House of Commons portcullis
House of Commons
Session 1997-98
Publications on the internet
The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 6 May 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 6 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 Wednesday 6 May, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Thursday 7 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.
 


 
WEDNESDAY 6th MAY
1  
N  
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the principal works being carried out to the SSNs currently undergoing refit.
(40891)
2  
N  
Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps he has taken to provide Government ministers with IT equipment for their official duties; and how many have acquired such equipment to date.
(39807)
3  
N  
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to review the range and quality of music teaching in primary schools; and if he will make a statement.
(40779)
4  
N  
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress made in establishing a network of personal advisors to help sick and disabled people overcome barriers to work; and what is the timetable for further plans relating to the scheme.
(41062)
5  
N  
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what (a) qualification requirements and (b) compulsory training requirements there are for personal advisors for the New Deal for the long-term sick and disabled.
(41061)
6  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from organisations in the West Midlands in support of a voluntary regional chamber in the region.
(40229)
7  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to improve the accessibility of new-built private sector homes for people with disabilities.
(40231)
8  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce fiscal discrimination to encourage the development of regional airports.
(40232)
9  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to encourage the scope for more flexible public-private partnerships to facilitate greater investment at those regional airports owned by local authorities.
(40233)
10  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the maximum predictions for PM10 emissions in Egham (i) from the motorway and (ii) from all sources (a) in the morning peak and (b) as a 24-hour running average, in (1) 2000 and (2) 2010 if the M25 is widened to 10-12 lanes between Junctions 12 and 15.
(40442)
11  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 21st April, Official Report, column 550, on the M25, what lane capacity figure for the M25, in terms of vehicles per hour per lane, was used by the Highways Agency to calculate the weaving requirements for (a) the proposed widening of the motorway between Junctions 12 and 15 and (b) the T5 spur road.
(40443)
12  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what basis the consultants employed by the Highways Agency concluded that the readings well above the EPAQS air quality standard for PM10s recorded in Egham immediately alongside the M25 in 1994 by the St George's Hospital Medical School were attributable to natural sources.
(40444)
13  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reasons the consultants employed by the Highways Agency concluded there was no clearly-defined source of the PM10 pollution well above the EPAQS air quality standard that was recorded immediately alongside the M25 in Egham in 1994 by the St George's Hospital Medical School.
(40445)
14  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate his Department has made of the peak hour PM10 levels from all sources in Egham relative to the EPAQS safety standard in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2010 if the 10-12 lane widening scheme for the M25 between Junctions 12 and 15 were implemented.
(40447)
15  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the natural sources which consultants employed by the Highways Agency concluded were the cause of the PM10 readings well above the EPAQS air quality standard that were recorded in Egham immediately alongside the M25 in 1994 by the St George's Hospital Medical School.
(40446)
16  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the contribution made by natural sources to the PM10 readings recorded immediately alongside the M25 in Egham in 1994 by the St George's Hospital Medical School.
(40448)
17  
N  
Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reasons the PM10 pollution levels recorded by the St George's Hospital Medical School in Egham in 1994 immediately alongside the M25 were not assessed by the consultants subsequently employed by the Highways Agency to produce air quality forecasts in connection with the proposed widening of the motorway.
(40449)
18  
N  
Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what qualifications are required for approval as a certifying authority authorised to undertake survey and certification of vessels for compliance with the Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels.
(40857)
19  
N  
Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which certifying authorities operating under his authority to ensure compliance with the Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Commercial Motor Vessels through the survey and certification of vessels operate in the North of Scotland.
(40856)
20  
N  
Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the role of (a) the Probation Service and (b) his Department in the publication of the book Cries Unheard; and if they were aware in advance of any proposed payment to Mary Bell.
(41060)
21  
N  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 24th April, Official Report, column 703, when he expects to publish figures for the number of police officers in England and Wales on 31st March.
(41011)
22  
N  
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 6th May.
(40630)
23  
N  
Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list the benefits to be paid through the operation of smartcards.
(41012)
24  
N  
Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which computer services companies other than ICL have approached her Department; and which computer services companies other than ICL her Department has approached to install computer systems to allow payment of benefits through smartcards at post offices.
(41014)
25  
N  
Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much child benefit is currently awarded on behalf of children aged (a) under five and (b) 16 and 17 years of age.
(41064)
26  
N  
Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she expects ICL to complete installation of the central computer system to all post offices to allow use of the plastic smartcards for the payment of benefits.
(41013)
27  
N  
Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many post offices have had the central computer system installed to allow operation of smartcards for benefit payments.
(41015)
28  
N  
Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of the total income of adults over state pension age comes from state social security benefits, including state pensions.
(41063)
29  
N  
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a substantive reply to his letter of 11th March (ref: POS(X) 3644/26) which was referred to the Benefits Agency, and which has now been returned to her Department for ministerial reply.
(40934)
30  
N  
Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many exploration oil and gas wells were drilled in the first quarter of (i) 1997 and (ii) 1998.
(40348)
31  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 30th April, if she will list the two sites referred to; what was the increase in staff; for what period of time the increases were agreed; and what was the consequential effect on the overall police establishment.
(41083)
32  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 21, what conditions were attached to the agreement for an increase in police numbers at Dounreay.
(41091)
33  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 30th April, what reviews have been commissioned which have still to report; what sites these relate to; and if she will make a statement.
(41092)
34  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the category of each site for which the UKAEA Constabulary had responsibility over the last five years indicating when category changes took place and the associated change in police establishments.
(41089)
35  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the sites policed by the UKAEA Constabulary in each of the last five years, indicating (a) when they first assumed responsibility and (b) when they ceased to have responsibility.
(41088)
36  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 21, if she will list the membership of the UKAEA Police Authority, indicating for each member their current employment.
(41085)
37  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 21, on what occasions the Chief Constable has made representations on UKAEA police numbers to ministers in the past five years; in relation to which sites; and with what outcome.
(41082)
38  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 21, what is the current force establishment of the UKAEA Constabulary; and what is the planned establishment for each of the next three years.
(41084)
39  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 21, over what period of time the Chief Constable had raised his concerns about police numbers at (a) Dounreay and (b) other nuclear installations.
(41090)
40  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the oral Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 21, for which sites in each of the last three years the Chief Constable has requested extra police staffing; on what dates; and with what outcome.
(41087)
41  
N  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her Answer of 30th April, if she will place a copy of the most recent HMI Constabulary report relating to security at UKAEA Constabulary-policed sites in the Library; and if she will list the security organisations which advised HMI on the report.
(41086)
42  
N  
Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what support the Government is giving to small businesses to deal with the threat of Year 2000 computer bugs.
(39795)
43  
N  
Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the individual financial reserves of each TEC in Wales as at 31st March 1997.
(40167)
44  
N  
Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the individual financial reserves of each TEC in Wales as at 31st March.
(40166)
45  
N  
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what costings he has made for the adaptation of Crickhowell House for the temporary home of the Welsh Assembly.
(41067)
46  
N  
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what conditions are attached to the acquisition of the site for the debating chamber of the Welsh Assembly from Grosvenor Waterside.
(41066)
47  
N  
Mr Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the terms of the ownership of the site acquired for the new debating chamber for the Welsh Assembly, announced on 28th April.
(41065)
48  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the refusal of section 64 funding for the Access Committee for England.
[Transferred] (40230)
49  
N  
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress is being made in reaching agreement with the member states of the EU regarding the establishment of a European co-operative statute; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (41081)


Contents, today's questions
 
House of Commons home page Houses of Parliament home page House of Lords home page search page enquiries

© Parliamentary copyright 1998
Revised 6 May 1998