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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 8 February 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 8 February 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 8 February, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 9 February, see Part 2 of this Paper.

Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

MONDAY 8th FEBRUARY
1   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, what is the expected final cost of Portcullis House; when it is due to be completed; what is the cost of (a) furniture, (b) catering facilities, (c) exterior decoration and (d) interior decoration; how many (i) honourable Members, (ii) Parliamentary staff and (iii) ancillary staff will be accommodated in the new building; and if he will make a statement.
	(69103)
2	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the link between bovine TB and birds; and what plans he has to commission research on this.
	(69706)
3	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what criteria he will adopt relating to the professional qualifications and experience of prospective candidates for the chairmanship of the Food Standards Agency.
	(69824)
4	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received on the impact on small abattoirs of the increased charges for specified risk material audit; and if he will make a statement.
	(70260)
5	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has for the United Kingdom to take part in the European Union scheme to help women enter into agriculture.
	(70259)
6	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the basis for calculating the price to be charged to bed and breakfast outlets for testing green top milk.
	(70262)
7	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received on the impact of the cost of testing green top milk on small bed and breakfast outlets.
	(70263)
8	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what funding is available from the European Union for schemes to help women into agriculture.
	(70258)
9   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 691, how many (a) charitable, (b) voluntary and (c) other not-for-profit food outlets are currently subject to licensing.
	(69996)
10   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of farmers have become bankrupt in each of the past five years.
	(69309)
11	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to all the Government's public consultations.
	(69768)
12   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will ban the import of honeybees of the Italian sub-species, apis mellifera ligustica.
	(69488)
13   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what tests are carried out by port health authorities on poultry imports from countries outside the E.U.
	(69486)
14   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cattle are waiting for slaughter under the over thirty month scheme; and what is the average duration of such waits.
	(69489)
15   N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many dairy farms were closed as a result of action taken following farm inspection reports in each year since 1995-96.
	(69704)
16   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with European Union farm ministers about (a) the treatment of pigs during farming and (b) the production methods of pig farming; and if he will make a statement.
	(69506)
17   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70025)
18	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what evidence he has obtained which raises concerns about adverse human or environmental health implications from the introduction of genetically-modified organisms into the food chain.
	(70047)
19	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment his Ministry has made of the research work on genetically-modified potatoes undertaken by Dr Pusztai whilst at the Rowett Research Institute.
	(70046)
20	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps are being taken by the Government to assist a resolution of the current abattoir inspectors' dispute.
	(70198)
21	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69889)
22	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69953)
23	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69981)
24	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69840)
25	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69964)
26   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those cases in which a Member State has sought to invoke Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 (restricting or suspending trade in and use of food or food ingredients) in addition to an examination by the European Commission within the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs under that Article.
	(69870)
27   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for each of the additional assessments in connection with the placing on the market of genetically-modified novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97, the authorisation decision, by (i) company, (ii) product, (iii) modified trait, (iv) the relevant Member State, (v) date and (vi) the scope of the authorisation.
	(69872)
28   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the circumstances in which food and food ingredients containing, or produced using, genetically-modified organisms or micro-organisms must be labelled.
	(69875)
29   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the measures adopted by the European Commission under Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients; and if he will place a copy of those measures in the Library.
	(69869)
30   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those matters that have been referred to the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs under Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients.
	(69871)
31   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which of the initial assessments in connection with the placing on the market of genetically-modified novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97, required an additional assessment pursuant to Article 6.3.
	(69873)
32   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for each of the requests submitted to him and to other Member States in connection with the placing on the market of genetically-modified novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97, (a) the competent food assessment body which prepared each initial assessment under that Article, (b) the dates of each such assessment and (c) details of deliberate release consents and of decisions authorising the placing on the market under Part C of Directive 90/220/EEC accompanying the submission or to which the submission relates.
	(69876)
33   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the names, interests and positions of the members of the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs which has functions under Regulation (EC) No. 258/97 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients.
	(69868)
34   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what rules have been adopted for the protection of the information referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97; and if he will place a copy of those rules in the Library.
	(69885)
35   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list for each of the initial assessments in connection with the placing on the market of genetically-modified novel foods or novel food ingredients pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97, the comments or reasoned objections made by (a) himself, (b) other Member States and (c) the European Commission.
	(69874)
36   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the requests submitted to him and to other Member States in connection with the placing on the market of genetically-modified novel foods or novel food ingredients, pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 258/97, by (a) company, (b) product, (c) modified trait, (d) the Member State to which the submission was made and (e) its date.
	(69877)
37	Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what basis former public sector employees are entitled to annual increases in occupational pensions.
	(70194)
38   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70026)
39	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69967)
40	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69839)
41   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the future of Musicworks.
	(69633)
42	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the (a) grants and (b) other financial support to (i) Westminster City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other than through the RSG settlement in (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99 and (3) planned for 1999-2000 given by his Department; and for what purposes the funds were allocated.
	(70156)
43	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to make provision for (a) increasing the capacity of sports venues in order to increase their ability to accommodate disabled people and (b) improving parking and other transport facilities for disabled people at sports grounds; and if he will make a statement.
	(70222)
44	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to the Football Trust requesting additional resources to be made available to football clubs to make provision for disabled people; and if he will make a statement.
	(70223)
45	Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the Radio Authority to produce guidelines for issuing licences to campus radio stations.
	(69728)
46	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to all the Government's public consultations.
	(69772)
47	Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the NMEC has to offer concessionary tickets to the Millennium Experience to families on means-tested benefits.
	(69672)
48   N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if induction loop systems will be available in the Millennium Dome to assist people with hearing loss.
	(69703)
49   N	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days training staff to be employed in the Millennium Dome will receive on disability awareness.
	(69702)
50   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70027)
51   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list (a) the people who have been made sporting ambassadors since May 1997, (b) the sporting ambassadors still in post, (c) how many official visits they have made and (d) where they made official visits.
	(69100)
52   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the BBC Funding Review Panel will consider the concession for the blind; and if he will make a statement.
	(69101)
53	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 64, if he will list the organisations which make up the London 2003 Consortium.
	(70154)
54	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69838)
55	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69975)
56	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69903)
57	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69952)
58	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69965)
59	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the average flying hours in (a) 1997 and (b) 1998 of Canberra aircraft in service with the RAF.
	(69674)
60	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals under the age of 18 years in the British Armed Forces have been in combat in the past five years.
	(69755)
61   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department adopted the European parliamentary constituencies as a geographical unit for decision making.
	(69378)
62	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69774)
63   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in finding alternatives to landmines for use in military operations.
	(69561)
64   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the project definition, milestones and costs of the armoured scout and reconnaisance vehicle programme.
	(69571)
65   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the overseas sources which will meet his Department's requirements for propellants following the closure of Royal Ordnance, Bishopton.
	(69569)
66   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when access will be restored to the website of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
	(69570)
67   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the prototype biological defence vehicles which his Department intends to purchase.
	(69560)
68   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list property owned by his Department which he plans to dispose of with outline proposals for (a) housing, (b) industrial use and (c) other uses, indicating the size of each site and the number of houses or premises projected.
	(69572)
69   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department is making on the development of personal biological weapons detectors.
	(69558)
70   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements have been made to assure the continuity of the London Irish Rifles Company.
	(69485)
71   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) foot and (b) mobile patrols were carried out in support of the RUC, broken down by approximate district council constituency between (a) 11th May and 8th June 1998 and (b) 9th November and 7th December 1998.
	(69884)
72   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many patrols were carried out by each battalion stationed in Northern Ireland broken down by police division and approximate district council constituencies between (a) 11th May and 8th June 1998 and (b) 9th November and 7th December 1998.
	(69883)
73	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to fund a war memorial to service women.
	(70174)
74   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his policy on policing MoD areas 24 hours a day; what was his Department's budget for such policing for (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98 and (d) 1998-99; what assessment he has made of such policing (i) nationally and (ii) in Gloucestershire; what discussions he has had with RAF Command Security about this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(69505)
75   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70028)
76	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69951)
77	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69904)
78	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69986)
79	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69963)
80	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69837)
81   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many non-UK resident EU students are attending English as a foreign language courses in further education colleges in the United Kingdom.
	(69634)
82   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received from the ITC regarding the provision of digital broadcasting for educational services.
	(69692)
83   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many tenders his Department has received for the provision of digital broadcasting services.
	(69691)
84   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the overall annual cost to schools and colleges of the introduction of (a) the national minimum wage and (b) the working time regulations.
	(69763)
85	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) grants and (b) other financial support given by his Department to (i) Westminster City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other than through the RSG settlements, in (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99 and (3) planned for 1999-2000; and for what purposes the funds were allocated.
	(70159)
86	Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what grants have been made by his Department to Northumberland County Council in addition to revenue support grant in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99.
	(70217)
87   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list in respect of each local education authority in England the underlying increase in the provisional education standard spending assessment in 1999-2000 in cash terms, as a percentage, and as a percentage per pupil.
	(69844)
88	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department has taken to encourage male teachers to teach in primary and junior schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(69807)
89	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69776)
90   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the budget for the Standards Fund for each year between 1998-99 and 2001-2002 and (b) the expenditure committed to date under the fund for each of those years.
	(70012)
91   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, who will be the employer of the external assessors referred to in his Department's proposals for teacher assessment set out in the recent Green Paper; and who will determine their rates of pay.
	(69638)
92   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people on the New Deal Scheme have been employed (a) as classroom assistants in schools and (b) as childcare providers.
	(70010)
93   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many external assessors his Department estimates will be needed to implement his proposals for teacher assessment set out in the Green Paper; and how many teacher assessments an external assessor will be expected to conduct on average in an academic year.
	(69637)
94   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out the budget for Ofsted for the next three financial years.
	(69639)
95   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discussions he has had with playgroup associations on the Working Time Directive; what help he intends to provide for such groups in obeying the directive; and if he will make a statement.
	(69504)
96   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70030)
97	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will reduce the distance between primary schools which is used as the criterion for considering provision of additional accommodation; and if he will make a statement.
	(70192)
98	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has carried out or evaluated to assess the health hazards for pupils required to carry heavy bags of books to and from school, and between lessons; and if he will make a statement.
	(70190)
99   N	Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the New Deal in (a) London and (b) other regions.
	(69557)
100	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children aged 8 to 11 years in South Gloucestershire were in classes of (a) 35 or above and (b) 31 or above in (i) September 1996, (ii) September 1997 and (iii) September 1998.
	(69694)
101	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 14th December, Official Report, columns 385-8, if he will list the values of the bids made by local education authorities before 20th November 1998 for capital expenditure to meet the Government's class size pledge.
	(70281)
102	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for each of the years (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97 and (c) 1997-98 the total number of applications to (i) primary and (ii) secondary teacher training courses, including PGCE by (1) gender, (2) age and (3) subject.
	(69901)
103	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list for 1998-99 the current number of applicants for (a) primary and (b) secondary teacher training courses including PGCE by (i) gender, (ii) age and (iii) subject.
	(69902)
104	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69950)
105	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69962)
106	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69985)
107	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69836)
108	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69905)
109   N	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the grammar schools in Kent that OFSTED has identified as not performing adequately; and if he will make a statement.
	(69481)
110	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on how many occasions the Minister for Local Government and Housing has declined requests from local authorities to discuss the local government grant settlement (a) in person and (b) by video link.
	(70069)
111	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th January, Official Report, column 252, if he will require from the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency an explanation for the cause of the delays and cost arrears in respect of the Whipps Cross/Redbridge Relief Road; and if he will publish this explanation.
	(70070)
112   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the first trials of genetically-modified crops to be completed; and what period of evaluation would be required thereafter before an application for commercial planting of a genetically-modified crop could be considered.
	(69822)
113   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his policy in respect of the creation of an Outer London orbital rail-link; and if he will make a statement.
	(69819)
114   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which ministers will be attending, and what position the Government will be advocating, at the forthcoming meeting in Colombia to discuss the Biosafety Protocol.
	(69821)
115   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to prevent trade in endangered species within the European Union.
	(69820)
116   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list his official engagements outside London planned for February.
	(69842)
117   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the average width of a standard class seat on mainline train services in (a) 1989 and (b) at the latest available date; and if he will make a statement.
	(69828)
118   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what independent assessment his Department has undertaken of London Transport's planned timetable for the opening of the Jubilee Line extension.
	(69823)
119   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the implications for the delivery of increased rail usage of Railtrack's policy towards the disposal of its property assets.
	(69891)
120   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussion he has held with Connex in respect of the use of Charlton station for transporting visitors to the Millennium Dome; what is (a) the present and (b) the maximum number of trains per hour which can call at Charlton; and if he will make a statement.
	(69827)
121   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with (i) the Traffic Director for London and (ii) Greenwich Council in drawing up contingency plans for transporting visitors to the Millennium Dome should the Jubilee line extension not be open in time, giving in each case the first date of their involvement.
	(69826)
122	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on insurance cover for local authorities against liabilities associated with the millennium bug; and if he will make a statement.
	(70261)
123	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to visit Hindhead to examine the transport problems on the A3.
	(69731)
124	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the (a) RSG and (b) RSG per head in (i) Waverley and (ii) Sedgefield for (1) 1999-2000, (2) 1994-95 and (3) 1989-90.
	(69730)
125	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications by operators to surrender waste management licences in each of the last three years have been (a) made and (b) granted.
	(70211)
126	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the (a) grants and (b) other financial support given by his Department to (i) Westminster City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other than through the RSG, settlement in (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99 and (3) planned for 1999-2000; and for what purposes the funds were allocated.
	(70155)
127	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from construction industry representatives about the late payment of invoices to United Kingdom companies under the EU Tacis Programme; and what initiatives he is taking to resolve the matter.
	(70093)
128	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) incidents have been reported of missiles being thrown from bridge parapets onto (i) motorways, (ii) other roads and (iii) railways and (b) how many such incidents have resulted in (1) death, (2) serious injury and (3) slight injury, in each of the last five years.
	(70270)
129	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what engineering measures he proposes to protect the travelling public from missiles being thrown from parapets of bridges over (a) motorways, (b) other roads and (c) railways.
	(70272)
130	Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish his final proposals for reforms to the water abstraction licensing systems for Egland and Wales following his consultation paper of June 1998.
	[R] (69999)
131	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement concerning the case of Ropaighelach v Barclays Bank (Times 6th January) and the right of a mortgagor to enter a property and disposess its owner without a court order.
	(69693)
132	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the provisions of the EU directive relating to certificates of professional competence of small public service vehicle operators will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
	(70220)
133	Mr Clive Efford (Eltham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the existing small public service vehicle operators meet the EU capital reserves criterion of £6,500 for the first vehicle and £3,500 for each additional vehicle.
	(70221)
134	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will consult on proposals for a beacon council scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(70218)
135	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to announce details of the revised criteria and ring-fenced annual budget for the Highways Agency for new measures to reduce motorway noise.
	(69784)
136   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans the Government has to ban vehicles with bullbars from public roads.
	(69258)
137   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many prosecutions of (a) foreign and (b) EU lorry drivers arose in 1997-98 as a result of the Vehicle Inspectorate's examination of goods vehicles.
	(69269)
138   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals his Department has to restrict the use, in the United Kingdom, of foreign and EU trucks running 11.5 tonne axles in a 4 x 2 configuration.
	(69270)
139   N	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his target date for the publication of the new UK Climate Change Programme.
	(69567)
140	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with (a) Portsmouth City Council and (b) Portsmouth Ferry Port concerning the development of a freight rail-head in Portsmouth.
	(69673)
141	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the development of a freight rail-head in Portsmouth since 1990.
	(69848)
142	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the (a) individuals and (b) organisations that have made representations requesting that council tax Band G be split into two new bands with consequential increases in the proportion of tax due for both the new band and the current Band H in order to reflect better the differential in value between lower bands; and if he will make a statement.
	(69998)
143	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to all the Government's public consultations.
	(69780)
144	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if there will be tenant representation on the housing working groups on best value.
	(69736)
145   N	Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Organisation Instruction and Guidance issued to the new Strategic Rail Authority in relation to Rail Passenger Partnership funding will allocate a fixed proportion of this funding for use in rural rail infrastructure.
	(69205)
146   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take steps to provide for a defence to a charge arising from breach of regulations relating to vehicle emissions where the car in question has passed its MOT within 28 days before the date of a roadside check.
	(69568)
147   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to assist young, homeless persons.
	(69598)
148   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action the Government is taking to ensure the implementation of the ban on furs entering the EU under Regulation 3254/91.
	(70009)
149   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action the Government is taking to press the Commission and EU Ministers to set a deadline for ratification of the humane trapping standards for animals caught in leghold traps.
	(70008)
150   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if (a) Russia, (b) Canada and (c) the USA have ratified the agreement on humane trapping standards for animals caught in leghold traps; and what is the deadline for ratification of the convention.
	(70007)
151	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which EU countries require individual businesses to register under the Groundwater Directive.
	(69782)
152	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he plans to issue to farmers with regard to the necessity of registering with the Environment Agency under the groundwater regulations.
	(69783)
153	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many complaints have been received by his Department about (a) overcrowding, (b) standards of cleanliness and (c) punctuality on Connex South East trains for each quarter in 1998; and what are the latest available figures.
	(70110)
154   N	Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on any additional costs for recycling packaging waste arising from recent changes in the law and the method for distributing such costs.
	(69611)
155   N	Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take steps to ensure that wasteholders have a right of access to the Packaging Waste Recovery Note System in respect of waste they deposit for recycling.
	(69610)
156   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70029)
157	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to encourage bus operators to reduce pollution from diesel fuel emissions; and if he will make a statement.
	(69670)
158	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the light rail or tram systems which were given or are proposed to be given Government funding in the (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 financial years, stating the value of such funding and the percentage it formed of the cost of each scheme.
	(70193)
159	Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications have been made by tenants to HOMES for a transfer of tenancy in each year since 1994; and what percentage of these applications were successful.
	(70095)
160   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications for the sale of school playing fields have come before him since 1st May 1997.
	(69613)
161   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications for school playing fields development he has approved.
	(69614)
162	Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what advice his Department has given to UK airlines with regard to the tax on aviation fuel recently imposed by the Norwegian Government
	(69705)
163	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if, when a metropolitan borough council has stated in its UDP that a certain piece of land is designated for business use and suitable for general B1 purposes, it can subsequently grant planning permission to use this land for B1, B2 industry and B8 warehouse use without amendment to the UDP.
	(70057)
164	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which businesses operating in Pudsey constituency are subject to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997; what monitoring has taken place to assess their compliance; and what was the outcome of such monitoring.
	(70204)
165	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which planning policy guidance notes are currently under review by his Department.
	(70197)
166	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that regional development agencies take account of relevant strategic polices laid down in local authorities' development plans.
	(70196)
167	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69906)
168	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69961)
169	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69835)
170	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69949)
171	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69984)
172	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax deducted from annual earnings in each £2,000 band between £10,000 and £30,000 by tax paying sub-contractors and individual craft workers in the construction industry.
	(69745)
173	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average annual expenses claimed against taxable gross earnings of £25,000 by tax paying sub-contractors and individual craft workers in the construction industry.
	(69746)
174	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will calculate (a) the tax deductible and (b) the tax payable for a sub-contracting carpenter/joiner with a turnover of £25,129, work expenses of £6,799 and personal pension payments of £3,470.
	(69747)
175	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of tax paying sub-contractors and individual craft workers earning less than £30,000 per annum to be included in the new tax system for the construction industry.
	(69744)
176   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of industrial action involving random one-day strikes called over a period have taken place; and in how many cases the period of random action has exceeded eight weeks, in each year from 1993 to 1998.
	(69563)
177   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases industrial actions in the form of strikes have extended beyond eight weeks in each year from 1993 to 1998.
	(69564)
178	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proposals he has to introduce a common system of tax reliefs for different types of pension plan as part of the stakeholder pension proposals; and if he will set out the age-related contribution limits which apply to the existing tax reliefs for pensions.
	(70013)
179	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) tax and (b) legal definitions of his proposals for the investment products oiks and puncs.
	(69993)
180	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if LISA style pensions are to be used as freestanding top-ups to existing (a) personal and (b) occupational pension plans.
	(69890)
181   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a tax on windfall profits on the sale of agricultural land for development purposes.
	(69308)
182	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the change from the family credit programme to the working families tax credit programme on the number of claimants in Portsmouth.
	(69935)
183	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the operation of tapers on working family tax credit benefits.
	(69936)
184	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total expenditure on the working families tax credit in Portsmouth in its first year of operation.
	(69689)
185	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations he has had with trades unions representing the staff of the Office for National Statistics regarding the current review of that department.
	(69679)
186	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of family credit recipients will not be eligible for increased credit under the working families tax credit programme.
	(69753)
187	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors underlay the decision to pay working families tax credit benefits through the pay packet.
	(69754)
188	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has commissioned on the national impact of the proposed working families tax credit on poorer income groups.
	(69851)
189	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to privatise the work of the Office of National Statistics.
	(69849)
190	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors underlay the setting of the maximum credit limit on working families tax credit.
	(69688)
191	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69779)
192	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets he set Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to assess their success rate in confiscating smuggled and bootlegged tobacco and alcohol in 1997-98; and what assessment he has made of their success in achieving those targets.
	(70015)
193	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he is making at ECOFIN in pursuading the EU finance ministers to increase excise duty on tobacco and alcohol; and at which meetings he has raised this issue since May 1997.
	(70018)
194	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value of confiscated smuggled or bootlegged (a) tobacco and its products and (b) alcohol in each year since 1994.
	(70017)
195	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Customs officers were dealing with smuggled and bootlegged tobacco and alcohol originating in the EU (a) at the latest date for which figures are available and (b) one year earlier.
	(70016)
196   N	Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the provision in the Government's Code of Practice on Government Information on the basis of which he is declining to give information about his use of RAF and chartered flights.
	(69419)
197   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70038)
198	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) the West Midlands will benefit from the working families tax credit.
	(69729)
199	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a White Paper setting out the case for the UK joining the single European currency.
	(70225)
200	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 1.24 of the publication, UK membership of the Single Currency: An assessment of the five economic tests, if he will list those studies which suggest that the UK economy (a) is and (b) is not more sensitive than other countries to interest rate changes.
	(69997)
201   N	Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a table showing, in both expenditure and per capita expenditure for (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scottish, (c) Welsh and (d) English expenditure for the years 1992-93 to 1998-99, analysed by the same programmes as Table 7.6B of Cm 3901.
	(69565)
202	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69982)
203	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69942)
204	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69912)
205   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will give the name of the 16 year-old Iraqi youth, imprisoned since the age of five years for throwing a stone at a picture of Saddam Hussein, to whom he has referred in public statements.
	(69786)
206   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the actions of the Pakistan Government to limit the press freedom of the Daily Jang newspaper.
	(69894)
207   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 496, when the Bay of Gibraltar was first described as the Bay of Algeciras in a paper laid before Parliament.
	(69661)
208   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to mark the accession of Georgia to full membership of the Council of Europe.
	(69260)
209	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has evaluated on the alleged use against civilians of arms exported from the UK to Indonesia.
	(69760)
210   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what position was taken by the United Kingdom representatives at the General Affairs Council on 25th and 26th January on proposals tabled by the German government on arms control.
	(69482)
211   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is his policy with regard to the participation of representatives of the government of Myanmar in European Union--Asean discussions.
	(69483)
212   N	Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the Orders in Council relating to arms embargoes circulated to British embassies and high commissions by his Department between 1979 and 1997.
	(69922)
213	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69778)
214   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what military equipment has been licensed for export by UK companies to Indonesia since 1st May 1997.
	(69491)
215   N	Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 493, if he will break down the costs of the compensation into that paid in relation to (a) the impact on pensionable pay on retirement of the decision and (b) the loss of pensionable service.
	(69380)
216	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on allegations that the Government of the Maldives imprisoned seven Christians because of their beliefs.
	(70213)
217   N	Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure allegations of torture of British prisoners held in the Yemen are investigated.
	(69382)
218   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70031)
219	The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans Her Majesty's Government has to raise concerns about the situation of (a) the Karen and (b) other ethnic groups in Burma at the forthcoming session of the UN Human Rights Commission.
	(69809)
220	The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he is taking to encourage the Thai Government (a) to permit the entry of refugees from Burma and (b) not to forcibly repatriate such refugees.
	(69808)
221	The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action his Department is taking to encourage the Association of South East Asian nations to expel Burma from its membership.
	(69810)
222   N	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government has taken in the past two weeks to draw to the Spanish Government's attention its obligations under the European Community treaties in respect of the border with Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement.
	(69700)
223	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) the British Ambassador to Venezuela and (b) a representative from the British Embassy last visited Mr Miles and Mr Loseby.
	(70002)
224	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of (a) the conditions in which Mr Miles and Mr Loseby are being held and (b) their medical and dental situation.
	(70003)
225	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the inauguration of the new Venezuelan President on the case of Mr Miles and Mr Loseby.
	(70005)
226	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received regarding Mr Miles and Mr Loseby, who are imprisoned in Venezuela, in the last three months.
	(70001)
227	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings representatives of the British Embassy in Caracas have had with Venezuelan government officials in respect of Mr Miles and Mr Loseby.
	(70004)
228	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on public access to Public Record Office files relating to repatriation of Cossacks at the end of the Second World War.
	(69710)
229	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government to those countries that are seeking to increase their whaling operations.
	(70205)
230	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 13th January, Official Report, column 225, on Iraq, if he will place copies of the messages and letters received by Her Majesty's Government relating to Operation Desert Fox in the Library.
	(69787)
231	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times his Department's premises have been searched by HM Customs and Excise officers in connection with their investigations in the last five years.
	(69814)
232	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 26th January, Official Report, columns 214-15, on arms embargoes, when each of (a) the listed UN resolutions and (b) the implementing Orders in Council were first circulated to the relevant British ambassadors.
	(69815)
233	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions he has taken in pursuance of the implementation of the United Nation resolution relating to Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara, with particular reference to the provision for a referendum of the Saharawi people.
	(69897)
234	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69972)
235	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69907)
236	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69983)
237	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69834)
238	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69948)
239	Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how statistics on (a) prostheses, (b) orthoses, (c) wheelchairs and (d) electronic assistive devices are used to facilitate (i) clinical governance, (ii) the dissemination of good practice, (iii) performance management and (iv) cost-effectiveness within disablement services.
	(69665)
240	Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) prostheses, (b) orthoses, (c) wheelchairs and (d) electronic assistive devices were supplied by the NHS in each of the last three years.
	(69664)
241   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) the national minimum wage and (b) the working time regulations.
	(69762)
242	Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of applying the duties in sections 27 and 47 of the Children Act 1989 to independent schools.
	(69727)
243   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS trust and health authority appointments which were not made by the due date and which remained outstanding on 1st February.
	(69495)
244	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) grants and (b) other financial support given by his Department to (i) Westminster City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other than through the RSG settlement, in (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99 and (3) planned for 1999-2000; and for what purposes the funds were allocated.
	(70157)
245	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what would be the cost of designating recipients of tax credits and their families as people entitled to passported benefits under the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988.
	(69748)
246	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of provision of beds in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
	(69742)
247   N	Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to general practitioners about prescribing Invicorp intravenous self-injections.
	(69496)
248	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to ensure a sufficient supply of blood, plasma and other blood products within the National Blood Service over the millennium fortnight.
	(70168)
249   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which establishments have paid a regular lead to nursing staff in each year since 1970; what was the annual value of the lead; what was its purpose; and if he will make a statement.
	(69054)
250   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the cost of the proposed salary rises for NHS staff in England (a) in total and (b) broken down by category.
	(69992)
251	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the average pay levels in London for nurses in each grade.
	(70041)
252   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to implement in full the recommendations in paragraph 2.34 and 2.35 of the report of the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration; and if he will make a statement.
	(69923)
253	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who suffer from epilepsy in the UK.
	(70214)
254	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals diagnosed with epilepsy in the Portsmouth area.
	(69680)
255	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list his Department's expenditure on the health technology assessment for each year from 1992 to 1998.
	(69781)
256	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of enquiries to the Nursing Recruitment Hotline since its inception and (b) the number of nursing vacancies in the NHS for each month since May 1997.
	(69785)
257	Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce proposals for the implementation of compulsory treatment orders in advance of the enactment of a new Mental Health Act.
	(69696)
258	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69773)
259	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he has evaluated of changes in the level of consumption of alcohol and tobacco by people (a) under and (b) over 18 years of age; and what assessment he has made of the cause of those changes.
	(70020)
260	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions have been held at meetings of EU health ministers on the implications for the health of EU residents of differences in excise duty on tobacco and alcohol; and at which meetings he has raised this issue.
	(70019)
261	Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish guidance on the operation of the Partnership Grant; and if he will make a statement.
	(69678)
262	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to make EU guidance on medicines for children legally binding on pharmaceutical companies.
	(69684)
263	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assess the cost to the NHS of making guidance on medicines for children legally binding on pharmaceutical companies.
	(69685)
264	Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by EU member states to monitor the way pharmaceutical companies comply with EU guidance on the licensing of medicines for children; which companies have 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, in other EU member states.
	(69683)
265   N	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence he has obtained concerning the extent to which inflexibility in working hours deters nurses from taking up employment in the National Health Service.
	(69636)
266	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the work programme of the working group on myalgic encephalomyelitis, and its timescale.
	(70255)
267	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual additional cost to the NHS resulting from the European working time directive.
	(69741)
268	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in promoting awareness and understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME among (a) health professionals and (b) the general public; and if he will make a statement.
	(70160)
269	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of specialist chronic fatigue syndrome/ME units for (a) children and (b) adults.
	(70163)
270	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the sale of non-prescription contact lenses; and if he will make a statement.
	(70166)
271	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are currently on the waiting lists for specialist chronic fatigue syndrome/ME units.
	(70162)
272	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the specialist units which provide services to chronic fatigue syndrome/ME patients.
	(70161)
273   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he is giving to doctors about the prescribing of viagra; and if he will make a statement.
	(69501)
274   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70032)
275	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department gives to hospital trusts on the provision of parking spaces for disabled people.
	(69669)
276	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reseach his Department has carried out or evaluated to assess the health hazards for pupils required to carry heavy bags of books to and from school, and between lessons; and if he will make a statement.
	(70191)
277	Jacqui Smith (Redditch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of anti-D injections for rhesus negative mothers; and if he will make a statement.
	(70152)
278	Jacqui Smith (Redditch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what record his Department keeps of the number of anti-D injections administered in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(70153)
279	Jacqui Smith (Redditch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in securing plasma for anti-D from non-UK sources.
	(70151)
280	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long are the courses leading to (a) a diploma in midwifery and (b) a degree in midwifery; how much are the fees for such courses; and how the cost of the fees is allocated between the employer and the employee within the NHS.
	(70147)
281	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives have been appointed to primary care management groups.
	(70149)
282	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial provision he has made for the promotion of breast feeding in the current financial year.
	(70148)
283   N	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of nursing staff currently employed at Eastbourne District General Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	(69381)
284	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with regard to compensating persons infected with hepatitis C as a result of NHS treatment; and if he will make a statement.
	(70051)
285	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reply his Department sent to the letter of 5th November 1998 to its Chief Scientific Officer from Her Majesty's Coroner for Inner South District, Greater London, following an inquest into the death of a baby, asking that urgent consideration be given to the early introduction of statutory regulation of clinical perfusionists.
	(70173)
286	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made (a) towards state registration of clinical perfusionists and (b) in dealing with the danger to the public posed by unaccredited perfusionists..
	(70172)
287	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with haemophilia are suffering from hepatitis C through receiving infected blood products through the NHS prior to 1986; and if their condition is being monitored.
	(70167)
288	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69956)
289	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69938)
290	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69974)
291	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69958)
292	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69914)
293   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources he has made available to the Metropolitan Police to ensure public safety and public order and to prevent crime at the time of the millennium celebrations; and if he will make a statement.
	(69609)
294   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Brigg and Goole of 25th January, Official Report, column 75, what plans he has to extend animal welfare legislation to circus animals in winter quarters.
	(69494)
295	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) grants and (b) other financial support by his Department to (i) Westminster City Council and (ii) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, other than through the RSG settlement, in (1) 1997-98, (2) 1998-99 and (3) planned for 1999-2000 given; and for what purposes the funds were allocated.
	(70158)
296   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, columns 546-7, on deportation orders, in respect of how many deportation orders made in (a) 1994, (b) 1995 and (c) 1996 deportation was not enforced because it was no longer appropriate.
	(69918)
297   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 546, on deportation orders, if he will make it his policy to collect easily accessible information on the number of persons in custody or otherwise detained who are the subject of deportation action; and if he will make a statement.
	(69919)
298   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 1st December 1998, Official Report, column 131, on immigration, if he will make it his policy to collect information on the number of cases in which he exercises his discretion to grant leave to remain in the United Kingdom to foreign nationals resident in the United Kingdom on the grounds of compassionate circumstances.
	(69917)
299   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases in each of the last five years the Metropolitan Police has funded in whole or in part the legal costs of serving or former police officers facing criminal charges; and in how many cases funding is still continuing.
	(69843)
300   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances it is the policy of the Government that people serving prison sentences and who are the subject of deportation action should be released from custody prior to deportation.
	(69845)
301   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if prison governers are informed of which prisoners in their charge are the subject of deportation action.
	(69846)
302   N	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners released on home detention curfew on or since 28th January have been returned to custody to date (a) as a result of offending and (b) for other reasons.
	(70021)
303	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, columns 76-8, concerning the home detention welfare provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, when he proposes to write to the honourable Member for Hertsmere.
	(70280)
304	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on action taken against English hooligans attending the World Cup.
	(70264)
305	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the maximum penalties for (a) throwing an object from a bridge, (b) throwing an object from a bridge causing serious or slight injuries and (c) throwing an object from a bridge causing death, on (i) motorways, (ii) other roads and (iii) railways; and what plans he has for changes in the maximum penalties.
	(70271)
306	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison officers who were serving in prisons in England and Wales, and who are now suspended from duty due to allegations as to their conduct, have been suspended for (a) up to three months, (b) up to six months, (c) up to nine months, (d) up to 12 months, (e) up to 15 months and (f) over 15 months.
	(69925)
307	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to increase the number of prison officers in prisons in England and Wales who come from ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement.
	(69811)
308	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted drug dealers now serving prison sentences in England and Wales who have been convicted in the last five years, and were ordered by the trial judge to hand over financial assets thought to have been acquired as a result of dealing in drugs, have not done so to date; and if he will make a statement.
	(69806)
309   N	Mr Stephen Day (Cheadle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the provisional police grants announced in December 1998.
	(69204)
310   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish the results of the inquiry into the events at Holloway Prison on 13th August 1998.
	(69259)
311   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of people who have used (a) cannabis, (b) cocaine and (c) heroin in each of the past 10 years.
	(69261)
312   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the population of female prisoners in each of the past 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the figures for each of the next five years.
	(69262)
313	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of police numbers in Hampshire.
	(70065)
314	Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian employees there were in the Avon and Somerset Constabulary on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) the most recent date for which figures are available.
	(70170)
315	Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions he received from honourable Members about police forces outside London in the calendar year 1998.
	(69895)
316   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to make a statement on the inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence.
	(69342)
317	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to all the Government's public consultations.
	(69777)
318   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Committee for Infrastructure Protection; and if he will list its members and terms of reference.
	(69559)
319	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles impounded due to their involvement in tobacco and alcohol smuggling and bootlegging have been found to be (a) untaxed, (b) uninsured, (c) stolen and (d) driven by people with no driving licence or whose licences have been withdrawn in 1998.
	(70022)
320	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each fire authority in the United Kingdom (a) the SSA per head of population and (b) the actual spending per head of population in each year from 1992 to date.
	(70268)
321	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 70, on Brian Parsons, what are the salary costs of the officers on the inquiry; and if they will be charged to the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
	(70109)
322   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rules govern the treatment of circus animals; how he monitors the treatment of such animals; and if he will make a statement.
	(69499)
323   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70033)
324   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his policy on providing passive drug dogs in prisons; and what is the cost of keeping each dog.
	(69635)
325	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department received an application for funding from Mediation UK; what evaluation he has made of it; and what action he proposes to take.
	(70206)
326	Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the honourable Member for North Warwickshire, plans to meet the honourable Member for Leicester East to discuss the case of Mr Waghela of Melrose Street, Leicester (ref PO 16500/98 W 251588); and if he will make a statement.
	(70060)
327	Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library for each police authority area in Wales the list of persons submitted to his Department for consideration as independent police authority members in each of the last five years.
	(70052)
328	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69908)
329	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69971)
330	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69976)
331	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69947)
332	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69833)
333	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the British Government has provided to relieve the famine in North Korea.
	(70219)
334	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received about problems caused to United Kingdom companies by unpaid invoices to the EU for work undertaken as part of the Tacis Programmes; and what initiatives she is taking to resolve these problems.
	(70094)
335	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish her Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69766)
336	Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid her Department currently gives to help developing countries combat TB.
	(70169)
337	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid is given by the European Union to Western Sahara; and what is the cost to the United Kingdom's European Union budget contribution.
	(69900)
338	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is her estimate of the cost to the United Kingdom's European Union budget contribution of European Union aid given to Morocco in the last year.
	(69899)
339	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which country receives most overseas development aid from the European Union; and if she will make a statement on how the priorities for aid are determined.
	(69898)
340	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69977)
341	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69968)
342	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69913)
343	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69832)
344	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69946)
345	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what representations he has received regarding the use of public interest immunity in trials arising from the bombing of (a) the Israeli Embassy and (b) Balfour House; and if he will make a statement.
	(70267)
346	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to end the monopoly in London of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners.
	(70040)
347   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what discussions he has had with officials from the Public Trust Office; how he monitors the performance of that office; what plans he has to review the role of the office; and if he will make a statement.
	(69502)
348   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70006)
349	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what representions he has received regarding the future funding of Mediation UK; and what action he intends to take in this respect.
	(70203)
350	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69960)
351	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69945)
352	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69978)
353	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69831)
354	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69909)
355	Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many long-stay patients there are in medical wards in (a) Antrim Hospital and (b) Whiteabbey Hospital.
	(70200)
356	Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for how long the longest-stay patient has been in a medical ward in (a) Antrim and (b) Whiteabbey hospitals.
	(70202)
357	Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many long-stay patients assessed as being ready for discharge to nursing home care are in medical wards in (a) Antrim Hospital and (b) Whiteabbey Hospital.
	(70207)
358	Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the average weekly cost of providing nursing care in (a) private sector accommodation and (b) a hospital in Northern Ireland.
	(70201)
359	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much public money will be given (a) this year and (b) next year to (i) Provisional Sinn Fenn and (ii) FACT and FAIR.
	(70055)
360	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish her Department's collation and assessment of responses to all the Government's public consultations.
	(69767)
361	Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions have been made in relation to illegal pro-Orange Order demonstrations in Portadown since July 1998.
	(70212)
362	Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons have been (a) arrested and (b) charged in connection with the destruction of Catholic-owned businesses in Portadown since July 1998.
	(70209)
363	Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted under section 8(7) of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 in relation to contravention of the conditions placed by the Parades Commission on the legally notified marches organised by the Orange Order in Portadown on (i) 5th July 1998, (ii) 5th September 1998, (iii) 28th November 1998, (iv) 19th December 1998, (v) 30th December 1998 and (vi) 2nd January 1999.
	(70208)
364	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if paramilitary beatings are included in the factors which she has to take into account in determining whether a paramilitary organisation has ended violence permanently.
	(70144)
365	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what factors she takes into account in reaching the judgement that a paramilitary ceasefire is complete and unequivocal.
	(70145)
366	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the factors which she will take into account in determining whether to invoke her powers to review the list of organisations under section 3(10) of the Act in respect of an organisation not specified under section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 which is involved in paramilitary beatings, mutilations and shootings.
	(70135)
367	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what powers she has to halt the early release of prisoners convicted of scheduled offences within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1973, 1978, 1991 and 1996.
	(70138)
368	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports she has received from the RUC on the involvement of members of paramiltary organisations not specified by order under section 3 (8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 in paramilitary beating, mutilations and shootings in Northern Ireland; and what assessment she has made of these reports.
	(70139)
369	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had on the normalisation of security arrangements in Northern Ireland with those Northern Ireland parties represented in the Assembly.
	(70269)
370	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the de-escalation in security measures in Northern Ireland that has taken place since 10th April 1998.
	(70137)
371	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what factors she will take into account in determining whether paramilitary beatings carried out by organisations not specified by order under section 3(8) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 constitute a breach of the ceasefires.
	(70136)
372	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the removal of security installations in Northern Ireland since 10th April 1998.
	(70274)
373	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons convicted of a qualifying offence set out in the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 have been released from prison under the Accelerated Release Scheme.
	(70143)
374	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons released from prison in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, were serving (a) a fixed term sentence of at least five years and (b) imprisonment for life.
	(70142)
375	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons convicted of qualifying offences will be eligible for accelerated release from prison under the terms set out in the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
	(70224)
376	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in the reduction of the numbers and role of armed forces deployed in Northern Ireland since 10th April 1998.
	(70273)
377	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons convicted of a scheduled offence, including murder, and serving a fixed term sentence of at least five years will still be in prison two years from the date of the commencement of the Accelerated Release Scheme set out in the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998.
	(70141)
378	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons have been convicted of scheduled offences within the meaning of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Acts 1973, 1978, 1991 and 1996 since 10th April 1998; and how many of them received (a) a mandatory life sentence and (b) a fixed term sentence of five years or more.
	(70140)
379   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons in Northern Ireland have been (a) arrested on suspicion of, (b) charged and (c) convicted of conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 as amended by the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998.
	(69878)
380   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the procedure for the review of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued by the RUC; how frequently an outstanding warrant is reviewed; and in what circumstances and by what criteria an outstanding warrant could be set aside.
	(69881)
381   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many warrants for the arrest of terrorist suspects issued by the RUC have been outstanding (a) for more than 10 years, (b) for five to 10 years, (c) for one to five years and (d) since 10th April 1998.
	(69880)
382   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Orange parades, marches or disturbances have occurred in the vicinity of Drumcree in each month since June 1998; how many of these were legal parades; how many deaths or injuries can be associated with these disturbances; what was the additional financial cost of policing during the six months from July to December 1998; how many properties and vehicles have been damaged in the area; how many arrests have been made; in how many cases charges have been brought; and how many convictions have been secured.
	(69882)
383   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the headings under which police and court databases in Northern Ireland record (a) arrests, charges and convictions, (b) the personal details of individuals who are arrested, charged or convicted and (c) the employment details of individuals arrested, charged or convicted; and if the databases contain information on the numbers of individuals (i) whose employment may change from the time of their arrest to the time of their conviction and (ii) arrested, charged or convicted who may have served part-time or full-time in Her Majesty's armed forces or the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
	(69879)
384	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (i) men and (ii) women aged (a) 18 to 24 and (b) over 25 years old were employed under the ACE programme in each of the last five years.
	(70075)
385	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding was given to each of the health boards in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.
	(70101)
386	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, from what budgets the recently announced £4 million for an improved fracture service in the Northern Ireland Health Service will be funded; and how much will be distributed to each health board.
	(70096)
387	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the ACE programme is to be terminated.
	(70073)
388	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were on waiting lists in each month in the past five years in the Northern Ireland Health Service for each recorded speciality.
	(70098)
389	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many punishment beatings took place in each year since 1994; and how many have taken place since the Good Friday Agreement.
	(70108)
390	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the capitation formula for the health boards was last determined; and what changes to the funding formula per board are proposed over the current planning period.
	(70099)
391	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (i) men and (ii) women aged (a) 18 to 24 and (b) over 25 years old were employed under the ACE programme each month during 1998.
	(70074)
392	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money from the National Lottery Distribution Fund has been paid to (a) environmental, (b) educational, (c) health and (d) tourism programmes in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.
	(70100)
393	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement on the status of the current review of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
	(70097)
394	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobs have been lost under the ACE programme in each of the past 12 months.
	(70072)
395	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people moved from the ACE programme into permanent jobs in each of the past five years.
	(70071)
396   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for her Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70034)
397	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69989)
398	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69966)
399	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69955)
400	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69940)
401	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the executive non-departmental bodies sponsored by the Northern Ireland Office have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69888)
402   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to her oral statement of 1st February, Official Report, column 593, concerning the lack of insurance cover for travel on 1st January 2000, if she will list the relevant authorities examining the issue in each sector.
	(69573)
403   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the President of the Council, what was the total number of oral questions tabled to all departments, excluding the Scottish and Welsh Offices but including the Prime Minister in the last session; and what percentage were (a) on the Order of Business on the day in question and (b) actually answered orally.
	(69575)
404   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to ensure that activities undertaken by ministers on behalf of the Labour Party do not involve the expenditure of public funds.
	(69818)
405	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will estimate the consumption effects and health outcomes of the abolition of duty free imports of tobacco, alcohol and other goods with the EU.
	(70056)
406   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the EU directives which he has identified as affecting business costs and which he is seeking to renegotiate.
	(69743)
407   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full transcript of his interview on ITV's This Morning programme on 1st February.
	(69995)
408   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received on the accuracy of the transcript of his interview on the 1st February issued by his office to journalists on 2nd February; and if he will make a statement.
	(69994)
409	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions has he had with the German government on the recent British/French St. Malo declaration; and if he will make a statement.
	(69924)
410   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will establish a post of co-ordinator of the Government's policies in respect of the homeless.
	(69271)
411	Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list government expenditure on ministerial overseas visits at current prices (a) for the financial years (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994-95, (iii) 1995-96 and (iv) 1996-97 and (b) over the period (1) 1st May 1997 to 31st March 1998 and (2) from 1st April 1998 to date.
	(70189)
412   N	Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):    To ask the Prime Minister, what was the total cost incurred by his predecessor in the financial year 1996-97 for the use of RAF and chartered aircraft.
	(69379)
413	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 932, if he will list those factors which he has assessed as detrimental to economic stability if monetary policy were to be transferred from the independent Bank of England to Her Majesty's Treasury.
	(70102)
414	Kali Mountford (Colne Valley):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to publish the Government's National Strategy for Carers.
	(69764)
415   N	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list (a) the number of meetings of, (b) the membership of, (c) the budget of and (d) the issues addressed so far by, the Social Exclusion Unit.
	(69574)
416   N	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Prime Minister, what are the (a) role and (b) responsibilities in the Cabinet Office of Professor Lawrence Freedman.
	(69490)
417   N	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will define the term, joined-up government.
	(69484)
418   N	Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the division of responsibilities between (a) the Minister for the Cabinet Office and (b) the Secretary to the Cabinet.
	(69492)
419   N	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he next intends to raise Spain's closure of the Gibraltar frontier on 29th January with his Spanish counterpart.
	(69701)
420   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will investigate the circumstances surrounding Dr Arpad Pusztai's departure from his post at the Rowett Research Institute; and if he will make a statement.
	(69825)
421   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of Scottish schools on books and equipment for the latest year for which figures are available.
	(69417)
422   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of expenditure on (a) ministerial pay, (b) ministerial domestic transport and (c) other ministerial expenses in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(69263)
423   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the expenditure of his Department, its agencies and public bodies on opinion polling and focus groups for (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000; and if he will list the work carried out or planned for each year.
	(69267)
424   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the (a) salary costs and (b) other costs of special advisers in his Department in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(69264)
425   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which assets, listed in the National Assets register, have been sold off since 1st July 1997; how much money has been realised as a result; and if he will make a statement.
	(69197)
426   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of the expenditure of his Department, its agencies and related public bodies on all conferences in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000; what was the date, cost and purpose of each conference held externally since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(69199)
427   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of the total refurbishment bill for properties used by his (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) related public bodies, for (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(69201)
428   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the cost of a rebate of 50 per cent. on the council tax of second home owners in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(69497)
429   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of the annual cost of reducing class sizes to 30 or under for pupils in primary years (a) four, (b) five, (c) six and (d) seven; and if he will make a statement.
	(69415)
430   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the current number of unfilled teacher vacancies in Scottish (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.
	(69418)
431   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the spending on education in each of the current local government areas fo (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1999-2000.
	(69498)
432   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the cost of fraud and thefts relating to (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) other public bodies, in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(69265)
433   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the cars owned by his Department, its agencies and public bodies, giving in each case the (a) age, (b) purchase cost and (c) annual running cost; how many of these cars have chauffeurs; and at what annual cost in each of the last five years.
	(69203)
434   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the items and their estimated value stolen from (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) associated public bodies during (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99 to date; and if he will make a statement.
	(69266)
435   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his estimate of the total expenditure of his Department, agencies and related public bodies on newspapers and magazines in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000; if he will list (i) the titles taken and (ii) which titles have been added and which deleted since 1st May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(69198)
436   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the properties of his Department, agencies and public bodies which are currently vacant; how long he expects each to be vacant for; and what is the estimated annual cost of maintaining the properties in a vacant state.
	(69200)
437   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the latest absenteeism rates for each of his Departments, agencies and related public bodies; and what is his estimate of the total cost of this level of absenteeism to public funds in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(69202)
438   N	Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on his priorities for improving the (a) health service and (b) education system in Scotland.
	(69416)
439   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which establishments in Scotland have paid a regular lead to nursing staff in each year since 1970; what was the annual value of the lead; what was its purpose; and if he will make a statement.
	(69055)
440   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the cost of paying the proposed salary rises for NHS staff in Scotland, (a) in total and (b) by category; if he will estimate the additional cost of an additional 0.5 per cent. increase (i) in total and (ii) by category; how much extra each grade of Scottish nurse would receive if given the same percentage increase as the equivalent grade in London; and if he will make a statement.
	(69853)
441	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what account he has taken of the conclusions of the Sutherland Report on the funding of smaller and specialist colleges in England when deciding on the funding allocation to (i) Edinburgh College of Art, (ii) Glasgow School of Art and (iii) the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
	(69740)
442	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the initial budget for converting and fitting out the Church of Scotland Assembly Hall and adjacent buildings as a temporary home for the Scottish Parliament; and what is the latest estimate of the cost.
	(70210)
443	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Scottish secondary schools do not offer modern studies as a subject.
	(69734)
444	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the total revenue financial support which Scottish councils will provide to sport in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.
	(69714)
445	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate the Scottish Sports Council has made of the total revenue financial support provided by Scottish councils for sport in 1998-99 and in each of the previous five years.
	(69713)
446	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what finance was provided for the increase of nurses' pay in Scotland in 1999-2000 in the Comprehensive Spending Review; and what the cost of the actual increase approved is estimated to be.
	(69715)
447	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proposals he has to phase out visiting specialist teachers in primary schools and replace them with consultants.
	(69735)
448	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what powers the Scottish Parliament will have to amend the Vaccine Damage Payments Acts 1979.
	(69737)
449	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proposals have been put forward by (a) his Department and (b) the City of Edinburgh Council to cope with the additional traffic which will be generated by the new Scottish Parliament building and large developments nearby.
	(69712)
450	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what finance has been provided in the Comprehensive Spending Review for increases in nurses' pay in Scotland in 2000-01 and 2001-02.
	(69716)
451	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what totals at constant prices have been expended or are planned in the Comprehensive Spending Review for Scottish local authority revenue expenditure in the years from 1995-96 to 2001-02 for (a) education, (b) social work, (c) police, (d) fire, (e) housing, (f) environmental services and (g) recreation and leisure services.
	(69717)
452	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proposals he has to collect information on (a) the numbers of visiting specialist teachers in primary schools, (b) the numbers of class and specialist teachers in primary and secondary schools on short-term contracts and (c) shortages of teachers for particular types of post, or subject or as supply teachers.
	(69733)
453	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will delay a decision about possible major changes in the status of Edinburgh College of Art until the Scottish Parliament has time to consider it.
	(69738)
454	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the future status of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the Glasgow School of Art and the Edinburgh College of Art.
	(69739)
455	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which councils have been unable to provide supply teachers to schools on occasions when they were needed to provide cover because of sickness or absence of teachers on in-service training in the (a) last and (b) current session.
	(69732)
456	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69775)
457	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 589, on the Skye Bridge, if he will place in the Library copies of the Deputy Crown Agent's letters of 6th November 1995 and 5th January 1996 to the Procurator Fiscal in Dingwall.
	(69886)
458   N	Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will take steps to safeguard the public in West Sutherland from increased numbers of straying deer.
	(69597)
459	Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the increase in the Roads Department budget in Scotland in the current financial year over the previous financial year in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms.
	(70265)
460	Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he expects to publish the results of the Road Review in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
	(70266)
461	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the specialist units which provide services to chronic fatigue syndrome/ME patients in Scotland.
	(70164)
462   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70035)
463   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the projected capital cost for the Scottish Parliament Building of (a) furniture, (b) catering facilities, (c) exterior decoration and (d) interior decoration; what is the total estimated cost of the building; and how many (i) MSPs, (ii) Parliamentary staff and (iii) ancillary staff will be accommodated in the new building.
	(69102)
464	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what involvement his Office had in discussions leading to the retirement of Dr Arpad Pusztai from the Rowett Institute.
	(70048)
465	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the terms of Dr Arpad Pusztai's retirement from the Rowett Institute preclude him from (a) discussing his recent research work and (b) pursuing similar research elsewhere.
	(70050)
466	Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidelines are given to procurators fiscal about the use of fiscal fines.
	(70187)
467	Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what change in the guidance about which cases should go to the Sheriff Court and which to the District Court has been issued in the last five years.
	(70188)
468	Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the overall number of fiscal fines in each of the sheriffdoms in Scotland in each of the years since they were introduced.
	(70186)
469	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69954)
470	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69987)
471	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69969)
472	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69916)
473	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69941)
474	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the effect of the introduction of the minimum wage on the number of family credit claimants where the main earner has gross weekly earnings of (a) under £40, (b) £40 to £79.99, (c) £80 to £119.99, (d) £120 to £159.99, (e) £160 to £199.99, (f) £200 to £249.99, (g) £250 to £300 and (h) £300 and over.
	(69750)
475	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the effect of the introduction of the minimum wage on the average gross weekly earnings of the main earners in families in receipt of family credit.
	(69749)
476	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the effect of the introduction of the minimum wage on the average gross weekly earnings of disability working allowance claimants.
	(69751)
477	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the effect of the introduction of the minimum wage on the number of disability working allowance claimants with gross weekly earnings of (a) under £40, (b) £40 to £79.99, (c) £80 to £119.99, (d) £120 to £159.99, (e) £160 to £199.99, (f) £200 to £249.99, (g) £250 to £300 and (h) £300 and over.
	(69752)
478	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claims have been received from former mineworkers claiming for chronic bronchitis and emphysema since (a) 13th September 1993 and (b) April 1997; and how many awards were made over the period broken down by (i) age, (ii) degree of disability and (iii) coalfield area.
	(69934)
479	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many former mineworkers are in receipt of a disablement pension for vibration white finger; and how many pensions were awarded for the disease in the last year for which figures are available.
	(69927)
480	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many posthumous awards were made for pneumoconiosis in the last year for which figures are available broken down by (a) age, (b) degree of disability and (c) coalfield area.
	(69931)
481	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many former mineworkers are in receipt of a disability pension for pneumoconiosis; and how many cases were made an award in the last year for which figures are available.
	(69929)
482	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many former mineworkers are in receipt of a disablement assessment for vibration white finger; and in how many cases an assessment was made in the last year for which figures are available.
	(69926)
483	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) men and (b) women broken down by occupation are in receipt of a disablement pension for mesothelioma.
	(69928)
484	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many posthumous awards for chronic bronchitis and emphysema have been made to former mineworkers since 13th September 1993 broken down by (i) age, (ii) degree of disability and (iii) coalfield area.
	(69887)
485	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many working miners are in receipt of a disability pension for pneumoconiosis.
	(69930)
486	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many posthumous awards for mesothelioma were made for (a) men and (b) women, broken down by occupation, who have died in the last year for which figures are available.
	(69933)
487	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) men and (b) women, broken down by occupation, (i) are in receipt of a disablement pension for asbestosis and (ii) were made an award in the last year for which figures are available.
	(69932)
488   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will instruct the Benefits Agency to investigate allegations that the holidaymakers who were recently ejected from an Airtours flight to Jamaica were fraudently claiming income-related benefits; and if he will make a statement.
	(69893)
489   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what surveys the Benefits Agency has carried out of the level of job satisfaction among its staff since 1992; and if he will place the results in the Library.
	(69667)
490   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the numbers of pensioners currently receiving (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit and (c) income support.
	(69817)
491   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list (a) the benefit arrangements for pregnant women below 18 years of age, (b) the special dietary provisions organised by social services for pregnant women and (c) the criteria for eligibility for (a) and (b).
	(69668)
492   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much money has been received by the Treasury from CSA payments to offset the cost of single parents met by public funds for each year of the CSA's existence.
	(69666)
493   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects the final resolution in the case of Mr William Gallacher of Westgate on Sea of his benefit claim; and if he will make a statement relating to the speed with which benefit claims made by the disabled are processed.
	(69697)
494	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what research his Department has commissioned on the financial effect on families of the additional family credit benefits paid to those who work 30 hours or more.
	(69850)
495	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many families receive the maximum family credit benefits in Portsmouth.
	(70275)
496	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the average duration of claim for family credit payment.
	(69937)
497	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average amount that the main earners in couples receiving family credit work per week.
	(70216)
498	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the average family credit award in 1997-98 in the Portsmouth area.
	(69687)
499	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for how many hours on average the main earners in couples receiving family credit work per week in Portsmouth.
	(69682)
500	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average amount that lone parents work per week.
	(70279)
501	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the average number of hours which a non-main earner in a couple receiving family credit benefits works per week.
	(69681)
502	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the average number of hours that lone parents in receipt of income related benefits work per week in Portsmouth.
	(69852)
503	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the average family credit award in 1998.
	(70278)
504	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in what percentage of couples receiving family credit benefits one partner is not working.
	(69686)
505	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69770)
506	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many disability claimants have had their benefits withdrawn by the Benefits Agency because they have been found to be smuggling or bootlegging tobacco and alcohol; and how much money was saved in 1997-98.
	(70014)
507   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he is taking to assist young, homeless persons.
	(69599)
508	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what financial provision he expects to make in the financial year 1999-2000 for (a) administration of income support and (b) means-testing of social security benefits in relation to pensioner claimants.
	(70257)
509	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list, for each of the principal benefits administered by his Department, (a) the number of claims for financial redress for maladministration, (b) the number of such claims which were successful and (c) the amount of compensation paid in each of the categories (i) loss of statutory entitlement, (ii) actual financial loss, (iii) delay and (iv) consolatory payments, for each of the last 10 years.
	(70195)
510   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of (a) increasing the basic state pension to £75 for all single pensioners and (b) providing income support to guarantee pensioners an income of at least £75 per week; and if he will make a statement.
	(69503)
511   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70036)
512	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) applications for and (b) awards of disablement benefit in respect of coal miners suffering from pneumoconiosis there were for (1) the United Kingdom as a whole and (2) each of the special medical boarding centres for respiratory diseases in each year from 1988 to 1997.
	(70184)
513	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the criteria for appointment to the special medical boards for respiratory diseases.
	(70176)
514	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of electron microscopes employed for purposes of assessing the presence of asbestos fibres in lung tissue; and if he will make a statement.
	(70185)
515	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the number of (a) applications for and (b) awards of disablement benefit for (i) chronic bronchitis and (ii) emphysema since 13th September 1993 in respect of coal miners (1) for the United Kingdom as a whole and (2) for each of the regional special medical boarding centres for respiratory diseases.
	(70179)
516	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will give for each year since 1985 the number of (a) appeals and (b) successful appeals against decisions of special medical boards for respiratory diseases.
	(70182)
517	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, on how many occasions honourable Members have written to his Department about individual findings of special medical boards since 1986.
	(70181)
518	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the number of (a) applications for, and (b) awards of disablement benefit in each of the years 1988 to 1997 for (1) the United Kingdom as a whole and (2) each of the special medical boarding centres for respiratory diseases for (i) asbestosis, (ii) mesothelioma, (iii) lung cancer alone, (iv) lung cancer with accompanying bilateral diffuse pleural thickening, (v) lung cancer with accompanying unilateral diffuse pleural thickening, (vi) lung cancer with pleural plaques, (vii) bilateral diffuse pleural thickening alone, (viii) unilateral diffuse pleural thickening alone and (ix) pleural plaques alone.
	(70183)
519	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the address of each special medical boarding centre for respiratory diseases in the United Kingdom.
	(70175)
520	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners (a) pay income tax and receive a means-tested benefit, (b) pay income tax but do not received a means-tested benefit, (c) do not pay income tax but do receive a means-tested benefit and (d) do not pay income tax and do not receive a means-tested benefit and if he will break down the total by (i) sex, (ii) marital status and (iii) five year age bands.
	(69695)
521   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the number of families who are currently in receipt of (a) £0-£4.99, (b) £5-£9.99, (c) £10-£19.99, (d) £20-£29.99, (e) £30-£39.99, (f) £40-£49.99, and (g) £50 or above a week in family credit; and if he will provide corresponding estimates for the proposed working families tax credit.
	(69493)
522	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the extra childcare provisions put in place since the launch of the plan for Parents at Work by the Benefits Agency in May 1998.
	(70171)
523	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69959)
524	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69910)
525	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69830)
526	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69944)
527	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69979)
528   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the terms of the partnership licence agreement currently used by Esso Petroleum.
	(69756)
529   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how his Department monitors retail petrol industry gross margins and pump prices; and what assessment he has made of the monitoring's effectiveness in assuring consistency of treatment under (a) UK and (b) European competition law.
	(69757)
530   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what studies he has (a) made and (b) commissioned into contractual arrangements introduced by petrol suppliers since 1st January 1989; and what assessment he has made as to their conformity with fair competitive practice.
	(69758)
531   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has held with major petrol suppliers on their plans and timetable for withdrawal of four star petrol from sale at filling stations and for the reprovision of facilities for essential supplies; and if he will make a statement.
	(69759)
532   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to receive the report of the Inquiry by the Director General of Fair Trading into the 1966 undertakings by petrol suppliers; and if he will publish it.
	(69761)
533	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he is taking in response to the recent representations from the Association of Consulting Engineers on the payment of invoices from United Kingdom companies under the EU Tacis Programme.
	(70092)
534   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates he has made of the annual increase in awards for unfair dismissal under the provisions of the Employment Relations Bill.
	(69593)
535   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what have been the costs of maternity leave to the United Kingdom in each year since 1994; and what proportion of these costs relate to employees in firms with workforces (a) up to 10, (b) up to 20, (c) up to 50, (d) up to 250 and (e) over 250.
	(69596)
536   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimates his Department has made of the current compliance costs of the Parental Leave Directive to the United Kingdom, in the context of the Employment Relations Bill; how many newly-entitled employees there will be; how many are expected to be (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers; and how many in each category are expected to be employed in firms with workforces (i) up to 10, (ii) up to 20, (iii) up to 50, (iv) up to 250 and (v) over 250.
	(69562)
537   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees were dismissed for breach of contract on the grounds that they took industrial action by going on strike, in each year from 1993 to 1998.
	(69594)
538   N	Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of unfair dismissal were brought before industrial tribunals in each year from 1993 to 1998; how many cases were proven in each year; what was the average award in each year; and what was the total of the awards made in each year.
	(69595)
539   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will announce the membership and terms of reference of the working group he has appointed to report on how insolvency and bankruptcy law can be made more enterprise-friendly.
	(69847)
540	Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the total cost to public funds of the British Coal canteen workers equal pay claim; and when he expects the case to be resolved.
	(69896)
541   N	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the impact on emissions of Government policies which have protected the market for coal.
	(69566)
542	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what goods UK firms require an export licence for exports to Iran.
	(70066)
543	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many export licence enquiry forms his Department has received in each of the last three years for (a) Iran and (b) other countries.
	(70062)
544	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what are the average times taken by other EU countries to process export licence applications to (a) Iran and (b) other countries.
	(70061)
545	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many export licence applications his Department has received in each of the last three years for (a) Iran and (b) other countries.
	(70063)
546	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the (a) average time taken and (b) target time in which to determine export licence applications for (1) Iran and (2) other countries in the last year for which figures are available.
	(70064)
547   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the issuing of statutory redundancy payments by his Department.
	(68033)
548	Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) the names of officials in his Department who are currently on secondment from private companies, (b) the companies by which they are employed and (c) their current responsibilities.
	(70044)
549	Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 15th December, Official Report, column 453, on Sellafield, if the relevant emergency planning officers were informed of the two shipments of mixed oxide fuel.
	(69765)
550	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to all the Government's public consultations.
	(69769)
551	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what restrictions apply to the sale of privatised research establishments to new owners.
	(69663)
552	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the previously publicly-owned research establishments that have been privatised in the last 10 years, indicating their current owners.
	(69662)
553   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is his policy to ensure that the MAI is negotiated in open session in the World Trade Organisation.
	(69487)
554	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) the 10 companies which exported most, by volume, from Great Britain to the Republic of Ireland and (b) the 10 companies which exported most, by volume, from the Republic of Ireland to Great Britain, in the last financial year for which figures are available.
	(69709)
555	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on government policy on the use of the Business Excellence Model in SMEs.
	(70150)
556	Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total number of claims settled for the industrial disease, vibration white finger, before the new scheme was agreed, indicating the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average award.
	(69841)
557	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the impact on industrial costs resulting from (a) a one per cent. revaluation of the pound and (b) a one per cent. increase in interest rates.
	(69812)
558	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what impact on business costs (a) the minimum wage, (b) the Working Time Regulations and (c) the Fairness at Work White Paper proposals have had to date; and what estimate he has made of the annual impact when fully implemented.
	(69816)
559	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what has been the change in deep mined coal output in (a) the last quarter and (b) the last year; and how many pits closed in each time period.
	(69813)
560   N	Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to announce the Civil Aircraft and Research Demonstration budget.
	(69500)
561   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70037)
562	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is his estimate of the number of electron microscopes employed in the United Kingdom for the purposes of assessing the presence of asbestos fibres in lung tissue in order to advise (a) special medical boards on respiratory diseases; and (b) coroners.
	(70180)
563   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, columns 584-5, regarding Lucas Varity, if it is his policy that his Department would not intervene in the takeover on grounds other than competition.
	(69699)
564   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, columns 584-5, regarding Lucas Varity, if he will take steps to establish whether the takeover will fall within the jurisdictions of (a) the UK authorities and (b) the European Commission.
	(69698)
565	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the extent of current UK involvement in US and EU space research and programmes.
	(70199)
566	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation to protect consumers from unduly-aggressive doorstep sales techniques on behalf of utilities companies following deregulation of the domestic electricity and gas markets.
	(69676)
567	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and whether in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69829)
568	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69911)
569	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69943)
570	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69980)
571	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69973)
572	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received on restructuring the Welsh Joint Education Committee; and if he will make a statement.
	(69707)
573	Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the meetings held between his Department and representatives of the Welsh Joint Education Committee since May 1998.
	(69708)
574   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the cost of each of his Meet the People meetings; and how many (a) civil servants and (b) members of the public attended each meetings.
	(69268)
575   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings have taken place in the past three months between his Department's ministers and other Government departments on the powers of the Welsh Assembly; and what the outcome was in each case.
	(69257)
576	Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) the names of the special advisers in his Department and (b) the issues in which they specialise; and if he will set out the level to which they have been security cleared.
	(70045)
577	Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the (a) task forces, (b) review panels and (c) advisory groups within his Department; and if he will state, in respect of each, (i) the remit, (ii) the membership, (iii) details of members' principal employment and (iv) the level of members' remuneration.
	(70042)
578	Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) the names of officials in his Department who are currently on secondment from private companies, (b) the companies by which they are employed and (c) their current responsibilities.
	(70043)
579   N	Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he plans to take to assist the employees of Pendy Plastics (Mainetti) of Deeside Industrial Park who are to be made redundant; and if he will make a statement.
	(69612)
580	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will publish his Department's collation and assessment of responses to each of the Government's public consultations.
	(69771)
581	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the specialist units which provide services to chronic fatigue syndrome/ME patients in Wales.
	(70165)
582	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the number of economically active people in Wales between the ages of (i) 25 to 34 and (ii) 35 to 49 years (a) currently, (b) in 1992 and (c) in 1997.
	(70068)
583	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the number of people in each of the various stages of the New Deal; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the New Deal on the unemployment count.
	(70067)
584   N	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) the London barristers' chambers and (b) the London solicitors' firms that have performed services for his Department (i) since 1st May 1997 and (ii) in the equivalent period preceding that date, indicating the remuneration paid in each particular case.
	(70039)
585	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many general practitioners were registered in Wales on 1st October 1998.
	(70058)
586	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimates his Department has made of the percentage of (a) five year olds, (b) six year olds and (c) seven year olds that were in classes of 30 or less in January 1997.
	(70059)
587	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is his assessment of the effect of allowing vehicles with an 11.5 tonne drive axle weight unrestricted access to trunk roads in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(69675)
588	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will instruct NHS hospitals in Wales to restrict the numbers of non-urgent treatments of private patients.
	(70049)
589	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many private patients received non-urgent treatment in NHS hospitals in Wales in (a) the last six weeks, (b) the last three months and (c) the last six months.
	(69677)
590	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidelines are issued by his Department to (a) health and (b) education authorities in Wales in relation to the provision of services and support needed by people suffering from epilepsy; and if he will make a statement.
	(69671)
591	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 549, on the National Assembly, when he expects to lay the draft of the Order relating to disqualification of persons from membership of the National Assembly before Parliament.
	(69690)
592	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69939)
593	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department have a statutory base; and which are subject to investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner.
	(69915)
594	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings, (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards and (d) operate some form of appeal or complaints procedure; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69988)
595	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of the executive non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department publish (a) the minutes of meetings, (b) the agendas of meetings and documents for those meetings and (c) a register of members' interests; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69957)
596	Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Welsh Office (a) admit members of the public to all board or committee meetings, (b) hold public meetings and (c) have lay or consumer representatives on their boards; and if in each case this is under a statutory requirement.
	(69970)
597   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the sale of fruit, crisps and other snacks at break times in schools will qualify a school for paying the flat rate levy proposed in support of the Food Standards Agency.
	[Transferred] (70011)
598	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average number of hours worked by young people under 16 years of age in paid employment each week in each of the London boroughs.
	[Transferred] (70106)
599	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the categories of employment available to persons under 16 years old and the percentages of young people under 16 years in each category for each of the London boroughs.
	[Transferred] (70104)
600	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people under 16 years of age in each of the London boroughs are in paid employment.
	[Transferred] (70107)
601	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average hourly pay of young people under 16 years of age in employment in each of the London boroughs.
	[Transferred] (70105)
602	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many deaths at work were recorded in the most recent available year; and if he will make a statement on recent trends.
	[Transferred] (70053)
603	Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what would be the cost to public funds of increasing the basic state pension to the level of the minimum pension guarantee.
	[Transferred] (70256)
604	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the value of the order for arms exports is recorded at the time when licences are applied for; and if the value is shown on the licences.
	[Transferred] (70146)
605	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on poorer income groups of the change from the family credit programme to the working families tax credit programme.
	[Transferred] (70276)
606	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has commissioned on the impact of the proposed working families tax credit on poorer income groups.
	[Transferred] (70215)
607	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost will be of the working families tax credit in its first year.
	[Transferred] (70277)
608	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that British haulage operators do not face unfair competition as a result of tax increases proposed on vehicles running at an 11.5 tonne drive axle weight on roads in Britain.
	[Transferred] (70103)
609	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will ensure that Welsh stamps are available in all Welsh post offices.
	[Transferred] (70054)

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