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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the advice obtained by the Countryside Agency on the handling of the Access to Hastings study.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 May 2001

Reference

368 c257W; 160899

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account he took of the need to minimise the possibility of spreading foot and mouth disease in deciding to authorise two sites in West Sussex for disposal of animals culled as part of the exercise to...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 April 2001

Reference

367 c197W; 158342

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make a payment to Lewes District Council in respect of the application made under the Bellwin Scheme. - Including ref to 8 February 2201, 362 c642W, and 12 February 2001, 363 c5-6W.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 March 2001

Reference

365 c124W;365 c124-5W; 154493

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions;Highways Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 630W, on the A27, what the aggregated expenditure was on the two schemes between 1st January 1989 and 31st March 1994. - Inc text of letter from...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Highways Agency

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 March 2001

Reference

153443; 364 c681W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much departmental money was spent (a) from 1st January 1989 to 30th April 1997 and (b) from 1st May 1997 to 31st December 2000 in connection with the Lewes-Polegate railway line. - Including tables and fact...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2001

For answer on

13 March 2001

Answered on

13 March 2001

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much departmental money was spent (a) from 1 January 1989 to 30 April 1997 and (b) from 1 May 1997 to 31 December 2000 in connection with the Lewes-Polegate railway line. [153434] Mr. Hill: [holding answer 12 March 2001]: This information is not available in the form requested. Between 1 January 1989 and 25 May 1996, passenger rail services on the Lewes-Polegate railway line were operated by the British Railways Board, to which the following amounts of central Government grant were paid in 1988-89 to 1996-97. Central Government grants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash prices £ million 1988-89 551 1989-90 479 1990-91 637 1991-92 902 1992-93 1,194 1993-94 926 1994-95 1,783 1995-96 1,650 1996-97 1,257 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Between 26 May 1996 and 31 December 2000, passenger rail services on the Lewes-Polegate railway line were operated by Connex South Central, to which the following amounts of franchise support were paid by the Franchising Director in 1996-97 to 1999-2000. Franchise support _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cash prices £ million 1996-97 76 1997-98 76 1998-99 58 1999-2000 50 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Franchise support for Connex South Central is the Franchising Director's contribution to the company's total expenditure on the provision of all its passenger services. The company is responsible for the detailed allocation of that expenditure between services on particular railway lines.

Date

13 March 2001

Reference

364 c529-30W; 153434

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the formula applied to calculate recycling rates of local authorities. - Includes refs to "Best Value and Audit Commission Performance Indicators for 2001-02" and also "Guidance on...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

153432; 364 c468W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the compatibility of the stated purpose of the South-Coast multi-modal study and the consideration of the construction of bypasses for Hastings. - (Holding answer 26 February 2001).

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2001

Reference

150875; 363 c675W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions;Highways Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much public money was spent on work relating to (a) possible improvements to the A27 Lewes to Polegate and (b) the A27 Polegate bypass between 1st January 1989 and 30th April 1997. - Includes text of...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Highways Agency

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2001

Reference

150833; 363 c630W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, If he will make a statement on planned investment in the rail network in East Sussex. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figures.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 February 2001

Reference

363 c108W; 148469

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many discharge consents for fish farms have been issued by (a) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and (b) the Environment Agency under the Control of Pollution Act 1974; and on what date each (i) was issued...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 February 2001

Reference

363 c8W; 149202

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what independent valuations of the Millennium Dome have been undertaken on his behalf; and what constraints have been identifed in the report which would affect the sale value of the land.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 2001

Reference

147177; 361 c676-7W;361 c678-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce stricter controls governing the transportation of butterflies and their larvae between farms; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 January 2001

Reference

145867; 361 c262W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) Lattice Properties and (b) British Gas with regard to the sale of the site of the Millennium Dome. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 16 January...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 January 2001

For answer on

17 January 2001

Answered on

17 January 2001

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) Lattice Properties and (b) British Gas with regard to the sale of the site of the Millennium Dome. [145418] Ms Armstrong: [holding answer 16 January 2001]: Officials from my Department were present at one meeting in November 2000 between English Partnerships and Lattice Properties, concerning the potential sale of the Dome and contractual issues related to such a sale. Those contractual issues relate to the original purchase of the land from British Gas by English Partnerships, and therefore will be matters for discussion between English Partnerships and Lattice Properties and/or British Gas. May I also take this opportunity to inform the House about the respective roles of the New Millennium Experience Company and English Partnerships in selling the Dome. Now that the Millennium Experience has finished, the prime focus of the New Millennium Experience Company (NMEC) is on discharging their outstanding obligations and achieving an efficient wind-up. English Partnerships (EP) continues to manage, on behalf of Government, the process of selling the Dome, in close conjunction with NMEC. To facilitate a smooth sale process, and rationalise the arrangements within the public sector, a new agreement was signed by NMEC and EP on 12 January, to vary the original agreement to lease between the two bodies. The new agreement provides for NMEC to terminate its occupancy of the site after it has returned all items owned by third parties. English Partnerships will then carry out the remainder of the work necessary to sell the site. The agreement reflects the Government's decision about how the proceeds from the sale of the Dome are to be divided. In making this decision the Government have had regard to the need to balance the reasonable interests of the taxpayer and the lottery player respectively. The Government expect to apply these principles to any future sale of the Dome, irrespective of whether the current negotiations with Legacy plc are successful. The proceeds are to be divided in the following way: The competition and other costs will be deducted from the payments for the Dome site made on Completion and the ground rent later payable on the Dome site. Of the remainder, half will be paid to English Partnerships as owners of the land, and half to the New Millennium Experience Company as owners of the Dome structure. Once NMEC has been wound up, it is intended that any remaining share of the proceeds will pass to the Millennium Commission. The same split will be applied in principle to payments made in respect of the land adjacent to the Dome which is also included in the sale, up to a threshold fixed in monetary terms. Above that threshold all payments will go to English Partnerships. The precise figures involved in any division of proceeds will not be known until a sale is finalised and costs ascertained. Certain further details, eg relating to clawback/profit share, are bound up with the current negotiations with Legacy plc, and are therefore commercially confidential; however, it is expected that broadly the same principles outlined above will apply. Currently forecast costs to be deducted as explained above include about £15 million in relation to certain decommissioning requirements and approximately £7 million for the Dome competition.

Date

17 January 2001

Reference

361 c258W; 145418

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) road traffic accidents involving fatalities and (b) fatalities as a result of road traffic accidents occurred in Sussex in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. - Inc table.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 January 2001

For answer on

16 January 2001

Answered on

16 January 2001

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many (a) road traffic accidents involving fatalities and (b) fatalities as a result of road traffic accidents occurred in Sussex in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [145369] Mr. Hill: The information requested is shown in the following table: Number _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Accidents{ 1} Fatalities 1990 142 164 1991 97 102 1992 90 93 1993 101 113 1994 87 91 1995 76 86 1996 97 106 1997 81 87 1998 94 102 1999 83 93 Total 948 1,037 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Accidents involving at least one fatality

Date

16 January 2001

Reference

361 c193W; 145369

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, from what date his Department will require local authorities to provide older people with a free bus pass allowing them to purchase bus tickets for no more than half-price; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 2000

Reference

360 c120W; 142762

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the percentage change in UK populations of species now deemed to be endangered of (a) mammals, (b) birds, (c) amphibians, (d) reptiles and (e) fish over the last 20 years; and if he will make...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 December 2000

For answer on

13 December 2000

Answered on

13 December 2000

Mr. Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the percentage change in UK populations of species now deemed to be endangered of (a) mammals, (b) birds, (c) amphibians, (d) reptiles and (e) fish over the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. [142119] Mr. Mullin: The UK Biodiversity Action Plan identifies 575 priority species for conservation action. The available evidence indicates that focused initiatives for endangered species, like the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, are being effective in halting the declines of endangered species through targeted conservation action, although the evidence suggests that there remains a general decline in UK biodiversity. Monitoring of UK flora and fauna is not comprehensive and precise figures for percentage change of populations of particular species are not always available. Comprehensive monitoring programmes are often put in place only when a species decline is significant enough to warrant conservation action to preserve that species. The National Biodiversity Network, for which my Department has provided financial support, will provide the mechanism to enable such ecological information to become more accessible. (a) Mammals Few detailed data on population change are available for mammals, although my Department, with its scientific advisers the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, is currently undertaking work to develop an integrated monitoring system for mammals. By way of illustration, successive surveys of England indicate a partial recovery of the otter population, although in contrast the water vole has undergone a severe population crash. (b) Birds The UK's endangered birds species have experienced mixed fortunes in recent decades. A recently calculated index of the populations of rare breeding birds has more than doubled since 1970, reflecting the success of targeted conservation action on species such as the red kite, cirl bunting and stone curlew, taken by both statutory and non-government organisations. By contrast, an index composed of the populations trends of 20 farmland bird species has declined by 40 per cent. since the mid-1970s. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has recently adopted a target to reverse the decline in farmland birds within its Public Service Agreement. (c) Amphibians and (d) reptiles Evidence indicates varying levels of decline among all the UK's amphibians and reptiles, although precise figures for declines for widespread species are not available. The main causes have been the loss of, damage to and fragmentation of habitats. For scarce species with restricted ranges, more detailed data are available where positive conservation measures have been put in place and these data indicate that these measures are being effective in halting decline. English Nature is currently engaged in projects with partner organisations to address the need for monitoring schemes so that a more quantitative assessment of status can be undertaken. (e) Fish Freshwater fish populations are under threat from a wide range of sources, although few species have good national records of population status. As an example, the white- clawed crayfish has suffered heavily from the particular problem of crayfish plague, a disease introduced by non-native crayfish species used in aquaculture.

Date

13 December 2000

Reference

359 c158-9W;359 c156-7W; 142119

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) fatal and (b) other road traffic accidents were caused in the last year for which figures are available by vehicles travelling in excess of 100 mph; and how many individuals died as a result....

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2000

Reference

359 c159-60W;359 c157-8W; 142106

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what nano-particle analysis has been carried out on incinerator emissions; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2000

Reference

359 c159W;359 c157W; 142125

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reasons the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the South-Central rail franchise to GoVia in preference to Connex.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 November 2000

Reference

140312; 357 c331W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the franchise agreement reached with GoVia in respect of the South-Central franchise (a) precludes the closure of any station and (b) maintains at present levels as a minimum the present timetable operated by Connex on each...

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 November 2000

Reference

357 c331-2W; 140307;140313

House

House of Commons

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