House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 16 Jul 2002 (pt 31)

Fire Service (Radio Communications)

Geraint Davies: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if the Government's proposed revised national strategy for the replacement of the fire services main scheme radio system will (a) provide and (b) fund a solution which will meet the user requirements determined by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. [70002]

Mr. Leslie: The Government have undertaken to fully fund the new national procurement strategy for the fire service radio system. This work will be taken forward in close co-operation with fire authorities, including the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

Alconbury Airfield

Mr. Djanogly: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the timetable is for his decision on the Planning Inspectorate's report concerning the proposed development at Alconbury airfield, Cambridgeshire. [69727]

Mr. McNulty: The Planning Inspectorate has advised that it expects to send the report to the Deputy Prime Minister towards the end of August. Until we have received and considered the report, I cannot say when the decision on the appeal might be made.

Ordnance Survey

Brian White: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what performance targets have been set for the Ordnance Survey Executive Agency for the financial year 2002–03. [70808]

Mr. McNulty: The following performance targets have been set for Ordnance Survey for 2002–03:

To achieve revenue target of £98.0 million (excluding the National Interest Mapping Service Agreement)

To achieve an efficiency gain of 6 per cent. over the period April 2000 to March 2004. The target for 2002–03 is 4.5 per cent. against the baseline of 1999–2000.

To complete national coverage of the OS Explorer Map series by 31 March 2003, and for our principal national paper map series, we will issue full up-to-date revisions:

Years

On average not more than every and, no longer than every

Explorer May (403 sheets) 2.5 6.5

OS Landranger Map (204 sheets) 3 6

	On average not more than every	and, no longer than every
Explorer May (403 sheets)	2.5	6.5
OS Landranger Map (204 sheets)	3	6

To increase the number of users of Ordnance Survey websites by 35 per cent.

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To represent 99.5 per cent. of significant real world features in the database within six months of completion.

To reduce the carbon emissions from the Ordnance Survey Headquarters building by at least 1 per cent. year-on-year.

These targets reflect Ordnance Survey's continuing commitment to customers and to improved value for money for all its stakeholders.

Asylum Seekers

Mr. Coleman: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many asylum seekers are supported by (a) each local authority and (b) local authorities in each Government office region. [68901]

Beverley Hughes: I have been asked to reply.

From the grant claims sent to the Home Office by local authorities, as at September 2001, 26,800 single adult asylum seekers and 14,600 families were supported by local authorities. Figures including dependants are not available.

Of these cases, the following number were supported by each local authority.

Total number of:

Local authority⁽⁹⁾ Single adults⁽¹⁰⁾ Families⁽¹⁰⁾

Barking and Dagenham 490 470

Barnet⁽¹¹⁾ 260 380

Barnsley 50 10

Bath and North East Somerset * *

Bedfordshire 210 50

Bexley⁽¹¹⁾ 120 60

Birmingham 360 150

Blackburn with Darwen 10 *

Blackpool 20 *

Blaenau Gwent County 0 0

Bolton Metro 20 10

Bournemouth 120 30

Bracknell Forest * *

Bradford 30 20

Brent⁽¹¹⁾ 330 450

Bridgend County 0 0

Brighton and Hove 170 20

Bristol City 160 40

Bromley⁽¹¹⁾ 80 100

Buckinghamshire 40 10

Bury 10 10

Caerphilly County * 0

Calderdale 20 0

Cambridgeshire 110 30

Camden⁽¹¹⁾ 280 270

Cardiff 40 20

Carmarthenshire 0 0

Ceredigion CC * 0

Cheshire 20 10

City of Newcastle 160 40

Conwy CBC 0 0

Cornwall * *

Corporation of London⁽¹¹⁾ 100 30

Coventry 50 20

Croydon⁽¹¹⁾ 70 160

Cumbria * 0

Cyngor Gwynedd Council 0 0

Darlington 0 0

Denbighshire County 0 0

Derby 100 20

Derbyshire * 0

Devon 10 0

Doncaster 10 10

Dorset 40 *

Dudley 20 10

Durham 0 0

Ealing⁽¹¹⁾ 150 190

East Riding of Yorkshire 10 0

East Sussex 160 20

Enfield⁽¹¹⁾ 420 470

Essex 140 40

Flintshire * 0

Gateshead 40 0

Gloucestershire 90 30

Greenwich⁽¹¹⁾ 500 340

Hackney⁽¹¹⁾ 0 0

Halton 0 0

Hammersmith and Fulham⁽¹¹⁾ 520 420

Hampshire 50 10

Haringey⁽¹¹⁾ 1,290 1,360

Harrow⁽¹¹⁾ 150 180

Hartlepool 0 0

Havering 190 100

Herefordshire * *

Hertfordshire 340 90

Hillingdon⁽¹¹⁾ 570 170

Hounslow⁽¹¹⁾ 120 190

Isle of Anglesey CC 0 0

Isle of Wight * *

Isles of Scilly 0 0

Islington⁽¹¹⁾ 1,400 520

Kensington and Chelsea⁽¹¹⁾ 390 270

Kent 3,020 460

Kingston Upon Hull 40 10

Kingston Upon Thames⁽¹¹⁾ 60 80

Kirklees 30 10

Knowsley 10 10

Lambeth⁽¹¹⁾ 980 740

Lancashire 10 *

Leeds 70 20

Leicester 110 60

Leicestershire 50 20

Lewisham⁽¹¹⁾ 460 450

Lincolnshire 100 20

Liverpool 180 70

Luton 460 130

Manchester 450 180

Medway 20 10

Merthyr Tydfil County 0 0

Merton⁽¹¹⁾ 160 200

Middlesbrough 80 10

Milton Keynes 80 30

Monmouthshire County * 0

Neath Port Talbot * 0

Newham⁽¹¹⁾ 1,110 1,130

Newport County (South Wales) 20 10

Norfolk 110 30

North East Lincolnshire 60 10

North Lincolnshire * *

North Somerset 10 *

North Tyneside 20 10

North Yorkshire 10 *

Northamptonshire 580 110

Northumberland 0 0

Nottingham 110 20

Nottinghamshire 20 *

Oldham 10 10

Oxfordshire 490 140

Pembrokeshire 0 0

Peterborough 60 30

Plymouth 10 10

Poole 0 0

Portsmouth 150 30

Powys CC 0 0

Reading 240 80

Redbridge⁽¹¹⁾ 670 330

Redcar and Cleveland 20 *

Rhondda Cynon Taff County 10 *

Richmond Upon Thames⁽¹¹⁾ 570 260

Rochdale 20 10

Rotherham 30 10

Rutland 10 *

Salford 80 40

Sandwell 250 50

Sefton 20 10

Sheffield 320 120

Shropshire * 0

Slough 340 190

Solihull 10 *

Somerset * *

South Gloucestershire 10 10

South Tyneside * *

Southampton 310 50

Southend on Sea 210 100

Southwark⁽¹¹⁾ 1,100 500

St. Helens * 0

Staffordshire 80 10

Stockport 20 10

Stockton On Tees * 0

Stoke-on-Trent 50 *

Suffolk 20 10

Sunderland 20 10

Surrey 210 40

Sutton 110 80

Swansea City and County 0 0

Swindon 60 20

Tameside 20 *

Telford and Wrekin 20 *

Thurrock 90 30

Torbay 0 0

Torfaen CBC 0 0

Tower Hamlets⁽¹¹⁾ 700 250

Trafford 20 10

Vale of Glamorgan 10 *

Wakefield 50 10

Walsall 20 10

Waltham Forest⁽¹¹⁾ 470 360

Wandsworth⁽¹¹⁾ 110 220

Warrington * 0

Warwickshire 90 20

West Berkshire 10 *0

West Sussex 120 20

Westminster⁽¹¹⁾ 490 370

Wigan 10 *

Wiltshire 10 10

Windsor and Maidenhead * *

Wirral 0 *

Wokingham 10 *

Wolverhampton 20 10

Worcestershire 40 10

Wrexham 0 0

York 10 *

Total 26,230 14,180

	Total number of:
Local authority⁽⁹⁾	Single adults⁽¹⁰⁾	Families⁽¹⁰⁾
Barking and Dagenham	490	470
Barnet⁽¹¹⁾	260	380
Barnsley	50	10
Bath and North East Somerset	*	*
Bedfordshire	210	50
Bexley⁽¹¹⁾	120	60
Birmingham	360	150
Blackburn with Darwen	10	*
Blackpool	20	*
Blaenau Gwent County	0	0
Bolton Metro	20	10
Bournemouth	120	30
Bracknell Forest	*	*
Bradford	30	20
Brent⁽¹¹⁾	330	450
Bridgend County	0	0
Brighton and Hove	170	20
Bristol City	160	40
Bromley⁽¹¹⁾	80	100
Buckinghamshire	40	10
Bury	10	10
Caerphilly County	*	0
Calderdale	20	0
Cambridgeshire	110	30
Camden⁽¹¹⁾	280	270
Cardiff	40	20
Carmarthenshire	0	0
Ceredigion CC	*	0
Cheshire	20	10
City of Newcastle	160	40
Conwy CBC	0	0
Cornwall	*	*
Corporation of London⁽¹¹⁾	100	30
Coventry	50	20
Croydon⁽¹¹⁾	70	160
Cumbria	*	0
Cyngor Gwynedd Council	0	0
Darlington	0	0
Denbighshire County	0	0
Derby	100	20
Derbyshire	*	0
Devon	10	0

Doncaster	10	10
Dorset	40	*
Dudley	20	10
Durham	0	0
Ealing⁽¹¹⁾	150	190
East Riding of Yorkshire	10	0
East Sussex	160	20
Enfield⁽¹¹⁾	420	470
Essex	140	40
Flintshire	*	0
Gateshead	40	0
Gloucestershire	90	30
Greenwich⁽¹¹⁾	500	340
Hackney⁽¹¹⁾	0	0
Halton	0	0
Hammersmith and Fulham⁽¹¹⁾	520	420
Hampshire	50	10
Haringey⁽¹¹⁾	1,290	1,360
Harrow⁽¹¹⁾	150	180
Hartlepool	0	0
Havering	190	100
Herefordshire	*	*
Hertfordshire	340	90
Hillingdon⁽¹¹⁾	570	170
Hounslow⁽¹¹⁾	120	190
Isle of Anglesey CC	0	0
Isle of Wight	*	*
Isles of Scilly	0	0
Islington⁽¹¹⁾	1,400	520
Kensington and Chelsea⁽¹¹⁾	390	270
Kent	3,020	460
Kingston Upon Hull	40	10
Kingston Upon Thames⁽¹¹⁾	60	80
Kirklees	30	10
Knowsley	10	10
Lambeth⁽¹¹⁾	980	740
Lancashire	10	*
Leeds	70	20
Leicester	110	60
Leicestershire	50	20
Lewisham⁽¹¹⁾	460	450
Lincolnshire	100	20
Liverpool	180	70
Luton	460	130
Manchester	450	180
Medway	20	10
Merthyr Tydfil County	0	0
Merton⁽¹¹⁾	160	200
Middlesbrough	80	10
Milton Keynes	80	30
Monmouthshire County	*	0
Neath Port Talbot	*	0
Newham⁽¹¹⁾	1,110	1,130
Newport County (South Wales)	20	10
Norfolk	110	30
North East Lincolnshire	60	10
North Lincolnshire	*	*
North Somerset	10	*
North Tyneside	20	10
North Yorkshire	10	*
Northamptonshire	580	110
Northumberland	0	0
Nottingham	110	20
Nottinghamshire	20	*
Oldham	10	10
Oxfordshire	490	140
Pembrokeshire	0	0
Peterborough	60	30
Plymouth	10	10
Poole	0	0
Portsmouth	150	30
Powys CC	0	0

Reading	240	80
Redbridge⁽¹¹⁾	670	330
Redcar and Cleveland	20	*
Rhondda Cynon Taff County	10	*
Richmond Upon Thames⁽¹¹⁾	570	260
Rochdale	20	10
Rotherham	30	10
Rutland	10	*
Salford	80	40
Sandwell	250	50
Sefton	20	10
Sheffield	320	120
Shropshire	*	0
Slough	340	190
Solihull	10	*
Somerset	*	*
South Gloucestershire	10	10
South Tyneside	*	*
Southampton	310	50
Southend on Sea	210	100
Southwark⁽¹¹⁾	1,100	500
St. Helens	*	0
Staffordshire	80	10
Stockport	20	10
Stockton On Tees	*	0
Stoke-on-Trent	50	*
Suffolk	20	10
Sunderland	20	10
Surrey	210	40
Sutton	110	80
Swansea City and County	0	0
Swindon	60	20
Tameside	20	*
Telford and Wrekin	20	*
Thurrock	90	30
Torbay	0	0
Torfaen CBC	0	0
Tower Hamlets⁽¹¹⁾	700	250
Trafford	20	10
Vale of Glamorgan	10	*
Wakefield	50	10
Walsall	20	10
Waltham Forest⁽¹¹⁾	470	360
Wandsworth⁽¹¹⁾	110	220
Warrington	*	0
Warwickshire	90	20
West Berkshire	10	*0
West Sussex	120	20
Westminster⁽¹¹⁾	490	370
Wigan	10	*
Wiltshire	10	10
Windsor and Maidenhead	*	*
Wirral	0	*
Wokingham	10	*
Wolverhampton	20	10
Worcestershire	40	10
Wrexham	0	0
York	10	*

Total	26,230	14,180

⁽⁹⁾ All figures rounded to the nearest 10. Figures between 1 and 4 are represented by a *. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

⁽¹⁰⁾ Supported as at end of September 2001.

⁽¹¹⁾ Greater London

Note:

Figures by government office region are not available.

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Chipboard Manufacture

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research his Department has commissioned on the environmental impact of chipboard manufacture. [68353]

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Mr. Jamieson: I have been asked to reply.

Responsibility for environmental matters rests with the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Environment Agency. Neither DEFRA, the Environment Agency, nor the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have commissioned any research into the environmental impact of chipboard manufacture.

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