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Baroness Howe of Idlicote asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: The latest edition of the annual Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies 2001 was published on 14 February 2002. The publication gives summary details of the public bodies each government department sponsors. This includes the remuneration and gender of all appointees, whether the appointment is made by Ministers or on some other basis. Copies are in the Library of the House.
Information extracted from this publication is set out in the following table form.
Department | Male | Female | Total | % Male | % Female |
Cabinet Office | 30 | 30 | 60 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 112 | 82 | 194 | 57.7 | 42.3 |
COI Communications | 7 | 4 | 11 | 63.6 | 36.4 |
DEFRA | 967 | 79 | 1,046 | 92.4 | 7.6 |
Department for Education and Skills | 79 | 28 | 107 | 73.8 | 26.2 |
Department for International Development | 34 | 16 | 50 | 68.0 | 32.0 |
Department of Culture, Media and Sport | 396 | 206 | 602 | 65.8 | 34.2 |
Department of Health | 895 | 848 | 1,743 | 51.3 | 48.7 |
Department of Trade and Industry | 400 | 110 | 510 | 78.4 | 21.6 |
DTLR | 1,442 | 443 | 1,885 | 76.5 | 23.5 |
DWP | 24 | 20 | 44 | 54.5 | 45.5 |
FCO | 88 | 32 | 120 | 73.3 | 26.7 |
FSA | 7 | 3 | 10 | 70.0 | 30.0 |
Home Office | 1,316 | 1,013 | 2,329 | 56.5 | 43.5 |
Lord Chancellor's Department | 3,548 | 1,253 | 4,801 | 73.9 | 26.1 |
MoD | 242 | 71 | 313 | 77.3 | 22.7 |
Oftel | 34 | 10 | 44 | 77.3 | 22.7 |
OFWAT | 73 | 55 | 128 | 57.0 | 43.0 |
ORR | 78 | 25 | 103 | 75.7 | 24.3 |
Royal Mint | 9 | 3 | 12 | 75.0 | 25.0 |
Scotland Office | 931 | 1,233 | 2,164 | 43.0 | 57.0 |
Grand Total | 10,570 | 5,452 | 16,022 | 66.0 | 34.0 |
Lord Hayhoe asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many copies of Reforming the public services Principles into practice were distributed to those employed in public services; what the criteria was for this distribution list; and at what cost were they distributed.[HL3264]
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston: Eleven thousand copies of the pamphlet have been printed at a cost of £21,000. The initial distribution encompassed senior managers in education, health, transport and law and order. In addition, copies have also been distributed to Parliament, Ministers and officials and in response to requests from the public. Over the coming months copies will be distributed to senior public service managers at a wide variety of seminars, conferences and other events. The cost of distribution to date is £19,000.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach): Service patients are mainly treated in Defence Secondary Care Agency (DSCA) administered Ministry of Defence hospital units (MDHUs) situated in NHS trusts, in other NHS hospitals as NHS patients, or in DSCA directly managed units (DMUs) in the United Kingdom and overseas. Secondary care in Northern Ireland is administered by the Army. The British Forces Germany Health Service provides secondary care for service personnel in Germany, where there are generally no waiting lists.
The MoD only maintains central records on the overall number of Armed Forces patients awaiting a first out-patient appointment or in-patient treatment (including daycase surgery) at MDHUs. MDHU waiting list information as at 30 September 2001, the last date for which information is available, is provided in the following tables. This excludes outpatient information in respect of MDHU Portsmouth due to validation of patient information at that time.
Waiting time | |||
013 weeks | 13+ weeks | Total Waiting | |
Number of Service patients waiting(5) | 1,734 | 356 | 2,090 |
(5) Number of patients waiting at four MDHUs (Peterborough, Frimley Park, Derriford and Northallerton).
(6) Number of patients waiting at all five MDHUs (Portsmouth, Peterborough, Frimley Park, Derriford and Northallerton).
Lord Kilclooney asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bach: The United Kingdom has provided search and rescue services in the Nicosia FIR since 1960. Our only treaty obligation in this regard is set out in Annex B, Part V, Section 9 of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment, which says that:
SAR is a humanitarian matter. As such it should have no read-across to the ongoing settlement negotiations.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bach: Government assessments of foreign holdings of military equipment are classified. A widely accepted, non-official reference is The Military Balance 20002001, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. In addition, the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms contains details of tank holdings for those nations who have provided
input: it is available at http://disarmament.un.org/UNREGISTER.nsf.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bach: We have yet to finalise our plans for brigade and battle group exercises for 200203, but no direction has been given to cancel any exercises at this time.
Lord Morris of Manchester asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Bach: There are no plans to amend the criminal injuries compensation (overseas) (CIC(O)) scheme rules. This scheme exists to provide compensation for sevice personnel injured as a result of a criminal act while serving overseas. The CIC(O)'s provisions mirror those of the criminal injuries compensation schemes of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and thus ensure that service personnel serving abroad are placed in the same position as those serving in the United Kingdom.
Sergeant Trevor Walker's injuries were the result of military activity by warring factions in Bosnia. Since this was not a "criminal act" within the terms of the CIC(O) scheme, he was not eligible for compensation under the scheme. This judgment has been upheld by the Divisional Court, Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. In circumstances such as Sergeant Walker's, compensation would normally be through the payment of benefits for attributable injury under the war pension scheme (WPS) and the armed forces pension scheme (AFPS) on medical discharge. Sergeant Walker currently remains in service. He will be entitled to receive a war pension on retirement. He will also receive compensation under the AFPS if he is subsequently medically discharged as a result of his injury.
The Ministry of Defence has been conducting a review of compensation arrangements for service personnel and the proposals for a new compensation scheme (to replace the WPS and attributable benefits
Waiting time
03 months 36 months 6+ months Total
Waiting
Number of Service patients waiting(5) 1,387 549 509 2,448
How long the United Kingdom had responsibility for search and rescue services within the Nicosia Flight Information Region; whether responsibility was confirmed in the 1960 Cyprus Treaties; when it was decided to transfer this responsibility to the Greek Cypriot Government; what has been the reaction of the Turkish Cypriot administration; and whether this decision will facilitate the present talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders.[HL3230]
"In so far as the services established for their own use make this possible, the United Kingdom authorities shall make available search and rescue facilities for all civil aircraft within the flight information region administered from Nicosia."
In recent years the Republic of Cyprus has established its own Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) at Larnaca and introduced capable search and rescue helicopters. They are now much less reliant on UK assistance and we understand that within the last year thay have notified relevant aviation and maritime organisations that RCC Larnaca is the lead search and rescue centre for the Nicosia FIR. The UK continues to meet its treaty commitment by making available the Wessex helicopters of 84 Squadron RAF and the RCC Episkopi to assist as required in search and rescue operations in the Nicosia FIR.
What is the number of medium and heavy tanks by type in Russia, China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Europe and the United States.[HL3275]
Whether they have any plans to cut any brigade and battle group level exercises in 200203; if there are plans to reduce the number of exercises, which of these exercises will be withdrawn from the training programme; and for what reason.[HL3278]
What further consideration they are giving to the issue of compensation for ex-servicemen and women, in particular to those who fall foul of the rules of the criminal injuries compensation (overseas) scheme, as exemplified by the case of Sergeant Trevor Walker, Royal Engineers, who lost a leg while serving on peacekeeping duties in Bosnia and has been denied compensation for this injury under current rules.[HL3358]
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