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Millennium Dome

Ms Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when the final shortlist for the proposed uses for the Millennium Dome after the millennium celebration will be announced. [122718]

Ms Armstrong: The Government have announced today that two proposals have been selected to advance to the final stage of the competition. Detailed proposals and indicative financial offers were invited from bids shortlisted in January. These two bids were chosen from a strong field of five bids remaining in the competition.

The bids in the final shortlist are:

Dome Europe, an advanced leisure, business and retail attraction, proposed by the Principal Finance Group of Nomura International plc.

Legacy plc, a high technology industrial campus of workspace, leisure and retail uses, proposed by Robert Bourne.

In reaching this decision the Government have evaluated the bids against the published criteria, and have taken into account the views of umbrella organisations in the area and the public responses to a national consultation exercise held in April. Details of the public consultation results have been placed in the Libraries of the House.

We will now work with the bidders to develop these proposals further, and will proceed to a decision in the summer on the winning proposal.

Raptors

Mr. Russell Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was (a) the cost of producing the Langholm report into raptors and (b) the cost of compensation that had to be paid to landowners. [120378]

Dr. Reid: I have been asked to reply.

The subject matter is now devolved. However, the Game Conservancy Trust and the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology carried out a study between 1992 and 1996 of grouse populations on Langholm and other moorland estates in response to concerns about the impact of birds of prey on the number of grouse available during the annual shooting season. The results, published in 1997 as "Birds of Prey and Red Grouse", cost £400,000; the study

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was funded and guided by a consortium of those with an interest in the subject, which included Scottish Natural Heritage, Buccleuch Estates, RSPB and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

The study was undertaken for research purposes: no compensation was paid to landowners.

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

Bovine Tuberculosis

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the report of the independent Husbandry Panel on Cattle TB. [122717]

Ms Quin: The Panel's report is published today. Copies are being placed in the Parliamentary Libraries and will be made widely available. We would like to thank Dr. Clive Philips, the Panel Chairman, and his colleagues for their work. The Government will now consider the Panel's recommendations in consultation with the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB and other interested parties before deciding how best to take them forward.

IACS Fraud

Mr. Gray: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many prosecutions for Integrated Administration and Control System fraud his Department has initiated since 1997; and how many of them have resulted in a guilty verdict. [122394]

Ms Quin: Since 1997 there have been 15 prosecutions for fraud against CAP schemes falling under the IACS umbrella. Of these 14 were found guilty, one not guilty.

DEFENCE

Defence Transport and Movements Agency

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Transport and Movements Agency for the financial year 2000-01. [122567]

Mr. Spellar: The Chief Executive of the Defence Transport and Movements Agency has been set the following Key Targets for 2000-01:

Key Target 1:
To meet the Customers' requirements as specified in Customer Supplier Agreements (CSAs):
94 per cent. or more of Agency transactions within agreed criteria.
94 per cent. or more of the services provided under call-off contracts at a satisfactory level.
Customer Satisfaction rating for all Agency services, including call-off contracts, of 85 per cent. or more.
Key Target 2:
To achieve an average 3 per cent. reduction in administrative unit costs.
Key Target 3:
To demonstrate improved net added value.

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Key Target 4:
To achieve at least a satisfactory rating in the provision of operational transport and movements support.

Defence Storage and Distribution Agency

Mr. Borrow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency for the financial year 2000-01. [122569]

Mr. Spellar: The Chief Executive of the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency has been set the following Key Targets for 2000-01:

Key Target 1:
To meet the Customers' requirements as specified in Customer Supplier Agreements (CSAs):
85 per cent. or more of issues to consumers to be within specified supply chain processing times.
95 per cent. or more of receipts to be processed within agreed time limits.
No more than 0.1 per cent. of issues to be subject to an accepted discrepancy report.
The aggregated level and value of stock written off as a result of DSDA actions to be less than the levels agreed in CSAs.
Key Target 2:
To achieve an average 5 per cent. reduction in the unit cost of output.
Key Target 3:
To achieve an average 5 per cent. reduction in receipts processing times.
Key Target 4:
To achieve a 5 per cent. reduction in the cost of quality failures.

British Forces Post Office Agency

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what key targets have been set for the British Forces Post Office agency for the financial year 2000-01. [122570]

Mr. Spellar: The Chief Executive of the British Forces Post Office agency has been set the following Key Targets for 2000-01:

Key Target 1:
To meet the Customers' requirements as specified in Customer Supplier Agreements (CSAs):
96.6 per cent. or more of deliveries of Official Mail and BFPO Private Mail to be within CSA specified times.
The Quality of Service Standard for all classes of mail to be greater than or equal to 94 per cent. of deliveries within CSA specified times.
98.5 per cent. or more of aggregated deliveries of Courier Mail to be within CSA specified times.
Key Target 2:
To achieve an average 3 per cent. reduction in the unit cost of output.

Civilian Personnel Costs

Ms Squire: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the average annual cost of employing 10,000 MOD civilians. [121805]

Dr. Moonie: £169 million. In calculating this figure, it has been possible to take account of Pay, Employer's Related National Insurance Contributions and Pensions

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contributions only. Any calculation of overheads such as rents, rates, utilities costs, food, office equipment and services could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Nuclear Test Veterans

Mr. Welsh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to extend the remit of the National Radiological Protection Board's study of the incidence of multiple myeloma among veterans of the UK's atmospheric nuclear test programme in the 1950s. [121980]

Dr. Moonie: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for South Derbyshire (Mr. Todd) on 28 February 2000, Official Report, column 34W.

Dartmoor (Live Firing)

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the (a) advertised and (b) actual number of days on which army live firing took place within each of the three ranges in the Dartmoor National Park for the year ended 31 December 1999. [121515]

Dr. Moonie: The advertised and actual number of days on which the Armed Services fired on each of the three firing ranges in the Dartmoor National Park for the year ended 31 December 1999 is as follows:

	Advertised	Actual
Okehampton	78	40
Willsworthy	205	131
Merrivale	137	83

Ships (Lynx Helicopters)

Mr. Duncan Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of frigates and destroyers that are operating without the Lynx helicopter. [121603]

Mr. Spellar [holding answer 11 May 2000]: At present, there are no frigates and destroyers on current operations without their dedicated Lynx flight. However, 10 other frigates and destroyers are presently at sea on other tasks, such as exercises and training, without their Lynx helicopters.

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