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The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether there is any indication from the medical assessment programme for members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces who served in Operation Granby that there are specific patterns of disease confined to specific groups of individuals on the basis of the military units in which they served.

Lord Gilbert: No. However, the diagnostic coding and preparation of statistical data from the MoD's medical assessment programme has only been completed for a small proportion of the veterans who have so far been seen and diagnosed by MAP physicians. As my right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces announced on July 14, the new Government has taken steps to speed up this process, and the MoD intends to publish later this year detailed results relating to approximately the first 1,000 patients who have been seen by the MAP. Thereafter, further information will be released as it becomes available, including details of any patterns of illness associated with particular sub groups of Service personnel who served in the Gulf if these are found.

NATO Defence Procurement: Expenditure

Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether among the political and economic issues which are now to be discussed within NATO and within the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the desirability of keeping defence expenditures as low as is compatible with efficiency will be given priority, particularly in view of the level of defence industry lobbying taking place among the pre-invitee countries; and whether United Kingdom know-how

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fund advice on defence procurement is being offered to these governments.

Lord Gilbert: NATO Ministers issue resource guidance to enable military authorities to work in a realistic financial framework. The Government has made clear its determination to ensure the best possible output from defence resources, and does not wish to encourage any country to spend more on defence than it requires to meet its legitimate security aspirations. The resource implications of enlargement for the countries invited at the Madrid Summit to join the alliance are being analysed; their defence burden will reflect the position that no NATO ally is forced to rely on its national efforts alone in dealing with basic security challenges. No know-how fund advice has been given to these countries on defence procurement matters.

Per Capita Income and Energy Consumption in the EU

Lord Monkswell asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is (a) the per capita income in pounds sterling; and (b) the per capita energy consumption, of each member state of the European Union.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter to Lord Monkswell from the Director of Macro-Economic Statistics and Analysis Group, Office for National Statistics, Mr. John Kidgell, dated 13 November 1997.

The Director of the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your recent question on per capita income and per capita energy consumption of each member state of the EU. The director has asked me to respond in his absence.

The income of a country is usually defined as its gross domestic product (GDP). Estimates of GDP and population estimates for the fifteen EU member states are shown in Section 3 of the OECD publication Main Economic Indicators, copies of which are available in the House of Lords library.

The analysis is expressed in US dollars at current prices and current exchange rates; unfortunately there is no comparative analysis expressed in sterling. The latest data available has been converted to a per capita GDP basis for 1996, and is summarised in the attached Table A.

The latest available information on per capita energy consumption in the Member States of the EU is shown in the attached Table B. These figures were provided by a statistician from the Government Statistical Service within the Department of Trade and Industry.

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Table A: $US GDP Per Capita of the EU Member States

EU Member State	$US GDP per capita
Austria	28,052
Belgium	26,031
Denmark	33,143
Finland	24,195
France	26,381
Germany	26,741
Greece	11,734
Ireland	19,221
Italy	21,013
Luxembourg	41,866
Netherlands	25,326
Portugal	10,468
Spain	14,810
Sweden	28,120
United Kingdom	19,492

Table B: Total primary energy supply/population in 1996 (tonnes of oil equivalent per capita)

EU member state	Per capita(1)
Austria	3.39
Belgium	5.54
Denmark	4.41
Finland	5.63
France	4.31
Germany	4.29
Greece	2.39
Ireland	3.33
Italy	2.77
Luxembourg	8.48
Netherlands	4.87
Portugal	1.90
Spain	2.60
Sweden	6.08
United Kingdom	3.97

Source:

International Energy Agency.

(1)Estimates.

Perinatal Mortality in the EU

Lord Monkswell asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is (a) the perinatal mortality rate; and (b) the percentage of home confinements, for each Member State of the European Union.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter to Lord Monkswell from the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. Tim Holt, dated 13 November 1997.

I have been asked to reply, as the Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question on perinatal mortality rates for each Member State of the European Union.

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The information you requested is shown in the following table.

Perinatal mortality rates of countries of the European Union,per 1,000 live and stillbirths

	Perinatal Mortality Rate	Latest available year
Austria	6.8	1995
Belgium	8.4	1992
Denmark	7.4	1993
Finland	5.4	1994
France	7.0	1994
Germany	6.8	1995
Greece	10.4	1995
Italy	8.8	1993
Ireland	10.3	1995
Luxembourg	7.0	1995
Netherlands	8.8	1995
Portugal	9.3	1994
Spain	6.5	1994
Sweden	5.4	1994
United Kingdom	8.7	1996

Source:

Eurostat Demographic Statistics 1997.

Office for National Statistics--Population Trends No. 89.

Information for the percentage of home confinements in each member state of the European Union is not collected on a central basis.

Invest in Britain, Welsh Development Agency and Locate in Scotland: Roles

Lord Roberts of Conwy asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the roles of the Invest in Britain Bureau, the Welsh Development Agency and Scottish Enterprise in attracting inward investors to the United Kingdom, and whether they propose to make any changes to the current arrangements.

The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Clinton-Davis): The Invest in Britain Bureau was formed in 1977 to be the UK's principal inward investment agency responsible for promoting the UK as a whole as an attractive location to inward investors. The Welsh Development Agency and Locate in Scotland (which is a joint operation of the Scottish Office and Scottish Enterprise) promote the attractions of Wales and Scotland respectively as investment locations and also work with the IBB to deliver inward investment projects locally. There are no plans to change these roles as described.

Extradition Arrangements

Viscount Waverley asked Her Majesty's Government:

With which countries the United Kingdom has no extradition treaty.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn): Details of the United Kingdom's extradition arrangements are not

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available on this basis. Those countries with whom the United Kingdom has extradition arrangements are listed below. The Extradition Act 1989 enables special extradition arrangements to be made with foreign states with whom the United Kingdom has no extradition arrangements. In addition, there are a number of international conventions which allow for the extradition of fugitives between ratifying states for certain serious offences, even in the absence of an extradition arrangement. Countries with Bilateral Extradition Treaties with the United Kingdom (with date of entry into force)

1. Albania: 1927


2. Argentina: 1894, 1980


3. Belgium: 1902, 1907, 1911, 1924, 1928, 1975


4. Bolivia: 1898


5. Brazil: 1997


6. Chile: 1898


7. Colombia: 1889


8. Cuba: 1905


9. Ecuador: 1886


10. Guatemala: 1886


11. Haiti: 1876


12. Iraq: 1933


13. Liberia: 1894


14. Mexico: 1889


15. Monaco: 1892


16. Nicaragua: 1906


17. Panama: 1907


18. Paraguay: 1911


19. Peru: 1907

20. Rumania: 1894


21. Salvador: 1882


22. San Marino: 1900


23. Thailand: 1911


24. Uruguay: 1885, 1891


25. United States of America: 1976, 1986


26. Yugoslavia: 1901 Commonwealth Countries which have been designated by Order in Council under Section 5(1) of the Extradition Act 1989


1. Antigua and Barbuda


2. Australia


3. The Bahamas


4. Bangladesh


5. Barbados


6. Belize


7. Botswana


8. Brunei


9. Canada


10. Dominica


11. Fiji

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12. The Gambia


13. Ghana


14. Grenada


15. Guyana


16. India


17. Jamaica


18. Kenya


19. Kiribati


20. Lesotho

21. Malawi


22. Malaysia


23. Maldives


24. Mauritius


25. Nauru


26. New Zealand


27. Nigeria


28. Papua New Guinea


29. St. Kitts and Nevis


30. St. Lucia


31. St. Vincent and the Grenadines


32. South Africa


33. Seychelles


34. Sierra Leone


35. Singapore


36. Solomon Islands


37. Sri Lanaka


38. Swaziland


39. Tonga


40. Tanzania


41. Trinidad and Tobago


42. Tuvalu


43. Uganda


44. Vanuatu


45. Western Samoa


46. Zimbabwe


47. Zambia

Colonies and Dependent Territories to whom the Extradition Act 1989 applies

1. Anguilla


2. Bermuda


3. Cayman Islands


4. Cook Islands


5. Falkland Islands


6. Gibraltar


7. Montserrat


8. New Hebrides


9. Pitcairn Islands


10. St. Helena


11. Turks and Caicos Islands


12. Virgin Islands.

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The Extradition Act 1989 also applies to:

1. Channel Islands


2. Isle of Man Parties to the European Convention on Extradition of 1957 which are designated by Order in Council under Section 4(1) of the Extradition Act 1989


1. Austria


2. Bulgaria


3. Croatia


4. Cyprus


5. Czech Republic


6. Denmark


7. Finland


8. France


9. Germany


10. Greece


11. Hungary


12. Iceland


13. Israel


14. Italy


15. Liechtenstein


16. Lithuania


17. Luxembourg


18. Malta


19. The Netherlands


20. Norway


21. Poland


22. Portugal


23. Slovakia


24. Slovenia


25. Spain


26. Sweden


27. Switzerland


28. Turkey Other arrangements

1. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Extradition arrangements with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are under the Extradition Act 1989 as amended by the Hong Kong (Extradition Order) 1997.

2. Republic of Ireland: Extradition arrangements with the Republic of Ireland are under the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965.

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