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Schools Renewal Challenge Fund

Mr. Rooker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the local education authorities which made bids for the new schools renewal challenge fund indicating the number of bids for each LEA and the total value of each LEA bid. [35905]

Mrs. Gillan: Ninety-five local education authorities submitted bids for the first tranche of allocations for the new schools renewal challenge fund. The following table lists these authorities, the number of bids submitted by each and the total of credit approvals sought.

Schools renewal challenge fund: total LEA bids for first tranche 1996-97

LEA	Number of SRCF bids	Total costs bid for £000
Barnsley	5	4,338
Bath and NE Somerset	5	1,205
Bedfordshire	3	1,388
Berkshire	4	1,620
Bexley	1	1,210
Birmingham	8	8,702
Bolton	5	4,128
Bradford	2	2,895
Buckinghamshire	1	115
Bury	15	1,254
Calderdale	5	735
Cambridgeshire	5	1,655
Cheshire	7	1,520
City of Bristol	6	1,340
City of Kingston upon Hull	4	2,315
Cornwall	1	4,390
Coventry	2	1,502
Croydon	1	2,600
Cumbria	13	234
Derbyshire	2	8,045
Devon	6	564
Doncaster	2	376
Dorset	1	8,200
Dudley	1	3,700
Durham	2	1,881
Ealing	1	5,175
East Sussex	6	1,612
Enfield	3	324
Essex	1	500
Gateshead	2	3,300
Gloucestershire	3	325
Greenwich	14	3,170
Hackney	8	2,379
Hampshire	3	3,724
Haringey	2	1,289
Hartlepool	3	350
Havering	1	500
Hereford and Worcester	2	1,709
Hertfordshire	3	1,788
Hounslow	15	2,825
Isle of Wight	3	1,262
Islington	3	4,099
Kensington and Chelsea	1	30
Kent	4	3,963
Kingston upon Thames	9	2,594
Kirklees	5	946
Lambeth	3	1,063
Lancashire	5	3,218
Leeds	3	2,874
Leicestershire	8	1,896
Lewisham	9	408
Liverpool	4	3,551
Manchester	3	2,642
Merton	3	985
Newcastle upon Tyne	2	8,082
Newham	1	2,304
Northamptonshire	6	4,080
North East Lincolnshire	3	1,283
North Lincolnshire	1	675
North Somerset	1	2,500
North Tyneside	1	1,270
Northumberland	5	1,745
North Yorkshire	6	3,137
Nottinghamshire	5	4,904
Oldham	4	850
Redcar and Cleveland	3	958
Richmond upon Thames	1	1,950
Rochdale	6	547
Rotherham	7	2,554
Saint Helen's	4	685
Salford	4	1,676
Sandwell	2	2,881
Sheffield	2	3,281
Shropshire	2	712
Solihull	10	603
Somerset	6	2,086
South Tyneside	10	126
Southwark	1	167
Staffordshire	4	2,232
Stockport	2	165
Suffolk	2	1,100
Sunderland	2	1,450
Surrey	4	3,446
Sutton	1	248
Tower Hamlets	14	3,492
Trafford	1	1,445
Wakefield	7	5,590
Walsall	2	1,425
Waltham Forest	3	2,173
Wandsworth	3	2,065
Westminster	1	250
West Sussex	1	3,500
Wiltshire	9	2,119
Wirral	6	1,170
Wolverhampton	1	500

Where more than one option has been submitted for the same project, the more expensive option only has been included in the above totals.

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LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT

Civil Jurisdiction and Judgements Act

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many English High Court actions in cases falling within the terms of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, schedule 8 rule 3, were raised against defenders domiciled in Scotland in each year since 1990 and in the first half of 1996. [35944]

Mr. Streeter: The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Ms Roseanna Cunningham, dated 8 July 1996:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about High Court cases under Schedule 8, Rule 3 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.
These figures are not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

Ms Cunningham: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many English county court actions in cases falling within the terms of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, schedule 8, rule 3, were raised against defenders domiciled in Scotland in each year since 1990 and in the first half of 1996. [35942]

Mr. Streeter: The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Ms Roseanna Cunningham, dated 8 July 1996:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about county court cases under Schedule 8, Rule 3 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.
These figures are not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

Ms Cunningham: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many English High Court judgments in cases falling within the terms of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, schedule 8, rule 3, were obtained against defenders domiciled in Scotland in each year since 1990 and in the first half of 1996. [35941]

Mr. Streeter: The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Ms Roseanna Cunningham, dated 8 July 1996:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about High Court judgments under Schedule 8, Rule 3 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.
These figures are not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

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Ms Cunningham: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many English county court judgments in cases falling within the terms of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, schedule 8, rule 3, were obtained against defenders domiciled in Scotland in each year since 1990 and in the first half of 1996. [35943]

Mr. Streeter: The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Ms Roseanna Cunningham, dated 8 July 1996:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about county court judgments under Schedule 8 Rule 3 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.
These figures are not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

Mayoral Chains and Mace (Sale)

Mr. Rooker: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what representations he has received from Birmingham city council regarding the west midlands sheriff's offices' order to bailiffs to list the mayoral chains and mace for sale; and if he will make statement. [35902]

Mr. Streeter: The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Mr. Jeff Rooker, dated 8 July 1996:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about West Midland's Office.
I can confirm that no representations have been received from Birmingham City Council about the West Midlands Sheriff's Office.

HEALTH

Unique Patient Numbers

Mr. Gapes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 26 June, Official Report, columns 144-45 if he will (a) publish and (b) place in the Library the results of the study carried out into the cause of duplicate numbers under the NHS unique patient number system. [35326]

Mr. Horam: The results of the studies have not yet been captured in a final report, although progress notes have been produced for the new NHS number programme board. However a report is being drafted, and copies will be placed in the Library of the House as soon as practicable.

Alcoholic Lemonade

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with health education

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bodies to evaluate the impact of alcoholic lemonade beverages on the health of children. [35479]

Mr. Bowis: None. The Government's report, "Sensible Drinking" December 1995, expressed particular concern about young people inappropriately drinking alcohol of any kind. It specifically recommended that parents and carers of children who drink alcohol should try to ensure that children are aware of its hazards and only consume alcohol in moderate safe quantities for their age group with reference to their physical development. We are currently working with the Health Education Authority to develop new health education messages based on the report for parents and young people.

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on the health of young people of alcohol in lemonade-style beverages. [35480]

Mr. Bowis: None.

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about the relationship between the marketing of alcoholic lemonade and similar drinks and the level of alcohol misuse among young people [34724]

Mr. Bowis: The Government are aware of concerns about the appeal of certain alcoholic drinks to young people. We welcome the code of practice for the packaging, marketing and sale of alcoholic drinks which the Portman Group published in April. The Portman Group and other signatories will monitor the code and we shall be following this carefully to see how effective it is in practice. My noble Friend, Baroness Cumberlege, recently met representatives from Coca Cola GB when this issue was amongst those we discussed. Otherwise, the Department has received a limited amount of correspondence on the subject.

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