Order Book Part 1

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Session 1999-2000
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 17 April 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 17 April, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

MONDAY 17th APRIL

1
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his policy on the continued use of fisheries regulation 3760/92 after 2002.

(119701)

2
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress has been made by the EU Commission in setting up a regulatory fund to aid pig farmers.

(119704)

3
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the (a) quantity and (b) value of milk imported into the UK from non-EU countries in the last three years for which figures are available; what tariff such milk attracts; and if he will make a statement.

(119656)

4
   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he received on the draft EU Directive, Air Pollution: Incineration of Waste (Merging with Directive 94/67/EC Hazardous Waste), prior to its adoption; and if he will make a statement.

(119676)

5
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his discussions with the major supermarket chains on the prices paid for the milk they purchase.

(119586)

6
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the export of calves.

(119582)

7
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will introduce new arrangements for providing funds to deprived communities to tackle social exclusion that do not rely on matched funding from the communities concerned; and if she will make a statement.

(119577)

8
   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she has taken to improve public sector regulation.

(119662)

9
   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will publish the latest figures showing the volume of correspondence received by ministers and agency chief executives from honourable Members in 1999, the targets set for the replies and the replies sent within target times.

(119663)

10
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many corporate hospitality events have taken place at the Dome to date; and how many are planned.

(119307)

11
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the sponsors of corporate hospitality events at the Dome.

(119309)

12
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much financial contribution to the New Millennium Experience Company corporate hospitality events at the Dome (a) have made to date and (b) are expected to make.

(119308)

13
   Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the National Lottery concerning proposals for a National Endowment Fund for Sport and the Arts using reserve lottery funds.

(119664)

14
   Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Lottery Promotion Company Limited concerning their proposal for a National Endowment Fund for Sport and the Arts.

(119665)

15
   Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions has he had with the Lottery Promotion Company Limited concerning their proposals for allocation of monies held in reserve.

(119666)

16
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the DETR about the desirability of new transport infrastructure projects in association with the proposed redevelopment of Wembley Stadium.

(119120)

17
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice he has received from the Wembley Task Force about the (a) desirability and (b) cost of new transport infrastructure investment in association with the proposed redevelopment of Wembley Stadium.

(119116)

18
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice he has received from Sport England on whether transport infrastructure investments were required as a condition of their grant of £120 million towards the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium.

(119118)

19
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) he and (b) officials in his Department were informed of the likely demand by Brent Council for a section 106 agreement for a £30 million transport infrastructure investment in connection with the granting of planning consent for the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium.

(119119)

20
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Brent Council planning brief referred to in paragraph 13.4 of the Memorandum of Evidence provided by Sport England to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in respect of the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 1999-2000 (HC 164).

(119117)

21
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the President of the Western European Union; and what issues were discussed.

(119589)

22
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his letter of 19th March, Ref. D/Min/(AF)JS/0906/00/P, what conclusions he has drawn from his scrutiny of the Report of the Congressional Committee on National Security which reviewed the US Department of Defense's policy on the use of US-licensed anthrax vaccine and the way in which that policy had been implemented.

(117973)

23
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to procure heavy-lift aircraft in the short and medium term.

(117878)

24
N   Mr Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to assist those involved in humanitarian de-mining.

(117892)

25
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) lamb, (b) pork, (c) chicken and (d) turkey purchased for the armed services was of British origin in the last 12 months.

(119702)

26
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the expenditure on (a) runway resurfacing, (b) hardened bunkers and (c) other capital expenditure at RAF Bruggen over the past five years.

(119182)

27
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which officials Lord Levy has received briefings on the Middle East.

(119671)

28
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions since May 1997 when alternative studies have been initiated for procurement programmes once a preferred supplier has been selected, indicating the cost of those studies in each case.

(118971)

29
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what satellite photographs exist of the fatal accident that took place on 7th July 1997 involving a Foden Thompson Carmichael MWD near Mrkonjic Grad.

(118431)

30
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Lime Grove site owned by his Department in Eastcote, Middlesex.

(119319)

31
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the conclusions of his Department's review of the Defence Estate in Greater London.

(119317)

32
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how he plans to screen mentors in the Connexions Service for their suitablity to work with young people.

(119144)

33
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to encourage higher education institutions to introduce standardised testing for scholastic attainment.

(119143)

34
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on (a) his quinquennial assessment of the Basic Skills Unit, (b) his plans for its continued public funding and (c) its relationship with work to improve adult literacy standards being conducted within his own Department.

(119146)

35
N   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what information he has collated on admission to higher education institutions broken down by the nature of the educational establishment previously attended in each of the last five years.

(119145)

36
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils were taught (a) English, (b) maths and (c) science in classes with 30 or more pupils taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(119411)

37
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many sixth form classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools had (a) 25 or more and (b) 30 or more pupils in each of the last five years.

(119418)

38
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools had more than 30 pupils in each of the last five years.

(119416)

39
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of large class sizes, including in sixth forms, on secondary schools.

(119413)

40
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list each local authority with pupils in classes of 36 or more taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools, indicating the number of such pupils in each such local authority.

(119410)

41
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average size of sixth form classes taught by one teacher in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years.

(119409)

42
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to reduce class sizes in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.

(119415)

43
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils were taught at Key Stage 4 in classes with 30 or more pupils in maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years.

(119412)

44
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent representations he has received on class sizes in secondary schools.

(119414)

45
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the average size of classes taught by one teacher in former grant-maintained secondary schools in each of the last five years.

(119417)

46
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children had statements of special educational needs by age in each year since 1995; and what percentage of the total school under 18 years population this represented.

(119536)

47
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, which local authorities in England and Wales have (a) adopted and (b) implemented the form of assessment recommended in the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority document, Supporting the Target Setting Process--Guidance for effective target setting for pupils with special educational needs.

(119535)

48
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary special schools have been placed on special measures in each year since 1995 in each local education authority.

(119538)

49
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of primary schools with local education authorities designated special needs units have been placed on special measures in each year since 1995 in England and Wales.

(119534)

50
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary special schools have closed since 1995 in each local education authority.

(119539)

51
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children with statements of special educational needs were in designated special units within (a) primary schools up to and including year six and (b) secondary schools from year seven onwards in each year since 1995.

(119537)

52
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of the primary schools in England and Wales have been placed on special measures in each year since 1995.

(119540)

53
N   Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what publication date has been set for the Ofsted report on the London Borough of Waltham Forest local education authority; and if HM Chief Inspector of Schools has power to publish Ofsted local education authority reports without consulting the local education authority concerned as to the publication date.

(119408)

54
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much his Department spent directly or indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

(119486)

55
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is the minimum information required from candidates seeking election to the General Teaching Council; and if he will make a statement.

(119705)

56
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in which national newspapers advertisements for appointments to the Learning and Skills Council were placed.

(119700)

57
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received on the minimum qualifying period of two years teaching experience for candidates seeking election to the General Teaching Council.

(119706)

58
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what provision has been made for representatives of the Humber colleges to be members of the Humber Task Force overseeing the transition from TECs to learning and skills councils.

(117832)

59
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in how many TEC areas in Yorkshire and Humberside local further education colleges are not directly represented on task forces overseeing the transition from TECs to learning and skills councils.

(117833)

60
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many personal advisers will be employed in the Connexions service.

(119499)

61
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much money has been provided to each local education authority, on a ring-fenced basis, for the provision of nursery places for four year olds, since May 1997; and what criteria are used by his Department for the expenditure of that money.

(119490)

62
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many nursery schools have closed in each of the last three financial years in each local education authority; and how many closures of nursery schools are currently being proposed by local education authorities.

(119491)

63
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many Early Excellence centres have been set up in the last three years; and at what cost.

(119493)

64
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what definition of nursery places is used by his Department in providing funding for nursery places for four year olds.

(119492)

65
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the future of community learning, its funding and the bodies that will be responsible for determining the provision of community learning in each local education authority area.

(119494)

66
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many staff will be employed by his Department, additional to the current establishment, as a result of the introduction of Connexions.

(119497)

67
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the funding of the Connexions Service and its impact on local education authority budgets.

(119496)

68
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many youth workers, careers officers and education welfare officers are employed by (a) local education authorities, (b) careers services and (c) other contracted-out services.

(119498)

69
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how capital funding for sixth forms will be allocated under the new funding arrangements for post-16 years education.

(119495)

70
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much time on average he estimates that a personal adviser will spend with each young person under the Connexions Service.

(119500)

71
   Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to raise awareness of mental health issues among school children.

(119578)

72
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will take steps to amend the law to enable the National Assembly of Wales to pursue a policy of not basing teachers' salaries on an assessment of pupil performance; and if he will make a statement.

(119583)

73
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his estimate of the cost of redundancy payments for staff of the Further Education Funding Council and individual TECs following the setting up of the national and local learning and skills councils; and if he will make a statement.

(119683)

74
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the schools in England and Wales with sixth forms and the relevant LEA giving the number of pupils in year (a) 12, (b) 13 and (c) 14+ for each of the past three years and the cost per full-time student in each of these schools.

(119690)

75
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to consult on changes to universities' constitutions and to reform the visitorial system of disputes resolution in old universities; and if he will produce a timetable.

(119678)

76
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to fund schools directly from his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(119685)

77
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many staff will be made redundant from the Further Education Funding Council and individual TECs as a result of setting up national and local learning and skills councils.

(119684)

78
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many schools' sixth forms have been (a) closed and (b) opened in each LEA in each of the years 1992-93 to 1999-2000.

(119691)

79
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to have transferred to his Department from the DETR, funding arrangements for schools in England; and if he will make a statement.

(119686)

80
   Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on (a) train, (b) signal and (c) track failures in each financial year since 1994-95 for each line of the London Underground and the cumulative figures for all lines.

(119670)

81
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when a rail franchise passes to the successful company in the event of an existing train operating company failing to secure the renewal of its franchise; and what extra monitoring of service standards will be put in place during the transitional period.

(119483)

82
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much his Department spent directly or indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

(119484)

83
   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the measures which he is taking to reduce the number of road accidents; what is his evaluation of the impact of these measures; if it is his policy to increase the maximum penalties for drivers who cause death and injury to others; and what further measures he proposes to take to promote road safety.

(119695)

84
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will report on responses to the consultation paper on high hedges; and if he will make a statement.

(119708)

85
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the (a) itinerary, (b) purpose and (c) cost of his visit to Japan.

(119532)

86
   Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made with programme agreement for those areas that have lost Objective 2 status but have entitlement to transitional funding; and if he will make a statement.

(119560)

87
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the maximum amount of commission which can be claimed by the site owner on the sale of mobile homes; and if he will make a statement.

(119659)

88
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide funding for local councils to pay a mileage rate on cycle use by their employees.

(119337)

89
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the operation of legislation to ensure that water companies do not save costs by switching off sewerage treatment facilities at the risk of increasing pollution levels in coastal waters.

(119580)

90
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on death caused by (a) Dothiepin and (b) other anti-depressant drugs.

(118889)

91
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the reasons for the time taken to outsource Office for National Statistics projects as recommended by the Treasury Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the current policy in respect of out-sourcing work at the Office for National Statistics.

(118885)

92
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to improve the efficiency of the Office for National Statistics, with particular reference to the in-sourcing of work that can be undertaken cost-effectively there.

(118886)

93
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the losses to the National Insurance Fund from the reductions of employers' contributions resulting from the introduction of the landfill tax, the climate change levy and the aggregates levy (a) separately and (b) in total, for each year from their introduction to 2010-11; and what proposals he has to compensate the Fund for that loss.

(118934)

94
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 16th February, Official Report, column 609W, what assumptions were made regarding entitlement to inherited SERPS in calculating the estimated balance in the National Insurance Fund at the end of 2001-02.

(118935)

95
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much the National Insurance Fund balance at the end of each year from 2000-01 to 2010-11 is expected to exceed the minimum level recommended by the Government Actuary.

(118936)

96
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which clauses in the Finance Bill were altered prior to its introduction so that their wording conformed to the aims of the Tax Law Rewrite project in respect of plain language.

(119423)

97
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Housing Green Paper, how, for (a) taxation and (b) national insurance contribution purposes, his Department's revenue bodies would treat preferential loans made by the Government to public sector workers wishing to buy housing in London and the South East of England; and if he will make a statement.

(119425)

98
N   Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the actual and estimated yield from betting duty for the years 1996 to 2001.

(119452)

99
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families are in receipt of the working families' tax credit in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency.

(118856)

100
   Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to distribute money from the Children's Fund in Wales; and what mechanisms will be used to distribute the fund.

(119579)

101
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to deal with delays in processing national insurance records in the Newcastle centre; and if he will make a statement.

(117967)

102
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) initiatives relating to and (b) reviews of, the tax system he has launched since May 1997; on what dates each (i) was completed and (ii) is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement.

(118857)

103
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to publish an environmental appraisal of the second Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.

(118858)

104
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many departments have submitted environmental appraisals with their draft public service agreements for the second Comprehensive Spending Review; and if he will make a statement.

(118859)

105
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the objectives of the second Comprehensive Spending Review.

(118860)

106
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what method was used in calculating the cost of an employment tax credit given in paragraph 3.24 of the Treasury paper, Supporting Work Through an Employment Tax Credit; how much he estimates will be paid through the adult allowance portion of the working families tax credit in financial year 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(119053)

107
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to limit tobacco smuggling via the port of Dover from the continent.

(119581)

108
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations his Department received in relation to this year's Comprehensive Spending Review before 31st March; and if he will continue to accept representations from both public and private sector bodies.

(119584)

109
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the cost to his Department of funding the pensions of members of the European Parliament in each of the last three years; to how many beneficiaries these payments are made; and what estimate he has made of the future annual liability for making such pension payments.

(119585)

110
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries receive BBC World Service broadcasts.

(119590)

111
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of alleged malpractice during the first-round ballot of the Peruvian Presidential election; and if he will make a statement.

(119428)

112
   Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th March, Official Report, column 267W, if he will ensure that United Kingdom and Russian efforts to work together to combat terrorism do not include assistance for the activities of the Russian security forces in Chechnya.

(119591)

113
   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his ministerial colleagues in the European Union concerning the appointment of a commission by the Indian Government relating to religious freedom in India; and if he will make a statement.

(119561)

114
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which officials Lord Levy has received briefings on the Middle East.

(119672)

115
N   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on incorporating the Charter of Fundamental Rights into the Treaty.

(119306)

116
N   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many suspected war criminals have been apprehended by British forces in Bosnia.

(117902)

117
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to place the ratification of the International Criminal Court on the agenda at the Copenhagen Plus Five Conference in June.

(118970)

118
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterparts concerning financial assistance for Plan Colombia.

(118973)

119
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Colombian Government concerning UK assistance for (a) social and economic aspects of Plan Colombia and (b) military assistance for Plan Colombia.

(118972)

120
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities levy a charge for day centres.

(119482)

121
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 12W, on bed availabilities, how soon after 15th May he will announce targets; and if the base line will be set at 1998-99.

(119302)

122
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the introduction of charges by social services departments for the use of day centres.

(119481)

123
N   Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he has reached a decision on the future of Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre; and if he will make a statement.

(119424)

124
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent (i) directly and (ii) indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

(119487)

125
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children aged (a) under 10 and (b) under 16 years who have been prescribed (i) Ritalin and (ii) Prozac in the past 12 months.

(118891)

126
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NICE to report on Ritalin; and if his Department has given evidence to their inquiry into Ritalin.

(118921)

127
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the identifiable causes of human immunodeficiency virus.

(119703)

128
   Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his proposals for education and training for social workers; and if it is his policy that undergraduate and postgraduate social work qualifications should continue to be recognized when the General Social Care Council assumes its responsibilities.

(119694)

129
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on infection control in the NHS for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.

(118853)

130
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to revise his Department's 1995 guidance on infection control following the report by the National Audit Office on the Management and Control of Hospital-Acquired Infection in Acute Trusts in England; and if he will make a statement.

(118855)

131
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have infection control teams in place; and what is the average amount spent by trusts on infection control in each of the past five years.

(118852)

132
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on introducing a statutory registration scheme for operating department practitioners; and if he will make a statement.

(118854)

133
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost of providing food to hospital patients, broken down by (a) staffing costs, (b) food costs and (c) other costs, in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(119660)

134
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the way in which nursing home care is financed; and if he will make a statement.

(119661)

135
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received on the safety of genetically-modified salmon; and what his policy is on the sale of genetically-modified salmon in the UK.

(119420)

136
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 5th April, Official Report, column 502W, on Aventis T25 maize, what was the voluntary scheme under which the application was made; how the application was (a) processed and (b) determined; who were the animal feed experts who advised him on the safety of T25 GM maize for animal feed; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the application, together with copies of the correspondence relating to the animal feed application between himself, his advisors and the company.

(119304)

137
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information has been received concerning genetically-modified salmon bred by A/F Protein Inc.; what European marketing consent exists for such salmon; and what his policy is on licensing the import of genetically-modified salmon eggs to the UK.

(119421)

138
   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how may hospital beds were occupied by influenza victims in November and December 1999 and January and February 2000 by patients who had not been vaccinated against flu.

(119667)

139
   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of general practitioners of best practice in treating teenagers affected by depression.

(119668)

140
   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) at-risk groups, (b) essential service workers and (c) all those over 65 have flu vaccine available for next winter.

(119669)

141
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions he has made for the integration into the reorganised treatment facilities of current cleft lip and palate patients.

(119318)

142
   Mr Martin Caton (Gower):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to implement his proposals for regulation of the private security industry.

(119566)

143
   Mr Martin Caton (Gower):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring forward proposals for better regulation of private investigators.

(119567)

144
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent (i) directly and (ii) indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

(119485)

145
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of crimes committed by those under the influence of (a) alcohol and (b) heroin in each of the last three years.

(118890)

146
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent in the past three years in prisons to deal with misuse of (a) illegal drugs and (b) alcohol.

(118887)

147
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will continue with the second phase of the Probation Information Technology programme called Copernicus; and if he will make a statement

(119333)

148
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many probation properties have clear legal titles in England and Wales.

(119330)

149
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who he commissioned to develop a Probation Estate Transitional Strategy; what were the principal conclusions of that strategy; and if he will make a statement

(119327)

150
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current value of the Probation Estate in England and Wales.

(119328)

151
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what claims he expects for compensation from companies who are unsuccessful in bidding for the Case Recording and Management System for Probation Services in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(119301)

152
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will authorise a further version of the Case Recording and Management System for the Probation Service in England and Wales to take into account the changes contained in the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill; and if he will make a statement.

(119300)

153
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations he has had with probation organisations prior to the decision to accept the recommendations in the Probation Estate Transitional Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(119297)

154
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received concerning the Probation Estate Transitional Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(119296)

155
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the assessment conducted by Amey Vecta Ltd. on the effectiveness of probation information technology in Merseyside; and if he will make a statement.

(119299)

156
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if existing contracts to install and maintain probation information technology will be renewed; and if he will make a statement.

(119430)

157
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to use the Private Finance Initiative in relation to the Probation Estate; and if he will make a statement.

(119331)

158
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what implications the Probation Estate Transitional Strategy has for staff levels; and if he will make a statement.

(119332)

159
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the cost/benefit analysis for the options contained in the Probation Estate Transitional Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(119295)

160
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the business case for the Probation Estate Transitional Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(119294)

161
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implications of the Audit Commission studies of the management of the police estate and local authority estate for the Probation Estate Transitional Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(119298)

162
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the management of the Probation Estate will be the subject of external tenders in line with existing procurement rules; and if he will make a statement.

(119329)

163
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to make a decision on the case of Home Office visa application number S1016548 in the name of Phailin Sae Kuay; and if he will make a statement.

(119657)

164
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set a national level of fines on people parking illegally in areas reserved for disabled drivers.

(119303)

165
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with the launch of a joint IMF and World Bank fund to focus on alleviating the debts of the highly-indebted poor countries by the end of 2000.

(119049)

166
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made with proposals to speed up the HIPC II debt cancellation programme.

(119336)

167
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if members of her Department will be attending the AIDS 2000 conference in Durban in July.

(119048)

168
   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the total cost of (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in Northern Ireland in each year since 1990.

(119696)

169
   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the firms of solicitors in Northern Ireland with clients who have received (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid each year since 1990; and how much (i) civil and (ii) criminal legal aid they received.

(119697)

170
   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the potential for conflict of interest when legal aid managers award legal aid to clients of solicitors' firms in which their spouses are partners.

(119698)

171
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent (i) directly and (ii) indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

(119488)

172
   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Government will implement the recommendations contained in the report entitled, Administering Elections in Northern Ireland.

(119565)

173
   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the independent review of Northern Ireland railways, which was published on Tuesday 28th March; and if he will make a statement.

(119563)

174
   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures the Government will adopt to improve the railway service in Northern Ireland.

(119562)

175
   Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps have been taken to introduce a proportional representation system of voting for parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(119564)

176
N   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of the Royal Irish Regiment whose claims for the Accumulated Service Medal were reviewed because of insufficient evidence were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in claiming the medal.

(119345)

177
N   Mr Peter Robinson (Belfast East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedure was followed by the Honours and Distinction Committee to ascertain the eligibility of members of the Royal Irish Regiment claiming accumulated service medals, but for whom the necessary records were not available.

(119344)

178
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the departments which have spent money directly or indirectly on asylum seekers in the years (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999 and (f) 2000 to date.

(119451)

179
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions in the past two years he has met representatives of (a) farming unions, (b) the Country Landowners' Association, (c) the Country Sports Organisation and (d) the Old Age Pensioners' Association.

(118888)

180
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he raised human rights improvement during discussions on Plan Colombia with President Postra�na.

(119449)

181
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    To ask the Prime Minister, if Her Majesty's Government will discuss with other donor countries the Plan Colombia mechanisms for monitoring progress on human rights, including contact with Colombian non-governmental human-rights organisations.

(119450)

182
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations Lord Levy has received from Israeli governmental organisations, indicating the officials and dates concerned.

(119675)

183
   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will reply to the letters of 5th and 13th April from the honourable Member for Tunbridge Wells.

(119682)

184
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the President of Colombia concerning British assistance for Plan Colombia.

(119050)

185
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he expects to conclude his review of invalid care allowance.

(119480)

186
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the members of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Older People; when it was established; how often it has met and when; what its terms of reference are; what subjects have been considered by it; what reports it has produced; what third parties it has consulted; and what the outcome was of those discussions.

(119533)

187
N   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much his Department spent (i) directly and (ii) indirectly on asylum seekers in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; and what estimate has been made of expenditure in the year 2000.

(119489)

188
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Knowsley South of 13th January, Official Report, column 232W, what change there has been to the estimate that between 530,000 and 870,000 pensioner benefit units are entitled to but not receiving income support; and what are the reasons for the change.

(118883)

189
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the cost of the recent research and pilot projects carried out to ascertain the reasons for pensioners not claiming income support and the most effective ways of promoting take-up.

(118884)

190
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of the minimum income guarantee.

(118851)

191
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what arrangements he will put in place to allow benefit recipients without bank accounts to be paid in cash over the counter at post offices once automated credit transfer is introduced.

(119707)

192
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the CSA maintenance payment is calculated as a sum to be spent directly on the children concerned; and to what extent it includes a payment to the custodial parent for looking after the children.

(119569)

193
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what powers the CSA has to check a parent's statement of income.

(119573)

194
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if the CSA differentiates between absent parents and non-resident parents for the purposes of calculating payments.

(119571)

195
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what account the CSA takes when calculating maintenance requirements of money paid by the non-resident parent towards their children's maintenance.

(119574)

196
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what measures the CSA takes to ensure that money paid to the custodial parents for child support is spent on the child.

(119568)

197
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in what circumstances the CSA does not require non-resident parents to pay 25 per cent. of their income to the CSA.

(119572)

198
   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what budget the CSA allocates towards welfare assessment; in which of the last six years there has been an under-spend; and how much.

(119570)

199
N   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of paying all relevent pensions, currently paid via automated credit transfer four weeks in arrears, on a weekly basis in the year the transition was made.

(119422)

200
   Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what statistics are collected by his Department on evidence of domestic violence in reports prepared by social workers for courts considering issuing child contact orders.

(119576)

201
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what period of time has been devoted to training start-up officers and personal advisers in the ONE pilot areas to enable them to identify entitlement to income support, housing benefit, disability living allowance and incapacity benefit; and what period of time has been devoted to training to enable them to identify entitlement to working families tax credit and disabled persons' tax credit.

(119338)

202
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what training advisers in the ONE pilot areas have received in understanding and applying the principle of good cause.

(119343)

203
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if MOX fuel pellets which should have failed the secondary checks at the Sellafield MOX Demonstration Facility were erroneously approved.

(119679)

204
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to investigate further allegations made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries about BNFL's ability to manufacture MOX fuel pellets to meet the required specification; and if he will make a statement.

(119680)

205
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 5th April, Official Report, column 476W, if he will place a copy of the English translation of the Kansai Report in the Library.

(119681)

206
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will instruct the Health and Safety Executive to conduct an investigation into quality control data problems associated with MOX fuel supplied by British Nuclear Fuels to Swiss and German utilities.

(119674)

207
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he has received a copy of an English translation of a report by the TUEV agency produced for the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Lower Saxony on MOX production and quality control standards at Sellafield.

(119673)

208
   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the outcome of the Consumer Affairs Council held in Luxembourg on 13th April; and if he will make a statement.

(119587)

209
N   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if pensioners in receipt of state pension paid via automated credit transfer will be protected from (a) bank charges and (b) withdrawal charges if they choose to draw their pensions in cash from a post office from 2003.

(119419)

210
N   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the dates of (a) explanatory memoranda presented to Parliament by the Government and (b) agreements in the Council of Ministers concerning the Community Framework for state aid to the motor vehicle industry, OJ No. C279, 1997; and what application has been made within the specification of the Framework to the Commission by Her Majesty's Government in respect of the Longbridge plant.

(118922)

211
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miners from (a) Scotland and (b) the UK, claiming compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema have died before their claims were fully processed.

(119558)

212
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of the claims received from ex-miners in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK, for compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema have been fully processed.

(119559)

213
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reasons the Government preferred Didcot to Daresbury for the synchrotron.

(119315)

214
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he sought clearance from the EU Commission for the Enterprise Fund; and when he expects to reach agreement with the EU Commission on it.

(119311)

215
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department's Ministers decided that Didcot was the best site for the synchrotron.

(119313)

216
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department first wrote to Wellcome suggesting Didcot for the synchrotron.

(119316)

217
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes the EU has asked for to his Department's scheme for an Enterprise Fund.

(119312)

218
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he announced the establishment of the Enterprise Fund; and when the first payments will be made from it.

(119310)

219
N   Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish the correspondence between his Department and Wellcome over the location of the new synchrotron.

(119314)

220
   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 537W, what plans he has to set separate renewable energy generation targets for each of the UK standard regions; and if he will make a statement.

(11992)

221
   Mr Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate he has made of the impact on carbon emissions of the Restricted Consents Policy for new gas-fired electricity generation (a) for the last two years, and (b) for the next two years.

(119677)

222
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 16th March, Official Report, column 274W, on KONVER, for what reason the KONVER Programme II Initiative was not renewed.

(119051)

223
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation to register arms brokers before autumn 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(119052)

224
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, what action is being taken to reduce the numbers of (a) mice and (b) other vermin within the Palace of Westminster.

[Transferred] (119556)

225
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, how many reports of (a) mice and (b) other vermin in the Palace of Westminster he has received in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (119557)

226
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will suspend new drilling for oil and gas in the seas west of Scotland until the full implementation of the European Habitats Directive.

[Transferred] (119592)

227
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on how the price of lead replacement petrol is arrived at.

[Transferred] (119658)

228
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to delay the final rounds of bidding for the new mobile phone networks until after the Stewart Report is published.

[Transferred] (119688)

229
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to include the recommendations of the Stewart Report in the contract requirements for the new mobile phone network contracts.

[Transferred] (119689)

230
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he has chosen to re-tender the new round of bidding for the mobile phone network.

[Transferred] (119687)

231
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many applications he has received for funding from London borough councils to tackle local deprivation within their borough in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

[Transferred] (119588)

232
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the United Kingdom market for (a) high research-intensity goods, (b) medium research-intensity goods and (c) low research intensity-goods was represented by imports in the last 12 months.

[Transferred] (119593)

233
   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will take steps to exempt farm attractions from the provisions of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981.

[Transferred] (119699)