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Supermarkets

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what mechanisms she has put in place to ensure that individual farmers and other food suppliers are protected from the effects of purchasing practices of large supermarkets; [16399]

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Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for South-East Cornwall (Mr. Breed) on 9 November 2001, Official Report, column 442W.

Post Delivery (Bexhill)

Mr. Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she will take to tackle the problems with the postal delivery service in Bexhill. [16460]

Mr. Alexander [holding answer 20 November 2001]: The Government have established an independent regulatory body, the Postal Services Commission, whose responsibilities include setting and enforcing standards of service for Consignia, and a Consumer Council for Postal Services, Postwatch, with powers to investigate customer complaints. I will draw the hon. Member's concern about the postal delivery service in Bexhill to the attention of these two bodies.

Fireworks

Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will introduce plans to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public. [16455]

Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 20 November 2001]: We have no plans to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public.

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Mr. Dhanda: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action her Department is taking to restrict the sale of those category 3 fireworks which cause excessive noise pollution. [16346]

Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 20 November 2001]: The Fireworks (Safety) Regulations 1997 prohibit from sale to the public several types of noisy category 3 fireworks such as aerial shells and restrict the size of others. We will, of course, consider any representations that are made.

Wind Farms

Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the operational wind farm sites in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, giving their output in kilowatt hours. [16333]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 20 November 2001]: The list provided is based on the best available information but it may not be wholly accurate, up-to-date or comprehensive. Very small projects (below 50 kilowatts installed capacity) are excluded.

Output for individual wind farm sites cannot be given for reasons of commercial sensitivity, but the table provides the installed capacity of each wind farm in kilowatts.

Operating wind farms in the UK

Site name LocationFarm installed capacity (kW)
(a) Scotland
Beinn GhlasBarguillean, Taynuilt, Argyll8,400
Hagshaw HillHazelside, Douglas, Lanarkshire15,600
Novar (Bendealt)Bendealt, Novar Estates, Evanton, Easter Ross, Highlands9,000
Novar (Meall an Tuirc)Meall an Tuirc, Novar Estates, Evanton, Easter Ross, Highlands8,000
Windy Standard (Gallow Rig)Windy Standard, Carsphairn, Gallow Rig, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway10,800
Windy Standard (Polwhat Rig)Windy Standard, Carsphairn, Gallow Rig, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway10,800
Dun LawOxton, Lammermuir17,160
Burgar HillEvie, Orkney1,300
BurradaleLerwick, Shetland1,980
ThorfinEvie, Orkney2,000
Benbecula50
BerriedaleCaithness75
Castle HillLothian700
Fair IsleShetland60
Fair IsleShetland100
FindhornForees, Morayshire75
Hare HillAyrshire13,000
Inganess BayKirkwall, Orkney75
Island of FoulaShetland60
LanarkshireLanarkshire50
RothienormanGrampian60
ScallowayShetland60
Susetter HillShetland750
ThorfinEvie, Orkney1,500
WestertownAberdeenshire60
White RashesAberdeenshire60
(b) England:
ChelkerSkipton Road, Addingham, Ilkley, West Yorkshire1,200
Deli (Delibole)Nr. Delabole, Cornwall4,000
Kings Bush FarmGodmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire225
Kirkby MoorNr. Ulverston, Cumbria4,800
Ovenden (Thornton)Oxenhope, Keighley, Denholme, West Yorkshire9,200
Blood HillWinterton-on-Sea, Norfolk2,250
Blyth HarbourNorthumberland2,700
Carland CrossMitchell, Cornwall6,000
Caton MoorLancaster, Lancashire3,000
Coal Clough FarmCornholme, West Yorkshire9,600
Cold NorthcottLaunceston, Cornwall6,300
500
Four BurrowsBlackwater, Truro, Cornwall4,500
Goonhilly DownsCury, Helston, Cornwall5,600
Haverigg IKirkstanston Airfield, Millon, Cumbria1,125
J Stobbard and SonsWigton, Cumbria200
400
Naylor Hill QuarryHowarth, Keighley, West Yorkshire225
Royd Moor FarmThurlstone, Penistone, South Yorkshire5,850
St. BreockSt. Breock Downs, Cornwall4,950
St. Mary's RoadRamsey, Cambridgeshire250
West Beacon FarmWoodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, Leicestershire50
Great Eppleton FarmNorth Lane, Hetton Le Hole, Tyne and Wear3,000
Harlock HillPennington, Nr. Ulverston, Cumbria2,500
Haverigg II (Kirkstanton Airfield)Hemplands Farm, Haverigg, Nr. Millom, Cumbria2,400
Lynch KnollPartfield Farm, Tinkley Lane, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire500
Great OrtonNr. Carlisle, Cumbria (replanting of NFFO 2 Orton Airport scheme)2,640
Royal Seaforth DockPort of Liverpool, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside3,600
Askam (Far Old Park Farm)Ireleth, Askam-in-Furness, Cumbria4,620
Bears DownSt. Colomb, Cornwall9,600
LowcaNr. Workington, Cumbria4,620
OldsideWorkington, Cumbria5,400
SiddickWorkington, Cumbria4,200
Ecotech CentreSwaffham, Norfolk1,500
Somerton (Blood Hill)Great Yarmouth1,500
KirkheatonWest Farm, Kirkheaton, Northumberland1,800
Blyth Harbour offshoreNorthumberland1,800
LambriggNr. Kendall6,500
Great OrtonNr. Carlisle, Cumbria (replanting of NFFO 2 Orton Airport scheme)1,320
Winscales (East Town End Farm)Egremont, Cumbria1,980
Blyth Harbour offshoreNorthumberland2,000
Cassop SchoolCounty Durham50
FaccombeAndover, Hampshire300
HelstonCornwall150
HexhamNorthumberland50
Holm FirthHuddersfield75
Jarrow Eco OfficeTyne and Wear80
Wansbeck HospitalAshington, Northumberland100
WeaverthorpeMalton, North Yorkshire80
Wollaston SchoolLondon50
(c) Wales:
Bryn Titli (Marchi)Rhayader, Powys9,900
Dyffryn-BrodynBlaenwaun, Whitland, Dyfed5,500
LlangwyryfonDyfed6,000
Llidiartywaun (combined with Penrhyddlan)Llandinam, Powys18,000
Penrhyddlan (combined with Llydiartywaun)Llandinam, Powys12,900
Rhyd-y-GroesRhosgoch, Anglesey, Gwynedd7,200
Taff-ElyMid Glamorgan9,000
Center for Alternative Technology (Mynydd Glandulas)Pantperthog, Machynlleth, Powys600
Hafotty UchaCerrigydrudion, Clwyd600
Parc CynogPendine, Carmarthenshire3,600
RheidolBanc Bwa Drain, Goginan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed2,400
Carno ACwn Cledan, Carno, Powys16,800
Carno BTrannon Moor, Carno, Powys16,800
LlanbaboLlyn Alaw, Anglesey, Gwynedd20,400
Mynydd GordduElerch, Tal-y-Bont, Ceredigion, Dyfed4,200
6,000
TrysglwynTrysglwyn Fawr, Rhosbol, Anglesey, Gwynedd5,600
(d) Northern Ireland:
Bessy BellBaronscourt Estate, Newton Stewart, Omagh, County Tyrone5,000
CorkeySlievenahanaghen Mountain, Corkey Road, Clough Mills, Country Antrim5,000
Elliot's HillElliot's Hill, Tildarg, Nr. Ballyclare, County Antrim5,000
OwenreaghCraignagapple, Nr. Stravane, County Tyrone5,000
Rigged HillNr. Limavady, County Londonderry5,000
Slieve RushenDerrylin, Nr. Enniskillen, County Fermanagh5,000
Lendrum's BridgeFivemiletown, County Tyrone5,280
SlievenabanaghanReservoir Road, Corkey South, Loughguile, County Antrim1,000
Rathlin Island99
Lendrum's BridgeFivemiletown, County Tyrone660

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Mr. Peter Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the proposed wind farm sites awaiting planning permission in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, giving their predicted output in kilowatt hours. [16332]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 20 November 2001]: The following list provided is based on the best available information, but it may not be wholly accurate, up-to-date or comprehensive. In particular, some of the wind farm applications shown may have been withdrawn, rejected or approved. There are also schemes in preparation, both onshore and offshore, where planning permission has not yet been sought.

Information on predicted output of the proposed wind farms has not been collected, but the table shows the capacity of each wind farm in megawatts (MW) declared net capacity.

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In addition, planning consents for the following proposed larger wind farms over 50 MW installed capacity are being sought under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. Figures are given for the proposed installed capacity of these wind farms.










Proposed wind farms awaiting planning permission(26)

Site nameSite addressCapacity MW DNC
Scotland
Causey Mire17.2
Penbreck & Carmacoup ForestPenbreck & Carmacoup Forest, Near Glespin11.61
An SuidheBetween Loch Awe and Loch Fyne6.17
Eredine ForestOn the eastern shore of Loch Awe6.17
Meikle CareweRickarton Farms, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire5.74
Meall Mhor Wind FarmKintarbert, Argyll0.96
Hill of LybsterForss, Caithness0.85
Little Kilmain (Benquhat Hill)East Ayrshire0.75
Little Kilmain (Benquhat Hill)East Ayrshire3.763
England
Brundish Wind Turbine, NorfolkEast of Brundish Road, Stockton, Norfolk0.63
Wharrels Hill Wind Farm, CumbriaWharrels Hill, Bothel, Cumbria4.04
Stockton Wind Turbine, NorfolkEast of Layden Lane, Track, Norwich, Norfolk0.63
Forestmoor Wind ProjectStowford Cross, Bradworthy, Devon0.76
ColdhamCws Coldham Estate, March, Cambridgeshire0.843
Darcey Load (formerly Sears) Sears Farm, Manea, Cambridgeshire0.843
Honey HillHoney Hill Farm, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire0.843
The Old RacecourseBratton Fleming, North Devon0.947
Hore Down WindfarmIlfracombe, North Devon0.947
Windmill HillTinkley Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire0.632
Mablethorpe STWMile Road, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire0.25
Wales
Mynydd Yr Hendre Wind Farm, Powys (now known as Cwm Llwyd)Mynydd Yr Hendre Cefn Coch Newton Powys12.492
Mynydd Clogau Wind FarmMynydd Clogau, Mynydd Bwrch-y-gors and Mynydd Cerrigllwydion, near Adfa, Newtown, Powys4.253
Gelligaer 'A' Wind FarmMynydd Fochriw, Fochriw, Mid Glamorgan4.214
Gelligaer 'B' Wind Farm, Mid GlamorganMynydd Fochriw, Fochriw, Mid Glamorgan4.214
Nant Carfan Wind Farm, PowysMachynlleth, Powys8.951
Cefn Croes Wind Farm, CeredigionCanolbarth Forest Devils Bridge Ceredigion16.55
Tir Mostyn and Foel Goch Wind FarmNantglyn, Denbighshire9.14
Llethercynnon Farm Wind FarmNr. Garthbrengy, Powys, Wales3.04
FforchNant Y Moel, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan0.937
Hirddywell WindfarmSouthwest Of Newtown, Nr. Llangurig, Powys6.38
Bryn DuBryn Du Hills, South of A44 at Pont Rydgaled, Powys (LLangurig area)7.059
Northern Ireland
Lough Hill3.44
Garrane7.525
Callegheen5.59

(26) Information as supplied September 2001


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