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International Trade Agreements
Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking towards ensuring that developing countries are not obliged to open up their markets through international trade agreements. [24441]
Ian Pearson [holding answer 3 November 2005]: The Government opposes forced opening of developing country markets through trade agreements or aid conditionality. We continue to work with the European Commission and the other member states to secure ambitious, pro-development trade agreements with developing countries.
Low Carbon Buildings Programme
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the budget is for the low carbon buildings programme. [22210]
Malcolm Wicks: The budget for the new programme is £30 million over three years.
Miners' Compensation
Mr. MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of compensation payments paid to former miners in the Rotherham metropolitan borough council area since 2000. [23274]
Malcolm Wicks: The total paid in compensation to former miners and their families in Rotherham borough constituency since 1 January 2000 is £10.4 million.
Nuclear Power
Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether any assessment has been made of the political stability of countries containing potential sources of uranium for use in the UK's nuclear power reactors. [23086]
Malcolm Wicks: The Department has carried out no assessment of the political stability of countries that may be potential sources of uranium for the UK's civilian nuclear power reactors.
Currently the majority of uranium for the UK's civilian nuclear power reactors is sourced from Australia and Canada.
Oil Imports and Exports
Mr. Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in which years since 1997 the UK has been a net oil (a) exporter and (b) importer, giving the quantity of oil in each case. [24307]
Malcolm Wicks:
Figures for UK oil imports and exports are routinely published in the DTIs annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics and quarterly Energy Trends publications. The UK has been a net exporter of oil (crude and products) since the early 1980s. Annual figures for 1997 to 2004 are shown in the following table with net imports denoted by a minus (-) sign.
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Source:
Digest of UK Energy Statistics
UK crude oil production peaked in 1999 and has declined subsequently. The 2003 Energy White Paper noted that the UK is expected to become a net importer of oil by around 2010.
Post Offices
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) sub-post offices and (b) post offices there were in (i) the UK and (ii) Westmorland and Lonsdale in each year since 1997. [24548]
Barry Gardiner: This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. (POL). I have therefore asked David Mills, the chief executive of POL, to provide a direct reply to the hon. Member.
Regional Development Agencies
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list (a) enterprise gateways, (b) enterprise hatcheries and (c) enterprise hubs in each regional development agency; and which of them are based in (i) stand alone and (ii) shared premises. [21677]
Alun Michael [holding answer 25 October 2005]: I have asked each regional development agency to provide me with the relevant information about the region's activities. I will write to the hon. Member when I have the necessary information and place a copy of the letter in the Libraries of the House.
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money each regional development agency has spent on (a) providing, (b) designing, (c) constructing and (d) erecting (i) sculptures and (ii) statues in their region in the last five years for which figures are available. [20973]
Alun Michael
[holding answer 25 October 2005]: Some of England's regional development agencies (RDAs) have commissioned sculptures and statues in their regions over the last five years as part of their wider efforts to regenerate deprived or run down areas, consistent with RDAs' statutory purposes set out in the RDAs Act 1998. Making the places where people live and work more attractive, can stimulate increased business investment, and community cohesion. Works of art also play a part in making business paths more attractive and assisting with inward investment and in promoting tourism and interpretation of historic areas and landscapes. RDAs play an important role in such developments, often working in partnership with business, local government and other public and voluntary organisations in order to promote the region and its economy.
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Public art plays a role in the West Midlands's regeneration and small area redevelopment. It is very rare that Advantage West Midlands directly funds public art but it contributes to schemes and developments which have an element of public art as part of the overall project.
East of England Development Agency (EEDA)
EEDA do not provide finance for stand alone sculptural pieces.
East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA)
EMDA have not commissioned or erected statues or sculpture in its region.
London Development Agency (LDA)
The LDA have contributed to the commissioning of statues through its Single Regeneration Budget programmes:
Royal Arsenal Plinth—£25,000 for the cleaning, repairing, moving and erecting the Duke of Wellington Statue on to the raised park at the Royal Arsenal.
One North East have spent the following amounts on purchasing/commissioning sculptures in the region in the last five years:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Being Human | 40,800 |
| Generation | 62,326 |
| Windmills | 30,000 |
South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWERDA)
SWERDA have spent the following amounts on purchasing/commissioning sculpture in the last five years, as part of wider regeneration projects:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 2005–06 | 280,000 |
| 2004–05 | 436,857 |
| 2002–03 | 5,000 |
| 2000–01 | 600,000 |
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North West Development Agency (NWDA)
n/a=Not available.
(5) Panopticons: NWDA has approved £600,000 for this project, which has yet to complete. Spend to date is £273,833.
(6) Total does not include Mirrorball and Penelope—details of these projects are not available at present.
South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA)
SEEDA do not directly commission any sculptures or statues for the region.
Yorkshire Forward have commissioned the following projects:
Commission to Public Arts for temporary sculptural installation in two towns. Cost to Yorkshire Forward £38,938, with £5,000 worth of staff time, therefore total investment of £43,938.
Commission to Public Arts for temporary installation in five towns. Cost to Yorkshire Forward £106,410 plus £15,000 staff time, therefore total investment of £121,410.
The first phase of the Humber Quays project which is part of the broader City Centre Masterplan for Hull has £50,000 spent on the following: Sculptural Wave Wall in the plaza—approximately £40,000 including lighting; Sea Trek Statue—reset on a new granite plinth with lighting approximately £10,000.
Through the Community Intervention Chest in 2002–03 the Grimsby Fishermen's memorial fund were awarded £5,000 towards the costs incurred in the commissioning of the bronze fisherman Statue in Grimsby.
This Statue was also funded through the Community Intervention Chest, but our details are limited. It is believed they were awarded the maximum £5,000 and the Statue was erected in Epworth.
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