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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 10 March 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 10th MARCH
1   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the (a) herbicides, (b) pesticides and (c) fungicides which have restrictions on their use in other (i) European Union and (ii) G7 countries and which are used in the United Kingdom without similar restrictions.
	(75498)
2   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the (a) herbicides, (b) fungicides and (c) pesticides which are banned in other EU member states but are approved for use in the United Kingdom, indicating the conditions attached to their use.
	(75495)
3   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list (a) herbicides, (b) pesticides and (c) fungicides on the Red List which have been approved for use in agriculture and horticulture, indicating the conditions attached to their use.
	(75415)
4   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75883)
5   N	Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to ensure that the pig industry in other member states in the European Union is competing with the British pig industry on equal terms in respect of animal welfare.
	(75894)
6   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will introduce legislation to make biotechnology companies legally and financially liable for any damage to human health cause by genetically-modified crops and foods made from plants manufactured by them.
	(75199)
7   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what inspections have been carried out in each of the last 20 days within the mackerel conservation box off the coast of South Devon of factory and industrial fishing ships from European countries; when the inspections were made; and what was found there.
	(75201)
8   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which factory ships have been fishing in the mackerel conservation box off the coast of South Devon in the last 28 days; in which countries such ships are registered; and what steps have been taken to ensure their departure from the conservation box.
	(75202)
9   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what records are kept, and by whom, of satellite surveillance of the mackerel conservation box off the coast of South Devon.
	(75203)
10   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where his predecessor, as minister, stayed on his visit to Strasbourg in July 1997; what was the cost of that accommodation; and what expenses he incurred during that visit.
	(75864)
11   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those companies involved in genetically-modified crops to which research grants have been awarded by his Department in the last three years.
	(75863)
12   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list where ministers in his Department have stayed on their visits to Strasbourg and the costs of each of those stays since 1st May 1997.
	(75865)
13	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if, when deciding whether to refer back to the Court of Appeal the sentence imposed on David Arundel for causing death by dangerous driving (T980326), he had access to a transcript of the judge's summing up.
	(76024)
14   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75873)
15	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received concerning his Department's role in marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alfred Hitchcock.
	(75940)
16   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75877)
17   N	Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the ambient temperature in the Millennium Dome between the zones in January 2000.
	(75678)
18	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Dunkirk and to mark the final pilgrimage of the Dunkirk Veterans Association.
	(75912)
19	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for South Swindon of 26th January, Official Report, columns 173-4, if he will list the customer governments which contributed to the cost of project offices for government to government programmes, stating in each case the size of receipts; and what the total receipts were in the three previous financial years.
	(76125)
20	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 1991 by the British and Indonesian governments is still in force; when it was last revised; and what assessment he has made of the benefits the Memorandum of Understanding has resulted in for British governments.
	(76114)
21   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his policy on the deployment of women in the armed forces in front-line combat; and what plans he has to review that policy.
	(75305)
22   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75875)
23	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on safety at AWE Aldermaston.
	(76019)
24	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the enforcement notice served on AWE Aldermaston by the Environment Agency following the alleged illegal discharge of tritium into the River Kennet.
	(76022)
25	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Hunting-Brae since the Environment Agency served an enforcement notice on AWE Aldermaston, concerning the presence of tritium from the establishment in the Aldermaston stream; and if he will make a statement.
	(76021)
26	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Hunting-Brae over replacing the Pangbourne Pipeline with an Evaporator following the enforcement notice served on AWE Aldermaston by the Environment Agency.
	(76018)
27	Mr Martin Salter (Reading West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate's licence of AWE Aldermaston.
	(76020)
28	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to sign the Memorandum of Understanding in respect of Medium Range Trigat.
	(76063)
29   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the operation of individual learning accounts.
	(75355)
30   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in relation to the University for Industry.
	(75354)
31	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what amount of money has been set aside within the Employment Service budget in the current year to provide for childcare for Employment Service staff.
	(75897)
32	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement about the effects of the family-friendly policies within the Employment Service listed by his Department in a booklet published in February (a) nationally, (b) regionally and (c) in East London.
	(75899)
33	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many members of Employment Service staff are currently on term-time working initiatives.
	(75898)
34	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many play schemes have been set up for Employment Service staff in the last 12 months.
	(75896)
35   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75871)
36	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he is taking regarding the alleged misuse by Classic Collections (UK) Ltd, Slough, of the Investors in People logo; and if he will make a statement.
	(76120)
37	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what contingency plans he has for making water available in the event of the interruption of supplies caused by the millennium non-compliance of computer systems in the water industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(76057)
38   N	Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those of his appointees currently serving on national park authorities who have military backgrounds.
	(75569)
39	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action his Department is taking to follow up the proposal, in his July 1998 statement on housing and regeneration policy, for a single allocation to local housing authorities for capital investment in housing; and if he will make a statement.
	(76017)
40   N	Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will include proposals for an improvement at the A596/A597 junction at Workington as a priority scheme under the programme of network enhancement projects.
	(75414)
41   N	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he has received a report of the research which he commissioned into the predation of racing pigeons; and if he will make a statement.
	(75571)
42   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the average times taken for planning applications to be processed by each planning authority in the last year for which figures are available.
	(75302)
43   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of freight was transported by rail in the last year for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the capacity of the railways to deal with increases in demand.
	(75300)
44   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to (a) speed up and (b) simplify planning procedures.
	(75303)
45   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to increase international protection for big leaf mahogany; and if he will ban its import.
	(75301)
46   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of single regeneration budget money under rounds one to four was targeted on schemes in non-conurbation localities which have areas of multiple deprivation comparable with conurbation areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(75308)
47   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to tackle the causes of social and economic decline in (a) conurbation localities, (b) non-conurbation localities and (c) rural areas.
	(75309)
48	Mr Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he proposes next to implement the periodic electoral review recommendations which he has received from the Local Government Commission for England; what is his policy for implementing future reviews; and if he will make a statement.
	(76016)
49   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75868)
50	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has undertaken into the impact on water companies' ability to meet individual pesticide and herbicide limits in drinking water of the application of glufosinate and glyphosate to genetically-modified crops.
	(75901)
51	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make available the locations of genetically-modified trial crops to water companies.
	(75900)
52   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the timetable for the review of his Department's UK airports policy and implementation of resulting recommendations.
	(75425)
53   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce legislation to make biotechnology companies legally and financially liable for any damage to the environment caused by genetically-modified crops.
	(75200)
54   N	Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many incidents there have been in each of the last five years of objects falling from commercial airlines over the UK; and how many such falling objects have caused (a) personal injury and (b) damage to building.
	(75676)
55	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken (a) nationally and (b) internationally to avert a liquidity crisis in the event of the millennium non-compliance of computer systems.
	(76058)
56   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the future of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise units in Plymouth.
	(75515)
57   N	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made on the financial saving arising from the closure of the Drug Dog Unit and the Customs Intelligence Unit in Plymouth.
	(75514)
58	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses he has received to his consultation paper, Restriction of VAT Grouping to Fully Taxable Corporate Bodies, from registered social landlords; and what estimate he has made of additional costs for (a) registered social landlords and (b) government-funded housing programmes and housing benefit expenditure if the proposals are implemented in their present form.
	(76126)
59	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the tax revenue raised by his Department during 1998 from gambling on machines in the United Kingdom.
	(76052)
60	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the amount of tax foregone as a result of tax allowances granted to charities in England and Wales in the last financial year.
	(76053)
61	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the loss of duty to the Inland Revenue as a result of (a) spirit, (b) beer and (c) tobacco purchases in France by United Kingdom residents during the last 12 months.
	(76055)
62	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial stability of the Republic of Cyprus following that country's application for membership of the European Union.
	(76054)
63   N	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the relief of the debt of developing countries.
	(73839)
64   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the percentage was of all live births with birth weight (a) under 2,500 grammes and (b) under 3,000 grammes in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.
	(75866)
65	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the jurisdictions referred to in paragraph 2-2 of the Financial Services and Markets Bill Progress Report, published by Her Majesty's Treasury in March 1999.
	(76062)
66   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75867)
67	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the Indian Government regarding collaboration on civilian nuclear energy; and if he will make a statement.
	(75937)
68   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps were taken by (a) special advisers, (b) Ministers, (c) officials or (d) other persons on behalf of his Department to seek to obtain (i) a draft copy and (ii) the key conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone.
	(75887)
69   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he plans to take if Lan Chile does not continue its flights to the Falklands after 31st March.
	(75888)
70   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date and at what time he told the Permanent Secretary that he had received (a) the leaked draft and (b) the leaked key conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone.
	(75885)
71   N	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he informed the honourable Member for Dundee West that he had received from him the copy of the leaked draft of the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on Sierra Leone.
	(75886)
72	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Turkey regarding (a) the treatment in detention of and (b) a fair trial for the Kurdish leader Mr Ocalan; and if he will make a statement.
	(76128)
73   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies were made of the leaked Foreign Affairs Committee documents on (a) its Human Rights inquiry and (b) its European Union enlargement inquiry; and to whom they were circulated.
	(75859)
74   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what means the copies of the leaked Foreign Affairs Committee documents on (a) its Human Rights inquiry and (b) its European Union enlargement inquiry were sent to him or his Department.
	(75860)
75   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) he, (b) his ministers, (c) his officials, (d) his advisers and (e) departmental parliamentary private secretaries first had sight of the leaked Foreign Affairs Committee documents on (i) its Human Rights inquiry and (ii) its European Union enlargement inquiry; and what use he and they made of the leaked documents.
	(75861)
76	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the current unit cost in the NHS of each accepted treatment for erectile dysfunction disorder by (a) prescribable drug and (b) other means.
	(76133)
77	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total cost per adult male of GP-prescribed drug treatments for erectile dysfunction disorders in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each English health authority area in the most recent complete year available.
	(76132)
78	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is consistent with national guidance for NHS trusts to award pay and pension enhancements (a) on the authority of the Chair and (b) without presenting minutes or reports of remuneration committees to full trust boards.
	(76131)
79   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase health awareness amongst men.
	(75304)
80   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the recommendations in the report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care for a National Care Commission.
	(75492)
81	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what weighting he will give to regional needs when deciding which universities will beneft from the proposed allocation of an additional 1,000 medical school places.
	(75924)
82	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if, in deciding where to allocate the proposed additional 1,000 medical school places, he will conduct an impact assessment on the consequences for (a) public health and (b) community regeneration of approving a new medical school at Hull University.
	(75935)
83   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are currently training to be forensic psychiatrists; and what estimate has been made of the numbers needed to provide appropriate treatment for those for whom it is considered relevant.
	(74805)
84   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each of the completed Private Finance Initiative projects worth over £1 million, (a) how long the delay was for those not completed on time, (b) the extent of any revisions to the contractual payments, and (c) how long any disputes about the quality of the work took to resolve.
	(75742)
85   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by region the number, individual value and total value of Private Finance Initiative bids worth less than £1 million in each of the last five years.
	(75778)
86   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list all the projects milestones for each of the major acute sector hospital PFI schemes selected to continue towards financial close under the first prioritisation exercise, as agreed at the point of signature, indicating for each (a) in what respects any of these milestones have not been met, (b) the steps he is taking to remedy this, and (c) the assessment he has made of whether the completion dates for each of these projects will be met.
	(75776)
87   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each of the last five years the independent contractors who have made successful bids for clinical waste incinerators for NHS hospitals.
	(75777)
88   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of children suffering from physical abuse and neglect.
	(75307)
89   N	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of children under the age of five years who have died following abuse or neglect in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(75306)
90	Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the incidence of tampering with patients' records by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement.
	(75922)
91   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75876)
92   N	Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the introduction of chocolate and vanilla flavoured cigarettes.
	(75675)
93   N	Mr Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the take-up rate has been for MMR vaccination for the last five years in (a) Manchester, (b) the North West and (c) England.
	(75674)
94   N	David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that (a) primary health care groups and (b) future primary care trusts make appropriate provision for dentistry and oral health.
	(75677)
95	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to supply copies of the British National Formulary to all essential users in Norfolk.
	(75910)
96	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic and (b) safety implications of general practitioners prescribing without access to an up-to-date copy of the British National Formulary.
	(75911)
97	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department lays down for the distribution of the British National Formulary to health care professionals.
	(75909)
98   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the procedure for disclosure in inquest cases to take account of the recommendations in the Annual Report of the Police Complaints Authority 1995-96 regarding deaths in police custody and the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman in the case of Kenneth Severin (C993/97 and A27/99).
	(75884)
99   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review whether the policy of the Prison Service in relation to disclosure of internal enquiry reports is in accordance with the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information; and if he will make a statement.
	(75890)
100   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will release to the family of the deceased the internal Prison Service inquiry report into the recent death at HMP Belmarsh of Peter Knox.
	(75892)
101   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Prisons Ombudsman regarding complaints about deaths in prison custody and the rights of a deceased person's family; and if he will make a statement.
	(75893)
102   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken or proposes to take following the publication of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration's Reports (C993/97 and A27/99) on his investigation into the complaint from the family of the late Kenneth Severin.
	(75889)
103   N	John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he has taken following his meeting with the honourable Members for Erith & Thamesmead and Bristol East on 21st July 1998 concerning the deaths of Kenneth Severin, Alton Manning and Dennis Stevens.
	(75891)
104	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offender orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted under section 2 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
	(76023)
105	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what statutory authority police authorities may object to local authorities' unitary district plan proposals; and if he will list the occasions on which this has occurred in each of the last five years.
	(75939)
106	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have been allocated to the North East Region by the Refugee Arrivals Project; where they have settled; and what is the unit cost per week in each location.
	(76127)
107   N	Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if (a) he and (b) his officials had seen a copy of the edition of the Sunday Telegraph of 21st February containing a number of paragraphs from the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report before he sought an injunction against that paper; and if he will make a statement.
	(75819)
108   N	Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what time on 20th February he informed the honourable Member for Brent South that he intended to seek an injunction against the Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement.
	(75817)
109   N	Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what time on 20th February he informed the Prime Minister's Office he intended to seek an injunction against the Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement.
	(75816)
110   N	Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what time on 20th February he applied for an injunction against the Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement.
	(75818)
111   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of offenders in each year for the last 10 years for which figures are available who have been directed under section 39 of the Mental Health Act 1983 for appropriate hospital treatment but have remained in prison.
	(74798)
112   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the (a) nature, (b) content and (c) success rate of (i) alchoholism and (ii) drug rehabilitation programmes for prisoners.
	(74799)
113   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish the joint report with the Health Department on the Prison Medical Service.
	(74800)
114   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners (a) on remand and (b) sentenced are awaiting transfer to an NHS hospital.
	(74801)
115   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of prison medical officers and doctors needed by the Prison Service with a diploma in psychiatric medicine or a more advanced qualification.
	(74802)
116   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have gained the Nottingham University Diploma in Prison Medicine since its inception; and what proportion of diploma holders are currently working in the Prison Service.
	(74803)
117   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of appropriately qualified prison medical officers needed for the Service; and if he will make a statement.
	(74804)
118	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact on probation service budgets of the Government's changes to ACT; and if he will make a statement.
	(75913)
119   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75870)
120	Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the latest year for which figures are available how many police officers and of what ranks are engaged exclusively in (a) complaints and discipline and (b) drug squad duties in each constabulary in Great Britain; and what is the total manpower of each constabulary.
	(75908)
121	Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with wasting police time, other than by making malicious complaints against the police, in each constabulary area in England and Wales during each year from 1996 to 1998.
	(75904)
122	Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the number of man/days identified as having been spent in the investigation of (a) malicious complaints and (b) false information within each constabulary area in England and Wales during each year from 1996 to 1998.
	(75903)
123   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure the return to Mrs D. J. L. Sidey of 4 Hoskings Court, Strode Road, Buckfastleigh, South Devon TQ11 0PF, before the end of March of her passports currently at Lunar House, Croydon, including her old Chinese passport No. 2041144.
	(75205)
124   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that, when Mrs D. J. L. Sidey of 4 Hoskings Court, Strode Road, Buckfastleigh, South Devon TQ11 0PF, receives her new passport from the Immigration and Nationality Department it is endorsed with the grant of indefinite leave to remain.
	(75204)
125	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee, what plans he has to reduce the costs to honourable Members of purchasing new computers through a bulk purchasing arrangement.
	(75902)
126   N	Mr William Cash (Stone):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the target set of reducing the debts of the poorest countries by £50 billion.
	(73920)
127   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if (a) she, (b) civil servants in her Department or (c) special advisers in her Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75880)
128   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75869)
129   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if (a) she, (b) civil servants in her Department or (c) special advisers in her Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75878)
130	Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers and of what ranks are engaged exclusively in (a) complaints and discipline and (b) drug squad duties in the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and what is the total manpower of the RUC.
	(75907)
131	Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the number of man/days identified as having been spent in the investigation of (a) malicious complaints and (b) false information within the Royal Ulster Constabulary during each year from 1996 to 1998.
	(75905)
132	Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were charged with (a) wasting police time and (b) making malicious complaints against the Royal Ulster Constabulary, during each year from 1996 to 1998.
	(75906)
133	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the President of the Council, what proposals she has to organise nationwide test days for the millennium compliance of date-reliant computer systems, involved in (a) public utilities, (b) energy services and (c) local government (i) separately and (ii) together; and if she will make a statement.
	(76059)
134   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the President of the Council, when she will publish the Government's recent quarterly report on millennium computer compliance; and if she will arrange to meet transport providers to ensure that insurance cover is available for travel on 1st January 2000.
	(75679)
135   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the President of the Council, if (a) she, (b) civil servants in her Department or (c) special advisers in her Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75872)
136	Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire):    To ask the President of the Council, what simulations of millennium computer compliance failure in the areas of (a) health, (b) roads, (c) travel, (d) energy and (e) emergency services the Government have conducted.
	(75936)
137	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has made to the Ukranian Government regarding future power production at Chernobyl; and if he will make a statement.
	(75938)
138   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10th March.
	(73871)
139   N	Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne):    To ask the Prime Minister, when (a) he, (b) his officials, (c) his advisers and (d) his parliamentary private secretary were first made aware of the leaked Foreign Affairs Committee documents on (i) its Human Rights inquiry and (ii) its European Union enlargement inquiry.
	(75862)
140	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many written representations the Scottish Office has received which support assisted area status funding for the Falkirk Council area.
	(75928)
141	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the written representations received by the Scottish Office regarding the allocation of assisted area status funds in Scotland following the current review.
	(75927)
142	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations the Scottish Office has made to the Department of Trade and Industry in relation to the review of assisted area status.
	(75925)
143	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recommendations the Scottish Office has made to the Department of Trade and Industry regarding the allocation of assisted area status funds in Scotland following the current review.
	(75926)
144   N	Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing paragraph 6.53 of the report by the Royal Commission on Long Term Care (a) to the Scottish Executive and (b) to local authorities.
	(75493)
145   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75874)
146   N	Mr James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the estimated timetable for the tender and award of franchises for the passenger ferry services to Orkney and Shetland; and if he will make a statement.
	(75680)
147	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have been affected by single room rent restrictions since October 1996; and what have been the estimated savings.
	(75931)
148	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many households on income support were subject to rent restrictions affecting their housing benefit entitlement in 1997-98; and what was the average value of the restriction.
	(75933)
149	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the total estimated saving arising from rent restrictions on housing benefit in 1997-98; and what was the total for each London borough.
	(75930)
150	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many households with children were subject to housing benefit restrictions in 1997-98.
	(75929)
151	Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many households have been subject to rent restrictions (a) in total and (b) in each London borough since 1997.
	(75932)
152	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in what circumstances he proposes to make contracting out of the state second pension compulsory.
	(76154)
153	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the numbers of those receiving (a) widowed mother's allowance and (b) widow's pension in each region and nation; and how many people (i) claimed widowed mother's allowance for the first time, (ii) transferred from widowed mother's allowance to widow's benefit and (iii) claimed widow's benefit for the first time in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(76113)
154	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) proportion of widows in each region and nation who are in receipt of occupational pension payments.
	(76106)
155	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the average age of those ceasing to receive widowed mother's allowance on the grounds that they no longer have dependent children.
	(76112)
156	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the numbers of (a) widows and (b) widowers who will be claiming income support with the bereavement premium in each of the first five years after implementation of his proposals for bereavement support as set out in paragraph 1 of his consultation paper on bereavement support.
	(76103)
157	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the present distribution of recipients of widow's benefits by income decile, distinguishing between those receiving widow's pension and those receiving widowed mother's allowance.
	(76134)
158	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if it is his policy that widows and widowers who are bereaved below the age of 55 years will be entitled to claim the proposed income support bereavement premium on reaching the age of 55 years if the qualifying conditions for the premium apply on the basis set out in paragraph 1 of his consultation paper on bereavement support.
	(76102)
159	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many new claimants of widow's benefits there were in each year since 1992; and what percentage of those claimants were in each region and nation.
	(76135)
160	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which versions of the state second pension, taken up at what dates, underlie Chart 5 on page 41 of the White Paper, Partnership in Pensions (Cm 4179).
	(76136)
161	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate (a) the proportion of recipients of widowed mothers allowance who are in receipt of occupational pension payments and (b) their distribution areas on the overall income range and across weekly incomes in the form set out in paragraph 13 and paragraph 14 of his consultation paper on bereavement support.
	(76104)
162	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the size of (a) the occupational pension payments referred to in paragraph 5 of his consultation paper on bereavement support and (b) such payments currently.
	(76105)
163	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what variation there will be between men and women as regards the benefits of the current SERPS and proposed state second pension system set out in the table on page 105 of the White Paper, Partnership in Pensions (Cm 4179).
	(76109)
164	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many individuals were claiming incapacity benefit in (a) each region and nation of the United Kingdom and (b) in each county, metropolitan or unitary authority in the Government Office--North East Region on 31st May (i) 1996, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 1998.
	(76124)
165	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which versions of the state second pension and what assumptions about the dates of take-up, underlie the table on page 105 of the White Paper, Partnership in Pensions (Cm 4179).
	(76110)
166   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75881)
167	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate, on the basis of the 1988-89 and 1994 retirement surveys, the proportion of pensioners whose real incomes decline in the five years after reaching state pension age.
	(76101)
168	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what evidence is provided by (a) the 1995-96 Family Resources Survey and (b) his Department's administrative data on the housing tenure distribution among pensioners who are (i) receiving income support and (ii) entitled to, but not receiving, income support, and if he will break down his answer for the age groups (1) 60 to 69, (2) 70 to 79 and (3) 80 years or above.
	(76090)
169	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the special analyses, including unpublished tabulations, of the Family Resources Survey which were undertaken by his Department for the Pension Provision Group.
	(76098)
170	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the threat to the supply of imported energy from France and other countries posed by the millennium bug; and if he will make a statement.
	(76060)
171	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he intends to make his recommendations on the review of assisted area status known to (i) the Scottish Office and (ii) the European Commission.
	(75914)
172	Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the representations received by his Department from Scottish local authorities regarding the review of assisted area status.
	(75915)
173	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the stockpile of nuclear waste at Sellafield contains material of high enough quality to make a nuclear weapon; and if he will make a statement.
	(76015)
174	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on British Nuclear Fuel's plans to dispose of nuclear waste in Australia.
	(75941)
175	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the conclusions of his Department's inquiry into the disappearance of weapons grade uranium in the 1960s from Dounreay; and if he will make a statement.
	(75942)
176	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, under what circumstances (a) designs and (b) designs backed up by training or implementation services, require an export licence.
	(76123)
177   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, columns 505-6, what steps he took to ensure that the equipment licensed for export to Angola was supplied in accordance with the embargo imposed by UN Resolution 864 (1993).
	(75810)
178   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, columns 505-6, what steps he took to ensure that the licences for the export of goods to Afghanistan did not conflict with the EU Council Common Position 96/746/CFSP imposing an embargo on the export of arms, munitions and military equipment to Afghanistan.
	(75813)
179   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, columns 505-6, what steps he took to ensure that the licences for the export of goods to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia did not breach the embargo on the export of arms to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
	(75812)
180   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, columns 505-6, what assessment he made of the compliance of the licences for the export of military vehicles and electronic equipment specially designed and modified for military use to Rwanda with the terms of UN Resolution 1011 (1995).
	(75811)
181   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, columns 581-2, what steps he is taking to ensure the recovery of the sums paid in claims by the ECGD to manufacturers but not recovered from defence buyers in (a) Algeria and (b) Jordan
	(75809)
182   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75882)
183	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will call for a report from the British Standards Institute regarding the alleged misuse by Classic Collections (UK) Ltd, Slough, of ISO 9000 accreditation; and if he will make a statement.
	(76130)
184	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford ):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the safety of cosmetics containing genetically-modified products into which antibiotic resistance gene markers have been inserted when used by people undergoing antibiotic treatment for skin conditions.
	(76056)
185	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce further measures to ensure that contractors meet their obligations to sub-contractors.
	(75919)
186	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received regarding sub-contracting malpractices; and if he will make a statement.
	(75917)
187   N	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which manufacturers of confectionery containing toys have provided instructions for action to be taken in the event of ingestion of such toys or their container.
	(73825)
188   N	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which reporting category in the HASS system specifically covers choking on, or ingestion of, toys placed by manufacturers inside confectionery.
	(73826)
189   N	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will consult consumer, safety and medical experts on the risks to children of choking on toys placed inside confectionery and the steps necessary to prevent it.
	(73827)
190   N	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which manufacturers of confectionery containing toys have asked his Department for product-specific case listings from the Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System.
	(73828)
191   N	Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list those of his appointees currently serving on national park authorities who have military backgrounds.
	(75570)
192   N	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what are the planned starts for homes to be built by housing associations in 1998-99.
	(75494)
193   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if (a) he, (b) civil servants in his Department or (c) special advisers in his Department have (i) had sight of drafts of select committee reports, in whole or in part, or (ii) been informed of conclusions of select committee reports prior to their publication by the select committees.
	(75879)
194   N	Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met her colleagues from other member states of the European Union to discuss matters relating to the PHARE Programme.
	[Question Unstarred] (73840)
195	Angela Smith (Basildon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government supports the planned joint proposal by Australia and New Zealand to the International Whaling Commission for a whale sanctuary in the Southern Pacific; and if the Government will be actively seeking support from other International Whaling Commission countries for the proposal.
	[Transferred] (76025)
196	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the five year survival rate for each main group of cancer patients in (a) England, (b) each region of England and (c) each health authority area for the most recent available period, distinguishing between men and women.
	[Transferred] (76111)
197	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what data he has collated on other countries' computer millennium compliance readiness; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (76061)
198	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people were accommodated in (a) private sector and (b) local authority care homes in each region in each of the last 30 years.
	[Transferred] (75918)
199	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) private sector and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly there were in each region for each of the last 30 years.
	[Transferred] (75916)
200	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the future of private sector care homes for the elderly.
	[Transferred] (75920)
201	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) private sector care homes and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly there were in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth in each of the last 30 years.
	[Transferred] (75923)
202	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on the private sector care industry of the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (75934)
203	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people were accommodated in (a) private sector care homes and (b) local authority care homes in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth in each of the last 30 years.
	[Transferred] (75921)
204	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the emission levels from rail-borne flasks carrying nuclear fuel in the United Kingdom; and if he will list the international safety levels set for the transport by rail of nuclear fuels.
	[Transferred] (76014)

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