Order Book Part 1

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Session 1997-98
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 6 July 1998

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

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 7 July, 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.

MONDAY 6th JULY

1
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49228)

2
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement as to the impact of European Union enlargement on the British farming industry.

(49277)

3
   Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proposals he has to encourage a reduction in the use in livestock farming of antibiotics (a) for routine prophylactic purposes and (b) as growth promoters; and if he will make a statement.

(49454)

4
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the reviews his Department and its predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48519)

5
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he received from the Deputy Prime Minister on the subject of his recent talk to Action with Communities in Rural England, with particular reference to its title.

(49017)

6
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what were the (a) original and (b) final titles of his recent address to Action with Communities in Rural England.

(49015)

7
N   Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the individuals and organisations consulted on the subject of vitamin B6 during the consultation period on the draft statutory instrument on its retail sale.

(49192)

8
N   Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations his Department has received on the implementation of the Krebs Report.

(49223)

9
N   Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will announce the Government's policy on the sale of vitamin B6 following the completion of his recent consultation exercise.

(49199)

10
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what systems of tagging were considered by his Department during the consultation period prior to the EU decision on cattle tag identification systems.

(49250)

11
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps his Department is taking to amend the EU directive on cattle tag identification systems to allow the use of a lighter nylon cartridge tag.

(49252)

12
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the number of cattle in the United Kingdom which will need to be re-tagged with plastic tags following the EU directive on cattle tag identification systems.

(49248)

13
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the welfare implications of using a lighter, nylon cartridge tag were investigated by his Department during the consultation period prior to the EU decision on cattle tag identification systems.

(49251)

14
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what veterinary advice his Department has received about the number of cattle which will be vulnerable to infection and potential life-threatening complications following removal of existing tags and re-tagging to comply with the EU directive on cattle tag identification systems.

(49249)

15
   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress he can report in lifting the ban on beef exports from the UK.

(49420)

16
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the reply by the Government to the Fourth Report from the Agriculture Committee on Food Safety (HC 331), what steps he proposes to discourage the use of new antibiotics as a prophylactic in animal husbandry.

(49453)

17
N   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the Samaritans on farming related issues.

(49111)

18
N   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what meetings he has had with representatives of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Fund.

(49112)

19
N   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Beef Labelling Scheme from 1st July.

(49110)

20
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49225)

21
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the reviews his Department and its predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48514)

22
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed in Scotland by his Department, or executive agencies responsible to his Department; and where those staff are located.

(48359)

23
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish the new list of buildings of historic or architectural interest for the Borough of Cheltenham.

(49245)

24
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what would be the cost of introducing free television licences for all households containing a pensioner aged over (a) 70 and (b) 75 years of age.

(48955)

25
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49229)

26
   Mr Roger Casale (Wimbledon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the services nationality rules requiring parents, step-parents or guardians of applicants for employment to have been Commonwealth citizens or Irish citizens resident in the United Kingdom.

(49350)

27
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 440; what were the export control categories of the items which went with the Hawk aircraft; how many items of each equipment category went; and if the licences for any of those items were granted after May 1997.

(49412)

28
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, columns 609-11, concerning military personnel serving in Indonesia, what is the period of their deployment; to which units they are attached; where they are deployed; and what their duties are.

(49421)

29
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Turkish military personnel have been involved in military training in the United Kingdom during the last 12 months; and if he will list the type of military training that was given.

(49285)

30
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the future role of the South Atlantic frigate.

(49144)

31
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th June, Official Report, column 7, when it was decided to assign the 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the 1st Battalion The Black Watch to public duties in Scotland during the summer of 1999; if this represents a change from previous plans; and what were the defence considerations involved in the decision.

(48804)

32
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the size of (a) Salisbury Plain training area and (b) Otterburn training area; and what proportion of each is available for military training.

(48676)

33
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution to the UK national interest of training the army in the use of the A590 mobile gun and the multi-launch rocket system on new infrastructure at Otterburn army field training centre.

(48675)

34
   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he will publish new guidance on market testing and contracting out; and if he will make a statement.

(49326)

35
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49234)

36
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the reviews his Department and any predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48517)

37
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will rank local education authorities in England according to (a) the number of languages spoken by children attending maintained schools and (b) the average number of languages per school spoken by children attending maintained schools, indicating the number of languages in each case.

(49442)

38
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for (a) the Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (1) fuel types and (2) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years 1998-99, 1999-2000 and 2000-01.

(49222)

39
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received above the FEFC's decision to limit the eligibility of Schedule 2 qualifications for the New Deal for over 25 year olds; and if he will make a statement.

(49316)

40
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received about the impact on colleges of the derecognition of certain Schedule 2 qualifications for FEFC funding purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(49317)

41
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the proportion of primary schools that offer foreign language teaching.

(49276)

42
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assistance will be offered under the New Deal to young unemployed people who wish to start up new businesses.

(48529)

43
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what would be the impact on each local education authority if the AEN was reduced by 4.7 per cent. for all those authorities above the national county average for per pupil allocation under standard spending assessment, and redistributed to those below the national county average, on the basis of a per pupil funding.

(49116)

44
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what sum would be released if AEN was reduced by 4.7 per cent. for those authorities coming above the national county average per pupil allocation under standing spending assessment.

(49115)

45
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what (a) percentage and (b) amount was allocated to education through the standard spending assessment for area cost adjustment, in each of those authorities that received it in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1996-97 and (iii) 1995-96.

(49113)

46
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current percentage of education standing spending assessment allocated to additional educational needs.

(49114)

47
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, by what percentage the AEN would have to be reduced for authorities above the present average if those authorities below were to be brought up to the existing average for pupil allocations.

(49117)

48
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much has been spent on the New Deal programme to get 18 to 25 year olds back to work in the year 1997-98; and what are the estimated costs for (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48509)

49
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the reviews his Department and its predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48515)

50
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the costs of reducing class sizes to under 30 for all pupils in the first three years of school in the years (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48361)

51
   Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the training programmes to support miners to retrain for employment in other industries since 1979.

(49354)

52
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of primary school children in Gloucestershire, by district, are eligible for free school meals.

(49253)

53
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of primary school children in Cheltenham, by school, were eligible for free school meals in 1987.

(49255)

54
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of primary school children in Cheltenham, by school, are eligible for free school meals.

(49254)

55
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to the report 'Further Education for the New Millennium', if it is his policy that there should be additional funding for students from deprived areas.

(49459)

56
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the numbers and percentage of undergraduates accepted in each of the last 10 years by (a) Oxford and Cambridge universities, (b) other universities and (c) those universities previously incorporated as polytechnics from (1) independent schools, (2) grammar schools, (3) church schools, (4) grant maintained schools, (5) local authority schools and (6) other institutions.

(48465)

57
N   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local education authorities which do not provide free travel to schools or colleges for students in post-16 education.

(48997)

58
N   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local education authorities which do not provide discretionary awards to those studying dance or drama.

(48998)

59
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional costs are incurred within London in the provision of accommodation for the statutorily homeless; and what allowance he makes for this in the funding of London local government.

(49440)

60
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional costs are incurred within London in the provision of refuse collection and disposal services; and what allowance he makes for this in funding London local government.

(49439)

61
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49239)

62
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many properties have been purchased for road development projects in the Greater London area by his Department in each of the last three years; and at what cost.

(49278)

63
   Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what additional costs are incurred within London in the provision of (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary education; and what allowance he makes for this in his Department's funding of such provision.

(49418)

64
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he made to the Minister for Agriculture about the title of the latter's recent speech to Action with Communities in Rural England.

(49016)

65
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provision has been made in respect of payment of debts owed by Midland Expressway Ltd in relation to the construction of the BNNR in the event that the company becomes bankrupt.

(49349)

66
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the report by Transport Planning Associates commissioned by his Department into the bids to construct the Birmingham Northern Relief Road submitted by BNNR Ltd, MEL and MPC.

(49348)

67
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential threat to the environment in the United Kingdom posed by nuclear installations which are not millennium compliant in former Warsaw Pact countries.

(49259)

68
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the number of empty residential properties owned by Her Majesty's Government, indicating where those properties are located.

(49244)

69
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 17th June, Offical Report, column 204, how many second homes are owned and rented in Gloucestershire by households having their main residence in England, excluding second homes which are the main residence of another household and those which the owners are intending to sell.

(49247)

70
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he received, and what public consultation he undertook, in respect of the River Wye and its tributaries being included as a candidate for special areas of conservation under EU Directive 92/43; and if he will make a statement.

(48951)

71
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations he has had with the Planning Inspectorate in respect of additional special areas of conservation being recognised; and if he will make a statement.

(48953)

72
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what areas he has submitted to the EU as candidates for special area of conservation under European Directive 92/43; and if he will make a statement.

(48952)

73
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he has given to local authorities to define the term significant effects that would require a local planning authority to refuse a development in a special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement.

(48956)

74
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive the report of the inspector at the public enquiry into the Ministry of Defence notice of proposed development at Otterburn army field training centre; and when he expects to announce his decision.

(48677)

75
   Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the total amounts (a) collected throughout Greater London in non-domestic rates and (b) received by the London boroughs from the national non-domestic rates pool in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(49422)

76
   Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the average weekly rent during 1997 in (a) council, (b) housing association and (c) private rented housing.

(49436)

77
   Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what data his Department collates on average house prices for (a) London and (b) other regions.

(49415)

78
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 46, what contractual penalties will apply in the event of LCR failing to build the entire railway from the Channel Tunnel to St. Pancras.

(49345)

79
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to make water companies responsible for damage caused by water surges.

(48862)

80
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to speed up the process of rent reviews.

(48806)

81
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will call in the application for draft discharge authorisations in respect of nuclear waste from Sellafield; and if he will make a statement.

(49321)

82
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his objectives at the forthcoming OSPAR convention in Lisbon.

(49322)

83
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the total projected yearly cost of the operation and maintenance of the widened section of the M42 included in the BNRR scheme which would be paid for by the Government if the scheme went ahead.

(49287)

84
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of the operation and maintenance cost of the section of the M42 included in the BNRR scheme would be paid for by the Government to MEL if the scheme went ahead.

(49289)

85
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of the construction cost of widening the section of the M42 included in the BNRR scheme is to be paid for by the Government if the MEL scheme goes ahead.

(49288)

86
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recorded instances of cross-border smuggling of (a) petrol, (b) alcohol, (c) smoking materials, (d) animals and (e) videos there have been in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(48360)

87
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49235)

88
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for assistance in future years for retired people in respect of their fuel bills.

(49284)

89
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the reviews his Department initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48523)

90
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers he has to levy taxes on the Falkland Islands.

(48344)

91
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the estimated revenue from the windfall levy on privatised utilities for the years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000.

(48460)

92
N   Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers paid capital gains tax for the last tax year for which figures are available; and what was the total amount of revenue raised.

(48086)

93
N   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the highest possible level of family income which will be supplemented by working family tax credit and/or child care tax allowance.

(47484)

94
   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what options are under consideration for the Royal Mint; and if he will indicate in respect of each option whether consultants have been engaged.

(49417)

95
   Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in full-time employment in the Greater London area currently earn less than the proposed national minimum wage development rate for 18 to 21 year olds.

(49458)

96
   Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in full-time employment in Enfield currently earn less than the proposed national minimum wage development rate for 18 to 21 year olds.

(49455)

97
   Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the constituency of Enfield North earn less than the proposed national minimum wage, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age (c) ethnic origin and (d) full or part-time employment.

(49457)

98
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49237)

99
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the use of anti-personnel mines will be included in the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

(49338)

100
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the death in Baucau, East Timor, of Orlando Da Costa during the visit of the European Union Troika; and what provisions have been made to investigate the death of Mr Da Costa and to publish the findings of the investigation.

(49337)

101
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of oil revenue taxation from oil fields off the Falkland Islands will accrue to (a) the Falkland Islands authority and (b) the Treasury; and what the statutory or other basis is for this arrangement.

(48343)

102
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the reviews his Department initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48513)

103
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what degree of autonomy the authoirities in the Falkland Islands have in fiscal matters.

(48342)

104
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if British citizenship will be offered to citizens of dependent territories on a non-reciprocal basis.

(49148)

105
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the results of the Dependent Territories Review will be published.

(49146)

106
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many residents of dependent territories are holders of British Dependent Territory passports.

(49149)

107
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which dependent territories requested British citizenship for their populations, as part of the Dependent Territories Review.

(49147)

108
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many residents of dependent territories are holders of (a) passports other than British Dependent Territory passports and (b) British passports.

(49150)

109
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions in the Council have taken place under the UK presidency of the European Union of the risk posed by nuclear installations which are not millennium compliant (a) within the European Union, (b) in former Warsaw Pact countries and (c) in the rest of the world.

(49260)

110
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are used to determine when it is appropriate for the Secretary of State to issue legal directions to health authorities.

(49119)

111
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the occasions in the last 30 years when the Secretary of State for Health has issued a legal direction to a health authority requiring it to withdraw a public consultation.

(49118)

112
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional costs are incurred within London in the social service provision of adult care (a) in residential establishments and (b) in the community; and what allowance is made for this in the funding of London local government.

(49441)

113
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49227)

114
   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital appointments were missed (a) at North Tyneside General Hospital and (b) nationally during 1997; and at what estimated cost.

(49336)

115
   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP appointments were missed (a) in the Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority Area and (b) nationally during 1997; and at what estimated cost.

(49335)

116
   Mr John Cummings (Easington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffering from diabetes there were within the Durham Health Authority Easington District locality area in each year since 1995.

(49281)

117
   Mr John Cummings (Easington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a national screening programme for diabetes for those over 40 years of age, who are overweight and have a family history of diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

(49280)

118
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the use of complementary and alternative medicine.

(48530)

119
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the NHS has introduced to improve the provision of healthcare services in Coventry since 1st May 1997.

(48512)

120
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of women who smoke during pregnancy.

(48511)

121
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria will be taken into account in the re-negotiation of the Pharmaceutical Pricing Scheme.

(49283)

122
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the estimated costs of the Government's plans to reduce NHS waiting lists in the years (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48461)

123
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the estimated savings from reducing management and administrative costs in the NHS in the years (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48464)

124
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the reviews his Department, and its predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48520)

125
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-United Kingdom citizens were treated by the NHS between 1st May 1997 and 1st May 1998; and what was the total cost to the NHS.

(49145)

126
N   Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the sale of vitamin B6.

(49191)

127
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will allow GPs to issue private prescriptions for Aricept (donepezil) and Exelon (rivastigmine) anti-dementia drugs for their NHS patients.

(49242)

128
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what central funding is available to regional health authorities to provide for Aricept (donepezil) and Exelon (rivastigmine) anti-dementia treatment.

(49243)

129
   Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional costs he estimates are incurred within London in the social service provision of children's care; and what allowance he makes for this in his Department's funding of such provision.

(49419)

130
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has evaluated into the (a) actual and (b) potential savings to the NHS of healthcare advice provision by community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement.

(48242)

131
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the numbers of people without access to public transport who use community pharmacies.

(48243)

132
   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ashworth Hospital informed him that Ian Brady had handed over a large number of pills to Una Forsyth.

(49413)

133
   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make public the findings of the review by Dame Fiona Caldicott into the management of Ashworth Hospital.

(49347)

134
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who had had one or more children prior to in-vitro fertilisation treatment received such treatment on the National Health Service in 1996-97.

(48800)

135
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average cost per patient of in-vitro fertilisation treatment on the National Health Service.

(48803)

136
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy that primary care group areas should be coterminous with the geographical areas of social services responsibilities.

(48954)

137
   Joan Ryan (Enfield North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the payments were in cash terms to National Health Service trust chairs and non-executive directors in the years 1996-97 and 1997-98 in the area covered by Enfield and Haringey Health Authority.

(49456)

138
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those health trusts with populations in excess of 550,000, indicating the size of population, the numbers of staff employed and their current budget.

(49333)

139
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the proposed dedicated vocational training scheme for dentistry in North Staffordshire.

(49339)

140
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded per 1,000 population by (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) police elsewhere in the country in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 1997-98, (1) in total, (2) of violence against the person, (3) sexual offences, (4) of robbery, burglary, theft and handling stolen goods, (5) of fraud, (6) of criminal damage and (7) other notifiable offences.

(49437)

141
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49231)

142
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the current qualification requirements and training for prison officers working with juveniles in young offender institutions or adult prisons.

(49352)

143
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the average turnover of prison officers in each young offender institution in England over the last five years.

(49351)

144
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the reviews his Department initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48521)

145
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis British citizenship is being considered for citizens of British dependent territories as part of the Dependent Territories Review.

(49200)

146
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if British citizenship will be offered to citizens of dependent territories on a non-reciprocal basis.

(49201)

147
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his plans for the future of the Thames Division of the Metropolitan Police.

(48467)

148
N   Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Môn):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce parole for prisoners sentenced for civil matters; and if he will make a statement.

(48999)

149
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial assistance he will provide in the current financial year to Gloucestershire district councils that wish to install CCTV cameras within their areas.

(49246)

150
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made by his Department for leave to appeal to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in non-asylum cases in the period 31st May 1997 to 1st June 1998; and how many were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) withdrawn.

(49319)

151
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made by his Department for leave to appeal to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in asylum cases in the period 31st May 1997 to 1st June 1998; and how many were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) withdrawn.

(49313)

152
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made by individual appellants for leave to appeal to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in asylum cases in the period 31st May 1997 to 1st June 1998; and how many were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) withdrawn.

(49314)

153
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made by individual appellants for leave to appeal to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in non-asylum cases in the period 31st May 1997 to 1st June 1998; and how many were (a) granted, (b) refused and (c) withdrawn.

(49320)

154
   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to change the day for parliamentary, European or local government elections to Saturday or Sunday; and if he will make a statement.

(49265)

155
   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons it has not been possible to meet the claims in full of Mr A. Haines of Little Thurrock ref ESS E 097444 of 19th September 1997 and ESS SB17944410 of 10th February 1998; what is the cause of the delay in processing these claims; and if he will make a statement.

(49443)

156
   Mr Tony McNulty (Harrow East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional costs are incurred within London for policing; and what allowance he makes for this in funding the Metropolitan Police.

(49416)

157
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 222, how much was paid out by the Metropolitan Police in compensation cases in the last year for which figures are available.

(49282)

158
   Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, Official Report, column 326, what progress has been made on improving the level of information provided to the victims of crimes committed by people with mental disorders.

(49266)

159
   Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from whom the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis sought clearance to take up the positions of (a) a director of ACPO Ltd and (b) a member of the Executive Committee of ACPO; and what payments or reward in kind attach to the position.

(49312)

160
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list for (a) her Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49236)

161
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects in Indonesia supported by her Department which have been cancelled or reviewed by the Indonesian government in the last 12 months (a) as a condition of IMF assistance to Indonesia, (b) as a result of links with the family of former President Suharto and (c) for other reasons, in each case specifying (i) the reason, (ii) the nature of the project and (iii) the expenditure incurred to date; and if she will make a statement.

(49353)

162
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what level of aid commitment her Department plans to make at the forthcoming meeting of the Consultative Groups on Indonesia, specifying the amounts which will be provided as (a) budgetary support, (b) project aid and (c) humanitarian aid; and to what extent the commitment will be dependent on political reforms in Indonesia and East Timor.

(49334)

163
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the reviews her Department, and its predecessor, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48525)

164
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she will give to Malawi to deal with the effects of (a) climate change, (b) HIV and (c) malnutrition.

(49258)

165
   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department has made to British banking institutions concerning their support for micro-credit financing in developing countries.

(49315)

166
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49224)

167
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the Middleton Report's recommendation that on financial grounds large numbers of county courts should be closed; and if he will make a statement in that regard about his policy of increasing access to justice.

(49127)

168
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions in the last four years for which figures are available his Department or the Court Service has consulted the publc about a proposed county court closure in England and Wales and, as a consequence, not closed the court, identifying in each case the court in question.

(49125)

169
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many county courts there are currently in England and Wales; which have facilities for hearings in open court; which have family, bankruptcy and district registery jurisdictions; and if he will list those which his Department or the Court Service are currently considering for or consulting on closure (a) in the current financial year and (b) in each of the next four years.

(49120)

170
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list those county courts which have been closed in each of the last four years for which figures are available.

(49121)

171
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many Court Service or Lord Chancellor's Department jobs were abolished as a result of county court closures in the last four years.

(49124)

172
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will publish his strategy for the distribution of and provision of access to magistrates', crown, county and high court centres; and if he will make a statement.

(49129)

173
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the reduction in (a) revenue and (b) capital budgets of the Court Service as a consequence of the closures of county courts in each of the last four years for which figures are available.

(49122)

174
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the financial implications of county court closures for (a) the Legal Aid Board and (b) non-legally aided litigants.

(49123)

175
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to implement the Middleton Report's recommendation on county courts closures alongside the Woolf Report's recommendation that that report's civil justice reforms should be introduced by April 1999.

(49128)

176
N   Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what criteria in respect of the public's travelling time, distance and cost he takes into account when considering the closure of any court.

(49126)

177
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the total cost to his Department of (a) considering and (b) processing successful applications for silk in 1998.

(49267)

178
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what fee his Department would have needed to charge each applicant in 1998 to cover the cost of processing applications for silk.

(49268)

179
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for (a) her Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49226)

180
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many girls (a) under 14 years, (b) aged 14 to 16 years and (c) aged 16 years and over were placed in Maghaberry prison in (i) 1993, (ii) 1994, (iii) 1995, (iv) 1996, (v) 1997 and (vi) 1998.

(48355)

181
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to make policy appraisal and fair treatment analyses available to those who contribute to or are affected by them.

(48357)

182
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many boys have been compensated for injuries received in Lisnevin which were inflicted by (a) staff and (b) other children since 1991.

(48351)

183
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list all Social Services Inspectorate reports on training schools since 1991.

(48353)

184
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the maximum capacity of each training school in relation to (a) boys and (b) girls in (i) 1993, (ii) 1994, (iii) 1995, (iv) 1996, (v) 1997 and (vi) 1998.

(48354)

185
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what date the policy appraisal and fair treatment analysis undertaken in relation to the impact of the proposed Criminal Justice (Children)(NI) Order was completed; and if she will place it in the Library.

(48356)

186
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date Rathgael Training School ceased to be classified for use by non-Roman Catholics; and what the reasons were for the change.

(48350)

187
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to extend the remit of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman to include the operation of the Northern Ireland Office (Criminal Justice Services) and related agencies.

(48352)

188
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 598, if, during his discussions with the US government, he was informed of their wish to transport to Dounreay the additional quantity of nine kilograms of low enriched uranium; and if he will make a statement.

(48805)

189
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49233)

190
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received concerning access for disabled people to polling stations during the Scottish parliamentary elections.

(49325)

191
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the powers local government, Scottish Office agencies and quangos have to impose charges, together with the acts conferring those powers.

(48340)

192
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the average percentage pay increase in further and higher education colleges for (a) teaching staff, (b) administrative staff and (c) the board of directors in the years (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99.

(48347)

193
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the reviews his Department initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48524)

194
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 5th May, Official Report, column 271, on the Litter Act, how many persons were arrested and charged under the Litter Act 1958, the Litter Act 1983 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990, in each year since 1983; and if he will indicate what the total amount of fines levied each year since 1983 would be at 1998-99 prices.

(48508)

195
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to increase local representation on the boards of further and higher education colleges.

(48345)

196
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the estimated costs of the Government's plans to reduce Scottish NHS waiting lists in the years (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48458)

197
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to return further and higher education colleges to local control.

(48358)

198
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the powers local government, Scottish Office agencies and quangos have to impose fines, together with the acts conferring those powers.

(48341)

199
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what regulations cover the teaching of courses in further and higher education colleges by unqualified lecturers.

(48348)

200
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the estimated costs of reducing class sizes to under 30 for all pupils in primaries 1, 2 and 3 in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48349)

201
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the savings from abolishing the assisted places scheme in the years (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48466)

202
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent advice he has given to the boards of further and higher education colleges on pay settlements for (a) teaching staff, (b) administrative staff and (c) the board of directors.

(48346)

203
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much as been spent on the New Deal programme to get 18 to 25 year olds back to work in the year 1997-98; and what are the estimated costs for (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48510)

204
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the estimated savings from reducing management and administrative costs in the Scottish NHS in the years (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.

(48462)

205
   Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish guidance to councils on the rules governing the use of council finance to pay for public relations consultants or staff to publicise issues which do not relate clearly to the council's provision of services.

(49318)

206
   Mr David Hanson (Delyn):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much financial support his Department or its agencies have given for (a) the current financial year and (b) 1997-98 to the trout fishing industry; and for what purposes.

(49286)

207
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what measures he has taken to assist dyslexic children in Scotland.

(49341)

208
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many police officers in Scotland are authorised to carry firearms.

(49340)

209
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the prison population in each of the last 10 years; what are his estimates for the prison population for the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(49344)

210
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to make Tamoxifen available on prescription to women with breast cancer in Scotland.

(49343)

211
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many science teachers will be employed in schools in Scotland in 1999.

(49342)

212
   Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been paid out in IACS payments in each of the last three years; what percentage of 1997 payments are currently outstanding and for what reasons; and if he will make a statement.

(49327)

213
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many benefit recipients are currently being required to co-operate with the CSA; and how many of these are resident in Derbyshire.

(48455)

214
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will estimate the impact of introducing a £15 per week disregard for income support when CSA assessments are awarded to income support recipients.

(48459)

215
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the current average time taken (a) nationally and (b) in Derbyshire for the CSA to make assessments.

(48454)

216
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many deductions from earnings orders issued by the CSA are currently in force; and how many of these are for orders issued in Derbyshire.

(48457)

217
N   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people resident in Derbyshire are being pursued for payment by the Child Support Agency; and what is the figure per 1,000 residents in the United Kingdom.

(48456)

218
N   Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment she has made of (a) present and (b) future inequalities of pensioner incomes; and what action she plans in this area.

(47501)

219
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will list for (a) her Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49238)

220
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the reviews his Department and its predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48516)

221
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of households in Gloucestershire, by district, have an elderly dependant needing care.

(49257)

222
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of retired households in Gloucestershire, by district, rely on social security for 50 per cent. or more of their income.

(49256)

223
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the research undertaken by Market Opinion Research International on attitudes towards disability benefits will be published; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(48802)

224
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the research undertaken by the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough, into incapacity benefit and the contributory principle will be published; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(48801)

225
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the research undertaken by Alan Hedges, on pensions and retirement planning is due to be published; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(49179)

226
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the research undertaken by Market Opinion Research International on attitudes towards welfare reform will be published; and if she will place a copy in the Library.

(49151)

227
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will make a statement on the extent of blending of deep-mined and open cast coal at power stations.

(49261)

228
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many loans under the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme have been written off in each of the last 10 years; and for what amounts.

(49310)

229
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many Small Firms Loan Guarantees have been provided by Government in each of the last 10 years and for what amounts.

(49311)

230
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list for (a) her Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49230)

231
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many applications for licences for the export of (a) paramilitary, (b) security and (c) police equipment to Guinea Bissau have been (i) granted, (ii) refused and (iii) revoked, (1) between February 1995 and May 1997 inclusive and (2) since May 1997; and what was the export licence category in each case.

(49346)

232
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assistance is currently made available to young people with regard to start up costs for new businesses.

(48528)

233
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many new businesses were formed in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the United Kingdom by people aged 18 to 24 years in the five years up to 1997; and how many of those failed in their first 12 months.

(48526)

234
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what steps are being taken to encourage long-term planning within small and medium size enterprises.

(48527)

235
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what were the (a) country and (b) establishment of origin of the nine kilograms of low enriched uranium included in the shipment of nuclear material from Georgia to Dounreay; if it was contained in the same flight as the highly enriched uranium and spent fuel rods from Tblisi; from which airfield it left the former USSR for its destination at Kinloss; at what exact time and date it arrived at Kinloss; and if she will make a statement.

(48928)

236
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what action she will take to ensure that all missing highly enriched uranium on the Dounreay site is identified and retrieved or made safe; and if she will make a statement.

(48930)

237
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the Prime Minister's reply of 25th June, Official Report, column 598, if, during the meeting in Washington on 24th February, her Department's officials and their security advisers were informed of the US Government's wish to transport to Dounreay the additional quantity of 9kg of low enriched uranium; and if she will make a statement.

(48929)

238
N   Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many flights were required to transport the recent consignment of nuclear material from Georgia to Kinloss; how many cargo aeroplanes flew from Georgia to Kinloss during April; what were the contents of each of these aeroplanes; at what exact times and dates the aeroplanes landed at Kinloss; and if she will make a statement.

(48927)

239
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the reviews her Department, or its predecessors, initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48522)

240
N   Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to public funds of the legal proceedings in the Restrictive Practices Court to be brought by the Office of Fair Trading in its attempt to end resale price maintenance on over-the-counter medicines.

(48241)

241
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the number of export licences (a) applied for and (b) granted for the supply of aircraft parts for each of the last five years together with the average time taken by her Department to resolve the application; and what is the target time which her Department now endeavours to achieve.

(49180)

242
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if the report by her Department's inspectors on the investigations into share dealing in Anglia TV by Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare has been made available to Ministers.

(49202)

243
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of full payments being made by the customer for Hawk jets supplied to Indonesia.

(49195)

244
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list the country risks reviewed by ECGD in the last six months, along with the changes of terms which resulted.

(49196)

245
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what is her latest estimate of likely ECGD losses on its portfolio in (a) Indonesia, (b) Thailand, (c) South Korea and (d) Malaysia.

(49193)

246
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how much inward investment came to the United Kingdom in (a) the latest quarter for which figures are available and (b) the same quarter in the previous year.

(49194)

247
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what recent assessment she has made of Indonesian risk under ECGD.

(49197)

248
   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list (a) the number of damage notices served under the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 and (b) the number of damage notices rejected in each of the last three years.

(49262)

249
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list for (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register, how many vehicles are currently (i) owned and (ii) leased; if he will indicate their (A) fuel types and (B) engine cubic capacities; and how many vehicles are expected to fall due for replacement in each of the years (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01.

(49232)

250
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received concerning access for disabled people to polling stations during Welsh Assembly elections.

(49324)

251
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the reviews his Department initiated in the years (a) 1974-75, (b) 1979-80 and (c) 1992-93.

(48518)

252
N   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff are employed by his Department, or executive agencies responsible to his Department; where those staff are located; and how many civil servants are directly employed at his Department's offices in London.

(48463)

253
   Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many capital grants and for what purpose the former Rhuddlan Borough Council received under the former Clwyd Integrated Development Operations Programme in the last 10 years of its existence; and which have final grant claims currently outstanding.

(49323)

254
N   Dr John Marek (Wrexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the principal extensive areas of open countryside in Wales to which public access is not at present available.

(48863)

255
N   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his latest estimate of the starting date of works on the A487 trunk road between Llanllyfi and Groeslon; and if he will make a statement.

(49014)

256
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will make a statement on her Department's monitoring of the administration of winter fuel payments.

[Question Unstarred] (47487)

257
   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the special grants made to each London borough in 1997-98 for the re-imbursement of costs incurred in the support of adult asylum seekers, their children and families and unaccompanied asylum seekers, stating in each case the amounts of grant (a) paid, (b) claimed and (c) paid as a percentage of the total claimed in England and Wales.

[Transferred] (49438)

258
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the source of all the evidence which was submitted to the Cullen Inquiry which has not yet been published.

[Transferred] (49263)

259
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a list of (i) all evidence submitted to the Cullen Inquiry, (ii) all evidence which is yet to be published and (iii) all evidence or submissions on which a restriction as to future publication has been placed.

[Transferred] (49264)

260
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the endowments which have been granted by the Government when giving land to charitable trusts for heritage purposes in the last 15 years.

[Transferred] (49279)

261
   Mr Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the findings in the 1997-98 Annual Report of the Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales relating to the level of increase in new complaints in Wales relative to England and Scotland in 1997-98.

[Transferred] (49414)