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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 6 November 2000
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 6 November, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, what the cost is of each item of portable office furniture (a) in offices in Portcullis House and (b) in other offices in the Parliamentary Estate. |
| (136816) | |
| 2 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what further representations he has received on restricting the activities of pair-trawlers fishing for bass in European waters. |
| (136800) | |
| 3 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the effect of the recent five tonne limit on bass fishing by pair-trawlers. |
| (136955) | |
| 4 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent evidence he has received and evaluated regarding bass stocks off the coast of the United Kingdom. |
| (136956) | |
| 5 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he proposes to take to aid the business community affected by the recent floods in Lewes. |
| (136567) | |
| 6 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the inspection regime for salmon farms. |
| (136563) | |
| 7 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the report he has commissioned from the Environment Agency into the recent floods in Lewes will consider the workings of the entire river system including the Uck and the Ouse; if he will undertake to fund the recommendations in that report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136568) | |
| 8 N | Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what progress has been made by the Government since 31st July in reaching a final agreement with the European Commission on the two metre rules for field margins; when he expects this issue to be resolved; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136220) | |
| 9 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government initiatives in supporting integrated farm management. |
| (136792) | |
| 10 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent representations he has received about the effect of import tariffs on ammonium nitrate upon the price of fertilisers for agriculture; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136963) | |
| 11 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Government last made a claim for agrimonetary compensation from the European Commission; and what was the outcome. |
| (136962) | |
| 12 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what cereals area payments (a) are and (b) were payable in 1999 to British farmers. |
| (136964) | |
| 13 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the average (a) market price and (b) cost of production, per ton of wheat in the last 12 months. |
| (136965) | |
| 14 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the results of the road traffic accident survey of badger carcases recommended by the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137097) | |
| 15 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many headage payments were paid for sheep in England in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998 and (e) 1999; how many sheep were subsequently marketed in each of these years; and what factors underlay the totals in each category. |
| (136440) | |
| 16 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what changes there were in the average value of arable farmland in England from 1990 to 2000. |
| (136591) | |
| 17 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the (a) gross incomes and (b) net incomes of farmers were in each year from 1990 to 1995; and what average total subsidy was paid in each of those years. |
| (136571) | |
| 18 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many bankruptcies of farmers there were in each year from 1990 to 1999; and what percentage this represented of the total number of farmers in England. |
| (136592) | |
| 19 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the resistance conferring antibiotic Bagtril used in treating growing turkeys and chickens. |
| (137179) | |
| 20 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 17th May, Official Report, column 176W, on relocating civil servants, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when these contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value is of each contract. |
| (137095) | |
| 21 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent rise in fertiliser prices on upland farms. |
| (136838) | |
| 22 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much funding he has provided for research into GM technology in each of the past five years. |
| (136841) | |
| 23 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the average farmer's income (a) in Wales and (b) broken down by the smallest regional level for which figures are available, in each of the last five years. |
| (136839) | |
| 24 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much he spent in each of the past five years on (a) organic food production and (b) research into organic food production. |
| (136840) | |
| 25 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the grid reference is of the village of Rowton in Shropshire, referred to in his Department's letter of 18th September to Reverend Paul Cawthorne; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136835) | |
| 26 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what representations he has made to the EU on the level of agrimonetary compensation in relation to the performance of the Euro; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137057) | |
| 27 | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the noise nuisance level to local residents of the surface of the A5 at Wibtoft on the Warwickshire/Leicestershire border. |
| (136945) | |
| 28 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for what reason the trials of the forage maize, Chardon LL, genetically-modified to be resistant to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium, did not involve the use of that herbicide. |
| (136489) | |
| 29 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will provide updated information on the project to feed GM maize and corn to chickens, including the date on which the project commenced, the date it will finish, the date when its results will be available and who is undertaking it. |
| (136485) | |
| 30 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which members of the Inter-Departmental Group on New Feed Developments were consulted in connection with the approval of genetically modified T25 maize in 1996-97, and when; and if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence between his officials and members of the Group in connection with that approval. |
| (136488) | |
| 31 N | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list each application for national seed listing of genetically-modified varieties, indicating (a) the application number, (b) the company name, (c) the approximate date for decision, (d) the release consent number, (e) the date consent was granted and (f) if different from the national list applicants, the applicants' names. |
| (136486) | |
| 32 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many replacement passports have been issued by the British Cattle Movement Service; and what income has been received from charges for these replacements, since the establishment of the service. |
| (136843) | |
| 33 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what recent representations he has received on the prices of (a) fertilisers and (b) veterinary products in (i) the UK and (ii) other EU member states; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136845) | |
| 34 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the unit cost is of each passport issued by the British Cattle Movement Service. |
| (136844) | |
| 35 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many rural communities have been provided with Government funds for CCTV since 1997; and how many of such communities have populations of (a) less than 5,000 and (b) less than 2,000. |
| (136757) | |
| 36 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 17th April, Official Report, column 331W, if he will indicate for each component item of the £203.5 million total (a) if it has been accounted for as DEL or AME expenditure and (b) what proportion has been paid out to farmers and other intended recipients to date. |
| (136715) | |
| 37 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the first GM crop was planted in the United Kingdom under (a) a part B consent and (b) a part C consent. |
| (136683) | |
| 38 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many successful claimants there were in 1999 for each of the (a) agri-environment and (b) other schemes that make up the ERDP. |
| (136759) | |
| 39 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on the conduct of crop trials in the UK allows the harvesting and storage of GM seed from trial sites before the completion of the crop trials. |
| (136733) | |
| 40 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will define the commercial activities that are prescribed by the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on GM crop trials. |
| (136738) | |
| 41 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which Minister is responsible for the issuing of Part C consents for GM crop trials. |
| (136685) | |
| 42 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proportion of the payments from the Capital Modernisation Fund have been made to (a) his Department, (b) statutory bodies overseen by his Department, (c) the Countryside Agency, (d) English Nature, (e) the Environment Agency and (f) rural local authorities. |
| (136499) | |
| 43 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will summarise changes since 1995 in the rate of individual payments made under each agri-environment scheme included in the ERDP. |
| (136628) | |
| 44 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the current state of cereal farming in England. |
| (136740) | |
| 45 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the percentage change in average farm incomes since 1997 for (a) UK and English agriculture as a whole and (b) each agricultural sector in the UK and England. |
| (136490) | |
| 46 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what changes the majority of farmers will experience in their incomes as a direct result of the mechanisms of the ERDP. |
| (136732) | |
| 47 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the legality of importing into Britain ruminant animal feed products that contain meat and bonemeal. |
| (136731) | |
| 48 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on the conduct of crop trials in the UK covers trials licensed under a Part C consent. |
| (136734) | |
| 49 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will provide estimates of the proportion of the total funding for the ERDP that will be (a) paid directly to farmers on an income foregone basis, (b) paid directly to farmers on the condition that it will be used to purchase specified goods and services and (c) paid directly to farmers without pre-requirement to forego income or conditions on its use. |
| (136728) | |
| 50 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on gene stacking in herbicide resistant GM crops; and what investigations the Government has made on the potential impact of this phenomenon on British agriculture. |
| (136739) | |
| 51 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 100W, on what date the publishers were asked to insert an addendum slip into the report. |
| (136737) | |
| 52 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the total funding for the ERDP in each of its seven years broken down by (a) source of funding and (b) component scheme. |
| (136724) | |
| 53 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if fertile seed is being harvested and stored from GM trial sites in the United Kingdom. |
| (136730) | |
| 54 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many farmers have left agriculture in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years broken down by month and year. |
| (136717) | |
| 55 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Cabinet Committee for Rural Affairs was formed; how many times it has met to date; and on what dates. |
| (136682) | |
| 56 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which agri-environment schemes will be included in the ERDP. |
| (136493) | |
| 57 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 100W, on what date the website text was corrected. |
| (136736) | |
| 58 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish a full list of all GM crop trials currently licensed in this country, broken down by crop trial programme. |
| (136723) | |
| 59 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what projections his Department has made for the number of successful claimants per year for each component scheme of the ERDP. |
| (136498) | |
| 60 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the funds announced in this year's Spending Review for the maintenance of the post office network require approval by the European Union. |
| (136799) | |
| 61 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 100W, on what date he was informed that the report contained the error. |
| (136741) | |
| 62 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the use of green box payments to farmers for the maintenance of animal welfare standards; and if he has plans to include such payments within the ERDP. |
| (136722) | |
| 63 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which farm subsidy schemes will be modulated as part of the ERDP. |
| (136494) | |
| 64 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures of farm income the Government recognises; and how these differ from one another. |
| (136492) | |
| 65 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the total acreage of GM crops planted in the UK under (a) Part B consents and (b) Part C consents. |
| (136491) | |
| 66 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 100W, on what date the addendum slips were printed. |
| (136742) | |
| 67 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many successful claims were made in 1999 for each of the farm subsidy schemes that will be modulated as part of the ERDP. |
| (136760) | |
| 68 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 100W, if a copy of the report with the appropriate addendum slips has been placed in the Library. |
| (136735) | |
| 69 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the GM Communications Unit was formed. |
| (136684) | |
| 70 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentages of the total anti-drugs Government spending was spent on (a) education and (b) rehabilitation in each of the years 1990 to 1999; and what her projection is for this year. |
| (136572) | |
| 71 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when she will report progress on the Government's 10 year anti-drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement. |
| (137184) | |
| 72 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the policy initiatives and options that have been tested on the Focus 5000 group. |
| (136926) | |
| 73 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how she ensures that the Focus 5000 group is representative of the UK population. |
| (136929) | |
| 74 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have left the Focus 5000 group since its inception; and how joiners are recruited. |
| (136924) | |
| 75 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the advantages and disadvantages of establishing chat rooms on Departmental websites. |
| (136925) | |
| 76 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was in the last 12 months for which figures are available of servicing the Focus 5000 group. |
| (136928) | |
| 77 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to alter the arrangements for appointing (a) the chairman and (b) the trustees of national museums; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136851) | |
| 78 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to operators of (a) small hotels, (b) guesthouses and (c) bed and breakfast businesses of the cost of complying with Phase III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136853) | |
| 79 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with chairmen, trustees and directors of national museums regarding an extension of Prime Ministerial patronage in the field of senior museum appointments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136852) | |
| 80 | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 1st November, Official Report, column 476W, what estimates he has made of the cost to public funds of establishing the new service provisionally entitled Culture Online. |
| (137221) | |
| 81 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the compliance with public service broadcasting requirements of coverage on television of the 11th Paralympiad. |
| (136434) | |
| 82 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the operation of the star system for hotel accommodation; and what plans he has to make proposals for its improvement. |
| (136947) | |
| 83 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received about the proposed closure of Westminster Theatre and the Mermaid Theatre; what assessment he has made of planning arrangements governing the future listing of such buildings; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137008) | |
| 84 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made since his meeting in May with the honourable Members for Knowsley South and Linlithgow on the protection of sites of marine archaeological interest. |
| (135329) | |
| 85 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the research recently published by the National Museum Directors' Conference on works in British galleries and museums which may have been looted by the Nazis; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136941) | |
| 86 | Mr Ronnie Fearn (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the arrangements for distributing funds to the regional tourist councils in the UK. |
| (136770) | |
| 87 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what strategic measures he is taking to allow for environmental changes induced by climate change. |
| (137182) | |
| 88 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137189) | |
| 89 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many newsagents have made representation to his Department expressing concern about recent actions of the National Lottery Commission. |
| (135335) | |
| 90 N | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what kind of facilities will be built in schools under the New Opportunities Fund's schools initiative; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136297) | |
| 91 | Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of the fitness industry, consisting of private health and fitness clubs, public sports and leisure facilities, to the economy. |
| (137044) | |
| 92 | Mr Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to work with (a) private health and fitness clubs and (b) public sports and leisure facilities to provide health benefits to all the population. |
| (137045) | |
| 93 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the new Wembley Stadium project. |
| (136837) | |
| 94 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new (a) public playing fields and (b) school playing fields have been funded by the National Lottery. |
| (136769) | |
| 95 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in the development of a national register of playing fields. |
| (136755) | |
| 96 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 160W, regarding his Department's headquarters in Whitehall, which companies or consortia other than Modus Services plc were (a) invited to apply for the public private partnership contract and (b) applied for the public private partnership contract; what independent assessment was made of his Department's office requirements prior to the contract being signed; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and Modus Services plc. |
| (136673) | |
| 97 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of (a) the armed forces and (b) Royal Ulster Constabulary officers and other ranks were on duty in Ballynure, Co. Antrim, on the evening of 11th July and early hours of 12th July; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136972) | |
| 98 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the final bid prices were for tenders for the ALSL design and build contracts received from (a) Appledore/BMT, (b) Swan Hunter and (c) BAe Systems, Govan. |
| (136819) | |
| 99 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the bids received for construction of the four vessels under the ALSL performance; indicating how successful and unsuccessful bidders (a) met and (b) failed to meet his Department's selection criteria. |
| (136744) | |
| 100 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reasons underlay the increase in the budget for ALSL vessels from two to four ships. |
| (136818) | |
| 101 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Framework Agreement Concerning Measures to Facilitate the Restructuring and Operation of the European Defence Industry, signed at Farnborough in July, will be published and laid before Parliament. |
| (137007) | |
| 102 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd May, Official Report, column 13W, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when those contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137172) | |
| 103 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British companies were asked to tender for the vehicle for the Theatre Wide Area Communications System; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136784) | |
| 104 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected cost is for of the (a) Theatre Wide Area Communications System and (b) the vehicle to be used for the system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136788) | |
| 105 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Brucher-Guyer Duro vehicle is used by (a) British and (b) NATO forces; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136786) | |
| 106 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Brucher-Guyer Duro vehicle for use with the Theatre Wide Area Communications System; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136782) | |
| 107 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specification of vehicle was prepared for the Theatre Wide Area Communications System; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136785) | |
| 108 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tests the Brucher-Guyer Duro vehicle has undergone for use in the British Army; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136787) | |
| 109 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when contracts will be placed for the Theatre Wide Area Communications System; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136783) | |
| 110 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th October, Official Report, column 276W, what percentage of Army commitment and what interval between deployments his Department assesses to be optimal in order for overstretch to be alleviated; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136743) | |
| 111 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the official language of the European Forces as defined in EU Council document SN 300/99 will be. |
| (136298) | |
| 112 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if (a) the NATO flag or (b) the EU flag will be the official flag of the European Forces as defined in EU Council document SN 300/99. |
| (136299) | |
| 113 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Armed Forces Overarching Personnel Strategy. |
| (137068) | |
| 114 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often nuclear submarines are inspected for safety. |
| (137215) | |
| 115 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds he decided that Lee Clegg could be paid retrospectively for loss of salary while in prison; and by what contractual arrangement he was required to make such a payment. |
| (134885) | |
| 116 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs were of his attempts to prevent the Sunday People publishing articles concerning the activities of the Force Research Unit and allegations of collusion and loyalist paramilitaries. |
| (134886) | |
| 117 | Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the budget for training all ranks of Royal Navy personnel in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01 and (e) 2001-02. |
| (136939) | |
| 118 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he will take to ensure compliance with the United Nations Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child. |
| (136954) | |
| 119 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the cracks in the cooling system of HMS Tireless will have on the immediate environment; and if the cracks resulted from a design flaw in the nuclear submarines. |
| (137212) | |
| 120 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the progress of the first year of special regional projects on special educational needs; and what plans he has to draw their annual reports to public attention. |
| (136306) | |
| 121 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what response he has made to the RADAR report on awareness of the Access to Work Scheme among small employers; and what plans he has to increase (a) their awareness and take-up of the Scheme and (b) the resources available for it. |
| (136301) | |
| 122 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to introduce (a) an element of compulsion and (b) the potential for withdrawal of current benefits for non-participants, in the New Deal for Disabled People. |
| (136302) | |
| 123 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average cost is of an adjustment made by an employer to support a disabled employee under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and what the average cost is of an employee's adjustment within the Access to Work Scheme. |
| (136300) | |
| 124 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the cost and coverage of vocational residential training for disabled people and its effectiveness in meeting demand for such training. |
| (136303) | |
| 125 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the operation to date of the Adult and Community Learning Fund, with particular reference to (a) total expenditure, (b) the criteria for scheme selection and (c) the monitoring and accountability of schemes funded from the ACLF. |
| (136307) | |
| 126 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people's benefits have been withdrawn as a result of their refusal to accept any of the options on (a) the New Deal for the Young Unemployed, (b) the New Deal for over 25s' and (c) the New Deal for Older Workers. |
| (136317) | |
| 127 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will estimate spending per pupil in secondary schools in the London Borough of Sutton for each year from 1985-86 to 1999-2000, expressed in 1997-98 prices; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134884) | |
| 128 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many bids have been received from schools in the London Borough of Sutton since 1st May 1997 for centrally allocated spending, broken down by (a) capital funding, (b) Standards Fund funding and (c) other funding; how many of such bids have been (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134887) | |
| 129 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have had their benefits stopped for failing properly to take up a New Deal option at each benefit office within the Sutton and Cheam constituency and at the Sutton office; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134893) | |
| 130 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what progress has been made with the Government's commitment to provide every school pupil with an e-mail address; and how he intends to ensure that children will not be (a) individually identifiable and (b) open to approaches by paedophiles when such addresses are allocated. |
| (136213) | |
| 131 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what reports have been received by his Department of indecent approaches towards children at school through (a) Internet chat rooms and (b) e-mail. |
| (136211) | |
| 132 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools which are connected to the Internet allow access to unmoderated Internet chat rooms. |
| (136210) | |
| 133 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England and Wales are connected to the Internet. |
| (136214) | |
| 134 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department has taken to promote the safety of children who use the Internet at school. |
| (136212) | |
| 135 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people in Dorset have benefited from Action Teams for Jobs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136958) | |
| 136 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have been helped into work as a result of the Action Team for Jobs. |
| (136959) | |
| 137 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what special training is given to staff working in pupil referral units. |
| (137078) | |
| 138 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what criteria are used to evaluate the effectiveness of pupil referral units. |
| (137079) | |
| 139 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he has given pupil referral units about reintegrating pupils into mainstream education. |
| (137080) | |
| 140 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young people (a) are receiving and (b) have received an education in a pupil referral unit in each of the last three years. |
| (137081) | |
| 141 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many pupil referral units there are in (a) England, (b) Nottingham and (c) Nottinghamshire. |
| (137082) | |
| 142 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidelines he has issued on pupil/teacher ratios in pupil referral units. |
| (137083) | |
| 143 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what discussions he has had with disaffected young people about the framework and curriculum of pupil referral units. |
| (137084) | |
| 144 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the availability of funding from his Department for Schools for Parents for parents of children with severe disabilities aged 1 to 5 years. |
| (136820) | |
| 145 | Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the Special Educational Needs and Disability in Education Bill will be introduced in Parliament. |
| (137099) | |
| 146 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many clients of the New Deal in Hendon in each New Deal category have (a) found a job, (b) found a subsidised job, (c) found training and (d) found work on an environmental task force. |
| (136951) | |
| 147 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young unemployed in Hendon have refused to co-operate with the New Deal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137029) | |
| 148 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many young unemployed in Hendon have suffered a reduction in benefit for non-compliance with the New Deal. |
| (136953) | |
| 149 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what guidance he gives to local education authorities on providing written contracts; and what redress an employed teacher has against a local education authority that fails to provide a contract of employment. |
| (137101) | |
| 150 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what redress is available to parents when a local edcuation authority fails to identify a named person on statements for pupils with special educational needs. |
| (137102) | |
| 151 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what statutory provisions govern the provision of written contracts by local education authorities on the (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment of teachers. |
| (137100) | |
| 152 N | Mr Christopher Gill (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to amalgamate national training organisations. |
| (136822) | |
| 153 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his Answer of 16th May, Official Report, column 100W, on the relocation of civil servants, when the contract with Cendent Relocation (UK) Ltd was last renewed; where the contract was advertised; and what the length and value of the contract is. |
| (137170) | |
| 154 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when the investigation by the Special Investigative Unit into Global Business Dimensions Ltd will be completed; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library. |
| (136069) | |
| 155 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has made to the Spanish Government concerning the issuing of permits to stay in cases where young British citizens wish to take temporary employment. |
| (136761) | |
| 156 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide a breakdown by region of the number of state schools which sought approval from his Department for the sale of playing fields between 1990-2000. |
| (136752) | |
| 157 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many planning applications were (a) received and (b) rejected by Sport England in each of the last 12 months. |
| (136753) | |
| 158 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by (a) authority and (b) as a total, the results of the asset management plan condition data surveys, breaking the data down according to each of the four levels of priority, as required by the Department. |
| (136751) | |
| 159 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what are the latest available figures for the provision of child care places in rural areas in England; and what the figures were for each year since 1995. |
| (136678) | |
| 160 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what assumptions are made, in respect of central government funding allocations to local authorities, for annual funding required for (a) each child in primary school, (b) each child in secondary school, (c) each child in care, (d) each elderly person requiring home help and (e) each elderly person requiring residential care, indicating in each case the figure for an English shire council and the figures for each other type of council. |
| (136496) | |
| 161 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make available funds towards the repair of listed buildings and other buildings in the conservation area of Lewes affected by the recent flooding. |
| (136569) | |
| 162 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for how long the Health and Safety Executive has required its buffet carriage to be left on the railway at Hatfield. |
| [R] (137204) | |
| 163 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when contracts for the Public Private Partnership for London Underground will be signed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137038) | |
| 164 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the cost to date of (a) legal and (b) financial consultancy fees incurred in relation to the public private partnership for London Underground. |
| (137037) | |
| 165 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned into emissions from crematoria; and what plans he has to conduct further research. |
| (137039) | |
| 166 | Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if there is an exemption order for the fleet of new Class 170/3 trains to be introduced into service by South West Trains Ltd in respect of the provisions of the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137186) | |
| 167 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to amend the regulations relating to areas of special control of advertisements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135333) | |
| 168 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October, Official Report, column 387W, on the A419/A417 at Nettleton Bottom, (a) how many (i) fatalities and (ii) serious accidents there were in the last three years on the road and (b) what is the estimated cost of the Highway Agency's safety improvement scheme for the road. |
| (137209) | |
| 169 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Independent Review of the Public Private Partnership carried out on behalf of the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority by Mr Will Hutton; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137009) | |
| 170 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent representations he has received concerning the introduction of legislation to improve access to transport for disabled people; what has been his response; what proposals he has to improve access for disabled people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137005) | |
| 171 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what recent decisions he has made about (a) the private sector operating in the London Underground and (b) running the deep-level underground; what consultations he has held on these matters with the London Mayor and the Greater London Authority; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136974) | |
| 172 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the index of deprivation by ward as it relates to (a) the West Midlands area and (b) Coventry South; and what plans there are to address the inequalities highlighted. |
| (136578) | |
| 173 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers he has (a) to deal with the problem of smell from animal render plants and (b) to ensure that regulations are enforced by local authorities. |
| (136438) | |
| 174 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the Government Office for London will make a decision on the planning application for Damascus House, Mill Hill. |
| (136940) | |
| 175 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress is being made in his review of policy on children's seat belts' installation and testing. |
| (137085) | |
| 176 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many responses to the consulation on mobile phone masts planning rules have been received (a) in total, (b) from members of the public, (c) from local authorities and other public bodies, (d) from mobile phone companies and associated businesses and (e) from honourable Members; of (a), how many were (i) broadly supportive of the Government's proposals and (ii) opposed; when he plans to announce changes to the rules; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136942) | |
| 177 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions are taking place between his Department and Liverpool City Council concerning (a) the future running and ownership and (b) the lease of the Philharmonic Hall. |
| (136946) | |
| 178 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what strategic measures he is taking to allow for environmental changes induced by climate change. |
| (137180) | |
| 179 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects to be able to announce alternative arrangements to Operation Stack. |
| (136439) | |
| 180 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137194) | |
| 181 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has evaluated as to the age groups most prone to drinking and driving; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136505) | |
| 182 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has for an advertising campaign in the run-up to Christmas to discourage drinking and driving; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136512) | |
| 183 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received about previous advertising campaigns which sought to highlight the dangers of drinking and driving. |
| (136506) | |
| 184 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in the last 10 years have been attributed to drinking and driving. |
| (136503) | |
| 185 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what budget he has set aside for an advertising campaign to discourage drinking and driving during the Christmas period. |
| (136510) | |
| 186 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what budget he has set aside for the on going advertising campaign against drinking and driving. |
| (136509) | |
| 187 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries between 1st December and 5th January have been attributed to drinking and driving in each of the last 10 years. |
| (136502) | |
| 188 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has commissioned on the best ways to discourage drinking and driving. |
| (136511) | |
| 189 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has commissioned on the impact of insurance costs for drivers aged 17 to 25 on the rate of drinking and driving. |
| (136504) | |
| 190 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what average proportion of their income working tenants of (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private landlords paid in rent in the last 12 months. |
| (136813) | |
| 191 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what rates of interest Burnley Borough Council and Coventry City Council were paying on debts redeemed under the arrangements for stock transfer; and what interest rates are expected to be paid on the new investment being raised by the successor bodies. |
| (136817) | |
| 192 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what reports he has received on the quality of service on the Circle Line in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137046) | |
| 193 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the performance of local partnerships in coping with emergency planning during the floods in Shrewsbury. |
| (136950) | |
| 194 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposed waste incinerator in North Shrewsbury. |
| (136833) | |
| 195 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent heavy rainfall and flooding on the replenishment of depleted aquifers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136944) | |
| 196 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his reply of 1st November, Official Report, column 458W, in respect of the number of crushed cars in 2000, if he will breakdown the number by (a) registration year and (b) model. |
| (136934) | |
| 197 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what importance is given to the proximity of organic farms when deciding upon the location of farm-scale evaluations of GM crops; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137069) | |
| 198 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received from Leicestershire local authorities about farm-scale evaluations of GM crops; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137070) | |
| 199 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what changes he plans to make to the SSA methodology following the transfer of funding for 2001-02 for adult education, nursery education grant and care leavers grant. |
| (137067) | |
| 200 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress on the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme, with particular reference to the rate of installation of (a) loft insulation, (b) cavity wall insulation, (c) draughtproofing, (d) efficient central heating, (d) door and window locks, (e) spy holes and (f) smoke alarms; and what steps he is taking to ensure hot water and central heating work are given priority before the onset of winter. |
| (136027) | |
| 201 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what action his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to address the environmental impact of using oil as an energy source. |
| (137220) | |
| 202 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations his Department made to the Department of Trade and Industry regarding the recent decision to hold a new round of oil licensing. |
| (137173) | |
| 203 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what investigations are being undertaken into the safety of the railway track in Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137175) | |
| 204 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much he has spent on the development of low carbon technology in each year since 1995. |
| (137214) | |
| 205 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will issue guidance to the Environment Agency concerning prosecutions by Agency staff of breaches of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 by unauthorised campers. |
| (136846) | |
| 206 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Sports Council is a statutory consultee on planning proposals affecting playing fields. |
| (136754) | |
| 207 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many planning applications have been referred to his Department by Sport England since the Town and Country Planning and Playing Fields England Directive 1998. |
| (136756) | |
| 208 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October, Official Report, columns 405-406W, on New Earnings Survey data, if he will publish data for hourly wages for the smallest area covering South Gloucestershire Local Authority which does not breach his confidentiality agreement. |
| (136305) | |
| 209 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) rent arrears and (b) homelessness of the Department of Social Security's proposal to restrict the backdating of housing benefit to three months from April 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137056) | |
| 210 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October, Official Report, columns 405-406W, on local authority level wage information, for what reason the provision of data for the City of London Authority does not breach confidentiality rules. |
| (136501) | |
| 211 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's definition of a rural area. |
| (136727) | |
| 212 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the Government has any plans to change the law on parish referenda. |
| (136726) | |
| 213 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many new parish councils have been formed in each of the last 10 years. |
| (136718) | |
| 214 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the formulae used to allocate central government funds to local authorities have been changed since May 1997. |
| (136725) | |
| 215 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide the latest Government or Government recognised figures for the percentage of parishes in England that have (a) no shops, (b) no post office or sub post office, (c) no GP surgery, (d) no primary school, (e) no secondary school, (f) no village hall or similar community centre, (g) no dispensing chemist, (h) no police station, (i) no pub, (j) no working church, (k) no daily bus service and (l) no bank; and if he will give comparable figures for 1997. |
| (136729) | |
| 216 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people in England live in settlements of between 2,000 and 20,000, and, of this number, how many live in settlements of 10,000 or more. |
| (136719) | |
| 217 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what are the latest available figures for the level of use of public bus services in rural areas; and what the comparable figures were in each year since 1995. |
| (136677) | |
| 218 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what rural statutory duties have been placed on the rural development agencies; and which of these relate explicitly to agriculture. |
| (136680) | |
| 219 N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the economic activity rate for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups (A) 16 to 17, (B) 18 to 24, (C) 25 to 34, (D) 35 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60+ and (G) all aged 16 and over, for each of the years available from 1979 to 2000. |
| (136749) | |
| 220 N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each English region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) employee jobs by industry, for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for each of the years available from 1979 to 2000. |
| (136748) | |
| 221 N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the ILO unemployment rate for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups (A) 16 to 17, (B) 18 to 24, (C) 25 to 34, (D) 35 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60+ and (G) all aged 16 and over, for each of the years from 1979 for which figures are available. |
| (136747) | |
| 222 N | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each local area (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the claimant count, for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups (A) 16 to 17, (B) 18 to 24, (C) 25 to 34, (D) 35 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60+ and (G) all aged 16 and over, for each of the years available from 1979 to 2000. |
| (136750) | |
| 223 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure the deadlines normally applicable for VAT and other tax returns by businesses are relaxed for businesses seriously affected by the recent flooding in Lewes. |
| (136566) | |
| 224 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suicides there have been in (a) Greater London and (b) the Sutton and Cheam constituency in each year since 1980, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134891) | |
| 225 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Greater London and (b) the Sutton and Cheam constituency earn (a) £3.60 per hour, (b) £3.61 to £3.80 per hour, (c) £3.81 to £4 per hour and (d) £4 to £4.50 per hour; and what percentage of total employees this constitutes in each case. |
| (134892) | |
| 226 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the infant mortality rates were in each of the last 10 years for (a) Sutton and Cheam constituency and (b) Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority. |
| (134989) | |
| 227 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were unemployed in the Sutton and Cheam constituency in each year since 1979 according to the International Labour Organisation definition. |
| (134983) | |
| 228 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the contract between his Department and Mapeley Limited was concluded for the strategic transfer to Mapeley Limited of the ownership and management of the combined estate of the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise; and if he will place a copy of the contract in the Library. |
| (136957) | |
| 229 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his latest estimate of (a) how many endowment policies sold on the basis that they would on completion pay off home loans will now not do so and (b) the total shortfall; what steps he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136973) | |
| 230 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many long-term young unemployed there were in Hendon in (a) May 1997 and (b) now. |
| (136952) | |
| 231 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the Exchequer would be of disregarding the working mother's allowance in respect of the working families' tax credit. |
| (136831) | |
| 232 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the contribution made to GDP by voluntary workers in the last financial year for which figures are available. |
| (136068) | |
| 233 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the contribution to GDP which would result from employment rates in each of the age groups (a) 45-50, (b) 50-55, (c) 55-60, (d) 60-65, (e) 65-70 and (f) over 70 years being the same as the employment rates in the age group 40-45 years. |
| (136076) | |
| 234 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidelines are issued by the Inland Revenue regarding the tax treatment of married couples where a business partnership exists between husband and wife; if, in these circumstances, an investigation into the tax affairs of either husband or wife automatically triggers an investigation into the financial circumstances of the spouse; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135158) | |
| 235 | Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional funding is being made available for (a) that section of MAFF responsible for forestry in England, (b) the Scottish Executive and (c) the National Assembly for Wales in respect of (i) the decision not to proceed with the sale of cutting rights in Foresty Commission forests and (ii) the consequences of falling world timber prices on Forest Enterprise; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales are given access to support from the UK Treasury on a basis equivalent to what is proposed for the English part of the Foresty Commission, and that the extent of forestry in each country is taken into account. |
| (137093) | |
| 236 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137191) | |
| 237 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current level of petrol duty on productivity and competitiveness in the UK economy. |
| (136918) | |
| 238 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the volume of road fuel imported illegally into Great Britain from the Republic of Ireland in the last 12 months; and what volume was so imported via the ports of Cairnryan and Stranraer. |
| (137090) | |
| 239 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional resources Customs and Excise in Northern Ireland have received to deal with increases in the illegal importation of road fuel from the Republic of Ireland. |
| (137089) | |
| 240 | Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much road fuel has been seized by Customs and Excise in Northern Ireland because it was being illegally imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. |
| (137088) | |
| 241 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on (a) the level of VAT receipts received in the current financial year to date from petrol and diesel sales and (b) the level of sales projected by his Department for that period. |
| (136316) | |
| 242 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Ceredigion for reply on 30th October regarding the date upon which the printing of the Census forms for Wales commenced. |
| (137210) | |
| 243 N | Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total amount of purchases of the euro has been made by the Treasury and Bank of England since 1st January 1999. |
| [Notice originally given for Thursday 9th November] (135972) | |
| 244 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures have been recommended in the EU's draft report on taxation reform; and what response Her Majesty's Government has made to them. |
| (136780) | |
| 245 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is the Government's practice to require the production of both an invoice and a receipt for accounting of expenditure in Government departments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136558) | |
| 246 N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total additional funding has been allocated for use by public and voluntary sector organisations in the Walsall Borough since May 1997; and if he will list the Government departments from whose budgets such funding was paid. |
| (136847) | |
| 247 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of English parishes do not contain settlement of 2,000 or more. |
| (136497) | |
| 248 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the companies and vessels that hold the fisheries concessions in the area of Tristan da Cuhna. |
| (136808) | |
| 249 | Mr Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has for placing sanctions on Japanese vessels in connection with scientific whaling. |
| (136803) | |
| 250 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to publish the Green Paper on Mercenary Activity; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135504) | |
| 251 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made about the use of children in recent violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. |
| (137208) | |
| 252 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority about the use of children during the clashes between Israelis and Palestinians. |
| (137103) | |
| 253 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact offering duty free access to least developed countries will have on the EU rice and sugar markets' tariff structures. |
| (136827) | |
| 254 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact the EC's Everything but Arms initiative will have on the Cotonou Partnership Agreement. |
| (136830) | |
| 255 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of compatability of the provisions of applicable law for Kosovo with human rights standards. |
| (135426) | |
| 256 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 30th October, Official Report, column 234W, for what reason a period of 15 days elapsed before Ministers were informed of the arrests of British nationals. |
| (136674) | |
| 257 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact the effect of the EC's Everything but Arms initiative will have on negotiations between the EC and WTO members for a new banana regime. |
| (136829) | |
| 258 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many United Nations personnel have been (a) earmarked for and (b) recruited for the United Nations civilian administration in Kosovo; and how many United Nations personnel earmarked for the United Nations civilian administration in Kosovo have already been deployed. |
| (135418) | |
| 259 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is regarding the Kosovo currency. |
| (135420) | |
| 260 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in setting up interim self-government institutions in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135422) | |
| 261 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions his Department has taken following the OSCE report 'Kosovo: A Review of the Criminal Justice System'. |
| (135424) | |
| 262 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact extension of unlimited duty and quota free access to the EU market for large least developed country sugar producers will have on the EU agricultural budget and excess EU production and intervention costs. |
| (136828) | |
| 263 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) European and (b) United States counterparts regarding developments in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| (135428) | |
| 264 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on his Everything but Arms initiative from Caribbean governments. |
| (136825) | |
| 265 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has given to his Department on a request by Serbian judges for urgent international assistance with the reform of the judicial system in Serbia. |
| (135425) | |
| 266 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment of the impact on ACP producers of rice, sugar, rum and bananas of the European Commission's Everything but Arms initiative which seeks to extend duty and quota free access to the EU market to 48 least developed countries. |
| (136824) | |
| 267 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consistency of approaches to the applicable law of Kosovo's courts and authorities. |
| (135427) | |
| 268 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what length of time has been given to the Overseas Territories to respond to the KPMG reports. |
| (136676) | |
| 269 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what impact the European Commission's proposals to provide duty and quota free access to the EU market to 48 least developed countries will have on EC proposals for the reform of the EU sugar and rice regimes. |
| (136826) | |
| 270 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the deadline is for setting up an international police task force in Kosovo; and how many of the planned international police officers are deployed in Kosovo. |
| (135419) | |
| 271 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the future of Serb military and police deployment in Kosovo. |
| (135421) | |
| 272 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to visit (a) Serbia, (b) Montenegro and (c) Kosovo. |
| (135423) | |
| 273 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the full text of the agreements made between the UK Government and Sierra Leone since 1st April 1997 concerning (a) the training of the Sierra Leone armed services, (b) the police and security services training and (c) any other services provided by Her Majesty's Government. |
| (136675) | |
| 274 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to close down the British Council Country Directorate in Sierra Leone. |
| (136823) | |
| 275 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137192) | |
| 276 | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on The Assistance to Support Stability with In-Service Training programme; and what changes to the programme are planned. |
| (137177) | |
| 277 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions have taken place with the Government of Japan concerning its decision to expand the scientific whaling programme to the Southern Ocean Sanctuary; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136938) | |
| 278 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance he is giving to Yugoslavia to help the refugee population in Serbia. |
| (136970) | |
| 279 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when sanctions against Yugoslavia will be lifted. |
| (136968) | |
| 280 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy that all the EU's economic sanctions against Yugoslavia should be lifted. |
| (136967) | |
| 281 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the European Union to provide finance to reconstruct the civilian infrastructure damaged by Nato's bombing of Yugoslavia. |
| (136966) | |
| 282 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy that the outer wall of sanctions against Yugoslavia should be lifted. |
| (136969) | |
| 283 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the US Administration on the further development of (a) European Security and Defence Identity and (b) European Security and Defence Policy. |
| (137201) | |
| 284 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if a method for involving non-EU allies into the process for the elaboration of the headline and capability goals has been established; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137200) | |
| 285 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the scope of the (a) European Security and Defence Identity, (b) Common European Security and Defence Policy and (c) European Security and Defence Policy. |
| (137073) | |
| 286 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) role and (b) composition is of the European Military Committee; and what representation it has within (a) NATO and (b) other EU bodies. |
| (137109) | |
| 287 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress made in setting up co-operation and co-ordination mechanisms involving non-EU NATO members in the ESDI/P framework. |
| (137075) | |
| 288 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in setting up a standing Political and Security Committee dealing with aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. |
| (137077) | |
| 289 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on incorporating the post of EU high representative for the common foreign and security policy into the European Commission. |
| (137076) | |
| 290 | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if (a) ESDI and (b) ESDP actions will be subject to a veto by any NATO member state. |
| (137074) | |
| 291 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times, and on what issues, Her Majesty's Government has used its veto in the EU in each of the last 10 years; and how many times vetoes were used in total in each of those years. |
| (136773) | |
| 292 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursant to his Answer of 30th October, Official Report, column 238W, if he will list those areas in which the extension of qualified majority voting proposed for the Nice Treaty is in the national interest in respect of each of the Written Questions tabled for Answer on 30th October by the honourable Member for Wokingham. |
| (136802) | |
| 293 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for proposing legislation to establish an international criminal court. |
| (137107) | |
| 294 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will call for a formal investigation by the appropriate UN authorities into allegations of chemical weapons used by the Government of Sudan against civilians. |
| (137106) | |
| 295 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU and UN counterparts concerning multilateral investment sanctions against Burma. |
| (136764) | |
| 296 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of recent violence in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136765) | |
| 297 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact on public health of the methods used in the farming of salmon. |
| (136562) | |
| 298 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the regulations applying to (a) children's food and (b) baby food; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136565) | |
| 299 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the occasions since December 1998 when officials inspected the Medeva plant in Speke; if inspections produced concerns regarding (a) contamination of production processes and (b) other problems; what were the overall conclusions of inspections; what changes Medeva were required to introduce, particularly regarding their production process, following these inspections; and if he will place in the Library correspondence between his Department and Medeva regarding the inspections. |
| (136561) | |
| 300 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many out-patients were waiting for treatment for more than six months in each of the last 10 years in (a) the Sutton and Cheam constituency and (b) Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority. |
| (134987) | |
| 301 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for in-patient treatment for (a) cancer, (b) heart disease and (c) HIV and hepatitis in each of the last 10 years in the (i) Sutton and Cheam constituency and (ii) Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority. |
| (134984) | |
| 302 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will conclude his consideration of models of assessment of people's care needs; and if he will list the models under consideration. |
| (136209) | |
| 303 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the question tabled by the honourable Member for Twickenham on 16th May concerning occupational therapists (ref. 122908). |
| (136315) | |
| 304 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if individuals will be able to obtain information on (a) abortion, (b) family planning services and (c) access to local NHS services through NHS Direct and the new NHS walk-in centres; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136948) | |
| 305 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on breast cancer screening for the over 65s in (a) Coventry South and (b) nationally. |
| (136693) | |
| 306 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if how many eye tests were carried out on people aged over 65 years since April 1999 (a) in Coventry South and (b) nationally. |
| (136692) | |
| 307 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of healthy living centres in the Government's public health strategy. |
| (136585) | |
| 308 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to raise the standards of care for looked after children. |
| (136687) | |
| 309 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to further develop the number and range of NHS walk-in centres. |
| (136589) | |
| 310 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to expand Sure Start. |
| (136586) | |
| 311 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to narrow the health gap between rich and poor areas. |
| (136696) | |
| 312 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce an early warning system of clinical error. |
| (136694) | |
| 313 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to end local variations in accessing treatment for heart disease in Coventry. |
| (136580) | |
| 314 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lives are estimated to have been saved in each of the last three years in (a) Coventry South and (b) nationally by (i) breast screening programmes, (ii) cervical screening prorammes and (iii) cancer screening programmes. |
| (136582) | |
| 315 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that people with responsibilities as carers are not discriminated against in the labour market. |
| (136577) | |
| 316 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the development of primary care trusts. |
| (136588) | |
| 317 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of beds in the NHS. |
| (136688) | |
| 318 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on steps being taken to protect NHS staff from violence. |
| (136690) | |
| 319 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to reduce health inequalities (a) nationally and (b) in Coventry South. |
| (136695) | |
| 320 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of unplanned teenage pregnancies (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands. |
| (136697) | |
| 321 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to combat hospital acquired infection. |
| (136686) | |
| 322 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to tackle institutional racism in the NHS. |
| (136691) | |
| 323 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on cataract services in the NHS (a) nationally and (b) in Coventry. |
| (136581) | |
| 324 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the implementation of the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease (a) nationally and (b) in the West Midlands. |
| (136579) | |
| 325 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on dental services (a) nationally and (b) in Coventry South. |
| (136590) | |
| 326 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors (a) work and (b) worked in 1996 in the NHS. |
| (136689) | |
| 327 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the access to fresh fruit and vegetables to those living in areas with limited shopping facilities. |
| (136587) | |
| 328 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children are awaiting adoption broken down by age in years. |
| (136854) | |
| 329 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to improve the system of adoption. |
| (136855) | |
| 330 N | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate was of (a) spontaneous, (b) Caesarean and (c) instrumental births as a percentage of all births in (i) 1995-96, (ii) 1996-97, (iii) 1997-98 and (iv) 1999-2000. |
| (136798) | |
| 331 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the Chief Executive of the NHS to provide patients with the option of a disclaimer allowing them to refuse treatment in private units. |
| (137110) | |
| 332 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what external legal advice he has sought on the responsibility for care of NHS patients transferred to the private health sector. |
| (137111) | |
| 333 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were caused by (a) heroin, (b) crack/cocaine and (c) ecstasy in each year from 1990 to 1999; and what his projection is for the number of deaths in each category for 2000. |
| (136573) | |
| 334 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the shortfall in the national availability of influenza vaccination; what steps his Department has taken to ensure that all medical, nursing and ancilliary staff working in NHS hospitals have been offered free influenza vaccination; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136771) | |
| 335 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what strategic measures he is taking to allow for changes in the demand for health services induced by climate change. |
| (137178) | |
| 336 | Sir Archie Hamilton (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of maternity units in England have no (a) paediatric special care units on site and (b) doctors routinely attached to the units; how often patients have had to be transferred as emergency cases from these units before, during and after labour to hospitals with full maternity and paediatric facilities in the last 12 months; and what was the incidence of child mortality (i) in maternity units in (a) and (b) and (ii) in all hospitals in the last 12 months. |
| (136821) | |
| 337 | Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to broaden the shortlist of candidates for the position of Chairman of Rochdale NHS Trust, beyond the proposal of the Regional NHS Executive Chair in July. |
| (137004) | |
| 338 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137187) | |
| 339 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff employed in the Patient Advocacy and Liaison Service will be accountable to line managers outside the trust in which they are working; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136071) | |
| 340 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will set targets for and monitor performance of staff employed in the Patient Advocacy and Liaison Service. |
| (136072) | |
| 341 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Patient Advocacy and Liaison Service will be independent of the NHS trusts in which it operates. |
| (136070) | |
| 342 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations he has received and from whom concerning the legality of the British Medical Association's guidelines for the withholding and withdrawal of treatment. |
| (137041) | |
| 343 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, column 86W, on the Prosorba Column, what reports he has received on the effectiveness of the Prosorba Column as a treatment for arthritis. |
| (137086) | |
| 344 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the Government is taking to ensure high standards of (a) medical care, (b) personal care and (c) hygiene and cleanliness in private hospitals. |
| (136842) | |
| 345 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS provision is planned for the diagnosis of and research into Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome after the closure of MRC Connective Tissue Genetics Group in Cardiff; and where a practitioner who suspects Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in a patient will refer the patient after November. |
| (137202) | |
| 346 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the impact on civilian patients of the closure of the Duchess of Kent military hospital; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137198) | |
| 347 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the non-provision of those suffering from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome from clinical genetic diagnosis, counselling and screening care under the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137203) | |
| 348 N | Mr Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the checking procedures into (a) carers in children's homes and (b) owners of children's homes with particular reference to persons suspected of being under investigation or who have been subject to investigation by (i) the police and (ii) other authorities. |
| (136487) | |
| 349 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many osteopaths practising before 1993 were refused registration under the Osteopaths Act 1993. |
| (136441) | |
| 350 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Naz Project; and what funding his Department has provided for the project from 1997 to 2000. |
| (136763) | |
| 351 N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to answer the questions tabled on 17th July by the honourable Member for Liverpool, West Derby, on the subject of the Alder Hey inquiry to which he gave holding answers; and when he will reply to the letters of 3rd August and 20th September, on the same subject from the honourable Member. |
| (136183) | |
| 352 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) small, (b) medium and (c) large abattoirs have closed since May 1997. |
| (136758) | |
| 353 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mileage allowances community nurses can claim in rural areas; and if these have been increased since 1997. |
| (136500) | |
| 354 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 216W, regarding lord lieutenants, if he will provide a full breakdown of expenses incurred during the financial year 1999-2000 for the lord lieutenant of (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the West Midlands; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that expenses claimed by lord lieutenants are appropriate and provide value for money. |
| (136712) | |
| 355 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for West Worcestershire of 24th July, Official Report, column 452W on the future of the three tower blocks in Marsham Street SW1, if the evaluation of the two private sector consortia involved in the public private partnership project to provide offices for his department and Prison Service staff has been completed; and if he will make a statement on his Department's latest position with regard to the future of the tower blocks. |
| (136714) | |
| 356 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data he has collated for the Ealing division of the Metropolitan Police of the number of ethnic minority officers and civilian staff in each of the past five years and the number of complaints and employment claims of unfair treatment made by ethnic minority staff. |
| (137206) | |
| 357 | Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the provisions of the Race Relations Amendment Bill will alter the responsibilities of chief officers of police to ensure that ethnic officers and civilian staff have fair treatment and equal opportunities for promotion and for allocation to specialist units. |
| (137205) | |
| 358 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought involving (a) child abuse and (b) stalking of children within Internet chat rooms; and how many such prosecutions have been successful. |
| (136215) | |
| 359 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes (a) were reported and (b) led to a conviction in the Sutton and Cheam constituency in each year since 1979. |
| (134986) | |
| 360 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were on long-term sick leave in (a) each English police force and (b) each Metropolitan Police divisional force for the last year for which such statistics are available; what proportion of total establishment officer strength this represents in each case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134988) | |
| 361 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is his estimate of the (a) establishment and (b) actual available officer numbers for each Metropolitan Police divisional force for the last year period for which statistics are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134990) | |
| 362 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted in respect of (a) murder, (b) indictable offences and (c) non-indictable offences in each year since 1979 in the Sutton and Cheam constituency. |
| (134985) | |
| 363 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes (a) were reported and (b) led to convictions in the Sutton and Cheam constituency in each year since 1979. |
| (134888) | |
| 364 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted in respect of (a) murder, (b) indictable offences and (c) non-indictable offences in each year since 1979 in the Sutton and Cheam constituency. |
| (134889) | |
| 365 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of young offenders within each Metropolitan Police divisional force who have committed (a) five offences or more, (b) 10 offences or more, (c) 20 offences or more and (d) 50 offences or more; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134982) | |
| 366 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department was represented on the inter-departmental Internet Crime Forum sub-group on Internet chat services; when he will receive the report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136218) | |
| 367 | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to deregulate the bingo industry. |
| (137030) | |
| 368 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from (a) Concordia and (b) other interested parties concerning the number of student permits allowed for assistance and training associated with seasonal agricultural work; what has been his response; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137006) | |
| 369 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make available records relating to the wartime internment of the Duke of Buccleuch; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136949) | |
| 370 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners have been released in Cumbria under the home detention curfew scheme to date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136436) | |
| 371 N | Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the prisoners released in Cumbria under the home detention curfew scheme have reoffended; and for what offences they have been convicted. |
| (136437) | |
| 372 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations requesting that Her Majesty's Government take action against Sai Baba he has received in the last 12 months. |
| (136849) | |
| 373 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the activities of Sai Baba involving UK citizens in (a) the UK and (b) India. |
| (136848) | |
| 374 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will issue guidance to UK citizens travelling to India about visiting the Sai Baba Ashram. |
| (136850) | |
| 375 N | Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those local authorities which send out organ donation forms with their electoral registration forms. |
| (136834) | |
| 376 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many responses to the consulation on involuntary manslaughter were received from (a) honourable Members, (b) trade unions, (c) employers' organisations and (d) members of the public; in each case, how many (i) broadly supported and (ii) broadly opposed the creation of a new offence of corporate killing; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136937) | |
| 377 | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons registered social landlords do not have the power to apply direct to the courts for anti-social behaviour orders; and if he will assess the benefits of giving such a power to those registered social landlords who have acquired the housing stock of a local authority. |
| (137059) | |
| 378 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have involved (a) heroin, (b) crack/cocaine, (c) ecstasy and (d) cannabis in each year from 1990 to 1999; and what his projection is for the numbers in each category for the year 2000. |
| (136570) | |
| 379 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Kosovans and (b) Albanians were legally admitted to the United Kingdom in each month in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999 and (iv) 2000. |
| (136935) | |
| 380 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Albanians (a) voluntarily returned and (b) were removed from the UK in each month since June 1999. |
| (136804) | |
| 381 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Kosovans and (b) Albanians were (i) given asylum, (ii) given exceptional leave to remain and (iii) given temporary admission to the United Kingdom in each month in (1) 1997, (2) 1998, (3) 1999 and (4) 2000. |
| (136936) | |
| 382 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Kosovans (a) voluntarily returned to Kosovo and (b) were removed from the UK in each month since June 1999. |
| (136790) | |
| 383 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the success of the dispersal policy for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136789) | |
| 384 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to encourage the return of Kosovans from the UK to Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136797) | |
| 385 | Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum applicants since April have chosen to refuse the offer of accommodation in dispersal areas. |
| (136791) | |
| 386 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each of the police forces which have declared areas for use of stop and search powers under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 during this year, what has been the largest area to which the powers have been applied. |
| (137171) | |
| 387 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137193) | |
| 388 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for drinking and driving in each of the last five years; what proportion of those prosecutions were in the months of November, December and January; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136508) | |
| 389 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted for drinking and driving offences in each of the last five years while in charge of (a) a car and (b) a motorbike. |
| (136507) | |
| 390 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the level of crime per thousand of population in (a) rural and (b) urban areas; and which category of crime is commonest in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. |
| (136832) | |
| 391 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions the Immigration and Nationality Department made in the last month for which figures are available. |
| (136921) | |
| 392 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases have been housed in Oakington reception centre; and what the outcome was of the decisions made in these cases. |
| (136920) | |
| 393 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are held in the Work in Progress Store of the Immigration and Nationality Department; and how many of these have been outstanding for (a) between six months and one year, (b) between one and two years and (c) more than two years. |
| (136923) | |
| 394 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases have been dispersed under the terms of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and how many of these were (a) single adults and (b) couples without children. |
| (136922) | |
| 395 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available for chief police officers in standardising procedures for assessing fingerprint evidence; how frequently have standards been changed since a standardised system was first introduced; and what standards are used by police forces of (a) other European Union member states and (b) the United States. |
| (134881) | |
| 396 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines and safeguards govern access to the records of (a) mobile telephone service providers, (b) cell phone relay masts and transmissions and (c) individual subscriber call records; and what body has responsibility for oversight. |
| (134991) | |
| 397 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which representatives of the Government attended the August 2000 session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discriminations hearing the UK Periodic Report made under the Convention; what were the recommendations of the Committee; and what response will be made to each recommendation. |
| (134880) | |
| 398 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department's grant for emergency planning in Shropshire was reduced between 1999 and 2001. |
| (136836) | |
| 399 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the DNA tests on evidence found in connection with the murder of Miss Hilda Murrell. |
| (136560) | |
| 400 N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the three new criminal certificates will be required by (a) a person seeking employment as a teacher in a primary school, (b) a person applying for employment with the police service and (c) a person seeking a position of responsiblity within the Scout Movement; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136801) | |
| 401 | Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the cost to an applicant of applying for (a) a personal licence and (b) a premises licence under the proposals contained in the Government's publication Modernisation of our licensing laws". |
| (137091) | |
| 402 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision on the creation of a new city will be published. |
| (136309) | |
| 403 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers Her Majesty's Government has in respect of international agreements to require taxes to be levied in the (a) Channel Islands and (b) Isle of Man. |
| (136781) | |
| 404 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been imposed on transport operators carrying illegal entrants to the UK since the scheme of fines was introduced. |
| (136762) | |
| 405 N | Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former prisoners of war in the Far East are still alive and reside (a) in the constituency of North West Norfolk and (b) the county of Norfolk. |
| (136796) | |
| 406 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the Commission for Racial Equality's 1999 Annual Report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137031) | |
| 407 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police station front-counters have closed in England and Wales, excluding the Metropolitan police area, since 1st January; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136576) | |
| 408 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place a copy of his Department's study into the establishment of a central electoral register in the Library; when the study was commissioned; what the cost was; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136208) | |
| 409 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies regarding emergency planning procedures to be put in place in the event of a further disruption of fuel supplies; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136313) | |
| 410 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police station front-counters have closed in the Metropolitan police force area since 1st January; if he will break down the closed counters by police borough; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136575) | |
| 411 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) actual and (b) planned spending on emergency planning in (i) each of the last five financial years, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) each of the next five financial years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136312) | |
| 412 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the law to allow convicted prisoners to vote at local and national elections; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136559) | |
| 413 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met Lord Birt in his position as an advisor to the Government on crime matters; what issues were discussed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136574) | |
| 414 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests were made and (b) charges have been brought in relation to the recent fuel crisis; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136311) | |
| 415 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what emergency procedures his Department put in place during the recent fuel crisis; what reporting requirements were placed on local authorities and others in relation to the disruption and availability of fuel supplies; how the reports were (a) delivered and (b) distributed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136314) | |
| 416 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Criminal Cases Review Commission to report on the case of Mr Nick Tucker. |
| (137040) | |
| 417 | Mr Phil Woolas (Oldham East and Saddleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received regarding the case of Mr Nick Tucker; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137043) | |
| 418 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the licence of Huntingdon Life Sciences. |
| (137071) | |
| 419 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed down in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years in areas defined as rural and areas defined as urban. |
| (136720) | |
| 420 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research the Government has undertaken into the effect of CCTV in towns on crime levels in neighbouring rural areas. |
| (136679) | |
| 421 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years in areas defined as (i) rural and (ii) urban; and if he will publish the criteria used to define an area as rural or urban. |
| (136746) | |
| 422 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences were reported in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years in areas defined as rural and urban. |
| (136745) | |
| 423 | Mr Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in implementing the commitment increase by 50 per cent. spending on basic education, health care and clean water in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| (137185) | |
| 424 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what target the Government has set for combating malaria; what additional resources have been allocated to meet this target; and if she will make a statement. |
| (136971) | |
| 425 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which relocation companies hold contracts with her Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137196) | |
| 426 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the recent EC communication on 'Accelerated action targeted at major communicable diseases within the context of poverty reduction'; and what plans she has to support it. |
| (136766) | |
| 427 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137197) | |
| 428 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report published by the Northern Ireland Department of Education, 'The Effects of the Selective System of Secondary Education in Northern Ireland'. |
| (135825) | |
| 429 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137188) | |
| 430 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 12th June, Official Report, column 491W, what steps have been taken to reduce the security presence consistent with the level of threat; and what steps will be taken in the next three months. |
| (134883) | |
| 431 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he (a) will reopen the investigation of the death of Francisco Notarantoni and (b) make relevant classified information available to a judicial authority; and if he will make a statement. |
| (135505) | |
| 432 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received concerning the death of Mr Sam Marshall in Lurgan; and when he expects an inquest to be held into his death. |
| (134882) | |
| 433 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what were the reasons for the increase in the number of Government special advisors from 53 in June 1997 to 79 in June 2000. |
| (136564) | |
| 434 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, what consultations he has had with drivers' trade unions about the possible use of Army drivers and tankers for transporting oil in the event of fuel supply stoppages. |
| (136772) | |
| 435 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Truro, of 28th July, Official Report, column 970W, if he will list the salary bands for 2000-01 for each paid special adviser, indicating the total cost to each Government department of the employment of paid special advisers in 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136435) | |
| 436 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) new claims and (b) awards of severe disablement allowance there were in each of the last 18 months. |
| (136304) | |
| 437 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the amount of housing benefit which is currently owing to housing associations as a result of delays in the administration of housing benefit. |
| (136318) | |
| 438 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in (a) the Sutton and Cheam constituency and (b) the London Borough of Sutton have been in receipt of (i) income support, (ii) disability living allowance, (iii) incapacity benefit, (iv) unemployment benefit and (v) housing benefit in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (134890) | |
| 439 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when his Department will publish the study of minimum income guarantee take-up. |
| (136943) | |
| 440 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what strategic measures he is taking to allow for environmental changes induced by climate change. |
| (137183) | |
| 441 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd May, Official Report, column 37W, on relocation of civil servants, which relocation companies hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when these contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value is of each contract. |
| (137096) | |
| 442 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what recent representations he has received on the introduction of a mortgage benefit scheme. |
| (136814) | |
| 443 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what action he is taking to equalise the arrangements for paying housing benefit to council tenants with those for other tenants. |
| (136812) | |
| 444 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what schemes exist to enable unemployed households in receipt of income support covering mortgage interest payments to take up job opportunities available to them. |
| (136815) | |
| 445 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what are the categories of expenditure covered by the CSA maintenance payments. |
| (136811) | |
| 446 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the cost of his Department's proposal to change the arrangements for the payment of subsidies to local authorities to cover the backdating of housing benefit. |
| (137051) | |
| 447 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the total number of people who will be affected by his Department's proposal to restrict the backdating of housing benefit to three months; and how many of those people are (a) of pensionable age, (b) lone parents, (c) disabled and (d) working but still entitled to claim housing benefit. |
| (137048) | |
| 448 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in new housing benefit claims determined within the statutorily required period of 14 days between 1998-99 and 1999-2000; and what plans he has to halt this decline. |
| (137064) | |
| 449 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the cost of reintroducing (a) lone parent family premium in income support, (b) lone parent rate of child benefit and (c) both of the above at their real level as at April 1997. |
| (137055) | |
| 450 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the reasons why claimants have had housing benefit awards backdated for more than three months in each of the last three years for which records have been kept; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137052) | |
| 451 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in new council tax benefit claims determined within the statutorily required period of 14 days, between 1998-99 and 1999-2000; and what plans he has to halt this decline. |
| (137066) | |
| 452 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made to the effect of administrative delays on housing benefit awards backdated for more than three months in each of the last three years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137053) | |
| 453 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the savings to (a) his Department and (b) local authorities of his Department's proposal to restrict the backdating of housing benefit to three months. |
| (137050) | |
| 454 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in housing benefit renewal claims determined within the statutorily required period of 14 days, between 1998-99 and 1999-2000; and what plans he has to halt this decline. |
| (137065) | |
| 455 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what representations he has received on his Department's proposal to reduce the backdating of housing benefit from 12 months to three months from April 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137047) | |
| 456 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the effect of inadequate advice given by statutory agencies resulting in claimants making successful claims to have their housing benefit backdated for over three months in each of the last three years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137054) | |
| 457 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the effect on tenants of his Department's proposal to restrict the backdating of housing benefit to three months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137049) | |
| 458 | Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is the basis for payment of allowances by his Department to a person receiving respite in (a) a private and (b) a local authority residential home. |
| (136793) | |
| 459 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many unemployed people are receiving income support amounting to (i) £1 to £50, (ii) £50 to £100, (iii) £100 to £150, (iv) £150 to £200, (v) £200 to £300, (vi) £300 to £400, (vii) £400 to £500 and (viii) £500 and over per week. |
| (137087) | |
| 460 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people aged 25 years and over had been receiving the jobseeker's allowance for more than two years in September 1997; and how many people aged 25 years and over have been receiving the jobseeker's allowance for more than two years currently. |
| (137092) | |
| 461 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer of 18th January, Official Report, column 427W, if he will list the publication dates of statistics to be released by his Department and agencies in the next 12 months. |
| (137176) | |
| 462 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many recipients of income support who are (i) unemployed and (ii) single parents have been in receipt of the benefit for (a) up to one year, (b) one to two years, (c) two to three years, (d) more than three years and (e) other periods for which information is available. |
| (137094) | |
| 463 | Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Solicitor General, when a decision will be made on the bringing of charges against officers from Tottenham Police Station in connection with the death of Mr Roger Sylvester; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136975) | |
| 464 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 156W, on Robert Maxwell, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the inspectors appointed on 8th June 1992 under the Companies Acts to investigate the affairs and membership of Mirror Group Newspapers plc are providing value for money. |
| (136713) | |
| 465 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he last met (a) Internet service providers and (b) web hosting services to discuss guidelines for the provision of Internet chat services with special reference to the protection of children. |
| (136217) | |
| 466 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department was represented on the inter-departmental Internet Crime Forum sub-group on Internet chat services; when he will receive the report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (136219) | |
| 467 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the self-regulatory approach in dealing with undesirable and illegal Internet content in the specific case of Internet chat rooms and their use by paedophiles to contact children. |
| (136216) | |
| 468 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) Crown post offices, (b) franchised post offices and (c) sub-post offices there are in each parliamentary constituency. |
| (137010) | |
| 469 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many companies were established in each of the last three years whose directors have employment tribunal compensation awards against them in respect of their actions as directors of previously liquidated companies. |
| (135331) | |
| 470 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases have been recorded of companies failing to make payments awarded by employment tribunals due to the company having been liquidated, in each of the last three years. |
| (135332) | |
| 471 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the number of employers in breach of regulations relating to the national minimum wage during 1999-2000. |
| (135330) | |
| 472 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what strategic measures he is taking to allow for environmental changes induced by climate change. |
| (137181) | |
| 473 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which relocation companies currently hold contracts with his Department for the relocation of civil servants; when those contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| (137190) | |
| 474 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research he has recently commissioned on the possible link between overhead power lines and cancer. |
| (137199) | |
| 475 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in heating oil costs on Government targets to reduce fuel poverty. |
| (136919) | |
| 476 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what impact he estimates the creation of the Universal Bank will have on the rate of bank branch closures. |
| (136927) | |
| 477 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the role played by heating fuel oil costs in progress made on tackling fuel poverty. |
| (137104) | |
| 478 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to review the inspection mechanism under which licences are granted in the UK continental shelf for oil and gas exploration, where no development has taken place. |
| (136308) | |
| 479 N | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the future prospects for off-shore wind farm development. |
| (136310) | |
| 480 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to address the environmental impact of using oil as an energy source. |
| (137219) | |
| 481 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations he has received on the environmental impact of using oil as an energy source. |
| (137218) | |
| 482 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the factors underlying his decision to announce a further round of oil licensing agreements. |
| (137174) | |
| 483 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in achieving the statement of business principles as set out in the Department's mission status review; and whether he expects the deadline to be met. |
| (136767) | |
| 484 N | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts concerning the reform of export credits agencies. |
| (136768) | |
| 485 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action he is taking to speed up the process of settling outstanding compensation claims. |
| (136961) | |
| 486 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of (a) emphysema, (b) pneumoconiosis, (c) other respiratory illness and (d) vibration white finger claims (i) have been processed and (ii) are outstanding; and what assessment he has made of the length of time needed to complete the outstanding claims. |
| (136960) | |
| 487 | Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many medical assessment procedures in respect of miners' compensation claims for chest disease were completed (a) in 1999, (b) January to June, (c) July, (d) August, (e) September and (f) October. |
| (137072) | |
| 488 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how funds announced in this year's Spending Review for the maintenance of the post office network will be divided between areas defined as rural and areas defined as urban; and to publish the criteria used to define an area as rural or urban. |
| (136716) | |
| 489 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government defines as a rural post office. |
| (136681) | |
| 490 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices, including sub post offices, have closed in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years in areas defined as rural and areas defined as urban; and to publish the criteria used to define an area as rural or urban. |
| (136721) | |
| 491 | Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his estimate is of the average return on capital employed by companies in Wales in (a) the latest suitable year and (b) the latest available quarter. |
| (137042) | |
| 492 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning the requirement for skilled persons in Alyn and Deeside, with particular reference to the aerospace industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137014) | |
| 493 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning policies related to the employment of skilled persons to fill vacancies in the engineering industry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137015) | |
| 494 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning the number of houses built by local authorities in Wales since 1990; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137021) | |
| 495 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) men and (b) women are serving apprenticeships in Flintshire; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137019) | |
| 496 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultation he has had with the First Secretary concerning skills shortages in Alyn and Deeside, with particular reference to small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137012) | |
| 497 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning the provision of skilled persons in the engineering industries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137018) | |
| 498 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning regional policy initiatives as they affect Alyn and Deeside; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137011) | |
| 499 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning the number of apprenticeships in (a) Wales and (b) North East Wales for each of the last 10 years. |
| (137016) | |
| 500 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning the level of applications for apprenticeships in small and medium sized enterprises in Alyn and Deeside;and if he will make a statement. |
| (137013) | |
| 501 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the First Secretary concerning the amounts of extra money released from council house sales to (a) housing authorities in Wales and (b) Flintshire County Council in the current financial year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137020) | |
| 502 | Mr Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultation he has had with the First Secretary to ascertain the number of school leavers who obtained apprenticeships in Flintshire in each year since 1994; and if he will make a statement. |
| (137017) | |
| 503 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what funds organic farming in Wales will receive from EU sources in each of the next three years. |
| (137098) | |
| 504 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of Welsh electricity supply was provided by nuclear power stations for each of the last 10 years. |
| (137217) | |
| 505 N | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the conditions of service of the clergy. |
| [Question Unstarred] (135370) | |
| 506 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what account the Church Commissioners take of scripture in their investment decisions. |
| [Question Unstarred] (135371) | |
| 507 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps the Environment Agency has taken to improve flood defence systems around Shrewsbury since October 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (136795) | |
| 508 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much the budget of the Environment Agency was each year since 1996 for flood defence systems around Shrewsbury; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (136794) | |
| 509 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, when he will make an announcement on a special gratuity for (a) former Far Eastern prisoners of war and (b) their widows. |
| [Transferred] (137108) | |
| 510 | Mr Andrew Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps he is taking to ensure that Leicestershire LEA meets his target that no infant is taught in a class size of 30 or more by September 2001. |
| [Transferred] (137058) | |
| 511 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of UK electricity was provided by nuclear power stations for each of the last 10 years. |
| [Transferred] (137216) | |
| 512 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much he has spent on the development of (a) on-shore wind generated power, (b) biomass energy, (c) wave generated power, (d) Solar energy and (e) off-shore wind power in each year since 1995. |
| [Transferred] (137213) | |
| 513 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which relocation companies hold contracts with her Office for the relocation of civil servants; when the contracts were last renewed; where the contracts were advertised; and what the length and value of each contract is. |
| [Transferred] (137195) | |
| 514 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he will reply to the letters of 6th June and 18th July from the honourable Member for the Vale of York concerning the widow's pension of Mr. A. R. Pickering, of Rufforth,York. |
| [Transferred] (137211) | |
| 515 | Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current level of petrol duty on the Retail Price Index. |
| [Transferred] (137105) | |
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