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Session 1999-2000 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 7 February 2000 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 7 February 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.

MONDAY 7th FEBRUARY
1   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will prevent the export of sheep destined for the festival of Eid el Kebir; and if he will make a statement.
	(108650)
2   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will meet his French counterpart to discuss the Eid el Kebir festival and the steps being taken by the French government to enforce the law relating to animal slaughter; and if he will make a statement.
	(108651)
3   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Minister of State will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire of 16th November 1999 about leaf minors.
	(109008)
4	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if government departments and agencies provide occupational health services specifically for drug and substance misuse.
	(109177)
5   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the wind-up costs of the Millennium Experience.
	(108772)
6	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Tate Bankside project towards meeting its capital and revenue financial targets.
	(109228)
7   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications for Lottery funding, and to what value, have been received by the Millennium Commission in each year since its establishment; and what is the number and value of grants made or announced in each year.
	(108773)
8   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements are in place for the continued funding after 31st December, of ongoing projects supported by the Millennium Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(108771)
9	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to introduce charges against capital assets by national museums and galleries; and what assessment he has made of the impact of their introduction on such museums and galleries.
	(109229)
10   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the benefits to the United Kingdom from BBC World.
	(108649)
11   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of funding for BBC World.
	(108648)
12	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from National Lottery funding has been directed to projects in parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Wandsworth; and for what projects this funding has been used.
	(109052)
13   N	Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he would (a) list the MoD funding received by the Army Welfare Service as separate from the Personal Welfare Service in each year between and including financial year 1996-97 and the current financial year, (b) provide an explanation of the remit and function of the AWS, (c) list the MoD funding received by the Personal Welfare Service as separate from the Army Welfare Service in each year between and including financial year 1996-97 and the current financial year, (d) provide an explanation of the remit and function of the PWS and (e) provide an explanation for the change in the combined AWS/PWS budget allocation and spend between financial year 1998-99 and 1999-00.
	(108094)
14   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF aircraft crashed in United Kingdom airspace in 1999.
	(108359)
15   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason there were more crashes of RAF aircraft in 1999 than in 1998 and 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(108360)
16   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the quality of training of RAF pilots; and if he will make a statement.
	(108361)
17   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will initiate an inquiry into the reasons for the higher incidence of crashes of RAF aircraft in 1999; and if he will make a statement.
	(108362)
18   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums were spent on training RAF pilots in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000 and are planned for (e) 2000-01 and (f) 2001-02.
	(108363)
19   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sums were spent on the maintenance of RAF aircraft in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99 and (d) 1999-2000; and what sums are planned for this purpose in (e) 2000-01 and (f) 2001-02.
	(108364)
20	Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the military exercises that have been cancelled in the last 12 months, stating in each case the reason for cancellation and whether it was a national or international exercise.
	(109187)
21   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what study he is making of the long-term effects of sarin.
	(108464)
22   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on keeping medical records of personnel working in sensitive defence research establishments.
	(108469)
23	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the annual armed forces pay review will be announced; and if he will make a statement.
	(109050)
24	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department, (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (1) time-range and (2) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109237)
25	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK's decision to pull out of Project Horizon on the future integration of European defence (a) policies and (b) industries.
	(109036)
26	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the problems being experienced with the new Bowman Communication System; and what assessment he has made of their impact on the effectiveness and safety of the United Kingdom's armed forces.
	(109037)
27   N	Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for part of the Defence Medical Services to use the former Staff College buildings at Camberley; and if he will make a statement.
	(108774)
28   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost of maintenance of The Keep at Imphal barracks, York; and what estimate he has made of the cost of renovation.
	(108665)
29   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he and his officials have held with the United States government about the future of Fylingdales in Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
	(108664)
30   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what area of Portakabin office accommodation will be hired at Imphal barracks, York; for what reason; and at what cost.
	(108668)
31   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) area and (b) proportion of custom-built office accommodation at Imphal barracks, York, will be used for document storage.
	(108669)
32   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the headquarters of the proposed Defence Catering Organisation will be moved to York; and how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff will be employed there.
	(108670)
33   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the additional annual travelling and subsistence costs to the 2nd Division will be consequent upon the relocation of the headquarters to Edinburgh.
	(108667)
34   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the staffing costs will be of the 2nd Division following relocation of its headquarters to Edinburgh.
	(108666)
35   N	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list in rank order, for the latest year for which information is available, pupil attainment for (i) Key Stage 1, (ii) Key Stage 2, (iii) Key Stage 3, (iv) Key Stage 4, (v) GCSE and (vi) A levels for the following local education authorities (i) Leeds, (ii) Sheffield, (iii) Liverpool, (iv) Islington, (v) Hackney and (vi) Hull.
	(109009)
36	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) infant children in classes of 31 or more, (b) after school clubs, (c) summer literacy schools, (d) summer numeracy schools, (e) school projects benefiting from New Deal for Schools capital funding and (f) qualified teaching assistants there were in the area of Leeds Local Education Authority for the years 1996-97 to 1999-2000.
	(109048)
37   N	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local education authorities inspected by OFSTED during the autumn term 1999.
	(109011)
38   N	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of responses to the survey of schools undertaken in connection with the OFSTED inspection of Leeds Local Education Authority rated the Local Education Authority's strategy and services as satisfactory or better.
	(109010)
39	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much funding was allocated to Leeds Local Education Authority in the financial years 1996-97 to 1999-2000 for (a) reduction in infant class sizes, for revenue and capital costs, (b) national grid for learning, (c) literacy, (d) numeracy, (e) books for schools, (f) truancy and behaviour measures, (g) school security, (h) improving school effectiveness, (i) excellence in cities, (j) New Deal for Schools, (k) voluntary aided schools capital grant, (l) energy efficiency, (m) education standard spending assessment and (n) music.
	(109047)
40   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what estimate he has made of the number of mature students (a) entering and (b) graduating from higher education in each of the last five years.
	(108516)
41   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the (a) New Deal for Lone Parents programme and (b) New Deal for Disabled People programme.
	(108514)
42   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to develop the provision of information technology within primary schools.
	(108518)
43   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to develop the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant.
	(108517)
44   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the Social Exclusion Unit report on truancy and school exclusion.
	(108515)
45   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the nuclear engineering courses available at higher education institutions in England.
	(108232)
46   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the primary schools in Lancashire which (a) are and (b) are not connected to the Internet via the Lancashire National Grid for Learning.
	(108808)
47	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how he monitors the variability in criteria used in awarding degrees in UK universities; and if he will make a statement.
	(109029)
48	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what instructions his Department gives to universities respecting payment of fees to external examiners.
	(109026)
49	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what issues are included in the reviews undertaken by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education relating to external examiners.
	(109024)
50	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the numbers of academic staff leaving British universities for posts abroad in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(109022)
51	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance is given to (a) universities and (b) university departments on choosing external examiners.
	(109025)
52	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on what date his Department assumed responsibility for educating children with learning disabilities from the Department of Health and Social Security.
	(109172)
53	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when his Department assumed responsibility for pensions of nurses and ancilliary staff working in education establishments who had previously been the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Security
	(109173)
54	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans the Government has to enable families on low incomes to gain access to home computers.
	(109184)
55	Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of the residents of (a) Wakefield District and (b) Hemsworth constituency have degree-level educational qualifications.
	(109055)
56	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 17th January, Official Report, column 276, on education initiatives, if he will list the individuals and organisations that have carried out consultancy and advisory work for his Department on a non-commercial basis.
	(109090)
57	Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average class sizes were for (a) 11, (b) 10, (c) 9, (d) 8, (e) 7, (f) 12, (g) 13, (h) 14, (i) 15, (j) 16, and (k) 17 year olds in each school in the Witney constituency over the past three years; and what were the national averages in the same period.
	(109093)
58	Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what data he collects from local authorities on the proportions of invoices paid by them within the agreed contract time.
	(109049)
59   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on business associated with each of the following planned deregulation proposals (a) the disposal of houses by local authorities in England, (b) amending section 7 of the Building Act 1984 and (c) eligibility to drive a private hire vehicle outside London.
	(108776)
60   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Franchising Director will announce the successful bid under the Rail Passenger Partnership Scheme.
	(108777)
61   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the economic impact associated with each of the following deregulation orders and contracting out orders on business (a) the Deregulation (Parking Equipment) Order 1996, (b) the Deregulation (Motor Vehicles Tests) Order 1996, (c) the Deregulation (Building) (Initial Notices and Final Certificates) Order 1996, (d) the Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998 and (e) the Deregulation (Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles) Order 1998.
	(108775)
62   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the criteria by which the British Rail Board decides on the sale of land.
	(108465)
63   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what applications for areas to become a parish or town council are outstanding.
	(108395)
64   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the assets for which the British Railways Board has responsibility.
	(108467)
65   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the contacts which his Department had with the British Rail Board over the last 12 months; and what was the content of each contact.
	(108466)
66   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the areas that have applied to become a parish or town council in each of the last three years; and what was the outcome of each application.
	(108396)
67   N	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that no parties to the examination in public of amendments to the Swindon and Wiltshire Structure Plan exert undue influence on the proceedings.
	(108154)
68   N	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the extent of influence by developers on the examination in public of the amendments to the Swindon and Wiltshire structure plan.
	(108155)
69	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish the main report of the Raptor Working Group
	(109089)
70	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what resources are available to his Department to make one-off payments to cover overhanging debt following the transfer of local authority housing stock in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.
	(109102)
71	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assumption about the number of asylum seekers staying in the United Kingdom is incorporated in the forecast of housing demand up to 2021 used by his Department.
	(109027)
72   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will respond to the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire's request for a meeting with the Minister for Transport to discuss the criteria used by his Department to assess bids for local by-passes.
	(109007)
73	Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what options for additional capacity on the Thameslink rail route have been proposed since June 1999; and what is the timetable for such options.
	(109108)
74	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many local authorities operate landlord registration schemes following applications to his Department for the special control scheme.
	(109188)
75	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the rules regarding the location of the units of social housing which developers are required by local authorities to include within their developments, with particular reference to the scope for locating those units outside the local authority in question.
	(109023)
76   N	Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will write to the honourable Member for Doncaster Central about the results of his investigation into the supplying by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of drivers' names and addresses to wheel clamping companies.
	(107304)
77	Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the distribution of the National Bus Company Pension Fund settlement.
	(109056)
78   N	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have benefited from the working families tax credit in (a) Staffordshire Moorlands, (b) North Staffordshire and (c) Staffordshire.
	(107190)
79	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the proportion of the average retail price taken in tax for each of the last 10 years for a pack of 20 cigarettes in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Belgium and (c) Luxembourg.
	(109099)
80	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised from each of the taxes payable on each category of tobacco products in the last year for which figures are available.
	(109100)
81   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the debt owed to the United Kingdom by highly indebted poor countries relates to defence-related business expressed in (a) cash terms and (b) as a proportion of total debt.
	(108767)
82   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic impact associated with each of the following deregulation orders and contracting out orders on business (a) the Deregulation (Building Societies) Order 1995 (S.I., 1995, No. 3233), (b) the Deregulation (Friendly Societies Act 1992) Order 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 1188), (c) the Deregulation (Credit Unions) Order 1996 (S.I.,1996, No. 1189) and (d) the Deregulation (Industrial and Provident Societies) Order 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 1738).
	(108779)
83	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (1) time-range and (2) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109232)
84	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances working families tax credit is available to people on full-time but term-time only employment contracts for the periods between terms.
	(109178)
85	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Amber Valley are (a) eligible to claim and (b) are claiming childcare tax credit; and how many children are the subject of such claims.
	(109044)
86	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average amount by which the incomes of families in receipt of working families tax credit in Amber Valley have changed as a result of being in receipt of that tax credit.
	(109043)
87	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Amber Valley are receiving working families tax credit who were not previously eligible for family credit.
	(109042)
88	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Amber Valley have benefited from the working families tax credit.
	(109041)
89   N	Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what specific steps he is taking more closely to align the United Kingdom's economic cycle with that of the countries in the euro group of the EU.
	(108869)
90   N	Angela Smith (Basildon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage take-up of the disabled persons tax credit.
	(107186)
91	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria were used for selecting the countries that will no longer be supplied with military equipment under the guarantee of the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
	(109201)
92	Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the appointment of the next Governor of Gibraltar and the timing of the appointment.
	(190183)
93	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the latest developments in the Middle East peace process.
	(109053)
94	Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if Sharia law continues to be imposed in parts of (a) Chechnya and (b) Dagestan; and what representations he has made concerning this.
	(109092)
95	Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of ethnic cleansing by the SPDC of minority groups in areas of Burma closed to monitors for security reasons.
	(109095)
96	Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to promote the long-term safety of the (a) Karen, (b) Chin, (c) Kavenni and (d) other minority tribes in their homelands in Burma.
	(109096)
97	Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the SPDC calling for it to open up all areas of Burma to human rights monitors and humanitarian aid workers.
	(109097)
98	Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he is taking to ensure that the minority tribes in Burma are not subjected to forced labour.
	(109098)
99	Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to attend the 2000 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
	(109175)
100	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government has taken (a) alone and (b) in collaboration with the United Nations, to ensure that instability within the borders of Indonesia does not spread throughout the region; and if he will make a statement.
	(109110)
101	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the Government's policy in relation to the sectarian conflict in Maluku; what discussions he has had with the Indonesian President on this issue; and if he will make a statement.
	(109109)
102	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent support the Government has given to Moldova; and if he will make a statement.
	(109038)
103	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has received from the newly-elected President of Indonesia that his government will stop the persecution of Christians within its borders; and if he will make a statement.
	(109111)
104	Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the rise of the Freedom Party in Austria and its implications for Austria's relations with the United Kingdom.
	(109185)
105	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps Her Majesty's Government has taken to persuade the Government of Guatemala (a) to prosecute the murderers of street youths, with particular reference to murders in which the police are believed to have been involved, and (b) to give better general care and protection to Guatemala's street children.
	(109039)
106	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under which provisions of the European Treaties the (a) Commission and (b) European Presidency are seeking to influence the composition of the government of Austria.
	(109028)
107   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he held with the President of Indonesia during his visit to London about the loss of Indonesia's forest resource; and if he will make a statement.
	(108152)
108   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings Her Majesty's Government (a) hosted and (b) arranged for Indonesia's Forestry Minister during his recent visit to London.
	(108153)
109	Christine Russell (City of Chester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what childcare provision was made available in the financial year 1998-99 for use by (i) his departmental staff and (ii) employees of executive agencies under the control of his Department; what was the cost to parents of this childcare; and how many parents used the facilities.
	(109189)
110	Christine Russell (City of Chester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department, (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (i) time-range and (ii) mean time; (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109238)
111	Christine Russell (City of Chester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provisions are made available to (i) departmental staff and (ii) employees of executive agencies under the control of his Department, for (a) maternity leave, (b) maternity pay, (c) paternity leave, (d) parental leave, (e) flexible working hours, (f) part-time work, (g) job sharing, (h) leave to care for sick children, (i) home-working, (j) term-time contracts, (k) annual hours contracts, (l) child care allowances, (m) careers leave and (n) career break schemes; and what criteria are used to judge eligibility in each case.
	(109190)
112	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to end export credits for arms sales.
	(109199)
113	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to increase his Department's contribution to the British Council budget.
	(109230)
114	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development regarding the decision to ban 62 of the world's poorest countries from receiving Export Credits Guarantee Department cover for arms sales.
	(109198)
115   N	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the circumstances surrounding the establishment by Southend Primary Care Group of a Primary Care Trust with special reference to the recent ballot of general practitioners in the area.
	(108871)
116   N	Mr David Amess (Southend West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is the Government's intention that the support of a primary care group and its constituent general practitioners will be required by the Secretary of State before he approves its progression to primary care trust status.
	(108870)
117   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 565W, on waiting lists, for what reason he did not list the weeks in which information on waiting lists would be published in the next 12 months.
	(108764)
118   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop continuing medical training and education for general practitioners.
	(108509)
119   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of trends in the number of HIV/AIDS related deaths; and if he will make a statement.
	(108513)
120   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop prison health care.
	(108511)
121   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to combat mental health problems amongst the homeless.
	(108510)
122   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the proliferation of spongiform encephalopathies.
	(108508)
123   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of blood provision within the National Health Service.
	(108512)
124	Mr Phil Hope (Corby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when charities will be notified of the outcome of their section 64 applications for projects beginning in the financial year 2000-01.
	(109046)
125   N	Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received about NHS patients needing major surgery using forms E111 and E112 to obtain faster treatment.
	(108778)
126	Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to offer temporary contracts in the United Kingdom to Canadian consultants, doctors and other clinical staff.
	(109114)
127	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the advantages and disadvantages of fiscal measures to encourage or discourage the purchase of certain foods, with particular reference to those containing a high proportion of saturated fatty acids.
	(109101)
128	Mr Ian Stewart (Eccles):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will reprint the booklet, Immunisation against Infectious Diseases; and if he will ensure that the booklet is made available at clinics to parents who request it.
	(109030)
129   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 630W, if he will list the values of UK total gross NHS expenditure which underlie his estimates of UK total gross NHS expenditure as a percentage of GDP.
	(108989)
130   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is regarding the number of members with medical qualifications on the Animal Procedures Committee.
	(108233)
131	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (1) time-range and (2) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109231)
132   N	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what decision has been made by Treasury Counsel regarding files on the operation Lancet inquiry held by Cleveland Police force.
	(108769)
133   N	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Cleveland Police on the action they have taken regarding Operation Lancet files which were returned by Treasury Counsel on 6th December 1999.
	(108805)
134   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, between which dates Harvey Hector was held in the custody of CIB3; for what reasons; and if he will make a statement.
	(108075)
135   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the circumstances of the shooting of Metropolitan Police officer Christopher John Paddle on 16th April 1993.
	(108076)
136   N	Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why the complaint by Mr and Mrs Christopher Paddle made to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner on 19th January 1998 was not acted upon until February 1999; and if he will make a statement.
	(108077)
137	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the total number of asylum seekers registering in each EU country (a) in the last 10 years, (b) in each of those years and (c) in total for each country ranked by number of asylum seekers per 1,000 of population.
	(109182)
138	The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Sex Offences review will report; when the consultation period will commence; and when consequent legislation will be introduced.
	(109091)
139	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) her Department, and (ii) executive agencies under the control of her Department, (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (i) time-range and (ii) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109235)
140	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many were employed by her Department in offices overseas on (a) 1st May 1997 and (b) 1st February 2000.
	(109194)
141	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many licence applications her Department has examined for arms exports to Pakistan since May 1997; if she will list them; and how many her Department (a) supported and (b) opposed.
	(109104)
142	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 1st January.
	(109193)
143	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list (a) the number and (b) aggregate costs of each birth control project funded by her Department.
	(109202)
144	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many licence applications for arms exports to Indonesia her Department has examined since August 1997; if she will list them; and how many her Department (a) supported and (b) opposed.
	(109174)
145	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning the resumption of direct development aid to Pakistan.
	(109195)
146	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in meeting the target of (a) 75 per cent. of bilateral country programme resources being allocated to low income countries by 2002, (b) reducing under-6 mortality rates to no higher than 70 per 1,000 live births by 2002 and (c) reducing maternal mortality rates to no higher than 240 per 100,000 live births by 2002.
	(109192)
147	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the decision to ban 62 of the world's poorest countries from receiving Export Credits Guarantee Department cover for arms sales.
	(109197)
148	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations her Department made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer concerning the decision to ban Export Credits Guarantee Department cover for arms sales to the world's 62 poorest countries.
	(109196)
149	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many arms export licence applications relating to Zimbabwe examined by her Department her Department has (a) supported and (b) opposed since May 1997.
	(109106)
150	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the percentage of United Kingdom government aid and development funding which is misappropriated by the recipient country.
	(109103)
151	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the countries which receive British bilateral aid whose governments are not elected by way of universal suffrage.
	(109203)
152	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the progress made towards meeting the target of 75 per cent. of projects assessed as likely to fully or largely achieve their objectives by 2002.
	(109200)
153	Mr Robert McCartney (North Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the cost to date of the enquiries into the deaths of (a) Mrs Rosemary Nelson and (b) Mr John Finucane.
	(109035)
154   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the Bulgarian Government concerning (a) the consequences for Bulgaria of sanctions against Yugoslavia and (b) the situation in Kosovo, with particular reference to its multi-ethnic composition.
	(108231)
155   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 4W, what discussions he has had with the government of Iran concerning the supply of heroin from Afghanistan to the United Kingdom via Iran.
	(108234)
156	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Prime Minister, who will represent the United Kingdom at the conference on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in April and May 2000.
	(109107)
157	Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many replies to letters he sent to members of the public in 1999; and how many letters were answered on his behalf by his Office rather than by ministers in other government departments.
	(109031)
158	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department, (a) returned to work after childbirth; (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (1) time-range and (2) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109236)
159	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to ensure that training for Benefits Agency doctors draws attention to the need for sensitivity in their dealings with vulnerable claimants.
	(109032)
160	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to ensure that benefit claimants doctors receive appropriate training in the working of the benefit system.
	(109033)
161	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will give (a) the target time between receipt of an application for support from the Child Support Agency and the serving of papers on the absent parent and (b) the actual average time for this process in the most recent year for which the information is available.
	(109181)
162	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what benefits are available to persons in full-time employment but on term-time only contracts for the periods between terms.
	(109180)
163	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland receive payment of child benefit by way of order book; and of those how many are in receipt of (i) job seeker's allowance, (ii) invalidity benefit and (iii) income support.
	(109113)
164	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many parents in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland who are in receipt of lone parent premium receive payment of child benefit by way of order book; and of those how many are in receipt of income support.
	(109112)
165	Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities collect accurate and verifiable information to meet the reporting requirements of the housing benefit best value performance indicators numbers 176-180 for 2000-01.
	(109191)
166	Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the 10 local authority areas with the lowest single room rent payable authorised by rent offices.
	(109186)
167   N	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Solicitor General, what action the Crown Prosecution Service has taken regarding files on operation Lancet forwarded by the Cleveland Police to Treasury Counsel.
	(108768)
168   N	Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Solicitor General, when the Crown Prosecution Service will reach a decision on the files regarding Operation Lancet.
	(108806)
169	Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):    To ask the Solicitor General, what proportion of the files referred to the Crown Prosecution Service by the Police do not lead to prosecution in (a) England and Wales and (b) West Yorkshire.
	(109054)
170   N	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if guidelines have been issued for Enterprise grants and the revised form of regional selective assistance which came into operation on 1st January.
	(108505)
171   N	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if enterprises in (a) the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, (b) Tweedmouth, and (c) Spittal will be eligible to apply to the Regional Investment Fund for the North-East.
	(108504)
172   N	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the regional investment fund for the North-East has been temporarily closed for applications; and if he will make a statement.
	(108506)
173   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the losses attributable to defence-related business with the ECGD broken down by (a) country, (b) goods and (c) financial amounts concerned for each year from 1997 to 1999.
	(108766)
174   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on the ECGD of the recent decision to extend the number of countries which will be given ECGD cover only for productive expenditure; what contracts have been cancelled as a result of this decision; what plans he has to seek to extend this restriction to all low income countries; and what assessment he has made of the impact on the ECGD of such an extension.
	(108770)
175   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list, for each year from 1997 to 1999, (a) those countries in receipt of defence-related contracts covered by the ECGD, (b) the United Kingdom companies involved in each of these contracts, (c) the goods covered by each contract and (d) the financial value of each contract.
	(108765)
176   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact on jobs in the electricity industry of the cap on electricity distribution prices by the regulator; and if he will make a statement.
	(108975)
177   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to encourage British trade development and promotion abroad.
	(108507)
178   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 196W, on deregulation, what assessment he has made of the economic impact on business associated with the deregulation and contracting out orders listed.
	(108809)
179   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the economic impact on business associated with (a) the Deregulation (Wireless Telegraphy) Order 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 1864) and (b) the Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to the Management of Crown Lands) Order 1998 (S.I., 1998, No. 215).
	(108807)
180   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received from the paper industry about the consequences of the recent strength of the pound.
	(108230)
181	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he intends to publish draft guidance under Clauses 9, 13 and 90 of the Utilities Bill.
	(109176)
182	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department, (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (1) time-range and (2) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109234)
183	Mr John D. Taylor (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the total cost of statutory paid parental leave in the United Kingdom set at the level of the minimum wage.
	(109045)
184	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, in the last five years, what proportion of women employees in (i) his Department and (ii) executive agencies under the control of his Department, (a) returned to work after childbirth, (b) returned to work after childbirth before the end of maternity leave, indicating the (1) time-range and (2) mean time, (c) returned to work after childbirth on reduced working hours, indicating the average hours worked and (d) returned to work after childbirth full-time and subsequently reduced their hours.
	(109233)
185	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate finance from the Treasury on a contingency basis, to cover the eventuality that expenditure on Objective I schemes in Wales in the year 2000-01 exceeds the sums covered in the budget of the National Assembly, while still being within the limit laid down by the EU for that year.
	(109105)
186	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his reply of 27th January, Official Report, column 827 W, on departmental budgets, how much of the increase in the total budget for his Department and the National Assembly between the expected outturn for 1999-2000 and the budget for 2000-01 is for the effects of inflation.
	(109094)
187	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will deposit in the Library a copy of the Wilton Park Conference report on NATO's rôle in maintaining European security.
	[Transferred] (109051)
188	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if jobseeker's allowance is available to people on full-time but term-time only employment contracts for periods between terms.
	[Transferred] (109179)
189	Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what progress has been made in the pilot local authorities taking part in the review of housing benefit procedures; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (109034)
190	Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) women and (b) men in Amber Valley are in receipt of the national minimum wage.
	[Transferred] (109040)

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