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SCOTLAND
Departmental Vehicles
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) associated bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) associated bodies listed in the National Asset Register will be replaced in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02 and will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other; and how much his Department expects to spend in each year on vehicle replacements. [90798]
Dr. Reid [holding answer 19 July 1999]: My Department neither owns nor leases vehicles. Ministers use the Government Car Service which is within the responsibilities of the Cabinet Office.
Public Bodies
Mr. Burstow:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the non-departmental public bodies in existence on 1 May 1997 that (a) have been disbanded, indicating when they were disbanded, (b) will be disbanded in the next 12 months, (c) have had their functions transferred to (i) another non-departmental public body and (ii) a democratically elected body, (d) have been renamed but continue to perform a similar role and (e) have been unchanged; if he will indicate in (c)(ii) the relevant successor body; what new non-departmental public bodies have been established since 1 May 1997; and how many non-departmental public bodies his Department currently is responsible for. [90794]
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Dr. Reid
[holding answer 19 July 1999]: The information requested is as follows:
New non-departmental public bodies established since 1 May 1997:
The Government are committed to keeping the number of NDPBs to a minimum and to ensuring that those which remain are open, accountable and effective. Many of the new NDPBs established since 1 May are essential in helping the Government deliver their Manifesto commitments.
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Mr. Llwyd:
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what recent representations he has received regarding the use of the Welsh language in tribunal hearings; and if he will make a statement. [91564]
Mr. Vaz:
I have received no representations regarding the use of the Welsh language in tribunal hearings.
Mr. McNamara:
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will place in the Library his paper on the Independence of the Judiciary prepared for the 22 Conference of European Ministers of Justice. [90005]
Mr. Vaz:
A copy of the Report has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Todd:
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the current timetable for the private finance initiative project for Derbyshire's magistrates courts. [91542]
Mr. Vaz:
The current timetable is subject to change but it is expected that the Stage Two Invitation to Negotiate will be issued in August 1999. Selection of the preferred supplier is scheduled for early 2000 with contract completion by the end of the financial year 2000-01. The construction timetable will be the subject of negotiation with the preferred supplier.
Mr. Wilshire:
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will publish a list of all those official documents of the last Administration which have been seen by (a) him, (b) other Ministers in his Department, (c) special advisers in his Department and (d) non-career civil servants appointed since May 1997 in his Department. [92174]
Mr. Vaz:
A large number of official documents were generated during the period of the previous Administration, many of which were published or put in the public domain. Since May 1997, the Department has been guided by the convention governing access to the papers of a previous Administration, as set out in the then Prime Minister's reply to a written question on 24 January 1980, Official Report, columns 305-07.
Mr. Wilshire:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish a list of all those official documents of the last Administration which have been seen by (a) him, (b) other Ministers in his Department, (c) special advisers in his Department and (d) non-career civil servants appointed since May 1997 in his Department. [92181]
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Dr. Jack Cunningham:
A large number of official documents were generated during the period of the previous Administration, many of which were published or put in the public domain. Since May 1997, the Department has been guided by the convention governing access to the papers of a previous Administration, as set out in the then Prime Minister's reply to a written question on 24 January 1980, Official Report, columns 305-07.
Mr. Burgon:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what performance targets he has approved for the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency for 1999-2000. [92360]
Mr. Kilfoyle:
I have approved the following key performance targets for the Central and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) for 1999-2000.
Mr. Wilshire:
To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish a list of all those official documents of the last Administration which have been seen by (a) him, (b) other Ministers in his Department, (c) special advisers in his Department and (d) non-career civil servants appointed since May 1997 in his Department. [92173]
The Prime Minister:
A large number of official documents were generated during the period of the previous Administration, many of which were published or put in the public domain. Since May 1997, my office has been guided by the convention governing access to the papers of a previous Administration, as set out in the then Prime Minister's reply to a written question on 24 January 1980, Official Report, columns 305-07.
(a) Scottish Seed Potato Development Council, August 1997
Scottish Economic Council, April 1998
Scottish Agricultural Consultative Panel, August 1998
Local Government Property Commission for Scotland, September 1998
Secretary of State's Advisory Group on Sustainable Development, March 1999
(b) The Scottish Water and Sewerage Customers Council. Provision for dissolution of this body was made in the Water Industry Act 1999.
(c) (i) Nil.
(c) (ii) Nil.
(d) The Scottish Community Education Council was relaunched as Community Learning Scotland on 1 April 1999.
(e) Bodies remaining unchanged are listed in the current edition of "Public Bodies", a copy of which is available in the Library.
Scottish Further Education Funding Council
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Scottish Childcare Board
Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
Advisory Committee on Lifelong Learning Targets.
My Department is currently responsible for two non- departmental public bodies--the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland and the Extra Parliamentary Panel--responsibility for the remainder having been transferred to the Scottish Executive on 1 July 1999.
Agency
1. To achieve financial breakeven on an accruals basis;
2. To deliver CCTA services within the Voted provisions;
3. To operate within CCTA Customer Charter at 75 per cent. level;
4. To secure savings that will reduce cost of support services by 5 per cent,;
5. To achieve a 3 per cent. of customer satisfaction evaluations in the top two boxes of a five box scale.
Fraud (Merseyside)
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what collaborative projects his Department has undertaken with the Merseyside Police Authority to combat fraudulent activities; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of these projects. [90772]
Mr. Timms:
This is a matter for Peter Mathison, the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend.
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