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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 10 January 1999
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 10 January 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 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which GM crops are currently being tested. |
| (104288) | |
| 2 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many live cattle were exported to European Union member states in 1999. |
| (104255) | |
| 3 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104029) | |
| 4 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the requirements for match public funds from his Department for the EU Objective 1 regions of (a) Cornwall and Scilly, (b) Merseyside and (c) South Yorkshire for each of the seven years of the programme. |
| (104300) | |
| 5 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what level of match public funds from his Department is available to EU Objective 1 regions for each of the next seven calendar years. |
| (104304) | |
| 6 | Mrs Teresa Gorman (Billericay): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on progress made towards an EU-wide ban on the stall and tether system for raising pigs. |
| ¶A (104352) | |
| 7 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what preventative veterinary methods are in use to decrease the number of cases of mastitis in dairy cows; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (104364) | |
| 8 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many cows have been treated for clinical mastitis caused by the medication Posilac this year and in each of the last three years. |
| ¶A (104365) | |
| 9 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the annual expenditure on veterinary and other health care for animals (a) by pet owners, (b) by farmers and (c) in total. |
| (104252) | |
| 10 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the views of the (a) Hygiene Service and (b) Meat and Livestock Commission were formally sought on each of the companies which submitted a tender in the recent award of contracts to abattoirs by the Intervention Board under the 30 month scheme. |
| (104160) | |
| 11 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate his Department has made of future incineration requirements under the over 30 months scheme. |
| (104237) | |
| 12 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what are the (a) total number of carcases and (b) total tonnage rendered each year by each company awarded a contract under the over 30 months scheme since those contracts started. |
| (104238) | |
| 13 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many incineration plants are currently burning (a) carcase and (b) meat and bone meal under the over 30 months scheme contract. |
| (104241) | |
| 14 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the total tonnage of meat and bone meal forecast to be incinerated each year for the duration of the over 30 months scheme. |
| (104240) | |
| 15 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those contracts that have been awarded by the Intervention Board for rendering or incineration under the over 30 month scheme, and the gate fees negotiated with each company. |
| (104242) | |
| 16 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the total tonnage of meat and bone meal resulting from the over 30 months scheme forecast to be incinerated each year by each of the companies awarded contracts under the scheme. |
| (104239) | |
| 17 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what employment protection applies to former staff of Government departments who are employed by outside organisations as a result of outsourcing arrangements when the organisation concerned fails to have its contract renewed with the Department. |
| (104246) | |
| 18 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements she has made to ensure (a) the continued input of expertise and (b) the effective monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations of the review of major government IT projects after the expiry of Anne Steward's secondment to the Government. |
| (104243) | |
| 19 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance she issues to Government departments concerning the terms and conditions of employment of staff who as a result of outsourcing are employed by sub-contractors of the organisation to which the relevant operation has been outsourced. |
| (104248) | |
| 20 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will issue guidance to Government departments on monitoring the rate of retention of staff of companies to which work has been outsourced by them in the 12 months following the date of the outsourcing. |
| (104245) | |
| 21 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate her Department has made of the impact on the ability of Government departments to assess bids for the outsourcing of their operations of having previously outsourced all or part of their IT operations. |
| (104244) | |
| 22 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate her Department has made of the impact on the Departments' ability to employ former staff employed by an outside organisation under outsourcing arrangments if that organisation fails to renew its contract with the Department. |
| (104247) | |
| 23 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 13th December, Official Report, column 37W, if he will list the organisations and individuals who made representations in favour of the suggested supplement to the licence fee for digital television purposes. |
| (104113) | |
| 24 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104018) | |
| 25 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment Sport England has made of the proposals for the English National Stadium at Wembley put forward by Wembley Stadium Ltd regarding the proposals' compliance with the Lottery Funding Agreement concluded between them. |
| (104335) | |
| 26 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of UK Athletics about the feasibility of hosting the World Athletics Championships and an Olympic athletics competition at Twickenham. |
| (104340) | |
| 27 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what basis he seeks to recover monies from the Lottery award for the development of the English National Stadium at Wembley. |
| (104327) | |
| 28 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the Copland School site or a location for a warm-up track for the World Athletics Championships in 2005. |
| (104325) | |
| 29 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the additional costs of building the new Wembley Stadium in athletics mode with a capacity of 80,000, rather than in football mode with a capacity of 90,000. |
| (104326) | |
| 30 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if all seats in the stadium at Twickenham would comply with the C60 minimum sightlines specification of the Green Guide and the Football Stadium Advisory Design Council for a world athletics championship staged there without relocating the site of the present stands. |
| (104329) | |
| 31 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if all seats in the stadium at Wembley as proposed by Wembley Stadium Ltd under the athletics mode accommodating 80,000 people meet the C 60 minimum sightlines specification of the Green Guide and the Football Stadiums Advisory Design Council. |
| (104330) | |
| 32 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) guidelines and (b) criteria the International Olympic Committee has notified him of regarding the minimum number of seats required for a stadium to host an Olympic Athletics competition. |
| (104331) | |
| 33 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) guidelines and (b) criteria the International Olympic Committee has notified him of regarding the minimum number of seats required for a stadium to host the opening and closing ceremonies of an Olympic Games. |
| (104332) | |
| 34 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of upgrading the public transport infrastructure at Twickenham so as to make it capable of hosting a world athletics championship and an Olympic athletics competition. |
| (104333) | |
| 35 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which condition of the Lottery Funding Agreement for the development of the English National Stadium at Wembley has been breached. |
| (104328) | |
| 36 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from UK Athletics concerning the proposals for the English National Stadium at Wembley put forward by Wembley Stadium Ltd regarding the proposals' suitability for hosting the World Athletics Championships and an Olympic athletics competition. |
| (104334) | |
| 37 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when designs for the conversion of Twickenham, such as would render it suitable to accommodate a World Athletics Championship and an Olympic athletics competition, will be ready for submission to the local planning authority. |
| (104341) | |
| 38 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the cost of demolishing and rebuilding the South Stand at Twickenham on a (a) hydraulic and (b) roller system so as to accommodate an athletics track suitable for hosting a world athletics championship and Olympic athletics competition and of providing additional infill seating between the new south stand and the existing east and west stands, inclusive of lost revenue whilst such alterations are being carried out. |
| (104342) | |
| 39 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the cost of upgrading seating and corporate hospitality at Twickenham to render it suitable to host a World Athletics Championship and Olympic athletic competition. |
| (104337) | |
| 40 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of proposals to offset the costs of building the athletics platform at Wembley Stadium against the corporate hospitality rights owned by UK Athletics. |
| (104338) | |
| 41 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made as to whether the timescale for converting Twickenham into a stadium capable of hosting the World Athletics Championship and an Olympic athletics competition will allow a successful bid for the 2005 World Athletics Championships. |
| (104339) | |
| 42 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the need to upgrade the corporate hospitality facilities at Twickenham as part of a bid to host the 2005 World Athletics Championships and an Olympic athletic competition. |
| (104336) | |
| 43 N | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what investigations he has made into locating a suitable warm-up track for the 2005 World Athletics championships close to Twickenham. |
| (104324) | |
| 44 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when digital television broadcasting services will be available in the High Peak area of Derbyshire. |
| ¶A (104379) | |
| 45 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the suitability of the proposed ramped area for the use of athletes coming from the external road to the Olympic Track of the English National Stadium Project; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104311) | |
| 46 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the remit of the Resorts Task Force; who will serve on it; and how they will be appointed. |
| (104277) | |
| 47 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on potential conflicts of interest involving the Chairman of the English Table Tennis Association. |
| (104170) | |
| 48 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to receive the full accounts of the FA (FIFA) World Cup 2006 bid for (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1998-99 from the FA; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104167) | |
| 49 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he has made a ruling on whether an official whose name has been given to him has contravened the Civil Service rules relating to subsequent employment. |
| (104037) | |
| 50 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if there is an upper limit on the amount of money Sport England has contributed and will contribute to the FA (FIFA) World Cup 2006 bid. |
| (104166) | |
| 51 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the finding of the Press Council on the English Table Tennis Association has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104036) | |
| 52 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Sport England will publish its full accounts on its contribution to the FA (FIFA) World Cup 2006 bid. |
| (104169) | |
| 53 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish the accounts of the Government's contribution to the FA (FIFA) World Cup 2006 bid. |
| (104168) | |
| 54 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much depleted uranium has been authorised for use by his Department in each of the last three years. |
| (104265) | |
| 55 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data he has collated on the local environmental effects of the use of depleted uranium with respect to (a) human and (b) other life forms. |
| (104263) | |
| 56 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of Pakistan's ordnance factories' production, with particular reference to anti-personnel land mines, before it was invited to the Defence Systems Equipment International '99 Exhibition. |
| (104298) | |
| 57 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what actions his Department took to prevent Pakistan Ordnance Factories from exhibiting brochures at the Defence Systems Equipment International '99 Exhibition at Chertsey. |
| (104158) | |
| 58 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department decided not to contribute to France's Helios 2 project. |
| (104320) | |
| 59 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are assigned to the STANOC centre; on what date it was established; and from which subheads of which votes its funds are taken. |
| (104318) | |
| 60 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's annual budget is for removal of asbestos from Royal Naval vessels. |
| (104319) | |
| 61 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the application of the Nuremberg Principles to military personnel ordered to use, or to threaten the use of, nuclear weapons. |
| (104075) | |
| 62 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information senior officers on Trident submarines are given on the specific yields and likely targets of the missiles they are responsible for. |
| (104077) | |
| 63 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he has taken to make military personnel who operate Trident aware of their obligations under international law since the International Court of Justice delivered its Advisory Opinion on nuclear weapons. |
| (104076) | |
| 64 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had, and with whom, on the application of international humanitarian law to the use of Trident. |
| (104072) | |
| 65 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has carried out of the long-term effects of a 100 kiloton Trident on a military target. |
| (104074) | |
| 66 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has carried out of the effects of a 100 kiloton Trident warhead detonation on the civilian population living near military targets. |
| (104073) | |
| 67 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how a member of the armed services would obtain an account of the Government's submission to the International Court of Justice on the legality of its nuclear deterrence policy; and if he will place a copy of the submission in the Library |
| (104078) | |
| 68 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) the British members of the High Level Steering Group of the NATO Defence Capability Initiative and (b) the number of meetings so far which they have attended; and when the Defence Capability Initiative is expected to produce conclusions. |
| (104270) | |
| 69 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (a) 1979 and (b) 1999. |
| (104021) | |
| 70 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel who served in the Falklands conflict originated from Northern Ireland; and in which (a) regiments and (b) other parts of the services they served. |
| ¶A (104394) | |
| 71 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the Government's budget has been allocated for defence research in the current financial year and in each of the past six years. |
| ¶A (104361) | |
| 72 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received in the last six months on the mid-life of the Spearfish MoDO warshot heavyweight torpedoes; and what response he has made to suppliers concerning the performance of the torpedoes. |
| (104110) | |
| 73 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total cost to his Department of the Jaguars that were sent to India in the last three years. |
| (104109) | |
| 74 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the exploratory talks on insensitive munitions. |
| (104108) | |
| 75 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost of developing the Royal Ordnance Augmented Charge for the UK's Storm Shadow Cruise Missile. |
| (104111) | |
| 76 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce the award of the PFI contract for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force Roll-On Roll-Off vessels. |
| (104090) | |
| 77 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from the Royal Navy regarding the timescale for awarding the PFI contract for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force Roll-On Roll-Off vessels. |
| (104089) | |
| 78 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specification was set out in the invitation to tender for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force Roll-On Roll-Off vessel PFI contract regarding the (a) use by bidders of UK seafarers, (b) commitment to recruitment by bidders of seafarers from traditional UK maritime communities, (c) use by bidders of non-UK seafarers, (d) commitment of bidders to the training initiatives recently announced by the Government, (e) training opportunities for officers and ratings to be provided on the vessels and (f) management of the health, safety and employment welfare of crews. |
| (104088) | |
| 79 | Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans have been made to meet the needs of the armed forces in the event of any delay in (a) the awarding of the PFI contract for the Joint Rapid Reaction Force Roll-On Roll-Off vessels and (b) the delivery of the vessels. |
| (104091) | |
| 80 N | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he proposes to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Fareham to his predecessor, dated 24th February, about ensuring secure future supplies of ammunition for British forces. |
| (104316) | |
| 81 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment was made by his Department of the impact on fishing activity prior to the testing of live cluster bombs in Luce Bay. |
| ¶A (104356) | |
| 82 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to use live munitions in future trials in (a) Luce Bay and (b) elsewhere around the Scottish coast. |
| ¶A (104353) | |
| 83 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment was made by his Department of the prospects for recovery of bombs, prior to the testing of live cluster bombs in Luce Bay; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (104355) | |
| 84 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason live cluster bombs were used in recent trials at Luce Bay, Wigtownshire. |
| ¶A (104354) | |
| 85 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the speech given by the Minister for the Armed Forces on European Security and Defence to the French German UK Seminar at the Institut de Haute Education de la Defense Nationale (IHEDN), Paris, on 30th November. |
| (104162) | |
| 86 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the withdrawal of HMS 'Westminster' from Flotex and the In Year Budget Management Measure. |
| (104152) | |
| 87 | Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the operational reasons for cancelling a deployment by an aircraft carrier group to the USA and Caribbean from February to April 1999. |
| (104153) | |
| 88 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on whose authority permission is given to non-military personnel to have access to his Department's land on Salisbury Plain; and what criteria are used. |
| ¶A (104392) | |
| 89 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the recommendations made by the Air Accident Investigation Branch following the accident involving RAF Chinook 2D576 in 1994; and if he will make a statement regarding the implementation of these recommendations. |
| (104051) | |
| 90 N | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement concerning the operation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to the responsibilities of financial institutions when providing services. |
| (102939) | |
| 91 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the Quigley Report on student finance will be published. |
| (104151) | |
| 92 | Mr Roger Casale (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to exclude disapplied pupils from the total number when calculating the percentage of pupils achieving specific levels on the National Curriculum assessments. |
| (104262) | |
| 93 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many school building projects in England are currently being funded through public private sector partnerships; and what is his forecast for the number of new projects to be started in 2000-01. |
| (104172) | |
| 94 | Mr Tom Clarke ( Coatbridge and Chryston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress in the consultation exercise on the future of Remploy factories. |
| (104096) | |
| 95 | Mr Tom Clarke ( Coatbridge and Chryston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he has received a copy of the Boulton Report on Remploy; and what plans he has to make the Boulton Report available to (a) honourable Members, (b) employee representatives and (c) the general public. |
| (104095) | |
| 96 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed (i) in his predecessor departments in 1979 and (ii) in his Department in 1999. |
| (104016) | |
| 97 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many net child care places have been created in the first two quarters of the financial year 1999-2000 by the early years development and childcare partnerships in (i) the parliamentary constituency of Birkenhead, (ii) the four parliamentary constituencies of the Wirral, (iii) the parliamentary constituencies of the City of Liverpool and (iv) the parliamentary constituencies of Merseyside. |
| (104227) | |
| 98 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what data he collates regarding the monitoring of training services provided under the New Deal in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. |
| (104102) | |
| 99 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what methods are used to monitor the quality of training services provided under the New Deal by private sector companies. |
| (104103) | |
| 100 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he is taking to reduce the bureaucracy brought about by varied bidding criteria for the Standards Fund. |
| ¶A (104395) | |
| 101 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what funding he will make available to enable schools and colleges to improve facilities for people with disabilities. |
| (104272) | |
| 102 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people in West Sussex have been through the New Deal scheme; and how many have subsequently found unsubsidised employment. |
| (104273) | |
| 103 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make additional support available to schools to help them fund the services of life education centres; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104009) | |
| 104 | Mr Martin Bell (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account he will take of the European Court of Justice judgement on 15th December, in amending his policy on permitting local authorities to grant local travel concessions to men aged over 60 years. |
| (104150) | |
| 105 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what evidence he has obtained as to whether councils which have provided, free, subsidised or cost price garden composters have ensured the equipment has been used for 12 months or longer. |
| (104294) | |
| 106 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the leakage rates for each water company in England; and what steps are being taken to reduce these levels. |
| (104291) | |
| 107 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much contaminated land has been reclaimed in each of the last five years in each local authority area in the north west of England. |
| (104289) | |
| 108 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many beacon councils have reached the Government's target of 25 per cent. re-cycling; and if he will list (a) the level achieved by each beacon council for waste management and (b) the councils not awarded beacon status which have achieved a higher level. |
| (104290) | |
| 109 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of used flourescent lights from Government buildings are recycled. |
| (104293) | |
| 110 | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the environmental improvements agreed by OFWAT for the Mersey Basin for the next price review to be completed in 2005. |
| (104292) | |
| 111 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the accident rates including fatalites for (a) single and (b) dual carriageway roads. |
| (104116) | |
| 112 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to (a) limit and (b) reduce planning approvals for new homes in West Sussex. |
| (104308) | |
| 113 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce commonhold legislation. |
| (104264) | |
| 114 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the Bills published since the Queen's Speech were accompanied by a statement of their implications for the environment. |
| (104271) | |
| 115 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what published standards are set for the Driver and Vehicle Licence Agency on the time taken to process driving licence applications that include reference to a medical condition; and what standards in respect of such applications the Agency has achieved in the last three quarters of 1999. |
| (104056) | |
| 116 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the average time between applying for and receiving (a) a driving licence and (b) a driving licence that includes reference to a medical condition. |
| (104055) | |
| 117 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much the medical section of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency pays to private opticians to conduct sight tests and field tests. |
| (104080) | |
| 118 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what published standards are set for the Driver and Vehicle Licence Agency on the time taken to process driving licence applications; and what standards in processing applications the Agency has achieved in the last three quarters of 1999. |
| (104054) | |
| 119 | Mr Roger Casale (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to include the pedestrian footpath nework in London within the scope of his report on improving rights of way in England and Wales. |
| (104261) | |
| 120 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in (i) his predecessor departments and English local authorities in 1979 and (ii) his Department and English local authorities in 1999. |
| (104026) | |
| 121 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will encourage local authorities to publish the composition of their workforces in terms of standard age groups, ethnic origin and gender in their annual reports. |
| (104015) | |
| 122 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he has given to local authorities about improving the quality of life of their tenants through estate management. |
| (104052) | |
| 123 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what administrative measures are available to enforce tenancy agreements between local authorities and their tenants. |
| (104053) | |
| 124 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many employees of his Department took early retirement packages, and at what total cost, in the financial year 1996-97. |
| (104098) | |
| 125 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the requirements for match public funds from his Department for the EU Objective 1 regions of (a) Cornwall and Scilly, (b) Merseyside and (c) South Yorkshire for each of the seven years of the programme. |
| (104301) | |
| 126 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what level of match public funds from his Department are available to EU Objective 1 regions for each of the next seven calendar years. |
| (104305) | |
| 127 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has made to (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU member states in respect of a common basis of charging for IPPC throughout the EU; and what response he has received. |
| (104114) | |
| 128 N | Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to appoint a representative to the Strategic Railway Authority from (a) the National Assembly for Wales, (b) the Northern Ireland Assembly, (c) the Scottish Parliament and (d) the United Kingdom Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104144) | |
| 129 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people have been put on local authority housing waiting lists in London boroughs in each of the last six months. |
| ¶A (104363) | |
| 130 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people were registered homeless in London boroughs in each of the last six months. |
| ¶A (104362) | |
| 131 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria were applied in determining how many and which environment schemes would be deleted from proposals put to him by the Environment Agency and South West Water; under what statutory authority that decision was made; whether the criteria relating to pollution of the water environment are the same in every region; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104161) | |
| 132 N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received over the Government's plans to tackle homelessness. |
| (102936) | |
| 133 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will estimate the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions over a 10 year period that would be achieved by replacing two 1,200 Mw coal-fired power stations with two gas-fired power stations of the same capacity. |
| (104274) | |
| 134 | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will next announce approval for trunk road improvement schemes or new by-passes in West Sussex. |
| (104275) | |
| 135 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to equalise at the age of 60 the eligibility for the minimum half price local bus concession for older people following the judgement in the case of John Taylor and Liberty vs HM Government. |
| (104057) | |
| 136 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is offered as the level of transport supplementary grant for local authorities for 2000-01. |
| (104229) | |
| 137 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is forecast to be the total level of investment in the London Underground in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. |
| (104230) | |
| 138 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he plans to initiate public consultations when the Dog Identification Working Group publishes its report. |
| (104307) | |
| 139 N | Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how the figure of £350 million for the partial sale of NATS was calculated; and what plans he has to write off the outstanding debts owed by NATS. |
| (104097) | |
| 140 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the cost to the United Kingdom as a result of fraud within the European Union in each of the last three years. |
| (104257) | |
| 141 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the value of the gold held in the national reserves. |
| (104260) | |
| 142 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total value of receipts since May 1997 from the windfall tax on the privatised utilities. |
| (104256) | |
| 143 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104017) | |
| 144 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis his Department has calculated that the recently agreed $100 billion debt relief package represents cancellation of two-thirds of developing country debt. |
| ¶A (104370) | |
| 145 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of his Department took early retirement packages; and at what total cost in the financial year 1996-97. |
| (104100) | |
| 146 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the requirements for match public funds from his Department for the EU Objective 1 regions of (a) Cornwall and Scilly, (b) Merseyside and (c) South Yorkshire for each of the seven years of the programme. |
| (104302) | |
| 147 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th December, concerning diesel fuel, (103015), what guidance has been issued to road hauliers regarding the use of Norwegian diesel. |
| (104145) | |
| 148 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Cm 4181, page 115, No. xiv, what criteria he will use to determine whether high-growth business start-ups are successful. |
| (104348) | |
| 149 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Cm 4181, page 115, No. xi, how he will measure improvement in the value for money in public procurement. |
| (104347) | |
| 150 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Cm 4181, page 114, No. iii, by how much he aims to reduce the variability of the economic cycle; and on what measurement. |
| (104322) | |
| 151 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Cm 4181, page 115, No. viii, how the productivity of (a) the public services overall and (b) individual departments will be measured year on year. |
| (104321) | |
| 152 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Cm 4181, page 115, No. x, how he will measure the acceptance of the standard framework for public private partnership contracts. |
| (104346) | |
| 153 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of its income an average family paid in direct and indirect taxes from 1970-71 to date; what estimate he has made of the proportion from 2000-01 to 2004-05; and on what assumptions these figures are based. |
| (104278) | |
| 154 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the UK's preparations for entering the euro, with particular reference to Treasury performance target xxxii in Cm 4181. |
| (104350) | |
| 155 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria he uses to define successful business start-ups, referred to in Cm 4181. |
| (104279) | |
| 156 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how achievement of the Treasury performance targets numbered xvii, xx, xxvi and xxix to xxxi, set out in the Public Service Agreements, Cm 4181, will be judged. |
| (104323) | |
| 157 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's process is for checking that arms companies exhibiting and trading at British arms fairs are complying with the UK Landmine Act 1998 and the Ottawa Convention. |
| (104297) | |
| 158 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government is taking regarding reports in connection with the 1999 Defence Systems Equipment Exhibition that an official at the Pakistan High Commission in London offered to sell anti-personnel mines destined for Sudan. |
| (104296) | |
| 159 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department plans to introduce measures to bring licensed production agreements within the strategic export control legislation. |
| (104155) | |
| 160 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104028) | |
| 161 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the immigration policy operated by the Gibraltar Government in relation to same sex couples; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104107) | |
| 162 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the Australian authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104389) | |
| 163 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the Latvian authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104391) | |
| 164 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the United States authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104390) | |
| 165 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the Canadian authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104377) | |
| 166 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much of the annual running costs of UK embassies in (a) the European Union and (b) the USA relate to (1) diplomacy, (2) business, (3) visas and (4) other activities, in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (104086) | |
| 167 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the running costs of the British embassies in (a) Paris and (b) Washington. |
| (104087) | |
| 168 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual running costs were of UK embassies in (a) the European Union and (b) the USA, in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (104130) | |
| 169 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote breast feeding. |
| (104093) | |
| 170 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information is routinely available to him on NHS waiting lists for (a) all services that are not normally consultant-led and (b) audiology. |
| (104310) | |
| 171 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those NHS trusts which have suspended routine admissions for at least (a) one week and (b) two weeks over the Christmas and New Year period. |
| (104281) | |
| 172 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will express in per capita terms the (a) actual and (b) percentage funding increases for each health authority in England in 2000-01. |
| (104171) | |
| 173 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assumptions the actuary made at the time of the last report on the NHS pension scheme about the proportion of (a) contributing members (b) deferred members and (c) pensioners on their death who would have qualifying partner survivors; and what assumptions he makes currently. |
| (104268) | |
| 174 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of members of the NHS pension scheme had qualifying survivor partners on their death in each of the last five years, broken down by members who died in service, members who died during deferral, and pensioner members. |
| (104269) | |
| 175 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide paediatric intensive care facilities in the Royal Bolton Hospital. |
| (104287) | |
| 176 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide more paediatric intensive care facilities in the Greater Manchester Clinical Directorate. |
| (104283) | |
| 177 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104030) | |
| 178 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are in place to cope with a possible increase in respiratory-associated illnesses in elderly people this winter. |
| (104165) | |
| 179 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the NHS guidance on continence services. |
| ¶A (104357) | |
| 180 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the cost of providing temporary operating theatres at the NHS site at Ronkswood, Worcester. |
| (104035) | |
| 181 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the formal and informal consultation exercises conducted by his Department which are (a) current and (b) recently completed and which are relevant to the matters covered by the Care Standards Bill [Lords]. |
| (104177) | |
| 182 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, of the £50 million allocated to health authorities for drug treatment services, what priorities he has set out for this expenditure; and what is the total allocated to the North West Region. |
| (104343) | |
| 183 N | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paediatric intensive care beds are available in each NHS region; and if he will list the hospitals at which they are provided, indicating the numbers in each case. |
| (104031) | |
| 184 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, of the £20 million allocated to local authorities for drug treatment services what priorities he has set out for their use; and what is the figure allocated to each local authority in the North West Region. |
| (104344) | |
| 185 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes there have been in the figures for vacancies in high security hospitals for (a) nurses, (b) nursing assistants, (c) occupational therapists, (d) forensic psychologists and (e) psychiatrists since his Answer of 26th May, Official Report, columns 159-60. |
| (104345) | |
| 186 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the benefits of providing vulnerable adults with the same protection as is given to vulnerable children. |
| ¶A (104366) | |
| 187 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of serving transplant surgeons in the NHS. |
| (104312) | |
| 188 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost to the NHS of vaccinating persons prior to their travelling abroad in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (104134) | |
| 189 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost to the NHS of treating patients in the UK for infectious diseases contracted in other countries in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (104133) | |
| 190 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the last year for which figures are available, how many people in each NHS region who have received heart transplants are aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 59, (d) 60 to 74 and (e) 75 years and over. |
| (103953) | |
| 191 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each NHS region who have received renal transplants in the last year for which figures are available are aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 64, (d) 65 to 74, (e) 75 to 84 and (f) 85 years and over. |
| (103949) | |
| 192 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the last year for which figures are available, how many people in each NHS region on NHS waiting lists are aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 64, (d) 65 to 74, (e) 75 to 84 and (f) 85 years and over. |
| (103955) | |
| 193 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the last year for which figures are available, how many complaints were received in each NHS region from people aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 64, (d) 65 to 74, (e) 75 to 84 and (f) 85 years and over. |
| (103951) | |
| 194 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the last year for which figures are available, how many people in each NHS region who are waiting for renal transplants are aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 64, (d) 65 to 74, (e) 75 to 84 and (f) 85 years and over. |
| (103954) | |
| 195 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the last year for which figures are available, how many people in each NHS region who are receiving palliative chemotherapy to relieve the symptoms of inoperable non-small lung cancer are aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 64, (d) 65 to 74, (e) 75 to 84 and (f) 85 years and over. |
| (103950) | |
| 196 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on heart transplants for patients over 60 years. |
| (103957) | |
| 197 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in the last year for which figures are available, how many people in each NHS region who are waiting for heart transplants are aged (a) under 29, (b) 30 to 49, (c) 50 to 59, (d) 60 to 74 and (e) 75 years and over. |
| (103952) | |
| 198 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the change in the cost of generic drugs in the last year and its effect on the NHS. |
| (104010) | |
| 199 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times are for major cardiac surgery in each area of Hampshire. |
| (104163) | |
| 200 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision there is for the psychiatric assessment of persons convicted of stalking under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. |
| (104038) | |
| 201 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to police forces on improving communications with the victims of stalking; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104039) | |
| 202 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the notification to (a) the police and (b) the courts of changes of name or address by persons subject to a restraining order under section 5 of the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997. |
| (104041) | |
| 203 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made toward the improvement of car parks under the secured car parks scheme. |
| (104266) | |
| 204 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the specific planned location of the new detention centre for those held under the Immigration Act 1999; and what progress has been made towards its opening. |
| (104083) | |
| 205 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women prisoners (i) have escaped from custody during their sentence in each of the last five years and (ii) have not been recaptured. |
| (104048) | |
| 206 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department and in police forces and fire departments in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104027) | |
| 207 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support he has offered to local authorities accepting asylum seekers. |
| (104258) | |
| 208 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of contested cases triable either way, which were tried in the crown court for each of the last five years where data is available, the defendant was acquitted (a) by the jury after deliberation and (b) on the direction of the judge. |
| [R] (104232) | |
| 209 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of contested cases triable either way, which were tried in the magistrates' court for each of the last five years where data is available, the defendant was acquitted. |
| [R] (104231) | |
| 210 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have applied for funding for recruitment from the Crime Fighting Fund; and what level of funding has been bid for in each case. |
| ¶A (104375) | |
| 211 | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list on a force by force basis the estimated costs of implementing PSRCP |
| ¶A (104376) | |
| 212 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking in respect of unscrupulous puppy farmers. |
| ¶A (104393) | |
| 213 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters to him dated 23rd August, 7th October and 11th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr Mohammed Abdullah and Mrs Nargis Begum. |
| (104068) | |
| 214 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters to him dated 4th August, 16th September and 19th November from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr N. Doski. |
| (104069) | |
| 215 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months. |
| ¶A (104371) | |
| 216 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months, where the applicant has been in detention. |
| ¶A (104372) | |
| 217 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been made by Algerians in the last three months. |
| ¶A (104374) | |
| 218 | Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Algerians have been (a) removed and (b) deported in each of the last three months; and what proportion of these had previously claimed asylum. |
| ¶A (104373) | |
| 219 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers to the honourable Member for Aylesbury of 26th November, Official Report, columns 241-2W, concerning drug treatment and testing orders, when he will write to the honourable member for Aylesbury about drug treatment and testing orders. |
| (104135) | |
| 220 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 13th December, Official Report, column 8W, concerning training in respect of the European Convention on Human Rights, for what reason his Answer did not deal with training given to the Prison Service. |
| (104149) | |
| 221 | Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to publish Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary's Report on the recent inspection of the Metropolitan Police Service, which he directed as a result of recommendation four of the Macpherson Inquiry. |
| (104164) | |
| 222 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has received about Konrad Kalejs's intended destination on leaving the United Kingdom. |
| ¶A (104387) | |
| 223 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the United States authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104383) | |
| 224 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals against asylum decisions were refused in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999; and what proportion this was of the total number of appeals in each year. |
| (104042) | |
| 225 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the Canadian authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104385) | |
| 226 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the police have questioned Konrad Kalejs about alleged war crimes. |
| ¶A (104380) | |
| 227 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many umbrellas his Department purchased for use by persons queuing outside passport offices during the summer of 1999; how much was spent on them; what plans he has to dispose of them; and what estimate he has made of their resale value. |
| (103959) | |
| 228 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he is minded to deport Konrad Kalejs from the United Kingdom. |
| ¶A (104388) | |
| 229 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the Latvian authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104384) | |
| 230 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the police investigation into the allegations against Konrad Kalejs was completed. |
| ¶A (104381) | |
| 231 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers whose appeals were refused in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999 have been deported; and what proportion of the total number of those whose appeals were refused this was in each year. |
| (104045) | |
| 232 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new (a) claims have been made and (b) evidence has come to light in the case of Konrad Kalejs since he served notice that he was minded to deport Mr Kalejs. |
| ¶A (104386) | |
| 233 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have discussed the case of Konrad Kalejs with the Australian authorities; and what was the nature of the discussions and information received. |
| ¶A (104382) | |
| 234 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Passport Agency document, Blueprint for the Future. |
| (103960) | |
| 235 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the import of primates from South-East Asia for onward export abroad for the purpose of experiment. |
| (104280) | |
| 236 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Commonwealth countries as to their human rights record in the last three years; and if she will list the countries and the dates such discussions took place. |
| (104050) | |
| 237 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the countries where her Department is helping in the clearance of landmines. |
| (104047) | |
| 238 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in her Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104020) | |
| 239 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to put contracts for the Government of the Philippines Bridge Replacement Project under the existing offer of aid and trade provision out to tender in the United Kingdom. |
| (104034) | |
| 240 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received concerning religious discrimination in government-run peace camps in Southern Sudan. |
| ¶A (104367) | |
| 241 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to help alleviate suffering in Sudan. |
| ¶A (104359) | |
| 242 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what additional training the judiciary in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Scotland have been given since the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into United Kingdom domestic legislation. |
| (103610) | |
| 243 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what figures he can require from local authorities about the composition of their workforces in terms of (a) standard age groups, (b) ethnic origins and (c) gender. |
| (104012) | |
| 244 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104023) | |
| 245 | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the Patten Commission's report on policing in Northern Ireland. |
| (103958) | |
| 246 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional training (a) the police and (b) the Prison Service in Northern Ireland have been given since the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into United Kingdom domestic legislation. |
| (103612) | |
| 247 N | Mr Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many questions on policing matters in Northern Ireland have been tabled by the honourable Member for Kingston upon Hull North since 1st June; and what has been the cost of providing answers to those questions. |
| (103673) | |
| 248 | Mr Terry Davis (Birmingham, Hodge Hill): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the latest Information Bulletin on the activities of the United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of Western European Union covering the period May to October. |
| (104032) | |
| 249 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to review the application of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in respect of the JCCC. |
| (104112) | |
| 250 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 20th December, Official Report, column 353W, concerning attendance at the JCCC on 13th December, what steps he plans to take in respect of persons disclosing information about attendance at joint cabinet committees to the Press. |
| (104117) | |
| 251 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 20th December, Official Report, column 353W, concerning the public disclosure of discussions at the JCCC, if he will investigate the source of the press reports of the JCCC meeting on 13th December. |
| (104138) | |
| 252 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, how many breaches of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information have been identified in respect of the JCCC since its inception. |
| (104115) | |
| 253 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what figures he can require from local authorities about the composition of their workforces in terms of (a) standard age groups, (b) ethnic origins and (c) gender. |
| (104013) | |
| 254 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104025) | |
| 255 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the First Minister about additional training for (a) the police and (b) the Prison Service in Scotland since the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into United Kingdom domestic legislation. |
| (103611) | |
| 256 | Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the availability of Inspector Hughes' report to the Cullen Inquiry into the Dunblane tragedy. |
| (104011) | |
| 257 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the extension of winter fuel payments to men aged 60 to 65 years will include (a) the £10 Christmas bonus and (b) previous winter fuel subsidy schemes. |
| ¶A (104378) | |
| 258 | Mr Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will take measures to ensure that jobseeker's allowance is paid to workers who are temporarily unemployed and not receiving wages during school holidays at (a) Christmas and (b) other holiday periods. |
| ¶A (104369) | |
| 259 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants in receipt of an award for category two pneumoconiosis or more were first diagnosed with category one, broken down by (a) age and (b) coalfield. |
| (104254) | |
| 260 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants are in receipt of awards for pneumoconiosis, broken down by (a) disease category, (b) age and (c) coalfield. |
| (104253) | |
| 261 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what discussions he has had with local authorities in England and Wales in the last year as to the provision of long-term residential care within that authority's area. |
| (104049) | |
| 262 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104022) | |
| 263 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many winter fuel payments were paid out before Christmas; how many eligible persons failed to receive payments before Christmas; if he will pay £10 compensation to each person receiving payments after Christmas; if he will estimate how much such compensation would cost; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104317) | |
| 264 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many staff BASIS have employed in each area for each of the last 12 months. |
| (103482) | |
| 265 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the full complement of staff at each BASIS office; and on 1st December how many of these posts were vacant. |
| (103483) | |
| 266 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list for each of the 32 indicators in Opportunity for All which of the other indicators and targets are Opportunity for All targets. |
| (103484) | |
| 267 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many BASIS staff at each area office have been with BASIS for 12 months or more. |
| (103485) | |
| 268 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people he estimates will receive the state second pension (a) when it is introduced and (b) at each five year interval following its introduction over the next 20 years. |
| (104092) | |
| 269 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reason men aged 60 to 65 years are entitled to receive the winter fuel bonus if they are claiming jobseeker's allowance or income support. |
| (103486) | |
| 270 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what baseline information has been developed for those indicators without baseline data in Opportunity for All. |
| (103714) | |
| 271 N | Mr Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the total allocation for his Department in 1996-97 and projected for 1999-2000 on child benefits. |
| (102943) | |
| 272 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many ancillary workers affected by the Social Security Commissioner's decision CIS/14661/1996 of December 1997 have (a) enquired about ex-gratia payments and (b) been given ex-gratia payments; and for what average amounts. |
| (104104) | |
| 273 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many residents of residential or nursing homes (a) in total, (b) aged 65 years or over and (c) aged under 65 years have preserved rights to income support. |
| (104062) | |
| 274 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the value of the basic state pension for (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples, for each year between November 1979 and April 2000; and what it would have been if it had been uprated in line with the higher in each year of average earnings or prices. |
| (103956) | |
| 275 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many residents of residential or nursing homes (a) in total, (b) aged 65 years or over and (c) aged under 65 years who are entitled to preserved rights to income support are being charged more than the level of their preserved rights to income support. |
| (104060) | |
| 276 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what factors underlay his decision not to pay the winter fuel payment for 1999 to 2000 to people who reach the age of 60 after September 1999 but before 31 March 2000; and if he will reconsider his policy. |
| (104082) | |
| 277 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate how many residents of residential and nursing homes (a) in total, (b) aged 65 years or over and (c) aged under 65 years, who have preserved rights to income support, are being supported by local authorities. |
| (104063) | |
| 278 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what number and proportion of people aged over 60 years or over are entilted to, but are not receiving, (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance. |
| (104058) | |
| 279 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how men aged 60 to 64 will claim the winter fuel payment for 1999 to 2000 and previous years; and what is his estimate of the cost for 1999 to 2000 and previous years. |
| (104061) | |
| 280 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is his estimate of the number of pensioners entitled to but not receiving benefits, excluding the double counting of those entitled to but receiving more than one credit. |
| (104079) | |
| 281 | Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost (a) in total and (b) to local authorities of removing the restrictions on local authorities' ability to arrange accommodation in residential or nursing homes for people with preserved rights to income support. |
| (104059) | |
| 282 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what representations he has received from pensioners who reached pension age after 23rd September in respect of the winter fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (104368) | |
| 283 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make benefits available to support 19 year-old students who wish to remain in full-time secondary education. |
| (104276) | |
| 284 | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to raise the standard interest rate applicable to benefits in relation to mortgage payments. |
| (104070) | |
| 285 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate, for each of the 10 financial years starting from 2003-04, (a) expenditure on SERPS if the state second pension were not to be introduced, (b) expenditure on SERPS if the state second pension were to be introduced, (c) expenditure on the state second pension, assuming implementation in 2003-04 and a move to a flat rate scheme in 2008-09 and (d) the additional cost of national insurance rebates to those earning less than £9,000 per annum on each of the two alternative regimes proposed in his recent consultation document. |
| (104140) | |
| 286 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the likely completion date of the computer system being prepared for the Child Support Agency; and if it is his policy not to implement the new maintenance formula contained in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill until that computer system is in place. |
| (104139) | |
| 287 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what records his Department holds for current recipients of invalid care allowance on the duration of their claim. |
| (104142) | |
| 288 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what research he has undertaken, and what assessment he has made, of the level and pattern of debt amongst the target group for stakeholder pensions. |
| (104143) | |
| 289 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list each of the categories of family that will be worse off as a result of the child support measures contained in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill; if he will list in each case the number of (a) families and (b) children so affected; and if he will estimate the average loss for each group. |
| (104141) | |
| 290 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out the assumptions about the proportion of benefit recipients opting to receive their benefits by automated credit transfer which underlie his estimate of a saving of £400 million on benefit delivery by 2005. |
| (105148) | |
| 291 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Solicitor General, if he will issue guidance to the Crown Prosecution Service on improving communications with the victims of stalking; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104040) | |
| 292 | Mr Joe Ashton (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reasons underlie the policy of referring applications to his Department for regional aid or assistance to the Minister of Agriculture. |
| (104173) | |
| 293 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed of 9th August to the Minister of State about the inclusion of postcodes in telephone directories. |
| (104094) | |
| 294 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on his Department's role in negotiations on the Internet caching aspects of the draft EU Directive on Copyright in the Information Society. |
| (104081) | |
| 295 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from (a) trade unions and (b) former workers in the nuclear power industry about health and safety risks in relation to outsourcing. |
| (104147) | |
| 296 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff have been shed by the nuclear power industry since its privatisation; and what reports he has received from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in respect of (a) Magnox and (b) advanced gas-cooled reactors visited in 1999 concerning the (i) number of redundancies and (ii) adequacy of training of employed contractors. |
| (104136) | |
| 297 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he has taken in response to the Nuclear Installation Inspectorate's findings on the impact of staff redundancies on the safety of the nuclear power industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104146) | |
| 298 | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many production incidents were reported at Magnox and advance gas cooled reactors in 1999; how many reactors had to be shut down; and for what length of time. |
| (104137) | |
| 299 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide details of the licences granted (a) for the export of weapons silencers to Turkey since 2nd May 1997 and (b) to Law Enforcement International Ltd for the export of weapons silencers since 2nd May 1997. |
| (104156) | |
| 300 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department is required to grant permission before a foreign company can export weapons manufactured under a licensed production agreement with a British company; and if he will list the actions taken (a) by his Department and (b) in conjunction with British Aerospace, to ensure that foreign companies manufacturing Heckler and Koch weapons using British Aerospace technology under licensed production agreements adhere to export control requirements within their licence agreements. |
| (104295) | |
| 301 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will provide details of licences granted to Sidem Ltd for the export of small arms to Turkey since 2nd May 1997. |
| (104157) | |
| 302 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support the Export Credits Guarantee Department has given for Land Rover to establish a licensed production agreement with Otokar in Turkey; and if ECGD support contained (a) export control and (b) human rights criteria. |
| (104159) | |
| 303 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussons he has had with the banking industry on advertising charges for the use of cash machines. |
| (104285) | |
| 304 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many clearing banks pre-notify charges for cash machine withdrawals. |
| (104286) | |
| 305 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to ensure clearing bank cash machines pre-notify customers of charges. |
| (104284) | |
| 306 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104019) | |
| 307 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who represented Her Majesty's Government at the meeting of the General Council of the WTO held in Geneva on Friday 17th December |
| (104105) | |
| 308 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the minutes of the meeting of the General Council of the WTO held in Geneva on Friday 17th December will be published. |
| (104106) | |
| 309 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the Government's assessment of the outcome of the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations, including the conclusions it has drawn concerning future trade negotiations. |
| ¶A (104358) | |
| 310 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees of his Department took early retirement packages, and at what total cost, in the financial year 1996-97. |
| (104099) | |
| 311 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of match public funds from his Department are available to EU Objective 1 regions for each of the next seven calendar years. |
| (104306) | |
| 312 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the requirements for match public funds from his Department for the EU Objective 1 regions of (a) Cornwall and Scilly, (b) Merseyside and (c) South Yorkshire for each of the seven years of the programme. |
| (104299) | |
| 313 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Parcelforce will continue to have preferential customs clearance facilities following the implementation of the Post Office White Paper proposals. |
| (104250) | |
| 314 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation with industry will be undertaken in the appointment of (a) the members, (b) the Chairman and (c) the Chief Executive of the Postal Services Commission. |
| (104181) | |
| 315 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) first class stamps and (b) second class stamps were sold in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997 and (iv) 1998. |
| (104251) | |
| 316 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of progress made by the Post Office towards meeting the February 2000 deadline for the implementation of transparent accounting. |
| (104178) | |
| 317 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Parcelforce's compulsory purchase powers will be retained following the implementation of the Post Office White Paper. |
| (104249) | |
| 318 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account he took of EU proposals for a reduction in the postal monopoly when approving the increase in price of the first class stamp. |
| (104182) | |
| 319 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress the Post Office has made in implementing the cost based accounting system proposed in the Post Office White Paper. |
| (104179) | |
| 320 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria will be used to appoint members of the Postal Services Commission. |
| (104180) | |
| 321 | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the level of IPPC charges in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement. |
| (104101) | |
| 322 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations Her Majesty's Government has received in relation to the proposed Ilisu Dam from (a) Syria, (b) Iraq and (c) other Middle Eastern countries. |
| (104071) | |
| 323 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. |
| (104024) | |
| 324 | Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what figures he can require from local authorities about the composition of their workforces in terms of (a) standard age groups, (b) ethnic origins and (c) gender. |
| (104014) | |
| 325 | Mr Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the total amount of money returned to the Welsh Office Budget from Awdurdod Cwricwlwm Cymwesterau as Asesu Cymru in 1998-99. |
| (104033) | |
| 326 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the average waiting time in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999 for (i) a hearing and (ii) a decision in respect of appeals against asylum decisions. |
| [Transferred] (104043) | |
| 327 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many asylum seekers are currently awaiting the (a) hearing and (b) outcome of a hearing of an appeal against an initial refusal of their claim for asylum. |
| [Transferred] (104046) | |
| 328 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many appeals against initial asylum decisions were heard in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999. |
| [Transferred] (104044) | |
| 329 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the numbers of asylum seekers accepted by each local authority in 1999. |
| [Transferred] (104259) | |
| 330 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the average time taken from first hearing to transfer in contested cases triable either way, except those prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office, which were transferred to the Crown Court in each of the last five years where data is available. |
| [R] [Transferred] (104234) | |
| 331 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the average time taken from first hearing to verdict in contested cases triable either way, except those prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office, which were transferred to the Crown Court, in each of the last five years where data is available. |
| [R] [Transferred] (104235) | |
| 332 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the average time taken from first hearing to verdict in contested cases triable either way which were tried in the magistrates' court, for each of the last five years where data is available. |
| [R] [Transferred] (104233) | |
| 333 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what procedures exist for objections to be made, and appeals to be heard, in respect of proposals by the Local Government Boundary Commission concerning ward boundary reviews. |
| [Transferred] (104228) | |
| 334 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the funding of researchers through MRC or ARC grants to travel abroad to conduct research on animals. |
| [Transferred] (104282) | |
| 335 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make it his policy to charge university students in the nations of the United Kingdom by different means dependent (a) on their university location, (b) the place they have (i) lived in and (ii) studied at and (c) by the place of their birth. |
| [Transferred] (104309) | |
| 336 | Mr Joe Ashton (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason the application from Axgro Foods of West Butterwick, near Gainsborough for regional selective assistance which was referred to him by the DTI, reference RSA/99/0116, for relocating their factory to Misterton Bassetlaw was rejected; for what reason the firm was informed at 4 p.m. on 20th December that they had to submit evidence by 22nd December; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (104175) | |
| 337 | Mr Joe Ashton (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance his Department provides for firms involved in food production who wish to relocate to constituencies which have assisted area status. |
| [Transferred] (104174) | |
| 338 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what level of match public funds are available from his Department to EU Objective 1 regions for each of the next seven calendar years. |
| [Transferred] (104303) | |
| 339 N | Mr Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the requirements for match public funds from his Department for the EU Objective 1 regions of (a) Cornwall and Scilly, (b) Merseyside and (c) South Yorkshire for each of the seven years of the programme. |
| [Transferred] (104351) | |
| 340 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the formal and informal consultation exercises conducted by his Department which are (a) current and (b) recently completed and which are relevant to the matters covered by the Care Standards Bill [Lords]. |
| [Transferred] (104176) | |
| 341 | Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims arising from the mis-selling of pensions are outstanding; and what assessment he has made of the timescale for their resolution. |
| [Transferred] (104314) | |
| 342 | Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims arising from the mis-selling of pensions have been resolved to date. |
| [Transferred] (104315) | |
| 343 | Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been affected by the mis-selling of pensions in the last 10 years. |
| [Transferred] (104313) | |
| 344 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent measures have been taken to tighten control of UK borders in order to prevent drug trafficking; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred]¶A(104360) | |
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