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LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
"Judicial Appointments"
Mr. Carrington: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many copies of the information pack "Judicial Appointments" have been produced; and what was the total cost of this exercise. [15210]
Mr. Jonathan Evans: Some 15,000 copies of the information package have been produced at a total cost for design, production and distribution of £47,869.70
Judiciary (Ethnic Awareness Courses)
Mr. Carrington: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many judges, recorders and assistant recorders have attended ethnic minority awareness courses organised by his Department; and what has been the cost of these courses. [15211]
Mr. Jonathan Evans: To date, 424 judges, 762 recorders and 345 assistant recorders have attended seminars on ethnic minority issues organised by the Judicial Studies Board. The cost of these seminars has been £645,000.
Statutory Instruments
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will cause to be printed on the face of statutory instruments in those instances where no compliances cost assessment has been made, the reasons no such assessment has been made. [15581]
Mr. Freeman:
I have been asked to reply.
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The Government require a compliance cost assessment to accompany all statutory instruments that have an impact on business, charities and voluntary organisations when they are presented to Parliament. The only circumstances in which a compliance cost assessment is not required would be if the statutory instrument has no adverse impact on business, charities and voluntary organisations. I do not believe there is any necessity to state this in each case.
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people benefited from the home energy efficiency scheme in each parliamentary constituency or other area by which data are collected for the last years for which figures are available. [15863]
Mr. Robert B. Jones: The numbers of grants paid under the home energy efficiency scheme by region of England and in Scotland and Wales for the last three financial years are as follows:
| 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 (Up to 19 February 1996) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 33,321 | 53,399 | 57,579 |
| London | 23,337 | 52,829 | 62,668 |
| North East | 21,821 | 36,876 | 36,807 |
| North West | 43,545 | 80,475 | 85,025 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 26,267 | 41,977 | 42,236 |
| South East | 30,713 | 60,142 | 71,764 |
| South West | 12,921 | 25,197 | 32,316 |
| West Midlands | 36,075 | 54,722 | 54,943 |
| Scotland | 29,566 | 41,820 | 45,848 |
| Wales | 11,582 | 22,784 | 26,319 |
| Total | 269,148 | 470,221 | 515,505 |
Empty Buildings
Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 13 February, Official Report, column 479, if he will give the total cost to the common user (office) estate of service, security and other charges associated with empty Government buildings. [16003]
Sir Paul Beresford:
Property Holdings has kept a record of the overall costs of vacant accommodation on the common user estate since 1993-94. The figures are
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aggregate costs of vacant leasehold and freehold accommodation, excluding rents and contributions in lieu of rates. They will include service charges, fuel and utilities, maintenance, professional fees, and settlement of dilapidations claims.
The increase in vacant space is due to the fall in the civil service numbers combined with rationalisation and relocation out of London.
1993-94: £13.1 million
1994-95: £19.7 million
1995-96: £32.9 million (estimated).
Housing (Newcastle)
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what resources to date have been applied by his Department to (a) the Cowgate estate action scheme, Newcastle, (b) Y. V. Lovell plc, (c) North British Housing, (d) other housing associations in the area and (e) the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. [16084]
Sir Paul Beresford: Since 1990, the Department has provided resources to a number of bodies involved in the renewal scheme at Cowgate estate, Newcastle upon Tyne as follows:
(a) Estate Action: £4.500 million
(b) Y.V. Lovell plc: £1.300 million
(City Grant)
(c) City of Newcastle: £3.200 million
(Urban Programme)
(a) Anchor Housing: £1.500 million
(b) North British: £3.700 million.
Altogether, over 900 homes have been improved or created on the estate, together with significant environmental improvements.
Mr. Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the estate action schemes in the city of Newcastle and in the case of each show the (a) number of dwelling units (i) cleared, (ii) improved and (iii) built and (b) number of dwelling units transferred from the ownership of Newcastle upon Tyne city council to (i) housing association ownership and (ii) other owners.[16095]
Sir Paul Beresford:
The information requested is provided in the table.
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Mr. Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when the city of Newcastle upon Tyne applied under section 195 of the Housing Act 1988 for funds to support the purchase of properties in the Cowgate estate action area; and when he expects to give a decision. [16096]
Sir Paul Beresford:
City of Newcastle upon Tyne council applied to the Secretary of State on 20 December 1995 for consent under section 129 of the Housing Act 1988 to run a cash incentive scheme for current council tenants buying owner-occupied properties on the Cowgate estate. The application is under consideration and a decision will be made shortly.
Mr. Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what sums were spent by Y. V. Lovell plc with estate action fund support on the purchase of land and buildings in the Cowgate estate action area; and how many housing units were so purchased. [16085]
Sir Paul Beresford:
Y. V. Lovell plc received no estate action fund support for the purchase of land and buildings in the Cowgate estate. It did, however, receive city grant of £1.3 million for the improvement of 192 former council houses for sale on the open market. Information about the purchase of land and buildings by Lovell plc from the city council is commercially confidential.
Ms Ruddock:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many processes are authorised for integrated pollution control by Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution under part A of the Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991; how many are authorised for local authority air pollution under part B of the regulations; how many authorisations remain to be determined; and what is his estimate of the additional number of processes that will require authorisation under the requirements of the integrated pollution prevention and control directive. [15845]
Mr. Clappison:
The number of IPC authorisations under regulation by Her Majesty's inspectorate of prisons under part A of the Environmental Protection (Prescribed Processes and Substances) Regulations 1991 is 1,863, as at 12 February 1996 and 17 part B authorisations are regulated by HMIP.
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A further 246 applications have been received. Of these, 177 meet the requirements of the regulations and are in the process of determination. The remaining 69 have yet to be examined in detail.
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