Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 26 June 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 26 June, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

MONDAY 26th JUNE

1
N   Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the joint policy proposed by the Scottish Fishermen's Federation and the National Federation of Fishermens Organisations, A New Vision for Europe's Fisheries; and what assessment he has made of whether implementation of that policy would require the unanimous agreement of the Council of Ministers.

(127843)

2
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on establishing reciprocal recognition arrangements on the use of pesticides and fertilisers.

(127663)

3
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much time officials in each of his Department's regional offices have spent in meetings with farmers in each of the last five years.

(127731)

4
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the staffing levels are in each of his Department's (a) regional offices in England and Wales and (b) offices in (i) Bristol, (ii) Exeter and (iii) Plymouth.

(127730)

5
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Pendle of 14th June, Official Report, column 65W, for what reason the Government has no plans to involve the National Audit Office in the production of the Government's annual report.

(127812)

6
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to The Government's Measures of Success: Output and Performance Analyses, published by HM Treasury on 31st March 1999, pages 116 and 117, if she will state the targets she has set (a) for the percentage of all named day parliamentary questions to be answered substantially by the date specified by the honourable Member and (b) for answering ordinary written parliamentary questions within five days of the date specified by the honourable Member.

(127664)

7
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received concerning the level of remuneration received by authors through public lending right.

(127824)

8
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the value of his Department's funding of public lending right in (a) 1983 and (b) 2000 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms.

(127828)

9
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of library book withdrawals is represented by children's books; and if he will make a statement.

(127826)

10
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of his Departmental budget was spent on public lending right in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.

(127827)

11
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions have taken place with parties other than Dome Europe and Legacy plc and their affiliates concerning the future use of the Dome since the final shortlist was announced.

(127821)

12
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public lending right money was paid to authors of children's books in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion this represented of total spending on public lending right.

(127825)

13
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 14th June, Official Report, column 648W, what fees (a) have been paid and (b) are estimated to be payable to each of the accountancy firms employed by the New Millennium Experience Company.

(127844)

14
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the parliamentary questions tabled since May 1997 concerning the Dome which have not been answered on the grounds of (a) commercial confidentiality and (b) public interest.

(127820)

15
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the level of funding available for public lending right payments.

(127823)

16
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the number of pensioners in Warrington North constituency who will be eligible for free television licences.

(127315)

17
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, excluding those not answered for reasons of (a) disproportionate cost, (b) information not available, not held centrally, or not held in the form requested and (c) commercial or other confidentiality.

(127677)

18
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of producing the annual report of (a) his Department and (b) English Heritage was in each of the two most recent years in which they were published.

(127845)

19
N   Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) vessels and (b) controlled sites have been designated under section 2 of the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.

(127666)

20
N   Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the level of protection of United Kingdom war graves; and if he will make a statement.

(127670)

21
N   Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those charged with theft of items from war graves in United Kingdom waters; and of these how many have been successfully prosecuted.

(127669)

22
N   Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the United Kingdom war graves in (a) United Kingdom waters, (b) international waters, and (c) waters belonging to other countries.

(127667)

23
N   Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what protection, other than protection under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, there is for United Kingdom war graves in (a) United Kingdom and (b) other waters; and what methods of enforcing this protection there are.

(127668)

24
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and the 20th April which requested information pursuant to previous answers.

(127671)

25
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff employed at the DERA base at West Freugh, Wigtownshire are employed by (a) DERA, (b) the MoD, (c) SERCO and (d) other non-military companies and organisations.

(127870)

26
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is giving to the organisers of this year's Farnborough Airshow; and what assistance his Department is providing to enable overseas visitors to attend the show.

(127876)

27
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances service decorations can be withdrawn from former members of the armed forces.

(127875)

28
   Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list in respect of each of the last three years (a) the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE and (b) the average points score at A level for pupils attending (i) specialist schools and (ii) comprehensive schools (excluding specialist schools) in England.

(127867)

29
N   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will give a substantive reply to the question of 6th June tabled by the honourable Member for Hertsmere (ref. 125303).

(127729)

30
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent measures have been introduced to help lone parents achieve a better balance between work and family life.

(127244)

31
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many families (a) in Coventry South, (b) in the West Midlands Region and (c) nationally will benefit from government measures aimed at helping lone parents balance work and family life.

(127245)

32
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the findings of the consultation conducted by the Women's Unit in respect of stereotyping experienced by girls in subject and career choice counselling.

(127248)

33
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the policy discussion on the No. 10 website on issues raised by the consultation conducted by the Women's Unit will be launched; how long it will run; and how the information will be treated once the consultation is over.

(127249)

34
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans have been made for the summit for Women in the New Economy.

(127250)

35
   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate the number of children (a) in the UK and (b) in Hampstead and Highgate who have benefited from current national numeracy and literacy strategies.

(127852)

36
   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his Department's assessment of the measures required to tackle labour market access for the most disadvantaged groups; and what policies are in place to apply such measures.

(127965)

37
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of 18 year olds in the Warrington North constituency have entered higher education in each of the last 10 years.

(127321)

38
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what has been the total capital allocation since May 1997 to schools in the Warrington North constituency; and if he will break down these capital allocations by category of grant.

(127317)

39
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the schools in Warrington North constituency which have received funding through the New Deal for schools; and in each case for what purpose the money was allocated.

(127318)

40
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the primary schools in Warrington North constituency which have received additional money to reduce class sizes.

(127319)

41
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many five, six and seven year olds in Warrington North constituency were being taught in classes of over 30 (a) in May 1997 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.

(127320)

42
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, on how many occasions he has deposited papers in the Library in response to parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April.

(127674)

43
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions his Department has had with parties other than Dome Europe and Legacy plc and their affiliates concerning the future use of the Dome since the final shortlist was announced.

(127822)

44
   Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reason the Air Link Strategy for the South West has not been published; and when it will be.

(127879)

45
   Mr Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received in respect of the Birmingham Northfield regeneration/relief road plan.

(127961)

46
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses were received to the consultation on the Gas Safety Review: Options for Change document.

(127972)

47
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to make an announcement concerning changes to be implemented following the Gas Safety Review: Options for Change document.

(127983)

48
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses were received to the consultation on the Gas Safety Review: Options for Change; and if he will list (a) the organisations and (b) the individuals responding.

(127982)

49
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the HSE to reach conclusions on the Gas Safety Review: Options for Change document.

(127984)

50
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the freehold tenant relationship on energy use in office buildings.

(127453)

51
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is his estimate of the increase in energy consumption in commercial buildings, including the office sector, in the last 15 years for which figures are available.

(127452)

52
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what mechanisms he uses for monitoring energy use in different sectors of the economy.

(127454)

53
N   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will call for a report from the British Airports Authority listing all flights with airline designation, departure point and departure time from that point, arriving at Heathrow Airport before 6 a.m. each day and the approximate time of each arrival.

(127665)

54
N   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will make a decision on the planning application by the London Borough of Wandsworth for a new secondary school on the site of Wandsworth School, Sutherland Grove, London SW18.

(127732)

55
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Open Skies agreements between EU countries and the US; and what progress has been made in securing a similar agreement between the UK and the US.

(127247)

56
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures are being taken to tackle busking and begging on or near public transport.

(127215)

57
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received on the liberalisation of the London-US transatlantic aviation agreement through Heathrow; and if he will make a statement.

(127246)

58
   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to increase the central support protection grant for London boroughs in order to implement the Government's priorities.

(127850)

59
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to simplify tax self-assessment for pensioners; and what advice and support the Inland Revenue provides for the completion of such forms.

(127878)

60
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants of family credit there were in (a) the North East Region, (b) the City of Newcastle and (c) the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne Central in April 1997; what was the average payment of family credit in each area; how many claimants of the working families tax credit there are for (a), (b) and (c); and what has been the average payment of working families tax credit (i) with and (ii) without child care tax credit.

(127880)

61
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Coventry South, (b) the West Midlands Region and (c) nationally (i) receive the working families tax credit and (ii) will benefit from the changes allowing families to make a claim as soon as a baby is born.

(127252)

62
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on land value taxation; and what taxation concessions are available for brownfield development.

(127455)

63
   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Hampstead and Highgate benefit from the (a) childcare tax credit, (b) sure start maternity grant and (c) New Deal for Lone Parents.

(127851)

64
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, for the reason that the information is (a) not held centrally, (b) not held in the form requested and (c) not available.

(127681)

65
N   Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to letters from the honourable Member for West Derbyshire, dated 2nd March and 25th May, about Mr Nigel Francis of Sudbury, Derbyshire.

(127728)

66
   Mr Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the IR35 contracts examined by the Inland Revenue, what were the job categories of the contracts submitted; how many were found to be (a) exempt and (b) not exempt from the IR 35 rates; and if he has revised the expected revenue yield from IR35.

(127868)

67
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Government's proposals and timetable for the reduction of Class 1 National Insurance contributions payable by employers.

(127977)

68
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many men born between 6th April 1935 and 5th April 1936 are affected by the withdrawal of the married person's allowance in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Ceredigion.

(127871)

69
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June, Official Report, column 105W, on the knowledge economy, how he defines access to the Internet through a public access point; on what terms such access shall be available; and if he will make a statement.

(127865)

70
   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements there are for housing the commercial section of the British Embassy in Riga; how many staff are employed by the commercial section, broken down by (a) UK-based and (b) locally-employed staff; how much space the section occupies; and what plans he has to rehouse the section in preparation for the British Week to be held in Riga in 2001.

(127858)

71
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April 2000 have not received substantive answers, excluding those not answered for reasons of (a) disproportionate costs, (b) information not available, not held centrally, or not held in the form requested or (c) commercial or other confidentiality.

(127678)

72
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Turkey about the conditions of imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan.

(127686)

73
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives were in training in NHS hospitals in the Greater London area on 1st May.

(127869)

74
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospital beds are available at NHS hospitals within the Greater London Authority area.

(127847)

75
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) the United Kingdom receive treatment for cystic fibrosis and conditions resulting from cystic fibrosis.

(127449)

76
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has issued to hospitals on dealing with patients who receive treatment as children but have it discontinued when they reach adulthood due to insufficient resources.

(127445)

77
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision is made for young adults with cystic fibrosis when they cease to qualify for treatment in children's wards.

(127447)

78
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources are available for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and conditions resulting from cystic fibrosis for (a) children and (b) adults in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) the United Kingdom.

(127450)

79
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the treatment received by people with cystic fibrosis when they cease to qualify for treatment in children's wards.

(127446)

80
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of a reasonable distance to travel for treatment for people with cystic fibrosis.

(127448)

81
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between the 19th October 1999 and the 20th April, which requested information pursuant to his previous answers.

(127672)

82
   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures he has set in place to monitor whether targets for the implementation of the new guidelines for NHS continence services have been met.

(127966)

83
   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantity of each (a) antidepressant and (b) benzodiapezine was prescribed by doctors in England in 1999.

(127967)

84
   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a warning to doctors about the danger of suicidality in certain patients through the prescribing of Prozac and Sertraline; and if he will make a statement.

(127960)

85
   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures and funding he has set in place for the NHS at the local level to provide support for national continence awareness campaigns.

(127964)

86
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the 10 most expensive drugs, in terms of treatment per patient per year, prescribed by the NHS and the number of patients involved in each case in the last year for which figures are available

(127862)

87
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive from NICE its assessment of the efficacy of beta interferon in treating persons with MS.

(127860)

88
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last five years cyclists have been prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit.

(127980)

89
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years of cyclists for cycling the wrong way down one-way streets.

(127968)

90
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years of cyclists for riding on pavements.

(127971)

91
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years of cyclists for cycling through traffic lights at red.

(127979)

92
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years of cyclists for using footpaths designated for pedestrians.

(127969)

93
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been of cyclists for failing to carry cycle lights at night in each of the last five years.

(127970)

94
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress in the investigation of the murder of Hilda Murrell.

(126265)

95
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) individual documents, (b) immigration case files and (c) passports were lost by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each year since 1992.

(127974)

96
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many compensation claims for lost passports were lodged with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each year since 1992.

(127975)

97
   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of settling compensation claims for lost passports in each year since 1992.

(127976)

98
N   Mr John Heppell (Nottingham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's reponse to the First Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 1999-2000, on Dangerous People with Severe Personality Disorders.

(126123)

99
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the England soccer fans deported from Belgium over the weekend of 17th to 18th June had criminal convictions.

(127493)

100
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were stopped at ports, airports and railway stations in efforts to prevent soccer hooligans reaching the Euro 2000 soccer championships.

(127489)

101
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were deployed in the attempts to stop soccer hooligans reaching Belgium for the Euro 2000 soccer finals.

(127491)

102
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their passports withdrawn or suspended for the duration of the Euro 2000 soccer championships.

(127492)

103
N   Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British people were prevented by police or court action from getting to the Euro 2000 championships.

(127490)

104
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, for the reason that the information is (a) not held centrally, (b) not held in the form requested or (c) not available.

(127680)

105
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notices of objection lodged by hauliers allegedly transporting clandestine entrants into the UK have been (a) upheld and (b) rejected in each month since the coming into force of the Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000.

(127874)

106
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many haulage contractors were charged under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in each month since April, with bringing clandestine entrants into the UK.

(127978)

107
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the average fine imposed on hauliers for transporting clandestine entrants into the UK since the coming into force of the Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000.

(127873)

108
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the value of fines levied on hauliers charged under the Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants and Sale of Transporters) Regulations 2000 in each month since April.

(127872)

109
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the extra administrative expenditure resulting from the Human Rights Act 1998.

(127619)

110
N   Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average number of dependants per asylum seeker included in new asylum applications received in the UK.

(126814)

111
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what limitations will be in place for expenditure by political parties for the next election.

(126143)

112
N   Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd May, Official Report, column 408W, on sexual and reproductive health projects, what proportion of the UK bilateral aid contributions for reproductive health care for the years (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 1999 were for (i) HIV/AIDS and (ii) family planning and reproductive health.

(127214)

113
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions she has deposited papers in the Library in response to parliamentary questions tabled to her Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April.

(127673)

114
   Mr Gwyn Prosser (Dover):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to discourage developing countries from adopting industrial animal husbandry systems which have been shown by scientific research to have adverse implications for animal health and welfare; and if she will make a statement.

(127849)

115
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many written parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April; and how many have not received substantive answers for reasons of disproportionate cost.

(127682)

116
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 21W, on human rights legislation, to the Right honourable Member for Maidstone and the Weald, if he will break down the overall figure for the costs of implementing the Human Rights Act 1998 in the courts.

(127620)

117
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, with commercial or other confidentiality cited as the reason.

(127676)

118
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (Witney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contacts he has had with the Quebec authorities on instances of a police service changing its name for operational purposes, but retaining its previous name in the description of the police service.

(127662)

119
   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West):    To ask the President of the Council, how many amendments to Government bills tabled during the present Parliament by (a) Opposition spokesmen, (b) Opposition backbench honourable Members and (c) Government backbench honourable Members which had been selected were not debated on the floor of the House as a result of timetabling of the Report Stage of Bills.

(127857)

120
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, for reasons of commercial or other confidentiality.

(127685)

121
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 21st June, if the Government of the Channel Islands were consulted on the proposals relating to banking secrecy.

(127819)

122
N   Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the Scottish Office recovered all of the costs of the repairs to the Erskine Bridge, following the damage caused by an offshore structure, from the parties deemed to be negligent; and if he will make a statement.

(126692)

123
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many written parliamentary questions were tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April; and how many have not received substantive answers for reasons of disproportionate cost.

(127683)

124
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June, Official Report, column 87W, on recycled waste, what plans he has to increase the percentage of paper waste recycled; and what percentage of non-paper waste produced by his Department is (a) re-used and (b) recycled.

(127687)

125
   Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many pensioner claimants of income support there were in (a) the North East, (b) the City of Newcastle upon Tyne and (c) the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne and what the average payment of income support was in each of the last three years; how many claimants of the pensioners' income guarantee there now are for the same areas; and what was the average payment of income support in each of the last three years.

(127973)

126
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the total amount spent on cold weather payments and winter fuel payments to pensioners in Warrington North constituency for each year since 1979.

(127316)

127
   Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what proposals he has to compensate widowers following the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights declaring widows' benefit to be discriminatory.

(127864)

128
   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the number of children living in poverty in the United Kingdom; and if he will provide a breakdown for children aged (a) 0 to four years, (b) five to 10 years, (c) 11 to 15 years and (d) 16 years and above, providing in each case the numbers affected and the proportion of the relevant age group.

(127589)

129
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Solicitor General, when he will give a substantive reply to the question tabled by the honourable Member for West Lancashire for answer on 27th November 1999.

(127451)

130
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has for the National Weights and Measures Laboratory in Teddington; and if he will make a statement.

(127863)

131
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the technical papers on the dry storage of previously wet stored magnox fuel that he has commissioned; and if he will place copies of all such papers in the Library.

(127962)

132
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance his Department gives to help develop small and medium sized business organisations in the Greater London area.

(127866)

133
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the review of maternity pay and parental leave will conclude; what organisations have been involved in the review; and how the information will be treated once the review is completed.

(127251)

134
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of the written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, for the reason that the information is (a) not held centrally, (b) not held in the form requested and (c) not available.

(127679)

135
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support his Department is providing to the organisers of this year's Farnborough Airshow; and what assistance his Department is providing to overseas visitors to attend the show.

(127877)

136
N   Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many written parliamentary questions tabled to his Department between 19th October 1999 and 20th April have not received substantive answers, for reasons of commercial or other confidentiality.

(127684)

137
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the increase in the proportion of women prisoners over the next five years.

[Question Unstarred] (126125)

138
   Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many medical students were at medical schools in the UK on 1st April.

[Transferred] (127848)

139
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the licensed clinical trials of cannabis are expected to be concluded; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (127861)

140
   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people have received hospital treatment in each of the last five years following collisions between cyclists and pedestrians.

[Transferred] (127963)