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Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation
Mr. Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current salary of the chief executive of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation at Gosport; and what it will be from 1 April. [12525]
Mr. Arbuthnot [holding answer 30 January 1996]: The current salary of chief executive is that of a Royal Navy captain in the range £47,000 to £57,700.
The Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation defence agency's triennial review has now been completed and has confirmed that the NARO should continue as a defence agency for a further term of three years with effect from 1 April 1996. The evaluation study into the performance of the agency during its first three years--a copy of the executive summary of which has been placed in the Library of the House--reported that the agency was competently meeting its objectives and satisfying its customers but would benefit from the introduction of best management practices from the private sector. A new chief executive will, accordingly, be recruited through open competition to take up appointment in April 1996, or as soon thereafter as possible. He/she will be required to introduce a challenging programme of efficiencies within NARO and to explore the scope for greater private sector involvement in helicopter repair. The details of this new post, including remuneration, have yet to be finalised.
A revised framework document is in preparation and will be completed once the new chief executive is in post and the necessary delegation have been approved. A copy will be placed in the Library of the House at that time.
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Mr. Mullin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the value of British aid to Belize over the last five years. [12097]
Mr. Hanley:
Aid to Belize over the last five years for which records are available, has been
Mr. Mullin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list current aid and preferential trade arrangements with Belize. [12093]
Mr. Hanley:
Belize receives concessional aid from Britain and the European Union under the Lome convention. Other donors include Taiwan and Kuwait. Belize is also a borrowing member of the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and Caribbean Development Bank. Preferential trade arrangements include the European Community's generalised system of preferences and, under the terms of the Lome convention, tariff-free access to Community markets for industrial products, and preferential access for a wide range of agricultural goods.
Miss Lestor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his policy in respect of the recommendation in the Overseas Development Administration's fundamental expenditure review on agencies receiving £750,000 or more per year from the joint funding scheme; what considerations led the Overseas Development Administration to select the threshold figure; and what considerations were given to lower thresholds. [12242]
Mr. Hanley:
The figure of £750,000 was selected after considering a range of options. No particular significance attaches to the figure: it simply produced a limited number of non-governmental organisations who had been major recipients of joint funding scheme funds over a sustained period and with whom we intend to begin exploring the possibilities of moving to block grant arrangements.
Miss Lestor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if money disbursed via the joint funding scheme will, following the Overseas Development Administration's fundamental expenditure review, be limited to countries within the Overseas Development Administration's new focus. [12255]
Mr. Hanley:
We do not anticipate any significant change in the geographical cover of the joint funding scheme as a result of the fundamental expenditure review.
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Mrs. Clwyd:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will name the Nigerian police officers who have undergone study tours in the United Kingdom since 1985, in each case indicating the officer's rank and the date of (a) commencement and (b) completion of the training. [12566]
Mr. Hanley:
There have been seven study tours, that is sponsored visits as opposed to classroom training, all in 1992. There are no records prior to 1990. The details are as follows:
The increase in aid provided in 1994-95 is due primarily to the disbursement of a CDC loan of £10.4 million to the Belize Electric Co. Ltd. for a hydro-electric power facility on the Macal river.
1990-91: £6.016 million
1991-92; £3.674 million
1992-93: £4.498 million
1993-94: £5.966 million
1994-95: £16.618 million
| Name | Rank | Duration of visit |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. S. Adeoye | Assistant Commissioner of Police | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
| Mr. E. B. Edemeka | Deputy Superintendent of Police | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
| Mr. O. J. Ekama | Deputy Commissioner | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
| Mr. D. K. Isiofia | Assistant Superintendent of Police | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
| Mr. E. J. James | Deputy Superintendent of Police | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
| Mr. Z. Muazu | Assistant Superintendent of Police | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
| Mr. M. C. Okoye | Assistant Superintendent of Police | 27 November 1992-8 December 1992 |
Mrs. Clwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will name the Nigerian police officers who have been trained in Britain since 1985, giving each officer's rank and date of (a) commencement and (b) completion of the training. [12565]
Mr. Hanley: Twenty-one Nigerian police officers have received ODA funded training in the United Kingdom since 1990. There are no records prior to this date. The further details requested have been placed in the Libraries of the house.
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External Finance Limit (Commonwealth
Development Corporation)
Sir David Madel: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what external finance limit has been set for the current financial year for the Commonwealth Development Corporation. [13718]
Mr. Hanley: The external finance limit for the CDC for 1995-96 is being increased by £10,000,000, from £19,000,000 to £29,000,000. The limit takes account of an increase to the provision for CDC in class II, vote 5 provision for which is made in the spring supplementary estimate. This increase is being met by transfer of resources within the vote and does not add to the planned total of public expenditure.
Cash and Running Cost Limits
Sir David Madel: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have been made in the 1995-96 cash and running cost limits for expenditure by the Overseas Development Administration. [13719]
Mr. Hanley:
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the cash limit on the external assistance vote, class II, vote 5, will be increased by £10,390,000 from £1,764,277,000 to £1,774,667,000 and the ODA running cost limit will be increased by £400,000 from £73,993,000 to £74,393,000. The increase is in respect of: a balance of underspending against European Community budgetary aid for central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in 1993 and overspending for developing countries in 1994; an increase of £400,000 for ODA running costs in respect of a partial take up of end of year flexibility entitlements announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 13 July 1995, Official Report, columns 776-82; an increase of £78,000 for expected costs for the Crown Agents privatisation programme; and an inward PES
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transfer of £300,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office diplomatic wing in respect of the know-how fund. The increase will be offset by a transfer and a claim on the reserve and will not, therefore, add to the planned total of public expenditure.
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