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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 12 March 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 12 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.

FRIDAY 12th MARCH
1	Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what steps she proposes to take to ensure that copies of ministerial statements and accompanying documents are available in the Vote Office at No 7, Millbank on the day of the statement.
	(76576)
2   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of (a) the likelihood of the UK's dairy beef herds losing their TB-free status and (b) the implications such a development would have for UK agriculture; and if he will make a statement.
	(76290)
3	Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has received requesting a review of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966; and if he will make a statement.
	(76618)
4	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76815)
5	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76819)
6   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the organs, tissues and fluids to which the cells produced in cattle bones may migrate.
	(76224)
7	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76813)
8	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76833)
9   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the paper by the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser on the human health implications of genetically-modified foods, requested by the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Biotechnology, when he receives it.
	(76291)
10   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list, by local authority, those local authority supported libraries which are proposed for closure; and if he will make a statement.
	(76390)
11   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school visits from each LEA have taken place to museums and galleries sponsored by his Department in each of the last five years.
	(76392)
12   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils who have participated in school visits from each LEA to museums and galleries sponsored by his Department in each of the last five years.
	(76391)
13	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76832)
14	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76812)
15   N	Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if RAF Bentwaters formed part of the sale of his Department's married quarters to Nomura negotiated in 1996-97.
	(76293)
16	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Naval Bases and Supply Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Naval Bases and Supply Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76894)
17	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries had armed forces involved in the armoured battlegroup exercises in Canada carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76609)
18	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, which countries had armed forces involved in, what assessment he has made of the value of and how many personnel were deployed on the air exercises in the USA carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76597)
19	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Ships Support Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Ships Support Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76876)
20	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, and which countries had armed forces involved in, the jungle training exercises in Belize carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76606)
21	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, what assessment he has made of the value of, and how many personnel were deployed on the infantry exercises in France carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998
	(76600)
22	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76896)
23	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Queen Victoria School; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Queen Victoria School published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76898)
24	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Meteorological Office; and what was the figure at its inception.
	(76888)
25	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, which countries had armed forces involved in, and how many personnel were deployed on the jungle training exercise in Singapore carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76590)
26	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, and how many personnel were deployed on, the NATO joint exercise in South Africa carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76592)
27	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were deployed on the jungle training exercises in Brunei carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76608)
28	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Specialist Procurement Services; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Specialist Procurement Services published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76875)
29	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of work for the Nimrod MR4 programme is being placed with UK registered companies; and what was the forecast workshare when the contract was placed.
	(76627)
30	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries had armed forces involved in, what assessment he has made of the value of, and how many personnel were deployed on the airborne exercise in France carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76601)
31	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Pay and Personnel Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Pay and Personnel Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76897)
32	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the RAF Training Group Defence Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the RAF Training Group Defence Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76878)
33	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the UK Hydrographic Office; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the UK Hydrographic Office published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76874)
34	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76885)
35	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were deployed on the jungle training exercise in Thailand carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76593)
36	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of the combined maritime and air exercise in Malaysia carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76611)
37	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Military Survey Defence Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Military Survey Defence Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76887)
38	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, which countries had armed forces involved in and what assessment he has made of the value of the airborne exercises in Ukraine carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76596)
39	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the RAF Signals Engineering Establishment; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the RAF Signals Engineering Establishment published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76879)
40	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the RAF Logistic Support Services and how many there were at its establishment; on what date it published its report for the year 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76617)
41	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, which countries had armed forces involved in, and how many personnel were deployed on the NATO joint exercise in France carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76599)
42	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Ministry of Defence Police published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76886)
43	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries had armed forces involved in the infantry battalion exercises in Kenya carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76610)
44	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, which countries had armed forces involved in, what assessment he has made of the value of, what where the principal benefits of, and how many personnel were deployed on the infantry company exercise in Kenya carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76602)
45	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Defence Secondary Care Agency published its report for the year 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76635)
46	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, and which countries had armed forces involved in, the mountain and cold weather exercise in Romania carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76591)
47	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, and how many personnel were deployed on the infantry exercise in Botswana carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76607)
48	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Defence Vetting Agency; and how many were at its establishment.
	(76636)
49	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the principal benefits of the NATO air exercise in Turkey carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76594)
50	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were deployed on the brigade exercise in Poland carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76612)
51	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Naval Manning Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Naval Manning Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76895)
52	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Disposal Sales Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76891)
53	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Service Children's Education Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Service Children's Education Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76877)
54	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Medical Supply Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Medical Supply Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76889)
55	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current (a) estimated cost and (b) in-service date of the Nimrod MR4 programme; and what each was when the contract was placed.
	(76645)
56	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Defence Communication Services Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the Defence Communication Services Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76899)
57	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Logistics Information Systems Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76892)
58	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre; and what was the figure at its inception.
	(76893)
59	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries had armed forces involved in and what assessment he has made of the value of the NATO artillery exercise in Turkey carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76595)
60	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the RAF Maintenance Group Defence Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the RAF Maintenance Group Defence Agency published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report.
	(76880)
61	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Duke of York's Royal Military School; and what was the figure at its inception.
	(76890)
62	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of, which countries had armed forces involved in and how many personnel were deployed on the infantry exercises in the USA carried out between 1st April 1997 and 31st March 1998.
	(76598)
63	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the RAF's end of year performance reports in 1996-97 and 1997-98.
	(76736)
64	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76834)
65	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76811)
66   N	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what complaints he has received regarding the Defence Housing Executive's policy of evicting irregular occupants from his Department's houses at RAF Brize Norton; and if he will make a statement.
	(76298)
67	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the effect on local authority museums' school programmes of the further delegation of funding to schools.
	(76640)
68	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the outcome of the Social Affairs Council held in Brussels on 9th March; and if he will make a statement.
	(76749)
69	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to extend the disabled students allowance to postgraduate study.
	(76738)
70   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if his departmental press office staff telephoned media outlets in Cumbria asking them not to use press notice LPN 41/99.
	(76186)
71   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on how many occasions since 1st May 1997 his Department's press notices have been withdrawn for reasons other than that they contained inaccuracies.
	(76187)
72   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on how many occasions his Department has withdrawn a press notice because of representations from a county council since 1st May 1997.
	(76188)
73   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 77, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter to the Leader of Cumbria County Council.
	(76189)
74   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if his Department has received written communications from Cumbria County Council informing it that they intend to spend their full standard spending assessment on education.
	(76190)
75   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if press notice LPN 41/99 was (a) issued and (b) officially withdrawn.
	(76192)
76   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Labour and Social Affairs Council on 9th March indicating the position taken by the UK Government on each issue discussed.
	(76195)
77   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he plans to announce approval of the local education authority early years development and childcare plans which were submitted to him last month.
	(76295)
78   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he plans to approve all local education authority early years development and childcare plans on the basis of a three tier approval system; and if he will set out those tiers and the criteria used to judge the plans at each level.
	(76294)
79	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to reduce the rate of suicide among young men by introducing education in schools to help children recognise the symptoms of depression and sources of help.
	(76578)
80	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76810)
81	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76831)
82	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that all students are granted the same concessions in terms of travel discounts; and what representations he has received relating to this.
	(76747)
83	Mr Jamie Cann (Ipswich):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what resources he plans to make available to British Waterways to repair the existing canal system.
	(76644)
84   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the appeal by St. Leonard's and St. Ives Parish Council against the refusal of Dorset County Council to modify the definitive map to add five footpaths at Lions Hill, St Leonard's was made; and on what date he expects it to be determined.
	(76470)
85   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many employees of the Government Office for the South West are allocated to the determination of appeals involving footpaths.
	(76471)
86   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the earliest date of a case involving a footpath appeal which is still awaiting determination by the Government office in Bristol; and how many more recent cases are awaiting determination.
	(76469)
87   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many right of way appeals are currently outstanding in each of the Government's regional offices.
	(76468)
88	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the results of London Transport's Jubilee Line Extension cost review; and if he will make a statement.
	(76634)
89	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December, Official Report, column 632, on the short-haired bumble bee, if he will make a statement on the preparation of the plan for the short-haired bumble bee.
	(76630)
90	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people passed their driving test examination in the United Kingdom in 1998.
	(76818)
91	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the number of registered car owners in the United Kingdom.
	(76817)
92	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many urban parish councils he has approved within the boundaries of unitary councils; if he will list the council areas concerned; and if he will make a statement on the statutory powers given to the urban parish councils.
	(76619)
93	Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance his Department has issued to planning authorities about their consideration of new telecommunications developments and the controls which they have over their siting.
	(76628)
94	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if it is his policy to provide funding for further rural by-pass schemes; and if he will make a statement.
	(76774)
95	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he or one of his ministers will visit Wyre Piddle to examine the case for the construction of a by-pass.
	(76775)
96   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out the arrangements agreed between Sustrans and the Eden Valley Railway Company as a condition of the sale of the Warcop to Appleby line.
	(76184)
97   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards the European Community strategy on climate change.
	(76193)
98   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list all the bids made to purchase the Warcop to Appleby railway line.
	(76185)
99	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what (a) percentage and (b) length of public rights of way are open to (i) horseriders and (ii) cyclists in each county in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(76882)
100	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to announce proposals to extend access to the countryside for horse riders, cyclists and recreational vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
	(76613)
101	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd March, Official Report, column 730, concerning the cost of the Jubilee Line extension, when the cost review undertaken in August 1998 was completed; and when the results were made available to ministers.
	(76752)
102   N	Mr Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will further restrict transfers of business between pubs and restaurants under the A3 planning category.
	(76086)
103	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76809)
104	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76830)
105   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what information his Department collects centrally on local authority bids for trading credit approvals in 1998-99.
	(76448)
106   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 8, if he will list the local authorities that made trading credit approval applications in 1998-99 indicating (a) the value of each application and (b) the purpose for which the trading credit approval was sought.
	(76447)
107	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the administration of Jersey about the use of companies based in Jersey for the money transfers by Russian Central Bank; and if he will make a statement.
	(76631)
108	Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the current position of the re-negotiations of the US/UK double tax treaty.
	(76603)
109	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is putting into effect to reduce the smuggling of alcohol and tobacco into the UK.
	(76621)
110   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the approximate number of each denomination of sample euro notes printed by the Bank of England.
	(76196)
111   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long it takes the Bank of England on average to set up and print a new bank note after the initial design is completed.
	(76194)
112	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the projects in the United Kingdom which have received loans from the (i) European Investment Bank and (ii) European Investment Fund, stating (a) the name of the project, (b) the sum loaned in pounds sterling, (c) the terms of re-payment and (d) significant other loans from (1) private and (2) public resources made for such projects.
	(76772)
113	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which part of the budget of the Europe Union provides funds for the Soul Programme; how much is devoted to it; by whom it is administered; and what programmes in the United Kingdom it supports.
	(76773)
114	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76798)
115	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76821)
116	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the rates of (a) excise duty and (b) VAT on petroleum in each member state of the European Union, the United States of America and Canada, taking account of the changes in his Budget.
	(76568)
117	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the rates of (a) excise duty and (b) VAT on (i) cigarettes and (ii) hand-rolling tobacco in each member state of the European Union, the United States of America and Canada, taking account of the changes in his Budget.
	(76567)
118	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the loss of revenue due to illegal imports of tobacco products in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02, taking account of his Budget changes.
	(76569)
119	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra revenue will be raised in excise duty on tobacco products due to changes made since 1st May 1997 in 1997-98 and each of the following four years.
	(76573)
120	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the proportion of the retail price of petroleum taken by tax in each member state of the European Union, the United States of America and Canada.
	(76571)
121	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra revenue will be raised in excise duty on petroleum due to changes made since 1st May 1997 in 1997-98 and each of the following four years.
	(76575)
122	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the latest estimate of the proportion of the market in cigarettes taken by (a) legal personal imports and (b) illegal imports.
	(76566)
123	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the average retail price of petroleum in each OECD country, taking account of his Budget measures.
	(76570)
124	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much extra revenue will be raised in excise duty on (a) diesel and (b) ultra-low sulphur diesel due to changes made since 1st May 1997 in 1997-98 and each of the following four years.
	(76574)
125	Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the rates of (a) excise duty and (b) VAT on (i) diesel and (ii) ultra-low sulphur diesel in each member state of the European Union, the United States of America and Canada, taking account of the changes in his Budget.
	(76572)
126	Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how he intends to respond to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the rights of citizens of Gibraltar to vote in elections of the European Parliament.
	(76637)
127	Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the legislative steps required to enable citizens of Gibraltar to vote in elections of the European Parliament.
	(76638)
128	Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reach agreement with HM Treasury on Financial Services passporting for Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement.
	(76639)
129	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which countries the facilities for obtaining entry documents by people wishing to enter the UK are not available.
	(76622)
130	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76808)
131	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76829)
132	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve training and support for GPs and family doctors to help them recognise the symptoms of potential suicide in young men.
	(76742)
133	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the research he has commissioned into the causes of suicide by young men, including the links with (a) unemployment and (b) alcohol consumption.
	(76740)
134	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of the rate of suicide by young men; and what support he will give to the Doctor Patient Partnership Campaign, Suicide: Helping Men Cope.
	(76741)
135	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the extended period of public consultation on the provision of viagra by the NHS will come to a conclusion.
	(76746)
136	Mr John Cummings (Easington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to issue free pen needles for use by insulin-dependent diabetics.
	(76881)
137   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish a list of those organisations that have been awarded grant assistance under section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 for the coming year.
	(76087)
138   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former nurses (i) in total and (ii) who had been out of the profession for more than five years have (a) applied and (b) been accepted on back to nursing courses since his January announcement.
	(76387)
139   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former nurses have (i) applied, (ii) been accepted upon and (iii) completed back to nursing courses in each of the last five years.
	(76385)
140   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average cost of back to nursing courses for former nurses who have been out of the profession for (a) less than five years and (b) more than five years, for each of the last five years on record.
	(76388)
141   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former nurses, who had been out of the profession for more than five years, have (a) been charged and (b) not been charged for back to nursing courses since his announcement that they should be provided free of charge.
	(76389)
142   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former nurses have applied for back to nursing courses for each of the last five years.
	(76384)
143   N	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many former nurses who had left nursing at least five years previously have (i) applied to, (ii) been accepted on and (iii) completed back to nursing courses in each of the last five years.
	(76386)
144   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the women's organisations which have been invited to send representatives to the Listening to Women roadshows at (a) Norwich on 10th March, (b) Birmingham on 26th March, (c) Bristol on 16th April, (d) Newcastle on 19th April, (e) Reading on 21st May, (f) Leeds on 26th May and (g) Nottingham on 11th June.
	(76226)
145   N	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those women's organisations which sent representations to the Listening to Women roadshow in London on 8th March.
	(76225)
146	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Doctor Patient Partnership's campaign Suicide: Helping Men Cope.
	(76577)
147	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76828)
148	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76807)
149	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police were involved in policing the recent demonstration by Kurds in Holland Park; and what was the additional cost of this demonstration to the Metropolitan Police.
	(76604)
150	Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees who have been granted asylum are currently resident in Britain; and what percentage are known to be in receipt of means-tested benefits.
	(76605)
151	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts the Metropolitan Police have entered into with Higgins Developments Ltd., for the building or refurbishment of police stations; and for what value.
	(76632)
152	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Metropolitan Police are taking to reduce car crime at leisure facilities.
	(76633)
153	Mr John Cummings (Easington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the numbers of refugees seeking asylum in the United Kingdom by (a) nationality and (b) country of origin in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 1998.
	[R] (76751)
154	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many councils did not have the 1999-2000 electoral register available in (a) printed and (b) tape or disc form on 16th February; and what requirements there are for councils to make registers available by that date.
	(76626)
155   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has held with other European countries on co-operation for tapping on request of (i) land lines, (ii) cellular telephones and (iii) electronic mail; what is the intended role of Europol; which countries outside the European Union are involved; what discussions he has had with the United States Government on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(76300)
156   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is (a) the name of the independent investigator into the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry leak and (b) who is his reporting officer for day-to-day Civil Service work.
	(76191)
157   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of Council Document 5202/98; and to which provisions his Department objects.
	(76299)
158	Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications there were for (i) extension or variation of leave to remain and (ii) duplicate endorsements for the last full year for which figures are available.
	(76616)
159	Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) appeals were lodged against deportation by overstayers and others not lawfully in the UK and (b) immigration/asylum appeals there were in total, in the last full year for which figures are available; and how many of those appeals were allowed in each case.
	(76579)
160	Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detainees there were at the latest date for which figures are available in (i) immigration detention centres and (ii) prison establishments who (a) had been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK, (b) were awaiting removal following a recommendation for deportation made by a court, (c) were awaiting removal having exhausted all appeal rights and (d) who were not within the above categories.
	(76614)
161	Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of applicants' passports held at the Immigration and Nationality Department awaiting a decision; what arrangements he will make for temporary travel documents to be issued for those whose applications are delayed as a result of reorganisation at IND; and what proposals he has for offering compensation to those who are disadvantaged as a result of the delays.
	(76615)
162	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76835)
163	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76806)
164   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number and type of offences committed by those who have absconded from open prisons in the past five years.
	(76297)
165   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 10th February concerning a constituent.
	(76227)
166   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will implement the measures contained in Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1993.
	(76292)
167	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76827)
168	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in her Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in her Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76805)
169	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has (a) to reform the selection process for jurors and (b) to avoid the repeated call of particular persons for jury service; and what representations he has received on this.
	(76745)
170	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76826)
171	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76804)
172	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she plans to hold with the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Consumer Committee on Electricity and the Regulator concerning the report published by Northern Ireland Electricity into the storm on 26th December 1998; and the implementation of the recommendations.
	(76642)
173	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the report from Northern Ireland Electricity published on Thursday 4th February into the storm of 26th December 1998.
	(76643)
174	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many children have been born with (a) Downs Syndrome and (b) other abnormalities in each health and social services board in each of the last 10 years.
	(76641)
175	Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what impact the Chancellor's Budget statement will have on health care provision in Northern Ireland.
	(76744)
176	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she expects the Patten report on policing in Northern Ireland to be published.
	(76739)
177	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish for each fish counter on each river in the Foyle Fisheries Commission area the number of (1) salmon and grilse and (2) sea trout which passed through those counters in each month in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997 and (d) 1998.
	(76838)
178	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is her estimate of the cost of (a) the Northern Ireland Assembly, (b) each of the 10 departments of Government and (c) the offices of the First and Deputy Ministers in the first full year of their operation.
	(76837)
179	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many biological scientists are employed in each hospital in Northern Ireland; what are the qualifications required for such work; and what are the salary scales for such posts.
	(76884)
180	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in each of the years 1990 to 1998, how many (a) salmon and grilse and (b) sea trout, were taken by (i) nets and (ii) anglers in the Foyle Commission area.
	(76883)
181	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76825)
182	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in her Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in her Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76803)
183	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76824)
184	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the President of the Council, how many civil servants in her Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in her Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76802)
185   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the steps taken to work with the European Commission in countering fraud at EU level; and if he will publish the memoranda submitted by Her Majesty's Government to the President of the European Commission.
	(76199)
186   N	Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Prime Minister, for what reasons he approved the decision of the Home Secretary on 20th February to seek an injunction against the Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement.
	(76394)
187   N	Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield):    To ask the Prime Minister, at what time on 20th February he was consulted by the Home Secretary on the injunction he proposed to apply for against the Sunday Telegraph; and if he will make a statement.
	(76393)
188	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions when his (a) Chief of Staff and (b) Chief Press Secretary formed part of the official party accompanying him on overseas visits, indicating the costs; and if he will update his Answer to the honourable Member for Gordon on 8th December 1998, Official Report, column 143, to include the period from the end of October 1998 to the end of February 1999.
	(76816)
189	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many civil servants in his office have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76814)
190	Mr Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to stop the import of meat grown abroad in conditions not allowed in the UK.
	(76737)
191	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the average full time pay without overtime of (a) teachers, (b) local authority manual workers, (c) council APT and C staff and (d) council chief officers in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1993-94, (iii) 1988-89, (iv) 1983-84 and (v) 1978-79, in 1998-99 prices.
	(76620)
192	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what resources he is providing to enable councils to fund pay increases for (a) teachers and (b) other local government employees.
	(76750)
193	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what was the average expenditure in Scottish (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools (1) in total and (2) in each council area on (i) books, (ii) educational equipment and materials and (iii) other equipment (x) in each council area in 1997-98 and 1998-99 and (y) in total in (A) 1983-84, (B) 1988-89 and (C) each year since 1993-94 at 1998-99 prices.
	(76623)
194	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what were the percentage pay increases agreed in Scotland for (a) teachers, (b) local authority manual workers, (c) council APT and C staff and (d) council chief officers in each year since 1993-94.
	(76624)
195	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (i) pupils and (ii) teachers there were in Scottish (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in 1998-99.
	(76625)
196	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76823)
197	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76801)
198	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out the qualifying conditions in terms of income and other factors for availability of the state second pension (a) to 2002, (b) from 2002 to 2007 and (c) after 2007.
	(76748)
199   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will breakdown the total of one in three persons living in households claiming at least one major means-tested benefit by the type of benefit claimed.
	(76208)
200   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of households below average income receive their main income from (a) paid employment and (b) benefits, indicating the benefits concerned; and if he will provide the same figures from the inception of the relevant survey.
	(76198)
201   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects the Benefits Agency to begin payment of the retirement pension due to the constituent of the honourable Member for Aylesbury (reference ZW755428A); and if he will make a statement.
	(76467)
202   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the current waiting time between the application for a new national insurance number and that number being issued.
	(76406)
203   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of extending the bereavement payment to those bereaved people of pension age who are also in receipt of income support.
	(76449)
204   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people are currently in receipt of invalid care allowance; and what proportion of carers this represents.
	(76450)
205   N	Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the NIRS2 facilities for issuing national insurance numbers for (a) adults and (b) juveniles will be implemented nationally.
	(76410)
206	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76822)
207	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76800)
208   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons there is a presumption in benefit regulations that child benefit will normally be paid to a mother.
	(76296)
209	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 9th December, Official Report, column 199, on the island of Sombrero, if he will make a statement about officials' discussons with the Government of Anguilla.
	(76629)
210   N	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the job description of the special representative on the digital economy.
	(76197)
211	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76836)
212	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76799)
213	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the total number of occasions when (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity since 2nd May 1997.
	(76820)
214	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in his Department have been invited to waive the Working Time Directive requirement to work less than 48 hours a week on 17 consecutive weeks; how many civil servants in his Department have refused to waive the requirement; and what is the total cost of compliance with the Directive.
	(76797)

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