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Session 1997-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 28 October 1998 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on  Wednesday 28 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  Wednesday 28 October, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Thursday 29 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.

WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER
1	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the costs of the current BSE enquiry.
	(57085)
2	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of costs incurred to date by government and other public sector agencies as a result of releasing witnesses for the BSE enquiry.
	(57084)
3	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish figures to show the typical relationship between prices paid by shoppers in supermarkets and prices paid to British producers for a range of meat and dairy products.
	(57293)
4	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the inquiry into BSE is considering the possible role of organophosphates in causing this disease.
	(57301)
5	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the average age is of British farmers; and how this has changed over the last thirty years.
	(57300)
6	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what checks are in place to establish that meat containing pre-slaughter tranquillisers is not being imported into Britain.
	(57298)
7	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review the 1994 Welfare of Livestock Regulations with a view to the provision of a continuous supply of fresh drinking water being made available to cattle.
	(57192)
8	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the impact of the scheduled end of the calf slaughter scheme on the beef market.
	(57297)
9	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if Milk Marque is covered by the same rules as other dairy consortia when negotiating prices for its product.
	(57302)
10	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ensure that standards of inspection of imported meat are as high as those at British abattoirs.
	(57305)
11	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects the current inquiry into BSE to publish its report.
	(57294)
12	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proportion of imported animal carcases is tested for the presence of hormones.
	(57299)
13	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent meetings he has had with the supermarket industry to discuss its influence on the food production policies of farmers; and if he will make a statement.
	(57304)
14	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review the operation of enhanced retirement schemes for farmers.
	(57295)
15	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the OTM scheme will continue for passport-holding cattle when they reach the age of 30 months.
	(57296)
16	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the payments made under the Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme to farmers where the farmer is not the landowner.
	(57303)
17   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with farmers about the difficulties in fattening calves sufficiently by the age of 30 months; if he will allow calves of up to 36 months to enter the food chain; on what scientific evidence the age limit was set at 30 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(56557)
18	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what safety assessment his Department has conducted on the spreading of condensate from abattoirs onto agricultural land.
	(57102)
19	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a charter for persons with autism in line with the charter adopted at the fourth Autism Europe Congress in May 1992; and if he will make a statement.
	(57056)
20	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the Church Commissioners, what estimates he has made of the total value of church furniture, ornaments and other items that have been stolen from churches open to the public in the last 12 months.
	(57069)
21	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that sprinklers are fitted as a fire precaution in historic buildings of national importance.
	(57185)
22	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of London theatres to inward tourism into the United Kingdom.
	(57176)
23	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has held in the past year on proposals to protect the United Kingdom's artistic heritage from export.
	(57180)
24	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of overseas visitors to Britain who arrived through North West airports in 1998 to date.
	(57177)
25	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on progress with each of the landmark millennium projects.
	(57109)
26	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what responsibilities the Millennium Commission has to report to Parliament on landmark millennium projects; and what reports it has made to date.
	(57108)
27	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to account to Parliament in respect of the landmark millennium projects.
	(57110)
28	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations are responsible for continuing costs after 2001 for each of the landmark millennium projects.
	(57107)
29	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Office of Fair Trading regarding the Restrictive Practices Court inquiry into the televising of Premiership football being held in January 1999.
	(57111)
30	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the English Sports Council's promised annual funding for youth development has been disbursed to lower league football clubs.
	(57159)
31	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect which the Football Trust's moratorium on grant aid to league football clubs will have on their ability to meet the required standards for safe terracing by the August 1999 deadline.
	(57157)
32	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in the percentage of the cost of stadium development which the Football Trust will contribute on the ability of football clubs to meet the required standards for safe terracing by the August 1999 deadline.
	(57158)
33	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many towns in the United Kingdom with populations of over 100,000 do not have a cinema.
	(57291)
34	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of films made in (a) the United Kingdom by United Kingdom-owned and managed film production companies and (b) in Europe by European-owned and managed film production companies were shown in commercial cinema complexes in England other than London in 1997.
	(57290)
35   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the reduced day-to-day alert state of UK Trident missiles referred to in the report on the Strategic Defence Review involves physical changes to the missiles or their guidance systems.
	(55868)
36   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances nuclear weapons are held as a necessary processing margin or for technical surveillance purposes.
	(55869)
37   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the number of nuclear weapons held as a necessary processing margin or for technical surveillance purposes will increase as a result of the Strategic Defence Review.
	(55870)
38   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Trident missiles have been deployed on each United Kingdom Trident patrol since 1995.
	(55871)
39   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the maximum number of warheads with which UK Trident missiles have been (a) tested and (b) deployed.
	(55986)
40	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many radiation alerts there have been on Royal Navy submarines in each of the last 10 years.
	(57163)
41	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army personnel are currently undergoing training to become pilots.
	(57189)
42	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Army squadrons currently have a shortage of trained pilots; and what is the total extent of the shortfalls.
	(57188)
43	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a decision on the proposed partnership between Matra-B.Ae UK Ltd and the Naval Bases and Supply Agency at RNAD Gosport.
	(57170)
44	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received concerning the proposed partnership between Matra-B.Ae UK Ltd and the Naval Bases and Supply Agency at RNAD Gosport.
	(57169)
45	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the decision of the Army Personnel Centre to benchmark performance against only the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Manning Agencies.
	(57166)
46	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force personnel have left the service on health grounds in each of the last five years.
	(57161)
47	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Army and (b) RNAS pilots have completed training in each of the last five years.
	(57165)
48	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce the selection of bidders for the Next General Light Anti-Tank Weapon.
	(57168)
49	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims his Department has received from former service personnel arising from exposure to radiation whilst serving on Royal Navy submarines.
	(57167)
50   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors were taken into account when deciding to relocate the PPA Pensions Office from Worcester to Cheadle Hulme; what assessment was made of the impact on the Worcester area of the change; what assessment he has made of the effect on the quality of work following the move; and if he will make a statement.
	(56561)
51	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the budget for the cadet forces in the current financial year; what it was for the last financial year; and what the figure will be for the next financial year.
	(57172)
52	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cadets were enrolled in each of the cadet forces in (a) May 1979 and (b) May 1997; and how many are enrolled at the present time.
	(57171)
53	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people served in the Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve in (a) May 1979 and (b) May 1997; and how many are serving at the present time.
	(57175)
54	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bands each of the armed services had in (a) May 1979 and (b) May 1997; how many each has at the present time; and what proposals he has to alter the number.
	(57174)
55	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the medical tests conducted on Gulf War Veteran Warrant Officer Ray Bristow of the 32 field hospital in the Royal Army Medical Corps in respect of suspected health damage arising from exposure to depleted uranium dust during the Gulf War.
	(57090)
56   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Sales Organisation of the Ministry of Defence was informed of the visit of Senator Pinochet of Chile to the United Kingdom in September and October 1998; and over what parts of his programme they were consulted by British Aerospace.
	[R] (57024)
57   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the number of notified job vacancies at Chelmsford Job Centre for each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	(56551)
58	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if the new citizenship curriculum requirements for schools will incorporate specific reference to the United Nations.
	(57087)
59   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, by what means he monitors the ability of providers of vocational and other courses for people with disabilities to cope with their special learning needs.
	(56962)
60	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many new primary schools have been (a) started and (b) completed in each of the last five years; and in which council areas they are located.
	(57164)
61	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that every local education authority is ensuring that all parents of children with autism fulfil their statutory obligations of ensuring that their child receives an efficient and suitable full-time education either at school or otherwise by taking action through the courts; and if he will make a statement.
	(57055)
62	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that every child with autism receives a relevant educational service; and if he will make a statement.
	(57050)
63	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that every local education authority has sufficient funds to develop new services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement.
	(57053)
64	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to issue specific guidance on educational services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement.
	(57052)
65	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that every parent of a child of compulsory school age with autism is ensuring that their child receives an efficient and suitable full-time education either at school or otherwise; and if he will make a statement.
	(57054)
66	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many science graduates completed teacher training broken down by subject into (a) chemistry, (b) physics and (c) biology, (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of the total graduates completing teacher training in each year between 1993 and 1997.
	(57079)
67	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what were the total numbers of responses to the consultation on Fair Funding: improving delegation to schools; and how many were (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to the proposals.
	(57081)
68	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend the building regulations to require the installation of sprinklers as a fire precaution in (a) residential accommodation, (b) schools and other education buildings, (c) offices and (d) hospitals.
	(57184)
69	Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the statutory consultation requirements and the statutory safety requirements that need to be put in place before a railway foot crossing can be transferred from manned to unmanned status.
	(57073)
70	Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the criteria that have to be met before a local authority can apply for a beach to be designated under the European Bathing Directive.
	(57072)
71	Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the privatised water companies currently providing water meters free of charge to customers who wish to transfer to a metered tariff.
	(57071)
72	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had this year with (a) Railtrack plc, (b) the train operating companies and (c) other interested parties concerning the delays in establishing services between the West Coast Main Line Railway and mainland Europe for (i) Eurostar passenger and (ii) piggy-back freight journeys.
	(57287)
73	Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish good practice advice for local authorities and the police on managing unauthorised camping; and if he will make a statement.
	(57089)
74	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations Railtrack has made to him about its involvement in the Channel Rail link project.
	(57190)
75   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make a decision about the future status of British Waterways; what options he is considering; and if he will make a statement.
	(56566)
76   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what grants from his Department are available for the providers of rural mobile shops; and if he will make a statement.
	(56556)
77	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will reassess his policy on housing ballots in the light of the CitySide HARCA and Poplar II HARCA ballots; and if he will make a statement.
	(57040)
78	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has received a formal bid from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in respect of the Poplar II HARCA.
	(57041)
79	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his Department's planned timetable for the assessment of the Environment Agency decisions on the proposed variations to BNFL's authorisations to discharge liquid and gaseous radioactive waste from Sellafield.
	(57103)
80	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the unredacted version of the PA Consulting report on the business case for the Sellafield mox nuclear fuels plant submitted to the Government by the Environment Agency.
	(57104)
81	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he, other Ministers or officials of his Department have had with his Italian counterparts concerning the availability of storage capacity in Italy for reprocessing radioactive wastes to be returned from the United Kingdom.
	(57093)
82	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what communications his Department has with the relevant authorities in the countries from which the United Kingdom has imported spent fuel for reprocessing at (a) Sellafield and (b) Dounreay, in respect of (i) the provisions to return reprocessing wastes and (ii) the capacity in each country to store returned radioactive waste.
	(57092)
83	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what changes he plans to make in the membership of the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee.
	(57099)
84	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the safety of the packaging and containerisation of raw intermediate level waste for storage since March 1997.
	(57098)
85	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which bodies in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) abroad, have been consulted as part of the departmental project on high level nuclear waste and spent fuel disposal strategy; and what is the total expected cost of the project.
	(57101)
86	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to respond to the advice on the scope and contents of the core scientific research programme on intermediate level radioactive waste published by the Government's Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee in October.
	(57100)
87	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what involvement the United Kingdom has in the EC programme on concerted action on retrievability of deposited radioactive waste.
	(57183)
88	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give a breakdown of the timescale for the dualling of the A11 from the Fiveways Roundabout Great Barlow to Thetford.
	(57068)
89   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, with which parties his Department has been having discussions on a Euro-gauge freight rail system from the Channel Tunnel to Scotland.
	(56310)
90   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy towards the proposed central railway rail-freight scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(56311)
91   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy towards the proposed piggy-back rail-freight scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(56312)
92   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what year he estimates on present projections the Channel Tunnel's rail-freight carrying capacity will be fully utilised.
	(56313)
93   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what percentage he estimates the volume of rail-freight going through the Channel Tunnel would be increased if the Channel Tunnel's rail-freight capacity was fully utilised.
	(56314)
94	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the average lateness of those Great Western trains which are categorised as late in the most recent statistics produced by OPRAF.
	(57078)
95   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce the level of VAT for the tourism industry; and if he will make a statement regarding his policy on the taxation of tourism.
	(56552)
96	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the Government's estimate of the gaming and betting duty foregone as a result of betting over the Internet.
	(57229)
97	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the Government's policy on European Union aid to tobacco growers.
	(57182)
98	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements were made by or through his Department for the arrival of Senator Pinochet in the United Kingdom.
	(57042)
99   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals will be put forward by Her Majesty's Government as a member of the Council of Europe and as a guarantor power to seek enforcement of the judgement of the Court of Human Rights in the case of Loizidou vs Turkey.
	[R] (56336)
100	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he collects regarding the numbers of people who, having been refused visit visas to enter the United Kingdom, have subsequently been granted visas as a result of a review of the decision by an entry clearance manager.
	(57333)
101	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he collects regarding the numbers of people who, having been refused visit visas to enter the United Kingdom, have subsequently been granted visas as a result of a new application at a later date.
	(57334)
102   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chinese Government about China's occupation of Tibet.
	(56559)
103   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia regarding (a) attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests and expulsions, and (b) the actions of the Kosovo Liberation Army; and if he will make a statement about the situation in Kosovo.
	(56555)
104   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) independent human rights monitors have access to all parts of Kosovo, (b) resources are made available for the UN Human Rights Monitoring Programme, and (c) an independent international criminal court is set up; and if he will make a statement.
	(56778)
105	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made by European Commission officials in their technical talks with Israel on the problems identified in the communication on EC/Israel trade and regional cumulation of origin whose recommendations were adopted at the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 29th June.
	(57080)
106   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what prior notice he received of the arrrest of Senator Pinochet of Chile.
	[R] (57028)
107	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate total public spending in real terms on mental health over the last 10 years.
	(57086)
108	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital maternity units in (a) the North West of England and (b) England have been (i) closed and (ii) merged since 1st May 1997.
	(57179)
109	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital accident and emergency units in (a) the North West of England and (b) England have been (i) closed and (ii) merged since 1st May 1997.
	(57178)
110	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many associate specialists appointed in each of the last five years have had their training accredited; and what proportion of those entering ENT clinics have had their training accredited.
	(57162)
111	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue guidance on services for autistic children.
	(57057)
112	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to issue specific guidance on services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement.
	(57051)
113	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to collect information centrally on autistic children; and if he will make a statement.
	(57047)
114	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that every health authority has sufficient funds to develop new services for autistic children; and if he will make a statement.
	(57049)
115   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to regulate children's homes which accommodate fewer than four children; and if he will make a statement.
	(56554)
116	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the plans by the World Health Organisation to conduct a study of the health and environmental effects of the use of depleted uranium projectiles in Iraq during the Gulf War; and what assistance it has requested from Her Majesty's Government.
	(57106)
117   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to make public funds available to pay for the cost of producing and distributing photographic security passes for the 1998 Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat party conferences.
	(56781)
118	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action police fraud specialists are taking in respect of the activities in the United Kingdom of fraudulent invention promoters.
	(57076)
119	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he took to monitor the equipment being exhibited at the Contingency and Operational Equipment Exhibition at Wembley on 22nd to 24th September.
	(57331)
120	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policies the Prison Service has adopted with regard to the provision of facilities to assist disabled people to visit prisoners.
	(57335)
121	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what prosecutions are pending as a result of offences committed by companies attempting to trade in torture equipment at the Contingency and Operational Equipment Exhibition at Wembley on 22nd to 24th September.
	(57332)
122	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what identity documents are required to be produced by people visiting prisoners at Belmarsh Prison.
	(57337)
123	Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what facilities are available at Belmarsh Prison to allow visits to prisoners by disabled people.
	(57336)
124	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Morocco, (b) Mozambique, (c) Nepal, (d) Pakistan, (e) Peru, (f) the Philippines and (g) Romania applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57322)
125	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) the Dominican Republic, (b) Ecuador, (c) Egypt, (d) Eritrea, (e) Fiji, (f) Gabon, (g) the Gambia and (h) Ethiopia applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57326)
126	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Iraq, (b) Ivory Coast, (c) Jordan, (d) Kenya, (e) Kuwait, (f) Laos and (g) Lebanon applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57324)
127	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Georgia, (b) Ghana, (c) Guyana, (d) Haiti, (e) India, (f) Indonesia and (g) Iran applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57325)
128	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Afghanistan, (b) Albania, (c) Algeria, (d) Angola, (e) Armenia, (f) Azerbaijan and (g) Bahrain applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57330)
129	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Zambian nationals applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to Zambia before their visa expired in (a) 1994, (b) 1995, (c) 1996 and (d) 1997; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57083)
130	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Liberia, (b) Libya, (c) Macedonia, (d) Madagascar, (e) the Maldives, (f) Moldova and (g) Mongolia applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57323)
131	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) the Sudan, (b) Syria, (c) Taiwan, (d) Tanzania, (e) Thailand, (f) Tunisia and (g) Turkey applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57320)
132	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Russia, (b) Rwanda, (c) Saudi Arabia, (d) Senegal, (e) Sierra Leone, (f) Somalia and (g) Sri Lanka applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57321)
133	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Cameroon, (b) the Central African Republic, (c) Chad, (d) China, (e) Columbia, (f) the Congo and (g) Djibouti applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57327)
134	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Bangladesh, (b) Belarus, (c) Benin, (d) Bhutan, (e) Bulgaria, (f) Burundi and (g) Cambodia applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57328)
135	Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals of (a) Yugoslavia, (b) Ukraine, (c) Vietnam and (d) Yemen applied for entry clearance to come to the United Kingdom for temporary purposes, including visitor and student applications, in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 1997; how many visas were issued for temporary purposes; how many recipients of those visas returned to their country of nationality before their visa expired, based on information collected centrally and locally; and how many applied to remain permanently in the United Kingdom or for political asylum.
	(57319)
136	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what submissions he has made to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions on the working of UK immigration holding centres.
	(57187)
137	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received concerning the use of pit ponies in the UK.
	(57160)
138	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken and what progress has been made by his Department in addressing the concerns of fire authorities about the aspect of the fire calls element of the standard spending assessment known as the perverse incentive.
	(57046)
139   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of police budgets was spent on traffic (a) in Gloucestershire and (b) nationally in the last year for which figures are available.
	(56567)
140   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is issued to police forces about the siting of speed cameras, with particular reference to those which are not accompanied by warning signs; and what proportion of speed cameras do not have accompanying warning signs.
	(56553)
141   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to restrict the sale of electoral registers; if he will consider allowing individuals to have their names removed from lists which are sold to certain organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	(56562)
142   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reform the administration, operation and running of coroners' courts; and if he will make a statement.
	(56565)
143   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow the police to provide the names of convicted criminals to housing associations.
	(56564)
144   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to pay the compensation to former owners of firearms who surrendered them under Option C.
	(56558)
145   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his policy towards those from Kosovo seeking asylum.
	(56563)
146   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation took place between the Metropolitan Police and his Department prior to the arrest of Senator Pinochet of Chile; and when.
	[R] (57029)
147	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals the Government has to increase investment in family planning and sexual and reproductive health to match the planned increases in the overseas aid budget.
	(57194)
148	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what priority the Government gives to adolescent sexual health education and services within its human development targets set out in the White Paper, Eliminating World Poverty.
	(57195)
149	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many judgments are outstanding in cases heard before Judge Michael Kershaw (a) 18 months, (b) 12 months and (c) nine months ago.
	(57288)
150   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the improvements he wishes to see in the operation of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and if he will make a statement.
	(56680)
151   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library all information available to him about (a) the deliberations of the Special Commission to review the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction which took place in March 1997 and (b) the Special Commission's conclusions.
	(56686)
152	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to encourage inward investment projects in South Down.
	(57070)
153   N	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what areas of Victoria Primary School in Newtownards are not being used; what is the reason; and if he will make a statement.
	(56780)
154   N	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proposals there are to replace Castle Gardens Primary School in Newtownards; what is the timetable for such a proposal; and if he will make a statement.
	(56779)
155   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants were consulted over the decision to arrest General Pinochet.
	(56782)
156   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he raised the Chinese occupation of Tibet with his hosts during his recent visit to China.
	(56550)
157	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ensure that all future legislation is written in gender-neutral language.
	(57193)
158	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the Government has completed its review of countryside responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(57230)
159   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the members of the Government who have met members of the Government of Cuba since 2nd May 1997, separately identifiying those who have met President Fidel Castro.
	(57030)
160	Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the total amount of public subsidies and support paid to agriculture in Scotland, the average amount per constituency and the amount paid to support the agricultural industry in Glasgow, Pollok in the last year for which figures are available.
	(57186)
161	Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the maximum cost-per-job offered in grant under regional selective assistance in 1997-98 in Scotland.
	(57044)
162	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had on the provision of chefs in the Scottish tourism industry with the Scottish Tourist Board; and what plans he has to bring forward initiatives to encourage more students to train as chefs.
	(57066)
163	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the current number of vacancies for chefs in Scotland.
	(57064)
164	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many students there are in (a) full time and (b) part-time catering education in Scotland.
	(57061)
165	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many colleges offer catering education; how many graduates of such courses undertook further training in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the level of provision for catering courses in Scotland.
	(57062)
166	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of Scottish catering course graduates who find employment as chefs in the Scottish tourism industry.
	(57063)
167	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met representatives of the catering profession in the Scottish Chefs centre.
	(57065)
168   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many lone parents who are in receipt of state benefits live in the West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency; how many are receiving help under the New Deal for Lone Parents; and how many have gone into employment since receiving that help.
	(56406)
169	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants have been (a) denied and (b) disallowed disability living allowance in the first six months of 1998; and how many of these were awarded the benefit at appeal.
	(57043)
170	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants in Derbyshire in 1998, by local authority district, are in receipt of (a) disability living allowance with the various care and/or mobility components, (b) attendance allowance, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) contributory jobseeker's allowance, (e) income-related jobseeker's allowance and (f) income support by premium; and how many dependent children there are in households in receipt of income support, using 100 per cent. administrative counts in each case where available.
	(57289)
171	Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cases of suicide by men from whom the CSA has sought payments are known to his Department since the agency began operations.
	(57292)
172	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people who are currently waiting for a face-to-face appointment with an official from the Child Support Agency to discuss their case in the West Midlands have been waiting for (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months and (d) six months and over.
	(57059)
173	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement about the current staffing levels at the CSA Dudley Office.
	(57060)
174	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people who are currently waiting to attend an incapacity benefit appeal tribunal in the West Midlands have been waiting (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months and (d) six months and over.
	(57058)
175	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the typical period between a person becoming a lone parent and that person first contacting the Child Support Agency.
	(57077)
176   N	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact on British competitiveness of the Working Time Directive.
	(56912)
177	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he plans to take in relation to the activities in the United Kingdom of fraudulent invention promoters.
	(57075)
178	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the United Kingdom economy of the marine sector in terms of (a) its share of national value added and (b) employment.
	(57088)
179	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons he plans to terminate the Marine Foresight Panel.
	(57074)
180   N	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the total sum outstanding to British companies as a result of late payment of invoices by the EU under the TACIS programme for work undertaken in the CIS.
	(56855)
181	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to publish the White Paper on Competitiveness.
	(57067)
182	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Office of Fair Trading regarding the Restrictive Practices Court inquiry into the televising of Premiership football being held in January 1999.
	(57112)
183   N	Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the United Kingdom Government will participate in the forthcoming European Space Agency Future Launchers Programme.
	(55384)
184	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list for each year from 1979 to 1997 what sums of compensation have been (a) paid to individual coal miners as a result of pit closures and (b) invested in regions of the United Kingdom to compensate for the closure of coal mines.
	(57329)
185   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the promotion of British exports to Chile.
	(56568)
186   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures he is taking to maximise United Kingdom trade with Chile.
	(56569)
187   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of his remarks concerning the arrest of Senator Pinochet on behalf of the Spanish legal authorities on trade between Chile and the United Kingdom.
	(56571)
188   N	Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the number of British jobs dependent upon trade between the United Kingdom and Chile.
	(56570)
189   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors he took into account when deciding to provide a grant to Unimerco; what assessment he made of its effect on British competitor companies; and if he will make a statement.
	(56560)
190	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the non-fossil fuel levy is allocated to the support of (a) renewable energy and (b) nuclear power in the current financial year; and what plans he has to vary these arrangements in future.
	(57095)
191	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantities of irradiated spent magnox fuel imported from Italy are currently in store at Sellafield; and what safeguards are applied to this spent fuel.
	(57097)
192	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on policy in the United Kingdom of the decision by the German government on 20th October to change its policy in respect of support for nuclear fuel reprocessing.
	(57091)
193	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what arrangements have been made with the Italian authorities for the return of reprocessing wastes from Sellafield.
	(57094)
194	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what communications Ministers or officials in his Department have had with (a) Euratom and (b) the International Atomic Energy Agency in respect of the proposals for the substitution of BNFL-owned plutonium for foreign-owned plutonium contained in wastes from the Sellafield Plutonium-Uranium mixed oxide fuel plant.
	(57105)
195	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantities of (a) low level, (b) intermediate level and (c) high level radioactive waste arising from the reprocessing of irradiated spent magnox fuel from Italy are currently stored at Sellafield; and if these wastes are covered by return-to-sender contractual obligations in the reprocessing contracts with Italy.
	(57096)
196   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the budgets he has allocated in the financial year 1998-99 to each country under his Department's Link into Latin America trade programme.
	[R] (57026)
197   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in respect of which Latin American country his Department has appointed export promoters; and if he will list individually the total expenditure each incurred in the financial year 1997-98 and their individual budgets for the financial year 1998-99.
	[R] (57027)
198   N	Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total cost to his Department of his recent visit to Cuba; how many DTI officials accompanied him; and with which members of the Cuban Government and with which senior Cuban civil servants he held discussions.
	(57025)
199	Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the maximum cost-per-job offered in grant under regional selective assistance in 1997-98 in Wales.
	(57045)
200   N	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) punishment beatings and (b) punishment shootings have taken place in Northern Ireland since 1st January; and how many of these the RUC has attributed to (i) Irish Republican and (ii) Loyalist terrorist organisations.
	[Question Unstarred] (54761)
201	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Green Goddess fire appliances there are; what is the age of the (a) oldest and (b) newest; and what plans he has to replace them with modern appliances.
	[Transferred] (57173)
202	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women counted as unemployed according to the International Labour Organisation's criteria are not currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or any other form of unemployment benefit; and what were the figures in each case in each of the last five years.
	[Transferred] (57082)
203	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will extend the bus fuel rebate scheme to vehicles involved in non-profit making community transport schemes.
	[Transferred] (57191)
204	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the Government's policy on European Union funding for campaigns to discourage smoking.
	[Transferred] (57181)
205	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to instruct local education authorities to provide him with information on the provision made by that authority of special educational facilities for children who suffer from autism or other forms of early childhood psychosis; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (57048)

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