Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 29 June 2000

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 29 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.

THURSDAY 29th JUNE

1
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 10th February, Official Report, column 292W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128246)

2
   Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what evidence he has assessed on the efficacy of biological control of ragwort.

(128339)

3
N   Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to reduce the cost of the Common Agricultural Policy to (a) taxpayers and (b) consumers.

(127044)

4
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the research projects being (a) carried out and (b) sponsored by his Department into rabbit haemorrhagic disease, and stating the nature of each project.

(128309)

5
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the recorded incidences of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in the United Kingdom in each of the list five years, indicating if the rabbits concerned were (a) domestic and (b) wild.

(128308)

6
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the written records of meetings held by his officials with Avanta Seeds between 17th April and 17th May.

(128365)

7
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his oral statement of 8th June, Official Report, column 501, if he will list the (a) dates on which meetings took place between Avanta Seeds and officials from his Department between 17th April and 17th May, (b) names and functions of the officials attending those meetings, (c) subjects discussed, (d) conclusions reached and (e) advice given by his officials to Avanta Seeds.

(128466)

8
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list each of his Department's marine research vessels stating for each vessel (a) which port they operate out of, (b) the complement of crew, (c) the age, (d) the estimated years until decommissioning and (e) the research programme in the current year.

(128306)

9
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on grants paid by his Department to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.

(128307)

10
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he was informed first of the import of GM-contaminated oil and rape seeds into the United Kingdom.

(128497)

11
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the location of each of the genetically-modified maize trials taking place in the United Kingdom.

(128363)

12
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his Estate of Farms.

(128305)

13
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the administration costs of paying agricultural aid.

(128304)

14
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the measures being taken by the Government to combat the spread of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in the United Kingdom.

(128310)

15
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 11th January, Official Report, column 134W, on secondments, if she will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into her Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128241)

16
   Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of the Government Information and Communication Service Media Monitoring Unit was for (a) 1997-98 and (b) 1998-99.

(128462)

17
   Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action he is taking to promote equal access to (a) digital and (b) cable and satellite TV for deaf and hard-of-hearing prople.

(128271)

18
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery money, and how many grants, have been allocated to restoration of listed churches in each year since 1995; and what plans he has to increase the resources available for the restoration and maintenance of listed churches.

(128515)

19
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the New Millennium Experience Company will produce its annual report.

(128484)

20
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was committed by the New Millennium Experience Company to underwrite the costs of the firework display on the River Thames on New Year's Eve.

(128506)

21
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the Spoliation Panel inquiry into works of art looted by the Nazis has met; and if he will make a statement.

(128118)

22
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 28th February, Official Report, column 100W, concerning secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128240)

23
   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending free TV licences for pensioners aged over 75 years to (a) 70 to 74 and (b) 65 to 69 year olds.

(128564)

24
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is he taking to ensure that small community-based projects have increased access to Lottery funding.

(128351)

25
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money is currently held in the National Lottery distribution fund which is not committed to projects.

(128348)

26
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money the National Lottery raised in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what was the average weekly figure for that period.

(128358)

27
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable distribution of Lottery funding throughout the United Kingdom.

(128347)

28
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he takes to monitor the extent to which Lottery funds are equitably distributed througout the United Kingdom.

(128349)

29
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery money has been awarded to projects in the Lancaster City Council district since the National Lottery began; and if he will list the projects concerned.

(128346)

30
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the projects for which Lottery funding has been applied for to date.

(128345)

31
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that seaside towns receive Lottery funding for regeneration projects.

(128344)

32
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is the maximum percentage of funding a project can attract in Lottery funding.

(128444)

33
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he takes to advertise funding opportunities through the Lottery to voluntary and community groups.

(128350)

34
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery money was awarded to projects in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency (a) between 1993 and May 1997 and (b) since May 1997; and if he will list the projects which received funding.

(128343)

35
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total value of Lottery ticket sales is in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since the Lottery began.

(128357)

36
   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what, at constant prices, has been the cost of maintenance projects in each year since 1991-92 at the occupied Royal Palaces after deducting the costs of the exceptional rewiring programme in hand at the time of the Windsor fire, and the costs relating to the restoration after that fire.

(128461)

37
   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in each year since 1993-94, what has been the (a) gross income and (b) net income from charges to visit Buckingham Palace; and to which Department the income was paid.

(128460)

38
   Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in each year since 1993-94 what has been the (a) gross income and (b) net surplus from charges to visit Windsor Castle precincts.

(128459)

39
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average number of fully trained, dedicated medical personnel deployed in-theatre as a proportion of the total armed forces personnel deployed in-theatre at the time of highest United Kingdom deployment during conflicts in (a) the Falklands, (b) the Gulf, (c) Kosovo and (d) Sierra Leone; and if he will make a statement.

(127472)

40
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the optimum in-theatre deployment of fully trained, dedicated medical personnel as a proportion of total armed forces personnel; what factors he takes into account in deciding this policy; and if he will make a statement.

(127471)

41
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 8th February, Official Report, column 190W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128238)

42
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last agreed guidelines with HM Treasury for greater commercial utilisation of MoD property and assets; and what proportion of its commercial returns may be retained by the MoD under such guidelines.

(128270)

43
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish the review of pensions for war widows.

(128472)

44
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of his proposals for DERA on the number of staff employed by private companies at the DERA base at West Freugh.

(128284)

45
   Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason and for what period the crew of HMS 'Tyler' was accommodated in hotels overseas; what has been the cost per night per person; and if he will make a statement.

(128267)

46
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Trade and Industry concerning the Defence Diversification Agency.

(128092)

47
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the annual report of the Defence Diversification Agency will be published.

(128094)

48
N   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what initiatives his Department is taking this year, at which (a) stations and (b) establishments, to mark the commemoration by the Royal Air Force of the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

(127735)

49
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 21st December, Official Report, column 554W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128239)

50
   Mr Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve standards in inner city schools.

(128262)

51
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what financial support is available for measures to improve school security.

(128268)

52
   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average primary class size in Cumbria was in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.

(128285)

53
   Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many participants from Dumfries and Galloway in (a) the New Deal for 18-24 years old and (b) the New Deal for 25 year olds and over have returned to (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) other benefits and (iii) unsubsidised employment through the New Deal.

(128468)

54
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assessment he has made of the impact of the New Deal for Young People on levels of long-term unemployment among young people in Morecambe and Lunesdale.

(128342)

55
   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to promote the use of liquid petroleum gas in cars.

(128276)

56
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 9th February, Official Report, column 158W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128248)

57
   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the outcome was of the Transport Council held in Luxembourg on 26th and 27th June; and if he will make a statement.

(128333)

58
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the national transport plan and local transport plans will give priority to slower speeds for vehicular traffic on roads where the risk of injury to other road users is significant.

(128547)

59
   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if his Department will commission research into possible links between abandoned vehicles, vandalism and other crime; and if he will make a statement.

(128490)

60
   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he will be taking to monitor the (a) number of abandoned vehicles on public highways and private property and (b) cost to individual local authorities of removing abandoned vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

(128465)

61
   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made on the establishment of tenant compacts; and if he will make a statement.

(128340)

62
   Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, by what date he requires the population data for Lincoln, in order to calculate the standard spending assessment for the coming three financial years; and if he will make a statement.

(128366)

63
N   Mrs Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd May Official Report, column 3W, on seat belts, if he will list the Scottish local authorities participating in the public consultation exercise on draft regulations regarding the fitting of seat belts; and if he will make a statement.

(127912)

64
   Ms Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what measures he intends to take to increase housing supply on (a) brownfield and (b) urban sites.

(128314)

65
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the extent of shortages of bus drivers; and if he will make a statement.

(128447)

66
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the average processing time is for PSV provisional driver licences; and if he will make a statement.

(128448)

67
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received from Lancaster City Council about amending the compulsory licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation operating in Morecambe.

(128355)

68
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many houses in multiple occupation there are in Morecambe and Lunesdale.

(128356)

69
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much additional funding has been allocated by the Government to Lancaster City Council for improving the quality of social housing since 1st May 1997.

(128354)

70
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the council wards in Morecambe and Lunesdale that are eligible for single regeneration funding.

(128341)

71
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made in consultation with industry to implement the three proposals to reduce or minimise HFC use, as set out at paragraph 67, page 79, of the draft UK climate change programme.

(128450)

72
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from industry in respect of the new policy on reduced dependence on HFC use, as set out in paragraphs 17 to 20 in the draft UK Climate Change Programme.

(128449)

73
   Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received from the Greater London returning officer on the election of the Mayor and Assembly for London; and if he will make a statement.

(128464)

74
   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the oral statement by the Right honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend of 8th June, Official Report, column 501, if he will list the (a) dates on which meetings took place between Avanta Seeds and officials from his Department between 17th April and 17th May, (b) names and functions of the officials attending those meetings, (c) subjects discussed, (d) conclusions reached and (e) advice given by his officials to Avanta Seeds.

(128467)

75
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for the reimbursement of VAT paid on incontinence pads have been received in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(128491)

76
   Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects an agreement to be reached by the Council of Ministers on the substantive content of the Directive on the taxation of savings.

(128445)

77
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 27th March, Official Report, column 47W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128254)

78
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it costs to send out the forms to taxpayers in respect of children's tax credit; and if he will make a statement.

(128364)

79
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Hampstead and Highgate receive the working families tax credit; and how many will benefit from changes allowing claims to be made immediately after the birth of a child.

(127911)

80
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the use made by the Ministry of Defence of Treasury Guidelines for greater commercial utilisation of Ministry of Defence property and assets.

(128269)

81
   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average weekly earnings are, including and excluding overtime, for part-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the local unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain, broken down by (i) men and (ii) women in (1) manual employment, (2) non-manual employment and (3) all employment.

(128288)

82
   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of workers on adult rates of pay in part-time employment have hourly earnings, including and excluding overtime pay, that are less than (a) £4.94, (b) £6.58, (c) £7.18 and (d) £3.60 in (i) Scotland, (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britian, broken down by (1) male manual, (2) male non- manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers.

(128287)

83
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total revenue to the Exchequer was from all tobacco products for the last five year period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the tax take from these sources over the next three years.

[R] (128496)

84
   Mr Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what level of income (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples started paying income tax in financial years (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99 and (iv) 1999-2000.

(128359)

85
N   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total cost of administering the Child Tax Credit in financial year 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(128167)

86
N   Mr Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the start-up costs were for each embassy established in Eastern European countries and the former states of the USSR since 1990.

(127813)

87
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress in establishing an EU food agency.

(128508)

88
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what items have been on the agenda of the EU Political and Security Committee since 1st January; and what decisions it has taken.

(128505)

89
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 11th February, Official Report, column 337W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128242)

90
N   Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to discourage UK firms from promoting tourist travel to Burma.

(127853)

91
N   Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a decision will be made on the application for entry clearance by Shamshad Anwar, lodged at Islamabad in November 1998, reference C4694.

(128255)

92
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) technical and (b) financial assistance the Government has provided to ECOMOG in Sierra Leone.

(128093)

93
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities have more in-patients waiting over one year than in May 1997.

(128503)

94
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people live within two miles of (a) Farnham, (b) Milford and (c) Haslemere hospitals.

(128502)

95
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the commitments given by the West Surrey Health Authority Chief Executive and the Chief Executive of the Surrey Hampshire Borders Trust concerning the future of community beds at Farnham Hospital in the Right Balance plans published in May 1998 .

(128495)

96
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) state and (b) community in-patient hospital beds were available in (i) the South West Surrey constituency and (ii) the West Surrey Health Authority in May (1) 1997, (2) 1998, (3) 1999 and (4) 2000.

(128504)

97
   Mrs Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients had been waiting for in-patient treatment, excluding day cases, for more than one year on 31st March (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000 in West Surrey Health Authority.

(128507)

98
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list (a) the sums required and (b) the percentage increase in funding required to achieve financial balance in each NHS health authority area by 2000-01; and what percentage of the additional NHS funding recently announced is required to achieve financial balance in each case.

(128554)

99
   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his plans to provide for young people to remain in foster care beyond the age of 18 years.

(128315)

100
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 8th February, Official Report, column 119W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128253)

101
N   Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to fund research into the health effects of GM animal feeds.

(127052)

102
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the on-line information service for carers, Starthere, referred to in the National Strategy for Carers.

(128263)

103
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of South Staffordshire's on-line information service for carers.

(128265)

104
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of on-line information for carers.

(128264)

105
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he plans to take to co-ordinate on-line information services for carers.

(128266)

106
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have joined the NHS in each year since 1990 and how many have joined in total since May 1997 (a) nationally, (b) in Teeside and (c) in the constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and if he will make a statement.

(128511)

107
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses have joined the NHS in each year since 1990; how many joined in total since May 1997 (a) nationally, (b) in Teeside and (c) in the constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and if he will make a statement.

(128514)

108
   Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to publish the Government's response to the Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the abuse of children in care in the former county council areas of Gwynedd and Clwyd since 1974, entitled Lost in Care.

(128313)

109
   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of in-patients are treated at the Diana Princess of Wales hospital in Grimsby in (a) one month or less, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) over six months.

(128500)

110
   Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of in-patients are treated at Scunthorpe hospital in (a) one month or less, (b) three months, (c) six months and (d) over six months.

(128501)

111
   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to increase the Whitley Council mileage allowance for NHS staff using their own transport.

(128282)

112
   Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the arrangements are for maternity leave for GPs; and if he will make a statement.

(128283)

113
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS was for treating people with smoking-related diseases in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (128456)

114
   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing prescriptions for the use of anti-smoking drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(128457)

115
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on health effects of the use of hydrofluorocarbons.

(128452)

116
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter from Mrs F. Butler of Augustine Road, Sheppey, dated 3rd April.

(128473)

117
   Mr Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the level of resources for Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust in respect of services at Cobham Cottage Hospital.

(128463)

118
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the out-of-court settlements agreed to by police forces in the UK since 1st January 1998, broken down by each police force, indicating in each case the recipient, the amount agreed and the reason for the settlement; what process exists for police forces to make a decision to settle out-of-court; how the public are informed of such decisions; and if he will make a statement.

(128516)

119
   Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the recommendations of the Edwards Report.

(128509)

120
   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public entertainment licences have been (a) revoked and (b) not renewed by local authorities under the terms of the Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997 since 1st May 1998.

(128272)

121
   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, upon how many public entertainment licences new conditions have been imposed by local authorities under the terms of the Public Entertainment Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997 since 1st May 1998.

(128273)

122
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th January, Official Report, column 471W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128249)

123
   Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were reported to the Metropolitan Police on Monday 26th June; and if he will make a statement.

(128274)

124
   Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes remained unsolved in the Metropolitan Police area on Monday 26th June; and if he will make a statement.

(128275)

125
   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total (a) expenditure of and (b) income from prison industries involved in commercial contracts was in the last five years.

(128300)

126
   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level is of prison wages; under what circumstances higher wages can be paid; and if he will make a statement.

(128301)

127
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average (a) number of remand prisoners and (b) proportion of the prison population consisting of remand prisoners in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(128168)

128
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are seconded on duty abroad; how many officers were seconded in each of the previous five years; and if he will make a statement.

(128165)

129
   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount was of public expenditure on purposeful activity in prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(128298)

130
   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the contracts held by the Prison Service for commercial work from prison industries; and if he will make a statement.

(128299)

131
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bills his Department has sponsored in each of the last 20 years; how many have been enacted; and if he will list the bills and acts per year.

(128164)

132
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his policy in relation to the future of the existing police radio frequencies; what is the estimated commercial value of expected surplus frequencies; what is his current estimated timescale for the changes to the use of radio frequencies; and if he will make a statement.

(128166)

133
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the defendants included in the pre-Narey pilot data who elected to be tried at Crown Court, (a) pleaded guilty to the same or to more serious offences than those they were charged with at the time of their election, (b) pleaded guilty to fewer or to less serious offences than those with which they were charged at the time of their election and (c) pleaded not guilty and went to trial at Crown Court.

(128549)

134
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants in the pre-Narey pilot data were charged with either way offences; and of these how many (a) were directed by magistrates to be tried at Crown Court, (b) elected to be tried at Crown Court and (c) consented to be tried, or otherwise had their cases disposed of, by the magistrates' courts.

(128548)

135
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the guilty plea rate among defendants included in the pre-Narey pilot data was representative of the guilty plea rate nationally.

(128551)

136
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the defendants included in the pre-Narey pilot data charged with either way offences were from ethnic minority backgrounds; and how many such defendants (a) elected to be tried at Crown Court and pleaded guilty to the same, or more serious offences, than those they were charged with at the time of their election, (b) elected to be tried at Crown Court and pleaded guilty to fewer, or to less serious offences than those with which they were charged at the time of their election and (c) pleaded not guilty and went to trial at Crown Court.

(128550)

137
   Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) women and (b) men are in each Fire and Rescue Service, broken down by (i) rank and (ii) retained and other status.

(128337)

138
   Mr John Randall (Uxbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list by division of the Metropolitan Police Service the ratio of (a) reported crimes, (b) burglaries and (c) calls from computer-aided despatch per officer in each of the last five years.

(128312)

139
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners committed suicide in 1998; and of these suicides how many were caused by hanging.

(128517)

140
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 8th February, Official Report, column 89W, on secondments, if she will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into her Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128252)

141
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 8th February, Official Report, column 132W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128251)

142
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland was appointed; what the term of his appointment is; how many official visits he made outside Northern Ireland in each year since his appointment; what expenses were reimbursed to him for (a) entertainment, (b) subsistence, (c) travel and (d) car mileage or the use of a vehicle; and what vehicle allowance was paid to him in each year since his appointment.

(128360)

143
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland is authorised to use fuel charge cards issued for the use of the (a) RUC and (b) Police Authority.

(128362)

144
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the terms of employment of the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland provide for (a) use of official vehicles (i) on and (ii) off duty, or (b) reimbursement for mileage or the use of a vehicle and (c) a vehicle allowance.

(128361)

145
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, when she last met the Chair and the other members of the Appointments Commission.

(128311)

146
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will ensure that the proposed advertisements from the Appointments Commission soliciting applications for membership of the House of Lords are (a) placed in the Big Issue, (b) shown on TV and in cinemas and (c) broadcast on radio and the Commission's web site.

(128335)

147
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, when the Appointments Commission will launch its web site.

(128336)

148
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if Lord Levy has served as a personal envoy for other (a) heads of government and (b) heads of state.

(128261)

149
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he made to President Putin over the arrest of Vladimir Gusinsky.

(128289)

150
   Mr Francis Maude (Horsham):    To ask the Prime Minister, on which occasions since May 1997 Lord Levy has issued (i) public statements and (ii) talked to foreign media, as a representative of the (a) Prime Minister and (b) United Kingdom.

(128260)

151
   Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many representations he has received from (a) honourable Members, (b) MSPs, (c) local councils and (d) local enterprise companies in connection with the definition of assisted area status submitted to the Commission on 10th April.

(128561)

152
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 10th February, Official Report, column 279W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128245)

153
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 9th February, Official Report, column 213W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128247)

154
   Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he (a) received and (b) will publish the Faculty and Institute of Acturaries' report on the minimum funding requirement.

(128471)

155
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Solicitor General, if he will make a statement on the criteria applied by the Crown Prosecution Service in decisions on whether to prosecute for alleged crimes of vandalism.

(127068)

156
N   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Solicitor General, what the estimated legal costs are to the defence of the Employment Tribunal cases brought against the CPS by Mrs Bamieh; and if he will make a statement

(128119)

157
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Solicitor General, which companies or partnerships have seconded staff to the Law Officers' Departments since May 1997; how many staff have been seconded; and who pays for seconded staff.

(128470)

158
   John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd June, Official Report, column 236W, on Lesotho, if he will list the payments by Her Majesty's Government in respect of loans underwritten through the ECGD to the companies listed.

(128569)

159
   John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th June, Official Report, column 351W, on corruption and bribery, if he will list the number of cases in the last five years where the ECGD judged (a) the level of commission to be excessive and (b) the payment procedures unusual, indicating the companies concerned and the reasons why cover was refused.

(128571)

160
   John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what grants, loans and other payments were made by Her Majesty's Government, and what loans were underwritten by the ECGD, to Balfour Beatty in each of the last five years.

(128570)

161
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department was informed that Deer Management Qualifications Ltd, Registration Number 3449049, was continuing to trade from a new registered office at Wrexham.

(128568)

162
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regulatory procedures are in place to ensure the competitive balance of the Internet.

(128498)

163
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how he ensures that OFTEL meets its responsibilities to ensure that 999 calls receive priority over other telephone calls and are correctly routed; and if he will publish OFTEL data on the performance of the three companies which handle 999 calls in their call centres.

(128499)

164
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations the Government has made to the European Commission regarding the MCI WorldCom Sprint merger.

(128494)

165
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations his Department has received regarding the proposed merger of MCI WorldCom and Sprint.

(128493)

166
   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money each research council allocated to the public understanding of science in each year since 1994.

(128278)

167
N   Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of 11th February, Official Report, column 313W, on secondments, if he will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into his Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with.

(128244)

168
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses have benefited from start-up assistance from Government schemes; what types of business have benefited; and what initiatives have been taken in the years 1997 to 2000 (a) nationally, (b) in Teesside and (c) in the constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and if he will make a statement.

(128512)

169
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the National Grid Company on the felling and lopping of trees along the route of the proposed pylons from Lackenby via Picton to Shipton by Bellingborough; and if he will make a statement.

(128368)

170
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations the National Grid Company has held with the affected landowners who will be subject to trees being felled or lopped along the proposed pylons route from Lackenby to Shipton.

(128367)

171
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) notification and (b) information he has received from the National Grid Company of the specific location of trees to be felled or lopped along the proposed route of pylons from Lackenby to Shipton.

(128370)

172
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation the National Grid Company will pay to landowners on whose land trees must be felled or lopped along the proposed route of pylons from Lackenby to Shipton.

(128369)

173
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many officials, on ceasing employment in his Department, have sought permission to take up employment, since May 1997, with (a) companies and (b) partnerships under the business appointment rules; and to what companies and partnerships they went.

(128453)

174
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will take steps to ensure that the regulations relating to sunbeds and their use are reviewed; and if he will make a statement.

(128334)

175
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the licensed production agreements between British and Malaysian defence companies.

(128280)

176
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the licensed production agreement between Paine Wessex (Schermuly) and SME Ordnance in Malaysia for the production of (a) low enforcement pyrotechnics, (b) CS irritant cartridges and (c) CS canisters.

(128281)

177
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted for the export of (a) CS gas, (b) CS irritant cartridges and (c) CS canisters to Malaysia in each year since 1992 broken down by category code.

(128552)

178
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the export licences granted for the export of (a) CS gas, (b) CS irritant cartridges, and (c) CS canisters to Malaysia since 1992 where end use destination was for other countries.

(128553)

179
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made by (a) his Department and (b) consultants to his Department of the potential toxic effects of release of hydrofluorocarbons into the environment.

(128454)

180
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consultations he has had with the refrigeration industry trade associations in respect of replacement options for hydrofluorocarbons.

(128451)

181
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which companies or partnerships have seconded staff to his Department since May 1997; how many have been seconded; and who pays for seconded staff.

(128469)

182
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the statutory consultees for the Environment Agency's consultation on the re-authorisation of the radioactive discharges from Aldermaston; and if he will place copies of submissions by (a) statutory consultees and (b) other parties in the Library.

[Transferred] (128455)

183
   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) steps he has taken and (b) funding has been allocated to promote (i) science engineering and (ii) other science activities to (A) children and (B) the public in each year since 1994.

[Transferred] (128277)

184
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to offer financial incentives to bus companies facing recruitment difficulties for the training of bus drivers.

[Transferred] (128446)

185
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the average rent limit in England is for the payment of housing benefit.

[Transferred] (128353)

186
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the estimated cost of housing benefit fraud was in 1999-2000 in (a) England and (b) Morecambe and Lunesdale.

[Transferred] (128443)

187
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people claim housing benefit in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.

[Transferred] (128352)

188
   Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle housing benefit fraud.

[Transferred] (128458)

189
   Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of tolls paid at the Skye Bridge tollbooth, after discounts, goes towards paying back the money owed on the project.

[Transferred] (128286)

190
   Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress the Office of National Statistics has made in assessing the impact of internal migration on the population in Lincoln, with special reference to the requirements of the standard spending assessment for the coming three years.

[Transferred] (128338)

191
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have benefited from the working families tax credit and by how much (a) nationally, (b) in Teesside and (c) in the constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (128510)

192
   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are currently registered as wholly or partially disabled (a) nationally, (b) in Teesside and (c) in the constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (128513)

193
   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with retailers on the rates of VAT charged on (a) sanitary protection products and (b) incontinence pads.

[Transferred] (128492)

194
   Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Government support was provided for British companies to attend the DSA exhibition in Malaysia in April.

[Transferred] (128279)