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Genetic Testing
Dr. Gibson:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the use by members of the Association of British Insurers of genetic tests
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that have not been approved by the Department of Health's Genetics and Insurance Committee for insurance purposes. [116566]
Mr. Blunt:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the size of annual migration into and out of London from other parts of the United Kingdom, broken down by region, in each of the last five years. [116139]
Miss Melanie Johnson:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
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Statistics Commission
Mrs. Lawrence: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made with plans to establish the Statistics Commission; and if he will make a statement. [117386]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Statistics Commission will be set up early in the next financial year.
Parliamentary approval of the expenditure will be sought in the 2000-01 Main Estimate for HM Treasury, Class XVI, Vote 1. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £500,000 will be met by a repayable advance from the Contingencies Fund.
Capital Modernisation Fund
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which allocations of spending referred to in his oral statement of 21 March 2000, Official Report, columns 858-72, were from the Capital Modernisation Fund; if he will list the projects to which the allocations have been made; if he will list the amounts allocated and unallocated from the Capital Modernisation Fund for financial years 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. [116646]
Mr. Andrew Smith: The Budget statement included the following allocations from the Capital Modernisation Fund:
| £ million | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
| Addition to total CMF | 200 | 200 | 0 |
| SMEs on-line (DTI/IR) | 60.0 | 55.0 | 5.0 |
| Innovative Clusters package (DTI) | 50.0 | 15.0 | 35.0 |
| Criminal Justice Package | 184.6 | 103.4 | 81.2 |
| of which: | |||
| Home Office(15) | 154.8 | 88.2 | 66.6 |
| Lord Chancellor's Department(15) | 23.3 | 10.0 | 13.3 |
| CPS joint police units | 5.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 |
| Integrated Business Information Systems | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| DLR extension to City airport (DETR) | 30.0 | 9.6 | 20.4 |
| Unallocated | 516.0 | (16)185.2 | 330.8 |
(15) Detailed announcements to be made by the Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor respectively
(16) Includes underspend from 1999-2000
Further details will be set out in the Public Expenditure Statistical analyses to be published in April.
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Mr. Baker:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to increase the funding available for social services functions in line with planned increases on health service funding. [116778]
Mr. Andrew Smith:
Funding for social services will be set as part of the Spending Review.
Mr. Matthew Taylor:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will announce the outcome of the second comprehensive spending review. [116675]
Mr. Andrew Smith:
The 2000 Spending Review will conclude by July.
Mr. Kidney:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make working families tax credit a qualifying benefit for free school meals. [116702]
Dawn Primarolo:
The provision of free school meals in England and Wales is a matter for the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, and in Northern Ireland it is a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. In Scotland, free school meals are a devolved issue for the Scottish Executive.
The child tax credit elements of a Working Families Tax Credit award were built on the child credit rates in family credit, which WFTC replaced from October last year. The child credit rates in family credit included, from the outset, an additional weekly cash sum, provided to replace the value of entitlement to free school meals. These rates have been uprated annually in line with the Rossi index.
Mr. Hancock:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many customs officers (a) are employed at each UK airport and (b) have been employed at each UK airport in each of the last five years. [116717]
Dawn Primarolo:
It is policy not to make public details of the deployment of Customs anti-smuggling officers at each individual UK airport.
Mr. Hancock:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drug seizures have taken place in 1999-2000 and in the previous three years at airports in the UK; and if he will list them by airport. [116719]
Dawn Primarolo:
Customs made 1,369 drug seizures at UK airports in 1996; 1,259 in 1997; and 1,412 in 1998. Figures for 1999 have yet to be validated.
It is policy not to make public details of Customs drug seizures at each individual UK airport.
Mr. Hancock:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drug seizures have taken place in the year 1999-2000 and in the previous three years at ports in the UK; and if he will list them by port. [116716]
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Dawn Primarolo:
Customs made 798 drug seizures at UK sea ports in 1996; 791 in 1997; and 673 in 1998. Figures for 1999 have yet to be validated.
It is policy not to make public details of Customs drug seizures at each individual UK port.
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