To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the expenditure from his Department by standard regions, showing Greater London as a separate region, for each year from 1987–88 (a) at current prices and (b) at 1987–88 prices.

Estimates of general Government expenditure on transport by standard region for the years 1988–89 and 1989–90, the last two years for which information is available, are given in appendix E of "Public Expenditure Analyses to 1994–95: Statistical Supplement to the Autumn Statement", Cm. 1920. The figures for 1987–88 appear in appendix F of the prior year's publication, Cm. 1520.The figures are produced only on a cash basis and Greater London expenditure is not separately identified from that of the south-east region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to detonate or otherwise destroy the wreck of the Brixham Trawler Ocean Hound which currently lies on the ocean bed off the Dover straits; and if he will make a statement.

Trinity House has the responsibility for ensuring that wrecks do not constitute a danger to navigation. It is aware of the sensitivity of this case and has no plans to detonate or otherwise destroy the wreck of the Ocean Hound. I understand that work will be limited to the removal of about 3 m of the vessel's mast and will be undertaken with the least possible disturbance to the wreck.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Malawi concerning M r. Chakufwa Chihana, an international trade union official, detained in Malawi.

In April we initiated a joint EC demarche calling on the Malawian Government for Chakufwa Chihana's immediate release. We continue 10 take every opportunity to press the Malawian Government for Mr. Chihana either to be released or charged and brought to trial.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which areas he assesses powers will be diverted from the European institutions back to the nation states under the principle of subsidiarity.

The principle of subsidiarity states that the Community should take action

"only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the member states".

The Lisbon European Council set in hand urgent work on the procedural and practical steps to implement this principle. The Commission and the Council will report to the European Council in Edinburgh.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will seek to persuade the Chinese authorities to admit the delegations from Austria, the United States Senate and Australia, to investigate alleged human rights violations in Tibet: and whether he will also seek agreement for a delegation from the United Kingdom to visit Tibet for this purpose.

It is for the Governments concerned to approach the Chinese authorities. They have agreed to receive a human rights delegation led by Lord Howe later this year. Timing, itinerary, and other details have yet to be decided.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has about violations of the freedom of religion in Tibet; and how many monks and nuns have been killed, detained and sentenced to terms of imprisonment for political offences in each of the years 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992 to date.

Information of this kind comes mainly from the findings of organisations such as Amnesty International and Asia Watch. We have no independent corroboration of these disturbing reports. We take every opportunity to express to the Chinese our deep concern about human rights abuses in China, including Tibet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement about recent violations of human rights in Nigeria, including the riots in Kaduna, during the week beginning 17 May.

The Nigerian Government are aware of the importance we attach to human rights. We raise with them any serious violations such as the recent arrest and detention of human rights activists. We regret the loss of life in the riots in Kaduna state in May which were the result of a dispute between two ethnic groups. We understand that order has now been restored.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations have been made to the Iranian authorities over the declaration regarding Mr. Salman Rushdie; and if he will make a statement.

The fatwa against Salman Rushdie is an infringement of his fundamental rights as a British citizen. We have made this clear to the Iranian authorities on many occasions. We have also made clear to him that we deplore the recent statement by the Iranian parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will cancel the invitations to three officers of the Indonesian army to attend courses at the Royal Military College of Science, in view of Indonesia's record on human rights.

No. We do not believe that the cancellation of this form of educational assistance would help the human rights situation in Indonesia.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the criteria used by the Lord Chancellor in recommending to Her Majesty the appointment of Queen's Counsel.

The Lord Chancellor recommends the grant of practising silk only to those practitioners who hold full rights of audience in the High Court or the Crown court, who arc considered to be sufficiently senior—; normally of at least 10 years' standing —; and who have reached an appropriate level of professional eminence and distinction as advocates. The Lord Chancellor also takes account of the numbers of new silks appropriate in the different fields of practice. In addition, the Lord Chancellor recommends a small number of particularly distinguished lawyers for the award of Queen's Counsel honoris causa.

Destination of leavers (Youth Training and Employment Training) Youth Training (YT) April 1991 to August 1991
Percentage
	Gwent	West Wales	Cardiff	Wrexham	Wales
In a job	38	44	41	57	46
Unemployed	29	24	32	21	26
In education	20	19	13	11	15

April 1990 to March 1991
Percentage
	Gwent	West Wales	Cardiff	Wrexham	Wales
In a job	56	51	49	60	53
Unemployed	24	22	28	18	23
In education	20	19	13	15	16

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the amount of legal aid owed to solicitors for completed work at the latest date for which figures are available; if he will estimate the average length of time between the date on which payment is claimed by solicitors and the date on which payment is made to them; and if he will make a statement.

Information is not available in the form requested. However, the Legal Aid Board publishes in its annual report targets and performance for the time taken to process legal aid bills from receipt in the area offices to payment being made. Targets are also published in the Court Service annual report for payment of criminal legal aid hills in the higher courts. As at March 1992 the targets—; set out in the table—; were all being met or exceeded apart from in the south eastern circuit central taxing team where special measures are being taken to reduce the backlog.

Civil bills: 65 per cent. paid within six weeks of receipt.

Magistrates' court bills: 80 per cent. paid within six weeks of receipt.

Other legal aid fund hills: 90 per cent. paid within six weeks of receipt.

Crown Court taxations: 70 per cent. paid within four weeks of being lodged.

Central taxing teams: 75 per cent. paid within three months of being ready to tax.

It should be borne in mind that, except where standard fees are in force, time has to he allowed for the claim submitted to be given full and detailed examination by way of taxation by the court or assessment by the Legal Aid Board before final payment can be made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of those leaving (a) YTS and (b) employment training schemes in each training division in Wales (i) entered employment, (ii) entered further education and (iii) were subsequently unemployed; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since the scheme's inception.

The information requested is contained in the tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will make a statement on his policies concerning assisted area status in Wales;(2) if he will make a statement on regional policy in Wales.

A review of the assisted areas map in Great Britain was launched on 9 June. My Department has issued a consultation document, jointly with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Scottish Office, to interested organisations in Wales. The objectives of the Government's regional policy will continue to be to reduce regional imbalance in employment opportunities and to encourage the development of indigenous potential within the assisted areas on a stable, long-term basis. The needs of all areas will be carefully taken into account.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list each of the assisted areas in Wales; and what was the number of unemployed in each area for each year since 1989.

The assisted areas in Wales, along with the numbers unemployed in each area since May 1989, are shown in the table:

Wales Assisted Area Unemployed, at May
	1989	1990	1991	1992
Aberdare (D)	2,679	2,182	2,917	2,981
Bangor and Caernarfon (I)	3,020	2,845	3,229	3,817
Blaenau Gwent and Abergavenny (D)	4,242	3,376	4,003	4,086
Bridgend (I)	4,896	4,225	6,160	6,618
Cardiff (I)	15,486	13,851	19,087	21,745
Cardigan (D)	912	568	859	1,080
Fishguard (I)	390	270	349	471
Haverfordwest (I)	2,083	1,685	2,267	2,447
Holyhead (D)	2,479	2,104	2,604	3,085
Lampeter and Aberaeron (D)	586	393	584	644
Llanelli (I)	3,427	2,899	3,727	4,139
Merthyr and Rhymney (D)	6,345	5,581	7,134	7,393
Neath and Port Talbot (D)	3,617	2,713	4,020	4,342
Newport (I)	6,736	5,627	8,056	9,266
Pontypool and Cwmbran (I)	3,435	2,770	4,076	4,737
Pontypridd and Rhondda (D)	6,473	5,614	7,798	8,009
Portmadoc and Ffestiniog (I)	494	441	615	714
Pwellheli (I)	687	530	613	686
Shotton, Flint and Rhyl (D)	5,924	4,467	5,964	7,366

	1989	1990	1991	1992
South Pembrokeshire (D)	1,626	1,339	1,928	1,962
Swansea (I)	10,126	8,091	10,669	11,358
Wrexham (D)	4,135	3,272	4,600	5,425

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what further plans he has to assist Welsh district and borough councils to meet their responsibilities concerning (a) economic development, (b) environmental health and (c) refuse disposal.

It is for the local authorities concerned to decide how to discharge these, and indeed their other, responsibilities, taking account of such guidance as my Department may issue from time to time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will give figures for inward investment into Wales from (a) north America, (b) Japan and the far east and (c) Europe classified by greenfield investment, joint ventures, non-United Kingdom company purchase of United Kingdom company, and re-investment for each year since 1987 measured by job numbers and project numbers; and if he will express such figures as percentages of the United Kingdom total for that year;(2) if he will give figures for inward investment into Wales separately from

I will write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible and place a copy in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses have been built by local authorities in Wales since 1981.

Between January 1981 and April 1992, a total of 13,669 local authority dwellings—;6,904 houses and 6,765 flats—; have been built.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of council house waiting lists in Wales; and what was the comparable list in 1981.

The information requested is not centrally available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what boundaries he is intending to set for the new unitary authority based on Cardiff.

I am at present consulting on the boundaries appropriate for all the unitary authorities to be established in Wales, including an authority based on Cardiff. I will be announcing decisions in a White Paper later this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the 15 recommendations of the Sports Council for Wales have been (a) accepted in full by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales, (b) accepted in part and (c) rejected in respect of the organisation and funding of participation of Welsh teams at Canada and beyond.

I understand that the Sports Council for Wales considers that only three of the recommendations contained in its report on the management and administration of the Welsh team in Auckland in 1990 have been implemented in full. The council believes that some movement has been made on other recommendations, but not to the extent that it believes to be necessary.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody), Official Report, 23 June, columns 117–20, he will indicate for each of the executive agencies listed, the numbers of civil servants employed in all predecessor organisations.

This information is not held centrally. Figures showing the allocation of staff and work within Departments prior to an agency's launch are normally only held by individual Departments.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the citizens charter in relation to the wearing of name badges by civil servants; what percentage of civil servants now wear name badges; and if he has any plans to change this percentage.

We have made good progress in implementing the citizens charter White Paper commitment on name badges. Most civil servants are happy to wear name badges, and the majority of civil servants who deal directly with the public now wear them, except where there is a real threat to their safety. The Employment Service, where the 38,000 staff who deal directly with the public now wear name badges, is a good example. We will continue to encourage all civil servants who deal with the public to wear name badges.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to make HMSO publications available on computer files; and if he will make a statement.

HMSO actively pursues viable opportunities for publishing official material in computer form, including working in concert with private sector firms in the information industry, in the spirit of the tradeable information policy. Currently available products include:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he expects to announce the detailed programme for market testing for each Department following the reviews which have recently been undertaken as a result of "Competing for Quality".

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992, at column 102.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively and overall in his Department are registered disabled people.

There are no officers registered as disabled people in grades 1 to 7 in the Treasury. There are 30 Treasury staff who are registered disabled, this proportion representing 1 per cent. at 1 June 1991, the latest date for which figures are available. The Department employs a number of people with disabilities who have chosen not to register as disabled.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a table of expenditure of venture capital availability by standard region by (a) number of companies and (b) level of expenditure for each year from 1985.

The British Venture Capital Association collects information on venture capital activity by its members. The latest available figures, by standard region, are as follows:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals he has for reviewing the working, structure and adequacy of the system of self-regulation set up by the Financial Services Act 1986, the Lloyd's Act 1981 and the Companies Act 1989; and what proposals he has for an independent statutorily based public regulatory commission.

I keep the working of the Financial Services Act and the provisions of the Companies Act 1989 which are my responsibility under review. The Lloyd's Act 1981 and other parts of the Companies Act 1989 are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade.

To ask the Chancellor of the Excheuqer what information he has on the number of complaints to and disciplinary actions taken by, each self-regulatory organisation for the two most recent available annual periods.

This is a matter for the Securities and Investments Board.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer on 9 June to the hon. Member for Ludlow (Mr. Gill), Official Report, column 83, if he will list those industries which he estimates will increase employment as a result of a carbon tax; and if he will make a statement.

The impact of a carbon tax on employment in specific industries would depend on the coverage and rate of the tax, the use made of the revenues raised and the extent to which similar measures were implemented in other countries.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Treasury contracts have been let to Saztec Philippines Inc. in each of the last five years; what was the nature of the contracts; what was their combined value; and what was the total estimated saving to the Treasury as a result of letting those contracts.

The Treasury has not let any contracts to Saztec Philippines during the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the proportion of the public sector borrowing requirement which is represented by additional expenditure due to the recession.

While it is very difficult to make accurate assessments of the impact of the cycle on Government expenditure, my predecessor told the Treasury and Civil Service Committee that of the increases in expenditure for 1992–93 announced in the 1991 autumn statement

"around £ 5 billion could be directly attributed to the cycle".

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps were taken to ascertain the profitability of businesses in the area before valuation for uniform business rates on commercial property in west Worthing were made by the Inland Revenue.

Rating valuations are based on rental values at 1 April 1988 and the valuation officer at Worthing sent out forms of return requesting rental information. In the case of specialised properties which were valued by reference to accounts, information about trading receipts was also requested, and this was followed up with requests for actual accounts in appropriate cases.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals against uniform business rates valuations remain to be decided; and when he expects initial appeals against valuations to be completed.

The total number of 1990 rating list appeals outstanding at 31 March 1992 was 624,091 of which 409,000 were initial appeals. The target date for clearance of the initial appeals is 31 March 1994.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria are used by the Inland Revenue when valuing commercial properties for uniform business rates purposes.

Valuation officers are required to determine the rateable values of commercial properties having regard to the provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. An estimate has to be made of the rent at which the property might reasonably be expected to be let from year to year based on levels of value at 1 April 1988, and all the factors which might affect this figure need to be considered.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to alter the current tax regime to ensure lower taxes on fuel-efficient cars.

I note this suggestion for my right hon. Friend's next Budget. The excise duty on road fuels already encourage motorists to buy more fuel-efficient cars.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each county or region where there are (a) six cases, (b) seven cases, (c) eight cases, (d) nine cases and (e) 10 or more cases where conditional exemptions from inheritance tax and capital transfer tax has been granted, giving the number of cases in each of those counties or regions; and in how many counties or regions there are (i) five cases, (ii) four cases, (iii) three cases, (iv) two cases, (v) one case and (vi) no cases.

A detailed breakdown for all conditional exemptions from inheritance tax or capital transfer tax by county or region is not readily available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the list, "Access Deals", for works of art where tax exemptions have been given.

[holding answer 3 July 1992]: A copy of the list containing details of those works of art which have been conditionally exempted from inheritance tax and which are either not on display in houses or rooms open to the public or on long term loan to a public collection is held by the National Art Library in the Victorha and Albert museum. Additional copies are held in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. The list is freely available for inspection by members of the general public during opening hours.As the list consists of about 1,400 pages and requires regular updating and amending and as a copy of the list is already available for inspection in the National Art Library, I have not placed a copy in the library.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what provisions govern the access of members of planning boards and elected members of local authorities to information about the proposed land management plan in cases where inheritance tax exemption is being considered.

[holding answer 2 July 1992]: Where inheritance tax exemption is being considered, a land management plan is prepared by the landowner. The appropriate heritage advisory agency consults the local authority or national park authority on the proposed plan. The planning authority is, therefore, aware of the exemption.In many cases the heritage advisory agency will, with the agreement of the landowner, ask the local authority or national park authority to act as its agent monitoring that the landowner complies with the tems of the agreed land management plan. In these cases the local authority or national park authority is required to ensure that the tax confidentiality of the owner is observed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 30 June, Official Report, columns 469–70, what is the minimum number of designations in a county which he is prepared to identify in answers to parliamentary questions.

To protect taxpayer confidentiality in respect of conditional exemption, information would not be provided about the number of designations in a county where this was under live. As I explained in my reply to the hon. Member on 30 June, at columns 469–70, information on the number of conditional exemptions for land in each county is not readily available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he received the letter, dated 9 June from a constituent of the hon. Member for Stockton, North, Dr. R. C. Turnock; and why he has not sent an acknowledgement.

Dr. R. C. Turnock's letter was received on 15 June. An acknowledgement was sent to Dr. Turnock on 3 July and a full reply will be sent as soon as possible.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to publish the evidence given to the Bingham inquiry with the report.

[holding answer 10 July 1992]: Lord Justice Bingham's report will be published subject to such restrictions as may be needed to avoid prejudicing any criminal proceedings and subject to the provisions of the Banking Act 1987. There are no plans to publish the evidence that is not reflected in the report.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statment on the aims of the financial services division recently transferred from the Department of Trade and Industry; how many officials of each grade were transferred from the Department of Trade and Industry into the Treasury; and what changes he proposes to the staffing level.

[holding answer 30 June 1992]: The aim of the financial services division, which has been renamed securities and investment services group, is to maintain and develop a good regulatory system for financial services which provides an appropriate level of investor protection, fosters the integrity of the markets and encourages international competitiveness. It is also concerned to secure the removal of barriers to fair and free competition in the provision of financial services in all important markets. A total of 49 staff were transferred from the Department of Trade and Industry. A breakdown by grade is given in the table. I do not propose to make any changes to the staffing level at present, hut I will keep this under review.

	Number
Grade 3	1
Grade 5	3
Grade 7	10
SEO	5·5
HEO	9
EO	3
Other	17·5
Total	49

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance he has issued to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise on the Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897, amended in 1988; and when the last prosecution was made under this Act.

[holding answer 3 July 1992]: No guidance has been issued to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise on the Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897. There is no record of any prosecution having been brought by Customs and Excise under this Act.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what written representations he has received on the reintroduction of stamp duty for house sales; and if he will make a statement.

[holding answer 1 July 1992]: I have received a number of representations on this matter. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer decided in December to limit the increase in the stamp duty threshold to a period of eight months. The Government have no plans to change that decision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what consideration has been given to the allocation of funds to private institutions for the mentally handicapped under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;(2) if decisions regarding the distribution of funds for private institutions for the mentally handicapped under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 will he made by local or central authorities;(3) what estimate he has made of the number of mentally handicapped students who are likely to qualify under section 4 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.(4) what arrangements will be made to provide payment to private educational institutions under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 provides for the further education funding councils to secure provision for students with learning difficulties in independent institutions where appropriate, and to meet any fees charged. Local education authorities continue to have discretion to arrange and fund such placements. In a circular dated 29 June, the further education funding council unit has set out an initial approach to placement arrangements. The circular seeks information on numbers of placements and the associated costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to relocate civil service posts in his Department to Darlington.

The Department has plans to relocate some 50 posts from London to Darlington, most of them by the end of 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of the education budget is allocated to special needs schools at the present time; and if he will make a statement about future needs funding.

It is for each local education authority to decide how much of its budget to allocate to special needs. In 1989–90, the latest year for which information on actual spending is available, English local education authorities' net recurrent expenditure on maintained special education represented some 5·7 per cent. of their total net recurrent expenditure on education. That percentage does not include spending on special needs within mainstream schools nor on support services for special needs, for which information is not collected separately.The Government's proposals for education spending by local authorities in 1993–94 will be announced in the autumn.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make provision in the capital allocations to voluntary and special arrangement schools for second bids where the allocation, is not entirely taken up.

The Department is monitoring this year's expenditure of capital grant to voluntary-aided and special agreement schools through returns which the local education authorities have been asked to supply in July and October. Where allocations are not being fully spent, we shall seek to redeploy the sums involved to other worthwhile capital projects at aided schools, so long as the work could be completed and grant claims made before the end of the financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the average time taken in the English local education authorities to produce statements on children with individual learning needs; what plans he has to improve the time; and if he will make a statement.

Information for each local education authority is not available centrally. However, there is recent evidence that some authorities are failing to meet the Government's guideline that the procedures for assessment and the issue of a statement should not exceed six months. The Government have now decided that there should be comprehensive provisions for regulating the time and way in which the assessment and statementing procedures are carried out.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will designate by local authority the number of parents who are appealing against the refusal to make a statement about their child.

My right hon. Friend is currently considering 50 appeals from parents or their advocates under section 5(6) of the Education Act 1981 against the refusal of the local education authority to make a statement of special educational needs. The authorities concerned are as follows:

• Avon (2)
• London Borough of Barking
• Bedfordshire
• Berkshire (2)
• Bradford
• London Borough of Brent
• Buckinghamshire (3)
• Bury
• Cheshire (3)
• Cumbria (3)
• Devon
• Dorset
• Gloucestershire
• London Borough of Greenwich
• London Borough of Havering
• Hampshire
• Hertfordshire
• London Borough of Hounslow (3)
• Humberside
• Kent (2)
• Lincolnshire
• Nottinghamshire
• Northamptonshire (5)
• Oxfordshire
• London Borough of Richmond (2)
• Somerset
• Shropshire (2)
• Stockport (2)
• Wakefield
• London Borough of Waltham Forest
• Wiltshire
• Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how he calculates the impact of opt-out schools on his total basic credit approval for each local education authority; and if he has any plans to change the basis of his calculation.

The determination of authorities' basic credit approvals is the responsibility of my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Environment. In doing so, he takes account of the distribution of annual capital guidelines to local education authorities by my right hon. Friend.Decisions on the distribution of the capital resources available between the LEA-maintained schools and grant-maintained schools sectors take account of a number of factors including the bids made and the size and needs of the two sectors. The distribution of annual capital guidelines to LEAs takes account of the number of pupils in GM schools in each authority, and will, continue to be based on the application of national priority criteria set out each year in the LEA capital bidding letter.

To ask the Prime Minister, further to his speech at the Earth summit, if he will use the United Kingdom presidency to press for binding international commitments on management of forests: and if he will make a statement.

At my initiative the EC and its member states agreed an eight point plan to follow up the Earth summit at the Lisbon Council last month. It included a proposal for establishing an international review process for the forest principles agreed at the Earth summit. We intend to take this forward during our presidency.

To ask the Prime Minister what initiatives he intends to take as President of the European Council to establish greater openness and transparency in the work of the Council and of the Committee of Permanent Representatives' support role for Council meetings.

Under the rules of procedure of the Council, meetings of the Council are not public unless the Council unanimously decides otherwise. The same rules apply to COREPER. We do not intend to seek a change in the rules. However, we shall also continue to ensure that this House is fully consulted throughout the established scrutiny procedures.

To ask the Prime Minister when he last met representatives of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association to discuss compensation; and if he will make a statement.

I have not met representatives of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association. I have, however, had meetings with a number of hon. Members on related matters.

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 5 June, Official Report, column 655, if he will sympathetically consider any request to meet represen-tatives of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association to discuss compensation; and if he will make a statement.

The position on compensation remains as set out in my answer of 5 June. I have no current plans to meet representatives of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the application of the additionality principle in the United Kingdom; and what information he has on how the principle is applied by other member nations of the European Community.

The United Kingdom accepts the principle of additionality as set out in Article 9 of Council regulation (EEC) 4253/88. The application of the principle by other member states is a matter for the European Commission.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to raise the security and physical protection measures for the transport of plutonium from the United Kingdom to Japan during his meeting with his Japanese counterpart in London on 3 July and in the subsequent Group of Seven meeting in Munich.

In my meetings with the Prime Minister of Japan I shall be discussing a wide range of issues. Responsibility for developing transport proposals rests with British Nuclear Fuels plc in association with its overseas customers. These arrangements will have to comply with international regulations.

To ask the Prime Minister what discussions were undertaken and decisions taken on the future scope of environmental legislation within the European Communities at the European Heads of State and Government summit in Portugal on 26 and 27 June.

None. But this is one of the areas of activity which will be considered as proposals are developed to ensure that the Community does not intervene where member states can act more effectively on their own.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to ensure that the findings of academic research commissioned by Government Departments at public expense are published at the same time as, or as soon as possible after, they become available to Ministers.

Timing of publication must depend on the circumstances in each case.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the commodities and the quantity of each commodity purchased by the European Commission for Food and purposes as outlined in his answer of 25 July 1991, Official Report, columns 781–82 (a) in 1990, (b) in 1991 and in each half of 1991 and (c) in the first half of 1992.

The available information is set out in the tables. The European Commission does not produce half-year calculations; nor are any statistics yet available for the first half of 1992.

European Community Food Aid, 1990–91
	Amount £
1990
Cereals
Wheat	914,194
Wheat flour	143,171
Rice	132,663
White maize	55,167
Maize	30,210
Maize flour	5,254
Rolled oats	7,881
Sorghum	24,956
Total cereals	1,313,497
Non-cereals
Skimmed milk powder	80,793
Butteroil	9,190
Vegetable oil	42,732
Sugar	14,837
1991
Cereals
Wheat	898,764
Wheat flour	181,182
Rice	167,519
Wheat maize	65,966
Maize	46,400
Maize flour	10,000
Oats	8,979
Sorghum	17,030
Pasta	173
Seeds	1,600
Total cereals	1,397,613
Non-cereals
Skimmed milk powder	68,443
Butteroil	11,593
Vegetable oil	52,827
Sugar	16,527

To ask the Prime Minister if it is his intention that the Luxembourg compromise concerning veto powers for the United Kingdom, France and Germany, will continue in force under the Maastricht treaty.

The Luxembourg compromise is a political agreement, rather than a legally binding text. Nothing in the Maastricht treaty conflicts with its continuing existence.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage why he decided to base none of the events in London in the European arts festival, July to December, in Waltham Forest.

Even with more than 600 published events across the United Kingdom throughout the European arts festival, it was not possible to support projects in every locality. But I am delighted to tell the hon. Member that, as part of the schools and youth programme to be published later in the summer, Oily Cart will be presenting "Gobble and Gook" at Handsworth primary school on 5 November. Through the local education authority, all state schools in Waltham Forest have also been invited to take part in the schools and youth programme. A number of schools have expressed interest in doing so.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many of the arts events listed in the brochure on the European arts festival, to be held in the United Kingdom during the current presidency of the European Council, are events additional to those held on a regular basis; and what is the additional cost to the United Kingdom in sponsoring the special arts and musical events listed in the brochure.

The events in the European arts festival fall into four categories: new initiatives, largely funded by the festival; long-held ambitions which could only be realised by the additional funding provided by the festival; partially funded projects which needed additional support to bring them to fruition; and a very small number of events which the festival has not supported, but which the organisers wished to associate with the programme because of the nature of the event. None of the major projects, for instance the touring festival tent, the visits of the great European drama companies and some of the major exhibitions, could have happened without the support of the festival.The cost to the Exchequer of sponsoring the European arts festival is £ 6 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what the Government's policy is on support for specialist libraries providing services to academics and the wider community; and what plans he has to provide additional support to such libraries with specialisms in race relations.

The Government have no specific policy for the support of specialist libraries. It is for individual Government Departments to consider the needs of applicants within their policy responsibilities and to decide whether, in the light of available resources and potential claims from similar bodies, a special grant is needed for their library or information services. The libraries in question are outside my responsibilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage whether he will list the items for which the issuing of export licences was withheld on the recommendation of the reviewing committee on the Export of Works of Art during the half year ended 30 June, specifying in each case the valuation and whether an item was exported or retained, with particulars in the latter event of the acquiring institution; whether he will list any items for which licences have been withheld but the final disposal of which is not yet decided, specifying in each case (a) the valuation and (b) the relevant time limit; and whether a press notice will be issued by his Department covering the information given in his reply, including that relating to the outcome in individual cases.

Description of item	Valuation £	Outcome
A drawing, `A wild boar at bay', Frans Snyders (1579–1647)	64,700	Export licence granted
A Berlin ormolu-mounted mahogany and parquetry commode, by Fiedler (c. 1875)	2,164,318	Export license granted
A George III mahogany commode, by Thomas Chippendale (1766)	949,875	Export license granted
A pair of George III black and gilt-japanned armchairs, by William and John Linnell (c. 1752–1755)	167,625	Export licence granted
A drawing, 'An allegorical female figure' by Veronese (1528–1588)	38,000	Export licence granted
A painting, 'Venus and Adonis', by Titian (c. 1490–1576)	7,599,000	Export licence granted
A George I ebony and silver mounted stick Barometer, by Delander (c. 1720)	275,000	Purchased for a private collection
An astronomical and musical mahogany pedestal clock, by Jenkins (1778)	122,925	Decision deferred until after 1 July 1992, extended to 1 Augest 1992
'Collage with Spanish Postcard', by Ben Nicholson (1933)	275,000	Decision deferred until after 1 July 1992
A painting, 'Christ at the Column', by Antonello da Messina (1425–1479)	4,250,000	Export licence granted
A drawing, 'Christ at the Cross', by Cortona (1596–1669)	254,500	Decision deferred until after 7 Augest 1992
A pastel drawing, 'Portrait of Mrs. Ayscoughe Boucherett', by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1794)	83,812·50	Decision deferred until after 7 September 1992
A drawing, 'The seven acts of mercy: ransoming prisoners', by Kunst (c. 1490-after 1542)	40,650	Decision deferred until after 7 Augest 1992
A drawing, 'Agony in the garden', by Castello (1625–1659)	52,300	Decision deferred until after 7 Augest 1992

Details of the items on which decisions were deferred were given in press notices issued at the time the reviewing committee's recommendations were accepted.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage whether he will list the objects and property accepted in satisfaction of inheritance tax during the financial year ended 31 March; if, in listing them, he will specify (a) the amount of tax satisfied in each case, (b) whether any offers of objects carried conditions as to destination, (c) the dates in each case of the

Item	Tax satisfied £	Conditions or wishes	Date of MGC recommendation
Augustus John portrait	105,000	Unconditional	21 May 1991
Vintage motor cycles and car	153,000	Unconditional	21 June 1991
Staham porcelain collection	77,000	Conditional	22 April 1991
8 contemporary paintings	108,920	Conditional	1 June 1991
Poele de I'Atelier by Cezanne	750,562	Conditional	28 May 1991
Upton House Chattels	484,820	Conditional	21 June 1991
Sporting paintings and silver collection	233,250	Wish for the paintings to go to the British Art Sporting Trust and silver to the Victoria and Albert museum	1 July 1991
Surface substitution by Jennifer Bartlett	64,400	Conditional	5 August 1991
Up and Out by Richard Hamilton	7,000	Conditional	6 December 1991
Hambledon Cricket Club accounts	39,120	Wish to go to the Hampshire Record Office	25 September 1991

The information is as follows:recommendations received by him from the Museums and Galleries Commission for the acceptance of objects,

The information requested is as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage whether he will specify the allocations made to public institutions in the United Kingdom during the half year ended 30 June of individual works of art and museum objects pre-eminent for national, scientific, historical or artistic interest which have been accepted in satisfaction of inheritance tax, together with information, where applicable, as to conditions or wishes expressed by testators or executors in the matter of allocation; whether he will list the works of art and museum objects which are still awaiting allocation, with the respective dates of their acceptance in satisfaction of inheritance tax; and whether a press notice will be issued by his Department in the event of any information being given in his reply which has not previously been announced.

The information the hon. Member requests is as follows:

Item	To whom allocated	Condition/ wishes expressed
Poele de l'Atelier by Paul Cezanne	National Gallery	Conditional
Surface Substitution by Jennifer Bartlett	Tate Gallery	Conditional
Chattels at Upton House	National Trust	Conditional
Up and Out by Richard Hamilton	Tate Gallery	Conditional
Two portraits by Reynolds and Van Dyck	National Trust	Conditional
Two busts by Rysbrack	National Trust	Conditional
Portrait by Peter Greenham	Tate Gallery	Conditional

Items awaiting allocation	Date of acceptance
Portrait by Beechey	20 April 1990
Collection of drawings by Runciman	26 April 1991
Hambledon Cricket Club Accounts	16 June 1992
8 Contemporary paintings	18 February 1992
Vintage motor vehicles	28 November 1991

Press notices have already been issued announcing the allocation of these items. A further notice will therefore not be issued.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the organisations that have made submissions to his Department about the proposed national lottery; and how many individuals have made such submissions.

The Home Office and the Department of National Heritage have received responses from the following 224 organisations and individuals.

• Access Formdesign
• ACRE—; Rural Communities' Charity
• Action for Blind People
• Advertising Standards Authority
• Alfred Marks Bureau Limited
• AmTote
• Ancient Monuments Society
• Andersen Consulting
• Arc Advertising
• Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
• Art Libraries Society
• Arts Council
• Arundel Festival
• Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts
• Association of Charitable Foundations
• Association of Chief Police Officers (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
• Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland)
• Association of Community Trusts and Foundations
• Association of District Councils
• Association of Medical Research Charities
• Association of Metropolitan Authorities
• BABN Technologies
• Ballymoney Borough Council
• Baptist Union of Great Britain
• Baptist Union of Scotland
• Barnet Borough Council
• Bass Leisure
• Bates, Wells and Braithwaite
• Belfast City Council
• Betting Office Licensees Association
• Bingo Association of Great Britain
• Birmingham City Council
• Brewers' Society
• Bridewell Newspower Association
• British Amusement Catering Trades Association
• British Casino Association
• British Film Institute
• British Greyhound Racing Board
• British Institute of Sports Coaches
• British Library Board
• British Museum
• British Olympic Association
• British Retail Consortium
• British Sports Forum
• British Sports Trust
• British Tourist Authority
• Bromley Leisure Services
• Buck & Sons Limited
• Business in Sport and Leisure
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
• Central Council of Physical Recreation
• Charities Aid Foundation
• Chatham Historic Dockyard Institute
• Chief Leisure Officers Association
• Church of England General Synod, Board for Social Responsibility
• Church of England National Council for Social Aid Mr T Christopher
• Coldham Consultancy
• Colorgraphic plc
• Committee of Area Museum Councils
• Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals
• Commonwealth Lotteries—; Summer Ducks Limited
• Community Council of Devon
• Compton Verney Opera Project
• Control Data
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
• Corals
• Cornish National Lottery Initiative
• Cornwall County Council
• County Landowners' Association
• Countryside Commission
• CPM Field Marketing Limited
• D'arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
• De La Rue plc
• Democratic Unionist Party Councillors—; Craigavon Borough Council
• Dibb Lupton Broomhead
• Dittler Brothers Limited
• Down District Council
• Dr. B. S. Freeman
• Dundee District Council
• East Lothian District Council
• Eastern Council for Sport and Recreation
• English Heritage
• Free Church Federal Council
• Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
• Gaming Board of Great Britain
• Gingerbread Northern Ireland
• Glasgow Development Agency
• GTech
• Hambros Bank
• Heritage Consulting Consortium
• HM Stationery Office
• Reverend D. R. J. Halloway
• Mr. W. Hombersley
• Hull Kingston Rovers RFC
• Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers
• Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management
• Institute of Professionals, Managers and Specialists
• Interactive Telephone Services
• J. Walter Thompson
• Jet Heritage Limited
• Jockey Club
• Joe Marks Roger Marks
• Kesslers International Limited
• Kidney Foundation
• Kunick
• Lawn Tennis Association
• Leo Burnett Limited
• Lisburn Borough Council
• London Advisory Group of Chief Leisure Officers
• London Boroughs Association
• London Community Cricket Association
• London Community Trust
• London Council for Sport and Recreation
• Lord Prior of Brampton
• Lotteries Action Group
• Lotteries Council
• Lottery Promotion Company
• M. Milsotn
• M. Shefras
• Macclesfield District Health Trust
• Maclntyre
• Magherafelt District Council
• Methodist Church Division of Social Responsibility
• MIND
• Motorsports Facilities Unit
• Museum of London
• Museums and Galleries Commission
• Museums Association
• N. M. Rothschild
• National Art Collections Fund
• National Association of Bookmakers
• National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service
• National Association of Local Councils
• National Bingo Game
• National Campaign for the Arts
• National Council for Conservation of Plants and Gardens
• National Council for Schools' Sports
• National Council for Voluntary Organisations
• National Council on Gambling
• National Dairymen's Association
• National Federation of Community Organisations
• National Federation of Retail Newsagents
• National Greyhound Racing Club Racecourse Promoters
• National Heritage Memorial Fund
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Sporting League
• National Trust
• National Trust for Scotland
• Nationwide Lotteries Limited
• Newtownabbey Borough Council
• Norman Franklin Trust
• North West Council for Sport and Recreation
• Northern Council for Sport and Recreation
• NI Amusement Caterers Trades Association
• Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
• Opax International
• Opera North
• Police Federation of England and Wales
• Pool Promoters Association
• Post Office Counters Limited
• Prisoners Abroad
• R. Rafferty
• RADAR
• Rank Organisation
• Professor R. L. Reid
• Religious Society of Friends
• Richmond-upon-Thames Borough Council
• Roxburgh District Council
• Royal National Institute for Deaf People
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Saatchi & Saatchi
• Salvation Army
• SALVO—;Scottish Arts Lobby
• Save the Children
• Scientific Games Incorporated
• Scottish Arts Council
• Scottish Churches Committee
• Scottish Council for Spastics
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Scottish FA/Football League
• Scottish Film Council
• Scottish Museums Council
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Scottish Society for the Mentally Handicapped
• Scottish Sports Association
• Scottish Sports Council
• Scottish Squash Rackets Association
• Securicor
• Select Mail
• Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
• South East Council for Sport and Recreation
• Sports Council for Wales
• Sports Aid Foundation
• Sports Council
• T. D. Woods
• T. Shaughnessy
• Taff Ely Borough Council
• Tenovus
• The Transport Trust
• Theatre Workshop Edinburgh Limited
• Theatrical Management Association
• Tote
• UK Charity Lotteries Limited
• UK Forum on Young People and Gambling
• UK Institute for Conservation
• UNICEF (UK)
• UNICEF (UK) (NI)
• Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
• Unisys
• United Reform Church
• Vaux Inns
• Volunteer Development Scotland
• Wales Council for Voluntary Action
• Welsh Arts Council
• West Midlands Arts
• West Midlands Council for Sport and Recreation
• Women's Forum Northern Ireland
• Woodland Trust
• Working Men's Club and Institute Union
• World Wildlife Fund (UK)
• Worthing Borough Council

To ask the President of the Board of Trade to what extent tenancies which previously provided for a renewal option after five years are automatically varied by the Beer Orders.

The Beer Orders do not automatically vary existing tenancy agreements. Certain changes are required when pubs are leased by national brewers free of ties to ensure a proper arms-length relationship between tenants and their landlords.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will re-refer to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission the offer of only a 20-year full-repairs lease to all existing Courage tenants, irrespective of the circumstances or terms of the original lease.

No. The rights of tenants under existing agreements and the terms of new leases offered to them are matters for the tenants concerned and their landlords; any dispute must ultimately be resolved by the courts.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will review the Beer Orders.

The Beer Orders, made in 1989, come fully into force from 1 November 1992. The Director General of Fair Trading is due to review them next year when their effectiveness can be assessed.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement concerning his Department's views on the future of EC structural funds as they relate to objective 2 areas.

Article 130c EEC, reaffirmed at Maastricht, makes objective 2 areas one of the tasks of the European regional development fund. The Government will seek to ensure that they continue to receive appropriate priority.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the effect of inward investment on the level of imports and exports of motor vehicles.

Inward investment in the motor vehicle industry in recent years has made a major positive contribution to the balance of payments and to improving the competitiveness of the industry in the United Kingdom.The establishment of new car plants in the United Kingdom is expected to result in additional exports of 300,000 units per annum by 1995 compared with 1991.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the premium rates under the loan guarantee scheme for 1991–92, the income derived from premia in 1991–92 and the net cost of the scheme for 1991–92; and the number and total size of loans guaranteed in each region and nation for 1991–92.