028
1993-94
Department |5 |3,241 |3,241
Agencies |1 |1,025 |0
NDPBs |6 |50,230 |50,000
1994-95
Department |4 |84 |84
Agencies |0 |0 |0
NDPBs |2 |397 |0
Environment Council
Mr. Day: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Environment Council on 6 October. [39829]
Mr. Gummer: I represented the United Kingdom at the Environment Council in Luxembourg held on 6 October.
Common positions were reached on a decision on the exchange of information on air quality and on a directive temporarily deferring the emission standards for certain diesel engines, in line with technical progress. On the
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latter I secured the deletion of text relating to fiscal incentives. Political agreement was secured on the second phase of the financial instrument for the environment--LIFE--which agreed a budget of 450 mecu over four years, 1996 1999, to be reviewed in 1997. Political agreement was also achieved on an amendment to the Waste Shipments Regulation. In both cases a common position is expected in December.There was a policy debate about the proposed amendment to Directive 85/337 on Environmental Impact Assessment. I secured some helpful amendments to the proposals and further detailed discussions will now continue in the experts working group. The Presidency is aiming for a common position in December.
Council conclusions were agreed on a number of international conferences taking place in the coming months. These include the third pan-European conference, "Environment for Europe", the seventh conference of the parties to the Montreal protocol, the second conference of the parties to the biodiversity convention and the Euro-Mediterranean conference. Agreement was also reached on Council conclusions deferring the review of the functions of the European Environment Agency for two years.
Direct Labour Organisations
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further action he proposes to take against those local authorities whose direct labour and direct service organisations failed to meet their statutory financial objectives in 1993 94. [39828]
Sir Paul Beresford: On 25 July this year, 18 statutory notices were served on 18 local authorities concerning the failure of their direct labour and service organisations to meet the required financial objectives in 1993 94. A further five notices were served on the London borough of Islington for failure to submit unqualified accounts.
My right hon. Friend has now considered the responses to those notices and has today given six directions to Corby borough council on vehicle maintenance, to Devon county council on grounds maintenance, to the London borough of Islington on building maintenance, grounds maintenance, and highways and sewers work, and to Ryedale district council on sports and leisure management. The directions take three forms:
preventing the authority from carrying out the work if it fails to meet the financial objective in 1995 96:--Corby, vehicle maintenance. requiring the authority to retender the work if they fail to meet the financial objective in 1995 96, and to seek the Secretary of State's prior consent where the work has to be retendered and where the authority subsequently wishes to award the work in-house:--Devon, grounds maintenance, and Ryedale, sports and leisure management. preventing the authority from carrying out the work if they fail to submit unqualified accounts for work carried out in 1995 96:--the London borough of Islington, building maintenance, grounds maintenance and highways and sewers.
The Secretary of State has also decided to take no further statutory action in respect of financial failure in 1993 94 by: Bedford, refuse collection; Colchester, sport and leisure management; Coventry, grounds maintenance; Dacorum, vehicle maintenance; Gedling, grounds maintenance; High
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Peak, grounds maintenance; Hove, sports and leisure management; the London borough of Islington, refuse collection and sports and leisure management; Mansfield, refuse collection; New Forest, building cleaning; North Cornwall, building maintenance; Sedgefield, refuse collection; South Herefordshire, building maintenance; Stoke-on-Trent, other catering; Torbay, grounds maintenance; and Wakefield, schools and welfare catering.A decision on Lincolnshire county council's failure to meet the financial objective for highways and sewers work has been deferred and will be announced at a later date.
To date, 120 statutory notices have been served by the Department on local authorities for losses incurred by their DLOs/DSOs in 1993 94. A further five statutory notices have been served on the London borough of Islington following its failure to submit unqualified accounts. Today's decisions follow those announced on 6 June, 11 July and 22 August 1995.
Dounreay Reactor Site
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what have been the results to date of the survey carried out of the whole of the Dounreay reactor site in respect of radioactive hotspots, and if he will make a statement. [38302]
Mr. Page: I have been asked to reply.
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency has been carrying out an extensive survey of contamination on the Dounreay site and any areas of significant contamination on the Dounreay site have either been removed or have been barriered off to restrict access. A strategy for dealing with those areas where contamination has not yet been removed is being prepared for submission to the Health and Safety's Executive's nuclear installations inspectorate, the Scottish Office and Her Majesty's industrial pollution inspectorate . The survey is now well advanced and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
Details of the UKAEA's findings have been reported to the relevant regulatory and advisory bodies and have been the subject of UKAEA "facts faxes" which have been issued to the site work-force, the hon-Member for Caithness and Sutherland (Mr. Maclennan) members of the Dounreay local liaison committee, the Highland regional council and the local media. I am now arranging for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.
TREASURY
Personal Pensions
Mr. Denham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the progress made on the implementation of the SIB/PIA review of pension transfer opt-outs and non-joiners. [38263]
Mrs. Angela Knight: The Government fully support the efforts of the financial services regulators to arrange for reviews to identify cases in which investors face financial loss as a result of bad investment advice not given in compliance with regulatory rules, and to ensure that redress is made where it is due. Progress in implementing the review has been delayed by a judicial
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review of the Securities and Investment Board's guidance earlier this year. However the Personal Investment Authority has now issued guidance, and many firms now have reviews in hand.Mr. Denham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of purchasers of personal pensions contracted according to the SIB/PIA guidelines by (a) tied agents, (b) independent financial advisers and (c) all vendors of personal pensions. [38264]
Mrs. Knight: I regret that this information is not currently available. However, the Securities and Investments Board plans to collect data to monitor the progress of the review and I understand that it should be available early next year.
Fish Imports
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what investigations have been made by (a) his Department and (b) the EEC Commission of the origin of fish products and prawns or shrimps imported into this country on EURI certificates from (i) Iceland, (ii) Norway and (iii) the Faroe Islands; how many staff were involved and for what period of time; and what information about consignments was made available to them. [37954]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory: No investigations have been made in Iceland, Norway or the Faroe Islands by Customs an Excise. The EC Commission has sent mission teams to all three countries. No information is available as to the precise duration of the inquiries or the number of staff involved.
A team visited Iceland on several occasions from July 1992 to early 1993, in connection with exports of prawns. They were able to examine processing plant records, which identified the source of raw materials through to consignments of finished product. In 1995 another team visited Iceland to look at cod. The result of their inquiries are still being evaluated.
A team visited Norway to make inquiries about cod. These inquiries were subsequently pursued by the Norwegian customs authorities who reported their conclusions to the EC Commission in January and March 1995.
The mission to the Faroe Islands took place in 1991. Processing plant and export consignment records were examined.
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