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Mr. Robathan: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what mechanisms are used to monitor the efficiency of departmental aid channelled through multilateral institutions; and if he will make a statement. [180597]
Hilary Benn: DFID has developed and is using a new objective, evidence based system for assessing and monitoring the effectiveness of multilateral institutions. The approach focuses on the organisational systems that enable multilaterals to achieve results on the ground in poor countries. This includes an assessment of whether multilateral agencies have internal systems to ensure that their own financing and allocation systems are driven by results and achieving the millennium development goals. DFID is applying the system to 26 multilateral organisations.
Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the impact on food security in Zimbabwe next year of the lack of planting of wheat in the recent planting season. [180667]
Hilary Benn:
Estimates indicate that less than 30,000 hectares of wheat have been planted and much of this has been planted late. This might produce a total of 100,000MT compared with a requirement of
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400,000MT. The balance will have to be imported and could cost upwards of US$75 million depending on world market prices and transport costs.
Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the (a) health expenditure, (b) hospital activity and (c) finished consultant episodes in the NHS in Wales in each year since 1999. [175534]
Mr. Touhig: I will answer this question in three parts:
(a) Health expenditure in Wales since 1999, as per the audited Health Authority accounts, are listed in the table below:
Financial Year | Amount |
---|---|
19992000 | 2.649 |
200001 | 2.880 |
200102 | 3.144 |
200203 | 3.450 |
(b) Information on the number of patients treated as inpatients or seen as out patients in Welsh hospitals is recorded in the table below. This data does not include day cases, nor some other types of hospital activity that is undertaken by other professionals such as physiotherapists.
Financial Year | Inpatients | Outpatients |
---|---|---|
19992000 | 515,103 | 2,706,183 |
200001 | 513,757 | 2,736,811 |
200102 | 509,355 | 2,761,906 |
200203 | 492,971 | 2,842,526 |
(c) The figures below relate to a count of Finished Consultancy Episodes for any patient who has been treated in Wales.
Year | Number |
---|---|
1999 | 702,008 |
2000 | 708,447 |
2001 | 714,960 |
2002 | 688,100 |
2003 | 700,795 |
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money has been spent on British Transport Police for the North West in each of the last five years. [180721]
Mr. McNulty: The following figures have been provided by the British Transport Police:
£ | |
---|---|
19992000 | 11,368,672 |
200001 | 11,525,353 |
200102 | 10,688,983 |
200203 | 10,857,192 |
200304 | 11,361,600 |
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many police officers were employed by the British Transport Police on (a) overground policing and (b) underground policing on 31 March; and how many are currently employed. [181005]
Mr. McNulty: The information is as follows.
Overground | Underground | |
---|---|---|
31 March 2004 | 1,709 | 550 |
24 June 2004 | 1,713 | 556 |
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date the December 2002 revaluation of the British Transport Police Pension Fund was announced; when it was communicated to his Department; and when it was made known to Ministers. [181006]
Mr. McNulty: The draft results of the 31 December 2002 valuation were made known to the corporate pension Trustee, the Fund's Management Committee and the SRA in June 2003. The SRA informed the Department at the same time. The final results were made publicly available after the report was signed off by the Fund's Actuary on 30 December 2003. The Department received a copy of the valuation on 8 January 2004. Ministers have no locus in the SRA's decision taking process on the Fund's valuation results.
Mr. Lazarowicz: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends to publish for consultation new guidance on the process for applying for bus quality contracts. [179813]
Mr. McNulty: We are preparing guidance for local transport authorities in England on the process for applying for bus quality contracts. We intend to issue draft guidance shortly for formal consultation with local authorities and other stakeholders, including the bus industry. Guidance on bus quality contracts in Scotland was issued by the Scottish Executive in October 2001.
Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [178789]
Mr. McNulty:
The information is as follows.
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Web sites | Total cost for 200304 |
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Driving Standards Agency (DSA) | 1,532,069 |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) | 1,198,000 |
Department for Transport (DfT) | 675,769 |
Highways Agency (HA) | 356,000 |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) | 39,688 |
Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) | 25,000 |
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) | |
TAN (Traffic Area Network). | 15,600 |
Vehicle Inspectorate | (19); |
Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)
The costs of web site development and administration costs for the Vehicle Inspectorate cannot be identified without incurring disproportionate costs. This is because the cost of the service provided by the external contractor incorporates a range of elements over a number of years including provision of the web site, which cannot therefore be identified as a discrete element of the overall costs.
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers of foreign heavy goods vehicles were found to be breaking the Drivers' Hours Regulations in the UK in (a) 200203 and (b) 200304; how many were prosecuted; and what penalties were imposed. [181002]
Mr. Jamieson: The enforcement of drivers hours and records legislation is carried out by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. Examiners check the tachograph equipment, tachograph charts and record books. The principal sanction imposed on a driver for any infringement of this legislation is that of prohibition. Prohibitions for drivers hours are immediate and prevent the risk to road safety from continuing. However prosecution action may also be instigated. The number of foreign drivers that received a prohibition for breaking drivers hours and tachograph legislation and those prosecuted for drivers hours offences are given as follows:
200304 | 200203 | |
---|---|---|
Drivers prohibited | 2,282 | 1,460 |
Drivers prosecuted | 2 | 5 |
Penalty imposed | Fine | Fine |
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign heavy goods vehicles committed tachograph offences in (a) 200102, (b) 200203 and (c) 200304; and what penalties were imposed in each case. [181003]
Mr. Jamieson:
The enforcement of drivers hours and records legislation is carried out by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. Examiners check the tachograph equipment, tachograph charts and record books. The principal sanction for any infringement of this legislation is that of prohibition. However
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prosecution action may also be instigated. The number of prohibitions issued for breaches of drivers hours and tachograph legislation and prosecutions for tachograph/records offences are given as follows:
200304 | 200203 | 200102 | |
---|---|---|---|
Prohibitions issued (drivers hours and tacho/records) | 2,282 | 1,460 | 1,618 |
Number of tacho/record offences prosecuted | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Penalties imposed: | |||
Offences fined | n/a | 1 | 6 |
Offences dismissed | n/a | 0 | 2 |
No separate penalty awarded | n/a | 0 | 3 |
Not guilty | n/a | 1 | 0 |
Withdrawn | n/a | 1 | 0 |
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