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Session 1999-2000 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 10 July 2000 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 10 July, 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 10th JULY
1   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much money was allocated to the South-West Regional Flood Defence Committee for capital projects from grants through his Department in each of the last three years.
	(130002)
2   N	Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what research his Department has evaluated into the effect of the use of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos on the health of children; what uses are authorised; and at what thresholds.
	(129993)
3   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much rent is paid by Ruth Davy in respect of her occupancy of the Old Palace at Canterbury.
	(129824)
4   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much rent is paid by Lady Brentford in respect of her occupancy of the cottage in the grounds of Lambeth Palace.
	(129831)
5   N	Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the priority they should attach to cultural services.
	(128202)
6   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the annual costs to local authorities and other public bodies directly arising from applications to Lottery funding bodies.
	(129535)
7   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the annual costs to charities and other voluntary organisations directly arising from applications to Lottery funding bodies.
	(129537)
8   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the administration costs were as a percentage of Lottery income for each of the Lottery funding bodies in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	(129533)
9   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met the Task Force on Tobacco Sponsorship; and what was discussed.
	(129534)
10   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what alternative sources of sport sponsorship have been identified by the Tobacco Sponsorship Task Force.
	(129536)
11   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which sports have benefited from alternative sources of sports sponsorship identified by the Tobacco Sponsorship Task Force.
	(129538)
12	Mr Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of cricket training facilities for young people outside school hours.
	(130105)
13	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have been successfully prosecuted for the theft of works of art and artifacts from the national collections since 1990.
	(130061)
14	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have been dismissed from employment in the institutions holding the national collections for (a) theft and (b) attempted theft of works of art and artifacts since 1990.
	(130062)
15   N	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to place the full audited accounts of Sport England's contribution to the FA World Cup bid in the Library.
	(129832)
16   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the journalists he has had meetings with at his Department since December 1999; and on what dates these meetings were held.
	(129828)
17   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Civil Service grade is held by the Director of News, Mr Martin Howard; what Civil Service post was held by Mr Howard prior to his appointment as Director of News, who the previous holder of the position of Director of News was; and what Mr Howard's job description is as Director of News.
	(129829)
18   N	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultations his Department has had with local parish councils regarding his Department's proposal to secure planning permission for housing on Church Fenton Airfield.
	(129830)
19	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 134W, if, under his proposals, the land and buildings occupied by DERA West Freugh will transfer to the new DERA company.
	(130174)
20	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what communication his Department (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) local education authorities, (ii) teachers of the deaf, (iii) the teacher training authority, (iv) teaching unions and (v) organisations of and for deaf and hard of hearing people about (1) the launch and (2) the national roll-out of the neo-natal hearing screening pilot project.
	(130101)
21	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what resources his Department (a) has allocated and (b) plans to allocate to develop language and educational provision in preparation for the launch and national roll-out of the pilot project for neo-natal hearing screening.
	(130104)
22	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what communication his Department has had with the Department of Health about developing the provision of language and educational support for children from zero to two years in preparation for the pilot project and the introduction of universal neo-natal hearing screening.
	(130099)
23	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what research his Department has conducted into the language and educational benefits of neo-natal hearing screening and effective follow-up support for deaf children from zero to two years.
	(130103)
24	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when his Department will establish an advisory group on co-ordinating the development of language and educational provision in preparation for the (a) launch and (b) national roll-out of the pilot project for neo-natal hearing screening; and when it will announce the composition of the group.
	(130102)
25   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what his Department's policy is regarding the use of public funds to subsidise job placement schemes with firms in the sex industry.
	(129835)
26   N	Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many 16 and 17 year old parents (a) have taken and (b) are taking part in the education maintenance allowance pilots following the publication of the Social Exclusion Unit Report, Teenage Pregnancy, in June 1999.
	(129254)
27   N	Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects his Department's sex and relationships education guidance to be published.
	(129976)
28   N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list new children places created in each Early Years Development and Child Care partnership in 1999-2000.
	(129991)
29   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will publish the minutes and conclusions of the meeting which took place on 8th May to consider the review of the disability service teams.
	(129982)
30	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 544W, concerning Welfare to Work and ONE, if he will list (a) the organisations and individuals consulted, (b) the organisations and individuals who attended the seminar on 18th January and (c) other organisations and individuals who have been asked for advice during the course of the review; and if he will make a statement.
	(130053)
31   N	Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what advice to local education authorities and to schools his Department has given on the use of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos in proprietary products.
	(129992)
32   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he plans to introduce compulsory licensing for homes in multiple occupancy.
	(129531)
33   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many homes in multiple occupancy there are in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
	(129532)
34   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish the projected number of households in each five year period for each county and metropolitan area between 1996 and 2021, assuming zero net internal migration.
	(129751)
35   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on (a) the scale of net regional population migration assumed in its projected level of household formations proposed for the current trend of draft regional planning guidance and (b) the assumed scale of migration underlying the figures published by the Office for National Statistics in the subnational population projections.
	(129749)
36   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what scale of net regional population migration is assumed in the projected level of household formation proposed for the current round of draft regional planning guidance (a) in each of the eight English regions and (b) for the spatial development plan for London.
	(129748)
37	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) tunnels and (b) bridges in the UK are subject to tolls.
	(130100)
38   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what will be the (a) initial and (b) longer-term cargo-deck heights on the sprinter trains proposed by the winner of the recent rail freight competition; and if the layout of their longer-term sprinter-train design has been finalised.
	(129997)
39   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the target date is for having new road-rail equipment and systems in-service to allow containers arriving at docks to reach their final destinations by rail.
	(129998)
40   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the outcome of the Transport Council held in Luxembourg on the 26th to 27th June; and what plans there are to make EASA a European Community agency.
	(130000)
41   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, at what weight on the highway piggybank trailer systems that have been proposed by the winner of the recent rail freight competition will run.
	(129995)
42   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what will be the maximum cargo height on the piggyback trailer systems that have been proposed by the winner of the recent rail freight competition.
	(129996)
43   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the software that failed at West Drayton Air Traffic Control Centre on 17th June was installed; and if he will make a statement.
	(130009)
44   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the share of the capital cost of the EU Galileo project that will fall to the UK taxpayer; and if he will make a statement.
	(129994)
45   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for which loading gauges the piggyback trains that have been proposed by the winner of the recent rail freight competition will be suitable.
	(129999)
46   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the recent Report by Cardiff University on the effect of the Government's regional development policies on competitiveness differentials between regions.
	(129834)
47   N	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure the effective management of Advantage West Midlands; and if he will make a statement.
	(129783)
48   N	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to include the safety issue of gaps between railway station platforms and trains, in the criteria for obtaining future train operating franchises.
	(129435)
49   N	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action he is taking to ensure that warning signs are provided at stations where there is a large gap between the railway station platform and the train.
	(129436)
50   N	Mr Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in how many railway stations there is distance between the platform and the train which exceeds 250mm vertically, 275mm horizontally and 350mm diagonally.
	(129437)
51	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his policy is on the use of (a) pleasure craft and (b) other craft by anyone under the age of 16 years, in Fishguard Harbour.
	(130077)
52   N	Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the (a) percentage and (b) actual increase in the amount of money provided by the Department for Flood Defence to Devon County Council through the standing spending assessment in each of the last three years.
	(130001)
53	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he intends to publish a draft bill on leasehold and commonhold.
	(130168)
54	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many residential leaseholders there are in England and Wales.
	(130169)
55   N	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the operational effectiveness of the introduction of family tax credit.
	(130003)
56   N	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have taken place in (a) staff and (b) premises since the introduction of family tax credit; and what futher changes are planned.
	(130005)
57   N	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time is from receipt of application to receipt of tax credit for family tax credit; and what is the current number of cases being processed.
	(130006)
58   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual level was of migration of (a) people and (b) households into the South-East from (i) London and (ii) the rest of England in each of the last three years.
	(129750)
59   N	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice, dated 27th January, concerning Case C-359/97 (Commission v. European Communities), if he will estimate the proceeds that will accrue to the Exchequer per year from the application of the standard rate of VAT to roads, tunnels and bridges.
	(129782)
60	Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date Mike Burt (a) ceased to be the head of procurement practice and development at HM Treasury and (b) became Chief Executive of Cityjobs.com plc.
	(130054)
61	Mr John McAllion (Dundee East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total receipts were from landfill tax in Scotland in each of the years for which figures are available.
	(130078)
62	Mr John McAllion (Dundee East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value of landfill tax credits generated in (a) Scotland and (b) Dundee in each year since the landfill tax was introduced.
	(130079)
63	Mr John McAllion (Dundee East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Dundee-based projects and organisations have benefited from landfill tax credits in each year since the introduction of the tax; and if he will list them.
	(130080)
64	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the dispute between the Inland Revenue and Standard Life in respect of the BEST pensioners.
	(130058)
65	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if there have been instances where imports to Britain, accompanied by Israeli certificates of origin, have been prevented by HM Customs and Excise from benefiting from preferential treatment because the labelling, the locales named in the origin certificates, or other information indicated that the goods in question were wholly produced or substantially processed in the occupied territories of the West Bank, Gaza or Golan Heights.
	(130184)
66	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 449W, if the European Commission has asked the UK, through HM Customs and Excise, to begin a posteriori verification measures under the Origin Rules Protocol in respect of imports from Israel.
	(130181)
67	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 449W, if HM Customs and Excise have begun to apply, or will apply, a posteriori verification measures under the Origin Rules Protocol to (a) all Israeli products and (b) new imports of products labelled, Made in Israel, similiar to those previously shown to have been produced in settlements on the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
	(130182)
68	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 449W, when the European Commission completed its assessment of the evidence provided by HM Customs and Excise relating to Israeli violations of the EC-Israel Trade Agreement.
	(130180)
69	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March, Official Report, column 450W, following the Israeli Government's admission concerning the definition of territoriality it uses in issuing certificates of origin, if the European Commission will require security bonds or deposits on new importations of products labelled, Made in Israel, similiar to those previously shown to have been produced in settlements on the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
	(130183)
70	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in cases prior to October 1999, where HM Customs and Excise initiated a posteriori vertification procedures with Israel's customs concerning importations under preferences of products that Customs and Excise had reason to suspect may have been wholly produced or substantially processed in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, what answers HM Customs and Excise received from Israeli customs concerning the originating status of the products concerned.
	(130185)
71   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the extra revenue for the next five financial years that would be raised by restricting the rate of tax relief on (a) employee pension contributions and (b) employer pension contributions to the standard rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(129827)
72   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Treasury of higher rate tax relief on contributions to personal pension plans and retirement annuity plans for the self-employed in each of the next five financial years; and if he will make a statement.
	(129825)
73	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 178W, if he will list his Department's targets for answering (a) named day questions, (b) ordinary written questions and (c) written questions tabled in the House of Lords; and if he will make a statement.
	(130026)
74   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the extra yield from reducing the earnings limit on which income tax deductible personal pension payments are based to (a) £70,000, (b) £60,000 and (c) £50,000; and if he will make a statement.
	(129826)
75	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 540W, on the knowledge economy, what is the maximum distance that a person can live from a point of public access to the Internet and still be considered to have access; what is the maximum cost that a provider of a point of public access to the Internet can charge with access still being considered to be available; and if he will make a statement.
	(130074)
76	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of GDP is taken in taxation and national insurance contributions (a) in the UK and (b) in each other EU member state.
	(130083)
77   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent to date by HM Government on the publication and distribution of information relating to the introduction of the euro; and what further spending is planned.
	(129449)
78	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on (a) the position of mortgage holders with endowment policies whose paid-up value has not covered or is not anticipated to cover the full repayment of their mortgage, (b) the consequences for those mortgage holders left with such a shortfall and (c) discussions he has had with the providers of such policies regarding assistance to customers in this position.
	(130081)
79	Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on (a) the extent to which mortgage endowment policies have been mis-sold on the basis that their eventual paid up value could not reasonably be expected to cover the full amount of the mortgage and (b) the redress available to those who believe they have been mis-sold such a policy.
	(130082)
80   N	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of working families tax credit payments to families in receipt of child support payments.
	(128330)
81   N	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families in receipt of both child support payments and working families tax credit.
	(128331)
82	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Yemeni Government on the death penalty passed by the Aden Tawaki Court on the Somali national Mohammed Omer Haji for converting to Christianity unless he recants and returns to Islam and on Yemen's apostasy laws.
	(130075)
83   N	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the 24th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Social Development, with particular reference to the conclusions concerning the possible taxation of international currency transactions.
	(129286)
84   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last visited each of the states currently engaged in accession negotiations with the EU.
	(129781)
85   N	Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Indonesia in respect of the intimidation of Moluccan Christians.
	(128332)
86   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to consult British embassies about animal experimentation overseas.
	(129780)
87	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many European documents have been designated as treaties by statutory instrument under section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1973 in the periods (a) 1973 to 1982, (b) 1983 to 1993 and (c) 1994 to 1999.
	(130073)
88	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account Her Majesty's Government has taken, in connection with imports from Israel under preferences, of public communications by the Government of Israel stating that Israel issues certificates of origin according to its own definition of territoriality.
	(130178)
89	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures that do not rely on Israel's co-operation the Government has taken as a High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to ensure (a) that neither Britain's nor the European Community's own resources accrue to the benefit of Israel's illegal settlements and (b) that Israel's application of its own definition of territoriality in respect of its trade agreements with the EC does not persist under the EC-Israel Association Agreement that has just come into effect.
	(130179)
90	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps Britain has taken to ensure that the European Community ensures that Israel conducts its preferential trade relations with the Community in a manner that accords with its agreements with the EC and with the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 in respect of products from settlements located in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967.
	(130197)
91   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when Ministers in his Department were informed of the leaking of the telegram from the British Ambassador to Japan on the Government's euro policy; and if he will take steps to establish how this document was made public.
	(129442)
92	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a White Paper on Care for the Elderly; and if he will make a statement.
	(130076)
93   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been allocated to coronary services in the Coventry area in the last three years.
	(129446)
94	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the case of Jean Brett, following the report by Conciliation Connections, a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he will make a statement.
	(130029)
95	Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assistance he gives to NHS trusts that are undertaking reconfiguration of patient services, approved by him, towards the cost of (a) redundancy and retirement and (b) capital building costs.
	(130167)
96	Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the capital charges regime for new NHS buildings.
	(130097)
97   N	Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress made on his Department's national publicity campaign to tell young people they can talk to health professionals about sex and contraception in confidence; and what funding has been allocated to the campaign.
	(129253)
98   N	Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local co-ordinators for teenage pregnancy have been established since the publication of the Social Exclusion Unit Report Teenage Pregnancy, in June 1999.
	(129256)
99   N	Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide funding (a) under section 64 and (b) generally for the Council for Involuntary Tranquiliser Addiction.
	(128329)
100	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much grant will be paid to Dorset Police towards the cost of policing the Conservative Party Conference in Bournemouth in autumn 2000; how much grant was paid in respect of the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth in 1999; and if he will make a statement.
	(130186)
101   N	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his response is to the report of the Working Party on Rape submitted to the United Kingdom Programme Action Committee of Soroptomist International; and if he will make a statement.
	(129287)
102   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals (a) have been convicted of a football-related offence and (b) had an international banning order placed upon them; and what reasons the courts have given, under the terms of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999, for not imposing banning orders in each case since 26th September 1999.
	(129779)
103	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police vehicles have activated speed cameras in (a) Wiltshire and (b) England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
	(130176)
104   N	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the use of anti-social behaviour orders in Wales.
	(129836)
105   N	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been made to date in Wales.
	(129837)
106   N	Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners convicted of grievous bodily harm have been released earlier than their normal parole date in the last 12 months.
	(129980)
107   N	Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been issued under the provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
	(129979)
108	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of police officers and police civilian staff was (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each force on (i) 31st March 2000, (ii) 30th September 1999 and (iii) 31st March 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(130027)
109	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to police forces regarding (a) the provision of services from and (b) the location of, police stations.
	(130072)
110	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to police forces on the management of fixed assets (a) generally and (b) relating to police stations.
	(130071)
111	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the distribution of the money that he has identified for additional spending on rural policing in the current financial year, with particular reference to Staffordshire Police.
	(130070)
112   N	Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of young offenders' institutions in the United Kingdom offer parenting and sexual health classes; and if he will make a statement.
	(129255)
113   N	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take action to reduce variation between police forces in the medical standards which they require of newly recruited officers.
	(129990)
114	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reply he has sent to the request of the Presidency of the European Union (7369/00) for approval of a draft recommendation for rules relating to requests from EUROPOL to member states to initiate investigations on its behalf, with particular reference to the proposal that member states should inform EUROPOL of their reasons for not agreeing to such requests.
	(130055)
115	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements have been made to accommodate the local probation service and to provide its services in South Derbyshire, and at what cost, when the Swadlincote magistrates' court closes.
	(130171)
116	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries her Department is assisting in the development of primary education for children.
	(130107)
117	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries her Department is working on the issue of street children.
	(130106)
118	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the organisations consulted on the Review of Tribunals.
	(130098)
119	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when a decision will be made on proposals for the Private Finance Initiative for Derbyshire magistrates' courts.
	(130170)
120	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the estimated cost is of the investigation, preparation and assessment of the proposals for the Private Finance Initiative for projects connected with Derbyshire magistrates' courts.
	(130172)
121	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the change to the annual operating costs of the Derbyshire magistrates' court service following the Private Finance Initiative.
	(130173)
122   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will make a statement on her plans for the Regional Affairs Committee.
	(129833)
123	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the President of the Council, what the total cost of early day motions was in (a) 1999 and (b) 1998.
	(130028)
124   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 5th July, if he will review the Mid Essex waiting list figures; and if he will make a statement on trends in Mid Essex waiting lists since 2nd May 1997.
	(129977)
125   N	Mr John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with chief constables in advance of his speech detailing proposals for on-the-spot fines for anti-social behaviour made on 30th June.
	(129978)
126   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he takes to prevent the leaking of official documents from Government Departments relating to the Government's policy on the euro; and if he will make a statement.
	(129444)
127   N	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what average time was taken from receipt of application to payment of benefit for family credit; and what was the average number of cases outstanding over the last year of its operation.
	(130004)
128   N	Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what changes have taken place in staff and premises since the ending of family credit; and what future changes are planned.
	(130007)
129	Jean Corston (Bristol East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the rate of child benefit for (a) the first or only child of the family and (b) second or other children of the family (i) at 2000-01 prices and (ii) as a percentage of average male earnings in each of the years 1990 to 2000.
	(130060)
130	Jean Corston (Bristol East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was, or is expected to be, the real terms cost at 1999-2000 prices of (a) child benefit, (b) one parent benefit and, following Table 2 in the DSS Report and Expenditure Plans, the element for lone parents, included for child benefit from April 1997, (c) family credit and working families tax credit, (d) children's tax credit and (e) the estimated cost included in income support for children, and, applying the Government Actuary's assumptions of both 1Ö per cent. and 2 per cent. earnings growth, each of the above as a percentage of gross domestic product in each of the years 1994-95 to 2001-02.
	(130059)
131	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many retired people are in receipt of income support in England and Wales.
	(130096)
132	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 155, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost, (b) technical difficulties and (c) improvement in accuracy of increasing the sample size of the area benefit reviews.
	(130175)
133	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 155, when results for the extended measurement of housing benefit fraud will be available for all local authorities.
	(130177)
134	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if a claimant's absence when visited by a housing benefit verification officer is considered a negative identification check if the visit is unannounced; and if he will make a statement.
	(130066)
135	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 843W, on housing benefit, what plans he has to monitor the impact of the introduction of the housing benefit verification framework on delays in paying housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	(130069)
136	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the difficulties that claimants may have accessing housing benefit offices during their opening hours in order to comply with the requirements of the housing benefit verification framework; and if he will make a statement.
	(130065)
137	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 10th March, Official Report, column 843W, on housing benefit, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of the housing benefit verification framework on delays in paying housing benefit; and if he will make a statement.
	(130068)
138	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, for what reasons it is necessary for pensioners to comply with the requirements of the housing benefit verification framework.
	(130067)
139	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what was the percentage increase in (a) widows' benefit and (b) housing benefit for the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will use a common index for uprating both.
	(130064)
140	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people were in receipt of both widow's benefit and housing benefit in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(130063)
141   N	Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the practice of the Director of the Disability and Carers Benefits Directorate in replying to letters from honourable Members writing on behalf of constituents; and if he personally signs such replies.
	(130008)
142	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce legislation to make credit reference agencies accountable to Parliament.
	(130057)
143	Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the report from the European Commission's business environment simplification task force of July 1998.
	(130056)
144   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Universal Bank will be required to provide banking services to any applicant irrespective of financial status.
	(128752)
145   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to ensure that each sub-post office will be entitled to offer the full range of post office and contracted Government services subject to the commercial decisions of the sub-postmaster involved.
	(128753)
146   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Post Office was informed of the contents of (a) the Performance and Innovation Unit Report on Modernising the Post Office network and (b) the proposals contained in his oral statement of 28th June, Official Report, column 907, on the Post Office network.
	(129985)
147   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the services of the proposed universal bank in sub-post offices will differ from those provided by the Alliance and Leicester Girobank.
	(129988)
148   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post office closures in each year since 1990 were unavoidable as defined in his oral statement of 28th June, Official Report, column 907, on the Post Office network.
	(129984)
149   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the decision by the Post Office to write off the cost of the Horizon Project was taken in the knowledge of the Government's plans for a universal bank in sub-post offices.
	(129986)
150   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the estimated cost of setting up a universal bank in sub-post offices.
	(129989)
151   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he proposes to publish a business plan for the universal bank in sub-post offices.
	(129987)
152   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received regarding Royal Mail's decision to cease the use of private motor vehicles for delivery; and what assessment he has made of its impact upon service in rural areas.
	(129983)
153   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the trend in the level of foreign direct investment into the UK since January 1999.
	(129445)
154   N	Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when his Department was made aware of the leaking of the document from the head of the Invest in Britain Bureau relating to the Government's euro policy; and if he will take steps to establish how this document was made public.
	(129443)
155   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the pension fund contributions paid by the Treasury for NHS contracted dentists where the agreed increase in payments is phased.
	[Transferred] (129981)

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