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Session 1998-98 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 25 June 1999 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 25 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.

FRIDAY 25th JUNE
1	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88483)
2	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June, Official Report, columns 216-8, what is his Department's current appraisal of tonnage of discarding for gadoids, by type.
	(88607)
3	Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the estimated cost of the study announced by his Department into the discarding of fish at sea; and by whom it will be funded.
	(88576)
4	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88469)
5	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88477)
6	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to co-ordinate government policy for sports matters between departments.
	(88497)
7	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88482)
8	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation on European identity given at the EU Weimar meeting on cultural and audiovisual issues; what is his policy on the issues raised; and if he will make a statement.
	(88464)
9	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action his Department is taking to encourage participation by and representation of the Asian community at national level in cricket, badminton, hockey and football.
	(88676)
10	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ensure that equal opportunities are offered to girls and boys in youth sports scheme funded or promoted by the Government.
	(88593)
11	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent per head of population on tourism in England in the last year for which figures are available.
	(88600)
12	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the accuracy of the National Register of Sports Sites.
	(88462)
13	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to amend the Recreation and Training Act 1937.
	(88460)
14	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria are for the funding of sports sites through the allocation of National Lottery money.
	(88463)
15	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of exempting churches and national monuments from the requirement to pay VAT on restoration work.
	(88791)
16	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of making the National Playing Fields Association a statutory consultee on playing fields development.
	(88461)
17	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of allowing mandatory rate relief to voluntary sports clubs.
	(88746)
18	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages to the British tourist industry of reducing the rate of VAT on (a) hotel rooms, (b) restaurants and (c) other tourist attractions.
	(88792)
19	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of allowing voluntary sports clubs to become eligible for charity status.
	(88747)
20	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications have been received to finance retention of private sports grounds with funds from the sportsmatch programme; and if he will list them.
	(88745)
21	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has made to the Department of Trade and Industry on the impact of the national minimum wage on activity holidays; and if he will publish them.
	(88454)
22	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the announcement of the appointment of school sports co-ordinators was first made; and by whom.
	(88453)
23	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what legislative changes will be required to establish the English Tourism Council.
	(88452)
24	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 10th May, to the honourable Member for Chichester, Official Report, column 34, on what dates special advisers from his Department visited the United States of America; which of his special advisers took part in this visit; and if he will list the meetings which these special advisers held with member and officials of the US Government during this visit, specifying the dates and locations of each meeting and the names of the US ministers and officials at each meeting.
	(88438)
25	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88484)
26	Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the work to date of the Defence Diversification Agency.
	(88666)
27	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sports grounds there are on MoD sites.
	(88494)
28	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned expenditure on the Veterans Advice Cell for each of the next five years.
	(88703)
29	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent in each year since 1989 on recruitment for (a) the Army, (b) the RAF, (c) the Royal Navy and (d) Ministry of Defence civilian posts; and what is the planned expenditure for the next five years.
	(88705)
30	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on the Learning Forces Initiative; and what is the forecast expenditure for each of the next five years.
	(88701)
31	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have (a) left and (b) joined the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) RAF in the last two years for which figures are available.
	(88704)
32	Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on the Service Families Task Force; and what is the planned expenditure for each of the next five years.
	(88702)
33	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many targets were hit in Montenegro; and of what types.
	(88456)
34	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the destruction as a result of NATO action of civilian infrastructure in Montenegro; and if he will make a statement.
	(88457)
35	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of neon light tubing is currently recycled by his Department.
	(88443)
36	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reward those sectors of the armed forces that achieve higher levels of performance in environmental programmes, with particular reference to re-cycling.
	(88441)
37	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage all sections of the armed forces and their bases to participate fully in environmental joint programmes, with particular reference to re-cycling.
	(88442)
38	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of cluster bombs dropped by NATO in Operation Allied Force on Kosovo that did not explode; and what methods are being used to locate and disarm the unexploded NATO ordnance in Kosovo.
	(88597)
39   N	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many orthopaedic surgeons are currently serving at the Royal Hospital, Haslar; and of these, how many have given notice of their intention to leave the Armed Forces.
	(88338)
40   N	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the establishment for orthopaedic surgeons at the Royal Hospital, Haslar on the basis of the full implementation of Defence Costs Study 15.
	(88339)
41	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88480)
42	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what work is being done on the development of school and teacher performance indicators with particular reference to issues relating to schools with a large percentage of students for whom English is an additional language.
	(88680)
43	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to ensure that schools do not replace all their grass pitches with artificial surfaces.
	(88496)
44	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his Department's policy on use of school sports facilities by the community.
	(88744)
45	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will assess the impact on community usage of non-sport development of school sports grounds.
	(88743)
46	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the standards in the Charter for Further Education are being met; and if he will make a statement.
	(88583)
47	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the average A level results for each subject, for each local education authority area, broken down by (i) schools and (ii) sixth form colleges in 1998.
	(88584)
48	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for what reasons teachers who qualified in Canada receive lower pay than equivalent teachers who qualified in the United Kingdom.
	(88728)
49	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 100, concerning the costs of education and training for 16 to 19 year olds, if he will harmonise the funding per student of sixth form colleges and local education authority-maintained school sixth forms.
	(88780)
50	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how often the Charter for Further Education is reviewed and revised; and if he will make a statement.
	(88582)
51	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discussions he has had with sixth form teachers and principals about the review of post-16 educational training; and if he will make a statement.
	(88585)
52	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 100, about A level funding, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions about the average level of funding of students at sixth form colleges; and if he will make a statement.
	(88575)
53   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 11th May on behalf of a constituent, Mrs Hallam.
	(88409)
54	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will take steps to harmonise pay levels of teaching staff in sixth form colleges and staff teaching the same age group in schools with sixth forms.
	(88433)
55	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received regarding the pay levels of teaching staff in sixth form colleges.
	(88434)
56	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the school playing fields which the Government has prevented from being sold and developed (a) between 1st May 1997 and 30th September 1998 and (b) since 1st October 1998.
	(88663)
57	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on what dates special advisers from his Department have travelled abroad on official business since 2nd May 1997; which countries were visited on each occasion; and what were the names of the special advisers who travelled abroad on each occasion.
	(88436)
58	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many academics who held doctorates at the time when recruited were in post in UK universities in the latest year for which the information is available and in each of the previous 10 years, broken down by (i) subject and (ii) domicile.
	(88689)
59	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many PhD students were in their first year of research and taught courses in UK universities in the latest year for which the information is available and in each of the previous 10 years, broken down by (i) subject and (ii) domicile.
	(88687)
60	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how may PhDs were awarded to students in UK universities in the latest year for which the information is available and in each of the previous 10 years, broken down by (i) subject and (ii) domicile.
	(88685)
61	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people were employed by his Department in each of the years from 1993-94 to 1998-99; if he will break down the total into the categories (a) male, (b) female, (c) registered disability and (d) ethnic minority; and if his Department has an equal opportunities policy.
	(88684)
62	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88479)
63	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on the revision of PPG17; and when he expects the revised Guidance to be announced.
	(88776)
64	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what percentage emissions of carbon dioxide were reduced between the years 1990 and 1993; and what were the major contributors to this reduction.
	(88739)
65	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what percentage emissions of carbon dioxide were reduced between the years 1993 and 1997; and what were the major contributors to this reduction.
	(88740)
66	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the local authority transport schemes which were considered for PFI when the A130 bypass scheme was approved.
	(88589)
67	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account the London and South Wales multi-modal study has taken of the report by MDS Transmodal on the benefits of increasing the gauge to allow piggyback freight.
	(88736)
68	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will give an estimated completion date for the Thameslink 2000 scheme; and what the implications are for the Crossrail project.
	(88738)
69	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the criteria by which the different schemes were judged when the PFI Scheme for the A130 bypass was approved; and how each scheme scored against the criteria.
	(88735)
70	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the revised Policy Planning Guidance Note 17 on Sport and Recreation.
	(88458)
71	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will assess the advantages and disadvantages of including playing fields in the land use register.
	(88459)
72	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the planning regulations relating to the sale of graveyards; and if he will make a statement.
	(88450)
73	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Virgin and Central Train companies regarding improvements to rail services through Shrewsbury; and if he will make a statement.
	(88455)
74   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 28th April to the Minister of State on behalf of a constituent, Mrs Bamsley.
	(88408)
75   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire will receive a reply to his letter of 28th April to the Minister of State on behalf of a constituent, Mrs Boyall.
	(88410)
76	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answers of 22nd March, Official Report, column 41, and 16th June, Official Report, columns 135-6, on Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Directive 90/220 concerning powers of the Council of Ministers and Commission of the European Community to determine rules for the deliberate release into the environment of genetically-modified organisms; when the relevant draft was debated in the House; and how the directive differed from the draft then considered.
	(88688)
77	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th June, Official Report, column 377, who appoints the members of European Regional Chambers; what are their duties; with what other regional bodies they are in partnership; by what tests they are considered suitable for designation under the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998; and what further responsibilities arise from that designation.
	(88686)
78	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the current estimate is of the legal costs incurred to date by London Transport in the case of Mr P. Marlow v London Underground Ltd. and the associated counter-claim.
	(88598)
79	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to encourage increased provision of commuter car parking at tube stations.
	(88490)
80	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the closure dates for (a) the Circle Line and (b) the Northern Line.
	(88603)
81	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans have been made to provide alternative public transport for people who normally use the Northern and Circle Lines.
	(88493)
82	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of London Underground's planned investment in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02.
	(88492)
83	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many trains were (a) cancelled and (b) more than 10 minutes late on the Underground in the last available month.
	(88489)
84	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of and how many tube travellers used (a) the Circle Line and (b) the Northern Line in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
	(88488)
85	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which tube lines other than the Circle and Northern Lines London Underground proposes to close during the next 12 months.
	(88487)
86	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many buses a day use the bus lane on the M4 between the M25 and the elevated section; and how many cars a day use the same section of motorway.
	(88491)
87	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he was first informed that London Underground might have to close (a) the Circle and (b) the Northern Line; and what meetings he held about these potential closures.
	(88486)
88	Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what policy the UK Government is adopting with respect to the revision of EC Directive 90/220/EEC on the release of genetically-modified organisms into the environment; and if he will make a statement.
	(88723)
89	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to alleviate problems caused by the closure of the Circle Line.
	(88445)
90	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the construction work on Westminster tube station will be completed.
	(88444)
91   N	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what studies are in progress into the feasibility of the proposed closure next year of the London Underground District Line between Earl's Court and High Street Kensington.
	(88428)
92	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88475)
93	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.
	(88741)
94	Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if (a) the Inland Revenue, (b) Customs and Excise and (c) HM Treasury have incurred expenditure on (i) extra staff, (ii) acquisition of accommodation, (iii) development of IT systems and (iv) the acquisition of supplies in preparation for possible United Kingdom entry to the European single currency; and if he will make a statement.
	(88748)
95	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of reducing to 5 per cent. the requirement to pay VAT on restoration work for churches and national monuments.
	(88581)
96	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost of allowing voluntary sports clubs to become eligible for charity status.
	(88580)
97	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the funding allocated to the Department of Health under the Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.
	(88727)
98   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter of 6th May from the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire on behalf of Mr Lee, a constituent.
	(88407)
99	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the most recent figures showing the number of deaths where the cause of death was recorded as hypothermia in each of the regions covered by the new regional development agencies in the age ranges (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over.
	(88652)
100	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the most recent population figures of the regions to be covered by each of the new regional development agencies in the age ranges: (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over; and what proportion of the population in each age range are (a) male, (b) female, and (c) of ethnic minority origin.
	(88646)
101	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the most recent figures showing how many people hold current bank accounts in each of the regions covered by the new regional development agencies in the age ranges (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over.
	(88650)
102	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the most recent figures showing what proportion of the population of each of the regions to be covered by each of the regional development agencies live in households of only one person in the age ranges (i) 0 to 18, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over.
	(88647)
103	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was (a) the incidence of breast cancer by age breakdown and (b) the numbers of deaths from breast cancer among women in England for the latest year for which figures are available.
	(88658)
104	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 31, if he will list the five working groups of the Modernisation Group; and if he will deposit copies of their (i) reports, (ii) communications, (iii) recommendations and (iv) publications in the Library.
	(88602)
105	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 31, if he will list the detailed steps (i) taken, (ii) under consideration and (iii) rejected on the recommendations from Panel 2000.
	(88601)
106	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88474)
107	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's position regarding the current situation in Somalia.
	(88591)
108	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 264, concerning the purposes of the proposed European Union Political and Security Committee and associated Institute for Security Studies, if he will list (a) the date, nature, status and attendance of the meeting at Petersberg, (b) the Ministerial attendance from the United Kingdom, and reference to the consequential statement in any Parliamentary proceeding and (c) the scope and definition of the tasks in executing an integrated and single Union policy for foreign defence, security and military activity in aid of peace keeping and crisis management as defined in the consolidated Treaty on European Union.
	(88683)
109	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 255, for what reason the reports of working groups on legislative proposals are not published for scrutiny prior to decision.
	(88681)
110	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 255, relating to the publication of the Stability Pact for South East Europe, on which treaty article it is based; if it requires further European Union legislation for its operation; and what is the basis of the term pact being introduced into the affairs of the European Union and Community.
	(88682)
111	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral Answer to the honourable Member for Bury North, of 22nd June, Official Report, column 928, what the basis was for the Minister of State's statement that it would require a complex and highly specialised piece of equipment, plant and skills to separate plutonium from MOX fuel.
	(88654)
112	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the applications for arms sales to Indonesia which have been (a) allowed and (b) refused since 1st May 1997.
	(88590)
113	Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid out for Investing in Dentistry in England for each of the last five years.
	(88599)
114	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88473)
115	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data are required to be collected on influenza immunisations by (a) his Department, (b) local health authorities and (c) regional health authorities.
	(88778)
116	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements exist for general practitioners to provide data on the number of their patients vaccinated against influenza in risk groups.
	(88773)
117	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is collected on the coverage of the influenza vaccine (a) in risk groups and (b) for all people over 75 years of age.
	(88775)
118	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of last winter's influenza epidemic to his Department.
	(88774)
119	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given by his Department to local health authorities and general practitioners about running effective influenza immunisation campaigns to target risk groups.
	(88772)
120	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has set for increasing the percentage of people in risk groups receiving influenza vaccinations.
	(88777)
121	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what scientific evidence his Department has evaluated on the success rate of the influenza vaccine in preventing this disease.
	(88779)
122	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the unit cost of an influenza vaccination.
	(88770)
123	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how and when the proposed Sure Start Plus announced in the Social Exclusion Unit Report on teenage pregnancy will be piloted; which areas have been chosen; what criteria will be used; and what resources will be available for such pilots.
	(88670)
124	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the semi-independent supported accommodation for under 18 year old single mothers proposed in the Social Exclusion Unit report on teenage pregnancy will consist of; and to what extent child care and educational support will be provided.
	(88671)
125	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the new clinical guidance indicators cover palliative care in hospitals.
	(88668)
126	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department is doing to ensure that hospitals fulfil their duty to ensure palliative care is delivered to a high quality in a hospital setting.
	(88665)
127	Jane Griffiths (Reading East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make beta-interferon available on the NHS for progressive MS; and what funding is to be made available to health authorities for it.
	(88737)
128	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital sports sites have been granted planning permission since 1st May 1997.
	(88495)
129	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has collected on the availability of acute service beds for mental health service patients.
	(88577)
130	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 416, if he will list the cancer centres in the West Midlands.
	(88734)
131	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 416, if he will make a statement on the joint funding by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Trust and the North Staffordshire Trust of a cancer specialist.
	(88724)
132	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the percentage profit made by drug companies on each individual drug used in cancer treatment.
	(88729)
133	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the most recent figures showing the number of people who are (a) carers and (b) receiving home care, in each of the regions covered by the new regional development agencies in the age ranges (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over.
	(88651)
134	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the findings of the pilot projects assessing the impact of extending routine breast screening to women aged 65 to 69 years will be published.
	(88660)
135	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the report of the Chief Medical Officer's working group on contingency plans for implementing the findings of the pilot studies on extending the routine call element of the breast screening programme to women aged 65 to 69 to be published.
	(88659)
136	Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, column 133, when he expects the National Health Service Executive to make a final response to the full business case made by Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust for the replacement of Loughborough's General Hospital.
	(88595)
137	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make funds available to Medic Alert in order to defray the costs of re-engraving allergy bracelets for those on low incomes following the proposed changes to telephone numbers in the Central London area.
	(88656)
138	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the availability of adrenaline inhalers for the treatment of anaphylactic reaction; and if he will make a statement.
	(88655)
139	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of allergy clinics.
	(88657)
140	Audrey Wise (Preston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of dental treatment on the NHS.
	(88604)
141	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88476)
142	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress is being made with respect to the Public Safety Radio Communication Project; and if he will make a statement.
	(88605)
143	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding arrangements will be put in place for the Public Safety Radio Communication Project.
	(88606)
144	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes there are to help prisoners find accommodation on their release.
	(88675)
145	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department has done to identify debt problems affecting prisoners that could increase the likelihood of an individual reoffending, if not dealt with before the prisoner's release.
	(88672)
146	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to institute random or compulsory testing for Hepatitis C in prison.
	(88674)
147	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work is being done in the Prison Service to ensure that a resettlement service is provided for each prisoner.
	(88673)
148   N	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 264, on stop and search, if he will list the figures for stop and search nationally.
	(88228)
149	Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take measures to ensure that information as to whether firearms used in crime are legally or illegally held is provided by the police; and if he will publish this information.
	(88706)
150	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving pistols led to charges in the 12 months up to 1st October 1997 and in the 12 months thereafter.
	(88694)
151	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to date of paying compensation to firearms' owners.
	(88695)
152	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been charged for failing to surrender .22 pistols.
	(88692)
153	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to date of processing claims for firearms compensation.
	(88696)
154	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms have been surrendered following the ban on .22 pistols.
	(88691)
155	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long, on average, it has taken for compensation to be paid for surrendered firearms.
	(88693)
156   N	Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions against persons taking drugs into prisons have taken place in each of the last five years; how many resulted in conviction; and of those, how many resulted in a custodial sentence.
	(88231)
157	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds it is proposed that accident reports from government departments will be exempt from publication under the draft Freedom of Information Bill.
	(88725)
158	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has given police forces about enforcing the wearing of car seat belts by children; and if he will make a statement.
	(88726)
159	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 91, concerning the topics to be raised by the special European Council meeting at Tampere, Finland, concerning co-ordination of judicial and home affairs, if he will define the phrase, European judicial area, and provide reference to the relevant Treaty articles providing a basis for its use.
	(88677)
160	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 89, concerning the duties and meetings of the Article 36 Committee of the Home and Justice Ministerial Committee, what means he intends to adopt concerning communicating to Parliament its conclusions and recommendations prior to their consideration and decision by the Home Affairs Ministerial Council.
	(88664)
161	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11th June, Official Report, columns 435-6, concerning the publication of the Convention on Protection of the European Communities Financial Interests, in which committee reports in each House of Parliament it was considered for the purposes of parliamentary scrutiny; and what further steps are necessary prior to its ratification by the United Kingdom.
	(88679)
162	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 9, concerning the agenda items and related documents to be discussed at the additional European Council to be held in Tampere, Finland, in October, to consider the European Judicial Area, what criteria were used to determine which documents are inappropriate for publication; and what committees of either House of Parliament will be able to consider those published prior to that council meeting.
	(88690)
163	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 435, concerning the European Union Convention concerning corruption involving its officials, what parliamentary consideration it received.
	(88678)
164	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to increase the protection of workers in the City of London from violent demonstrators.
	(88440)
165	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates special advisers from his Department have travelled to the United States of America on official business since 1st May 1997; which of his special advisers took part in these visits; and if he will list the meetings which these special advisers held with members and officials of the US Government during the visits, specifying the dates and locations of each meeting and the names of the US minister and officials at each meeting.
	(88435)
166	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research is being conducted by the Police Scientific Development Branch into the incapacitant spray PAVA; what is the aim of this research; for what reason it has been started; when this research began; when it is expected to end; and if the results of this research will be published.
	(88439)
167	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what services of the House are required to be available when the House is sitting on Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.; and how much could be saved if the House rose at 7 p.m.
	(88669)
168	Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, as representing the House of Commons Commission, when the House of Commons Commission is due to make a decision on the Braithwaite Report; and how the report will be placed in the public domain.
	(88667)
169	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from her Department in attendance; if she will list the number of times each met; if she will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if she will make a statement.
	(88485)
170	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is offering to (a) the Yugoslav authorities and (b) the Kosovar refugees and returnees to provide post-trauma counselling to children affected by the war.
	(88609)
171	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates special advisers from her Department have travelled abroad on official business since 2nd May 1997; which countries were visited on each occasion; and what were the names of the special advisers who travelled on each occasion.
	(88437)
172	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88468)
173	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from her Department in attendance; if she will list the number of times each met; if she will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if she will make a statement.
	(88470)
174	Mr Andrew MacKay (Bracknell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to replace the open provision juvenile justice Provisions by a single closed provision at Lisnevin Centre; when she expects to announce her decision on the provision; and what assessment she has made of the option of retaining open provision facilities for children in the Province.
	(88467)
175	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will propose the appointment of a select committee on young people and sport.
	(88499)
176	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, at what level of command the decision was made to supply Russian troops occupying the airport at Pristina; and what items were supplied in what quantities.
	(88465)
177	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what amendments he supported to proposals for the formation of the EU Anti-Fraud Office; and if he will make a statement.
	(88466)
178	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his priorities for the inclusion of topics in an EU charter of rights.
	(88608)
179   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement on the demilitarisation of the KLA made between its leadership and Lieutenant General Sir Michael Jackson.
	(88421)
180	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Prime Minister, what communications (a) by telephone or (b) directly he received from the White House relating to his meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart.
	(88700)
181	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had about the planning issue raised during his meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
	(88707)
182	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Prime Minister, what other Ministers were present at his meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart.
	(88698)
183	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason the Minister for Trade was not present at his meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart.
	(88699)
184	Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal):    To ask the Prime Minister, if, during his meeting this year with the Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart, there was discussion of planning matters.
	(88697)
185	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88472)
186	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultations he has had with the Scottish administration and Scottish local authorities about the implications of the Immigration and Asylum Bill for refugees in Scotland.
	(88592)
187	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88481)
188   N	Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many applications for disability living allowance have been allowed (a) at the appeal stage and (b) after an initial refusal, in each of the last three years; and how many applications have been allowed in total.
	(88229)
189	Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will arrange for figures to be provided in future for the numbers of people who suffer from myalgic encephalomyelitis as a separate category when collecting statistics on benefits.
	(88594)
190	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will publish the most recent figures showing how many people are on income support in the age ranges (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over in each of the regions covered by the new regional development agencies.
	(88648)
191	Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will publish the most recent figures showing how many people in each of the regions covered by the new regional development agencies have (a) telephones and (b) central heating in their homes in the age ranges (i) 0 to 8, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 50, (iv) 50 to 65, (v) 65 to 85 and (vi) 85 years and over.
	(88649)
192	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88478)
193	Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans his Department has to assist and coordinate efforts by British companies in reconstruction projects in Kosovo and the neighbouring countries.
	(88596)
194	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the monitoring period for the assessment of the national minimum wage, as it affects activity holidays, will end.
	(88451)
195   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 27th April, regarding a constituent.
	(88230)
196	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement.
	(88471)
197	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for how many appointments to non departmental public bodies he was responsible prior to the passing of the Government of Wales Act 1998; and for how many he is currently responsible.
	(88587)
198	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many non-departmental public bodies there were in Wales prior to the Government of Wales Act 1998; and how many there are currently.
	(88586)
199	Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list (a) the non-departmental public bodies which have been abolished and (b) established since May 1997.
	(88642)
200   N	Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the debt inherited by each unitary authority in Wales from the predecessor authorities; and what estimate he has made of each authority's exposure to future financial liabilities from those authorities.
	(88400)
201	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will add representatives from the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Employment to the Sports Cabinet.
	[Transferred] (88498)
202	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many school playing fields have been given planning permission for non-sport development since 1st October 1998.
	[Transferred] (88742)
203	Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment is being made of the environmental effects of NATO's military action in Yugoslavia; and if she will place in the Library copies of the work done in this area by the United Nations Environment Programme.
	[Transferred] (88653)
204	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, where detailed information is kept on the individual school playing fields sold between 1979 and 1999.
	[Transferred] (88661)
205	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many school playing fields were sold (a) between 1979 and 1997 and (b) from May 1997 to date; and how these figures were collated.
	[Transferred] (88662)
206	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the cost of allowing mandatory rate relief to voluntary sports clubs.
	[Transferred] (88579)
207	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths resulting from last winter's influenza epidemic.
	[Transferred] (88771)
208	Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the reports which he has requested from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales about disciplinary action taken by that body in respect of non-compliance with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 in relation to the accounts of residential leasehold properties in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (88578)

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