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Written Answers to Questions
Monday 6 December 1999
NORTHERN IRELAND
Farming
Mr. McGrady: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will establish an inter-departmental task force on problems facing the farming industry in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. [100057]
Mr. Mandelson: Responsibility for this subject has been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly and is therefore no longer a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Industry and Universities
Mr. Hume: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what assessment he has made of the correlation between the geographical locations of industry and of universities; [100644]
- (2) how many students, normally domiciled in Northern Ireland, are enrolled in full-time first degree university courses; and how many full-time first degree places are available in Northern Ireland. [100660]
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Mr. Mandelson: Responsibility for this subject has been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly and is therefore no longer a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL
Departmental Research Contracts
Dr. Harris: To ask the Solicitor-General how many research contracts have been let by his Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. [100154]
The Solicitor-General: The Law Officers' Departments comprising the Treasury Solicitor's Department, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office, have let no research contracts since May 1997.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Aid Projects
Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the aid projects supported by her Department in (a) Morocco and (b) Ghana, in each of the last five years, indicating those which also received ECGD assistance. [100248]
Clare Short:
The following lists all projects undertaken in the last five financial years at costs greater than £1 million.
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Those projects which also received ECGD support were:
Mr. Bercow:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make a statement on the (a) nature and (b) destination of the 250 million euros aid voted in the European Council for reconstruction and rehabilitation in Central America. [101109]
Clare Short:
Following the European Council's approval of 250 million euros in post-Mitch reconstruction aid for Central America in May 1999, the European Commission developed a programme of reconstruction, which was agreed by member states in November. The programme will provide Honduras (119 million euros), Nicaragua (84 million euros), El Salvador (28.5 million euros) and Guatemala (18.5 million euros) in three areas:
Dr. Harris:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many research contracts have been let by her Department since May 1997; what is the value of each contract; and in each case whether the contract included (a) a departmental veto over publication of the research results, (b) departmental control over the
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date of publication of the research results and (c) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. [100162]
Clare Short:
The number of research contracts let since May 1997 is very large, running into hundreds. Recording them and listing the value of each would involve disproportionate cost. The Department for International Development's (DFID) net expenditure on research was estimated at £112 million in 1997-98 and £116 million in 1998-99.
Ghana: South East Districts (Sogakope) Water Project--completed
Ghana: NVTI Vocational Training--completed
Ghana: Accra Waste--2001 completion
Morocco: Tetouan Gas Turbines Project--completed
reinstating, improving and extending infrastructure and equipment in the education, public health, environmental sanitation and housing sectors;
strengthening educational, public health and sanitation services, including the management capacity of the relevant government institutions, in order to improve efficiency, quality and access, for the most vulnerable sections of the population;
strengthening local government and civil society by providing support for the drafting and implementation of rehabilitation and development plans and for the preparation of a framework for risk prevention and to lessen the impact of this type of natural disaster.
Source:
SET Statistics 1999, published by the Office of Science and Technology
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