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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 25 June 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on  Thursday 25 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 25 June, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Monday 29 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 25th JUNE
1	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the likely savings to his Department arising from the transfer of current responsibilities for food safety to the proposed Food Standards Agency.
	(47591)
2   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Minister for London and Construction, of 17th June, Official Report, column 335, if he will make a statement on his Department's future plans for Kew Gardens.
	(47292)
3	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many contraventions of Article 15(11)(a) of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995, on the prohibition of the use of poultry manure in compound feeding stuffs, have been notified to his Department since it came into force; and if he will make a statement.
	(47582)
4	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the prohibition in Article 15(11)(a) of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995, in ensuring that no poultry manure is used in foodstuffs; and if he will make a statement.
	(47584)
5	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department has evaluated on the relationship between meat consumption and the development of dementia.
	(47583)
6	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many checks have been made since 1995 to monitor compliance with the prohibition in Article 15(11)(a) of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995 on the use of poultry manure in compound feeding stuffs.
	(47581)
7	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what mechanisms are used to ensure that no poultry manure is included in compound feeding stuffs and to monitor compliance with Article 11(a) of the Feeding Stuff Regulations 1995; and if he will make a statement.
	(47585)
8	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what methods of disposal of fallen stock his Department has evaluated.
	(47686)
9	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many carcases are currently waiting to be disposed of under the over-30-months scheme.
	(47770)
10	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the extent of problems with fallen stock in the North of England.
	(47684)
11	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will give a regional breakdown of fallen stock in England for the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(47685)
12	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the impact of EU Commission Regulation 623/98 on the manufacture of Cumberland Rum Butter; and if he will make a statement.
	(47772)
13   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list all the years in which the former Potato Marketing Board implemented market support measures by purchasing potatoes for use as animal feed, together with the tonnage for each year.
	(47563)
14   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask Mr Attorney General, how many members of his Department are currently working on Lockerbie.
	(47293)
15	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the invitation to tender for a cost benefit analysis of the All Industry Fund, approved by the Action Committee of the Film Policy Review Group, indicating the consultants invited to tender.
	(47693)
16	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department had made of the likely impact of the current strength of the pound on inbound tourism to the United Kingdom.
	(47771)
17	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals he has to promote sustainable tourism initiatives.
	(47699)
18   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on his proposals for the reduction of television licence fees for pensioners.
	(47560)
19	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what initiatives his Department is supporting for pensioners' concessionary admission charges at arts, leisure and tourist venues.
	(47678)
20	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his review of the future funding of the BBC will include consideration of a scheme for a universal pensioners' concessionary television licence fee.
	(47679)
21   N	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) current establishment and (b) actual current manning levels of (i) the Army as a whole, (ii) Royal Armoured Corps regiments, (iii) infantry battalions, (iv) Army Air Corps regiments, (v) Royal Artillery regiments, (vi) Royal Engineer regiments, (vii) Royal Signals units, (viii) Royal Logistics Corps units, (ix) Adjutant Generals Corps, (x) Formation Headquarters and (xi) the Territorial Army.
	(47545)
22   N	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) current establishment and (b) actual current manning levels of (i) the Royal Navy as a whole, (ii) the Fleet Air Arm, (iii) the Royal Marines, (iv) the Royal Marine Reserve and (v) the Royal Naval Reserve.
	(47547)
23   N	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) current establishment and (b) actual current manning levels of (i) the Royal Air Force as a whole, (ii) pilots, navigators and ground crew assigned to (1) squadron duty, (2) strike attack, (3) offensive support, (4) reconnaissance, (5) maritime patrol, (6) air defence, (7) air transport (including air-to-air refuelling), (8) support helicopters and (9) search and rescue, (iii) Royal Air Force Regiment and (iv) Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
	(47546)
24   N	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he currently expects to publish the strategic defence review; and when he ceased to expect to publish the review in the first half of the year.
	(47517)
25	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Russian Navy ships have berthed at United Kingdom ports within the last five years.
	(47587)
26   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the rescue of the two British Army climbers from Mount McKinley in Alaska.
	(47559)
27	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the 5th Shropshire and Herefordshire Light Infantry and the Royal Mercian & Lancastrian Yeomanry Territorial Army battalions.
	(47681)
28	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the cadet forces in Shropshire associated with Territorial Army battalions.
	(47680)
29	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to allow empty houses at the RAF base at Chicksands in Bedfordshire to be used for local authority housing.
	(47702)
30	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 581, if the weights, sizes and yields of each type of the WE177 weapon are now declassified information.
	(47804)
31	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that missile performance characteristics will be the primary criteria for the selection of a missile for the Eurofighter 2000 aircraft to meet Air Staff Target 1239.
	(47805)
32	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take further steps to ensure that the projected multi-role armoured reconnaissance vehicle is delivered to the British Army on time.
	(47806)
33	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his estimate of the total cost of the project definition, development and production of the full complement of Horizon 2000 common new generation frigates to the Royal Navy; what were the orginal estimates; when the acceptance of the first of class by the Fleet is due to take place; and what was the date originally planned.
	(47807)
34	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of further education staff in Hampshire are employed on temporary contracts.
	(47589)
35	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will instigate schemes to recruit, train and employ unemployed people with computing skills to help tackle the Millennium Bug.
	(47700)
36	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the names of each school covered by each of the education action zones announced on 23rd June, indicating for each the latest available GCSE results or Key Stage 2 results as appropriate.
	(47815)
37	Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how he will define his objectives for the improvement during the next four years in the performance of children with special educational needs at mainstream schools, with particular reference to literacy and numeracy targets.
	(47579)
38	Mr Michael Wills (North Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he intends to publish plans for action to improve mainstream provision for children with special educational needs.
	(47578)
39   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what appraisal he has made of safety factors in relation to the carriage of nuclear waste by train in the United Kingdom.
	(47467)
40	Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government's consultation document on energy efficiency will be issued.
	(47800)
41	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals are planned and what measures have recently been implemented regarding the use of historic and classic cars and motor-bikes.
	(47692)
42   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if (a) the viability of local businesses, (b) the prospects for local jobs and (c) the nature of village life in the area will be taken into account in his Department's review of transport strategy within the Lake District National Park; and if he will make a statement.
	(47464)
43   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he proposes to consult residents and businesses within the Lake District National Park following the publication of his conclusions about transport strategy in the area.
	(47463)
44   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which organisations and individuals representing residents and businesses within the Lake District National Park (a) have been consulted, (b) will be consulted and (c) have chosen to express a view on his Department's transport strategy for the area.
	(47465)
45   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce his conclusions concerning transport policy within the Lake District National Park; and if he will make a statement.
	(47466)
46	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evaluation his Department has made of the spray suppression procedures for heavy goods vehicles in (a) Portugal, (b) France, (c) Belgium, (d) Germany and (e) Holland.
	(47768)
47	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to deal with problems arising from spray emanating from heavy goods vehicles; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current procedures; and if he will make a statement.
	(47766)
48	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce the findings of the research undertaken by the Transport Research Laboratory on the measurement of spray from vehicles and its effect on vision.
	(47767)
49	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what new measures he proposes to improve the monitoring of discharges into the Irish Sea from the United Kingdom's nuclear facilities.
	(47695)
50   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many fishing vessels have been lost from Cornish ports since 1995; how many men were lost in each case; and who owned the vessels.
	(47462)
51   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to raise the 'Margaretha Maira'; and what investigations are taking place to identify the cause of the loss of the vessel.
	(47461)
52   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from the widows of the men lost aboard the 'Margaretha Maria'.
	(47460)
53	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the estimated change in air traffic into and out of the United Kingdom over each of the next five years.
	(47586)
54   N	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plant to introduce legislation to ban the use of lead shot over wetlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(47096)
55   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many deaths have been caused through white asbestos in each of the last five years.
	(47410)
56   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will launch an inquiry into the proposed acquisition of a stake in Virgin Rail by Stagecoach.
	(47561)
57   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the level of radiation emitted from trains carrying nuclear material.
	(47432)
58   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list, for each of the last five years, the number of accidents involving trains carrying nuclear material, within a five mile radius of Warrington.
	(47430)
59   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the average number of trains per week carrying nuclear waste which pass through Warrington.
	(47431)
60	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what initiatives his Department is supporting for pensioners' concessionary fares for travel by bus and rail.
	(47677)
61	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions each year since 1983 the Local Government Commission for England has conducted an interim (non-periodic) review of council ward boundaries; for which councils; and for what reasons
	(47682)
62	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures are planned by his Department to achieve (a) the EU 12.5 per cent. target and (b) the national 20 per cent. target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in each of the sectors identified in the European Commission's First Analysis report.
	(47575)
63	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he proposes to promote investment in combined heat and power generation; and if he will make a statement.
	(47577)
64	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to what extent his target of a 20 per cent. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010 will be realised by combined heat and power generation.
	(47576)
65	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the latest available estimates of those aged 17 years and over, plus 63 per cent. of those aged 16 years, for each district council area in England and Wales, together in each case with the equivalent electoral registration figures expressed as a percentage of these figures.
	(47710)
66   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information is held about the numbers of vehicles and types of vehicle owned or leased by each department and agency.
	(47564)
67   N	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations he has received about debt relief for the poorest countries; and if he will make a statement.
	(46171)
68	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pensioner shareholders with no tax liability currently recover tax credits directly; and how much these recovered tax credits cost in the last three financial years.
	(47691)
69   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) representations he has received and (b) consideration he has given to a reduction in the VAT rate for the tourist industry to a level comparable to that in the Irish Republic.
	(46253)
70	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to adjust the tax regime on oil companies.
	(47769)
71	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of levels of taxation on tourism products and services, on tourism levels.
	(47696)
72	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Treasury received from the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry in the last financial year.
	(47802)
73   N	Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received with regard to the impact of his working families tax credit on part-time employees.
	(46156)
74   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the indirect and direct tax regimes on Church of England parochial church councils; and if he will make a statement.
	(46177)
75	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the volume of correspondence sent to and received from honourable Members by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the periods (a) 1st January to 26th March 1994 and (b) 1st January to 26th March 1998.
	(47687)
76   N	Mr David Prior (North Norfolk):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the level of UK interest rates.
	(46164)
77   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact on unemployment of a one per cent. increase in average earnings.
	(47542)
78	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue he estimates would be lost if VAT were reduced to 5 per cent. on properties empty for one year or more.
	(47808)
79   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) consultations he had with or (b) representations he received from the horse racing industry prior to his announcement about the Tote of 11th June.
	(47528)
80   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed research in the Moscow archives by Gill Bennett, into the circumstances surrounding the Zinoviev letter of 1924.
	(47406)
81   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the latest oil exploration around the Falkland Islands; and who will be eligible to receive royalties from oil found in this area.
	(47433)
82	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the volume of correspondence sent to and received from honourable Members by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the periods (a) 1st January to 26th March 1994 and (b) 1st January to 26th March 1998.
	(47688)
83   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Ministerial directions he has issued relating to the issue of export licences for the sale of British manufactured goods to Taiwan since 2nd May 1997.
	(47570)
84	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects tenders to be invited for the new Rothbury Community Hospital.
	(47819)
85	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has evaluated on discrimination against the elderly within the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	(47588)
86   N	Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to local area child protection committees on addressing the needs of children involved in sexual exploitation and prostitution.
	(47429)
87	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the volume of correspondence sent to and received from honourable Members by the Secretary of State for Health in the periods (a) 1st January to 26th March 1994 and (b) 1st January to 26th March 1998.
	(47689)
88	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his most recent assessment of the accuracy of electoral registers at the end of their lifespan.
	(47712)
89	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been fined for failing to comply with the requirement to register for electoral purposes in each of the last 10 years.
	(47713)
90	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the amount of canvassing carried out in each local authority area to compile electoral registers; and how many areas carry forward names from the previous year's register for (i) one year and (ii) longer than one year.
	(47704)
91	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been spent on advertising electoral registration by central government in each of the last 10 years.
	(47714)
92	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the extent of non-registration on the electoral register of (a) those in privately rented and furnished accommodation, (b) New Commonwealth citizens, (c) those who had moved in the past year, (d) black people, (e) those aged under 17 years, (f) those aged 21-24 years and (g) those living in inner London.
	(47708)
93	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the extent of dual electoral registrations by (a) students, (b) owners of second homes and (c) others.
	(47705)
94	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will arrange for electoral registration statistics to be compiled by parliamentary constituencies.
	(47707)
95	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the number of overseas voters and service voters who live abroad.
	(47706)
96	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time probation officers were in post (a) during 1994 and (b) for the latest date for which figures are available.
	(47829)
97	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time probation officers are expected to be in post during the financial years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.
	(47827)
98   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the application of Mrs Estelle Mills, a constituent of the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam for British citizenship, application number M739663, will be (a) considered and (b) determined.
	(47565)
99   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what disciplinary action has been taken against those providing Inland Revenue information referred to or relative to Public Interest Immunity Document D909 to persons outside the Inland Revenue.
	(47262)
100   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on Document D909 on the Public Interest Immunity list.
	(47258)
101   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the role of Merseyside Police in respect of Document D909 on the Public Interest Immunity list.
	(47259)
102   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the process by which information relating to Document D909 on the Public Interest Immunity list was secured from Inland Revenue sources.
	(47260)
103   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set up an enquiry into how Inland Revenue information relating to Document D909 on the Public Interest Immunity list came into the public domain.
	(47261)
104	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the provisions of the Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords] on the number of juveniles held in police custody.
	(47580)
105	Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for driving a vehicle whose spray suppression devices have failed to comply with Regulation 65 of the Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulation 1986 (a) from April 1987 to March 1992 and (b) since April 1992.
	(47765)
106	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the volume of correspondence sent to and received from honourable Members by the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the periods of (a) 1st January to 26th March 1994 and (b) 1st January to 26th March 1998.
	(47690)
107   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he intends to retain the CCTV Challenge Competition in 1999-2000.
	(47263)
108	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the latest available estimates of those aged 17 years and over, plus 63 per cent. of those aged 16 years, for each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland together, in each case, with the equivalent electoral registration figures expressed as a percentage of these figures.
	(47711)
109	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will review the security arrangements for all cabinet ministers.
	(47683)
110	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the latest available estimates of those aged 17 years and over, plus 63 per cent. of those aged 16 years, for each parliamentary constituency in Scotland together, in each case, with the equivalent electoral registration figures expressed as a percentage of these figures.
	(47709)
111   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd March, Official Report, column 44, if he has now received the consultants' report on Opportunities for Gaelic Broadcasting in the Digital Era; if he will place a copy in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
	(47407)
112   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when her Department will start to review the cases of people subject to the Benefits Integrity Project prior to 9th February.
	(47566)
113   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement as to the scale of the use of bogus national insurance numbers in the claiming of benefits.
	(46411)
114   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the total number of national insurance numbers in circulation.
	(46412)
115   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her assessment of the reliability of the national insurance database.
	(46413)
116   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the number of birth certificates of dead people being fraudulently used for national insurance purposes.
	(46414)
117   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the number of asylum applications where documents supplied as a result of rejected applications were used for the purposes of fraudulent benefit claims in the last two years.
	(46415)
118   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the number of persons who are fraudulently claiming benefits where the national insurance number in use has formerly been used by a person who has left the United Kingdom.
	(46416)
119   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the number of persons who have acquired national insurance numbers illegally with the complicity of a member of her Department's staff in the last two years.
	(46417)
120   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the number of persons who are claiming benefits on behalf of other persons who are unaware of benefits being claimed in their name.
	(46418)
121   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many numbers have been removed from the national insurance database in each of the last 48 months.
	(46419)
122	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many residents of High Peak, within the last 12 months for which records are available or on the last available date (a) are claiming sickness or disability related benefit, (b) have been investigated by the Benefits Integrity Project, (c) have had their benefits reduced by the Benefits Integrity Project, (d) have had their benefits increased by the Benefits Integrity Project, (e) have appealed against their level of benefit and (f) have won appeals against their level of benefit.
	(47701)
123   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the rates of benefit withdrawal are to be altered when the minimum wage is introduced.
	(47522)
124   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her Department's estimate of the likely savings in benefits paid to people in work from the introduction of the minimum wage.
	(47520)
125   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people will lose (a) zero, (b) more than zero but less than 10 per cent., (c) more than 10 per cent. but less than 20 per cent., (d) more than 20 per cent. but less than 30 per cent., (e) more than 30 per cent. but less than 40 per cent., (f) more than 40 per cent. but less than 50 per cent., (g) more than 50 per cent. but less than 60 per cent., (h) more than 60 per cent. but less than 70 per cent., (i) more than 70 per cent. but less than 80 per cent., (j) more than 80 per cent. but less than 90 per cent. and (k) more than 90 per cent. of the rise in family income resulting from a minimum wage set at £3.60 for adults and £3 for those aged 21 or under, as a result of offsetting reduction in means-tested and other benefits.
	(47524)
126   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how much money has been spent to date on advertising relating to the millennium bug problem.
	(46146)
127	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many (a) United Kingdom and (b) non-United Kingdom operators are currently exploring for oil and gas in United Kingdom offshore waters.
	(47698)
128	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many (a) United Kingdom and (b) non-United Kingdom operators produce oil or gas from United Kingdom offshore waters.
	(47697)
129	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, in which sectors of the United Kingdom's offshore waters exploration for oil and gas is currently taking place.
	(47694)
130   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the latest figures for average retail prices for new cars sold in the (a) UK and (b) other European Union countries.
	(47411)
131	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Irish Development Agency on the number of pharmaceutical companies leaving the United Kingdom to locate in the Republic of Ireland.
	(47817)
132   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the presence of allegedly carcinogenic chemicals in children's toys sold in the UK, with particular reference to the use of phthalates.
	(47408)
133	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assistance her Department has given to the expansion of biotech companies in the last year.
	(47816)
134   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will ban the sale of toys in the UK which contain phthalates.
	(47409)
135   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to disseminate best practice amongst Business Links.
	(47143)
136   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the role of business franchising as a means of facilitating small firm growth.
	(47145)
137   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the current (a) objectives and (b) targets of the Government's small firm policies.
	(47144)
138   N	Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the Independent Assessor's finding that the closure of generating capacity at three power stations by National Power and Powergen could reflect a reluctance to relinquish claims to existing power station sites in order to retain their market position; and if she will make a statement.
	(47324)
139	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many copies were made of the DTI inspectors' report into the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in respect of share dealing; and if she will list the holders and locations of these copies.
	(47603)
140	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will publish the DTI inspectors' report into the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare in respect of share dealing.
	(47602)
141	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many persons were interviewed by her Department's inspectors in connection with the investigation into the conduct of Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare in respect of share dealing.
	(47703)
142   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many proposals for foreign acquisition and joint ventures by the Post Office since May 1997 (a) have been turned down and (b) are awaiting an answer from her Department.
	(47518)
143   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate she has made of the change in employment in coal mining which would result from licensing an additional 1,000 MW of gas-fired electricity generating capacity.
	(47525)
144   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is the definition of a trainee for the purposes of exemption from the minimum wage.
	(47521)
145   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans she has to include accommodation and meals in calculation of employees' earnings for the purpose of the minimum wage.
	(47526)
146   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what change there would be under her minimum wage proposals in the take-home pay of an employee currently on £3 an hour, working a 40 hour week and in receipt of housing benefit and working families' tax credit, where the employee is the sole earner in a four person family.
	(47544)
147   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action (a) the Government and (b) the Post Office will have to take to comply with the proposed EU Postal Directive.
	(47548)
148   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what forecasts of potential job losses were available to her when deciding on a £3.00 an hour minimum wage for young persons.
	(47527)
149   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what sums the Post Office has indicated to her it wishes to invest in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.
	(47519)
150   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate she has made of the impact on employment of the proposed minimum wage, assuming (a) half restoration of differentials, (b) three-quarters restoration of differentials and (c) full restoration of differentials.
	(47562)
151   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate she has made of the total costs of implementing the minimum wage in the public sector, assuming (a) half restoration of differentials, (b) three-quarters restoration of differentials and (c) full restoration of differentials.
	(47543)
152   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many export licences were granted to British exporters in the twelve month periods (a) before 2nd May 1997 and (b) after 2nd May 1997.
	(47567)
153   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect of the EU Code on Arms Exports on her Department's issue of export licences to British companies.
	(47568)
154   N	Dr John Marek (Wrexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the current members of the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales, and give their relevant qualifications.
	(47523)
155   N	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to encourage more people to save.
	[Question Unstarred] (46184)
156   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Ministerial directions he has issued relating to the issue of export licences for the sale of British manufactured goods to Argentina since 2nd May 1997.
	[Transferred] (47569)
157	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is his estimate of the revenue impact of parallel trading in drugs.
	[Transferred] (47801)
158	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the contribution of the United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry to the United Kingdom economy.
	[Transferred] (47803)
159	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those categories of people eligible to be provided with electric wheelchairs at public expense; and what plans he has to review this provision.
	[Transferred] (47590)
160	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is given to the pharmaceutical industry for research and development on new drugs.
	[Transferred] (47818)
161	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) additions and (b) withdrawals since 2nd May 1997 to the list of countries to which his Department will not grant an export licence for the sale of British defence equipment.
	[Transferred] (47828)

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