To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2009, Official Report, columns 377-9W, on bovine tuberculosis, in how many (a) counties and (b) parishes in England bovine tuberculosis had not been confirmed in the preceding four years in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2008. (269321)

Total numbers are as follows:

(a)(i) Counties¹ in England where bovine tuberculosis had not been confirmed 1994-97: 14.

(a)(ii)Counties¹ in England where bovine tuberculosis had not been confirmed 2005-08: six.

(b)(i) Number of parishes in England without a confirmed bovine TB incident 1994-97: 10,199.

(b)(ii) Number of parishes in England without a confirmed bovine TB incident 2005-08: 8,670.

¹ Counties as recorded on the Animal Health Vetnet system.

Source:

Data for these answers have been drawn from the Animal Health Vetnet system, the TB in Cattle System and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency’s TB Culture System.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many laptop computers have been provided to (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005; and at what cost. (268279)

DEFRA outsourced IT provision to IBM in 2004, where the Department pays a service charge for provision and maintenance of desktop systems based on a usage model, i.e. we are charged for the number of laptops used on the estate each month as staff numbers change. DEFRA monitors the consumption of services rather the stock holding of laptops. Service consumption is managed in accordance with a device policy that limits users to a single laptop by default. Exceptions to the single device policy will include kit available for hot desks, training rooms, special needs/power users.

We are unable to provide a breakdown of past usage as this would require a manual trawl of historical data that would incur disproportionate cost. We have provided the usage figures for March 2009 for the core-Department for information:

(a) Ministers: two;

(b) Special advisers: two

(c) Civil servants: 3,301¹

DEFRA cannot provide information on the costs associated with IBM's laptop services, as this would put the Department in breach of its confidentiality undertakings to IBM.

¹ On the assumption that civil servants equates to end users—i.e. both civil servants and contractors working within the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 29 September 2008, Official Report, column 2413W, on departmental personnel, how many staff without posts there are in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; how many of the staff without posts were classified as such upon return from maternity leave; and how many of the staff without posts have been classified as such for at least (i) six and (ii) 12 months. (250040)

The number of people in the Department and our agencies without posts has reduced significantly since our answer of 29 September 2008 from 89 to six. Five of these staff are in core DEFRA and one is in the Animal Health Agency.

With regard to these six that remain without posts:

(a) None of the people were classified as being without posts as a result of returning from maternity leave.

(b) (i) None have been classified as such less than 12 months; (ii) six have been classified as such for at least 12 months.

All of these individuals are actively undertaking job search opportunities, have been offered outplacement support and, where possible, have been undertaking short-term assignments.

We are, in the near future, expecting this total of six without posts to reduce further still. This is due either as a result of the individuals being successful in finding a new role within the civil service or, where this proves not possible, moving towards redundancy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2009, Official Report, columns 826-7W, on economic situation, what expenditure under what budgetary heading (a) his Department incurred in relation to its internal conference for members of the senior Civil Service held in October 2008 and (b) follow up workshops expenditure. (268172)

The cost of the senior civil service conference in October 2008 was £16,064.76. £6,687.11 was spent on venue hire and catering and £9,377.65 was spent on facilitation of the event.

There were no costs incurred for the following workshops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when information on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for household waste receptacle offences in 2007-08 will be published. (270129)

Figures for fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for waste receptacle offences in 2007-08 are not yet available.

We expect to publish figures on FPNs issued for these and other environmental crimes for the years 2007-08 and 2008-09 on the DEFRA website in June 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department’s research project WR0105 “Project REDUCE monitoring and evaluation—developing tools to measure waste prevention” has been completed; and what funding the EU INTERREG programme provided for the project. (269891)

Output from the project (WR0105) “Project REDUCE Monitoring and Evaluation: Developing Tools to Measure Waste Prevention” has been incorporated into the review study referred to in the response to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) on 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1050W, on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, and will be published at the same time, later in 2009.

No funding from the EU Interreg programme was provided for the project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local authorities are participating in the research project, “Understanding waste growth at local authority level” WR0121; and what budget his Department has set for the programme. (269974)

The local authorities providing case study information for “Understanding waste growth at local authority level” (WR0121) are:

Ribble Valley Borough Council,

East Riding of Yorkshire Council,

Hambleton District Council,

Broadland District Council,

Hart District Council,

London Borough of Islington,

South Norfolk District Council,

Hyndburn Borough Council,

Mole Valley District Council,

Milton Keynes Council,

Basildon District Council,

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council,

Wakefield Council,

Sandwell MBC,

London Borough of Sutton,

Birmingham City Council,

Tonbridge and Mailing Borough Council,

Somerset County Council,

Stirling Council,

Cardiff City Council,

Powys County Council,

Derby City Council,

Rother District Council,

Rhondda Cynon Taf,

Flintshire County Council,

Belfast City Council,

Down District Council; and

West Dunbartonshire Council.

The budget for this project is £90,585 in total (£85,585 from DEFRA and £5,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government).

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance his Department has issued to the fishing fleet on the status of (a) Western Sahara and (b) waters off Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement. (268190)

DEFRA has not issued any information to the UK fishing fleet operating in Morocco about the status of Western Sahara or waters off Western Sahara. UK vessels that fish in these waters do so under the provisions of the EU/Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement, and are advised to ensure compliance at all times.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the (a) quantity and (b) monetary value of soft fruit produced in England in each of the last 10 years. (270644)

Data are available for England and Wales combined rather than just for England, but since the majority of the soft fruit is grown in England these figures will largely reflect soft fruit grown in England. The estimates for quantity and value are presented in the following table. Figures for 2008 are provisional. Quantity information is in thousand tonnes and the value of production is in £ million.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department’s policy on the incineration of household waste in municipal incinerators is. (269887)

The Government believe that household waste should, where possible, be minimised and then reused, recycled or composted. Waste remaining after these processes is termed residual waste; the Government are committed to maximising energy recovered from residual waste.

Recovering energy from residual waste avoids the methane emissions arising from sending it to landfill. It also generates energy, which can offset power sourced from fossil fuel.

DEFRA has not generally expressed a preference for one technology over another, with the exception of anaerobic digestion, for treating food waste. Any given technology is more beneficial if both heat and electricity can be recovered. The technology choice needs to reflect local circumstances, which will vary, but we expect greenhouse gas emissions to be a key consideration for those developing waste to energy plants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the final guidance to airport operators on preparing noise action plans in accordance with the European environmental noise directive to be published. (270363)

[holding answer 23 April 2009]: DEFRA consulted on Guidance for Airport Operators on noise action plans in September 2008. The consultation period finished at the end of November and the responses received were evaluated. After making some amendments the final version of the guidance was published in March and copies have been placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which parish councils have been awarded quality parish status to date. (269889)

Currently there are 681 Quality Parish Councils. A regularly updated list of all Quality Parish Councils can be found on:

www.nalc.gov.uk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what expressions of interest his Department has received from local authorities to host nuclear waste disposal sites further to the consultation on managing radioactive waste safety. (270471)

I have been asked to reply.

Geological disposal involves placing higher activity radioactive waste in an engineered underground containment facility designed so that natural barriers and man-made barriers work together to minimise the escape of radioactivity over the long timescales required to allow the radioactivity to decay.

Coupled with the “Managing Radioactive Waste Safely” White Paper published on 12 June 2008, was an invite to communities to ‘express an interest’ in entering without commitment discussions on the possibility of hosting a geological disposal facility at some point in the future.

Since then expressions of interest have been made by Copeland borough council (July 2008), Cumbria county council (December 2008) and Allerdale borough council (February 2009).

The option to express an interest will be left open for the foreseeable future and we hope that this is the beginning of a number of approaches to Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the research report “Potential impacts of national road user charging in rural areas: a scoping study”, commissioned by his Department. (269890)

The report, “Potential Impacts of National Road user Charging in Rural Areas: a Scoping Study to Identify Required Research” was commissioned by DEFRA's Rural Evidence Research Centre and was published in September 2006, copies will be placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what advice his Department provides to local authorities on taking account of the views of local residents in the provision of bus services. (271212)

Local authorities plan their policies on the provision of bus services in the context of their local transport plans. Guidance from the Department for Transport advises widespread consultation on these plans. In addition, S108 of the Transport Act 2000, as amended by S9 of the Local Transport Act 2008, places certain statutory requirements on local transport authorities, including the obligation to consult organisations appearing to the authority to be representative of the interests of users of transport services and facilities in their area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individuals have taken the driving theory test in each year since its introduction; in how many cases a voiceover has been used for those whose first language is not English; and how many requests have been submitted for the driving theory test to be taken in a foreign language. (270418)

The number of individuals taking the theory test for all categories since 2004-05 was:

The following number of theory tests have had voice-overs in either English or non-English languages. English voiceovers have been included because some candidates may understand spoken English, but not written English.

Candidates can independently obtain the services of a Driving Standards Agency (DSA)-approved translator. The following theory tests were conducted using either a non-English voiceover, or a DSA-approved translator.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average waiting time was for a driving test in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in the latest period for which figures are available. (270923)

The average waiting times at practical driving test centres in (a) the London borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London on 20 April (the latest period for which figures are available) were as follows:

The waiting times by test centres are updated and published on the Driving Standards Agency’s website every Monday at:

www.dsa.gov.uk

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average waiting time was between applying for and taking a driving test in Greater Manchester on the latest date for which figures are available. (270659)

Based on the latest available figures, the average waiting times for practical driving tests in Greater Manchester are:

The most recent practical test waiting times by test centre are published on the Driving Standards Agency’s website:

www.dsa.gov.uk

They are updated every Monday.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of licence renewal application forms have been lost by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency prior to processing in each of the last five years; and what percentage of lost forms were subsequently traced in each year. (270661)

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold the information in the requested format.

However, a measure of process accuracy and loss is available from complaints statistics. In the financial year 2008 to 2009, DVLA issued 8.6 million driving licences. In the same period it received 1,584 driving licence related complaints (including medically related complaints). The Driver and Vehicle Agency does not hold a record of the numbers of driving licence applications lost before being processed at the Agency, nor those which are subsequently traced within the Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department has provided to private contractors who operate motorway service stations on their parking charges. (270233)

Department for Transport Circular 1/2008, published on 2 April 2008, sets out the Department's policy on service areas and other roadside facilities on motorways and all purpose trunk roads in England.

Under the circular, signed service areas on motorways and all purpose trunk roads in England are required to provide free parking for up to two hours for all vehicle types. The circular allows service area operators to charge for parking after the initial two hour period.

A copy of circular 01/2008 is available on the Department's website and can be accessed using the following web link:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pqr/roads/network/policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department has issued since January 2008 to local authorities on the width and length of parking bays; what representations he has received on the issue since January 2008; and if he will make a statement. (270553)

No guidance has been issued since January 2008. The width and length of parking bay markings is prescribed in regulations and detailed guidance on their use is contained in the Traffic Signs Manual, Chapter 5 - Road Markings (2003). This document is on the Department for Transport's website at the following address:

www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/tsmanual/trafficsignsmanual chapter5.pdf

We have received no formal proposals for changes to regulations or guidance. However, from time to time we do receive applications from local highways authorities for authorisation of narrow and/or shorter bays where exceptional site conditions prevent the use of prescribed markings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on negotiation on the terms of premium payment obligations with train operating companies which indicate they may default on them. (270999)

[holding answer 24 April 2009]: It is the policy of the Department for Transport not to renegotiate existing franchise agreements. We expect our suppliers to deliver their franchise obligations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make an assessment of the merits of prohibiting the consumption of alcohol on the rail network. (271125)

Train companies can already prohibit alcohol on trains using their powers under the railway byelaws. This in turn prevents alcohol being consumed on trains. The byelaws also permit train companies and the police to remove disorderly passengers from trains and stations as well as prosecute for antisocial behaviour.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will hold discussions with representatives of the train operating companies to consider the provision of free travel for the unemployed in order to attend job interviews. (269754)

Discussions on this subject have already taken place, along with other fiscal stimulus ideas. At present no firm proposals have been developed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance is issued to local highways authorities on reduction of guardrail street clutter on road crossings. (270104)

This month the Department for Transport published Local Transport Note 2/09 Pedestrian Guardrailing, which provides guidance for local highway authorities on the provision and removal of pedestrian guardrail at locations such as road crossings. In March last year the Department published Local Transport Note 1/08 Traffic Management and Streetscape, which provides more general guidance on how local highway authorities can minimise street clutter when designing traffic management schemes. Both publications are available via the Department's website.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents on shared surface roads have been recorded in each local authority area in each of the last five years. (269995)

The information requested is not available. The shared surface roads where the kerb is either low or at same level as the road surface cannot be distinguished separately in the reported personal injury road accident dataset.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what discussions the House of Commons Commission has had with the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis about the demonstration which took place in Parliament Square on 20 April 2009; and if he will make a statement. (270799)

The House of Commons Commission has not had contact with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; as Mr. Speaker has said in the House the Serjeant at Arms is his contact with the Commissioner on all such matters.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the average temperature in (a) Norman Shaw North, (b) Norman Shaw South, (c) Portcullis House and (d) those parts of the Palace of Westminster for which the House of Commons Commission is responsible was in each of the last 12 months. (271297)

The Commission is unable to provide these figures as the building management system, controlling heating, power, lighting and ventilation on the Parliamentary Estate, retains temperature records for only three days.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many applications for succession of tenancy under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 on land owned by the Church Commissioners have been made in the last five years; and how many of them were opposed by the Church Commissioners. (271420)

The Commissioners do not record the number of applications made for succession of tenancy under the 1986 Act. However, I can tell the hon. Gentleman that one such application was opposed by the Commissioners in the last five years.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many rent review notices were served by the Church Commissioners on their agricultural tenants in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009 to date; how many of those rent reviews for which notices were served in each period have not been settled; and if he will make a statement. (271325)

The specific information requested in the first part of the hon. Gentleman’s question is not readily available within the time scale required. I can tell him that 174 notices were extant at the end of 2008 but I should add the caveat that rent review notices have to be served at least 12 months before the review date, so these notices will cover a wide period.

By way of a statement, the Church Commissioners’ agents continue to negotiate with tenants and their agents for those reviews that are still outstanding.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what the average length of term offered on new farm business tenancies on the Church Commissioner’s rural estate was in the latest period for which information is available. (271326)

During 2008, the average length of term offered on new farm business tenancies for the Commissioners’ rural estate was four years.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what area of land is let by the Church Commissioners to farm tenants under (a) the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and (b) the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995. (271327)

31,080 hectares are let to farm tenants under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and 9,055 hectares under the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many agricultural tenants the Church Commissioners have in England regulated under the (a) Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and (b) Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995. (271328)

The Commissioners have 230 agricultural tenants in England regulated under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and 122 under the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how many hectares of agricultural land are owned by the Church Commissioners in England. (271329)

Approximately 40,315 hectares of agricultural land in England are owned by the Church Commissioners.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many officials for which she is responsible are suspended; how many are suspended on full pay; for how long each has been suspended; and what the reasons are for each such suspension. (270510)

No member of staff in my private office is suspended.

Staff working in the Government Olympic Executive report to me through the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and will therefore be included in the answer by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what recent progress her Office has made towards the Government's target of increasing its energy efficiency per square metre of the Government Estate by 15 per cent. by 2010, relative to 1999-2000; and if she will make a statement. (266870)

I refer to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office (Kevin Brennan) on 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 711W.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics how much was spent by her Office on furniture in each of the last five years. (266201)

Details of any Cabinet Office payments in 2008-09 will be available only when the Department's resource accounts are fully audited and laid before Parliament. This is expected to be before the summer recess.

In September 2008 the Minister for the Olympics moved to a new office at 2-4 Cockspur Street which needed to be fully furnished. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport subsequently spent £14,656 on furniture for this office.

To ask the Leader of the House what account she took of submissions made to the Members' Estimate Committee in preparing the proposals to alter hon. Members' allowances announced on 21 April 2009. (271300)

A range of information and views have been considered.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made in finalising the Government's response to the Community Pubs Inquiry Report; and when it will be published. (270909)

I am currently finalising the Government's response to the Community Pubs Inquiry Report and shall publish it shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the component parts of tier (a) two and (b) three of the Cultural Olympiad are; what the cost of each part is estimated to be; and what the source of funding of each part is. (270085)

The Cultural Olympiad is a four-year developing programme of cultural activity, comprising ceremonies (formerly tier one); major projects (formerly tier two); and Inspire Mark projects (formerly tier three).

Around 10 national major projects will take place across the country. Each major project is at a different stage of development. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympics Games (LOCOG) are working with their partners to develop the detailed plan for each of these projects, which includes a consideration of costs and options for funding. So far, LOCOG seed funding together with a range of partners including DCMS NDPBs, cultural organisations, and the Legacy Trust, plan to spend at least £40 million.

Inspire Mark projects within the Cultural Olympiad will focus on local and regional cultural activity. The content, cost and funding for these projects is determined by the organisations choosing to take advantage of this opportunity. Already, 50 projects within the Cultural Olympiad have been awarded the Inspire Mark.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last five months. (270537)

The Department's performance of payment of invoices within 10 days of receipt in each of last five months is set out in the table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in his Department are suspended; how many are suspended on full pay; for how long each has been suspended; and what the reasons are for each such suspension. (270515)

We currently have no officials on suspension in the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department’s policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. (268466)

My Department does not have an away day policy and there are no central rules governing the holding of departmental away days.

The Department encourages teams to undertake staff away days and staff team building exercises as part of its commitment to the development of its staff and to improving performance.

All expenditure on away days is made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and Treasury guidance on Managing Public Money and Regularity, Propriety and Value for Money.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much expenditure was incurred in respect of overseas visits which (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) his Department’s senior officials undertook in 2008. (262146)

Since 1999, the Government have published a list of all overseas travel by Cabinet Ministers costing over £500. Information for the financial year 2007-08 was published on 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 102WS, and for the first time, included details of overseas visits undertaken by all Ministers. All travel by Ministers is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport do not keep information on the cost of overseas travel specifically by senior officials within the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 January 2009, Official Report, columns 687-8W, on film: licensing, whether local residents within a local authority area may submit for review the classification of a film shown in cinemas within the area on grounds that it contravenes the licence. (270130)

The exhibition of a film is regulated entertainment under Schedule 1 of the Licensing Act 2003. If a premises licence or club premises certificate authorises the exhibition of a film, sections 20 or 74 of the Act make it mandatory for a condition to be included in the premises licence or certificate requiring the admission of children to films to be restricted in accordance with recommendations given either by the British Board of Film Classification or by the licensing authority itself.

The Licensing Authority can choose to adopt its own classification, although the Guidance issued under the Licensing Act recommends that licensing authorities should not duplicate the effort underpinning the BBFC's classification.

A licence or certificate could be revoked or withdrawn on an application for review by an interested party (which could include a local resident), if the licence or certificate owner breached the mandatory condition outlined above, or otherwise acted in a way which contravened the licensing objectives.

Local residents would not, however, have a basis for challenging the classification of a film by the BBFC or the local authority under the Licensing Act 2003. The classification decision is a matter which falls outside the regulation of the premises licence or club premises certificate under the Licensing Act 2003. To challenge a classification of a film given by the BBFC or the local authority, local residents would have to pursue alternative avenues e.g. seek a judicial review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of which local authorities he has used his powers under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to intervene in relation to a proposed library closure since May 1997; on what dates each such intervention was made; and what the outcome of such intervention was in each case. (269982)

Before my right hon. friend the Secretary of State announced an inquiry into library closures in the Wirral in April 2009, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport had not used his powers under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to intervene in relation to a proposed library closure since the early 1990s when closures in Derbyshire were investigated.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of young people who cease participating in sport upon leaving school. (270344)

The available information is set out in the reply I gave to the hon. Member on this subject on 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 363W.

During the ages of 16 to 19, the period when young people leave school, sport participation¹ drops by seven percentage points, (or the equivalent of 42,000 participants) from a participation rate of 37.4 per cent. at age 16, to a participation rate of 30.4 per cent. at age 19.

¹ Participation is defined as the percentage of the adult population participating in at least 30 minutes of sport, to at least moderate intensity, at least three times a week.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with boards of regional development agencies on tourism in England in the last 12 months. (271320)

Ministers and officials in my Department have not had meetings with boards of regional development agencies in the last 12 months. They have, however, met chairs together with other Government Departments and met individual board members from time to time to discuss key policy areas such as tourism development, culture and regeneration, and the creative industries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many live summonses have not been served in Northern Ireland because the individual to be summonsed could not be traced in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09. (270103)

I have been asked to reply.

The PPS does not collect data in a way that allows the question to be answered directly. The PPS commenced operation in June 2005 and was fully rolled out throughout all of Northern Ireland by October 2007. Since 2005 to the end of the financial year 2008-09 the PPS issued over 100,000 summonses. Of that number approximately 3,000 remain unserved because police have been unable to locate the individual. These remain as “live” summonses and attempts to serve continue. Over 80 per cent. of summons, whether served by post or by way of personal service, are successfully served at the first attempt

Decisions in respect of prosecution remain under review and where a summons cannot be served in spite of repeated attempts by police (generally a minimum of four) and police are unable to locate the individual, the case can be referred back to a PPS prosecutor for a formal review.

In circumstances where a significant period of time has elapsed since the issue of the initial summons and/or the offences are minor in nature, the Prosecutor may consider that the Test for Prosecution is no longer met. Over the period 1 January 2006 to 30 September 2008, a total of 61 no prosecution decisions have been recorded by the PPS as a result of such reviews.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when his Department last reviewed its assets and land and property holdings with a view to identifying and disposing of surpluses. (269851)

As part of the 2007 comprehensive spending review, the Department prepared an Asset Management Strategy, available at:

http://www.nio.gov.uk/nio_asset_management_strategy_-_feb08_-_published.pdf

covering the financial years 2008-09 to 2010-11. This includes plans to dispose of assets and land and property holdings worth £27 million. These plans are regularly reviewed to identify surplus assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last five months. (270538)

The Northern Ireland Office, excluding its agencies and executive NDPBs, paid the following percentages of invoices within 10 days of receipt in each of the last five months:

November 2008: 59 per cent.

December 2008: 83 per cent.

January 2009: 79 per cent.

February 2009: 83 per cent.

March 2009: 82 per cent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate has been made of the proportion of personal computers in each of his Department's offices that are turned off (a) overnight, (b) at weekends and (c) during holiday periods; and if he will make a statement. (269678)

All Northern Ireland Office staff have been issued with guidance on shutdown procedures for personal computers when they are not in use. From figures that are held it has been estimated that over 70 per cent. are turned off overnight, at weekends and during holiday periods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timetable was for the introduction of individual electoral registration in Northern Ireland. (269917)

In March 2001, the Government published a White Paper on Combating Electoral Fraud in Northern Ireland which discussed the introduction of individual registration. The Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 Received Royal assent on 1 May 2002 and contained provisions that would introduce individual registration to Northern Ireland. These provisions were commenced on 1 September 2002. See Article 3 of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20021648.htm

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many electoral identity cards have been (a) issued and (b) reported as lost or stolen in each year since they were introduced in Northern Ireland. (269918)

This is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland. The right hon. Member may wish to write to him directly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of (a) postal vote applications, (b) proxy vote applications and (c) postal vote ballot papers in Northern Ireland are checked with the personal identifiers held on the elector; and which of the three personal identifiers are used to verify (i) postal vote applications, (ii) proxy vote applications and (iii) postal vote ballot papers. (270140)

Sections 6 and 7 of the Representation of the People Act 1985 provide that all postal and proxy vote applications in Northern Ireland must include details of the three personal identifiers (national insurance number (or a statement that the applicant does not have one), date of birth and signature) and the registration officer must be satisfied that these details are consistent with information already provided to him by the applicant. In order to be deemed to be returned, postal vote ballot papers must be accompanied by a declaration of identity which includes the date of birth and signature of the elector which are consistent with information already provided by the applicant.

The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland acts as both returning officer and registration officer for Northern Ireland and queries relating to the checks that he undertakes to ensure that the legislative requirements outlined above are met should be made to him directly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to maintain public confidence in the efficiency of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. (270060)

The Government have established the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) with a statutory duty to ensure that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is effective and efficient. The NIPB holds at least eight meetings in public each year. The purpose of these meetings is to receive a report on policing from the Chief Constable and to hold him to account publicly for the performance of the police service. The efficiency of the Service's performance is naturally an element in that process of accountability.

Each year, the NIPB in consultation with the Chief Constable publishes a Continuous Improvement Plan with the intention of fulfilling the respective responsibilities of the Board and the Chief Constable to ensure that the resources entrusted to them are effectively, efficiently and economically used.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners serving sentences for each category of offence have been released on licence under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998; and how many such prisoners were classified as belonging to a (a) loyalist and (b) republican organisation. (269300)

452 persons have been released on licence under the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998. Of these 242 were affiliated to republican organisations, 197 to loyalist organisations and 13 had no recorded affiliation. The numbers of those released by the main category of offence for which they were convicted are shown in the following table.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken to persuade farmers in Afghanistan to diversify crop production away from poppy production; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such initiatives; what estimate he has made of the costs incurred to date; and if he will make a statement. (269811)

Progress is being made on promoting legal crop growing and on reducing poppy production in Afghanistan. The number of poppy free provinces has increased from three in 2006 to 13 in 2007 and 18 in 2008. Poppy cultivation fell in 2008 by 19 per cent. across Afghanistan, and the percentage of agricultural land devoted to poppy growing has fallen to just 2 per cent.

The UK Government support the Government of Afghanistan's National Drug Control Strategy (NDCS) by creating immediate and long-term opportunities for legal livelihoods.

The Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank jointly funded an assessment of the economic incentives of development initiatives designed to reduce opium production. This is available at:

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0„contentMDK: 21636749~paqePK:146736~piPK:146830~ theSitePK:223547.00.html

Our support to licit livelihoods takes account of the key findings of this study.

Between 2006-09 DFID spent over £62 million promoting legal livelihoods and has pledged £60 million in support of national agricultural and rural development programmes and £68 million for relevant work in Helmand province between 2009-10 and 2012-13. This support will be aligned with the NDCS, Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and the key findings of the 'Economic Incentives' report.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the effect of the military conflict in Afghanistan on the life expectancy of children and adults in that country; and if he will make a statement. (270099)

It is not possible to estimate the effect of the military conflict in Afghanistan on the life expectancy of children and adults.

Data for life expectancy and infant mortality in Afghanistan are produced by the United Nations (UN) and available online at:

http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/data sheets/cty_ds_AFG.html

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of co-operation between EU member states on work on Afghanistan’s development and reconstruction strategy; and if he will make a statement. (270102)

The implementation of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) in June 2008 has improved co-operation between EU member states. International donors are now aligning their support behind a nationally-owned and implemented strategy for development and reconstruction.

EU member states meet regularly to review the European Commission’s Country Strategy for Afghanistan (2007-13). The EU Code of Conduct on the Division of Labour in Development Policy guides discussions on how member states will support the Government of Afghanistan.

EU member states also support the overall co-ordinating role of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The Government of Afghanistan and UNAMA recently secured EU member state and other donor support for new nationally-led strategies for private sector development and agriculture.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the proportion of the Afghan population with access to clean water supplies (a) in 2000 and (b) at the latest date for which information is available. (270098)

Historical data on Afghanistan are poor and it is not possible to provide an estimate of the proportion of the Afghan population with access to clean water supplies in 2000.

The Government of Afghanistan carried out a National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) in 2007. The preliminary estimates from this report found that 41 per cent. of the Afghan population have access to safe drinking water (urban and rural).

The full results from this report will be available on the Central Statistics Office, Afghanistan website:

http://www.cso.gov.af/

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which countries will receive funding from the £100 million funding recently announced by the Government to improve transport links in east and southern Africa. (270252)

Funding will be used to improve transport links and regional trade infrastructure along the north-south corridor in east and southern Africa. Countries linked by the north-south corridor are the Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Work to improve trade agreements and how these agreements are administrated will also be funded, and will benefit the member states of: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC).

I also refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement I made on 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 25-26WS.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received on the percentage of people in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border who are malnourished. (269181)

The Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) carries out annual nutrition surveys of children aged between six months and five years who are living in the refugee camps on the Thailand Burma border. According to TBBC's 2008 survey, the rates were 2.7 per cent. for acute malnutrition and 36.2 per cent. for chronic malnutrition.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether staff of his Department based in Burma have free access to visit all projects in Burma which his Department funds. (269182)

Staff from the Department for International Development (DFID) are required to obtain permission from the Burmese authorities before visiting projects outside the city of Rangoon. Permission is usually granted routinely, and we have been able to monitor the progress of our projects effectively.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received of additional restrictions on access to the delta region of Burma imposed on aid workers in the last six months. (269183)

Access for aid workers to the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma has remained good for the last six months.

Earlier this month, responsibility for issuing visas to certain aid agency staff working in the Delta was transferred from the Tripartite Core Group (comprising representatives of the Burma Government, the United Nations and the Association of South East Asian Nations) to the Burmese Foreign Affairs Policy Committee and line Ministries. It is too early yet to assess whether this move will have a significant impact on humanitarian access to the Delta. The European Union, and other international donors, have raised the procedural changes with the Burmese authorities and expressed their concern that humanitarian access should not be affected.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of (a) levels of poverty in Burma and (b) how aid to that country should be targeted. (269184)

Little reliable data are available on Burma, but it is clear that poverty levels are very high and getting worse. The most recent overview of poverty across most of the country was an assessment of household living conditions which the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published in June 2007. This assessment found that over a third of the population lived below the poverty line, and 10 per cent. were in extreme poverty. The assessment was not able to cover areas affected by conflict, where poverty levels are likely to be even higher. Since the UNDP assessment, Burma was struck by Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, and the global economic downturn has reduced the income of many households. In addition, many parts of Chin State have experienced severe food shortages as a result of rat infestations; and conflict continues in some other border areas.

In response to this deepening poverty, DFID will expand its aid to Burma by £10 million in each of the financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11. These increases are in addition to those agreed under the comprehensive spending review. We now plan to spend £25 million on Burma in 2009-10 and £28 million in 2010-11. About 60 per cent. of the increase will be allocated to cyclone-related assistance, and about 40 per cent. to DFID's regular programme of humanitarian aid across the whole country.

The additional cyclone-related assistance will be focused on health, basic education and the restoration of people's livelihoods in rural areas. Much of the increase for the regular programme will be used to help fill funding gaps faced by the Three Diseases Fund to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. We are at the same time increasing our support to refugees, IDPs and others living in conflict affected areas of Burma. We recently agreed additional funding of up to £280,000 in response to the food shortages in Chin State.

Our assistance will continue to be channelled through the United Nations and national and international non-governmental organisations, in line with the European Union Common Position on Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has received on allegations of connections between the Cameroon Parliamentary Caucus for Environmental Protection and illegal immigration activities; and if he will make a statement. (270024)

Officials from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are aware of a number of reports relating to allegations of connections between the Cameroon Parliamentary Caucus for Environmental Protection and illegal immigration activities. We are very concerned to hear of these allegations. DFID has had no significant funding or other relations with the Caucus—other than some minor support in kind through a DFID funded project, the Forest Governance Facility between March 2007 and the summer of 2008. The FCO, through the British high commission in Yaounde, has provided no funds to the Caucus and has reviewed its portfolio to ensure that no UK funds are being misused by any individuals involved in the Caucus who may also be involved in the work of other related organisations.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in his Department (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last 12 months. (262237)

Information on sick absence records in DFID can be located on the departmental website at:

www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/sick-absence-stats.asp

Less than five employees have been disciplined or had their employment terminated as a result of poor sickness records in the last 12-month period.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the (a) energy consumed by, (b) energy cost of and (c) carbon dioxide emissions from each category of IT device in each division of his Department in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (269550)

The Department for International Development (DFID) has a substantial IT infrastructure with a wide range of IT devices. We have taken steps recently to form baselines on total energy consumption across a large part of the IT estate in the United Kingdom. This is largely based around our data centre in Scotland and our key IT server rooms. We are at the early stages of this base lining process; to provide the actual breakdowns requested in this question would incur disproportionate costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken to address the effect on levels of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department of its ICT purchases since the publication of the Greening Government ICT Strategy; and if he will make a statement. (269564)

The Department for International Development already had measures in place to ensure that all ICT procurement complied with the latest guidelines on energy efficiency before the launch of the Greening Government strategy. The evaluation criteria used in all ICT procurement specifically covers green IT and energy efficiency.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the average server capacity utilisation by each division of his Department was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (269579)

The Department for International Development has over 400 servers in use across the organisation. Around 200 of these are in the UK and the remainder are overseas. We have various monitoring tools across our infrastructure but we do not currently collect ongoing specific statistics on server capacity utilisation. To provide the information requested in this question would incur disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate has been made of the proportion of personal computers in each of his Department’s offices that are turned off (a) overnight, (b) at weekends and (c) during holiday periods; and if he will make a statement. (269619)

The Department for International Development’s (DFID) policy is that all personal electrical equipment, including computers, printers and photocopiers, must be switched off when not in use. The latest weekly check on DFID’s two offices in the United Kingdom reported that 77 per cent. of electrical equipment had been switched off. It would incur disproportionate cost to break this information down as requested and to isolate personal computers from other equipment.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what proportion of IT products in each category procured for each division of his Department were compliant with the Government's Buy Sustainable-Quick Win standard in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (269635)

All products that the Department for International Development (DFID) has purchased that fall within the Office of Government Commerce's IT category were compliant with the Government's Buy-Sustainable-Quick Win standard.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) printers and (b) multi-function devices with printing functions were in use in each division of his Department in each of the last five years; how many such devices had a function enabling two-sided printing; and if he will make a statement. (269663)

The number of printers and multi-function devices in use at the Department for International Development (DFID) in the United Kingdom over the last five years is as follows:

All printers and multi-functional devices have the capability to support double-sided printing. Collecting the data for DFID’s overseas offices would incur disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department provided to the (a) International Inspiration project and (b) International Sport Development initiative in each of the last five years; how much of that funding was related to the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement. (268869)

The Department for International Development is providing £7.4 million to the International Inspiration Programme (this programme was initially referred to as the International Sport Development Initiative. It became the International Inspiration Programme after its formal launch in January 2008).

DFID has so far transferred £2.65 million of this funding to the International Inspiration programme: £2 million in financial year 2007-08, and £0.65 million in financial year 2008-09.

International Inspiration is a sport for development programme that was initiated as a result of London winning the 2012 Olympic games. It is working to deliver the promise made in London's 2012 bid to engage young people across the world in sport.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department plans to implement the findings of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development. (269210)

The International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) presents findings and a range of options for different stakeholders (governments, private sector, academics and civil society) to consider. These findings are neither prescriptive nor legally binding on any party. The Department for International Development (DFID) has looked at these findings to help determine its support to developing countries on agricultural knowledge, science and technology.

DFID has already taken action in line with IAASTD's findings. Last April the Secretary of State announced a doubling of DFID's investment in agricultural research to a total of £400 million over five years. This investment will include research on environmentally sustainable solutions, focus on the needs of farmers, address gender issues, look at the impact of markets on poor farmers, and support traditional and modern technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the amount of money from the UK Environmental Transformation Fund which will be used to fund the development of new coal-fired power stations in developing countries; and if he will make a statement. (270821)

It is not possible to provide an estimate of how much of the UK’s Environmental Transformation Fund (through which we contribute to the Climate Investment Funds) will be used to fund the development of new coal-fired power stations in developing countries. This is because the UK’s funding cannot be separated from that of other donors contributing to the Climate Investment Funds. However, we do not expect the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) (the only one of the Climate Investment Funds which includes criteria for fossil fuel projects) to receive many bids for funding related to new coal plants. If any are received, the agreed CTF criteria stipulate that coal projects have to be highly efficient and must be ready for the future installation of carbon capture and storage technology. Furthermore, the CTF could only be used to fund the additional cost of making these efficiency and design improvements, rather than subsidising the cost of the whole plant.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development in which countries where Millennium Development Goals have been deemed to have been achieved there has been a statistically significant increase in life expectancy. (270027)

The Department for International Development (DFID) looks to United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) to monitor the Millennium Development Goals and to UNICEF to monitor associated indicators such as life expectancy. According to UNSD, to date four countries have met all the Millennium Development Goals (excluding Goal 8) and they have all experienced an increase in life expectancy as shown in the following table.

The differences in life expectancy are statistically significant.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of programmes funded by his Department to assist the reconstruction and development of Iraq since 2003. (270829)

The Department for International Development (DFID) has carried out recent assessments of each of our current programmes, in accordance with the monitoring and evaluation schedule set by DFID procedures. These annually mark the likelihood of the achievement of purpose for programmes larger than £1 million on a scale from 1 to 4:

1—Likely to be fully achieved;

2—Likely to be largely achieved;

3—Likely to be partially achieved;

4—Only likely to be achieved to a very limited extent;

X—Too early to judge.

Of our six large current programmes in Iraq, in their most recent assessments five were judged as 2—likely to largely achieve their purpose, and one as 1—likely to fully achieve its purpose.

Based on DFID's experience of delivering aid in Iraq and other insecure environments, we will soon publish a set of briefing papers to provide better guidance to our country offices in their delivery of aid in those environments. DFID is also currently designing a new long-term research programme on conflict, state fragility and social cohesion which will gather more information on effective ways of delivering aid in insecure environments including Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department takes to ensure that funding for anti-malarial drug programmes is used for fixed-dose combinations. (270251)

Decisions on the choice of anti-malarial medicines are made by countries themselves. The Department for International Development's (DFID) support for country health programmes or for malaria specifically is used to purchase the anti-malarial drugs selected by the country. Country decisions are influenced strongly by World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations.

DFID works with international partners on such issues and particularly relies on WHO to set policy on treatment standards. The WHO is in the final stages of updating its policy and guidelines on fixed dose combination and co-blistered anti-malarials.

In addition DFID supports the Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria which was launched on 17 April 2009. In that context there has been discussion on the desirability of supporting fixed dose combinations and ways to encourage a transition to fixed dose combinations, where relevant, in a manner that ensures the products and requisite training are available.

DFID continues to support research and development on new anti-malarials through the Medicines for Malaria Venture. One output of this is the new fixed dose combination dispersible formulation for children that was launched by Novartis in February 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what management and accounting mechanisms are in place to audit financial aid from his Department to Sierra Leone delivered through the (a) World Bank, (b) United Nations and (c) African Development Bank. (269989)

The Department for International Development (DFID) has developed a number of formal documents which cover financial relationships with the multilateral agencies. These ensure consistent strict financial reporting arrangements are maintained. When necessary DFID undertakes independent audits of funds used in joint programmes.

Standardised reporting relationships, for both financial resources and measuring impact, are beneficial to DFID and our development partners. These agreements are regularly reviewed to ensure they are contemporary and reflect new legislation.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of financial aid provided for construction in Sierra Leone is directed to local contractors; and how many Sierra Leonean companies are contracted to carry out construction work funded by his Department. (270026)

All of the aid that the Department for International Development (DFID) has provided for construction in Sierra Leone has been channelled through local contractors. We have awarded contracts to over 250 registered construction companies across the country.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his latest estimate is of the level of humanitarian aid entering Sri Lanka. (270284)

Since 19 February the only humanitarian aid reaching the civilians caught in the conflict has been by sea by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The last road convoy, led by the UN, reached the area held by the LTTE on 29 January. This is not enough. We have been pressing the Sri Lankan Government at the highest level to allow proper humanitarian access and protection. We have also pressed them and the LTTE to agree a ceasefire long enough to allow proper civilian evacuation, to which the response has been disappointing.

As the International Development and Foreign Secretaries said in their parliamentary statement of 2 April, the humanitarian situation is deplorable. As the conflict reaches a climax, civilians are now managing to flee in increasing numbers but we remain concerned for their welfare and protection and continue to press for them to be cared for properly.

We have provided £5 million in humanitarian aid funding through UN agencies and the ICRC, the only organisations able to carry out any relief and protection work in or around the conflict zone.

As indicated by the Prime Minister in the House on 22 April, my colleague Mike Foster is currently in Sri Lanka to see conditions for himself. He will make further representations to both sides to respect humanitarian law and allow proper relief and protection. The UK Government will allocate a further £2.5 million in humanitarian assistance in the coming weeks.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent on St. Helena from the public purse in the last 20 years, expressed in current prices adjusted for inflation. (268959)

The cost of bilateral support to the Government of St. Helena over the last 20 years, provided through DFID or its predecessor Department, is set out in the following table (current prices in £ million):

These figures do not include assistance that DFID has provided since 2004 to non-governmental groups on St. Helena for environmental conservation projects. This amounted to approximately £400,000 over the five year period.

In addition to DFID/ODA assistance, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded a small number of discrete projects through its Overseas Territories Programme Fund. The total for St. Helena over the last two financial years amounts to just over £400,000. Further information cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.

St. Helena has also benefited from other sources of public funding through financial assistance from the European Union (approximately £13 million in the last 12 years), the United Nations Development Programme (approximately £1.6 million in the last 12 years) and the World Health Organisation ($400,000 every two years).

The values of these further amounts are stated in cash prices.