To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Nottingham, North regarding access to the know-how fund for local education authorities.
I replied to the hon. Gentleman's letter of 17 January on 31 January.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the joint assistance unit expects to meet the British Council to discuss the Brackenhurst college submission for support from the know-how fund.
I am writing to the hon. Member about this case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in full the current disbursements under the Polish know-how fund.
The list of activities and their estimated expenditure which are being supported in 1990–91 from the Poland know-how fund is as follows:
| Know-How Fund, Poland: Projects being funded 1990/91 | |
| Aid Vote Projects | Anticipated Expenditure |
| £'000 | |
| Banking and Finance | |
| Foreign Investment Agency | 357·0 |
| Privatisation Consultancies | 1,690·0 |
| Privatisation Foundation | 112·0 |
| Gdansk Research Centre | 32·0 |
| Gdansk Economic Foundation | 4·0 |
| Export Development Bank | 200·0 |
| Advanced Corporate Finance | 15·0 |
| Diagnostic Studies for Banks | 200·0 |
| Conference on Demonopolisation | 11·3 |
| Financial Seminars | 4·0 |
| New Banks - Unity Trust plc | 30·0 |
| National Banks of Poland - Lawyers | 2·0 |
| Insurance Regulators | 6·0 |
| Insurance Seminar | 10·0 |
| Insurance Consultancy | 300·0 |
| Assets and Liabilities | 30·0 |
| Stock Exchange Training | 70·0 |
| Total | 3073·3 |
| Management and Accountancy | |
| Accountancy Project Identification Mission (PIM) | 14·3 |
| Accountancy Training Project | 109·0 |
| Assistance with Auditing | 250·0 |
| Management Project Identification | 42·0 |
| Industrial Attachments | 300·0 |
| Management Educators | 25·0 |
| Regional Management Centres | 170·0 |
| Shipping Management | 20·0 |
| Total | 930·3 |
| Macroeconomic advice | |
| Computer Education | 8·0 |
| Ministry of Planning—Initial | 27·0 |
| Ministry of Planning—Follow-up | 70·0 |
| Industrial Competitiveness Research | 27·0 |
| Advice to Ministry of Finance | 202·0 |
| Total | 334·0 |
| Natural resources | |
| Section Project Identification Mission (PIM) | 5·0 |
| PIM Follow-up | 15·0 |
| Agros Vegetable Study | 55·0 |
| Krakow Vets Training | 42·0 |
| Seeds Sector Training | 55·0 |
| Total | 172·0 |
| Industry | |
| Vehicle Productivity Study—Phase I | 44·3 |
| Phase II | 123·4 |
| UNIDO Projects | 200·0 |
| National Business Services | 9·0 |
| Company Doctor Training | 431·0 |
| Industrial Restructuring | 122·0 |
| Industrial Competitiveness | 27·0 |
| Total | 956·7 |
| Energy | |
| Electric Utility | 403·0 |
| UNDP/World Bank Studies | |
| Hard Coal | 339·0 |
| Oil and Gas | 339·0 |
| Lignite and Electricity | 409·0 |
| Gas Pricing | 156·0 |
| Coal Industry Training (United Kingdom) | 130·0 |
| Pilot Course (Poland) | 10·5 |
£'000
| |
| Coal Industry Training (Poland) | 45·0 |
| Total | 1,831·5 |
Education and ELT
| |
| Distance Education | 23·6 |
| Access to English | 319·2 |
| English for Management | 300·0 |
| VSO Teachers (English Language Lecturers) | 154·0 |
| Equipment for Education Ministry | 50·0 |
| Academic Links Programme | 185·0 |
| Training Awards Programme | 118·0 |
| Study Tour (Technical Education) | 15·0 |
| Book Sector Study | 29·0 |
| Total | 1,193·8 |
Environment
| |
| Assistance to Ministry of Environment | 20·0 |
| Carlisle/Slupsk-River Pollution Advice | 30·0 |
| Total | 50·0 |
Local Government
| |
| Equipment Supply | 20·0 |
| Department of Environment Mission | 8·0 |
| Training of Trainers | 186·0 |
| Foundation for local Democracy | 7·0 |
| Local Government Seminars | 12·0 |
| Training Needs Analysis | 5·0 |
| Total | 238·0 |
Employment
| |
| Employment: Sector PIM | 5·0 |
| Health and Safety | |
| Employment Services | 125·0 |
| Training | |
| Small Firms | |
| Total | 130·0 |
Planning
| |
| Urban Planning | 30·0 |
| Aid Co-ordination Adviser | 17·5 |
| Ministry of Physical Planning | 26·8 |
| Total | 74·3 |
Telecommunications
| |
| Telecommunications | 40·0 |
| Total | 40·0 |
Railways
| |
| Polish Railways Management | 150·0 |
| Railways Signalling Training | 15·8 |
| Total | 165·8 |
Tourism
| |
| Cracow Tourism Study | 20·5 |
| Total | 20·5 |
Health
| |
| Blood Plasma Study | 49·0 |
| Healthcare | 17·0 |
£'000
| |
| AIDS Education | 47·6 |
| Pharmacy Training | 4·2 |
| Eurohealth Conference—Wroclaw | 11·0 |
| Total | 128·8 |
Police
| |
| Police Training | 30·0 |
| Total | 30·0 |
Joint Ventures
| |
| British Airports Authority | 41·0 |
| Simon Storage Gp Ltd· | 12·5 |
| COMTEC | 3·0 |
| Pilotweld | 21·0 |
| Total | 77·5 |
BESO
| |
| Fact Finding Mission | 3·0 |
| Total | 3·0 |
| AID Vote Total | 8,563·8 |
Political Legal and Other
| |
| British/Polish Legal Seminars | 30·0 |
| British/Polish Round Table | 10·0 |
| Placement of Polish Lawyers | 40·0 |
| British/Polish Commercial Law | 31·5 |
| Book Industry Training—Stage I | 70·0 |
| Book Industry Training—Stage II | 51·0 |
| Journalists—British Council/Thomson Foundation | 120·0 |
| Customs Assistance | 3·0 |
| Western Press | 20·0 |
| Tweedale Press Group | 20·0 |
| Photography—Delta Images | 2·8 |
| Trade Union Trading—Gdansk | 2·7 |
| Financial Journalists | 15·0 |
| OECD Contribution | 125·0 |
| Civics Education | 1·0 |
| Police | 4·5 |
| Ealing Language Courses | 45·0 |
| Restructuring Polish TV | 3·0 |
| World Service/Media | 190·0 |
| Cambridge University Seminar | 1·2 |
| Association of Countryside Rangers | 10·0 |
| Lecture Tour (Legal) | 1·0 |
| Warsaw School of Planning (Books) | 5·0 |
| Broadcasting | 2·0 |
| Jagiellonian Trust Seminars | 16·0 |
| Social Security Advice | 3·0 |
| Training Polish Diplomats | 53·2 |
| Information and Printing Technology Seminars | 8·0 |
| Polish Publishing House | 15·0 |
| Education for Democracy Textbook | 4·0 |
| Publishing Sales and Marketing Consultancy | 5·7 |
| Political Legal and other Total | 908·6 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 9,472·4 |