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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 19 October 1998
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 October of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 October, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 20 October, 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 | Mr Michael Trend (Windsor): To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, what was the nature of the work carried out on the Lower Ground Floor Secretaries' Room which necessitated the removal of personnel and equipment to temporary accommodation from 4th August to 1st September; on what date the work commenced; and for how many days the room was required to be unoccupied. |
| (55391) | |
| 2 | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to press the European Commission to introduce measures to limit the growth in pig numbers in the European Union. |
| (55489) | |
| 3 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has made on the representation of British nationals in senior Civil Service grades in Directorate General XIV (fisheries); and if he will make a statement. |
| (55318) | |
| 4 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the expansion of co-financible activities for a green common agricultural policy in accordance with Com (97) 620. |
| (55327) | |
| 5 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he has taken to prevent the Minimum Values Order being circumvented by exporters transporting ponies to Scotland and then to Ireland and from there shipping them to France and Belgium. |
| ¶A(55588) | |
| 6 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for East Yorkshire of 17th March, Official Report, column 539, for what reasons the derogation in respect of the 6 and 12 miles limits will continue after 2002; and if he will list those governments which have indicated they do not support extension. |
| (55401) | |
| 7 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55261) | |
| 8 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55169) | |
| 9 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will place in the Library the correspondence between his Department and Dr Anthony Parish of the University of East Anglia in relation to BSE and toxic reactions to pesticide/insecticide chemicals. |
| ¶A(55541) | |
| 10 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the use of humans in trials involving organophosphates. |
| (55029) | |
| 11 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to expedite the proposal for the establishment of a loan guarantee scheme under EAGGF Measure 3.1; what obstacles regarding the state aid criterion in this matter have been raised; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55222) | |
| 12 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make an application to the EU for compensatory payments to farmers for the effects of the current value of sterling. |
| (55223) | |
| 13 N | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the European Commission's progress on the pooling of milk quotas. |
| (55033) | |
| 14 N | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the net job losses in rural communities resulting from the BSE crisis. |
| (55036) | |
| 15 N | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his most recent estimate of the total cost to public funds of the BSE crisis. |
| (55017) | |
| 16 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many (a) private pet owners and (b) commercial dog and cat breeders were prosecuted, and on what charges, under anti-rabies quarantine legislation in each of the last five years. |
| (55470) | |
| 17 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his Department's current evaluation of the extent to which (a) short-term and (b) long-term exposure to organophosphorus compounds produces chronic illnesses. |
| (55336) | |
| 18 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the reviews and research into the effect of organophosphorus compounds on human health which his Department has initiated since 1st May 1997, indicating who is carrying out the research and when it is expected to be completed. |
| (55337) | |
| 19 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reasons the payment of beef and sheep premiums to farmers by his Department has been subject to delay. |
| (54860) | |
| 20 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55547) | |
| 21 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research he has conducted on the (a) ethics and (b) economics of the cyber fish developed by a Norwegian scientist to lead fish into stationary nets. |
| (55242) | |
| 22 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the number and total weight of (a) salmon and (b) grilse taken by (i) anglers and (ii) commercial nets in (1) drift and (2) estuary nets for each of the last five years and for 1985, 1980 and 1975 or as much of such information as is readily available; and if he will provide the same information for fish classed (x) 1 sea winter, (y) 2 sea winter and (z) 3 sea winter fish. |
| ¶A(55569) | |
| 23 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55554) | |
| 24 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Chairman of the Catering Committee, by what formula, and to what extent, the notional costs of (a) services, (b) rents and (c) rates are reflected in the prices of restaurants, cafeĦs, bars and banqueting suites in the House of Commons. |
| ¶B(55613) | |
| 25 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure. |
| (55252) | |
| 26 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55173) | |
| 27 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is his current forecast of the date on which the Millennium Commission will cease to receive income from the National Lottery Distribution Fund. |
| ¶A(55590) | |
| 28 N | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is his current forecast of the percentage of the National Lottery Distribution Fund which will be given to each of the good causes in each year from 1999 to 2003. |
| ¶A(55589) | |
| 29 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the abolition of the English Tourist Board; what body or bodies will replace the English Tourist Board; what assessment he has made of the ability of English tourism to compete against Welsh and Scottish tourism following the abolition of the English Tourist Board; and what grants will be made available for the promotion of tourism in the English regions. |
| (55500) | |
| 30 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money and from which budget head he will commit to the dualling of the A303(T) through the world heritage site at Stonehenge. |
| (55293) | |
| 31 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, and indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55549) | |
| 32 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role his Department plays in ensuring the protection of sites listed on the World Heritage List outside the United Kingdom; which international bodies have a coordinating responsibility; and what liaison takes place between his Department and other departments in protecting such sites. |
| (55416) | |
| 33 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will urgently review the regulatory role of the BBC Board of Governors; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55277) | |
| 34 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will add proposals for reform of the BBC's self-regulatory structure into his Department's Green Paper. |
| (55276) | |
| 35 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55260) | |
| 36 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55174) | |
| 37 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with President Clerides on the subject of a demilitarisation of the Island of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55615) | |
| 38 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the military equipment and its estimated value, whose sale to Turkey in the last five years has been assisted by his Department. |
| ¶B(55617) | |
| 39 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the United Kingdom shipyards with the capacity to design and build the two larger aircraft vessels planned for service from 2012 as announced on 8th July. |
| (55278) | |
| 40 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been (a) made and (b) proposed to tighten the regulations on chemical and biological weapons since May 1997. |
| (55048) | |
| 41 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of each of the three Royal Navy field gun crews in each of the last five years. |
| ¶B(55645) | |
| 42 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have been involved and over what period in the field gun competition of the Royal Tournament in each of the last five years; and what was the cost of those personnel. |
| ¶B(55646) | |
| 43 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31st July, Official Report, column 720 to the honourable Member for Cynon Valley, for what products his Department received commercial exploitation levies in each of the last three years; and what were the values of the levies. |
| ¶B(55643) | |
| 44 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31st July, Official Report, column 720 to the honourable Member for Cynon Valley, for which equipment items he estimates that overseas orders have reduced the procurement costs in each of the last three years; and what is his estimate of the savings. |
| ¶B(55644) | |
| 45 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims for compensation from Gulf War service personnel and civilians his Department has received to date. |
| ¶B(55649) | |
| 46 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what injuries have been incurred by military personnel participating in the Royal Tournament in each of the last five years; and how many working days were lost through those injuries. |
| ¶B(55650) | |
| 47 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total cost to his Department of support for the Royal Tournament in each of the last five years. |
| ¶B(55647) | |
| 48 N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships are currently undermanned; of which types; and to what extent. |
| ¶B(55648) | |
| 49 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on Royal Navy experimental radiation treatment for civilian divers. |
| (55368) | |
| 50 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the treatment of animals in research projects carried out by his Department. |
| (55367) | |
| 51 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the UK's decision not to participate in the tri-national project to develop a military satellite. |
| (55361) | |
| 52 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of his Department's evaluation of the Future Offensive Air System. |
| (55351) | |
| 53 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the development of the Future Offensive Air System. |
| (55352) | |
| 54 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the timetable for the introduction of the Joint Strike Fighter. |
| (55353) | |
| 55 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to encourage women to join the armed forces. |
| (55359) | |
| 56 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce sexual and ethnic discrimination within the armed forces. |
| (55360) | |
| 57 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th July, Official Report column 444 what was the outcome of the review of his Department's training methods; and what is his policy on future defence exercises involving the shooting of pigs. |
| (55396) | |
| 58 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, following the Strategic Defence Review, the withdrawal of troops from Germany and the creation of a sixth new AS 90 regiment what options for new facilities in Wiltshire (a) he and (b) his Department have assessed; and when he expects to make a decision. |
| (54916) | |
| 59 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will commence the clearance of buried ordnance in fields next to the Defence Nuclear Chemical and Biological Centre at Winterbourne Gunner; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54918) | |
| 60 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has come to a decision on the sale of Royal Ordnance, Bridgwater to a French company. |
| (54920) | |
| 61 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fees were charged to Bath Travel for the use of the facilities at the Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation at Boscombe Down for a commercial flight by Concorde in August; and if those fees have been paid. |
| (55469) | |
| 62 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the remote-operated submarine abandoned by HMS 'Cromer' has been replaced. |
| (54923) | |
| 63 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost to (a) United Kingdom public funds and (b) each of the two tri-national consortia of the UK's participation in the Trimilsatcom collaborative programme with France and Germany; and what were the equivalent costs to (i) France and (ii) Germany. |
| (55472) | |
| 64 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to purchase Allied Signal Incorporated upgraded gas turbine engines for the Chinook helicopter fleet; and when the Royal Air Force will lift the reduced weight limit on British Chinooks. |
| (55467) | |
| 65 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what disciplinary action has been taken concerning (a) the logs of and (b) the decision to abandon HMS 'Cromer's' yellow submarine. |
| (54922) | |
| 66 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS 'Cromer's' remote-operated submarine was purchased and at what cost; and what it would cost to replace. |
| (54924) | |
| 67 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS 'Cromer' lost her yellow remote-operated submarine; what attempts were made to find it; when the decision was taken to abandon it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54925) | |
| 68 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many landowners, and in respect of what acreage, have withdrawn their consent to military training on private land since 30th April; and what impact this will have on man training days. |
| (54912) | |
| 69 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the restructured pay scales for qualified general medical practitioners and general dental practitioners in the rank of major. |
| (54915) | |
| 70 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the new sixth AS 90 regiment will be based; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54917) | |
| 71 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he received the land quality assessment in respect of fields next to the Defence Nuclear Chemical and Biological Centre at Winterbourne Gunner; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54919) | |
| 72 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has settled the salvage claim in respect of the yellow submarine lost from HMS 'Cromer'; and for what sum. |
| (54921) | |
| 73 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the cost of his decision not to enter the project definition stage of the Trimilsatcom collaborative programme with France and Germany. |
| (55471) | |
| 74 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officer cadets were in the Lucknow Company at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in (a) July 1996, (b) July 1997 and (c) July 1998. |
| ¶A(55530) | |
| 75 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what areas the British Government is (a) contributing to and (b) participating in the creation of a centre for mine-action technologies at the Defence Research Establishment in Suffield, Canada; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55468) | |
| 76 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's assessment of the number of British service personnel who were within range of the fallout from the demolition of the Iraqi nerve agent dump at Khamisiyah after the Gulf War in March 1991; how many British service personnel could have been exposed to nerve agents following the demolition of the dump; what work is currently being carried out to re-assess these figures; who is carrying out this work; when this work started and when it is expected to end; if this work is being carried out in co-operation with the United States government; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55332) | |
| 77 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many series of technical papers have been produced by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment (Porton Down) since 1990; and what are the titles of each series. |
| (55319) | |
| 78 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment's evaluation of whether short-term exposure to mustard gas causes chronic skin ulceration and scar formation. |
| (55329) | |
| 79 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Chemical Defence Establishment Technical Notes series of documents (a) started and (b) finished; how many documents were produced in this series; and how many of the documents are currently unclassified. |
| (55328) | |
| 80 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment's evaluation of the effect on human health in (a) the long-term and (b) the short-term of exposure to phosgene. |
| (55320) | |
| 81 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research has been carried out by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment (Porton Down) to investigate whether short-term exposure to chlorine can cause long-term illnesses; when this research was carried out; and what were the results. |
| (55331) | |
| 82 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work has been carried out since 1st May 1997 on XV.108; who instructed that the work be done; what was the nature of the work; and what was the cost of the work and on which departmental budget it fell. |
| ¶A(55563) | |
| 83 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if departments have to pay the full cost to the RAF when Ministers from other departments use RAF planes on official business |
| ¶A(55573) | |
| 84 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55545) | |
| 85 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Lichfield of 28th July, Official Report, columns 198-9, what public opinion research was undertaken in May in respect of the public presentation of the SDR; how much it cost; and what was the purpose of the research. |
| (54667) | |
| 86 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions of ministerial use of RAF aircraft since 1st May 1997 indicating the Minister, the date of trips, the departure and destination points and the costs. |
| ¶A(55564) | |
| 87 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the conventional forces assigned to protect Trident (a) permanently and (b) in an emergency, indicating the annual operating costs of each in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (55371) | |
| 88 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Islington North of 31st July, Official Report, column 725, what are the proposed future defence purposes to which the nuclear material recovered from WE177 warheads will be put. |
| (55442) | |
| 89 N | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th July, Official Report, column 99, if he will list the names of the contractors holding nuclear materials owned by his Department. |
| (54866) | |
| 90 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the specific plans for the dismantlement of Chevaline nuclear warheads are deemed to be covered by exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. |
| (55431) | |
| 91 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay his decision to withhold details of the costs of the fuelling of Trident submarine reactors and of the costs of importing highly-enriched uranium for the fabrication of nuclear fuel rods for the submarine propulsion reactors. |
| (55415) | |
| 92 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources have been made available to the Gulf Veterans Medical Assessment Programme for work from 1st September; what is the duration of Professor Harry Lee's contract; what is the total value of his contract; and if he will make a statement on the progress of the programme. |
| (55421) | |
| 93 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information was provided to Her Majesty's Government by the United States Administration concerning evidence of the production of chemicals useable in the manufacture of chemical weapons at the pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, bombed by the United States forces; and what steps he has taken to verify the information provided. |
| (55420) | |
| 94 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many ministerial staff in Ministers' offices have been replaced through advance termination of contract since 1st May 1997. |
| (55339) | |
| 95 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55266) | |
| 96 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55172) | |
| 97 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the future of the former Department of the Environment building at 2 Marsham Street. |
| (55201) | |
| 98 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list those policies in which he has played a co-ordinating role; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54685) | |
| 99 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what projects have received funds from the EU Social Fund in the Lincolnshire County Council area. |
| (55342) | |
| 100 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the merging of Youth for Europe and the European Voluntary Service after 1999, with reference to the continuation of projects designed to foster European identity. |
| (55343) | |
| 101 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the function and purpose of (a) the Eurodesk and (b) the youth card network of the Youth for Europe programme. |
| (55379) | |
| 102 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the introduction of the Europass to record work-related training; and if the Europass will contain (a) a microchip and (b) a photograph. |
| (55404) | |
| 103 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list each LEA area in order of the performance of its maintained schools at (a) A Level and (b) GCSE. |
| (55476) | |
| 104 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55259) | |
| 105 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students progressed from HND to degree courses in 1997-98 in (a) further education institutions and (b) higher education institutions. |
| ¶B(55661) | |
| 106 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to prevent age discrimination in the workplace. |
| (55154) | |
| 107 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if widows are eligible for the same benefits, incentives and advice as other lone parents under the New Deal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55155) | |
| 108 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has issued to TECs and chambers of commerce about future applications for mergers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55151) | |
| 109 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the number of applications for mergers by TECs and chambers of commerce (a) received, (b) approved, (c) rejected and (d) awaiting ministerial approval to date. |
| (55152) | |
| 110 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55176) | |
| 111 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received concerning the funding for colleges of further education in Inner London; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55517) | |
| 112 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received concerning the ethnicity factor in the school funding formula for Inner London; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55518) | |
| 113 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he plans to help LEA schools take on the managerial responsibilities required under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. |
| (55147) | |
| 114 N | Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average annual cost of a full-time undergraduate degree student at (a) Oxford and Cambridge universities, (b) all United Kingdom universities and (c) previously PCFC funded institutions. |
| ¶B(55651) | |
| 115 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the sports which trainee physical education teachers specialised in to gain their qualifications in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (55403) | |
| 116 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many qualified physical education teachers there are in English schools. |
| (55377) | |
| 117 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will assess the advantage of introducing shorter, employment-specific, training courses in the New Deal. |
| (54853) | |
| 118 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the delivery of the New Deal Programme by (a) the Employment Service and (b) TECs. |
| (54864) | |
| 119 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the contracting procedure in the voluntary sector option of the New Deal. |
| (54854) | |
| 120 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to assist small rural primary schools. |
| (55146) | |
| 121 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the primary schools in Cleethorpes constituency which have benefited from extra money to reduce class sizes. |
| (55145) | |
| 122 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of the independent schools registered with his Department which admit children of three years old and under have been visited by local social services departments following the invitation of the Registrar of Independent Schools in the last 12 months. |
| ¶B(55627) | |
| 123 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which local social services departments have recommended action to the Registrar of Independent Schools in respect of nurseries attached to independent schools in their area. |
| ¶B(55626) | |
| 124 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many independent schools registered with his Department admit children younger than (a) three and (b) two years old. |
| ¶B(55628) | |
| 125 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55550) | |
| 126 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if (a) grant-maintained and (b) locally-managed schools are permitted to use money from their school budget to provide transport for children to school. |
| (55281) | |
| 127 | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list, for each of the schools in Gravesham, the amount of funding received in 1997-98 and for 1998-99 to improve security. |
| (55322) | |
| 128 | Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what consultations he has held with the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University about measures to widen access in respect of undergraduate admissions. |
| ¶A(55527) | |
| 129 N | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if his Department has considered making an application for an Exhibition relating to the Prince's Trust to be displayed in the Upper Waiting Hall. |
| ¶A(55543) | |
| 130 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for (a) Buckinghamshire County Council and (b) Milton Keynes Unitary Council since 1st May 1997, (i) the increase in money provided for non-HE and FE education under the SSA, (ii) the additional funding for non-HE and FE education provided in specific grants and (iii) the additional spending on non-HE and FE education allocated by each local authority. |
| (55144) | |
| 131 N | Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each year since 1993-94 (a) the number of places supported by his Department in the supported placement scheme, (b) the cost per place to the Department, (c) the annual percentage increase in funding to placement sponsors and (d) the annual percentage increase in annual earnings of those supported by the scheme. |
| ¶A(55572) | |
| 132 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of children aged (a) 0 to 4, (b) 5 to 10, (c) 11 to 12 and (d) 13 years or above whose childcare during the hours of parental employment is provided primarily by a grandparent or other non-parental family member. |
| (55387) | |
| 133 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what are the current levels of funding per pupil in each local education authority. |
| ¶B(55592) | |
| 134 N | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to improve childcare. |
| (53474) | |
| 135 | Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his Department's current policy towards safeguarding local education authority music services; and what changes his Department proposes to make. |
| (55018) | |
| 136 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make secondary schools responsible for the payment and administration of the eleven plus examination; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55021) | |
| 137 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers private water companies have to require customers to pay for water in advance under the Water Industry Act 1991. |
| ¶A(55562) | |
| 138 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55255) | |
| 139 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55177) | |
| 140 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has held with (a) Railtrack and (b) train operating companies concerning the electrification of the Gospel Oak to Barking line. |
| ¶A(55515) | |
| 141 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive proposals on the re-opening of the railway line from Bletchley to Bicester; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55512) | |
| 142 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the operation of the standard spending assessment formula for Inner London; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55519) | |
| 143 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what meetings have been held by (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department with Virgin Railways to discuss their performance levels; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55511) | |
| 144 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the dismissal of Steve Hedley by GTRM; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55516) | |
| 145 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the projects currently being evaluated for the re-opening of (a) disused, (b) mothballed and (c) freight only lines to regular passenger rail traffic. |
| ¶A(55513) | |
| 146 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to close driving test centres during the next two years; and if he will list the centres concerned. |
| ¶A(55528) | |
| 147 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the driving test centres which made a loss in the last year for which figures are available together with the amount of loss made. |
| ¶A(55529) | |
| 148 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the review of British Chemicals' policy on compounds in detergents, paints and plastics announced in July. |
| (55365) | |
| 149 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his letter of 4th September to the honourable Member for Linlithgow (EE/PSO/14592/98), what consultation he has had on the effects of methyl bromide on the ozone layer, with whom, and with what results. |
| ¶A(55540) | |
| 150 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pusuant to his Department's letter EE/p50/134/14/98 of 24th July what was the result of his Department's enquiries into permethrin timber treatments in Germany. |
| (55364) | |
| 151 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he intends to give to the proposed regional development agencies to ensure equality of opportunity for women in relation to employment, training and access to managerial positions. |
| (53476) | |
| 152 N | Sir Peter Emery (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans his Department has to amend the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 to enable highway authorities to recover costs for time expended on dealing with (a) the issue of notice requiring the avoidance of unnecessary delay or obstruction by an undertaker executing street works, (b) the recovery of costs of a joint inspection to agree the apportionment of financial liability regarding permanent reinstatement, (c) the recovery of costs for time spent providing traffic management advice relating to street works and (d) the recovery of income lost during the suspension of on-street parking bays to facilitate street works by the statutory undertaker. |
| (53764) | |
| 153 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish his Department's analysis of PFI projects and the final data on the preferred deals. |
| (55205) | |
| 154 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the commercial confidentiality restraints on the publication of the risk assessment in respect of the Government guarantee of the £3.8 billion loan to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link consortium no longer to apply. |
| (55204) | |
| 155 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to what timescale the Government intends to publish PFI contracts. |
| (55203) | |
| 156 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the effect on Norfolk's SSA calculation of the introduction of a sparsity factor in relation to rural schools. |
| (55028) | |
| 157 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that planning permission is required from a local authority to erect (a) a radio and (b) a mobile phone mast under 15 metres high. |
| ¶B(55657) | |
| 158 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the recent White Paper on integrated transport and roads, if it is the policy of the Government to (a) reduce road congestion and (b) to curb traffic growth; and if he will revise his Department's traffic growth forecasts. |
| (55287) | |
| 159 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the start date for the A120 Stansted to Braintree road improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55286) | |
| 160 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will ascertain from London Underground what the cost was of the most recent refurbishment of escalators at St. John's Wood Underground Station; what will be the cost of the newly announced refurbishment; and why the work has to be repeated. |
| (55333) | |
| 161 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what funds he will make available for integrated transport and environmental schemes as part of the Salisbury Transport Study in (a) the current financial year, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01. |
| (55297) | |
| 162 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the authors of representations he has received since his announcement in July concerning his plans for (a) the A303(T) and (b) the A36(T) in Wiltshire, indicating whether the representations are for or against his proposals. |
| [Transferred] (54914) | |
| 163 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he will include a bypass of Chicklade in his A303(T) road improvement west of Stonehenge. |
| (55296) | |
| 164 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he will fund the A303(T) improvement at Stonehenge announced on 31st July. |
| (55294) | |
| 165 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the A303(T) improvement at Stonehenge will include a grade-separated junction at Long Barrow Roundabout; and what are the reasons for this decision. |
| (55295) | |
| 166 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the latest ONS figures for change in population by county since the 1991 Census will be reflected in the standard spending assessment calculations for 1999-2000. |
| (55426) | |
| 167 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will reform the area cost adjustment to the standard spending assessment for local authorities to reflect the specific costs they incur and the costs they meet arising from the general labour market pressures in their area, in time for the 1999-2000 financial year. |
| (55427) | |
| 168 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are his latest estimates of the degree of over-capacity usage of the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge. |
| (55429) | |
| 169 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the number of (a) accidents, and (b) resulting (i) injuries and (ii) fatalities recorded on the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon in each of the last two years. |
| (55428) | |
| 170 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the quantitative criteria on which he based his selection of projects for inclusion in the Roads Programme. |
| (55430) | |
| 171 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the funding and resources of the Countryside Commission; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54927) | |
| 172 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's current evaluation of the extent to which (a) short-term and (b) long-term exposure to organophosphorus compounds produces chronic illnesses. |
| (55334) | |
| 173 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the reviews and research into the effect of organophosphorus compounds on human health which his Department has initiated since 1st May 1997, indicating who is carrying out the research and when it is expected to be completed. |
| (55335) | |
| 174 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) local authority, (b) registered social landlord and (c) private dwellings have been empty for (i) less than six months, (ii) less than one year and (iii) over one year in each London borough for the past five years. |
| (55290) | |
| 175 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact since October 1995 of private insurance protection in reducing mortgage arrears and re-possessions of owner-occupier housing; and if he will make a statement. |
| (52291) | |
| 176 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for dealing with the disposal of household waste in Greater London; what is the projected future use of (a) landfill, (b) incineration and (c) recycling in dealing with that waste; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55289) | |
| 177 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been spent in legal fees, to date, from public funds, in respect of the case of the Bus Employees Superannuation Trust (a) in defending the case of the Department of Transport and (b) by the Official Solicitor, and others, facilitating and supporting the case of the Trustees. |
| ¶B(55603) | |
| 178 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55551) | |
| 179 N | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures in A New Deal for Transport will benefit women using public transport. |
| (53473) | |
| 180 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will request the Countryside Commission to make it a condition of future grant aid to the CLA in respect of access to the countryside that the new access land is posted on the CLA's website. |
| (55412) | |
| 181 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to verify independently the nature and extent of the new public access to the countryside offered by the CLA under its Access 2000 scheme. |
| (55417) | |
| 182 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in what circumstances the Countryside Commission is obliged to take into account the assets of organisations to which it provides grant-aid when determining the amount of grant it allocates; and if it made such an assessment in respect of the grant to the CLA to promote the Access 2000 scheme. |
| (55411) | |
| 183 | Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is (a) the level of area cost adjustment and (b) the proportion of standard spending assessment comprising area cost adjustment for each local authority to which it is applied in 1998-99. |
| (55284) | |
| 184 | Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will announce his plans to consult on possible changes to the calculation of area cost adjustments. |
| (55285) | |
| 185 N | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact in the UK of Euratom Directive 96/29 on (a) radioactive waste management policy for low activity, short-lived waste, (b) the recycling of mildly radioactively contaminated metals and (c) the existing regulations covering exposure of nuclear industry workforce to radiation. |
| (54865) | |
| 186 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will assess the recommendations of the report published on 1st September by the Independent World Commission on the Oceans, relating to environmental protection and pollution prevention. |
| (55443) | |
| 187 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what studies his Department has initiated into the consequences of catalytic converters operating at below optimal temperatures; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55571) | |
| 188 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses he has received to his consultation paper, Access to Open Countryside in England and Wales. |
| (55486) | |
| 189 N | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his visit to China. |
| (55031) | |
| 190 | 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 regarding the granting by highways authorities of licences under section 50 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 for commercial advertising structures and private street signs, or other structures promoting a commercial or sectional interest, upon land having public highway or trunk road status. |
| (55480) | |
| 191 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to promote piggy-back rail freight services in the West Midlands; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55600) | |
| 192 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the membership of the West Midlands regional planning conference with responsibility for the proposed M6 capacity study and (b) those parties he intends to invite to participate in the study partnership. |
| ¶B(55602) | |
| 193 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the (a) timescale and (b) terms of reference for the proposed study of capacity problems on the M6 between the West Midlands and the North West conurbation. |
| ¶B(55601) | |
| 194 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to implement a nationwide scheme of concessionary bus fares for pensioners; what impact this scheme will have on pensioners currently receiving travel tokens of a fixed monetary value; and if he will reimburse local authorities in full for the costs of implementing and administering the scheme. |
| (55433) | |
| 195 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress is being made to improve access to the countryside; and what plans he has for legislation on access to open land. |
| (55020) | |
| 196 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in how many cases where income support was paid on interest payments on mortgages houses were repossessed by the mortgage lender in the last year for which figures are available. |
| ¶B(55662) | |
| 197 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the EMU preparation unit in his Department will have access to funds to print material for general distribution. |
| (55341) | |
| 198 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Exeter of 16th June, Official Report, column 135, if he will make a statement on the nature of his most recent discussions on the political implications of economic and monetary union with (a) EU colleagues and (b) honourable Members. |
| (55390) | |
| 199 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will be used to select non-civil servants serving on the EMU preparation unit in his Department. |
| (55344) | |
| 200 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55265) | |
| 201 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55166) | |
| 202 N | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral statement of 14th July, Official Report, column 193, what proportion of the £290 million extra resources will come from savings made through cutting quangos. |
| (54926) | |
| 203 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department has taken to introduce tax relief for employers who invest in training of their work force; and what proposals he has in this area. |
| (55045) | |
| 204 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department (a) has taken and (b) proposes to introduce (i) grants and (ii) tax relief for workers on training courses. |
| (55047) | |
| 205 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to encourage more employee share ownership schemes. |
| (55046) | |
| 206 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what government contracts have been awarded to Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting since 2nd May 1997. |
| (55157) | |
| 207 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has held with the Registrar of Friendly Societies regarding the transfer of its functions to the Financial Services Authority to ensure continued recognition of and sensitivity to the special features of organisations currently regulated and supervised by the Registrar; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55220) | |
| 208 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has held with the Financial Services Authority regarding harmonisation of the costs of incorporation of the different types of organisations regulated by the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55215) | |
| 209 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has held with the representative bodies for credit unions regarding the development of a share protection scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55219) | |
| 210 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in Shrewsbury and Atcham currently earn less than (a) £3.60 per hour, (b) £2.50 per hour and (c) £1.50 per hour. |
| (55243) | |
| 211 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been prosecuted for re-selling alcoholic beverages and tobacco brought in from France in the latest available year. |
| (55357) | |
| 212 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made to his Department's estimates of the level of economic growth in 1997. |
| (55485) | |
| 213 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the euro will be legal tender in Britain after 1st January 1999. |
| (55405) | |
| 214 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes he has made to estimates for (a) growth, (b) unemployment and (c) inflation for (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999. |
| (55381) | |
| 215 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the proposed abolition of payable tax credits on dividends from April 1999. |
| ¶B(55652) | |
| 216 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the numbers of registered maternities to women resident in (a) St. Albans, (b) Dacorum, (c) Watford, (d) Hertsmere and (e) Three Rivers local authority districts which took place in (i) Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, (ii) St. Albans City Hospital, (iii) Watford General Hospital, (iv) Mount Vernon Hospital, (v) Barnet General Hospital, (vi) Chase Farm Hospital, (vii) Northwick Park Hospital, (viii) Luton and Dunstable Hospital, (ix) Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (x) Wycombe General Hospital, (xi) other NHS hospitals, (xii) RAF Halton Hospital, (xiii) other non-NHS hospitals, (xiv) at home and (xv) elsewhere for each of the last five years for which data are available. |
| [Transferred] (55315) | |
| 217 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number and proportion of all families headed by a lone parent indicating how many children live in them, based on the most recent available figures. |
| [Transferred]A (55584) | |
| 218 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number and proportion of one parent families headed by a teenage lone parent (a) under 20 years and (b) under 16 years based on the most recent figures. |
| [Transferred]A (55583) | |
| 219 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if an estimate has been made by the Inland Revenue as to the likely ongoing running costs of ISAs compared to those of PEPs. |
| ¶A(55535) | |
| 220 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on how the Inland Revenue's figure for the start-up costs of ISAs being £250 million for the savings industry was derived and provide a breakdown of the costs incurred for new computer installation, staff and sales force retraining and administration. |
| ¶A(55534) | |
| 221 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with regard to the sale of financial services through intermediaries, what is the Personal Investment Authority's figure for the proportion sold on commission and those sold by advisers taking a fixed fee. |
| ¶A(55537) | |
| 222 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with regard to the current pensions mis-selling review what is the Savings and Investment Board's estimate of the likely total cost of the compensation that will be paid by the life assurance industry; what is the breakdown of this estimate between with profits and unit linked policies; and what proportion of the costs incurred by with profits policies the Savings and Investment Board has estimated will ultimately be met by policy holders through reduced future bonuses. |
| ¶A(55536) | |
| 223 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the childcare tax credit element of the proposed working families tax credit; and how much of this expenditure will go to those who would otherwise be (a) non-taxpayers, (b) lower rate taxpayers, (c) standard rate taxpayers and (d) higher rate taxpayers. |
| (55386) | |
| 224 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means tabulations of data from the British Household Panel Survey will be made available to honourable Members. |
| ¶B(55638) | |
| 225 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women had abortions in each parliamentary constituency and what percentage of these were carried out by the NHS in the last year for which figures are available. |
| [Transferred]A (55538) | |
| 226 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what EU funding has been provided for the (a) yes and (b) no vote campaign in the Danish Referendum on the Amsterdam Treaty; through which bodies such funding has been issued and according to what criteria; what proportion of the cost has been borne by the United Kingdom; and what has been the cost to United Kingdom public funds to date. |
| (55376) | |
| 227 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 277, what proportion of European Community legislative acts which do not pass before the Council of Ministers do not fall into the category of detailed market management measures; and if he will list the categories they fall into. |
| (55389) | |
| 228 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 277-8, on how many occasions since 1st May 1997 a minister of his Department has intervened in the negotiations on Community legislative acts being agreed outside of the Council of Ministers before that act received final ministerial approval; on what proportion of occasions a minister has rejected an agreement reached in this manner when presented with the final agreement; and what form of scrutiny by ministers takes place during the course of the negotiations. |
| (55398) | |
| 229 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 277-8, how many Community legislative acts for 1997 (a) were and (b) were not delegated to committees of member state representatives. |
| (55397) | |
| 230 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, Official Report, column 277-8, what estimate he has made of the proportion and quantity of European Community legislation that neither passes before the Council of Ministers nor is discussed in Parliament; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on this procedure. |
| (55395) | |
| 231 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his Department's policy on the basis of the distribution of European Community funds between opposing sides on referenda on EC issues. |
| (55378) | |
| 232 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55263) | |
| 233 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55178) | |
| 234 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Malaysia concerning the arrest and imprisonment of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
| ¶A(55522) | |
| 235 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) contacts have been made and (b) meetings have been held by the High Commissioner and High Commission staff with human rights groups in Malaysia. |
| ¶A(55521) | |
| 236 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with President Clerides on the subject of a demilitarisation of the Island of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55616) | |
| 237 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary posts there are and how many temporary Home Office Immigration Service personnel have been employed at the entry clearance posts in (i) Delhi, (ii) Bombay, (iii) Islamabad (iv) Karachi and (v) Dacca in (1) May, (2) June and (3) July. |
| (55237) | |
| 238 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to encourage independent international monitoring of next year's presidential and parliamentary elections in Malawi. |
| (55198) | |
| 239 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions his Department has taken to close the UNITA London office and ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of the UNITA representative Mr Kandeya. |
| (55228) | |
| 240 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress made by Austria's presidency of the EU on enlargement. |
| (54858) | |
| 241 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55546) | |
| 242 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations Her Majesty's Government has made to Israel concerning nuclear disarmament. |
| (55414) | |
| 243 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the Right honourable Member for Folkestone and Hythe, of 16th July, Official Report, column 249, if he is able to provide details of the assessment of samples taken from Iraqi warheads undertaken in France and Switzerland. |
| (55452) | |
| 244 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Her Majesty's Government first had evidence that chemical weapons were being manufactured in Sudan. |
| (55484) | |
| 245 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department was first aware that two climbers were missing in North East Pakistan; what steps were taken to alert the Pakistan authorities and organise a search; on what date such a search began; when the first helicopter search was made; and for what reasons a helicopter search was not made earlier. |
| (55483) | |
| 246 | Mr Robert Syms (Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the successful candidates for the recent recruitment of middle managers for the Diplomatic Service were (a) men, (b) women and (c) over the age of 40 years. |
| (55001) | |
| 247 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the visit to the UK of President Hegdar Aliyev of Azerbaijan. |
| (55022) | |
| 248 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmaceutical wholesalers ceased to operate in each year between 1990 and 1998. |
| [Transferred] (55182) | |
| 249 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmaceutical wholesalers were established in the United Kingdom in each year between 1990 and 1998. |
| [Transferred] (55162) | |
| 250 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department has provided for research into thalassaemia. |
| (55505) | |
| 251 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cytology laboratories in England are sending their cervical smears to other laboratories for interpretation. |
| (55301) | |
| 252 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the findings of the Cervical Screening Action Team. |
| (55300) | |
| 253 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received calling for trade union representation in the feasibility study for developing an Occupational Standards Framework for Scientists and Technicians; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55298) | |
| 254 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the terms of reference of the Cervical Screening Action Team; and if he intends to publish its report. |
| (55299) | |
| 255 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make public funding available to meet the costs incurred by parents choosing to travel to France to obtain the single measles vaccination for their children, following its withdrawal from the United Kingdom. |
| (55503) | |
| 256 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his Department's policy that parents who are concerned about the possible side effects of the MMR vaccination should have access to other forms of vaccination for their children. |
| (55502) | |
| 257 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Pasteur Merieux MSD to discuss the withdrawal of the single measles vaccination from the United Kingdom (a) before and (b) since the withdrawal was announced. |
| (55501) | |
| 258 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55264) | |
| 259 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55179) | |
| 260 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers have responsibility for music therapy. |
| ¶B(55625) | |
| 261 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his announcement of a health action zone for Camden and Islington, how much money will be available for the project. |
| ¶A(55520) | |
| 262 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people in care committed or attempted to commit suicide, broken down by social services authorities, in the last monitoring year; and what recording mechanisms are in place in the Social Services Inspectorate to monitor such data. |
| (55362) | |
| 263 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) service and (b) professional disciplines must be available at a 24 hour accident and emergency facility. |
| ¶A(55565) | |
| 264 | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the National CJD Surveillance Unit about the screening of appendicectomy and tonsillectomy specimens; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55539) | |
| 265 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the re-negotiation of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55620) | |
| 266 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for controlling the price manufacturers can charge the NHS for generic drugs; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55623) | |
| 267 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the purchasing policies of NHS hospitals in relation to drugs and the pricing policies of drugs companies in supplying NHS hospitals. |
| ¶B(55624) | |
| 268 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to investigate the practice of companies which produce branded drugs subject to price controls selling on those drugs to new companies which are exempt from such controls. |
| ¶B(55622) | |
| 269 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS drugs spending was attributable to (a) branded drugs, (b) branded drugs which are subject to PPRS and (c) generic drugs, and what were the actual amounts spent in each of these areas, in each of the last five years for which the information is available. |
| ¶B(55621) | |
| 270 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will fund the replacement of invasive procedures carried out in the course of spinal treatment with safer practices. |
| (55041) | |
| 271 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will fund the greater use of chronic pain management programmes for sufferers of adhesive arachnoiditis. |
| (55042) | |
| 272 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the alleged link between adhesive arachnoiditis and the use of Myodil. |
| (55040) | |
| 273 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he intends to take to ensure that the criticisms of Liverpool Social Services contained in the recent Social Services Inspectorate report are addressed. |
| (55235) | |
| 274 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has held with 3M Healthcare regarding replacement of faulty prostheses; what offers the company made to provide such replacements at its expense in the private sector; and what response he made to such offers. |
| (55473) | |
| 275 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the terms of reference of the inquiry into cardiac surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary include the role played by his Department. |
| (55229) | |
| 276 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he takes into consideration to ensure that the composition of the General Dental Council represents and reflects the public interest. |
| (55196) | |
| 277 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the number of lay persons serving on the General Dental Council. |
| (55197) | |
| 278 | Ann Keen (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice is to be given to the National Health Service following the review by the Standing Medical Advisory Committee of the use of Taxol/cisplatin for ovarian cancer. |
| (55347) | |
| 279 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department is taking to raise awareness and educate (a) the public and (b) general practitioners regarding the skin disease Hidradenitis Suppurativa. |
| (55227) | |
| 280 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department (a) has undertaken and (b) is planning to take with regard to the skin disease Hidradenitis Suppurativa. |
| (55226) | |
| 281 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 20th July, Official Report, columns 407-8, what steps he is taking to monitor the way pharmaceutical companies comply with EU guidance on the licensing of medicines in children; which companies have so far complied with this guidance; which products are being developed in accordance with this guidance; and when the application of the guidance will be extended to products already on the market. |
| (55199) | |
| 282 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money per head was allocated for ambulance services in each health region in England in each of the last three years. |
| (55478) | |
| 283 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the amounts of money allocated to each ambulance trust in England in each of the last three years. |
| (55479) | |
| 284 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55552) | |
| 285 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will judge the cost-effectiveness of new drugs and treatments. |
| (55272) | |
| 286 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS staff satisfaction surveys will be incorporated into the National Performance Framework. |
| (55247) | |
| 287 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial rewards will be given to NHS staff who exceed quality standards set by NHS trusts. |
| (55249) | |
| 288 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will take of royal colleges' recommendations in formulating best practices. |
| (55271) | |
| 289 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to break down the results of the National Survey of Patient and User Experience into individual health trusts. |
| (55304) | |
| 290 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NHS trusts and primary care trusts will be able to purchase the services of the Commission for Health Improvement on a consultancy basis. |
| (55244) | |
| 291 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he will take of existing customer satisfaction programmes in NHS trusts in drawing up the National Performance Framework. |
| (55245) | |
| 292 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the National Institute for Clinical Excellence has to ensure consistency in the response it receives on developing best clinical practices. |
| (55274) | |
| 293 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, over what timescale the Commission for Health Improvement plans to visit each NHS trust and primary care trust. |
| (55248) | |
| 294 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure NHS staff are consulted on the implementation of clinical governance for each NHS trust. |
| (55250) | |
| 295 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will undertake the National Patient and User Experience Survey; and what was the selection procedure. |
| (55273) | |
| 296 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 30th July, Official Report, columns 506-7, regarding consultants, if he will list the number of consultants by specialty and for each specialty their ratio to population in each shire county health authority. |
| (55302) | |
| 297 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if additional funding incentives will be given to the best-performing health authorities based on the standards achieved in the National Performance Framework. |
| (55251) | |
| 298 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is planned to be given to NHS staff on process management and process improvement. |
| (55246) | |
| 299 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure that professional self-regulation will be subject to public scrutiny under the proposals in the White Paper, A First Class Service White Paper. |
| (55270) | |
| 300 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the new national performance framework to tackle inconsistencies in health services will include abortion services. |
| (55366) | |
| 301 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the numbers of (a) day cases and (b) in-patient admissions indicating the average lengths of stay of residents of (1) St. Albans, (2) Dacorum, (3) Watford, (4) Hertsmere and (5) Three Rivers local authority districts in acute, geriatric and maternity departments in (i) St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, (ii) Watford and Mount Vernon hospitals, (iii) the West Hertfordshire Community Trust, (iv) East Hertfordshire/Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, (v) North Hertfordshire/The Lister Hospital, Hitchin, (vi) the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, (vii) Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (viii) Barnet Healthcare Trust, (ix) Chase Farm, (x) Wellhouse Trust, (xi) Northwick Park Hospital, (xii) The Royal Free Hospital, (xiii) other NHS hospitals and (xiv) private hospitals for each of the past five years for which data are available. |
| (55325) | |
| 302 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the numbers of in-patient episodes of length (a) less than one, (b) 1, (c) 2 to 3, (d) 4 to 7, (e) 8 to 14, (f) 15 to 21, (g) 22 to 30, (h) 31 to 60 and (i) 61 days and over in (i) acute, (ii) geriatric and (iii) maternity departments in (1) St Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, (2) Watford and Mount Vernon hospitals and (3) West Herts Community Trust, for each of the past five years for which data are available. |
| (55375) | |
| 303 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the numbers of (a) day cases and (b) in-patient admissions and the average lengths of stay of (x) residents of (1) Hertfordshire local government districts other than St. Albans, Dacorum, Watford, Hertsmere and Three Rivers, (2) Greater London, (3) Bedfordshire, (4) Buckinghamshire, (5) Berkshire and (y) those resident elsewhere in acute, geriatric and maternity departments in (i) St Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, (ii) Watford and Mount Vernon hospitals and (iii) West Herts Community Trust for each of the past five years for which data are available. |
| (55374) | |
| 304 | Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the numbers of (a) day cases and (b) in-patient admissions indicating the average lengths of stay for (1) acute, (2) geriatric, (3) mental illness, (4) people with learning disabilities and (5) maternity in (i) St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead hospitals, (ii) Watford and Mount Vernon hospitals, (iii) the West Hertfordshire Community Trust, (iv) the Horizon Trust, (v) East Hertfordshire/Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, (vi) North Hertfordshire/The Lister Hospital, Hitchin, (vii) the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, (viii) Stoke Mandeville Hospital, (ix) Barnet Healthcare Trust, (x) Chase Farm, (xi) Wellhouse Trust, (xii) Northwick Park Hospital and (xiii) The Royal Free Hospital for each of the past five years for which data are available. |
| (55324) | |
| 305 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chairmen of NHS trusts appointed since 1st May 1997 are retired (a) civil servants and (b) local government officers; and what has been the percentage change in the figures for (a) and (b) relative to the previous year. |
| (55358) | |
| 306 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contact he has had with the Pasteur Merieux Company concerning the withdrawal of general availability of the single measles vaccine. |
| (55481) | |
| 307 N | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the decision of some parents to take their children to other countries for the single measles vaccine. |
| (55482) | |
| 308 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken in reported cases of (a) doctors, (b) opticians and (c) pharmacists who have defrauded the National Health Service; and if such incidents are reported to their professional bodies. |
| ¶A(55531) | |
| 309 | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the third report from the Health Committee of session 1997-98 on The Welfare of Former British Child Migrants (HC 755); and what discussions he has held on this matter with (a) the Australian and (b) the New Zealand government. |
| (55165) | |
| 310 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recruitment and retention problems in cytology services. |
| (55142) | |
| 311 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of access to investigation for infertility in health authorities. |
| (55141) | |
| 312 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55207) | |
| 313 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each health authority in England, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55212) | |
| 314 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to (a) receive and (b) publish the report of the action team convened by Sir Kenneth Calman on cytology services. |
| (55140) | |
| 315 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England had been on hospital waiting lists for over one year at the latest available date. |
| ¶B(55618) | |
| 316 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many export licences were issued, and for what quantity, of Temazepam (a) capsules and (b) tablets in each year between 1990 and 1998. |
| [Transferred] (55183) | |
| 317 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Temazepam (a) tablets and (b) capsules were manufactured in the United Kingdom in each year since 1992. |
| [Transferred] (55163) | |
| 318 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received concerning the preservation from destruction of material held by the security forces relating to the 1975 referendum on United Kingdom membership of the Common Market. |
| (55326) | |
| 319 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that his Department's proposed freedom of information legislation includes a statutory right of access to information relating to the scientific basis for research involving animal experiments within the United Kingdom. |
| (55346) | |
| 320 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55254) | |
| 321 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the new code of practice on the sale of alcopops; and what measures are in place to continue to monitor the industry's marketing of alcopops. |
| (55184) | |
| 322 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55180) | |
| 323 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Department's letter AP98 1/10/333 PO 13469/98 of 23rd July if he has forwarded Neil Boyce's Report, Freeze-dried Mice, relating to the overbreeding of animals, to the Animal Procedures Committee; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55363) | |
| 324 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the names, qualifications and experience of members of the Gaming Board appointed in the last 12 months; if he will list the (a) vacancies and (b) expected vacancies for the Board; and what arrangements are in place for filling them. |
| (54862) | |
| 325 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes his Department has made to (a) the amount of information available to, and (b) the protection by law for, victims of crime and vulnerable witnesses since May 1997. |
| (54998) | |
| 326 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes his Department has made to the requirement for young offenders to be tested for drugs; and what plans he has to require young offenders taking drugs to undertake treatment programmes. |
| (55139) | |
| 327 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward proposals to strengthen the controls and procedures for vetting those employed and working directly or indirectly with children and young people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55453) | |
| 328 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (i) communities and (ii) organisations in (a) Scotland, (b) Cornwall, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland, (e) elsewhere in the United Kingdom, (f) Isle of Man and (g) the Channel Islands, have been invited to submit evidence to the Government in preparation for its report to the Council of Europe on progress made by the United Kingdom under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. |
| (55447) | |
| 329 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definitions are used of (a) culture, (b) ethnic and (c) ethnicity in his Department's work to support its ratification of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. |
| (55446) | |
| 330 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which groups are currently under consideration for acceptance by his Department as a National Minority in addition to those national minorities already recognised by his Department as existing within the United Kingdom under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. |
| (55449) | |
| 331 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which national minorities his Department has identified within the United Kingdom for the purposes of its ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. |
| (55450) | |
| 332 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he has taken to ensure that national minorities are able to submit comments on the Government's report to the Council of Europe on progress made by the United Kingdom since ratifying the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. |
| (55448) | |
| 333 | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timetable he has set for the consultation and report on progress made by the United Kingdom since the ratification of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. |
| (55445) | |
| 334 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Prison Service intends to take to encourage recruitment to the service from ethnic minority communities. |
| (55323) | |
| 335 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to expedite the administration of justice. |
| (54859) | |
| 336 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55553) | |
| 337 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations he has held with (a) the RUC, (b) the police in Great Britain, (c) civil liberties organisations, (d) the Irish government, (e) members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, (f) other honourable Members and (g) the United States government, concerning the new anti-terrorist legislation. |
| (55349) | |
| 338 N | Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to make an announcement on the review of domestic violence policy. |
| (53497) | |
| 339 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons are serving prison sentences in Great Britain for terrorist offences connected with Northern Ireland; how many of them are serving (a) life sentences and (b) other indeterminate sentences; to which terrorist group these prisoners belong and how many are in categories (a) and (b); how many he estimates will be transferred to Northern Ireland inside the next two years; and how many of those transferrred will be eligible for release under the Northern Ireland Sentences Act 1998. |
| (55024) | |
| 340 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to encourage speedier responses to claims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. |
| (55150) | |
| 341 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current average time that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board takes to deal with a claim. |
| (55149) | |
| 342 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons files covering (a) the effects of radioactivity tests on animals, (b) the accident at Windscale in 1957 and (c) the accident at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in 1959 have been withheld from release at the Public Record Office; and what system his Department has for reviewing decisions not to release individual files. |
| (55422) | |
| 343 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure that police traffic officers are given training in the collecting of evidence equivalent to that provided to CID officers responsible for investigating homicides. |
| (55019) | |
| 344 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of males aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23, (i) 24, (j) 25, (k) 26, (l) 27, (m) 28, (n) 29, and (o) 30 years or over (i) are currently in prison, (ii) have served a prison sentence or are currently in prison and (iii) have a criminal record. |
| (55432) | |
| 345 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there was in the number of front-line immigration officers between January 1988 and January 1998. |
| ¶B(55654) | |
| 346 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect cost of illegal drug smuggling to the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. |
| ¶B(55655) | |
| 347 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which her Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55262) | |
| 348 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what use her Department is currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings she estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans she has to expand use of the card by her Department and its agencies; and if she will make a statement. |
| (55216) | |
| 349 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 98, in relation to the Cikampek to Padalarang toll road project in Indonesia, what expenditure has been (a) allocated and (b) incurred by her Department to date; what impact the delay to the project will have on the effectiveness of her Department's support for the project; and if she will place in the Library copies of the project appraisal, monitoring and evaluation reports completed to date. |
| (55225) | |
| 350 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the setting up of a UK National Commission for UNESCO; and what role the Departments of (a) Education and Employment, (b) Trade and Industry, Office of Science and Technology and (c) Culture, Media and Sport will have in selecting appropriate non-governmental members of the Commission. |
| (55231) | |
| 351 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) officials, and (b) NGOs have attended UNESCO-related conferences on United Kingdom's behalf since the UK rejoined UNESCO; and what encouragement she has given to groups outside government to participate in these conferences. |
| (55232) | |
| 352 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the government departments which participate in UNESCO's activities and on what matters. |
| (55230) | |
| 353 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the (a) contribution made by and (b) benefits obtained by each Department which has participated in UNESCO's activities since the UK's resumption of UNESCO membership on 1st July. |
| (55292) | |
| 354 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in her Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to her Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by her Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55561) | |
| 355 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from the Mirrar peoples of Australia in respect of the proposed development of the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Kakadu National Park. |
| (55413) | |
| 356 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her visits to China and Vietnam. |
| (55030) | |
| 357 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55175) | |
| 358 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement concerning the implementation of section 10 of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 and section 1 of the Damages Act 1996 following the recent judgements in the House of Lords on multipliers in personal injury actions. |
| (54863) | |
| 359 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the average length of time between the serving of a notice of seeking possession on the tenant of a local authority and the granting of possession where the application was successful (a) in England and Wales, (b) in the West Midlands County and (c) in Birmingham in each of the last five years for which records are available; and if he will make a statement on measures he is proposing to speed up the process. |
| (55504) | |
| 360 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55555) | |
| 361 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) civilians and (b) soldiers have been killed as a result of terrorist activities in Northern Ireland in each month over the last five years. |
| (55506) | |
| 362 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cytology laboratories in Northern Ireland are sending their cervical smears to other laboratories for interpretation. |
| (55307) | |
| 363 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which her Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55258) | |
| 364 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what use (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings she estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans she has to expand use of the card by her Department and its agencies; and if she will make a statement. |
| (55181) | |
| 365 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what occasion she has met (a) relatives of guardsmen Fisher and Wright and (b) the Scots Guards Association to discuss their case since 1st August. |
| (55023) | |
| 366 | Mr Clifford Forsythe (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to expand the railway system in Northern Ireland. |
| ¶B(55660) | |
| 367 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted of membership of a proscribed organisation in each of the last five years; and what was the punishment received in each case. |
| (55499) | |
| 368 N | Mr Robert McCartney (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many candidates applied, in May 1997, for promotion to Civil Service Grade 7, and if she will provide a breakdown of the successful candidates by their religious background. |
| ¶A(55542) | |
| 369 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if equality is one of the rights issues which will be subject to continuing consultations between the Irish Government and Her Majesty's Government under the proposed British Irish Governmental Council. |
| ¶A(55524) | |
| 370 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if equality is (a) transferred, (b) reserved or (c) excepted matter under the proposals contained in the Northern Ireland Bill. |
| ¶A(55523) | |
| 371 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the proposed Northern Ireland Assembly and the United Kingdom Parliament will have concurrent responsibility for legislating on equality issues following the enactment of the Northern Ireland Bill. |
| ¶A(55526) | |
| 372 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in what areas concerning equality the proposed Northern Ireland Assembly will be able to legislate. |
| ¶A(55525) | |
| 373 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in her Department has other than for flights to and from Northern Ireland used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to her Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by her Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55560) | |
| 374 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consultations she has held with (a) the RUC, (b) the police in Great Britain, (c) civil liberties organisations, (d) the Irish government, (e) members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, (f) other honourable Members and (g) the United States government, concerning the new anti-terrorist legislation. |
| (55350) | |
| 375 | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what advice she has received from the Chief Constable of the RUC on talks between OAAO and the PIRA. |
| (55143) | |
| 376 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the name of each known terrorist organisation connected with terrorism in Northern Ireland indicating the number of members of each organisation (a) serving a prison sentence and (b) on remand; and if she will estimate the number from each organisation she expects to be released under the provisions of the Northern Ireland Sentences Act by (i) 30th September 1998, (ii) 31st December 1998, (iii) 31st March 1999, (iv) 30th June 1999, (v) 30th September 1999, (vi) 31st December 1999, (vii) 31st March 2000, (viii) 30th June 2000 and (ix) 30th September 2002. |
| (55026) | |
| 377 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list for each of the Foyle Fisheries Commission areas and the Fisheries Conservancy Board area the number and total weight of (a) salmon and (b) grilse taken by (i) angling and (ii) commercial nets in (1) drift and (2) estuary nets for each of the last five years and for 1985, 1980 and 1975 or as much of such information as is readily available; and if he will provide the same information for fish classed (x) 1 sea winter, (y) 2 sea winter and (z) 3 sea winter fish. |
| ¶A(55570) | |
| 378 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the injuries suffered by the surviving victims of the Omagh bomb. |
| (55477) | |
| 379 N | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list (a) each known terrorist organisation connected with terrorism in Northern Ireland, (b) the number of members of each such organisation in prison in Northern Ireland, (c) the number in each organisation serving (i) a life sentence, and (ii) another indeterminate sentence and (d) the number in each group convicted of murder or attempted murder. |
| (55025) | |
| 380 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken in reported cases of (a) doctors, (b) opticians and (c) pharmacists who have defrauded the National Health Service; and if such incidents are reported to their professional bodies. |
| ¶A(55532) | |
| 381 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of possible fraud have been identified in boards or agencies of the DHSS since 1995; and what steps were taken to investigate them. |
| ¶A(55576) | |
| 382 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the report, Controls to Prevent and Detect Fraud in Family Practitioners Payments. |
| ¶A(55578) | |
| 383 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of possible fraud have been identified in agencies of the DOE (NI) since 1995; and what steps were taken to investigate them. |
| ¶A(55575) | |
| 384 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convicted prisoners released since 1st January 1997 have re-offended; what was the nature of their new offences; what illegal organisations they were associated with before their imprisonment; and what association they have with such organisations now. |
| (55492) | |
| 385 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers worked from each social security office during (a) 1995, (b) 1996 and (c) 1997. |
| ¶A(55585) | |
| 386 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the person photographed on camera entering and leaving the field at Drumcree and shooting at Police lines has been (a) identified, and (b) charged. |
| ¶A(55533) | |
| 387 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the number and type of suspected fraud cases which have been investigated in agencies answerable to Northern Ireland departments by department and year since 1995, indicating how many (a) proved erroneous, (b) required no further action and (c) were proven; and what were the penalties in respect of (c). |
| ¶A(55574) | |
| 388 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of possible fraud have been identified in agencies of the DED since 1995; and what steps were taken to investigate them. |
| ¶A(55577) | |
| 389 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55209) | |
| 390 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for each health and social services board in Northern Ireland, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55213) | |
| 391 | Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many new applications there were for places at (a) Comber High School, (b) Molvilla High School, (c) Regent House Grammar School and (d) Saintfield High School in the academic year beginning September 1998; and how many were unsuccessful. |
| (55355) | |
| 392 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the President of the Council, what was the direct cost of recalling the House for the sittings on 2nd and 3rd September, seperately identifying (a) staff and (b) works costs. |
| (55356) | |
| 393 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact on British nationals in (a) Sudan and (b) Afghanistan of his support for American air strikes on those countries. |
| (55507) | |
| 394 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's relations with the United States government; and when he next plans to meet President Clinton. |
| (55509) | |
| 395 | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what responses he has received to the Government Annual Report 1997-98; and if he will place them in the Library. |
| (55508) | |
| 396 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received from other European Union countries on the representation of member states in the logo for the United Kingdom presidency. |
| (55394) | |
| 397 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions since 1st May when his Office has held meetings with representatives of the European Movement; and if he will make a statement on the issues discussed. |
| (55330) | |
| 398 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 31st July, Official Report, column 604, if he will list those occasions when the Cabinet has met when Parliament was not in session. |
| ¶A(55566) | |
| 399 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in the Cabinet Office has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to the Cabinet Office and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by the Cabinet Office (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55548) | |
| 400 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the rules governing the use of (a) RAF planes and (b) private charter flights by Ministers; if rules have changed since 1st May 1997; and if departments have to meet the full cost of such use. |
| ¶A(55510) | |
| 401 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) consultations he has held and (b) reports he has commissioned on (i) abolition of the sitting and voting rights of hereditary peers in the House of Lords and (ii) other reforms of the membership of the House of Lords; and when he proposes to take action on these issues. |
| (55393) | |
| 402 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, who was the freelance photographer who took the photographs and did the interviews for the Government's Annual Report 1997-98. |
| (55240) | |
| 403 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons the name, age and occupation of one of the members of the public quoted in the Government's Annual Report 1997-98 is given. |
| (55241) | |
| 404 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received calling for the Government to establish a statutory register of lobbyists; if he will list them; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55202) | |
| 405 N | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Crewe and Nantwich of 28th July, Official Report, columns 132-4, what new resources will be committed to funding the New Centre for Management and Policy Studies within the Cabinet Office; if the research the centre will commission will be published; and if the centre will be covered by the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. |
| (54867) | |
| 406 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many prescriptions for Temazepam (a) capsules and (b) tablets were issued in Strathclyde in each year since 1992 and in 1998 to date. |
| (55164) | |
| 407 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many deaths in Strathclyde resulted from the use of Temazepam in each year since 1994 and in 1998 to date. |
| (55160) | |
| 408 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many deaths in Strathclyde resulted from the use of heroin in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 1998 to date. |
| (55161) | |
| 409 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many amputations in Strathclyde resulted from the misuse of the injected drug Temazepam in each year between 1990 and 1998. |
| (55158) | |
| 410 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many deaths in Strathclyde resulted from more than one drug including Temazepam in each year since 1992 and in 1998 to date. |
| (55159) | |
| 411 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many deaths in (a) Scotland and (b) Strathclyde have resulted from the prescribed use of methadone in each year since 1992 and in 1998 to date. |
| (55214) | |
| 412 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cytology laboratories in Scotland are sending their cervical smears to other laboratories for interpretation. |
| (55306) | |
| 413 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55257) | |
| 414 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55171) | |
| 415 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his proposals (a) to combat diffuse pollution and (b) to implement the recommendations of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency of 31st August 1998 on diffuse pollution, in relation to nitrate enhancement. |
| (55475) | |
| 416 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the replies by the Parliamentary Under Secretary FP 060705 of 13th May and FR 021609 of 18th September, if he will list the Chairman and members of the UK Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance. |
| ¶A(55544) | |
| 417 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what action his Department has taken to introduce individual pupil compacts setting out targets for pupils in Scottish schools. |
| (55043) | |
| 418 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how his Department monitors use of public money granted to further and higher education colleges in Scotland to ensure propriety in its expenditure. |
| (55006) | |
| 419 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what procedures he has in place to ensure that money granted by his Department to further and higher education colleges for special needs education is spent properly. |
| (55000) | |
| 420 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what reviews he has initiated into teacher training in Scotland since May 1997. |
| (55013) | |
| 421 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what powers (a) he and (b) the board of management from further and higher education colleges have to (i) appoint, (ii) approve or (iii) dismiss the principal and members of the boards of management from their further and higher education college. |
| (55004) | |
| 422 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the expected deficit for Moray College for the years (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99. |
| (55010) | |
| 423 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much money has been paid by his Department to Moray College for special needs education in each of the years since incorporation expressed in (a) cash and (b) real terms based on 1998-99 prices; and what audited accounts he has received from Moray College on how this has been spent on special needs education. |
| (54999) | |
| 424 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what reassessment of the Higher Still reforms has been made since May 1997. |
| (55014) | |
| 425 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what accounts have been presented to his Department by Moray College on the use of Scottish Office funding for further and higher education since the incorporation of the college. |
| (55008) | |
| 426 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who appointed the current principals of further and higher education colleges in Scotland; and where each current principal of a further and higher education college was previously employed. |
| (55003) | |
| 427 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidelines must be followed by the boards of management of further and higher education colleges on the payment of performance-related pay and bonuses to college managers when the college is running a financial deficit. |
| (55012) | |
| 428 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) guidelines and (b) statutory procedures must be followed by the boards of management of further and higher education colleges when consulting staff and union representatives on management and staff restructuring within the colleges. |
| (55049) | |
| 429 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will investigate the alleged link between adhesive arachnoiditis and the use of Myodil. |
| (55037) | |
| 430 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the amount each further and higher education college in Scotland has acquired from the Scottish Office budget in each year since incorporation in (a) cash terms, (b) real terms at 1998-99 prices and (c) as a percentage of their total income. |
| (55007) | |
| 431 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what changes his Department has made to (a) the amount of information provided to and (b) the protection by law for victims of crime and vulnerable witnesses since May 1997. |
| (55015) | |
| 432 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will fund the greater use of chronic pain management programmes for sufferers of adhesive arachnoiditis. |
| (55039) | |
| 433 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidelines his Department has issued to the principals and members of the boards of management of further and higher education colleges on employment and personnel appointment procedures, with particular reference to guidance on the employment of family members. |
| (55011) | |
| 434 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the current members of the boards of management for each further and higher education college in Scotland indicating how their appointment met the criteria of being fully representative of local interests in accordance with the terms of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992. |
| (55005) | |
| 435 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what changes his Department has made to the requirement for young offenders to be tested for drugs; and what plans he has to require young offenders taking drugs to undertake treatment programmes. |
| (55016) | |
| 436 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidelines his Department has given to the principals and members of the boards of management of further and higher education colleges on expenses incurred by the principals and members of the boards of management. |
| (55009) | |
| 437 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will fund the replacement of invasive procedures carried out in the course of spinal treatment with non-invasive practices. |
| (55038) | |
| 438 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list each of the further and higher education colleges participating in the University of the Highlands and Islands Project; when they signed contracts to participate in the project; and when these contracts (a) expired and (b) were renewed. |
| (55002) | |
| 439 N | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will give a breakdown for rent arrears for each Scottish local authority indicating (a) the estimated stock on 31st March 1997, (b) the number of households in rent arears, (c) the total rent arears and (d) the percentage in each category of rental income. |
| (55034) | |
| 440 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the total funding at current prices, made available or planned to Scottish police forces for each year from 1998-99 to 2001-02 (a) from central government and (b) via local authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (54929) | |
| 441 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list each (a) liability, (b) undertaking and (c) contract with a value over £1 million of the United Kingdom Government that will be transfered to the Scottish Parliament. |
| (54928) | |
| 442 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on delays in the payment of beef and sheep premiums to farmers. |
| (54861) | |
| 443 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55556) | |
| 444 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the number and total weight of (a) salmon and (b) grilse taken by (i) anglers and (ii) commercial nets in (1) drift and (2) estuary nets for each of the last five years and for 1985, 1980 and 1975 or as much of such information as is readily available; and if he will provide the same information for fish classed (x) 1 sea winter, (y) 2 sea winter and (z) 3 sea winter fish. |
| ¶A(55567) | |
| 445 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55208) | |
| 446 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for each health authority in Scotland, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55211) | |
| 447 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55256) | |
| 448 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55168) | |
| 449 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will assess the advantages of devolving responsibility for the administration of social security in Scotland to the Scottish Office. |
| (53475) | |
| 450 | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what changes have been made to the Social Fund in respect of the payment of costs for funerals by his Department since May 1995; and what plans he has to make further changes. |
| (55044) | |
| 451 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if it is CSA policy to overrule divorce settlements whch provide for higher maintenance payments than those calculated according to the CSA formula. |
| (55498) | |
| 452 N | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy for tackling family poverty. |
| [Question Unstarred] (53481) | |
| 453 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the honourable Member for Wakefield will receive a reply to his correspondence of 8th May, on behalf of his constituent Mr Wright, from (a) the Disability Living Allowance Unit and (b) the Benefit Agency Medical Service. |
| (55032) | |
| 454 N | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list for each local authority in Scotland, for 1996-97, housing and council tax benefit expenditure relating to (a) good cause backdated awards, (b) exceptional circumstances awards and (c) exceptional payments, under Regulation 61(1) indicating the percentage in each category as a proportion of overall housing and council tax benefit expenditure. |
| (55035) | |
| 455 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what factors led to the decision by the Independent Tribunal Service to employ a customer services manager; and if he will make a statement on the nature of the customer relationship which applies in the case of a judicial body. |
| (55402) | |
| 456 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons he has not provided a substantive reply to the honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, following his holding Answer of 30th July with regard to Mrs H Nasrin, 58 Clitheroe Road. |
| (55392) | |
| 457 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claims for income-based jobseekers allowance and income support were withdrawn in the period January 1997 to December 1997. |
| (55316) | |
| 458 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will give a breakdown of the reasons for refusal given to the applicants whose claim for housing benefit/council tax benefit extended payments were refused in the period January 1997 to December 1997. |
| (55317) | |
| 459 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on his Department's work and achievements during the UK presidency of the European Union. |
| (54281) | |
| 460 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list each Ministerial visit made outside Great Britain in connection with the UK presidency of the European Union. |
| (54282) | |
| 461 N | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the estimated total additional cost to his Department arising from meetings and events specifically connected with the UK presidency of the European Union. |
| (54283) | |
| 462 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many service personnel who served in the 1991 Gulf War have been awarded war pensions for illness attributed to their service in the war. |
| (55321) | |
| 463 | Mr Ken Livingstone (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of organophosphorus compounds since 1st May 1997; which organisations are carrying out the research; and what is the timetable for its completion. |
| (55338) | |
| 464 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the losses in respect of income support with mortgage interest arising from (a) fraud, (b) claimant error and (c) agency error in each of the last five years; what efforts are being made to reduce these losses; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55218) | |
| 465 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what representations he has received from operators of services on the Channel Tunnel about competitors' practice of paying some employees offshore to avoid employees' contributions being paid to the National Insurance Fund. |
| ¶B(55611) | |
| 466 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the views contained in the First Report of the Low Pay Commission in relation to luncheon vouchers remaining free of National Insurance contributions. |
| ¶B(55606) | |
| 467 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the cost in each of the past 10 years to the National Insurance Fund of the practice of employers paying staff offshore; and what plans he has to limit this practice. |
| ¶B(55612) | |
| 468 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment has been made of the impact on low-pay workers of the proposal to bring luncheon vouchers into Class 1 National Insurance liability; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55614) | |
| 469 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of those people in receipt of luncheon vouchers as part of their contract of employment (a) are categorised as being low paid and (b) have incomes below the level of the national minimum wage. |
| ¶B(55605) | |
| 470 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will meet (a) the CBI, (b) the Institute of Directors and (c) other representative bodies to discuss the practice of employers paying staff offshore in order to avoid making payments to the National Insurance Fund. |
| ¶B(55610) | |
| 471 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what safeguards are proposed to ensure that the impact of bringing luncheon vouchers and other non-cash vouchers into Class 1 National Insurance liability will not result in such benefits being consolidated into pay for those whose incomes are below the proposed national minimum wage. |
| ¶B(55608) | |
| 472 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what consideration his Department has given to taking the value of subsidised works canteens and refectories into account when assessing National Insurance contributions. |
| ¶B(55604) | |
| 473 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he plans to meet the Chairperson and other directors of (a) Cable and Wireless and (b) P and O to discuss the payment of staff offshore and its impact on the National Insurance Fund. |
| ¶B(55609) | |
| 474 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55558) | |
| 475 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the war pension disablement disregard was set at £10; and what it would be at current prices if it had been increased in line with inflation since then. |
| (55488) | |
| 476 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many and what proportion of parents with care will receive less child maintenance under the formula for assessing maintenance proposed in the Green Paper on child maintenance than they do currently, broken down to show those receiving (a) income support, (b) family credit and (c) disability working allowance, separately identifying those receiving none of these benefits. |
| ¶A(55579) | |
| 477 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of a (a) £10, (b) £15 and (c) £20 child maintenance disregard in income support. |
| ¶A(55580) | |
| 478 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of disregarding child maintenance for all (a) lone parent family credit and (b) working families tax credit claimants. |
| ¶A(55581) | |
| 479 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many and what proportion of parents with care will receive less child maintenance under the formula proposed in the Green Paper on child support than they do currently, broken down into those now receiving (a) under £5, (b) £5-£9.99, (c) £10-£19.99, (d) £20-£29.99, (e) £30-£39.99, (f) £40-£49.99, (g) £50-£59.99, (h) £60-£69.99, (i) £70-£79.99, (j) £80-£89.99, (k) £90-£99.99 and (l) £100 and above per week. |
| ¶A(55587) | |
| 480 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of raising the earnings disregard in housing benefit and council tax benefit for lone parents to (a) £30, (b) £35 and (c) £40. |
| ¶A(55582) | |
| 481 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is his latest estimate of the number of (a) single male pensioners, (b) single female pensioners and (c) married pensioners who are aged (i) 60 to 64, (ii) 65 to 69, (iii) 70 to 74, (iv) 75 to 79 and (v) 80 or above, who are failing to take up the income support to which they are entitled; and what is the total amount unclaimed in each category. |
| ¶B(55636) | |
| 482 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the distribution of ages at which employees first make second tier pension contributions to schemes other than the state earnings-related pension scheme. |
| ¶B(55635) | |
| 483 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the median weekly income excluding means-tested benefits of (a) single male pensioners, (b) single female pensioners and (c) married pensioners who are aged (i) 60 to 64, (ii) 65 to 69, (iii) 70 to 74, (iv) 75 to 79 and (v) 80 years or above, in each of the years for which the pensioner income series has been constructed, and in 1974. |
| ¶B(55637) | |
| 484 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 31st July, Official Report, column 741, if he will provide a breakdown of how many of the pensioners who are disqualified because of excess capital from receiving the proposed minimum income guarantee but who have incomes below income support levels, have weekly incomes in the bands of (a) up to £9.99, (b) £10 to £19.99, (c) £20 to £29.99, (d) £30 to £39.99, (e) £40 to £49.99, (f) £50 to £59.99, (g) £60 to £69.99, (h) £70 to 79.99 and (i) £80 or above. |
| ¶B(55658) | |
| 485 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending entitlement to widow's benefits to widowers; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55640) | |
| 486 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the number of new claims which are made for each of the main widow's benefits, and how much would be saved by abolishing each benefit for new claimants only; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶B(55639) | |
| 487 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the effect of an age addition to the basic state pension of (a) £5 for those aged 80 or over, (b) £3 for those aged 75 to 79 years and (c) both of the above on (i) expenditure on non means-tested benefits, (ii) expenditure on means-tested benefits and (iii) revenues from income tax, if such measures were to be introduced once the increases in pensioner benefits planned for April 1999 have been implemented. |
| ¶B(55641) | |
| 488 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the cost to the Exchequer of the childcare disregard in family credit; and what proportion of that cost is in respect of childcare provided by grandparents or other relatives of the children concerned. |
| (55388) | |
| 489 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to publish the next edition of the Pensioner Income Series. |
| ¶B(55642) | |
| 490 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the extent and cost of the current Get Your Business Ready for the Bug awareness campaign; if he will include a leaflet in telephone bills to businesses; and if he will make a statement on progress on awareness. |
| (55148) | |
| 491 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what response his Department has made to the reports of (a) the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin) 1997 and (b) the Bilbao European Agency for Health and Safety at Work 1997; and if he will deposit in the Library a list of all programmes initiated as a result of (a) and (b). |
| (55345) | |
| 492 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55267) | |
| 493 N | Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will announce his policy for the future of the Post Office. |
| (54852) | |
| 494 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the recommendations of the Davies Report on China trade promotion. |
| (55474) | |
| 495 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the number of notified redundancies in each of the last three years among (a) 18 to 24, (b) 25 to 35, (c) 36 to 54 and (d) over 54 year olds. |
| (55153) | |
| 496 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55170) | |
| 497 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the application of the Export of Goods (Control) Order to the issuing of licences by United Kingdom companies for production overseas. |
| (55217) | |
| 498 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd July, Official Report, column 610, on the export of Hawk aircraft to Indonesia, how many export licences were granted for each of the ancillary equipment controlled under each type of the entries; and when each type of those licences was granted. |
| (55224) | |
| 499 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether there is currently any Japanese highly-enriched uranium spent fuel on site at BNFL's Sellafield plant which is due to be transferred to the United States of America; whether any further Japanese highly-enriched uranium spent fuel is due to arrive at Sellafield on its way to the United States of America; and under what agreement this temporary storage of Japanese spent fuel at Sellafield takes place. |
| (55491) | |
| 500 N | Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much highly enriched uranium spent fuel owned by foreign customers remains on site at Dounreay; how much is due to be transferred to the United States of America; and what is the condition of this spent fuel. |
| (55490) | |
| 501 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 29th July, Official Report, column 355, if he will list the scientific and industrial organisations consulted by his Department about the impact on the United Kingdom science base and the competitiveness of the United Kingdom's science-based industries of the increasing burden of regulation on applications for research and development projects involving animals. |
| (55380) | |
| 502 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements he has made to ensure that there can be no conflict of interest between the ministerial duties of Lord Sainsbury of Turville and his business connections and shareholdings; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55279) | |
| 503 | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when Lord Sainsbury of Turville (a) took up his duties as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at his Department, (b) relinquished his business responsibilities and (c) divested himself of his beneficial shareholdings. |
| (55280) | |
| 504 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the submissions made by his Department to (a) the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and (b) the Inspector in respect of a planning application by the Wellcome Trust at Hinxton in South Cambridgeshire. |
| (55424) | |
| 505 N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the maximum cost-per-job offered in grant under regional selective assistance was in 1997-98 in England. |
| (55425) | |
| 506 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the criteria to be used in the review of assisted area status; how the review will be conducted; who will be consulted; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55288) | |
| 507 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received on the impact of legisation on competition in the media. |
| (54857) | |
| 508 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on Agenda 2000 reforms to EU structural funds. |
| (54855) | |
| 509 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of interest rates on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK. |
| (54856) | |
| 510 | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans the Government has to update the United Kingdom Space Plan of 1996; and if he will make a statement on United Kingdom participation in future launcher activities. |
| (55373) | |
| 511 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55559) | |
| 512 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has made to the EC Commission on the use of the lion mark for British silver; and what proposals he has in respect of the future use of the lion mark for British silver. |
| (55348) | |
| 513 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to assist employers with the additional costs incurred as a direct result of the Working Time Directive. |
| (55369) | |
| 514 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will extend the date of implementation for the Working Time Directive to 1st January 1999 to allow employers more time to implement the framework for compliance. |
| (55370) | |
| 515 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the definition of the term continuous employment under the Working Time Directive. |
| (55340) | |
| 516 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Bury North of 16th July, Official Report, column 282, what research his Department has carried out into the ways of safeguarding vitrified plutonium; and what assessment he has made of safeguards applied by (a) the International Atomic Energy Agency and (b) Euratom. |
| (55451) | |
| 517 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantities of uranium the Energy Resources of Australia company proposes to import into the United Kingdom; how much has been imported to date; and what is the role of Euratom in respect of such imports. |
| (55418) | |
| 518 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 29th July, Official Report, columns 357-8, if he will indicate the exact (a) quantities, (b) origins and (c) types of nuclear materials withdrawn permanently from safeguards; and if he will list those occasions when nuclear materials were put directly to military uses. |
| (55444) | |
| 519 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority changed the name of its decommissioning and radioactive waste management programme from Drawmops to Safer; and when he expects to respond to the report by Arthur D. Little consultants on the programme, published on 19th August. |
| (55419) | |
| 520 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent on research into renewable energy technologies in each of the last five years. |
| (55282) | |
| 521 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to commission research into renewable energy technologies using the extra funding announced for the research councils in the Comprehensive Spending Review. |
| (55283) | |
| 522 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to have a handling arrangement in place to deal with claims for compensation against British Coal with regard to vibration white finger. |
| (55487) | |
| 523 N | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in consultation and negotiation on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (53902) | |
| 524 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the role of (a) trade associations and (b) the Office of Fair Trading in respect of the referral of disputes to arbitration. |
| ¶A(55586) | |
| 525 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to introduce a national broadband strategy. |
| (55275) | |
| 526 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cytology laboratories in Wales are sending their cervical smears to other laboratories for interpretation. |
| (55305) | |
| 527 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many motorcycle parking spaces exist at each office or site for which his Department is responsible; and how many are secure spaces. |
| (55253) | |
| 528 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are currently making of the Government Purchase Card; what savings he estimates are being achieved as a result; what plans he has to expand use of the card by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55167) | |
| 529 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what action he is taking to safeguard the trackbed of the former rail link from Carmarthen to Aberystwyth; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A(55514) | |
| 530 N | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the cash limit of the Dyfed Powys Health Authority for 1997-98; and what figure has been set for 1998-99. |
| (54913) | |
| 531 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the occasions since 1st May 1997 on which a Minister in his Department has used (a) an aircraft belonging to the RAF and (b) a privately chartered aircraft together with (i) details of the take-off and destination points, (ii) ground waiting time, (iii) dates of departure and return, (iv) purpose of the trip, (v) cost of the trip to his Department and (vi) details of people accompanying the Minister, indicating the total costs of all such travel borne by his Department (1) since 1st May 1997 and (2) between 1st May 1996 and 1st May 1997. |
| ¶A(55557) | |
| 532 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what reasons motorcycles were not included in the policy document Transporting Wales into the Future; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55399) | |
| 533 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the progress of the New Deal for the young unemployed in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55156) | |
| 534 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for how long there have been roadworks on the A449 between Monmouth and Newport; when they are planning to be completed; at what total cost; and for what reason information on the duration of the roadworks has not been provided. |
| (55027) | |
| 535 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what reasons motorcyclists are not represented on the Welsh Transport Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement. |
| (55372) | |
| 536 | Mr William Ross (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the number and total weight of (a) salmon and (b) grilse taken by (i) anglers and (ii) commercial nets in (1) drift and (2) estuary nets for each of the last five years and for 1985, 1980 and 1975 or as much of such information as is readily available; and if he will provide the same information for fish classed (x) 1 sea winter, (y) 2 sea winter and (z) 3 sea winter fish. |
| ¶A(55568) | |
| 537 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information has been provided to his Department by the Environment Agency concerning plans by Nycomed Amersham to store radioactive materials in Wales. |
| (55423) | |
| 538 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for each health authority in Wales, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55210) | |
| 539 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the average time taken for a patient to receive the results of their cervical smear test; and what percentage take longer than the recommended four weeks. |
| (55206) | |
| 540 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in Gwynedd which are funded in (a) part and (b) whole by his Department. |
| ¶B(55597) | |
| 541 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on progress with the New Deal in Wales. |
| ¶B(55593) | |
| 542 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department is taking to improve drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in Wales. |
| ¶B(55599) | |
| 543 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people in Wales had been on hospital waiting lists for over one year at the latest available date. |
| ¶B(55619) | |
| 544 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of current hill farming incomes on the rural Welsh economy. |
| ¶B(55595) | |
| 545 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are the current levels of funding per pupil for education in each Welsh local education authority. |
| ¶B(55598) | |
| 546 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Welsh Office has undertaken in the past year to reduce homelessness in Wales. |
| ¶B(55594) | |
| 547 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many jobs, in each Welsh county, have been (a) created and (b) sustained, by (i) inward investment from abroad and (ii) investment from indigenous firms, in each year since 1993. |
| ¶B(55591) | |
| 548 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the negotiations regarding securing Objective one status for western Wales and the valleys. |
| ¶B(55596) | |
| 549 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much of the income support budget is spent annually on meeting interest payments on mortgages. |
| [Transferred]B (55653) | |
| 550 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes there were in the number of customs officers between January 1988 and January 1998. |
| [Transferred]B (55656) | |
| 551 | Mr William Thompson (West Tyrone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are being taken to combat the illegal importation of petrol and diesel fuel from the Republic of Ireland. |
| [Transferred]B (55659) | |
| 552 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the consultation timetable and procedure embarked on on 13th August in relation to the draft regulations to bring non-cash vouchers and luncheon vouchers into Class 1 National Insurance liability, meets the requirements of the Better Regulation Guidance advice published on 10th August. |
| [Transferred]B (55607) | |
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