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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figs. (Holding answer 21 March...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

8 May 2001

Answered on

8 May 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154686] Dr. Moonie: [holding answer 21 March 2001]: The Ministry of Defence has a wide-ranging presence throughout the UK in terms of defence establishments and the service and civilian personnel they employ. This presence brings benefits to many communities, local economies and jobs. Also, 60,000 new defence contracts are placed each year that provide support to industry and create and sustain defence-related employment. The Ministry of Defence has maintained a presence in the Lancaster and Wyre: within a 25-mile radius distance of the constituency, MOD direct employees totalled some 1,250 personnel as of 1 October 1999 (service and civilian). Since 2 May 1997, around 20 contracts with a total value of some £1.5 million were placed with prime contractors in the Lancaster area{1}. I draw attention to the Defence Analytical Services Agency report "UK Defence Statistics 2000", which contains a welfare of defence statistical information, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. {1} The decision as to where work under a particular contract will be undertaken rests with the contractor, therefore work on a contract placed with a prime contract in the Lancaster area may well be done elsewhere: similarly, contracts placed with contractors outside the Lancaster area could lead to sub-contracts on companies in Lancaster.

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c20W;368 c20-1W; 154686

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figs, table and ref...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

23 April 2001

Answered on

23 April 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154688] Ms Quin: [holding answer 21 March 2001]: MAFF does not hold statistical information on a constituency basis relating to the Department's policies. Information on land use, crop areas, livestock numbers, and labour on holdings in England by parliamentary constituency has been produced from 1 June 1999 Annual Agricultural and Horticultural Census. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House. Information from the 1 June 2000 census will be available shortly and also placed in the House Library. As many of the Department's policies flow from measures agreed within the framework of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, statistical data are normally available on a UK or England basis. Farmers in the UK received approximately £3 billion per year in direct CAP payments. This does not include the significant additional costs to consumers as a result of CAP price supports which keep EU prices above prevailing world prices. The value of direct CAP payments to the average farmer is set out in the table. Average subsidies received by full-time farm businesses, England 1999-2000 £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Of which: Total direct Crop subsidies Livestock subsidies Agri-environment Other{ 1} subsidies Cereals 37.8 34.2 2.3 1.0 0.1 General Cropping 31.8 28.8 2.4 0.6 0.0 Horticulture 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 Pigs and Poultry 3.6 2.2 1.4 0.1 0.0 Dairy 8.5 2.8 4.9 0.8 0.0 LFA Cattle and Sheep 29.3 0.4 25.4 3.3 0.2 Lowland Cattle and Sheep 14.1 1.7 10.6 1.8 0.0 Mixed 33.8 21.4 10.7 1.7 0.0 All Types 22.5 14.8 6.4 1.2 0.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes capital grants and any other miscellaneous grants. These reflect a combination of nationally funded and partly match funded schemes. Notes: HLCA payments to hill farms are included under livestock subsidies. The figures show direct subsidy payments; they do not include allowance for the financial benefit of prices supported above world market levels under the CAP. Source: Farm Business Survey In addition to CAP direct payments, farmers in the UK are benefiting from £1.35 billion in short-term financial relief since 2 May 1997. This includes £785 million in agrimonetary compensation worth some £4,800 per average arable farmer, £3,200 per average dairy farmer, £1,400 per average sheep farmer, and £1,140 and £3,800 per average farmer for agrimonetary compensation related to the Beef Special Premium Scheme and Suckler Cow Premium Scheme respectively. Since May 1997 the Government have more than doubled expenditure on agri-environment schemes in England. We now have more than twice as much land covered by Countryside Stewardship agreements and we have increased the funding of organic conversion from £571,000 in 1997-98 to £12 million in 2000-01 and £18 million in 2001-02. Full-time hill farmers in England will be in receipt of some £6,360 on average following the introduction of the Hill Farm Allowance Scheme this year. This compares with £4,048 under the Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance in 1996-97. Farmers in Lancaster and Wyre can benefit from schemes available under the England Rural Development Programme, which is backed by funding of £1.6 billion over the period 2000-06. Three of the schemes within this programme--Rural Enterprise, Processing and Marketing, and Vocational Training--have a budget of around £190 million and are being operated on a regional basis; each region has its own allocation. These allocations are set out in the England Rural Development Programme. Consumers in Lancaster and Wyre will benefit from the Agenda 2000 reforms of the CAP in the form of reduced food bills, with the average saving for a typical family rising to £65 a year by 2010.

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

367 c30-2W; 154688

House

House of Commons

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Including table. (Holding...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

9 April 2001

Answered on

9 April 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154687] Mr. Chris Smith: [holding answer 21 March 2001]: Since May 1997 my Department has introduced and developed a variety of initiatives which will impact on my hon. Friend's constituency which promote our objectives of access, excellence, education, and creativity and employment. We have published our strategies to take this forward in "Tomorrows Tourism" and "A Sporting Future for All", which was recently followed up by "The Government's Plan for Sport". We have tackled the issue of social inclusion taking forward the recommendations of Policy Action Team 10 on Arts and Sport and developing social inclusion policies across all our areas which is recognised within the most recent progress report "Building on PAT10". We have given more support to the cultural and sporting infrastructure. The Spending Review 2000 secured a doubling of the budget for sport and the largest ever increase for the arts: an increase of 80 per cent. from £186 million in 1997-98 to £336 million in 2003-04. In taking forward our aim to develop the educational potential of culture and sport £40 million has been allocated to developing Creative Partnerships; we have established through lottery funding, the £30 million National Foundation for Youth Music; and secured an additional £130 million for primary schools sports and arts facilities through the Space for Sport and the Arts programme. With £120 million of central Government and Lottery funding we will be providing a school sports co-ordinator in one in four secondary schools to work with local primary and special schools to improve sporting provision and physical education for children in the most deprived areas. We have delivered free access to national museums for children and the over-60's and additional money will be provided to allow this to be extended to everyone in December 2001. We have commissioned a taskforce which is currently considering the issues facing non-national museums in the regions. We have made improvements in the way the Lottery is spent to ensure a fairer distribution. The introduction of the New Opportunities Fund for spending on health, education and the environment has made a real difference to communities everywhere. For instance it has invested £120 million to support the People's Network, which will enable all 4,300 public libraries to offer free public internet access through UK online learning centres; and a further £50 million to stimulate development of content to support the Network. We have set up a Regional Cultural Consortium in each of the English regions outside London to champion culture and creativity, including heritage, sport and tourism, and to draw up regional cultural strategies identifying regional objectives and priorities. We have published a Green Paper "Culture and Creativity: The Next Ten Years", setting out how individual creative talent can be given the support it needs from childhood to flourish; how artists and cultural institutions can be freed from bureaucratic controls; and how the freedom to explore and enjoy creativity and culture can be made available to all. Through their commitment to public service broadcasting, the Government have helped to foster an environment in which a creative, commercially successful broadcasting industry provides a wide range of UK-made, high-quality, original programmes catering for all viewers and listeners. We have ensured a secure funding base for the BBC and S4C, while giving them the freedom to develop commercial operations which complement and support their public service remit. We have made clear in the Communications White Paper that public service broadcasting will continue to have a key role to play in the digital future. The Government have introduced free television licences for people aged 75 or over from 1 November last year. My Department sponsors the British Tourist Authority (BTA) which continues to promote Britain effectively as an attractive tourist destination for overseas visitors. The BTA's successful marketing activities are aimed at bringing benefits to all parts of the UK, including Lancaster and Wyre. In delivering these initiatives we aim to make cultural and sporting activities inclusive ones, boosting participation and improving the quality of life for all. Lancaster and Wyre According to the information supplied to us by the distributing bodies for the national lottery awards database, there have been 99 national lottery awards to Lancaster and Wyre, totalling £8,858,790. Nineteen Millennium Award Winners have been identified from Lancaster and Wyre and between them they have received grants totalling £55,572. Information on the number of beneficiaries of free television licences by constituency is not available, but estimates based on the 1991 Census indicate that there were approximately 8,000 people aged 75 or over living in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. English Heritage input Offered £ Comment Victoria Pavilion, Lancaster 5,000 None paid as yet Leighton Hall, Lancaster 1,145 All paid Leighton Hall, Lancaster 14,957 Paid £10,826 St. Wilfred's Melling, Lancaster 34,700 All paid Cockersand Abbey, Lancaster 420 All paid Twetfield 323 All paid Lancaster City Conservation Area Partnership 144,000 Scheme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There are of course other initiatives in the wider context of the region which may have an effect on the Lancaster and Wyre constituency. These are: Under the Space for Sport and Arts scheme Lancashire local education authority has been allocated up to £1.75 million towards providing improved facilities for sport and arts in primary schools which can also be used by the wider community. North West Arts Board received £14,061,000 in 2000-01 from the Arts Council to support arts and cultural activity across its region. In 2001-2002 this will increase to £15,491,266 or by 10.17 per cent. More Music in Morecambe has worked with many school choirs. For Singing Challenge 1 there will be four open sessions as part of the local West End Festival to encourage new singers to participate. For Singing Challenge 2 there will be a set of linked local projects comprising workshops in the summer and autumn months. North Lancashire Youth Music Action Zone: £145,000. More Music in Morecambe is running the Action Zone working across the north-west. The Zone will provide a range of music opportunities to young people throughout the north-west these include a range of music activities exclusively for under-18s, a singing project for under-5s and an expansion of More Music in Morecambe's national training programme for musicians.

Date

9 April 2001

Reference

154687; 366 c404-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Including tables and ref to Department...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

9 April 2001

Answered on

9 April 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154682] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 21 March 2001]: Detailed information on the impact of Department of Health policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health--Government Expenditure Plans 2000-01" is available in the Library and on the Department of Health website at www.doh.gov.uk/ dhreport. The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis. My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Morecambe Bay health authority and Lancashire social services authority. Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 for North West Lancashire health authority are shown in the table. Increases in allocations between 1996-97 and 2001-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Increase £ million (Cash) 58.5 £ million (Real terms) 35.2 Percentage (Cash) 34.0 Percentage (Real terms) 18.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Increases for 1999-2000 are for unified allocations which cover hospital and community health services, prescribing and discretionary family health services. Those for previous years cover hospital and community health services only. Morecambe Bay health authority has also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes: £550,000 for accident and emergency modernisation at Morecambe Bay Hospitals National Health Service Trust; £27,000, £117,000, £197,000 and £130,000 for improving cancer services (breast, colorectal, lung and cancer outpatients) in 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01 respectively; £2.1 million recurrently in 1999-2000 and £1.7 million recurrently in 2000-01 to reduce waiting lists and times; £18,000 in 1997-98, £2.5 million in 1998-99, £232,000 in 1999-2000 and £296,000 in 2000-01--non recurrently to reduce waiting times and lists; £820,000 to expand critical care services in 2000-01; £1.1 million in 1997-98, £1.3 million in 1998-99 and £0.8 million in 2000-01 to deal with winter pressures; £492,000 in 2000-01 and £392,000 in 2001-02, for developing intermediate care services; £126,000 for heart disease services in 2000-01; for 2001-02, the authority plans to spend £1.9 million more on heart disease services, including drugs, from the real terms funding increase shown; and £12,000 invested in dentistry in 1998 in Lancaster. In addition, my hon. Friend's constituents will benefit from £33.2 million investment at Morecambe Bay Hospitals and Bay Community NHS Trusts. Lancashire local authority's personal social services standard spending assessment for 2001-02 compared with 1996-97 is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage increase £ million Real Cash 1996-97 187.309 -- -- 2001-02 186.291 -11.9 -0.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The SSA has decreased because of boundary changes resulting from local government re-organisation. In addition to the SSAs referred to, Lancashire local authority received additional funding in the form of a number of special and specific grants as set out in the table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Special Transitional 8,064 -- -- -- Grant{1} Partnership grant{2} -- 5,552 4,700 | 6,412 Prevention grant{2} -- 436 650 | Carers grant{3} -- 435 1,050 1,452 Children's grant{3} -- 1,366 2,167 5,433 MH Core grant 1,045 1,763 2,085 2,600 Training Support Grant 644 654 616 {4}399 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The special transitional grant ended in 1998-99 {2} The partnership and prevention grants have been combined in 2001-02 and called the promoting independence grant {3} The carers' and children's grants were introduced in 1999-2000 {4} Indicative allocation

Date

9 April 2001

Reference

154682; 366 c444-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Includes fact that details...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 March 2001

Reference

154685; 365 c511W;365 c513W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate provision is made for adult training in Lancaster after 1st April. - (Holding answer 22 March 2001).

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2001

Reference

365 c407W; 155021

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 set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154684] Ms Beverley Hughes: The Lancaster and Wyre constituency has benefited from funding provided to Lancaster city council, Wyre borough council and Lancashire county council. It is for the local authorities to decide where within their areas these resources are invested. The principal funding which this Department has provided in 1997-98 to 2000-01 are shown in the table. These include grants and borrowings approvals for revenue and capital expenditure. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nature of funding 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Revenue Support Grant{1} 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5 7.0 Income from National 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.2 Non-Domestic Rates{1} Revenue Support Grant{2} 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.9 Income from National 3.3 3.3 3.6 4.0 3.9 Non-Domestic Rates{2} Housing Investment 1.8 2.0 2.3 3.9 4.3 Programme{3} Capital Receipts n/a 1.0 1.1 n/a n/a Initiative{3} Cash Incentive Scheme{3} 0 0 0 n/a n/a Housing Investment 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.1 Programme{4} Capital Receipts n/a 0.5 0.5 n/a n/a Initiative{4} Cash Incentive Scheme{4} 0 0 0 n/a n/a ERDF 0.8 0.3 1.7 0 0 Funding--Lancashire{5} ERDF Funding--Lancaster 0.05 0.2 0 0 0 ERDF Funding--Wyre 0 0.02 0 0 0 Transport Supplementary 3.7 1.7 2.9 0 0 Grant Transport Annual Capital 2.1 1.6 1.5 0 0 Guideline Transport Block 4.9 3.1 5.2 {6}11.0 28.0 Supplementary Credit Approval{6} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures for Lancaster city council. These figures have not been adjusted to make year on year comparisons. {2} Figures for Wyre borough council. These figures have not been adjusted to make year on year comparisons. {3} Figures for Lancashire county council {4} Figures of Wyre borough council {5} Some of the Lancashire projects are county-wide and therefore some of the grant shown may have gone to Lancaster or Wyre. {6} 2000-01--This figure is from Lancashire county council's provisional Local Transport Plan settlement.

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

154684; 365 c250W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures and ref...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154681] Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office is working to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced, and the protection and security of the public are maintained. Detailed information on the impact of Home Office policies across the full range of responsibilities is set out in Home Office Annual Reports. A copy of the most recent report, Home Office Annual Report 1999-2000, is available in the Library. The latest report will be published shortly. Information on recorded crime and policing is also published. `Recorded Crime England and Wales, 12 months to September 2000' and `Police Service Strength England and Wales, 30 September 2000' can be found in the Library. The recorded crime statistics include information on recorded crime by Basic Command Unit and Crime and Disorder partnerships. The impact of Home Office policies and actions is not normally examined by constituency and the statistics which the Department collects, such as recorded crime, cannot be matched in the way requested although set out are examples relating to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency or the immediate locality: Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Wyre Community Safety Partnership was awarded £120,000 for a project entitled Wyre CCTV Unit. The scheme will consist of two CCTV units, capable of being deployed to any part of Wyre targeting short term crime `hotspots' and communities, which are suffering from incidents of youth crime and disorder. Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is funding two Intervention Schemes and one Bail Supervision Scheme in the Lancaster and Wyre area. Almost £57,000 is being funded towards Drugline Lancashire--Preston Arrest Referral and Cautioning Plus Project. The main aims of this project include the provision of direct services to challenge cycles of drug use and crime: counselling, information, befriending, advocacy, holistic welfare, early and crisis intervention. They also include the establishment of a networking system combining a focus on drugs, crime and young people. Approximately £37,000 has been awarded for the Lancashire Restorative Justice Project. The main aim is to provide both victims and young offenders with the opportunity to communicate with one another in a safe environment in order that the offender may make amends for previous inappropriate behaviour and assist the victim to come to terms with the harm suffered. A Bail Support Scheme has been awarded £191,000 in the area. The project aims to provide a practical alternative to magistrates and courts in Lancashire and Blackburn for remands to custody, secure accommodation and remands to local authority accommodation. More generally, all of the policies of the Home Office will impact on the residents of Lancaster and Wyre to a greater or lesser extent. For example: 376 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships have been established; racial harassment and racially motivated crimes have been made criminal offences by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; the asylum backlog has been cut from 103,495 at the end of January 2000 to 66,195 by the end of December 2000; and good progress is being made in reducing the incidence of fire deaths in England and Wales. They have dropped from 605 in 1997 to 534 in 1999. Information on the Home Office and its policies is also published on its website (www.homeoffice.gov.uk).

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

154681; 365 c212-3W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of her Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154680] Jane Kennedy: The Lord Chancellor's Department is responsible for the administration of the courts and for legal services. We have taken steps to improve the management and effectiveness of the services we provide and to meet customer needs, including working closely with other agencies to provide a fair, swift and effective system of justice, improve the availability of affordable and good quality legal services and to improve the lives of children and help build and sustain strong families. In particular, the constituency of Lancaster and Wyre is part of the North-West Lancashire Community Legal Service Partnership. The partnership is recently formed and is in the process of agreeing its priorities for future funding. The current annual Legal Services Commission expenditure for the partnership on Civil Legal Help is £451,100. Also, the Trustee Act 2000 came into force on 1 February this year. It sweeps away the restrictive default investment powers granted to trustees, including charitable trustees, by the Trustee Investments Act 1961. They are replaced by a much wider investment discretion for the trustees and the power to make use of modern investment practices. These new powers will continue to be exercisable as default powers by trusts and charities whose founding documents give no, or no sufficient, investment powers themselves, and contain no restrictions which forbid the taking of such powers. It is expected that older trusts and charities will be the most likely to benefit. There are over 500 charities on the Register of Charities associated with Lancaster and Wyre by name, and no doubt many more trusts, charitable and otherwise associated with the area. It is not possible to say which of them might benefit, but the potential for benefit is there for all of them.

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

154680; 365 c257-8W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 March 2001

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Mr. Dawson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effect on Lancaster and Wyre of his Department's policies and actions since 2 May 1997. [154683] Miss Melanie Johnson: Lancaster and Wyre, along with the rest of the United Kingdom, is benefiting from the long-term action we have taken to build economic stability and secure high and stable levels of growth and employment. Since the general election, claimant unemployment in the constituency has fallen by 590, or 33 per cent., youth unemployment is down by 74 per cent., and long-term unemployment has fallen by 66 per cent. Macroeconomic stability is being complemented at the microeconomic level by the Government's policies to ease the transition from welfare into work and to make work pay. To the end of December 2000, the New Deal for 18 to 24-year-olds had helped 596 young people in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency gain valuable skills and experience--327 (55 per cent.) of whom had moved into employment. The Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), introduced in October 1999, is helping to make work pay for low and middle income families. In August 2000, around 1,500 families in the constituency were benefiting from WFTC. The Government are also committed to policies which enable pensioners to share in the country's rising prosperity. All pensioners, including 22,100 in Lancaster and Wyre, will receive an above-inflation increase in the basic state pension from April 2001. Single pensioners will receive an extra £5 a week, and couples will receive an extra £8 a week. All pensioners aged 75 or over have also been entitled to a free TV licence since November 2000--including around 14,400 in Lancaster and Wyre.

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

154683; 365 c234-5W

House

House of Commons

Cabinet Office

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Lancaster and Wyre constituency, the effects on Lancaster and Wyre of her Office's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

154689; 365 c280W

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 Lancaster City Council is entitled to apply for funding under the neighbourhood renewal scheme.

Asked by

Geraldine Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 2001

Reference

364 c53W; 151659

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the extra capital and revenue resources he has made available to (a) St. Martin's College, Lancaster and (b) Lancaster University since 1st May 1997. - Including figures.

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 January 2001

Reference

361 c584W;361 c586W; 145543

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Year

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher