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Joint Strike Fighter
Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the shortfall in the number of engineers working in UK aerospace needed to fulfil future major defence contracts, with particular reference to the JSF. [40508]
Mr. Wilson: The Department is not aware of any particular problems in relation to the number of engineers available for the Joint Strike Fighter programme. UK companies including BAE SYSTEMS, Rolls-Royce, Smiths and others won their place on Lockheed Martin's JSF team on their own merits in the face of tough international competition. Part of the reason for their success was the availability of highly-skilled aerospace engineers and capabilities in the UK.
Advertising
Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of media advertising in each of the past five parliamentary sessions including the current session, for her Department in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current Parliamentary session, what the media advertising expenditure was per month in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland. [37410]
Ms Hewitt: I provided information on expenditure on DTI advertising through the COI for previous financial years in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 20 November 2001, Official Report, column 162W. Information in the format requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the expenditure was per campaign for the five most expensive media advertising campaigns her Department undertook in the past five Parliamentary sessions including the current Parliamentary session in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and for the last two Parliamentary sessions and the current session, when each advertising campaign (i) began and (ii) ended in (A) Scotland, (B) England, (C) Wales and(D)Northern Ireland. [37398]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested is not available centrally and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Non-governmental Organisations
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list non-Governmental organisations operating in the South West Region that receive public funds from her Department; and what amount of annual funding they received in the most recent year for which figures are available. [39180]
Ms Hewitt: The information requested is not readily available in the form requested and could only be assembled at disproportionate cost.
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Press and Public Relations
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the annual budget for communications activities, including press, public relations, marketing and internal communications, was for her Department for each financial year from 1997–98 to 2001–02. [39910]
Ms Hewitt: There is no separately identified budget for communications activities. Expenditure is authorised by the relevant programme budget holders along with other items of expenditure in those policy areas. Information on expenditure of this kind is not held centrally and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
Job No: 715993 Folios: 1027Operator: op19. Date: 08/03/02
Beer and Cider
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many representations she has received in the last 12 months from individuals concerning short beer and cider measures. [41337]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Since 1 March 2001 the Department has received 9,000 representations, either direct to the Department or through Members' correspondence.
Metrication
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the implications of the decision in Dove v. Cornwall County Council. [40360]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The decision by the High Court confirms that the metrication legislation made in 1994 and 1995 is lawful and valid.
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Sub-sea Surveys
Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what consideration is given to the interests of local fishermen in determining applications for licences to carry out sub-sea surveys. [40965]
Ms Hewitt: All applications and notifications by applicants wishing to carrying out oil and gas surveys are subject to a review process, which includes mechanisms to take account of the interests of fishing organisations.
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In Scotland, the Scottish Fishermen's Federation is informed of proposed surveys and details are published in the Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin for the benefit of fishermen. If a survey is proposed in an area where fishing activity is intense, our statutory consultees, the Scottish Executive's Fisheries Research Services, will provide comments that draw the fishermen's interests to my Department.
In England, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) are our statutory consultees representing fisheries interests. DEFRA seek the views of local Sea Fisheries Committees and take account of these in advice to my Department. Where comments arise, my Department communicates them to the applicant, and the applicant will often arrange for details to be published in the Kingfisher Fortnightly Bulletin.
Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make it a requirement for applicants for licences to carry out sub-sea surveys to consult first with representatives of local fishermen.[40966]
Ms Hewitt: The current process includes mechanisms to take account of the interests of fishing organisations. My Department would welcome comments from fishing representatives on our forthcoming consultation on draft Guidance Notes relating to oil and gas surveys. Their views will be given due consideration in the preparation of the final Guidance Notes.
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HOME DEPARTMENT
Money Laundering
Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many actions by the police (a) have been undertaken and (b) are pending against UK financial institutions alleged to have been involved in money laundering activities; and if he will make a statement. [39006]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Statistics are kept of prosecutions undertaken and convictions secured for a variety of money laundering offences under United Kingdom legislation, and are given in the tables. However, there are no details available as to whether these proceedings were against individuals or corporate bodies.
Ongoing or pending investigations into money laundering offences are a matter for the police and other enforcement agencies with responsibilities in this area.
p 2000 data are provisional.
— Nil Return.
* Not applicable.
1 Court Proceedings data prior to 1993 cannot separately identify offences under S24 Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (since consolidated and replaced by S50 Drug Trafficking Act 1994) from other drug offences. For the years 1993, 1994, and 1995, a special exercise was undertaken to identify this specific offence. However as a 100 per cent. response from courts was not achieved "estimates" for these three years were made.
2 Sections 93A to 93D Criminal Justice Act 1988 came into force in February 1994.
Source:
Crime and Criminal Justice Unit (RDS), Home Office.
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| Code | Legislation and Offence Description | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Money Laundering Offences | |||||||||||||
| 93/49 | S49 Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (previously S14 Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990—Concealing or transferring the proceeds of drug trafficking | * | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 20 | 9 | 22 | 46 |
| 93/50 | S50 Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (previously S24 Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986)—1Assisting another person to retain the benefit of drug trafficking | — | — | — | — | 8 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 20 |
| 93/51 | S51 Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (previously S23A Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 as inserted by S16 Criminal Justice Act 1993)—Acquisition, possession or use of other proceeds of drug trafficking | * | * | * | * | * | — | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 93/52 | S52 Drug Trafficking Act 1994—Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering | * | * | * | * | * | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 93/53 | S53 Drug Trafficking Act 1994—Disclosure of information likely to prejudice an investigation ("Tipping off") | * | * | * | * | * | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Offence of Laundering Proceeds of Other Crime | |||||||||||||
| 53/26 | S93A Criminal Justice Act 19882 as inserted by S29 Criminal Justice Act 1993—Assisting another to retain the benefit of criminal conduct | * | * | * | * | * | — | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| 53/27 | S93B Criminal Justice Act 19882 as inserted by S30 Criminal Justice Act 1993—Acquisition, possession or use of proceeds of criminal conduct | * | * | * | * | * | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| 52/28 | S93C Criminal Justice Act 19882 as inserted by S31 Criminal Justice Act 1993—Concealing or transferring proceeds of criminal conduct | * | * | * | * | * | — | 1 | — | 12 | 3 | 19 | 27 |
| 53/29 | S93D Criminal Justice Act 19882 as inserted by S32 Criminal Justice Act 1993—Disclose of information likely to prejudice an investigation ("Tipping off") | * | * | * | * | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
p 2000 data are provisional.
— Nil Return.
* Not applicable.
1 Court Proceedings data prior to 1993 cannot separately identify offences under S24 Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (since consolidated and replaced by S50 Drug Trafficking Act 1994) from other drug offences. For the years 1993, 1994, and 1995, a special exercise was undertaken to identify this specific offence. However as a 100 per cent. response from courts was not achieved "estimates" for these three years were made.
2 Sections 93A to 93D Criminal Justice Act 1988 came into force in February 1994.
Source:
Crime and Criminal Justice Unit (RDS), Home Office.
Job No: 715993 Folios: 000-000Operator: Operator No 3. Date: 08/03/02
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