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Statement on how food chain issues are being addressed by Foresight. - Inc list and announcement of new Foresight food chain group.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

20 March 1997

Answered on

20 March 1997

Sir Donald Thompson: To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on how food chain issues are being addressed by Foresight. [21559] Mr. Ian Taylor: Several Foresight panels have interests in the food chain. In addition, a new Foresight group has been established to explore market and technology opportunities across the food chain. It will be chaired to David Sainsbury, chairman of J. Sainsbury plc. The new group includes industry leaders in food production, processing and retailing. In broad terms, the group will be addressing issues which the food chain industries regard as critical to their future competitiveness. It will act in a cross-sectoral capacity, drawing together the interest of the wide range of Foresight panel sectors which impact on food chain businesses, such as food and drink , agriculture, retailing, manufacturing, and marine, for example. The members of the Foresight food chain group are: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Member Position Company David Sainsbury Chairman J Sainsbury Mark Adams Deputy Chairman Geo Adams Gordon Edge Executive Chairman Generics Ltd Iain Ferguson Chairman Birds Eye Walls James Godfrey Farmer -- Christopher Greig Chairman William Grant and Sons Guy McCracken Managing Director Food Division Marks and Spencer Sir David Naish President National Farmers Union Gulam Noon Chairman and Managing Director Noon Products John Shropshire Managing Director G's Marketing _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

20 March 1997

Reference

21559; 292 c781W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

If those owners of prohibited high calibre handguns who wish to retain their weapons as mementoes, having first arranged for de-activation, and having obtained de-activation certificates will be able to obtain compensation based on individual valuation of the weapon in its original state. - No.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 March 1997

Reference

18615; 291 c697W

House

House of Commons

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

What representations he has received from the British Retail Consortium concerning the proposed Workplace (Fire Precautions) Regulations; and what estimate he has made of the cost to retailers, particularly small businesses, of the proposed regulations. - Inc ref to 287 c263-4W.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 December 1996

Reference

9138; 287 c589W

House

House of Commons

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

What assessment he has made of the Efficiency Scrutiny Report on the Implementation and Enforcement of EC law in the United Kingdom in respect of its fire safety provisions.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 1996

Reference

8343; 287 c312W

House

House of Commons

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

What cost compliance assessment has been undertaken of the proposed Workplace (Fire Precautions) Regulations by the Deregulation Unit.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 1996

Reference

8345; 287 c312W

House

House of Commons

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

What assessment the Deregulation Task Force has made of the introduction of the proposed Workplace (Fire Precautions) Regulations; and what meetings he has had with business representatives to discuss their possible compliance costs.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 1996

Reference

8344; 287 c312W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

What arrangements are in place in the Intervention Board Executive Agency for recruitment; on what basis these are drawn; how many staff have been appointed at each level during 1995-96; if he will indicate the proportion of (a) women, (b) members of ethnic minorities and (c) disabled people successful at...

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

5 December 1996

Answered on

5 December 1996

Sir Donald Thompson: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what arrangements are in place in the Intervention Board executive agency for recruitment; on what basis these are drawn; how many staff have been appointed at each level during 1995-96; if he will indicate the proportion of (a) women, (b) members of ethnic minorities and (c) disabled people successful at each level; and what exceptions were made to the recruitment rules to allow appointments to be made. [8177] Mr. Baldry: I can confirm that there are systems in place in the Intervention Board to ensure that recruitment is carried out on the basis of fair and open competition and selection on merit, in accordance with the recruitment code laid down by the civil service commissioners, and that these systems are subject to internal check. During the 1995-96 financial year, the Intervention Board conducted three recruitment campaigns to appoint staff at administrative assistant, administrative officer, and higher executive officer (auditor) levels. These exercises were conducted on the basis of fair and open recruitment and selections were made on merit in each case. The following statistical information on the competitions may help to put the exercise into context: Administrative assistant competition _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There were 37 applicants of which: Applicants Interviewees Successful candidates Gender Male 21 (57 per cent.) 20 (67 per cent.) 16 (69 per cent.) Female 16 (43 per cent.) 10 (33 per cent.) 7 (31 per cent.) Totals 37 (100 per cent.) 30 (100 per cent.) 23 (100 per cent.) Ethnic origin White 31 (84 per cent.) 25 (83 per cent.) 19 (83 per cent.) Black 1 (3 per cent.) 1 (3 per cent.) 1 (4 per cent.) Asian 2 (5 per cent.) 2 (7 per cent.) 2 (9 per cent.) Unknown 3 (8 per cent.) 2 (7 per cent.) 1 (4 per cent.) Totals 37 (100 per cent.) 30 (100 per cent.) 23 (100 per cent.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There were no disabled applicants for this competition. Also, from the successful candidates, eventually only eight accepted appointments of which one was a part-time appointment. Of these six were male and two female, and of this group, seven classified themselves as white and one as black. Administrative officer competition _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There were 69 applicants including one disabled, of which: Applicants Interviewees Successful candidates Gender Male 37 (54 per cent.) 24 (62 per cent.) 20 (61 per cent.) Female 32 (46 per cent.) 15 (38 per cent.) 11 (39 per cent.) Totals 69 (100 per cent.) 39 (100 per cent,) 31 (100 per cent.) Ethnic origin White 56 (82 per cent.) 33 (84 per cent.) 26 (84 per cent.) Black 1 (1 per cent.) 1 (3 per cent.) 1 (3 per cent.) Asian 11 (16 per cent.) 4 (10 per cent.) 3 (10 per cent.) Unknown 1 (1 per cent.) 1 (3 per cent.) 1 (3 per cent.) Totals 69 (100 per cent.) 39 (100 per cent.) 31 (100 per cent.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Of the successful candidates, 11 accepted appointments. Included among these was the disabled candidate. Also, of the 11, eight were male and three female, and all classified themselves as white. Higher executive officer (auditor) competition _________________________________________________________________________________________________. There were 19 applicants of which: Applicants Interviewees Successful candidates Gender Male 16 (84 per cent.) 3 (60 per cent.) 0 (0 per cent.) Female 3 (16 per cent.) 2 (40 per cent.) 2 (100 per cent.) Totals 19 (100 per cent.) 5 (100 per cent.) 2 (100 per cent.) Ethnic Origin White 14 (74 per cent.) 5 (100 per cent.) 2 (84 per cent.) Black 3 (16 per cent.) -- -- Asian 1 (5 per cent.) -- -- Unknown 1 (5 per cent.) -- -- Totals 19 (100 per cent.) 5 (100 per cent.) 2 (100 per cent.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. One application was received from a disabled individual for this competition. This applicant did not meet the minimum qualification criteria and, therefore, was not invited for interview. The two successful candidates were subsequently appointed, both were female, and both classed themselves as white. Finally, I can confirm that no exceptions to the recruitment rules were made during the period to allow appointments to be made.

Date

5 December 1996

Reference

8177; 286 c726-7W;286 c724-5W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

What plans he has to call out further Army Reserve and Territorial Army personnel in support of the operations in the former Yugoslavia. - Including figures.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

13 June 1996

Answered on

13 June 1996

Sir Donald Thompson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to call out further Army Reserve and Territorial Army personnel in support of the operations in the former Yugoslavia.[33142] Mr. Soames: Approval has been given to call out up to 251 members of the Army Reserve and Territorial Army to provide support to operations in the former Yugoslavia, and volunteers are being sought. The majority will replace with those called-out last February, but there is also an additional need to fill 55 posts to re-enforce regular units. This arises from some units having dual commitments. Those called out will report to a mobilisation centre between the 8 and 12 July, and those who are selected for service will under go training before deployment. Those administratively discharged for alcohol dependency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RN/RM Army RAF Total 1990 10 7 -- 17 1991 7 3 -- 10 1992 6 4 3 13 1993 6 0 2 8 1994 6 7 3 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. No records are held for Army officers. 2. No figures prior to July 1992 are held by RAF. 3. RN/RM and RAF figures include officers. (b) Those dismissed for drug abuse following a sentence of dismissal from service at court martial, summary trial or summary proceedings, or a sentence of imprisonment from a service or civilian court in each of the past five years: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RN/RM Army RAF Total 1990 23 87 8 118 1991 65 87 13 165 1992 94 116 15 225 1993 51 81 20 152 1994 45 59 8 112 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Those administratively discharged for drugs offences _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RN/RM Army RAF Total 1990 0 35 -- 35 1991 1 50 11 62 1992 1 208 24 233 1993 2 204 10 216 1994 0 136 22 158 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The RAF holds no records prior to 1991. {2} No records are held for Army officers. {3} RN/RM and RAF figures include officers.

Date

13 June 1996

Reference

33142; 279 c252-3W;279 c246-7W

House

House of Commons

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

What guidance has been issued to Ministers on the preparation of compliance cost assessments.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

26 February 1996

Reference

272 c576-7; 15246

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on policies for publishing environmental statistics.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 February 1996

Reference

16455; 272 c83-4W;272 c67-8W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

Statement on the future of the National Curriculum assessment and testing arrangements. - Inc fact that copies of exchange of correspondence with Sir Ron Dearing about SCAAS's review, the Government's consultation document, a letter from HM chief inspector, and the national curriculum assessment results have been placed in Library. (Dep/3...

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 1996

Reference

12230; 270 c340-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Transport

Statement on the allocation of capital resources for expenditure on local roads and transport in England for 1996-97. - Inc figs and tables.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 December 1995

Reference

268 c1036-41W;268 c1034-9W; 7543

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

What proportion of Calderdale's (a) total and (b) secondary education sector is grant maintained; and what proportion of total public expenditure on education in Calderdale is in the grant maintained sector. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 1995

Reference

1467; 267 c712-3W;267 c710W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

If she will set out the increases in real terms for education spending for each education sector in Calderdale since 1980. - Inc table.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 October 1995

Reference

36786; 264 c368-9W;264 c366-7W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for North Thanet of 28th June, Official Report, column 698W, at what prices tenderors brought grain out of intervention. - Table given.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 July 1995

Reference

34295; 263 c967W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Thanet of 26th June, Official Report, column 528W, if he will detail the steps he took to oppose subsidised grain prices to Spanish pig farmers.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 July 1995

Reference

34306; 263 c966-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To comment on the future of the Centre for Epilepsy.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 July 1995

Reference

263 c435W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Transport

What recent results have been obtained from checks for unlicensed trucks; and if he will now consider introducing measures to seize unlicensed operators' trucks.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 June 1995

Reference

262 c675W

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 731, what further actions are necessary prior to ratification by the United Kingdom of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; when he expects these actions to be completed.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 May 1995

Reference

260 c667-8W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

If he will hold an annual meeting with representatives of the meat and livestock industries to review the performance of the Meat Hygiene Service.

Asked by

Donald Thompson (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 May 1995

Reference

260 c199W

House

House of Commons

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