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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 8 July 1999

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 8 July 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.
 


 
THURSDAY 8th JULY
1  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997.
(90531)
2  
  
Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the use of the herbicide glyphosphate when it is applied to the land as an aid in conservation tillage schemes.
(90599)
3  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those sectors of the food and drink industry which are obliged to pay for the inspection of their products.
[R] (90383)
4  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the organisations which he has met to discuss meat inspection charges.
[R] (90386)
5  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the effect upon small abattoirs of imposing full-time veterinary supervision; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (90389)
6  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of traceability in (a) craft abattoirs and (b) plant abattoirs.
[R] (90388)
7  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what are the cost implications to abattoirs of full-time veterinary supervision; and if he will make a statement.
[R] (90385)
8  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the role which small abattoirs will play in the future of the British meat industry.
[R] (90387)
9  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is (a) the range and (b) the average hourly rate of charge for official veterinary surgeons employed in abattoirs.
[R] (90384)
10  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects to announce the outcome of his review of quarantine regulations applying to animals originating from the United States and Canada.
(90501)
11  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what date his Department asked the United States Government to comment on the recent reports of the presence of BSE in the USA; to which United States departments these requests were addressed; and on what date the United States departments replied.
(90402)
12  
N  
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, under what powers the European Commission is seeking to end school milk subsidies in infant and junior schools in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(90183)
13  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997.
(90534)
14  
  
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what plans he has to review the operation of CPS promotion boards following the Bamieh case.
(90378)
15  
  
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, if the remarks made by the Director of Public Prosecutions in early May 1999 to a Law Society meeting of ethnic minority lawyers, concerning disciplinary action against staff found to have committed racist behaviour or made racist comments, represent Government policy.
(90381)
16  
  
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what plans he has to review the operation of acting up arrangements in the CPS following the Bamieh case.
(90380)
17  
  
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, how many (a) race and (b) sex discrimination cases have been lodged against the CPS at industrial/employment tribunals by CPS staff in each of the last five years; and how many of cases within (a) and (b) were (i) successfully pursued to a tribunal decision favourable to the applicant, (ii) settled and (iii) discontinued.
(90379)
18  
  
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask Mr Attorney General, what plans he has to review the operation of performance appraisal reports in the CPS in the light of the Bamieh case.
(90377)
19  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997.
(90530)
20  
N  
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in co-operation between Ireland and the United Kingdom in developing east-west relations since publication of the progress report issued on the margins of the European Council Meeting in Luxembourg on 12th December 1997; on what dates the Joint Steering Group co-chaired by the Department of the Taoiseach and the Cabinet Office has met in 1998 and in 1999 to date; if he will list those documents agreed by the Joint Steering Group; and if he will place a copy of each in the Library.
(89899)
21  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times ministers in his Department met members and officials in the United States Government between 1st May 1997 and 1st December 1997; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved and the names of the US ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90424)
22  
  
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many successful prosecutions took place for television licence evasion in the BB postcode area in each year since 1996.
(90644)
23  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the materials used in the construction of the Millennium Dome originated from East Midlands companies.
(90500)
24  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more people to take their holidays in Britain.
(90369)
25  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) Cambridge University mathematicians, (b) schools in Brent and (c) schoolchildren in Brent he estimates will work within the Cambridge Motivate project in (i) the first year and (ii) the first five years.
(90605)
26  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many hits the 24 Hour Museum website has received since it was launched.
(90610)
27  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if figures on new audiences resulting from the New Audience Fund will be collated by or for his Department.
(90604)
28  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the advisory panel on the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square has met.
(90607)
29  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will announce his decision on the future of the Millennium Dome after 2001.
(90622)
30  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the advisory panel on the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square.
(90609)
31  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings (i) he and (ii) the Minister for Sport had with the Secretary of State for Health regarding the White Paper, Our Healthier Nation.
(90614)
32  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with European Commission officials regarding Objective 2 status for seaside resorts.
(90601)
33  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions about hostels in seaside resorts.
(90602)
34  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many athletes and in which sports have benefited from the World Class Performance programme.
(90608)
35  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the museums that have benefited from capital funding from the National Lottery and the amount which they have received.
(90613)
36  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many hits his Department's website has received since 1st January.
(90606)
37  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department regarding the impact on seaside resorts of the placement of asylum seekers.
(90603)
38  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the total amount of money raised in lieu of tobacco sponsorship to date by the Tobacco Sport Sponsorship Task Force.
(90615)
39  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of children who will benefit directly from the National Foundation for Youth Music.
(90612)
40  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings he had with the Urban Task Force before the publication of its report.
(90611)
41  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions regarding transport arrangements to the seaside resort areas of (a) Great Yarmouth, (b) Brighton and Hove, (c) Bourenmouth, (d) Torbay, (e) Thanet and (f) Blackpool.
(90600)
42  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much National Lottery money has been spent to date on grants for library ICT projects.
(90617)
43  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of local libraries that have IT capabilities.
(90618)
44  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds have been provided for the National Collections Centre from (a) the Government, (b) the National Lottery and (c) private sources since its inception.
(90616)
45  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the purpose and location of the meeting between the Minister for Arts and Mr Ed McBride, of the US President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities on 25th February.
(90426)
46  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which budget the Paveway III bombs, supplied to Saudi Arabia, were paid for; and to which other countries the JP 233 Runway Denial Systems have been exported.
(90435)
47  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the mandate and activities of the EU Working Group on European Armament Policy.
(90434)
48  
  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that widows of all pre-1973 Army pensioners are identified and reimbursed with full refund and supplement; and that reasonable effort is made to make refunds to estates where neither pensioner nor spouse has survived.
(90620)
49  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many United Kingdom military personnel have visited Turkey in each of the last three years; and in which capacities.
(90441)
50  
  
Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the medical grounds on the basis of which admission to the Army may be refused; and if he will give the reasons in each case.
(90420)
51  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the current budget of (a) the Active Decoy Round--Outfit DHL Project, (b) the Chinook Medium Support Helicopter Project, (c) the Counter Battery Radar Project, (d) the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System for Royal Navy Ships and Aircraft Project, (e) the Skynet 4 stage 2 Project, (f) the Truck Utility Light/Medium/Medium Project and (h) the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Project; and in each case what was the original and what is the current in-service date.
(90428)
52  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the reports on the US Army's experience of Chinook incidents and accidents which his Department has evaluated in the last 12 months.
(90417)
53  
  
Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the type of explosives that killed Lieutenant Gareth Evans and Sergeant Balam Rai in Kosovo; and if UK forces have been fully trained in the techniques and methods of disarming these explosives.
(90392)
54  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chief of Defence Procurement instructions have been issued since 1st June 1998; and how many were unclassified.
(90409)
55  
N  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received about lay inspectors heading inspections of primary schools.
(90289)
56  
N  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what training is received by lay inspectors heading inspections of primary schools.
(90290)
57  
N  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of inspections of primary schools is headed by lay inspectors.
(90291)
58  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action his Department has taken to encourage people from ethnic communities to enter the teaching profession; and if he will make a statement.
(90440)
59  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what statistics he has collated on the number of schools which have their own sports grounds.
(90510)
60  
N  
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects the Disability Rights Commission to be fully operational.
(89711)
61  
N  
Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what support has been given to schools to enable them to become accessible to those with disabilities.
(88972)
62  
N  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many state school teachers there are aged between (a) 21 and 25, (b) 25 and 30, (c) 30 and 35, (d) 35 and 40, (e) 40 and 45, (f) 45 and 50, (g) 50 and 55, (h) 55 and 60 and (i) 60 and 65 years.
(90088)
63  
  
Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the timetable for the development of a national system of individualised pupil records which will assess (a) the value added by each school and (b) the progress made by pupils within them.
(90419)
64  
  
Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy in respect of higher education under the auspices of further education colleges.
(90526)
65  
N  
Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research he has commissioned into the potential health hazards of transmitting masts on school premises; and if he will make a statement.
(90367)
66  
N  
Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has given to those schools which have transmitting masts on their premises concerning the impact of these masts upon the health of pupils, professional staff, ancillary staff and the general public; and if he will make a statement.
(90365)
67  
N  
Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools, primary and secondary, have approached him concerning the health and safety consequences of transmitting masts on schools premises regarding pupils, staff and the general public; and if he will make a statement.
(90366)
68  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures the Government is taking to encourage the expansion of pre-school education.
(90368)
69  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures the Government is taking to increase parental choice in education.
(90371)
70  
N  
Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the M60 from (a) Denton to Hollinwood and (b) Hollinwood to Middleton to open.
(90320)
71  
  
Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make his Department responsible for monitoring the response to, and actions following, the safety recommendations made by its Air Accident Investigation Branch; and if he will make a statement.
(90416)
72  
N  
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessments he has made of the impact which his Department's funding of a bus lane on the New London Road, Chelmsford will have on (a) motorists, (b) traffic on roads running off the New London Road and (c) the number of people using buses.
(90145)
73  
N  
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the names of those organisations and individuals who nominated each member of the Board of the North West Development Agency.
(89062)
74  
N  
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the role of officials in the North West Region in the nomination and selection of each person appointed to the Board of the North West Development Agency.
(89063)
75  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the objectors to the Portsmouth Millennium Tower Transport and Works Act application; what discussions he has had with them; and on what grounds.
(90418)
76  
  
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on the review of the needs indices used in the allocation of housing capital resources to local authorities and registered social landlords.
(90503)
77  
  
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if local authority district areas designated for New Deal for Communities in the first round will be considered for subsequent schemes.
(90390)
78  
  
Mr David Lock (Wyre Forest):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many inspectors were employed or engaged by the Vehicle Inspectorate in each of the last 10 years; and how many vehicles were inspected in each year.
(90413)
79  
  
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the environmental GLOBE projects carried out by schools; and if he will make a statement.
(90400)
80  
  
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many misidentifications of British Airways aircraft have been reported by air traffic control as a result of confusion caused by the tail fin design.
(90498)
81  
  
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reason persons who hold a current United Kingdom driving licence have to sit a driving theory test as part of the qualifying test for a public service vehicle licence.
(90647)
82  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what part English Partnerships will play in the implementation of the Report by the Urban Task Force towards an Urban Renaissance.
(90280)
83  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what budget each regional development agency has for the year 1999-2000.
(90284)
84  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much public money will be received by English Partnerships in 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(90281)
85  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much in grants has been allocated by each regional development agency since its inception.
(90286)
86  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money English Partnerships has granted to British industry in the latest year for which figures are available.
(90282)
87  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what were the set-up costs of the regional development agencies; and how much are the projected running costs for the current financial year.
(90285)
88  
N  
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money English Partnerships plans to provide in grant to British industry over the next financial year.
(90283)
89  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect the A6 bus lane at Loughborough has had on journey times for (a) buses and (b) other road traffic in its first three months.
(90502)
90  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps the Government is taking to encourage and promote rail travel.
(90372)
91  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he is taking to reduce traffic in the Lake District.
(90375)
92  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps the Government is taking to improve transport links to seaside resorts.
(90373)
93  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what help is available from his Department to improve public transport in rural areas.
(90376)
94  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made in implementing the Beacon Council Scheme.
(90374)
95  
  
Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if membership of (a) English Heritage or (b) the National Trust is a bar to appointment as a planning inspector; and what are the reasons for these arrangements.
(90394)
96  
  
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidelines he proposes to establish for the level of salaries for executive mayors and members of local council cabinets; and if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on the salaries awarded.
(90431)
97  
  
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidelines he plans to issue for the levels of special responsibility allowances in local government.
(90430)
98  
  
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of households which will become eligible for the new child care tax credit from October in each region of England and Wales; and what the projected change is in the number of claimants as compared with the family credit child care disregard.
(90642)
99  
  
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in each region of England and Wales he estimates will become entitled to working families tax credit in October; how many additional households in each region will receive working families tax credit compared with family credit; and what proportions these figures represent of the number of households in work in each region.
(90641)
100  
  
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) average and (b) maximum additional benefit is for claimants of working families tax credit as compared with family credit for each region in England and Wales.
(90643)
101  
  
Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 25th May, Official Report, column 137, what is his estimate of the difference in cost if UK contributions to the EC budget since 1st January 1999 had been made in euros.
(90393)
102  
  
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will donate a sum equivalent to the revenue that the Inland Revenue will receive in inheritance tax from Jill Dando's estate to the reward being offered to catch her killer.
(90623)
103  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had at the G8 on the Paris Club debt relief ceiling of 80 per cent; and if he will make a statement.
(90504)
104  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what actions the Government intends to take to ensure that the Mauritius Mandate target for all eligible countries to have entered the highly indebted poor countries process will be met by 2000.
(90506)
105  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions there were at the G8 summit on reducing the maximum six-year track record requirement, which must be fulfilled in order to qualify for debt relief under the highly indebted poor countries initiative; and if he will press for an agreement amongst creditor nations to reduce the requirement to a maximum of three years.
(90507)
106  
  
Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on (a) progress made on the second phase of the highly indebted poor countries review, with specific reference to enhanced structural adjustment facility and (b) how the Government intends to link debt relief and poverty eradication.
(90508)
107  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage and how many households in the UK are accounted for by (a) married couples with children, (b) cohabiting couples with children, (c) single mothers with children, (d) single fathers with children, (e) single men and women under pension age, (f) single pensioners and (g) pensioner couples.
(90326)
108  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give his most recent estimate of the number of marriages which ended in divorce in the last year for which figures are available.
(90327)
109  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence he has of the percentage of (a) men and (b) women who work until pension age without a career break, and of those who have breaks in their careers; and what are the average total time spent out of work for each sex, and the average length of time of each break in career.
(90325)
110  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for the most recent available date the percentage and number of (a) married couples and (b) cohabiting couples in which (i) both work full-time, (ii) both are unemployed, (iii) the man works full-time and the woman works part-time, (iv) the woman works full-time and the man works part-time, (v) both work part-time, (vi) the man works full-time and the woman is unemployed, (vii) the woman works full-time and the man is unemployed, (viii) the man works part-time and the woman is unemployed and (ix) the woman works part-time and the man is unemployed, showing figures separately for those with and without dependent children.
(90324)
111  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved, and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90404)
112  
N  
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will initiate enquiries into the delays involved in issuing the CIS5 and CIS6 certificates to industrial and commercial firms; and if he will take steps to ensure that the relevant certificate will be issued to Messrs EK Mechanical Services of 97 West Road, Westcliff on Sea, Essex, by the Inland Revenue before 1st August.
(90184)
113  
N  
Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he had made of the effect of paying a benefit directly through the pay-packet as a tax credit on incentives and behaviour.
(90146)
114  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Greek Government on its military agreement with Armenia and Iran.
(90433)
115  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 168, on Panel 2000, if he will list the progress which has been made in respect of each of the recommendations listed.
(90499)
116  
  
Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training has been provided by his Department for police and prison officers employed in Kenya in the past six months; and if he will make a statement.
(90509)
117  
N  
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the substantive resolutions and decisions made at the 55th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva on 22nd March to 30th April.
(89900)
118  
N  
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will name the members of the United Kingdom delegation to the 55th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights.
(89901)
119  
N  
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what were the issues of substance concerning the death penalty discussed under Item 17 at the 55th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights; what position was argued by the United Kingdom; what issues were put to the vote; what were the voting figures; and which way the United Kingdom voted on each occasion.
(89902)
120  
N  
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues were raised by the United Kingdom on the concept and practice of affirmative action under Item 16 at the 55th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights; what resolutions were moved by the United Kingdom; and what was the result.
(89903)
121  
N  
Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in what respect Lord Levy represented the Prime Minister in his visits to Syria from 9th to 10th April and to Jordan and Syria from 5th to 10th June; what were Lord Levy's terms of reference; if Lord Levy was accompanied by his Department's officials throughout the visits; if he will list the names of those whom Lord Levy met on each occasion in his capacity as the Prime Minister's personal representative and what was discussed; on what Vote the travel costs fell; what were the experience and knowledge possessed by Lord Levy which led to his being chosen for the mission; for what reasons his Department's Ministers did not undertake the visits; what previous visits Lord Levy has undertaken on behalf of the Prime Minister; and what further such visits are planned.
(90287)
122  
N  
Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list all overseas missions undertaken by personal representatives of the Prime Minister or himself since May 1997, where the representatives were neither ministers nor officials.
(90288)
123  
N  
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the projects, with the amounts of grant being paid in each case, being supported by the Human Rights Project Fund in (a) Armenia, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Georgia, (d) Kazakhstan, (e) Kyrgyzstan, (f) Tajikistan, (g) Turkmenistan and (h) Uzbekistan.
(89898)
124  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90411)
125  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to send a contingent to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
(90438)
126  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the recent elections in Kuwait.
(90446)
127  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent UN Security Council discussions on Iraq.
(90445)
128  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Sudan concerning the camps which they have set up for people displaced in the civil war in Sudan.
(90529)
129  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet (a) the government of Morocco and (b) the POLISARIO to discuss the implementation of the UN Peace Plan for a Referendum in Western Sahara.
(90439)
130  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government intends to take to secure the implementation of the UN Peace Plan for a Referendum in Western Sahara.
(90437)
131  
  
Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human embryos are currently in storage; when the licensing authority last met; and if he will list the applications made to the authority in the past year, indicating which were (a) granted and (b) refused.
(90646)
132  
  
Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the controls on the importation of embryonic stem cells; and what estimate he has made of the number of such cells imported in the past year.
(90624)
133  
  
Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for NHS community midwives to be entitled to essential user car allowance; and if he will make a statement.
(90645)
134  
N  
Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the definition of nearest relative, in section 26 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
(90187)
135  
N  
Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 to provide, for those people treated under section 131, (a) the right to a second opinion, (b) access to hospital managers' hearings and (c) access to mental health review tribunals; and if he will make a statement.
(90185)
136  
N  
Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are currently being treated in psychiatric hospitals under section 131 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
(90186)
137  
  
Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response the Government has made to the British Medical Association's new guidelines on giving resuscitation to terminally-ill patients.
(90442)
138  
  
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by health authority the total number of emergency admissions in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement.
(90401)
139  
  
Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of exposure to radiation from cordless telephones; and if he will make a statement.
(90432)
140  
  
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients are in a persistent vegetative state; and if he will make a statement.
(90429)
141  
  
Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council regarding their jurisdiction in assessing whether a dentist meets minimum standards of practice.
(90414)
142  
  
Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the statutory responsibilities of the General Dental Council in respect of the professional conduct of dentists.
(90415)
143  
  
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had about sport in the National Curriculum with the Secretary of State for Education and Employment.
(90619)
144  
  
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 9.11 of the White Paper: Reducing Health Inequalities: An Action Report, how strong local support is to be defined in respect of the fluoridation of water supplies; and by what mechanisms this support will be measured.
(90512)
145  
  
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will indemnify water companies which are obliged to add fluoride to water supplies under his proposals against legal claims made by their customers in respect of perceived side-effects.
(90513)
146  
  
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which water company operational responsibilities and local authority boundaries coincide.
(90511)
147  
  
Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to limit the fees which NHS trusts may pay to nurses working for nursing agencies.
(90528)
148  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997.
(90532)
149  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the summary of the Passport Agency business review undertaken in 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(90682)
150  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions he and other Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Prison Service to discuss the report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons on HMP Wormwood Scrubs published in 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(90581)
151  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the options considered by his Department and the Passport Agency for dealing with the current problems at the Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(90687)
152  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the change in the number of Probation Service staff between 1994 and the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(90587)
153  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a system of sanctions and rewards based on performance for public sector prisons, as considered by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in his 1999 report on HMP Wormwood Scrubs; and if he will make a statement.
(90582)
154  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the extra capacity which will be added to existing prisons in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statment.
(90584)
155  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change procedures in his Department which relate to responding to details of serious problems in Prison Service establishments, with particular reference to those which are made in reports by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement.
(90583)
156  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken by Prison Service managers in response to the finding in Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons 1999 report on HMP Wormwood Scrubs that cell call alarms had been muted on A Wing in the prison; and if he will make a statement.
(90588)
157  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those Prison Service establishments which are currently under special managerial attention; how long they are expected to remain under special managerial attention; and if he will make a statement.
(90585)
158  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment was made of the required level of staff which would be needed following introduction of the new information technology systems by the Passport Agency; if he will publish a summary of the Agency's report on staffing requirements; and if he will make a statement.
(90686)
159  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the results obtained from the pilot tests on the new information technology systems introduced by the Passport Agency at the Liverpool and Newport offices; and if he will make a statement.
(90685)
160  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the current number of vacancies for Probation Officers in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
(90586)
161  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date his Department made the decision to permit the recruitment of 300 extra staff for the Passport Agency; on what date recruitment of new staff began; and how many of those staff have been fully trained; how many of the additional 100 new staff have been recruited and trained; and if he will make a statement.
(90589)
162  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the results of the consultation with the Passport Agency user group about the introduction of separate child passports; and if he will make a statement.
(90683)
163  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the contractual arrangements for the imposition of penalties on the contractors responsible for the introduction of new information technology systems at the Passport Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(90590)
164  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the number of new prisons which will be built in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(90596)
165  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the forecast number of passport applications to be made in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999; what was the actual number of applications in 1998; what is the current estimate of the number of applications for 1999; and if he will make a statement.
(90591)
166  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his Department's papers relating to the decision to require a separate children's passport from October 1998; and if he will make a statement.
(90684)
167  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the Prison Service's current projections for changes in the prison population in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(90597)
168  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions he and other Ministers in his Department have met the Governor and senior management responsible for Her Majesty's Young Offenders Institution Feltham since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(90580)
169  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions he and other Ministers in his Department have met the Governor and senior management responsible for HMP Wormwood Scrubs since May 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(90579)
170  
  
Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Passport Agency and the Home Office have made of the cost of meeting compensation claims resulting from the problems at the Passport Agency; what assessment they have made of the amount which will have to be found from increases in charges made by the Passport Agency; and if he will make a statement.
(90688)
171  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 249, on European Communities working groups, if he will list the Title VI working groups referred to and indicate how many times each has met.
(90399)
172  
N  
Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met and when he next expects to meet representatives of Drive for Youth.
(90301)
173  
  
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to local authorities summarising the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 and outlining their specific powers and responsibilities.
(90621)
174  
  
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family units will be included in the redevelopment of Her Majesty's Prison, Aldington; and if he will make a statement.
(90577)
175  
  
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements in terms of (a) support services, (b) translation services, (c) health services and (d) dietary services will be provided for asylum seekers following the redevelopment of Her Majesty's Prison, Aldington; and if he will make a statement.
(90578)
176  
  
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding asylum applications remained unprocessed from (i) the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (ii) Iraq, (iii) Somalia and (iv) Afghanistan on 30th June; and if he will make a statement.
(90576)
177  
  
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were processed in (a) May and (b) June, from (i) the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, (ii) Iraq and (iii) Somalia; how many of these were (1) agreed and (2) refused; and if he will make a statement.
(90575)
178  
  
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the estimated cost to the Treasury of the plans to redevelop Her Majesty's Prison, Aldington; and if he will make a statement.
(90574)
179  
  
Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications from Afghanistan were processed in each calendar month since January; how many of these were (a) agreed and (b) refused; and if he will make a statement.
(90598)
180  
  
Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the prison population with hepatitis C; and what (a) preventative measures are taken against and (b) treatment is available for hepatitis C in the Prison Service.
(90425)
181  
  
Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with local authorities and police forces about arrangements for dealing with unauthorised camping by travellers.
(90423)
182  
  
Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue non-statutory guidance to the Metropolitan Police Authority with regard to police community consultative groups; and if he will consult the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and London police community consultative groups on what that guidance should include about the special characteristics of London police community consultative groups.
(90525)
183  
N  
Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings the Race Relations Forum has held since its formation; what priorities and targets the Forum has adopted; what representaions the Forum has made to which departments of government; what changes have been made to the membership of the Forum; what procedures are in place for the appointment of new members of the Forum; and what measures the Forum has taken to secure representations from the Irish community.
(89904)
184  
  
Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people attended each public meeting of the Independent Commission on the Voting System.
(90527)
185  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by her Department since June 1997.
(90533)
186  
  
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many artificial limbs have been supplied and fitted by her Department to victims of mutilation in Sierra Leone; and if she will make a statement.
(90497)
187  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times ministers in her Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting; the ministers involved, and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90405)
188  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997.
(90535)
189  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 30th June, Official Report, column 214, on European Communities working groups, if he will set out the remits of the working groups listed.
(90505)
190  
  
Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress is being made towards establishing a single register of public service interpreters in the Court Service.
(90443)
191  
  
Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many persons on the national register of public service interpreters (a) have obtained the diploma of public service interpreting, legal option, (b) hold a legal qualification and (c) can demonstrate that they have more than 100 hours' experience of interpreting in court.
(90444)
192  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 53, on ministerial meetings, how many times (a) the Lord Chancellor and (b) the Minister of State in the Lord Chancellor's Department met members or officials in the United States Government between 1st May 1997 and 1st June 1998; and if he will list the dates and locations of each meeting, the US departments involved on each occasion and the names of the US members and officials at each meeting.
(90427)
193  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many times the Lord Chancellor or the Minister in the Lord Chancellor's Department have met members or officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved, and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90406)
194  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by her Department since June 1997.
(90536)
195  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times ministers in her Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90410)
196  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the Government department responsible for supplying the UK delegate to each European Community working group.
(90436)
197  
N  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Prime Minister, what is his estimate of the amount of arms possessed by the IRA.
(90302)
198  
  
Jackie Ballard (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997.
(90537)
199  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many times ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved, and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90403)
200  
N  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proportion of pensioner benefit units claiming income support, where the head of household is over 80 years, receive (a) at least one full basic state pension and (b) some payment of basic state pension.
(90189)
201  
N  
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the net saving to public expenditure of raising the state pension age to (a) 66 and (b) 67 years from 2039.
(90188)
202  
  
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Edmonton of 3rd March, Official Report, column 802, how many of the 522 responses to the consultation document, Supporting People, (a) supported, (b) opposed and (c) did not mention, the inclusion of sheltered housing within the proposals; and if he will publish a summary of the responses.
(90391)
203  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to introduce benefit-splitting for means tested benefits.
(90321)
204  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what evidence he has of the extent of income sharing within couples in receipt of means tested benefits.
(90322)
205  
N  
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list for the most recent available date the number of primary benefit recipients who are (a) married men with dependent children, (b) married women with dependent children, (c) single men with dependent children, (d) single women with dependent children, (e) single men under pension age, (f) single women under pension age, (g) married male pensioners, (h) married female pensioners, (i) single male pensioners and (j) single female pensioners, broken down for each benefit.
(90323)
206  
  
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he is taking to ensure that pensioners receive all the benefits to which they are entitled.
(90370)
207  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many times ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90407)
208  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress with the Information Society Directive.
(90398)
209  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the (a) nature and (b) consequences of the Spanish Gibraltar-related reservation on the designation of competent authorities for the Takeovers Directive; and what representations he has (i) received and (ii) made on the issue.
(90396)
210  
N  
Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to abolish the floating charge.
(90329)
211  
N  
Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes he intends to make in respect of (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) Customs and Excise as priority creditors in bankruptcy cases.
(90330)
212  
N  
Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes he intends to make to (a) section 8 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and (b) section 83 of the Companies Act 1989.
(90328)
213  
N  
Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will define responsible risk-takers for the purpose of proposed changes in bankruptcy law; and if he will make a statement.
(90331)
214  
  
Mr Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department will publish the results of the consultation on competition in connections in the street lighting sector.
(90382)
215  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the Government reviews and reports currently being conducted into reform of the insolvency laws.
(90293)
216  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to advertise the post of the Small Business Service Chief Executive.
(90296)
217  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to sell a 49 per cent. stake in British Nuclear Fuels Limited.
(90299)
218  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if members of the Enterprise Council will be remunerated.
(90297)
219  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if private sector representatives on the Agency Steering Board will be remunerated.
(90298)
220  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will publish his Department's internal report on reducing the stigma of financial failure.
(90292)
221  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90408)
222  
  
Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many times ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting, the ministers involved, and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting.
(90412)
223  
N  
Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which departments funded the Drive for Youth programme in the past four years; what were the reasons for this investment; what amount of public funds was allocated to this in each year; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (90300)
224  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals were made bankrupt at the suit of (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in (i) 1994-95, (ii) 1995-96, (iii) 1996-97, (iv) 1997-98 and (v) 1998-99.
[Transferred] (90295)
225  
N  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies were put into receivership or liquidation at the suit of (a) the Inland Revenue and (b) Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in (i) 1994-95, (ii) 1995-96, (iii) 1996-97, (iv) 1997-98 and (v) 1998-99.
[Transferred] (90294)
226  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list those categories of persons who will retain the right to purchase duty free goods in the European Union.
[Transferred] (90395)
227  
  
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers the Government has to revoke export licences; and if he will list the occasions on which licences have been revoked.
[Transferred] (90694)
228  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the nature of Commission objections to the comitology provisions of the Chocolate Directive.
[Transferred] (90397)


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