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Middle East

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 16 July 2002, Official Report, column 181W, if he will place in the Library his letter to the Board of Deputies of 20 June; and if he will make a statement. [72048]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: A copy of my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary's letter of 20 June to Mrs. Jo Wagerman, President, The Board of Deputies of British Jews, about anti-Semitic articles in the Arab media, has been placed in the Library. The letter sets outs the Government's concern about anti-Semitic incidents and what action the Government have taken to address them.

Overseas Territories

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 16 July 2002, Official Report, column 175W, on Overseas Territories, which seven Overseas Territories have produced and published statistics over the five year period up to and including either 2000 or 2001; and if he will in each case indicate the years in that period that no publication was made in respect of each overseas territory. [71570]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: Further to my answer of 16 July 2002, Official Report, column 175W, on Overseas Territories, the following seven Overseas Territories have produced and published statistics annually over the last five year period: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falklands Islands, St. Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 16 July 2002, Official Report, column 175W, on Overseas Territories, if he has assessed the recent publication of a compendium of statistics by Gibraltar to be of a standard and detail satisfactory to his Department. [71572]

Peter Hain: Following his request to the Chief Minister of Gibraltar my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has recently received a copy of the Abstract of Statistics from the Government of Gibraltar. We will be assessing its contents in due course.

Kamp van Zeist

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what the total

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capital costs were of providing the Kamp van Zeist facilities; and what percentage of those costs were met by (a) the UK Government, (b) the US Government and (c) the Scottish Parliament; [63702]

(2) what total current costs were incurred with respect to the Kamp van Zeist facilities; and what percentage of these costs were met by (a) the UK Government and (b) the Scottish Parliament. [63709]

Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 25 June 2002]: I have been asked to reply.

The Scottish Executive was responsible for the conduct of the Lockerbie trial and incurred all of the associated capital costs. These capital costs, currently estimated at £11.5 million, were fully reimbursed by the Government. To date, the US Government have contributed some £15 million to the overall costs, both capital and current, of the trial and subsequent appeal.

Total current costs are estimated to be £63.8 million over the financial years 1998–99 through to 2001–02, but final audited figures for 2001–02 have yet to be finalised. It is also likely that there will be some further current costs into the current financial year 2002–03, though the sums involved will be relatively small. The site was returned to the Dutch Government on 2 April 2002. 80 per cent. of the current costs are being funded by the Government and 20 per cent. by the Scottish Executive.

SCOTLAND

Special Advisers

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many times special advisers have accompanied Ministers on overseas visits in each of the last five years; which countries were visited; and what the total cost of each individual visit was. [47153]

Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 10 April 2002]: The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999.

Since that date there have been two occasions when a special adviser has accompanied Scotland Office Ministers on overseas visits.

The details of these visits are as follows:

Year	Occasions	Country visited	Cost of visit (£)
2001–02	1	Belgium	545.87
2002–03	1	Spain	728.61

All travel by special advisers is undertaken in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code and the Civil Service Handbook.

Ministerial Travel

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many times Ministers in her Department have travelled abroad at taxpayers' expense since March 2001; what countries they visited; and what the total cost of each visit was. [47112]

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Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 10 April 2002]: I refer to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister on 11 April 2002, Official Report, column 552W.

Overtime Payments

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department. [49116]

Mrs. Liddell: The Scotland Office policy on overtime follows the principles detailed in Section 9 of the Civil Service Management Code. This sets out terms and conditions relating to hours of work and how staff should be compensated for working outside their normal pattern of attendance.

Staff Pay

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the total salary costs of each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible in each of the last five years. [50306]

Mrs. Liddell: The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. The Department is responsible for one non-departmental public body, the Boundary Commission for Scotland.

Salary costs for the Commission were as follows:

	£
1999–2000	37,018
2000–01	41,885
2001–02	54,163

Prior to 1999, staffing support for the Commission was provided by the former Scottish Office.

Departmental Expenditure Limit

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much and what proportion of the departmental expenditure limit for 2002–03 had been spent by 31 May; what the figures were for 2001–02; and if she will make a statement. [60999]

Mrs. Liddell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 June 2002, Official Report, column 130W.

Grants

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which organisations and outside bodies which were in receipt of grant in 1997–98 no longer are; what the annual saving is (a) individually and (b) in aggregate; which organisations and outside bodies which were not in receipt of grant in 1997–98 now are; and what the annual cost (i) individually and (ii) in aggregate is. [62049]

Mrs. Liddell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 June 2002, Official Report, column 137W.

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Public Inquiries

Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what her policy is on using 0870 telephone numbers for inquiries by the public to the Department and its agencies. [66198]

Mrs. Liddell: My Department does not use 0870 telephone numbers for inquiries by the public.

Building Values

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the buildings owned by her Department and estimate the market value of each of them. [66950]

Mrs. Liddell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Mr. Boateng) on 3 July 2002, Official Report, column 339W.

Gender Impact Assessments

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will list the subjects of the gender impact assessments drawn up by her Department since June 1997, indicating in each case whether the outcome has been (a) put out to consultation and (b) published. [66733]

Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 4 July 2002]: The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date, no gender impact assessments have been drawn up by the Department.

Data Series

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what new data series, separated by (a) gender, (b) race, (c) disability and (d) age have been commissioned by her Department since August 1997. [66735]

Mrs. Liddell [holding answer 4 July 2002]: The Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date no new data series has been commissioned in the Department.

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