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Harbour Grant Scheme
Mr. Moss: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which of the projects under the harbour grant scheme which had formal approval in May 1999 have been granted their grant allocation; and which of the projects in respect of which only applications had been submitted at that date, (a) have been allocated grant and (b) are being processed. [118828]
Mr. Morley: Of the 10 applications for harbour grant which were formally approved to receive grant at 21 May 1999:
- projects at Amble, Hartlepool, Mevagissey, Polperro and Scarborough (two projects) are now complete and have received their grant in full;
- projects at Cadgwith Cove, Grimsby, Scarborough and Whitby have so far received part payments.
- projects at Bridlington, Grimsby, Mevagissey, Padstow and Whitehaven have since been given formal approval to receive grant;
- projects at Amble, Brixham, Gosport, Hull, Leigh on Sea, Looe, Margate, Newhaven, Newlyn, Poole (two projects), Port Isaac, West Bay and Yarmouth are still under consideration.
Waste Incineration
Mr. Stunell: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he received on the draft EU Directive, Air Pollution: Incineration of
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Waste (Merging with Directive 94/67/EC Hazardous Waste), prior to its adoption; and if he will make a statement. [119676]
Mr. Morley: I have received representations on this Directive, for which DETR has responsibility, from the National Pig Association, the Countryside Alliance, the National Farmers Union, a veterinary clinic, three companies and 15 private individuals. The Directive has not yet been adopted.
Fisheries
Mr. Gill: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his policy on the continued use of fisheries regulation 3760/92 after 2002. [119701]
Mr. Morley: Council Regulation 3760/92 is the basic framework regulation for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and is due to be reviewed before the end of 2002. The Government are seeking to maintain highly valued features of the present arrangements, such as the national quota system based on relative stability and restrictions on access within national 6 and 12 mile limits, and believe that this will be achieved. At the same time, we will want to explore opportunities to improve the CFP to make it a more effective instrument for conserving fish stocks.
GM Crops
Joan Ruddock: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the results of the GM trials involving grainseed; and if he will make a statement. [119785]
Ms Quin [holding answer 20 April 2000]: The results of the GM trials supporting the proposed National Listing of Chardon LL are publicly available, and copies have been placed in the Library of the House. The Grainseed Ltd. data relate to those columns headed "Ches" (Cheshire).
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Helen Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what targets he has set the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for 2000-01. [120979]
Mr. Nick Brown: I have set the Veterinary Medicines Directorate the following performance targets for 2000-01:
Safety and Quality
1. To provide high quality scientific assessment work.
2. To provide high quality policy advice to Ministers.
3. To comply with the timetables for entering Suspected Adverse Reactions (SAR) reports set out in the Plan and to report to the Veterinary Products Committee each quarter reviewing trends in SAR reports and identifying areas requiring evaluation.
4. To meet, in full, the requirements of the National Residues Surveillance Plan.
Standards of Service
5. To comply with the timetables for handling applications under the centralised, decentralised and UK procedures set out in the Plan.
Efficiency
6. To collect data for 2000-01 as the base year that will enable efficiency changes to be calculated in 2001-02.
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Financial Control
7. To recover from industry and Government the full economic cost (calculated according to resource accounting principles) of its main business activities of:
licensing and surveillance
policy work
residue monitoring
as a whole, without cross subsidy between these activities.
8. To operate within 95 per cent. to 100 per cent. of allocations by the MAFF Management Board for running costs, capital and receipts.
Plan
Suspected Adverse Reactions Surveillance Scheme reports:
enter human reports on to the database within two working days
enter serious animal reports on to the database within two working days
enter non-serious animal reports on to the database within 10 working days
Centralised Procedures
All assessments (including Maximum Residues Limits) to be submitted within timetables agreed with the European Medicines Evaluation Agency.
Decentralised Procedures
All authorisations to be determined within the regulatory timetables.
UK Procedures
93 per cent. of new marketing authorisations to be determined or referred to the Veterinary Products Committee within 120 clock days; all to be determined within 210 clock days.
95 per cent. of valid variation applications to have first assessment within 70 clock days; all to be determined within 150 clock days.
95 per cent. of valid renewal applications to have first assessment within 85 clock days; all to be determined within 180 clock days.
Farming and Rural Conservation Agency
Helen Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what targets he has set the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency for 2000-01. [120976]
Mr. Nick Brown: I have set the Farming and Rural Conservation Agency the following performance targets for 2000-01:
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Efficiency
1. To deliver a 3 per cent. saving compared to 1999-2000.
Delivery of Services
2. 92 per cent. of work completed on time.
3. 90 per cent. of work completed to an "acceptable" or better standard as measured by a structured quality assessment process.
Financial Performance
4. To recover from Government Departments and Agencies the full economic cost (calculated according to resource accounting principles) of its services.
5. To operate within 95 per cent. and 100 per cent. of allocations by the MAFF Management Board for running costs, capital and receipts.
Pesticide Safety Directorate
Helen Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what targets he has set the Pesticide Safety Directorate for 2000-01. [120977]
Mr. Nick Brown: I have set the Pesticide Safety Directorate the following performance targets for 2000-01:
Quality of Service
1. To deliver the throughput of applications and processing times set out in the plan.
2. To deliver high quality policy advice to Ministers and respond positively to their policy objectives.
3. To deliver high quality scientific work.
4. To respond positively to the results of the Customer Satisfaction Survey.
Efficiency
5. To meet the efficiency indicator targets in the agreed Efficiency Plan.
Financial Performance
6. To recover from industry and Government the full economic cost (calculated according to the resource accosting principles) of its services.
7. To operate within 95 per cent. and 100 per cent. of allocations by the MAFF Management Board for running costs, capital and receipts.
PLAN
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| Application type | Planned receipts | Planned completions | Processing time (weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Active Substances: | |||
| Sift | 15 | 12 | 6 |
| Evaluation: | |||
| --full | 13 | 12 | 52 |
| --resubmission | 7 | 6 | 52 |
| Reviews--UK | |||
| UK anticholinesterase review programme--full reviews | 2 | 7 | -- |
| Other UK review activity | 10 | 16 | -- |
| Reviews--EC | |||
| EU rapporteur reviews position on Annex 1 decisions | 11 | 10 | -- |
| Total | 58 | 63 | (7)90 |
(7) Overall targets--90 per cent. of applications with a stated processing time must be completed within that time
Note:
The figures for New Substances and Reviews are based on work in hand and forecasts from Industry and the Commission
(8) Overall targets--90 per cent. of applications with a stated processing time must be completed within that time
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