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South East England Development Agency

Tim Loughton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent by the South East England Development Agency on redeveloping the Ropetackle site in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. [208665]

 
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Keith Hill: To date the South East England Development Agency have spent £3,421,562 on land acquisition, substantial remediation, disturbance payments and professional fees.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what arrangements are in place for a profit share between the South East England Development Agency and the developers Berkeley Group for the disposal proceeds of properties on the Ropetackle site in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. [208666]

Keith Hill: The transaction with Berkeley Homes is on the basis of a 50:50 split of all land value coverage above a Guaranteed Minimum Land Value calculated on completion of the development.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the anticipated net financial expenditure income is to the South East England Development Agency when all the disposals of properties on the Ropetackle site in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, have been completed. [208667]

Keith Hill: The anticipated net income from the development to South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) is £1,733,123.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the original budget for the development of the Ropetackle Site in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex was, when acquired by the South East England Development Agency. [208668]

Keith Hill: The original budget for the development of the Ropetackle site was £2,857,700.

This has since increased to £3,421,562.

The development of an enterprise gateway at Ropetackle is a subsequent separate project approved by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) at a cost of £2.86 million.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much was paid by the South Eastern England Development Agency to (a) Adur council and (b) private landowners on acquisition of the Ropetackle site in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex; and what conditions were attached. [208669]

Keith Hill: The information is as follows:

(a) A cash sum was paid to Adur DC on condition that the South Eastern England Development Agency (SEEDA) bore the substantial cost of remediating the contaminated Ropetackle site and, in addition, undertook, under a section 106 agreement, to provide a community/arts facility within the development, completed to shell finish and in a state for fitting out.

(b) £301,000 has currently been paid to various third party land interests. Two of these are still subject to final compensation settlements which may be referred to the Lands Tribunal at a future date.

Telecommunication Masts

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will revise the information on telecommunication masts on his Department's website to take account of the advice of Sir William Stewart. [209156]

 
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Yvette Cooper: The Government have welcomed the timely review undertaken by the National Radiological Protection Board which was published on 11 January. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is studying the recommendations and will respond once we have considered them fully. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's website will be updated as necessary in light of that response.

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his policy is on the siting of telecommunication masts, including those serving the emergency services; and what account this policy takes of the precautionary principle. [209157]

Yvette Cooper: Current planning guidance for all electronic communication developments, including those for the emergency services, is set out in Planning Policy Guidance Note 8 (revised) (PPG8). The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has also issued a Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Development.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's policy is based on the precautionary approach to the siting of mobile phone base stations recommended by the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones in 2000. This includes ensuring all base stations meet the international guidelines on public exposure set by the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

Chris Ruane: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) single company use and (b) multiple company use mobile telephone masts have been erected. [208656]

Yvette Cooper: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not hold information requested centrally and this could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

However, figures provided to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister by the Mobile Operators' Association record that as at 30 September 2004 the total number of ground-based masts in the UK was 19,624. 4,291 of those had one or more sharer present.

Use Classes Order

Alan Simpson: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans his Department has to introduce in England measures equivalent to the Use Classes Order in Northern Ireland. [208395]

Keith Hill: The Use Classes Order classifies dwelling houses as a C3 use class. This includes dwelling houses used by a single person, any number of persons living as a family, or by no more than six people living together as a single household. At present the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has no plans to amend the Use Classes Order in respect of the C3 class.

CABINET OFFICE

Departmental Expenditure

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department spent on
 
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(a) indoor bought plants, (b) indoor hired plants, (c) outdoor bought plants and (d) outdoor hired plants in each year since 1997. [205624]

Mr. Miliband: The available information on the costs of indoor and outdoor plants for the Cabinet Office is shown in the table.

	£000
2002–03	31,516
2003–04	44, 901

These costs include the supply and maintenance of the plants.

It is not possible to provide information for all of the Cabinet Office Estate for previous years as this is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate costs.

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the cost of travel within the UK for the Cabinet Office was in each year since 1997; and how much of this was spent on (a) hire cars, (b) helicopter hire, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence; [206481]

(2) how much the Department spent on first class travel in each year since 1997. [206567]

Mr. Miliband: The Department does not record expenditure on travel within its accounting system in the format requested. Therefore, this information can be obtained only at disproportionate costs.

For information on the overall cost of travel for the Cabinet Office since 1997, I refer the hon. Member to the response I gave the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr. Lewis) today.

All official travel in my Department is undertaken strictly in accordance with the rules contained in the Cabinet Office Management Code. All ministerial travel is undertaken fully in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers, copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House.

Duchy of Lancaster

Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people are employed in the Duchy, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement. [208060]

Mr. Milburn: The Duchy of Lancaster is not a Government Department and as such does not have a grading system. The Duchy of Lancaster employs the following:

	Number
Head Office staff	8
Survey staff	7
Magistracy and Savoy Chapel	4

This is one extra from the information provided under Note 6b of the Parliamentary Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2004.
 
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