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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 28 July 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 28 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 28 July, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 29 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 David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if she will publish the targets set by the Committee for the Proportion of waste to be recycled in each of the categories (a) paper, (b) glass, (c) aluminium, (d) other metals and (e) plastics. |
(51186) | |
2 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 14th May, Official Report, columns 198-9, on which date in 1995 the decision was made not to require applicants for National Seeds Lists to comply with Regulation 11(3) and by whom; and for what reasons the information was deemed of little value. |
(52847) | |
3 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 14th May, Official Report, columns 198-9, how many National Seed List applications have been made since 14th May; and how many of those (a) are now listed, (b) were unsuccessful and (c) are still awaiting approval. |
(52848) | |
4 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, following the Court of Appeal judgement on Tuesday 21st July, Regina v Watson, if he will instruct NIAB to de-tassle the genetically modified maize at Hood Barton. |
(52850) | |
5 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the dates of each meeting he or other members of his Department have had with (a) seed and (b) biotechnology companies since 9th July 1998 and in each case the names of those met. |
(52849) | |
6 N | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers were declared bankrupt in each of the last five financial years. |
(53174) | |
7 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those countries excluded from the Fresh Meat (Beef Controls) (No 2) Regulations. |
(53198) | |
8 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how frequently the office of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection visits plants in each country of the EU. |
(53199) | |
9 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list each establishment producing meat in third countries which exports to the United Kingdom, indicating when it was last inspected by the Office of Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection or its approved agents. |
(53191) | |
10 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those organisations which have contributed financially to his Department's research into livestock science. |
(53202) | |
11 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to ensure that consumers are informed of the country of origin of imported meat by labelling. |
(53240) | |
12 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his Department's consultation with farming representatives on disposal of fallen stock. |
(53194) | |
13 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to publish the conclusions of his recent consultation on agricultural restructuring. |
(53188) | |
14 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the inspection, approval and monitoring of establishments producing meat in third countries. |
(53200) | |
15 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those who responded to his consultation document on restructuring the United Kingdom beef sector on 18th March. |
(53201) | |
16 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list each occasion when an approved border inspection post has refused meat imports from third countries. |
(53192) | |
17 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 6th July, Official Report, 415 if he will list the criteria used to measure the performance of British livestock. |
(53180) | |
18 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 318, what guidance his Department has issued on how the livestock industry will dispose of waste in a safe and sustainable manner. |
(53234) | |
19 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 6th July, Official Report, column 415, if he will make a statement on the terms of reference of his Department's research into livestock science. |
(53232) | |
20 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the building of incineration plants. |
(53195) | |
21 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the means by which the European Commission enforces harmonised Community rules in third countries. |
(53197) | |
22 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52670) | |
23 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52671) | |
24 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52969) | |
25 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52968) | |
26 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52967) | |
27 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the honourable Member for Perry Barr's oral statement of 14th July, Official Report, column 262, on what information he based his statement that the decision to close the Calf Processing Aid Scheme on 30th November 1998 was taken before the General Election. |
(53001) | |
28 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years for experimenting on human embryos over 14 days old. |
(52978) | |
29 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Attorney General, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52617) | |
30 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52618) | |
31 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52677) | |
32 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52676) | |
33 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52948) | |
34 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52950) | |
35 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52949) | |
36 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of British made films he estimates will be accepted into general cinema distribution in 1998. |
(53039) | |
37 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52627) | |
38 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the overall procurement of Trident D5 missiles will act as a processing margin. |
(52133) | |
39 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will arrange inspections to demonstrate that 48 warheads per Trident submarine have now been deployed. |
(52135) | |
40 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the impact on the number of Trident D5 missiles normally carried on each of the Trident submarines in the operational cycle of the decision not to purchase more than 58 D5 missiles overall. |
(52132) | |
41 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Trident D5 missiles have been test fired to date; and what proportion of the overall numbers procured are expected to be test fired over the programme's life. |
(52134) | |
42 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if any Trident submarine in the operational cycle, apart from one on patrol, will be loaded with 48 warheads. |
(52136) | |
43 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to develop the role of defence attache«s in providing training for armed forces from (a) Central and Eastern Europe and (b) the rest of the world with regard to the importance of democratic accountability and the use of civilians in defence management roles. |
(53243) | |
44 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will announce his preferred plans for the disposal of RAF Manston to the private sector as a civilian airfield; and if he will make a statement. |
(53002) | |
45 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications from reservists and Territorial Army personnel for attributable benefits for reservists' pensions have been rejected by the War Pensions Agency in each of the last 18 years. |
(53189) | |
46 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the eligibility of the merchant navymen who served and died while on convoy to Russia for the Arctic Medal; and if he will make a statement. |
(53187) | |
47 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been awarded attributable benefits for reservist pensions in each of the last 18 years. |
(53190) | |
48 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52680) | |
49 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52681) | |
50 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52934) | |
51 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52933) | |
52 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52935) | |
53 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of cancelling the planned refit of HMS 'Spartan' at Rosyth. |
(52737) | |
54 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost of cancelling the refit of HMS 'Splendid' at Devonport. |
(52738) | |
55 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the implementation of the Strategic Defence Review will have upon the number of Territorial Army soldiers (a) serving in Norfolk and (b) based in Norwich. |
(53182) | |
56 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to combinine the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force historical branches. |
(52800) | |
57 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if an open competition was held for the appointment of his Department's Permanent Under-Secretary. |
(52801) | |
58 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of DERA within his Department. |
(52798) | |
59 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if the telephone logs relating to the No. 10 Policy Unit would be available for public inspection under the proposals within the Freedom of Information White Paper. |
(52845) | |
60 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52626) | |
61 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52669) | |
62 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52668) | |
63 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department has issued to schools and local education authorities on the granting of time off to school teachers who are also local councillors in respect of their council duties. |
(52975) | |
64 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52612) | |
65 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52682) | |
66 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52683) | |
67 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52956) | |
68 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52955) | |
69 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52954) | |
70 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate the proportion of the full average costs to employers of providing a modern apprenticeship in the engineering industry that is met by the subsidy payable through training and enterprise councils. |
(52957) | |
71 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) jobs created and (b) jobs secured by the (i) East London and (ii) Lee Valley Objective 2 Area in each year since its creation, broken down into (1) manufacturing, (2) service and (3) distribution sectors; and if he will make a statement. |
(53254) | |
72 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for Christ's School in the London Borough of Richmond (a) the number of pupils on roll at the beginning of the summer term 1998, (b) the boroughs of residence of the pupils and (c) the ethnic minority communities from which pupils are drawn. |
(52997) | |
73 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out the procedures to be followed by a local education authority in promoting the temporary closure of a maintained school. |
(52996) | |
74 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he has received a proposal from the London Borough of Richmond to close Christ's School in the Borough and re-open it after a 12 month period. |
(52994) | |
75 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will ensure that the publication of performance results for local education authorities includes information about the number of schools covered and indicates clearly when schools covered have changed because of a temporary closure. |
(52993) | |
76 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on temporary school closures; and what advice his Department has given to local education authorities on such closures. |
(52995) | |
77 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many staff are employed in the Standards and Effectiveness Unit of his Department; and what is the budgeted cost of the unit for (a) the current year and (b) the next three years. |
(52989) | |
78 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assistance his Department makes available to schools which have to accommodate increased numbers as a result of the temporary closure of a nearby school. |
(52992) | |
79 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the procedures for the assessment and identification of advanced skills teachers. |
(52990) | |
80 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, who will be responsible for identifying teachers to be appointed as advanced skills teachers. |
(52991) | |
81 N | Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will assess the level of education provision made by Bedfordshire County Council. |
(53003) | |
82 N | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much was spent by the Higher Education Funding Council in 1995-96 in support of students studying for accountancy qualifications. |
(52244) | |
83 N | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for what reasons funds are made available to further and higher education institutions to support students studying towards AAT, CIMA, ACCA and ACA qualifications. |
(52243) | |
84 N | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what statistics his Department collects on the fees charged to students by further education colleges for studying towards accountancy qualifications. |
(52242) | |
85 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average class size (a) in primary schools and (b) at Key Stage One in Stoke-on-Trent in each of the last five years. |
(53237) | |
86 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) at Key Stage One in Stoke-on-Trent in each of the last five years. |
(53236) | |
87 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the review of SSA and area cost adjustment for education under review; and when he proposes to implement changes arising from the review. |
(53239) | |
88 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the education standard spending assessment for those local authorities which achieved unitary status in (a) 1996 and (b) 1997. |
(53253) | |
89 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the value of extending parent education to (a) all families and (b) families with recognised difficulties. |
(52745) | |
90 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funding priority is given to supporting parent education programmes that have been established for four years or more. |
(52741) | |
91 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the work of the Advisory Group on Personal, Social and Health Education in Schools since its inception. |
(52743) | |
92 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the parent education programmes receiving government financial support and the amounts of the awards since 1st May 1997. |
(52740) | |
93 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the schools which (a) he has visited and (b) plans to visit which have parent education programmes to develop relationship skills and improve children's behaviour and achievements in the classroom; and if he will make a statement. |
(52739) | |
94 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what resources his Department has given to the Advisory Group on Personal, Social and Health Education in Schools. |
(52742) | |
95 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list, with dates, each meeting he or other members of his Department have had with (a) seed and (b) biotechnology companies since 9th July 1998, giving in each case the names of those met. |
(52852) | |
96 N | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of Housing Corporation allocations in the current financial year for rural areas are targeted on settlements of less than 1,000. |
(53176) | |
97 N | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what target has been set for approvals by the Housing Corporation in its Rural Programme for the current financial year. |
(53175) | |
98 N | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make a statement concerning current and future statutory responsibilities for (a) flood, (b) ecological, (c) environmental and (d) navigational management of the rivers (i) Nene and (ii) Ouse. |
(52985) | |
99 N | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the British Waterways Board consultation on its taking over responsibility from the Environment Agency for navigation on the Nene and Ouse rivers; and if he will place them in the Library. |
(52987) | |
100 N | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the responsibilities of the British Waterways Board for its role in land drainage and flood relief; and what assessment he has made of the level of its annual grant in aid in respect of these functions. |
(52986) | |
101 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, column 683, concerning the activities of the Green Minister, if he will publish the guidance issued to green ministers on green transport plans. |
(53037) | |
102 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52624) | |
103 | Mr Ivor Caplin (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when his Department's research Flat Dwellers' Experiences of Leasehold Enfranchisement and Lease Renewal, will be published. |
(53235) | |
104 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has commissioned on average traffic speeds in London and other cities during (a) peak periods and (b) off-peak periods. |
(51163) | |
105 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to widen the M25. |
(51229) | |
106 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Her Majesty's Treasury on the likely impact on inflation of the measures contained in the White Paper, A New Deal for Transport; and what guidelines he has issued on the maximum RPI increase which would be permitted as a consequence of (a) his Department's proposed measures and (b) measures taken as a consequence of reviews instigated under the White Paper. |
(51961) | |
107 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the White Paper, A New Deal for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of his proposals, separately identifying their impact on the rate of inflation. |
(51962) | |
108 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52690) | |
109 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52691) | |
110 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52936) | |
111 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52937) | |
112 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will implement the conclusions of the review of the area cost adjustment in time for the 1999-2000 financial year. |
(52926) | |
113 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52938) | |
114 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to reach a decision on Worcestershire County Council's application for supplementary credit approvals to fund capital works resulting from the Easter floods. |
(52734) | |
115 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of proposals set out in the Integrated Transport White Paper on his Department's policy towards settlements in the countryside. |
(52656) | |
116 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to announce the members of the Regional Development Agency Board for the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement. |
(52731) | |
117 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received about the new house building targets for Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement. |
(52732) | |
118 | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of recent trends in (a) accidents, (b) injuries and (c) deaths on the A10 due to (i) car and (ii) motorcycle accidents. |
(53248) | |
119 | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to improve the protection for residents living alongside trunk roads. |
(53249) | |
120 | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of recent trends in (a) injuries to residents and (b) damage to their property in respect of residences alongside (i) trunk roads and (ii) the A10 (London). |
(53250) | |
121 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what advice he received from the Housing Corporation with regard to social housing grant rates for 1999-2000, if he will publish that advice; and if he will make a statement. |
(52723) | |
122 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will announce the conclusions of his Department's review of the Code of Best Practice for telecommunications prior approval procedures. |
(52804) | |
123 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of the Employment Service if sold to the private sector. |
(52796) | |
124 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of revenue which would accrue from the taxation of disability living allowance. |
(53035) | |
125 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recipients of disability living allowance are liable for taxation at (a) the highest, (b) the standard and (c) the basic rate; and what proportion these constitute of all recipients of disability living allowance. |
(53034) | |
126 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, columns 653-4, concerning the National Asset Register, how the information on the numbers of vehicles was collected. |
(53038) | |
127 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52622) | |
128 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, column 652, concerning the reclaim of 10 per cent. tax credit, when he expects to conclude his review and announce a decision. |
(53036) | |
129 | Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure greater transparency and public access to information on debts owed by other governments to the United Kingdom Government. |
(53233) | |
130 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, columns 652-3, on the ICL Pathway Project, if he will list the firm or firms who have supplied the consultants. |
(53160) | |
131 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, columns 652-3, when the objectives set by the Government will be achieved by the ICL Pathway Project. |
(53161) | |
132 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, columns 652-3, on the ICL Pathway Project, if he will list the parties involved. |
(53163) | |
133 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, columns 652-3, for what reasons the Government has decided not to assess alternative options to the ICL Pathway Project. |
(53162) | |
134 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, columns 652-3, on the ICL Pathway Project, on what date the consultants were appointed; and whether their appointment followed a competitive tender. |
(53164) | |
135 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what savings he estimates will arise from switching child benefit to the education maintenance allowance for children between the ages of 16 to 18 years. |
(53123) | |
136 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to stimulate investment in and expansion of small business; what consideration he has given to allowing the retention of profits for the purpose of investment in and the expansion of small businesses; and if he will make a statement. |
(53124) | |
137 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52672) | |
138 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52673) | |
139 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52962) | |
140 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by her Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52961) | |
141 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52963) | |
142 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the future of the Evesham Inland Revenue Office. |
(52735) | |
143 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received in the period 9th April to 24th July regarding the VAT (Sports, Sports Competitions and Physical Education) Order 1998. |
(53333) | |
144 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total revenue foregone from 1st April to 30th June as a result of the withdrawal of the VAT (Sport, Sports Competitions and Physical Education) Order 1998. |
(53331) | |
145 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the redrafting of the VAT (Sport, Sports Competitions and Physical Education) Order 1998 to be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
(53335) | |
146 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding VAT treatment for sporting facilities provided by (a) local authorities and (b) private individuals and organisations. |
(53332) | |
147 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Her Majesty's Customs and Excise News Release 06/98, when the consultation exercise regarding VAT exemption on sporting services commenced; and when it will be completed. |
(53334) | |
148 N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Secretary of State for Defence has agreed his Department's proposals for least cost procurement. |
(52799) | |
149 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52621) | |
150 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department has taken in respect of the imprisonment of Sally Becker in Lipjan prison; what representations he has made to the Serbian authorities on this matter; and if he will make a statement. |
(52729) | |
151 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52688) | |
152 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52689) | |
153 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by her Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52966) | |
154 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52964) | |
155 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52965) | |
156 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's relations with India and Pakistan since the nuclear tests conducted by both countries. |
(52730) | |
157 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where frozen embryos are currently being stored; and how many have been disposed of since the implementation of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. |
(52977) | |
158 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the criteria for relocating the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; and if there are currently vacancies on the Authority. |
(52976) | |
159 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tension-free reinforcement mesh technique for treatment of hernias relative to conventional surgery; what assessment he has made of possible savings to the NHS of wider adoption of this method of treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
(52498) | |
160 N | Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with other departments over the funding for people with mental health problems living in sheltered accommodation. |
(51316) | |
161 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52628) | |
162 N | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many unemployed doctors and nurses there are currently in the United Kingdom. |
(52802) | |
163 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the operation of NHS Direct. |
(50975) | |
164 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what projections his Department has made of the number of doctors and nurses who will have to be recruited from outside the United Kingdom to fulfil his targets of 7,000 extra doctors and 15,000 extra nurses. |
(52807) | |
165 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52678) | |
166 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52679) | |
167 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52959) | |
168 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52958) | |
169 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52960) | |
170 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Register of Chiropractors to open; and if he will make a statement. |
(52979) | |
171 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase funding of social services in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement. |
(52733) | |
172 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work of the Advisory Group on Personal, Social and Health Education in Schools since its inception. |
(52744) | |
173 N | Mr David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources his Department has made available to the Advisory Group on Personal, Social and Health Education in Schools. |
(52746) | |
174 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52616) | |
175 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of women who entered prison as non-users of illegal drugs and left as users in each of the last three years. |
(53107) | |
176 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the support infrastructure in women's prisons in cases where probation departments have been reduced. |
(53106) | |
177 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to assess the recommendations relating to Employment in the Public Service, as contained in the document Proposals for Change, submitted to him by the Commission for Racial Equality, on the reform of the Race Relations Act 1976. |
(53242) | |
178 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52686) | |
179 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52687) | |
180 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52931) | |
181 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he has not retained visible policing as a key policy objective. |
(52795) | |
182 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52973) | |
183 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52932) | |
184 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will undertake a review of the comparative effectiveness of witness protection programmes in the regional crime squads of England. |
(52927) | |
185 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners were remanded in custody to await trial or sentence in 1997; what was the average daily number on remand; and what percentage subsequently received custodial sentences. |
(52838) | |
186 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women were received into prison under sentence, excluding those sentenced for fine default, in 1997; and what was the breakdown of their offence categories. |
(52835) | |
187 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women were received into prison for fine default in 1997; and how many of these had been convicted of (a) violent offences, (b) robbery, (c) sexual offences, (d) theft and handling, (e) drugs offences, (f) fraud or forgery, (g) burglary, (h) motoring offences, (i) using a television set without a licence and (j) other offences. |
(52836) | |
188 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners had (i) no previous convictions, (ii) one or two previous convictions and (iii) three or more previous convictions on the most recent available date. |
(52837) | |
189 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many England supporters were (a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed from France by the French authorities during the World Cup. |
(51995) | |
190 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list in order of frequency the 20 towns and cities of residence given by those English football fans (a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed from France by the French authorities during the World Cup. |
(51997) | |
191 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many football supporters were arrested or detained by police at each football ground for the last three years for which figures are available for the Premiership and each of the Nationwide League clubs. |
(51998) | |
192 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of each official English Premiership or Football League supporters clubs were (a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed by French authorities during the World Cup. |
(52000) | |
193 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many supporters of each participating nation were (a) detained and (b) arrested during Euro 96 in England. |
(52001) | |
194 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by each league club in England on policing of football grounds (a) on average per game and (b) for each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
(52004) | |
195 | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants refused British nationality have been detained prior to removal since 1st January. |
(53329) | |
196 | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British nationality are currently outstanding for applicants registered as resident in Enfield North. |
(53247) | |
197 | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date he expects to announce the conclusions of the Independent Commission on the Voting System. |
(53181) | |
198 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) her Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52615) | |
199 | Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many tons of food aid have been allowed through to the south of Sudan by (a) train, (b) road and (c) air since the ceasefires by the Government of Sudan and the SPLA. |
(53245) | |
200 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the employees of her Department and of the employees of each agency for which she is responsible cycle to work; and what measures she plans to increase that proportion. |
(52663) | |
201 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which her Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52662) | |
202 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52952) | |
203 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the compliance cost assessments published by her Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52951) | |
204 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by her Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52953) | |
205 N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the government of Sudan in the last four weeks about the situation in that country. |
(52999) | |
206 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52623) | |
207 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to reach a decision on the future of Evesham County Court. |
(52736) | |
208 N | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, what was the total cost to public funds of his recent visit to Brazil including the cost incurred by accompanying officials broken down by (a) travel costs and (b) accommodation and subsistence. |
(52840) | |
209 N | Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister without Portfolio, if he will make a statement on the purpose of his recent visit to Brazil; and how many officials accompanied him on the visit. |
(52839) | |
210 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) her Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52613) | |
211 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the employees of her Department and of the employees of each agency for which she is responsible cycle to work; and what measures she plans to increase that proportion. |
(52665) | |
212 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which her Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52664) | |
213 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52970) | |
214 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the compliance cost assessments published by her Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52971) | |
215 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52972) | |
216 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for North East Cambridgeshire, of 21st July, Official Report, column 439, at what (a) age and (b) mileage level the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service considers ambulances become out of standard and requiring replacement. |
(52788) | |
217 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her Oral Answer to the honourable Member for Pendle, of 20th July, Official Report, column 779, on the Privy Council, if she will publish the text of the oath sworn by privy councillors. |
(52790) | |
218 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will request the release of the Panchen Lama during his forthcoming visit to China. |
(52789) | |
219 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what (i) discussions he has had with and (ii) representations he has received from the President of the United States in respect of genetically modified foods or crops; when, and what issues were discussed; and if he will make a statement . |
(52854) | |
220 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to publish the telephone logs relating to the No.10 Policy Unit. |
(52844) | |
221 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Prime Minister, when he received the report on the competence and efficiency of the honourable Member for Edinburgh South as a Minister prepared by the Permanent Secretary of the DTI; and if he will place a copy in the Library. |
(52502) | |
222 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the recent report on the honourable Member for Edinburgh South as a Minister prepared by the Permanent Secretary of the DTI. |
(52500) | |
223 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52806) | |
224 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and for each agency for which he has responsibility. |
(52805) | |
225 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52619) | |
226 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness about domestic abuse. |
(52792) | |
227 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on the treatment of children and young people experiencing domestic abuse in local authorities' children's services plans. |
(52793) | |
228 N | Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on support for services provided by Women's Aid. |
(52794) | |
229 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52684) | |
230 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52685) | |
231 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52945) | |
232 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52946) | |
233 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52947) | |
234 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what cost-per-job limits are set on offers of regional selective assistance in development areas in Scotland. |
(52925) | |
235 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by each league club in Scotland on policing of football grounds (a) on average per game and (b) each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
(52003) | |
236 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list in order of frequency the towns and cities of residence given of the Scottish football fans (a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed from France by the French authorities during the World Cup. |
(51996) | |
237 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Scotland supporters were (a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed from France by the French authorities during the World Cup. |
(51994) | |
238 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many football supporters were arrested or detained by police at each football ground in the Scottish Premier and Scottish divisions 1, 2 and 3 for the last three years for which figures are available. |
(51999) | |
239 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many members of each official Scottish Football League supporters clubs were (a) arrested, (b) detained and (c) removed from France by the French authorities during the World Cup. |
(52002) | |
240 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many lone parents there are in Scotland; of these how many have children aged under five years; how many, of each of these categories are currently in employment; what proportion of the total of each category in the United Kingdom this represents; and what forcasts his Department has made of these numbers in future years. |
(52981) | |
241 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will provide an analysis by sector, and for small, medium and large scale businesses, of those projects which have been most successful in gaining funding from the European Regional Development Fund. |
(52728) | |
242 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the expenditure by health boards in Scotland on public relations and media services provided by external consultants in each of the last five years. |
(52410) | |
243 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the structures and methods used by Scottish Trade International for assessing the success rate of Scottish projects in winning assistance from the European Regional Development Fund. |
(52727) | |
244 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what has been the sterling value of European Regional Development Fund assistance to Scottish Trade International in each of the last five years. |
(52725) | |
245 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will outline the range of advice and assistance which is given to those seeking assistance from the European Regional Development Fund. |
(52726) | |
246 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if Scottish Trade International has made an application to access the European Regional Development Fund to support Scottish export promotion. |
(52818) | |
247 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the total overall budget for Scottish Trade International for the current year; and what proportion of that total is provided by (a) the Exchequer and (b) the European Regional Development Fund. |
(52724) | |
248 N | Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he has received the report of the public inquiry into the proposed superquarry at Lingerbay, Isle of Harris; and when he plans to announce his decision. |
(52497) | |
249 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the Green Paper on Welfare Reform, what targets he has set for the reduction of working-age people living in workless households; and by what date these targets will be achieved. |
(52988) | |
250 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on what basis child maintenance assessments will be reduced for those earning between £100 and £200 per week under the new Child Support Agency system. |
(53127) | |
251 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what exceptional circumstances are being considered by the Government in determining which cases should be referred to the new tribunal under the new Child Support Agency system. |
(53126) | |
252 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52625) | |
253 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners have returned overpayments of winter fuel payment to her Department. |
(53030) | |
254 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in how many cases official records used for the distribution of winter fuel payments have been found to be incorrect. |
(53031) | |
255 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many winter fuel payments were the subject of administrative error. |
(53032) | |
256 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners have complained to his Department about incorrect calculation of their winter fuel payments. |
(53033) | |
257 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of paying residential care allowance to people on income support who enter public sector residential care. |
(53000) | |
258 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cases of benefit fraud have been successfully prosecuted in each month since 1st May 1997. |
(53110) | |
259 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the timetable for extending the Benefit Payment Card nationally. |
(53128) | |
260 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will publish his Department's review of benefit rules announced in the Green Paper on Fraud. |
(53112) | |
261 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will publish the code of practice on the use of data and data-matching announced in the Green Paper on Fraud. |
(53113) | |
262 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the monthly level of fraud involving benefit payment cards. |
(53129) | |
263 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the educational maintenance allowance will be administered by his Department. |
(53117) | |
264 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the pilot areas for the minimum pension guarantee; how many people are in the target groups for the pilot areas; and what the publication date is for the pilots. |
(53169) | |
265 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what calculations his Department has made of the estimated (a) maximum and (b) minimum benefit savings from increased (i) prevention and (ii) detection of benefit fraud over the next three years. |
(53108) | |
266 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the Green Paper on Welfare Reform, what targets he has set for the level of an adequate retirement income over the next 10 years. |
(53114) | |
267 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will publish his Department's proposals on incapacity benefit reform. |
(53111) | |
268 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many failed winter fuel payments there were in the current year; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for failed payments. |
(53177) | |
269 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Bromgrove of 5th June, Official Report, column 402, concerning winter fuel payments, when he expects to provide a precise figure for her Department's actual expenditure on winter fuel payments. |
(53178) | |
270 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cases of benefit fraud have been detected in each month since 1st May 1997. |
(53109) | |
271 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what targets have been set for the time within which payments of the minimum pension top-up will be made. |
(53165) | |
272 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the oral statement of 17th July, Official Report, column 704, concerning payment of the minimum pension guarantee to be made within one week of signature of the form, whether eligibility for this payment will be established before the payment is made. |
(53166) | |
273 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, whether the minimum pension guarantee will be classed as a benefit or as part of the basic state pension. |
(53168) | |
274 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, whether the minimum pension guarantee will be uprated in line with (a) earnings and (b) prices. |
(53167) | |
275 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many organisations (a) he and (b) his Ministers have met that represent wheelchair users in Kent; and if he will list them. |
(53029) | |
276 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the names of the organisations that (a) he and (b) his Ministers have (i) met and (ii) plans to meet in connection with his review of the access to benefits available to disabled people. |
(53028) | |
277 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52660) | |
278 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52661) | |
279 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52939) | |
280 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52941) | |
281 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52940) | |
282 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the extent of benefit fraud for each of the benefits provided through the Benefits Agency in the current year; and if he will make a statement on plans to tackle fraud. |
(53252) | |
283 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what role he intends for approved welfare providers in his plans for welfare reform; and if he will make a statement on their relationship to pension providers. |
(53251) | |
284 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of the Evesham Benefits Office on the service available to residents of the Vale of Evesham; and if he will make a statement. |
(52843) | |
285 N | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the new procedural instructions will be put in place for the payment of arrears in cases of CSA maladministration. |
(52245) | |
286 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many post offices in Scotland are to be automated for the purpose of social security benefit payments by swipecard under ICL/Pathway; and how many of these post offices have so far been automated. |
(53116) | |
287 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what statistics his Department collects relating to social security benefits and expenditure; what is the frequency and timetable for release of these statistics; and what statistics his Department plans to release during the summer adjournment. |
(52983) | |
288 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what statistics his Department collects relating to social security benefits, social security expenditure and claimants of social security benefits for Scotland. |
(52982) | |
289 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people currently claim family credit in Scotland. |
(53171) | |
290 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20th July, Official Report, column 402, when he expects to publish his response to the action plan for the protection of disadvantaged consumers produced by the energy regulators and energy companies in consultation with consumer organisations. |
(53170) | |
291 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52614) | |
292 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will publish the letter from the honourable Member for Edinburgh South to the Permanent Secretary of his Department in which the honourable Member warned him about sabotaging some of his work. |
(52499) | |
293 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will publish the letter of apology written by his Department's Permanent Secretary to the honourable Member for Edinburgh South. |
(52501) | |
294 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52666) | |
295 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52667) | |
296 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52942) | |
297 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what cumulative net increase in compliance costs has been estimated in compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52943) | |
298 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will list those compliance cost assessments since 1st May 1997 in which there is a net reduction in compliance costs resulting from a legislative proposal. |
(52944) | |
299 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many days have been lost to strikes in each quarter since the first quarter of 1992. |
(52980) | |
300 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what representations he has received concerning the regulation of the United Kingdom funeral industry; and if he will make a statement. |
(53040) | |
301 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what cost-per-job limits are set on offers of regional selective assistance in development areas. |
(52924) | |
302 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what plans he has to review the progress of metrication in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
(52842) | |
303 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will review the arrangements for supporting furniture manufacturers exhibiting at overseas trade fairs; and if he will make a statement. |
(52841) | |
304 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has concluded its investigation into the sale of wrapped ice-cream by Birds Eye Walls Ltd.; and if she will make a statement. |
(52846) | |
305 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of competition in the UK ice-cream market; and if he will make a statement. |
(52797) | |
306 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many jobs in Britain are accounted for by the production of cars and automobile components. |
(53184) | |
307 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Transport White Paper on employment in the motor industry. |
(53186) | |
308 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, what assessment he has made of the number of jobs in the UK which are dependent upon the motor industry. |
(53185) | |
309 | Mr David Prior (North Norfolk): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many jobs in Britain are accounted for by the distribution of cars. |
(53183) | |
310 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the President of the Board of Trade, if he will list the balance of trade in (a) steel, (b) ceramics and (c) coal in (i) volume and (ii) value in each of the last five years. |
(53238) | |
311 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of the vehicles due for replacement by (a) his Department and (b) bodies listed in the National Asset Register in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01 will be replaced by vehicles using (1) petrol, (2) diesel, (3) natural gas, (4) electric batteries and (5) other. |
(52620) | |
312 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many advisers are currently employed by each local education authority in Wales. |
(53196) | |
313 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what factors underlie the delays in payments of (a) HLCA, (b) sheep annual premium and (c) suckler cow premium. |
(53246) | |
314 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total cost for each local education authority of employing advisers in the last year for which figures are available. |
(53193) | |
315 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of the employees of his Department and of the employees of each agency for which he is responsible cycle to work; and what measures he plans to increase that proportion. |
(52675) | |
316 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what parking facilities for cycles exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible and for each agency for which he is responsible. |
(52674) | |
317 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what cost-per-job limits are set on offers of selective assistance in development areas in Wales. |
(52974) | |
318 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52929) | |
319 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997 which would lead to a reduction in compliance costs. |
(52930) | |
320 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the cumulative net increase in compliance costs resulting from compliance cost assessments published by his Department since 1st May 1997. |
(52928) | |
321 N | Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the international debt relief total is owed to the United Kingdom (a) Government and (b) financial institutions. |
[Transferred] (52246) | |
322 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to protect (a) organic farmers and (b) consumers of organic food from contamination by genetically-modified organisms. |
[Transferred] (52851) | |
323 N | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement concerning the responsibilities of statutory authorities to take action to (a) prevent and (b) give earlier warning of the risk of flooding within the area of the City of Peterborough. |
[Transferred] (52984) | |
324 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will (a) provide compensation and (b) take legal action against ICL with reference to delays in implementing the project to automate social security benefit payments through post offices. |
[Transferred] (53125) | |
325 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the pilot areas for the disabled person's tax credit, the number of people in the target groups and the report date for the disabled person's tax credit pilot schemes. |
[Transferred] (52998) | |
326 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the pilot areas for educational maintenance allowance. |
[Transferred] (53120) | |
327 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, from which departmental budget the educational maintenance allowance will be paid; and how it will be paid to recipients. |
[Transferred] (53118) | |
328 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the report from the education maintenance allowance pilots will be published. |
[Transferred] (53122) | |
329 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if the educational maintenance allowance will be linked to parents' income through (a) means-testing and (b) taxation. |
[Transferred] (53119) | |
330 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what date he has set for achieving the target of an £180 per week income for all working families with a full-time worker under the working families tax credit scheme. |
[Transferred] (53115) | |
331 N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people are included in the target groups in the pilot areas for the educational maintenance allowance. |
[Transferred] (53121) | |
332 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what systems have been set up to allow for direct payments from the Inland Revenue of the working family tax credit where the credit is not made through the pay packet. |
[Transferred] (52803) | |
333 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are expected to be eligible for, and to claim, the childcare credit within the working family tax credit; and if his Department has estimated the costs involved in Scotland. |
[Transferred] (53173) | |
334 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the number of people expected to be entitled to, and to claim, the working family tax credit in Scotland. |
[Transferred] (53172) | |
335 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which computer system will be used to collect (a) tax and national insurance information and (b) information required under the working family tax credit; and which company/consortium has been awarded the contract to oversee the computer system. |
[Transferred] (52747) | |
336 | Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what powers he has to lift the 100 year closure placed upon the report by Sergeant Hughes of the Central Police into Thomas Hamilton. |
[Transferred] (53244) | |
337 | Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Report by Sergeant Hughes of the Central Police, into Thomas Hamilton, listing the charges to which he recommended consideration for prosecution. |
[Transferred] (53241) | |
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