Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 29 February 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 29 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.

TUESDAY 29th FEBRUARY

1
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the research study on discards commissioned from Nautilus Consultants will be completed.

(112345)

2
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the maximum amount spent to date on legal fees at the BSE Inquiry in support of an individual serving or former civil servant in (a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and (b) the Department of Health; and how much has been spent to date in supporting Sir Richard Southwood and his working party.

(112440)

3
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what are the estimated public costs of the BSE Inquiry up to the date of expected reporting of the inquiry; of those costs, what has been spent during the inquiry (a) by the inquiry team and its staff and (b) within (i) the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, (ii) the Department of Health and (iii) other departments and in support of their current and ex-civil servants, (c) supporting current or previous external government advisers and (d) supporting the relatives of people with vCJD.

(112441)

4
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been the total amount of public money spent to date in the BSE Inquiry on fees for lawyers not directly employed by the Civil Service; and of these how much has been spent (a) on fees for (i) the Inquiry Chair, (ii) the solicitor to the inquiry and (iii) the main counsel to the inquiry, (b) in support of external government advisers, (c) in support of employees or ex-employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and (d) in support of employees or ex-employees of the Department of Health.

(112442)

5
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the direct and opportunity costs met by (a) witnesses to the BSE inquiry and (b) their employers; and what level of reimbursement for such costs has been made from public funds.

(112439)

6
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to evaluate the relationship between the costs and outcome of the BSE Inquiry.

(112438)

7
   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of cattle passports issued in 1999 contained herd number errors; and if he will make a statement.

(112429)

8
   Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what percentage of cattle passports needed to be corrected after their initial issue in 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(112428)

9
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112139)

10
   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many press officers were employed in her Department at (a) May 1997, (b) January 1998, (c) January 1999 and (d) January 2000; and what was the total expenditure on press officers by her Department in each of the years concerned.

(112363)

11
   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Civil Service support will be made available to the honourable Member for Witney in his work in relation to drugs and children.

(112385)

12
   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent appointments she has made to support her work on the Government's anti-drugs strategy.

(112384)

13
   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what projects the UK Anti-Drugs Coordinator will work with the honourable Member for Witney.

(112383)

14
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been spent to date by her Office and by bodies funded by her Office in connection with the National Changeover Plan; under what headings this money has been spent; and how much her Office plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112143)

15
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British Museum staff have been dismissed over the past 12 months; at what cost; and with what period of notice, in each case.

(112380)

16
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost of senior management salaries at the British Museum (a) is for the present year and (b) was for 1997.

(112346)

17
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112138)

18
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 63W, on the European Peacekeeping Force, what is his policy on the level of capabilities the European Peacekeeping Corps should attain, in terms of (a) operational deployment range and (b) optimal UK commitment.

(112387)

19
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will reassess the decision to award the management contract for the Atomic Weapons Establishment to the British Nuclear Fuels-led consortium from 1st April.

(112356)

20
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions involving Ministers and officials of his Department have recently taken place or are planned within the Anglo-French Joint Commission on Nuclear Policy and Doctrine concerning joint or co-ordinated ballistic missile submarine patrols with the French Navy.

(112423)

21
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Ministry of Defence Performance Report 1998-99 published on 20th December 1999 includes River Class minesweepers transferred to Brazil in 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(112431)

22
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112146)

23
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what age restrictions exist for the military personnel who take part in the service volunteer programme at the chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down.

(112370)

24
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times since 1st March 1998 the chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down has supplied information about former volunteers to the War Pension Agency when those volunteers have submitted a claim to the Agency.

(112376)

25
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what written representations on the proposals for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency public-private partnership have been received by his Department from the United States Department of Defense.

(112369)

26
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies have been carried out since 1st January 1995 on the value for money provided by defence attache�s and advisers at British embassies; and on what dates each of them was concluded.

(112368)

27
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his Department's estimate of the percutaneous lethal dose of liquid sarin (GB) nerve agent for an averagely-built person.

(112367)

28
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work has been carried out by the chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down to develop a test to identify the relative sensitivity of different individuals to the effects of nerve agents.

(112377)

29
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Porton Down volunteers helpline was opened; and how many individuals have contacted it since it was opened.

(112374)

30
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the nuclear weapon accident exercise, Dimming Sun, will be held, and where.

(112365)

31
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel took part in the service volunteer programme at the chemical defence establishment at Porton Down during 1999.

(112373)

32
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the names, dates and locations of the nuclear weapons exercises being organised by his Department during 2000.

(112366)

33
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent studies have been carried out by the chemical defence establishment at Porton Down to establish whether short-term exposure to (a) the chemical agent BZ and (b) the glycollate MPIPG can cause long-term illnesses.

(112372)

34
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service volunteers have visited the chemical and biological defence establishment at Porton Down to inspect records of their experiments and discuss their tests with members of staff since 1st January 1998.

(112375)

35
   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured in Kosovo as a result of unexploded ordnance in the form of bomblets within cluster bombs used by UK forces in Kosovo since the cessation of the campaign there.

(112362)

36
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what arrangements are in place to monitor the political neutrality of Jean Monnet projects.

(112337)

37
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his policy on the proposed Commission directive on equal treatment, as set out in COM (1999) 566, with particular reference to (a) gender mainstreaming, (b) minimum entitlement to redress, (c) burden of proof, (d) indirect discrimination, (e) definition of harrassment and (f) positive discrimination.

(112350)

38
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the size of classes was in (a) Hereford and (b) nationwide, in each of the last four academic years, leading up to (i) each Key Stage assessment, (ii) GCSEs, (iii) A-levels and (iv) vocational courses equivalent to A-levels; and if he will make a statement.

(112437)

39
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the relationship between (a) class sizes in the years when (i) Key Stage assessment (ii) GCSEs, (iii) A-levels, and (iv) equivalent vocational training are taken and (b) pupil performance as measured at each of those stages; and if he will make a statement.

(112434)

40
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112148)

41
   Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the change in the number of full-time equivalent students in further education sector colleges funded by the Further Education Funding Council since 1997.

(112360)

42
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of introducing buses with a maximum width of 2.55 metres on existing bus services, with particular reference to the impact of such a change on the number of bus routes that would have to be discontinued.

(112408)

43
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 21st February, Official Report, column 706W, when he expects to be able to publish the shadow Strategic Rail Authority's proposals for additional capacity on the Bedford to London section of the Thameslink route which will not be dependent on the Thameslink 2000 project.

(112425)

44
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112145)

45
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress made since the 1999 British-Italian conference on considering the effect of EMU on pension provision.

(112342)

46
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the (a) purpose and (b) running costs in this financial year of the European Communities' Prix Niki.

(112349)

47
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the diary of euro-related events for (a) the Welsh Euro Forum and (b) the Scottish Euro Club.

(112344)

48
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funds the EU provides to the Centre for European Integration Studies at the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universita�t Bonn.

(112379)

49
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received regarding loans by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to the west/east joint venture company, KomiArcticOil; and if he will make a statement.

(112427)

50
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of lending by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Russian oil companies and its compatibility with its rules on lending.

(112426)

51
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Government agencies that have been involved in implementing the National Changeover Plan; and what guidance he has issued to them.

(112142)

52
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been allocated to public sector bodies for the purpose of implementing the National Changeover Plan over the next 12 months.

(112144)

53
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been spent by the public sector to date in connection with the National Changeover Plan.

(112151)

54
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a breakdown of how funds for the National Changeover Plan have been spent to date.

(112141)

55
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publish regional GDP statistics.

(112364)

56
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the planned (a) contents of, (b) contributors to, (c) target audience for, (d) means of distribution of and (e) print run of the booklet, UK in Europe; and if schools will receive copies of the booklet.

(112371)

57
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress made on Commission reform since the joint declaration at the British-Italian summit of July 1999.

(112343)

58
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the accommodation costs of the Your Britain, Your Europe Roadshow; and to how many people, from which organisations, these costs were attributable.

(112338)

59
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was the basis of his oral statement of 15th February, Official Report, column 760, that 3.5 million jobs depend on UK membership of the European Union.

(112388)

60
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has issued to his Department's EU Press Rebuttal Unit; what is its cost in the current financial year; how many staff are assigned to it; and how many rebuttals it has issued to date.

(112424)

61
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason his Minister for Europe travelled to Paris, as part of the Your Britain, Your Europe Roadshow, to conduct an interview with a UK radio station; and what was the cost of this visit.

(112340)

62
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what EU support has been provided, since its inception, to the Notre Europe organisation; and what contacts his Department has had with that organisation.

(112335)

63
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions since 15th December 1999 he, other Ministers and officials of his Department, have raised with Japanese Ministers and officials nuclear commerce and MOX plutonium exports to Japan; and if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence since May 1997 he has had with Japanese Ministers or officials on MOX plutonium fuel.

(112357)

64
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he discussed plutonium policy during his recent visit to Moscow; and if he will make a statement.

(112358)

65
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the work of the Anglo-French Joint Commission on Nuclear Policy and Doctrine has led to adoption of joint positions with France in international bodies or fora.

(112417)

66
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what activities have been undertaken in the Anglo-French Joint Commission on Nuclear Policy and Doctrine since January 1998; and if he will place in the Library the (a) reports and (b) other documents produced by the Joint Commission since that date.

(112421)

67
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 1992 officials of the French Government have visited his Department to discuss nuclear co-operation; and if he will make a statement.

(112420)

68
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 1992 officials from his Department have visited France to discuss nuclear co-operation; and if he will make a statement.

(112419)

69
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the official discussions and meetings between Ministers and officials in his Department and their French counterparts since November 1995 to pursue the implementation of the 1995 Anglo-French Joint Statement on Nuclear Co-operation.

(112418)

70
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions involving Ministers and officials of his Department have recently taken place or are planned within the Anglo-French Joint Commission on Nuclear Policy and Doctrine concerning joint or co-ordinated nuclear missile submarine patrols with the French Navy.

(112422)

71
   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the further support announced during his visit to Africa for the Burundi peace process.

(112381)

72
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112136)

73
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will assess whether a provider of approved indemnity cover for GPs has sufficient reserves to meet its liabilities.

(112413)

74
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria will be used to approve providers of indemnity cover for GPs under the Health Act 1999; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the approval procedure does not discriminate between classes of indemnifier.

(112412)

75
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the procedure for approving provision of indemnity cover for GPs will ensure that indemnifiers comply with requirements on insolvency margins equivalent to those made under the Insurance Companies Act 1982; and if he will make a statement.

(112414)

76
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his policy on the provision of beds in nursing homes for post-operative patients, following the report of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care.

(111117)

77
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis there were in (a) the constituency of Hereford, and (b) nationwide, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(112433)

78
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in Hereford have (a) had and (b) not had the BCG test and vaccination at the usual age in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(112432)

79
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent by the National Health Service on implementing the Government's National Changeover Plan to date; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much the National Health Service plans to spend in connection with the National Changeover Plan over the next 12 months.

(112150)

80
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the number of claims for (a) precious metal based and (b) non-precious metal-based crowns and bridges in each of the last three years.

(111724)

81
   Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which regional development agencies have to date submitted representations to his Department regarding the level of NHS funding.

(112359)

82
   Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey of 14th December 1999, Official Report, column 139W, on jury trial, if the sum of £66 million annually takes account of the cost of alternative sentences; and if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of £0.5 million for interlocutory appeals including the legal and administrative costs per appeal.

(112410)

83
   Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is his policy that magistrates should take into account possible loss of reputation in deciding whether to allow an election for jury trial under the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill.

(112361)

84
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112140)

85
   Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who receives the proceeds of the sale of Metropolitan Police housing.

(112409)

86
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) local authorities, (b) the Local Government Association and (c) the press were informed of his decision to approve pilot projects of alternative voting procedures under the provisions of the Representation of the People Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matters raised by the honourable Member for Ribble Valley on 17th February, Official Report, column 1118.

(112029)

87
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Parliamentary questions have been asked by honourable Members regarding correspondence which has not been replied to by his Department in each month from May 1997 onwards; what was the average time taken to reply to the correspondence; and what was the time taken to reply to each individual item of correspondence raised by honourable Members in this way.

(112028)

88
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pilot projects of alternative voting procedures he has approved under the provisions of the Representation of the People Bill; what alternative procedures he has approved in each case; and when each local authority was informed that its pilot project had been approved.

(112030)

89
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the nature of the assistance provided by the European Union to the South African Police Service as part of Operation Rachel.

(112348)

90
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the nature of the assistance provided by the European Union in exchange for the collection of weapons in Albania, with reference to the Council Decision of 17th December 1999 (1999/846/CFSP).

(112347)

91
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money has been spent to date by her Department and by bodies funded by her Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much her Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112137)

92
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the UK beneficiaries of the Schuman Project who are (a) lawyers and (b) judges since its inception.

(112336)

93
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many court orders for evictions and seizure of goods there were last year in which those to be evicted or to have goods seized no longer lived at the named address; what estimate he has made of the (a) total cost and (b) cost per order; and if he will make a statement.

(112435)

94
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of Ballymena Government Training Centre, Co. Antrim indicating the steps being taken to redeploy instructors, administrative staff and industrial staff employed at the Centre and the likely number of redundancies in each group of employees.

(112406)

95
   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Prime Minister, which Minister has responsibility for policy on (a) drug misuse and schools and (b) drug misuse and young people.

(112382)

96
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates he has visited the United States since 25th April 1999; and on which of these occasions he met President Clinton.

(112334)

97
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates since 3rd September 1998 President Clinton has visited Britain to meet him.

(112333)

98
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much money has been spent to date by his Department and by bodies funded by his Department in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months.

(112147)

99
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Blackpool South of 7th February, Official Report, column 57W, what changes to single room rent restrictions on young people aged under 25 years he plans in order to address the localised difficulties caused by the present rules; and if he will make a statement.

(111723)

100
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters sent by Ministers and officials of (a) his Department and (b) other Departments to his Japanese Trade counterpart on the matter of plutonium MOX fuels, British Nuclear Fuels plc or Sellafield since 10th September 1999.

(112355)

101
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) dates and (b) purpose of visits made by Ministers in his Department to Sellafield since May 1997; and if he will place in the Library copies of speeches and radio and television interviews made by Ministers in association with such visits.

(112353)

102
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library copies of letters sent to or received from British Nuclear Fuels plc on (a) safety at Sellafield and (b) Plutonium MOX fuel, by Ministers and officials in (i) his Department and (ii) other departments, since 10th September 1999.

(112354)

103
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the countries to which plutonium MOX fuel made at Sellafield's MDF Plant has been exported and the dates of export; and in which cases and on what dates the recipient countries have requested the return of a fuel pin or rod on grounds of safety or inadequate quality control.

(112351)

104
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the first commercial quantity of vitrified high level radioactive waste will be repatriated to foreign countries following the reprocessing of imported spent nuclear fuel as Sellafield.

(112352)

105
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of Balfour Beatty's suitability as an applicant for ECGD support in relation to the Ilisu Dam Project.

(112416)

106
   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of Balfour Beatty's membership of the Lesotho Highlands Project Contractors' consortium.

(112415)

107
N   Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been spent by his Department to date in connection with the National Changeover Plan; on what headings this money has been spent; and how much his Department plans to spend on implementing the plan over the next 12 months; and what steps his Department has taken to encourage businesses to make preparations for the introduction of the euro.

(112149)

108
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what export credit support is (a) currently allocated and (b) under consideration, in respect of arms export decisions.

(112411)

109
N   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on MRSA and the advice his Department gives on combating and containing it.

[Question Unstarred] (110874)

110
N   Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of eye tests carried out on people aged over 65 years since April 1999.

[Question Unstarred] (110875)

111
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will estimate how many 21 year-olds would be entitled to the full minimum wage if they were treated as adults rather than young people; what estimate he has made of the impact of such a change (a) nationwide and (b) in the constituency of Hereford; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (112430)

112
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU member states currently support the establishment of a European public prosecutor; and what is the position of the Commission on this matter.

[Transferred] (112339)

113
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy respecting the maintenance of political neutrality in discussing the future of the EU in schools.

[Transferred] (112341)

114
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library an English translation of the speech by Jorge Semprun to the Weimar meeting on EU cultural and audio visual issues.

[Transferred] (112386)

115
   Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Solicitor General, what criteria the Director of the Serious Fraud Office is required to follow in exercising his discretion not to institute criminal proceedings in return for the person concerned giving evidence for the prosecution; what administrative procedures must be carried out before the exercise of his discretion, in particular if he is required to carry out enquiries into the antecedents of such a person; how many times the Director has exercised his discretion since 1995; if the prohibition against convicted criminals being able financially to benefit by their crimes extends to such a person; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (112407)