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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 12 July 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 12 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. |
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| 1 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, if he will list the type and designation of the electrical cable used to wire (i) the lifts, (ii) the standby generation system, (iii) the emergency lighting system, (iv) the fire alarm system and (v) the smoke extraction system in Portcullis house. |
| (90704) | |
| 2 N | Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, how many television sets there are in the Parliamentary Estate; and how many licences are held. |
| (90639) | |
| 3 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Pendle of 29th June, Official Report, column 150, on mouse-breeding facilities, how many mice were bred in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of those were subsequently destroyed without being used for the purpose for which they were bred. |
| (90514) | |
| 4 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason the UK Government has elected not to operate the EU Surplus Food Scheme in the United Kingdom. |
| (90701) | |
| 5 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason the United Kingdom abstained on quotas reached at the Fisheries Council of 10th June. |
| (90949) | |
| 6 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91067) | |
| 7 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90150) | |
| 8 N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many raw milk processing plants closed in the United Kingdom in the (a) 1970s, (b) 1980s and (c) 1990s. |
| (90954) | |
| 9 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of agricultural land in Leicestershire is currently subject to Set Aside; and what was the annual cost to public funds in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (91175) | |
| 10 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement explaining the total amount spent by the EU on the disposal of fruit and vegetables in the most recent annual period for which figures are available; and if he will list the tonnage of each particular fruit and vegetable so disposed of. |
| (90422) | |
| 11 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the total amount spent by the EU on the subsidising of dumping of surplus fruit and vegetables in the most recent year for which figures are available. |
| (90421) | |
| 12 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he has undertaken an environmental appraisal of the Flood and Coastal Defence Project Appraisal Guidance Note 3: Economic Appraisal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91140) | |
| 13 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what are the levels of dairy hygiene inspection charges, or equivalent, levied in each European Union member state in sterling. |
| (90856) | |
| 14 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much expenditure his Department (a) has incurred to date and (b) expects to incur in future, on preparations for possible United Kingdom entry into the European single currency; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90967) | |
| 15 N | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he and the CPS will meet the honourable Member for Worthing West in connection with the fatal attack in Brighton on Mr Jay Abatan. |
| (90748) | |
| 16 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Attorney General, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90147) | |
| 17 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask Mr Attorney General, how much expenditure his Department (a) has incurred to date and (b) forecasts that it will incur in the future, on preparations for possible United Kingdom entry into the European single currency; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91168) | |
| 18 N | Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South): To ask Mr Attorney General, if he will make a statement on the consideration by the CPS of the case for the prosecution of an individual whose name has been sent to him under the War Crimes Act 1991. |
| (90450) | |
| 19 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91057) | |
| 20 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90156) | |
| 21 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with owners of historic steam engine collections about the Pressure Systems Directive 97/23/EC; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90843) | |
| 22 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the British (a) film and (b) music industries of the distribution and sale of pirated material; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90844) | |
| 23 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90824) | |
| 24 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90152) | |
| 25 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Sports Council has made of the opportunities available to girls and young women to take part in previously mostly male team sports; and what plans it has to expand those opportunities. |
| (91054) | |
| 26 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Cheltenham of 5th May, Official Report, column 382, what representations he has made to the Home Office about charitable status for sports clubs. |
| (90812) | |
| 27 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures he plans to introduce to improve safety and facilities at cricket and rugby grounds. |
| (91210) | |
| 28 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the number and location of sites in Wales that can and will provide digital television services; and how many television viewers in Wales will not be covered by digital service transmitters. |
| (90738) | |
| 29 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90825) | |
| 30 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th June, Official Report, column 148, on Kosovo, what measures have been taken to identify targets hit by depleted uranium ammunition; and whether non-standard issue NBC kit has been issued for troops in proximity to such locations. |
| (90950) | |
| 31 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90154) | |
| 32 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel stationed in Cyprus have been charged with drug offences in each of the last three years. |
| (90821) | |
| 33 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the meetings he and his ministers have held with trade union representatives of staff employed by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency to discuss the Public Private-Partnership proposals |
| (90632) | |
| 34 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; and how many at each site. |
| (90559) | |
| 35 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much further over budget the Active Decoy Round-Outfit DLH Project has gone since the 1997 NAO Major Projects Report. |
| (90968) | |
| 36 | Mr Michael Heseltine (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number of contracts awarded to British companies under the US Strategic Defense Initiative and their total value, in each year since 1985. |
| (90760) | |
| 37 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his definition is of those items which at the level of the local education authority constitute spending on administration. |
| (91073) | |
| 38 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional annual staff costs will be incurred as a result of moving HQ command of the 2nd Division from York to Edinburgh. |
| (91142) | |
| 39 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the sum of £100 million set aside from the proceeds of the sale of the married quarters estate to Annington Homes Limited in 1996 for the refurbishment and upgrading of married quarters remains outside and additional to the Defence budget. |
| (90626) | |
| 40 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the number of married quarters, (b) the number empty and (c) the vacancy rate as a percentage in each year since 1992. |
| (90629) | |
| 41 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the NHS trusts that expressed interest in becoming the host for the Centre for Defence Medicine. |
| (90627) | |
| 42 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £100 million earmarked from the sale of the married quarters estate has been (a) spent and (b) committed to be spent on upgrading and refurbishment of married quarters in each year from 1996 to 2002 inclusive. |
| (90630) | |
| 43 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have (a) applied for and (b) been granted (i) premature voluntary retirement and (ii) purchase of their discharge, for each of the three services by rank and by length of service in each of the last five years. |
| (91135) | |
| 44 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by grade the condition of married quarters in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland, and (c) Northern Ireland giving the totals for (i) each grade and (ii) each of (a) (b) and (c); and what percentage the total of each grade represents of the whole stock. |
| (90628) | |
| 45 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of revenue his Department expects to receive from the 3 per cent. reproduction fee being charged by the Ministry of Defence for products displaying insignia of the armed forces. |
| (90776) | |
| 46 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) list the countries from which military officers have visited Northern Ireland since 1st May 1997, (b) set out the purpose of each visit, (c) set out the nature of the related training programme, (d) indicate which delegations have participated in (i) military and (ii) RUC patrols and (e) indicate which delegations have visited surveillance and observation posts in South Armagh. |
| (89912) | |
| 47 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the occasions on which the GOC Northern Ireland has met military officers of foreign countries, (b) the occasions on which senior officers have attended social gatherings and receptions for foreign military delegations and (c) the cost of entertainments for overseas delegations and visitors since 1st May 1997. |
| (89913) | |
| 48 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to upgrade submarines, in addition to HMS 'Splendid', to carry Tomahawk missiles. |
| (91153) | |
| 49 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel he estimates will be committed to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Kosovo, (c) Bosnia, (d) the Gulf, (e) Germany, (f) Gibraltar, (g) Cyprus, (h) other Mediterranean and Near East, (i) the Far East and (j) other locations in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the numbers for each location. |
| (90936) | |
| 50 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what shipyards in the United Kingdom have the capacity to construct the proposed new aircraft carriers. |
| (90938) | |
| 51 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are currently committed to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Kosovo, (c) Bosnia, (d) the Gulf, (e) Germany, (f) Gibraltar, (g) Cyprus, (h) other Mediterranean and Near East, (i) the Far East and (j) other locations. |
| (90937) | |
| 52 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops (a) are serving with NATO and (b) are involved in peace-keeping operations. |
| (90983) | |
| 53 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90823) | |
| 54 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many inquiries he has received about petitions for ballots on the future status of grammar schools. |
| (91202) | |
| 55 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91059) | |
| 56 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90157) | |
| 57 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils found to be in possession of controlled drugs on school premises in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (91132) | |
| 58 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance has been given by his Department to headteachers regarding the exclusion of pupils found (a) in possession of and (b) supplying controlled drugs whilst on school premises. |
| (91131) | |
| 59 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what advice is given by his Department to schools regarding the need for children to be warned against taking controlled drugs. |
| (91133) | |
| 60 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children have been excluded from schools as a result of possession or supply of controlled drugs on school premises in each of the last five years. |
| (91134) | |
| 61 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the average class size of state schools within the Greater London area. |
| (90773) | |
| 62 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance his Department has issued to those schools assessing whether to allow mobile phone masts to be sited within their grounds. |
| (90947) | |
| 63 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the joint working groups between the Department for International Development, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Department on matters relating to (a) overseas students in the United Kingdom and (b) the provision by the United Kingdom of educational services abroad. |
| (90975) | |
| 64 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each of the last three financial years by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising, publicity and publications, (e) opinion polling, (f) web sites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers in relation to (1) school effectiveness and improvement, (ii) specialist schools, (iii) beacon schools, (iv) school leadership, (v) advanced skills teachers and (vi) numeracy consultants and leading maths teachers. |
| (90552) | |
| 65 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the total budget announced since May 1997 for (a) health education partnerships, (b) Year 6 booster classes, (c) books for schools and (d) children's parliament; and what amount and what percentage of that budget in each financial year is to be (i) spent within his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (ii) allocated in grants. |
| (90557) | |
| 66 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the total budget announced since May 1997 for (a) reduction in infant class sizes, (b) Phases 1 and 2 of the New Deal for Schools, (c) removal of outside toilets, (d) energy management and (e) asset management plans; and what amount and what percentage of that budget in each financial year is to be (i) spent within his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (ii) allocated in grants. |
| (90549) | |
| 67 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the total budget announced since May 1997 for (a) early years training and development for three and four year olds, (b) early excellence centres, (c) national literacy strategy in primary schools, (d) national numeracy strategy in primary schools, (e) nursery education grant and (f) family literacy; and what amount and what percentage of that budget in each financial year is to be (i) spent within his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (ii) allocated in grants. |
| (90556) | |
| 68 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each of the last three financial years by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising, publicity and publications, (e) opinion polling, (f) web sites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers in relation to (i) early years training and development for three and four year olds, (ii) early excellence centres, (iii) national literacy strategy in primary schools, (iv) national numeracy strategy in primary schools, (v) nursery education grant and (vi) family literacy. |
| (90553) | |
| 69 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each of the last three financial years by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising, publicity and publications, (e) opinion polling, (f) web sites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers in relation to (1) health education partnerships, (2) Year 6 booster classes, (3) books for schools and (4) the Children's Parliament. |
| (90554) | |
| 70 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each of the last three financial years by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising, publicity and publications, (e) opinion polling, (f) web sites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers in relation to (1) lifelong learning development plans, (2) qualifications, (3) drug prevention, (4) Youth Service, (5) school security and (6) ethnic minority pupil achievement. |
| (90551) | |
| 71 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the number of school children (a) seriously injured and (b) killed on school organised activity holidays abroad, which were booked through a tour operator, in the latest year for which the information is available and the previous six academic years, indicating the activity in each case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90757) | |
| 72 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the total budget announced since May 1997 for (a) lifelong learning development plans, (b) qualifications, (c) drug prevention, (d) youth service, (e) school security and (f) ethnic minority pupil achievement; and what amount and what percentage of that budget in each financial year is to be (i) spent within his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (ii) allocated in grants. |
| (90558) | |
| 73 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list actual and planned expenditure in each of the last three financial years by his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on (a) market research, (b) conferences, (c) direct mail, (d) advertising, publicity and publications, (e) opinion polling, (f) web sites, (g) hospitality, (h) central administration costs and (i) external consultants and advisers in relation to (1) infant class size reduction, (2) Phases 1 and 2 of the New Deal for Schools, (3) removal of outside toilets, (4) energy management and (5) asset management plans. |
| (90550) | |
| 74 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the total budget announced since May 1997 for (a) school effectiveness/improvement, (b) specialist schools, (c) beacon schools, (d) school leadership, (e) advanced skills teachers, (f) numeracy consultants and leading maths teachers; and what amount and what percentage of that budget in each financial year is to be (i) spent within his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (ii) allocated in grants. |
| (90555) | |
| 75 | Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the estimated spending per pupil in Birmingham for the year 1999-2000; and what would the figure have been if the authority had spent 100 per cent. of the funds granted under the standing spending assessment for education. |
| (90851) | |
| 76 N | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 11th June, Official Report, column 437, on local authority funding, if he will place in the Library tables in paper and machine-readable form which exclude the contributions of local authorities from the amounts set out in his previous answer but are otherwise consistent with that answer. |
| (90449) | |
| 77 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 30th March, 29th April and 4th June from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Pat McGuinness. |
| (90592) | |
| 78 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has issued to local education authorities on the provision of home tuition for children suffering post traumatic stress as a result of bullying at school; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90758) | |
| 79 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list (a) the number of successful applicants for career development loans for the years (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997, (iv) 1998 and (v) 1999, broken down by (1) sex, (2) age, (3) previous employment sector and (4) loan issued and repayment period and (b) the number of recipients of career development loans who defaulted on repayment of their loans, broken down by (A) sex, (B) age, (C) previous employment sector and (D) loan amount and repayment period. |
| (91164) | |
| 80 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which Minister attended the 1999 ILO general conference; and on what days. |
| (91139) | |
| 81 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, for what reasons there is no separate section for sixth form colleges on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90868) | |
| 82 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much government money was invested in initiatives to reduce Key Stage 1 class sizes in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire in each year from 1997 to date. |
| (91156) | |
| 83 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much government money has been invested in New Deal for Schools initiatives in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire, since May 1997. |
| (91157) | |
| 84 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children aged five to seven years in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire were in classes of 30 or fewer in each year from 1992 to date. |
| (9115) | |
| 85 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been spent on (a) producing and (b) promoting the Code of Practice on Age Diversity in Employment. |
| (90705) | |
| 86 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much was spent by each local education authority on promoting sport or PE in schools in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (90780) | |
| 87 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of 17 to 18 year olds in Leicestershire are in (a) schools, (b) further education and (c) work. |
| (91207) | |
| 88 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of the education SSA is allocated for school sport or physical education. |
| (90781) | |
| 89 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the proportion of schools' budgets spent on sport or PE |
| (90782) | |
| 90 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the performance of private sector companies delivering the New Deal. |
| (91205) | |
| 91 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria will be used by his Department in assessing the performance of private sector companies delivering the New Deal. |
| (91206) | |
| 92 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what capital investment in schools in Stoke-on-Trent has taken place in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c)1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000 to date; and what the planned levels are for the next two years. |
| (90785) | |
| 93 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students were submitted for examination at A level in (a) mathematics, (b) physics and (c) chemistry in England and Wales in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980, (iii) 1990 and (iv) the latest year available; and in each case what was that figure as a percentage of the total A level entries in all subjects in that year. |
| (91146) | |
| 94 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students aged 18 to 21 were in full-time education in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99; and what percentage this represented of that age group in each case. |
| (91147) | |
| 95 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals were promoted by the Government at the EU Environment Council on 24th and 25th June in respect of the Biosafety Protocol. |
| (90519) | |
| 96 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps the Government took at the EU Environment Council on 24th and 25th June to oppose attempts to exclude or exempt any genetically-engineered organisms from labelling requirements under the Biosafety Protecol. |
| (90520) | |
| 97 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the resumption of the Biosafety Protocol negotiations, and on the position the Government advocated at the EU Environment Council on 24th and 25th June in respect of any such resumption. |
| (90518) | |
| 98 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90829) | |
| 99 N | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if a notice of date, time and place of the public inquiry into Waterside Park business park was published in local newspapers. |
| (90546) | |
| 100 N | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if all those people who (a) objected to the proposal for the Waterside Park business park directly and (b) had their objections forwarded to him by the honourable Member for Denton and Reddish and the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, were notified of the inquiry and the pre-inquiry hearing. |
| (90547) | |
| 101 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reason the Marine Accident Investigation Branch report into the Seahorse-Exodus incident of March 1997 has not been published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90703) | |
| 102 | Ms Hazel Blears (Salford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many replies were received in response to consultation on the draft Local Government (Organisation and Standards) Bill. |
| (90973) | |
| 103 N | Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will discuss with the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising and South West Trains, how many bicycle spaces were available on each five car Wessex Electric train operated by South West Trains in (a) January 1998 and (b) May 1999; and if he will establish the reasons for the change in provision. |
| (90841) | |
| 104 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91064) | |
| 105 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list his Department's capital investment programme for the years 1996 to 2002 under the headings (a) railways, (b) national motorway and trunk road network and (c) local transport. |
| (90963) | |
| 106 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the likely impact on (a) numbers of trains run and (b) passenger kilometres of the closure of (i) the Circle Line during summer 1999, (ii) part of the Northern Line during summer 1999, (iii) part of the Bakerloo Line during autumn 1999 and (iv) part of the Victoria Line during autumn 1999. |
| (90850) | |
| 107 N | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the principal councils which have submitted a report to him under the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997; if he will list (a) the reductions in the levels of local road traffic and (b) the reduction in the rate of growth in the levels of such traffic contained in these reports; and what assessment of the road traffic reduction potential described in these reports he has made. |
| (90952) | |
| 108 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90165) | |
| 109 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a list of the regional stakeholders who were invited to nominate members for the South West Regional Development Agency. |
| (90956) | |
| 110 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate what percentage of emissions of HFC used as refrigerant gases come from systems used in (a) manufacturing industry, (b) commercial offices, (c) public sector offices and (d)(i) retail and (ii) domestic premises. |
| (90958) | |
| 111 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the London boroughs that have produced recycling plans; and what actions he proposes to take in respect of those boroughs that have not yet done so. |
| (90350) | |
| 112 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has commissioned or evaluated on the chemical content of bottom ash from incinerators; if its use as road-making material complies with his Department's specifications; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90356) | |
| 113 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each of the past three years the proportion of waste (a) glass, (b) paper, (c) metal, (d) cloth and (e) biodegradable material that has been recycled in each London borough; what is his estimate for the current year; and what are the boroughs' predictions for 2000-01. |
| (90351) | |
| 114 N | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce legislation to ban the use of hand-held mobile phones by drivers of a vehicle which is in transit. |
| (89234) | |
| 115 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the techniques used to resolve conflict within his Department and the circumstances in which each is used. |
| (90548) | |
| 116 N | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what percentage he estimates road traffic will increase in the London area over the next 30 years; and what assessment he has made of the impact of this on the speed of traffic. |
| (90648) | |
| 117 N | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what percentage his Department estimates that road traffic levels will increase over the next 30 years; what assessment it has made of the impact that will have on current rates of traffic movement; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90649) | |
| 118 N | Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate (a) the cost of building roads to accommodate the projected increase in road vehicles over the next 30 years to maintain current rates of traffic movement and (b) the number of miles of road this would require. |
| (90650) | |
| 119 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reasons he has postponed making a decision on whether to hold a public inquiry into the Transport and Works Act application for Portsmouth Millennium Tower. |
| (90966) | |
| 120 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a decision on the Transport and Works Act application for the Portsmouth Millennium Tower before the planning application for the tower has been considered by the local planning authority; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90965) | |
| 121 N | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what means the director of the dedicated executive that will manage the Objective 1 programme in South Yorkshire will be recruited. |
| (90625) | |
| 122 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the criteria used to reject the Essex County Council local highway authority's 1999-2000 bid for capital funding for the Great Leighs bypass; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90542) | |
| 123 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications were received for (a) driving tests in each of the last 10 years and (b) driving theory tests in each year since their introduction. |
| (90593) | |
| 124 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on domestic and business water users from 2000 to 2005 of the periodic review of water prices to set prices for that period. |
| (91163) | |
| 125 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he has given to the Director General of OFWAT concerning the periodic review of water prices to set prices for the period from April 2000 to 2005. |
| (91162) | |
| 126 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much government money has been invested in initiatives to improve rural public transport in (a) Bath and North East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire, since May 1997. |
| (91159) | |
| 127 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the average cost of traffic calming schemes approved in the last financial year for which figures are available. |
| (90855) | |
| 128 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria are used by his Department in determining the cost of a road accident for a (a) fatality, (b) serious injury and (c) slight injury; and in each case what is the current figure. |
| (90822) | |
| 129 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) pedestrians and (b) cyclists were (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) slightly injured in road accidents in the last year for which figures are available; and how many were under the age of 18 years in each category. |
| (90854) | |
| 130 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what requirements govern the extent to which county council waste local plans have to include a specific provision for waste incineration. |
| (90853) | |
| 131 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the current situation is in respect of providing a Channel Tunnel rail interchange at Stratford, East London, to serve East Anglia. |
| (90708) | |
| 132 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to publish the results of the consultation process on the Packaging Regulations. |
| (90971) | |
| 133 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the factors and indices used to determine the provision of area cost adjustment additions to standard spending assessments for local authorities. |
| (90775) | |
| 134 | Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the cup and cone safety system for passenger carriages on trains. |
| (90763) | |
| 135 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish details of the models, proposed in the ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd study commissioned by his Department on a pesticide tax, to examine the economic effects of a pesticide tax on (a) farm incomes and (b) farmers' behaviour. |
| (90955) | |
| 136 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90826) | |
| 137 N | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the current applicants to the EU are not required (i) to adopt the euro immediately on accession or (ii) to join an exchange rate mechanism. |
| (90756) | |
| 138 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91068) | |
| 139 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90163) | |
| 140 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 229, concerning overpayment of tax on savings income, what discussions have taken place between his Department and the Department for Social Security concerning the Taxback campaign. |
| (90453) | |
| 141 | Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the impact on women compared to men of (a) the 1999 Budget measures and (b) the combined effect of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Budget measures. |
| (90818) | |
| 142 N | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if windfall benefits to AA members arising from the sale of the AA will be taxed at the highest marginal rate of the taxpayer. |
| (90929) | |
| 143 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) the initial and (b) revised quarterly figures for company profits in the national statistics for the last 10 quarters; and what plans he has to review the quality of reporting of company profits in the national statistics. |
| (90932) | |
| 144 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the change in service sector productivity over the last four years; and what plans he has to review the quality of estimates for national statistics on service sector productivity. |
| (90931) | |
| 145 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions in each of the last five years his Department has been notified that insurance providers have been in breach of the required solvency ratios; and what corrective action his Department took. |
| (90935) | |
| 146 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the quarter by quarter share of long-term investment in GDP for the least 10 quarters for which figures are available, distinguishing between public and private sector financed long-term investment, and the effect of the private finance initiative. |
| (90930) | |
| 147 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to require mortgage providers to disclose the level of commission they receive from sales of bundled home insurance. |
| (90817) | |
| 148 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure that mortgage lenders inform consumers whether purchase of the provider's insurance is a condition of the mortgage they are to take out. |
| (90816) | |
| 149 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place on mortgage providers a duty to inform customers at renewal or expiry of a particular home insurance policy that they can exercise the right to switch to an alternative insurance provider if they so wish. |
| (90814) | |
| 150 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the current review of the Council of Mortgage Lenders Code will include the practice of linking insurance with mortgage products. |
| (90815) | |
| 151 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement listing (a) when each element that constituted the gold reserves as at 30th June was acquired and (b) its value at the point of acquisition. |
| (90783) | |
| 152 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting of the EU Code of Conduct Group chaired by the Paymaster General on 7th and 8th July. |
| (91002) | |
| 153 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which United Kingdom tax reliefs were discussed at the recent meeting of the EU Code of Conduct Group chaired by the Paymaster General. |
| (91003) | |
| 154 | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to abolish the domestic flight return-leg exemption from air passenger duty; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90813) | |
| 155 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the average rate of return on manufacturing investment in the (a) United Kingdom and (b) Northern Region in the last five years. |
| (90984) | |
| 156 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) male and (b) female employees in the City of Durham were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in (1) temporary and (2) permanent jobs in each year since 1990. |
| (90985) | |
| 157 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from Mr Barnes of Barton Court Road, New Milton, of 22nd March. |
| (90761) | |
| 158 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, he will make a statement on the convening of a meeting of the high-contracting parties to the Geneva Convention in July; and if he will list the issues which Her Majesty's Government intends to raise. |
| [R] (90339) | |
| 159 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the United Kingdom has taken to assist the Jordanian Government with debt relief. |
| [R] (90332) | |
| 160 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the problem of drought in the Middle East. |
| [R] (90336) | |
| 161 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Jerusalem. |
| [R] (90340) | |
| 162 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the current level of military assistance to Jordan. |
| [R] (90333) | |
| 163 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the Government's policy regarding freedom of trade between Jordan and the West Bank. |
| [R] (90335) | |
| 164 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to visit the Middle East. |
| (90342) | |
| 165 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received about the effects of the sanctions on Iraq on the Jordanian economy. |
| [R] (90334) | |
| 166 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli Government about the implementation of the E1 plan and the expansion of the Ma'ale Adumin settlement. |
| [R] (90338) | |
| 167 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government in respect of recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon. |
| [R] (90341) | |
| 168 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy to allow countries, other than the United States of America, the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island for civil charter flights. |
| (90522) | |
| 169 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason he has decided not to charge the United States for the use of Wideawake Airfield on Ascension Island for civil charter flights. |
| (90521) | |
| 170 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90830) | |
| 171 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the Right honourable Member for Penrith and The Border of 20th January, Official Report, column 506, on the European Commission, if he will make a statement on progress made on drawing up the three codes of conduct. |
| (90744) | |
| 172 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the consolidated report to the Council on the EU Code of Conduct on arms sales will be made public. |
| (90700) | |
| 173 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance supplied to posts overseas on the application of the Working Time Directive. |
| (90699) | |
| 174 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the procedures through which access is permitted to tape recordings of intergovernmental conferences. |
| (90702) | |
| 175 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for future support of Radio B-92 in Yugoslavia; and what measures he is planning to encourage the restoration of former management. |
| (90941) | |
| 176 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy regarding adherence to International Labour Organisation legislation; and which human rights instruments (a) have been rejected, (b) are under consideration and (c) have been accepted in principle, where the United Kingdom had not fully acceded, since May 1997. |
| (90944) | |
| 177 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91066) | |
| 178 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90164) | |
| 179 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those countries whose governments have made representations to his Department about the imminent shipment of MOX fuel to Japan; and which of those governments have also requested meetings. |
| (91144) | |
| 180 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance has been issued to embassies overseas on issues related to the imminent shipment of MOX fuel to Japan; and if he will place copies in the Library. |
| (91079) | |
| 181 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the unclassified submissions made by his Department to the last two rounds of consultation on the proposed Sellafield MOX plant. |
| (91078) | |
| 182 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to reassure other governments that the shipment of MOX fuel is neither an environmental nor a proliferation risk. |
| (91154) | |
| 183 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have been held by staff of the British Embassy in Guatemala with political parties and human rights groups concerning the conduct of the elections due to be held in November. |
| (90346) | |
| 184 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals he has to send observers from the United Kingdom to monitor the election in Guatemala in November 1999. |
| (90345) | |
| 185 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Turkey concerning the death penalty passed on Abdullah Ocalan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90347) | |
| 186 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans are being prepared by his Department for the monitoring of the referendum on the future government of East Timor; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90344) | |
| 187 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many entry clearance applications for indefinite leave to remain from Islamabad have been made in each year since 1992. |
| (90981) | |
| 188 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the average turn-round time for processing applications for (a) visit visas and (b) marriage visas from Islamabad has changed over the last five years. |
| (90974) | |
| 189 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for visitor's visas have been (a) made and (b) granted in each year since 1992; and how many in each year were from Islamabad. |
| (90980) | |
| 190 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the loss of Department for International Development contract work to the British Council on his Department's operations in developing countries. |
| (90634) | |
| 191 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the locally-engaged staff in the British Embassies or High Commissions in (a) China, (b) Brazil, (c) India, (d) Indonesia, (e) Pakistan and (f) Nigeria who are paid less than the United Kingdom national minimum wage, together with their hourly salary expressed in the Sterling equivalent. |
| (90640) | |
| 192 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Department for International Development's reduction of the number of technical cooperation training places available in the UK on his Department's operations in developing countries. |
| (90633) | |
| 193 | Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Argentina. |
| (91145) | |
| 194 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors underlie his conclusion that Mr Al-Sayegh of Bolton holds both British and Bahraini nationality. |
| (91055) | |
| 195 N | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how long a person who applied for entry clearance for settlement in (i) February, (ii) March, (iii) April, (iv) May and (v) June can be expected to have to wait for an interview in each queue at each post in the Indian subcontinent. |
| (90755) | |
| 196 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is the Government's policy to abide by all the provisions of the Treaty of Utrecht. |
| (90939) | |
| 197 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps Her Majesty's Government proposes to take to publicise in advance the agendas of all meetings of the European Council and Councils of Ministers and their working groups; and what plans the current Presidency of the Union has on this issue. |
| (90972) | |
| 198 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy on the purchase and use of official cars for United Kingdom ambassadors and high commissioners serving overseas; what make of cars have been purchased over the past 12 months for ambassadors, high commissioners and other senior diplomatic staff overseas; and to which individual diplomats they have been supplied. |
| (90951) | |
| 199 | Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce future arrangements for the Bicester Community Hospital. |
| (91081) | |
| 200 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90831) | |
| 201 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the National Health Service trust and health authority appointments which were not made by the due date and which remained outstanding on 1st June. |
| (90992) | |
| 202 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91069) | |
| 203 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90153) | |
| 204 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were made to the NHS Direct phone line in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (90957) | |
| 205 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to ensure equal access to services for infertility treatment across the country. |
| (91005) | |
| 206 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what current research he has commissioned into (a) the causes and (b) the treatment of infertility. |
| (91004) | |
| 207 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the information held by his Department on the incidence of cancers amongst people living in areas surrounding waste incinerators; and what recommendations his Department has made on emissions from incineration. |
| (90353) | |
| 208 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made regarding the ability of Prodigy to deliver the latest practical clinical guidance. |
| (90248) | |
| 209 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact the proposed appraisal process of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will have on pharmaceutical research based in the United Kingdom. |
| (90247) | |
| 210 N | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental practices in England have benefited from the Investing in Dentistry Initiative. |
| (90953) | |
| 211 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the professional, academic and other qualification, (b) the organisation represented by, (c) the declarable interests of and (d) the period of appointment of, each member of the scientific review team examining fluoride and health. |
| (90993) | |
| 212 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the scientific review team examining fluoride and health was appointed; when it first met; and how long it is expected to continue. |
| (90996) | |
| 213 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the results of the scientific review examining fluoride and health to be published. |
| (90994) | |
| 214 | Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the terms of reference of the scientific review of fluoride and health commissioned from York University. |
| (90995) | |
| 215 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the sites owned by the National Health Service which have been sold for housing development in the past five years and for each site the company to which it was sold, and the current status of the development. |
| (90741) | |
| 216 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the sites owned by the National Health Service which the NHS Executive is seeking planning permission for housing developments and the current status of each application. |
| (90742) | |
| 217 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has taken to (a) inform patients who are victims of domestic violence of support services available and (b) provide guidelines to health employees, on dealing with patients who may be victims of domestic violence. |
| (90746) | |
| 218 | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th July, Official Report, column 566, how many students the Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service placed onto courses in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99. |
| (90964) | |
| 219 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the proposed Health Development Agency will be responsible for spending from the new Public Health Development Fund. |
| (90739) | |
| 220 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure that the proposed Health Development Agency will be able to operate independently of government when exercising its public health monitoring functions. |
| (90740) | |
| 221 N | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the key functions of the proposed Health Development Agency will be in respect of (a) research, (b) monitoring, (c) co-ordination and (d) development of the Government's public health programme. |
| (90751) | |
| 222 N | Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the reasons why payments from the Barnsley Health Authority to Fittleworth Medical Ltd were withheld on the advice of the Prescription Pricing Authority. |
| (90808) | |
| 223 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the letter of 24th May from the honourable Member for North Essex to the Prime Minister about cancer services in North Essex, which was referred to him by the Prime Minister's Office on 17th June; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90544) | |
| 224 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the letters from the honourable Member for North Essex about cancer services in North Essex, dated 6th May; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90543) | |
| 225 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to health authorities on the provision of specialist trauma reduction and support counselling for children suffering post traumatic stress as a result of bullying at school; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90759) | |
| 226 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent people selecting the ethnic or religious group of the person to whom they donate an organ. |
| (90986) | |
| 227 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who donated organs specified that such organs were to be used for patients of a particular ethnic or religious group in each of the past five years. |
| (90987) | |
| 228 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure a continual and even supply of Hib/DTP vaccine and of BCG vaccine. |
| (90709) | |
| 229 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the availability on the NHS of pen needles for children with diabetes. |
| (90811) | |
| 230 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each OECD country the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90804) | |
| 231 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 393, on prescription medicines, if he will list the profits made by each pharmaceutical company under the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90770) | |
| 232 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on public health of banning smoking in all public places; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91173) | |
| 233 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority the number and cost of linear accelerators installed in NHS trusts for each year from 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90762) | |
| 234 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his letter of 30th June, regarding beta-interferon, what plans he has to improve the quality of life for multiple-sclerosis sufferers. |
| (90810) | |
| 235 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population for each health authority in England. |
| (90803) | |
| 236 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the change in the cost to the NHS of SSRI anti-depressants in the past year; and if he will advise doctors to limit these prescriptions. |
| (90786) | |
| 237 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many pensioners have taken advanage of free eye tests since the abolition of charges for the service in April 1999. |
| (91158) | |
| 238 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by authority the amounts awarded under the Carers' Grant for 1999-2000. |
| (90517) | |
| 239 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the annual cost of extending free optical and dental treatment to all state pensioners. |
| (90698) | |
| 240 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he his taking to ensure that dental students on qualification are offered incentives to set up practices in areas of greatest dental need. |
| (90779) | |
| 241 N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on the hospital waiting list for the Suffolk Health Authority area; and what was the average length of time spent on the waiting list (a) in May 1999 and (b) in May 1997. |
| (90452) | |
| 242 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will name the company to which it is intended to sell the former Severalls Hospital at Colchester; at what price it is to be sold; and when he expects the sale to be completed. |
| (90707) | |
| 243 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has made to the General Dental Council in respect of the adequacy of its procedures for dealing with serious professional misconduct. |
| (90842) | |
| 244 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the drug Myodil was granted a product licence of right under the terms of the Medicines Act 1968. |
| (90764) | |
| 245 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to research and development in the NHS for each year from 1998-99 to 2001-02. |
| (91151) | |
| 246 N | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his oral Statement of 6th July, what plans he has to replace the Investing in Dentistry Scheme. |
| (90539) | |
| 247 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral statement of 28th June, Official Report, column 28, on Wormwood Scrubs, on what date he asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons to re-inspect HMP Wormwood Scrubs within six months of the publication of the 1999 report on the prison. |
| (90710) | |
| 248 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Passport Agency made to his Department on the impact of (a) the changes relating to the issuing of passports for children and (b) the introduction of new information technology systems on (i) staffing and (ii) resource levels; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90946) | |
| 249 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th May, Official Report, column 156 on the private finance initiative, if he will list (i) the amounts by which the contract payments were reduced, (ii) the reason for each reduction, (iii) the dates on which the reductions were made and (iv) the period of the contract they relate to; if he will list the decisions on further reductions in contract payments which are pending; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90711) | |
| 250 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the actions his Department has taken in respect of each of the recommendations made by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons on Her Majesty's Prison Wormwood Scrubs in March 1997. |
| (90970) | |
| 251 N | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will meet a representative group on behalf of Mr Jay Abatan's family to discuss the actions of the police and the prosecution process following his death after an attack in Brighton. |
| (90747) | |
| 252 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91065) | |
| 253 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90161) | |
| 254 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the planned optimum ratio of staff to young offenders in all juvenile secure accommodation as envisaged by the Youth Justice Board in its planned reform of juvenile secure accommodation. |
| (91011) | |
| 255 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the designated areas which (a) did not have a youth justice team in place and (b) had not appointed a youth offending team manager as at 30th June. |
| (91080) | |
| 256 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of racial harassment have been received by Merseyside Police Authority since May 1997; and how many complaints have been upheld. |
| (90771) | |
| 257 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals in Merseyside have been recorded as failing to display a current tax disc in each of the preceding 12 months; how many have been fined; and what fines have been levied. |
| (90695) | |
| 258 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been (a) charged and (b) arrested in connection with operation CARE (Merseyside); and how many individuals to date have claimed to have been abused and over what period of time. |
| (90696) | |
| 259 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Prison Service takes to monitor prisoners who are transferred from private to public prisons, with particular reference to the honouring of risk assessments conducted in private prisons. |
| (90988) | |
| 260 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the remission rates applied to prison sentences; and what monitoring his Department undertakes of remission rates in other European countries. |
| (90989) | |
| 261 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to improve the efficiency and increase the output of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. |
| (90848) | |
| 262 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance targets are being proposed by his Department for the Criminal Cases Review Commission. |
| (90849) | |
| 263 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 310, how many of the refugees who arrived under the Humanitarian Evacuation Programme and are not currently resident in reception centres are currently residing at addresses notified to his Department. |
| (90635) | |
| 264 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kosovar refugees have been evacuated to the UK since 1st June; and on what dates they arrived in the UK. |
| (90638) | |
| 265 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 310, how many of the evacuees received from Kosovo into the UK have applied for asylum in the UK. |
| (90637) | |
| 266 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first of the refugees who arrived in the UK under the UNHCR Humanitarian Evacuation Programme will return to Kosovo. |
| (90636) | |
| 267 N | Mr John Healey (Wentworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the latest situation on delays in issuing passports by the Passport Agency. |
| (89249) | |
| 268 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the report of his Department's ministerial working party on electoral procedures will be published; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90990) | |
| 269 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation he (a) has held and (b) will hold in formulating his Department's response to paragraph 46 of the Home Affairs Committee's Fourth Report of Session 1997-98 (HC768) on Electoral Law and Administration; and if he will respond to the recommendation in that paragraph. |
| (90991) | |
| 270 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported racial incidents there were by region in each year since 1995; and how many led to a conviction. |
| (91165) | |
| 271 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 26th April, Official Report, column 77, on Cleveland Police, when he expects the total legal costs to be available; if he will publish them; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91170) | |
| 272 N | Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the report into the sparsity element of the funding formula for police authorities. |
| (90631) | |
| 273 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his reasons were for deciding that summaries of court orders should not be endorsed on children's passports. |
| (90516) | |
| 274 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, columns 77-8, how many passport applications have been endorsed with a two-year extension in each week from the week beginning 31st May to the last week for which information is available; and how many of those renewals were of passports which included the names of children aged under 16 years. |
| (90560) | |
| 275 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will conduct a further study of the use by convicted criminals of small claims court procedures to take actions against the Prison Service. |
| (91075) | |
| 276 N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when it is expected that a decision will be reached on the application of Mrs Sabina Mbiri Morison (Home Office reference M636323) to have the deportation order on her lifted. |
| (90840) | |
| 277 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for prisoner repatriation to the Republic of Ireland are under consideration; and how many of these are from prisoners convicted of terrorist offences. |
| (89905) | |
| 278 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what, in each year since 1997, was the average length of time taken for a prison transfer from the submission of a successful application to their arrival in the Republic of Ireland for (a) IRA prisoners and (b) non-IRA prisoners. |
| (89906) | |
| 279 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the principal functions of the Local Inmates Database System; how many records the system contains; under what fields information is recorded about inmates; what would be the cost of adding an extra field to this system; how many fields would be required to monitor the ethnic composition of the prison population along the lines of the proposed questions for Census 2001; and what arrangements are in place to link information on inmates detained elsewhere in the United Kingdom. |
| (89907) | |
| 280 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish his response to the Learmont Inquiry. |
| (89908) | |
| 281 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are detained in each special secure unit; and if he will list for each (a) the nature of crime for which the prisoner was convicted, (b) the (i) national origin and (ii) citizenship of the prisoner, (c) their special category status, (d) their length of detention in the unit and (e) how many medical examinations have been conducted in that time; and what supervisory mechanism is in place to ensure that any abnormal medical observations are acted upon. |
| (89909) | |
| 282 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures have been taken to address deficiencies in the completion of visitor records for the special secure unit at Whitemoor Prison; and on what dates between 1st September 1998 and 1st April 1999 the Governor of Whitemoor Prison visited its special secure unit. |
| (89910) | |
| 283 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained under Immigration Act powers in Wormwood Scrubs Prison since March 1997. |
| (90867) | |
| 284 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time police officers are involved in investigating the murder of Jill Dando; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90743) | |
| 285 | Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from organisations concerned with health and safety on the draft Freedom of Information Bill. |
| (90809) | |
| 286 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to pay interest on the compensation paid to gunholders who have handled firearms under the Firearms (Amendment) Acts. |
| (90541) | |
| 287 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total number of cases of compensation for hand guns in Leicestershire; and what is the total cost. |
| (91209) | |
| 288 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of those serving a prison sentence who have spent time as children in local authority care. |
| (91208) | |
| 289 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received to date from police authorities in relation to the cost of the Public Safety Radio Communications Project. |
| (91138) | |
| 290 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects Kosovar Albanians who came to the United Kingdom under the Humanitarian Evacuation Programme to return to Kosovo. |
| (91007) | |
| 291 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine whether an applicant for citizenship is a political extremist. |
| (90982) | |
| 292 N | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidence he based his statement to the Police Federation on 19th May concerning the proportion of either way cases in the previous year in which defendants chose to be heard before a jury and the plea was changed to a guilty one. |
| (90754) | |
| 293 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to supply to the honourable Member for Northavon the material referred to in his Answer of 15th June, Official Report, column 100. |
| (90948) | |
| 294 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the current level in pounds sterling of United Kingdom bilateral aid to Jordan. |
| [R] (90337) | |
| 295 N | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to increase funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. |
| (90343) | |
| 296 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91063) | |
| 297 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by her within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90160) | |
| 298 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department is making in the ILO's special programme for the eradication of child labour. |
| (91141) | |
| 299 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government is giving to Bosnia-Herzegovina to rebuild its economy. |
| (91203) | |
| 300 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91056) | |
| 301 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90162) | |
| 302 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the differences in the level of provision in each United Kingdom region from the not-for-profit sector contractors in community legal services; and what account has taken of this in the allocation of monies to each region from the Legal Aid Board for provision of not-for-profit contracts. |
| (90979) | |
| 303 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, under what circumstances sums additional to the £20 million which the Chair of the Legal Aid Board has allocated to the not-for-profit sector may be provided to the sector. |
| (90976) | |
| 304 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what criteria the Regional Legal Services Committee uses to indentify the level of need for legal services in respect of housing, immigration and employment matters in Rochdale; what formula they used to assess the level of resources to meet this need in per capita terms; and what steps his Department has taken to monitor the application of (a) those criteria and (b) that formula. |
| (90978) | |
| 305 | Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much money has been allocated to the not-for-profit agencies in (a) the North West Area and (b) the bidding area which includes Rochdale from the Legal Aid Board; what percentage has been allocated to date; and by what means additional monies may be allocated during the financial year. |
| (90977) | |
| 306 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much expenditure his Department (a) has incurred to date and (b) forecasts that it will incur in the future on preparations for possible United Kingdom entry into the European single currency; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91167) | |
| 307 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, what further safeguards the Lord Chancellor plans to introduce to prevent political influence over matters which are properly the province of the judiciary. |
| (90538) | |
| 308 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he plans to review the impact of the closure of Loughborough County Court on Leicester and Nottingham County Courts. |
| (91174) | |
| 309 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make a statement setting out for each education and library board, the numbers of children in September 1998 and 1999 and the projected numbers for September 2000, placed in (a) nursery schools and units and (b) in other pre-school provision. |
| (90737) | |
| 310 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91060) | |
| 311 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by her within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90159) | |
| 312 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) Republican, (b) Loyalist and (c) other prisoners have been released during each month under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement; how many are projected to be released up to September 2000; and how many eligible prisoners will remain in detention after that date. |
| (89914) | |
| 313 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what disciplinary sanctions have been imposed on prison officers following complaints of ill-treatment in each of the last five years. |
| (89915) | |
| 314 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the current prison population of members or associates of each specified and non-specified proscribed organisation. |
| (89916) | |
| 315 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list and state the duration of visits made and meetings attended by the RUC Chief Constable involving (a) community or other groups perceived to be of Nationalist or Catholic affiliation, (b) community or other groups perceived to be of Unionist or Protestant affiliation and (c) cross-community groups in the last year. |
| (89917) | |
| 316 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population for each health authority in Northern Ireland. |
| (90807) | |
| 317 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the existing stroke units in Northern Health Board general hospitals which treat clients (a) in the acute phase, (b) in the rehabilitation phase and (c) in both; and in each case, what age criteria apply to admissions to the units. |
| (90997) | |
| 318 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which general hospitals within the Northern Health Board have specialised stroke units; what plans there are to establish units where none presently exist; and what are the target dates for such plans. |
| (91082) | |
| 319 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which of the health boards have a written policy on the management and rehabilitation of strokes. |
| (90998) | |
| 320 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will list the latest figures from the Fair Employment Commission on the Post Office in Northern Ireland (a) in total and (b) in the head office in Tombe Street, Belfast, giving the numbers currently employed who are (i) Protestants, (ii) Roman Catholics and (iii) not defined. |
| (90999) | |
| 321 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the President of the Council, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91062) | |
| 322 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the President of the Council, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by her within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90158) | |
| 323 N | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the President of the Council, how much time has been devoted to debate on the floor of the House, excluding questions and statements, on the subjects of (a) education, (b) health and (c) age of consent, in the present session to date. |
| (90784) | |
| 324 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the President of the Council, how many times she has held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish government since 1st January 1998, indicating the dates and locations of each meeting and the names of the Irish ministers and officials at each meeting. |
| (90832) | |
| 325 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those countries held by the Government to be in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| (90920) | |
| 326 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list proposals which have become legislation at European Community level, following the joint Franco-German letter at the Cardiff EU summit; what was the UK's policy on each proposal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (90846) | |
| 327 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those articles he has written in his official capacity for foreign newspapers and journals since 3rd February. |
| (90847) | |
| 328 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those developments in policy and operational practice which are consequential to the Portschach meeting. |
| (90942) | |
| 329 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the discussions held by his advisers in South Africa in January on the issue of reconciliation; which policy advisers were involved; whom they met; what topics of United Kingdom interest were discussed; and what policy changes ensued. |
| (90943) | |
| 330 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those civil wars since May 1997 in which he (a) made a decision to intervene and (b) decided against intervention; and if he will list the nature of the military intervention in each case. |
| (90921) | |
| 331 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the content of his discussions with KLA officials on 18th May; and if he will indicate who arranged the meeting. |
| (90845) | |
| 332 N | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Prime Minister, on what recent occasions he has stated that he had not started to consider the next round of ministrial changes; and if he will place transcripts of the relevant statements in the Library. |
| (90750) | |
| 333 N | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Prime Minister, when his official spokesman briefed lobby jounalists about his colleagues' prospects in the next round of ministerial changes; and when he was authorised to do so. |
| (90749) | |
| 334 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90166) | |
| 335 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, how many responses he received to the invitation contained in the Government's 1997-98 Annual Report for people to notify him of their priorities for the year ahead. |
| (90961) | |
| 336 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a summary of the response and comments received on the Government's 1997-98 Annual Report. |
| (90960) | |
| 337 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, how many copies of the Government's 1997-98 Annual Report were published; and at what cost to public funds. |
| (90959) | |
| 338 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he intends to publish the Government's Annual Report 1998-99. |
| (90969) | |
| 339 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to publish the Social Exclusion Unit report on 16 to 18 year olds not in education, employment or training; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91008) | |
| 340 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will ensure that a portrait of Charles Darwin is displayed at No. 10 Downing Street. |
| (90802) | |
| 341 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on progress made with putting into effect the Government policies set out in the Queen's Speeches in 1997 and 1998 |
| (90869) | |
| 342 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the proposed appointments to the European Commission; and if he will list the experience and expertise of each nominated commissioner which is relevant to their portfolio. |
| (91172) | |
| 343 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91058) | |
| 344 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90155) | |
| 345 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has made to ministers about the proposed changes in the Post Office as they would affect Scotland. |
| (90774) | |
| 346 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations he has (a) made to the Cabinet Office and (b) received from the Scottish Executive regarding changes required in the rules governing the conduct of civil servants because of their involvement in supporting or advising committees of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (90777) | |
| 347 | Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to ensure that research in Scottish institutions funded by research councils is properly integrated with research funded by the Scottish Executive to ensure the best use of resources. |
| (90778) | |
| 348 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population for each health authority in Scotland. |
| (90806) | |
| 349 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons, prior to laying the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I., 1999, No. 1126), his Department did not invite observations from the Scottish Parliament. |
| (91074) | |
| 350 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90828) | |
| 351 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91071) | |
| 352 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90151) | |
| 353 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) malicious calls and (b) well intended but unfounded calls were made to the Benefits Fraud Hotline in each of the last three years; what was each category as a percentage of the total number of calls; and what was the average cost of investigating each such call. |
| (90448) | |
| 354 N | Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the cost of increasing the earnings disregard on income support to (a) £20 and (b) £25 per week. |
| (90753) | |
| 355 | Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the proportion of current recipients of incapacity benefit who would not have met the contributions conditions proposed in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill. |
| (90768) | |
| 356 | Mr Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the expenditure implications of the changes in the contributions conditions of incapacity benefit proposed in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill. |
| (90767) | |
| 357 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Perth of 1st July, Official Report, column 244, if he will list the current numbers of recipients of each benefit listed broken down to show the number of recipients per head of the adult population in each region and nation for each of the last three years. |
| (90940) | |
| 358 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list expenditure on housing benefit per 1,000 resident adults in each region and nation in each of the last three financial years. |
| (90933) | |
| 359 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the average weekly payment of housing benefit in each region and nation to tenants of (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private sector landlords in each of the last three financial years. |
| (90934) | |
| 360 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what collaborative projects his Department has undertaken with the Merseyside Police Authority to combat fraudulent activities; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of these projects. |
| (90772) | |
| 361 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate (a) the cost and (b) the effect on the distribution of pensioners aged over 80 years by each income quintile for the population as a whole, of raising the level of basic state pension by (i) £5, (ii) £10 and (iii) £15 per week for this age group. |
| (90249) | |
| 362 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Gosport, of 6th May, Official Report, column 457, on pensioner incomes, what would be the difference in income between a single man of 65 years with no savings or resources and the income of a single man of 65 years who has resources of at least £16,000, assuming that both men have the median income from SERPS for all newly retired pensioners; and what amount of money would be required to purchase an annuity to fund this difference, if the housing benefit and council tax benefit received as the average amount paid to those aged 60 years or over receiving income support and housing benefit, and if the annuity were inflation-linked; and if he will give the same figures for two women at 60 years. |
| (90515) | |
| 363 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of allowing credited National Insurance contributions by carers in receipt of invalid care allowance to be included in determining entitlement for contribution based on jobseeker's allowance, when the caring responsibilities of the carer come to an end. |
| (90769) | |
| 364 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his oral Answer to the honourable Member for Doncaster Central of 5th July, Official Report, column 623, if he will describe the special procedures for the all-work test that apply to claimants with mental health problems. |
| (90819) | |
| 365 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his oral Answer to the honourable Member for Northavon of 5th July, Official Report, column 624, by what year he plans to ensure that all those who have worked and contributed throughout their lives will receive on retirement an income above the means-tested threshold; and what is his definition of lifetime in this context. |
| (90820) | |
| 366 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to receive the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority's third annual report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91149) | |
| 367 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the next stage of formal consultation on stakeholder pensions policy will commence. |
| (91150) | |
| 368 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of (a) removing the upper age limit for disability living allowance, (b) increasing the upper age limit for disability living allowance to age 70 years and (c) increasing the upper age limit for disability living allowance to age 75 years. |
| (90706) | |
| 369 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the amount of money which would need to be credited to a stakeholder pension in a given year for a new entrant to the labour market to buy on retirement a pension equivalent to the value of the credit to the state second pension which would be given to someone with caring responsibilities during that year. |
| (91136) | |
| 370 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the combined value of a full basic state pension and the maximum possible second state pension as a proportion of the value of the minimum income guarantee in (a) 2040, (b) 2050 and (c) 2060 based on current assumptions about the indexation of each of these benefits. |
| (91137) | |
| 371 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will specify the matters, other than those relating to the NIRS 2 computer system, in respect of which his Department has paid compensation to members of the public since May 1997. |
| (90540) | |
| 372 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. |
| (90827) | |
| 373 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91070) | |
| 374 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within, (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90149) | |
| 375 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the adequacy of arrangements to detect and prevent credit card fraud by users of pay-as-you-go mobile telephones. |
| (90447) | |
| 376 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 33, concerning public textphones, what factors underlie the difference between the figures provided and those in the Answer of 17th November 1997, Official Report, column 52; what assessment he has made of British Telecom's plans to increase provision by 2000; what were the results of the Oftel consultation; and what plans there are for the further consultation exercise. |
| (90451) | |
| 377 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage by volume of Royal Mail parcels and letters have been transferred from rail to road transport in the past five years. |
| (90852) | |
| 378 N | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to encourage the Royal Mail to increase the proportion of post transported by rail. |
| (90752) | |
| 379 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to make an announcement on the proposed partial privatisation of BNFL. |
| (91143) | |
| 380 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library the unclassified material produced by the Safeguards Department on the subject of MOX fuel. |
| (91077) | |
| 381 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the level of inward investment into the South West Government Office region for the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (90962) | |
| 382 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list for each of the past 10 years the total of energy produced by waste incineration; how many incinerators were operating in each of those years; and what is his Department's estimate of the fuel efficiency of incinerators compared to coal, gas and nuclear generation. |
| (90352) | |
| 383 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what actions are taken by his Department to restrict price fluctuations of waste (a) glass, (b) paper and (c) household metal waste. |
| (90349) | |
| 384 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what inquiries have been held by his Department into the future expansion of the Edmonton incinerator. |
| (90354) | |
| 385 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) representations and (b) information on public consultations he has received on the future of the Edmonton incinerator. |
| (90355) | |
| 386 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions have been held by his Department with the manufacturers of sports shoes on the employment practices of their suppliers in non-European countries. |
| (90348) | |
| 387 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the statutory instruments introduced into Parliament by his Department in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 which gave effect to European Union legislation. |
| (90745) | |
| 388 N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government financial support was (a) requested and (b) given for Honda's investment in Swindon announced on 6th July. |
| (90545) | |
| 389 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the number of employers, broken down by size of firm, who have been fined for paying less than the statutory minimum wage. |
| (91166) | |
| 390 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is his policy to make it a criminal offence after 1st January 2000 for butchers and greengrocers to sell loose goods using imperial measures; and if he will make a statement. |
| (91076) | |
| 391 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with (a) British Aerospace and (b) his French counterpart concerning the potential sale or merger of the United Kingdom interest in Airbus. |
| (91204) | |
| 392 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how long ex-miners will have to wait for payments once they have been assessed as eligible under the compensation scheme. |
| (91161) | |
| 393 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claimants he estimates will use the ex-miner compensation lung-test centre facility in Bristol; and when he expects testing of those people to be concluded. |
| (91160) | |
| 394 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which ministers and officials will be accompanying the outward mission to Turkey in September; and at what cost. |
| (91177) | |
| 395 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which companies will be represented on his Department's outward mission to Turkey between 28th September and 2nd October organised in conjunction with the Defence Manufacturers' Association. |
| (91176) | |
| 396 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantities of spent fuel have been imported from Spain, and on what dates; what safeguards arrangements cover the fuel; and what commitments there are to return the radioactive waste arising from reprocessing the fuel to Spain. |
| (91171) | |
| 397 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what quantities of irradiated spent research reactor fuel from the Spanish reactors (a) Jen-I, (b) Argos and (c) Arbi, have been imported for reprocessing at Dounreay since 1992; what safeguards agreements cover this spent fuel; what quantities have been reprocessed to date; what contractual commitments exist to return the (i) radioactive wastes, (ii) uranium and (iii) plutonium arising to Spain; and what quantities of reprocessing arisings have been returned to Spain to date. |
| (91169) | |
| 398 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the number of manufacturing jobs in the Northern Region in May of each year since 1979. |
| (91006) | |
| 399 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who has responsibility within the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils for environmental performance; and if they are subject to performance-related pay. |
| (91009) | |
| 400 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what environmental targets he has set for the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils. |
| (91010) | |
| 401 | Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evidence he has assessed of the existence of a preference system for property purchases linking estate agents, mortgages and the availability of purchase options to clients agreeing to take part. |
| (90765) | |
| 402 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contribution the Office of Science and Technology plans to make to exhibitions at the Millennium Dome. |
| (91148) | |
| 403 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day between May 1997 and 14th April 1999; and what percentage of them received a substantive response on that named day. |
| (91061) | |
| 404 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of mail received in the last 12 months for which figures are available from Right honourable and honourable Members was replied to by him within (a) up to 20 days, (b) 21 to 30 days, (c) 31 to 40 days and (d) over 40 days. |
| (90148) | |
| 405 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population for each health authority in Wales. |
| (90805) | |
| 406 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) men and (b) women have appealed to an industrial tribunal for unfair dismissal during the last 12 months. |
| [Transferred] (90766) | |
| 407 | Mr Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) farms which may become unprofitable and (b) jobs which may be lost if a pesticide tax is introduced. |
| [Transferred] (91152) | |
| 408 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many actions have been brought under section 133 of the Financial Services Act 1986; and how many such actions resulted in prosecution. |
| [Transferred] (91072) | |
| 409 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many appointments to the Post Office within the last 12 months have been made before the final date of (a) trawl and (b) external application was reached. |
| [Transferred] (91001) | |
| 410 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have been recruited to the Post Office in the past 12 months from outside Northern Ireland; and what was their perceived religion. |
| [Transferred] (91000) | |
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