Written Answers To Questions
Friday 8th May 1992
Transport
British Rail (Finance)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the expected outturn is for British Rail's external finances for 1991–92; what will be the public service obligation cash ceiling for 1992–93; and if he will make a statement.
The information is as follows:
Environment
Flats Over Shops Initiative
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment who will receive grant aid under the flats over shops initiative for 1992–93; and at what levels.
Fifty-eight authorities in England will receive flats over shops grant aid totalling £5,027,500 for 1992–93. These are:
| Flats over shops proposed allocations 1992–93 | |
| Region and Local Authority | Allocation £ |
| Eastern | |
| Aylesbury Vale DC | 44,000 |
| Ipswich BC | 88,400 |
| Luton BC | 60,000 |
| North Bedfordshire BC | 29,700 |
| South Norfolk DC | 7,500 |
| St. Albans DC | 16,500 |
| Waveney DC | 80,000 |
| Wycombe DC | 156,100 |
| 482,200 | |
| East Midlands | |
| Boston BC | 22,500 |
| Chesterfield BC | 57,500 |
| Gedling BC | 30,000 |
| Leicester CC | 198,000 |
| South Kesteven DC | 191,100 |
| 499,900 | |
Region and Local Authority
| Allocation £
|
London
| |
| London Borough Bexley | 46,400 |
| London Borough Camden | 231,500 |
| London Borough Harrow | 104,000 |
| London Borough Hillingdon | 48,700 |
| London Borough Lambeth | 236,500 |
| London Borough Southwark | 155,000 |
| Westminster CC | 220,000 |
| 1,042,100 | |
Northern
| |
| Alnwick DC | 80,000 |
| Derwentside DC | 130,000 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne CC | 67,000 |
| Tynedale BC | 138,000 |
| Wear Valley DC | 85,000 |
| 500,000 | |
North West
| |
| Barrow in Furness BC | 27,300 |
| Carlisle CC | 35,100 |
| Crewe and Nantwich BC | 133,900 |
| Chester CC | 3,800 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston BC | 56,600 |
| Sefton MBC | 97,300 |
| South Lakeland DC | 63,700 |
| Trafford BC | 93,000 |
| 510,700 | |
South East
| |
| Elmbridge BC | 60,000 |
| Guildford BC | 40,000 |
| Hart DC | 45,000 |
| Hastings BC | 100,000 |
| Horsham DC | 20,000 |
| Hove BC | 55,000 |
| Newbury DC | 144,000 |
| Worthing BC | 44,900 |
| 488,900 | |
South West
| |
| North Dorset DC | 76,000 |
| Penwith DC | 65,000 |
| Restormel BC | 11,200 |
| Salisbury DC | 26,200 |
| Stroud DC | 27,300 |
| Torbay BC | 200,000 |
| West Dorset DC | 82,000 |
| 487,700 | |
Yorkshire and Humberside
| |
| Bradford MBC | 100,000 |
| Hull CC | 116,000 |
| Leeds CC | 100,000 |
| Sheffield CC | 200,000 |
| 516,000 | |
West Midlands
| |
| Sandwell MBC | 200,000 |
| Solihull MBC | 52,500 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands DC | 53,500 |
| Worcester CC | 72,000 |
| Wrekin DC | 122,000 |
| 500,000 |
Health
1991 Census
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the first computer-processed results from the 1991 census will be published.
In his reply to my hon. Friend the then Member for Nottingham, South (Mr. Brandon-Bravo) on 5 March 1992 at columns 272–73, my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health announced a provisional revised timetable for the county and regional monitors, and for part 1 of the county and regional reports and associated statistical products.Publication of these results is now under way. The first county monitor, that for the Isle of Wight, is published today by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in a 1991 census county monitor. Copies of all the census monitors and reports will be placed in the Library as they are published.
Trade And Industry
Export Credits Guarantee Department
To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether the Export Credits Guarantee Department will be seeking an advance from the Contingencies Fund, against a summer supplementary estimate.
Parliamentary approval is being sought for a supplementary estimate class IV, vote 5 ECGD: export finance assistance, for additional provision of £1·2 million to meet a final claim under the cost escalation facility. This facility was closed to new business in 1984.Pending approval by Parliament of the supplementary estimate, the expenditure concerned will be financed by a repayable advance from the Contingencies Fund.
British Technology Group
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place in the Library details about the sale of the British Technology Group.
The sale of the British Technology Group to a consortium led by CIN Venture Managers and BTG's management and employees was completed on 31 March 1992.The sale proceeds totalled £27·75 million, with the possibility of further payments to Her Majesty's Government arising from the level of cash and net current assets at the time of completion, and from payments under a mechanism for the clawback of 60 per cent. of revenues in excess of those forecast on BTG's business plan over the next five years.A document has been placed in the Library containing copies of: the sale and purchase agreement; of the articles of association of British Technology Group Ltd. and of its holding company, British Technology Group International plc, in each of which the Secretary of State holds a special share; and a schedule listing the institutional investors in BTG.