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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 9 February 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 9 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 Tuesday 9 February, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Wednesday 10 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. |
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| 1 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what proportion of the consumption of each of the following materials on the Parliamentary Estate is currently recycled (a) paper, (b) kitchen oils, (c) lightbulbs and fluorescent tubes, (d) glass drinks bottles, (e) drinks cans, (f) refrigerant gases and (g) plastic products. |
| (68734) | |
| 2 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, if she will set targets for each of the next five years for the recycled proportion of (a) paper, (b) kitchen oils, (c) lightbulbs and fluorescent tubes, (d) glass drinks bottles, (e) drinks cans, (f) refrigerant gases and (g) plastic products consumed on the Parliamentary Estate. |
| (68735) | |
| 3 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many hectares of urban land he intends to be covered by his Department's scheme for woodland and tree planting on derelict land. |
| (70229) | |
| 4 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69522) | |
| 5 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he will take to ensure that genetically-engineered animal feed is labelled as such. |
| (70348) | |
| 6 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the current procedures for approving genetically-engineered animal feeds; if ACRE has sole responsibility for assessing applications; and who will take such decisions in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European Union. |
| (70347) | |
| 7 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the evidence to date of maternal transmission of BSE. |
| (70177) | |
| 8 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69521) | |
| 9 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if overtly Christian companies are barred from obtaining national radio frequencies. |
| (70345) | |
| 10 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69520) | |
| 11 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69519) | |
| 12 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is (a) the establishment and (b) the current strength of each of the regiments in the Foot Guards; and if he will list each element of company strength serving with them, indicating where each battalion has soldiers attached to it from another battalion, which battalion they are from and in what numbers. |
| (69855) | |
| 13 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the numbers of trained officers and soldiers currently serving in the Guards battalions by nationality. |
| (69856) | |
| 14 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Defence Export Services Organisation was made aware on 6th October 1998 of the presence in the United Kingdom of General Pinochet; to which other sections in his Department and beyond this information was relayed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70242) | |
| 15 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the role of competitive sport in the armed forces. |
| (70122) | |
| 16 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the cost of relocating and retasking existing brigades in establishing the proposed northern division. |
| (70123) | |
| 17 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his decision to close 2nd Division HQ in York and create a new northern division HQ in Edinburgh was based on an investment appraisal of (a) complete divisional/district restructuring, (b) that element which involved a choice of locations or (c) other factors. |
| (70126) | |
| 18 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the past five years the Ministry of Defence Observer has attended a board meeting at the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research. |
| (70023) | |
| 19 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the cost of providing new and refurbished buildings in Edinburgh when 2nd Divisional HQ moves from York to Edinburgh. |
| (70127) | |
| 20 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what criteria he based his decision to move the Army's 2nd Divisional HQ from York to Edinburgh. |
| (70124) | |
| 21 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the number of army personnel in the areas covered by (a) the Scottish District based in Edinburgh and (b) the Second Division based in York. |
| (70125) | |
| 22 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if Wednesday afternoons are still set aside for competitive sport for armed forces personnel. |
| (70128) | |
| 23 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the naval gun competition in the Royal Tournament. |
| (70121) | |
| 24 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of backdating the changes which became operative from 1st April 1975 to the Armed Forces pension arrangements to cover all those who retired before 1st April 1975. |
| (70230) | |
| 25 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for each of the last three years, how many students in further education colleges were registered as students on schedule 2a courses without having been entered for the appropriate examination. |
| (68736) | |
| 26 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69518) | |
| 27 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many and what percentage of applicants for PGCE courses in (i) primary and (ii) secondary teaching obtained either a first or an upper second class honours degree for the latest period for which figures are available. |
| (69794) | |
| 28 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has commissioned into the effectiveness of (a) integrated curriculum work and (b) subject specialist teaching in improving children's learning in primary schools. |
| (69793) | |
| 29 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) his Department's recommended standard spending assessment percentage budget increase and (b) the percentage increase set by the local education authority for each English local education authority. |
| (69576) | |
| 30 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many staff in his Department are responsible for assessing local education authorities' (a) early years development plans, (b) asset management plans and (c) education development plans; and how much time is given on average to the assessment of each such plan. |
| (70118) | |
| 31 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the extra money allocated to each local education authority for the improvement of year 6 SATS results in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000. |
| (70119) | |
| 32 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69517) | |
| 33 N | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on proposed changes to speed up the preparation and adoption of local plans and urban development plans. |
| (68267) | |
| 34 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to bring the use of razor wire in non-military establishments under the jurisdiction of the planning authorities. |
| (70243) | |
| 35 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the capital receipt initiative on the availability of housing in the North West region. |
| (68517) | |
| 36 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has further to regulate water authorities in relation to the renegotiation of historic water provision agreements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70332) | |
| 37 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provisions govern the use of public interest immunity certificates by his Department; and to what extent these relate to files held by local authorities. |
| (70226) | |
| 38 N | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consideration he has given to changing the sites of measurement for snow days in calculating the standard spending assessment for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. |
| (68378) | |
| 39 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the Government's assessment of the constitutional factors involved in joining the single currency. |
| (70235) | |
| 40 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69508) | |
| 41 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter of 26th October 1998 from the Head of the Treasury Enterprise and Growth Unit to Colin Balmer of the Ministry of Defence, entitled Selling Services into the Wider Market. |
| (69718) | |
| 42 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which public expenditure vote the cost of the use of RAF and charter flights by Treasury ministers is charged. |
| (70076) | |
| 43 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the agreed Treasury criteria for income from certain fines to be used to meet some of the costs of those engaged in the enforcement and prosecution of offenders. |
| (70231) | |
| 44 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will abolish capital gains tax roll-over relief on the sale proceeds of greenfield development land. |
| (68799) | |
| 45 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a tax on the development of greenfield land. |
| (68800) | |
| 46 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total number of people who will receive the proposed working families tax credit if everyone entitled to the credit were to take up their entitlement; and what would be the cost in 2000-01 of the credit on that basis. |
| (70078) | |
| 47 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumption was made, for the purposes of forecasting the public expenditure consequences of the working families tax credit, about the percentage of those who will be eligible for the new credit who will take up that entitlement. |
| (70077) | |
| 48 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 26th January, Official Report, column 212, for what reasons his Department received the Interfax report on the hostages in Chechnya over 24 hours after it was issued. |
| (70239) | |
| 49 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 536, what action was taken by the Moscow Embassy on receipt of the Interfax report on the hostages in Chechnya. |
| (70240) | |
| 50 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 26th January, Official Report, column 212, what action was taken by his Department on receipt of the Interfax report on the hostages in Chechnya. |
| (70241) | |
| 51 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 536, for what reason the Moscow Embassy received the Interfax report on the hostages in Chechnya 24 hours after it was issued. |
| (70238) | |
| 52 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69516) | |
| 53 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (i) minutes and (ii) other documents are held by his Department relating to telephone calls made by representatives of the Chilean Embassy concerning the departure from the UK of General Pinochet prior to the issuing of the arrest warrant; what was the nature of the discussions; at what time of day those discussions took place; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70289) | |
| 54 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the contents of the note faxed to his Department on 9th October 1998 by the British Embassy in Santiago relating to reports of General Pinochet's death; at what level in his Department this was read; and what action was taken in response. |
| (70287) | |
| 55 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the Metropolitan Police contacted his Department concerning their communications with the 5th Central Magistrate's Court in Madrid on 14th October. |
| (70294) | |
| 56 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the (i) nature and (ii) frequency of the contacts made by the Metropolitan Police with his Department, between the time when the police were contacted on 14th October by the 5th Central Magistrate's Court in Madrid and the issuing of an arrest warrant for General Pinochet. |
| (70288) | |
| 57 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of his Department's investigations into the well being or otherwise of General Pinochet following the incorrect news reports of the general's death in early October. |
| (70286) | |
| 58 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Malaysia since 2nd October 1998 about human rights and the application of the rule of law. |
| (70244) | |
| 59 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what levels the four reports despatched to his Department by the British Embassy in Madrid, relating to the investigations by Judge Garzon, were read, and when; which desks these reports were forwarded to for information within his Department and to where outside his Department; and what action was taken as a result. |
| (70284) | |
| 60 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance was provided by his Department towards the travel arrangements for Senator Pinochet's planned return to Chile in late 1998. |
| (70293) | |
| 61 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will deposit in the Library those sections of the four reports from the British Embassy in Madrid to his Department which deal with the investigations by Judge Garzon. |
| (70291) | |
| 62 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the diplomatic protests from the Chilean authorities following the arrest of General Pinochet made reference to promises from Her Majesty's Government to assist in the travel arrangements for Senator Pinochet's return to Chile. |
| (70292) | |
| 63 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what time (a) his office and (b) he personally, was first informed of (i) the presence of General Pinochet in the United Kingdom, (ii) his intention to leave the UK on 20th October, (iii) the reports from the British Embassy in Madrid on Judge Garzon's activities, (iv) the contact between the 5th Central Magistrate's Court in Madrid and the Metropolitan Police and (v) the issuing of an arrest warrant for General Pinochet. |
| (70290) | |
| 64 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of the informal indication to the British Embassy in Santiago in early September 1998 that Augusto Pinochet was to visit the United Kingdom; what reports were sent to his Department as a consequence; what reference was made in internal communications to potential legal and diplomatic difficulties that might ensue; and if such reports were brought to his attention. |
| (70285) | |
| 65 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received concerning the activities of Arab militias in Southern Sudan. |
| (69037) | |
| 66 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the German Government's proposals on the regulation of arms brokers in the EU; and what plans he has in this respect. |
| (70338) | |
| 67 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the current status of the arms embargo on Sudan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (69043) | |
| 68 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the annual report on Strategic Arms to be published. |
| (70337) | |
| 69 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for the duty placed on the NHS to provide nursing care of the judgement in R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70227) | |
| 70 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue guidance to health authorities and local authorities on their responsibilities following the judgement in R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan. |
| (70228) | |
| 71 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the letter of 27th January from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health to the honourable Member for Christchurch, on the basis of what evidence he made his comparison between the present and previous governments' treatment of nurses. |
| (70111) | |
| 72 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69515) | |
| 73 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children aged under two years in local authority care were born to teenage mothers. |
| (69892) | |
| 74 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will suspend consideration of the recent application to conduct a clinical trial of a xenotransplantation procedure on humans until the Code of Practice on the Welfare of Xenotransplantation Source Animals is in place. |
| (69313) | |
| 75 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's investigations into the David Lewis Centre, Cheshire. |
| (69310) | |
| 76 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legislation would govern the treatment of animals used to provide cells or tissue for any clinical trial of a xenotransplantation procedure on humans approved by the United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority, before the establishment of the Code of Practice on the Welfare of Xenotransplantation Source Animals. |
| (69312) | |
| 77 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Government's strategy for NHS dentistry to be published. |
| (70331) | |
| 78 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in 1998 (a) extended their commitment to NHS dentistry, (b) submitted applications to join the NHS and (c) left the NHS for private practice. |
| (70329) | |
| 79 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are per head of population in North Devon. |
| (70330) | |
| 80 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the value of a probationary period for nurses; and if he will make a statement. |
| (69791) | |
| 81 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of NHS trusts (a) currently have staff classified as nursing assistants or nursing auxiliaries and (b) have incorporated nursing assistants or nursing auxiliaries into a health care assistants scheme. |
| (69792) | |
| 82 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the report commissioned from J. M. Consulting on the review of legislation covering the registration of nurses, midwives and health visitors. |
| (69790) | |
| 83 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those health authorities that have conducted surveys of the foot healthcare needs of their residents since 1994. |
| (70341) | |
| 84 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what written and oral representations or submissions he or his Department have received since May 1997 concerning NHS consultants working outside the NHS; and if he will make a statement on their contents. |
| (70327) | |
| 85 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expenditure was on community chiropody services by each NHS trust in 1997-98. |
| (70339) | |
| 86 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultations there were per chiropodist in England in the latest year available, in each health authority, in terms of (a) all consultations, (b) initial contact and (c) number of people seen for the first time that year. |
| (70340) | |
| 87 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the expenditure on his Department's drugs prevention initiatives, in cash and real terms, in each of the last three years; what is the planned cash and real terms spending in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70324) | |
| 88 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total expenditure on police overtime in each of the last three years, per police force, and in total; what are the rates for (a) overtime pay and (b) standard pay; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70323) | |
| 89 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has undertaken on the relative levels and methods of policing in European Union countries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70321) | |
| 90 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the expenditure on his Department's crime prevention initiatives, in cash and real terms, in each of the last three years; what is the planned cash and real terms spending in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70325) | |
| 91 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research his Department has undertaken on the relative levels of crime in European Union countries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70322) | |
| 92 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the prisoners released under the home detention curfew provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have been released subject to supervision by a probation officer. |
| (70115) | |
| 93 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the prisoners released since 28th January under the home detention curfew provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 are serving sentences as a result of convictions for offences (a) of violence, (b) of burglary and (c) to which Part I of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 applies. |
| (70117) | |
| 94 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the prisoners released since 28th January under the home detention curfew provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have previous convictions for offences (a) of violence, (b) of burglary and (c) to which Part I of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 applies. |
| (70116) | |
| 95 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69514) | |
| 96 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on (a) the surveillance operation and (b) the raid on the Back Beat Club in December 1998; how many police officers were involved; and what was the value and types of controlled drugs seized. |
| (69311) | |
| 97 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he was not informed of the contacts on 14th October between the Metropolitan Police and his Department relating to the former's contacts with the 5th Central Magistrate's Court in Madrid; and what was the nature of the information passed on. |
| (70254) | |
| 98 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total cost to date to public funds of the arrest and detention of General Pinochet. |
| (70282) | |
| 99 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total cost of (a) issuing and (b) serving the arrest warrant for General Pinochet; and what was the breakdown of costs. |
| (70251) | |
| 100 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contacts his Department had with journalists concerning the incorrect reports of General Pinochet's death in October 1998 (a) before and (b) after the story was published. |
| (70253) | |
| 101 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who signed the initial warrant for the arrest of General Pinochet; where and at what time; with representatives from which bodies in attendance; with what prior warning to the person who signed the warrant; and at whose request. |
| (70236) | |
| 102 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what out-of-hours costs were involved in the issuing and execution of the arrest warrant for General Pinochet. |
| (70252) | |
| 103 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which body served the arrest warrant for General Pinochet; at what time; with how many people in attendance; and with what armed backup. |
| (70237) | |
| 104 N | Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a mandatory life ban on driving for those guilty of causing road deaths. |
| (68262) | |
| 105 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised from speeding fines in each Policy Authority area in Wales in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70336) | |
| 106 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue was raised from speeding fines in the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70335) | |
| 107 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised from speeding fines in each county of Wales in 1997-98; what was the average per county; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70333) | |
| 108 | Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of revenue raised from speeding fines related to speeding offences caught on cameras in 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. |
| (70334) | |
| 109 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received from nationals of (a) Poland, (b) Romania, (c) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (d) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (e) Croatia, (f) Slovenia, (g) FYROM, (h) Albania and (i) Hungary in each month since 1st May 1997. |
| (69990) | |
| 110 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a special allocation of funds, above their normal revenue budgets, to the police and fire services to cover the additional costs arising from the millennium celebrations. |
| (70307) | |
| 111 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in her Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69513) | |
| 112 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the long-term rehabilitation needs of the countries in Central America affected by Hurricane Mitch. |
| (69038) | |
| 113 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the EU aid budget is currently invested in low income countries; and if she will make a statement. |
| (69039) | |
| 114 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the 10 countries which received the most EU aid in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. |
| (69040) | |
| 115 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts concerning the proportion of the EU's aid budget which is invested in low income countries. |
| (69041) | |
| 116 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her French counterpart concerning Morocco. |
| (69042) | |
| 117 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in her Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69512) | |
| 118 | Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many arrests have been made in connection with the intimidation of Catholic families in the Craigwell area of Portadown by pro-Orange Order demonstrators. |
| (70301) | |
| 119 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Prime Minister, what assistance the Government is giving to former Soviet Union countries to ensure that their nuclear reactors are millennium compliant. |
| (69789) | |
| 120 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Prime Minister, at what time (a) he and (b) his Office was informed of (1) the police decision to arrest and (2) the arrest of Senator Pinochet. |
| (70283) | |
| 121 N | Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, if a Minister will be attending the Pensioners' Parliament to be held in Blackpool between 11th and 13th May. |
| (69577) | |
| 122 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Prime Minister, how many of the people listed in his Answer of 19th November 1998, Official Report, columns 743-4 as accompanying him to Washington in February 1998 were (a) ministers, (b) permanent career civil servants, (c) temporary civil servants, special advisors and political appointees, (d) journalists paying their own fares, (e) businessmen paying their own fares and (f) others. |
| (70233) | |
| 123 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Prime Minister, how many of the people listed in his Answer of 19th November 1998, Official Report, columns 743-4 as accompanying him to the G7 summit and UN General Assembly in June 1997 were (a) ministers, (b) permanent career civil servants, (c) temporary civil servants, special advisors and political appointees, (d) journalists paying their own fares, (e) businessmen paying their own fares and (f) others. |
| (70232) | |
| 124 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Prime Minister, how many of the people listed in his Answer of 19th November 1998, Official Report, columns 743-4 as accompanying him to Japan in January 1998 were (a) ministers, (b) permanent career civil servants, (c) temporary civil servants, special advisors and political appointees, (d) journalists paying their own fares, (e) businessmen paying their own fares and (f) others. |
| (70234) | |
| 125 N | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to introduce dual registration for residential and nursing homes for the elderly. |
| (70024) | |
| 126 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is his policy on the future of the 50 per cent. discount on council tax on second homes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (69854) | |
| 127 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69511) | |
| 128 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list designated sites in Scotland licensed for the landfill disposal of healthcare waste. |
| (69206) | |
| 129 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (i) longest, (ii) average and (iii) shortest distance over which the higher risk clinical waste for incineration is transported from the (a) Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Law Hospital NHS Trust and (c) Monklands Hospital NHS Trust. |
| (69208) | |
| 130 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has for the future disposal of healthcare waste from the (a) Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Law Hospital NHS Trust and (c) Monklands Hospital NHS Trust; what sites will be used for (i) the incineration and (ii) the landfill disposal of medical waste; and if he will make a statement. |
| (69210) | |
| 131 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the regulations pertaining to the current practice for the disposal of healthcare waste by the (a) Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Law Hospital NHS Trust and (c) Monklands Hospital NHS Trust. |
| (69207) | |
| 132 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the forecast costs to the Lanarkshire health trusts of the disposal of waste by category of disposal (a) in the current financial year and (b) in each of the projected financial years for which figures are available. |
| (69209) | |
| 133 N | Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the average waiting time for (a) an initial appointment with and (b) treatment by an NHS orthodontist in Scotland; how much has been allocated to the Scottish Dental Access Initiative; which health boards have applied for funds to date and for how much; how many applications have been successful in each health board area; and how much total funding has been approved and distributed to date. |
| (69272) | |
| 134 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the budget is for the New Housing Partnership scheme in 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. |
| (70309) | |
| 135 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the extra funding for the Rough Sleepers Initiative announced on 16th December 1998 will be spent. |
| (70318) | |
| 136 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the total level of council house debt, including capital debt, by local authority area in Scotland. |
| (70310) | |
| 137 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the timescale is for the implementation of the New Housing Partnership scheme. |
| (70314) | |
| 138 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what extra funding he plans to provide to assist local authorities to repay housing debt. |
| (70320) | |
| 139 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the process is by which bids for funding for the New Housing Partnership scheme are scrutinised. |
| (70312) | |
| 140 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on homeless initiatives on in 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99. |
| (70316) | |
| 141 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which organisations will be responsible for spending the extra funding for the Rough Sleepers Initiative announced on 16th December 1998. |
| (70319) | |
| 142 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the criteria are that local authorities have to meet to be entitled to funding from the New Housing Partnership scheme. |
| (70311) | |
| 143 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what are the expected levels of council house debt, including capital debt, by local authority area for 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02. |
| (70315) | |
| 144 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the timescale is, by local authority area, for the repayment of council housing debt; and by when he expects all council housing debt to be repaid. |
| (70328) | |
| 145 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who sits on the panel that scrutinises bids for the New Housing Partnership scheme; and how and for what reason they were chosen. |
| (70313) | |
| 146 | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, from which budget the extra funding for the Rough Sleepers Inititative announced on 16th December 1998 was funded; and from what programmes funding has been taken as a result. |
| (70317) | |
| 147 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each project over £50,000 payments under the Barnett Formula to his Department in the two most recent years and monies already allocated under the formula for the financial years 1999-2000 and 2000-01. |
| (69858) | |
| 148 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list by (a) administration costs and (b) by funded project over £50,000 the monies given by his Department over the two most recent years for which figures are available to each of the nationalised industries in Scotland; and if he will list the sums allocated for each of these headings in (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01. |
| (69860) | |
| 149 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list for each local enterprise company in Scotland the (a) rural development (b) research and development, (c) business start up, (d) business support and (e) other projects of value greater than £10,000, by project heading, in 1998-99; and if he will list in each case the sums allocated for (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01. |
| (69921) | |
| 150 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the (a) current premises, (b) staff numbers by grade and responsibility and (c) administration costs, indicating separately office costs, staff costs and other costs for each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible for (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999--2000 and (iii) 2000-01. |
| (69859) | |
| 151 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will provide for the two most recent financial years a breakdown of spending by project over £20,000, or if necessary to protect commercial or other sensitivities, by regional total, on (a) research, (b) grants to, (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and businesses and (iii) public bodies, by project aim, (c) capital projects, (d) maintenance and (e) security, by each non-departmental public body for which he is responsible, listing those allocations which have already been made for (1) 1998-99, (2) 1999-2000 and (3) 2000-01; and what is the total budget of each of these organisations for each year over the period. |
| (69857) | |
| 152 N | Mr John Swinney (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will allow representatives of the Scottish National Party, Scottish Liberal Democrats and Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party access to view, on a confidential basis, papers relating to spending by his Department already allocated and contracts signed by his Department for the period after 1st July for spending within the control of the Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
| (69920) | |
| 153 | Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has received from lawyers about a decline in their work at sheriff courts because of changes in administrative practice. |
| (70344) | |
| 154 | Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the financial return from fiscal fines in the last recorded year and the distribution of fines by amount. |
| (70342) | |
| 155 | Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of changes in the last five years in the (a) number and (b) proportion of cases that are going to the Sheriff Court as a result of changes in administrative practice. |
| (70343) | |
| 156 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, to what extent the Disability Benefits Unit has been completing review decisions during the current year in line with the targets which have been set. |
| (69640) | |
| 157 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69510) | |
| 158 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list those disability benefits on which there was an underspend in 1997-98 and the sums involved. |
| (70120) | |
| 159 | Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what changes there will be to widows' pensions after 2000 resulting from legislation enacted prior to 1st May 1997. |
| (70326) | |
| 160 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what consultations he has held with groups representing disabled children under five years of age; and what plans he has to make finance available to help the parents of severely-disabled under-fives with the costs of transportation for hospital visits. |
| (68801) | |
| 161 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if, under the rules for the family credit childcare disregard, a mother who worked for at least 16 hours a week as a registered childminder, and who entered into a contractual relationship with her husband, and who cared on a professional basis for her own children at premises other than the parental home, will be able to disregard the costs to the family of childcare for the purposes of family credit assessment. |
| (70079) | |
| 162 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the income and expenditure of the Insolvency Service has been in each of the last three years attributable to the disqualification of directors; and what proportion of the costs were borne by (a) the Disqualification Unit of the Insolvency Service and (b) official receivers. |
| (69641) | |
| 163 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69509) | |
| 164 N | Dr David Clark (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the average percentage increase in salaries of non-industrial civil servants, excluding members of the senior civil service, in his Department for 1998-99; and to what extent the pay awards were staged. |
| (69507) | |
| 165 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the total value of exports from Wales to (a) EU countries and (b) the rest of the world in each of the last five years. |
| (69788) | |
| 166 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make additional funds available to the ambulance service and the fire service in Wales, above their normal revenue budgets, to meet the one-off costs associated with the millennium celebrations. |
| (70308) | |
| 167 N | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed EC copyright directive on rights of intellectual property in this country. |
| [Transferred] (70112) | |
| 168 N | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has made to the (a) European Commission and (b) European Parliament concerning the proposed EC copyright directive. |
| [Transferred] (70113) | |
| 169 N | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure that the traditional interests of copyright holders are protected in the context of the electronic media under the proposed EC copyright directive. |
| [Transferred] (70114) | |
| 170 | Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the Biosafety Protocol negotiations in Colombia, with specific reference to Article 1; and if he will make it his policy to support the inclusion of the precautionary principle as regards human health. |
| [Transferred] (70346) | |
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