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English Tourism Council

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he intends to appoint the new chairman of the English Tourism Council. [83032]

Janet Anderson: The recruitment process is under-way and the chairman will be appointed as soon as possible.

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what will be the remuneration of the new chairman of the English Tourism Council. [83033]

Janet Anderson: The chairman of the English Tourism Council will be paid £36,000 per annum.

Tourism

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisation will in future be responsible for handling consumer inquiries about tourism in England. [83035]

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Janet Anderson: As at present, the primary sources of information will be the regional tourist boards and the tourist information centres. The English Tourism Council will have a strategic role to play and will oversee information systems and how their use is developed.

SCOTLAND

CCTV

Sir Robert Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many publicly funded CCTV schemes are

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operating; if he will list them (a) by each local authority area and (b) by the date they started operating; and how many schemes are planned to be introduced over the next year. [82444]

Mr. McLeish: Table 1 lists only those schemes (by local authority area) which have been awarded funding from The Scottish Office CCTV Challenge Competition between 1996-97 to 1998-99. Information on other CCTV systems is not held centrally. Information regarding the dates when systems became operational is also not held centrally but the table details the financial year in which grant was awarded to each scheme. Table 2 lists the 18 schemes (covering 14 local authority areas) awarded grant in the 1999-2000 round of the Competition.

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Table 1: 1996-97 to 1998-99

Council	Area covered	Year grant awarded
Aberdeen City	City Centre	1997-98
Angus	Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Forfar, Kirriemuir, Monifieth, Montrose	1997-98
Argyll and Bute	Campbeltown, Dunoon, Helensburgh	1996-97
Argyll and Bute	Oban	1997-98
Argyll and Bute	Rothesay	1998-99
Clackmannanshire	Alloa	1996-97
Dumfries and Galloway	Dumfries, Stranraer	1996-97
Dundee City	Dundee, Tayside (mobile)	1996-97
East Ayrshire	Cumnock, Galston, Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock, Stewarton	1997-98
East Dunbartonshire	Bishopbriggs	1997-98
East Lothian	Musselburgh	1996-97
East Lothian	Haddington	1997-98
East Lothian	Prestonpans, Tranent	1998-99
East Renfrewshire	Barrhead, Neilston	1997-98
East Renfrewshire	Rouken Glen, Eastwood	1998-99
Edinburgh City	Muirhouse and City Centre	1996-97
Falkirk	Falkirk Town Centre	1996-97
Falkirk	Falkirk Town Centre	1997-98
Falkirk	Grangemouth	1998-99
Fife	Dunfermline, Cupar (mobile)	1996-97
Fife	Fife (mobile), St. Andrews (mobile)	1997-98
Fife	Kirkcaldy Railway Station	1998-99
Glasgow City	Linthouse, Stobhill Hospital, Strathclyde University	1996-97
Glasgow City	Easterhouse, Elderpark, Stobhill Hospital, Strathclyde Passenger Transport	1997-98
Highland	Dingwall, Fort William, Inverness	1996-97
Highland	Inverness	1998-99
Inverclyde	Greenock, Port Glasgow, Gourock	1998-99
Midlothian	Penicuik	1996-97
Moray	Elgin, Buckie, Forres	1997-98
North Ayrshire	Irvine, Whitletts	1997-98
North Lanarkshire	Airdrie, Gowkthrapple, Forgewood, Motherwell	1996-97
North Lanarkshire	Bellshill, Wishaw	1997-98
North Lanarkshire	Coatbridge, Bellshill	1998-99
Perth and Kinross	Perth	1998-99
Renfrewshire	Paisley	1996-97
Renfrewshire	Johnstone	1997-98
Renfrewshire	Renfrew	1998-99
Scottish Borders	Eyemouth, Hawick	1996-97
Scottish Borders	Galashiels, Kelso	1997-98
Scottish Borders	Peebles	1998-99
South Ayrshire	Ayr, Girvan	1996-97
South Ayrshire	Monitoring Station	1998-99
South Lanarkshire	Hamilton	1996-97
South Lanarkshire	East Kilbride	1997-98
South Lanarkshire	Parkburn and Whistleberry, Rutherglen	1998-99
Stirling	Stirling	1997-98
Stirling	Stirling (mobile), Callander	1998-99
West Dunbartonshire	Clydebank	1996-97
West Dunbartonshire	Clydebank, Dumbarton	1997-98
West Lothian	Uphall and Livingston Railway Stations, Linlithgow	1998-99
Western Isles	Stornoway	1996-97

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Table 2: 1999-2000

Council	Area to be covered
Dumfries and Galloway	Annan, Lockerbie, Moffat, Gretna Langholm, Sanquhar, Dalbeattie, Castle Douglas, Newton Stewart
Dundee City	Dundee
East Ayrshire	Dalmellington
East Ayrshire	Mauchline
Edinburgh City	Thistle Foundation
Glasgow City	Glasgow, Possilpark, Easterhouse
Highland	Mallaig
Midlothian	Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith, Penicuik, Schools
North Ayrshire	Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Stevenson
North Lanarkshire	Craigneuk, Kilsyth, Cumbernauld
Renfrewshire	Paisley
Scottish Borders	Melrose
West Dunbartonshire	Dumbarton
West Lothian	Dedridge

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Ministerial Meetings (US)

Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many times Ministers in his Department have held meetings with members and officials in the US Administration since 1 June 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the Ministers involved at each meeting and the US department involved in each meeting. [82264]

Mr. Dewar: I met the Under Secretary for Economics, Agriculture and Business Affairs, State Department, and the Special Trade Negotiator, US Trade Representative, on 17 March 1999 in Washington.

Special Advisers

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 24 March 1999, Official Report, column 321, on special advisers, if he will give the total travel cost of each occasion when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2 May 1997 and the place visited. [82414]

Mr. Dewar: For the period 2 May 1997 to 31 March 1999, Special Advisers in my Department have travelled overseas in an official capacity on four occasions to Brussels, Strasbourg, Bonn and the United States. The total cost of travel and any hotel accommodation is £6,530. All travel complied with the requirements of the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Management Code.

Registers

Ms Roseanna Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the proposed fee structure for searches of the registers of Scotland by (a) solicitors and search lawyers and (b) the general public. [82501]

Mr. Dewar [holding answer 29 April 1999]: The fee structure for searches in the Registers of Scotland is set out in the Fees in the Registers of Scotland Amendment Order 1999, S1 1999/1085 (S87) which was made on 7 April and came into effect on 21 April 1999. The order introduces uniform fees for searching the Registers for

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all customers. No distinction is made between solicitors, searchers and the general public. The pertinent fee rates are as follows:

Fees for the provision of information£

Search
	General Register of Sasines
	1. Presentment Book
(a) Per search against a name	2.00
(b) Per search against an address	2.00
(c) Per search against a minute number	2.00
	2. Minute Book
(a) Per search against a name	2.00
(b) per search against an address	2.00
(c) Per search against a minute number	2.00
	3. Search Sheet
(a) Per search against a name	0.00
(b) Per search against an address	0.00
(c) Per search by search sheet number	2.00
(d) Per view of any individual search sheet	2.00
(e) The provision of information from any other index, volume, document or process	2.00
	Land Register of Scotland
	1. Application Record
(a) Per search against a name	4.00
(b) Per search against an address	4.00
(c) Per search against an application number	4.00
(d) Per search against a title number	4.00
	2. Title Sheet
(a) Per search against a name	4.00
(b) Per search against an address	4.00
(c) Per search against a title number	4.00
(d) Per view of the title sheet affecting one interest in land	4.00
3. Per Index Map Search	2.00
4. The provision of information from any other index, volume, document or process(3)	2.00
	5. Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications
(a) For each group of 6 names or fewer searched against	3.50
(b) For provision of a paper copy of the daily minutes (per day)	96.00
(c) Per search of a specified minute number	1.00

(3) Where on the same occasion a view of the title sheet is made against an entry identified in the course of an initial search as per 2(a) and (b), no fee is payable in respect of the initial search.

Note:

A search includes a print disclosing relevant entries if requested within 7 working days of the date of the original search.

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