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Technology Transfer

Mr. Tony Lloyd: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the support his Department gives to assist with technology transfer to small firms. [13504]

Mr. Page: My Department supports a range of activities which aim to increase the demand for relevant technology and best practice techniques, assist firms' access to them and broaden the range of technology transfer services available.

Environmental Appraisals

Ms Ruddock: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many environmental appraisals were produced by his Department using the guidance contained in the Department of the Environment's "Policy Appraisal and the Environment" in 1995; and if he will place copies in the Library. [15118]

Mr. Page: At the moment this information is not held centrally in the DTI. However, an interdepartmental project will shortly be set up to evaluate the effect of the "Policy Appraisal and the Environment" document on decision making across Whitehall.

Deregulation

Mr. Steen: To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the estimated annual saving to business from the Deregulation (Gun Barrel Proving) Order 1996. [13905]

Mr. John M. Taylor: The estimated annual saving to business from the Deregulation (Gun Barrel Proving) Order 1996 is £200.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Development Organisations

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which development organisations have received public funding in each of the four Belfast constituencies in the last year. [8005]

Mr. Ancram: A list of local community and economic development organisation in each of the four Belfast constituencies which have received public funding from

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the Department of Economic Development and the Department of the Environment sources in the last year is given.

A separate list is also given which covers organisations whose activities under the Health and Personal Social Services (National Insurance) Order 1994, the community volunteering scheme, physical and social environment programme and the Children and Young Persons Act (National Insurance) 1968 are directly funded by the Department of Health and Social Services. Voluntary organisations funded by health and social services boards trusts could be identified by constituency only at disproportionate cost.


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