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Miners Pension Scheme (Easington)

Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many ex-miners in the Easington constituency will benefit from the recently announced one-off lump sum payments from the MPS. [31028]

Mr. Wilson: This information is not kept on a constituency basis and can be identified only at a disproportionate cost.

However, we estimate around 12,000 members in the British Coal north-east area will benefit from this one-off lump sum payment, including those living in my hon. Friend's constituency of Easington.

Arms Sales (India)

Vera Baird: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what role she is playing in the promotion of arms sales to India; and what assessment she had made of the impact of sales on the (a) dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and (b) stability in that region. [29685]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 25 January 2002]: The promotion of any legitimate UK defence exports, in co-ordination with industry, is the responsibility of the Defence Export Services Organisation of the Ministry of Defence.

Renewable Energy

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support she is providing to industry for the development of renewable forms of energy; and if she will make a statement. [30803]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 28 January 2002]: The Government are providing substantial support to industry for the development of renewable forms of energy.

Introducing the new Renewables Obligation, exempting renewables from the climate change levy and protecting existing Non-fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO) contracts will together create a long-term market incentive for renewables worth over £1 billion per year by 2010.

We are underpinning the obligation with direct Government funding for renewables worth over £260 million between 2001 and 2004. We are setting up extensive capital grants programmes, in particular for offshore wind and energy crops projects, initiating a major photovoltaics demonstration programme, and boosting research and development.

We recently introduced an order to allow locational flexibility for NFFO 3, 4 and 5 projects that have not yet been commissioned. This will allow more appropriate locations to be found in order to overcome problems in securing planning permission.

We have initiated studies of each UK region's capacity to generate electricity from renewable sources. Once all these assessments are completed, it is expected that specific regional targets for renewable energy will be adopted across the UK.

The Government are also exploring the scope for upgrading the electricity distribution system to enable the UK's huge renewable energy resources to be exploited to the full. For example, we have commissioned an initial

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study of the feasibility of an underwater cable to connect parts of the western seaboard of the UK directly to the National Grid.

Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of electricity was provided by renewable carbon free energy sources at (a) January 1999, (b) January 2000, (c) January 2001 and (d) January 2002; and what her forecast is for each of the next 10 years. [31360]

Mr. Wilson: The percentages of electricity generated in the United Kingdom from hydro, wind, solar photovoltaics, wave and tidal sources in 1998, 1999, 2000 were 1.7 per cent., 1.7 per cent. and 1.6 per cent., respectively. The percentage declined in 2000 because of the lower level of hydro output in that year resulting from lower precipitation.

The Government's target is that by 2010, 10 per cent. of licensed UK electricity sales will come from renewable sources eligible for the Renewables Obligation. It will be for suppliers to determine the proportion of the 10 per cent. which comes from individual renewable sources.

Oldbury Nuclear Power Station

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the development of the Oldbury nuclear power station. [30804]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 28 January 2002]: As stated in BNFL's Annual Report and Accounts for 2001, Oldbury power station is projected to end its generating life in 2008. There are no plans for further development of the station.

Chapel Cross Power Station

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to examine the restrictions upon Chapel Cross power station which prevent it from supplying energy to Scotland. [31259]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 29 January 2002]: The Department has had a number of discussions with BNFL and Ofgem over this issue. Ofgem are currently considering all the views expressed, as part of their consultation exercise and I will continue to monitor developments.

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has had recently with Ofgem on its proposal to reduce the amount of energy that Chapel Cross power station can supply to the market. [31260]

Mr. Wilson [holding answer 29 January 2002]: The Department has had a number of discussions with both BNFL and Ofgem over this issue. I also discussed this, and a number of other issues, with Callum McCarthy, the Chairman of Ofgem, on 29 January.

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HOME DEPARTMENT

Young Offenders

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of cell damage have been recorded at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate; and what the cost of each was. [29598]

Beverley Hughes: For the period April to December 2001, figures held centrally show the cost of damage to cells within the juvenile estate was as follows:

	£
Brinsford	26,888.22
Castington	(55)3,204.96
Feltham	(56)725.00
Hollesley Bay	6,213.28
Huntercombe	22,474.80
Lancaster Farms	(57)1,432.00
Onley	23,497.55
Portland	(58)—
Stoke Heath	6,162.01
Thorn Cross	0
Werrington	(59)5,482.22
Wetherby	22,775.00
Total	118,855.04

⁽⁵⁵⁾ December only

⁽⁵⁶⁾ November and December only

⁽⁵⁷⁾ September to December only

⁽⁵⁸⁾ Figures not held centrally

⁽⁵⁹⁾ July to December only

Notes:

1. Hindley prison and young offender institution will not start providing data until April 2002.

2. Ashfield young offender institution as a contracted out establishment does not provide Prison Service Headquarters with this information.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether families have attended review meetings at prisons in the juvenile estate. [29605]

Beverley Hughes: Yes. The release of all young persons into the community from prison establishments is planned through a series of meetings. These meetings form an action plan and begin on reception and conclude prior to release. A support plan will be drawn up to enable the young person to be supported on discharge. Attendees at these meetings include sentence planning staff, community supervising officers and families. To date, 34 per cent. have been attended by families.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of self-harm have been recorded at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [29595]

Beverley Hughes: The table shows the number of reported incidents of self-harm for the 15 to 17-year-old age group in each juvenile establishment for the financial years 2000–01, 2001–02 up to 30 November 2001.

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Establishment	2000–01	2001–02(60)	Total
Ashfield	112	65	177
Brinsford	6	5	11
Brockhill	13	13	26
Bullwood Hall	1	2	3
Castington	41	44	85
Eastwood Park	3	29	32
Feltham	9	5	14
Hindley	—	1	1
Hollesley Bay	4	7	11
Holloway	8	13	21
Huntercombe	6	3	9
Lancaster Farms	6	6	12
Low Newton	1	1	2
New Hall	18	36	54
Onley	4	15	19
Portland	12	7	19
Stoke Heath	11	10	21
Styal	11	1	12
Werrington	1	—	1
Wetherby	8	16	24
Total	275	279	554

⁽⁶⁰⁾ Figures up to 30 November 2001 include establishments in the female estate which hold juveniles.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many self-harm forms F2052SH were opened at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate last year. [29594]

Beverley Hughes: Provisional data for the numbers of F2052SH (Self-harm at Risk forms) forms opened through the juvenile estate in the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001 are as follows:

	Number
Ashfield	134
Brinsford	141
Castington	253
Feltham	444
Hindley	24
Hollesley Bay	164
Huntercombe	273
Lancaster Farms	63
Onley	205
Portland	68
Stoke Heath	244
Thorn Cross	1
Werrington	95
Wetherby	403

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are on the basic level of the incentives and earned privileges scheme in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate. [29604]

Beverley Hughes: Owing to the fluidity of the review process, these figures are not held centrally as they change from day to day. As a guide it was envisaged that not more than 10 per cent. of the population would be on the basic regime. However, this figure is rarely reached and almost never exceeded.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) request and (b) complaint forms have been issued at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [29599]

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Beverley Hughes: Provisional date showing the numbers of request and complaint forms issued in the juvenile estate during the stated period is as follows:

	Number
Ashfield	323
Brinsford	61
Castington	32
Feltham	(61)307
Hindley	0
Hollesley Bay	(62)39
Huntercombe	444
Lancaster Farms	53
Onley	37
Portland	129
Stoke Heath	59
Thorn Cross	31
Werrington	33
Wetherby	96

⁽⁶¹⁾ From April 2001

⁽⁶²⁾ April to December 2001

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times control and restraint was used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [29596]

Beverley Hughes: Provisional data on the use of force on juveniles in the establishments currently in the juvenile estate since April 2000 to 22 January 2002 are as follows:

	Number
Ashfield	368
Brinsford	312
Castington	450
Feltham	511
Hollesley Bay	215
Huntercombe	436
Lancaster Farms	120
Onley	309
Portland	129
Stoke Heath	413
Thorn Cross	1
Werrington	184
Wetherby	167

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