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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 5 May 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 5 May 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 Tuesday 5 May, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 6 May, 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.

TUESDAY 5th MAY
1	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, how the building of Portcullis House has been funded; to which Vote on Account the expenditure is being charged; what was the original estimated cost of this building; and what is the estimated final outcome cost.
	(41080)
2	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the occasions since July 1995 when the UK Fisheries Minister has met the EC Commisioner with responsibility for fisheries matters and the location of each such meeting.
	(40923)
3   N	Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 8th April, Official Report, column 232, what estimate he has made of the redundancy costs which would be incurred by dismissal of the 55 non-mobile staff currently based at the Central Science Laboratory in Norwich if the Norwich Laboratory were to be closed.
	(41017)
4   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cases there have been of cattle being barred from entry into the cull process because of lack of birth details.
	(40397)
5	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has for consultation over any proposed changes to the quarantine laws.
	(41001)
6   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research projects his Ministry is currently undertaking which deal with the concerns about antibiotic usage expressed in the seventh report of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee of Session 1997-98 (HL 81).
	(40377)
7	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40740)
8	Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many equines were exported from the UK in 1997, and to which individual countries of destination, (a) for slaughter, (b) for breeding, (c) for competition purposes and (d) for use as saddle horses.
	(40831)
9   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish his review on the future sales of green top milk.
	(40540)
10	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of applications, in relation to his Department's research budget, were from women, for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40885)
11	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of applications from women, in relation to his Department's research budget, were successful for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40884)
12	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40736)
13	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consultations are undertaken by (a) the Millennium Commission and (b) the Heritage Lottery Fund to ascertain local opinion in areas subject to application for grants for major tourism projects.
	(40827)
14	Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the average percentage of soldiers who leave the TA within one month of joining; and if he will list the 10 TA units with the (a) best and (b) worst retention record over the last three years.
	(40924)
15	Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of (a) 4 star, (b) 3 star, (c) 2 star and (d) 1 star officers in respect of the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army, (iii) Royal Marines and (iv) Royal Air Force and the total number of service personnel based in each of the Government's standard regions of England and in Scotland and in Wales at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(40997)
16	Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which SSNs are presently undergoing refit; when the work commenced; and when they are expected to be rededicated.
	(40868)
17	Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the artillery units and sub-units of the (a) Regular Army and (b) Territorial Army equiped with MLRS, giving (i) the peacetime strength and (ii) the actual strength in each case.
	(40662)
18	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Private Finance Initiative project to replace the Bulldog training aircraft.
	(40642)
19	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been spent on recruitment advertising for the Reserve Forces in the past 12 months
	(40855)
20   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the reviews set in train in his Department and its agencies since 2nd May 1997, indicating their terms of reference, cost and starting and finishing dates.
	(40603)
21	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40738)
22	Mr Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Dunfermline West of 5th February, Official Report, column 763-4, if he will make a statement on the current status of the partnering arrangement between the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency and Flagship Training Ltd.
	(40996)
23	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what volumes of radioactive waste were generated in the research, manufacture, storage, maintenance and deployment of the WE-177 nuclear bombs; what quantities of radioactive waste will be created in their decommissioning; what environmental measures are to be applied to their decommissioning; and where the residual radioactive waste and plutonium will be stored.
	(40778)
24	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reviews he is currently conducting on the (a) health and (b) environmental implications of the firing of depleted uranium shells at (i) Kirkcudbright test range at Dundrennan, (ii) Eskmeals in Cumbria and (iii) in Iraq, by British forces.
	(40633)
25   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the countries to which military attache«s are posted and (b) the military attache«s by rank and service.
	(40773)
26   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which countries loan services personnel are posted; and if he will list them by service and rank.
	(40772)
27   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by composition and country the number of training teams currently deployed.
	(40769)
28   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the timetable for the building and completion of the new joint services staff college.
	(40771)
29   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries which have military staff under training in the United Kingdom; at which establishments such training is taking place; and what numbers, and from which countries, are at each establishment.
	(40774)
30	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of applications, in relation to his Department's research budget, were from women, for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40881)
31	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of applications from women, in relation to his Department's research budget, were successful for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40880)
32	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Weapon Diagnostic Division at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, was set up; what is the purpose of this division; how many series of technical papers or reports are currently being produced by this division; and what are the names of each series.
	(40754)
33	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the scenario of the exercise entitled Miscast which took place in 1992; on what dates and where this exercise took place; and if he will place a copy of the results of this exercise in the Library.
	(40816)
34	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 21st April, Official Report, columns 552-3, on the Atomic Weapons Establishment, how many audit reports have been produced by the Directorate of Quality Assurance since 1st January 1995; and how many of these reports are unclassified.
	(40768)
35	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chevaline warheads from Polaris submarines have so far been dismantled; by what date his Department expects to complete dismantling all the Chevaline warheads; and if he will make a statement.
	(40815)
36	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates (a) the Defence Council and (b) the Air Force Board have met since 1st August 1997.
	(40669)
37	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to place in the Library the digest of the submission by Service and Ministry of Defence civilian personnel to the Strategic Defence Review.
	(40667)
38	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the current security classifications of the newsletters produced for the staff of (a) Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, (b) Defence Animal Centre and (c) Defence Bills Agency; how often each newsletter is produced; and when each newsletter was first produced.
	(40666)
39	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which establishments WE177 bombs were taken for servicing; what the nature of such servicing entails; and how regularly this servicing was conducted.
	(40814)
40	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what monitoring his Department conducts on the extent to which outside individuals have attempted to hack into his Department's computer system; how often reports are made on this matter; and what is the current security classification of such reports.
	(40755)
41	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many authors of submissions by outside organisations and individuals to the Strategic Defence Review have consented to their submissions being made public; and by what means members of the public may view these submissions.
	(40668)
42	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 21st April, Official Report, column 553, on the Atomic Weapons Establishment, if he will list the unclassified reports in the untitled series of papers produced by the Warhead Engineering Division, indicating the title of each paper and the date on which each paper was produced.
	(40753)
43	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 20th April, Official Report, columns 467-8, on WE 177 bombs, when (a) the Truck Cargo 4t 4x4 Bedford MK and (b) the Truck Cargo Heavy Duty Mark 1 (i) entered and (ii) was withdrawn from service.
	(40767)
44	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40749)
45	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage change has taken place in the numbers of (a) mature students entering higher education and (b) lone parents entering higher education as mature students in the last year over the previous year.
	(40823)
46   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has received from the Further Education Funding Council of the likely number and category of job losses in the further education sector during 1998-99.
	(40762)
47	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many OFSTED inspections took place in schools in England and Wales during 1997.
	(40928)
48   N	Mr Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what policy reviews are currently underway within his Department.
	(40591)
49   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to her Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 403, if he will make a statement on the timetable for his Department's review of research findings on educational programmes for autistic children; what review she is making of educational provision for autistic children as a result of the Written Declaration of the European Parliament; and what action she has taken to draw the Declaration to the attention of local education authorities.
	(40606)
50   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list all applicants to run education action zones separately identifying those applicants which are profit-seeking companies or subsidiaries of such companies.
	(39481)
51   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools were taught in HORSAs in January (i) broken down by local education authority and (ii) overall.
	(40574)
52   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what were the teacher vacancy figures for (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools on 1st January.
	(40572)
53   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much playground space in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools was taken up by mobile classrooms in January (i) broken down by local education authority and (ii) overall.
	(40569)
54   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools were taught in mobile classrooms in January (i) broken down by local education authority and (ii) overall.
	(40570)
55   N	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking concerning the future management and governance of Wakefield College following the ruling of the industrial tribunal in respect of the unfair dismissal of staff previously employed at the college; and if he will make a statement.
	(40542)
56	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his oral statement of 8th April, Official Report, column 351, if he will provide an extra £3.5 million for education in Essex.
	(40661)
57	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when his Department will publish the design of the new deal for the long-term unemployed; when he expects the new deal to begin; and if he will make a statement.
	(40665)
58	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what consultations his Department held with external bodies, apart from the Literacy Task Force, on the literacy strategy prior to publication of that strategy; and if he will list those bodies.
	(40758)
59	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, whether discretionary payment will be available to teachers who undertake study support activities where those activities are funded from the school's delegated budget.
	(40995)
60	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40742)
61	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if the recent comments to Politeia by the Chief Inspector of Schools represent the Government's policy on education funding.
	(40821)
62   N	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 243, when he expects his Department's review of issues relating to mobile homes to be concluded; and if he will make a statement.
	(40575)
63	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 the (a) transitional and (b) future costs of the London Mayor and Assembly; and what savings or additional costs will be incurred in comparison with the cost of quangos and central government responsibilities the London Mayor and Assembly will be replacing.
	(40858)
64	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many watch officers are currently employed at Forth and Tyne-Tees coastguard stations.
	(40902)
65	Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the reasons for the detention of all Belize-registered vessels under Port State Control arrangements in the past five years.
	(40998)
66	Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of vessels passing through British ports have been inspected under Port State Control arrangements (i) in the past year, (ii) in the past two years and (iii) in the past five years.
	(40999)
67	Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if she will publish the report of the investigation into the loss of the 'Rema' vessel by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
	(41000)
68	Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of vessels that have been inspected by Port State Control arrangements have subsequently been detained (i) in the past year, (ii) in the past two years and (iii) in the past five years.
	(41007)
69	Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of vessels that have been detained following an inspection by the Port State Control (i) in the past year, (ii) in the past two years and (iii) in the past five years had (a) a British port of registry and (b) a Belize port of registry.
	(41009)
70	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he plans to take to include representatives of people from ethnic minoirty communities on public bodies covering the Greater London area.
	(40911)
71   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for legislation to permit the direct payment to Railtrack on behalf of the train operating companies, of that part of the public service obligation grant concerned with the provision of improvement to the railway infrastructure.
	(40258)
72   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the planned reduction of public service obligation grants to TOCs outlined in the franchise agreements will continue regardless of the financial circumstances of the TOCs.
	(40259)
73   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each year since rail privatisation (a) the total number of rail passengers and the number of passenger complaints, (b) the level of investment in the rail infrastructure and (c) the level of public subsidy given to train operating companies.
	(40260)
74   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the powers of the rail companies in respect of on-the-spot fines.
	(40261)
75   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his oral Answer of 31st March, Official Report, column 492, what steps he is taking to enforce rigorously the controls relating to CITES listing of species with particular reference to Amazonian (a) fauna and (b) flora listed in the recent international plants red list.
	(39479)
76	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the Ultra Light Transit Electric Railbus scheme recently introduced in Bristol in terms of its (a) cost and (b) environmental impact; and if he will make a statement.
	(41094)
77   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions there have been under the Street Works Act 1993.
	(40407)
78   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the auditing procedures for parish and town councils.
	(40403)
79   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to review the financial arrangements for parish and town councils.
	(40408)
80   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many cases have been identified by the District Audit Service in the past five years where financial arrangements for parish and town councils have been deemed to be unsatisfactory.
	(40409)
81   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the operation of the Street Works Act of 1993.
	(40398)
82   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps his Department takes to investigate complaints about the failure of statutory undertakers to re-instate roads and pavements.
	(40399)
83	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will reply to the Fourth Report of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, Session 1997-98, on Air Traffic Control.
	(40643)
84   N	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the future of opencast coal extraction.
	(39510)
85	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to ensure that Railtrack respond to the recommendations of the Health and Safety Executive's report on the Watford rail crash.
	(40904)
86	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the benefits of the automatic train protection system.
	(40905)
87	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the report from the Southern Region Rail Users consultative committee on complaints for the year ending March 1998; and what action he intends to take to ensure services are improved.
	(40907)
88	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will establish a public investigation into the near head-on collision between two commuter trains at Canon Street Station on 30th April.
	(40906)
89   N	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Jersey regarding sewage treatment technology; and if he will make a statement.
	(39507)
90   N	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Highways Agency regarding safety improvements on the A27 in West Sussex; and if he will make a statement.
	(39533)
91   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to issue the technical and procedural guidelines for the treatment of contaminated land.
	(39731)
92   N	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what advice he received from (i) London Underground Ltd. and (ii) London Transport regarding the relative merits of the different options for the future of London Underground, prior to announcing his decision to pursue the public-private partnership option.
	(40813)
93	Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the caps on local authority expenditure will be adjusted to allow for funding of local authority regional assemblies in England.
	(40848)
94	Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if additional Government funding will be made available to cover the costs of local authority regional assemblies in England.
	(40849)
95	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the outcomes of the recent consultation exercises on the accessibility of (a) taxis and (b) coaches to disabled people.
	(40829)
96	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on plans to decommission the nuclear power station at Trawsfyndd.
	(40872)
97	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has held concerning the early release of files containing information on the historic dumping of radioactive materials at sea.
	(40871)
98	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the terms of reference of the current Railtrack study of the Cross Rail project.
	(41003)
99	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects Railtrack to complete their detailed study of the Cross Rail project; and if he will publish the results of the study.
	(41005)
100	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of rough sleepers in London in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what forecasts he has made of numbers in future years.
	(40889)
101	Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish (a) the Integrated Transport White Paper and (b) the Roads Review.
	(41078)
102	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40747)
103	Sir Raymond Powell (Ogmore):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 8th April, Official Report, column 286, on regional development agencies, if he will list the nominations submitted for regional development agencies; if unsuccessful nominees will be informed of the reasons for their rejection; and if they will be considered for any vacancies which occur after the boards are set up.
	(40828)
104	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 male and female Black Poplars in England; and what percentage are the subject of tree preservation orders.
	(40764)
105	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people have been prosecuted for leaving litter in a public open-air place under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
	(40776)
106   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the brownfield sites he has located in mid-Sussex.
	(40770)
107	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of applications from women, in relation to his Department's research budget, were successful for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40882)
108	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of applications, in relation to his Department's research budget, were from women, for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40883)
109	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the total cost of new road projects authorised by him since 1st May 1997 in (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall.
	(40834)
110	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many miles of track have been electrified each year (a) in total and (b) broken down by region, for each of the last 10 years on record.
	(41058)
111	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many railway derailments have occurred in each year (a) in total and (b) broken down by region, for each of the last 10 years on record.
	(41051)
112	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the inclusion of environmental criteria in consideration of best value.
	(40866)
113	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many travel agents in the United Kingdom operate under (a) ATOL, (b) IATA and (c) ABTA.
	(40850)
114	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the operation of ATOL.
	(40851)
115	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for changes in the regulation of travel agents by the Civil Aviation Authority.
	(40852)
116	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the total value of the bonds held by the CAA under the ATOL scheme; and what plans he has to raise the level of the ATOL bond.
	(40853)
117   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the decision of North Yorkshire County Council to reject the proposals by Harrogate Borough Council for the use of on-street car parking revenues for traffic management in Harrogate; and if he will make a statement.
	(40396)
118	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average cost per family of the childcare tax credit.
	(40838)
119   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer the question from the honourable Member for Gordon of 23rd March (35235) on taxation paid by typical families.
	(40425)
120   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the zero-rating of value added tax on international passenger transport.
	(40379)
121   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer the questions from the honourable Member for Gordon of 7th April on (a) the costs of resolving the millennium bug problem in the National Health Service (37992) and (b) the burden of taxation (37885); what factors underlie the delay in answering; and if he will make a statement.
	(40426)
122   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the net cost to the Exchequer in 1999-2000 of (a) increasing the personal income tax allowance to £10,000 per annum, (b) abolishing the 20 per cent. tax band, (c) abolishing the capital gains tax exempt amounts, (d) abolishing the age related personal allowances, (e) abolishing the married couple's tax allowance, (f) abolishing mortgage interest tax relief, (g) starting the higher rate band of income tax at taxable incomes of over £22,000 per annum and (h) ending the zero-rating of international passenger transport.
	(40378)
123   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer the question from the honourable Member for Gordon of 23rd January (24778) on receptions held at 11 Downing Street, what factors underlie the delay in answering; and if he will make a statement.
	(40424)
124	Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the reduction in VAT on Government-funded energy conservation schemes will apply at the same level to any payment by a customer towards the cost of works undertaken; and what representations he has received on this subject.
	(41079)
125	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to state which exemption of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information is being invoked to prevent the release of information in answer to parliamentary questions.
	(40873)
126	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 817, which exemption in the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information makes publication of the correspondence inappropriate.
	(40870)
127	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Bolton South East of 12th March, Official Report, column 313, on VAT rates on housing works, which exemption in the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information makes publication of the correspondence inappropriate.
	(40874)
128	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many answers to parliamentary questions his Department has declined to provide information because it was inappropriate under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information since 1st May 1997; and what subjects those questions concerned.
	(40867)
129   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review existing arrangements for those saving via credit unions.
	(40400)
130	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the foreign earnings deduction regulations announced in the Budget on the UK staff of overseas aid agencies who are employed on contracts overseas.
	(40917)
131	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to UK aid agencies of the proposed changes to the foreign earnings deduction regulations announced in the Budget.
	(40918)
132	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the United Kingdom banking industry will be required to comply with the European Commission's recommendation, adopted on 1st April, on banking charges for conversion to the Euro.
	(40664)
133	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to review the legal definition of a bank deposit to reflect the current electronic purse developments.
	(40756)
134	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of his appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40746)
135	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide easier and cheaper access to older civil registration records.
	(40817)
136	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 955, if he will list the countries which do not want to review, reconsider or defer the decision to abolish duty free sales within the EU.
	(41059)
137	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the National Audit Office retains the necessary powers to audit the Scottish Block, following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament.
	(40930)
138	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of travel agents in the United Kingdom.
	(40854)
139	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in duty for amusement machines on (a) the industry and (b) revenues to the Exchequer.
	(40925)
140	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Pakistan Government in response to the death sentence passed upon Ayub Masch on 27th April in a Punjab district court for blasphemy.
	(41021)
141   N	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sudanese government to ensure that food aid can be delivered rapidly to the areas affected by famine.
	(40460)
142	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the total cost of the building and furnishing of the new British High Commission office in Nairobi, Kenya.
	(40908)
143	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 299, if he will request evidence from (a) Vincent Cannistruro, (b) Oliver North and (c) Buck Revell on Lockerbie.
	(40888)
144	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 299, what factors led him to conclude that the use of an international court at the Hague, operating under a Scots judge, and under Scottish rules of guidance would introduce an arbitrary element into the judicial system.
	(40887)
145	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 29th April, Official Report, column 299, if the Crown Prosecution Service will submit their unseen version of Lockerbie to the scrutiny of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; and if he will list those individuals who have seen this version.
	(40886)
146   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the United States government on behalf of Kenny Richey, a British citizen currently sentenced to death in the State of Ohio.
	(40401)
147	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors underlay the decision of the Prime Minister to address the Party of European Socialists at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 7th April.
	(40750)
148	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set out the rules concerning the holding of party political meetings in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
	(40751)
149	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the arrangements for Lord Whitty's private office, in his capacity as Minister with Special Responsibility for the EU Presidency.
	(41019)
150	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the cost to public funds of Lord Whitty's appointment as Minister with Special Responsibility for the EU Presidency.
	(41018)
151	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Lord Whitty's appointment as Minister with Special Responsibility for the EU Presidency was publicly announced.
	(41049)
152	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Lord Whitty was officially appointed Minister with Special Responsibility for the EU Presidency.
	(41050)
153	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what events the Government is planning to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Berlin airlift.
	(40639)
154	Mr John Hutton (Barrow and Furness):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the flying of the European flag from government buildings and in Parliament Square on Europe day.
	(41002)
155   N	Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set out the conditions contained in United Nations Security Council resolutions which require to be fulfilled before sanctions on Iraq can properly be lifted.
	(40427)
156	Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to circulate the Consular Services leaflet, Forced Marriages--Your Rights Abroad, to all appropriate outlets.
	(40640)
157	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what data he has collated on the risks in respect of nuclear reactors in the former Soviet Union.
	(40903)
158   N	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his Department's estimated expenditure on (a) radio programming, (b) television and (c) British Satellite News, for the current financial year; and what were the figures for each service over the last three years.
	(40428)
159   N	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's future spending plans for international broadcasting; and if he will make a statement.
	(40429)
160   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what instructions his Department gave to Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Council of Europe to inform the British Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe of the advantages of a particular candidate for the post of British candidate for the Court of Human Rights.
	(40578)
161   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the procedures followed by his Department in choosing the British candidate for the Court of Human Rights indicating (a) the criteria determining the selection of candidates, (b) the means by which the shortlist was made, (c) the number of candidates interviewed before the final selection was made and (d) those officials, departments and ministers involved in the selection.
	(40584)
162   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons Her Majesty's Government prioritises its candidates in order of preference for the position of British judge in the Court of Human Rights.
	(40579)
163   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons his Department did not accept the recommendations of the Kirkhill Sub-Committee of the Committee of Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe on the most suitable British candidate for the Court of Human Rights.
	(40583)
164   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which (a) countries and (b) individuals his Department received requests for advice on whom to vote for amongst the British candidates for the post of judge for the Court of Human Rights.
	(40585)
165   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those members of the Council of Europe who prioritised their order of preferences for candidate judges for the Court of Human Rights.
	(40582)
166   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether following the recommendation of the Kirkhill Sub-Committee of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe on the Sub-Committee's preferred candidate, his Department made any approaches to the Chairman or other members of the Committee or the Secretariat as to the Sub-Committee's recommendation.
	(40586)
167   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which ministers and officials were responsible for (a) choosing the British candidates for the Court of Human Rights and (b) determining the order of preferences of the candidates.
	(40611)
168   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response officials in his Department gave to enquiries from (a) foreign nationals and (b) others seeking advice on whom to vote for in the election for the British judge in the Court of Human Rights.
	(40580)
169	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40745)
170	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the governments of the United States and Canada concerning the killing for sport of polar bears.
	(40763)
171	Mr Marsha Singh (Bradford West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to secure the release of Ghazanfer Ali, currently in prison in Mirpur, accused of murder.
	(40830)
172   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's relations with Cuba.
	(40538)
173	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which outside individuals have attempted to hack into his Department's computer systems; what reports are compiled on such attempts; how often reports are compiled; and what is their current security classification.
	(40673)
174	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government made to (a) the United Nations to re-open its debate on the issue of Tibet and (b) the EU to investigate the treatment and status of Tibetans in Tibet before and during the EU delegation to Tibet in May.
	(40618)
175	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in the United Nations working group negotiating the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to raise the minimum age of recruitment into the armed forces.
	(40623)
176	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement regarding the proposed EU Troika Ambassadors' visit to East Timor.
	(40614)
177	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list his Department's missions which have been targeted on the provision of safe havens for street children in Central and South America.
	(40622)
178	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the support currently provided by his Department for (a) police and (b) military forces, broken down by country.
	(40613)
179	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the British and Philippines initiative on child labour.
	(40628)
180	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list his Department's missions which were involved in human rights activities in 1997-98.
	(40624)
181	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what targets he has set for an increase in ethnic minority employees in the Foreign Office.
	(41010)
182	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what strategy has been devised by Linbert Spencer in respect of increasing the number of ethnic minority employees within his Department.
	(40922)
183	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have gone missing in Turkey in the last 10 years; and how many have not subsequently been traced.
	(40846)
184	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on diplomatic relations with Turkey.
	(40847)
185	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what negotiations he has had with his Turkish counterparts over the disappearance of Edgar Fernandes; and what representations he has made to the Turkish government to step up efforts to trace Mr Fernandes.
	(40845)
186	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the whereabouts of Edgar Fernandes, missing in Turkey.
	(40843)
187	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking to trace the whereabouts of Edgar Fernandes.
	(40844)
188	Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the key targets for 1998-99 for the Medical Devices Agency.
	(40926)
189	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children died in England and Wales during 1997 as a result of medical errors which occurred while the children were in hopsital.
	(40910)
190   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have multiple sclerosis in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
	(40227)
191   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of treatment for those with multiple sclerosis in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England.
	(40228)
192   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported cases of child asthma there have been by area health authority, in each of the last five years.
	(40402)
193	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the increase in prices between March and May of sodium bicarbonate supplied to the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(41024)
194	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of nv-CJD have occurred in families which have a history of CJD.
	(40765)
195	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many victims of nv-CJD died in the first quarter of 1996.
	(40766)
196	Mrs Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's priorities regarding child and adolescent mental health services.
	(40674)
197   N	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, upon what regularly published data series he relied in making his announcement on 1st April with regard to NHS patients waiting longer than 18 months for surgery.
	(40461)
198   N	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting 18 months or longer for surgery in the NHS on (a) February 19th and (b) April 1st.
	(40462)
199   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent reports on the risks of human beings dying as a result of the development of antibiotic resistance.
	(40376)
200	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many war widows currently receive both the DSS basic war widows' pension and the armed forces families' attributable pension.
	(41006)
201	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to be able to make an announcement on the claim for recompense by haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis C as a result of treatment with contaminated blood products; and when he will be writing to the Haemophilia Society on this matter.
	(41008)
202	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the costs of each of the reviews currently in progress in his Department; when the reviews are expected to report; and if he will make a statement.
	(40890)
203	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40737)
204	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been on waiting lists in (a) Burnley and (b) Lancashire for continence pads from the NHS for more than (i) one month, (ii) three months and (iii) six months.
	(41052)
205	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1990-91 on the grounds of incontinence.
	(41056)
206	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when national guidance when be issued to the National Helath Service on the treatment of incontinence.
	(41055)
207	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of funding his Department has given to voluntary organisations providing support for incontinent people in the UK seeking advice and products outside the NHS.
	(41053)
208	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has had with pharmacists and other health retailers on the future supply of continence pads through the retail sector; and when these meetings were held.
	(41054)
209	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the sources, in each case, of the fluoride used to fluoridate water supplies in England.
	(41004)
210	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned on the health risks of leaching from non-amalgam fillings.
	(41020)
211   N	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget has been allocated to continence care in real terms in each year since 1990-91 in the South and West Devon health authority area.
	(40761)
212	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of applications, in relation to his Department's research budget, were from women, for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40877)
213	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of applications from women, in relation to his Department's research budget, were successful for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40876)
214	Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the incidence of (a) multiple sclerosis, (b) motor neurone disease and (c) Altzheimer's disease from 1968 to the present year, broken down by five year intervals.
	(40862)
215	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to ask when the honourable Member for Leicester East will receive a reply to his letter of 16th December to Richard Eassie, Chairman of Berkshire Health Authority, in respect of Mr. U. Keval of Shaftesbury Avenue, Leicester.
	(40839)
216	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the current waiting times for each medical specialty for each hospital in England and Wales.
	(40840)
217	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the extra cost of allowing general practitioners to prescribe injection pen needles to diabetic patients; and how many people would benefit from this change.
	(40777)
218	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department gives to police authorities with regard to insuring special constables; and if he will make a statement.
	(40859)
219	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the terms of reference for the study of the asylum process under the comprehensive spending review require consideration to be given to the use of information technology in dealing with asylum casework.
	(40636)
220	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 28th April, Official Report, column 96, when he expects the casework programme system to be used to deal with asylum casework; and on what date it was expected to be available under the plans of the previous Government.
	(40632)
221   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) decisions have been made to deport, (b) deportation orders have been signed and (c) deportation orders have been enforced against (i) British overseas citizens and (ii) other British nationals who are not British citizens in each year since 1990; to which countries it has been proposed to deport these people; and how many such people against whom deporation orders were made left the country voluntarily.
	(40395)
222   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom outside the immigration rules due to compelling compassionate circumstances in each of the past five years; and when, and according to what criteria, they are expected to be granted indefinite leave to remain.
	(40404)
223   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British overseas citizens and (b) other British nationals who are subject to United Kingdom immigration controls have been refused leave to enter the United Kingdom by the Immigration Service at the port of entry in each year since 1995; how many of these people (i) were granted temporary admission and (ii) are still in the United Kingdom on temporary admission; and to which countries his Department proposes to send them.
	(40405)
224   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Montserratians have been admitted to the United Kingdom since the emergency to date; under what circumstances they will be asked to return to Montserrat; and, for those permitted to remain, when his Department will make them a grant of settlement.
	(40406)
225	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases were heard in England and Wales by a judge alone during 1997.
	(40909)
226	Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of electors per constituency in England on 16th February.
	(40860)
227	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a national motorway police force.
	(40616)
228	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had since 1st May 1997 with the Association of Chief Officers of Probation on alternatives to custody; and if he will make a statement.
	(40820)
229	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will discuss with the Lord Chancellor the possibility of denying prisoners serving custodial sentences access to civil justice in matters relating to the conduct of the Prison Service unless they have first exhausted all internal grievance procedures and taken their case to the Prisons Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement.
	(41023)
230	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40743)
231	Mr Marsha Singh (Bradford West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and search incidents took place in each division of the Metropolitan Police in 1996 and 1997; if he will provide the ethnic breakdown of those stopped and searched; how many arrests were made per 100 stops for each ethnic group; and if he will make a statement.
	(40824)
232   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of his latest meeting with the British Horseracing Board.
	(40539)
233   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on (a) the causes of and (b) the methods of dealing with the disturbances at Full Sutton Prison during the week of 25th April.
	(40541)
234	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported from the United Kingdom since 1st May 1997.
	(40842)
235	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the persons appointed to the Race Relations Forum.
	(40841)
236	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will provide a breakdown of how the funds so far spent on helping Montserrat deal with the volcanic crisis has been applied; and how the further £14 million committed will be applied.
	(41025)
237	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many businesses have been started in Antigua by Montserratian evacuees with support from her Department; and at what cost.
	(41029)
238	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the (a) Red Cross and (b) other agencies about the future of food vouchers for citizens of Montserrat rendered homeless by volcanic activity; and if she will make a statement.
	(40920)
239	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people in Montserrat are currently living in shelters; and when they will be rehoused.
	(41036)
240	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will introduce a soft mortgage scheme for citizens of Montserrat.
	(41033)
241	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the six month scientific re-assessment of volcanic risks in Montserrat.
	(41035)
242	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will publish the results of the feasability study for an airstrip in Monserrat.
	(41034)
243	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the potential effects of the proposed changes to the foreign earnings deduction regulations anounced in the Budget on the costs of aid agencies employing UK staff on contracts overseas.
	(40919)
244	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requests for assistance she has received from governments other than Antigua who have received Montserratian refugees; and what has been her response.
	(41032)
245	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the governments of Caribbean and other countries where Montserrat citizens rendered homeless by volcanic activity are resident about their eligibility for social security and other benefits; and if she will make a statement.
	(40921)
246	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what will be the cost of the Community Empowerment Project for Montserratian evacuees in the Caribbean region; how many will benefit; and if she will make a statement.
	(41030)
247	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will establish a charitable fund for Montserratian refugees in the Caribbean who are unable to become independent because of age or disability; what will be its size and scope; and if she will take a statement.
	(41026)
248	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the employment prospects of Montserratians rendered homeless by volcanic activity who are resident in (a) Montserrat, (b) Antigua and (c) elsewhere; and if she will make a statement.
	(40915)
249	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will publish the report by UNICEF into the needs of Montserratian evacuees in the Caribbean region.
	(41028)
250	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals she has for future financial support for Monserrat citizens rendered homeless by volcanic activity; and if she will make a statement.
	(40929)
251	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her officials have conducted with officers of the Montserrat Building Society; and if she will make a statement.
	(40916)
252	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals she has to assist the improvement of police accommodation in Monserrat.
	(41027)
253	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will publish the sustainable development plan for Monserrat.
	(40931)
254	Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what will be the cost to her Department of the Hardship Fund for Montserratian refugees in the Caribbean region; how many people will benefit; and if she will make a statement.
	(41031)
255	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of her Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40748)
256	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department gives to governments and local communities on the relative merits of sustainable and cash crop agriculture.
	(41041)
257	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the proposed changes in the generalised system of preferences for developing countries.
	(40619)
258	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the support provided by her Department for police services, broken down by country.
	(40612)
259	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the measures her Department has taken to promote the education of children about their rights in Indonesia.
	(40621)
260	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the role of her Department in assisting the World Bank group in the promoting of dialogue between indigenous people and (a) project organisers and (b) private sector organisations.
	(41042)
261	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on a multilateral commitment to eliminate tariffs for the least developed countries.
	(40620)
262	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of her Department's 1997-98 budget for the generation and dissemination of knowledge was spent in the United Kingdom.
	(40617)
263	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has made to developing country research institutions; and what sums were spent on development research carried out in partnership with developing country research institutions in each of the last three years.
	(40625)
264	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to what extent his Department uses political affiliation as a criterion in the selection of justices of the peace for advisory committees; and if he will make a statement.
	(40863)
265   N	Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action he intends to take in relation to media coverage of the person formerly known as Mary Bell and the High Court injunction of 30th July 1984.
	(40810)
266   N	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the reviews which have been (i) completed and (ii) initiated but not yet completed by his Department since 1st May 1997, specifying, in each case, the cost or anticipated cost of the review; and when it will be completed and reported to the House.
	(40869)
267	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions in the last year a judge has permitted a deaf person carrying out jury service to receive communication support from (i) a palantypist and (ii) a sign language interpreter.
	(40818)
268	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidelines his Department has published for judges in respect of deaf jury members receiving communication support in (a) open court and (b) the jury room.
	(40819)
269	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many representations he has received from interested parties which were supportive of his proposals for contingency fee payments to lawyers; and if he will make a statement.
	(40933)
270	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make it his policy to deny prisoners serving custodial sentences access to civil justice in matters relating to the conduct of the Prison Service unless they have first exhausted all internal grievance procedures and taken their case to the Prisons Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement.
	(41022)
271	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40744)
272	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will make a statement on the role of people aged 16-25 years in the Millennium Experience.
	(40812)
273	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to introduce legislation for Northern Ireland containing provisions similar to those of the Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords].
	(40635)
274	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many visits to each district council area by potential inward investors were arranged by the Industrial Development Board between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(40927)
275	Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on her plans for an increase in the number of Irish language schools.
	(40663)
276	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of her Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40734)
277	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if a resident of Great Britain may join a rifle or pistol club in Northern Ireland; if such a person may apply to have a firearms certificate in Northern Ireland on the basis of his firearm being kept in a rifle club premises with approved security facilities; and if she will make a statement.
	(40757)
278	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if exports of beef to the European Union have recommenced; what support she is giving to the Northern Ireland beef industry to regain their markets in Europe; and if she will make a statement about the prospects of the Northern Ireland beef industry.
	(40861)
279   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to answer the questions from the honourable Member for Gordon of 7th April on (a) the costs of the millennium bug (38140) and (b) budgets for tackling the millennium bug (38139); what factors underlie the delay in answering; and if he will make a statement.
	(40423)
280	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, to ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the oral statement by the Minister of State, the honourable Member for Leeds Central, on 29th April concerning Lockerbie, if he will specify the dates and places of meetings and contacts between British and Libyan ministers and authorities in 1998 with a view to resolving differences in opinion between Britain and Libya over the role of Vincent Cannistrano, Colonel Oliver North and Buck Revell in the events before and after the destruction of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie.
	(40837)
281	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the international agreements which prohibited the Government from giving advance notice to the House of the recent transport of enriched uranium to Dounreay from Georgia; and what advice was taken on the interpretation of the relevant agreements.
	(40644)
282   N	Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the aims, objectives and results of his visit to Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
	(40537)
283   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to avoid duplication between Scottish Enterprise, the Commercialisation programme, the Technology Venture programme, the Connect programme, the LINC programme and other programmes in respect of commercialising and exploiting research in Scottish universities and research laboratories; and what steps he is taking to publicise these initiatives.
	(39480)
284   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions Scottish Office Ministers have met the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds since 2nd May 1997; and what plans he has to meet them in the future.
	(40835)
285   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his oral Answer of 21st April, Official Report, column 579, what response he has had from the Lord Advocate about the interrogation of Mr Mesbahi.
	(40833)
286   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 381, if he will alter the format of the School Census to disaggregate provision for autism; and if he has requested other information from local authorities as to their educational provision for children with autism.
	(40605)
287   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many prosecutions have taken place in Scotland under the Litter Act 1983; and what amounts have been levied in total as a result of such prosecutions in each year since 1983.
	(40571)
288   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if commercial fishing will be allowed to take place in Holy Loch once the clearance programme is completed; and if he will make a statement.
	(40393)
289	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement about the future of the Small Business Loans Scheme.
	(40645)
290	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to extend the Small Business Loans Scheme to the tourism sector.
	(40646)
291	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40739)
292	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what decisions he has reached about the allocation of resources for 1998-99 under the New Housing Partnership initiative.
	(40932)
293   N	Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what occasions since 1st May 1997 receptions have been held on behalf of the Scottish Labour Party in government buildings in Scotland.
	(40327)
294   N	Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people were provided with continence services in each Scottish health board area, in (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97 and (c) 1997-98; and what was the cost to each Scottish health board in Scotland for the provision of continence services in (a) to (c).
	(40864)
295   N	Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will waive tuition fees for part-time students on lower incomes at further education colleges.
	(40573)
296	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many spinal injury units there are in Scotland.
	(40913)
297	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of lone parents would have to find work under the New Deal for Lone Parents for the scheme to be cost neutral.
	(40822)
298   N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer of 21st April, Official Report, column 606, if the initiatives her Department is undertaking within the Benefits Agency involving the private sector include debt management and debt collecting; what feasibility and pilot studies have been undertaken involving the private sector in these functions; and what plans she has to contract out these operations.
	(40604)
299   N	Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she will reply to the letters to her dated 6th January, 12th February and 18th March from the right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr and Mrs F. Fowler, 13 Meldreth Drive.
	(40875)
300	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on the progress of the DLA/Benefits Integrity Project in the Hereford constituency.
	(40775)
301	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many and what proportion of her Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40735)
302   N	Mr John Swinney (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if all decisions under the Benefits Integrity Project involving a reduction or lowering of benefit before 9th February will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement.
	(40485)
303   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on how many occasions and on what dates the full membership of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board discussed the report on the future of disability living allowance and attendance allowance before its publication on 12th March.
	(40759)
304   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the full membership of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board had access to the final amended report on the future of disability living allowance and attendance allowance before its publication on 12th March.
	(40760)
305	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on progress on vaccine damage payments.
	(40615)
306   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many benefit units containing dependent children are living in households whose income is below half the national average; and in what proportion of these is the youngest child aged (a) 0 to 4, (b) 5 to 10, (c) 11 to 16 and (d) 17 years or above in respect of (i) one and (ii) two parent families.
	(40487)
307	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton of 21st April, Official Report, columns 607-8, on focus group research, if she will list for each research project (a) the expected completion date and (b) the means by which the findings from the completed research projects will be made public.
	(40836)
308   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many children are living in households whose income is below half the national average; and how many of these are aged (a) 0 to 4, (b) 5 to 10, (c) 11 to 16 and (d) 17 years or above in respect of (i) one and (ii) two parent families.
	(40486)
309	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many export licences to British firms for arms have been (a) granted, (b) refused, and (c) revoked for export to Cambodia since May 1997 broken down by category of licence; and what human rights considerations were taken into account when considering the licences.
	(40811)
310	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will take regulatory steps to inhibit inflated claims and suppression of results of clinical trials in the biotechnology drug industry.
	(40638)
311	Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what the cost is per licence of providing a vehicle licensing service at the Post Office; and if she will provide a breakdown of the costs.
	(41045)
312	Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what percentage of post offices in Scotland have been able to offer vehicle licensing facilities for each year since 1987.
	(41043)
313	Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what percentage of post offices in England have been able to offer vehicle licensing facilities for each year since 1987.
	(41044)
314	Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what the cost is, per licence, of providing a vehicle licensing service using the postal service.
	(41047)
315	Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the costs for each year since 1987 of posting licensing reminders to all licensed vehcile owners.
	(41048)
316	Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what criteria are used to decide whether a post office in rural Scotland provides a vehicle licensing service.
	(41046)
317	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many and what proportion of her Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are (i) aged under 25, (ii) aged 25 to 30 and (iii) aged 31 to 35 years.
	(40741)
318	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what United Kingdom content requirements are included in the eligibility criteria for the export credits guarantee scheme.
	(40629)
319	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, which import quotas have been exceeded, and by how much, in each of the last five years; and what (a) penalties and (b) sanctions the United Kingdom has imposed.
	(40626)
320	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list in order the 10 United Kingdom exporters who exported most by value, and their combined percentage of total United Kingdom exports, in the last available year.
	(40627)
321	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what quantities of spent fuel have been reprocessed to date through the Thorp Plant at Sellafield; and if she will list the throughput targets provided to her Department by BNFL before active commissioning of the plant in March 1994.
	(40637)
322	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what arrangements currently govern the period over which radioactive waste arising from reprocessing foreign fuel at Dounreay may be stored at the site before it is repatriated to the country of origin; and if he will place in the Library a specimen contract covering such arrangements.
	(40641)
323	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how much material was available in the United Kingdom on 23rd April to make medical radioactive isotope targets for use in cancer treatment; and how many such targets could be manufactured from that quantity of materials.
	(40752)
324	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if the tests listed by the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee to evaluate the suitability of nuclear materials for import, in its publication on the import and export of radioactive materials, were applied to the consignment of enriched uranium due to be sent from Georgia to Dounreay.
	(40672)
325	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what has been the total cost to (a) the European Union and (b) the United Kingdom of work done at the Chernobyl site since the accident on 26th April 1986.
	(40634)
326	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the current estimated cost of refurbishment of the reprocessing facility at Dounreay to be used to process the uranium fuel recently received from Georgia; when the plant is expected to be ready; and what further foreign customers she expects to use the plant.
	(40670)
327	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list (a) the number of safeguards visits made, (b) the reports made and (c) the duration of each visit by (i) Euratom and (ii) International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards inspectors, to (1) D1202, fuel fabrication facility, (2) D1203, highly enriched uranium recovery plant, (3) D1204, research reactor reprocessing unit and (4) D2700, radioactive materials cementation plant, at the UK Atomic Energy Authority establishment at Dounreay since 1980.
	(40671)
328	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what percentage of applications, in relation to each of the research councils were from women, for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40879)
329	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what percentage of applications from women, in relation to each of the research councils, were successful for (a) project grants, (b) programme grants, (c) special grants intended for new investigators, (d) studentships and (e) fellowships, in 1997 and each of the two previous years.
	(40878)
330	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assistance her Department offers to British companies investing abroad to promote the OECD's national sustainable development strategies.
	(41040)
331	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what recent initiatives involving private sector and non-governmental organisations her Department has promoted to develop the ethical trading initiative.
	(41039)
332	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what consultation her Department has had with the Department for International Development regarding the offer of advice to companies currently investing or considering investment in developing and transitional countries.
	(41038)
333	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what consultation her Department has had with the Department for International Development concerning the forthcoming OECD guidelines on multinational investment.
	(41037)
334   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when the building work for the new assembly building will (a) begin and (b) finish; and what will be the total cost.
	(40590)
335   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total cost to his Department of conducting the Assembly bids.
	(40608)
336   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the estimated cost of refurbishment of Crickhowell House temporarily to house the Assembly.
	(40609)
337   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what will be the cost to this Department of (a) road building and (b) other infrastructure building which will service the new Assembly building.
	(40588)
338   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the estimated cost to establish and operate, over four years, the Network to all parts of Wales of the Welsh Assembly.
	(40610)
339   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the estimated running cost of Crickhowell House over its first four years as part of the assembly estate.
	(40587)
340   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the cost of the pierhead building in Cardiff, separately identifying the running costs for four years.
	(40607)
341   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department will pay, over how many years, and for what purpose, of the £120 million package PFI announcement for the Welsh Assembly.
	(40589)
342	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he proposes to initiate a national survey of patients' and users' experience of the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(40648)
343	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress has been made in the extension of out of school hours clubs.
	(40653)
344	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he proposes to extend the New Deal into the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(40649)
345	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action he is taking to extend child care services; and if he will make a statement.
	(40652)
346	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, in what ways he seeks to obtain the views of staff in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(40826)
347	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what additional individual health authorities' allocations he has announced; and if he will make a statement.
	(40647)
348	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are the teaching hospitals in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(40650)
349	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cattle passports are issued each week by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(40658)
350	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of skills shortages in the aerospace industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(40651)
351	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has taken to reduce bureaucratic burdens on farmers in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(40657)
352	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress he has made in ending health inequalities in Wales.
	(40659)
353	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cases of under-age drinking were recorded in Wales in the past three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(40993)
354	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the effect on council tax levels in Wales of the discontinuance of the Advanced Corporation Tax Credit scheme.
	(40994)
355	Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of his Department's appointees to non-departmental public bodies are aged (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 30 and (c) 31 to 35 years.
	(40733)
356	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the availability of Welsh speakers in Cardiff with suitable qualifications to staff a centralised agricultural grants department.
	(40912)
357	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many children in Wales are living in households whose income is below the UK national average.
	(41057)
358	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many spinal injury units there are in Wales.
	(40914)

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