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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 18 June 1998

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 18 June 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 Thursday 18 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Friday 19 June, 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.

THURSDAY 18th JUNE

1
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action the Government intends to take to contain expenditure on European Union wine subsidies; and if he will make a statement.

(46392)

2
   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 20, if he will list the potential (a) animal and (b) human health risks in circumstances where hunt kennels fail to achieve a satisfactory SRM audit.

[R] (46573)

3
   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 20, if he will list the reasons for the unsatisfactory audit finding for each hunt kennel listed.

[R] (46571)

4
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which approved pesticides are considered (a) systemic and (b) non-systemic.

(46699)

5
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all pesticides containing organophosphates currently approved in the UK.

(46698)

6
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 28, if he will make it his policy to encourage beef from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the United Kingdom and sold in the United Kingdom to be prominently and clearly labelled as British.

(46463)

7
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to dispose of assets held by his Department.

(46451)

8
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list by local authority area for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available (i) the value of tourism, (ii) the number of direct tourism jobs, (iii) direct tourism jobs as a percentage of the workforce, the number of indirect tourism jobs and the percentage of jobs sustained in full or (iv) part by tourism.

(46507)

9
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to eradicate racism in football.

(46098)

10
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the readiness state and mobilisation arrangements for squadrons of (a) the Royal Yeomanry and (b) the Queen's Own Yeomanry; what trials were involved in such assessments; what visits to the unit were made by ministers or senior officers; and what consultation took place with the unit.

(45847)

11
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Royal Yeomanry and Queen's Own Yeomanry last underwent the periodic REME examination of their vehicles; and if they passed.

(45848)

12
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Queen's Own Yeomanry last carried out their annual gunnery grading; what result they got; and what were the comparable figures for regular armoured reconnaisance units.

(45849)

13
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the manning levels for officers and soldiers in (a) the Royal Yeomanry and (b) the Queen's Own Yeomanry.

(45850)

14
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the average manning levels as a percentage of peace-time establishment in (a) the regular Royal Armed Corps as a whole and (b) the Second Royal Tank Regiment; and how many (i) Territorials, including S type and (ii) regular reservists are included in those percentages.

(45851)

15
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total annual budget for personnel costs, including permanent staff, man training days and bounty, for (a) the Royal Yeomanry and (b) the Queen's Own Yeomanry; and what would be the equivalent cost of manning regiments of similar size and roles with regular soldiers.

(45853)

16
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of the anti-personnel landmines in the possession of United Kingdom armed forces have been destroyed since 1st May 1997.

(46135)

17
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to ensure that the landmines in the possession of the United Kingdom armed forces are destroyed before 2004 in accordance with the Ottawa Convention.

(46136)

18
   Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of the MOD Police Headquarters; and how many cases relating to (a) grievance and (b) disciplinary procedures took (i) six months or more and (ii) 12 months or more to reach a conclusion in (1) 1996-97, (2) 1995-96 and (3) 1994-95.

(46495)

19
   Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of his Department's Personnel and Pay Agency; and how many cases relating to (a) grievance and (b) disciplinary procedure took (i) six months or more and (ii) 12 months or more to reach a conclusion in (1) 1996-97, (2) 1995-96 and (3) 1994-95.

(46494)

20
N   Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many gallantry medals were awarded to members of Her Majesty's Forces serving in (a) the Falklands war, (b) the Gulf war and (c) peacekeeping operations in former Yugoslavia; and if he will list the class of gallantry medals awarded.

(45394)

21
N   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the financial relationship between the Ministry of Defence and National Air Traffic Services.

(46444)

22
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay the decision not to court-martial Major Eric Joyce, Adjutant-General's Corps.

(46302)

23
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which date the resignation from the British Army of Major Eric Joyce, Adjutant-General's Corps, became effective.

(46301)

24
   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the implementation of long-term plans at the Greenwich Hospital site under section 26 of the Armed Forces Act 1996.

(46650)

25
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contacts, and when, his Department has had with (a) Stagecoach Aviation Ltd and (b) other commercial interests since 2nd May 1997 about (i) turning RAF Northolt into a civil airport and (ii) increasing the permitted number of civil aircraft movements or the stipulated operating hours for civil aircraft at RAF Northolt.

(45290)

26
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the pilot schemes announced since 1st May 1997 by his Department that involve local authorities in a lead or partnership capacity; if he will list each of the local authorities involved in each case; and what revenue and capital funding each local authority will receive through the pilot in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000 and (iv) 2000-2001.

(46391)

27
N   Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what has been the cost to public funds of compensating those departmental heads of information who have been replaced since 1st May 1997.

(46097)

28
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the performance of Staffordshire TEC.

(46299)

29
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the extent of skills mismatch on a regional basis.

(45854)

30
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students in each of the last 10 years for which records are available attended drama schools accredited by the Conference of Drama Schools; how many of those students were in receipt of discretionary grants from local education authorities; what was the average value of those grants; and how many of those students received a student loan.

(46510)

31
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria he applied in compiling the list of the top 100 schools.

(46496)

32
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local authorities participating in the New Deal programme for 18 to 24 year olds.

(46556)

33
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what procedures he has instituted to ensure that Ofsted inspectors and their teams meet the minimum standard laid down by him.

(46501)

34
   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will take steps to promote the (a) standardisation and (b) greater use of readily understandable iconic symbols denoting accessible facilities for people with different disabilities.

(46506)

35
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what provision his Department currently makes for teacher training in physical education.

(46101)

36
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current statutory curriculum requirement to provide physical education to 5 to 11 year olds in maintained schools; and what it will be from September.

(46103)

37
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what statutory requirements relating to the six non-core curriculum subjects for 5 to 11 year olds in maintained schools will be lifted in September.

(46099)

38
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the requirements for physical education in teacher training programmes.

(46102)

39
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how he intends to monitor the effects of the decision not to waive fourth year fees for eligible English and Welsh students at Scottish institutions.

(46297)

40
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the fatal accident at the Moorside Drift Mine, Eckington, Derbyshire, on 4th June.

(45056)

41
N   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those (a) local authorities, (b) county councils and (c) regional planning conferences which have adjusted their UDP, structure plans and housing estimates as a result of the replacement of Predict and Provide with Plan, Monitor and Manage.

(46303)

42
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of applications for planning permission for gypsy caravan sites were granted by local planning authorities in (a) 1993-94, (b) 1994-95, (c) 1995-96, (d) 1996-97 and (e) 1997-98.

(46566)

43
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review sections 77 to 80 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

(46569)

44
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities in respect of the provision and development of gypsy sites.

(46570)

45
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what grants from public funds were paid to the London Borough of Wandsworth for the year 1998-99.

(46497)

46
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's local economic development and regeneration policies.

(45852)

47
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the species which have become extinct in the UK over the past decade.

(46700)

48
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will reply to the letter of 5th March from the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire about the planning status of Throckmorton Airfield.

(46465)

49
   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January, Official Report, column 442, what compensation has been paid to the four consortia which tendered for the Weald and Downland DBFO project.

(46697)

50
N   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the role of the Private Finance Initiative in funding the new Scottish centre at Prestwick in relation to the proposed public/private partnership for funding air traffic control.

(46440)

51
N   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when National Air Traffic Services will sign the contract for the new Scottish centre at Prestwick.

(46443)

52
N   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of occasions in the last (a) month and (b) six months when allegations have been made of overloads of the air traffic control system; and what has been the outcome of investigations.

(46439)

53
N   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in relation to the proposed public/private partnership for National Air Traffic Services, what proportion of the 51 per cent. of the shares held in the private sector will be reserved for employees.

(46446)

54
N   Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of alternative options for the future funding of air traffic control services; and if he will publish the arrangements for consultation on the Government's preferred option.

(46442)

55
   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to what extent the Departmental Review of the ratings structure for non-domestic rate payers will take into account the objectives of sustainability, security and diversity of supply for electricity supply; and if he will make a statement.

( 46529)

56
N   Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to publish the Coalfield Taskforce's report.

(46104)

57
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps the Government will take to encourage the movement of freight within the United Kingdom by coastal shipping.

(46709)

58
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards extended pedestrian-only areas in city centre and suburban areas.

(46707)

59
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when sufficient data will be available to enable an assessment to be made of the success or otherwise of recent road traffic reduction legislation; and if he will make a statement.

(46708)

60
   Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions (a) have been made and (b) have been successful under the Police and Criminal Justice Act 1994 broken down by the relevant authority against unauthorised camping.

(46499)

61
   Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received about problems with unauthorised camping.

(46498)

62
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contacts, and when, his Department has had with (a) Stagecoach Aviation Ltd and (b) other commercial interests since 2nd May 1997 about (i) turning RAF Northolt into a civil airport and (ii) increasing the number of civil aircraft movements or the stipulated operating hours for civil aircraft at RAF Northolt.

(45291)

63
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his policy on the level of the Contingency Reserve.

(46388)

64
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the current marginal benefits of different forms of public investment; and if he will make a statement.

(46399)

65
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which areas he intends departments to spend the £1.5 billion carried forward from last year as an underspend, in 1998-99; and if he will make a statement.

(46441)

66
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Bank of England was first notified of the new plans for public spending and borrowing, as set out in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report (June 1998); and if he will make a statement.

(46384)

67
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publish, in future Budgets, accounts including environmental factors; and if he will make a statement.

(46398)

68
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the public sector net cash requirement, including windfall tax receipts and associated spending, for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01, (e) 2001-02 and (f) 2002-03.

(46374)

69
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will restate Table 4.5, page 44, of the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report of June 1998, to show total tax receipts and social security contributions before netting-off tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

(46390)

70
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to increase consultation about public service standards and associated public spending plans; and if he will make a statement.

(46383)

71
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications the Stability and Growth Pact has for the conduct of UK fiscal policy; and if he will make a statement.

(46400)

72
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list his engagements for 7th June to 15th June.

(46395)

73
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the increase in real public expenditure for each year from 1998-99 to 2001-02, in terms of the previously defined, Control Total for Public Expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

(46381)

74
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the public sector net cash requirement for (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-00, (c) 2000-01, (d) 2001-02, and (e) 2002-03, of the new accounting treatment of student financial support, as indicated in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report of June 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(46389)

75
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the final draft of Stability and Investment for the Long Term, June 1998 (Cm 3978), was sent to be printed; and if he will make a statement.

(46372)

76
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes to the gross Contingency Reserve for Public Spending have taken place between the publication of the Financial Statement and Budget Report of March 1998 and the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report of June 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(46377)

77
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his proposals to relax the capping regime for local authority budgets, in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report June 1998, page 27.

(46394)

78
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will restate Table 4.6 in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report (June 1998) to show figures in cash terms.

(46396)

79
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the level of asset disposals, at real 1997-98 prices, for each year from 1985-86 to 2001-02 for (a) central government, (b) local authorities and (c) other public bodies.

(46379)

80
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate for each year from 1978-79 to 2001-02 the expenditure by the Government on public sector net investment (a) in real terms in 1997-98 prices and (b) as a percentage of gross domestic product.

(46387)

81
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of net public sector investment in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 2003-4, expressed in 1997-98 prices.

(46404)

82
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the cyclically adjusted current budget surplus for (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01, (d) 2001-02 and (e) 2002-03, based upon gross domestic product of (i) 1.5 per cent. for 1998-99. (ii) 1.0 per cent. for 1999-2000, (iii) 2.0 per cent. for 2000-01, (iv) 2.25 per cent. for 2001-02 and (v) 2.25 per cent. for 2002-03.

(46376)

83
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update Table 318, page 128, of the Financial Statement and Budget Report March 1998, to include information published in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report (June 1998); and if he will make a statement.

(46380)

84
   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the level of value-added tax receipts in relation to (a) the latest Customs and Excise VAT forecasting equation and (b) the assumptions underlying the public finance forecasts.

(46515)

85
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the level of net public investment as a share of gross domestic product for each year from 2002-03 to 2004-05;and if he will make a statement.

(46378)

86
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual real terms growth of (a) total government expenditure, (b) control total expenditure, (c) current expenditure and (d) capital expenditure, for (i) 1978-79 to 1982-83, (ii) 1982-83 to 1986-87, (iii) 1986-87 to 1991-92, (iv) 1991-92 to 1996-97 and (v) 1996-97 to 2001-02.

(46386)

87
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the level of contingency reserves for (a) departmental expenditure limits, and (b) annually managed expenditure for (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-2001 and (iii) 2001-2002; and if he will make a statement.

(46393)

88
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which departmental areas, and for what reasons, there was underspend in 1997-98, compared with the spending plans as set out in the Financial Statement and Budget Report, March 1998; what was the size of the underspend; and if he will make a statement.

(46403)

89
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what adjustment mechanism will be available to the Treasury for public expenditure in circumstances when inflation outturns diverge substantially from Treasury planning assumptions; and if he will make a statement.

(46382)

90
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend (i) Table 4.A.1, page 49, and (ii) Table 4.A.2, page 50 of the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report (June 1998) to show the series given for the years 1999-2000 to 2002-03.

(46397)

91
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will update Table 1.2, page 11, of the Financial Statement and Budget Report of March 1998, to include the new forecasts contained in the Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report of June 1998.

(46373)

92
   Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate over the latest available period of the broad money growth (a) on average in the eleven countries which will join EMU and (b) in the United Kingdom.

(46647)

93
N   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 652, which paragraph of Annex B contains the Treasury definition of capital expenditure for the purposes of the golden rule.

(46462)

94
N   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 652, on foreign earnings deduction if he will define the phrase, very high earning individuals used in paragraph 2 of the Inland Revenue Press Release 33 of 17th March.

(46402)

95
N   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 652, on foreign earnings deduction if he will define the phrase, very high incomes, used in paragraph 22 of the Inland Revenue Explanatory Notes to Clause 63 of the Finance (No. 2) Bill.

(46401)

96
N   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his discussions with the Accounting Standards Board regarding exposure draft FRS 5 on Accounting for the Substance of Transactions.

(46375)

97
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of divergence in diesel duty rates across the EU on United Kingdom competitiveness.

(46576)

98
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish government on the imprisonment of members of the Turkish National Assembly.

(46516)

99
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the number of (a) male and (b) female United Kingdom nationals imprisoned in each country overseas for which his Department collates records; and how many are at present under the death sentence.

(46517)

100
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the dependent territories which (a) carry out the death penalty and (b) allow corporal punishment.

(46518)

101
N   Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his oral Answer to the Right honourable Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, on intelligence, on 12th May, Official Report, column 159, was based on oral or written briefing that he had received.

(46279)

102
   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answers to the honourable Member for North East Fife of 20th March, Official Report, columns 769-70, what reports from what sources he will take into account when determining the United Kingdom response to future UN resolutions on Cambodia.

(46716)

103
   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he proposes to take to ensure an agreed timetable is established for the start of work by United Nations experts into human rights abuses in Cambodia; and if he will make a statement.

(46652)

104
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what extent and in what ways the Foreign Policy Centre has influenced his Department's policy initiatives; and if he will make a statement.

(46706)

105
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, columns 687-8, concerning direct payments, if the Greater London Forum for Elderly People will be consulted.

(46309)

106
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were on child protection registers on 1st May.

(46530)

107
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations since June 1997 he has received from (a) honourable Members, (b) community health councils, (c) health authorities and (d) hospital and ambulance trusts regarding the future role of community health councils; and if he will make a statement.

(46521)

108
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review and expand the role of community health councils; and if he will make a statement.

(46526)

109
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to raise the profile of community health councils.

(46524)

110
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that all community health councils represented in a locality are consulted about initiatives in (a) health action zones and (b) primary care groups; and if he will make a statement.

(46525)

111
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue directions to (a) health authorities, (b) hospitals and (c) ambulance trust boards to ensure the right of a local representative from each community health council represented in the locality to be given (i) observer status or (ii) full speaking rights at the board meetings; and if he will make a statement.

(46522)

112
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his departmental officials last met representatives of the Association of Community Health Councils; and what matters were discussed.

(46523)

113
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what were the smoking trends for all categories of young people below the age of 30 years in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.

(46483)

114
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated for trauma in each health authority area for the last five years for which figures are available.

(46511)

115
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is given to doctors to assist in diagnosing patients suffering from trauma.

(46512)

116
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialists in trauma treatment there are in each health authority area.

(46513)

117
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which components of the NHS will have the power under the new arrangements set out in the White Paper, The New NHS (Cm 3807), to make grants to voluntary organisations in connection with the provision by them of services.

(46508)

118
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the components of the NHS will make recommendations for the placement in mental nursing homes of people with learning difficulties or mental health problems under the new arrangements set out in the White Paper, The New NHS (Cm 3807).

(46509)

119
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will decide on the plans developed by Worcestershire Health Authority for the restructuring of health services in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement.

(46464)

120
   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995 on young carers; and what estimate he has made of the number of assessments made of young carers under the Act.

(46572)

121
   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if support for young carers will be included in the national strategy for carers.

(46568)

122
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when officials from his Department last met Home Office officials to discuss working holiday visas for nurses.

(46502)

123
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of overseas nurses working in the United Kingdom on working holiday visas to addressing shortages in nursing provision.

(46505)

124
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those British citizens arrested in France in the past month (a) are now or (b) have previously been the subject of a restriction order.

(46447)

125
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those British citizens arrested in France in the past month have previously been convicted (a) of a football-related offence and (b) of any criminal offence.

(46450)

126
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that those arrested for committing football offences in France are tried there.

(46449)

127
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those convicted of eligible offences in the last five years are currently the subject of restriction orders.

(46448)

128
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restriction orders under the Football Spectators Act 1989 have been made since 1st May 1997.

(46567)

129
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 640, how many new in-cell television sets his Department proposes to procure under the present procurement; and what estimate he has made of future numbers required.

(46514)

130
   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to allow the police to retain a proportion of fines resulting from offences detected by cameras.

(46528)

131
   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the approvals process relating to the use of enforcement equipment for prosecutions in the United Kingdom.

(46527)

132
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects cannabis grown for therapeutic purposes to be available for large-scale clinical trials.

(46574)

133
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals the Government has to combat the chanting of racial abuse at sporting events.

(46100)

134
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the working holiday visa scheme to allow greater flexibility in respect of the employment of overseas nurses.

(46503)

135
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to grant all nurses on working holiday visas an unrestricted two year visa.

(46504)

136
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new measures he will take to prevent known football hooligans travelling overseas; and if he will make a statement.

(46565)

137
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the rights to compensation of victims where the offence took place before 1st October 1979 and the offender and victim lived together as members of the same family.

(46578)

138
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims under the criminal injuries compensation scheme have been rejected because the offence took place before 1st October 1979 and the victim and the offender lived together as members of the same family.

(46579)

139
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what are the outstanding issues which need to be resolved before proposals on the introduction of commonhold are published; and if he will make a statement.

(46555)

140
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how she intends to monitor the effects of the decision not to waive fourth-year fees for eligible Northern Irish students at Scottish institutions.

(46298)

141
   Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the summits and EU ministerial meetings over which the United Kingdom has presided in 1998; what discussions on the millennium compliance of computer systems took place at each; and if he will make a statement on the initiatives that were decided on.

(46646)

142
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he first received the application from Mr Lance Price, for the position of his deputy press spokesman; on what dates interviews were conducted with Mr Price; and on what date the decison was taken to employ Mr Price.

(46445)

143
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he plans to publish the Government's report on progress on election pledges and other matters; and if he will make a statement.

(46385)

144
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ensure that the powers of the Secretary of State for Wales in respect of the administration of the European Social Fund are comparable to or greater than those of the head of government regional offices in England; and if he will make a statement.

(46703)

145
   Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what account he took of Schedule 1 of the Skye Bridge Crossing Toll Order in allowing the sale of books of 20 discounted tickets for the Skye Toll Bridge.

(46717)

146
N   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list by district council the percentage of each district council budget in Scotland allocated to voluntary organisations for each financial year since 1992-93:

(46228)

147
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his policy on the future of the four-year honours degree at Scottish universities.

(46296)

148
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what period of notice teacher training institutions in Scotland will be given before an inspection; and what reasons underlie the decision on the giving of notice.

(46294)

149
N   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how he intends to monitor the effects of (a) the abolition of grants, (b) the introduction of tuition fees and (c) the decision not to waive fourth-year tuition fees for English, Welsh and Northern Irish students, on the (i) age, (ii) gender, (iii) domicile, (iv) ethnicity, (v) socio-economic background and (iv) total number of students at Scottish institutions.

(46295)

150
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what specialist training and guidance on (a) fibromyalgia, (b) cystic fibrosis, (c) ME/CFS and (d) MS is offered to examining medical practitioners employed by the Benefits Agency Medical Service.

(46520)

151
N   Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she proposes to answer the letters from the honourable Member for Alyn and Deeside of the 30th September 1997, 20th March 1998 and 24th April 1998 on behalf of Ms Yvonne Davies; and if she will make a statement.

(46300)

152
   Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many CSA cases are currently awaiting assessment.

(46564)

153
N   Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will place the findings of the previous inquiry into Anglia TV share dealings in the Library.

(46485)

154
N   Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will re-open the inquiry into Anglia TV share dealings.

(46484)

155
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if her Department's inspectors investigating the dealing by Lord Archer in Anglia TV shares in 1994 interviewed Sir Nicholas Lloyd; and if she will make a statement.

(46577)

156
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps she is taking to increase the availability in the United Kingdom of low-sulphur diesel.

(46575)

157
N   Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the impact on the level of employment of her employment and industrial relations legislation.

(45087)

158
   Mr Brian White (North East Milton Keynes):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, for what reasons the original year 2000 Millennium conformance standard set by BSI was deficient in respect of real time requirements.

(46500)

159
N   Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what measures she is taking to promote the British clothing and textile industry.

(44989)

160
N   Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations she has received regarding the value of the pound and its impact on the clothing and textile industry.

(44990)

161
   Mr David Hanson (Delyn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will ensure that his officials undertake a full evaluation of residents' alternative proposals with regard to the proposed closure of the A55 gaps at Coed y Cra, Halkyn, Flintshire prior to any final decision.

(46651)

162
   Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the advantages of requiring all new housing developments with access to the mains sewers to comply with the requirements of the Public Health Act 1936 and the Water Industry Act 1991 in order that the sewers serving these developments meet the criteria for adoption by the local authority.

(46648)

163
   Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many households he estimates have unadopted sewers connected to the mains system as a result of developers not meeting the requirements of the Public Health Act 1936 and the Water Industry Act 1991 when constructing housing developments.

(46649)

164
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to make changes in the membership of the Further Education Funding Council for Wales prior to the establishment of the National Assembly.

(46701)

165
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions there have been between his Department and the National Museum of Wales concerning the desirability for applicants for the post of curator of the National Museum of Wales having some knowledge of Wales, its history and its people.

(46704)

166
N   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the countries in conflict for which the United Kingdom has provided ECGD cover for military exports since May 1997.

[Question Unstarred] (45050)

167
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many sites of special scientific interest there are; and what their approximate acreage is in the United Kingdom.

[Transferred] (46694)

168
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what actions his Department is taking to ensure protection of (a) existing sites of special scientific interest and (b) potential sites.

[Transferred] (46696)

169
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list, with their approximate acreage, the sites of special scientific interest in Gloucestershire.

[Transferred] (46695)

170
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many listed buildings, by number and grade, there are in East Sussex.

[Transferred] (46705)

171
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT from safety helmets worn by (a) cyclists and (b) motorcyclists.

[Transferred] (46702)

172
   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to public funds of road accidents involving a single fatality.

[Transferred] (46519)

173
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the Public Records Act 1958 to allow free public access to the records of births, deaths and marriages.

[Transferred] (46693)

174
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations the Government has embarked upon with local government representatives following the publication of Leading the Way--A New Vision for Local Government.

[Transferred] (46710)