Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 24 March 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 24 March 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.

FRIDAY 24th MARCH

1
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the Special Area Project for Forest of Bowland; what plans he has to introduce schemes to address the needs of areas in England that contain sites of international importance for wildlife; and if he will make a statement.

(116319)

2
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to make use of the provisions of the EU Rural Development Regulation allowing support of agricultural production to be conditional on the carrying out of measures to protect wildlife; and if he will make a statement.

(116320)

3
   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to make use of the provision under article 13(b) of the EU Rural Development Regulation to introduce schemes of management for areas where environmental restrictions apply; and if he will make a statement.

(116314)

4
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many motor vehicles in the Government car pool are available for use by Ministers.

(116334)

5
   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason, when her officials met analysts from the United States International Trade Commission during the last two weeks, they advised the analysts not to meet honourable Members.

(116313)

6
   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations her Department has made to visiting analysts from the United States International Trade Commission in respect of their inquiry on behalf of the United States Senate Finance Committee on the impact on the United States economy of including the United Kingdom in NAFTA.

(116316)

7
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people from the private sector are on secondment to the Civil Service; and in which departments they are employed.

(116357)

8
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action has taken place since the publication of the paper entitled, Libraries for All: Social Inclusion in Public Libraries, to involve more volunteers in strengthening library services.

(116446)

9
N   Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if it is his policy that any lottery grant made by Sport England for a venue for the 2005 World Athletics Championships should comply with the financial and policy directions which he has issued to Sport England.

(116099)

10
N   Mr David Faber (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 15th March, Official Report, column 250W, on the Athletic Stadium, if he will list the criteria agreed by his Department, the Government Office for London, UK Sport, UK Athletics, the 2005 Bid Team and the British Olympic Association concerning a venue for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.

(116126)

11
   Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the use of Parliament Square by campaigning organisations for demonstrations.

(116276)

12
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998 and (iv) 1999.

(116326)

13
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what notification was given to Mrs Margaret Maurex of the post-mortem conducted at a Ministry of Defence site on her son.

(116283)

14
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has performed post-mortem examinations on Gulf veterans; how many post-mortems have taken place and where they were conducted; what types of specimen have been taken and where they were tested; what tests were performed on cadavers and with what results; and if he will make a statement.

(116284)

15
   Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which TECs (a) have and (b) have not published audited accounts for the years 1997-98 and 1998-99.

(116306)

16
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many board members he appoints to each non-departmental public body.

(116339)

17
   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the town and country planning applications called in by him in each of the last 10 years (a) were recommended by his inspector for approval and (b) were accepted by him; in how many cases his inspector recommended refusal; and of these how many were accepted by him.

(116282)

18
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of company cars in use in the UK in 1999.

(116327)

19
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, to which officials and members of the Audit Commission the Quality Control Review team submits its preliminary findings in respect of the work of an individual auditor.

(116435)

20
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the quality control reviews conducted in (a) 1994, (b) 1995 and (c) 1996, when (i) the Controller or (ii) any other official or member of the Audit Commission altered, or asked or required to be altered, the team's findings in respect of an individual auditor.

(116438)

21
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the auditors in London who were subjected to the Audit Commission's Quality Control Review process in (a) 1994, (b) 1995 and (c) 1996, together with the findings of (i) unsatisfactory, (ii) satisfactory and (iii) excellent in each case and on each occasion.

(116439)

22
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which officials and members of the Audit Commission have the authority to alter, or ask or require to be altered, a preliminary finding by the Audit Commission's Quality Control Review team.

(116437)

23
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the basis on which the work of an individual auditor is selected for review by the Audit Commission's Quality Control Review team.

(116434)

24
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the preliminary and (b) the final findings of (i) unsatisfactory, (ii) satisfactory and (iii) excellent awarded by the Audit Commission's Quality Control Review process on (1) the two occasions in 1994, (2) the two occasions in 1995 and (3) the occasion in April 1996 when reviews were undertaken of the Auditor's investigation into Westminster City Council's designated sales policy.

(116440)

25
   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many quality control reviews were carried out in (a) 1994, (b) 1995 and (c) 1996, where the preliminary finding awarded differed from the final finding awarded.

(116436)

26
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list his official foreign trips planned for the rest of the year, stating in each case the itinerary and the purpose of the visit.

(116261)

27
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress with the creation of directly-elected regional assemblies in England.

(116371)

28
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the notional time commitment for each chair of the regional non-departmental public bodies.

(116361)

29
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) male and (b) female board members each regional non-departmental public body for which he is responsible has.

(116374)

30
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many objections he received when he consulted on the location of boundaries for the regional development agencies.

(116331)

31
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the accountability of regional quangos to the people of their regions.

(116329)

32
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he last met representatives of the regional chambers to discuss possible future development in regional government.

(116330)

33
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many board members he appoints to each non-departmental public body.

(116335)

34
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will set a date for a referendum on the creation of a directly elected regional assembly in Yorkshire and Humberside.

(116370)

35
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the regional non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible.

(116375)

36
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his estimate of the number of (a) men and (b) women living and working in the Greater London area who earn less than £4 per hour.

(116321)

37
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down the amount of tax relief for approved pension schemes by each category of scheme.

(116322)

38
   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide software to (a) self-employed persons and (b) small and medium sized businesses, to enable them to calculate money owed to Her Majesty's Government as a result of taxes (i) due from them and (ii) collected by them from their employees; and if he will make a statement.

(116362)

39
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the Chief Executive of Barclays Bank concerning its policy of closing banks in small towns and rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

(116130)

40
   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what incentives the Government will propose to encourage wider use of banking services among benefit claimants.

(116366)

41
   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of people in receipt of income-related benefit do not have use of banking services (a) in the UK and (b) in Scotland.

(116369)

42
   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Cruickshank report, Competition in United Kingdom Banking.

(116368)

43
   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults purchased no banking services (a) within the United Kingdom and (b) within Scotland in each of the last three years.

(116367)

44
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what decision was taken by the General Affairs Council on 20th March on sponsoring a resolution on China at the 56th Conference on Human Rights.

(116279)

45
   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason, when his officials met analysts from the United States International Trade Commission during the last two weeks, they advised the analysts not to meet honourable Members.

(116312)

46
   Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in the most recent year for which figures are available, how many applications were made to the UN Sanctions Committee under (a) the Oil for Food programme and (b) other humanitarian programmes; how many of these applicatons were (i) approved and (ii) refused; how many are outstanding; and what was the average length of time taken to consider each application.

(116311)

47
   Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will give details of each application refused by the UN-Iraq Sanctions Committee under (a) the Oil for Food programme and (b) other humanitarian programmes in the last year for which the information is available.

(116309)

48
   Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures the UN Iraq Sanctions Committee use in reaching decisions on applications under (a) the Oil for Food Programme and (b) other humanitarian programmes.

(116310)

49
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements exist for regulatory impact assessments to be made for prospective items of European Union legislation.

(116317)

50
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which proposals made by EU institutions and member states for incorporation into a new treaty, other than those relating to composition of the Commission, cannot be adopted via the fast track option contained in the Treaty amendments agreed at Amsterdam in 1997.

(116308)

51
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in giving an individual trust board member the responsibility for volunteer involvement; and how many NHS trusts have achieved this.

(116444)

52
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken to implement the NHS Executive Working Party report entitled, Strengthening Volunteering in the NHS.

(116443)

53
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Training Organisation for Personal Social Services has to incorporate volunteers and their management into the training strategy.

(116445)

54
   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review pay and grading of scientific staff in the NHS.

(116441)

55
   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable has been agreed for the establishment of service agreements for financing referrals for specialist neurology treatments.

(116464)

56
   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding mechanisms are available to cover referrals of patients for specialist treatments not as yet included in service agreements.

(116463)

57
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants, doctors or medical staff have been suspended on full pay for more than two months in each hospital trust in the Northern and Trent Regions in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000 to date; and what his estimate is of the cost to the NHS of their suspensions.

(116277)

58
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total (a) number and (b) costs of suspensions of consultants, doctors and other medical staff on pay pending enquiries in each year since 1996.

(116278)

59
   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce his new NHS dental service strategy.

(116340)

60
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the quantity and value of unused drugs returned to pharmacists for disposal for each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement.

(116365)

61
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many board members he appoints to each non-departmental public body.

(116337)

62
N   Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff of children's homes providing 24 hour care in the (a) voluntary, (b) local authority and (c) private sector were (i) raped, (ii) sexually assaulted, (iii) victims of grievous bodily harm and (iv) murdered by residents in the last three years.

(116199)

63
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the sale of Severalls Hospital, Colchester.

(116469)

64
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to assess the effectiveness of the cancer drug Oxaliplatin.

(116129)

65
   Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reintroduce the post of matron in hospitals.

(116356)

66
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been imposed in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England and Wales.

(116098)

67
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on housing asylum seekers on ships; and if he will make a statement.

(116305)

68
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirement his Department imposes concerning the availability of updated legal reference books to prison inmates in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(116333)

69
   Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on restrictions connected with demonstrations with placards within a one mile radius of the House of Commons.

(116275)

70
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from each country which is a candidate for EU membership applied for refugee status in the United Kingdom in (a) 1999 and (b) 2000 to date; how many were accepted in each case; and what criteria each successful applicant and their family fulfilled.

(116307)

71
   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what privileges are granted to (a) convicted and (b) unconvicted remand prisoners; and if he will make it his policy that all remand prisoners should be treated for this purpose as unsentenced prisoners.

(116286)

72
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many board members he appoints to each non-departmental public body.

(116336)

73
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he intends taking to increase public confidence in, and awareness of, the Crimestoppers system of reporting suspected criminals; and if he will make a statement.

(116465)

74
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested in each of the last five years as a result of information supplied to Crimestoppers; and if he will break down the categories of offence in respect of the most recent year for which figures are available.

(116466)

75
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions he has met representatives of Crimestoppers.

(116467)

76
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was allocated by the Government to fund Crimestoppers in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.

(116468)

77
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve access times to his Department's press releases posted on the COI website; if he will place his Department's press releases on the main Home Office website when they are released; and if he will make a statement.

(116259)

78
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the £100 million for modernising policing across the UK referred to in paragraph 5.75 of Budget 2000 (HC 346) will be spent on DNA technology; if this funding is in addition to the £34 million for the DNA database announced in Home Office Press Release 299/99; how the money will be spent; and if he will make a statement.

(116256)

79
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the £100 million for modernising policing across the UK referred to in paragraph 5.75 of Budget 2000 (HC 346) will be spent on accelerating recruitment under the Crime Fighting Fund; by how much recruitment will be accelerated; whether this funding is in addition to the funding for 5,000 additional recruits annouced in Home Office Press Release 304/99; if this funding means that more than 5,000 recruits will be recruited over the next three years using money from the Crime Fighting Fund; and if he will make a statement.

(116258)

80
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the capital modernisation projects that have been approved for criminal justice agencies, referred to in Paragraph 5.75 of Budget 2000 (HC 346).

(116260)

81
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the £100 million for modernising policing across the UK referred to in paragraph 5.75 of Budget 2000 (HC 346) is to be spent; and if he will make a statement.

(116255)

82
N   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the £100 million for modernising policing across the UK referred to in paragraph 5.75 of Budget 2000 (HC 346) will be spent on police radios; whether this funding is in addition to the £50 million of central funding announced for the Public Safety Radio Communications Project in Home Office Press Release 3033/99; and if he will make a statement.

(116257)

83
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ban the sale of R-44 Magnum handguns to those without a Class 1 firearms licence.

(116097)

84
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) committees and (b) working groups his Department has set up to consider the revision of the Rome Convention; and if he will list the members of each such group and meetings scheduled.

(116059)

85
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what consultation (a) he has undertaken and (b) is planned by his Department on the revision of the Rome Convention.

(116601)

86
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the meetings his Department has held with outside bodies on the revision of the Rome Convention; what conclusions were reached; and if he will deposit these in the Library.

(116064)

87
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what discussions on forthcoming legislation have taken place with the Department of Trade and Industry on the implications of the revision of the Rome Convention for electronic commerce; and if he will make a statement.

(116128)

88
   Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list for each council area in Northern Ireland the number of dwellings with (a) controlled and (b) registered rents.

(116359)

89
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will consult with representatives of political parties in the House on the feasibility of requiring honourable Members to submit their annual tax returns to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.

(116096)

90
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will ask the authorities of the Members' Pension Scheme to increase the pensions of those former honourable Members who receive the lowest levels of pensions under the Members' Pension Scheme.

(116095)

91
   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he, or his officials, during the last two weeks, advised visiting analysts from the United States International Trade Commission, or asked United States Government members or officials to ask the visiting analysts, not to meet honourable Members.

(116318)

92
N   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 403W, on Roger Liddle, for what reason he did not provide the information requested about what occasions and at which venues during November and December 1999 his Defence and Foreign Affairs adviser made speeches in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) other European countries.

(116127)

93
   Laura Moffatt (Crawley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to improve the time it takes to calculate the state retirement pension for those in their final year of work.

(116363)

94
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in (a) the Torbay constituency and (b) Torbay Unitary Authority are in receipt of the minimum income guarantee.

(116447)

95
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he has received a copy of the Kansai Electric Interim Report on the MOX fuel data published on 1st March; and if he has ordered a translation of the report.

(116442)

96
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) committees and (b) working groups his Department has set up to consider the revision of the Rome Convention; and if he will list the members and meetings scheduled.

(116060)

97
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultation (a) he has undertaken and (b) is planned by his Department on the revision of the Rome Convention.

(116062)

98
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions have taken place with the Lord Chancellor's Department on the implications of the revision of the Rome Convention for electronic commerce; and if he will make a statement.

(116063)

99
N   Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the meetings his Department has held with outside bodies on the revision of the Rome Convention; what conclusions were reached; and if he will deposit these in the Library.

(116065)

100
   Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Government aid was given to the North East to deal with the effects of job cuts at the Fujitsu plant; and how much this was per worker facing redundancy.

(116285)

101
   Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representation will be given to Bromsgrove District Authority on the West Midlands Task Force.

(116280)

102
   Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what party affiliations are recorded against the members of the West Midlands Task Force dealing with the situation at Longbridge.

(116281)

103
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many board members he appoints to each non-departmental body.

(116372)

104
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) male and (b) female board members each regional non-departmental public body for which he is responsible has.

(116373)

105
   Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the notional time commitment of each chair of the regional non-departmental public bodies.

(116360)

106
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in BMW dealerships and spares operations in the UK.

(116221)

107
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has made to BMW about the sale of the new Mini through Rover dealerships.

(116214)

108
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much regional aid money will be available in the financial year 2000-01 for (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) the UK.

(116216)

109
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if Alchemy has applied for regional selective assistance for the Longbridge site.

(116218)

110
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in Rover dealerships in the UK.

(116220)

111
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports he has received concerning BMW's plans for the location of the production of the new medium saloon.

(116215)

112
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial aid packages will be made available and on what timescale to assist workers who lose their jobs following the sale of Rover.

(116217)

113
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be lost at Longbridge in the next 12 months.

(116219)

114
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what is the cost for the current financial year of running the office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

(116328)

115
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the Government task forces selecting to Wales and their members in (a) 1992, (b) 1993, (c) 1994, (d) 1995, (e) 1996, (f) 1997, (g) 1998, (h) 1999 and (i) 2000.

(116325)

116
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many press officers were employed by his Office in (a) 1992, (b) 1993, (c) 1994, (d) 1995, (e) 1996, (f) 1997, (g) 1998 and (h) 1999.

(116324)

117
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many special advisers are employed by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

(116332)

118
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many press officers are employed by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

(116323)

119
   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the quangos in Wales, and their membership, in (a) 1992, (b) 1993, (c) 1994, (d) 1995, (e) 1996, (f) 1997, (g) 1998 and (h) 1999.

(116338)

120
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the value of the site of the Dome (a) with and (b) without the Dome building.

[Transferred] (116364)

121
   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has made to visiting analysts from the United States International Trade Commission in respect of their inquiry on behalf of the United States Senate Finance Committee on the impact on the United States economy of including the United Kingdom in NAFTA.

[Transferred] (116315)

122
   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what provisions have been made to deal with the potential for zoonotic infections on import of primates carried on the 'Cap Afrique'; and if the veterinary surgeon charged with checking the health and wellbeing of the primates was the purchaser of them.

[Transferred] (116341)

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   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many primates, of which species, were carried on the 'Cap Afrique' in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000 to date; how many were captive bred; and what was their (i) origin and (ii) destination.

[Transferred] (116287)

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   Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families are receiving working families tax credit in Northern Ireland; of these how many he estimates are farming families; and what percentage of farming families in Northern Ireland this represents.

[Transferred] (116358)