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Silk Stream Flood Scheme
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects the environmental assessment of the Silk Stream flood alleviation scheme to be completed; and if he will make a statement. [81748]
Mr. Morley: I understand that following consultation on the Scoping Report, the Environment Agency will be undertaking an environmental assessment of the Silk Stream flood alleviation scheme with a view to publishing an Environmental Statement for formal consultation in August 2000.
Haddock
Mr. Gill: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the 1999 haddock quota tonnage allocated to the United Kingdom and the total haddock quota tonnage available to the EU within EU and external waters. [81854]
Mr. Morley: The information requested is as follows:
| Stock | EU quota (tonnes) | UK quota |
|---|---|---|
| EU waters | ||
| Area IIa, North Sea | 69,680 | (7)57,045 |
| Skagerrak and Kattegat, Area IIIb, c, d | 3,675 | 0 |
| Area Vb, VI, XII, XIV | 19,000 | 15,110 |
| Area VII, VIII, IX, X CECAF 34.1.1 | 26,990 | 4,590 |
| External waters | ||
| Faroese zone | 500 | (8)430 |
| Norwegian zone (north of 62 0 N) | 1,700 | 1,118 |
| Norwegian zone (south of 62 0 N) | 930 | 0 |
| Total | 122,475 | 78,293 |
(7) Of which no more than 50,000 tonnes may be fished in the Norwegian zone
(8) EU quota in Faroese waters is for cod and haddock combined and is not split for each species
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Crop Sub-species
Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the arrangements for the licensing of crop sub-species. [82047]
Mr. Rooker: There are no licensing arrangements for crop sub species.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Prosecutions (Hammersmith and Fulham)
Mr. Coleman: To ask the Attorney-General how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for crimes committed in the areas covered by (i) Hammersmith and (ii) Fulham police stations for the years (a) 1994, (b) 1995 and (c) 1996. [81685]
Kate Hoey: I have been asked to reply.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Fulham Division | |
| 1994 | 998 |
| 1995 | 1,233 |
| 1996 | 1,049 |
| Hammersmith Division | |
| 1994 | 1,648 |
| 1995 | 1,747 |
| 1996 | 1,372 |
NORTHERN IRELAND
Consultations (Postal Costs)
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will pay the postal costs of voluntary bodies and registered charities requested to respond to Government consultation documents; and if she will make a statement. [80915]
Mr. Paul Murphy: When voluntary bodies and registered charities are invited to respond to a consultation document, it is not standard practice to automatically meet the postal costs incurred. However, any individual request for reimbursement would be considered on its merit. Where a voluntary organisation receives a grant from the Department towards its central administration costs, it is not unreasonable to expect postal costs in responding to consultation documents to be met from that grant.
Lee Clegg (Trial Costs)
Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the cost to her Department of the original trial of Lee Clegg in 1993. [81125]
Mr. Ingram
[holding answer 19 April 1999]: It would be possible to answer this question only at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. William Ross:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if she will list for the week ended Saturday 17 April the number of violent incidents involving paramilitary groups which took place in Northern Ireland, indicating how many involved (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican groups; [81740]
Mr. Ingram:
The number of security incidents during the period 11 April-17 April 1999 are as shown:
(2) if she will list for the week ended Saturday 17 April the number of (a) punishment beatings and (b) punishment shootings which took place in Northern Ireland, indicating how many in each category were committed by (i) Loyalist and (ii) Republican groups. [81741]
Shooting incidents: 1
Bombing incidents: 2.
| Loyalist | Republican | |
|---|---|---|
| Assaults | 0 | 1 |
| Shootings | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 2 |
Notes:
1. Figures may be subject to minor amendment.
2. The shooting and bombing incidents cannot as yet be firmly attributed to a grouping.
Advance Factories
Mr. Beggs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many advance factories have been built in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years and in which constituencies; and if she will make a statement on the policy of Her Majesty's Government regarding the provision of advance factories in Northern Ireland. [82000]
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Mr. Ingram:
The Industrial Development Board (IDB) build one advance factory in 1998-99. This is a high-tech unit of 5,400 sq m and is located at Duncairn Gardens in the North Belfast Constituency. IDB built no advance factories in 1997-98, but did build one specialised call centre of 2,800 sq m on a speculative basis at Springvale Business Park in the West Belfast Constituency.
Government policy is to reduce to a minimum IDB's stock of advance factories. Recent project experience has shown that IDB-led construction programmes can meet the requirements of the most demanding inward investors' timetables. Furthermore, there is an increased demand for bespoke factories. Flexibility to provide advance units will, none the less, be retained where such action is considered essential in attracting investment to particular disadvantaged areas.
Local Government Elections
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the right hon. Member for Berwick-on-Tweed (Mr. Beith) on the introduction of proportional representation for local government elections. [81974]
Dr. Jack Cunningham: I have had no such discussions and have no current plans to have any.
Civil Servants (Ethnic Make-up)
Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the ethnic make-up was of civil servants in each Department on 1 April. [81934]
Mr. Kilfoyle:
Information about the ethnic origin of civil servants is collected through voluntary, confidential questionnaires. Civil Service personnel statistics are collated and published annually for staff in post at 1 April by the Cabinet Office. The latest information, which is shown in the table, is for 1 April 1998.
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(9) Non-industrial staff who responded to departmental surveys on ethnic origin
(10) In order to preserve confidentiality number withheld and total for department rounded to nearest 10 as there are less than five staff in this group
Source:
Cabinet Office, Mandate and departmental returns
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