To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many probation officers were on secondment working in prisons on 1 April in each year since 1989; and if he will make a statement; [30348](2) how many probation officers he estimates will be working on secondment in prisons on 1 April in

Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have escaped from escorts in each of the last three years; and what steps he is taking to reduce this number. [31063]

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each local authority in Wales the total expenditure in 1996–97 approved as eligible for civil defence grant aid. [31086]

The information available is as follows:

Authority	Grant approval £
Flintshire	70,000
Wrexham	70,000
Denbighshire	70,000
Powys	179,655
Newport	224,000
Blaneau Gwent	1—
Caerphilly	1—
Monmouth	1—
Torfaen	1—
Isle of Anglesey	100,000
Conwy	62,000
County of Gwynedd	62,000
1 Newport acting as host authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list those offences which people are not required to declare under rehabilitation of offenders legislation; [31605](2) what plans he has to review the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. [31604]

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides that convictions are deemed to be "spent" after varying periods of time. Spent convictions do not have to be declared other than in certain specified circumstances. The key determinant of when an offence becomes spent is the length of the sentence passed in each case, not the offence itself. Sentences of more than two and a half years imprisonment never become spent.We have no plans to review the Act itself. However, we are reviewing the scope and scale of the exceptions to the Act as part of a wider review of employment vetting arrangements. A revised list will be published shortly as part of a White Paper setting out our proposals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will estimate the number of items that have been (a) smuggled into and (b) thrown over the fence of Doncaster prison since it was opened; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of total smuggling caused by items being (i) brought in and (ii) thrown over the prison fence; [31496](2) if he will make a statement on the training given to prison officers at Doncaster prison in suicide awareness; and if he will list the dates when this training has been reviewed; [31440](3) how many hours of education and training were available to prisoners and those on remand at Doncaster prison during the last 12 months; how many hours were used by inmates; and if he will make a statement. [31485]

Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what rehabilitation courses are currently held at Doncaster prison; how many applications have been made to attend these classes; what has been the number of places available in each month since the opening of the prison; and if he will make a statement. [31564]

Responsibility for this matter have been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration is being given to making Doncaster prison a mixed prison; and if he will make a statement. [31563]

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those serving in (a) the police forces and (b) the Prison Service, are from ethnic minority groups. [32188]

The latest figures available show that the percentage of members from ethnic minority groups serving in police forces in England and Wales was 1.75 per cent. as at September 1995, and 2.96 per cent. in the Prison Service as at December 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the extra cost of policing the Euro 96 competition in respect of visitors (a) during transit and (b) during their stay in the United Kingdom. [32257]

The information is not available in the form requested. The Association of Chief Police Officers has estimated that the cost of policing for the European football championships could be around £5.5 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prison officers were required to work a double shift at Buckley Hall prison on 29 April; and what were the reasons for the requirement; [31921](2) how many prison officers were transferred from Wolds prison to Buckley Hall prison in April; what was the total number of shifts carried out by the transferred staff; and if Her Majesty's inspectorate of prisons was

Re-conviction rates within one and two years of discharge from prison or of commencement of probation or community service orders in 1992. Figures in brackets give the range above and below the estimate that rates are likely to vary according to change1
	Discharged from custody			Commencing probation or community service
Police authority	Number sampled	1 year percentage re-convicted	2 year percentage re-convicted	Number sampled	1 year percentage re-convicted	2 year percentage re-convicted
Avon and Somerset	338	47(7)	65(7)	360	44(6)	56(6)
Bedfordshire	197	31(9)	44(9)	111	37(11)	52(11)
Cambridgeshire	191	40(9)	52(9)	129	50(11)	61(11)
Cheshire	351	43(7)	55(7)	206	49(7)	57(7)
Cleveland	253	41(8)	62(8)	236	46(8)	61(8)
Cumbria	172	48(10)	64(9)	178	51(9)	64(9)
Derbyshire	325	34(7)	49(7)	189	44(8)	53(8)
Devon and Cornwall	354	40(7)	54(6)	335	41(7)	57(7)
Dorset	136	34(11)	46(11)	150	40(10)	49(10)
Durham	205	44(9)	55(9)	185	39(9)	53(9)
Essex	427	27(6)	47(6)	253	46(7)	59(7)
Gloucestershire	106	46(12)	59(13)	190	44(9)	58(9)

Responsibility for these matters have been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest re-conviction rates in the (a) one year and (b) two years following (i) release from custody and (ii) completion of community supervision for each police authority in England and Wales; if he will indicate the methodology used and the associated research; and if he will make a statement. [31387]

With respect to (i), the most recent available information relates to a sample of sentenced prisoners discharged from custody during 1992. The table additionally contains re-conviction rates within one and two years of commencement of probation or community service based on a sample of offenders commencing orders in 1992.Differences between re-conviction rates cannot simply be taken to show that one disposal is better than another. For example, the type of offenders will vary between disposals and there are other important factors discussed later in my answer.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Customs and Excise anti-drug smuggling officers there were in (a) the west midlands and (b) the United Kingdom in each year since 1990; and what plans he has to decrease the number during (a) 1996–97 and (b) 1997–98. [31096]

Anti-smuggling officers are not confined to the detection of drugs. It would not be in the public interest to reveal the number of officers deployed in the west midlands.As some anti-smuggling activity is performed on overtime and some is performed by multi-functional staff, resources are recorded in staff years rather than numbers of posts.The number of staff years allocated each year since 1990–91 was as follows:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his Department's involvement in the development of a software package to allow PAYE/NICS/VAT/CSO requirements to be integrated; and when he expects this to be possible. [31902]

[holding answer 10 June 1996]: The Inland Revenue, Contributions Agency and Customs and Excise have a number of projects under way as part of their joint working programmes, as indicated in the reply of 21 May, Official Report, column 358. The programmes are focused in particular on ways to ease business burdens in meeting their obligations, but there are no plans to integrate information technology systems.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total revenue from VAT in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what it would have been if the level and scope of VAT remained unchanged since (a) May 1979, (b) March 1991 and (c) April 1992. [31600]

Net receipts of VAT for financial years 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1995–96 are as follows:

• 1993–94: 38.9 billion
• 1994–95: 41.8 billion
• 1995–96: 43.1 billion (provisional).

Estimated net VAT receipts if the level and scope of VAT had remained unchanged since

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised from one penny of the basic rate of income tax in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [31601]

Information is available in table 6 of the tax ready reckoner, copies of which are available in the Library.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will state for the latest year for which figures are available the number of abducted children returned to the United Kingdom from other EU countries and the number of abducted children returned by the United Kingdom to other EU countries. [32292]

Figures are available only for the number of cases or requests for the return of children dealt with by the child abduction unit with respect to England and Wales. The number of cases dealt with in respect of children (a) brought to England and Wales from other EU states; and (b) taken to other EU states from England and Wales, in 1995, the latest year for which figures are available, is given in the table. The table distinguishes between those cases in which children were returned under judicial direction and those where they were returned voluntarily, and also shows the number of cases in which an application to a court for the return of children was unsuccessful.

1995—The Hague and European convention cases European Union contracting states
	Judicial return	Voluntary return	Judicial refusal
Children brought to England and Wales	42	11	7

1995—The Hague and European convention cases European Union contracting states
	Judicial return	Voluntary return	Judicial refusal
Children taken from England and Wales	16	27	2

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will state the number of requests for return to the United Kingdom of abducted children made to each country under The Hague convention by his Department in the latest year for which figures are available [32303]

Applications made by the Central Authority for England and Wales for the return to the United Kingdom of abducted children under The Hague convention are not separately recorded. The number of applications made under both The Hague and European conventions for the return of children and the enforcement of access orders in 1995, the latest year for which figures are available, is given in the table:

Country application made to	Number of applications made
Australia	9
Belgium	2
Canada	7
Cyprus	3
Denmark	8
Finland	1
France	15
Germany	17
Greece	4
Ireland	35
Israel	2
Italy	5
Netherlands	9
New Zealand	6
Norway	3
Portugal	2
Spain	17
Sweden	2
Switzerland	1
USA	38
Total	186

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will state the expenditure on legal aid in child abduction cases in the latest year for which figures are available and the estimated amount of that expenditure that was paid to legal aid claimants from overseas who were seeking the return of their children from the United Kingdom to a country overseas. [32293]

The net cost to the legal aid fund of child abduction cases closed in the year 1995–96—that is, cases where the final bills were received—was £1.6 million. This does not include payments made on account in respect of cases that were not closed in 1995–96. Of the expenditure on child abduction cases in 1995–96, £905,000 was applied to overseas residents.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the number of children known to his Department to have been abducted out of the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. [32302]

This information is not readily available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) what assessment he has made in relation to his Department's responsibilities of whether The Hague convention of the civil aspects of international child abduction requires either amendment or clarification of the working practices under the convention; and what steps he will take to try to secure improvement; [32301](2) what assessment he has made in relation to his Department's responsibilities of whether The Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction requires either amendment or clarification of the working practices under the convention; and what steps he will take to try to secure improvements. [32299]

Assessments were made in advance of meetings of the convention states at The Hague in October 1989 and January 1993 to review the operation of the convention. In general, the convention has operated satisfactorily from this country's point of view. A new area of difficulty has arisen, however, and this is being pursued with the country concerned. There is to be another review meeting at The Hague early next year.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department in how many new cases his Department's child abduction unit carried out work relating to The Hague convention on child abduction and the European custody convention in each year since 1990. [32300]

The number of new cases in which the chid abduction unit for England and Wales (a) received applications for the return of children or applications for the enforcement of an access order from other states, and (b) made applications to other states for the return of children or for the enforcement of an access order, in each year since 1990, is given in the table:

Year	Applications received	Applications made
1990	62	109
1991	83	106
1992	118	117
1993	128	145
1994	161	163
1995	188	186
Total	740	826

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy not to relax the policy of non-co-operation with the EU and its institutions until the EU world-wide ban on exports of British beef has been lifted. [32181]

I made it clear in my statement of 21 May, Official Report, columns 99–101, that progress would not be possible in the intergovernmental conference or elsewhere until we had agreement on the lifting of the ban on beef derivatives—which we have now achieved— and a clear framework for the lifting of the wider ban.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the membership of the group set up to oversee the policy of non-co-operation with the EU; how often it is planned that it should meet; and if he will make a statement. [31221]

[holding answer 7 June 1996]: A committee meets regularly under my chairmanship to oversee the policy of non-co-operation. Members of the Committee include the Foreign Secretary and the Minister of State for Agriculture. Other Ministers are invited as appropriate.I welcome the decision taken by the Commission on 5 June to lift the ban on beef derivatives with effect from 10 June. We now need early progress on agreement on a framework to lift the wider ban.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the occasions on which the United Kingdom has not co-operated with the European Union nations since he made his oral statement on 21 May, Official Report, columns 99–101; and if he will make a statement. [31222]

[holding answer 7 June 1996]: I made it clear in my statement of 21 May, Official Report, columns 99–101, that we would not be able to agree decisions requiring unanimity until the ban on beef derivatives was lifted and we have an agreement on a framework for the lifting of the wider ban.I welcome the decision taken by the Commission on 5 June to lift the ban on beef derivatives with effect from 10 June. We now need early progress on agreement on a framework to lift the wider ban.Since my statement on 21 May we have withheld agreement on over 60 measures at various EC meetings.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss with Chancellor Kohl the health risk to Germans from (a) smoking tobacco and (b) eating British beef; and if he will instruct the United Kingdom representative to raise that issue at the European Court of Justice as evidence of discrimination against the United Kingdom. [32083]

No. I have no plans to do so.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 11 June. [31176]

To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 11 June. [31177]

This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall be having further meetings later today.

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Mr. Galbraith) of 17 May, Official Report, column 720, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of co-ordination between Government Departments in respect of the issuing of public interest immunity certificates in relation to the Lockerbie case; and what factors underlay their issue. [32291]

I understand that the interested Government Departments consulted with each other in connection with the signing of public interest immunity certificates by their respective Ministers. Public interest immunity was claimed in these certificates where the relevant Minister considered that it would be injurious to the public interest for particular matters to be the subject of evidence.

To ask the Prime Minister on what dates in August 1991 he met in his official capacity Mr. T. T. Tsui at 10 Downing street; how many civil servants were present at the meeting; and what subjects were discussed. [32159]

[holding answer 10 June 1996]: So far as I am aware, none.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will review the circumstances in which damages or compensation are payable to (a) the police and (b) other uniformed services. [31827]

[holding answer 7 June 1996]: No. Where someone claims negligence, it is for the courts to decide whether damages are payable, taking into account all relevant circumstances, which will sometimes include the applicant's occupation.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) what was the total number of applications claiming post-transfer staff costs on behalf of research councils; and what was the total number of these that were awarded for each of the financial years 1990–91 to 1995–96; [31587](2) what was the total of staff costs awarded for pre-transfer and post-transfer staff groups involving research councils for each of the financial years 1990–91 to 1995–96; what was the breakdown of staff numbers by staff group; and if he will list those groups, supported as direct costs involving research councils for each of the financial years 1990–91 to 1995–96. [31586]

I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 March 1996, Official Report, columns 47–50, which contains schedules covering allocations to the research councils, the number of awards and a breakdown of the main components of these awards under various categories of cost. Information on the further breakdown of staff costs and numbers now sought could be obtained only through an analysis of paper records at a disproportionate cost to each of the six research councils.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade in what circumstances his Department or its executive agencies uses an executive search or employment agency to recruit staff in preference to using personnel staff within his own Department or its executive agencies. [31529]

This Department uses executive search agencies under the supervision of its personnel staff to help recruit staff to the senior civil service to improve the effectiveness of the DTI in meeting its objectives and to broaden the skills base at senior management levels. Such agencies work strictly in accordance with the code of practice drawn up by the civil service commissioners. Recruitment at other levels has been negligible.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will write to FIFA and UEFA to urge them to investigate whether their officially licensed merchandise is produced by child labour. [32251]

It is not my intention to do so.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will support the adoption of a code of conduct, using internationally recognised standards, for all manufacturers and sub-contractors of licensed products to ensure that products are not made by child labour. [31790]

[holding answer 10 June 1996]: The Government deplore any exploitation of children and we press all countries which have signed labour conventions to meet their obligations. It is for firms themselves to consider whether to operate according to a code of good practice. Some already do.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of after-market components for motor bikes (a) sold in the United Kingdom and (b) exported; and how many people are employed in the after-market component industry in the UK. [32197]

[holding answer 10 June 1996]: There are no official figures available for this sector.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the deficit in the United Kingdom trade in cars in real terms in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of future trends in the balance of trade. [32089]

[holding answer 10 June 1996]: The information requested is given in the table. The depressed level of consumer demand for cars in Europe has slowed improvements in the United Kingdom's balance of trade in cars. However, in the longer term, the decision by major manufacturers to expand production in the UK should boost exports.

Year	Deficit in trade in cars, at 1990 prices (£ billion)
1992	-1.9
1993	-2.7
1994	-2.4
1995	-1.4

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what safeguards are applied by his Department to ensure diversity of ethnic origin in the appointments to lay membership of industrial tribunals. [32026]

In making appointments, the Secretary of State is required to consult organisations representative of employers and employees. In the 1995 appointments exercise, as previously, such organisations were notified of the criteria for appointment and asked to encourage applications from the ethnic minorities. The Commission for Racial Equality was also asked to propose names for the organisations consulted to consider. The percentage of ethnic minority lay members rose to 4.6 per cent. after the 1995 appointments round, from 4.1 per cent. previously.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a breakdown of those people who applied for, but were not appointed to, lay membership of industrial tribunals in the 1995 round of appointments, by nominating body. [32023]

The breakdown is as follows:

Bodies	Numbers
Association of British Chambers of Commerce	78
Confederation of British Industry	236
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities	4
NHS Management Executive	85
Engineering Employers Federation	56
Federation of Small Businesses	20
Forum of Private Business	21
Association of Independent Businesses	0
Institute of Directors	18
Local Government Management Board	52
British Retail Consortium	30
Employers Forum on Disability	4
Union of Independent Companies	5
Institute of Personnel and Development	32
Council of Managerial and Professional Staffs	26
Association of Teachers and Lecturers	33
Federation of Managerial, Professional and General Associations	37
Royal College of Midwives	1
Royal College of Nursing	3
Trades Union Congress	609
National League of the Blind and Disabled	15
Union of Democratic Mineworkers	5
Total	1,370

In addition, there were 59 unsuccessful applications by temporary London, North members who had been nominated in 1992 by the following bodies:

Bodies	Numbers
Association of British Chambers of Commerce	6
Confederation of British Industry	10
NHS Management Executive	2
Institute of Directors	1
Local Government Management Board	3
British Retail Consortium	1
Council of Managerial and Professional Staffs	1
Federation of Managerial, Professional and General Associations	1
Trades Union Congress	34
Total	59

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people who were nominated by the local government management board and who served as temporary lay members of the London, North industrial tribunal between 14 November 1994 and 24 October 1995 have been subsequently re-appointed. [32019]

One.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people applied to become lay members of industrial tribunals in the 1995 round of appointments. [32021]

In the 1995 round of appointments, 2,087 people applied to become lay members of industrial tribunals.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people were appointed to lay membership of industrial tribunals in the 1995 round of appointments. [32022]

In the 1995 round of appointments, 658 people were appointed to lay membership of industrial tribunals.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a breakdown of those people who applied for, but were not appointed to, lay membership of industrial tribunals in the 1995 round of appointments, by ethnic origin. [32025]

The information is not readily available at the moment, but I will write to the hon. Member when it is.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a breakdown of those people who were appointed to lay membership of industrial tribunals in the 1995 round of appointments, by ethnic origin. [32024]

The information is as follows:

Ethnic group (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Classification) of industrial tribunals lay membership—October 1995
Ethnic group	Number	Per cent. of total membership
White	2,362	94.6
West Indian	33	1.32
Indian	43	1.72
Pakistani	10	0.4
Bangladeshi	4	0.16
Chinese	2	0.08
African	4	0.16
Arab	0	0
Mixed	6	0.24
Other	12	0.48
Not Known	21	0.84
Total	2,497	100.00

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list all the companies, organisations and individuals that have been sent a copy of his Department's consultation paper "Tackling Cartels and the Abuse of Market Power". [31369]

[holding answer 7 June 1996]: My officials have sent the consultation paper to a wide range of interested parties. The document has also been available for collection from DTI headquarters. A list of those who have been sent the document has been complied. A copy of that list is being placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what action he is taking to monitor conformity with his "Guidance on the Care, Preservation and Management of Records," June 1995. [31100]

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs. Clwyd) on 4 June, Official Report, column 372.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent in recruiting staff to his Department and its executive agencies during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 financial years; and how many staff were recruited in each of these years. [31394]

The information is as follows:

	Amount spent	Staff recruited1
1994–95	£162,478.22	23
1995–96	£166,453.88	27
1 Does not include staff engaged for a year or less.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what use his Department and its executive agencies have made of executive search agencies or employment companies in filling vacancies within his Department or executive agencies administered by his Department during the financial years 1994–95 and 1995–96; what agencies were employed; what was the cost in each case; how many staff were recruited in each case; and what was the total cost in each financial year of these contracts. [31409]

The Welsh Office and Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments agency, did not use executive search agencies or employment companies to fill vacancies in the 1994–95 and 1995–96 financial years. They would consider doing so if this offered a cost-effective means of recruitment consistent with the principles of fair and open competition and selection on merit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) women and (b) men have been appointed to public bodies in the past year; and to which public bodies (i) women and (ii) men have been appointed. [32495]

This information is contained in "Appointments by the Secretary of State for Wales, 1 June 1996", copies of which are available in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many women (a) applied to be on the public appointments register and (b) were placed on the public appointments register, in each year since 1993–94; [32491](2) what assessment he has made of the success of his Department's campaign, Diary 1995–96, to persuade more women to apply for inclusion on the public appointments register; [32493](3) what measures he intends to take to increase the participation of women on public bodies; and if he will make a statement; [32494](4) what assessment he has made of the success of the 1995–96 campaign of the NHS Opportunity 2000 unit to persuade more women to apply for inclusion on the public appointments register. [32492]

The Welsh Office has taken a number of steps, including involvement in the NHS Opportunity 2000 campaign, to encourage more women to volunteer for public appointment.The number of women on the register has increased from 470 in April 1993–749 in April 1994 and 983 in April 1995—to 1,068 in April 1996. The percentage of appointments made by the Secretary of State held by women has risen from 18 per cent. in 1990 to 24 per cent. as at 1 June 1996.The Welsh Office is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all candidates; all candidates are considered on their merits and suitability for a particular post. We will continue to encourage women to volunteer for public appointment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representation he has received on the lack of provision of indoor/outdoor wheelchairs for severely disabled people by the NHS in Wales; and what plans he has on this matter. [32503]

In addition to representations from hon. Members, I have received representations from five voluntary organisations representing the disabled. My officials, in discussion with NHS representatives are identifying possible means of improving the provision of wheelchair services in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 4 June, Official Report, column 373, what representations he has received from chief ambulance officers and the chairmen of the Welsh ambulance trusts concerning (a) financial viability, (b) revisions of boundaries, (c) mergers and (d) potential efficiency savings; and if he will make a statement. [32504]

None. The Welsh Office discusses these issues, and others, with ambulance NHS trusts as part of the regular monitoring process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list (a) the amount of grants to the Consortium for Street Children from the Overseas Development Administration in (i) 1994–95 and (ii) 1995–96 and (b) the projected grant for the financial year 1996–97; and if he will make a statement. [32189]

During the financial years 1994–95 and 1995–96, the ODA provided a total of £30,000 to the Consortium for Street Children in support of the production of a resource directory. In addition, in 1995–96, £16,100 was provided for the development of a pilot project on girl street children. A further project proposal is currently under consideration.

Agency	Country	Project name:	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
Childhope	Brazil	Casa De Passagem	26.287	53.738	—	—	—
Childhope	Philippines	Development of Education in the Street—an Appropriate Response	15,645	34,920	19,275	—	—
Childhope	Brazil	Projeto Ibeji for the Street Children	—	54,642	50,684	50,077	47,182
Cleveland Council for Voluntary Service	Peru	Care, Education, etc. for Street Children	—	32,683	32,683	—	—
Homeless International	India	Support for Street Children	—	22.562	22,619	23,101	—
International Childcare Trust	Kenya	Street Children's Project	31,512	36,250	30,227	35,352	—
International Children's Trust	Ecuador	Street Children of Guayaquil	58,986	85,500	88,200	99,000	—
Toybox Charity	Guatemala	The Tower—Rehabilitation Centre for Street Childen	15,428	16,750	18,500	—	—
Total			147,858	337,045	262,188	207,530	47,182

Funding has also been provided to those agencies which receive block grants through the JFS in support of a variety of small-scale street children projects in Brazil, Angola, India, Bangladesh and the Philippines. The level of funding in 1995–96 was:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on prisoners of conscience in Ghana; and what recent representations he has received on this subject. [31981]

We are not aware of any prisoners of conscience in Ghana and have received no representations on this subject recently.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if his Department will be represented at the European conference on street children worldwide in Amsterdam on 20 to 23 June. [32186]

The ODA will not be represented at the European conference on street children worldwide. We understand that this is a conference for non-governmental organisations to exchange information on the problems facing street children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and which non-governmental organisations are being funded by the Overseas Development Administration for street children rehabilitation projects; in which countries they are based; what are these projects; what is the amount of funding granted; and for what length of time. [32185]

Details of the joint funding scheme— JFS—grants provided to non-governmental organisations for current street children projects are shown in the table:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many owners or operators of cars and lorries have been prosecuted for emitting noxious fumes, in each of the past five years for which records are available; how many of such prosecutions have led to convictions; and what penalties were imposed. [32170]

Very few emission offences are taken to court because most offenders rectify defects quickly when faced with the prospect of prohibition or prosecution.The precise information requested is not available because the records kept by the Home Office do not separately identify any emissions offences prosecuted by the police.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to change the terms of the competition for the new oceanic air traffic control system from those set out in the invitation to tender; and what is the timetable for the final decision. [32469]

The Civil Aviation Authority, which will let the tender, has no plans to change the terms of competition for the new oceanic air traffic control centre from those set out in the invitation to participate which was issued in July 1995. The timetable for the final decision—January 1997—remains unchanged.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the names of drivers of motor vehicles not holding driving licences in the United Kingdom but holding licences of nations whose licences are recognised, who have been found guilty of driving offences where fatalities were involved since 1990; and if he will inform the relevant Governments of the name and licence number of the persons convicted, together with the circumstances of the accident. [32349]

Information from the national driver licensing register is treated in strict confidence under the provision of the Data Protection Acts. Except for law enforcement purposes, information is not disclosed without the consent of the individual.The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency informs other driver licensing authorities of the details whenever driving licences are revoked.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has received the report of his inspector on the compulsory purchase orders for the Ramsgate harbour approach road; when he expects to reach his decision on the inspector's report; and if he will make a statement. [32424]

We still await the report. I am not able to say when the decision on the orders will be issued. My officials are fully aware of the need for an early decision and I can assure my right hon. Friend that matters will be brought to a conclusion as quickly as possible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what discussions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive in relation to the Vehicle Inspectorate and the Driving Standards Agency at the heavy goods vehicle testing station at Purfleet; and what action is planned by his Department; [32403](2) what action his Department has taken to replace the boundary fence surrounding the heavy goods vehicle testing station at Purfleet; and what warning signs and traffic management barriers have been erected to separate the Driving Standards Agency and Vehicle Inspectorate traffic routes. [32402]

I have asked the chief executive of the Vehicle Inspectorate to write to the hon. Member.