To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions have been administered by police forces to (a) adults, (b) young persons and (c) juveniles in each of the last five years. [13023]

Information on the number of persons cautioned by age group is published in the Command Paper "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", table 5.1 of the 1993 and 1995 editions. Copies are available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were breathalysed in the Christmas period in each of the past five years; how many of those tests were positive; and if he will make a statement. [11033]

Figures collected by the Home Office do not enable the Christmas and new year period to be separately identified. The Association of Chief Police Officers, however, has collected figures on the number of positive breath tests during this period in each of the last five years, with the total number of screening breath tests required for 1992 to 1994. They are:

Breath tests over the Christmas and new year period, England and Wales 1992–93 to 1996–97
	Number of breath tests	Number positive
1992–93	59,069	4,248
1993–94	65,522	4,470
1994–95	78,009	4,706
1995–96	n/a	4,411
1996–97	n/a	15,209
1 Provisional.
n/a = not available.

The Home Office does, however, collect and publish figures for the month of December, and they are given in the table. Figures for 1996 are not yet available, but will be published in the spring. I will send the hon. Member a copy of the statistical bulletin when it is published.

Breath tests during December, England and Wales 1992 to 1995
	Number of breath tests	Number positive/refused	Percentage positive/refused
1992	110,100	8,500	8
1993	105,800	8,600	8
1994	129,100	8,700	7
1995	141,400	8,900	6

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answers of 11 December, Official Report, columns 266–67, on Vauxhall police division and Grafton square and 13 January, Official Report, column 46, on police accommodation in Lambeth, what is the relationship between the strategic review of the provision of police accommodation and the on-going review of the long-term police accommodation needs. [12375]

The review of the long-term police accommodation needs refers to a five-yearly rolling review of the Metropolitan police's operational building strategy. The strategy is due to be updated by September 1997. Each area contributes to the review of the operational building strategy. The on-going strategic review into police accommodation needs in Lambeth will inform 5 Area's submission to the review process for the operational building strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal proceedings involving alleged ticket touting at football matches under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 have been pursued to date; and how many convictions have been secured. [12359]

In 1995, 210 defendants were prosecuted for the offence of "sale of football tickets by unauthorised person on day of match" under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. Of these, 188 were convicted.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of women by rank within the police forces in Wales on 31 December in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement. [12869]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The information requested is shown in the table:

Number of female officers serving in police forces in Wales from 1991 to 1995
	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Dyfed-Powys
Association of Chief
Police Officers	—	—	—	—	—
Superintendent	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Inspector	—	—	—	—	—
Inspector	—	—	—	1	1
Sergeant	5	7	7	6	6
Constable	95	102	144	117	119
Gwent
Association of Chief
Police Officers	—	—	—	—	—
Superintendant	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Inspector	1	—	—	—	—
Inspector	3	3	3	3	5
Sergeant	3	4	4	5	3
Constable	91	99	105	106	137

Number of female officers serving in police forces in Wales from 1991 to 1995
	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
North Wales
Association of Chief
Police Officers	—	—	—	—	—
Superintendant	—	—	—	—	—
Chief Inspector	—	—	—	—	—
Inspector	3	4	4	4	2
Sergeant	7	5	7	7	10
Constable	135	144	146	165	174
South Wales
Association of Chief
Police Officers	—	—	—	—	—
Superintendant	1	1	—	—	—
Chief Inspector	—	—	—	—	—
Inspector	3	3	4	4	66
Sergeant	19	22	23	21	20
Constable	254	262	260	253	287

Figures for 1991 to 1994 as at 31 December. Figures for 1995 as at 31 March.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the total number of police officers on duty at Premiership and Football League matches in England and Wales and the total cost of these officers for the seasons (a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1995–96. [12356]

This information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the police man hours spent in court attendance for each of the last five years. [11054]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to bring section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 into operation; and if he will make a statement. [12488]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: Sufficient secure local authority accommodation is required before section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 can be brought into operation. The Government are funding an expansion of the local authority secure estate.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the annual cost of providing an additional 3,000 police officers. [12806]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The additional cost of 3,000 extra police constables in 1997–98 is an estimated £60 million, which the Government have made available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list, by company and country, all projects granted assistance from the aid and trade provision in the financial years 1995–96 and 1996–97. [12924]

The following new projects were approved for funding under the aid and trade provision in the financial years 1995–96 and 1996–97:

Country	Company	Project
1995–96
China	Purac Ltd.	Liuzhou water
China	Siemens Plessey	Nanjing airport
Indonesia	Clough Smith	Samarinda transmission line
Indonesia	GEC Alsthom	Java power transmission
Indonesia	G. Cussons Ltd.	Piston engines research laboratory
Indonesia	Phillip Harris Ltd.	Science and technology, Java universities
Pakistan	Reynolds Boughton	Fire crash tenders
Ghana	Biwater International	SE districts water supply
Zimbabwe	Landrover Exports Ltd.	Supply of 300 Landrovers
1996–97
China	Balfour Beatty	Guangzhou Metro overhead catenary system
China	GEC	Guangzhou Metro ventilation system
Philippines	Mabey and Johnson	Steel bridging
Ghana	TecQuipment Ltd.	Support to the national vocational training institute centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will release the correspondence and minutes of the meetings between the Overseas Development Administration, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department of Trade and Industry, relating to the television studios rehabilitation project, referred to in paragraph 2.6 of the National Audit Office report on "Aid to Indonesia" (HC 101 of Session 1996–97). [12594]

I will write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what proposals he has for the development of port and ship waste management plans; [12493](2) if he will make provision of port waste reception facilities a statutory duty. [12494]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The Government attach considerable importance to the provision of waste reception facilities in ports. Harbour authorities are already under a statutory duty to provide adequate waste reception facilities under the Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988 and the Prevention of Pollution (Reception Facilities) Order 1984. In January 1996, the Government announced the introduction of port waste management planning to improve the provision and use of waste reception facilities. Waste management plans were introduced initially on a voluntary basis, in advance of the introduction of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Bill, which seeks to make port waste management planning mandatory. International regulations requiring ship waste management plans will be implemented from July 1997 for new ships and July 1998 for all ships.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact of the Merchant Shipping Regulations 1988 in reducing marine debris. [12492]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: Surveys by and on behalf of the Marine Safety Agency have shown that the waste reception facilities provided by harbour authorities pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988 are generally adequate. It is therefore difficult to make a specific assessment of the effect of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1988 in isolation from other legislation relating to pollution of the marine environment from both shipping and land-based sources.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set up a public register of legal notices, offences and fines relating to pollution of the marine environment from shipping. [12496]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The Government already publish details of vessels prosecuted for marine pollution offences and vessels which have been reported to their flag states for suspected pollution offences. We do not intend to introduce a public register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it a statutory obligation for port authorities to keep garbage record books. [12495]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: Garbage record books have been developed by the International Maritime Organisation as a means to assess the compliance of ships with regulations on the discharge of garbage from ships. They will be required on new ships from July 1997 and on all ships from July 1998. It would be inappropriate for a similar requirement to be applied to port authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what reports his Department receives on unaccompanied, unchecked, unaccounted for and unexplained baggage in airliners; and what action he can take. [11233]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: Regular monitoring of compliance with the direction relating to the accounting and authorisation of baggage is carried out by my Department's inspectors. Where a deficiency is found, it is normally rectified on the spot. If this is not possible immediately, a deficiency notice is served requiring the aircraft operator to comply at the earliest opportunity. Should compliance not be achieved thereafter, formal enforcement powers are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Channon) of 16 January, Official Report, column 317, on air traffic control services, if he will make a statement on the selection of the preferred bidder for the proposed services. [12957]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The Civil Aviation Authority is now discussing with my Department and the Treasury the handling of tenders for the new Scottish centre, against the background of the strategy for future provision of air traffic control services on which they are consulting airlines and other interested parties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what precautions currently required by his Department apply in respect of the transport of (a) plutonium, (b) other radioactive materials and (c) polychlorinated biphenyls by air; what plans he has to introduce more stringent measures; and if he will make a statement. [12214]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: United Kingdom legislation requires that all dangerous goods carried by air, including radioactive materials, and thus plutonium and PCBs, must comply with the very stringent standards and requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organisation's "Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air", which are updated biennially. This legislation, enforced by the Civil Aviation Authority, ensures that the UK fulfils its safety obligations under the convention on civil aviation. The technical instructions set the standards for the classification, packing, marking, labelling and documentation of all dangerous goods. We intend to continue with our current policy of requiring compliance with the up-to-date edition of the technical instructions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many operators have been prosecuted in each of the last 12 months for operating overweight heavy goods vehicles over 38 tonnes. [13194]

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is his Department's policy in respect of prosecution of overweight heavy goods vehicle operators facing gross train weight charges of less than 10 per cent. who have not been prosecuted before; and if he will make a statement; [13193](2) if he will make it his policy to pursue prosecutions of all heavy goods vehicles which are found to be overweight; [13192](3) if he will list the ministerial directives he has issued to the Vehicle Inspectorate concerning overweight heavy goods vehicles in each of the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement; [13190](4) if he will place in the Library a copy of the ministerial directive issued to the Vehicle Inspectorate to the effect that only heavy goods vehicles over 10 per cent. or 2 tonnes over the 38 tonnes weight would be prosecuted; and who was responsible for issuing the directive. [13191]

There have been no ministerial directives as such on this subject in the past 12 months. In order to promote consistency, Ministers agree guidelines for the prosecution of overloading offences by the Vehicle Inspectorate, but the final decision on whether to prosecute in individual cases rests with the inspectorate, in the light of all the circumstances. It is normal for the Vehicle Inspectorate to prohibit clearly overloaded vehicles whether or not it intends to take prosecution action.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter from the Vehicle Inspectorate prosecution and legal services relating to the threshold below which prosecutions against overloaded lorries should not be pursued. [13189]

The Vehicle Inspectorate's prosecution and legal services unit has a standard letter which it uses to advise defendants and clerks to the courts in cases where selected offences are not proceeded with. Copies of these standard letters have been placed in the Library.In November 1996, a small number of incorrect versions of these letters were sent out, copies of which have also been placed in the Library. As soon as the mistake was detected, the erroneous versions were stopped.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if discussions to date between his Department and Leicestershire county council in respect of the A46/A47 link road constitute routine discussions about funding under the TPP—transport policies and programmes—process. [13250]

Yes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions have been made in the last few years of heavy goods vehicle drivers for using the overtaking lane of motorways; and if he will make a statement. [12290]

I have been asked to reply.The information requested is not collected centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the (a) White Papers, (b) Green Papers, (c) consultation papers, (d) draft regulations and (e) circulars, for which his Department has been responsible issued in 1996 which his Department assesses could give rise, (i) directly and (ii) indirectly to significant environmental effects. [12711]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The information requested is not kept centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what authorities are responsible for installing speed cameras (a) on motorways and (b) on other roads; what measures his Department takes to ensure that the appropriate police authorities have time to prepare prosecutions; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of this means of curbing speeding. [13041]

Highway authorities are normally responsible for installing the equipment in which the cameras are housed: these are the Highways Agency for motorways and trunk roads, and local authorities for other roads. The police are normally responsible for the purchase and operation of the cameras.Section 1 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 requires that a summons or notice of intended prosecution must be issued within 14 days of the commission of a speeding or other road traffic offence. It is for individual chief constables to make arrangements to ensure that this requirement is met.A study by Price Waterhouse of the costs and benefits of traffic light and speed cameras, commissioned by the Home Office, reported in August 1996. A copy has been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much fuel tax and vehicle excise duty on (a) goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, (b) cars and (c) motorcycles was paid in each of the last five years. [12342]

The information is as follows:

• 1991–92: £10,816 million
• 1992–93: £11,227 million
• 1993–94: £12,490 million
• 1994–95: £13,960 million
• 1995–96: £15,436 million

A breakdown of fuel duty by types of vehicles is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department has used the UK indicators for sustainable development in (a) the production of the Department's annual report, (b) monitoring progress towards meeting the objectives set out in the UK sustainable development strategy and (c) assessing the environmental implications of policy options; and what plans they have to extend their use in future within the Department. [12269]

Indicators are broad brush, aggregated statistics which provide the policy making process with information about trends in transport use and the associated impact on the environment and the economy. My Department has taken account of the statistics contained in the "UK Indicators for Sustainable Development" in formulating the transport policies set out in the Department's annual report and in the Green paper, "Transport: The Way Forward", published in April 1996. Those polices are developed in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many legislative measures have been enacted to implement EU directives in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) each EU country in each year since 1992; and in each year what was the EU average. [11808]

[holding answer 22 January 1997]: The table shows the number of statutory instruments, including amending instruments, made each year since 1992 to implement EC directives currently in force.

• 1992: 236
• 1993: 134
• 1994: 288
• 1995: 294
• 1996: 211

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the (a) cement kilns and (b) lime kilns at each plant in the UK combusting (i) coal alone, (ii) coal in combination with petroleum coke, (iii) coal in combination with solvent waste, (iv) coal in combination with other high calorific wastes, (v) petroleum coke alone, (vi) petroleum coke in combination with solvent waste, (vii) petroleum coke in combination with other high calorific wastes and (viii) other high calorific wastes alone, showing in each case which other high calorific wastes are being combusted. [11664]

I understand from the Environment Agency that the cement kilns and lime kilns in England and Wales burning fuels in the categories listed are:(a) Cement kilns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which developments or proposals by the Teesside development corporation have been opposed by (a) Stockton borough council and (b) Cleveland county council. [11874]

Since 1987, Stockton borough council has opposed three planning applications initiated by Teesside development corporation. The applications were for developments at Teesside retail park, phase 2, the Rowing Course at Teesdale and a fenland village at Cowpen Bewley. Cleveland county council also opposed the Teesdale retail park phase 2 development.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful attempts have been made by United Kingdom organisations in the last four years to obtain funds from the EU's (i) Altener, (ii) LIFE II: nature protection, (iii) Urban, (iv) Leader II, (v) Regis II, (vi) Save II and (vii) LIFE II: environmental protection schemes; and what funds have been allocated to the United Kingdom under each of these schemes. [12341]

My Department is responsible for the Urban, English Leader II, and Save II schemes and the LIFE II: nature protection and LIFE II: environmental protection schemes. The President of the Board of Trade is responsible for Altener. Regis II does not apply to the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how his Department has used the UK indicators for sustainable development in (a) the production of the Department's annual report, (b) monitoring progress towards meeting the objectives set out in the UK sustainable development strategy and (c) assessing the environmental implications of policy options; and what plans he has to extend their use in future within the Department. [12268]

The UK indicators of sustainable development published last March are primarily intended to stimulate discussion about how we measure whether our development is sustainable. The indicators were developed to address and monitor the key sustainable development issues highlighted in the UK sustainable development strategy published in 1994. As such, they have been used to inform decisions about the priorities for action and work programmes in the year ahead, which will be reported in the annual White Paper on sustainable development and the Department's annual report, both of which are to be published shortly. The indicators are also used as appropriate to inform consideration of the environmental implications of policy options.We have been consulting widely on the preliminary indicator package and we hosted a one-day seminar in November last year, inviting views from a wide range of interested parties—local authorities, the business community, non-governmental organisations, research institutes and academics, as well as international indicator experts. A report on the seminar's findings is to be published shortly. A copy will be placed in the House Library.A programme of work is in hand to review and improve the preliminary indicator set with a view to publishing a revised set in 1998. Expert groups will be set up, comprising people from within and outside Whitehall, to consider priority areas for improving the indicators package.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the Commission response of 4 December 1996 to the European Parliament's proposed amendments to the "Commission Proposals to the Council" (COM(95)647 final) on the review of the European Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and development, titled "Towards Sustainability" (COM(96)648 final). [12640]

The Government see no particular difficulty with the proposed amendments. However, these have not been subjected to detailed discussion by the Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what initiatives his Department has (a) financially sponsored and (b) encouraged local authorities to take in the implementation of Agenda 21; and what resources his Department has committed in each year since 1992 to support Agenda 21. [12371]

The Government are committed to sustainable development, and the principles of Agenda 21 are intrinsic in much of the spending and policies of my Department, most notably in areas of waste management and energy efficiency. Money available through the single regeneration budget and supplementary credit approval has often been used by local authorities to undertake initiatives in line with Agenda 21. The Government have consistently encouraged initiatives taken by local authorities to implement local Agenda 21. My Department's national level commitments to Agenda 21 can be found in the 1996 Environment White Paper, "This Common Inheritance UK Annual Report". Spending in particular areas is listed in my Department's annual report 1996. Copies of both of these are in the House Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has received from Castle Cement in Clitheroe in respect of its plans to burn (a) shredded tyres and (b) waste products other than Cemfuel. [12469]

None.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent United Nations Economic Commission for Europe discussions on limiting the use of persistent organic pollutants as they affect the United Kingdom. [12406]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The first formal negotiations on a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe agreement for reducing emissions of persistent organic pollutants took place last week in Geneva. They affirmed that the proposed protocol should be based on the sound scientific assessment of the environmental and health risks associated with the long-range air transport of these substances. The United Kingdom has been actively involved in developing this scientific underpinning over several years. Within the United Kingdom, the pollutants identified for inclusion in the protocol are already strictly controlled or banned.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the timescale for the full implementation by the United Kingdom of the urban waste water treatment directive. [12489]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: Member states are required to implement the urban waste water treatment directive on a phased timetable. The earlier deadlines are the end of 1998 for the provision of sewerage and tertiary treatment for sewage discharges to sensitive areas and for the cessation of disposal of sewage sludge at sea; and the end of 2000 for the provision of both sewerage and the relevant degree of treatment to larger sewage discharges. The final deadline is 31 December 2005 for the provision of both sewerage and the relevant degree of treatment to all other sewage discharges.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to encourage a national plastics recycling scheme. [12491]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The Government strongly support the efforts of the plastics industry on recycling. A number of organisations have been set up to increase the amount of plastic waste recovered from a number of sectors. For example, a national industry organization, Recoup, was set up in 1989. It has the support of over 80 companies, including major plastics producers, containers manufacturers, soft drinks and household product suppliers, retailers and recyclers. Recoup works closely with local authorities to develop plastics recycling facilities. It estimates that over the last year more than 110 million plastic bottles—5,500 tonnes—were recovered. The material was collected from over 165 local authorities, which now offer collection facilities for plastic bottles. Other useful work on recycling is being done by the save-a-cup scheme, the Farm Films Group, the Polystyrene Recycling Association, and by ICER (electronic equipment). We encourage all companies in the plastics industry to back such organisations.The plastics industry has also set up its own materials organisation—Valuplast—to co-ordinate its activities in response to the obligations placed on the whole packaging chain as a result of the recovery and recycling targets in the EC packaging and packaging waste regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action is being taken to protect a badger sett at footpath 7, Langland lane, Fairmile, Devon from A30 construction work. [13219]

There is no intention to disturb or remove any badger sett. However, it has been necessary to carry out work on a tree in the vicinity of a sett, in connection with the A30 construction work. Disturbance to the badger sett has been minimised by removing only parts of the tree.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information is available to his Department as to the amount of debt that Kent county council had outstanding in each of the financial years 1992–93 to 1996–97, inclusive. [13175]

The available information for Kent county council is as follows:

Outstanding debt at end of financial year
	£ million
1992–93	355.4
1993–94	394.1
1994–95	429.5
1995–96	451.6

The figures include both long-term and short-term borrowing. Longer-term borrowing by authorities can be undertaken only to finance capital expenditure and is regulated by Government through the issue of credit approvals. The data for 1992–93 and 1993–94 are obtained from special surveys conducted by the Department of the Environment seeking information on the amount of outstanding longer-term debt and investment, and the later figures are estimates based on public works loan board data and transactions reported to the Department in the regular monthly and quarterly borrowing and lending inquiries.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent representations he has received about air quality in the London borough of Bexley. [13157]

The Department has received a response from Bexley council to the consultation on the draft national strategy for air quality, which the Government are preparing in accordance with the Environment Act 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to issue more invitations for free radon measurements to householders living in areas where there are high radon levels. [13439]

Following two successful campaigns conducted last year, we intend to offer a further quarter of a million invitations to have a free radon measurement this year. Invitations will be sent to all homes in England where there is a greater than 5 per cent. chance of being above the Government's radon action level, and which have not already received an invitation. Maps have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses showing these areas.The invitations will complete a two-year programme to ensure that all households in the most radon-affected parts of the country have received an invitation to have a free measurement. The results obtained will allow clearer identification of localised areas where radon is a particular problem. Future measurement programmes will concentrate on these within the areas with a greater than 5 per cent. chance of being above the action level.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the action he proposes to take to increase competition for water and sewerage services. [13440]

In answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton (Mr. Nicholson) on 1 April 1996, Official Report, column 12, I set out a number of proposals for extending competition in water and sewerage services in England and Wales. These would: introduce common carriage arrangements to allow companies to use an existing supplier's pipe network to provide individual customers with a choice of water supply; introduce similar provisions for sewerage services; extend the scope of inset arrangements, under which a new water or waste water undertaker can be appointed in respect of an area within an existing undertaker's area of appointment, to allow appointments to be for limited periods and in respect of co-located premises; remove restrictions on cross-border supply to enable water undertakers to supply water for non-domestic purposes to customers in another undertaker's area; and remove the water undertaker's monopoly on making connections to the water main.I also announced the issue of a consultation paper in which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and I sought views on these proposals.Responses to the consultation paper were received from the water industry, commercial and industrial users, representative bodies, professional institutions and individual customers. They showed a broad measure of support for all our proposals and made a number of useful points about the way in which they could be put into operation. In the light of the positive response, it is our intention to proceed with these proposals with a view to bringing forward legislation in the next Parliament.In developing this legislation we shall seek to provide a basis for competition both in waste water and clean water services, and to ensure that water quality continues to be safeguarded and that the charging regime continues to be fair and non discriminatory. We also intend to go further than our original proposals by following up suggestions made during consultation for extending the scope of common carriage and inset appointments to smaller users. We will look again to see whether a lower limit, perhaps in the 100 to 200 ML range, would be practicable and appropriate.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has selected a preferred purchaser for the Building Research Establishment; and if he will make a statement. [13455]

Following our consideration of the two final offers for the Building Research Establishment, we have decided to select the BRE management bid team as the preferred purchaser. We were grateful for the work done by the Built Environment Research Foundation in preparing its bid, but have decided not to proceed with it further. We are now firmly on course to transfer BRE to the private sector by the end of February as planned.The Government's objectives for the sale are: to secure the provision of high-quality, independent and impartial research and development and advice, at good value for money, that meets the requirements of Government and industry and is responsive to the commercial needs of industry; to transfer the establishment to the private sector by the end of February 1997; and to optimise the net proceeds to the taxpayer.The BRE management team bid was the one which best demonstrated that it met all the sale objectives. Overall the management team bid offers the best value for money for the taxpayer.One of the Government's objectives from the outset has been to privatise BRE in a way that would secure wide support from the industry and the research world. I believe that the Foundation for the Built Environment model has this wide support. I am pleased to say that the Construction Industry Council has indicated that it will support it, as have an impressive number of organisations from all sections of the industry, and the major university interests.We have looked very carefully at the preferred purchaser's proposals for safeguarding impartiality and independence in the private sector. In our view, the management bid team has demonstrated that the structure of ownership it proposes for BRE within the Foundation for the Built Environment will protect the impartiality and independence for which BRE is renowned. We believe that the organisation will continue to be able to provide high-quality, independent and impartial research and advice under its new ownership.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the United Nations Environment Programme technical report "UNEP 36" on industry environmental compliance, in respect of its application to the United Kingdom. [12395]

[holding answer 23 January 1997]: The report in question provides guidance primarily for countries that are in the process of setting up a system for environmental compliance and enforcement. The United Kingdom has a well-developed enforcement regime that, for major industrial processes, is now administered by the Environment Agency in England and Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in Scotland and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the police forces that have received training as part of a scheme sponsored by Her Majesty's Government since 1988, detailing where and when the training took place and how much the training for each force cost; [11887](2) if he will list the foreign police forces trained by private companies under the scheme sponsored by Her Majesty's Government since 1988, indicating where and when the training took place, the name of the companies involved and the nature of the training provided; [11886](3) if he will list the police forces which, as part of a scheme sponsored by Her Majesty's Government,

Police and security forces receiving training sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office diplomatic wing, and Overseas Development Administration assistance for police training, were listed in the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Ms Short) on 31 October 1996, Official Report, columns 218–19, and in the answers given by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the hon. Member for Cardiff, Central (Mr. Jones) on 14 May 1966, Official Report, columns 386–87, and on 28 February 1996, Official Report, columns 546–47. Details of overseas police training sponsored by the Ministry of Defence were provided in the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces to the hon. Lady on 12 December 1996, Official Report, columns 343–44. Serving police officers from foreign forces have occasionally undertaken periods of academic study sponsored by Her Majesty's Government, but it would involve disproportionate cost to try to establish a record of this additional police study in the United Kingdom.The training of police and security forces sponsored by Her Majesty's Government took place during the period 1988 to 1996 at the Bramshill police college, other training establishments in the United Kingdom and in the countries concerned.The Overseas Development Administration employs some retired police officers, some of whom have established themselves as private companies, to provide consultancy advice and training. They have also employed the Royal Institute of Public Administration. Prior to 1996, there was no other Foreign and Commonwealth Office-sponsored training of police and security forces by private companies. In 1996, the FCO diplomatic wing sponsored a pilot project involving private sector training of police forces from Malaysia and Cyprus.On the basis of the figures for financial years 1994 to 1996, we estimate that about 1,200 overseas police and security force personnel have received training sponsored by the FCO diplomatic wing. It would not be possible for the whole period, except at disproportionate cost, to separate the costs of this police training from the costs of the UK military training and assistance scheme as a whole. However, in 1995–96, the average cost of such training was £1,886 per person.Hitherto, the nature and content of bilateral military and associated police training programmes have been regarded as confidential between Governments because it has been judged that their disclosure would risk damaging our international relations. This practice is now being reviewed against the background of the Government's commitment to openness. The House will be informed of the results of the review in due course.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the outcome of the latest discussions by the member Governments of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold regarding the residue of gold and its possible distribution to individuals. [12996]

The Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold last met in Brussels on 17 December. In the light of suggestions from Jewish organisations that part of the commission gold be made available to benefit individual victims of Nazism, the tripartite Governments have decided to continue the technical and administrative preparations for the final distribution of the residue of gold, but not actually to begin the distribution. One factor that the tripartite Governments will take into account when considering the final distribution of gold will be the outcome of research currently being undertaken by the US presidential task force on Nazi gold, and separately by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, into the origin of the commission gold pool.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens are currently resident in other European Union countries. [13165]

According to our latest estimates, on 31 December 1995, there were 960,000 British citizens resident in other European Union countries.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the revenue loss to the Exchequer in (a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99 from tax reliefs on venture capital trusts. [12790]

Total tax relief for venture capital trusts is tentatively estimated to cost about £50 million for 1997–98. The cost for 1998–99 is not available, but would depend on future levels of take-up and rates of investment return.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the (a) first year and (b) full year cost of raising the personal income tax allowances in 1997–98 by (i) £175, (ii) £190 and (iii) £200; and if he will estimate in each case the number of individuals who would cease to be liable to pay income tax as a consequence of such a change. [12747]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: Available information is given in the table.

Increase in non-aged and aged personal tax allowances £	Full year cost at 1997–98 income levels1£ million	First year cost at 1997–98 income levels £ million	Number of taxpayers taken out of income tax (thousands)
175	1,050	790	400
190	1,150	850	440
200	1,200	900	470
1 Based on the Budget forecast.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the impact on revenue of ending the tax reliefs on (a) new personal equity plans and (b) new tax-exempt special savings accounts in (i) 1997–98 and (ii) 1998–99. [12796]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The reduction in the cost of tax relief from not permitting any further investment in personal equity plans is tentatively estimated at £40 million for 1997–98.The estimated reduction in the cost of income tax relief from not allowing new tax-exempt special savings accounts is about £50 million for 1997–98. The estimated reduction in the cost of tax relief from not permitting any further investment in TESSAs is approximately £80 million for 1997–98.These estimates do not allow for any behavioural consequences as a result of changes to these tax reliefs, and follow the conventional assumption that the current interest rates remain unchanged.Estimates for later years are not available, but in each case the effect would build up over time.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the additional revenue which would be raised by the Exchequer in (a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99 by introducing a new marginal tax rate of 50 per cent. on taxable incomes of £100,000 per annum and over; and what is his estimate of the number of individuals who would be affected by such a policy. [12746]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The estimated full year yield at 1997–98 income levels of introducing a new rate of 50 per cent. on taxable incomes above £100,000 is £1.4 billion. The yield includes the consequential effects on the yield of capital gains tax after allowing for likely changes in the volume of disposals. It does not take account of any other behavioural effects which might result from the introduction of the new rate of tax. About 140,000 taxpayers would be affected.The yield for future years would depend on levels of income, tax reliefs and allowances in those years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the additional revenue which would be raised by the Exchequer in (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000 by increasing the basic rate of tax by one penny in the pound. [12745]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The estimated full year yield would be about £1.7 billion at 1997–98 income levels. The yields for future years would depend on the levels of incomes, tax reliefs and allowances in those years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the additional revenues which would be generated by a top rate of income tax of (a) 50 per cent. and (b) 60 per cent. on incomes over (i) £50,000, (ii) £60,000, (iii) £70,000, (iv) £100,000 and (v) £150,000. [12377]

Estimated full year yields at 1997–98 income levels are given in the table. The yields include the consequential effects on the yield of capital gains tax after allowing for likely changes in the volume of disposals. They do not take account of any other behavioural effects which might result from the introduction of such changes. It is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the effect of introducing the higher tax rates for taxable incomes over £100,000.

	Full year revenue yield at 1997–98 income levels Top rate
Lower limit of taxable income £	50 per cent. £ billion	60 per cent. £ billion
50,000	2.7	5.4
60,000	2.3	4.5
70,000	2.0	3.9
100,000	1.4	2.7

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people aged 65 years or over who will (a) not pay any tax, (b) pay tax at 20 per cent. only, (c) pay tax at 23 per cent. and (d) pay tax at 40 per cent. in 1997–98. [12993]

Latest estimates for 1997–98 are given in the table. The estimates are based on information projected from the 1994–95 survey of personal incomes and population estimates from the Government Actuary's Department; they are therefore provisional.

Individuals aged 65 or over	Number (millions)	Percentage
Not liable to income tax	6.20	67
Lower rate	1.75	19
Basic rate	1.20	13
Higher rate	0.15	1
All	9.30	100

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the number of new claims for mortgage interest tax relief from first time claimants in the most recent year for which figures are available [12793]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: About 10.5 million single people or married couples benefited from mortgage interest relief in 1995–96. An estimated 400,000 of the beneficiaries were first time buyers with new mortgages.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his policy in respect of future levels of mortgage interest tax relief at source over the next five financial years; and if he will make a statement. [12795]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: As my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in his 1995 Budget speech, interest relief will remain unchanged for the lifetime of this Parliament. Beyond that, the level of mortgage interest relief is a matter to be considered each year in the Budget.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue which would be raised by the Exchequer in (a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99 by ending capital gains tax reinvestment relief. [12744]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: The cost of capital gains tax reinvestment relief is tentatively estimated to be £65 million for 1997–98. Costs for later years would depend on future levels of capital gains and qualifying investment. In practice the yield from withdrawing the relief may be significantly different to the existing cost due to changes in taxpayers' behaviour.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the development of a progress indicator to take account of the environmental and social costs of economic activity as an alternative to gross domestic product; and if he will make a statement on the desirability of developing such an alternative measure. [10539]

[holding answer 22 January 1997]: The Office for National Statistics has examined the genuine progress indicator, but does not regard it as a good indicator; it sees more value in the preparation of a broad range of indicators such as those in the Department of Environment's "Indicators of Sustainable Development for the United Kingdom", and environmental accounts of which a pilot was published in Economic Trends in August 1996.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assumptions he has incorporated about capital expenditure from the proceeds of the national lottery for each of the years covered in table 5.4 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" 1997–98. [10852]

[holding answer 16 January 1997]: The amounts of capital expenditure financed from proceeds of the national lottery included in table 5.4 of the FSBR were:

National lottery capital expenditure
	£ million
1995–961	130
1996–97	480
1997–98	960
1998–99	1,200
1999–90	1,440
1 Outturn. These figures are for NLDF payments and exclude additional capital spending from the partnership contribution to lottery schemes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 22 January, Official Report, column 606, what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of independence for the Bank of England. [13188]

The Chancellor carefully considered the case for granting greater autonomy to the Bank of England at the time of the Treasury and Civil Service Committee's report on the role of the Bank of England. The Government, in response to that report, said that we believed the current institutional arrangements for monetary policy—including publishing the minutes of the Chancellor's monthly meetings with the Governor—were fully capable of meeting the targets that the Government have set for inflation. We also said that we remained concerned about the questions of accountability to Parliament, and to the public, that a move towards greater autonomy for the bank would raise.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the consequences for the United Kingdom's future rate of inflation of the acceleration in the monetary—M4—growth between 1995 and 1996. [12926]

M4 is one of many indicators that the Chancellor considers when making his assessment of inflation prospects. Underlying inflation is currently just over 3 per cent. and is forecast in the Financial Statement and Budget Report, which is published with the Budget, to fall to 2½ per cent. by the second quarter of 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions since 1978 (a) British, (b) German and (c) French GDP has dropped by more than the limits prescribed by the stability pact agreed at the Dublin summit in any one year. [12474]

The principles for the stability and growth pact agreed at the Dublin summit are intended to ensure that the Council of Ministers will assess deficits over the 3 per cent. reference value of participants in the single currency on a case by case basis. In the procedure, the Commission would as a rule consider an excess over the reference value to be exceptional only if there is an annual fall of real GDP of at least 2 per cent. The number of occasions when GDP has fallen by 2 per cent. or more since 1978 are (a) two (b) nil and (c) nil respectively.The Council's assessment, however, will also take into account observations by a member state showing that an annual fall of less than 2 per cent. is nevertheless exceptional. The proposed European Council resolution contains an undertaking by the member states, in evaluating whether the economic downturn is severe, as a rule to take as a reference point an annual fall in real GDP of at least 0.75 per cent. The number of occasions when GDP has fallen by 0.75 per cent. or more since 1978 are

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the percentage of (a) workless non-pensioner households and (b) workless households with children together with the employment rate for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country for each year for which the figures are available since 1992; [10932](2) what are the most recent available percentage figures for

[holding answer 22 January 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the percentage change in employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (a) each European Union state and (b) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10933](2) if he will list, as percentages,

[holding answer 22 January 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will make a statement about the future funding arrangements for the Gilbert and Sullivan D'Oyly Carte opera company. [13145]

I am pleased to inform the House that the Arts Council of England announced on 23 January a significant new step in its relationship with the D'Oyly Carte company, by offering the company a grant of £100,000 immediately, and the opportunity to apply for further funds to mount a national tour. In making the announcement, the Arts Council drew attention to the strong case that had been made for the council to support a touring light opera company, and to the demand for it on the part of audiences throughout the country. I hope that both parties will now be able to build on this, to develop a productive long-term relationship.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage to which format the accounts of exempted charities are required to conform in order to comply with the requirements of section 47(2) of the Charities Act 1993. [12860]

Section 46(1) of the Charities Act 1993 requires charity trustees of any exempt charities to keep proper books of account with respect to the charity and, if not required by or under the authority of any other Act, to prepare consecutive statements of account consisting of an income and expenditure account relating to a period of not more than 15 months and a balance sheet relating to the end of that period. The statement of recommended accounting practice accounting by charities, published by the Charity Commission, applies in relation to all charity accounts unless a more specific statement of recommended practice applies. Section 47(3)(d) of the Act provides that the statement of accounts of an exempt charity to be provided on request is the most recently audited, if the accounts are required to be audited, or otherwise the most recently prepared accounts.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many representations she has received from independent newsagents concerning the distribution of national lottery outlets. [12367]

The Department has received a total of 29 representations from independent newsagents concerning the distribution of national lottery outlets, including 19 accompanied by letters from hon. Members.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will meet the costs of self-help groups converting their analogue receivers to accept digital transmissions before the introduction of the new BBC digital service; and if she will make a statement. [12544]

Under section 33 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, the Government will consider how long it would be appropriate for television broadcasting services to continue to be provided in analogue form after the new digital terrestrial television services begin to be broadcast. The conversion of analogue self-help installations to the digital format and the basis for that conversion are among the issues which will be considered during the course of that review.

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what amount and what percentage of the total awarded by the National Lottery Charities Board since its inception has been allocated to organizations representing older people and pensioners; and if she will list the recipients and the amounts received. [12992]

The National Lottery Charities Board has so far made 6,925 grants worth £478 million. Of these, 620, 9 per cent. of grants, worth £33.7 million, 7 per cent. of the money, have been to charities and voluntary organisations for projects working specifically with older people and pensioners. The list of awards has been placed in the Libraries of the House. Many other grants will benefit people of all ages, including older people and pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she has received the report from the National Council for Vocational Qualifications into the alleged irregularities in the award of qualifications at Sight and Sound, south London; what further investigations are continuing; and if she will make a statement. [13054]

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: As a police investigation is currently being undertaken in relation to alleged irregularities at Sight and Sound, it would be inappropriate to make a statement about any aspect of these allegations or NCVQ's or other inquiries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the number of apprenticeships in British manufacturing industry; and if she will make a statement. [12995]

In summer 1996, there were around 44,000 people doing apprenticeships in manufacturing industry in Great Britain, according to the labour force survey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what representations she has received from further education colleges regarding the funding of the further education sector. [12945]

Twenty-one representations have been received between the announcement in the Budget on 26 November 1996 and 27 January 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what will be the Government's objectives and priorities for the forthcoming ILO conference in Geneva. [12553]

The Government's objective will be to promote UK employment and labour market interests in all conference discussions, and particularly in the

Leonardo da Vinci
Programme year	Total applications	Successful projects	Unsuccessful projects	Percentage funded	UK receipts1(ECU)
1995	825	219	606	27	15,967,783
1996	667	284	383	43	18,784,071
Combined totals	1,492	503	989	34	34,751,854
1 The majority of funds are allocated on the basis of successful projects being approved. A small proportion of the funding is allocated as a block grant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful attempts have been made by United Kingdom organisations in the last four years to obtain funds from (i) the EU's promotion of training and mobility of researchers, (ii) Youth for Europe, (iii) Leonardo da Vinci, (iv) Socrates, (v) NOW, (vi) Youthstart, (vii) Integra, (viii) Adapt and (ix) Horizon schemes; and what funds have been allocated to the United Kingdom under each of these schemes. [12339]

The information is not available in the exact form requested. The tables set out the information that is available for each scheme. However, full information on projects funded in individual member states by the framework programme, including the training and mobility of researchers programme, is held only by the Commission. Thus, information on the numbers of successful and unsuccessful applications and the precise funds allocated to each member state are not available.The current programme "Youth for Europe III" started in 1995 and the following information is available. Information on the funding of the centralised part of the programme is available from the Commission. The decentralised part of YFE III is administered on a national basis.

Youth for Europe III
Year	Successful groups	Successful participants	Unsuccessful groups	Total groups
1995	YFE III
Decentralised Actions	801	11,176	40	841
Centralised Actions	48	Not applicable	35	83
1996	YFE III
Decentralised Actions	522	7,725	26	548
Centralised Actions	1—	Not applicable	1—	1—
1 Interim figures not available at short notice. Funding: Decentralised part of the programme.
1995: 1.273 MECU for youth exchange activities; 158 MECU for youth worker training.
1996: 1.290 MECU for Youth Exchange activities; 174 MECU for youth worker training.

Figures for the Leonardo da Vinci programme are available from 1995, when the programme began, and are as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful attempts have been made by his Department in the last four years to obtain funds from the European social fund; and what funds have already been allocated to the United Kingdom under this fund. [12418]

The Department obtains funds from the European social fund within the overall allocations for the structural funds agreed in advance with the European Commission. In the years 1993 to 1996, 729 separate payments were received. There has been only one occasion in the last four years when we were not sent the money requested, due to a misunderstanding with the Commission: the sums have since been received.The following table shows the sums allocated to UK for the European social fund over the last four years:

ESF allocations to the UK (including community initiatives)
	1993	1994	1995	1996
Total: million ecu, 1996 prices	866	795	986	1,037
£/ecu rates	1.285	1.292	1.221	1.229
Total: £ million, 1996 prices	675	615	808	844

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the criteria for bids for the technology college initiative. [13101]

The criteria for applications for technology college designation are set out in "Technology College Applications: A guide for Schools". A copy of this publication is available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools that were successful under the technology college initiative were members of the Technology Colleges Trust. [13095]

Of the 180 technology colleges so far operating or announced, 154 are members of the Technology Colleges Trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what feedback was given to those schools whose bids for the technology college initiative failed to be accepted. [13096]

Letters to schools unsuccessful in their applications for designation as technology colleges give a general indication of the reasons. Schools which contact the Department are given some further feedback but the Department does not enter into detailed discussion about applications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the role of the Technology Colleges Trust in advising on submissions for the initiative. [13097]

Applicants for technology college designation may request advice from the Technology Colleges Trust about seeking sponsorship, drawing up development plans and preparing applications. This carries no commitment that a school's application will be approved or that it will be given preference over applications from other schools. Information about this is set out in the guidance document available to all schools from the Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many grant-maintained schools were awarded technology college initiative status. [13098]

Of the 180 technology colleges so far operating or announced, 92 are grant-maintained schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the geographical distribution of schools awarded the technology college initiative status. [13099]

An analysis by Government office area of the 180 technology colleges so far operating or announced is given in the table.

Government office region	Number of technology colleges
Eastern	18
East midlands	18
London	18
Merseyside and north-west	33
North-east	12
South-east	32
South-west	17
West midlands	19
Yorkshire and Humberside	13
Total	180

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools achieved technology college initiative status. [13100]