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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 16 June 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 16 June 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 16th JUNE
1	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the women's organisations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87275)
2	Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many tonnes of beef have been released from intervention stores in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland onto the United Kingdom beef market in each of the last 12 months.
	(87185)
3	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his policy towards sand eel conservation; what are the present estimated total stocks in UK waters; and what is the present allowable catch.
	(87342)
4	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87322)
5	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what funding his Department provides to scientists at (a) Rothamsted and (b) elsewhere investigating the nectar and pollen production of transgenic plants and the foraging behaviour of bees on transgenic plants.
	(87180)
6	Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will discuss with the Inland Revenue the case for reviewing the rules that a farm must make a profit once in seven years if its losses are to be tax-allowable against profits from other sources.
	(87263)
7   N	Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his assessment is of the consequences of a ban for the time being on the placing of genetically-modified seed varieties on the National Seed List.
	(87022)
8	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Treasury regarding the proposed tax on pesticides; and if he will make a statement.
	(87292)
9	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87192)
10	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the women's organisations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87273)
11	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87320)
12   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the total expenditure on the refurbishment of Archway Tower, Junction Road, N19 over the past three years; what rental income has been received over that period; and what rental income is expected for the duration of the current lease.
	(86897)
13   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what expenditure has been made on rent for Archway Tower, N19, in each year since 1995; and what rent he expects to pay for the remaining period of the lease.
	(86898)
14	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the policy issues which have been discussed by the Joint Consultative Committee which are the responsibility of the devolved administrations in (i) Scotland and (ii) Wales.
	(87344)
15	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the women's organisations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87274)
16	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87324)
17   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to extend the Sportsmark scheme to primary schools.
	(86693)
18   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list those schools which have received (a) a Sportsmark and (b) an additional Gold Star award since May 1997.
	(86694)
19   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the percentages of Sport England's grant-in-aid which was spent on (a) staff costs, excluding national centres, (b) administrative expenses, (c) publicity, promotions and communications, (d) grants to national governing bodies, (e) grants to the National Coaching Foundation, (f) sports science, (g) sports medicine, (h) national centres, (i) grants to other national sports bodies, excluding NGBs and (j) regional support in 1998-99.
	(86695)
20   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British individuals took holidays abroad in the first three months of (a) 1998 and (b) 1999; and what their estimated expenditure was in these two periods.
	(86696)
21   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the net effect on the balance of payments of British visitors going abroad and overseas visitors coming to the United Kingdom in (a) 1996, (b) 1997 and (c) 1998.
	(86697)
22	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the women's organisations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87276)
23	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 209, on European Defence and Security, if he will list the papers relating to other WEU business which were (a) noted and (b) endorsed by ministers at the Council of 10th May.
	(87340)
24	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans NATO has to remove all combat effective firearms from private ownership in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.
	(87337)
25	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) peers, (b) honourable Members and (c) honourable Members' staff, broken down by political party, are eligible for call up as (a) reservists and (b) members of the Territorial Army.
	(87339)
26	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what numbers of (a) small arms, (b) man-portable and (c) larger weaponry are deemed to be held in Kosovo (i) by the KLA and (ii) in private hands.
	(87305)
27	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the command structure of the KLA; what measures he is taking to ensure co-operation with KLA elements which are not part of the central structure; and if he will make a statement.
	(87301)
28	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the proposed establishment of an EU Institute for Security Studies.
	(87299)
29	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the nature, formation and activities of the Political and Security Committee established at the Cologne Council.
	(87304)
30	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the timetable for disarming the KLA.
	(87306)
31	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Kosovo Agreement was classified as NATO Confidential.
	(87338)
32	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the rotation plans for troops to be deployed in Kosovo, with particular reference to the replacement of British troops by those of other nationalities.
	(87302)
33	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87321)
34   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlie recent trends in the number of referrals to the Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme.
	(86224)
35   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel who retired from the Army in the last 24 months have been persuaded to re-enlist; and if he will list the main places where they are now serving.
	(86146)
36   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rules and guidelines govern the use of Army regimental insignia; in what circumstances regimental insignia may be used for commercial and political advertising; and what penalties may be incurred by use of insignia for such purposes without permission.
	(87158)
37	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87186)
38	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87329)
39	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate the proportion of those individuals leaving the New Deal for Young People for unknown destinations who have left to work in the black economy.
	(87178)
40	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage of participants in each of the New Deal for Young People options who have left for unsubsidised employment up to the most recent date for which information is available; and what assessment he has made of the performance against Government targets on improving employability through undertaking New Deal options.
	(87179)
41	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate how many participants in (a) the New Deal for Young People and (b) the New Deal for over 25s have left the New Deal to be transferred from unemployment benefits to incapacity benefit in the categories of those leaving for (i) other known destinations, (ii) unknown destinations and (iii) transfers to other benefits.
	(87177)
42	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to announce funding for higher education in England for year three of the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement 2001-02.
	(87360)
43	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87187)
44	Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will discuss with the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising and South West Trains the re-instatement of bicycle carriage on all trains to a minimum of 10 spaces per five car train.
	(87256)
45	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87326)
46	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to reverse the decline in the lapwing population; and if he will make a statement.
	(87277)
47	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, on what date the Highways Agency staged the mock accident in the George Green Tunnel, Wanstead; what the results were; and if he will make a statement.
	(87278)
48   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's system of monitoring the rent levels of local authority (a) leased property and (b) allocated bed and breakfast accommodation.
	(86890)
49   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Railtrack concerning the capital development plan and public investment in it; and if he will make a statement.
	(86892)
50   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the length of dedicated cycle routes in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough, (i) currently and (ii) in 1997.
	(86894)
51   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to receive plans for the re-opening of the Bletchley and Bicester railway line; what level of expenditure on this line is planned by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(86895)
52   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak railway line; what proposals he has received for the opening of a station at Tufnell Park; and if he will make a statement.
	(86896)
53   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has received from the train operating company for new services to different destinations on the Barking to Gospel Oak line in the last 12 months.
	(86899)
54	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many London borough councils provide housing accommodation for homeless people within their borough.
	(87288)
55	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the terms of reference are for Lord Donaldson's report on the future of coastguard stations; when Lord Donaldson was asked to advise his Department; when the report will be completed; and if it will be made available to the public.
	(87194)
56   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take action to ensure that South West Water reduces its increase in consumer bills.
	(87138)
57	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many contracts were awarded to London Economics for their study of the environmental effect of mineral extraction; and what has been the total sum of money, including expenses, paid by his Department to London Economics for each of the contracts.
	(87195)
58	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of private sector landlords who are members of a trade association of landlords.
	(87350)
59	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the costs of bringing up to standard the housing stock in (a) Burnley, (b) Pendle, (c) Blackburn, (d) Hyndburn and (e) Rossendale.
	(87351)
60	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimates he has made of the number and percentage of private sector landlords whose rent is derived from housing benefit in each local authority area in England.
	(87349)
61	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful prosecutions have been brought against persons operating an unlicensed tip in each year since 1992.
	(87346)
62	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many sites of special scientific interest there were in England on 31st March; and what was their total area in hectares.
	(87272)
63	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to increase the recycled content in soft tissue paper products.
	(87253)
64	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects work to begin on the Polegate bypass scheme.
	(87174)
65	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much has been paid to contractors in respect of the Polegate bypass scheme to date.
	(87173)
66	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87328)
67	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what response he will make to the letter addressed to him by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in relation to the compatibility of maintaining coal burn in electricity generation with the stated aim of the climate change levy.
	(87262)
68   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Inland Revenue has introduced Income Tax Form SA106/BMSD12/98.
	(87137)
69	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the outcome of the ECOFIN Council held in Luxembourg on 14th June; and if he will make a statement.
	(87286)
70	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the proposed tax on pesticides; and if he will make a statement.
	(87293)
71	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87188)
72	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what salary has been agreed for the current chairman of the British Council.
	(87265)
73	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which states have indicated their consent to the visit and search regime for merchant vessels suspected of breaching the Yugoslav embargo; what total proportion of global shipping tonnage this represents; what measures he is taking to increase the number of countries giving their consent; and if he will make a statement.
	(87335)
74	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the previous chairmen of the British Council and their salaries since 1969.
	(87264)
75	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87319)
76	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees of British Nuclear Fuels plc are employed by, or attached to, the British Embassy in the United States.
	(86959)
77   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the Antarctic Environmental Treaty Secretariat to be established; how many signatory states have ratified the Treaty; and if he will make a statement.
	(86893)
78	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which government ministers have visited Gibraltar since May 1997.
	(87290)
79	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed issues concerning Gibraltar and Spain with the Spanish Government; and if he will list the issues discussed.
	(87287)
80	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's letter of 6th January, what action has been taken to prevent illegal and unregulated fishing in the Southern Oceans by means of (a) direct action through management of the fisheries around South Georgia and (b) the United Kingdom's involvement in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources with particular reference to the South Atlantic tooth-fish.
	(87182)
81   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he proposes to take concerning the arrest and proposed trial of 13 members of the Jewish community in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
	(87159)
82	Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to protect the historic Serb religious and cultural sites in Kosovo.
	(87254)
83	Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports Her Majesty's Government has received on the welfare of the following prisoners (a) Ye Kensheng (Xinyang Municipal Labour Educational Camp), (b) Xiao Minghai (Xinyang Municipal Labour Educational Camp), (c) Xu Dajiang (Xinyang Municipal Labour Educational Camp), (d) Zhang Jinchen (Xinyang Municipal Labour Educational Camp), (e) Wang Xuehua (Xinyang Municipal Labour Educational Camp), (f) Li Zhongchang (Nanhu Labour Educational Camp, Anhui), (g) Zhan Guohua (Hefei Labour Educational Camp, Anhui), (h) Li Liya (Nanhu Labour Educational Camp, Anhui), (i) Hou Feng (Nanhu Labour Educational Camp, Anhui), (j) Tian Lin (Nanhu Labour Educational Camp, Anhui), (k) Meng Qingli (Shangqiu Labour Educational Camp, Anhui), (l) Wu Guifang (Urumqi Labour Educational Camp, Xinjiang), (m) Guei Chuan-Lun (Bao-feng Labour Educational Camp, Xuan-zhou, Anhui), (n) Liu Hai-Kuan (Bao-feng Labour Educational Camp, Zuan-zhou, Anhui), (o) Zhang Wan-Bao (Bao-feng Labour Educational Camp, Xuan-zhou, Anhui), (p) Lin Ke-Wei (Nanhu Agricultural Labour Educational Camp), (q) Peng Shu-Xia (Women Labour Educational Camp in Hefei, Anhui) and (r) Wang Chuan-Bing (Qing-gang Detention Centre (of the PSB), Heilongjiang); and what representations Her Majesty's Government has made on their behalf to the Chinese authorities.
	(87257)
84	Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports Her Majesty's Government has received on the welfare of the following prisoners (a) Huang Dehong (Baokkang prefectural Labour Educational Camp), (b) Huan Debao (Wuwei Labour Educational Camp, Gansu), (c) Hei Qunhu (Wuwei Labour Educational Camp, Gansu), (d) Dai Chenggang (Zhenglin Labour Educational Camp, Zhaoyang, Hubei), (e) Zhang Shangkui (Zhenglin Labour Educational Camp, Zhaoyang, Hubei), (f) Li Qingshu (Zhenglin Labour Educational Camp, Zhaoyang, Hubei), (g) Zhang Jun (Local township Labour Educational Camp, Hubei), (h) Brother Song (Local township Labour Educational Camp, Hubei), (i) Hu Shoubin (Shayang Labour Educational Camp, Hubei), (j) Jia Ping, (Shayang Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (k) Huang Zhihai, (Tangshan Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (l) Fan Jinxia (Tangshan Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (m) Yang Xiaofang (Tangshan Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (n) Liang Fujuan (Tangshan Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (o) Huang Xiaojuan (Tangshan Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (p) Zhu Qin (Tongxian Labour Educational Camp, Hebei), (q) Zheng Fang (Shibalihe (18 miles River) Labour Educational Camp, Zhengzhou, Henan) and (r) Xu Ying, (Shibalihe (18 miles River) Labour Educational Camp, Zhengzhou, Henan); and what representations Her Majesty's Government has made on their behalf to the Chinese authorities.
	(87258)
85	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87189)
86	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS trust and health authority appointments which were not made by the due date and which remained outstanding on 1st June.
	(87334)
87	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87330)
88   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust Area on 31st March (i) 1997 and (ii) 1999; and what was the capital spending in the Trust area in (1) 1996-97 and (2) 1998-99.
	(87045)
89   N	Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the cost to his Department for each year since 1996 of support for asylum seekers who are not eligible for social security benefits.
	(86891)
90	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Minister of State's letter (DOH/3/5437/71), on cloning tissue, what action he is taking to permit research into mitochondrial diseases and treatment for diseased or damaged tissues or organs; and what research he has commissioned into the use of cells or tissue, derived from human embryos, for the treatment of diseased or damaged tissues.
	(87181)
91	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes to reply to letters from the honourable Member for Colchester of 22nd April, 18th May and 3rd June in respect of the future of cancer services in Colchester.
	(87355)
92	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87190)
93	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is planning to prepare for the return of Kosovan temporary asylum seekers to their original places of residence.
	(87303)
94	Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the annual cost of keeping (a) adults and (b) juveniles in prisons and young offenders' institutions broken down by category of prisoner.
	(87255)
95	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87331)
96   N	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of persons subject to immigration control who (i) have overstayed for seven years or more since the expiry of their leave to remain and (ii) have otherwise overstayed for seven years or more.
	(87139)
97	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the prisons in England and Wales where mandatory drug testing of inmates takes place.
	(87289)
98   N	Sir Peter Emery (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to overcome the weaknesses in the computer programme newly set up for the Probation Service.
	(86147)
99   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what ruling was provided by the Northern Ireland High Court in response to his application for judicial review of decisions taken by the Northern Ireland Sentence Review Commission; if he will place a copy of the court ruling in the Library; and what is his estimate of costs incurred in this legal action.
	(87157)
100	Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture responded to his request for clarification regarding its report on the handling of deaths in police custody; and when he expects the reports to the published.
	(87343)
101	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to chief constables concerning the use of police helicopters over built-up areas during the hours of darkness.
	(87345)
102	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people required hospital treatment following the application of CS spray by a police officer in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(87347)
103	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will amend the British Nationality Act 1981 to allow those born abroad to British women prior to 1st January 1983 to be deemed to have British nationality; and if he will make a statement.
	(87356)
104	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to implement the fixed penalty offence of cycling on the pavement; and if he will make a statement.
	(87358)
105	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions he has issued to police forces on providing police cover for carnival processions.
	(87357)
106	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by her Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87191)
107	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to her Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87323)
108	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the countries included in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.
	(87291)
109   N	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals her Department has for developing new mechanisms to ensure a greater linkage between debt relief and poverty reduction.
	(85972)
110   N	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial or other assistance has been provided by her Department for the Porta Farm Development near Harare, Zimbabwe.
	(85990)
111	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the women's organizations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by his Department during this session; and if their responses have been published.
	(87193)
112	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87327)
113	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to her Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87317)
114   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what are the financial estimates for (a) cost to completion and (b) the monthly breakdown of running costs and programme expenditure by main spending items since April 1998 for (i) the Independent Commission on Policing and (ii) the Review of Criminal Justice.
	(87168)
115   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many weapons and of what calibre were collected during the 1971 weapons amnesty; and how those weapons were disposed of.
	(87154)
116   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what rules and guidelines govern the decision-making process of the Northern Ireland Housing Council in its nominations to the board of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive; what was the breakdown of those nominated by (a) perceived community origin and (b) gender in each year that nominations have been made; and what actions she will take to promote parity of esteem and equality in this area.
	(87170)
117   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will (a) place the written submissions to the Equality Commission Working Group meeting under Dr Joan Stringer in the Library, (b) list the recommendations of the Working Group and (c) give the Government response to each.
	(87167)
118   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Lagan Valley of 29th March, Official Report, column 479, if she will provide a breakdown of the monies spent under the heading, media and publicity advice and services, listing the consultancies and individuals providing services and the monies received by each and describe the process of selection of consultants and purchased services.
	(87169)
119   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to her Answers of 16th April, Official Report, columns 364 and 365, if she will (a) estimate the cost of commissioning a study on the application of information technology across the field of equal opportunities monitoring in order to (i) assist employers in complying with monitoring requirements, (ii) assist analysis of monitoring returns, (iii) assist analysis of the operation of complaints mechanisms and (iv) assess the effectiveness of measures taken to address equality of opportunity, (b) list publicly funded research studies of relevance and (c) estimate the cost of a literature search in this field.
	(87171)
120	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sites of special scientific interest there were in Northern Ireland on 31st March; and what was their total area in hectares.
	(87269)
121	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for the school year 1998-99, how many pupils were enrolled at Down High School; how many were (a) Protestants, (b) Roman Catholics and (c) of other religions; and how many applicants for entry to the High School at the beginning of this year were refused.
	(87184)
122	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in the transfer procedure for 1999, how many pupils from (a) integrated, (b) controlled and (c) maintained primary schools have been accepted into Down High School; and how many of these pupils were in each of the grades of the transfer procedure.
	(87183)
123	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the President of the Council, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to her Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87316)
124	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the agenda of the planned Inter Government Conference of Spring 2000.
	(87307)
125	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the Government received prior communication from Russian sources of an intent to occupy areas of strategic importance in Kosovo independently of NATO.
	(87300)
126	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 8th June, Official Report, column 471, on disarmament by the KLA, to which KLA officials he was referring.
	(87359)
127	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many nominations for honours in respect of the most recent honours list were received broken down by each English county; and what percentage were successful.
	(87352)
128	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87318)
129   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the arrangements for the transfer of responsibility for the new Scottish Parliament to the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body.
	(86903)
130   N	Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the contracts for work on the (a) construction, (b) design and (c) preparation for construction and related matters for the new Scottish Parliament Building, indicating when each contract was signed, which are still under negotiation and at what stage those negotations are; and if he will make a statement.
	(86904)
131	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many sites of special scientific interest there were in Scotland on 31st March; and what was their total area in hectares.
	(87271)
132	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what advice he has received concerning the farming of genetically-modified fish in Scotland.
	(87260)
133	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to license test projects for the farming of genetically-modified fish in Scotland.
	(87259)
134	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which organisations he has consulted in connection with the licensing of farming of genetically-modified fish in Scotland.
	(87261)
135   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many fraud cases the Benefits Agency Security Investigation Service have brought to a successful conclusion in this financial year; and if he will break this figure down by administrative region.
	(86900)
136   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects every local authority to have an agreement with the Post Office for preventing redirection of benefit-related mail.
	(86902)
137   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many Benefits Agency Security and Investigation Service staff are employed in each administrative region; how many job vacancies in the Service currently exist in each region; and how many of these have existed for more than a year.
	(86901)
138	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what has been the expenditure in each of the last five years on the provision of help with mortgage interest payments for (a) all income support claimants and (b) lone parents receiving income support.
	(87176)
139	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages to the social security system of recognising gay relationships.
	(87348)
140	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87325)
141   N	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures his Department has taken to increase co-ordination between the various regional development agencies following the implementation of devolution.
	(87046)
142	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government is preparing to implement the recommendation of the report of the Foresight Process Industry Group--Processing the Future.
	(87266)
143	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial assistance his Department has given to the Welding Institute in relation to research into lead-free solders.
	(87268)
144	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans his Department has to aid the International Tin Research Institute in its development of (a) the use of tin as an alternative to lead-based products and (b) lead-free solders.
	(87267)
145	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many parliamentary questions have been tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day since 15th April; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that day.
	(87332)
146	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sites of special scientific interest there were in Wales on 31st March; and what was their total area in hectares.
	(87270)
147   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has for provision for the Kosovar refugees during the winter; and if she will make a statement.
	[Question Unstarred] (85978)
148	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he has held with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on extension of the Working Time Directive to include maritime sectors; what assessment he has made of the impact of the Directive on fisheries; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (87341)
149	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to abolish the single room rent limits for housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (87175)
150	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total cost of publicity for the European Elections Vote Encouragement Project; what amount was spent on the Balloon Project; and what plans he has for the future use of the balloon.
	[Transferred] (87336)

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