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Railways
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve public transport links between London and Chesham and Amersham. [123924]
Mr. McNulty: Rail services between London, Chesham and Amersham are served by Chiltern Railways (M40 Trains Ltd.), for which an extended 20 year franchise was agreed in February last year. Contracted improvements include:
- Restoration of double track between Bicester North and Aynho Junction to be commissioned in August 2002, removing the last single track bottleneck between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill
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Full refurbishment of all existing Class 165s for completion during 2004 and the delivery of 15 additional vehicles between September 2002 and May 2005
Construction of a new depot in the London area, and extension of the existing depot at Aylesbury—to achieve better train reliability
Scottish Airports
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has (a) received from and (b) made to the Scottish Executive concerning the imposition of public service obligations at airports in Scotland, broken down by (i) subject, (ii) date and (iii) responsible Ministers. [122512]
Mr. McNulty: The Department regularly communicate with Scottish Executive Ministers on matters of mutual interest. At official level, there is regular contact between officials in my Department and their Scottish Executive counterparts.
Shipping
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the navigation costs imposed on shipping using the English Channel. [R] [124751]
Mr. Jamieson: Trinity House Lighthouse Service (THLS) makes no specific charge for aids to navigation in the English Channel. All services provided by THLS are met by light dues levied on commercial shipping calling at UK and Republic of Ireland ports. The costs are not identified separately by area.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Advantage West Midlands
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Objective Two and Three European funding Advantage West Midlands has (a) applied for and (b) received in each financial year since its inception; and how much was spent on projects in North Staffordshire in each year. [122617]
Jacqui Smith: The information requested is as follows.
(a) AWM inherited a number of ERDF funded projects at its inception from previous organisations. These totalled £12.5 million.
Since its inception, AWM has applied for objective 2 funding totalling £15.4 million. These projects are mainly regionwide projects, benefiting the whole of the West Midlands region.
(b) AWM have received the following amounts of ERDF in each financial year.
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| £ million | |
|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 0.832 |
| 2000–01 | 2.057 |
| 2001–02 | 4.070 |
| 2002–03 | 0.548 |
None of this has been spent on projects in North Staffordshire specifically, although a number of the ERDF funded projects benefit the West Midlands region.
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the grant-in-aid spending by Advantage West Midlands was in each financial year since its inception; how much was spent on projects in North Staffordshire in each year; how much was spent under the (a) land and property regeneration, (b) skills development and rapid response, (c) rural regeneration, (d) regional innovation fund, (e) inward investment and (f) applied to purchase operations and assets headings in each year; and how much of each was spent in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) Newcastle-under-Lyme, (iii) Staffordshire Moorlands and (iv) Stafford. [122618]
Jacqui Smith: The tables highlight spend in the various categories and four geographical areas stated in the PQ.
The first table gives a breakdown of expenditure in the four areas, Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire Moorlands and Stafford against five of the stated categories [Land and Property, Skills/RRF, Rural, Regional Innovation Fund and Inward Investment].
The second table highlights the funds to "applied to purchase operations and asset headings" [i.e. capital and revenue expenditure] in the four areas. This table includes other expenditure such as SRB and RS A but excludes Regeneration Zone expenditure that cannot be clearly allocated to one of the four areas.
| Spend: | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Stoke-on-Trent | ||||
| (a) L&P | 1.253 | 0.906 | 2.995 | 2.494 |
| (b) Skills/RRF | — | — | 0.450 | 0.250 |
| (c) Rural | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Regional Innovation Fund | — | 0.690 | 0.925 | 0.002 |
| (e) Inward Investment | — | — | — | — |
| (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme | ||||
| (a) L&P | (0.108) | (0.279) | 2.086 | 0.124 |
| (b) Skills/RRF | — | — | 0.203 | — |
| (c) Rural | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Regional Innovation Fund | — | — | — | — |
| (e) Inward Investment | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Staffordshire Moorlands | ||||
| (a) L&P | 0.004 | — | 0.703 | 1.291 |
| (b) Skills/RRF | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Rural | — | — | 0.063 | 0.078 |
| (d) Regional Innovation Fund | — | — | — | — |
| (e) Inward Investment | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Stafford | ||||
| (a) L&P | 0.096 | — | 0.009 | — |
| (b) Skills/RRF | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Rural | — | — | — | 0.014 |
| (d) Regional Innovation Fund | — | — | — | — |
| (e) Inward Investment | — | — | — | — |
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| Capital | Revenue | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Stoke-on-Trent | |||
| 1999–2000 | 7.625 | 3.573 | 11.198 |
| 2000–01 | 6.823 | 2.781 | 9.604 |
| 2001–02 | 8.207 | 5.902 | 14.109 |
| 2002–03 | 8.457 | 4.841 | 13.298 |
| Total | 31.112 | 17.097 | 48.209 |
| (b) Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
| 1999–2001 | 1.15 | 1.01 | 2.16 |
| 2000–02 | 1.073 | 1.073 | 2.146 |
| 2001–03 | 1.067 | 1.068 | 2.135 |
| 2002–04 | 0.693 | 0.693 | 1.386 |
| Total | 3.983 | 3.844 | 7.827 |
| (c) Staffordshire Moorlands | |||
| 1999–2002 | 0.145 | 0.066 | 0.211 |
| 2000–03 | 0.078 | 0.3 | 0.378 |
| 2001–04 | 1.142 | 0.431 | 1.573 |
| 2002–05 | 1.937 | 0.472 | 2.409 |
| Total | 3.302 | 1.269 | 4.571 |
| (d) Stafford | |||
| 1999–2003 | 0.096 | 0 | 0.096 |
| 2000–04 | 0 | 0.013 | 0.013 |
| 2001–05 | 0.069 | 0.355 | 0.424 |
| 2002–06 | 0.426 | 0.577 | 1.003 |
| Total | 0.591 | 0.945 | 1.536 |
BAE Systems
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the possible use of the Government's golden share in respect of a takeover bid being made for BAE Systems. [125379]
Jacqui Smith: We have received no formal approach related to the future of BAE Systems. If one is received, we would seek to protect the essential security interests in this country through the provisions of the "special share".
BCCI
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the liquidators of BCCI envisage distributing the global fund balance; and how much the balance is. [123495]
Mr. Sutcliffe: These are matters for the Liquidators of the company.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the weekly costs of the BCCI liquidation are; and what reduction in the level of weekly costs of the global liquidation is envisaged. [123496]
Mr. Sutcliffe: These are matters for the Liquidators of the company.
Business Incubation Fund
Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the Department's progress with implementing the Business Incubation Fund. [124895]
Nigel Griffiths: Since the launch of the Small Business Service Businesses Incubation Fund on 1 October 2001 applications for loans totalling £6 million have been received.
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