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Written Answers

Monday 28 February 2011

Africa: Landmines

Question

Asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): The UK has assisted with landmine clearance in North Africa in the past and continues to provide technical information to the mine affected countries.

The Government have overhauled their support for mine clearance programmes in order to focus on high-impact zones in a more responsive and flexible way. We have prioritised according to identified relative need and targeted those low-income countries that are worst affected by landmines, considering factors such as: the number of lives that are likely to be saved; the number of mines in the area; the benefit to a community socially and economically; and the targeting of funding towards countries unable to fund mine clearance programmes of their own or which do not receive significant support from elsewhere in the international community.

Agriculture: Livestock Standards

Question

Asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark

Lord De Mauley: The Government view animal welfare as a matter of high priority. As well as promoting high animal welfare standards in this country, we are keen to encourage high animal welfare standards internationally in both other European Union countries and third countries. World Trade Organisation rules currently make no specific provision for justifying restrictive trade measures aimed at protecting animal welfare. However, we are working with other countries within the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to develop and progress internationally recognised standards for animal welfare.

Airports

Question

Asked by Lord Birt



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Earl Attlee: The South East Airports Taskforce, chaired by the Minister of State, is looking at ways of enhancing the passenger experience to, from and within the airport at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted with a view to sharing identified good practice more widely.

The Government continue to work within the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Civil Aviation Conference, and with industry groups such as the International Air Transport Association, to improve the passenger experience.

Airports: Birmingham

Question

Asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Earl Attlee: We recognise the vital contribution that regional airports make to local economies. It is our intention to develop an aviation policy framework that seeks to create the right conditions for regional airports to flourish. Plans for the expansion of Birmingham Airport are a matter for the airport operator.

This Government have not therefore made any assessment of the potential benefits of proposed expansion of Birmingham Airport on the West Midlands economy.

Anti-Semitism

Question

Asked by Lord Ouseley

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Henley): There is guidance to higher education institutions on Promoting Good Campus Relations, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism in Universities and Higher Education Colleges, developed by the former Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. This includes detailed guidance to help institutions address issues concerning violent extremism, applicable to whatever form this might take on campus. It also includes guidance on issues that might arise in terms of external speakers on campus. Institutions also take advice about external speakers from their local police forces when needed. The guidance is available online: www.dius.gov.u1c/publications/extremismhe.pdf.

The department is active in the wider government review of the Prevent strategy and we expect outcomes from this will provide a steer to higher education institutions on further approaches to tackling extremism and supporting integration.

The sector has also produced guidance which offers institutions practical strategies to deal with instances of hate crimes and intolerance on campus, including anti-Semitism (available at www.ecu.ac.uk/publications/promoting-good-campus-relations-update).



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Later this year further guidance will also be developed from the Equality Challenge Unit's major religion and belief project, Universities UK's Academic Freedom Working Group and the National Union of Students (NUS) on freedom of speech in HE. The NUS guidance will be aimed particularly at supporting students' unions.

Armed Forces: Accommodation

Questions

Asked by Lord Ashcroft

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): The 2009 National Audit Office report on service family accommodation (SFA), published in May 2009, covered the situation before this Government took office. Since May 2010 this Government have consistently sought to ensure that service personnel and their families are housed in good-quality modern accommodation.

The 2010-11 upgrade programme typically provides a new kitchen, bathroom, heating system and often a new roof and windows and will bring at least 800 SFA properties up to the highest standard for condition. In addition, around 4,000 properties will benefit from smaller-scale improvements such as new boilers, bathrooms, kitchens, loft insulation and double glazing, which may not amount to a full upgrade but will deliver real lifestyle benefits to occupants.

Some £60 million has been allocated in the financial year 2010-11 for the upgrade and improvement programmes in England and Wales. Allocations for future years have yet to be agreed, but the Government will endeavour to improve as many properties as possible from the agreed allocation, together with possible funding from efficiencies found elsewhere within the Ministry of Defence.

Over 95 per cent of SFA in the UK are now at the top two (of four) standards for condition.

The current upgrade and improvement programmes in the UK prioritise investment on a greatest needs first basis.



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Asked by Lord Ashcroft

Lord Astor of Hever: The Armed Forces home ownership scheme pilot is designed for full-time, permanent members of the Armed Forces, with between four and six years' service, who intend to remain in the Armed Forces and buy a property in England.

Former service personnel are not eligible to apply to join the Armed Forces home ownership scheme pilot but retain their key worker status for the first 12 months after leaving the Armed Forces, allowing them priority access to other government affordable housing initiatives.

Armed Forces: Aircraft

Question

Asked by Lord Moonie

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): We have periodically reviewed with BAE Systems our present and future Typhoon capability requirements from a technological, industrial and commercial perspective and will continue to do so throughout the life of the aircraft.

A navalised Typhoon was considered as part of the assessment of Joint Combat Aircraft options in 2000-01, but was rejected on grounds of cost, capability and technical challenge. This decision has been reviewed regularly since, informed through discussions with BAE Systems.

Our future combat air requirement is therefore predicated on the complementary capability provided by a balanced Typhoon/Joint Strike Fighter force. The 2010 strategic defence and security review has confirmed that the capabilities offered by the Joint Strike Fighter is the most appropriate and cost-effective solution to meet the UK's carrier strike component of this capability.

Armed Forces: Royal Marines

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Asked by Lord Burnett



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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): The costs of recruiting to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines are not held separately by the Department. Costs are held as a total recruiting activity for both elements of the Naval Service. The total Naval Service recruitment spend for the last four years is provided in the table below.

Financial Year(£ million)

2007-08

34.80

2008-09

36.39

2009-10

36.86

2010-11

32.36

Notes:

1. Figures can only be provided from 2007-08 due to difficulties in recalling data from historic records.

2. Costs include elements such as pay, National Insurance and superannuation contributions for Service and Civilian staff; travel and subsistence; external training; advertising and marketing.

3. The figure for Financial Year 2010/11 represents estimated spend, the total outturn could be higher or lower.

Future plans have not yet been finalised and will take account of the Government's decisions in the Strategic Defence and Security Review and our assessment of the requirement as result of the reductions in the size of the Naval Service, including the Royal Marines.

Armed Forces: Under-18s

Questions

Asked by Baroness Sherlock

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): As at 1 April 2010, there were some 3,500 trained and untrained personnel in the Armed Forces who were under the age of 18. The Defence Analytical Services and Advice organisation publishes these data annually in its Tri Service Report 8, Age Distribution of UK Regular Forces, which is available at the following address: www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page= 67andpubType=1andthiscontent=80anddate=2010-06-10. A copy is available in the Library of the House.

Asked by Baroness Sherlock

Lord Astor of Hever: This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained by conducting a search of manual records on many sites thus incurring a disproportionate cost.



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Asked by Baroness Sherlock

Lord Astor of Hever: During the financial year 2009-10, 720 service personnel under the age of 18 elected to leave the services before the minimum period of service. This does not include those who were discharged on medical or disciplinary grounds.

Asked by Baroness Sherlock

Lord Astor of Hever: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only by conducting a search of manual records on many sites.

Recruits who are under 18 years of age at the time of enlistment and who wish to end their service have a right to leave by giving at least 14 days' notice to their commanding officer. Such notice can take effect when the recruit has completed 28 days' service and is within six months of enlistment. Additionally, recruits who before their 18th birthday have made their unhappiness with military life known to the commanding officer can request permission to leave up to three months after they reach age 18. In such cases the policy is to treat them with great sympathy but this does not give a right to discharge.

This process is managed within a unit and the individual service manning authorities. Units are not required to collect statistical data of those under 18 years who have applied to leave and are refused.

Asylum Seekers: Funding

Question

Asked by Lord Avebury

Lord De Mauley: The UK Border Agency will arrange for copies of letters to agencies providing services to refugees and asylum seekers, notifying them of levels of asylum support grant funding for 2011-12, to be placed in the Library of the House.



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Aviation: Passenger Duty

Questions

Asked by Lord Jones of Cheltenham

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not collect information on the contribution to air passenger duty (APD) revenues made from flights to specific countries or territories. For each destination band under APD, the numbers of chargeable passengers and the revenue declared are published on a monthly basis on HMRC's UK Trade Info website: www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=bulletins.

The Government have no plans to suspend air passenger duty to any country or territory.

Bank of England

Questions

Asked by Lord Myners

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The framework of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England promotes transparency and accountability in its decision-making process, including through publications such as the Bank's quarterly inflation reports and the MPC's monthly meeting minutes. The MPC also has to explain its actions regularly to the Treasury Select Committee. The Bank of England's May 2010 inflation report contains an assessment of the Bank's forecasting record.

Asked by Lord Myners

Lord Sassoon: The Bank of England will publish accounts for the Asset Purchase Facility (APF) for the year ending February 2011 before the Summer Parliamentary Recess. The amount due to or from HM Treasury under its indemnity to the Bank will be identified. The Treasury will include the implications of the APF for Treasury resources, that is, the profit or loss of the APF based on valuations of APF assets at balance sheet date, in its annual accounts for the year ending 31 March 2011 to be published before the

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Summer Parliamentary Recess. Any profit or loss on the APF will only crystallise once the fund is wound up.

Banking

Question

Asked by Lord Myners

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The Government are committed to maintaining London's position as a leading financial centre and as a location for global financial services companies and to supporting the competitiveness of the financial services firms based in the UK. They recognise that success in these areas is important for the banks' future contribution to the UK economy.

International policy development on mechanisms to increase the loss absorbency of systemically important financial institutions is ongoing. The UK Government are engaging actively in the international debate and will continue to closely consult the industry through this process. The G20 has commissioned the Financial Stability Board to develop proposals to address the risks caused by systemically important financial institutions before the end of 2011.

In January 2011, the Basel Committee released proposals to ensure that all tier 1 and tier 2 capital is subject to conversion or write-down at the point of non-viability. The UK supports the ongoing work of the Basel Committee.

Alongside this, the Independent Commission on Banking is developing recommendations with a view to reducing systemic risk in the UK banking sector and is due to report in September 2011.

Banking: Bonuses

Questions

Asked by Lord Myners

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): As a result of the Government's discussions, the largest UK banks have made a commitment that the total remuneration paid in respect of the 2010 financial year will be lower than it was for 2009, and lower than it would have been otherwise. The remuneration committee chair of each bank will write to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to confirm that the bank's commitment has been met.

Alongside this, the Government have taken robust action to tackle unacceptable bonuses including through the revised Financial Services Authority remuneration code, the new FSA remuneration disclosure rules, the

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bank levy, higher capital and liquidity requirements, stronger resolution arrangements, the Independent Commission on Banking and continued investigation of the costs and benefits of a financial activities tax.

Asked by Lord Myners

Lord Sassoon: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. It is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.

Asked by Lord Myners

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): I will write to the noble Lord and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Banking: Iceland

Question

Asked by Lord Laird

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): Compensation payments, including those for deposits over £50,000, are administered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). According to the FSCS, as at 4 January 2011 the total amount unclaimed by depositors with balances over £50,000 in Landsbanki, Heritable Bank plc and Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander was £0.42 billion.

The bank in default uses its own processes and procedures to identify any legality issues as to the source of the deposit funds. The FSCS has confirmed that in addition to this they will also carry out certain checks to verify the position.

Bankruptcy

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Asked by Lord Harrison



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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): This Government have not carried out an assessment of whether to adopt the rescue procedure set out in Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. We have however received views on the effectiveness of our rescue procedures in the context of a consultation issued by the previous Government on a possible moratorium for companies that are in difficulty. We will shortly be setting out our response to stakeholder comments.

Banks: Green Investment Bank

Question

Asked by Baroness Kramer

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): I will write to my noble friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Banks: Lending

Questions

Asked by Lord Beecham

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): Well informed, empowered consumers are central to the Government's vision for how a credit market between customers and lenders should work. We want to encourage responsible lending and borrowing decisions and to strengthen protection where necessary, particularly for the most vulnerable. BIS and HM Treasury are currently reviewing the consumer credit and personal insolvency regime. This is a thorough review of consumer credit and personal insolvency, looking at all the measures that could be taken to support people in difficulty and help them resolve their debts, including the impact of any interest rate cap on payday lending. A call for evidence made in connection with the review has recently closed and we are currently considering the substantial number of responses received. The Government will make an announcement on next steps in the spring.

Asked by Lord Myners



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The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The Government welcome the progress made in Basel towards a final package of new international regulatory standards, including the introduction, for the first time, of international minimum liquidity requirements. Analysis by the Basel Committee and the International Monetary Fund highlights the considerable benefits of these reforms for financial stability. This analysis also suggests that meeting the liquidity standards will be achievable for UK banks and that the impact on lending, both in the long run and during the transition, will be moderate.

The Basel standards are yet to be fully finalised and the committee has stated that it will continue to monitor the proposed liquidity coverage ratio and net stable funding ratio during the transition phase to ensure that there are no unintended consequences; this also provides further opportunity to assess the impact on the wider economy. If necessary, revisions will then be made to the standards before they are introduced in 2015 and 2018 respectively.

Asked by Lord Myners

Lord Sassoon: On 9 February, the Government welcomed the commitment by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, RBS and Santander on lending expectations and capacity. The Chancellor announced to the House that:

the banks will lend £190 billion of new credit to businesses in 2011, up from £179 billion in 2010. If demand exceeds this, the banks will lend more;£76 billion of this lending will be to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This is a 15 per cent increase on 2010 (£66 billion);as outlined in the Chancellor's Statement to the House, new lending will include overdrafts, asset finance and loan facilities that are made available to businesses during 2011. This includes refinancing of existing facilities;

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the commitments to make available new lending will be a part of the performance metrics of each bank's chief executive and those of the senior managers responsible for business lending; andperformance against these commitments will be collected and published on a quarterly basis by the Bank of England.

Barnett Formula

Question

Asked by Lord Laird

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The figures used to calculate the population proportions which form part of the Barnett formula are derived from the mid-year estimates of population published by the Office for National Statistics. The latest population proportions are shown in paragraph 4.7 of the Treasury publication Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy(SFP). These population proportions were taken from the 2009 mid-year estimates of population which are:

England

51,809,700

Scotland

5,194,000

Wales

2,999,300

Northern Ireland

1,788,900

The population proportions are updated on a regular basis and the data used in spending reviews are published in the SFP.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Questions

Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): My department's allocation to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in each of the past three years is set out in the following table:

FY2008-092009-102010-11

£ 000

427,000

452,563

471,057



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The BBSRC utilises its funding in accordance with its delivery plan (see www.bbsrc.ac.uk/publications/planning/bbsrc-delivery-plan.aspx). BBSRC operates within this strategic framework but takes its own decisions on research priorities and projects in accordance with the Haldane principle.

Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool

Baroness Wilcox: The chairman of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS, who took up his appointment on 1 July 2009. A full account of his qualifications and career details to date are published on the BBSRC website at www.bbsrc.ac.uk/ under the section: Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS-Chair [Chair's biography-www.bbsrc.ac.uk/organisation/structures /council/chair.aspx].

Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool

Baroness Wilcox: The position of chairman of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council was advertised in the Sunday Times on 2 November 2008 and the successful candidate took up the post from 1 July 2009. The process was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Code of the Commissioner of Public Appointments and after consideration of a report of the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee, which held a pre-appointment hearing on 13 May 2009. Under the terms of the council's royal charter, the selection was made by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Ten applications were received with three candidates invited to interview. Candidates were appraised against the criteria in the role and person specification published at the time to assess their suitability for the role. Candidates' views on adoption, reproductive rights and reproductive health, embryo experimentation and stem cell research were not sought as part of the selection process.



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Bribery Act 2010

Question

Asked by Lord Moonie

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): Section 16 of the Bribery Act 2010 applies the Act to individuals in the public service of the Crown, which means that members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces and staff at the Ministry of Defence and other government departments will be liable to prosecution if their conduct in the discharge of their duties constitutes an offence under the Act.

Section 7 of the Act creates an offence of failing to prevent bribery. This offence can only be committed by a relevant commercial organisation. The Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development do not fall within the definition of "relevant commercial organisation" set out in Section 7.

Climate Change

Question

Asked by Lord Pearson of Rannoch

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The terms of reference of the Stern review are available online at: webarchive.nationalarchives. gov.uk/20100407010852/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/sternreview_backgroundtoreview.htm.

The cost to the Government of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change was £1,272,000 including staff costs, accommodation, travel, research and the publication of the final report. This figure does not include the costs of any analysis and research carried out by other government departments to support the review, nor does it include the cost of any follow-up work, as these figures are not centrally held.

Criminal Justice: Compensation

Questions

Asked by Lord Laird



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The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord McNally): The remit and funding agreement for the Miscarriages of Justice Support Service does not cover the provision of assistance to those found not guilty at trial or at first appeal. The only exception is where a retrial is ordered following the quashing of a conviction by the Court of Appeal. In the lifetime of the project, the Miscarriages of Justice Support Service has supported nine cases that have had a re-trial following the quashing of a conviction.

The Miscarriages of Justice Support Service assists those whose convictions were quashed on first appeal only if this was following leave granted (by the Court of Appeal) to conduct an out-of-time appeal.

Asked by Lord Laird

Lord McNally: Further to my reply dated 27 January 2011 (Official Report, col. WA 186), practice directions in the Criminal Courts are a matter for the Lord Chief Justice. The Lord Chancellor cannot issue practice directions.

Education

Question

Asked by Lord Greaves

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools (Lord Hill of Oareford): All schools that have formally applied for academy status can be seen in the published list on our website: www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/academies/a0069811/schools-submitting-applications-and-academies-which-have-opened-in-201011. Those which are listed as having an academy order have had their proposal to become an academy approved in principle.

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The list also shows the local authority area in which each school is situated and the phase of the school. The total number of pupils in the schools with an academy order issued, including schools in federations, is 330,134, according to the Census of January 2010.

Centrally held information about government capital funding for individual maintained schools covers only the capital devolved to them (devolved formula capital) and capital spent within building schools for the future schemes. There is significant funding managed at local level for which school-level data are not held centrally. Up to the end of March 2011, that locally managed funding will continue to apply to schools approved for conversion. Capital funding for 2011-12 capital allocations to local authorities for their schools were announced on 13 December 2010, with an assurance that academies would be given equivalent allocations for devolved and maintenance funding. Specifically, devolved formula capital will go to them on exactly the same basis as to maintained schools. No decisions have been taken about any capital programmes from April 2012.

Embryology

Questions

Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe): The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) did not advise the department whether or not information was communicated to authority members prior to 16 March 2005 in which the autoimmune nature of type 1 diabetes was highlighted or queried in relation to licensing the use of cells from diabetics for human embryo cloning. The HFEA is an independent statutory body and the manner in which it discharges its statutory duties is a matter for the authority itself to determine.

The matters raised in this question were considered by a HFEA licence committee at a meeting held almost six years ago. The HFEA has advised that a record of this meeting is set out in the relevant minutes. The HFEA has also advised that it cannot comment on what information may have come to the attention of the members in any period of time prior to the date of the meeting, beyond the information referred to or contained in records held by the authority.



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The HFEA has further advised that it has not suggested that the provision of information would affect the statutory delegation of the authority's functions.

Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool

Earl Howe: Prior to the coming into force of the relevant provisions introduced by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (2008 Act), the procedure for reconsidering Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) licence committee decisions was set out in Section 20 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (1990 Act) and in The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (Licence Committees and Appeals) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991/1889).

The HFEA has advised that in the last five years one appeal was made under Section 20(1) of the 1990 Act, as in force prior to amendments made by the 2008 Act, by the person responsible for centres 0157 and 0206. The HFEA has also advised that in the course of parallel legal proceedings it set aside the appealed decision and the appeal consequently fell away without being determined by the authority.

The HFEA has further advised that there have been a small number of other occasions on which individuals have given notice of their intention to appeal a licence committee decision but, in each of these cases, the appellant subsequently decided not to pursue the appeal and no hearing took place.

Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool

Earl Howe: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that the responses to the consultation Donating eggs for research: safeguarding donors were taken into account in formulating its policy and guidance on the matters discussed in the document. The HFEA's deliberations are recorded in minutes of the relevant meetings, which are published on its website at: www.hfea.gov.uk.

The HFEA has advised that the process and timing of its current review of sperm and egg donation have been discussed in successive authority meetings, minutes of which are available on its website. Decisions with regard to the policy and guidance relating to sperm and egg donation are expected to be taken by the authority at an open meeting in July. Papers and minutes relating to this meeting will be published on the HFEA website. The HFEA has also advised that, following well-established practice, all responses will be summarised and reported to the authority for consideration. Policy decisions rest with the authority as a whole rather than with individual members.

The HFEA has advised that it does not recognise a basis for the comments on its consultation in the BioNews article, which reflect the opinions of the authors. However, the HFEA has also advised that the way it has gone about framing the consultation has been thorough and transparent. The HFEA considers there is no basis to the claim that decisions have already been made and is confident that the consultation materials provide those wishing to respond with an even-handed and informative overview of the issues on which their views are sought.

The HFEA is an independent statutory body, and the manner in which it discharges its statutory duties and any consultations it undertakes to assist it in conducting its statutory functions are matters for the authority itself to determine.

Energy: Fuel Poverty

Question

Asked by Lord Laird



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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Marland): The definition of fuel poverty set out in the Fuel Poverty Strategy was the most widely accepted definition of a fuel-poor household. The definition was consulted upon prior to the strategy being published and was broadly the same as the definition that already existed in academia.

The modelled fuel bill is the sum of annual modelled bills for space heating, water heating, lights and appliance usage and cooking costs for each household. The requirement for each of these is modelled based on the dwelling, the efficiency and structure of the dwelling, the people who live there, their personal circumstances and requirements and the fuels used. Information on householders and dwellings used to calculate these modelled bills comes from the English Housing Survey. The fuel poverty methodology handbook can be found at www.decc.gov.uk/Media/viewfile.ashx?FilePath= Statistics/fueipoverty/614-fuel-poverty¬methodology -handbook.pdfandfiIetype=4andminwidth=true.

Consistent with other statistics, Winter Fuel Payments are classified as an addition to recipients' incomes. They make an important contribution to tackling fuel poverty and were responsible for taking around 100,000 households out of fuel poverty in England in 2008 (and up to 200,000 in the UK as a whole).

Whilst it remains appropriate to consider Winter Fuel Payments in this way for statistical purposes, to gain a full picture of the impact of Winter Fuel Payments on the situation of fuel-poor households it is also useful to consider what effect they would have if used to meet energy bills directly. Taking this approach, around 850,000 fewer households in England (and around 1.25 million fewer households in the UK as a whole) are shown to need to spend more than 10 per cent of their income in order to meet the remaining costs of heating their home adequately.

Energy: Fuel VAT

Question

Asked by Lord Laird

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): Fuel duty receipts are published in table 3 of the UK Trade Info Hydrocarbon Oils Bulletin: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=bulloilandhas FlashPlayer=true.

Fuel duty receipts for the past three years are summarised in the following table:



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Fuel Duty Receipts from Road Fuels (£ billion)

2007-08

24.4

2008-09

24.0

2009-10

25.6

Broad estimates of the revenue raised from VAT on fuel can be made using consumer expenditure data for fuels from the Office for National Statistics' Consumer Trends publication (series code CDDY in Table 07.CN): www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/consumer-trends-q3-2010.pdf.

Future VAT revenue impacts from policy changes are estimated at an aggregate level and are not available for individual goods and services.

Paragraphs 8-10 of the Office for Budgetary Responsibility's Assessment of the Effect of Oil Price Fluctuations on the Public Finances report outline the impact that fuel price shocks have on fuel duty and VAT revenues: budgetresponsibility.independent.gov. uk/d/assessment_oilprice_publicfinances.pdf.

Energy: Generation Capacity

Question

Asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Marland): National Grid's winter outlook 2010-11 indicates that based on data submitted by generators, the notified operational generation capability was 77.7 gigawatts (GW) at the start of winter. The forecast average cold spell (ACS) peak demand for this winter was 57.7 GW. This provides a margin over peak demand of 20.7GW or 35 per cent (a historically high margin). There is 2.5GW of installed wind generation capacity connected directly to the transmission network (about 3 per cent of the total), though National Grid assumes that, on average, this capacity will be available only 10 per cent of the time.

Energy: Green Growth

Questions

Asked by Baroness Kramer

Lord De Mauley: This Government will spend £4.9 billion on environment and green growth measures in 2010-11. The spending review protects environmental spending and, in recognition of its importance to ensuring sustainable growth in the long term, this will

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increase to £6.5 billion by 2014-15-an increase of 21 per cent in real terms over the next spending review period.

The Government do not hold specific information on private sector investment in green projects. However, alongside the spending review, the Government published their National Infrastructure Plan, which said that over the next five years some £200 billion will be invested in UK economic infrastructure. The majority of investment will be in energy and transport, and will come from the private sector.

Asked by Baroness Kramer

Lord De Mauley: The Government recognise the importance of providing certainty for investors in green industries in designing incentive frameworks. At the same time, the Government also need to be able to assure the affordability of support and that taxpayers' or energy consumers' money is being used cost-effectively. The Government are committed to balancing these objectives to deliver effective and sustainable funding frameworks for green industries. We also remain committed to our policy of maintaining support levels for existing investments benefiting from renewable financial incentives and not making retrospective changes.

Asked by Baroness Kramer

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Marland): Demonstration programmes, such as the Government's commitment to continuing public sector investment in CCS technology for four fossil fuel power stations, are necessary to bring forward the commercial deployment of technologies that are needed to reduce the UK's carbon emissions. These programmes also provide UK industry with a first mover's advantage in what are set to become global markets. The value to the UK from global markets for new advanced coal and gas-fired generation plant, including that fitted or retrofitted with CCS, could be worth up to £6.5 billion a year by 2030.

These programmes are an essential part of the Government's focus on green growth but we also recognise the need to accelerate and scale up private investment in green infrastructure that is already commercially proven. We are creating a Green Investment Bank that will provide funding for investments in infrastructure projects in areas where private sector investment is currently constrained. These projects will facilitate the entrance of new types of investor into the UK's green infrastructure and provide new opportunities for jobs and economic growth throughout the UK.



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EU: Common Fisheries Policy

Question

Asked by Lord Eden of Winton

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Henley): We are building support for radical reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) through discussions with the EU Fisheries Commissioner and other member state Ministers, along with representatives of the fishing industry-both large-scale and under-10-metre fleets-MEPs, retailers and non-governmental organisations. Our focus is to simplify and decentralise fisheries management, enabling those closest to fisheries to plan for the long term integrating fisheries management and marine conservation and giving fishermen greater incentive to fish sustainably, including the means to end discards.

The UK Government, however, are not simply waiting until reform of the CFP to take action on discards. We have already undertaken a number of initiatives that have delivered excellent results. Project 50%, a collaborative project between fishermen and the Government, saw discards in the South West sole fishery reduced by over 50 per cent. We are also pioneering an alternative "catch quota" management system that is based on managing and monitoring what is caught, not just what is landed. Cod discards by vessels participating in the 2010 trial were reduced significantly, and we are expanding the trial in 2011 to include more vessels and species.

Furthermore, we are taking action through the Fishing for the Market project by seeking to encourage consumption of alternative and sustainable underutilised species that are presently discarded. The aim of which is to provide new opportunities for fishermen, as well as reduce discards.

EU: Emissions

Question

Asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Marland): The EU has demonstrated over the past 20 years that it is possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions whilst simultaneously growing our economies. Whilst the macro and micro economic impacts of tighter emissions targets are difficult to model, it is clear that they will stimulate investment and job creation in growing low carbon

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sectors. There are also a range of other benefits of moving to a 30 per cent target, such as reduced EU dependence on imported oil and gas and protecting economies against spikes in the oil price.

We do recognise that decarbonising the most energy intensive sectors will be challenging although the impacts will be limited to a small number of sectors for which appropriate measures will be employed. We should not exaggerate the risk. The Commission's May 2010 analysis of the impact of a move to a 30 per cent GHG target indicates that some of the most energy-intensive sectors (for example ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and some chemicals) would experience an additional production loss of only 0.1 per cent and 1 per cent compared with a 20 per cent EU target, even if other countries remained at the low end of their Copenhagen Accord pledges.

EU: Galileo Satellite System

Question

Asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon

Earl Attlee: The Government are very disappointed that the European Commission has stated in its mid-term review of the European satellite navigation programme that it will be unable to complete the deployment phase of the Galileo system by the agreed target date of 2013 and within the agreed €3.4 billion budget covering that phase. It is extremely important, particularly in the current fiscal situation, that large projects are efficiently managed within the budgets agreed. The Government have put this case to the Commission and will continue to do so in the future.

The navigation programme is managed by the European Commission and funded from the EU budget. The member states do not contribute funds to the programme directly. Most decisions on the programme are taken by qualified majority voting.

The Government continue to believe that Galileo has the potential to bring benefits to the UK, with regard to:

the involvement of UK firms in constructing the system; andthe services that will be available to end users once the system is operational.

However, the Government are urging the Commission to consider options for reducing the scope of the project so that it can be completed within the constraints of the budget that has been allocated to it.

A system of reduced scope, operating fewer satellites but working in conjunction with the American GPS, would still provide many benefits to a wide range of users, particularly in terms of signal availability and resilience.



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The Commission has not made a formal request for additional funding in its mid-term review.

EU: Insurance

Question

Asked by Lord Myners

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The European Court of Justice is currently considering a case brought before it, challenging the right of insurers to use gender as a risk factor in pricing policies. In advance of the judgment, we are working with the industry and the Financial Services Authority to ensure that the industry is aware of the ongoing situation and has planned appropriately.

European Gendarmerie Force

Question

Asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Neville-Jones): The Government see no circumstances in which the European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) might be deployed in the UK or in the British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.

The EGF is a multinational initiative of six countries (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Romania) aimed at improving crisis management capability in sensitive areas and supporting peacekeeping missions around the world. The UK is not part of this initiative.

Falkland Islands: Minefields

Questions

Asked by Lord Chidgey

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Astor of Hever): Some 83 minefields and suspected hazardous areas remain in the Falkland Islands. Over 15,600 (12,300 anti-personnel and 3,300 anti-vehicle) Argentinian-laid mines are estimated to remain.



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Over 18,000 (14,000 anti-personnel and 4,000 anti-vehicle) mines are estimated to have been laid by the Argentinian armed forces in some 113 minefields and four other suspected areas during the conflict. Over 1,000 Argentinian anti-personnel, 80 anti-vehicle mines and 1,000 booby traps were cleared in 30 minefields in the immediate aftermath.

All UK-emplaced mines in five anti-personnel minefields around the then RAF Stanley were lifted immediately after the cessation of hostilities. One Elsie C3 anti-personnel mine is unaccounted for.

The 2009-10 pilot project cleared a further four minefields of 1,246 (678 anti-personnel and 568 anti-vehicle) mines.

Asked by Lord Chidgey

Lord Astor of Hever: There were 10 mine or unexploded ordnance casualties in 1982 after the cessation of hostilities. Of these, one was killed clearing a booby-trapped missile. Of the remainder, three were listed with serious leg or hand injuries and six casualties were not listed.

There were two incidents resulting in soldiers being listed for serious leg injuries in 1983.

One civilian de-miner received a superficial facial injury during the 2009-10 pilot project.

No further civilian or other casualties have resulted from accidental mine explosions since 1983.

Finance: Investors

Question

Asked by Lord Myners

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Wilcox): I refer the noble Lord to my Answer of 19 January 2011 (Official Report, col. WA35).

Finance: Retail Distribution Review

Questions

Asked by Lord Dykes



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The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is the responsibility of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), an independent body. The FSA's rules on adviser charging as part of the RDR will apply to all firms that give investment advice to retail clients, regardless of their business models.

Treasury Ministers and officials have discussions with the FSA on a wide number of issues, including the RDR. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such discussion.

Flooding: Insurance

Question

Asked by Lord Myners

The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Sassoon): The Government are in discussions with insurers and other key stakeholders about premia and wider matters relating to flood insurance.

Fluoridation

Questions

Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley



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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Earl Howe): We will be reviewing policy in the light of the recent High Court judgment, which upheld the decision of the South Central Strategic Health Authority to fluoridate Southampton and parts of south-west Hampshire. In our review we will also consider any relevant research published since the letter that the Chief Dental Officer published in February 2008 and the comments that the noble Earl has made on the letter.

Asked by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Earl Howe: This a complex area of research on which all well informed contributions are welcome, but we accept the conclusion reached by Dr Maguire and colleagues that "there was no statistically significant difference between artificially fluoridated and naturally fluoridated water".

Forestry

Question

Asked by Lord Greaves

Lord De Mauley: The review of the criteria for the Forestry Commission's 2011-12 asset sales programme has no impact on the land that the Forestry Commission has already placed on the market. The Forestry Commission is in the process of concluding the 2010-11 sales.

Forestry Commission

Questions

Asked by Lord Greaves

Lord De Mauley: The areas of land sold by the Forestry Commission since 1 January 2005 are given in the tables below.



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Disposals Since 1 January 2005Hectares

18.03.2005

College Heath Rd, Mildenhall

Suffolk County

6

01.04.2005

Ashbury Plantation, Okehampton

Devon County

14

05.05.2005

Dane Wood,St Leonards

East Sussex County

7

16.05.2005

Back Wood, Nettleton

Lincolnshire County

11

31.05.2005

A30 Improvement at Whimple

Devon County

9

13.03.2006

Nipstone Plantation, Shropshire

Shropshire County

33

21.04.2006

Evistones and The Roooken

Northumberland County

63

29.09.2006

Sparrwood Hanger and Outlier

West Sussex County

12

16.11.2006

Wistlandpound Reservoir

Devon County

3

16.11.2006

Spye Park Estate

Wiltshire County

77

21.12.2006

Moreton Woods, Nine Acre Plant.

Devon County

10

15.01.2007

Nichols Reeds Wood, Upottery

Devon County

13

16.01.2007

Black Bank, Bishop Auckland

Durham County

16

30.01.2007

A43 Bypass, Hazelborough Wood

Northamptonshire County

4

01.02.2007

Threestoneburn Wood

Northumberland County

712

09.03.2007

Hens Wood, Savernake

Wiltshire County

136

02.04.2007

Cleaves Wood and Horns Copse

Devon County

13

02.04.2007

Warthill Plantation, Hopesay

Shropshire County

30

02.04.2007

Heron Lye Gill and Old Barn, Yearsley

North Yorkshire County

47

02.04.2007

Wort and Gratton Wood

Devon County

40

05.04.2007

Cumberland Wood, Kenn

Devon County

5

10.04.2007

Woolley Wood, Youlstone, Bude

Devon County. Cornwall

29

10.04.2007

Higher Merryfield, Holsworthy

Devon County

8

10.04.2007

Rydon Moor, Holsworthy

Devon County

13

10.04.2007

Forda Farm, Bradworthy, Holsworthy

Devon County

30

10.04.2007

Runnaland Plantation, Crediton

Devon County

16

11.04.2007

Black Bank Plantation, Bishop Auckland

Durham County

150

16.04.2007

Packington Estate, Meriden

Warwickshire County. Solihull

113

27.04.2007

Old Larkworthy Plantation, Ashwater

Devon County

20

04.05.2007

Nine Acres Plantation, Upottery

Devon County

9

16.07.2007

Hollinwell Golf Course, Kirkby Forest

Nottinghamshire County

24

20.07.2007

Ogbeare Hall Woods

Cornwall County

21

01.08.2007

A617 Rainworth Bypass

Nottinghamshire County

13

02.08.2007

Blackaburn Farm, Hexham

Northumberland County

16

29.08.2007

Sandgates, Grovely, Wilton

Wiltshire County

8

06.09.2007

Flintland Batch, Bridport, Dorset

Dorset County

6

06.09.2007

Sherratt's Rough and Church-Hill Wood

Cheshire County

15

01.11.2007

Roughclose Wood, Bridport, Dorset

Dorset County

5

30.11.2007

East Hope Farm, The Stang

Durham County

32

07.12.2007

Avon Common, Hurn

Dorset County

85

14.12.2007

Hopton Castle, Clunbury

Shropshire County

8

25.01.2008

Holmsley Lodge and Shrike Cottage

Hampshire County

5

29.02.2008

Linn and Hope Woods, Brinkburn

Northumberland County

46

14.03.2008

Bishops(Brown) Down Wood, Chard

Devon County. Somerset

61

18.03.2008

Grindleton Fell, Gisburn Forest

Lancashire County

147

28.03.2008

Bere Heath Gallows Hill

Dorset County

30

31.03.2008

Cauldwell Rd, Thieves Wood

Nottinghamshire County

3

18.09.2008

Stone Pits and The Plantation

Dorset County

14

12.01.2009

Cuckoo Pen and The Linches, Lilford

Northamptonshire County

51

30.01.2009

Braydon Oak, Savernake

Wiltshire County

5

30.01.2009

Colebrook Wood, Kingford

Devon County

7

02.02.2009

Peat Pits, Wigwell Est, Alderwasley

Derbyshire County

29

19.02.2009

Lynch and Heathery Grange Wood

Northumberland County

20

20.03.2009

Woodhall Park Est, Bramfield

Hertfordshire County

194

20.03.2009

Balls and Hobbyhorse Wood

Hertfordshire County

59

24.03.2009

Ten Acre Wood

East Sussex County

4

25.03.2009

Woodman's Wood

Hertfordshire County

22

01.04.2009

The Plantation, France Oaks and Keepers Cottage

Dorset County

11

06.04.2009

Gratleigh Wood, High Bickington

Devon County

20

06.04.2009

Birsley Wood, Edlingham, Alnwick

Northumberland County

36

09.04.2009

The Globe, Presteigne

County of Herefordshire

31

16.04.2009

Knitsley Plantation, Durham

Durham County

30

21.04.2009

Flatropers Wood, Beckley, Rye

East Sussex County

3

22.04.2009

Wraby Moors, North Lindsey, Brigg

North Lincolnshire

70

08.05.2009

Kemphill Moor Copse, Havenstreet

Isle of Wight

19

02.06.2009

Stockings Spring, Latimer Estate

Buckinghamshire County

6

02.06.2009

Throat Wood, Brinkburn, Morpeth

Northumberland County

6

01.07.2009

Badland Shaw, Robertsbridge

East Sussex County

4

01.07.2009

Westland Spring, Latimer Estate

Buckinghamshire County

6

06.07.2009

Washer's and Daintry Woods, Tingrith

Bedfordshire County

42

15.07.2009

Pennygrove Wood, Swaile's Green

East Sussex County

5

26.07.2009

Harmergreen Wood, Welwyn

Hertfordshire County

25

31.07.2009

Lamb's Spring, Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire County

12

21.09.2009

Yellowham Wood

Dorset County

4

05.10.2009

Stanton Park, Chippenham

Wiltshire County

59

13.10.2009

Sam Wood, Raskelf, York

North Yorkshire County

4

05.11.2009

Woodhouse Copse, East Cowes

Isle of Wight

18

01.12.2009

Parke Copse, Wicken Rd

Northamptonshire County

18

02.12.2009

The Knoll, Leominster

County of Herefordshire

24

14.12.2009

White Wood, Clipsham

Rutland

3

14.12.2009

Watercroft Wood, High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire County

6

17.12.2009

Sixteen Acre Wood, Ross-on-Wye

County of Herefordshire

6

17.12.2009

Clumber Lane End, Worksop

Nottinghamshire County

11

17.12.2009

Maidford Wood, Towcester

Northamptonshire County

14

17.12.2009

Netherwood, Aconbury

County of Herefordshire

54

18.12.2009

Seawell Wood, Maidford

Northamptonshire County

25

18.12.2009

Coughton Park and Butlers Coppice

Warwickshire County

76

22.12.2009

Counslow Plantation, Alton

Staffordshire County

17

04.01.2010

Oak Wood, Beckley,Rye

East Sussex County

5

22.01.2010

Cheriton Wood, Bramdean

Hampshire County

93

02.02.2010

Hall Wood, Pelynt, Looe

Cornwall County

31

05.02.2010

Ketford Wood, Dymock

Gloucestershire County

47

08.02.2010

Tin Mill, Wortley, Barnsley

Barnsley district

9

15.02.2010

The Larches, Clipsham, Rutland

Rutland

8

23.02.2010

Abbotts Wood Hill, Farnham

Surrey County

5

01.03.2010

Redmarley Wood, Ketford, Dymock

Gloucestershire County

43

04.03.2010

Old Park Wood, Barnsley

Barnsley district

5

04.03.2010

Chipstable Wood, Old Way, Taunton

Somerset County

6

05.03.2010

Pound Wood, High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire County

6

12.03.2010

Funnells Wood, Uckfield

East Sussex County

76

19.03.2010

Pasture Wood, Abinger

Surrey County

36

22.03.2010

Ash Grove (South) Wood, Amersham

Buckinghamshire County

9

24.03.2010

West Wood, Mordiford, Herefordshire

County of Herefordshire

34

25.03.2010

Stoke Wood and Pt. Rotting Wood, Whettleton

Shropshire County

73

26.03.2010

Sheeps Walk Plantation, Marsham, Norfolk

Norfolk County

18

01.04.2010

Heydon Hill, Chipstable

Somerset County

4

01.04.2010

Straightway Head Big Wood, Exeter

Devon County

10

01.04.2010

The Lings, Little Snoring

Norfolk County

29

01.04.2010

Gedgrave Broom, Sudbourne

Suffolk County

80

28.04.2010

Breaches Wood, Amersham

Buckinghamshire County

5

06.05.2010

Middle Hill, Chipstable

Somerset County

36

10.06.2010

Black Down, Dorchester

Dorset County

114

25.06.2010

Hugset Wood, Barnsley

Barnsley district

33

20.08.2010

High Wood, Uckfield

East Sussex County

20

08.09.2010

The Stang

Durham County

71

30.09.2010

Whitfield Wood, Brackley

Buckinghamshire County

38

07.10.2010

Pontesford Hill

Shropshire County

33

12.10.2010

Buslingthorpe Wood

Lincolnshire County

22

15.10.2010

Rigg Wood, Coniston

Cumbria County

16

26.10.2010

Darcliff Wood, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County

21

29.10.2010

Swanton Novers Wood

Norfolk County

172

11.11.2010

Priesthay Wood, Brackley

Northamptonshire County

6

30.11.2010

Cutts Long Belt, Rufford

Nottinghamshire County

13

01.12.2010

Bonny Cliff Plantation, Faceby

North Yorkshire County

62

01.12.2010

High Loft Wood, Cartmel Fell

Cumbria County

23

03.12.2010

Croftmoor Plantation, Halwill

Devon County

12

07.12.2010

Annesley Friezeland

Nottinghamshire County

20

07.12.2010

Annesley Little Oak Plantation

Nottinghamshire County

9

08.12.2010

Towthorpe Wood Sand Hutton

York

3

08.12.2010

Canny Hill

Cumbria County

27

15.12.2010

Wolsingham, Stanley Beck

Durham County

31

17.12.2010

Ostlers Kirkby Moor and White Hall Wood

Lincolnshire County

71

22.12.2010

Wicken

Northamptonshire County

79

07.01.2011

Stockheath (Great Heath)

Norfolk County

41

24.01.2011

Stang-Lot 1 West and Lot 2 East

Durham County

645

19.01.2011

Broomrigg

Cumbria County

120

26.01.2011

Parkwood Lot 2 Halls Beck, Bassenthwaite

Cumbria County

11

11.01.2011

Scafies Wood

Durham County

13

03.02.2011

Cropple How

Cumbria County

40

01.02.2011

Alice Holt (Cobdens Copse)

Hampshire County

9.00

11.01.2011

Parkwood Lot 1 Park wood, Bassenthwaite

Cumbria County

42

10.01.2011

Sand Hutton Lot 4 Grange Wood

North Yorkshire County

16

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