To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimates he has made of the total value of church furniture, ornaments and other items that have been stolen from churches open to the public in the past 12 months. [57069]

This is not a matter for the Church Commissioners. I understand that there is no central register kept of thefts from Church buildings in England. However, figures from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, which insures most Anglican Churches in England, show that, in 1997, 1,974 cases of theft were reported from Anglican Churches insured by the EIG in England and Scotland. The items stolen were insured for some £1.5m. These records do not show whether the church was open to the public at the time of the theft.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Commissioners are taking to encourage the Church of England to support local schools participating in the JC2000 Millennium Arts Festival for Schools. [57476]

Although not a matter for the Commissioners, I understand from the Church of England Board of Education that a quarter of the Schools in England, many of them Church schools, have already indicated an interest in the JC2000 Millennium Arts Festival for Schools. The Church of England is actively involved, through its network of Diocesan Directors of Education, in the support of 5,000 Church of England schools in England, and many other schools have connections with their parish Church. The Board of Education expresses its support for this exciting and imaginative millennium project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what performance targets have been set for the Defence Estates Organisation for 1998–99. [58406]

The following key performance targets have been set for the Defence Estates Organisation for 1998–99:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the medical tests conducted on Gulf War Veteran Warrant Officer Ray Bristow of the 32 field hospital in the Royal Army Medical Corps in respect of suspected health damage arising from exposure to depleted uranium dust during the Gulf War. [57090]

The Ministry of Defence is aware that Dr. Asaf Durakovic, a US physician, is reported as having carried out tests for the presence of depleted uranium (DU) on some UK Gulf veterans, including Mr. Raymond Bristow. However, we have not yet seen details of either the tests which have been performed or the results obtained. Accordingly, the MOD cannot comment on Dr. Durakovic's reported findings.The MOD is well aware that a link has been suggested between possible exposure to DU and the illnesses being experienced by some Gulf veterans. However, this is only one of a number of factors which have been suggested as causes of Gulf veterans' illnesses and, pending further medical and scientific evidence, my Department is keeping an open mind on this issue.Any Gulf veteran who is concerned that his or her health has been adversely affected by Service during the Gulf conflict, including possible exposure to DU, is urged to seek a referral to the MOD's Medical Assessment Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons in the regular battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment were born in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) the remainder of the United Kingdom, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) elsewhere. [57581]

Members of the Royal Irish Regiment (General Service), whose place of birth is recorded as being in the four areas specified, are detailed in the table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to alter the rules for engagement for the West Indies Guard Ship; and if he will make a statement. [57748]

There are no plans to do so at present. Nonetheless, Rules of Engagement, including those for the West Indies Guard Ship, are reviewed on a regular basis in the light of changing operational circumstances.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what meetings he or his ministers or officials had arranged, prior to 17 October, with representatives of the Chilean Navy; when such meetings were due to have taken place and where; and if the possible purchase by the Chilean Navy of British destroyers or frigates was to be discussed. [57523]

[holding answer 2 November 1998]: Before 17 October, many regular and routine meetings took place between UK and Chilean officials on a range of defence matters both in the UK and Chile.Representatives of the Chilean Navy were scheduled to meet my officials for exploratory discussions relating to their frigate replacement programme during a planned visit to the UK at the beginning of November. This will now not take place as originally planned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what meetings he or his ministers or officials have had with representatives of the Government of Chile since 1 May 1997; what was discussed at each such meeting; who was present; and what agreements were reached. [57524]

[holding answer 2 November 1998]: I, my Ministerial colleagues, the Chiefs of Staff and my senior officials have met Chilean Defence Ministers and Commanders in Chief on 21 occasions in the UK, Chile and elsewhere since 1 May 1997.Discussions covered a wide range of matters of mutual defence interest, including defence exports. No formal agreements were concluded, although the two sets of annual defence cooperation talks established proposals for military assistance and defence cooperation over the forthcoming year. In addition, regular routine meetings have taken place between UK and Chilean officials on a range of defence matters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what sums have been paid to farmers in Northern Ireland as compensation for livestock damaged by low-flying helicopters in each of the last 10 years; and what guidance is issued to helicopter pilots to minimise such damage. [56294]

Prior to March 1994 the records relating to compensation paid out for damage to livestock by low-flying helicopters were maintained manually and to retrieve the information requested would, even if possible, involve disproportionate cost. However, figures for the total amount of compensation paid to claimants in Northern Ireland due to helicopter activity from April 1989 to March 1994 are set out.

£
1 April 1989–31 March 1990	594,899
1 April 1990–31 March 1991	1,240,680
1 April 1991–31 March 1992	2,796,735
1 April 1992–31 March 1993	4,170,361
1 April 1993–31 March 1994	6,456,702

For the remainder of the 10-year period computer records show compensation paid out to claimants for damage to livestock as follows:

	£
1 April 1994–31 March 1995	5,743,922
1 April 1995–31 March 1996	1,426,424
1 April 1996–31 March 1997	442,040
1 April 1997–31 March 1998	460,021
1 April 1998–30 September 1999	184,953

The form in which the information is compiled does not indicate whether the claimants who received compensation payments were farmers. The figures also include elements of loss/damage to fencing, silage, land etc. To produce a breakdown of the individual amounts paid in each case to reflect the amount of compensation paid for animals only would again involve disproportionate cost.The guidance issued to helicopter pilots with regard to minimising damage applies to all pilots, regardless of where they are serving, and is highlighted at an early stage of their training. Damage to crops and livestock can be caused only by low-flying. Pilots are reminded that, when such activity is necessary, whether due to prevailing operational commitment or weather constraints, appropriate action should be taken, in particular where there is a known or perceived sensitive area—for example, hospitals, stables etc.—to minimise the impact of their actions on the local community.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many helicopters are presently in use in Northern Ireland; and how many (a) flights took place, (b) flying hours were recorded and (c) complaints were received in each of the last three years. [56379]

There are currently 40 helicopters operated by the Royal Air Force, Army Air Corps and Royal Navy which have an operational tasking in Northern Ireland. Records of individual flights in the Province over the last three years are not maintained; however, 81,174 flying hours were recorded in the period concerned. These are as follows:

Dates	Flying hours
1 January 1996–31 December 1996	28,911
1 January 1997–31 December 1997	30,083
1 January 1998–30 September 1998	22,180

Formal records on complaints about military helicopters were not kept until the beginning of 1997. In that year 749 complaints were recorded, and at the end of August in the current year, 475 complaints had been recorded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations of British Army surveillance towers in Northern Ireland in (i) September 1994 and (ii) October 1998; and what plans he has to remove further towers from use in the next six months. [56394]

Unit	Strength	Length of tour
The 1st Battalion The Scots Guards	569	2 years—until March 2000
The 1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers	566	2 years—until August 2000
The 2nd Battalion The Light Infantry	623	2 years—until March 1999
The 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers	605	2 years—until May 1999
The 1st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment	606	2 years—until December 1999
The 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)1	609	2 years—until March 1999
42 Commando Royal Marines	577	6 months—until March 1999
The 1st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales)	552	6 months—until November 1998
The 12th Regiment Royal Artillery	403	6 months—until October 1998
The 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales—Prince of Wales Division	545	6 months—until December 1998
The 39th Regiment Royal Artillery2	277	6 months—until January 1999
The 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) (Scottish Division)	510	6 months—until December 1998
1The 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, respectively the Province Reserve Battalion and me Urban Reinforcement Battalion, are fully committed to Northern Ireland, although only one company of each was deployed in the Province at 30 September 1998. The 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales, the Rural Reinforcement Battalion, is also fully committed to Northern Ireland but was not deployed in the Province at that time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the overall strength in September 1998 of British military forces in Northern Ireland broken down into numbers attached to the (i) Army, (ii) RAF, (iii) Royal Navy, (iv) RIR Home Service full-time and (v) RIR Home Service part-time. [56396]

The information requested is set out in the table:

In September 1994 there were surveillance towers at 10 hilltop sites in the South Armagh area, 2 towers in Londonderry and 3 surveillance posts mounted on blocks of flats within Belfast, in October 1998 there were the same number of sites in South Armagh and Belfast, but only one in Londonderry, the other having been closed in 1995. In addition to surveillance towers, the security forces maintain a number of other structures which are used for a variety of observation purposes.The security situation is kept under constant review and the configuration of the military infrastructure adjusted accordingly. However, there are no plans to withdraw any of the towers from use over the next 6 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the British Army regiments currently deployed in Northern Ireland, indicating the number attached to each and the estimated duration of their tour of duty; and if he will make a statement on planned deployment during the next 12 months providing there is no unforeseen change in the security context. [56397]

The British Army Infantry Battalions—and one Royal Marine Commando— currently committed to Northern Ireland are listed in the table, along with their strength and planned tour length:

	Strength
Army (General Service)	110,873
Royal Air Force	1,152
Royal Navy	321
The Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service Full Time)	2,627
The Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service Part Time)	1,961
Total	16,934
1Includes the Province Reserve Battalion and the Urban Reinforcement Battalion which are fully committed to Northern Ireland although only one company of each was deployed to the Province as at30September 1998. Also includes the Rural Reinforcement Battalion which was committed but not deployed at that time

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British Army and RIR barracks are maintained in Northern Ireland; if he will cost and itemise major works projects (a) completed over the last 12 months and (b) already under way, initiated or committed in the next 12 months. [56398]

There are currently 44 bases used by the British Army including the Royal Irish Regiment, in Northern Ireland which are occupied by a platoon or more of troops. These include bases which are exclusively military or which are shared with the RUC. It does not include RUC stations which have a token military presence, surveillance towers, observation posts, Permanent Vehicle Check Points (PVCPs), or patrol bases which were previously PVCPs.A continual programme of maintenance and development exists to keep the Army estate in good operational order. Within the last 12 months 7 major works projects costing £300,000 or more have been completed at a total value of £21.415m. These projects were at the following locations:

£ million
Location	Cost
Thiepval Barracks	2.612
Massereene Barracks (3 projects)	13.821
Hollywood	2.253
Ballykinler	1.184
New Barnsley	2.545

There are currently 29 major works projects costing £300,000 or more, with a total value of £54.696m, under way, initiated or committed in the next 12 months. These projects are at the following locations:

£ million
Location	Cost
Ballykinler (4 projects)	4.067
Drumadd	0.960
Omagh (3 projects)	8.500
Ballykelly (3 projects)	3.570
Aldergrove (4 projects)	13.000
Hollywood (3 projects)	3.595
Kinnegar	2.500
Thiepval Barracks (7 projects)	14.080
Magilligan	3.174
Mahon Barracks (2 projects)	1.250

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date, and at what level, the decision was taken to permit administrative facilities at (a) Wellington Barracks, (b) Catterick Barracks and (c) other premises within his responsibility to be used for (i) answering phone calls, (ii) replying to mail and (iii) other activities associated with the campaign for the release of guardsmen Fisher and Wright; and what was the cost to public funds. [56297]

The Fisher and Wright Release Group is an independent organisation which is run by former members of the Scots Guards and is not supported from public funds. The Group was not permitted the use of Army administration facilities in connection with its campaign, nor was assistance provided from any Army establishment.The Group consists of former members of the Regiment who are entitled to enter the Scots Guards Regimental Headquarters. They thus held their initial meetings at Wellington Barracks in 1997. The Regimental Colonel subsequently directed that these meetings should cease to take place within the Headquarters. The Group has used a P.O. Box number as a point of contact since 10 July 1997 and has not held any further meetings at the Regimental Headquarters.As the two Guardsmen are still members of the Scots Guards, its Regimental Headquarters has inevitably been a natural focal point for ex-Servicemen who wish to express their support for the Release Group's activities. Any telephone calls or letters that have been received for this purpose have, however, been immediately redirected to the Release Group.My Department has also received a number of representations both in support of and against the Guardsmen.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the cost of the refurbishment of the Priory at the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre at Chicksands; and if his Department has borne this cost. [57314]

The Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) is based at Chicksands. The cost of refurbishing the Priory Officers' Mess at DISC is currently forecast at £4.731 million, and is being met by my Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many American visiting forces are based at the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre at Chicksands; and for what purpose. [57315]

There are 10 US personnel attached to the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre at Chicksands to support training and exercises, particularly where there is a mutual US/UK interest. Some may deploy on operations where there is a combined national interest, subject to approval from the respective governments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will review the application of exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in respect of Questions concerning expenditure and staffing levels of the Force Research Unit in Northern Ireland. [56400]

I have reviewed the application of the exemption in this case and I am satisfied that this information should continue to be withheld under the terms of the Code of Practice.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is his policy retrospectively to increase the rate of capital gains tax for funded unapproved retirement schemes from 23 per cent. to 34 per cent. [58255]

This capital gains tax change is not retrospective. It is normal practice for capital gains tax reforms to apply to gains realised after the date of announcement of the changes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total revenue receipts by month so far this year from excise duties on tobacco; and what is his forecast for total receipts for 1988–99. [58208]

The amounts of revenue receipts by month this year are as follows:

Excise duty
	£ million
January	33
February	42
March	105
April	1,635
May	18
June	49
July	101
August	269
September	469
Total	2,721

The total tobacco revenue forecast for 1998–99, published in the March 1998 Financial Statement and Budget Report, is £8.9 billion.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what rules will apply for sales on ferries of goods bought at port of loading following the abolition of duty free sales inside the European Union. [58209]

The arrangements which will apply for sales of goods on board ferries, for passengers to take away, following the abolition of intra-EU duty free sales are still being considered. The Commission recently set out, in a press release, their thinking on how the successor regime will work and the Government are giving very careful consideration to this. It is based on the existing provisions of Council Directive 92/12/EEC At the EU Excise Committee meeting on 1 October the UK reserved its position to allow time for a full appraisal of the Commission's position.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with European partners about the tax regime which will apply after the abolition of duty free sales inside the European Union. [58210]

The last time that the abolition of intra-EU duty free sales was discussed at a political level with EU partners was at the ECOFIN Council meeting on 19 May 1998 where a number of Finance Ministers made it clear that they opposed any re-opening of the decision to abolish. Subsequent discussions, on the operation of the successor regime, have been at official level in the Commission chaired EU Excise Committee. Customs and Excise are also entering into a bi-lateral and multi-lateral discussions with a number of other member states to work through the detail of how a successor regime might work in practice.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the reports of the Treasury-sponsored working groups on (a) the financing of high technology companies and (b) smaller quoted companies. [58338]

These two working groups have now reported to me and I have today placed copies of their reports in the Libraries of both Houses, and they are available on request from the Treasury's Inquiry Unit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to veto all EU proposals regarding the harmonisation of corporation tax rates. [58204]

[holding answer 2 November 1998]: Direct tax is primarily a matter for Member States at national level. Decisions on European tax issues are subject to unanimity. The Government will have no hesitation in using the veto when it is in the UK interests to do so.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 26 October 1998, Official Report, column 43, if he will permit Age Concern, Essex to defer implementing value added tax on its home support service pending the review by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise of such levies. [58089]

Customs are now consulting interested parties to agree the circumstances in which home support services will be exempt from VAT as charity welfare services. Charities including Age Concern, Essex should not anticipate the outcome of the consultation, but where they have paid VAT on services which are subsequently determined to be exempt, they may reclaim the overpaid tax from Customs subject to the normal rules.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance has been provided to Albania in the past five years; and what assessment she has made of its impact. [56918]

UK Government assistance to Albania began in 1993 and has focused on the regulation of capital markets, rural development, health reform, good government and the development of civil society. We have also provided assistance to Albania through contributions to multilateral organisations such as the EU, and during last year's disturbances we provided significant emergency assistance.Early in 1997 there was a hiatus in bilateral assistance to Albania due to civil disturbances. Since then the programme has been restarted and it is focusing on strengthening governance and civil society, rural development and health reform.Figures for UK bilateral and multilateral assistance are as follows:

Bilateral:
Year	(£)
1998–99	1800,000
1997–98	749,104
1996–97	1,038,000
1995–96	1,093,000
1994–95	1,153,447
1993–94	861,113
1forecast

Multilateral: (UK share)
Year	Total (£)	Of which EC
1997	1—	1—
1996	7,800,000	5,900,000
1995	6,100,000	3,900,000
1994	5,400,000	3,100,000
1993	14,560,000	13,100,000
1not yet available

We shall be assessing the overall impact of past assistance as we develop future programmes of assistance in the region.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what changes will be made to the cash and running costs limits for her Department in 1998–99. [58027]

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for Class III, Vote 1 will be increased by £12,607,000 from £1,620,700,000 to £1,633,307,000 and the running cost limit will be increased by £3,893,000 from £62,135,000 to £66,028,000.

ODA/DFID funding allocated to renewable energy projects
£
	1998/99	1997/98	1996/97	1995/96	1994/95	Total
Bangladesh	—	21,979	82,972	17,405	—	122,356
China	86,344	49,380	44,900	41,275	37,526	259,425
Ethiopia	79,250	14,518	159,331	65,050	—	318,149
Ghana	40,000	36,678	—	—	—	76,678
Honduras	—	—	—	20,230	12,720	32,950
India	42,680	103,595	158,810	79,905	25,795	410,785
Indonesia	42,118	1,387,524	2,078,631	979,867	201,072	4,689,212
Kenya	46,930	46,875	10,600	11,300	107,674	223,379
Nepal	71,145	46,915	61,649	49,188	44,000	272,897
Peru	204,830	291,250	90,227	45,142	68,726	700,175

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proposals she has to change the 1998–99 External Finance Limit for the Commonwealth Development Corporation. [58407]

The External Finance Limit for CDC for 1998/99 will be increased by £15,000,000 from minus £15,000,000 to zero. Advances to CDC in the current financial year will total £35,919,000 equal to loan repayments by CDC, achieving net zero financing in 1998/99. The increase will be offset within DFID's existing provision and will not therefore add to the planned total of public expenditure.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the funding allocated for renewable energy projects for each of the last five years by country. [56928]

Developing renewable energy was part of the former ODA's energy strategy. Renewable energy then featured in the Development White Paper, as it has a clear contribution to make to our sustainable livelihoods and environmental protection objectives.A table listing the funding allocation for renewable energy projects over the last five years follows. This includes projects funded by Aid and Trade Provision and Joint Funding Scheme. Large scale hydro power (above 1MW) projects are not included in the table, however, as they are not covered by the accepted definition of renewable energy.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions by what methods the Environment Agency record facilities which use genetically modified organisms in industrial processes and which may release these organisms in waste streams; what is the location of the facilities; and what genetically modified substances are produced. [56332]

[holding answer 26 October 1998]: The Environment Agency is required by section 64 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to maintain a register of waste management licences which it has issued for the recovery or disposal of waste. The register is open for inspection by members of the public free of charge. The information which must be included on the register is set out in regulation 10 of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994. It is not possible separately to identify from the register those facilities which dispose of waste derived from GMOs as opposed to other types of waste.Under separate legislation, the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992 (as amended in 1996 and 1998), all premises which undertake activities with GMOs in containment are notified to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Contained Use Regulations also require that all GMOs which have a potential to cause harm to humans or the environment are inactivated before they are disposed of. There is no explicit requirement to inactivate those GMOs which would not cause harm and which would have limited survival in the environment. However, there is a requirement that physical barriers are in place. It is HSE's experience that users of large scale facilities routinely inactivate all GMOs prior to disposal.There are 34 large scale facilities notified to HSE, although not all of these are necessarily undertaking large scale work at this time. A list of these will be placed in the Library of the House. Not all of these large scale facilities are for industrial production. Some undertake only research. HSE does not hold the data requested on all large scale activities undertaken. The data that are held are not in an easily retrievable form and where the substance produced is not a live GMO this falls outside of the scope of the Contained Use Regulations. Therefore, I regret that I cannot give a list of the genetically modified substances produced.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what acreage of land used as trial sites for GM crops is currently under cultivation. [57225]

There are approximately 717 acres of land currently under cultivation with trials of GM crops in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement in his policy regarding the need for bypasses of villages and small market towns. [56727]

Our policies for management and investment in the trunk road network are set out in A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England. Traffic calming schemes can bring environmental benefits to local communities by reducing speeds and improving safety. But in some cases the volume of traffic passing through a town or village may be such that the only way of improving the environment significantly is to remove traffic by building a bypass.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals his Department has to ensure a more efficient processing of PFI projects. [56931]

My Department is working with the Treasury Taskforce in implementing the recommendations of the Bates Review for streamlining the Private Finance Initiative.Regulations have been amended to help facilitate local government PFI schemes and an explanatory note on PFI and Public/Private Partnerships in local government was issued in September. The Department has strengthened its private finance unit, which plays a central co-ordinating and advisory role. We shall continue to liaise with local government representatives and the Public Private Partnerships Programme about procedures for handling applications for revenue support.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to amend the building regulations to require the installation of sprinklers as a fire precaution in (a) residential accommodation, (b) schools and other education buildings, (c) offices and (d) hospitals. [57184]

The guidance given in the Approved Document to Part B on how to comply with the Requirements of Part B of the Building Regulations, which deals with fire safety, is currently under review. However, there are no plans to amend the fire safety requirements in Part B of the Building Regulations for the installation of sprinklers on buildings of this type.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the criteria that have to be met before a local authority can apply for a beach to be designated under the European Bathing Directive. [57072]

The Bathing Water Directive defines 'bathing water' as running or still fresh water and sea water in which bathing is not prohibited and is traditionally practised by a large number of bathers. The Government also takes into consideration, as evidence that the waters are well used by bathers, the existence of facilities associated with popular bathing areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the privatised water companies currently providing water meters free of charge to customers who wish to transfer to a metered tariff. [57071]

According to the Director General of Water Services' "1998–99 report on tariff structure and charges" (a copy of which is in the Library) the following water undertakers in England and Wales provide meters free of charge to their domestic customers where they are installed in the company's preferred location: Anglian Water, Bournemouth and West Hants Water, Bristol Water, Dee Valley Water, Essex and Suffolk Water, Folkestone and Dover Water, Hartlepool Water, Mid-Southern Water, Severn Trent Water, South East Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water, Thames Water and Wessex Water.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what discussions he, other Ministers or officials of his Department have had with his Italian counterparts concerning the availability of storage capacity in Italy for reprocessing radioactive wastes to be returned from the United Kingdom. [57093]

My Department has no record of any such discussions. I refer my hon. Friend to the Parliamentary Answers given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Energy and Industry on 10 June 1997, Official Report, column 415, and 5 February 1998, Official Report, column 787.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what communications his Department has with the relevant authorities in the countries from which the United Kingdom has imported spent fuel for reprocessing at (a) Sellafield and (b) Dounreay, in respect of (i) the provisions to return reprocessing wastes and (ii) the capacity in each country to store returned radioactive waste. [57092]

My Department has no specific communications on these issues, with the relevant authorities in the countries concerned.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to respond to the advice on the scope and contents of the core scientific research programme on intermediate level radioactive waste published by the Government's Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee in October. [57100]

Government policy on intermediate level radioactive waste, including the nature of the associated scientific research programme, will be considered when informed by the conclusions of the House of Lord's Select Committee on Science and Technology's inquiry into nuclear waste management. The advice of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee will be taken into account at that time.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what is his Department's planned timetable for the assessment of the Environment Agency decisions on the proposed variations to BNFL's authorisations to discharge liquid and gaseous radioactive waste from Sellafield; [57103](2) if he will publish the unredacted version of the PA Consulting report on the business case for the Sellafield mox nuclear fuels plant submitted to the Government by the Environment Agency. [57104]

The Agency's draft determination was received today on 2 November. Requests have been received for the Secretary of State to call in the application for his own determination. These requests are under careful consideration and the Secretary of State will reach a decision as soon as he is able to do so. One of the issues raised in the call in requests, which the Secretary of State will consider, is whether sufficient information has been released into the public domain to allow consultees to comment on the application.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what consideration he will give to the health, environmental and proliferation implications of further moves towards the full operation of the British Nuclear Fuels Mixed Oxide Fuel Plant at Sellafield in his assessment of the Environment Agency' s proposed decision on the plant; [57221](2) if he will make a statement on the proposed decision by the Environment Agency to allow the British Nuclear Fuels Mixed Oxide Fuel Plant at Sellafield to proceed to the next stage of commissioning. [57222]

[holding answer 29 October 1998]: The Agency's draft determination was received on Monday 2 November. Requests have been received for the Secretary of State to call in the application for his own determination. These requests are under careful consideration. In deciding whether to exercise the statutory powers of call in all relevant factors will be taken into account. The Secretary of State will reach a decision as soon as he is able to do so.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how (a) computers and (b) CD-Roms were disposed of after the demise of Teesside Development Corporation in April. [57613]

Although the Teesside Development Corporation ceased its operational activities at the end of March, it continued in existence until the end of June in order to produce its final report and accounts and wind up its affairs. I understand that the Corporation disposed of its computer equipment during that final three-month period, after inviting competitive bids and having wiped clean the disks, as part of a packaged disposal of its office furniture and equipment.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals the Government have to provide resources to councils to enable the setting up of the National Land Use Database proposed in the White Paper, Planning for the Communities of the Future; and if he will make a statement. [57416]

The Government are committed to raising the proportion of new homes expected to be built on previously developed land to 60 per cent. over the next ten years. The National Land Use Database (NLUD) is important to the achievement of that objective.Comprehensive information about the amount of land devoted to different uses is not currently collected in any nationally consistent way. This new database, which my Department is developing in partnership with the Local Government Management Board, Ordnance Survey, English Partnerships and local authorities, will eventually comprise a definitive database of land use in England, in a form that can readily be kept up to date.For the first phase, results for which will be available in April, local authorities have been asked to provide information on previously developed sites in their area that may be available for redevelopment for new housing or other uses. This information will assist in the setting of regional targets for the re-use of previously developed land for housing, as announced in the policy document "Planning for the Communities of the Future".With our partners in NLUD, we have taken a number of steps to assist local authorities in providing the information. These include:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how many prosecutions of eligible companies failing to register under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions have taken place since the scheme was introduced; [57602](2) how many companies have registered under the terms of the packaging recovery note provisions in each of the years of its operation. [57601]

Under the provisions of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 eligible businesses have obligations to:

to register with the relevant Environment Agency (Environment Agency or Scottish Environment Protection Agency) or join a registered compliance scheme, provide packaging data, and pay a fee by a specified date (1 April);

to recover and recycle specified tonnages of packaging waste and to certify to the relevant Agency that the recovery and recycling obligations have been complied with. The obligation to recover and recycle packaging waste took effect from 1 January 1998 and evidence of compliance with the 1998 targets must be submitted by 31 January 1999.

Obligated businesses are able to demonstrate compliance with the Regulations by obtaining a Packaging Waste Recovery Note (PRN) from an accredited reprocessor or by following the alternative approach to compliance set out in the Agencies' guidance. So far the Environment Agency has approved 191 companies as accredited reprocessors.The Environment Agencies have a duty to monitor compliance with the Regulations. Businesses that fail to comply with the Regulations may be subject to prosecution by the Agencies. The Environment Agency views particularly seriously the non-registration of obligated businesses. The Environment Agency is carrying out a programme of visits and follow-up inquiries to companies which it believes may need to be registered. Where this has been established, the business has registered.However, the Agency's announcement of 23 October, copies of which are being placed in the Library, clearly warns businesses that prosecutions will now follow after a 7 November deadline for 1998 registrations.In 1997 there were 3,839 businesses registered under the terms of the Regulations. In 1998 there are 3,813 registrations to date. When account is taken of the subsidiary businesses covered by the registration of a group of companies, the number of businesses covered by registration is 8,832 businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to allow local democratically elected authorities to agree alternative structures for political leadership other than those proposed in the Government's local government White Paper. [57683]

Within the 3 models proposed in the White Paper—directly elected mayor with cabinet, cabinet with a leader, and directly elected mayor and council manager—the scope for local diversity is great. If practice subsequently points up the possibility of other further valuable models for separating out the executive from the scrutiny role, the Government intend to provide for them to be available to local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to extend the additional powers and freedoms proposed for the beacon councils to all democratically elected councils in England and Wales. [57676]

Beacon councils will be a key driver in modernising local government, setting the pace of change, and acting as a test bed for new freedoms and flexibilities. The transfer of freedoms and flexibilities to other councils will be considered in the light of experience by beacons. We will consult widely before establishing the scheme for beacon councils.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he has taken to ensure that no conflict of interest arises as a result of the Chairman of English Nature being also a non-executive director of a water company; and if he will make a statement. [57898]

[holding answer 2 November 1998]: Baroness Young was required to seek consent from the Minister to join the Board of Anglican Water. The Minister gave his consent noting that Baroness Young's predecessor combined both posts without difficulty, and there are adequate provisions for dealing with conflicts of interest in English Nature's Council's Code of Practice.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list those organisations with which he has had discussions during the consultation on his paper, a Public Private Partnership for National Air Traffic Services Ltd.; and when he expects to reach his conclusions. [57915]

The Government published a consultation paper on their preferred option for National Air Traffic Services Ltd. on 20 October 1998 and responses to the paper have been requested by 31 January 1999. We will take account of the views expressed when reaching final decisions on the proposal early next year.Since the consultation paper was published there have been no discussions with interested parties on the issues raised in the paper. I have, however, given evidence to the Transport Sub Committee and propose to have a meeting shortly with representatives of the CAA and NATS Trade Unions.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list (a) the statutory bodies and agencies which receive Government funding to promote energy efficiency and (b) the level of funding each received in the last year for which figures are available. [57907]

In 1997–98, the Government provided funding to 6 organisations to carry out programmes promoting energy efficiency. None is a statutory body or agency. Details of the funding they received are as follows:

Organisation	£ million
BRECSU (Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme)	7.9
ETSU (Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme)	7.8
EAGA Ltd. (Home Energy Efficiency Scheme)	74.3
Energy Action (Scotland)	0.1
NEA	0.7
Energy Saving Trust	19.7

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much his Department spent on the promotion of energy efficiency in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [57906]

The funding made available by my Department on programmes to promote energy efficiency across all sectors in the United Kingdom in the years 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98 is set out as follows:

• 1995–96: £128.5 million
• 1996–97: £116.0 million
• 1997–98: £110.5 million.

Under the government's Comprehensive Spending Review, my Department's spending on programmes to promote energy efficiency is planned to rise to a total of £222.6 million in 2001–02.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if it is his policy to secure a reduction in road traffic levels over the next three years. [57710]

The Government made clear in the recent White Paper "A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone" that, in order to tackle the congestion and pollution that is caused by road traffic, we need to reduce the rate of road traffic growth. We also said that we want to see an absolute reduction in traffic in those places and streets where the greatest environmental damage is done. The White Paper set out how we plan to achieve these objectives through integrated transport policies acting at the national and local level.The first reports contained assessments of how, and over what time scale, our policies are expected to impact on road traffic will be produced during 1999. The Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 obliges each local traffic authority to produce a report assessing existing and forecast levels of traffic on those roads for which it is the highway authority, and the results of its consideration of whether or not to set targets for road traffic reduction on local roads in its area. We expect local authorities to submit the first, non-statutory interim, reports in July 1999 as part of their provisional local transport plans. In the light of these interim reports and plans, analysis of the impact of other measures we are proposing on road traffic, and advice from the independent Commission for Integrated Transport which we will be setting up, we will produce our first report under the Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998 on the question of national targets for road traffic reduction by the end of 1999.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the impact of catalytic converters on the levels of plutonium in the air; what recent studies have been carried out to establish those levels; and if he will make a statement. [57226]

Catalytic converters are not expected to have any effect on the levels of plutonium in air. However, they do contain platinum group metals. My Department commissioned a report from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in 1994 on the levels of these metals in the UK environment. The report concluded that there is no evidence of risks to human health from the use of platinum group metals in vehicle catalytic converters.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to issue guidance to local authorities to assist them in reviewing their decision-making structures in advance of legislation to give effect to his White Paper proposals. [57781]

The Government welcomed the publication on 21 September by the Local Government Association of such a document entitled "Modernising Political Management Arrangements—Options within the Existing Legislative Framework".

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out for each year from 1992–93 to 1998–99 the (a) amount of RSG, (b) real value of RSG in April 1998 prices, (c) proportion of the RSG that reflects demographic and other volume changes and (d) proportion of RSG that accounts for new responsibilities. [57783]

The following table sets out total Revenue Support Grant (RSG) paid to English local authorities between 1992–93 and 1998–99 in cash, and in real terms at 1998–99 values using the GDP deflator.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities which choose to establish area or neighbourhood committees to delegate decision-making on matters concerning their locality. [57782]

Bringing councils closer to the people and empowering local communities is at the heart of our policies. We believe the new political management structures proposed in our White Paper—"Modern Local Government—In touch with the people" (Cm 4014)—will ensure councils are best able to take decision which are open, accountable, and meet the needs of all their local neighbourhoods and communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to encourage the use of low-energy lightbulbs. [57669]

The energy efficiency of lighting is a significant environmental issue, given that lighting accounts for about a fifth of the electricity consumed in the UK. Research carried out for my Department suggests that there is economic and technical potential to save 32 per cent. of that energy. The Government already support a wide-ranging programme of measures, at national and European level, to encourage energy efficient lighting; and consultation is under way about further ways of delivering the potential savings.At a national level, our Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme provides valuable guidance to building professionals on cost-effective, energy efficient lighting measures. In addition, we are currently reviewing provisions in the Building Regulations to see, amongst other things, how standards of lamp efficacy, lighting system control and encouragement of better use of daylight might be improved, for both new buildings and existing ones. Promotion of energy efficient lighting is carried out by the Energy Saving Trust, both through its overall "Energy Efficiency" campaign and through a new project, "Lightswitch", aimed at the non-domestic sector.At EU level we continue to support common and co-ordinated policy measures to provide product information, raise product standards and facilitate the procurement of energy efficient lighting products. This activity is closely informed by the Market Transformation Programme, which we run in the UK to research the trends in the market and to consult with a full range of stakeholder groups about possible measures for hastening improvements in performance. An important next phase of the action coordinated at EU level will be the introduction of mandatory energy labels for light bulbs, on which we plan to have UK Regulations in place next June.While continuing work of this kind to promote the uptake of more efficient lighting equipment, we shall also continue to promote general messages about using lights more efficiently, through my Department's "Are You Doing Your Bit?" campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will call in the planning permission granted by South Lakeland District Council for a windfarm at Lambrigg, Cumbria. [57865]

I am currently considering whether the planning application should be called in. I will ensure that the hon. Member is notified of the decision as soon as possible.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he has received options from the Rural Action National Steering Group on the future funding of Rural Action. [58267]

No, but we understand that the contractor for the Rural Action National Steering Group has prepared a draft Business Plan setting out a strategy for the future of Rural Action and proposals for its funding. The draft is under consideration by The National Steering Group.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what studies into the potential for reducing noise from roads in residential areas he undertook during the preparation of the roads White Paper. [58245]

A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England confirmed that we will continue to develop noise reducing surfaces. Account was taken of recent developments in road surfacing technology but no new studies were undertaken.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will assess the effects on business in West Dorset of a rating review for non-domestic rates, conducted in 2000, but based on rental values of April 1998; and if he will make a statement. [58243]

The next non-domestic rating revaluation in England will come into force on 1 April 2000 and will be based on rental values at 1 April 1998. The revaluation will not be completed until late 1999, and therefore, it is too early to predict its effects on business in West Dorset.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if it is his policy to encourage trustees under any circumstances to act under the Local Government Act 1972, section 13(3) and section 13(4) in the absence of a direction being given by the relevant parish meeting. [58222]

The appointment of Parish trustees, who are simply the depository of the title to parish property, is a matter for the parish meeting. A judgment of the Court of Appeal has indicated that they may take steps appropriate for the protection of parish property provided that those steps are not in conflict with any direction given by the parish meeting.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to allow an increase in the number of personal imports of motor vehicles from outwith the EU. [57938]

A public consultation began on 14 October about proposals to alter the existing arrangements for importing cars and light goods vehicles that have not been type-approved in the EU. We propose to tighten the personal import rules, so that only individuals who have lived abroad for at least 12 months, and have used the vehicle there for at least six months, will be able to use the current Single Vehicle Approval (SVA) inspection. For other non type-approved imports, we propose an end to the fixed limits on the number of vehicles of any one model that may enter service, coupled with an enhanced SVA inspection of the key safety, security and environmental standards that have to be met before the vehicle can be licensed and registered. These enhanced standards are broadly equivalent to EU type-approval but can still be applied at reasonable cost. The proposed measures are designed to improve the choice of vehicles available to consumers, whilst maintaining the safety and environmental standards appropriate for use in Britain.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will take steps to eliminate feral populations of wild boar in West Dorset. [58247]

Whilst we are keeping the situation under review, the small numbers of animals estimated at present to be in Dorset are not believed to pose any immediate threat to health, safety or native biodiversity. Therefore, there are no plans to eradicate the animals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proposals he has to change his Department's cash limits and running cost limits for 1998–99. [58337]

Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, my Department's cash limits will change as follows. All references to the take-up of end year flexibility refer to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's announcement of 14 July 1998, Official Report, columns 131–36.(i) the cash limit for Class VI, Vote 1—Housing, construction, regeneration, countryside and wildlife, England—will be reduced by £9,200,000 from £1,801,539,000 to £1,792,339,000. This decrease is the result of reducing spending on private sector renewal on Section P. It will allow an increase in provision by £9,200,000 on the cash limit for Class VI, Vote 13— Ordnance Survey.Paragraph 5 of the introduction to the 1998–99 Main Estimate for Class VI, Vote 1 says that the Urban Regeneration Agency will surrender to the Consolidated Fund any receipts in excess of £11.6 million. The figure should have read £116 million.(ii) the DETP/LACAP

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the United Kingdom schemes that (a) have received and (b) will receive funding from the European Union in respect of trans-European networks, indicating in each case (i) the

United Kingdom transport schemes in receipt of EU Trans European Network (TEN) funding
	All figures in million ecu
Column 1 Scheme	Column 2 Total amount awarded to date	Column 3 Total amount received	Column 4 Total estimated eligible cost of scheme for TEN support	Column 5 TEN award (Col.2) as a percentage contribution of total scheme costs (Col.4) for corresponding period
Channel Tunnel Rail Link	91.000	71.300	668.700	14
West Coast Main Line	34.800	24.927	360.615	10
Ireland-UK-Benelux Road Link (Studies in England)	5.400	2.700	24.963	22
RDS-TMC Implementation in the UK	1.150	0.575	2.600	44
Newry-Dundalk cross border road link study	0.325	0.162	0.325	100
ROADLINK Traffic Information System	0.300	0.150	0.600	50
Aeronautical Telecom Network Implementation study	0.745	0.372	1.490	50
European Coastal VHF Infrastructure for GMDSS	0.125	0.050	3.750	3
Great Western Lines study (Bristol-Penzance)	0.800	0.400	1.600	50
Pre-op. studies Automatic Dependent Surveillance/CPDLC	0.800	0.400	1.600	50
Traffic Management studies—Wales	0.400	0.200	1.100	36
A75 The Glen improvement	1.300	0.650	13.052	10
UK Ports studies (1997 group)	0.700	0.350	1.500	47
Trans Pennine Strategic Environmental Assessment study	0.245	0.123	0.475	52
Manchester Airport Ground Interchange Phase 1	0.500	0	5.453	9
London Luton Airport People Mover study	0.600	0.300	1.230	49
UK Ports Rail Access Studies	0.600	0.300	1.447	41
Ports Vessel Traffic System & VTMIS Studies	0.500	0.250	1.191	42
Telematics & Traffic Management on the TERN	1.000	0.500	4.100	24
Harwich Port Access & Interchange facilities	0.500	0.200	5.440	9
Cardiff Airport Access Road study (1998 Phase)	1.300	0.650	2.653	49
Stranraer Area Integrated Transport Package	1.000	0.400	2.100	48

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations he has received from the Prime Minister's Press Secretary regarding the proposal to change the time of "News at Ten". [57214]

[holding answer 29 October 1998]: None.

The details requested are in the following table. Trans-European Network (TEN) funding is paid in stages. Therefore it is necessary to distinguish between the amount of support awarded to a scheme and the amount actually received to date. Total estimated eligible costs for TEN support for a scheme are, in the case of ongoing projects for which further bids are expected to be made in future years, for the period 1995 to 1998 inclusive, and are not whole life scheme costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out his Department's spending plans in each of the next three years in 1998 prices. [57205]

[holding answer 29 October 1998]: The Department's spending plans for the next three years at 1997–98 prices may be found in Table A3 on page 109 of the Comprehensive Spending Review White Paper (Cm 4011) published in July.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish the names of those people he has appointed to public bodies since 1 May 1997,

Sponsored body	Role	Name	Remuneration
Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites	Member	Stuart Bryan	N
Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection	Chairman	John Tusa	N
Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection	Member	Mary Rose Beaumont, BA(Hons)	N
Advisory Council on Libraries	Member	Grace Kempster	N
Architectural Heritage Fund	Trustee	Jane Sharman, CBE	N
Architectural Heritage Fund	Trustee	John Heritage Pavitt	N
Architectural Heritage Fund	Trustee	Robert Clow Esq.	N
Architectural Heritage Fund	Trustee	William Cadell	N
Arts Council of England	Chairman	Gerrard (Gerry) Jude Robinson	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Prudence Skene	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Anish Kapoor	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Antony Gormley	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Cllr. George Loggie	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Derrick Anderson	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Joanna McGregor	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Deborah Bull	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Christopher Price	N
Arts Council of England	Member	David Brierley, CBE	N
Arts Council of England	Member	David Waldorf Astor, CBE, FRSA	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Rod Natkiel	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Roger Reed	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Trevor Phillips	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Hilary Jane Veronica Strong	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Professor Andrew Motion	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Professor Christopher Frayling	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Professor Raymond Cowell	N
Arts Council of England	Member	Professor Stuart Timperley	N
British Film Institute Governors	Chairman	Alan Parker, CBE	N
British Film Institute Governors	Deputy Chairman	Joan Bakewell	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Lord Dafydd Elis Thomas	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Alan Howden	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Eric Senat	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Gus Macdonald	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Ronnie Kells	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Simon Olswang	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Tony Elliott	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Charles Denton	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Barry Norman	N
British Film Institute Governors	Governor	Professor Brian Winston	N
British Library Board	Member	Bernard Naylor	Y
British Library Board	Member	Professor Michael Anderson	Y
British Tourist Authority	Member	Alan E.M. Britten, MA	Y
British Tourist Authority	Member	Des Wilson	Y
British Tourist Authority	Member	John Jarvis	Y
British Tourist Authority	Member	Patrick McKenna	Y
Broadcasting Standards Commission	Deputy Chairman	Suzanne Warner	Y
Broadcasting Standards Commission	Member	Sioned Wyn Thomas	Y
Broadcasting Standards Commission	Member	Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin	Y
Crafts Council	Member	David H. Davis	N
Crafts Council	Member	Janice Tchalenko	N
Crafts Council	Member	John Buston	N
Crafts Council	Member	Paul Biddle	N
Crafts Council	Member	Jennie Moncur	N
English Heritage	Commissioner	Andrew Fane Esq.	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO	N
English Heritage	Commissioner	Lady Elizabeth Gass, DL	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Susan Lois Underwood	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Bridget Cherry, FSA	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Candida Lycett Green	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Amanda Arrowsmith	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Kirsty McLeod	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	Professor Eric Fernie, CBE	Y
English Heritage	Commissioner	The right hon. the Lord Faringdon	Y
English Sports Council	Acting Chairman	Trevor Brooking, MBE	Y
English Sports Council	Member	Garth Anthony Crooks	N

The information requested is in the following