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Lord Judd asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: We have repeatedly stressed the urgent need for the thorough, transparent and effective investigation of human rights violations in Chechnya, and for the prosecution and punishment of those responsible. The issues of ill treatment and torture were raised at our bilateral human rights talks in March 2003. We have emphasised that the failure to deal with this problem risks undermining Russian efforts to initiate a political process in the republic, and the prospects for securing a lasting solution to the conflict in Chechnya.
Lord Maclennan of Rogart asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: We remain deeply worried about poor governance in Togo and have been active in ensuring that EU policy takes full account of this. We supported the most recent EU
statement issued on 4 July, which highlighted serious concerns about events during the run-up to the 1 June elections, their conduct and subsequent events. The statement also called on the Togolese Government to commit themselves to an effective inter-Togolese dialogue.EU aid to Togo has been suspended since 1993. We believe that the Togolese authorities need to take positive action to promote democratic principles before EU aid is resumed.
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: We have found no record of any formal inquiries of this nature in the past five years.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: Coalition plans for political and physical rehabilitation are as follows:
The Iraqi Governing Council formed on 13 July is the principal element of the interim administration called for in Resolution 1483 and has been welcomed by the UN. The council has significant powers that will increase over time. An early task for the council is to determine how a new constitution should be prepared. Once adopted, it will pave the way for elections and an internationally recognised representative Iraqi Government to which the coalition will hand over its powers and responsibilities.
Our immediate priorities in securing the physical reconstruction of Iraq are the restoration of law and order and ensuring that basic public services are returned to a fully functioning state. The Iraqi police force is up and running and conducting patrols with coalition military and we are working on the rebuilding of a new Iraqi army. We are also working with the Iraqi ministries to enable them to improve on the social and physical infrastructure of Iraq and develop a robust economic policy, which will empower the Iraqi people to manage their own free market democracy.
Timing of both the political process and of reconstruction will depend on how quickly the interim administration can take these issues forward, with coalition/UN help.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is working with the United Nations and the international community on all aspects of the reconstruction of Iraq, as called for in United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1483.
We are making progress. The Iraqi police force is up and running and conducting patrols with the coalition military. Prisons and courts are open to try those arrested. The new Iraqi army has started recruiting with the aim of recruiting and training a 40,000 strong force in the next two years. The CPA is working with 19 Iraqi ministries, including on the immigration and customs side, and civil servants are returning to work.
To pay for the reconstruction process, UNSCR 1483 enables the CPA to draw from the oil revenues and seized Iraqi assets transferred to the Development Fund for Iraq. The UK and other international contributors have also committed resources and specialists to help in the reconstruction process.
Lord Vivian asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: Ambassador Bremer has a staff of around 1,200 secondees.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 enables the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to draw from the oil revenues and seized Iraqi assets transferred to the Development Fund for Iraq in order to pay for public expenditure in Iraq. The interim 2003 budget for Iraq makes provision for the restoration and upgrading of the administrative infrastructure of Iraq, in addition to the payment of public sector wages. Details of the budget for 2003 are available on the CPA website at www.cpa-iraq.org/Budget2003.pdf.
The 2004 Budget will be drawn up by the Iraqi Governing Council, formed on 13 July, together with the CPA and representatives of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and United Nations Development Programme. The Governing Council also has the right to consider substantial amendments to the 2003 interim budget.
Lord Hogg of Cumbernauld asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): We are pleased to announce today the specific projects which will receive funding from the 200304 allocation from the Capital Modernisation Fund to assist small retailers in deprived areas to improve the security of their business.
Some £5.8 million has been distributed to regions in England and Wales according to the formula based on an equal share for each region, crimes impacting on retailers and percentage of people living in the most deprived wards. The remaining £200,000 of the third year funding has been set aside for administration and evaluation.
This year's funding will provide assistance to a minimum of 5,000 individual retailers and essential businesses. As in previous years, this funding will be spent on schemes identified by regional Home Office directors, in conjunction with crime and disorder reduction partnerships and a variety of interventions will be employed, including enhancing the security of individual premises and improving the environment of shopping parades. This will mean that over the 3 years of the initiative, since 2001, over 12,500 individual shops units will have directly benefitted from improved security measures.
We have placed in the Library a paper showing the allocations of funds to individual projects. The Home Secretary has also written to honourable Members in England and Wales who have projects in their constituencies.
Name of Scheme | Funding (£) |
Eastern Region | |
Shedding Light on Retail Crime in Basildon | 27,405 |
St Andrews Retail Project, Colchester | 21,202 |
Wisbech North Ward, Fenland, Cambridgeshire* | 21,202 |
Operation Shop Safe, Great Yarmouth | 58,416 |
Safer Gaywood Project, King's Lynn | 33,607 |
Biscot and Dallow Small Retails Project, Luton | 27,405 |
Kingsbrook Small Retailers Initiative, North Bedfordshire | 21,202 |
Norwich SRDA 200304 (2 Schemes) | 27,405 |
Peterborough Supports Small Retailers (3 Sites) | 33,607 |
Bedwell and Rockingham Way Shops, Stevenage | 21,202 |
Clacton Small Shop Scheme | 33,607 |
Thurrock Assisting Small Retailers | 27,405 |
Britten Centre & Battery Green Multi-Storey Car Park Safety and Environment Improvements Projects, Waveney | 39,810 |
393,475 | |
East Midlands | |
Leicester Retail Crime Initiative | 75,000 |
Nottingham Retail Crime Initiative | 111,000 |
Bolsover Retail Crime Initiative | 75,000 |
Bassetlaw Retail Crime Initiative | 15,000 |
Derby Retail Crime Initiative | 40,000 |
Mansfield Retail Crime Initiative | 40,000 |
Erewash Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
Chesterfield Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
East Lindsay Retail Crime Initiative | 45,000 |
Ashfield Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
Newark and Sherwood Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
West Lindsay Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
North East Derbyshire Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
South Kesteven Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
471,000 | |
London | |
Gale Street Lighting, Barking and Dagenham | 25,544 |
Brent Target Hardening Scheme | 34,587 |
Camden Small Retailers Initiative | 57,194 |
Retail Crime Reduction & Regeneration Project, Croydon* | 16,501 |
Ealing Small Retailers Project | 16,501 |
Enfield Small Retailers in Deprived Areas | 30,065 |
Greenwich Small Retailers | 57,194 |
Hackney Target Hardening Scheme | 114,000 |
Hammersmith and Fulham CCTV Scheme | 21,023 |
Haringey Target Hardening Scheme | 57,672 |
Islington Radio Scheme | 66,236 |
Kensington & Chelsea Small Retailers Project | 21,023 |
Lambeth Small Retailers Project | 25,544 |
Shop Security Radio Scheme, Lewisham | 30,065 |
Newham Small Retailers Scheme* | 115,971 |
Southwark Small Retailers | 79,800 |
Tower Hamlets Shops Scheme | 93,534 |
Waltham Forest Small Retailers Scheme | 30,065 |
Westminster Small Retailers 200304 | 21,023 |
908,542 | |
North East | |
Alnwick Small Retailers Scheme | 10,000 |
Seahouses CCTV Scheme & Berwick upon Tweed Fraud Prevention Scheme | 10,000 |
Business Crime Reduction Project, Blyth Valley | 20,000 |
Castle Morpeth CCTV Scheme* | 10,000 |
Small Retailer Scheme, Gateshead | 24,000 |
Newcastle City Retailers | 35,000 |
North Tyneside Small Retailers Project | 20,000 |
South Tyneside CCTV Scheme | 35,000 |
Digital Camera Safe Project, Sunderland | 35,000 |
Tynedale Small Retailers Scheme* | 10,000 |
Retail Crime Initiative, Wansbeck | 20,000 |
Small Retailers Initiative, Derwentside | 20,000 |
City of Durham Small Retailers Crime Prevention Scheme | 10,000 |
Sedgefield Shop Fronts | 20,000 |
Creating Safer Shops in Chester West and Grange Villa, Chester-le-Street | 10,000 |
Small Retailers CCTV Scheme, Darlington | 20,000 |
Billingham Shops Improvement Project, Stockton | 35,000 |
Teesdale Safer Retailers | 10,000 |
Wear Valley Safer Retailers Initiative* | 24,000 |
Shop Watching, Easington | 35,000 |
Whale Hill Shopping Centre, Eston, Redcar | 24,000 |
Assisting Small Retailers, Middlesbrough | 35,000 |
Hartlepool CCTV | 24,000 |
496,000 | |
North West | |
Ellesmere Port and Neston Small Retailers Scheme | 21,857 |
Warrington Security Fencing Scheme | 14,743 |
Macclesfield Radio Equipment | 10,000 |
Chester Radio Scheme and Improvements | 14,743 |
Congleton CCTV Retailers Scheme | 10,000 |
Halton Security Grants | 33,713 |
Vale Royal Security Improvements | 12,371 |
West Street Small Retailers Scheme, Crewe and Nantwich* | 12,371 |
Eden/Carlisle Small Retailers Scheme | 22,371 |
South Lakeland Small Retailers 200304 | 10,000 |
Central Barrow Retailers | 24,228 |
Shop Security Initiative 200304 Allerdale and Copeland Areas | 41,342 |
Bury Retail Security Initiative | 12,371 |
Mocha Parade, Broughton, Salford | 15,000 |
Whittle Street, Salford | 10,000 |
Individual Repeat Victims, Salford | 6,342 |
Gorton Villa Shops, Manchester | 37,000 |
Brunswick Street, Ardwick | 37,026 |
Newport Street, Bolton | 26,599 |
South Trafford Small Business Security | 7,372 |
Canterbury Road, Trafford | 7,371 |
Hyde (Godley) CCTV, Thameside | 14,743 |
Rochdale Small Retailers in Deprived Areas Project | 28,971 |
Oldham Small Retailers Scheme | 26,599 |
Reddish District Centre, Stockport | 12,371 |
Smithy Green CCTV System, Wigan | 19,485 |
Burnley Small Retailer Scheme | 19,485 |
Small Retailers in Deprived Areas, Pendle | 26,599 |
Eaves Lane CCTV System, Chorley | 10,000 |
Target Hardening/Takeaway Watch, Rossendale | 10,000 |
Small Retailers in Ribble Valley 200304 | 10,000 |
Royal Avenue Small Retailers Project, South Ribble | 10,000 |
Inner Preston Retail Crime Initiative | 24,228 |
Blackburn with Darwen Small Retailers Scheme | 33,713 |
Small Retailers Loud and Clear, Hyndburn | 19,485 |
Fylde Retail Crime Initiative | 10,000 |
Blackpool Small Retailers Initiative 2003 (3 Projects) | 26,599 |
Digmoor Parade, Skelmerdale | 19,485 |
Operation Re-Glaze, Wyre | 14,743 |
Target Hardening, Lancaster (2 Projects) | 17,114 |
Kennelwood Avenue Shops Security Project, Knowsley | 27,620 |
Kirby Town Centre Radio Link, Knowsley | 13,014 |
Old Farm Road Shops, Knowsley | 12,050 |
St Helens Small Retailers Security Project 200304 | 26,599 |
Neighbourhood Shops CCTV Initiative, Sefton | 28,971 |
Old Chester Road/Rock Lane West Retailers Safety Project, Wirral | 12,114 |
Twickenham Drive Retailers Safety Project, Wirral | 12,114 |
Liverpool CDRP (CitySafe) Scargreen Avenue Alleygate Project | 15,000 |
Muirhead Avenue/Eaton Road North Security Project, Liverpool | 15,283 |
Muirhead Avenue Alleygate Project, Liverpool | 10,000 |
Breck Road Radio Link, Liverpool | 16,000 |
Broadway Shooping Centre Radio Link, Liverpool | 13,000 |
942,205 | |
South East | |
Britwell and Others, Slough* | 50,000 |
Blackbird Leys and Barton, Oxford* | 150,000 |
Temple Hill, Dartford* | 25,000 |
Westbrook Traders CCTV Scheme, Thanet* | 70,000 |
Community Safety Improvements for Redbridge Retailers, Southampton | 20,000 |
The Botley Drive Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership, Havant | 20,000 |
Battle Road Business & Retail Security, Hastings | 20,000 |
Kestrel Retailers Safety Project, Medway | 20,000 |
Old High StreetCrime Reduction Initiative, Shepway | 47,580 |
Central Whitehawk Shops, Brighton & Hove | 20,000 |
Kingsley Road Post Office, Maidstone | 6,000 |
Somerstown Retailers Initiative, Portsmouth | 35,000 |
Buckland Retailers Initiative, Portsmouth | 10,000 |
493,580 | |
South West | |
Bristol Filwood Small Retailers Scheme* | 64,770 |
Kerrier Small Retailers Scheme* | 51,810 |
North Somerset Small Retailers 200304* | 25,906 |
Project 'Open All Hours', Plymouth | 38,860 |
West Cornwall Community Safety Team Small Retailers 200304 | 38,860 |
Year 3 PenhillHannington Close ParadeCrime Reduction | 36,000 |
Boscombe Traders Project, Bournemouth | 16,790 |
Small Business Security Support Scheme, Gloucester | 25,906 |
Community Retail InitiativeNorth Devon 200304 | 25,906 |
Exeter Retail Crime Scheme (Fore Street) | 12,954 |
Small Retailers Scheme for Weymouth and Portland Littlemoor Shopping Centre | 12,954 |
Penwerris Small Retailers Initiative 200304, Carrick | 12,954 |
Priorswood Place Security Improvements 200304, Taunton | 12,954 |
Westward Ho! Small Retailers Initiative | 12,954 |
389,578 | |
Wales | |
Caernarfon Business Watch Scheme & Stryd Fawr, Deiniolen, Caernarfon | 21,150 |
Ceredigion Partnership Security Scheme | 38,396.50 |
Ynys Mon Radio Shopwatch Scheme, Anglesey | 20,000 |
Caerphilly Small Retailers Crime Reduction Project | 11,000 |
Plas Madoc Shops and Roads, Wrexham | 25,000 |
West Rhyl Retailer Group, Rhyl | 20,000 |
Ebbw Fach Crime Reduction Partnership, Blaenau Gwent | 15,000 |
Brecon CCTV Scheme, Powys | 20,000 |
Blaenymaes Shopping Area, Swansea | 25,000 |
Vale of Glamorgan Small Retailers | 18,273 |
Cardiff Small Retailers Project | 30,000 |
Pembrokeshire Small Retailers | 38,537.50 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff Small Retailers Initiative | 40,000 |
Safer Merthyr Tydfil Town Centre Retail Crime | 15,000 |
Broughton CCTV Scheme, Flintshire | 37,400 |
Neath Port Talbot Small Retailers | 6,500 |
381,257 | |
West Midlands | |
Broomhill, Cannock* | 23,000 |
Dudley Safer Shopping* | 75,000 |
Walsall Retail Crime Initiative* | 70,000 |
Wolverhampton Neighbourhood Shop Watch* | 120,000 |
Operation Neon, Birmingham | 120,000 |
Camp Hill Retailers Phase 2, Nuneaton and Bedworth | 35,000 |
Stanton Road Shopping Centre Security Improvements, Coventry | 50,000 |
Severn Grove Regeneration Project, Wyre Forest | 20,000 |
Brookside Safety Partnership, Telford and Wrekin | 50,000 |
Hughes AvenueCross Heath Small Retailers Initiative, Newcastle under Lyme | 20,000 |
Sandwell Traders Association Retail Crime Initiative | 50,000 |
Solihull Security Improvements | 20,000 |
Congleton Road Shops | 13,182 |
666,182 | |
Yorkshire and Humber | |
Barnsley Business Crime* | 72,927 |
Security for Shops, Bradford | 72,927 |
Small Retailer Security Programme, Calderdale | 24,309 |
Doncaster Small Retailers Scheme Phase 2* | 89,133 |
Hull Small Retailers Scheme | 81,030 |
Reducing Retail Crime and Disorder in Kirklees | 24,309 |
Leeds Deprived Areas Modernisation Scheme* | 56,721 |
Frodingham Road Radio Scheme, North Lincolnshire | 20,000 |
Scheme to Assist Small Retailers in Deprived Areas, North East Lincolnshire* | 24,309 |
Safer Shops Rotherham | 48,618 |
Eastfield High Street Crime Reduction, Scarborough* | 20,054 |
Sheffield First for Safety Small Retailers RD 2, Sheffield | 81,030 |
Wakefield Shopwatch Crime Prevention Initiative | 40,515 |
655,882 |
* Funding already agreed in 200304 as a 2-year project.
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