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PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
Millennium Compliance
Mr. Chope: To ask the President of the Council what progress has been made in ensuring millennium compliance in the systems of central Government and their agencies. [55919]
Mrs. Beckett: The results of the last quarterly review which I announced on 9 September showed that good progress is being made by departments and agencies in tackling the year 2000 problem.
The returns showed that more than half of Departments and Agencies have completed 50 per cent. or more of the necessary work on business critical systems. In a fifth of cases, this figure was higher than 90 per cent.
Public Appointments
Mr. Vaz: To ask the President of the Council if she will publish the names of those people she has appointed to public bodies since 1 May 1997, indicating the positions to which they have been appointed and whether they receive remuneration. [56788]
Mrs. Beckett:
Those appointed by the President of the Council are as given. None of the individuals listed is remunerated.
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Mr. Reed:
To ask the President of the Council if she intends to make any changes to the 1998-99 cash and running costs limit for the Privy Council Office. [58112]
Mrs. Beckett:
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the cash limit for Class XVIII, Vote 3 will be increased by £179,000 from £2,708,000 to £2,887,000 and the gross running costs limit reduced by £374,000 from £2,734,000 to £2,360,000.
The increase is accounted for by the taking up of an amount (£179,000) under end year flexibility arrangements as foreshadowed by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 14 July 1998, Official Report, columns 131-36. The decrease in the gross running costs limit reflects the transfer of £553,000 to the Cabinet
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Office (Class XVIII, Vote 1) in respect of funding for the UK Anti Drugs Coordination Unit, as partially offset by the full take-up of end year flexibility.
The increase will be met by a charge on the Reserve, and will therefore not add to the planned total of public expenditure.
31. Mr. MacShane:
To ask the President of the Council if she will take steps to increase support for liaison between hon. Members and members of national Parliaments of EU member states. [55912]
Mrs. Beckett:
I am looking at ways of making the EU travel scheme more flexible and hope to make an announcement in due course.
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Mr. Casale:
To ask the President of the Council if she will publish details of her ministerial responsibilities. [56674]
Mrs. Beckett:
As President of the Council, I am responsible for the work of the Privy Council Office. As Leader of the House of Commons, I uphold the rights and privileges of the House. I chair the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons.
I am responsible for the arrangement of Government business in the Commons and for planning and supervising the Government's legislative programme. I chair the Ministerial Committees on the Queen's Speeches and Future legislation (QFL), Legislation (LEG), the Ministerial Sub-Committee on Health Strategy (HS(H)) and the Ministerial Groups on Food Safety (MISC1) and on the Millennium Date Change (MISC4). I am the Cabinet Minister responsible for overseeing preparations for addressing the Millennium bug. I also sit on a number of other Cabinet Committees and Sub-committees.
Together with the Minister for the Cabinet Office, I also act as spokesperson for the Government.
Mr. William Ross:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list the name of each known terrorist organisation connected with terrorism in Northern Ireland indicating the number of members of each organisation (a) serving a prison sentence and (b) on remand; and if she will estimate the number from each organisation she expects to be released under the provisions of the Northern Ireland Sentences Act by (i) 30 September 1998, (ii) 31 December 1998, (iii) 31 March 1999, (iv) 30 June 1999, (v) 30 September 1999, (vi) 31 December 1999, (vii) 31 March 2000, (viii) 30 June 2000 and (ix) 30 September 2002. [55026]
Mr. Ingram:
The names of each known terrorist organisation connected with terrorism in Northern Ireland, as proscribed under Emergency Provisions legislation are as follows:
The information in respect of subsections (a) and (b) of the question is shown in Table A. This is drawn from the prison population as at 26 October 1998.
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The information in respect of subsections (i) to (ix) is shown in Table B. It provides an estimate of the releases that the Secretary of State currently estimates to take place in each of the specified periods. This is drawn from information received by the Secretary of State as at 14 October 1998 from the Sentence Review Commissioners to whom prisoners apply for early release.
The Irish Republican Army (IRA)--includes Real IRA, Provisional IRA and Continuity IRA
Cumann na mBan
Fianna na hEirann
The Red Hand Commando (RHC)
Saor Eire
The Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
The Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
The Continuity Army Council.
| Prison | PIRA | INLA | UDA | UVF | UFF | LVF | RHC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maze | |||||||
| Sentenced | 106 | 24 | 65 | 57 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Remand | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Maghaberry | |||||||
| Sentenced | 12 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Remand | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Magilligan | |||||||
| Sentenced | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| YOC | |||||||
| Sentenced | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Remand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 136 | 43 | 123 | 104 | 9 | 30 | 4 |
| PIRA | UDA | UVF | UFF | RHC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Determinate sentences | |||||
| Up to 14 October 1998 | 42 | 18 | 11 | 2 | -- |
| 14 October 1998-31 December 1998 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 January 1999-31 March 1999 | 3 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 April 1999-30 June 1999 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 1 July 1999-30 September 1999 | 4 | 3 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 1 October 1999-31 December 1999 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 1 January 2000-31 March 2000 | 5 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 1 April 2000-30 June 2000 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- |
| 1 July 2000-30 September 2000 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 126 | 55 | 39 | 10 | 2 |
| Lifer sentences | |||||
| Up to 14 October 1998 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| 14 October 1998-31 December 1998 | 6 | 9 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 1 January 1999-31 March 1999 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 April 1999-30 June 1999 | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | -- |
| 1 July 1999-30 September 1999 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 October 1999-31 December 1999 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 January 2000-31 March 2000 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 April 2000-30 June 2000 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1 July 2000-30 September 2000 | 31 | 11 | 8 | -- | 1 |
| Total | 58 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
Mr. William Ross:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list (a) each known terrorist organisation connected with terrorism in Northern Ireland, (b) the number of members of each such organisation in prison in Northern Ireland, (c) the number in each organisation serving (i) a life sentence, and (ii) another indeterminate sentence and (d) the number in each group convicted of murder or attempted murder. [55025]
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Mr. Ingram:
In response to subsections (a) and (b) of this question I would refer the hon. Member to the written answer given to the previous question, subsections (a) and (b).
The information requested in subsection (c) of this question is shown in the Table. This is drawn from the prison population as at 26 October 1998. All of the prisoners in the table are serving mandatory sentences, either life imprisonment or detention during the Secretary of State's pleasure, for the offence of murder.
| Life | SOSP | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INLA | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| PIRA | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| UDA | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| UVF | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| UFF | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| RHC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LVF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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