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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 14 July 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuessday 14 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 Tuesday 14 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 15 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. |
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| 1 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what is the latest available annual figure for the amount of money spent on the provision of toilet rolls, hand towels and dryers and soap in the Palace of Westminister. |
| (50171) | |
| 2 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ensure that monitoring takes place of concentrations of Technetium-99 in seaweed and crustaceans along the north coast of Wales. |
| (50635) | |
| 3 N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 6th July, Official Report, column 416, if he will place in the Library copies of the responses he received to his consultation on vitamin B6, other than those requesting confidentiality. |
| (50456) | |
| 4 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when officials from his Department last met representatives of the Artificial Insemination of Cattle Operators; and what decisions were reached. |
| (50468) | |
| 5 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received concerning the production of the draft artificial insemination of cattle regulations. |
| (50469) | |
| 6 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects to publish the draft Artificial Insemination of cattle regulations. |
| (50472) | |
| 7 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to enforce the existing regulations concerning the artificial insemination of cattle. |
| (50470) | |
| 8 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many staff have been redeployed from drafting the artificial insemination of cattle regulations to work related to the BSE-related beef export ban; and when he expects them to resume their former role. |
| (50471) | |
| 9 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to reduce potential damage caused by blows to the head in boxing in the United Kingdom. |
| (50257) | |
| 10 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average subsidy, per person attending, provided by the Arts Council to regional producing theatres. |
| (50608) | |
| 11 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list box office income, as a percentage of operating costs, among all regional producing theatres in England and Wales. |
| (50606) | |
| 12 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list box office income, as a percentage of operating costs, among the producing theatres in the region covered by Southern Arts. |
| (50605) | |
| 13 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the subsidy, per person attending, that Southern Arts provides to each of the producing theatres in their region. |
| (50607) | |
| 14 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the average subsidy, per person attending, provided by Southern Arts to the producing theatres in their region. |
| (50609) | |
| 15 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the number of overseas tours undertaken by regional producing theatres in England and Wales, in the last 10 years. |
| (50604) | |
| 16 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British soldiers are part of the British Army on the Rhine; and what was the total cost of their military presence in the last financial year for which figures are available. |
| (50254) | |
| 17 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his latest estimate of (a) the cost of Trident warheads, (b) their life and (c) the costs of disposal. |
| (50392) | |
| 18 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the impact on the United Kingdom defence budget of the proposed expansion of NATO. |
| (50393) | |
| 19 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's estimate of the cost of the two proposed large aircraft carriers seperately identifying their (a) running costs and (b) disposal costs. |
| (50391) | |
| 20 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total number of Trident warheads currently held; how many have been destroyed; and how many have been ordered. |
| (50379) | |
| 21 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last visited the animal experimentation facilities at Porton Down; and what plans he has for future visits. |
| (50637) | |
| 22 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the animals subjected to experiments at Porton Down in each of the last five years died as a result of the experiments; and what happened to those animals that did not die. |
| (50626) | |
| 23 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th June, Official Report, column 7, what estimate he has made of the numbers, breeds and species of animals required at Porton Down for the experiments relating to Gulf War Syndrome; how many experiments involving animals will be required; and what representations he has received concerning the experiments. |
| (50625) | |
| 24 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what species and breeds of animals have been subjected to experiments in each of the last five years at Porton Down. |
| (50638) | |
| 25 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals have been subjected to experiments at Porton Down in each of the last five years. |
| (50636) | |
| 26 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his special advisers have met representatives of (i) GPC Market Access, (ii) Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn and (iii) GJW Government Relations since 1st May 1997; who these representatives were; and what was discussed at the meetings. |
| (50473) | |
| 27 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many copies of the Strategic Defence Review were sent outside the main building of his Department in sealed envelopes before Wednesday 8th July; and when they were sent. |
| (50459) | |
| 28 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) each TA and cadet centre in the UK, (b) the TA and cadet units based in each centre and (c) the other military and non-military organisations which use each centre. |
| (50555) | |
| 29 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans to have finalised his work on the future organisation of the TA and the TA and cadet centres in time for them to be presented to the House before the defence debate. |
| (50554) | |
| 30 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what terms (a) his Department's head of public relations and (b) any of her staff discussed the contents of the Strategic Defence Review before 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday 8th July, with members of (a) the Press and (b) other persons outside his Department. |
| (50457) | |
| 31 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) government departments, (b) individual ministers, (c) special advisers and (d) non-governmental organisations received copies of the Strategic Defence Review before 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday 8th July. |
| (50460) | |
| 32 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the name and position of the individual or individuals carrying out the inquiry be into the leaking of the Strategic Defence Review; when he expects the enquiry to be concluded; and how he intends to report the conclusions of the inquiry to the House. |
| (50461) | |
| 33 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his special advisers, and on what terms, discussed the contents of the Strategic Defence Review before 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday 8th July, with (a) members of the Press, (b) political lobbyists and (c) special advisers to the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer or the Foreign Secretary. |
| (50458) | |
| 34 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the annual report on strategic exports to be published. |
| (50610) | |
| 35 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what has been the cost of the maintenance of Century House since June 1996; and what plans there are for the building. |
| (50187) | |
| 36 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which government departments and agencies are self-insured and which have insurance cover through the insurance market in respect of compulsory employers' liability insurance. |
| (50632) | |
| 37 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what was the total amount for each of the last three years paid by each government department to government staff in respect of claims brought by them for personal injury or occupational illness by way of (a) damages and (b) legal costs. |
| (50629) | |
| 38 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of those in employment are employed by central government or agencies of central government in terms of (a) numbers and (b) percentages for (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment. |
| (50630) | |
| 39 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance is given to civil servants concerning information which can properly be divulged under Chatham House rules. |
| (50467) | |
| 40 N | Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what occasions (a) he, (b) the Parliamentary Secretary and (c) his special advisers have met representatives of (i) GPC Market Access, (ii) Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn and (iii) GJW Government Relations since 1st May 1997; who these representatives were; and what was discussed at the meetings. |
| (50556) | |
| 41 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average estimated cost to public funds of an industrial accident or illness resulting in (a) death, (b) serious injury incapacitating the victim from further employment, (c) other serious injury and (d) minor injury; and if he will make a statement. |
| (50627) | |
| 42 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many job clubs were operating in (a) June 1997 and (b) June 1998. |
| (50483) | |
| 43 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the maximum number of eligible parents per child who can be permitted to vote in a ballot on the status of grammar schools. |
| (50484) | |
| 44 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many water disconnections at domestic properties there have been in each year since 1993. |
| (50183) | |
| 45 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the number of private roads in England. |
| (50184) | |
| 46 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the statutory duties of the owners of private roads with regard to their upkeep and lighting. |
| (50185) | |
| 47 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities in England and Wales to which he has given consent to make registration schemes for houses in multiple occupation which vary from the model schemes prescribed in Circular 3/97; and which of the consents given were for (a) information schemes and (b) schemes containing control provisions. |
| (50186) | |
| 48 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to ban bull bars on vehicles. |
| (50253) | |
| 49 | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the draft of the Greater London Authority Bill. |
| (50674) | |
| 50 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the total cost for each of the past 10 years of the Strand Underpass in respect of (a) capital costs and (b) maintenance works. |
| (50359) | |
| 51 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his latest estimate of the level of global warming for the current year relative to the average for the period 1951 to 1980. |
| (50361) | |
| 52 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many species of plants and animals are indigenous to the Herald Way marsh in Coventry; and of those, how many are classified as endangered. |
| (50120) | |
| 53 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many species of animals, plants and insects there are (a) in Herald Way marsh and (b) on average in other sites of special scientific interest in England. |
| (50122) | |
| 54 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the mechanisms currently used to prevent activities that damage sites of special scientific interest; what duties are placed on public bodies to protect sites of special scientific interest; and what powers agencies have to monitor sites of special scientific interest. |
| (50124) | |
| 55 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many sites of special scientific interest are located in industrial or urban areas of (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom. |
| (50119) | |
| 56 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures the Government is taking to restore sites of special scientific interest that have been damaged by long term pollution. |
| (50121) | |
| 57 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of water quality in Herald Way marsh; and what proportion of the impurities found comes from (a) industrial and (b) agricultural sources. |
| (50123) | |
| 58 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of correspondence his Department has received in the last six months from the European Commission concerning the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it affects the offshore oil and gas industry. |
| (50634) | |
| 59 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the proposed Junction 8 of the M62 is included in the Roads Review. |
| (50197) | |
| 60 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what encouragement he is giving to local authorities to (a) maintain and preserve allotments and (b) provide replacement land where land formerly used for allotments has been subject to development. |
| (50655) | |
| 61 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many individual allotments existed in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) the last year for which figures are available. |
| (50656) | |
| 62 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many acres of land were devoted to public allotments in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) the last year for which figures are available. |
| (50657) | |
| 63 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of allotments with particular reference to their potential for growing organic vegetables. |
| (50651) | |
| 64 N | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy on commercial advertising in London upon land having public highway or trunk road status; and how that policy and the factors underlying it have changed since 1990. |
| (50562) | |
| 65 N | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy that no private street signs will be licensed upon land having trunk road status unless provided in the interests of public safety. |
| (50561) | |
| 66 N | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley and Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the granting of licences for street signs or advertising promoting commercial or sectional interests upon land having public highway or trunk road status. |
| (50560) | |
| 67 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average annual amount of indirect taxation paid per citizen in each of the last 10 years. |
| (50196) | |
| 68 N | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the average weekly earmings gross pay, (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime for full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unintary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain for (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) all workers. |
| (50177) | |
| 69 N | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unintary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earning gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, less than (i) £249.97, (ii) £233.13 and (iii) £174.85 per week for the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers. |
| (50176) | |
| 70 N | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the proportion of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain with hourly earnings, gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, below (i) £6.61, (ii) £6.15, (iii) £4.61 and (iv) £3.60 for the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers. |
| (50175) | |
| 71 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will calculate the cost to public funds of diverting unclaimed tax credits from the landfill tax, not taken for environmental projects, to other environmental research. |
| (50653) | |
| 72 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Customs and Excise received from the landfill tax in the first year of its operation; and how much of the 20 per cent. reserved for environmental projects under the Environmental Trust was used for this purpose. |
| (50650) | |
| 73 | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey concerning the case of Edgar Fernandes; and if he will publish their response. |
| (50673) | |
| 74 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the United Nations office on human rights concerning Algeria; and if he will make a statement. |
| (50358) | |
| 75 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the current estimate of the number of people suffering from dementia in England. |
| (50204) | |
| 76 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the national average, expressed as a percentage, of children with asthma-related illnesses; what is the equivalent figure in Derbyshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (50205) | |
| 77 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money his Department spent in each of the last three years on research into (a) breast (b) lung and (c) prostate cancer. |
| (50206) | |
| 78 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning section 64 funding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (50221) | |
| 79 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning the needs of those who have received radiotherapy mis-dosage; and if he will make a statement. |
| (50360) | |
| 80 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the long-term cost of private finance of new hospitals relative to the equivalent costs through the public sector. |
| (50378) | |
| 81 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the safety of human albumin solution. |
| (50118) | |
| 82 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list each (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful case brought by members of the public against the police for (i) malicious prosecution, (ii) false imprisonment and (iii) assault in the last five years, giving in each case the amount of compensation paid. |
| (50202) | |
| 83 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) childern and (b) adults were (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) slightly injured on or near pedestrian crossings in (1) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (2) England and Wales in (A) 1994, (B) 1995, (C) 1996 and (D) 1997. |
| (50223) | |
| 84 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the recorded incidents of (a) racial assault, (b) racist murder and (c) incitement to racial hatred in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (50201) | |
| 85 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the clear-up rate for recorded offences in each police district in England and Wales in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (50199) | |
| 86 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of (i) failure to accord precedence at pedestrian crossings, (ii) failure to comply with traffic signs, (iii) speeding offences, (iv) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (v) reckless driving in (1) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (2) England and Wales in (A) 1994, (B) 1995, (C) 1996 and (D) 1997. |
| (50198) | |
| 87 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much specialised training in man days was provided to Metropolitan Police officers of each rank in respect of (a) murder enquiries and (b) racial incidents in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (50664) | |
| 88 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the projected change in funding per Metropolitan Police officer consequent on the proposed boundary changes if current arrangements for central government funding and precepting remain unchanged. |
| (50662) | |
| 89 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what will be (a) the percentage change in the number of Metropolitan Police officers and (b) the percentage change in the financial contribution of precepting authorities under the proposed redrawing of Metropolitan Police boundaries. |
| (50663) | |
| 90 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the projected change in the number of Metropolitan Police officers in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2005 on present trends of recruitment and wastage. |
| (50660) | |
| 91 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government proposes to assist the Metropolitan Police in its recruitment. |
| (50659) | |
| 92 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the quarterly totals for the last three years of the number of (a) officers leaving the Metropolitan Police service or retiring, (b) people applying to join the Metropolitan Police and (c) people accepted as recruits into the Metropolitan Police. |
| (50661) | |
| 93 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list by police authority area the number of illegal guns that have been received over each of the last three years. |
| (49897) | |
| 94 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which women's prison has the largest use per inmate of (a) chlorpromazine (Largactil), (b) Melleril and (c) other anti-psychotic drugs; how many were prescribed there; and what was the prison population there, in each of the last five years. |
| (50178) | |
| 95 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prescriptions for (a) chlorpromazine (Largactil), (b) Melleril and (c) other anti-psychotic drugs were issued in each of the past five years in each women's prison. |
| (50180) | |
| 96 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have taken place in the prescription of (a) minor tranquillisers, (b) major tranquillisers and (c) neuroleptic drugs in women's prisons since the publication of the Advisory Council on Drugs Misuses report of 1996. |
| (50179) | |
| 97 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy in respect of appearing on television programmes to discuss drugs matters. |
| (50181) | |
| 98 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, what assessment he has made of the impact of the year 2000 computer bug on the operation of the House of Commons. |
| (50172) | |
| 99 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many claims were brought before small claims courts; how many of these were successful; and what was the total cost to the taxpayer of the small claims court service in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (50200) | |
| 100 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on what occasions (a) he, (b) the Lord Chancellor, (c) their parliamentary private secretaries and (d) their special advisers have met representatives of (i) GPC Market Access, (ii) Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn or (iii) GJW Government Relations since 1st May 1997; who these representatives were; and what was discussed at the meetings. |
| (50620) | |
| 101 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will list those invitations he has received to meetings organised since May 1997 by (a) GPC Market Access and (b) other lobbying firms which he has declined to attend; and in each case what the purpose of the meeting was. |
| (50564) | |
| 102 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will list the occasions when he has addressed meetings set up by (a) GPC Market Access and (b) other lobbying organisations; what was the purpose of these meetings; and if the meetings were conducted under Chatham House rules. |
| (50464) | |
| 103 N | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how many articles by journalists or other contributors to the Press he has vetted since 2nd May prior to their publication. |
| (50394) | |
| 104 N | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, how much time he has spent vetting articles by others prior to their publication in the press since 2nd May. |
| (50395) | |
| 105 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the clear-up rate for recorded offences in each police district in Northern Ireland in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (50192) | |
| 106 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many motorists were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of (i) failure to accord precedence at pedestrian crossings, (ii) failure to comply with traffic signs, (iii) speeding offences, (iv) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (v) reckless driving in Northern Ireland in (1) 1994, (2) 1995, (3) 1996 and (4) 1997. |
| (50191) | |
| 107 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of people in Northern Ireland who speak Irish. |
| (50225) | |
| 108 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Catholic and (b) Protestant churches have been attacked in each month since January 1996. |
| (50195) | |
| 109 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the membership, indicating which organisations members will be drawn from, and the role of the Northern Ireland Civic Forum. |
| (50194) | |
| 110 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the cost in a full financial year of Irish translation facilities in the new Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| (50193) | |
| 111 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate she has made of the number of people suffering from dementia in Northern Ireland. |
| (50219) | |
| 112 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the organisations in receipt of funding from the Central Community Relations Unit in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996 and (iii) 1997, giving in each case the amount. |
| (50190) | |
| 113 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) childern and (b) adults were (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) slightly injured on or near pedestrian crossings in Northern Ireland in (1) 1994, (2) 1995, (3) 1996 and (4) 1997. |
| (50222) | |
| 114 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the President of the Council, if she will list the length of each periodic adjournment in each parliamentary session since 1979. |
| (50170) | |
| 115 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the President of the Council, on the basis of how many days work per week the salary of the Drugs Tsar is calculated. |
| (50486) | |
| 116 N | Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask the President of the Council, on what occasions (a) she, (b) the Lord Privy Seal and (c) their special advisers have met representatives of (i) GPC Market Access, (ii) Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn and (iii) GJW Government Relations since 1st May 1997; who these representatives were; and what was discussed at the meetings. |
| (50558) | |
| 117 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will appoint a tsar to reduce the deaths and addictions caused by the mis-use of medicinal and other legal drugs. |
| (50485) | |
| 118 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions on which Mr Roger Liddle has visited the premises of or met any director of GPC Market Access and Prima Europe since 1st May 1997. |
| (50474) | |
| 119 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions on which any director of Prima Europe or GPC Market Access has visited No. 10 Downing Street, since 1st May 1997. |
| (50475) | |
| 120 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what guidance he gives to (a) Cabinet Ministers and (b) other Ministers concerning participation at events organised or facilitated by lobbying companies; and what account this guidance takes of Chatham House rules. |
| (50466) | |
| 121 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what is his role in determining who will participate at meetings arranged by lobbying organisations where members of his Policy Unit speak under Chatham House rules. |
| (50463) | |
| 122 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions when Roger Liddle has addressed meetings set up by (a) GPC Market Access and (b) other lobbying organisations, indicating whether these meetings were held under Chatham House rules. |
| (50462) | |
| 123 N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what guidance is given to members of his Policy Unit concerning participation in events held under Chatham House rules. |
| (50465) | |
| 124 N | Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions (a) he and (b) civil servants at No. 10 Downing Street have met representatives of (i) GPC Market Access, (ii) Lawson Lucas Mendelsohn and (iii) GJW Government Relations since 1st May 1997; who these representatives were; and what was discussed at the meetings. |
| (50557) | |
| 125 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) children and (b) adults were (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) slightly injured on or near pedestrian crossings in Scotland in (1) 1994, (2) 1995, (3) 1996 and (4) 1997. |
| (50224) | |
| 126 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the clear-up rate for recorded offences in each police district in Scotland in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (50189) | |
| 127 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many motorists were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of (i) failure to accord precedence at pedestrian crossings, (ii) failure to comply with traffic signs, (iii) speeding offences, (iv) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (v) reckless driving in Scotland in (1) 1994, (2) 1995, (3) 1996 and (4) 1997. |
| (50188) | |
| 128 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of people suffering from dementia in Scotland. |
| (50220) | |
| 129 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the average size of a hospital in Scotland in terms of (a) number of beds and (b) employees; if he will estimate the average capital cost of building and equipping such a hospital; and if he will give the average costs of running such a hospital at 1998-99 prices. |
| (50173) | |
| 130 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the average size of (a) a primary and (b) secondary school in Scotland in terms of number of classes, pupils and employees including teachers, administrative staff and others; what is the average capital cost at 1998-99 prices of building and equipping such a school; and what are the average revenue costs at 1998-99 prices of running such a school, including salaries. |
| (50174) | |
| 131 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the progress of the boundary review for the 1999 unitary authority elections for each of the 32 unitary authorities in Scotland. |
| (50563) | |
| 132 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will introduce measures to allow women to qualify for widows benefit when they have not been married to their late partners but could qualify as having been married by cohabitation. |
| (50210) | |
| 133 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of (i) the number of LETS schemes and (ii) the number of people trading in LETS in (a) England and Wales and (b) Derbyshire; and if she will make a statement. |
| (50203) | |
| 134 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cold weather payments were made; and how much was spent on cold weather payments in the winter of 1997-98. |
| (50211) | |
| 135 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many appeals, in respect of each benefit, were successful during the last 12 months where the claimant (a) had an oral hearing and was represented, (b) had an oral hearing and was not represented and (c) did not attend the hearing. |
| (50182) | |
| 136 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claims for industrial disablement benefit for each of the last three years were made by officials or employees or former officials or employees of (a) government or government agencies, (b) the NHS, (c) local government or local government agencies and (d) the private sector. |
| (50628) | |
| 137 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of winter fuel payments remaining outstanding and unpaid at 30th June. |
| (50010) | |
| 138 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate she has made of the number of winter fuel payments sent to local post offices for distribution and returned as unclaimed to the department. |
| (50011) | |
| 139 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when she intends to reply to the letters to her dated 7th April, 27th April and 4th June from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr P. Hampson of 2 Hopterstall Walk. |
| (50559) | |
| 140 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will state in respect of each financial year since 1990 (a) the level of the basic state retirement pension, (b) the level of the basic state retirement pension if upratings had always been made upwards to the nearest 5p and (c) the level of the basic state retirement pension if upratings had always been made upwards to the nearest 1p. |
| (50621) | |
| 141 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if she will state in respect of each financial year since 1990 (a) the level of the married woman's pension, (b) the level of that pension if upratings had always been made upwards to the nearest 5p and (c) the level of that pension if upratings had always been made upwards to the nearest 1p. |
| (50622) | |
| 142 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the additional cost to public funds of uprating the basic state retirement pension and the married woman's pension each year if rounding up (a) to the nearest 5p and (b) to the nearest 1p the percentage increase. |
| (50623) | |
| 143 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is her estimate of the net additional cost to public funds in each financial year since 1990 if the basic state retirement pension and the married woman's pension had been uprated each year by rounding the pecentage increase up (a) to the nearest 5p and (b) to the nearest 1p. |
| (50624) | |
| 144 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will list each (a) Government and (b) European Union initiative pertaining to the regeneration of coalfield communities, giving in each case and where appropriate the amount of money received in each of the last 10 years. |
| (50207) | |
| 145 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of retailers' loyalty cards on consumer spending patterns and on prices. |
| (50209) | |
| 146 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the costs incurred by consumers through the use of call-queueing and automated telephone-answering systems. |
| (50208) | |
| 147 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if there has been further investigation of the unaccounted for highly enriched uranium referred to in the Dounreay Shaft Inventory. |
| (50256) | |
| 148 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, in what capacity Dr Douglas Graham is employed by UKAEA; and what is the nature of his duties. |
| (50255) | |
| 149 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if she will place in the Library copies of correspondence her Department has received in the last six months from the European Commission concerning the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it affects the offshore oil and gas industry. |
| (50633) | |
| 150 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what discussions she has had with other EU member states with regard to encouraging closer trading links between the EU and NAFTA. |
| (48732) | |
| 151 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what was the total amount of aid from government and government agencies given to each of the tissue enterprises (a) Proctor and Gamble, Trafford Park, (b) A and M Paper, Skelmersdale, and (c) Kimberley Clark, Barrow-in-Furness, in the past year. |
| (50357) | |
| 152 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many working days were lost in the last year for which figures are available as a result of occupational illness or injury, separately identifying self-certificated absences; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (50631) | |
| 153 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to speed up the process of payment by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. |
| [Transferred] (50654) | |
| 154 | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what has been the total cost in each of the last 10 years of (a) redundancy payments and (b) lump sum redundancy payments to people who were employed in the public sector in Scotland. |
| [Transferred] (50652) | |
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