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Written Answers to Questions
Wednesday 25 October 1995
HOME DEPARTMENT
Victims Charter
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to update the victims charter. [38916]
Mr. Maclean: We hope to publish a new victims charter later this year.
Private Security Industry
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to respond to the first report from the Home Affairs Select Committee on the private security industry (HC, 1994 95, 17). [33915]
Mr. Maclean: The Government are studying in detail the recommendations of the Select Committee and will issue a substantive response as soon as possible.
Mr. Stephen Laudat
Mr. Spearing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the transfer directives and any subsequent order made under the Mental Health Act 1983 section 47(1) in March 1992 in respect of Mr. Stephen Laudat, together with any relevant medical correspondence. [39342]
Miss Widdecombe: Medical reports recommending the transfer of a prisoner to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 are confidential and may not be placed in the Library. Information concerning the circumstances of Mr. Laudat's transfer to hospital is given in the report of the independent inquiry into the circumstances of the killing of Mr. Brian Bennett by Mr. Laudat. A transfer and restriction direction authorising Mr. Laudat's removal from HMP Wandsworth to the interim secure unit at Hackney hospital under sections 47 and 49 of the 1983 Act was issued on 19 March 1992.
Automatic Fingerprinting Recognition System
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those police authorities which are currently contracted to the computer firm Cambridge Neurodynamics Ltd. for its automatic fingerprinting recognition system; and if he will make a statement. [39036]
Mr. Maclean: I know of no police authority which has entered into a direct contractual relationship with Cambridge Neurodynamics Ltd. for automatic fingerprint recognition facilities; but I understand that CNL does provide such facilities to South Yorkshire police under the terms of a sub-contract.
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Closed Circuit Television (Sale of Tapes)
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that tapes from CCTVs installed in public places and which show members of the public in embarrassing or compromising positions are not sold on to commercial organisations for use in films or videos. [38906]
Mr. Maclean: Access to, and control of, images recorded by closed circuit television is a matter for the operator's of such systems to regulate. The Government strongly recommend that all CCTV operators adopt codes of practice suitable to their systems covering such matters as tape access and the use to which the images are put. Advice on developing such codes of practice is contained in the Home Office guidance booklet "CCTV-- Looking Out For You", a copy of which is in the Library. Approximately 20,000 copies of the booklet have now been distributed.
Life Sentenced Prisoners
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many life sentenced prisoners released on licence in the period 1990 to 1994 were subsequently recalled. [38632]
Miss Widdecombe: Provisional data show that there were 485 life sentence prisoners released on licence between 1990 and 1994 inclusive; of whom 35 had their licence revoked and were subsequently returned to prison.
Women's Refuges
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made by his Department of the match between the numbers of women's refuges and trends in the levels of domestic violence. [38468]
Mr Maclean: The official and ministerial groups on domestic violence are currently examining the extent of refuge provision. The underlying trends in domestic violence are particularly hard to ascertain due to the hidden nature of the crime. For this reason, measures are also being considered to improve the quality of the statistical information available on the level of domestic violence.
Mr. Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many interpreters are offered at women's refuges; in what regions they are offered; and what languages they speak. [38473]
Mr. Maclean: Information on the number of interpreters at women's refuges is not recorded centrally, and is a matter for individual refuges.
Mr. Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) medical facilities and (b) advice facilities are available at women's refuges. [38465]
Mr. Bowis: I have been asked to reply.
Occupants of women's refuges are entitled to the same range of medical facilities as any other member of the public who registers with a general practitioner. The range of advice facilities available varies considerably, depending to a large extent on the particular problems of the users of the refuge.
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Prison Statistics
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the nationality of (a) men and (b) women who were being held in each prison in England and Wales as at 15 October for immigration offences; [38377]
(2) if he will list the number of (a) men and (b) women who were held in each prison in England and Wales as of 15 October, for immigration offences. [38389]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the temporary director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Cox, dated 25 October 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about the nationality and number of (a) men and (b) women who were held in each prison in England and Wales as of 15 October, for immigration offences.
The latest available provisional information is for 30 September 1995 and is given in the attached table, a copy of which will be placed in the Library of the House.
Population of immigration detainees in prison
service
establishments in England and Wales on 30
September 1995,
by nationality<1>
Nationality |Number
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Males
Belmarsh |14
Cyprus |1
Jamaica |3
Nigeria |3
Not known |1
Pakistan |1
Sierre Leone |1
Turkey |4
Birmingham |64
Algeria |1
Bangladesh |3
China |5
Dominica |1
Gambia |1
India |34
Iran |1
Jamaica |3
Nigeria |2
Pakistan |9
South Africa |1
Turkey |1
Uganda |1
USSR |1
Blakenhurst |2
Jamaica |1
Morocco |1
Bristol |6
Bangladesh |1
Algeria |1
Jamaica |2
Nigeria |1
Tajikistan |1
Brixton |9
Bulgaria |1
Gambia |2
India |1
Pakistan |1
USSR |1
Trinidad and Tobago |1
Uganda |1
United States of America |1
Canterbury |4
Libya |1
Nigeria |2
Turkey |1
Cardiff |2
Nigeria |2
Dorchester |1
Jamaica |1
Doncaster |3
Columbia |1
Jamaica |1
Not known |1
Elmley |2
Algeria |2
Exeter |2
Benin |1
Sierre Leone |1
Feltham |1
Jamaica |1
Haslar |106
Albania |1
Algeria |4
Angola |1
Bangladesh |3
China |17
Ecuador |2
Egypt |1
Ethiopia |1
Ghana |10
Guyana |1
India |17
Iraq |3
Jamaica |1
Kenya |2
Lebanon |1
Liberia |5
Morocco |2
Niger |1
Nigeria |18
Romania |3
Sierra Leone |2
Sri Lanka |1
Sudan |1
Turkey |1
Uganda |2
USSR |2
Yugoslavia |2
Zaire |1
Highdown |8
Barbados |1
Ghana |1
Grenada |1
Jamaica |1
Nigeria |4
Hindley |1
Bangladesh |1
Holme House |2
Algeria |1
Nigeria |1
Leeds |7
Bangladesh |1
India |2
Pakistan |3
Turkey |1
Lincoln |1
Nigeria |1
Liverpool |7
Albania |1
Algeria |1
Israel |1
Liberia |1
Morocco |2
Not known |1
Manchester |1
United States of America |1
Pentonville |3
Algeria |1
Jamaica |1
Malaysia |1
Preston |1
Not known |1
Rochester |189
Algeria |43
Angola |1
Bangladesh |2
China |10
Ghana |12
India |35
Iran |1
Iraq |1
Jamaica |4
Kenya |2
Lebanon |2
Liberia |3
Libya |2
Mauritius |1
Morocco |3
Nigeria |16
Not known |3
Pakistan |6
Poland |1
Portugal |1
Romania |11
Serbia |1
Sierra Leone |1
South Africa |1
Sri Lanka |2
Switzerland |2
Tanzania |2
Tunisia |1
Turkey |7
Uganda |1
Yugoslavia |2
Zaire |9
Wandsworth |10
Jamaica |1
Chile |1
Kenya |1
Algeria |2
India |3
Nigeria |1
Ghana |1
The Wolds |3
Algeria |3
Wormwood Scrubs |3
Columbia |1
Ethiopia |1
Nigeria |1
Females
Holloway |3
Nigeria |1
Not known |1
India |1
Total |455
<1> Provisional figures.
Confiscation Orders
Mr. John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects agreement to be reached between Government Departments on the commitment to produce a confiscation order for the proceeds of crimes from counterfeit goods; and if he will make a statement. [34663]
Mr. Maclean: Such agreement has now been reached and I shall be bringing forward an order shortly which will add a number of counterfeiting and copyright offences to schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 thereby enabling a confiscation order to be made by magistrates courts.
2001 Census
Mr. Calcum Macdonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration is being given to extending throughout the United Kingdom in the 2001 census the questions on Gaelic previously asked in Scotland in earlier censuses. [38310]
Mr. Sackville: I have been asked to reply.
The case for including questions in the 2001 census will be considered in 1998 on grounds of usefulness and acceptability to the public. Consultations with major users of census data are already underway. The Government's proposals will be published in a White Paper and the final selection will be subject to parliamentary approval. Far more questions are proposed than can be included. The burden on the public needs to be kept to a minimum.
Child Victims of Domestic Violence
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place to look after child victims of domestic violence and keep them away from their violent parents. [38467]
Mr. Bowis: I have been asked to reply.
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The Government attach a high priority to the safety and welfare of children. The Children Act 1989 makes provision for the temporary or permanent removal of a child from its home if it is in the child's best interest to do so, and provides powers for local authorities to assist a person who is, or is likely, to cause a child to suffer ill treatment, to find alternative accommodation.LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Barlow Clowes
Mr. Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement setting out the legal aid funds which have been made available to Mr. Peter Clowes at each stage of the legal proceedings leading to his conviction for matters relating to the collapse of the Barlow Clowes companies and his subsequent attempts to obtain parole; if he will specify at each of those stages the sums paid or liable to become payable to Ms Cherie Booth QC, or practices in which she has an interest; if he will identify those specific steps which have been taken by the Legal Aid Board to verify Mr. Clowes' claims to have insufficient financial resources to finance his own legal advice; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that public funds are not in future used to finance parole applications for convicted fraudsters. [39324]
Mr. John M. Taylor: Details of legal aid paid to lawyers acting on behalf of Mr. Peter Clowes at each stage of the legal proceedings leading to his conviction for matters relating to the collapse of the Barlow Clowes companies are shown in the table. No payments have yet been made in support of the judicial review proceedings taken out against the Parole Board's decision not to grant parole to Mr. Clowes. Our records indicate that none of these payments were made, or are liable to be made, to Ms Cherie Booth QC or practices in which she has an interest. The Legal Aid Board has had inquiries made into Mr. Clowes' statement of means and has granted civil legal aid on the basis of the information provided. Further investigations are being carried out by the Benefits Agency. Because of the confidentiality provisions of the Legal Aid Act 1988 I cannot disclose any details of the application. Nor can I comment on whether or not legal aid should be used to support similar applications in future as every application for legal aid has to be judged on its individual merits.
|Legal Aid including
|VAT
|£
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Magistrates' court |47,521
Crown Court |2,527,663
Court of Appeal |35,843
Mr. Derek Laffey
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when Mr. Derek Campion Laffey, WPD reference M2/1124557, will be called to his appeal tribunal, date of appeal, 14 December 1993. [38517]
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Mr. John M. Taylor: Mr. Laffey's appeal was received by the pensions appeal tribunals on 19 July 1995 and has been ready to be listed since 11 August. The appeal is expected to be heard at Leeds in March 1996.
Legal Education and Conduct
Mr. Nick Hawkins: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the Lord Chancellor's advisory committee on legal education and conduct intends to publish its fourth annual report. [39994]
Mr. John M. Taylor: The Lord Chancellor's advisory committee on legal education and conduct will publish its fourth annual report on Friday 27 October. Copies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
Salaries
Mr. David Martin: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will make a statement about the salaries covered by the Ministerial and other Salaries Order. [39781]
Mr. Newton: During the debate on Members' salaries in November 1993, Official Report , 3 November 1993, column 457 I announced that, henceforth, the level of ministerial salaries should normally be increased by the same proportion as those of hon. Members, and that Ministers in the other place would receive the same increase, in cash terms, as their counterparts in this House receive from their combined ministerial and reduced parliamentary salaries.
That arrangement will be applied this year, giving Ministers in this House an increase of 2.7 per cent. and Ministers in the other place the corresponding cash increase.
The draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order to implement these changes from 1 January 1996 was laid in the House on Monday 23 October. The details are set out in the tables.
In accordance with the resolution of 3 November 1993, the same percentage increase will be applied to the reduced parliamentary salary paid to Commons Ministers and paid office holders, increasing it from the current rate of 24,985 to £25,660 on 1 January 1996.
Ministers Salaries
|Current |New
|salary £|salary £
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Commons Ministers
Prime Minister |57,018 |58,557
Cabinet Minister |42,834 |43,991
Minister of State |30,307 |31,125
Parliamentary Under Secretary |23,002 |23,623
Attorney General |45,516 |46,745
Solicitor General |37,321 |38,329
Government Chief Whip |35,650 |36,613
Government Deputy Chief Whip |30,307 |31,125
Government Whip |19,502 |20,029
Assistant Government Whip |19,502 |20,029
Leader of the Opposition (actual) |37,495 |38,507
Leader of the Opposition (nominal) |39,272 |40,332
Opposition Chief Whip |30,307 |31,125
Assistant Opposition Whip |19,502 |20,029
Speaker (actual) |42,834 |43,991
Speaker (nominal) |44,943 |46,156
Chairman of Ways and Means |30,307 |31,125
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |26,636 |27,355
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means |26,636 |27,355
Lord Ministers
Cabinet Minister |55,329 |57,161
Minister of State |48,835 |50,328
Parliamentary Under Secretary |41,065 |42,361
Lord Chancellor |April 96|April 96
Lord Advocate |55,409 |57,241
Government Chief Whip |48,835 |50,328
Government Deputy Chief Whip |41,065 |42,361
Government Whip |37,111 |38,313
Leader of the Opposition |41,065 |42,361
Opposition Chief Whip |37,111 |38,313
Chairman of Committees |48,835 |50,328
Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees |44,856 |46,349
Minister in neither House
Solicitor General (Scotland) |47,697 |48,985
Parliamentary Salaries
Member of Parliament |33,189 |34,085
Reduced Parliamentary Salary |24,985 |25,660
1. The Speaker has opted to take the salary of a Cabinet Minister
in the House of Commons.
2. The Lord Chancellor's Salary is set separately by Section 3 of
the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991.
3. Mr. Blair declined the 4.7 per cent. increase on 1 January 1995.
Norman Shaw Buildings
Mr. Alexander: To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee how many bicycle racks are provided in the Norman Shaw South building for hon. Members and people working in the Norman Shaw North and Norman Shaw South buildings. [39225]
Mr. Michael J. Martin: Fifteen.
Mr. Alexander: To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee how many hon. Members and members of the staff of the House work in the Norman Shaw North and Norman Shaw South buildings. [39224]
Mr. Michael J. Martin: One hundred and thirty-eight hon. Members and 37 staff of the House work in these two buildings.
LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Pay Delegation
Mr. McAllion: To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will provide in respect of his plan for pay delegation submitted to the Treasury (a) a description of the staff in each bargaining unit covered by the plan, distinguishing staff in headquarters functions, agencies and agency candidates, and in other identifiable business units and (b) proposals for trade union recognition in each bargaining unit and the negotiating machinery to be put in place in each bargaining unit. [38283]
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Mr. Tony Newton: The Privy Council Office pay delegation plan submitted to the Treasury covers all staff of the Department, which is a single bargaining unit. All staff are employed in the discharge of headquarters functions; there are no agencies, agency candidates or other identifiable business units. The plan does not envisage trade union recognition for pay bargaining purposes. The Department, which has only 38 staff, is predominantly non-unionised. In these circumstances, given the numbers involved, trade union recognition would be inappropriate. It is, however, proposed to arrange for the election of staff representatives.
TREASURY
Loss of Employment (Compensation)
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the tax-free limit of £30,000 as termination payment for loss of office compensation by employees remains in force; and what plans he has to alter these arrangements. [37069]
Mr. Jack: The exemption from tax for the first £30,000 of payments made to an individual as compensation for loss of employment, remains in force where the conditions laid down in sections 148 and 188 of the Taxes Act are met.
Public Expenditure
Mr. Bayley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the ratios which determine the division of public expenditure on health care, education and housing between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and how these have changed in the last five years. [37998]
Mr. Waldegrave: The division of public expenditure provision on health care, education and housing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is determined by the respective Secretaries of State. An analysis of general government expenditure on these and other services can be found in the "Statistical Supplement to the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1995 96".
Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was United Kingdom taxation as a proportion of gross domestic product in 1994; and what was the figure for other European Union
countries; [38819]
(2) what was United Kingdom public expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product in 1994; and what was the figure in other OECD countries; [38825]
(3) what was United Kingdom taxation as a proportion of gross domestic product in 1994; and what was the figure in other OECD countries; [38827]
(4) what was United Kingdom public expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product in 1994; and what was the figure for other European Union countries. [38818]
Mrs. Angela Knight: Figures for UK public expenditure and taxation are available in "CSO Financial Statistics", and GDP figures are available in "Economic Trends". Figures for other EU and OECD countries can be found in the OECD "Economic Outlook" of June 1995. All publications are available in the House of Commons Library.
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Business Loans
Mr. Hain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average interest rate for loans to business; and what are the comparable figures for the Group of Seven leading industrial nations. [38828]
Mrs. Angela Knight: Specific data on average interest rates for loans to businesses are not generally available. However, a Bank of England report, in the February 1993 "Quarterly Bulletin", showed that lending to small firms was largely related to money market rates. It is likely that lending to larger firms is also predominantly money market rate-related, although fixed rate finance has become more popular in recent years. Money market rates will therefore provide a broad guide to the general trend in interest rates on loans to businesses.
Data on comparable money market rates for the G7 countries can be found in "International Financial Statistics" published by the IMF.
Tax and Prices Index
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what considerations led his Department to cease publishing the monthly tax and prices index; and if he will make a statement. [39042]
Mrs. Angela Knight: Publication of the tax and prices index has not been discontinued. Data can be found in tables 5 and 6 of "Retail Prices Index", CSO monthly Business Monitor MM23. There are also available from the Central Statistical Office on request.
Structural Funds
Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the entitlements for 1995 96 resulting from the carry forward of underspends allowed under the new end-year flexibility scheme for structural funds relating to the 1994 to 1999 programme period. [39964]
Mr. Waldegrave: A new end-year flexibility scheme has been introduced to allow Departments to match the level of public expenditure provision in their own programmes to the flow of EU receipts in any particular year. For the new structural funds programme period which started in 1994 and runs until 1999, the eligible Departments will be able to carry forward into the following year underspends on all their expenditure relating to the European regional development fund, the European social fund, and the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund--objective 5b. A list of entitlements for 1995 96, totalling £191,594,000, is shown in the following table.
Entitlements for 1995-96 resulting from the
carryforward of underspends relating to the
1994-99 Structural Funds Programme Period
Department |£ Thousands
----------------------------------------------------------------
Department of Trade and Industry |1,500
Department of the Environment |16,328
Department for Education and Employment |139,887
Welsh Office |10,000
Scottish Office |23,879
Total structural funds |191,594
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimates, individual cash limits will be increased as appropriate when entitlement is taken up.
Take-up of end-year flexibility under the new scheme will be charged to the reserve and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.
Scot Inquiry
Mr. Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 19 July, Official Report, column 1256, on what date Customs and Excise delivered the public interest immunity certificates in the Ordtec case to the Scott inquiry. [38260]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory [holding answer 24 October 1995]: Copies of the public interest immunity certificates were sent to the inquiry on 18 July 1995 and the associated bundle of documents, as prepared for the Court of Appeal, was provided to the inquiry by the 20 July 1995.
Sanitary Products
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reduce the rate of VAT on women's necessary hygienic products. [38771]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory [holding answer 24 October 1995]: I cannot anticipate my right hon. and learned Friend's Budget statement.
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the application of VAT to sanitary towels and tampons. [38770]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory [holding answer 24 October 1995]: Treasury Ministers receive a small number of representations from hon. Members and the public on this subject from time to time.
Alcoholic Drinks (Taxation)
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reduce the present duty levels on spirits to equalise the tax treatment of spirits and the tax treatment of other alcoholic drinks. [39144]
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory [holding answer 24 October 1995]: Each year prior to making his Budget decisions the Chancellor of the Exchequer reviews the levels of taxation on alcoholic beverages including spirits. Consideration is given to a wide range of social, economic and health factors as well as the revenue effect.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
HIV/AIDS
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what strategy the ODA has for combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in developing countries. [37750]
Mr. Hanley: ODA's strategy for combating the spread of HIV/AIDS was set out in a speech by my right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Overseas Development, on 26 April 1994; copies of her speech will be placed in the Libraries of the House. In summary, our goal is to
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help people in developing countries avoid HIV infection and, if they are infected, better cope with the miseries it causes, in a way that is sustainable and makes use of all available resources. Since 1987, we have learnt about the need for a multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS and the need to provide better care for people with HIV, as well as prevent their infection.We provide assistance through bilateral and multilateral channels. We involve NGOs as well as Governments, often incorporating lessons learnt through pilot projects and research. We support the establishment of the new joint and co-sponsored UN programme on HIV/AIDS.
Fay Report
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken following the Fay report to recover money lost by the Crown Agents as a result of their association with companies controlled by the Barclay brothers; and if he will make a statement. [38372]
Mr. Hanley: As noted in annexe IV to the statement by the Government on the report of the Fay committee of inquiry on the Crown Agents on 1 December 1977, House of Commons paper 49 of Session 1977 78, the Crown Agents, acting in accordance with a general directive from the then Minister of Overseas Development and on advice from professional advisers, sold the relevant debts for £3 million.
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what losses were made at (a) actual and (b) 1995 prices by the Crown Agents as a result of their investments with Barclay Hotels. [38373]
Mr. Hanley: As set out in annexe IV to the statement by the Government on the report of the Fay committee of inquiry on 1 December 1977, House of Commons paper 49 of Session 1977 78, the Crown Agents realised a loss on disposal of their interest in 1976 of £6.5 million- -in 1995 prices, £24.7 million.
China
Miss Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 4 July, Official Report , column 110 , if he will outline the details of the reports his Department has received on alleged abuses of reproductive rights in China. [37615]
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Mr. Hanley: We have received reports from organisations and observers outside China of practices in some parts of China relating to forced abortion, punishment for evasion of family planning regulations and coercion to accept particular forms of contraception, including sterilisation. We continue to take every appropriate opportunity to express our deep concerns about these reports in our discussions with the Chinese Government.
Indonesia
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on aid to Indonesia. [36884]
Mr. Hanley: Our policy on aid to Indonesia remains as set out by my hon. Friend, the then Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in answer to the hon. Member for Croydon, North-West (Mr.Wicks) on 16 January, Official Report , column 296 .
NORTHERN IRELAND
Road Repairs (Expenditure)
Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on road repairs in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and what is the projected expenditure for this year. [37969]
Mr. Moss: The relevant expenditure figures are as follows:
Year |£ million ------------------------------ 1992-93 |40.8 1993-94 |42.1 1994-95 |44.5 1995-96 |<1>43.6 <1> Estimated
NHS Trusts
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will itemise payments made in each NHS trust to (a) chairs, (b) non- executive directors, (c) chief executives and (d) board directors for 1993 94 and 1994 95, by region. [37944]
Mr. Moss: The information requested is set out on tables 1 and 2.
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Table 1: Chairman and chief executive's remuneration-1994-95
£ Thousands
Chairman
|Performance |Pensions
Health and Social |Basic salary |Benefits |related pay |contributions |Total
Services Trust
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eastern Board Area
Belfast City Hospital |19 |0 |0 |0 |19
Down and Lisburn |19 |0 |0 |0 |19
Eastern Ambulance |16 |0 |0 |0 |16
Greenpark |17 |0 |0 |1 |18
Mater Infirmorum Hospital |15 |0 |0 |0 |15
North Down and Ards Community |15 |0 |0 |0 |15
North and West Belfast Community |19 |0 |0 |0 |19
Royal Group of Hospitals |19 |0 |0 |0 |19
South and East Belfast Community |19 |0 |0 |0 |19
Ulster, North Down and Ards Hospitals |11 |0 |0 |0 |11
Southern Board Area
Craigavon Area Hospital |17 |0 |0 |0 |17
Craigavon and Banbridge Community |17 |0 |0 |0 |17
Newry and Mourne |17 |0 |0 |0 |17
Total |220 |0 |0 |1 |221
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