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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 24 April 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 24 April 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 Friday 24 April, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 27 April, 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.

FRIDAY 24th APRIL
1	Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the current registered size of the UK (a) coastal and (b) deep water fishing fleet; and what was it in (i) 1993 and (ii) 1988.
	(39890)
2   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the legality and enforcement issues raised by the outcome of the case known as Procurator Fiscal v Sutherland.
	(39661)
3   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he plans to take to compensate restauranteurs for loss of trade regarding sales of beef on-the-bone following the outcome of Procurator Fiscal v Sutherland.
	(39662)
4	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers had their subsidies withheld for failing to complete (a) the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme Record Flock Book and (b) the Sheep and Goats on Farm Movement Book in 1997; and what was the total value of the subsidy so withheld.
	(39718)
5	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when (a) the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme Record Flock Book and (b) the Sheep and Goats on Farm Movement Book was first printed; through which outlets they were made available; and what was the earliest date on which they were available at these outlets.
	(39717)
6	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers had their subsidies withheld in 1997 on the grounds that they had failed to complete (a) the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme Record Flock Book, and (b) the Sheep and Goats on Farm Movement Book and gave as their reason for not filling in the specified forms the difficulty of obtaining them.
	(39719)
7	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make available free of charge CD-Roms of Parliamentary Debates to public libraries and secondary schools.
	(39909)
8	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the provision in the National Curriculum for the promotion and classroom study of areas of artistic specialisation and subjects other than those concerned with literacy and numeracy.
	(39850)
9   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the cost of the recent works to improve junction safety on the A27 at Ranscombe Lane, Glynde; and what assessment his Department has made of the advantages of installing simultaneously a cycle path between Lewes and Beddingham.
	[R] (39584)
10   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the applicability and enforcement of county structure plans in respect of transport policies in circumstances where they conflict with proposals within the forthcoming Government White Paper.
	(39585)
11	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, column 697, if he will list the national road traffic forecasts which were available at the end of March; and if he will make a statement on the availability of the remaining papers.
	(39845)
12	Mr Christopher Fraser (Mid Dorset and North Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government will publish the next report on its policies for the countryside; if the relevant statistics will be prepared after consultation with recognised countryside and wildlife groups; and if he will make a statement.
	(39905)
13	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what feasibility studies his Department has evaluated on methods of adapting bridges for the West Coast Mainline to enable transportation of freight.
	(39767)
14	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Regional Railways on measures to be taken to improve the quality and frequency of service between North Wales, Chester and Cardiff; and if he will make a statement.
	(39852)
15	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the capacity of NATS in terms of aircraft movements per hour over all of the peak hours at (a) City, (b) Southend and (c) Biggin Hill airports; and on what evidence this estimate was based.
	(39769)
16	Sir Raymond Powell (Ogmore):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to take action on the report submitted to him by the Shipping Working Group in March.
	(39849)
17	Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statistical analyses of the usage of footpaths designated under rights of way legislation he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated; and if he will publish the results of the latest available.
	(39891)
18   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he will take to bring the London Underground East London line into use for rail passenger services; and if he will make a statement.
	(39677)
19	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the relationship between growth in gross domestic product and changes in carbon dioxide emissions.
	(39726)
20	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of making historic registration records available by means of microfilmed copies.
	(39720)
21	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to make historic registration records available by means of microfilmed copies.
	(39721)
22	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the inward investment projects located in intermediate status areas for which his Department permitted the higher development areas job subsidy limit to apply in each of the years from 1987 to 1992.
	(39723)
23	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to make historic registration records more than 75 years old open to public scrutiny.
	(39722)
24	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the exact date upon which Treasury approval was given for the LG investment in South Wales to receive regional selective assistance exceeding the cost per job ceiling for intermediate status areas.
	(39724)
25	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on national gross domestic product of the United Kingdom joining economic and monetary union.
	(39754)
26	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what indemnity is offered to consumers for errors in tax status as a result of using the EVR system.
	(39927)
27	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future development of the EVR system.
	(39925)
28	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many copies of EVR have been issued to taxpayers since its launch; and how many have been used.
	(39924)
29	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the profit made by Her Majesty's Treasury following sales of EVR.
	(39926)
30	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments (a) Her Majesty's Treasury and (b) the Inland Revenue have made over the last two years to EDS for the development of the EVR system.
	(39923)
31	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the amount spent by the Inland Revenue on developing and marketing the electronic version of the return EVR system.
	(39922)
32   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that registration records over 75 years old are made easily and cheaply available by means of microfilmed copies.
	(39648)
33	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 1st April, Official Report Column 555, if the Monetary Policy Committee has responsibility to assess the use of alternative monetary instruments.
	(39745)
34	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will raise the issue of the proposed abolition of duty free sales at the meeting of Ecofin on 19th May.
	(39887)
35	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the European Parliament's resolution on the abolition of duty free sales.
	(39886)
36	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will recalculate Table 1.2 of the FSBR with figures for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 to include the windfall tax and associated spending.
	(39854)
37	Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have died as a result of taking vitamin B supplements in each of the last 20 years.
	(39877)
38   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th March, Official Report, column 311, if he will make it his policy to seek agreement with other member states so that the subjects discussed at the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy working groups can be disclosed.
	(38918)
39   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th March, Official Report, column 311, if he will publish in advance the dates on which EU Common Foreign and Security Policy working groups meet.
	(38919)
40   N	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the arrangements made for the importation of radioactive nuclear material from Georgia; what plans have been made for reprocessing this material; what steps are being taken to safeguard the public during transportation and reprocessing; and if he will make a statement.
	(39586)
41   N	Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 12th January, 13th February and 18th March from the right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss G. Shabeen, 26 Tagove Close.
	(39478)
42	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what ways the EU is proposing to improve South Africa's access to European markets; on what types of products he is seeking a reduction in customs duties; and if he will make a statement.
	(39851)
43	Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funds the European Movement has received from his Department since 1994; and what future grants are planned.
	(39910)
44   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement identifying which articles of which international human rights agreements to which the UK is a signatory are breached by countries where adults and children are used as bonded labour.
	(39356)
45   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his policy towards the proposed new international convention banning the worst abuses of child labour to be discussed at the International Labour Organisation meeting in June; and if he will make a statement.
	(39676)
46   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which aspects of the Government's human rights policy are his Department's responsibility.
	(39678)
47   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the legislation recently passed by the Provisional Legislature in Hong Kong exempting Chinese state organisations from the territories' laws with Article 22 of the Basic Law; and if he will make a statement.
	(39680)
48	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure fair and free elections in Cambodia in July (a) through the EU and (b) unilaterally.
	(39763)
49	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals he has to make pen needles for insulin dependent diabetics available on prescription.
	(39725)
50   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria applied to the export of pathogens from the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research at Porton Down between 1st January 1985 and 31st December 1989; and what criteria are applied now.
	(38834)
51   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records were kept of the sale of pathogens from his Department's installations between 1st January 1985 and 31st December 1989; and what records are kept now.
	(38832)
52   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pathogens were sold and at what price to the American Type Culture Collection in Rockville, Maryland, by the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research at Porton Down between 1st January 1985 and 31st December 1989.
	(38833)
53   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an enquiry to establish the extent to which NHS consultants are not fulfilling their NHS contracts.
	(39333)
54	Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average length of time between the start of an inquiry and the publication of the report for inquiries established under HSG (94)27 of 10th May 1994 into deaths involving mentally-disordered patients.
	(39744)
55	Mr Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about establishing a professional register for ambulance technicians and paramedics; and if he will make a statement.
	(39770)
56	Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) regulations and (b) guidelines govern the treatment of non-UK citizens by the National Health Service; and what checks are made to ensure that only those entitled to treatment receive it.
	(39734)
57   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instigate an independent enquiry into the effects of the MMR vaccination.
	(39650)
58	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a discount to public libraries on the Health CD-Rom disk 5 due to be published in June; and if he will make a statement.
	(39908)
59	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March, Official Report, columns 701-3, if he will make it his policy to require health authorities to collect information on the number of persons in their areas with relapsing/remitting MS and the number of persons prescribed Beta Interferon.
	(39906)
60   N	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Standing Medical Advisory Committee will publish its report on the drug Aricept.
	(39646)
61	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many spinal injury units there are in England.
	(39739)
62	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning the type of treatment required by patients with spinal injuries.
	(39766)
63   N	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each police force, on 31st March; if he will list the change in numbers in each force and in total from (a) 30th September 1997 and (b) 31st March 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(39477)
64	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April to the honourable Member for Twickenham, Official Report, columns 511-12, on Feltham Young Offenders Unit, how many of the self-inflicted deaths and incidents of self-injury between 1993-94 and 1997-98 involved 15 and 16 year olds on remand.
	(39757)
65	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the criteria used by an immigration officer to decide if an interview with an unaccompanied child seeking asylum is unavoidable.
	(39847)
66	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures must be followed by an immigration officer when an unaccompanied child arrives at a port of entry seeking asylum.
	(39858)
67	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions are given to immigration officers on how to identify an unaccompanied child seeking asylum in the absence of documentary evidence about the child's age.
	(39857)
68   N	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entries on the Sex Offenders' Register have been found to be inaccurate.
	(39645)
69   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Solihull will receive a reply to his letter to him dated 10th February and his further letter on the same subject dated 15th April.
	(39583)
70	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who are the current members of her Department's Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Research Overseas; and when were they first appointed.
	(39746)
71	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what market tests and efficiency reviews she plans for her Department in the current financial year.
	(39750)
72	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which departments and development divisions of her Department the Performance Reporting Information Systems for Management will be piloted in 1998-99.
	(39761)
73	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the material issued by her Department (a) through its own publications and (b) through the Stationery Office and the parliamentary publishing programme in 1997-98.
	(39873)
74	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many copies of reports by her Department's Evaluating Department on Project Completion were requested by outside bodies in 1997-98.
	(39758)
75	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what operational and management improvements her Department will implement during the current financial year.
	(39749)
76	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes to the policy information marker system her Department is putting into effect in the current financial year.
	(39759)
77	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was the cost to her Department of meeting the 16 requests for information under the Open Government Code of Practice in 1997.
	(39748)
78	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those projects funded by her Department which were the subject of full retrospective impact evaluations in 1997-98; and when she will publish the results.
	(39760)
79	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects funded by her Department will be subject to full retrospective impact evaluations in 1998-99.
	(39762)
80   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which aspects of the Government's human rights policy are her Department's responsibility.
	(39679)
81	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will list the chemicals to be used in the air conditioning system of the Millennium Dome.
	(39727)
82	Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the total number of cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to have occurred in cattle in Northern Ireland; and how many animals have been culled as a result of BSE in Northern Ireland to date.
	(39911)
83	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the criteria for determining the success of economic and monetary union in the context of determining a future United Kingdom application to join; and for how long that union must have been in operation in order so to judge.
	(39742)
84	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those individuals and organisations he has consulted on the legal basis of his Government's claim that there is no constitutional bar to United Kingdom participation in economic and monetary union.
	(39756)
85	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Prime Minister, what measures he is taking to ensure that the United Kingdom meets the five economic tests for participation in economic and monetary union.
	(39753)
86	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his discussions on the issue of asbestos with the Canadian Prime Minister.
	(39747)
87	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, when Cabinet Office officials were consulted about the appointment of Mr Timothy Allan to a position at BSkyB.
	(39892)
88	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he was informed that his deputy press spokesman, Mr Timothy Allan, was negotiating to become an employee of BSkyB.
	(39874)
89	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he was informed that his deputy press spokesman, Mr Timothy Allan, was to become an employee of BSkyB.
	(39875)
90	Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he provided a reference for Mr Timothy Allan, his former deputy press spokesman, in connection with his securing a senior position at BSkyB.
	(39876)
91	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the consultation papers published since 1st May 1997, giving date of publication, closing date for submissions and, where relevant, the number of respondents.
	(39907)
92	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the inquiries which have been set up since 1st May 1997, the dates when they reported or are due to report and, for each, the total cost.
	(39889)
93	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the last 10 ad hoc Royal Commissions, the time which elapsed between their establishment and the publication of their reports and, for each, the total cost.
	(39888)
94   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Prime Minister, which government minister is answerable to the House for the performance of the Crown Office in Scotland.
	(39582)
95	Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the electorates at 16th February for each ward of each local authority area in Scotland.
	(39752)
96	Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the size of the electorates as of 16th February for each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local government area in Scotland.
	(39751)
97	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) number and (b) percentage of children's wards and departments in Scotland which had two registered specialist children's nurses or equivalents on duty 24 hours a day for each of the years 1992 to 1998.
	(39930)
98	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) number and (b) percentage of children in Scotland who were admitted to hospital with psychiatric disorders who were treated in settings specifically designed for children and young people with mental health problems in each of the years 1992 to 1998.
	(39931)
99	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) number and (b) percentage of child admissions to all wards, including those on adult wards which had access to appropriately skilled nursing care for each of the years 1992 to 1998.
	(39929)
100	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) number and (b) percentage of children who were treated on adult wards in Scotland for each of the years 1992 to 1998.
	(39928)
101   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average length of time taken for an appeal made against a decision to remove incapacity benefit following an all work test to be processed.
	(39712)
102   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many incapacity benefit appeals are awaiting hearing.
	(39711)
103   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on the sums allocated to the Independent Tribunal Service from the Social Security Budget in each of the last three financial years.
	(39707)
104   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what information is being collected in the control areas in the New Deal for Lone Parents on the demography of those (a) participating and (b) refusing to participate.
	(39714)
105   N	Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many applications were made for crisis loans in (a) 1996 and (b) 1997; how many have been made to date in 1998; and what proportion of the applications have been successful in each year.
	(39715)
106   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many appeals made against decisions following an all-work-test were heard in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what proportion of these were decided in the appellant's favour where the appellant (a) attended the hearing but was not represented, (b) was represented but did not attend, (c) attended and was represented and (d) did not attend and was not represented.
	(39693)
107   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many persons under pensionable age were receiving incapacity benefit (a) at the latest date for which figures are available and (b) in April 1995.
	(39710)
108   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have not recieved their winter fuel payments.
	(39713)
109   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what guidelines her Department follows in determining whether advertising campaigns are appropriate.
	(39708)
110   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which Minister took the final decision to proceed with the advertising campaign for the winter fuel payments.
	(39716)
111   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the timescale for assessing the effectiveness of the New Deal for lone parents pilots; and what measurements will be used to assess the success or failure of the scheme.
	(39709)
112	Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on the future of the Benefit Service office in Jarrow.
	(39846)
113   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans she has to extend the Benefits Integrity Project to cover those claiming the lower rates of DLA.
	(39649)
114   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the publication date of the Initial Framework for Change relating to pensions will be.
	(39647)
115	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioner households received double the proper payment under the Pensioner Fuel Bills Special Payment Scheme.
	(39853)
116	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many individual cases have been reviewed under the Benefit Integrity Project; how many of these cases have now been concluded; of the cases concluded, in how many instances benefit has been (a) terminated and (b) reduced; and if she will make a statement.
	(39755)
117	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the Government will introduce legislation to assist low-income families in buying household insurance.
	(39764)
118	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the cost to the Social Fund of replacing possessions stolen from, or damaged in, low-income households with no household insurance, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(39765)
119	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the number of miners or their widows who will be excluded from compensation for respiratory diseases by the Limitation Act in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland.
	(39855)
120	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of disabled miners who have been assessed to date for PDD12 emphysema and chronic bronchitis; and how many of these were aged (i) 50 to 55, (ii) 55 to 60, (iii) 60 to 65, (iv) 65 to 70 and (v) over the age of 70 years.
	(39856)
121	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to approve the building of a 400 mw CCGT power station in Anglesey; and if she will make a statement.
	(39736)
122	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 7th April, Official Report, column 161, if she will list the UK Government's reservations on the European Commission draft white paper on renewable energy; and if she will make a statement.
	(39735)
123	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps her Department is taking to lift trade barriers between South Africa and the European Market.
	(39768)
124   N	Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, column 440, and 30th March, Official Report, column 399, if he will make a statement on the compatibility of the figures quoted for the cost of the void office space to be covered by the accumulated figures for the reserves of the Welsh Health Common Services Authority with the figures quoted for the actual reserves accumulated in the last five years.
	(39692)
125	Sir Raymond Powell (Ogmore):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish in the Official Report the letter sent to the honourable Member for Ogmore on 21st April on hospital beds in Wales.
	(39848)
126	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the benefits of introducing a system of proportional representation for local government elections in Wales.
	(39737)
127	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of centralising the payment of agricultural grants on the economies of those areas in which regional offices are currently based.
	(39743)
128	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on access by disabled people to the National Assembly.
	(39740)
129	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent steps he has taken to support the Welsh milk industry.
	(39738)
130	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of the centralisation of the farmers' grants payment system on the length of time taken to issue payments to farmers.
	(39733)
131	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of the present state of the milk industry on ancillary industries, rural employment and the rural economy of Wales.
	(39741)
132	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many regulations have been repealed in order to reduce the burden on business since 1st May 1997.
	[Transferred] (39859)

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