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London Electricity

Mr. Timms: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what financial assistance is being provided from public funds to London Electricity to transfer its customer operations functions out of London. [4786]

Mr. Page: I understand that London Electricity is transferring part of its customer operations functions to Doxford park in the Sunderland enterprise zone. As with any other company moving into an enterprise zone, the company will be eligible for capital allowances, and be exempt from the national non-domestic rate for the

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remainder of the life of the enterprise zone. No direct grants are being made to London Electricity from central Government.

Business Link Services Guide

Mrs. Roche: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what definition of the personal business adviser service has been drawn up by the small firms and business link division; and if he will publish the guidelines that have been issued on the service. [4825]

Mr. Page [holding answer 8 December 1995]: A detailed definition of the business link personal business adviser service, including a model job description, is included in the "Business Link Services Guide", section C 25-36, which was published on 31 October 1995.

A copy of the services guide is available in the Library of the House.

Mobile Telephones

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many times mobile telephones used by Ministers in his Department have been cloned during (a) the last six months, (b) the last 12 months and (c) the last 18 months; and which Ministers within his Department have had their mobile telephones cloned. [4268]

Mr. Lang [holding answer 7 December 1995]: There have been no recorded incidents of Minister's mobile telephones being cloned within the last 18 months or prior to that period. Ministers in my Department are issued with digital mobile telephones which are inherently more difficult to clone than their analogue counterparts.

NATIONAL HERITAGE

National Lottery (Under-age Purchasing)

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what steps she is taking to eliminate the sale of national lottery tickets to under-age children. [4719]

Mr. Sproat: Last week I welcomed the announcement made by the Director General of the National Lottery, who is responsible for regulatory matters, about the new action designed to stamp out under-age lottery sales. I am also holding discussions with the police, the Home Office and other parties about the enforcement of the law governing the sale of tickets to under-16-year-olds.

National Lottery

Mr. Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to her circular letter to Members about the national lottery dated 10 November, reference C95/10129, if she will place in the Library (a) on paper and (b) on computer disk in a spreadsheet format compatible with the Library's computer information about

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each of the awards made from the good causes fund to date indicating in each case (i) the nature of the activity supported, (ii) the amount of money granted, (iii) the distributing body making the award and (iv) the parliamentary constituency in which the recipient body's headquarters is based. [4537]

Mr. Sproat: My Department already produces a monthly report of the distribution of lottery proceeds. Included in this report are financial details of the awards made each month and the total since the lottery began, for each distributor and by region of the United Kingdom. Copies of this report are placed in the Libraries of the House.

SCOTLAND

European Directives

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the statement of the Secretary of State for the Environment of 21 November, Official Report, column 454, if he will make it his policy to review past legislation in respect of additional burdens imposed by regulations implementing European directives. [5071]

Mr. Kynoch: It is the policy in the Scottish Office to ensure that we do not gold-plate European directives by the addition of unnecessary burdens when implementing them in the United Kingdom. We will take every opportunity to look at existing legislation in light of this policy.

Nuclear Site Licensing

Mr. Home Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct the Health and Safety Executive to send its consultation documents on changes to nuclear site licences arising from the privatisation of the nuclear industry to hon. Members with nuclear power stations in their constituencies; and if he will extend the consultation period. [4992]

Mr. Kynoch: No.

Water Authorities

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland who are the chairman, chief executive and members of each of the new water authorities; and what are their correspondence addresses. [4456]

Mr. Kynoch [holding answer 6 December 1995]: The names of each of the chairmen, chief executives and members of the new water authorities and their correspondence addresses are as follows:

North of Scotland Water Authority--Mr. J. Robertson (Chairman), Mr. A. Findlay (Chief Executive), Mr. D. Addly, Councillor R. Bissett, Councillor J. Easten, Councillor N. Graham, Mr. A. Lewis, Mr. A. MacCallum, Councillor O. Macdonald, Mr. N. McAndrew, Councillor D. Nicholson, Mr. D. Paton. Correspondence should be addressed to: North of Scotland Water Authority, Caledonia House, 63 Academy Street, Inverness, IVI 1LU.

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East of Scotland Water Authority--Dr. I. Preston (Chairman), Mr. R. Rennet (Chief Executive), Mr. D. Barlow, Mr. R. Bell, Councillor I. Berry, Councillor Ian Galloway, Councillor A. Dickson, Councillor T. Kerr, Councillor P. McCafferty, Mr. H. O'Hanlon, Sir Francis McWilliams, Mr. R. Summers. Correspondence should be addressed to: East of Scotland Water Authority, 27 Perth Street, Edinburgh, EH3 5RB.
West of Scotland Water Authority--Mr. J. Jameson (Chairman), Mr. E. Chambers (Chief Executive, Mr. N. Berry, Councillor M. Bryson, Sir Robert Easton, Mr. J. Goodwin, Mr. D. Gray, Mr. P. Kennedy, Councillor W. Petrie, Councillor R. Reid, Provost L. Rosin, Councillor I. Young. Correspondence should be addressed to: West of Scotland Water Authority, 419 Balmore Road Glasgow, G22 6NU.

Departmental Inquiry Line

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many and what percentage of the calls made to the Scottish Office inquiry line since its establishment were on matters on which his Department (a) was competent and (b) not competent to deal with. [4452]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 6 December 1995]: This information is not recorded but the inquiry officers consider that the majority of calls relate to matters for which the Scottish Office is responsible.

Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement indicating for each calendar month since its establishment the number of calls made to the Scottish Office inquiry line and how many of these calls have been (a) interactive and (b) non-interactive. [4434]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 6 December 1995]: The numbers of calls received are:

Year	Number
1993
October	797
November	835
December	357
1994
January	211
February	239
March	199
April	220
May	308
June	315
July	305
August	341
September	334
October	372
November	396
December	354
1995
January	276
February	346
March	348
April	317
May	257
June	159
July	199
August	276
September	343
October	293
November	(1)337

(1) To 24 November.

Information on types of calls is not recorded.

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Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much in total it has cost his Department to establish, publicise and operate the Scottish Office inquiry line; and what are the annual costs of this service. [4451]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton [holding answer 6 December 1995]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Scotland on 18 April 1995, Official Report, columns 79-80.

Fisheries Research Vessel

Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to announce the signing of a contract for the construction of a fisheries research vessel; and if he will make a statement. [4555]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson [holding answer 7 December 1995]: I still expect to reach a decision on the tenders by 31 December 1995. I shall notify the hon. Member of my decision.

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