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Written Answers to Questions
Thursday 24 November 1994
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Next Steps Agencies
Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the salary and other emoluments of the civil servant who did the work of, or work comparable to that of, the chief executive of each next steps agency established by his Department before the agency was established.
Mr. John M. Taylor: The information requested for Lord Chancellor's Department existing next steps agencies is given in the table.
|Remuneration of
|postholder prior to |End date of previous
Agency |chief executive |postholder's tenure
|£
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HM Land Registry |53,420 |31 December 1990
Public Record Office |49,300 plus |31 March 1992
| 2,000 Inner London
|Weighting
Public Trust Office |50,525 plus |8 June 1994
|1,776 Inner London
|Weighting
Court Accommodation
Mr. Rooker: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will bring forward proposals to meet the problems of witnesses fearing intimidation in the waiting areas of court houses.
Mr. John. M Taylor: This Department recognises the concern witnesses may have about the fear of intimidation and has taken steps to minimise the risk. The court standards and design guide makes provision for one courtroom witness suite per Crown court centre, and similar arrangements are made for new magistrates courts, with the provision of multi-purpose suites. Approximately 40 per cent. of existing Crown court centres already provide separate and exclusive witness waiting areas. Where these are not available, special arrangements can be made to ensure that, as far as possible, intimidation does not occur.
ENVIRONMENT
Council Tax
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average council tax in England and Wales for each of the property bandings.
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Mr. Robert B. Jones: The average council tax in 1994 95, before transitional relief and council tax benefit, for a property containing two adults, is as follows: