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Iraq
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how evidence of wrongdoing referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, will be investigated in the absence of information on export licences granted prior to 1987 at the Department of Trade and Industry; and what
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are the specific criteria against which wrongdoing is assessed in this investigation; [1982]
(2) which body will undertake the investigation referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551; and what is the estimated date for completion of the investigation; [1981]
(3) when the United Nations Special Commission referred information, which was referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, to the British Government; and what it expected the British Government to do with that information; [1983]
(4) over what period and in which goods the British companies mentioned in the UNSCOM evidence, referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, were trading with Iraq; [1984]
(5) if the information provided by the United Nations Special Commission in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, is being investigated at present. [1980]
Mr. David Davis: I refer the hon. Member to my letters of 24 July and 25 September and to my replies of 27 October, Official Report, column 862, and 6 November, Official Report, column 551.
I also refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) on 21 November, Official Report, column 68.
I have nothing further to add to previous answers to questions on this subject.
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action Her Majesty's Government are taking to press for the release of 11 Christians imprisoned in Nepal for proselytism. [1994]
Mr. Hanley:
Our ambassador in Katmandu raised the case of the 11 Christians with the Nepalese authorities on 24 August. All 11 were released on 9 November.
Mr. Alton:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action Her Majesty's Government are taking to encourage constructive action by the Governments of Nepal and India on the problem of the trafficking of women and children from Nepal to India for the purpose of prostitution. [1995]
Mr. Hanley:
We share international concern about this matter. We are working through our aid programme, and through liaison with the Nepalese authorities and non-governmental organisations, to help combat the trafficking of young Nepalese women.
Mr. Winnick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Government's policy towards the granting of visas for Nigerian military personnel. [2257]
Mr. Hanley:
Since 24 June 1993 it has been Government policy not, except in the most exceptional circumstances, to issue visas to Nigerian military or security personnel or their families. In line with an EU resolution adopted on 20 November this year, this policy
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has now been extended to Nigerian civilian Ministers and their families. Although visas that have already been issued cannot be cancelled, we have arranged for entry to the United Kingdom to be denied to those who hold valid multiple entry visas.
Computers
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the implications of the decision to exclude the British company Meiko from the shortlist to provide computers for the Ministry of Defence on Britain's technology base. [1565]
Mr. Page: I have been asked to reply.
The Department of Trade and Industry has made no such assessment.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Playing Fields
Mr. Pendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of how many school playing fields are under threat of development in England. [1558]
Mrs. Gillan: The latest information available comes from the Sports Council's register of recreational land, which at present hold records for around 80 per cent. of all playing fields in England.
According to the register, of the 42,690 school playing fields in England, 850 are subject to existing planning permission or to a pending planning decision.
Mr. Pendry:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is her estimate of the number of school playing fields that have been sold in England since 1981. [1557]
Mrs. Gillan:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) on 19 October 1995, Official Report, column 376.
Mr. Pendry:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans her Department has to increase the statutory minimum areas of school playing fields. [1468]
Sir Irvine Patnick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the average number of computers (a) per school and (b) per pupil in the Sheffield, Yorkshire and Humberside areas; and if she will make a statement. [1708]
Mr. Robin Squire:
The information requested is not available.
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Sir Irvine Patnick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what training courses for school governors are the statutory responsibilities of local education authorities; how many courses Sheffield education authority has held in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. [1707]
Mr. Robin Squire:
Each local education authority must by law make available free of charge to the governors of its schools any training it considers necessary for them to discharge their functions effectively. It is for each LEA to judge what is necessary. But most LEAs, including Sheffield, have appointed governor training co-ordinators to secure the availability of suitable training programmes. Figures on the number of training courses provided by LEAs are not held centrally. But since April 1992 Sheffield has offered governing bodies the opportunity to buy into an annual scheme including various forms of support and training.
In 1993-94 Sheffield provided 189 training events; in 1994-95, 158; and for the current year an anticipated total of 184.
Mr. Redmond:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to review the financial assessment regulation in respect of the assisted places scheme. [2228]
Mrs. Gillan:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Mr. Walden) on 23 November 1995, Official Report, columns 323-24.
Mr. Blunkett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the number of participants for restart courses; what the scheme cost, what the planned expenditure was; and what number of those on the scheme achieved positive outcomes, and the breakdown of those outcomes in terms of numbers moving into (a) full-time education, (b) full-time employment, (c) part-time employment and (d) other outcomes for each year since 1991. [1764]
Mr. Forth:
Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Employment Service agency under its chief executive. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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