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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 21 February 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 21 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. |
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| 1 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many fur farms are licensed; if he will list their locations by county; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111014) | |
| 2 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he plans to reply to the letter of 20th December from the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, concerning problems his constituent has had with an IAACS/MAFF inspector. |
| (111131) | |
| 3 N | Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he proposes to meet European Commissioner Franz Fischler to discuss the issue of aid being provided to pig farmers to assist with the additional welfare costs imposed on the industry. |
| (111154) | |
| 4 N | Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many dedicated observers were employed by the Government to monitor the incidental take of marine animals in UK fisheries in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999; what (1) sectors and (2) percentage of UK fisheries this monitoring covered; and how much was spent on such observer programmes in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (110966) | |
| 5 N | Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what are the Government's plans for monitoring marine mammal bycatch in United Kingdom fisheries in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-2003. |
| (110967) | |
| 6 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111612) | |
| 7 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress the United Kingdom Register of Organic Foods Standards has made with re-examining UK standards relating to contact with genetically-modified crops, with special reference to (a) insect pollenation and (b) bee-keeping. |
| (109323) | |
| 8 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with the Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Ireland concerning the aid package introduced there for pig farmers in the border regions; what reasons the Irish Minister gave for its introduction; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111247) | |
| 9 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the total tonnage of lamb offered in the United Kingdom under the private storage aid scheme adopted by the EU Sheepmeat Management Committee on 17th September 1999; how many carcases this represented; and what were the corresponding figures for Northern Ireland. |
| (111248) | |
| 10 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will estimate the contribution to GDP from farms in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire for the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111073) | |
| 11 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the cost of subsidy payments to farmers for organic conversion in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in each year since their inception; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111411) | |
| 12 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire received subsidy payments in each £10,000 band in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111410) | |
| 13 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers received subsidy payments in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111442) | |
| 14 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the dominant farm type for each parish in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111072) | |
| 15 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will provide a breakdown of the subsidy payments to farmers in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire for each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111441) | |
| 16 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to support farmers who wish to diversify within farming. |
| (111270) | |
| 17 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the proposals for the administering of vitamins and minerals contained within section 13 of the EU Draft Feedingstuff Regulations 2000. |
| (110753) | |
| 18 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many times bad weather was forecast for planned sailings of ships carrying live sheep for export from Dover Port to the continent in 1999; how many times his inspectors discussed the weather with the master of vessels carrying live sheep; how many such sailings were undertaken when winds were Force 7 or higher or when the state of the sea was rough; and how many such sailings were postponed due to bad weather. |
| (111373) | |
| 19 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many notices were served by his staff under Article 18 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997 at Dover Port in respect of live sheep destined for export; how many such sheep were removed at his inspectors' instructions from livestock vehicles at Dover Port and for what reasons; and how many documentary queries were made by his inspectors at Dover Port in respect of consignments of live sheep destined for export in 1999. |
| (111371) | |
| 20 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many (a) live sheep and (b) live pigs destined for export from the United Kingdom in 1999 were declared to be unfit to travel by (i) his inspectors at Dover Port and (ii) local Veterinary Inspectors when carrying out inspections prior to issuing an export health certificate. |
| (111372) | |
| 21 N | Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his policy is on accepting requests to meet (a) privy councillors and (b) other honourable Members to discuss farming issues. |
| (111297) | |
| 22 N | Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to meet individual honourable Members to discuss farming issues within the next two months. |
| (111298) | |
| 23 N | Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many individual honourable Members (a) have requested a meeting with him to discuss farming issues, (b) he has refused to meet to discuss farming issues and (c) he has held meetings with to discuss farming issues, since his appointment. |
| (111296) | |
| 24 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what applications in respect of genetically-modified wheat and genetically-modified maize (a) have been considered and (b) are currently under consideration in respect of inclusion on the European seed list common register; if such applications will be a matter for joint consideration with the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111412) | |
| 25 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the countries to which the UK exports primates; and what species of primates are imported to the UK other than macaques. |
| (111150) | |
| 26 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what targets she has set for the Buying Agency for 2000. |
| (111439) | |
| 27 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of documentation used by her Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111610) | |
| 28 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations she has received on the proposed transfer of responsibility for magisterial appointments in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the Lord Chancellor. |
| (111577) | |
| 29 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the private health insurance offer to civil servants which was advertised in Government offices was discontinued. |
| (109325) | |
| 30 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will prepare a draft equality bill for consideration by Parliament. |
| (111100) | |
| 31 | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in the Cabinet Office are currently on gardening leave. |
| (111090) | |
| 32 | Angela Smith (Basildon): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made in her Department's review of the handling of major IT projects. |
| (111307) | |
| 33 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the total sum that has been paid by the New Millennium Experience Company since the commencement of the Millennium Dome project in compensation to contractors and designers whose employment or contracts have been terminated by the NMEC. |
| (110917) | |
| 34 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many designers awarded contracts by the New Millennium Experience Company have received payments from the NMEC that were (a) greater than, (b) the same as and (c) less than the sum specified under the terms of their contract. |
| (110916) | |
| 35 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts were awarded by the New Millennium Experience Company to (a) advertisers and (b) designers; and what is the total cost to the NMEC of those contracts to date. |
| (110913) | |
| 36 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the contracts awarded by the New Millennium Experience Company to (a) advertisers and (b) designers were granted after a process of competitive tendering; and how many of those contracts were still in place on 31st January 2000. |
| (110914) | |
| 37 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed by the New Millennium Experience Company on (a) 31st December 1999 and (b) 31st January 2000. |
| (110965) | |
| 38 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts were awarded by the New Millennium Experience Company to caterers to operate on the site of the Millennium Dome; what net revenue was received by the NMEC from the granting of those contracts; how many of those contracts were awarded after a process of competitive tendering; and how many of those contracts are still in force. |
| (110912) | |
| 39 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been paid by the New Millennium Experience Company in overtime payments since the commencement of the Millennium Dome project. |
| (110915) | |
| 40 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111595) | |
| 41 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the maximum number of tickets that the New Millennium Experience Company is allowed to sell for (a) any one-day session and (b) the evening session at the Millennium Dome. |
| (111314) | |
| 42 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals he has evaluated for use of the Dome for sports after 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111098) | |
| 43 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what opportunities there are for (a) dance, (b) drama, (c) music, (d) art and (e) sport for people (i) under 16 years and (ii) over 60 years which receive funding from his Department. |
| (111099) | |
| 44 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many families in Alyn and Deeside will benefit from the introduction of free television licences for households with a member aged 75 years or over. |
| (111293) | |
| 45 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the rôles of the Film Council and the British Film Institute in supporting the national and regional development of film and moving image exhibitions, education and archives. |
| (111365) | |
| 46 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with zone sponsors in the Dome about access by the public. |
| (111376) | |
| 47 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people from North Yorkshire have bought tickets to visit the Millennium Dome in January and February 2000. |
| (111406) | |
| 48 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 15th February, Official Report, column 509W, on lottery grants by organisations in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Tewkesbury, what was the total value of National Lottery grants applied for. |
| (111433) | |
| 49 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria were used in determining eligibility for Sports Action Zones; what was the timetable for bids for such zones; and what process was used to arrive at the final awards. |
| (111030) | |
| 50 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the healthy living centres in each region and the year in which each was established. |
| (110820) | |
| 51 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what levels of inward investment have resulted from the activities of foreign-owned film companies in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years. |
| (110825) | |
| 52 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the procedure for people over 75 to receive a free television licence. |
| (111095) | |
| 53 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to encourage more school children from Scotland to visit the Millennium Experience at Greenwich. |
| (111091) | |
| 54 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that arrangements put in place for providing free television licences to pensioners aged over 75 years take account of the needs of housebound pensioners. |
| (111514) | |
| 55 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the Millennium Festival in Scotland. |
| (111092) | |
| 56 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tickets for the Millennium Dome have been sold from outlets based in Wales to date; and what percentage they represent of overall sales to date. |
| (110849) | |
| 57 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd February, Official Report, column 29W, on asset sales, if he will list the individual land and buildings sold by the Tate Gallery and the amount realised by each item. |
| (111266) | |
| 58 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the refurbishment of Bagshot Park prior to its disposal to the Earl of Wessex; what the market value of the property was immediately prior to the works being carried out; and how much the property was sold for. |
| (110990) | |
| 59 | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued to the armed services on membership of and recruitment to masonic organisations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111341) | |
| 60 N | Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to withdraw the South Atlantic guardship HMS 'Somerset' from detachment in the South West Atlantic; and if he will make a statement. |
| [R] (110925) | |
| 61 N | Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to withdraw HMS 'Endurance' from service; and if he will make a statement. |
| [R] (110926) | |
| 62 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates in 1999 were live cluster bombs used in trials at Luce Bay. |
| (111075) | |
| 63 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the figures provided by his Department for the number of BL755 cluster bombs used during Operation Allied Force include bombs (a) used during (i) training and (ii) trials and (b) dumped at sea following aborted missions. |
| (111077) | |
| 64 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the purpose of the trials using live cluster bombs at Luce Bay in 1999. |
| (111076) | |
| 65 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of aircraft operated by Her Majesty's Armed Forces used BL755 cluster bombs during Operation Allied Force. |
| (111078) | |
| 66 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the (a) types and (b) quantities of cluster bombs used during the trials at Luce Bay in 1999. |
| (111074) | |
| 67 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111596) | |
| 68 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by his Department to implement a depleted uranium training programme. |
| (109324) | |
| 69 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with the removal and disposal of depleted uranium contamination in the Gulf resulting from coalition forces' ammunition. |
| (109326) | |
| 70 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the declared non-compliances in Portsmouth Aviation Team's proposals relating to the CHARM contract were not raised during the Phase 1 negotiations in time to enable a compliant bid to be prepared for Phase 2; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111456) | |
| 71 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what impact the 10-year partnering deal between BAe and his Department had on the decision on the CHARM contract; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111455) | |
| 72 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions have been included in the contract for the supply of CHARM munitions to cover the possibility of BAe being unable to design and manufacture to the price offered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111458) | |
| 73 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the value for money offered by the contract with BAe to supply CHARM munitions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111457) | |
| 74 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the causes of the accidents involving (a) a Chinook HC2 in Oman in 1999, (b) an RAF Harrier GR7 in Coldstream in 1999, (c) an RAF Jaguar GR1 in Moray Firth in 1999 and (d) an RAF Tornado F3 in Torness in 1999; what steps have been taken since with regard to each case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111460) | |
| 75 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conditions were specified for the competition to supply CHARM munitions as regards providing fixed and firm proposals; if all the bids met those conditions; and if the final decision was based on a fixed-price solution. |
| (111459) | |
| 76 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account was taken of (a) scheduled BAe plant closures and (b) BAe's past performance and costs when determining the award of the CHARM contract; what assurances were requested on these matters; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111462) | |
| 77 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the level of the damage to (a) the Tornado F3 that crashed in Torness in 1999, (b) the RAF Jaguar GR1 which crashed in Moray Firth in 1999, (c) the RAF Harrier GR7 which crashed in Coldstream in 1999 and (d) the Chinook HC2 which crashed in Oman in 1999; what was the cost of the damage in each case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111461) | |
| 78 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many A400Ms would have to be ordered by his Department for a viable programme to be sustained. |
| (111336) | |
| 79 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact upon the United Kingdom's defence collaboration and wider strategic relations with other European partner nations should the A400M programme not proceed. |
| (111337) | |
| 80 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what account has been taken of Airbus Industrie's track record of delivering aircraft (a) on time, (b) on specification and (c) to cost in the assessment of the A400M proposal. |
| (111338) | |
| 81 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take into account the Airbus Industrie partners' track record of delivering military aircraft programmes in the assessment of the A400M proposal. |
| (111339) | |
| 82 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft types fully meet the European Staff Requirement for a Future Transport Aircraft. |
| (111340) | |
| 83 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the Royal Navy ships which have video conferencing facilities, indicating the bandwidth used and the locations where video conferencing has been (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful for each ship. |
| (110852) | |
| 84 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use experience of video conferencing exists in (a) the Army and (b) the RAF; and what were the locations linked and the bandwidth used. |
| (110851) | |
| 85 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent meetings he has had with European Commission officials to discuss European security. |
| (109399) | |
| 86 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the boarding school allowance money the MOD spent in the independent sector in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999; and what proportion is forecast for 2000. |
| (111140) | |
| 87 N | Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by (a) date, (b) number of vessels, (c) number of personnel, (d) nationality of military force and (e) class of ordnance to be deployed including warhead, each of the naval exercises he has approved to be undertaken in the waters off Cape Wrath, Sutherland over the next three months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110823) | |
| 88 N | Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Government's Learning Forces Initiative. |
| (109405) | |
| 89 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out his proposals for the future of HMS 'Cambridge', near Plymouth. |
| (111254) | |
| 90 N | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to encourage recruitment to the Territorial Army. |
| (109421) | |
| 91 N | Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to increase the proportion of accredited training and education in the armed forces. |
| (109411) | |
| 92 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many calls have been made to the New Deal Hotline in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK; how many were from (i) clients and (ii) employers; and how many were (1) positive comments and (2) complaints. |
| (111137) | |
| 93 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many injuries related to participation in the New Deal have been reported by New Deal participants since April 1998. |
| (111123) | |
| 94 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to enhance the functioning of the New Deal Gateway. |
| (111124) | |
| 95 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, who will be responsible for leading the INSET training days in schools in connection with the new pay arrangements for teachers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111583) | |
| 96 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of the population in (a) the Leeds Central parliamentary constituency, (b) the City of Leeds and (c) the UK have (i) a higher education degree, (ii) at least 2 A-levels at grade E or above, (iii) 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C or equivalent and (iv) no qualifications. |
| (111064) | |
| 97 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many higher education subjects in the United Kingdom are offered only in one of its component countries. |
| (110373) | |
| 98 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many applications were made in 1999 by students based in the United Kingdom for enrolment on a course in a component country of the United Kingdom in which they were not resident. |
| (110395) | |
| 99 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he is taking to ensure that TECs do not divest themselves of assets derived from public funds before the ending of such funding in 2001. |
| (110397) | |
| 100 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was public spending on higher education, excluding the science budget, as a proportion of GDP for each year from 1979 to 1999; and what is the forecast for (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. |
| (110399) | |
| 101 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to monitor performance and contract compliance by TECs during their last financial year, 2000-01. |
| (110401) | |
| 102 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on action he is taking to encourage equal opportunities in further and higher education. |
| (110370) | |
| 103 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on current developments at Remploy. |
| (110371) | |
| 104 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many undergraduate students from European Union countries are currently enrolled on courses in each of the component countries of the United Kingdom. |
| (110372) | |
| 105 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many undergraduate students in each of the component countries of the United Kingdom are enrolled on a course in another component country. |
| (110394) | |
| 106 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the current availability to schools via satellite or cable of overseas television programmes of news, information or language teaching, and in what languages; and if he will make a statement on recent changes in that availability. |
| (110396) | |
| 107 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will establish a mechanism for valuation and apportionment of assets currently held by TECs according to whether or not they were derived from public funds; how publicly-owned assets will be treated for accounting purposes; and what advice he will offer TECs on the use or disposal of their remaining assets. |
| (110398) | |
| 108 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what arrangements he will put in place for the resolution of disputes over issues concerned with the provision of educational services to disabled persons in further and higher education. |
| (110400) | |
| 109 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local education authorities in respect of which Ofsted has expressed serious concern. |
| (111575) | |
| 110 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to expand the clubhouse movement as a way of assisting people with disabilities on the New Deal. |
| (111413) | |
| 111 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111597) | |
| 112 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have found work through the New Deal for 50 plus. |
| (111578) | |
| 113 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on recent developments in establishing education action zones. |
| (111662) | |
| 114 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on progress towards fulfilment of the Government's target for getting young people into work. |
| (111663) | |
| 115 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many education maintenance allowances have been awarded in each region to date. |
| (111664) | |
| 116 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Sure Start pilots. |
| (111666) | |
| 117 | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the age distribution, in 10-year bands, of those holding academic teaching posts in engineering faculties in universities in England. |
| (111258) | |
| 118 | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many academic teaching posts in engineering faculties remained unfilled as at 30th September 1999 in universities in England. |
| (111256) | |
| 119 | Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the initiatives he has taken since 1st May 1997 to attract high-calibre academic staff into engineering faculties in universities in England . |
| (111257) | |
| 120 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to introduce an agreed national formula for assessing pupil mobility at school level. |
| (111139) | |
| 121 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent representations he has received regarding class sizes in primary schools. |
| (111380) | |
| 122 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate how many 18 to 24 year olds have benefited from the New Deal in the Vale of York. |
| (111377) | |
| 123 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on average class sizes in primary schools. |
| (111407) | |
| 124 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 15th February on the New Deal, if he will list the number of young people on each of the New Deal options in Shrewsbury and Atcham broken down into (a) employment, (b) full-time education/training, (c) voluntary sector and (d) environment task force; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111063) | |
| 125 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the impact of the New Deal scheme in reducing youth unemployment in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire. |
| (111069) | |
| 126 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 15th February on the assisted places scheme, when the assisted places scheme will be phased out in Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111062) | |
| 127 | Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to relocate the jobcentre in Carlisle; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111419) | |
| 128 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance the Government is giving about ensuring that children at school are unable to access inappropriate material on the Internet. |
| (111156) | |
| 129 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much funding was awarded to Bradford Local Education Authority in each year from 1995-96 to 1999-2000 in respect of (a) reduction in infant class sizes, broken down by (i) revenue and (ii) capital funds, (b) the National Grid for Learning, (c) literacy programmes, (d) numeracy programmes, (e) books for schools, (f) truancy and behaviour initiatives, (g) school security, (h) improving school effectiveness, (i) the Excellence in Cities initiative, (j) New Deal for Schools, (k) voluntary aided schools capital grant, (l) energy efficiency, (m) education S.S.A. and (n) music programmes. |
| (111029) | |
| 130 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the amount spent per head of population on youth services for each local authority area in the North West Region in (a) 1990, (b) 1995 and (c) the last year for which figures are available. |
| (111665) | |
| 131 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 25W, on asset sales, if he will list the individual land and buildings sold by the Employment Service and the value realised from the sale of each item. |
| (111267) | |
| 132 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the (a) subjects and (b) syllabuses he intends to remove from the approved list for examinational GCSE giving the reasons for each decision. |
| (111144) | |
| 133 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the arrangements for the distribution of the additional funds for education announced in the recent local government settlement, indicating how much each local authority will receive and what conditions will be attached to the receipt of such funds. |
| (111046) | |
| 134 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to allow the Employment Service to bid for new contracts as part of the Employment Zone initiative; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111022) | |
| 135 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many Ofsted inspectors have been appointed to date; and how many are of ethnic minority origin. |
| (111025) | |
| 136 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he will issue with the introduction of performance-related pay for teachers to ensure a commitment to equal opportunities regardless of age, disabilities, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, religion and sexual orientation. |
| (110997) | |
| 137 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to allocate threshold payments to a school where a deficit budget exists. |
| (110999) | |
| 138 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to ensure that proposals for performance-related pay do not discriminate against (a) female and (b) ethnic minority teachers. |
| (110998) | |
| 139 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, under what circumstances teachers on Point 9 of the teachers's salary scale who win PLATO awards (a) cross the performance pay threshold and (b) become advanced skills teachers. |
| (111044) | |
| 140 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he will issue for the measurement of pupil progress where teachers do not teach key stage test classes or external examination classes. |
| (110996) | |
| 141 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria he attaches to the award of grants available following the announcement of additional funding for education in the recent local government settlement. |
| (111145) | |
| 142 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what regulations are issued to Ofsted on the composition of inspection teams. |
| (110995) | |
| 143 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what safeguards he will put in place to ensure that a previous dispute between a headteacher and a teacher does not affect a decision on whether to recommend the teacher for progress through the performance pay threshold. |
| (111043) | |
| 144 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to allow the contribution of private tuition to be taken into account when judging pupil performance as part of his proposals for teacher's performance-related pay. |
| (111023) | |
| 145 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has in respect of the level of resources to be made available to individual schools for threshold payments under the proposed performance-related pay scheme for teachers. |
| (111024) | |
| 146 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what requirement exists for Ofsted teams inspecting schools where the majority of students are of ethnic minority background, to include (a) a registered inspector from an ethnic minority and (b) a proportion of members who reflect the ethnic backgound of the majority of the students; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111026) | |
| 147 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what arrangements he has put in place in respect of the proposals for teachers' performance related pay in the event that the teachers' association reject the proposals. |
| (111040) | |
| 148 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if places on holiday play schemes and privately financed sports weeks are included within his Department's figures for the number of childcare places created; and if he will list the number of such places included in, and the proportion they represent, of the total new childcare places announced since May 1997. |
| (111027) | |
| 149 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to recognise the team element of raising standards in schools under the proposed performance-related pay scheme. |
| (111000) | |
| 150 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the provision for special educational needs in Sittingbourne and Sheppey. |
| (111085) | |
| 151 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on (a) the amount allocated and (b) the amount spent on training of local government staff broken down by (i) occupational grade, (ii) type of employment and (iii) gender, in each of the last five years. |
| (109604) | |
| 152 | Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if his Department collects information by postcode on the location of road accidents involving pedestrians. |
| (111065) | |
| 153 N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to respond to the Borough of Reigate and Banstead Council's request in a letter of 29th July 1999 to the Government Office for the South East to confirm the Council of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead (Holmethorpe Relief Road, Redhill) Compulsory Purchase Order 1996. |
| (110583) | |
| 154 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to take action to discourage the use of steel shot in woodlands. |
| [R] (110402) | |
| 155 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which water companies (a) have and (b) have not accepted responsibility for a free leak repair service for domestic supply pipes. |
| (111275) | |
| 156 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Carshalton, of 21st December, Official Report, column 524W, what comparators he used to calculate the PPP infrastructure companies' estimated efficiency improvement of 20 per cent. |
| (11592) | |
| 157 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Carshalton of 21st December, Official Report, column 523W, on London Underground, if he will list the principal causes of the failures of rolling stock, indicating the number of failures in each category. |
| (111593) | |
| 158 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by Thames Water to prevent leaks, with particular reference to the timescale for changing all lead pipes in street areas (a) in Leyton and Wanstead and (b) elsewhere in London, including those from mains to house stop-cocks; if he will indicate for each London constituency the amount of such piping which is deemed to need changing; how much Thames Water (i) has spent on this in each of the last five years and (ii) it is committed to spend in the next five years; and if he will break down (i) and (ii) by (1) Leyton and Wanstead and (2) other London constituencies; what incentives Thames water provides to home owners to change old pipes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111273) | |
| 159 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 21st December, Official Report, column 521W, covering investment in London Underground, if he will list the specific projects envisaged, indicating the estimated cost of each. |
| (111591) | |
| 160 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111598) | |
| 161 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will respond to the Report on Biodiversity in the EU of Sub-Committee D of the European Union Committee of the House of Lords; and if he will make a statement on recommendations 1, 6 and 7 of the Report. |
| (109322) | |
| 162 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what account he will take of United Kingdom regional interests in future discussions he has concerning the development of air services between the United Kingdom and the United States. |
| (111303) | |
| 163 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the likely economic impact on the North-West of the liberalisation of air service agreements between the United States and the United Kingdom. |
| (111302) | |
| 164 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the North-West of full liberalisation of air service agreements. |
| (111301) | |
| 165 | Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to initiate further discussions with the United States concerning the development of air services between the United Kingdom and the United States. |
| (111304) | |
| 166 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to reduce the number of cars abandoned with no known owner; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111125) | |
| 167 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many cars were abandoned with no known owner in 1999. |
| (111126) | |
| 168 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent directions he has given to the Environment Agency regarding pollution in Falmouth Harbour; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111129) | |
| 169 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to change the DVLA's V5 registrations system for used cars; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111130) | |
| 170 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place a copy of the report he has received on the future of the Safety and Standards Department of Railtrack in the Library; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110994) | |
| 171 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to publish a daughter document on facilities for pedestrians and strategies for promoting walking. |
| (110746) | |
| 172 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received about producing guidance for local authorities on a strategy for pedestrians. |
| (110748) | |
| 173 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what planning guidance he will produce to encourage facilities for pedestrians and to promote walking. |
| (110747) | |
| 174 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the escalators that were not working on 14th February on the London Underground; for what reasons each was not working; and what measures will be pursued to ensure that all escalators are in full working order. |
| (110745) | |
| 175 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of rail freight facilities grants on the volume of rail freight; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110993) | |
| 176 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for trunk road improvements in North Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111375) | |
| 177 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to assist motor traffic circulation in North Yorkshire during the course of 2000. |
| (111381) | |
| 178 | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of electrifying the North Wales mainline. |
| (111429) | |
| 179 | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of completely electrifying the main rail connection between London and Dublin via Holyhead. |
| (111430) | |
| 180 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) pedestrians and (b) vehicle occupants were (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured in road accidents at Bayley Island junction between the A49 and A5 in each year from 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111068) | |
| 181 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people sleeping rough died, broken down by cause of death, in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111070) | |
| 182 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the minimum permitted altitude of aircraft approaching Heathrow from the west (a) 5, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 miles from Heathrow. |
| (111260) | |
| 183 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out the definition of a near miss between aircraft; how many such incidents have taken place at Heathrow in the past three years; and how many of those incidents occurred within three miles of Wargrave in Berkshire. |
| (111259) | |
| 184 N | Mr Ian Pearson (Dudley South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those organisations which have made representations to him calling for (a) the repeal and (b) the retention of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988. |
| (111031) | |
| 185 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the percentage contribution from central government funds towards local authority expenditure in England in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000; and if he will give the estimated percentage in 2000-01. |
| (111617) | |
| 186 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the business rate increase has been (a) as a percentage and (b) in real terms in each of the past 10 years. |
| (110824) | |
| 187 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities that exceeded the council tax increase guideline set under the Council Tax Benefit subsidy limitation scheme in 1999-2000; what amount of subsidy is to be withdrawn from these local authorities in an individual basis; and on what date any withdrawal of subsidy will take effect. |
| (111236) | |
| 188 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the application of the precautionary principle included in Article 174 of the EC treaty and principle 15 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on the environment and development. |
| (111426) | |
| 189 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to empower local authorities to have recourse to the precautionary principle in Article 174 of the EC treaty when assessing planning applications from telecommunications companies to erect mobile phone masts within highly-populated areas. |
| (111425) | |
| 190 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he plans to give to local authorities and passenger transport executives on concessionary travel arrangements for males aged between 60 and 65 years, following the European Court ruling on winter fuel payments. |
| (111122) | |
| 191 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list for each housing authority in the North West of England (a) the total housing stock available for rent by that authority, (b) the number of households registered on the general needs waiting list and (c) the number of properties vacant for longer than six months for each of the last four years for which figures are available. |
| (11668) | |
| 192 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to publish the Housing Green Paper. |
| (111661) | |
| 193 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action the Government is taking to implement the highly-indebted poor countries initiative. |
| (111667) | |
| 194 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are affected by the provisions which enable the Inland Revenue to tax pensions on the amount of entitlement rather than the amount received; and how much extra tax was paid on average by each pensioner in 1999-2000, as a result of these provisions. |
| (111252) | |
| 195 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the actual full-time equivalent child care costs of recipients of the child care tax credit are being met on average through the credit in (a) England and Wales and (b) each region. |
| (111271) | |
| 196 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the taxation status of income received by professional sports people in testimonial games. |
| (110923) | |
| 197 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the taxation revenue that would accrue from taxing the incomes received by professional sports players in testimonial games. |
| (110922) | |
| 198 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the costs of allowing non-taxpayers to reclaim the tax credit paid on dividends; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who would benefit. |
| (110919) | |
| 199 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 16th February, Official Report, column 616W, if he will place a copy of the agreement on restructuring Russian debt in the Library. |
| (111342) | |
| 200 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111599) | |
| 201 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the impact on revenue to the Exchequer in the financial year 2000-01 of (a) abolishing the upper earnings limit on employee national insurance contributions, (b) introducing a 50 per cent. rate of income tax for taxable income over £100,000 per year, (c) extending the 10 per cent. income tax band to £7,115 per year of gross income for (i) all taxpayers and (ii) taxpayers other than higher rate taxpayers and (d) raising the rate of the national minimum wage for adults to £4.94 per hour. |
| (111643) | |
| 202 N | Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place the British Agrochemicals Association's draft proposals to minimise the environmental impact of pesticide use, in the Library. |
| (111082) | |
| 203 N | Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will have proposals in place for voluntary measures to meet the Government's objective of minimising the environmental impact of pesticide use; and if he will consult interested parties prior to their publication. |
| (111081) | |
| 204 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the (a) gross earnings, (b) earnings after income tax and National Insurance contributions and (c) entitlements to the working families tax credit of a dual-earner couple with two children under the age of 11 years, both earning the minimum wage and both working full-time. |
| (111241) | |
| 205 N | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the full report on tobacco smuggling prepared by Martin Taylor, advisor to HM Customs and Excise. |
| (110751) | |
| 206 N | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the papers and correspondence accompanying the report on tobacco smuggling prepared by Martin Taylor. |
| (110750) | |
| 207 N | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice he has received from Martin Taylor on the UK levels of tobacco duty in addition to his report on tobacco smuggling. |
| (110752) | |
| 208 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what industries will be eligible to claim grants for energy efficiency measures under the scheme announced in his pre-budget report; how such awards will be calculated; and what will be the maximum amount available. |
| (111018) | |
| 209 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the scheme for supporting energy efficiency measures announced in his pre-budget report is to be funded. |
| (111016) | |
| 210 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what new money will be available from the Treasury to fund the grants available for energy efficiency measures announced in his pre-budget report. |
| (111017) | |
| 211 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review his decision to reduce income tax by one penny. |
| (111378) | |
| 212 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the (a) number and (b) percentage of underweight babies born in each health authority area in each of the past 10 years. |
| (110827) | |
| 213 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the average gross weekly income of households in each region of the UK in descending order of region in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what proportion of income was derived from social security benefits in each case. |
| (110828) | |
| 214 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Treasury has made of the consequences for interest rates and the value of sterling of a rise in NHS expenditure over five years to the EU average, funded by additional taxation. |
| (110829) | |
| 215 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of money the Exchequer loses annually through non-payment of (a) television licences, (b) car tax, (c) vehicle insurance and (d) MOT certificates. |
| (111431) | |
| 216 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the expected change in after-tax income for single-income families with two children who earn (a) £10,000, (b) £20,000, (c) £40,000 and (d) £80,000 of taxable income as a result of the 1p reduction in income tax to be implemented in April. |
| (111573) | |
| 217 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what studies have been made of the effectiveness of the national communications campaign, outlined in page 8 of the Outline National Changeover Plan, aimed at raising business awareness of the implications of the launch of the Euro; how many factsheets were asked for; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111250) | |
| 218 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list (a) the projects that will receive funding from the capital modernisation fund in the years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 and (i) the funding for and (ii) the timing of spending on each project; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111249) | |
| 219 | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has undertaken into the impact of the changes in VAT on domestic fuel made in July 1997 on different groups of the population. |
| (111366) | |
| 220 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to produce inflation statistics at a regional level. |
| (110822) | |
| 221 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the percentage of the income of each quintile group of the population which is taken in (a) direct tax and (b) indirect tax; and if he will provide a breakdown of this estimate for each of the main taxes. |
| (111151) | |
| 222 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants of the working families tax credit and the disabled person's tax credit have earnings below the lower earnings limit to national insurance. |
| (111311) | |
| 223 N | Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to arrest indicted war criminals in (a) Bosnia-Herzegovina and (b) Kosovo. |
| (109408) | |
| 224 N | Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many suspected war criminals have been arrested by UK forces in Bosnia. |
| (109401) | |
| 225 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral statement of 15th February, Official Report, column 782, if he will make it his policy to veto the forthcoming EU treaty if it does not include provision for a blocking minority in the Council for the United Kingdom, France and Germany. |
| (110848) | |
| 226 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what extra government grant will be allocated to the British Council for the opening of planned new country directorates in (a) Libya and (b) Iran. |
| (111261) | |
| 227 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy to give the same percentage increase or decrease in Government grant to the British Council at the annual spending review as his Department receives in the review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111244) | |
| 228 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what extra grant was allocated by his Department to the British Council for opening the new country directorates in (a) Bolivia and (b) Cuba. |
| (111262) | |
| 229 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) activities and (b) funding needs of a (i) British Council country directorate and (ii) Foreign and Commonwealth Office mission. |
| (111245) | |
| 230 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 336W, if he has amended any valid open general export licence since 12th October 1999 by removal of Pakistan as a permitted destination; whether he has issued any instructions to HM Customs and Excise to prevent the export to Pakistan of any specified goods for which a valid standard or open licence is in force; if he has revoked any licence for the export of licensable goods to Pakistan since 12th October 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111079) | |
| 231 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representatives the UK has in East Timor; what is their status; and if he will make a statement on their role and functions. |
| (110488) | |
| 232 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring is being undertaken by United Kingdom representatives of the electoral process in Peru. |
| (110489) | |
| 233 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111600) | |
| 234 | Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 29th November, Official Report, column 33W, which business, educational and other organisations contributed to the Your Britain, Your Europe, roadshow; and what they contributed. |
| (111152) | |
| 235 | Mr John Cryer (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information was distributed during the Your Britain, Your Europe roadshow which directly related to the promotion of the European single currency. |
| (111153) | |
| 236 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to monitor human rights in Austria. |
| (110588) | |
| 237 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the sanctions policy towards (a) Yugoslavia and (b) Iraq. |
| (110587) | |
| 238 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards the proposal by Andrew Beal to lease for the Government of Anguilla the Island of Sombrero for a rocket launch pad to carry telecommunications satellites. |
| (111231) | |
| 239 N | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many suspected war criminals have been apprehended by British forces in Bosnia |
| (109417) | |
| 240 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the exercise by Her Majesty's Government of its veto during the negotiations on the forthcoming EU intergovernmental conference. |
| (111080) | |
| 241 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people killed in Yugoslavia as a result of the conflict over Kosovo (a) by NATO forces and the KLA and (b) by Yugoslav forces, since the NATO action began on 22nd March 1999. |
| (109409) | |
| 242 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese Government about reports that Tibetan woman are to be compulsorily sterilised after their second child. |
| (111019) | |
| 243 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral Answer of 15th February, Official Report, column 762, on Euro-Med, if he will list matters covered by negotiations for Euro-Med agreements. |
| (111164) | |
| 244 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to press for greater flexibility in institutional arrangements in the European Union. |
| (111382) | |
| 245 N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set up an inquiry into allegations that the British security services knew of plans to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi. |
| (110517) | |
| 246 N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Britain's security services knew about proposals to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110519) | |
| 247 N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he was first informed of plans to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi; what he knew about such plans; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110518) | |
| 248 | Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Russian government on the culling of baby seals in Russian waters. |
| (111427) | |
| 249 | Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of transcripts of interviews he has given on allegations of British intelligence involvement in an attempted assassination of Colonel Gaddafi. |
| (111591) | |
| 250 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress there has been on the National Alcohol Strategy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111086) | |
| 251 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the amount allocated and (b) the amount spent on training of NHS staff, broken down by (i) occupational grade, (ii) type of employment and (iii) gender, in each of the last five years. |
| (109605) | |
| 252 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women were employed by the NHS in each occupational grade for each of the last five years. |
| (109606) | |
| 253 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the letter from the honourable Member for North Warwickshire of 2nd February to the honourable Member for Lewes, on xenotransplantation, what disposal methods are authorised for meat from pigs subject to xenotransplantation procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and if such meat is deemed suitable for human consumption. |
| (111049) | |
| 254 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will respond to the recommendations of the Crown Report on prescribing. |
| (111253) | |
| 255 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of working days lost due to the recent flu outbreak. |
| (111148) | |
| 256 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the measures contained in the Government's pandemic contingency plans were deployed during the recent flu outbreak, with particular reference to use of anti-virals to limit the spread of infection. |
| (111147) | |
| 257 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the arrangements that were put in place prior to the recent flu outbreak to protect (a) health workers and (b) at risk groups by means of vaccination. |
| (111146) | |
| 258 N | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified midwives were employed in the NHS (a) in 1979, (b) in 1997 and (c) at the latest available dates. |
| (111316) | |
| 259 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent flu outbreak on (a) waiting lists, (b) elective operations and (c) progress towards Government targets for waiting lists. |
| (111149) | |
| 260 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances he renews a core grant to a voluntary organisation beyond the normal period for which such grants are payable. |
| (110920) | |
| 261 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111601) | |
| 262 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP appointments were missed in (a) the Wigan and Bolton Health Authority and (b) nationally during 1999. |
| (111594) | |
| 263 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to give local authorities powers to provide direct payments for carers over the age of 16 years. |
| (110667) | |
| 264 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of acute care beds in the NHS. |
| (110669) | |
| 265 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase access to NHS Dentistry. |
| (110668) | |
| 266 | Mr Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East and Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hernia operations have been carried out in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each of the last five years. |
| (111367) | |
| 267 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if people without pituitary glands qualify to receive Viagra on the NHS without referral to a consultant; and what is the basis for this approach. |
| (111572) | |
| 268 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which community hospitals have closed since May 1996; how many hospital beds have been lost as a result; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111424) | |
| 269 N | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many targets have been set for his Department since May 1997; and how many have not been reached and for what reason. |
| (111028) | |
| 270 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drugs have been evaluated by NICE; and how many are being evaluated. |
| (111423) | |
| 271 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS paid in compensation payments in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111422) | |
| 272 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the money which he has promised to tackle waiting lists represents an additional financial commitment distinct from previous commitments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111421) | |
| 273 N | Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government plans to implement a ban on tobacco advertising. |
| (111315) | |
| 274 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to ask the Secretary of State for Health when the report of the Clinical Standards Advisory Group on epilepsy will be published. |
| (111504) | |
| 275 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for changes to NHS services for people with epilepsy. |
| (111505) | |
| 276 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of National Health trusts currently employ epilepsy specialist nurses. |
| (111506) | |
| 277 | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of acute beds in National Health Service hospitals. |
| (111324) | |
| 278 | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the report of his Department's inquiry into bed numbers. |
| (111325) | |
| 279 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting lists were for (a) in-patient and (b) out-patient treatment in North Essex on the most recent date for which information is available. |
| (110992) | |
| 280 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average waiting time for hip replacement operations in hospitals in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the North-West Region. |
| (110850) | |
| 281 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date his Department first issued a warning against the use of mercury-based amalgams in treating the teeth of (a) pregnant women and (b) children; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110481) | |
| 282 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent appraisal his Department has made of the toxic effects of mercury-based amalgams in dentistry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110485) | |
| 283 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department warns against the use of mercury-based amalgams to treat the teeth of (a) women who are pregnant and (b) children; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110479) | |
| 284 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria those firms certificated to remove used mercury-based amalgams from dentists' surgeries have to meet. |
| (110483) | |
| 285 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent studies his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the efficacy of non-toxic, non-metal amalgams in dentistry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110482) | |
| 286 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many firms have current contracts to collect and dispose of used mercury-based dentists' amalgams; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110480) | |
| 287 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the toxic elements included in mercury-based amalgams in dentistry. |
| (110484) | |
| 288 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on procurement policy for NHS wheelchairs. |
| (111055) | |
| 289 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many wheelchairs have been supplied to the NHS in each of the last five years. |
| (111056) | |
| 290 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he proposes to take to clear the backlog of operations arising as a result of (a) cancellations over the Millennium holiday period and (b) the flu outbreak. |
| (111374) | |
| 291 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general and (b) acute NHS hospital beds there were at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in each year from 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111443) | |
| 292 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general and (b) acute NHS hospital beds there were (i) nationally and (ii) in Shropshire in 1998 and 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111444) | |
| 293 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the accessibility of NHS dental provision in the Wansdyke parliamentary constituency. |
| (111155) | |
| 294 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department's sponsored research into sudden unexpected deaths in infancy made of the incidence of deaths among (a) children sleeping on a mattress that was new for that child and (b) children sleeping on a mattress that had been previously used by other children. |
| (111163) | |
| 295 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department have made on the impact on health of silica dust from concrete recycling plants. |
| (111162) | |
| 296 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the NHS's purchasing policy for (a) generic and (b) branded drugs. |
| (111469) | |
| 297 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which EU regulations govern the pricing and supply of drugs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111468) | |
| 298 N | Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received regarding the level of NHS funding to the North East from (a) honourable Members, (b) the North East Development Agency and (c) others. |
| (111087) | |
| 299 N | Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 585W, on in-patient statistics, whether his answers are cumulative figures for all people admitted who are above the age stated, or whether they were only for those of that particular age range, between the age stated and the next age. |
| (111243) | |
| 300 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the per capita expenditure on health services in (a) England and Wales and (b) Wakefield District in the last year for which figures are available; and what was the equivalent average figure for EU member states. |
| (111576) | |
| 301 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the Question tabled on 26th January by the honourable Member for Hemsworth on funding for Wakefield Health Authority. |
| (111508) | |
| 302 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date an urgent search was ordered in England for those people named in the Waterhouse Report as being unsuitable to work with children. |
| (111369) | |
| 303 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who applied for licences PPL 170 04972 and PPL 170 04956 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. |
| (110987) | |
| 304 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of Paragraph 5.13 of the Minutes of the Animal Procedures Committe of 13th October 1999, for what reasons animals suffering from convulsions are treated as not requiring intervention. |
| (111048) | |
| 305 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of animals in procedures aimed at identifying people who could be targeted for smoking cessation programmes. |
| (110989) | |
| 306 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason it was concluded that animal experimentation is justified under licences PPL 70/04972 and PPL 70/04956. |
| (111015) | |
| 307 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th February, Official Report, column 258W, if he will make a statement on paragraph 5:11 of the Minutes of the Animal Procedures Committee of 13th October 1999. |
| (111083) | |
| 308 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of paragraph 5: 7 of the Minutes of the Animal Procedures Committee of 13th October 1999, what information beyond that gained over the past 30 years is expected to be realised by licences PPL 70/04972 and PPL 70/04956. |
| (111013) | |
| 309 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what weight he gave to the views of members of the Animal Procedures Committee opposed to the granting of applications PPL 170 04972 and PPL 170 04956 before deciding to authorise these. |
| (110988) | |
| 310 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 409W, on the Criminal Records Bureau, if he will list the members of the SERCO-led consortium. |
| (111097) | |
| 311 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for an announcement about the reclassification of GHB from a medicine to a drug. |
| (111161) | |
| 312 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set up an inquiry into the future of gambling; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111274) | |
| 313 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has involved the Family Policy Division of the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Legal Visitor of the Court of Protection in the review by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the full capacity requirement for renunciation of British citizenship and applications for it under the British Nationality Act 1981. |
| (111409) | |
| 314 | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the report of the review by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the full capacity requirement for renunciation of British citizenship and applications for it under the British Nationality Act 1981; and whether he will consult (a) MIND, (b) SANE, (c) NSF, (d) the Zito Trust and (e) other organisations concerned with mental health before deciding finally on any changes to the law or regulation. |
| (111408) | |
| 315 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce prison nursing services run jointly with the local NHS trust hospital in the area of the prison; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111465) | |
| 316 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women were being held in segregation units of prisons in England and Wales on 14th February. |
| (111464) | |
| 317 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disabled people were in prison in England and Wales on 14th February. |
| (111467) | |
| 318 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disabled (a) men and (b) women who were confined to wheelchairs were being held in prisons in England and Wales on 14th February. |
| (111466) | |
| 319 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the control and constraints that are permitted to be used on inmates in prisons in England and Wales; what records the prison authorities must keep of their use; what obligation there is for the governor of the prison to be informed immediately of the use of such restraints; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111141) | |
| 320 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many board of visitors annual reports for 1999 have been received by his Department; and if he will list the boards of visitors and the prisons for which they are responsible. |
| (111463) | |
| 321 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111602) | |
| 322 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in the reform of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. |
| (110590) | |
| 323 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the Performance Inspection Probation Report for the West Midlands Region. |
| (110589) | |
| 324 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian employees were employed in the Kingston Division of the Metropolitan Police in each of the years 1992 to 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111305) | |
| 325 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police station front offices closed to the public in (a) the Kingston Division and (b) the Metropolitan Police area in each of the years 1992 to 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111306) | |
| 326 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers entered the United Kingdom during 1999; and how many have been placed in accommodation in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. |
| (111308) | |
| 327 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been implemented in each police authority area. |
| (111020) | |
| 328 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the areas in which (a) reparation orders, (b) parenting orders, (c) child safety orders and (d) action plan orders are being piloted; and how many such orders which have been issued to date in each pilot area since the legislation came into force. |
| (111021) | |
| 329 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers have applied to join training at the Metropolitan Police Training College at Hendon commencing in March 2000. |
| (110976) | |
| 330 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of police officers who will be diverted from public duties to statistical operations as a result of new Home Office targets. |
| (111452) | |
| 331 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were available for ordinary duty, by rank, for each of the police forces in England and Wales on 30th September 1999. |
| (111513) | |
| 332 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the maximum number of officers which can be taken for training by the Metropolitan Police Training College at Hendon on a monthly basis. |
| (110969) | |
| 333 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total number of constables available for ordinary duty on 30th September 1999 for each of the police forces in England and Wales. |
| (111476) | |
| 334 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates he has received from each police force of total wastage in police numbers for the three years commencing in April 2000. |
| (110977) | |
| 335 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables were recruited by each of the police forces in England and Wales between 30th September 1998 and 30th September 1999. |
| (111474) | |
| 336 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been (a) made to and (b) upheld by the Tribunal set up under the Interception Communications Act 1985 since its establishment. |
| (111136) | |
| 337 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the national DNA database in identifying offenders. |
| (111483) | |
| 338 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables left each of the police forces in England and Wales between 30th September 1998 and 30th September 1999. |
| (111472) | |
| 339 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total number of traffic wardens in the Metropolitan Police Service jurisdiction in each month since March 1999. |
| (110974) | |
| 340 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the (a) reasons for and (b) cost of the use of public relations and marketing consultants by his Department since 1997. |
| (111510) | |
| 341 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implementation of targets for recruitment from ethnic minorities by police forces in England and Wales. |
| (111571) | |
| 342 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed to the public in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 (i) in each police force area save the Metropolitan Police area and (ii) in the Metropolitan Police area. |
| (111449) | |
| 343 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited by each of the police forces in England and Wales between 30th September 1998 and 30th September 1999. |
| (111473) | |
| 344 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates he has received from each police force of the actual wastage in police numbers for the three years commencing in April 2000. |
| (110755) | |
| 345 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take into account the recommendations resulting from his Department's research into the cost of policing in rural areas in deciding the police funding formula for 2001-02. |
| (111515) | |
| 346 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interception warrants he authorised in 1999. |
| (111142) | |
| 347 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police authorities have signed an initial letter of consent to take for the Public Safety Radio Communications Service; and if he will list them. |
| (111471) | |
| 348 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) total wastage and (b) actual wastage in police numbers has taken place since March 1999 on a monthly basis in respect of each police force. |
| (110972) | |
| 349 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the maintenance costs of police buildings and the projected costs of repairs in 2000-01 and 2001-02. |
| (111482) | |
| 350 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of possible cultural bias in the testing procedures for promotion to the senior ranks of police. |
| (111450) | |
| 351 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has received from the Metropolitan Police Commission of the end of year 1999-2000 strength of the Metropolitan Police as against the budgeted target. |
| (110975) | |
| 352 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the priorities which have been set for tackling different categories of crime in England and Wales. |
| (111480) | |
| 353 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers from ethnic minorities (a) have completed the police service accelerated promotion scheme and (b) are currently on the accelerated promotion scheme. |
| (111481) | |
| 354 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th February, to the honourable Member for Elmet, Official Report, column 172W, of the 12,478 police officers, how many are planned to be recruited by each force in each of the three years commencing in April. |
| (110754) | |
| 355 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first assessment of police forces' progress against the crime reduction targets for vehicle crime and burglary will be completed; and if it will be published. |
| (111478) | |
| 356 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of interceptions of communications on non-public telecommunications networks in 1998 and 1999 by (a) law enforcement agencies and (b) others. |
| (111134) | |
| 357 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public relations and/or marketing consultants were engaged by each police force in 1997, 1998 and 1999. |
| (111511) | |
| 358 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of police officers who currently spend more than 90 per cent. of their working time collating and producing statistics. |
| (111453) | |
| 359 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers were taken for training by the Metropolitan Police Training College at Hendon in each month since April 1999 to date. |
| (110968) | |
| 360 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on whether the implementation of the Public Safety Radio Communications Service is dependent on the number of police authorities who sign up to the project. |
| (111470) | |
| 361 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interception warrants were in force in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 31st December 1999. |
| (111132) | |
| 362 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to assess police forces' progress against the crime reduction targets for vehicle crime and burglary. |
| (111479) | |
| 363 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press officers were employed in each police force area in 1997, 1998 and 1999. |
| (111512) | |
| 364 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total number of civilian staff in the Metropolitan Police Service in each month since March 1999. |
| (111045) | |
| 365 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the registration of police officers who are freemasons. |
| (111477) | |
| 366 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total number of constables with less than two years police service in the Metropolitan Police Service in each month since March 1999. |
| (110973) | |
| 367 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to implement the recommendations resulting from his Department's research into the cost of policing in rural areas. |
| (111451) | |
| 368 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modifications of interception warrants he authorised in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999. |
| (111135) | |
| 369 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers left each of the police forces in England and Wales between 30th September 1998 and 30th September 1999 due to (a) retirement, (b) resignation or (c) other reasons. |
| (111475) | |
| 370 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the bill to extend the use of mandatory drug testing, reform the probation services in England and Wales, create a new children and family court advisory service and prevent unsuitable people from working with children; what are the reasons for the timescale adopted for publishing the Bill; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110749) | |
| 371 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Elmet of 9th February, Official Report, column 172W, on police officer recruitment, if he will give a breakdown for each police force, in each year, of the officers they are planning to recruit over the next three years; for what reason is the estimated figure of general police recruitment over the next three years lower than the estimate he gave in October 1999 to the Home Affairs Select Committee; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110743) | |
| 372 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 318W, for what reasons the number of people fined for offences has fallen over the last 10 years; whether it is his policy to increase the number of offenders fined; what the latest figures are for reoffending rates following a fine compared to other types of sentence; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110953) | |
| 373 N | Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is his policy that there should be more police officers in England and Wales at the end of this parliament than at the start; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110744) | |
| 374 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff left the Hampshire constabulary in each year since 1991-92. |
| (111300) | |
| 375 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff there were in the establishment of the Hampshire constabulary in each year since 1991-92. |
| (111299) | |
| 376 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to alter the target of clearing all current asylum cases by October. |
| (111345) | |
| 377 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions were made by his Department in each week of January. |
| (111344) | |
| 378 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to the Immigration Service about the interpretation and enforcement of Rule 57(6) of the Immigration Rules following the Government's decision to allow students from outside the European economic Area to work in this country without a student work permit. |
| (111440) | |
| 379 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the statistical source for his oral statement of 2nd February, Official Report, column 1064, that his Department is close to achieving 4,000 asylum decisions a month. |
| (111355) | |
| 380 N | Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were received from applicants travelling from Pakistan in each of the last five years. |
| (111057) | |
| 381 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the cost of the Public Safety Radio Communications Project will be met by police authorities. |
| (111379) | |
| 382 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each year since 1992 for the Shrewsbury division of West Mercia police (a) the number of notifiable offences, (b) clear-up rates and (c) the number of police officers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111445) | |
| 383 N | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for 1995 to 1999 the number and percentage of those who elected trial by jury in either way offences and who subsequently pleaded guilty who were committed jointly charged with others who contested the case in the Crown Court. |
| (110819) | |
| 384 N | Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people ordinarily resident in Scotland elected trial by jury in either way offences in the United Kingdom in each year from 1995 to 1999. |
| (110818) | |
| 385 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the Government is taking to prevent child pornography being placed on the Internet. |
| (111268) | |
| 386 | Dan Norris (Wansdyke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what penalties are in place to deter people from publishing child pornography on the Internet; and what further measures are planned. |
| (111269) | |
| 387 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost is of a drug treatment and testing order per offender; and what the average cost is of a custodial sentence in such cases. |
| (111660) | |
| 388 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 9th February, Official Report, column 176W, on Soar, how many open days will be allocated to inspect the former nuclear bunker at Soar, near Kingsbridge; when they will be; what is the cut-off date for receipt of sealed bids; and where bids must be sent. |
| (111438) | |
| 389 | Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the average service life of operational Fire Service vehicles by fire service in England. |
| (111516) | |
| 390 N | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what method the number of asylum seekers for dispersal to Scotland has been calculated. |
| (111041) | |
| 391 N | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to use the powers under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to direct local authorities in Scotland to take asylum seekers. |
| (111042) | |
| 392 N | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been subject to dispersal from the South East of England; and how many have been dispersed to each local authority area in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland. |
| (111054) | |
| 393 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he was told by the Waterhouse Tribunal of the urgent need to instruct police authorities to search for those persons named as being unsuitable to work with children; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111370) | |
| 394 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff working in casinos were consulted in the preparation of the draft regulatory impact assessment on the proposal to extend casino opening hours; what their responses were; and if he will place in the Library a summary of their views. |
| (111312) | |
| 395 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what were the reasons for his decision to release to the family of Ricky Reel the report of the Surrey Police investigation into the inquiries carried out by the Metropolitan Police into the death of Ricky Reel. |
| (111385) | |
| 396 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place a copy of the Metropolitan Police investigating officer's report into the death of Ricky Reel in the Library. |
| (111389) | |
| 397 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost of the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of Ricky Reel. |
| (111386) | |
| 398 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost of the Surrey Police report into the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of Ricky Reel. |
| (111387) | |
| 399 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the date of his meeting in 1998 with the family of Ricky Reel and their lawyers. |
| (111384) | |
| 400 | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place a copy of the Surrey Police report into the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of Ricky Reel in the Library. |
| (111388) | |
| 401 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help build the capacity of developing countries to allow them (a) to take advantage of, (b) to understand and (c) to comply with multi-national trade agreements. |
| (111518) | |
| 402 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures her Department is taking to assist developing countries to comply with ILO agreements aimed at preventing child labour. |
| (111435) | |
| 403 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help build the capacity of developing countries to take part in multi-national trade talks. |
| (111434) | |
| 404 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to cooperate with China in the field of poverty elimination. |
| (111255) | |
| 405 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action she is taking to combat malaria in Africa; and if she will make a statement. |
| (111343) | |
| 406 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to East Timor for small-scale agriculture, public health and education since November 1999; and what plans she has for immediate further assistance. |
| (110490) | |
| 407 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of documentation used by her Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111603) | |
| 408 | Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representation she has made to the Uganda government about dealing with the fighting in Northern Uganda. |
| (111157) | |
| 409 | Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to Uganda is targeted to Northern Uganda. |
| (111158) | |
| 410 | Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to Uganda is for agriculture and forestry. |
| (111159) | |
| 411 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111604) | |
| 412 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assistance will be offered to (a) the public and (b) the legal profession in relation to understanding and preparing for the new rules on conditional fees; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111658) | |
| 413 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent representations he has received concerning (a) the substance of and (b) the procedure leading to, the new rules of court on conditional fees; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111656) | |
| 414 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many appeals by claimants to the National Insurance Commissioners were (a) granted leave, (b) successful and (c) remitted for rehearing to an appeal tribunal, for each region of the country, in each of the last three years. |
| (111390) | |
| 415 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) reports and (b) publishing starred decisions of the National Insurance Commissioners (i) in loose leaf format, (ii) in bound format and (iii) on the Internet; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111391) | |
| 416 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent representations he has received concerning the proposed 1st April implementation date for rules of court concerning conditional fees; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111655) | |
| 417 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to ensure that after-the-event insurance premiums recoverable against a losing party will relate only to the risk against incurring a liability in a proceedings and not to financing or marketing expenditure; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111654) | |
| 418 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in relation to appeals heard by the National Insurance Commissioners (a) what was the total number of appeals heard and (b) how many claimants were represented (i) by solicitors, (ii) by junior counsel or advocate, (iii) by a QC, (iv) by an advice worker and (v) by his or her self in each of the last three years. |
| (111394) | |
| 419 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in relation to cases classed as lookalike, delayed behind a lead case before or beyond the NI commissioners what was (a) the average, (b) the median and (c) the longest delay (i) before disposal and (ii) so far whilst waiting for disposal in each of the last three years. |
| (111395) | |
| 420 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what advice he has given to the Rules Committee on the rules of court he considers necessary on conditional fees; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111657) | |
| 421 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many successful appeals to the National Insurance Commissioners were remitted for rehearing to appeal tribunals in each of the last three years. |
| (111397) | |
| 422 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the (a) average, (b) median and (c) longest delay between grant of leave to a claimant to appeal to the National Insurance Commissioners and the receipt of the (i) representations in writing of the DSS and (ii) representations in writing of the claimant in each of the last three years. |
| (111392) | |
| 423 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in relation to appeals heard by the National Insurance Commissioners, how many times the DSS was represented by (a) solicitors, (b) junior counsel or advocate, (c) a QC and (d) DSS in-house staff in each of the last three years. |
| (111393) | |
| 424 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what will be recoverable in respect of conditional fee success fees by a successful litigant's lawyers by way of maximum percentage of cap, in relation to each type of work for which success fees can be recovered. |
| (111587) | |
| 425 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the (a) names, (b) qualifications, (c) experience and (d) specialist professional expertise of the members of the Rules Committee; for what term each member of the Committee is appointed; and what procedure is employed in the selection and appointment of members of the Committee. |
| (111588) | |
| 426 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many lead cases on appeal for the National Insurance Commissioners there were to higher courts; what was the name of each lead case; how many lookalike cases were held up in relation to each such case; and in relation to each such case in which court the case (a) was disposed of and (b) is awaiting disposal. |
| (111396) | |
| 427 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what was the recorded number of incidents of violence caused by paramilitary groups during 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111428) | |
| 428 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111605) | |
| 429 | Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the government grants or loans received by TransTec plc. or its subsidiaries for use in Northern Ireland since 1991. |
| (111582) | |
| 430 | Mr Robert McCartney (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many candidates who entered the 1999 Civil Service grade 7 competition were (a) male Protestants, (b) female Protestants, (c) male Roman Catholics and (d) female Roman Catholics; and how many in each of the above categories were successful at stage 1. |
| (111084) | |
| 431 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a further statement about decommissioning of illegally-held arms in Northern Ireland. |
| (111405) | |
| 432 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the Government's support for the Thiepval Memorial Tower on the Somme. |
| (111093) | |
| 433 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 16th February, Official Report, columns 562-563W, concerning the Iraqi Government's prioritising of the humanitarian assistance, what the Government defines as prioritising properly the humanitarian assistance available under the oil for food programme. |
| (111234) | |
| 434 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 16th February, concerning the Iraqi Government's prioritising of humanitarian assistance, what priorities the Iraqi Government has set out under the oil for food programme. |
| (111233) | |
| 435 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 16th February, Official Report, columns 562-563W, concerning child nutrition and mortality in Iraq, what is the raft of measures referred to in his Answer. |
| (111232) | |
| 436 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral statement by the Minister for Small Business and e-commerce of 15th February, Official Report, column 172WH, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Ilisu Dam on water suppliers and shortage in Iraq. |
| (111229) | |
| 437 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, what consultation the Secretary General of the United Nations had with the United Kingdom Government about the health and food situation in Iraq, before accepting the resignation of the senior UN representative in Baghdad responsible for co-ordinating humanitarian aid; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111235) | |
| 438 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, what inquiries he has made as to the reasons for the resignation of the head of the World Food Programme. |
| (111230) | |
| 439 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 9th February, Official Report, column 241, on section 28, what were the grounds for his statement that section 28 has not applied to schools since 1994. |
| (111047) | |
| 440 | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what guidelines there are for parliamentary private secretaries on discussing Government policy in public within their own constituencies. |
| (111310) | |
| 441 | Mr Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen North): To ask the Prime Minister, what changes there are in the composition of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Union. |
| (111160) | |
| 442 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111606) | |
| 443 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many interception warrants were in force in Scotland on 31st December 1999. |
| (111133) | |
| 444 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many interception warrants were authorised in respect of Scotland in 1999. |
| (111143) | |
| 445 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what data he has collated on current inequalities in pay between men and women in Scotland; and what measures the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to tackle such inequalities. |
| (111346) | |
| 446 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make a statement on the decision to place the imaging equipment order for the Royal Navy's Astute submarines with Pilkington Optronics in Govan. |
| (111096) | |
| 447 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many compensation payments from the Child Support Agency have been awarded since its establishment of (a) under £100, (b) £101 to £500, (c) £501 to £1,000 and (d) £1,001 to £5,000; and what has been the total amount paid in compensation payments. |
| (111437) | |
| 448 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out the basis on which his Department assumes a 6.6 per cent. interest rate in respect of mortgage repayments that are met by job seeker's allowance and income support; when this figure was last set; and if he will amend the system to reflect changes in market interest rates. |
| (110924) | |
| 449 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out the basis for his Department's calculation that savings attract annual interest of 20 per cent.; when this figure was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110918) | |
| 450 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when his Department last (a) reviewed and (b) uprated the amount payable to people in residential and nursing homes in the form of pocket money; and what would its current value be if it had been uprated in line with (i) prices and (ii) earnings, in each year since it was last set. |
| (110921) | |
| 451 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants who have been denied access to any benefits for each month of (a) 1999 and (b) the current year to date. |
| (110486) | |
| 452 N | Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list, for each month since January 1998, the number of counter applicants at the Benefits Agency offices at Finsbury Park and Highgate; and what is the Agency's estimate of the adequacy of staff numbers to deal with them. |
| (110487) | |
| 453 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to apply the Social Security Recovery of Benefits Act 1997 to compensation awards made to ex-miners with serious respiratory disease under the handling agreement on compensation principles signed by the DTI on 24th September 1999; and if he will estimate the numbers of likely claimants subject to such recovery in each region and nation of the United Kingdom. |
| (111347) | |
| 454 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people are in receipt of war and war widows' pensions in (a) Bolton North East parliamentary constituency and (b) Bolton. |
| (111579) | |
| 455 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111607) | |
| 456 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which local authorities disregard war pensions but not war widows' pensions when assessing entitlement to housing benefit or council tax rebates. |
| (111580) | |
| 457 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to introduce direct benefit payments for disabled children aged 16 and 17. |
| (110586) | |
| 458 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who are (a) entitled to claim income support and (b) who are claiming income support. |
| (110584) | |
| 459 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what measures he has in place to encourage pensioners entitled to claim income support to do so. |
| (110585) | |
| 460 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to cases in which leave to appeal to the National Insurance Commissioners was granted; what was (a) the average, (b) the median and (c) the longest time between leave being granted and the bundle of documents being transmitted to the Commissioners by the appeal tribunal in each of the last three years. |
| (111401) | |
| 461 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to reform the industrial injuries scheme in respect of self-employed workers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111589) | |
| 462 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many applications for leave to appeal to the National Insurance commissioners were made to appeal tribunal chairmen; of these how many were (a) refused, (b) renewed by application to the commissioners and (c) granted leave in each of the last three years. |
| (111404) | |
| 463 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in respect of requests for written reasons preparatory to lodging an application for leave to appeal to the National Insurance Commissioners, what was (a) the average, (b) the median and (c) the longest time between (i) the request being received and the written reasons prepared and (ii) the reasons being prepared and communicated to the claimant in each of the last three years. |
| (111402) | |
| 464 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the total amount of benefit in the most recent available year (a) in dispute before appeals to the National Insurance Commissioners by claimants, (b) in dispute before appeals to the National Insurance Commissioners by the DSS, (c) awarded as a consequence of successful appeal to the National Insurance Commissioners and (d) reduced, removed or not awarded as a consequence of a decision by National Insurance Commissioners. |
| (111399) | |
| 465 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the total number of DSS benefit offices; how many are linked to the Internet; what estimate he has made of the cost of linking DSS offices to the Internet which are not so linked; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111398) | |
| 466 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what recent (a) consultations he has conducted and (b) representations he has received concerning reforms of the industrial injuries scheme with respect to self-employed workers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111590) | |
| 467 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on legal representations before the National Insurance Commissioners on (a) in-house legal advice, (b) legal advice from Treasury solicitors, (c) junior counsel and (d) QCs in each of the last three years. |
| (111400) | |
| 468 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many cases remitted to appeal tribunals after successful appeals to the National Insurance Commissioners were successful on rehearing; what was (a) the average, (b) the median and (c) the longest time between the date of decision of the Commissioners and the decision being communicated to the claimant in each of the last three years. |
| (111403) | |
| 469 | Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Government's zero tolerance approach to benefits fraud by (a) individuals and (b) organised criminal groups. |
| (111570) | |
| 470 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the local authorities inspected by the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate which were found to have housing benefit application forms that did not ask for a claimant's (a) income and (b) national insurance number. |
| (111240) | |
| 471 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what information he has collected on the number of people who are members of occupational pension schemes that include provision for early retirement on grounds of ill health; and if he will make a statement on the impact of the introduction of stakeholder pensions on that number. |
| (111454) | |
| 472 | Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what would be the cost of raising the flat-rate statutory maternity payment to £100 a week. |
| (111242) | |
| 473 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the percentage of lone parents out of work for each year since 1992 for (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111066) | |
| 474 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate how many people disabled from birth will benefit from the Welfare Reform Bill in (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111448) | |
| 475 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the average income per week per household for each year since 1992, for (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111071) | |
| 476 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list for each member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the average percentage of (a) people and (b) children, living in poverty for each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111067) | |
| 477 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate how many (a) widows and (b) widowers will benefit from the Welfare Reform Bill and by how much in (i) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (ii) Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111447) | |
| 478 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many disabled people have benefited from (a) the New Deal for disabled people and (b) the disabled person's tax credit in (i) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (ii) Shropshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111446) | |
| 479 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many and what percentage of (a) children and (b) adults were living in poverty in each of the past 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the figures over the next three years. |
| (110821) | |
| 480 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people are on income support in each ward of the Vale of Clwyd. |
| (110826) | |
| 481 | Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what (a) current measures are in place and (b) future proposals he has to ensure the senior citizens claim their full benefit entitlement. |
| (111094) | |
| 482 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate, on the basis of his Department's Family Resources Survey, the number of male married pensioners under the age of 85 years who are receiving amounts of state retirement pension in excess of the rate of full basic state pension applicable to a pensioner of that age. |
| (111239) | |
| 483 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, which subjects were discussed at his meeting with the European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs on 31st January. |
| (111313) | |
| 484 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will make an announcement on the future of SERPs payments to those whose partner has died. |
| (111309) | |
| 485 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Solicitor General, if he will make a statement on the fast tracking project in Merseyside. |
| (111246) | |
| 486 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Solicitor General, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111611) | |
| 487 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate the proportion of the (a) turnover and (b) profit of sub-post offices in Paisley South that accrued from benefit transaction charges in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (111138) | |
| 488 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employers have been reported by minimum wage inspectors for paying less than the national minimum wage in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom, broken down by size of firm. |
| (111436) | |
| 489 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date he will implement a code of practice for nanny agencies. |
| (111251) | |
| 490 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with pharmaceutical companies about ensuring that developing countries have access to affordable drugs. |
| (111509) | |
| 491 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is on controlling the conduct of arms brokering from the United Kingdom. |
| (111432) | |
| 492 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in relation to the conduct of arms brokering from the United Kingdom, what research his Department has (a) carried out and (b) commissioned to ascertain (i) what countries are buying arms by such arrangements, (ii) how much business is transacted with each country and (iii) if the countries involved are on the UN embargo list. |
| (111420) | |
| 493 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the number of (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals who are involved in conducting arms brokering from the UK. |
| (111418) | |
| 494 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what applications for credit guarantees were received by the ECGD, from which companies, for what amount, and on what date in respect of (a) the Pergau Dam, (b) Singapore Utilities Water Project, (c) the Turkwell Dam, (d) the Ewaso Ngiro Dam, (e) the Ajaokuta Steel Plant, (f) the Katse Dam and (g) the Meula Dam; which applications were approved, for what amount, and on what date; what payment has been made against each project by the ECGD and on what date; what ECGD liability exists against each project; and if he will make a statement. |
| (110393) | |
| 495 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to allow (a) limited liability partnerships and (b) their (i) partners and (ii) shareholders to hold shares in companies to which they are supplying services. |
| (111348) | |
| 496 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111609) | |
| 497 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) assets and (b) liabilities of the former British Coal Pension schemes. |
| (111089) | |
| 498 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the number of former mineworkers aged (a) 40 to 50, (b) 50 to 60, (c) 60 to 70, (d) 70 to 80 and (e) over 80 years who are in receipt of pensions from the former British Coal Pension schemes. |
| (111088) | |
| 499 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress he is making in discussions with the banking industry concerning bank charges levied on Holocaust survivors in respect of conversion of pensions to sterling from Deutchmarks; what response he has received from the banking industry to his letter to them; when he will place the relevant correspondence in the Library; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111653) | |
| 500 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the cost of the End-of-Life Vehicle Directive to the UK motor industry. |
| (111127) | |
| 501 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to receive the Competition Commission's report on competition in the supermarket sector; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111383) | |
| 502 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list for each wages council in each year from 1970 to their abolition, the years when wage awards were not uprated. |
| (111326) | |
| 503 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Low Pay Commission is established on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111659) | |
| 504 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will use his powers under the Miners Pension Scheme to enable the scheme's trustees to reduce the retirement age of working miners to the age of 50. |
| (111507) | |
| 505 | Mr Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many trustees of the Miners Pension Scheme are employees of his Department; and what reports they have submitted to him concerning the current actuarial review of the scheme. |
| (111574) | |
| 506 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in how many cases payment of claims in respect of chronic bronchitis and emphysema suffered by former miners have been made to their widows. |
| (111414) | |
| 507 | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of documentation used by his Department is (a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. |
| (111608) | |
| 508 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what was the actual total contribution from central funds to the cost of local authority expenditure in Wales in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000; and what his estimate is of the contribution in 2000-01. |
| (111616) | |
| 509 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the latest estimate of Government expenditure and revenue in Wales, updating the Welsh Office assessment of 1994-95 made in January 1997. |
| (111615) | |
| 510 | Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the percentage contribution of central Government funding towards local authority expenditure in Wales in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000; and if he will estimate the percentage in 2000-01. |
| (111614) | |
| 511 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) authorities and (b) children's organisations were contacted to try and trace the known sex abusers named in the Lost in Care Report prior to its publication; and if he will make a statement. |
| (111263) | |
| 512 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the nature of the offences that those abusers, referred to but not named in the report, Lost in Care, are alleged to have committed. |
| (110986) | |
| 513 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the names and positions of the alleged abusers highlighted in the report, Lost in Care. |
| (111053) | |
| 514 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the names of those alleged abusers referred to in the report, Lost in Care, who (a) are awaiting prosecution for sexual abuse and (b) have not been prosecuted for sexual abuse. |
| (110991) | |
| 515 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the names of the alleged abusers, who have not been traced, referred to in the report, Lost in Care. |
| (110985) | |
| 516 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of those named as child abusers in the Lost in Care Report have been found guilty of child abuse offences during the course of the Lost in Care inquiry. |
| (111264) | |
| 517 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the (a) number and (b) professions of the alleged abusers who were referred to but not named in the report, Lost in Care. |
| (111032) | |
| 518 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of the victims of abuse in children's homes in North Wales, referred to in the report, Lost in Care, committed suicide. |
| (110983) | |
| 519 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place a list of the names of the child abusers listed but not named in the Lost in Care Report in the Library. |
| (111265) | |
| 520 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will ensure that relevant information held by public bodies in relation to abusers in connection with the Lost in Care Report is passed to police forces. |
| (110984) | |
| 521 | Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date an urgent search was ordered in Wales for those people named in the Waterhouse Report as being unsuitable to work with children. |
| (111368) | |
| 522 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what target he has set for the percentage of UK electricity to be generated by offshore wind power by 2010; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (111128) | |
| 523 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if a definition of the developed environment exists allowing flood defence committees to ensure that the risk of flooding is minimised. |
| [Transferred] (111584) | |
| 524 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Environment Agency has discretionary use of permissive powers under present legislation affecting the Environment Agency flood defence supervisory duty. |
| [Transferred] (111585) | |
| 525 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what powers flood defence committees have in respect of the exercise by the Environment Agency of its permissive powers. |
| [Transferred] (111586) | |
| 526 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the steps he is taking further to regulate wheelclamping. |
| [Transferred] (111613) | |
| 527 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proportion of heads of non-pensioner households in (a) social housing and (b) private rented housing were not in paid work in each region in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99. |
| [Transferred] (111517) | |
| 528 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the purpose of the computer bar code which is to be on the ballot papers for the Greater London Authority elections; and what safeguards relate to them. |
| [Transferred] (111581) | |
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