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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 2 March 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 2 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 2 March, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 2 March, see Part 2 of this Paper. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, how much has been spent on (a) building and (b) refurbishing works in the parliamentary estate in each of the last five years. |
| (32545) | |
| 2 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of (a) plaice, (b) cod, (c) dab and (d) flounder in the North Sea he estimates are diseased. |
| (31919) | |
| 3 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) plaice, (b) cod, (c) dab, (d) flounder, (e) herring, (f) haddock, (g) skate and (h) huss landed in British ports which is diseased. |
| (31920) | |
| 4 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what consideration his Department has given to the future of the Central Science laboratories at York and Norwich following the conclusion of the prior options review in 1996. |
| (32114) | |
| 5 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the food science research contracts allocated by his Department in (a )1994-95, (b) 1995-96 and (c) 1996-97, broken down by length of contract, value of contract and institution securing the contract. |
| (32108) | |
| 6 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many non-scientific staff were employed and what was the total non-scientific pay bill at the Central Science Laboratory sites at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich, in each of the last three years. |
| (32109) | |
| 7 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for the Central Science Laboratory sites at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich, (i) the total space available for laboratories and offices and (ii) the proportion of laboratory space which is currently unoccupied. |
| (32115) | |
| 8 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proportion of the available laboratory and office space at the Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton, York, would remain unoccupied if the Norwich-based scientific staff of CSL were relocated to York. |
| (32116) | |
| 9 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many scientists working for the Central Science Laboratory are based at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich. |
| (32111) | |
| 10 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much income was received by the Central Science Laboratory in the 1996-97 financial year from research contracts based primarily at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich, from (i) his Department, (ii) other public sector agencies and (iii) private companies. |
| (32112) | |
| 11 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the organisations which have made representations to his Department with proposals for future use of the Central Science Laboratories at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich; and if he will place a summary of these representations in the Library. |
| (32113) | |
| 12 N | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what were the annual overhead costs of the Central Science Laboratory sites at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich, in each of the last three years. |
| (32110) | |
| 13 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will assist farmers wishing to diversify into the cultivation of flax and hemp. |
| (31785) | |
| 14 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proposals he has to encourage farmers to diversify into organic farming. |
| (31833) | |
| 15 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the derogations from the principle of free access to fishing grounds which will not be effective after the year 2002. |
| (32571) | |
| 16 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what are the current time-limits on the obtaining of cattle passports; and what time-limits were originally set. |
| (32034) | |
| 17 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what initiatives are being pursued to encourage farmers to use information technology. |
| (32548) | |
| 18 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he plans to take to ensure farmers provide indoor-housed pigs with at least the space allowances recommended by the European Commission's Scientific Veterinary Committee in its 1997 report on the welfare of intensively-kept pigs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32626) | |
| 19 | Mr John Townend (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answers of 12th February, Official Report, column 374, and 24th February, Official Report, column 185, if the national quota constitutes a derogation from the principle of non-discrimination. |
| (32263) | |
| 20 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Attorney General, how many and what percentage of cases forwarded by the Sussex Police to the Crown Prosecution Service for prosecution were turned down (a) for evidential reasons and (b) for other reasons in each year from 1994 to 1997. |
| (31922) | |
| 21 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will update the information contained in tables 1, 2, and 3 of his Department's Answer of 10th March 1997, Official Report, columns 81-82, to include (a) the year ending March 1997, (b) the calendar year 1997 and (c) the most recent months for which figures are available; if such figures are now maintained in relation to each of the new Crown Prosecution Service areas; if he will publish such figures as are available for the period since 1st April 1997 in the Official Report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32568) | |
| 22 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will make a statement as to the nature of the statistics compiled in relation to cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service since 1st April 1996 in relation to each of the new Crown Prosecution Service areas. |
| (32570) | |
| 23 | Sir Nicholas Lyell (North East Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Attorney General, what is his latest estimate of the costs of millennium compliance for (a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) the Serious Fraud Office, (c) the Treasury Solicitors Department and (d) the Government Property Lawyers; and by what date compliance testing will be completed within (a) to (d). |
| (32567) | |
| 24 | Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to improve the current concessionary television licence scheme. |
| (32564) | |
| 25 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on when the Radio Authority is expected to announce the successful bid for the Mid-Essex local radio licence applications. |
| (32038) | |
| 26 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the money allocated for tourism per head for (a) England and (b) the Northern Region for the years 1995 to 1998. |
| (32260) | |
| 27 | Mr Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the culture, media, sports and tourism sectors will benefit from the New Deal. |
| (32290) | |
| 28 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding was given to touring opera companies in the last three available years; what was the breakdown of this funding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31398) | |
| 29 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss his Department's progress towards millennium computer compliance. |
| (32651) | |
| 30 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when all testing on Year 2000 computer compliance will be completed within his Department. |
| (32649) | |
| 31 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is his estimate of (a) the date and (b) the cost for the Historic Royal Palaces Agency achieving millennium computer compliance. |
| (32648) | |
| 32 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the estimated cost of achieving millennium computer compliance has been revised since the original estimate for (a) his Department, (b) the Historic Royal Palaces Agency and (c) the Royal Parks Agency. |
| (32723) | |
| 33 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, from which budgetary sub-head the costs of millennium computer compliance will be met by his Department. |
| (32722) | |
| 34 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost to his Department of (a) consultants and (b) contractors engaged by the Department to address millennium computer compliance problems; and if he will list the consultants and contractors. |
| (32721) | |
| 35 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials or individuals within his Department on millennium computer compliance have (a) given notice of their intention to leave or (b) left his Department in the last six months. |
| (32641) | |
| 36 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met a Treasury Minister to discuss the cost of millennium computer compliance in his Department. |
| (32640) | |
| 37 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total cost of the space based infra-red system being installed at RAF Menwith Hill; and how much of this cost will be borne by the Exchequer. |
| (31918) | |
| 38 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total number of US Visiting Forces based in the UK; and where they are located. |
| (31917) | |
| 39 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in compiling its report on the pay of prisoners of war during World War II, what account the Government took of whether or not the terms of the 1929 Geneva Convention were fulfilled in respect of reimbursing enemy governments for payments by them to the British prisoners of war during the Second World War. |
| (32264) | |
| 40 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (i) consultants and (ii) contractors working on Year 2000 computer problems employed in (a) the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency, (b) the Army Training and Recruitment Agency, (c) the Army Technical Support Agency, (d) the Defence Bills Agency, (e) the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, (f) the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, (g) the Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency, (h) the Defence Transport and Movements Executive, (i) the Defence Vetting Agency, (j) the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, (k) the Logistic Information Systems Agency, (l) the Meteorological Office, (m) the Ministry of Defence Police, (n) the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency, (o) the Pay and Personnel Agency, (p) the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment, (q) the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency and (r) the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. |
| (32790) | |
| 41 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when all testing for millennium compliance will be complete in (a) the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency, (b) the Army Training and Recruitment Agency, (c) the Army Technical Support Agency, (d) the Defence Bills Agency, (e) the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, (f) the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, (g) the Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency, (h) the Defence Transport and Movements Executive, (i) the Defence Vetting Agency, (j) the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, (k) the Logistic Information Systems Agency, (l) the Meteorological Office, (m) the Ministry of Defence Police, (n) the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency, (o) the Pay and Personnel Agency, (p) the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment, (q) the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency and (r) the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. |
| (32792) | |
| 42 | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of millennium computer compliance for (a) the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency, (b) the Army Training and Recruitment Agency, (c) the Army Technical Support Agency, (d) the Defence Bills Agency, (e) the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, (f) the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, (g) the Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency, (h) the Defence Transport and Movements Executive, (i) the Defence Vetting Agency, (j) the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, (k) the Logistic Information Systems Agency, (l) the Meteorological Office, (m) the Ministry of Defence Police, (n) the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency, (o) the Pay and Personnel Agency, (p) the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment, (q) the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency and (r) the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. |
| (32791) | |
| 43 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for what reasons the proposed White Paper on Lifelong Learning has been modified to Green Paper status. |
| (31691) | |
| 44 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average level of funding is for 16 to 19 year old students undertaking A level courses in (i) schools and (ii) sixth form colleges. |
| (32280) | |
| 45 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to introduce a single unit of resource for 16 to 19 year olds. |
| (32399) | |
| 46 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when his review of funding for post-16 education will be completed; who is chairing the review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32279) | |
| 47 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to reform the procedures relating to the repayment of student loans. |
| (31492) | |
| 48 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received from organisations in Coventry regarding the complexity of the (a) Helping You Back to Work leaflet and (b) Jobseeker's Agreement forms; and what plans he has to simplify those documents. |
| (31493) | |
| 49 | Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps are being taken to ensure that the internal recruitment of New Deal personal advisers does not adversely affect other Employment Service programmes. |
| (32294) | |
| 50 | Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the estimated timescale for the provision of 50,000 trained child carers under the New Deal for lone parents. |
| (32293) | |
| 51 | Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received from private sector companies participating in the New Deal that they are unable to provide the equivalent of one full day's training per week to lead to an accredited qualification, for every placement. |
| (32291) | |
| 52 | Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many of the New Deal personal advisers to be trained by April 1998 will be recruited (a) from within the Employment Service and (b) externally. |
| (32292) | |
| 53 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to create a standard qualification for nursery nurses. |
| (32190) | |
| 54 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of applicants for headships are female; and what percentage are successful. |
| (32603) | |
| 55 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of recent graduates applying for teacher training. |
| (32546) | |
| 56 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of headteachers are female. |
| (32547) | |
| 57 | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much of the windfall tax proceeds devoted to the New Deal will be used (a) to employ staff in the Employment Service, (b) to purchase computers or furniture for the Employment Service, (c) for advertising; (d) for employment of staff or purchase of furniture or equipment by TECs, (e) for pay in respect of New Deal participants and (f) for employment subsidies. |
| (32789) | |
| 58 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the cost to the Government of the New Deal advertisements (a) on television and (b) in other media. |
| (31395) | |
| 59 N | Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what opportunities will be available for young unemployed people to take up work in the voluntary sector as part of the New Deal. |
| (30370) | |
| 60 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the compatability of the Government's support for (a) Trans-European road networks and (b) road traffic reduction meausures. |
| (31925) | |
| 61 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many representations he received in respect of the Confined Spaces Regulations; and what account has been taken of these. |
| (31926) | |
| 62 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to limit damage to the marine environment from hormone-disrupting chemicals. |
| (31924) | |
| 63 | Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what factors governed the composition of the Steering Committee of his Department's project on chemical variation and end users of coal. |
| (32565) | |
| 64 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of (a) the percentage and surface area of recycled land by county and region in England and (b) the percentage and surface area of this land which requires decontamination. |
| (32416) | |
| 65 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) empty local authority homes, (b) empty private homes, (c) empty Government homes, (d) empty flats above shops, (e) vacant offices suitable for conversion into homes and (f) other non-residential premises suitable for conversion into homes there are in each region in England. |
| (32223) | |
| 66 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the maintenance and investment budget for rolling stock, signalling and track in each of the last 10 years for the Northern Line of London Underground. |
| (32634) | |
| 67 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the maintenance and investment budget for London Underground's Northern Line stations in each of the last 10 years. |
| (32635) | |
| 68 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contingency plans have been made in case of failure of (a) the CAA's suppliers to complete year 2000 compliance changes and (b) the year 2000 compliance changes of CAA's suppliers during live running. |
| (32633) | |
| 69 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what grants are available to assist with the cost of decontaminating recycled land in England; and what grants have been available in each of the past 12 years. |
| (32417) | |
| 70 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money his Department has allocated in the current financial year to fill (a) empty local authority homes, (b) empty private homes, (c) empty Government homes, (d) empty flats above shops, (e) vacant offices suitable for conversion into homes and (f) other non-residential premises suitable for conversion into homes in each region in England. |
| (32224) | |
| 71 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress reports his Department has sought in respect of the CAA's millennium compliance; and if he will place these in the Library. |
| (32720) | |
| 72 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on (a) train, (b) signal and (c) track failures in each of the last 10 years for the Northern Line of London Underground. |
| (32636) | |
| 73 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 553, when checking of (a) non-National Air Traffic Service and (b) National Air Traffic Service operational items for millennium compliance began; how many items in each category have been checked to date for year 2000 compliance; how many have been found to be year 2000 (i) compliant and (ii) non-compliant; how many of the items which are not year 2000 compliant have been fixed and satisfactorily tested; how many man days were required to complete and test these changes; when integration testing is to start; and what contingency plans have been made in the case of failure (1) to complete year 2000 compliance changes and(2) of the year 2000 compliance changes during live running. |
| (32719) | |
| 74 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce additional charges for non-residential car parking spaces; and what estimates he has made of the revenue which will be so raised from Government Departments. |
| (32221) | |
| 75 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment the CAA has made of the year 2000 compliance of CAA suppliers which exchange data with the CAA electronically; and what independent assessment of the year 2000 compliance of CAA's suppliers will be conducted. |
| (32632) | |
| 76 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of housing has been built on (a) recycled land and (b) greenfield land in each of the last 12 years by county and region in England. |
| (32419) | |
| 77 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to reduce car use by Government departments and the number of car-parking spaces available to Ministers and staff. |
| (32222) | |
| 78 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage and surface area of recycled land has been decontaminated in each of the last 12 years by county and region in England; and what percentage and surface area of that land has been used for housing developments. |
| (32418) | |
| 79 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of traffic on local roads comprises vehicles conducting a journey of (a) five miles or less and (b) two miles or less. |
| (31789) | |
| 80 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence referred to by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the letter to the honourable Member for Christchurch dated 13th February 1998 which was exchanged between his Department, the Treasury and the Office of National Statistics relating to the proposed allocation of costs to different functions for the purpose of calculating fees under regulations to be introduced under the Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1998. |
| (32043) | |
| 81 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the cost of setting up and maintaining a driver record until the age of 70 years. |
| (32042) | |
| 82 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of traffic on (a) trunk roads and (b) motorways comprises vehicles undertaking a journey of (i) 10 miles or less and (ii) five miles or less. |
| (31788) | |
| 83 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities in the North East Region which have not (a) made representations or (b) sought meetings with Ministers, in respect of the local government financial settlement for 1998-99. |
| (32724) | |
| 84 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to change regulations concerning (a) private hire vehicles and (b) the eligibility of drivers to drive private hire vehicles; and when any new regulations will come into force. |
| (32537) | |
| 85 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish the consultation paper on best value in local government services. |
| (32575) | |
| 86 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's policy in relation to (a) increased levels of noise from existing highways and (b) compensation for living near to such highways. |
| (32032) | |
| 87 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy in respect of the use of leaded petrol by vintage and veteran vehicles; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32033) | |
| 88 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the level of pollution caused by leaded petrol relative to that caused by diesel. |
| (32031) | |
| 89 N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans the Government has to control the spread of mobile phone communications masts and to establish how many have been erected (a) with and (b) without planning permission; and if he will halt further developments. |
| (31790) | |
| 90 N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on planning applications for mobile communication masts. |
| (31887) | |
| 91 N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans the Government has to protect (a) ancient woodland and (b) sensitive wildlife habitats from damage by telephone communications masts. |
| (31791) | |
| 92 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress in developing the Swanwick Air Traffic Control Centre, indicating the proposed opening date for the new centre. |
| (32725) | |
| 93 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the millennium compliance of the data processing systems (a) at the London Air Traffic Control Centre and (b) due to be introduced at Swanwick Air Traffic Control Centre. |
| (32726) | |
| 94 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when (a) each of his Department's agencies and (b) the Government Offices for the Regions estimate their millennium compliance programmes will be completed. |
| (32613) | |
| 95 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when (a) each of his Department's agencies and (b) the Government offices for the regions will have completed their examination of the available options for achieving millennium compliance. |
| (32614) | |
| 96 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contingency plans have been made in the event of a failure due to Year 2000 computer problems for (a) each of his Department's agencies and (b) the Government offices for the regions. |
| (32612) | |
| 97 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if IT contracts for millennium compliance for (a) each of his Department's agencies and (b) the Government offices for the regions will be put out to tender. |
| (32610) | |
| 98 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what revisions to the cost estimates in the Summary of Departmental and Agency Plans as received by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster dated November 1997 have been made for (a) each of his Department's agencies and (b) the Government offices for the regions. |
| (32611) | |
| 99 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of trees in England which are subject to tree preservation orders; and how many have been designated primarily because of their age. |
| (32652) | |
| 100 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions have been brought in each year since 1990 for felling trees subject to a tree preservation order. |
| (32653) | |
| 101 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make the first appointments to the regional development agencies for the South West. |
| (31396) | |
| 102 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria he will use to select people to serve on regional development agencies; if those selected will be able to continue to serve as county or borough councillors; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31397) | |
| 103 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the reasons underlying the changes in the grant settlement awarded to Tewkesbury Borough Council for (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1998-99 and the standard spending assessment for the same years. |
| (31399) | |
| 104 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement regarding his plans to consult about the future status of the New Forest. |
| (32624) | |
| 105 | Mr Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress the United Kingdom has made towards ratifying the European Charter of Local Self-Government; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32574) | |
| 106 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) women from Northern Ireland who obtained legal abortion in England and Wales in 1996, (b) women from the Irish Republic who obtained legal abortion in England and Wales in 1996 and (c) women resident in England and Wales who obtained legal abortion in 1996 underwent the procedure in (i) the first nine weeks of pregnancy and (ii) the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. |
| (31491) | |
| 107 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what point in the supply chain the tax point arises for duty levied on (a) petrol refined in the United Kingdom and (b) imported petrol, in the case of supply to (i) independent retailers and (ii) supermarket outlets; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31700) | |
| 108 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what involvement his Department has had in the Department of Health's review of the funding implications of the removal of VAT zero-rating for home-delivered continence products. |
| (31868) | |
| 109 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Preseli, Pembrokeshire, of 21st January, Official Report, column 532, on Lloyd's, if he will list the powers in the Insurance Companies Act 1982 which he will use to extend the supervision of the FSA to Lloyd's; and whether (i) these powers and (ii) the proposed reserve power to directly authorise or supervise Lloyd's members will require changes to the Lloyd's Act 1982. |
| (31570) | |
| 110 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the cost in a full year of widening the 23 per cent. income tax band to £30,000, assuming no changes in rates or allowances. |
| (32401) | |
| 111 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when National Savings will complete its conversion work to ensure its computer systems are fully millennium compliant. |
| (32619) | |
| 112 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss his Department's progress towards millennium compliance. |
| (32622) | |
| 113 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of his Department of (a) consultants and (b) contractors engaged to address millennium computer compliance problems; and if he will list the consultants. |
| (32625) | |
| 114 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Inland Revenue will complete its remedial work to ensure its computer systems are fully millennium compliant. |
| (32618) | |
| 115 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials or individuals working within his Department on millennium compliance have (a) given notice of their intention to leave and (b) left his Department in the last six months. |
| (32620) | |
| 116 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which budgetary sub-head the costs of millennium compliance will be met for his Department. |
| (32623) | |
| 117 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he estimates the Office for National Statistics will complete its inventory of the work required to ensure its computer systems are fully millennium compliant. |
| (32569) | |
| 118 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans have been made in case of a failure by National Savings to ensure that its computers are fully protected against the Year 2000 problem. |
| (32617) | |
| 119 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all testing on Year 2000 compliance will be completed within his Department. |
| (32621) | |
| 120 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans have been made in case of a failure by (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) the Office for National Statistics to ensure that their computers are fully protected against the Year 2000 problem. |
| (32616) | |
| 121 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his latest estimate of the cost to (a) the Office for National Statistics, (b) National Savings and (c) the Inland Revenue of ensuring their computer systems are fully millennium compliant. |
| (32615) | |
| 122 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the numbers of deaths resulting from asbestosis in the last 10 years; and what is his estimate of the probable totals in the next five years. |
| (31779) | |
| 123 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) individuals and (b) bodies have written to his Department about his proposals to limit tax relief on TESSAs and PEPs in connection with the establishment of ISAs. |
| (32035) | |
| 124 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the studies referred to in paragraph 3.8 of his Department's document UK Membership of the Single Currency--An Assessment of the 5 Economic Tests. |
| (32071) | |
| 125 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people invested (a) up to £1000, (b) £1001 to £2000, (c) £2001 to £3000, (d) £3001 to £4000, (e) £4001 to £5000 and (f) £5001 to £6000 in (i) PEPs and (ii) TESSAs in the most recent year for which figures are available. |
| (32067) | |
| 126 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for the current tax year the income tax and national insurance paid and child benefits received by (a) a single persion without dependants, (b) a lone parent with one child aged four years, (c) a lone parent with two children aged four and six years, (d) a single earner married couple with one child aged four years and (e) a single earner married couple with two children aged four and six years, where the gross income is (i) £150, (ii) £200, (iii) £250, (iv) £300 and (v) £400 per week and is wholly from employment; and if in each case he will show the equivalised income before housing costs on the assumption that there are no child care costs, housing costs are £75 per week and all available benefits are claimed, and showing also the tax and national insurance contributions net of benefits as a percentage of the equivalised incomes. |
| (32428) | |
| 127 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) pregnancies and (b) abortions were undergone by girls under 16 years of age in each year from 1980 to 1995 in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Scotland. |
| (32727) | |
| 128 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the likely scale of the reallocation of resources between departments following the completion of the comprehensive expenditure review in July. |
| (32277) | |
| 129 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the United Kingdom has taken during the EU presidency to address concerns about the abolition of duty free within the EU in 1999. |
| (32278) | |
| 130 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what categories of persons, other than his Department's staff, are permitted to use the sports and recreation facilities provided at the British High Commissions in (a) Nairobi, (b) Dar es Salaam, (c) Kampala and (d) Harare. |
| (32631) | |
| 131 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the total weekly usage by officials and their families of the sport and recreation facilities provided at the British high commissions in (a) Nairobi, (b) Dar es Salaam, (c) Kampala and (d) Harare for the first week in (i) March, (ii) June and (iii) November 1997. |
| (32629) | |
| 132 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what were the costs for the financial year 1996-97 attributable to the operation of the sports and recreation facilities provided for officials and their families at the British high commissions in (a) Nairobi, (b) Dar es Salaam, (c) Kampala and (d) Harare. |
| (32627) | |
| 133 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what new proposals he has to improve human rights in Sudan with particular reference to slavery. |
| (31780) | |
| 134 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Presidency has access on request to tapes held by the General Secretariat of the European Council. |
| (32295) | |
| 135 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 597, on funding for EU information projects, if he will estimate the amount spent in the United Kingdom in the current financial year. |
| (32196) | |
| 136 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to NHS trusts of the removal of VAT zero-rating on continence products in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99. |
| (31866) | |
| 137 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy to encourage NHS trusts to sell continence products to NHS patients. |
| (31865) | |
| 138 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out for each category of continence product purchased by the NHS National Supplies Trust in each of the last four years (a) the numbers of items purchased, (b) the total cost, (c) the percentage change in the number purchased from year to year; and what were the totals for all categories of continence products. |
| (31867) | |
| 139 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for his Department to issue guidance to NHS trusts about the availability of manual bowel evacuation to people with incontinence. |
| (31864) | |
| 140 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has made to the World Health Organisation on the alleged omissions of information from a recent report on cannabis. |
| (31782) | |
| 141 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provided to (a) Alcohol Concern, (b) Action on Smoking and Health, (c) the Child Accident Prevention Trust, (d) the Portman Group and (e) the Terence Higgins Trust in the financial year 1997-98; and how much he proposes to allocate to each in the financial year 1998-99. |
| (32538) | |
| 142 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the number of social services inspections in private and state run nurseries to a minimum of two per year; and if he will make these unannounced visits. |
| (32192) | |
| 143 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a requirement for safety inspections by social services and the Health and Safety Executive prior to the opening of nursery establishments as a condition of their licence. |
| (32194) | |
| 144 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will amend the legislation governing private and state run nursery provision and child care inspected by social services to require in addition inspections from the Health and Safety Executive. |
| (32193) | |
| 145 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of people who died from smoking-related illnesses in the (a) United Kingdom, (b) Northern Region and (c) Teesside area in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997. |
| (32262) | |
| 146 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent at community hospitals on providing intermediate care for rural areas in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32432) | |
| 147 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of British children suffer from malnutrition; and what was the figure in 1990. |
| (32550) | |
| 148 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals have closed in each of the last five years. |
| (32543) | |
| 149 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has issued to ensure that contraception devices have clear information on their use and rate of success. |
| (32434) | |
| 150 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the grant given to the Brook Advisory Centre in 1997 by his Department; and what is the planned grant for 1998 and 1999. |
| (32644) | |
| 151 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the individual members and representatives of organisations who have been nominated to sit on the four task forces set up to investigate the problem of teenage pregnancies and related matters. |
| (32643) | |
| 152 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, during the period from 1980 to 1997, what were the total amounts of public funds each year granted to the Brook advisory centres by (a) his Department, (b) health authorities and (c) local authorities |
| (32645) | |
| 153 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines exist to ensure that patients are informed before being included in any medical research; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32544) | |
| 154 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a publicly accessible grading system for hospitals which will indicate the effectiveness of hospitals in delivering quality care to their patients. |
| (32405) | |
| 155 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 18th February, Official Report, column 712, how he establishes the open market value of NHS real estate sold to preferred bidders. |
| (32628) | |
| 156 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had about changing police disciplinary procedures. |
| (30344) | |
| 157 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total financial support from his Department to farm watch and rural watch schemes, in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (32580) | |
| 158 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy regarding implementation of the recommendations in Lord Cullen's report on the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the events at Dunblane Primary School on 13th March 1996, concerning regulation of those working with young people. |
| (32609) | |
| 159 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the licensing law in relation to the prosecution of people selling alcohol to persons aged under 18 years, where the person selling the alcohol is not the actual licensee or directly employed by the licensee; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32578) | |
| 160 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the allowances and special payments available to (i) police force employees, (ii) Fire Service employees, (iii) Probation Service employees, and (iv) Prison Service employees; and what was the total amount spent on each type of allowance and payment in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (32407) | |
| 161 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total number of farm watch and rural watch schemes (a) in each area and (b) in total, in England and Wales, in each of the last three years for which figures are available; what is the estimated average number of people involved in each scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32581) | |
| 162 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (i) percentage, and (ii) amount, of Home Office expenditure on (a) prisons, (b) policing, (c) probation, (d) fire services, (e) direct crime prevention initiatives, (f) immigration measures, (g) asylum measures, (h) victim support and (i) other matters in each of the next two years. |
| (32582) | |
| 163 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by the Prison Service on (i) fuel and (ii) food in each of the last five years. |
| (32406) | |
| 164 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are made for trades union representation in each of the private sector prisons; what arrangements are planned for future private prison projects; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32576) | |
| 165 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in force to ensure that criminal offences committed by staff in privately-managed prisons are referred to the police and reported to the Prison Service; how many reports of such offences have been made; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32577) | |
| 166 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if legal aid and a reimbursement of travel costs will be available to appellants to the Appeal Committee of the Joint Supervisory Body of Europol. |
| (32403) | |
| 167 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the proposed Joint Supervisory Body of Europol and its Appeal Committee are to be located. |
| (32402) | |
| 168 N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the expected size of the electoral regions which are to be used in the European Parliament elections of 1999. |
| (30371) | |
| 169 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to bring forward proposals for tackling crimes of violence against women. |
| (31786) | |
| 170 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department received (a) in draft form and (b) otherwise, the report of HM Inspector of Prisons on (i) Tinsley House and (ii) Lampsfield House detention centre; and when those reports were examined by Home Office Ministers. |
| (32041) | |
| 171 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long after the inspection of the detention facilities at HMP Rochester by the HM Inspector of Prisons the report was published. |
| (32037) | |
| 172 | Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice has been received by Ministers on the future role and funding of emergency planning on the basis of the recent consultation exercise; and for what reasons Home Office officials have declined to provide this advice to interested organisations. |
| (32430) | |
| 173 | Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the statistics of the replies to the survey questionnaire on emergency planning by categories of council. |
| (32431) | |
| 174 | Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation process on emergency planning took place at the Home Office Emergency Planning College in Easingwold, near York, on 15th and 16th January 1998; and what was the agreed basis for a review of the future of emergency planning. |
| (32429) | |
| 175 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those who landed at (a) Dover and (b) Ramsgate during 1997 have claimed the right to remain in the UK under asylum regulations; what was their country of origin; and what is their current status. |
| (32551) | |
| 176 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of claims for firearms compensation under Options A and B had been met by 20th February. |
| (32072) | |
| 177 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to ensure that funds raised by charity collections go to the intended charities. |
| (32549) | |
| 178 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that there has been no infringement of copyright on the work, In Excelsis"; and if he will ensure that any dues payable will be paid to the beneficiary of Lord Alfred Douglas' estate. |
| (32607) | |
| 179 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd February, Official Report, column 49, which member of the public requested access to the manuscript of In Excelsis. |
| (32801) | |
| 180 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many files have been authorised for early opening on the authority of the Lord Chancellor under the terms of the Public Records Act 1958 since 1968. |
| (32606) | |
| 181 N | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the Metropolitan Police estimates of (a) the policing costs, (b) the number of marchers and (c) the number of arrests relating to the public marches in London of the National Union of Students on 26th November 1997, the Animal Rights Movement on 19th July 1997, the Gay Pride March on 5th July 1997 and the Anti Poll Tax March on 31st March 1990; and what were the estimated policing costs per estimated marcher for each of the above. |
| (32244) | |
| 182 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on proposals to provide IT links between the Crown Prosecution Service, the police and magistrates' courts. |
| (32793) | |
| 183 | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often individuals convicted of football-related offences will be required to report to designated police stations in Britain during the World Cup. |
| (32408) | |
| 184 N | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being taken to prevent self-inflicted deaths in prisons, with particular reference to private prisons. |
| (32104) | |
| 185 N | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to publish investigations into self-inflicted deaths in private prisons. |
| (32103) | |
| 186 N | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) number, (b) place and (c) age and status of each victim of self-inflicted deaths in private prisons in the last five years. |
| (32195) | |
| 187 N | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will announce in each case the name of the person responsible for carrying out the investigations into self-inflicted deaths in private prisons. |
| (32105) | |
| 188 N | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded incidents of self-injury there were in each (a) public and (b) private prison in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997. |
| (32102) | |
| 189 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met a Treasury Minister to discuss the costs of millennium compliance in her Department. |
| (32284) | |
| 190 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when all testing on Year 2000 compliance will be completed within the Commonwealth Development Corporation. |
| (32274) | |
| 191 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what will be the cost of millennium compliance to the Commonwealth Development Corporation. |
| (32276) | |
| 192 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects to bring forward legislation to introduce private capital into the Commonwealth Development Corporation; and if she will make a statement. |
| (32287) | |
| 193 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss her Department's progress towards millennium compliance. |
| (32281) | |
| 194 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which non-governmental organisations her Department is currently funding in Iraq; what activities they are conducting; and if she will make a statement. |
| (32289) | |
| 195 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of those working within her Department on millennium compliance issues have (a) given notice of their intention to leave or (b) left her Department in the last six months. |
| (32282) | |
| 196 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list by country those development projects which will be (a) cancelled and (b) reduced in size to take account of the recommendations contained in the White Paper, Eliminating World Poverty. |
| (32286) | |
| 197 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the Commonwealth Development Corporation will be fully millennium compliant. |
| (32275) | |
| 198 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when all testing on millennium compliance will be completed within her Department. |
| (32413) | |
| 199 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what security advice has been given by the Government to British citizens working for non-governmental organisations funded by her Department working in Iraq. |
| (32288) | |
| 200 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her Department will be fully millennium compliant. |
| (32415) | |
| 201 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the cost to her Department of (a) consultants and (b) contractors engaged to address millennium computer compliance problems; and if she will list them. |
| (32414) | |
| 202 | Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, from which budgetary sub-head the costs of millennium compliance will be met by her Department. |
| (32283) | |
| 203 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what initiatives her Department is taking to alleviate problems arising from child labour. |
| (32539) | |
| 204 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases in 1997 which would normally be expected to be dealt with at Lewes Crown Court were (a) so dealt with, (b) transferred to Croydon Crown Court, (c) transferred to Chichester Crown Court and (d) otherwise transferred; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31921) | |
| 205 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the county towns that (a) have and (b) lack magistrates courts. |
| (31860) | |
| 206 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases have been tried at (a) Matlock, (b) Ashbourne and (c) Bakewell Magistrates' Courts in each of the last five years. |
| (31863) | |
| 207 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases in the last two years which would normally have been held at (a) Matlock, (b) Ashbourne and (c) Bakewell Magistrates' Courts have been transferred to other courts. |
| (31861) | |
| 208 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many magistrates serve the areas of (a) Matlock, (b) Ashbourne and (c) Bakewell. |
| (31862) | |
| 209 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the level of unused capacity at Shrewsbury County Court. |
| (32412) | |
| 210 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will undertake a feasibility study into constructing a new county court building adjacent to the Shrewsbury Crown and Magistrates' Courts. |
| (32411) | |
| 211 N | Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what representation he has received on the proposed move of the Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman from Manchester to Leamington; and if he will make a statement. |
| (32106) | |
| 212 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will make a statement on the product placement offered to contributors to the Millennium Experience. |
| (32566) | |
| 213 N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how many contracts relating to the building of the Millennium Dome were put out to competitive tender; on what dates; by what methods; and how many responses to each were received. |
| (32028) | |
| 214 N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how many contracts have been signed relating to the building of the Millennium Dome. |
| (32029) | |
| 215 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what grants other than regional selective assistance were made available to industrial and business investors in Northern Ireland in 1997. |
| (32555) | |
| 216 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many grants of regional selective assistance were made in Northern Ireland in 1997; how many were made at the maximum level; what was the average level; and how many jobs she estimates were created. |
| (32554) | |
| 217 | Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to ban hand guns in Northern Ireland. |
| (32572) | |
| 218 | Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures she is taking to retain existing playing fields for school use and to expand such facilities. |
| (32563) | |
| 219 | Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many spaces there were on 1st January, or at the latest available date, in education board primary schools. |
| (32560) | |
| 220 | Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the estimated cost per pupil of creating new places in education board schools. |
| (32561) | |
| 221 | Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the average cost to the public purse in 1996-97 per pupil, of (a) pupils in education board primary schools, (b) pupils in voluntary grammar schools and (c) pupils supported by the state in independent preparatory schools. |
| (32562) | |
| 222 | Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many pupils in 1997 were in independent preparatory schools and supported by public money. |
| (32559) | |
| 223 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the contribution from her Department, in each of the last five years, for the education budget for students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities (a) for tuition fees and (b) for maintenance grants. |
| (32266) | |
| 224 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the timescale for the amalgamation of maternity services in Belfast; what is the estimated cost of refurbishing the Royal Maternity Hospital to accommodate this change; when the capital for this will be made available; and if other capital projects will be displaced as a result. |
| (32638) | |
| 225 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the estimated proportion of students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities who will have to pay full tuition fees when the policy of means-testing tuition fees is introduced. |
| (32646) | |
| 226 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was moved from the capital account to the revenue account in the Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services in the financial year ending March 1998; how much money is earmarked for such transfer in 1999 and 2000; which capital projects are being re-phased as a result of this movement of capital; and if any capital projects in the programme in 1997 have been abandoned. |
| (32642) | |
| 227 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the students from Northern Ireland attending Scottish universities claim the full maintenance grant. |
| (32647) | |
| 228 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets for efficiency savings for (a) health boards and (b) health trusts have been set up by the Department of Health and Social Services for (a) the current year and (b) 1998. |
| (32637) | |
| 229 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the current position on the refurbishment and extension of (a) the Down Hospital and (b) the Ulster Hospital. |
| (32639) | |
| 230 | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students from Northern Ireland, in each of the last five years, began their degree courses in Scottish universities, broken down (a) by gender, (b) by individual university and (c) by maintained or controlled school at which the student sat A levels. |
| (32265) | |
| 231 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, how many representations he has received since 1st May in respect of the Millennium Dome, (a) in total and (b) which were (i) broadly supportive, (ii) broadly opposed and (iii) neither. |
| (31928) | |
| 232 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 24th February, Official Report, columns 182-3, on Iraq, which of the Arab ambassadors whom he met on 23rd February expressed the gratitude of their government for the British and American stance on the threat of military action against Iraq. |
| (32242) | |
| 233 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 24th February to the honourable Member for Workington, Official Report, column 184, and to the honourable Member for North East Derbyshire, Official Report, column 186, on the opposition in Iraq, if he will list the organisations (a) to which he referred and (b) with which the Minister of State has been in contact (i) in Iraq and (ii) based outside Iraq. |
| (32245) | |
| 234 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to reform the honours system. |
| (31781) | |
| 235 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the allocation of responsibility for Government policy in respect of European affairs between the Minister for Europe and the Minister without Portfolio. |
| (32197) | |
| 236 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of retail petrol stations in remote parts of Scotland to meet the needs of motorists. |
| (31705) | |
| 237 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage and surface area of recycled land has been decontaminated in each of the last 12 years by county and region in Scotland; and what percentage and surface area of that land has been used for housing developments. |
| (32426) | |
| 238 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of (a) the percentage and surface area of recycled land by county and region in Scotland and (b) the percentage and surface area of this land which requires decontamination. |
| (32424) | |
| 239 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of housing has been built on (a) recycled and (b) green field land in each of the last 12 years by county and region in Scotland. |
| (32427) | |
| 240 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) empty local authority homes, (b) empty private homes, (c) empty Government homes, (d) empty flats above shops, (e) vacant offices suitable for conversion into homes and (f) other non-residential premises suitable for conversion into homes there are in each region in Scotland. |
| (32227) | |
| 241 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what grants are available to assist with the cost of decontaminating recycled land in Scotland; and what grants have been available in each of the last 12 years. |
| (32425) | |
| 242 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money his Department has allocated in the current financial year to fill (a) empty local authority homes, (b) empty private homes, (c) empty Government homes, (d) empty flats above shops, (e) vacant offices suitable for conversion into homes and (f) other non-residential premises suitable for conversion into homes in each region in Scotland. |
| (32228) | |
| 243 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cases of people driving under the influence of drugs have been reported in Scotland, by police force, in each of the last 10 years. |
| (31706) | |
| 244 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will ensure that enough funds are obtained to achieve the restoration of the Phoebe Traquair murals in the Mansfield Place Church, Edinburgh, and its opening to the public. |
| (32541) | |
| 245 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to ensure that teachers have the time, materials and resources requested by teachers' organisations to implement in full the Higher Still programme by August 1999. |
| (32540) | |
| 246 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent response he has made to the concerns expressed by teachers of English about the content of the Higher Still English syllabus. |
| (32542) | |
| 247 N | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 179, if he will make a further statement in respect of the Skye Bridge, with special reference to (a) the Bank of America at present holding title to the shares, (b) the subsequent ownership of Skye Bridge Ltd and (c) the effective control of the company. |
| (31929) | |
| 248 N | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with the Chair of the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland prior to the recent appointment of new trustees; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31927) | |
| 249 N | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what account he took, in his recent appointment of new trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, of the individual views of those appointed towards the establishment of a National Gallery of Scottish Art in Glasgow; if he will assess the financial implications of the policy of establishing such a gallery for the outreach programme involving municipal galleries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31930) | |
| 250 N | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the future of the outreach project in respect of the loaning of centrally-held art exhibits to municipal galleries, indicating what recent discussions he has had on the matter with the trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland. |
| (31931) | |
| 251 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the money allocated for tourism per head in Scotland for the years 1995 to 1998. |
| (32261) | |
| 252 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many grants of regional selective assistance were made in Scotland in 1997; how many were made at the maximum level; what was the average level; and how many jobs he estimates were created. |
| (32552) | |
| 253 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what grants other than regional selective assistance were made available to industrial and business investors in Scotland in 1997. |
| (32553) | |
| 254 | Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish, for each of the last 10 years, the number of verdicts handed down by Scottish courts of (a) guilty, (b) not guilty and (c) not proven. |
| (32802) | |
| 255 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of phosphorous bombs which are likely to be washed ashore as a result of the laying of the Scotland to Northern Ireland electricity interconnector. |
| (32027) | |
| 256 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many unexplained explosions have been noted by the British Geological Survey in the vicinity of Beaufort's Dyke over the last 20 years; and what was their strength. |
| (32025) | |
| 257 N | Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the expenditure incurred by Historic Scotland in the maintenance and preservation of the St. Ninian's Isle Church site in Shetland since 1983. |
| (31068) | |
| 258 N | Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps Historic Scotland has taken to remove the temporary windows installed in Scalloway Castle in 1993; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31069) | |
| 259 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many of the 1015 lone parents who have gained employment through the New Deal for lone parents between July and 31st December 1997 are now in receipt of income support and have no earnings. |
| (32040) | |
| 260 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 5th February, Official Report, columns 793-4, on lone parents and the New Deal, if she will update her earlier Answer to include the first six months of the New Deal. |
| (32107) | |
| 261 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what factors underlie the different figures for the cost of advertising to inform pensioners about winter fuel payments set out in her Answers of 26th January, Official Report, column 111 and 23rd February, Official Report, column 129. |
| (32026) | |
| 262 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much money has been spent so far on the New Deal for lone parents; and what has been the expenditure per person on the 1015 people who have gained full or part-time work since the inception of the New Deal for lone parents. |
| (32039) | |
| 263 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will require the Benefits Agency when responding to honourable Members' written parliamentary questions to cite the unique identifying number of the question. |
| (31883) | |
| 264 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the measures taken by (a) her Department and (b) the Benefits Agency to make disability living allowance claimants who are subject to the Benefits Integrity Project aware of their right to request copies of previous disability living allowance claims. |
| (31888) | |
| 265 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to subject all benefit integrity project decisions to reduce or stop benefit, taken prior to the introduction of the pre-adjudication check, to the pre-adjudication check. |
| (31732) | |
| 266 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 13th February, Official Report, columns 429-30, concerning disability living allowance claimants mistakenly included in the Benefits Integrity Project, how many of those mistakenly contacted to date have (a) had their disability living allowance reduced, (b) had their disability living allowance stopped, (c) had no change made to their disability living allowance and (d) had their disability living allowance increased; and of those in (a) and (b) how many have sought a review of the Adjudicating Officer's decision and with what result. |
| (31886) | |
| 267 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd February, Official Report, columns 124-5, concerning disability living allowance claimants who have had their claims disallowed under the Benefits Integrity Project, if she will supply the equivalent figures for claimants who have had their disability living allowance reduced. |
| (31885) | |
| 268 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd February, Official Report, columns 124-5, concerning the sampling of Adjudication Officer decisions in respect of disability living allowance, what special arrangements have been made to check decisions under the Benefits Integrity Project; and what proportion of the sample of disability living allowance decisions have resulted in (a) overpayment and (b) underpayment of benefit in each of the last three years. |
| (31884) | |
| 269 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list (i) the number of claimants of housing benefit, (ii) the number of claimants as a percentage of the whole population, (iii) the total amount of housing benefit paid and (iv) the housing benefit per claimant for Newcastle upon Tyne from 1992-93 to 1997-98. |
| (31535) | |
| 270 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to consult the Royal National Institute for the Blind on her review of disability living allowance expenditure. |
| (31400) | |
| 271 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proposals she has to reform the Habitual Residence rules. |
| (31784) | |
| 272 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proposals she has to publicise the advantages of SERPS. |
| (31787) | |
| 273 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on the net cost to public funds over the next four years of recent changes in respect of eligibility of single people to receive housing benefit. |
| (32069) | |
| 274 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on the net cost to public funds over the next four years of (a) the welfare to work programme and (b) the measures to help lone parents with childcare and to obtain jobs. |
| (32068) | |
| 275 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the cost to public funds over the next four years of reforms to social security provision announced since 1st May 1997. |
| (32070) | |
| 276 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many children are living in households that fall in each of the lowest three deciles of the distribution of equivalised incomes before housing costs; how many are living in lone parent households; and how many are living in households headed by a couple. |
| (32410) | |
| 277 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will publish a table showing the equivalised income after income tax and national insurance payments of (a) a single person without dependants, (b) a lone parent with one child aged four years, (c) a lone parent with two children aged four and six years, (d) a single earner married couple with one child aged four years and (e) a single earner married couple with two children aged four and six years, assuming there are no child care costs, housing costs are £75 per week and all available benefits are claimed where the gross income is (i) £150, (ii) £200, (iii) £250, (iv) £300 and (v) £400 per week and is wholly from employment; and if she will state in which decile of the distribution of equivalised incomes before housing costs the individual would fall. |
| (32409) | |
| 278 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many claims for compensation have been submitted to the French authorities since 1st January 1995 following lorry blockades; and how many have been (a) paid in full, (b) paid in part and (c) not paid at all. |
| (31923) | |
| 279 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what progress has been made in negotiations between the Office of Fair Trading and the retail petrol industry to compile a code of practice covering contractual relationships between wholesalers and retailers. |
| (31702) | |
| 280 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what stocks of coal are currently held at power stations; and how these compare with those held on the equivalent dates in 1996 and 1997. |
| (31694) | |
| 281 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what evidence she has received concerning refined petrol being delivered by wholesalers to retail petrol outlets at temperatures higher than specified in regulations. |
| (31697) | |
| 282 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she intends to make any modifications in the announced timetable for gas deregulation. |
| (31692) | |
| 283 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many retail petrol stations closed in (a) 1996 and (b) 1997 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and what data she has collated about forecast closures in 1998. |
| (31699) | |
| 284 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on recent changes in the degree of competition (a) nationally and (b) locally in the retail petrol industry. |
| (31704) | |
| 285 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, on what dates the Undertakings regarding Retail Petrol Suppliers in the United Kingdom 1966 have been amended, and to what effect; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31701) | |
| 286 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the implications of the recent industrial tribunal appeal decision in relation to employment rights for persons over the age of 65 years. |
| (31693) | |
| 287 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, at what temperatures refined petrol should be delivered by wholesalers to retail petrol outlets; and if comparable arrangements exist for DERV. |
| (31696) | |
| 288 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the adequacy of strategic stocks of petroleum products. |
| (31695) | |
| 289 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, by what means and with what objectives the retail petrol industry is monitored by the Director General of Fair Trading; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31703) | |
| 290 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many retail petrol stations there were in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in (i) 1990, (ii) 1995 and (iii) 1996. |
| (31698) | |
| 291 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the number of bank holidays in (a) Wales and England, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) other EU countries. |
| (31783) | |
| 292 | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what current guidance is given to British firms wishing to export to Iran. |
| (32573) | |
| 293 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on progress to date made by the Action 2000 group and their programme for the next six months. |
| (32285) | |
| 294 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, on how many occasions regional selective assistance has been granted to an investor in an area of intermediate assisted area status at a level higher than usual level because of the potential impact the investment will have on an adjacent area with full assisted area status in each region of England in 1997. |
| (32556) | |
| 295 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what permits her Department has given for the export of (a) tear gas and (b) other items used in riot control to Kenya. |
| (32030) | |
| 296 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, when her Department's reports on audit failures at (a) Barings and (b) BCCI will be published. |
| (32608) | |
| 297 N | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to make it compulsory for employers to provide life insurance cover for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry. |
| (32036) | |
| 298 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what grants are available to assist with the cost of decontaminating recycled land in Wales; and what grants have been available in each of the past 12 years. |
| (32421) | |
| 299 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) empty local authority homes, (b) empty private homes, (c) empty Government homes, (d) empty flats above shops, (e) vacant offices suitable for conversion into homes and (f) other non-residential premises suitable for conversion into homes there are in each region in Wales. |
| (32225) | |
| 300 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of (a) the percentage and surface area of recycled land by county in Wales and (b) the percentage and surface area of this land which requires decontamination. |
| (32420) | |
| 301 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much money his Department has allocated in the current financial year to fill (a) empty local authority homes, (b) empty private homes, (c) empty Government homes, (d) empty flats above shops, (e) vacant offices suitable for conversion into homes and (f) other non-residential premises suitable for conversion into homes in each region in Wales. |
| (32226) | |
| 302 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage and surface area of recycled land has been decontaminated in each of the last 12 years by county in Wales; and what percentage and surface area of that land has been used for housing developments. |
| (32422) | |
| 303 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of housing has been built on (a) recycled and (b) greenfield land in each of the last 12 years by county in Wales. |
| (32423) | |
| 304 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the money allocated for tourism per head in Wales for the years 1995 to 1998. |
| (32259) | |
| 305 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many grants of regional selective assistance were made in Wales in 1997; how many were at the maximum level; what was the average level; and how many jobs he estimates were created. |
| (32557) | |
| 306 | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what grants other than regional selective assistance were made available to industrial and business investors in Wales in 1997. |
| (32558) | |
| 307 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what financial assistance he is providing to projects to reduce congestion on rural roads in Wales. |
| (32433) | |
| 308 N | Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Clwyd West of 19th February, Official Report, column 804, for how long the term of appointment of the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of the enhanced Welsh Development Agency will run. |
| (32243) | |
| 309 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he will take to protect Welsh interests under the current review of European structural funds. |
| (32630) | |
| 310 N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discount rate will be applied to assessments of PFI elements in bids for the building of the Assembly for Wales. |
| (32252) | |
| 311 N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will take into account in his assessment of the Grosvenor Waterside bid for the Assembly for Wales building the effect of that project on the value of nearby land owned by Associated British Ports. |
| (32253) | |
| 312 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the safety standards of nurseries in the North West. |
| [Transferred] (32191) | |
| 313 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures his Department is taking to protect the breeding populations along the Welsh coastline from oil spillages. |
| [Transferred] (32579) | |
| 314 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the cost in a full year of providing legal aid for those who take action under the provisions of the Human Rights Bill [Lords]. |
| [Transferred] (32404) | |
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