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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 2 May 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 2 May, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is his policy on making available material from beef carcases for the purpose of research into BSE. |
| (120700) | |
| 2 | Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will call for a report on recent research in Switzerland concerning tests capable of detecting sub-clinical infection of BSE. |
| (120652) | |
| 3 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he expects to make a decision on the woodland grant schemes amendment applied for by Cotswold Estate Services Ltd submitted in October last year. |
| (120682) | |
| 4 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his Department's annual budget for poultry science research and development was in (a) 1998 and (b) 1999; and in each of those years, what proportion of the budget was spent on research aimed at increasing broiler chicken (i) growth rate and (ii) feed efficiency. |
| ¶A (120729) | |
| 5 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what is the purpose of forms SRM11 and SRM 13. |
| ¶A (120732) | |
| 6 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been the average yearly price of Over Thirty Month Scheme compensation; and what plans he has to raise it. |
| (120339) | |
| 7 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research has been undertaken by the Pesticides Safety Directorate into the impact of herbicides on genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops; and if he will publish the results. |
| (120344) | |
| 8 | Mr Peter Temple-Morris (Leominster): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how the Forestry Commission Employees Pension Fund is funded; and how much public money was made available to it in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (120485) | |
| 9 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to speed up the issuing of licences for the prescription of strychnine hydrochloride for mole eradication. |
| (120654) | |
| 10 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she last reviewed the guidance concerning the security of ministerial red boxes on public transport. |
| ¶A (120748) | |
| 11 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the impact of prescribing methadone for a period of two or more days on the rate of drug deaths in Scotland. |
| (120430) | |
| 12 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is his latest estimate of net receipts to the New Millennium Experience Company from ticket sales. |
| (120229) | |
| 13 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the number of establishments which will benefit from the £1 single entry charge for museums and galleries. |
| (120613) | |
| 14 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data he has collated on differential rates of spending on the National Lottery by different social classes (a) in absolute terms and (b) as percentages of income; if he will publish this data; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120626) | |
| 15 N | Mr Donald Anderson (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial contribution each NATO and EU country has made to the cost of KFOR. |
| (120087) | |
| 16 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place to ensure that information on experiments and the welfare of animals held at DERA will still be accessible when DERA is part-privatised; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120131) | |
| 17 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans are in place to ensure that the welfare of animals held at DERA for experiments will be protected when it is part-privatised; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120134) | |
| 18 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the rate of staff absences due to sickness for his Department's police for the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the rate relative to that of other public services. |
| (120631) | |
| 19 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on delays in the payment of bills due under the Army Criminal Legal Aid Authority. |
| (120136) | |
| 20 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by the Ministerial Council of the Western European Union to fill the post of Secretary General of the Western European Union. |
| ¶A (120739) | |
| 21 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence and Clothing Research Establishment at Colchester was due to transfer to Bicester; what is the current anticipated date when the transfer will be completed; what is the cause of the delay; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120593) | |
| 22 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed at the Defence and Clothing Research Establishment at Colchester; when the decision was taken to transfer all the operations to Bicester; and how many staff it is estimated will be transferring to the new site. |
| (120592) | |
| 23 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of shares in NewDera plc he expects the Government to hold (a) on flotation of the new company and (b) as a minimum public holding. |
| (120502) | |
| 24 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many infant classes had over 30 pupils in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000 in the City of Worcester. |
| (120594) | |
| 25 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the total amount of standards fund expenditure allocated to further education in each year since June 1997-98 in England and Wales. |
| (120597) | |
| 26 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the allocation of standards fund expenditure to further education by recipient in each year since 1997-98 for England and Wales. |
| (120598) | |
| 27 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupils who left school in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 with no educational qualifications came from (i) intact and (ii) broken families. |
| (120659) | |
| 28 | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the honourable Member for West Derbyshire can expect to receive a reply to the letter he sent on 21st February about Meadows Primary School. |
| (120679) | |
| 29 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list each grant made to schools in Shrewsbury and Atcham under the New Deal for Schools programme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120369) | |
| 30 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the (a) standard spending assessment and (b) total estimated spending per head in Stoke-on-Trent Local Education Authority in each of the years 1998-99 and 1999-2000; and what estimate he has made of comparable figures for 2000-01. |
| (120397) | |
| 31 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what complaints his Department has received in the last two years from (a) unions and (b) individuals about Ofsted inspections; what response has been made by Ofsted to these complaints; and what changes in inspection practices have been made as a result. |
| (120222) | |
| 32 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures he has in place to reduce the stress to teachers caused by Ofsted inspections; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120221) | |
| 33 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what lessons have been learned by Ofsted regarding the suicide of Ms Pamela Relf; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120223) | |
| 34 N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much hazardous waste was imported into the United Kingdom during 1999 for use as fuel in cement kilns; and what were the countries of origin of that waste. |
| (120341) | |
| 35 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the members of the UK CITES delegation to COP XI in Nairobi with a financial interest in the trade and supply of endangered species; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120132) | |
| 36 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to deal with the potential public health risks from the transformation of the simian herpes B virus from macaques held in zoos and safari parks; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120133) | |
| 37 N | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's strategy for waste management. |
| (120089) | |
| 38 | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was (a) the cost of producing the Langholm Report into Raptors and (b) the cost of compensation that had to be paid to landowners. |
| (120378) | |
| 39 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what response he has made to the recommendation of the Cowboy Builders' Working Group for a mandatory requirement for builders securing a government backed quality mark to provide financial protection for customers. |
| (120551) | |
| 40 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the New EU Route Centre at Swanwick will be fully operational. |
| ¶A (120786) | |
| 41 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many overseas consultancy projects have been undertaken by National Air Traffic Services in the last three years; and where these projects were undertaken. |
| ¶A (120789) | |
| 42 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many aircraft movements there were at UK airfields without air traffic control services in the last 12 months. |
| ¶A (120788) | |
| 43 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the average length of time taken to train an air traffic controller; how many are in training; and how many controllers are required to staff the airfields and centres under NATS control. |
| ¶A (120784) | |
| 44 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the suppliers of distress and diversion air traffic control to UK aircraft and aircraft using UK airspace. |
| ¶A (120783) | |
| 45 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many air traffic controllers are needed to bring Heathrow up to full complement; and how many controllers are being trained at Swanwick. |
| ¶A (120785) | |
| 46 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those UK airports where (a) there is no air traffic control and (b) only (i) an air ground and (ii) flight information service is provided. |
| ¶A (120787) | |
| 47 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the value of capital receipts released to Worcester City Council for each financial year since May 1997. |
| (120595) | |
| 48 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much money was refunded to (a) Worcester City Council and (b) Worcestershire County Council under the Bellwin scheme of flood relief, for each financial year since May 1997. |
| (120596) | |
| 49 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many extra (a) houses and (b) flats he estimates have been built in the last 30 years in order to meet additional demand created by divorce. |
| (120671) | |
| 50 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the annual budget of the Rail Regulator in the current year; and what plans he has to increase it. |
| (120607) | |
| 51 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the average number of businesses dealt with by band 3 inspectors in the Health and Safety Executive in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (120390) | |
| 52 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many inspectors there were (a) in the Field Operations Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive and (b) in each of the bands 1-4 in each of the last five years. |
| (120389) | |
| 53 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the ratio of field inspectors to policy inspectors in the Health and Safety Executive. |
| (120388) | |
| 54 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the effectiveness of unannounced preventative inspectors by the HSE in preventing accidents at work. |
| (120387) | |
| 55 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assumptions he has made in his Department's projections of future population and household formation trends about the number of asylum seekers in England. |
| (120276) | |
| 56 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will consult with honourable Members on the United Kingdom strategy for the June 2000 OSPAR Conference in Copenhagen, prior to finalising the UK submission. |
| (120711) | |
| 57 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will instruct the Franchising Director to take particular account when granting the franchise for the East Coast main line, of companies which propose to increase the number of direct train services between Hull and London. |
| (120646) | |
| 58 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, further to his Answer of 18th April, Official Report, column 4546W, on the North Wales Mainline, if he will place a copy of the study produced by Virgin Trains in March 1999 in the Library. |
| ¶A (120730) | |
| 59 N | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to encourage the fitting of seat belts on minibuses and coaches; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120261) | |
| 60 N | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the Government's policy on the introduction of compulsory wearing of seat belts on minibuses and coaches transporting children; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120262) | |
| 61 N | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the results from each local highway authority that were used in the 1998 National Road Maintenance Condition Survey. |
| ¶A (120734) | |
| 62 N | Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the results of the 1999 National Road Maintenance Condition Survey will be published. |
| ¶A (120733) | |
| 63 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many public toilets were closed between April 1998 and April 1999. |
| (120489) | |
| 64 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce best value performance indicators covering the provisions of public toilets. |
| (120492) | |
| 65 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make public toilet provision a statutory obligation for local government. |
| (120491) | |
| 66 | Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to tackle vandalism and drug misuse in public toilets. |
| (120490) | |
| 67 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on the building of Whitley Way in Hampshire. |
| (120271) | |
| 68 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of purchasing land to build Whitley Way in Hampshire. |
| (120270) | |
| 69 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish planning guidance notes for local authorities to maintain and introduce traffic free and pedestrians only areas for town and city centres. |
| (120385) | |
| 70 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what procedures his Department has laid down to be followed when local authorities intend to introduce traffic into pedestrian areas or town centres; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120386) | |
| 71 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th April (ref 119852), on the Royal Train, what steps are being taken to increase the non-Royal use of the Royal Train. |
| (120615) | |
| 72 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many times the Royal Train was used by (a) Her Majesty the Queen, (b) the Prince of Wales and (c) other members of the Royal Family in the last 12 months. |
| (120616) | |
| 73 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people are employed by National Air Traffic Services; and what the basis is of the share allocation under the public-private partnership. |
| (120603) | |
| 74 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if employees of National Air Traffic Services will be able to sell their shares in the NATS public-private partnership without restriction. |
| (120619) | |
| 75 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the national planning guidance regarding the building of houses on flood plains; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120219) | |
| 76 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposals for improvements to the road and rail links to Wembley Stadium and the costings for such improvements. |
| (120634) | |
| 77 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what increase was allocated by his Department for social service provision in Devon County Council's standard spending assessment for 2000-01. |
| (120090) | |
| 78 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 17th April to the honourable Member for Manchester Central, Official Report, column 317W, on regional development agencies, for what reason the West Midlands Regional Development Agency received no increase in funds. |
| (120500) | |
| 79 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on pet cremation services of current and proposed waste incineration and animal waste rules. |
| (120605) | |
| 80 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultation has taken place with those offering pet cremation services on the implementation of the Waste Incineration Directive Common Position 7/2000. |
| (120606) | |
| 81 | Ms Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to change the role and powers of parish councils. |
| (120625) | |
| 82 | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how often open cast mining sites in Scotland were inspected by the Health and Safety Executive in the last three years; and what plans he has to increase the frequency of inspections in the coming year. |
| ¶A (120791) | |
| 83 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) repeal and (b) amend the Industrial Assurance Act 1923. |
| (120211) | |
| 84 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the pre-release recipients of labour market data from the Office of National Statistics. |
| (120228) | |
| 85 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of introducing a graduated VAT threshold for small hotels. |
| (120627) | |
| 86 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will desegregate by income decile the number of families receiving (a) 0 to 10 per cent., (b) 11 to 20 per cent., (c) 21 to 30 per cent., (d) 31 to 40 per cent., (e) 41 to 50 per cent., (f) 51 to 60 per cent. and (g) 61 to 70 per cent. of childcare costs through the working families tax credit. |
| (120608) | |
| 87 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd April, Official Report, column 340W, on family benefits, how many of those families claiming working families tax credit in each month since its introduction would have been entitled to family credit. |
| (120617) | |
| 88 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money he expects the increased tobacco taxation to raise for expenditure on the NHS in the next three financial years; and if his expenditure projections for the NHS will be sustained irrespective of the yield from tobacco taxation. |
| (120609) | |
| 89 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the median duration of (a) a marriage and (b) a cohabiting union in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980 and (iii) 1999. |
| (120677) | |
| 90 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the life expectancy of someone whose parents have (a) been divorced and (b) remained married. |
| (120668) | |
| 91 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the average fall in income arising from divorce for a divorced (a) father and (b) mother with their children in (i) 1980 and (ii) 1999. |
| (120661) | |
| 92 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the economic impact studies which he has conducted on the climate change levy. |
| (120287) | |
| 93 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which G7 and OECD countries allow tax mixing to take place. |
| (120285) | |
| 94 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the feasibility of tax mixing onshore. |
| (120288) | |
| 95 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of the calculations undertaken by the Inland Revenue to determine the level of tax yield arising from his proposals in the Finance Bill dealing with controlled foreign companies and tax mixing arrangements. |
| (120290) | |
| 96 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of the methodology used by the Inland Revenue to calculate the increase in tax yield that will result from the proposed changes in tax legislation as it affects offshore mixer companies. |
| (120291) | |
| 97 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies are known to the Inland Revenue as having offshore mixer companies. |
| (120289) | |
| 98 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the carbon dioxide which will be saved by his proposals for (a) general vehicle excise duty and (b) company car taxation. |
| (120286) | |
| 99 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of people retiring in (a) 1985, (b) 1990, (c) 1995, (d) 1996 (e) 1997, (f) 1998 and (g) 1999 have taken a tax free lump sum from (i) defined contribution schemes and (ii) defined benefit schemes; and how much tax revenue was foregone as a result. |
| (120361) | |
| 100 | Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the integrated child credit were to be introduced on the basis of the illustrative structure shown in chart 2.6 of Tackling Poverty and Making Work Pay--Tax Credits for the 21st Century, how many children he estimates would be in families drawing (i) income support/JSA and the integrated child credit, (ii) employment tax credit and the integrated child credit, (iii) the integrated child credit only including the WFTC child credit element, and (iv) the integrated child credit only including the children's tax credit element only, including child benefit in all cases. |
| (120392) | |
| 101 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional amount of tax that will be collected in each of the next three years as a result of the introduction of IR35; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120366) | |
| 102 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the development of a database of small businesses who breach IR35 rules. |
| (120365) | |
| 103 N | Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors account for the change from the initial estimate of annual forecast revenue receipts from IR35. |
| (120329) | |
| 104 | Mr Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many top rate income tax payers (a) there were in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000 and (b) he expects there to be in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02. |
| (120351) | |
| 105 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the privatisations since 1979 together with the number and percentage of shares allocated to the employees at the date of privatisation and the number and percentage of shares so held (a) one year after privatisation and (b) three years after privatisation. |
| (120618) | |
| 106 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of (a) the Government and (b) the European Commission is on the level of (i) income tax and (ii) corporation tax which should be treated as constituting unfair tax competition. |
| (120359) | |
| 107 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's policy is on the proposal for VAT to become an EU levied tax. |
| (120356) | |
| 108 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of the administration relating to bonds by National Savings; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120218) | |
| 109 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the practicability of introducing a 90 day limitation period for the recovery of overpaid sums by public bodies. |
| (120353) | |
| 110 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his oral statement of 21st March, Official Report, column 867, if the increases in the basic state pension forecast will be the minimum applied irrespective of the Retail Price Index for September 2000. |
| (120604) | |
| 111 | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what he estimates would be the cost to the Treasury of tax relief for the basic state pension if such relief were (a) restricted to the 10 per cent. tax rate, (b) restricted to the 22 per cent. tax rate and (c) unresticted. |
| (120547) | |
| 112 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the taxable position of single flights (a) from and (b) to regions designated in section 19 of the Finance Bill. |
| (120629) | |
| 113 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of the climate change levy with particular reference to (a) street lighting, (b) leisure services and (c) housing; and what support he plans to make available to local authorities to meet such costs. |
| (120630) | |
| 114 N | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his definition of region as used in section 19 of the Finance Bill; and how this relates to local government area and ward boundaries. |
| (120628) | |
| 115 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 5th April 2000, Official Report, column 500W, on tax rates, if he will provide illustrative examples of cases where taxes and benefits can interact to produce a marginal deduction rate of (a) 40 per cent. and above, (b) 50 per cent. and above, (c) 60 per cent. and above, (d) 70 per cent. and above, (e) 80 per cent. and above and (f) 90 per cent. and above. |
| (120381) | |
| 116 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to include CSA payments in calculating eligibility for working families tax credit. |
| (120656) | |
| 117 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) cost, (b) make and (c) model was of the motor vehicles purchased for use by the British Embassy in Berlin since 1st May 1997. |
| (120550) | |
| 118 | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what strategic export controls the United Kingdom will apply to the Macau Special Administrative Region. |
| (120681) | |
| 119 N | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what commitments the Government entered into for providing financial support for land reform in Zimbabwe at the time of granting independence; what obligations remain for providing such funding; what further requests have been received from the Government of Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120086) | |
| 120 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the operation of the interim appointment system in Islamabad for applicants seeking entry clearance (a) by what criteria an application is judged to be straightforward, (b) by whom this decision is made, (c) how an applicant is informed that the application is regarded as straightforward, (d) what types of visa application can be considered under this system and (e) if an existing applicant awaiting interview can take advantage of the scheme. |
| (120487) | |
| 121 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for entry clearance have been considered under the interim appointment system in Islamabad; and of these, how many were (a) accepted and (b) refused, for each type of visa application. |
| (120488) | |
| 122 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for (a) visitors' visas, (b) student entry clearance and (c) settlement have been made at the British Embassy in Lima in each of the last three years; and what proportion of each has been successful. |
| ¶A (120744) | |
| 123 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff are employed at the British Embassy in Lima to deal with applications for entry clearance. |
| ¶A (120743) | |
| 124 N | Dr John Marek (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish The British Overseas Territory Citizenship Bill in draft. |
| ¶A (120731) | |
| 125 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what oil revenues are available to Iraq for purchasing (a) food and (b) medical supplies under UN sanctions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120363) | |
| 126 | Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list (a) the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for May and (b) the major European Union events for the next six months. |
| (120680) | |
| 127 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he received about Kashmir prior to his visit to India. |
| (120556) | |
| 128 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what trade deals he was able to facilitate on his visit to India. |
| (120552) | |
| 129 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had about defence exports whilst in India. |
| (120553) | |
| 130 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had in India about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. |
| (120554) | |
| 131 N | Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. |
| (120555) | |
| 132 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received concerning the bombing of non-military targets in Iraq. |
| (120610) | |
| 133 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received concerning violence near the Heglig oilfield north of Bentiu, Southern Sudan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120266) | |
| 134 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received concerning the bombing of military targets in Iraq. |
| (120273) | |
| 135 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to assess the effects of the continued bombing of Iraq; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120611) | |
| 136 | Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the United Kingdom will ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. |
| (120355) | |
| 137 | Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent progress being made to establish an International Criminal Court. |
| (120354) | |
| 138 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to issue NHS guidance on continence in place of the existing guidelines. |
| ¶A (120751) | |
| 139 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure national minimum standards in the NHS in dealing with continence problems. |
| ¶A (120752) | |
| 140 | John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to monitor the provision of services for people with continence problems; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (120753) | |
| 141 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the teaching of toxicology to medical students. |
| (120499) | |
| 142 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the number of people suffering an adverse reaction to aspartame. |
| (120498) | |
| 143 N | Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Berwick upon Tweed of 4th January, concerning the length of time a constituent is waiting for treatment for angina. |
| (120591) | |
| 144 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since the publication of the Fritchie Report on NHS appointments honourable Members have been asked to comment on shortlists for appointments to (a) health authorities, (b) NHS trusts and (c) primary care trusts. |
| (120283) | |
| 145 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many councillors of each party affiliation have been short-listed for appointments to (a) health authorities, (b) NHS trusts and (c) primary care trusts since the publication of the Fritchie Report on NHS appointments. |
| (120284) | |
| 146 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to authorise a renewal of the programme of tuberculosis vaccinations within secondary schools. |
| (120402) | |
| 147 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason there was a shortage of tuberculosis vaccinations between October 1999 and April 2000; and what steps his Department has taken to improve the supply of vaccinations. |
| (120401) | |
| 148 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recent trend in the incidence of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120371) | |
| 149 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions have taken place between Ministers in his Department and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency regarding the restoration of tuberculosis testing within secondary schools. |
| (120370) | |
| 150 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reach a decision on section 64 funding for aids care education training. |
| (120372) | |
| 151 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many more dentists Northamptonshire Health Authority needs to overcome its shortage of NHS dentists. |
| ¶A (120725) | |
| 152 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Government is taking to ensure that all children in Northamptonshire are registered with a dentist. |
| ¶A (120728) | |
| 153 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people telephoned Northamptonshire Health Authority from June to August 1999 about access to NHS dentistry. |
| ¶A (120726) | |
| 154 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government provides to research into motor neurone disease; what involvement the motor neurone disease association has had in the channeling of Government resources into this research; what support the Government provides to the Motor Neurone Disease Association; what the level of Government funding will be for research into motor neurone disease in the next three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (120735) | |
| 155 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks he makes on the financial contributions made by drug companies to organisations that make representations to him. |
| (120376) | |
| 156 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request information from the Italians about their testing of sequalene as an adjuvant for flu vaccines, and if he will make a statement. |
| (120635) | |
| 157 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much life expectancy is reduced from first diagnosis on average for those suffering from AIDS and HIV. |
| (120673) | |
| 158 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified nurses left the profession within one year of completing their intitial training in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the impact of this loss of trained nurses on patient care. |
| (120398) | |
| 159 | Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision exists for NHS patients to dispute factual inaccuracies in their health records. |
| ¶A (120745) | |
| 160 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority in England in rank order its allocation for 2000-01, including the expenditure announced on 28th March, expressed (a) per head of population, and (b) per household. |
| (120274) | |
| 161 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the net reduction in the number of administrative jobs as a result of replacing the NHS internal market. |
| (120333) | |
| 162 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the net savings made from replacing the NHS internal market by the arrangements introduced in April 1999. |
| (120330) | |
| 163 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many administrative staff have been made redundant as a result of abolishing the NHS internal market. |
| (120332) | |
| 164 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to (a) monitor and (b) measure the net savings arising from replacement of the NHS internal market. |
| (120331) | |
| 165 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) consultants were employed by the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120362) | |
| 166 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the progress made by (a) health authorities in Shropshire and (b) nationally to develop electronic health records as set out in the report, Information for Health. |
| (120367) | |
| 167 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average amount of (a) paid and (b) unpaid time a medical laboratory scientific officer is expected to set aside for studying for a continuing professional development certificate. |
| (120337) | |
| 168 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) recruitment and (b) retention among health workers not covered by the Pay Review Body. |
| (120334) | |
| 169 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) percentage and (b) number of medical laboratory scientific officers will receive the recently announced 26 per cent. pay rise. |
| (120336) | |
| 170 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recruitment of clinical psychologists and child psychotherapists. |
| (120328) | |
| 171 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in allowing medical laboratory scientific officers to join the Pay Review Body; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120335) | |
| 172 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what records are kept by his Department of death rates among medical laboratory scientific officers. |
| (120338) | |
| 173 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department gives to hospitals and others to (a) back up their data frequently and regularly and (b) install circuit breakers. |
| (120699) | |
| 174 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons United Kingdom nationals are removed from their GP's list following periods of work abroad exceeding three months. |
| (120377) | |
| 175 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make Etanercept available on the NHS for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. |
| (120655) | |
| 176 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the number of police he intends should be recruited nationally in 2000-01 as a result of its crime fighting fund; and what the cost will be of this recruitment. |
| (120486) | |
| 177 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department has compiled a list of postcodes to be avoided in the dispersal of asylum seekers' programmes. |
| (120632) | |
| 178 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Advisory Council for Drugs Misuse will consider the Police Foundation's report. |
| (120375) | |
| 179 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tests were carried out using (a) animals and (b) mammals in each of the last five years; and what is the expected number for the next two years. |
| (120292) | |
| 180 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to publish the police report to enable the inquest to be held into the death of David Rocky Bennett in the Norvic Clinic, Norwich. |
| (120137) | |
| 181 | Mrs Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methods of physical control and restraint will be used in the new juvenile secure estate; if different methods will be used according to the age of the child; and how the use of control and restraint will monitored. |
| (120590) | |
| 182 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consult the Direct Marketing Association on the form of words in the leaflet accompanying electoral application forms at the same time as he consults it on the draft regulations covering full and edited electoral registers. |
| (120135) | |
| 183 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of domestic violence the police were called out to deal with in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999; and what the cost was to public funds. |
| (120658) | |
| 184 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people there were in prison in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999, broken down by those who were children of (i) intact families and (ii) broken families. |
| (120662) | |
| 185 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of young people on supervision orders came from broken homes in (a) 1980 and (b) 1999. |
| (120670) | |
| 186 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many adolescent murderers in (a) 1980 and (b) 1999 grew up living apart from at least one parent; and what percentage of adolescent murderers this represented. |
| (120669) | |
| 187 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, for each of the last three years, recipients of funds provided by his Department for research into the family, indicating the amount paid to each recipient. |
| (120657) | |
| 188 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy on deporting Malaysian nationals who are known by the Malaysian authorities to be homosexual. |
| ¶A (120749) | |
| 189 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide additional funding to local authorities in relation to licensing functions which at present are the responsibility of magistrates; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120651) | |
| 190 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the Cabinet Office Efficiency Unit Comprehensive Spending Review report submitted to the Home Office in 1998. |
| (120275) | |
| 191 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Maidstone and the Weald of 17th April, Official Report, columns 375-6W, if he will list the offences that are committed by prisoners who are at the lower end of the offending scale within the category of prisoners eligible for parole, and who will be released earlier than at present, under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill, how many prisoners received sentences of four years or more for such offences in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120293) | |
| 192 | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the offences and punishments imposed at adjudications in HM prisons Ashwele, Camp Hill and Everthorpe from March 1999 to March 2000 or the latest 12 month period available. |
| (120624) | |
| 193 | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been re-admitted to each of the secure training centres (a) for breach of the order and (b) under a new sentence. |
| (120623) | |
| 194 | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mothers with young babies sentenced or remanded to prison were admitted to mother and baby units in the most recent 12 months period for which figures are available. |
| (120622) | |
| 195 | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if women prisoners who have been employed inside prisons and give birth are paid maternity pay. |
| (120620) | |
| 196 | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons Samar Alami was returned to HM Prison Durham from HM Prison Holloway before she had been able to use all her accumulated visiting time; why this return was made without (a) warning and (b) explanation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120678) | |
| 197 | Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are made to inform women received into prisons that they may apply for a place in a mother and baby unit if they already have a baby. |
| (120621) | |
| 198 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce voting via the Internet in (a) local, (b) national and (c) European elections; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120368) | |
| 199 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th April, Official Report, column 236W, concerning the Schengen information system, which treaty, article or protocol provides the EU treaty base for the system. |
| ¶A (120742) | |
| 200 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the recommended time scale for applications for leave to remain indefinitely to be processed by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. |
| ¶A (120738) | |
| 201 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for immigration applications for leave to remain indefinitely. |
| ¶A (120737) | |
| 202 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were used in bio-medical research in (a) 1970, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) in the latest 12 months for which figures are available; what restrictions he applies on their use; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120395) | |
| 203 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement regarding his review of the workings of coroners' courts. |
| (120217) | |
| 204 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his plans to transfer the responsibility of liquor licensing from magistrates' licensing committees to local authorities. |
| (120220) | |
| 205 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research he has commissioned on carrying out experiments on animals for the purposes of research into cosmetics; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120215) | |
| 206 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extra provision he plans to make for accommodating asylum seekers in the Torbay Unitary Authority; how many asylum seekers he estimates will be placed in that area in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120342) | |
| 207 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the timescale of the award of city status in the UK. |
| (120225) | |
| 208 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will announce a scale of charges for checks on the criminal records of volunteers working with children. |
| ¶A (120746) | |
| 209 | Ms Claire Ward (Watford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on facilities for disabled prisoners. |
| (120612) | |
| 210 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will institute a review of his decision that General Pinochet was unfit to stand trial in this country following subsequent medical evidence; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120546) | |
| 211 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the annual expenditure and (b) the annual income of prison industries in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. |
| (120686) | |
| 212 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many NVQs were completed in prison service establishments in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (120683) | |
| 213 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the number of prisoners employed in workshops, (b) the number of prisoners employed outside workshops and (c) the number of prisoners without work, in each adult male training prison in England and Wales, on the most recent date for which figures are available. |
| (120692) | |
| 214 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on each of the pilot prisons involved in the first tranche of the Workshop Expansion Scheme, with special reference to (a) the number of work places available, (b) hours of work, (c) prisoner wages and (d) the annual turnover of the workshops. |
| (120684) | |
| 215 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average wage for prisoners who were (a) unemployed, (b) on the basic level of regime, (c) on the standard level of regime and (d) on the enhanced level of regime, in the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (120689) | |
| 216 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the annual turnover of prison industries and farms in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. |
| (120687) | |
| 217 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average length of the working week for those prisoners employed in workshops in each adult male training prison in England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available; and what was the average wage in each establishment. |
| (120690) | |
| 218 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were employed on average in prison workshops in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. |
| (120685) | |
| 219 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring the Prisoners' Earnings Act 1996 into force; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120688) | |
| 220 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number of resource employment places in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by type of activity. |
| (120693) | |
| 221 | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the total value of contracts between prison service industries and external customers in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. |
| (120691) | |
| 222 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the value of (a) food aid and (b) other aid which her Department has provided to Ethiopia during the last month; how much she expects to provide during each of the next three months; and if she will make a statement. |
| (120214) | |
| 223 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in European Union member states regarding the provision of food and other aid to Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement. |
| (120216) | |
| 224 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on how the food aid she is providing to Ethiopia will be distributed. |
| (120213) | |
| 225 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many marriage counsellors funded (a) partly and (b) wholly by the Government, there were in the UK in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980 and (iii) 1999; and what was the cost. |
| (120660) | |
| 226 | Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the appointments made to public bodies by the first minister and deputy first minister during the period of devolution from November 1999 to February 2000. |
| (120633) | |
| 227 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what are the outside remunerated interests of the Chairman of the Parades Commission, Mr Anthony Holland. |
| (120501) | |
| 228 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce an early retirement scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (120736) | |
| 229 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in relation to plutonium pollution arising from processing activities at the Sellafield Mixed Oxide Plant, in respect of the hazards posed to (a) people, (b) flora and (c) fauna in Northern Ireland. |
| (120708) | |
| 230 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will make an order listing the public authorities to be designated under section 75(3)(a) and (d) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998; what bodies are to be included in the initial order; and what bodies he proposes to consult in relation to the second order. |
| (120702) | |
| 231 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will establish an Environmental Protection Agency for Northern Ireland. |
| ¶A (120754) | |
| 232 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will establish the team to investigate applications for absent and proxy votes that was referred to in the response from the Government to the Second Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of Session 1997-98, HC 316, on Electoral Malpractice. |
| (120705) | |
| 233 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures he will introduce to counter abuse and reinforce the integrity of the Electoral Register; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120703) | |
| 234 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will establish a study into the health effects of the operation of Sellafield on the people of Northern Ireland. |
| (120710) | |
| 235 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when agrimonetary compensation will be made available for the arable, beef and sheep sectors in (a) 2000 and (b) 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (120755) | |
| 236 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will implement the conclusions of the Criminal Justice Review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120701) | |
| 237 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will introduce the electoral card proposal as outlined in the Second Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Session 1997-98, HC 316, on Electoral Malpractice. |
| (120706) | |
| 238 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason the Government did not provide the agrimonetary compensation available in 2000 to the (a) beef, (b) sheep and (c) arable sectors; and if he will make a statement. |
| ¶A (120756) | |
| 239 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will establish a study into the environmental effects of the operation of Sellafield on the (a) flora, (b) fauna and (c) fisheries of Northern Ireland. |
| (120709) | |
| 240 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further progress he has made on combating electoral malpractice since May 1998. |
| (120707) | |
| 241 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what improvements to electoral procedure he has announced since May 1998. |
| (120704) | |
| 242 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have met (a) representatives of trade unions at Harland and Woolf shipyard, (b) officials of the Department of Economic Development and (c) lay members representing the trade unions at Harland and Woolf to discuss the future of the shipyard; when the last such meeting was held; and what future meetings are planned. |
| (120497) | |
| 243 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the President of the Council, what documents relating to the Convention on Fundamental Human Rights of the European Union (a) have been published and (b) are available to (i) the public and (ii) honourable Members; and if she will arrange for copies of documents received by the honourable Member principally concerned with drafting the Convention to be placed in the Library. |
| ¶A (120740) | |
| 244 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will define social exclusion. |
| (120672) | |
| 245 | Jackie Ballard (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to raise carers' benefits taking into account the increase in the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120391) | |
| 246 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reason the Benefits Agency does not publish the standards and scope of services required in its contract with SEMA. |
| (120694) | |
| 247 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the Government will announce a financial settlement for vaccine damaged children. |
| ¶A (120727) | |
| 248 | Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have claimed income support during parental leave in the last 12 months. |
| (120350) | |
| 249 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what initiatives have been introduced since 1st May 1997 to support the family, with particular reference to cases in which there are children at risk. |
| (120674) | |
| 250 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners in receipt of (a) income related benefits, (b) national insurance related benefits and (c) in total receive income from an occupational pension. |
| (120360) | |
| 251 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the guidelines are in respect of comments by the Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency on decisions by Benefits Agency decision makers on claims for disability benefit living allowance. |
| (120088) | |
| 252 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what plans he has to draw up regulations to disregard the value of ISA funds backing a mortgage, where someone with an ISA mortgage has to claim (a) income support and (b) income-based job seeker's allowance in the same way the value of an endowment policy backing a mortgage is exempted. |
| (120227) | |
| 253 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will place in the Library copies of communications sent to (a) new and current pensioners and (b) new and current recipients of child benefit concerning methods of payment of their benefits. |
| (120343) | |
| 254 | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the net cost after taxation of an increase in the basic state pension of (a) £5 per week at age 75 and (b) £10 per week at age 80 years. |
| (120548) | |
| 255 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will provide illustrative examples of cases where taxes and benefits interact to produce a replacement ratio of (a) 70 per cent. and above, (b) 80 per cent. and above, (c) 90 per cent. and above, and (d) 100 per cent. and above on the same basis as figure 36 in the departmental report, Cm 4614, p.80. |
| (120383) | |
| 256 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what have been since 1992 the rates of (a) income support for mortgage interest and (b) the bank base rate. |
| (120380) | |
| 257 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will provide illustrative examples of cases where taxes and benefits interact to produce a marginal income deduction rate of (a) 50 per cent. and above, (b) 60 per cent. and above, (c) 70 per cent. and above, (d) 80 per cent. and above, (e) 90 per cent. and above and (f) 100 per cent. and above on the same basis as figure 37 in the departmental report, Cm 4614, p.81. |
| (120382) | |
| 258 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people aged 60 years and above are ineligible for the winter fuel payments because they (a) are in (i) residential care, (ii) nursing homes and (iii) local authority residential accommodation, (b) live abroad, (c) are in prison and (d) are in hospital. |
| (120384) | |
| 259 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employers have been reported by inspectors for paying less than the national minimum wage in (a) Britain, (b) Scotland and (c) the relevant area of record, which includes the constituency of Paisley South. |
| (120394) | |
| 260 | Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the estimate of the gross cost to the Exchequer on an annual steady rate basis of paying parental leave at (a) full earnings, (b) 90 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 30 per cent. of earnings replacement value assuming that the take up of (i) fathers is 100 per cent., and mothers is 100 per cent. and (ii) fathers is 50 per cent., and mothers is 90 per cent. |
| (120393) | |
| 261 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many test centres have been established for claimants for compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema; where they are; and when he expects all planned test centres to be in operation. |
| (120400) | |
| 262 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects the second test centre for claimants for compensation for chronic bronchitis and emphysema to be established in Durham; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120399) | |
| 263 | Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) women and (b) black people serve on employment tribunals in England and Wales; and how many serve on Cardiff tribunals. |
| (120373) | |
| 264 | Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) women and (b) black people applied to be lay advisors in the last round of appointments for the employment tribunals in England and Wales; and how many of those in (i) and (ii) applied to serve on the Cardiff tribunal. |
| (120374) | |
| 265 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what fines British Nuclear Fuels Ltd has had to pay in each year since 1971, arising from safety and environmental breaches at Sellafield, Chapelcross, Springfields and the magnox nuclear stations. |
| (120714) | |
| 266 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessments have been undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate/Health and Safety Executive of the (i) accident risk and (ii) accident consequences of the operation of Sellafield since May 1997. |
| (120713) | |
| 267 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received from (a) Members of Parliament, (b) representatives from other parliaments and assemblies and (c) ministers from other governments, in respect of the dangers posed by the operation of Sellafield, in each month since January 1999; and what response he has made. |
| (120712) | |
| 268 | Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications have been submitted in each of the years since 1993 to date for (a) regional selective assistance and (b) enterprise grant in each region; and how many have been successful. |
| (120653) | |
| 269 N | Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to protect the names of cities, towns, villages and private houses from being registered as Internet domain names by commercial organisations for trading purposes without permission of the legitimate bearers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (120263) | |
| 270 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 17th April, Official Report, column 323W, concerning state aid to the motor industry, where the EU publishes information about rules and criteria for these purposes. |
| ¶A (120741) | |
| 271 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list in respect of (a) deep-mined and (b) open-cast coal the tonnages of coal produced in the latest year for which figures are available for each member state of the European Union, together with the amounts of subsidy provided; and if he will list the relevant articles of European Union treaties and relevant regulations or directives relating to limits on non-commercial support for the mining or marketing of coal. |
| (120645) | |
| 272 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much Tritium has been produced at the Chapelcross nuclear facility in each month since April 1995; and what percentage of the Tritium produced by this facility has been traded to governments and agencies outside the United Kingdom. |
| ¶A (120750) | |
| 273 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government changed its moratorium on new gas-fired power stations to a strict consents policy. |
| (120493) | |
| 274 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of whether public money would be needed for the Towers consortium to outbid Alchemy Partners for Longbridge. |
| (120494) | |
| 275 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what communications he has received from Mr Towers concerning the timing of his final bid to BMW. |
| (120495) | |
| 276 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Towers Consortium has (a) applied for regional selective assistance or other Department's grants or (b) indicated to his Department that it will be applying. |
| (120549) | |
| 277 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason two officials have recently been moved from his Department's Coal Division. |
| (120358) | |
| 278 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will make a decision on whether to allow Export Licence Application QX 96/00 to P.W. Allen & Company in Tewkesbury. |
| (120614) | |
| 279 | Mr Allan Rogers (Rhondda): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 153W, on coal miners' compensation, if he will name hospitals that have not been prepared to release miners' medical records. |
| (120352) | |
| 280 N | Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the prospects for vertical integration available for the three organisations that replaced Milk Marque. |
| (120327) | |
| 281 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the financial accounts for Gorden and Innes Ltd of Huntly, Aberdeenshire were due for filing; and if they have been received. |
| (120647) | |
| 282 | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of Scottish energy production is from (a) nuclear power, (b) coal, (c) oil and (d) renewable sources. |
| ¶A (120747) | |
| 283 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on off-shore wind farms. |
| (120226) | |
| 284 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with off-shore engineering companies on marine renewable energies. |
| (120224) | |
| 285 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Weir Pumps of Glasgow, (b) Allen Power Engineering of Bradford and (c) Angus Fire of Oxfordshire concerning the manufacturing of parts for oil exploration in Sudan. |
| (120268) | |
| 286 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with Balfour Beatty concerning the provision of export credit for the Ilisu Dam. |
| (120272) | |
| 287 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with the Turkish Government concerning consultations with those directly affected by the Ilisu Dam. |
| (120265) | |
| 288 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations he has received concerning (a) British pilots and (b) air charter service air cargo companies supplying weapons to both sides in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| (120267) | |
| 289 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on progress made on the full environmental impact assessment report for the Ilisu Dam. |
| (120264) | |
| 290 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions he has had with BP Amoco concerning its investment with Talisman Energy and the China National Petroleum Corporation operating in Sudan. |
| (120269) | |
| 291 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many representations he has received calling for a review of the arrangements for the distribution of surpluses from the miners' pension funds between Government and miners, and from whom. |
| (120357) | |
| 292 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to seek the return to Wales of historical Welsh artefacts that are located elsewhere. |
| (120294) | |
| 293 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the allocation from the Competitiveness Development Fund to the West Midlands Region; and if he will list schemes supported by the fund in the North Staffordshire sub-region. |
| [Transferred] (120396) | |
| 294 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about proposals to increase the number of inspectors at the European Union's Food and Veterinary Office. |
| [Transferred] (120364) | |
| 295 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of those in (a) 1980 and (b) 1999 in the lower quartile of earners had no educational qualifications. |
| [Transferred] (120665) | |
| 296 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the long-term unemployed in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999 had no educational qualifications. |
| [Transferred] (120666) | |
| 297 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of (a) the total unemployed and (b) the long-term unemployed in (i) 1970, (ii) 1980 and (iii) 1999 were divorced. |
| [Transferred] (120667) | |
| 298 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people classified as homeless there were in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999; and how many came from (i) intact families, and (ii) broken families. |
| [Transferred] (120676) | |
| 299 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children there were in foster homes in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999; and of these, how many were from (i) broken families, (ii) single parent family units and (iii) intact families. |
| [Transferred] (120675) | |
| 300 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many teenage suicides there were in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999; and what percentage of teenage suicides occurred in homes at a time when (i) one parent and (ii) both parents were present. |
| [Transferred] (120663) | |
| 301 N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average waiting time for patients from first referral until their first appointment with a consultant. |
| [Question Unstarred] (119074) | |
| 302 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the proposed European Food Authority will be able to overrule the UK's Food Standards Agency. |
| [Transferred] (120496) | |
| 303 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when Lord Haskins' report on regulations in the hotel and catering industry will be published. |
| [Transferred] (120379) | |
| 304 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has prepared for beekeepers wishing to produce pure honey whose hives are located in the proximity of genetically-modified crop plantings. |
| [Transferred] (120695) | |
| 305 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what compensation he pays to beekeepers who are prevented from describing honey produced by their bees as pure, by the proximity of genetically-modified crop plantings. |
| [Transferred] (120698) | |
| 306 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action his Department takes to warn beekeepers when genetically-modified crops are planted close to their apiaries. |
| [Transferred] (120696) | |
| 307 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how far beehives need to be located away from a genetically-modified crop planting to ensure that the honey produced complies with labelling regulations for the use of the description pure. |
| [Transferred] (120697) | |
| 308 | Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost of providing foster homes and their equivalent in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1999. |
| [Transferred] (120664) | |
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