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Mr. Booth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to report on progress in implementation of the national forest. [8090]
Mr. Clappison: I have today arranged for copies of the National Forests Company's 1996 annual report and accounts to be available in the House Library.
Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the forthcoming finance, management and policy review of the valuation tribunal service. [8089]
Sir Paul Beresford: As part of the Government's programme of regular five-yearly finance, management and policy reviews of non-departmental public bodies, my Department will conduct a thorough review of the valuation tribunal service beginning on 5 December. The first stage of the review will take the form of a prior options study. This will assess the extent to which the functions that the valuation tribunal service performs are necessary for the achievement of the Government's policies, and whether there is scope for privatising, contracting out or transferring all, or part, of its functions to another body.
The progress made by the valuation tribunal service since the previous review in 1992 will be examined and the results of that examination and of the prior options study will inform a detailed review of the service's policy and financial management systems. To minimise the uncertainty that the prior options study will cause, I expect this part of the review to be completed within six months. The time required for the more detailed review cannot be foreseen, but I would expect it also to last no longer than six months.
In carrying out the study, my Department will consult widely with all parties with an interest in the work of the valuation tribunal service.
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his answer of 25 November, Official Report, column 82, regarding examples of improving efficiency through environmental auditing, if he will list the occasions on which environmental considerations have been taken into account in respect of procurement and accommodation management matters. [7198]
The Solicitor-General: All four Law Officers' Departments keep environmental aspects of their accommodation and procurement activities under regular review. Examples of action already taken in one or more of the Departments are: the fitting of new controls on
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heating and air conditioning plant to reduce energy consumption; the use of energy efficient lamping; the installation of modern flushing systems and rapid response arrangements for reported leaks; furniture purchase contracts which specify that wood should be from sustainable resources; and the stipulation in cleaning contracts that only environmentally friendly cleaning products should be used.
Mr. Bryan Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many national vocational qualifications awarded by the end of December 1995 were achieved by (a) private sector and (b) public sector employees. [6942]
Mr. Paice: Data are not available on the number of national vocational qualifications awarded to private sector and public sector employees.
Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to introduce a right for students of the Open university to have their examination papers re-marked on appeal. [7420]
Mr. Forth: It is for the Open university, as an autonomous higher education institution, to establish its own procedures for marking examination papers and to set up appropriate appeals procedures.
Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what amounts have been requested by way of capital spending in 1997-98 by each local education authority; and what has been the total amount requested in England. [7473]
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the schools capital expenditure annual capital grants bid for each local education authority for 1997-98. [7711]
Mrs. Gillan: Each year we invite LEAs to submit their plans for education capital expenditure so that we can determine the level of their annual capital guidelines. The following table shows the total of each LEA's planned expenditure for 1997-98, as submitted to the Department in October.
Lea | Total planned expenditure (£000) |
---|---|
Barking and Dagenham | 3,584 |
Barnet | 8,143 |
Barnsley | 5,361 |
Bath and North-east Somerset | 4,,382 |
Bedfordshire | 9,897 |
Berkshire | 5,892 |
Bexley | 7,787 |
Birmingham | 53,490 |
Bolton | 5,872 |
Bournemouth | 7,179 |
Bradford | 63,643 |
Brent | 10,278 |
Brighton and Hove | 4,311 |
Bristol | 3,024 |
Bromley | 3,974 |
Buckinghamshire | 13,740 |
Bury | 1,900 |
Calderdale | 9,121 |
Cambridgeshire | 27,575 |
Camden | 4,933 |
Cheshire | 39,356 |
City | 0 |
Cornwall | 9,605 |
Coventry | 12,334 |
Croydon | 6,736 |
Cumbria | 20,529 |
Darlington | 3,488 |
Derby | 8,837 |
Derbyshire | 30,355 |
Devon | 38,113 |
Doncaster | 3,527 |
Dorset | 14,341 |
Dudley | 5,505 |
Durham | 49,951 |
Ealing | 67,218 |
East Riding of Yorks | 2,872 |
East Sussex | 24,747 |
Enfield | 22,652 |
Essex | 84,555 |
Gateshead | 10,282 |
Gloucestershire | 31,964 |
Greenwich | 10,568 |
Hackney | 9,073 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 9,371 |
Hampshire | 28,299 |
Haringey | 16,573 |
Harrow | 16,926 |
Hartlepool | 3,921 |
Havering | 5,851 |
Hereford and Worcester | 10,890 |
Hertfordshire | 27,171 |
Hillingdon | 3,814 |
Hounslow | 7,447 |
Hull | 12,826 |
Isle of Wight | 12,094 |
Isles of Scilly | 49 |
Islington | 8,839 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 2,555 |
Kent | 50,939 |
Kingston | 5,969 |
Kirklees | 6,795 |
Knowsley | 2,901 |
Lambeth | 22,534 |
Lancashire | 34,469 |
Leeds | 42,407 |
Leicester | 1,486 |
Leicestershire | 6,375 |
Lewisham | 30,904 |
Lincolnshire | 8,936 |
Liverpool | 23,325 |
Luton | 8,568 |
Manchester | 48,375 |
Merton | 6,552 |
Middlesbrough | 2,198 |
Milton Keynes | 12,179 |
North Somerset | 5,269 |
North Tyneside | 8,169 |
North Yorkshire | 29,821 |
North-east Lincolnshire | 14,471 |
Newcastle | 5,372 |
Newham | 10,461 |
Norfolk | 23,979 |
North Lincolnshire | 6,007 |
Northamptonshire | 20,729 |
Northumberland | 1,799 |
Nottinghamshire | 24,672 |
Oldham | 8,048 |
Oxfordshire | 30,218 |
Poole | 4,442 |
Portsmouth | 9,438 |
Redbridge | 12,611 |
Redcar and Cleveland | 2,856 |
Richmond | 4,685 |
Rochdale | 8,669 |
Rotherham | 4,770 |
Rutland | 290 |
South Gloucestershire | 8,367 |
South Tyneside | 9,677 |
Salford | 29,083 |
Sandwell | 11,982 |
Sefton | 3,521 |
Sheffield | 51,309 |
Shropshire | 5,981 |
Solihull | 4,708 |
Somerset | 12,130 |
Southampton | 3,229 |
Southwark | 8,260 |
St. Helens | 5,310 |
Staffordshire | 24,120 |
Stockport | 6,028 |
Stockton on Tees | 5,754 |
Stoke on Trent | 9,147 |
Suffolk | 21,155 |
Sunderland | 9,010 |
Surrey | 25,683 |
Sutton | 8,071 |
Tameside | 5,901 |
Thamesdown | 5,269 |
Tower Hamlets | 12,595 |
Trafford | 8,957 |
Wakefield | 27,486 |
Walsall | 6,804 |
Waltham Forest | 11,937 |
Wandsworth | 4,439 |
Warwickshire | 5,528 |
West Sussex | 12,920 |
Westminster | 4,853 |
Wigan | 16,365 |
Wiltshire | 10,760 |
Wirral | 9,976 |
Wolverhampton | 12,798 |
York | 5,223 |
Totals | 1,903,343 |
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Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the level of United Kingdom gross domestic product for each year since 1970 at (a) current prices and (b) 1996 prices; what has been the annual percentage change in United Kingdom gross domestic product at constant prices for each of these years; what was the Government take of gross domestic product in each of these years at (a) current prices and (b) 1996 prices; and what was the annual percentage change in this Government share of gross domestic product at constant prices in each of these years. [5570]
Mrs. Angela Knight: Figures for GDP at current and constant prices are published in table 1.1 of the "United Kingdom National Accounts--The Blue Book".
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Government receipts as a percentage of money GDP are provided in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report". This shows that general Government receipts as a percentage of money GDP are currently lower that at any time during the last Labour Government.
Ms Janet Anderson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to measure and evaluate the effect of his Department's policies on women. [5478]
Mrs. Angela Knight: In July this year the model guidance on policy appraisal for equal treatment was revised and circulated at Cabinet level for Departments to adapt to their own circumstances. A copy was placed in the Library of the House. Advice based on this model will be circulated to officials in the Treasury.
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