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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 4 May 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 4 May, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 4 May, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Friday 5 May, see Part 2 of this Paper.

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.

THURSDAY 4th MAY

1
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the (a) number and (b) species of non-target animals which have been caught in cage-traps set for badgers in the TB trial-cull; if he will indicate (i) the number which were injured but released, (ii) the number which (A) were found dead and (B) needed to be dispatched as a result of their injuries and (iii) the nature of the injuries; and if he will make a statement.

(120775)

2
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if his Department applied for a Home Office licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 for its recent badger culling experiment; and if he will make a statement.

(120777)

3
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has for the badger culling trial to observe a closed season; and if he will make a statement.

(120776)

4
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many confirmed cases of bovine TB there were in Staffordshire and Derbyshire in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(120778)

5
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many badger road casualties tested as positive for bovine TB in (a) Staffordshire, (b) Derbyshire, (c) Cheshire, (d) Shropshire and (e) England and Wales in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999.

(120772)

6
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent representations were made to the European Commission concerning permitted maximums in import licences for agricultural products from Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.

(120852)

7
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 12th April, Official Report, column 220W, on fallen stock, how many knackermen own approved incinerators for the disposal of specified risk material.

(120769)

8
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he has not replied to the letter from the honourable Member for Twickenham of 17th August 1999 regarding conditions of service of members of the TA.

(120989)

9
N   Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supplies of training ammunition held by Challenger II tanks in Bosnia and Kosovo.

(120790)

10
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the 10 local education authorities with (a) the highest and (b) the lowest rate of pupils staying on for post-16 years education.

(120918)

11
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the total average points score for candidates aged 18 years or under attempting at least one GCE A level from (a) school sixth forms in the maintained and independent sectors, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) other further education colleges in the last year for which figures are available.

(120919)

12
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of candidates aged 18 years or under achieved three or more grade As at A level in (a) sixth forms in independent schools, (b) sixth forms in maintained schools, (c) sixth form colleges and (d) other further education colleges in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(120913)

13
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what proportion of leavers aged 16 to 18 years entered higher education following completion of A levels from (a) sixth forms in independent schools, (b) sixth forms in maintained schools, (c) sixth form colleges and (d) other further education colleges in the last year for which figures are available.

(120920)

14
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what was the staying-on rate for post-16 years education in respect of pupils from schools (a) with and (b) without sixth forms in each of the last five years.

(120917)

15
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the teaching of the National Anthem in state schools.

(121020)

16
N   Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to improve levels of financial literacy.

(119623)

17
N   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to ensure that people in deprived communities develop ICT skills for employability.

(119625)

18
   Ms Claire Ward (Watford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the locations of the pilot projects for the Connexions Service; and if he will make a statement.

(120848)

19
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to ensure that small incinerators, used for the cremation of pets at pet cemeteries, will not become illegal when the EU Waste Incineration Directive is implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(120720)

20
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th April, to the honourable Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale, Official Report, column 485W, if he will list those areas of sustained effort, which required departmental and diplomatic activity in the settlement of claims by road hauliers affected by the 1996 dispute; and what total sums of claims (a) have been agreed and (b) were refused by the French Government.

(120847)

21
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to allow the erection of signs in home zone areas instructing drivers to drive at very slow speeds.

(120984)

22
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in each of the last five years, how many times the Health and Safety Executive has investigated hygiene and food safety standards in hospitals through (a) spot checks, (b) pre-arranged inspections and (c) legal action for the enforcement of standards.

(120990)

23
   Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps his Department is taking to transfer freight from roads to rail.

(120845)

24
   Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans his Department has to encourage cities to introduce car-free Sundays.

(120842)

25
   Mr Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made with PFI projects in local government; and if he will list those projects endorsed so far.

(120844)

26
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what proposals he has to return monies collected from the Landfill Tax to local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(121023)

27
   Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list, in respect of the A6 trunk road through Dove Holes, Derbyshire, for each of the last 10 years, (a) the number of (i) fatalities and (ii) injuries recorded in road accidents and (b) the number of speeding offences detected in the 30 mph zone; and what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the recently implemented traffic calming measures there.

(121053)

28
   Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will reply to the letter of 28th February from the Right honourable Member for Fareham about (a) the effect of the 1994 Land Tribunal Judgement in the case of Batchelor v. Kent County Council and (b) the action he intends to take following that judgement.

(120983)

29
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he consulted the Permanent Secretary at his Department about his controlled rent tenancy of a flat owned by the RMT, in accordance with paragraph 123 of the Ministerial Code.

(120586)

30
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when his Department last assessed the level of passenger demand for the Croydon Tramlink.

(120841)

31
N   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the leader of the RMT Union in the last 12 months.

(120721)

32
N   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many meetings with officials of the RMT Union he has had in the last 12 months.

(120722)

33
N   Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many RMT receptions and events he has attended in the last 12 months.

(120724)

34
   Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list (a) the (i) executive agencies, (ii) non-departmental public bodies and (iii) local public spending bodies within his Department's remit and (b) the contractors employed by his Department whose work (1) has been transferred since 1992 and (2) is planned to be transferred in the next 12 months (y) to and (z) from the Northern Region.

(121052)

35
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to alter the water charging regime to allow the use of council tax bands as an alternative to metering.

(121025)

36
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which categories of aircraft are covered by Civil Aviation Authority airworthiness directives issued via the Authority.

(120759)

37
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to encourage utility companies and others to co-ordinate their activities in order to reduce the number of occasions on which roads and pavements are dug up.

(121062)

38
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many lone parents aged under 18 years (a) are living in semi-supervised accommodation and (b) have lone tenancy of a council house.

(121060)

39
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when and in what form the report of the Government Actuary and the Financial Services Authority into the demutualisation of Standard Life will be published.

(121046)

40
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much sterling has changed its value in comparison with the currency of each of Britain's 30 leading trading partners since May 1997.

(121021)

41
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government Actuary's duty to safeguard reasonable expectations of existing policyholders in the case of demutualisation of life insurers.

(121048)

42
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the receipts from the auction of third generation mobile phone licences is in the form of an initial payment in the current financial year.

(121028)

43
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Inland Revenue takes to ensure that bribes paid by UK companies overseas are not treated as tax-deductible expenses.

(121032)

44
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many manufacturing jobs have ceased to exist in the United Kingdom since May 1997.

(120869)

45
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the jobs created in the United Kingdom since May 1997 have been in the manufacturing sector.

(120840)

46
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sum he expects to receive from allocation of licences for the new generation of mobile telephones; and what assessment he has made of the effects of (a) his proposed use of it to redeem national debt and (b) such planned redemption on the maximum annual debt in sterling he can incur under the Maastricht protocol or stability pact.

(121076)

47
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th April, Official Report, column 588W, on employment tax credits, what is the higher rate for couples.

(120799)

48
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his oral statement of 21st March, Official Report, column 858, on the Budget, if he will list projections of aggregate receipts from asset sales by Department in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02.

(120798)

49
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new national insurance numbers sent out have gone missing since January 1999; what action has been taken to investigate missing national insurance numbers; and how many missing national insurance numbers have been traced to asylum seekers.

(121057)

50
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls have been received by (a) the working families tax credit helpline and (b) the disabled person's tax credit helpline, in each month since January 1999; and what the salary levels are for those who work on each helpline.

(121058)

51
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on debate within the EU on the Echelon surveillance system.

(120774)

52
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the European Union Centres for Study and Research, which are funded by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on their (a) purpose, (b) publications and (c) political neutrality, with special reference to contributions from the United Kingdom Government.

(120849)

53
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in respect of IGC: Reform for Enlargement, Cm 4595, how many copies were printed; what the cost per copy was to the Government; what the sale price was; how many were distributed free and to whom; if he will estimate the cost per copy to the Government and the sale price if it had been in black and white only; and for what reasons he did not print it in that form.

(121038)

54
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to IGC: Reform for Enlargement, Cm 4595, what study has been made by (a) Her Majesty's Government and (b) the European Union of the political consequences of admission to the European Union of parts of former Yugoslavia; by whom it was made; and if its conclusions have been published.

(121061)

55
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to IGC: Reform for Enlargement, Cm 4595, which proposals under discussion in respect of the Enlargement Treaty planned for consideration at Nice in December would require amendment of Acts of Parliament; and when the proposed treaty will be published.

(121078)

56
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to IGC: Reform for Enlargement, Cm 4595, in relation to the adoption of the Acquis of the Community, what permanent or temporary derogations are planned to be made to any applicant state in respect of (a) the Common Fisheries Policy, (b) the Common Agricultural Policy and (c) participation in the Cohesion Fund.

(121077)

57
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd May, Official Report, column 67W, on Iraqi oil, if he has asked the (a) Council of Ministers and (b) European Commission to put pressure on Turkey to bring the trade in Iraqi oil across its borders into the UN humanitarian programme; what was the volume of oil in metric tonnes sold through the UN programme in (i) 1999 and (ii) 2000 to date; and what was the estimated value in (1) 1999 and (2) 2000 to date of Iraqi oil sold (x) through the UN programme and (y) in breach of sanctions.

(121054)

58
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from governments other than that of the United States concerning the recent US proposal to provide a Supplemental Document and a Rule to Article 98 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

(120762)

59
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) human tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis), and (b) bovine tuberculosis (mycobacterium bovis), were confirmed in humans in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(120771)

60
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department routinely records the occupation of people identified as being infected with Bovine TB; and if he will make a statement.

(120770)

61
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will issue the consultation document on the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee of Medical Aspects of Food Policy in relation to folic acid and the prevention of disease.

(120985)

62
   Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which bodies he will consult concerning the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy in relation to folic acid and the prevention of disease; and what issues the consultation will cover.

(120986)

63
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to pay the PTB staff for the 1998-99 pay year.

(120914)

64
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Government's proposals for generic medicine pricing on (a) the Patient Pack and (b) the availability of generic medicines.

(121034)

65
   Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if pharmacists will be reimbursed for stocks of generic medicines bought under the old pricing regime.

(121033)

66
N   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th March 2000, Official Report, column 745W, on genetically-modified crops, if he will list the antibiotics to which marker genes used in the production of genetically-modified animal feed convey resistance and the medical uses of those antiobiotics.

(120723)

67
   Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the (i) executive agencies, (ii) non-departmental public bodies and (iii) local public spending bodies within his Department's remit, (b) the contractors employed by his Department and (c) the NHS bodies whose work (1) has been transferred since 1992 and (2) is planned to be transferred in the next 12 months (y) to and (z) from the Northern Region.

(121051)

68
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make implant therapy for neurological diseases available to all NHS patients.

(120761)

69
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the review on implant therapy for neurological diseases will be completed; and if he will make a statement.

(120760)

70
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the role of Europol in cooperation with the Russian Federation authorities combatting organised crime in the context of the EU Action Plan.

(120851)

71
   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on Government policy on acceding to elements of Schengen in lieu of a third state agreement, as set out in the Council Decision of 27th March, 2000/C106/01; what elements of information may not be shared under the latter agreement; and what assessment he has made of the additional benefits from direct partial accession.

(120850)

72
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost to the probation services in England and Wales consequent upon the closure of magistrates' courts from 1st January 1995 to 31st December 1999.

(121030)

73
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the costs to each police authority in England and Wales consequent upon the closure of magistrates' courts within their area from 1st January 1995 to 31st December 1999.

[R] (121029)

74
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many surveillance devices are in use (a) inside and (b) outside buildings on the Parliamentary Estate; what is the (i) nature, (ii) location, (iii) purpose and (iv) cost of installing and running each such device; and if he will make a statement.

(120773)

75
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was the outcome of her Department's recent legal action against Lloyds TSB.

(120915)

76
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts concerning the provision of food aid to replenish Ethiopia's reserve stocks.

(120757)

77
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the amount of food aid necessary to replenish Ethiopia's food reserves; and how much food aid was pledged by the EU to Ethiopia's food reserves in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.

(120763)

78
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has contributed to the UN appeal for Ethiopia launched in January; and on what dates her Department provided the funds.

(120765)

79
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU and UN counterparts concerning the use of the Lokichokio World Food Programme airfield in Northern Kenya for providing assistance to Ethiopia.

(120767)

80
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish details of trade and aid projects her Department has approved for Zimbabwe between (a) June 1997 and December 1997, (b) January 1998 and December 1998 and (c) January 1999 and April 2000; and if she will make a statement.

(120758)

81
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to assess the effectiveness of provision of long-term development aid channelled through non-governmental organisations to countries in conflict.

(120764)

82
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which long-term development aid projects her Department supports in Zimbabwe; and if she will make a statement.

(120766)

83
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the long-term development aid projects her Department supports in Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement.

(120768)

84
   Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the costs of administering the magistrates' courts in England and Wales in each year from 1995 to 1999.

[R] (121024)

85
N   Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what mechanism exists for Parliament to hold to account Ministers who have breached the Ministerial Code.

(120641)

86
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list, for each of the main social security benefits, how many people in each of the last 12 months have contacted his Department and its agencies requesting that their benefit payment be switched to a post office from payment into a bank account.

(120987)

87
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many calls have been received by each telephone helpline administered by his Department in each month since January 1999; and what the salary levels are for those who work on each helpline.

(121059)

88
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the total number of lone parents on income support, broken down into those with children (a) below and (b) above school age, for each month since April 1992.

(121036)

89
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioners are still waiting to receive their correct pension as a result of the problems with the NIRS2 computer system; and how much compensation has been paid to (a) pensioners and (b) pension companies as a result of these computer problems.

(121037)

90
   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many families have been in receipt of (a) family credit and (b) the working families tax credit in each month since May 1997.

(121035)

91
   Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information about wards included in and excluded from the assisted areas map was given to representatives of the media by (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department before Monday 10th April.

(121049)

92
   Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information about his decision to pay subsidies to the coal industry was given to the BBC by (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department before Monday 17th April.

(121050)

93
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assumptions were made in his Department's appraisal of the A3XX project about the likely demand for these aircraft from airlines flying into and out of UK airports, with specific reference to Heathrow.

(121027)

94
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the recent redeployment from his Department's energy policy division of (a) Mr Mike Atkinson, (b) Mr Michael Orig, (c) Mr Alan Wright and (d) Mr Jonathan Green.

(121047)

95
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he has taken to incorporate the OECD Anti-bribery Convention into UK law.

(121026)

96
N   Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement regarding retraining programmes available to car workers made redundant at Longbridge and its suppliers.

(119632)

97
   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the outcome of the Telecommunications Council held in Brussels on 2nd May; and if he will make a statement.

(120991)

98
   Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will re-include the Farnworth and Kearsley wards in the assisted status map as it affects the Bolton Metropolitan Borough.

(120846)

99
   Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 13th April, Official Report, columns 273-6, concerning employment and tribunal claims, if he will make it his policy to produce separate statistics for Wales, England and Scotland; and if he will provide the figures requested on that basis.

(121045)

100
   Mr Kerry Pollard (St. Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the impact of the climate change levy on the competitive position of the United Kingdom's horticultural industry.

(120805)

101
   Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the pension rights of miners dismissed following the 1984 dispute, with particular reference to (a) those dismissed who had their dismissal confirmed on appeal, (b) those dismissed who won their appeal against dismissal and (c) those dismissed who made no appeal.

(120916)

102
   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the membership of the working group composed of representatives from the Government, Ofgem and the industry that is examining the issues that surround embedded generation; what is the work programme of the group and its timescale; if he will publish minutes of the group's meetings to date; and if he will make a statement.

(120843)

103
N   Mr Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many disabled people have found work through the New Deal for the Disabled since its inception.

[Question Unstarred] (119633)

104
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions in the last five years the Audit Commission has investigated the administration of hospitals, with particular reference to hygiene.

[Transferred] (120988)

105
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate the Government has made of the impact of demutualisation of life insurers and private pension providers on the provision of stakeholder pensions.

[Transferred] (121031)

106
   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were prosecuted for failure to complete the 1991 census.

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   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the 2001 census will be (a) dispatched and (b) due for return.

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   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the costs of intercepting Internet traffic by the Government's new computer centre, GTAC; and how these costs will be distributed between Internet service providers and the Government.

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