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Departmental Reports

Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the 1996 departmental reports to be published. [20891]

Mr. Waldegrave: Proposed publication dates for the 1996 departmental reports are as follows:

Date
Public Expenditure: Statistical AnalysesFriday 15 March
HM Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer's smaller departments; Net Payments to EC InstitutionsMonday 18 March
Lord Chancellor's and Law Officers' DepartmentsTuesday 19 March
Ministry of DefenceWednesday 20 March
Department of the EnvironmentWednesday 20 March
Home Office (including Charity Commission)Wednesday 20 March
Department of HealthWednesday 20 March
Department of Social SecurityWednesday 20 March
Cabinet Office; Privy Council; ParliamentWednesday 20 March
Customs and ExciseWednesday 20 March
Department for Education and EmploymentThursday 21 March
Scottish Office (including Forestry Commission)Friday 22 March
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (including the Overseas Development Administration)Monday 25 March
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (including Intervention Board)Monday 25 March
Department of Trade and IndustryMonday 25 March
Department of TransportMonday 25 March
Department of National HeritageMonday 25 March
Welsh OfficeMonday 25 March
Northern Ireland OfficeMonday 25 March
Inland RevenueMonday 25 March

Copies will be made available at the Vote Office.

ENVIRONMENT

Orimulsion

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what studies his Department has carried out on the possible environmental impact of a major orimulsion spillage on land or sea. [19250]

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Mr. Clappison: In 1992 a research study was carried out on behalf of the Department of the Environment which reviewed the impacts of orimulsion and the pollution abatements technologies which may be applied to orimulsion-fired boilers.

Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has not commissioned any research on the polluting effects of orimulsion.

Mr. David Nicholson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what reports (a) his Department and (b) the Environmental Agency have evaluated regarding the environmental consequences of (i) the leak or spillage of orimulsion into seas or rivers and (ii) the operation of wind and rain on the gas generated by orimulsion. [19647]

Mr. Clappison: In 1992 a research study was carried out on behalf of the Department of the Environment which reviewed the impacts of orimulsion and the pollution abatements technologies which may be applied to orimulsion-fired boilers.

The Environment Agency does not come into being until 1 April. However, Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution which will form part of the agency has evaluated reports from National Power regarding the possible effects of the gases released after abatement from the proposed burning of orimulsion at Pembroke power station. These reports are available on the public registers. Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution is also carrying out its own modelling into the dispersion of the potential releases from the plant. In addition Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution is evaluating reports from Milford Haven Port Authority, which outlines the likely effects of a spillage of orimulsion into the Haven of up to 1,000 tonnes.

Recreation Grounds

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he plans to take to ensure that recreation grounds meet basic standards of health and safety. [19951]

Sir Paul Beresford: The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 applies to recreation grounds where there is employment. Risks at recreation grounds are generally low, and inspection levels reflect this. Health and safety inspectors respond to any serious incident and follow up complaints. Sports grounds are regulated under the Safety at Sports Grounds Act 1975 on which there is guidance from the Department of National Heritage. DNH has also published guidance on playground safety.

Air Quality

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to increase the use of mobile units in measuring air quality. [20257]

Mr. Clappison: My Department has no plans to increase the use of mobile units. Mobile laboratories are generally used to monitor air quality for relatively short periods of time in a number of locations. Hence, data from mobile laboratories do not fit well into the national monitoring programmes operated by the Department, which requires long term monitoring to check for compliance with air quality standards and guidelines and to evaluate trends over a number of years.

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Mobile laboratories are more appropriate for research, campaign or local investigation studies. For instance, in previous years, mobile laboratories were used by the Department to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of chemically active pollutants such as ozone and nitrogen dioxide and, to investigate the distribution of nitrogen dioxide concentrations in local city areas, to assist in the selection of suitable long term monitoring sites.

Water Charges

Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was in (a) 1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97 for each company and for England as a whole the price charged to domestic users for 1,000 gallons of water. [20219]

Mr. Clappison: This information is not available in the form requested. However, information about the price of water per cubic metre, for each company and for England and Wales as a whole, is given in Ofwat's "1994-95 Report on the cost of Water Delivered and Sewage Collected", published in November 1995. A copy of this report is in the Library. Information for 1995-96 and 1996-97 is not yet available.

Marine Nature Reserves

Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what policy changes he proposes to the granting of marine nature reserve status as a result of the Sea Empress disaster. [20015]

Mr. Clappison: There are no current plans to change the Government's policy on marine nature reserves.

Cement Kilns

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he plans to give the Government's formal response to the Environment Committee's report into the burning of secondary liquid fuels in cement kilns (HC497 of Session 1994-95). [20463]

Mr. Clappison: The Government expect to publish this response in the next few weeks.

Education Authority Funding

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each education authority in England (a) the finalised education standard spending assessment figures and (b) the total standard spending assessment figures (i) by class and (ii) in total. [20498]

Mr. Curry [holding answer 12 March 1996]: The information is given in the tables.

£ million

Local authority1996-97 Education SSA1996-97 Total SSA
Total all Education Authorities17,764.24233,966.153
Total Shire counties9,624.82416,599.170
Total Shire unitary authorities966.2411,966.881
Total Metropolitan districts4,304.3228,835.415
Total inner London boroughs including City1,043.0962,825.578
Total outer London boroughs1,824.5263,736.365
Total London boroughs2,867.6226,561.943
Isles of Scilly1.2332.744


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£ million

1996-971996-97
Local authorityEducation SSATotal SSA
Greater London
City of London0.75962.114
Camden78.312219.711
Greenwich114.263228.134
Hackney92.084249.171
Hammersmith and Fulham56.047165.298
Islington81.095214.883
Kensington and Chelsea34.193141.522
Lambeth100.826284.821
Lewisham108.942249.244
Southwark109.297268.959
Tower Hamlets122.839260.410
Wandsworth86.304240.000
Westminster58.134241.313
Barking and Dagenham69.879135.466
Barnet117.029234.575
Bexley88.646162.105
Brent109.692244.986
Bromley103.845203.516
Croydon118.396248.829
Ealing112.151248.079
Enfield117.827225.025
Haringey93.427224.371
Harrow72.990152.088
Havering87.183159.751
Hillingdon93.797185.587
Hounslow94.807185.688
Kingston upon Thames47.06698.179
Merton58.096128.897
Newham130.381270.332
Redbridge98.258185.768
Richmond upon Thames45.854106.011
Sutton67.782130.026
Waltham Forest97.421207.087

£ million

Local authority1996-97 Education SSA1996-97 Total SSA
Greater Manchester
Bolton100.891197.677
Bury61.635120.120
Manchester188.261427.719
Oldham94.759180.485
Rochdale82.736160.877
Salford82.496184.742
Stockport89.804178.032
Tameside80.591159.497
Trafford76.735153.236
Wigan110.133211.009
Merseyside
Knowsley73.138144.836
Liverpool209.232447.684
Sefton106.847218.085
St. Helens66.604138.007
Wirral132.298262.606
South Yorkshire
Barnsley76.867159.161
Doncaster119.680228.558
Rotherham102.425195.977
Sheffield170.970396.245
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead70.844158.062
Newcastle upon Tyne99.652230.302
North Tyneside68.757145.445
South Tyneside59.030125.454
Sunderland114.863235.793
West Midlands
Birmingham448.721920.128
Coventry119.872238.329
Dudley104.158209.519
Sandwell118.096242.208
Solihull73.069136.269
Walsall108.588214.808
Wolverhampton99.898203.641
West Yorkshire
Bradford209.868412.548
Calderdale77.167148.459
Kirklees141.523280.286
Leeds252.509541.007
Wakefield111.605228.608

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£ million

Local authority1996-97 Education SSA1996-97 Total SSA
Shire counties
Bedfordshire220.156350.190
Berkshire282.308469.732
Buckinghamshire252.855408.220
Cambridgeshire237.278402.590
Cheshire348.970581.837
Cornwall164.930294.764
Cumbria170.602300.896
Derbyshire319.922554.985
Devon345.862627.857
Dorset207.427377.871
Durham216.644377.355
East Sussex219.761433.887
Essex566.981967.944
Gloucestershire183.797315.547
Hampshire525.153917.913
Hereford and Worcester229.005384.187
Hertfordshire387.245638.578
Kent581.733995.199
Lancashire510.448889.483
Leicestershire333.840559.174
Lincolnshire213.026367.724
Norfolk243.384439.546
North Yorkshire185.854328.377
Northamptonshire222.270365.121
Northumberland113.513200.600
Nottinghamshire365.135623.669
Oxfordshire192.571326.334
Shropshire145.332251.040
Somerset150.908273,578
Staffordshire366.019612.012
Suffolk217.470378.804
Surrey307.474564.958
Warwickshire164.025275.220
West Sussex235.410415.960
Wiltshire197.517327.959

£ million

Local authority1996-97 education SSA1996-97 total SSA
All purpose authorities
Isles of Scilly1.2332.744
Isle of Wight Council45.13895.041
Bath and North East Somerset54.404109.142
Bristol119.870279.421
South Gloucestershire78.677144.734
North Somerset58.642118.274
Hartlepool37.01375.199
Middlesbrough61.491126.785
Redcar and Cleveland59.590114.987
Stockton on Tees71.747137.543
East Riding of Yorkshire102.954204.246
Kingston upon Hull102.701219.055
North East Lincolnshire64.840122.663
North Lincolnshire56.381110.035
York52.793109.756

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