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Session 2000-01 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 7 February 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 7 February, 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.

WEDNESDAY 7th FEBRUARY
1	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the countries to which British beef is exported; and what quantity was exported during the week beginning 1st January.
	(149379)
2   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will review the use of yellow tags used to label cows (a) to consider if there is a better alternative tag available and (b) to reconsider the £5 replacement fee for damaged or lost tags.
	(148845)
3	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assistance he will give to the relevant authorities and agencies in Devon to secure EU funding towards sea defence projects in the county.
	(149514)
4	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what funding he will make available for research into coastal erosion and sea defences in Devon under the Shoreline Management Plan; and when such work will take place.
	(149513)
5   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the implications for the CAP budget of Commissioner Schreyer's statement on additional financing in respect of BSE on 31st January.
	(148760)
6   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what proposals the Government has made to ensure that the cost of the CAP remains within the Berlin financing perspectives following recent changes in demand in the EU.
	(148761)
7   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been the effect to date of BSE on the consumption of beef in the EU.
	(148762)
8   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the CAP of the imbalance in the EU beef market resulting from BSE.
	(148764)
9	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to ensure that beef which is slaughtered abroad and processed in the United Kingdom is not labelled as solely British; and if he will encourage local authority trading standards officers to enforce existing regulations.
	(149583)
10   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 763W, on special advisers, which clauses of Schedule 1 (Part 1) of the Model Contract for Special Advisers set out the role of special advisers in costing the policies of opposition parties.
	(148844)
11   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ensure that the contents of the Dome are not sold until the future use of the site has been finalised.
	(149341)
12   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Millennium Commission funds may be used to pay compensation for costs incurred in bidding for the Dome site in the event of the failure of negotiations.
	(149342)
13	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Granada/Anglia merger on the location of jobs in television production and quality of programme production.
	(149512)
14   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many school sports co-ordinators have been appointed; and how many are in post.
	(148708)
15   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish 'A Sporting Future for All-Action Plan' submitted to him by the Implementation Group.
	(148706)
16   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the School Sports Alliance established to oversee the New Opportunities Fund project for sports and arts provision in schools will publish its conclusions about how funding will be allocated.
	(148707)
17   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what monies have been (a) committed amd (b) paid over by the New Opportunities Fund to Sport England to fund school sports co-ordinators.
	(148709)
18	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) priorities and (b) budget for the Lambeth and Southwark Sports Action Zone are for 2001.
	(149511)
19	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many, and what percentage of the total, works of art and artefacts in each of the national collections are in storage because of insufficient space to exhibit them.
	(149460)
20   N	Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 66W, if he will break down by age those who died of self-inflicted injuries, indicating in each case their length of service.
	(149211)
21   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Stroud of 15th January, Official Report, column 44W, on depleted uranium, when he plans to write to the honourable Member.
	(148843)
22   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) the Unit Folder entitled, 'Military Custody and Summary Dealing System', (b) the Provost Manuals, (c) the Army Commissioning Regulations 1999, (d) the Military Secretary's Guide to Officers' Confidential Reports, (e) Army Form AF B9926 and (f) Army General and Administrative Instructions, Vol. 5, Instruction No. 6.
	(149339)
23   N	Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if depleted uranium-based ammunition has been authorised in the past for use at (a) Tain Air Weapons Range and (b) Cape Wrath, by (i) UK forces and (ii) overseas forces.
	(149212)
24   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31st January, Official Report, column 183W, how much the new barracks at RAF Lossiemouth will cost; how many single person places it will accommodate; and when it is scheduled for completion.
	(149215)
25   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he is taking to ensure that the delivery and funding of the Connexions service (a) respects the integrity of socially excluded young people, (b) reflects the interests of those young people who are not so excluded and (c) delivers a service which seeks to integrate all young people of qualifying age.
	(148934)
26   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students he has appointed to learning and skills councils.
	(148982)
27   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the respective roles of the (a) Employment Service, (b) Disability Employment Adviser and (c) job broker in delivering the New Deal for Disabled People.
	(148936)
28   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what systems he will establish for reporting in respect of each Connexions partnership the respective level of funding in cash or kind (a) from partnership members, (b) derived from local non-partnership interests and (c) derived from other Government or European Union programmes.
	(148933)
29   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what action he plans to take to ensure that the Connexions funding formula approximates to the local needs of young people, and to verify and refine the accuracy of proxy measurements employed in making such calculations.
	(148935)
30   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what consultations he has held with the Home Office on the possible misuse of student visas as a means of obtaining entry to the United Kingdom; and what strategy he is taking to prevent this.
	(148937)
31   N	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what has been the total capital investment in schools in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne and in the County of Northumberland from 1996 to 1999, (a) in total and (b) by funding stream; and what is his forecast for the next three years.
	(149214)
32	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teacher vacancies there are in schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
	(149367)
33   N	Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many work permits have been issued to non-European Economic Area (a) professional basket ball players, (b) golf professionals, (c) rugby football union players, (d) rugby football league players, (e) horse racing jockeys, (f) cricket players, (g) ice hockey players and (h) association football players in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Scotland in (A) 1996-97, (B) 1997-98, (C) 1998-99 and (D) 1999-2000.
	(148882)
34	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people aged over 50 years in (a) Yorkshire and Humberside and (b) the city of York are eligible to apply for the New Deal for the over 50s.
	(149448)
35   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list those local learning and skills councils to which no elected local authority member has been appointed.
	(148625)
36   N	Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the social class breakdown was in 2000 of students who (a) applied for and (b) were successful in obtaining places on degree courses at British universities in (i) law, (ii) medicine, (iii) engineering, (iv) nursing, (v) BEd teaching, (vi) accountancy, (vii) veterinary studies and (viii) psychology.
	(148702)
37	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will provide a breakdown of the social backgrounds of (a) university applicants and (b) unversity students for each of the last five years.
	(149455)
38	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the impact of tuition fees and the abolition of maintenance grants on student drop out rates.
	(149456)
39	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what the average amount of student debt was in each of the last five years.
	(149454)
40	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students have been expelled from universities in England and Wales as a result of non-payment of debts in each of the last five years.
	(149459)
41	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what percentage of students had term-time part-time jobs during each of the last five years.
	(149458)
42	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the impact of tuition fees and the abolition of maintenance grants on the number of applicants for university.
	(149457)
43   N	Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, under what circumstances asylum seekers are able to access Programme Centre facilities.
	(149213)
44   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the average starting salary for graduates in each employment sector in each year since 1974.
	(148710)
45   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) speech therapists there are in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in each local education authority, (b) vacancies exist for such a post and (c) people are in training to be school speech therapists.
	(148705)
46   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what resources were allocated by his Department for each LEA for (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 to support post-16 Curriculum 2000 initiatives.
	(148983)
47   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what provision exists for Legacy plc to receive compensation from public funds for costs incurred in bidding for the Dome site in the event of negotiations failing; and if he will make a statement.
	(149340)
48	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how much revenue was raised from the business rate in the Greater London area during the last 12 months.
	(149368)
49   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the introduction of co-housing in the United Kingdom.
	(148883)
50   N	Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries have arisen from road traffic accidents (i) between 17th October 2000 and to the latest date for which data is available and (ii) the corresponding period 12 months earlier.
	(148389)
51	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what is the maximum amount which water companies can be fined for failing to ensure their customers are protected from flood damage and sewage flooding; how often, and on which companies, such a fine has been imposed in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(149516)
52	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will reach a decision on the order under the Transport and Works Act 1992 that has been requested in respect of the Spinnaker Tower at the Millennium site in Portsmouth; for what reason there has been a delay in the processing of this application; and if he will make a statement.
	(149563)
53	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will set out the procedures his Department follows in making orders under the Transport and Works Act 1992; what his Department's target timescale is for the process of granting an order; and if he will make a statement.
	(149562)
54	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will introduce legislation to give government powers to prosecute water companies which fail to protect their equipment from the effects of flooding.
	(149515)
55	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 5th February, Official Report, column 376-7, if he will give the figures for investment in (a) council housing and (b) housing owned by registered social landlords at constant prices.
	(149590)
56	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his Department's policy is concerning the proposed establishment of a European Maritime Safety Agency, with specific reference to the issue of tanker traffic in the Minch; and if he will make a statement.
	(149428)
57	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review the extent of the Ministry of Defence's immunity from (a) civil and (b) criminal action under Crown immunity in cases involving (i) death and (ii) personal injury.
	(149584)
58	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what guidance he proposes to publish under section 268 of the Transport Act 2000; and on what date.
	(149561)
59	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received on the impact of the November floods on (a) council tax levels and (b) council tax benefit sudsidy limitation; and if he will make a statement.
	(149444)
60	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will reduce the period taken for a claim to be settled under the Bellwin Scheme.
	(149441)
61	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received calling for an extension to the funding available under the Bellwin Scheme to parish and town councils.
	(149443)
62   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the overall change in journey times is in person minutes per week as a result of the installation of the M4 bus lane according to the TRL survey.
	(149335)
63	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will review procedures for disciplinary proceedings in respect of chief executives in local government.
	(149470)
64	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he intends to use his powers under the Local Government Acts to intervene in Harlow Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(149469)
65   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the areas he has designated as brownfield sites eligible for exemption from stamp duty.
	(148846)
66	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Yorkshire and Humberside receive the disabled person's tax credit.
	(149447)
67	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the working families' tax credit on recruiting intentions among small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(149373)
68	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has undertaken of the impact on the (a) working hours, (b) staffing and (c) financial cost to SMEs of operating the working families' tax credit.
	(149369)
69	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls have been received by the Inland Revenue's Working Families' Tax Credit Helpline; and what his assessment is of its capacity to deal effectively with its workload.
	(149377)
70	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have reported (a) difficulties in operating the working families' tax credit and (b) overpayment of tax and national insurance as a result of the working families' tax credit.
	(149375)
71	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to streamline Inland Revenue paperwork involved in the administration of working families' tax credit.
	(149371)
72	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Inland Revenue's short-fall funding for the working families' tax credit in situations where (a) seasonal employment and (b) other factors hamper effective forecasting of staffing levels.
	(149374)
73	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received regarding the Inland Revenue's guidance on software for administering the working families' tax credit; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of these guidelines in dealing with circumstances where credits cease.
	(149370)
74	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to improve the service offered by the Inland Revenue's Working Families' Tax Credit Helpline, and if he will make a statement on its effectiveness.
	(149376)
75	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is taking to ensure that job-seekers in receipt of working families' tax credits are not disadvantaged in job-seeking as a result of on-costs associated with their employment.
	(149372)
76	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what indication he has received about the timetable for European Commission proposals to include repairs, maintenance and improvements to places of worship listed in Annex H of the 6th VAT Directive, to make it possible for member states to apply a reduced rate of VAT to such services; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of such a change being agreed.
	(149449)
77   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Treasury received in fines levied for failure to complete individual tax returns by 31st January in each financial year from 1997-98.
	(148984)
78   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how income received as a result of fines levied on individuals for non-completion of tax returns is (a) accounted for and (b) allocated.
	(148985)
79   N	Mr Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will represent the Government at the creditors' meeting of Chester Street Holdings on 5th February to safeguard interests of sufferers from asbestos-related diseases.
	(148703)
80   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of North Korea on the fate of untraced United Kingdom prisoners of war lost during the Korean War.
	(147788)
81	Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts Ministers in his Department have had with Barzan Al-Takriti and his representatives.
	(149585)
82   N	Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter sent to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State by the honourable Member for Canterbury on 25th May 2000 and the follow-up requests.
	(148704)
83	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the statutory guidance to be issued on charges for non-residential services.
	(149365)
84	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total drugs bill was, in cash terms, for the (a) Hospital and Community Health Service and (b) Family Health Service for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	(149431)
85   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of adult patients received no help with dental charges under the health benefits scheme in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(149329)
86   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of all prescriptions are provided free.
	(149333)
87	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 51W, on training places, how many of the nurses in the NHS Plan will be (a) returning to nursing, (b) from overseas, (c) newly qualified and (d) others in each year from 2000 until 2004; and if he will make a statement.
	(149378)
88	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 264W, on medical school training places, how many of the (a) general practitioners and (b) consultants pledged in the NHS Plan will be (i) those returning to medical practice, (ii) doctors from overseas, (iii) doctors from elsewhere in the NHS and (iv) others, for each year from 2000 until 2004; and if he will make a statement.
	(149435)
89   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average charge for a course of dental treatment is for (a) patients aged 60 and over and (b) adult patients aged under 60 years, who do not receive help through the health benefits scheme.
	(149327)
90   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult patients received courses of treatment for which they met the full charge with no help from the health benefits scheme in each of the last 10 years.
	(149331)
91   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the average cost of medicine the prescription charge represented in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(149338)
92	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) Great Britain and (b) each health authority in England, the number of operations (i) cancelled and (ii) cancelled with the patient not re-admitted within one month, for each year since 1995.
	(149434)
93	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available in (a) Great Britain and (b) each NHS trust in (i) 1979, (ii) 1990 and (iii) each year from 1992 to the latest date for which figures are available.
	(149433)
94   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average charge for an adult course of dental treatment is for patients not receiving help through the health benefits scheme.
	(149326)
95   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of adult patients aged (a) 60 years and over and (b) under 60 years received no help with dental charges under the health benefits scheme in the latest year for which figures are available.
	(149330)
96   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the adult under 60 years old population do not have to pay prescription charges.
	(149334)
97	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 51W, on training places, how many of the therapists in the NHS Plan will be (a) returning to the profession, (b) professionals from overseas, (c) newly qualified professionals and (d) others, in each year from 2000 to 2004; and if he will make a statement.
	(149432)
98	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for admission to hospitals, including suspended patients but not including self-referred cases, (a) nationally, (b) in each health authority and (c) in each NHS trust in (i) 1987, (ii) 1992 and (iii) in each year since 1995.
	(149437)
99   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many courses of dental treatment provided to people aged 60 and over required patients to pay (a) under £100, (b) £100 to £199, (c) £200 to £299 and (d) £300 or over in the last year for which figures are available.
	(149328)
100   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the income profile of people who purchased pre-payment certificates.
	(149332)
101	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) Great Britain and (b) each health authority area, the expenditure on health by weighted head of population, expressed in real terms, for each year since 1997 for which figures are available.
	(149436)
102	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received from the victims of Richard Neale; and what plans he has to hold a public inquiry into this case.
	(149442)
103   N	Mr Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what communications related to the immigration and nationality status of the Hinduja family the Home Office has received from (a) Conservative and (b) Liberal Democrat Members of either House as well as other (i) elected representatives and (ii) office holders of each party; and if he will make a statement.
	(149114)
104   N	Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) uniformed police constables, (b) uniformed police sergeants, (c) uniformed police officers above the rank of sergeant, (d) police detective constables, (e) police detective sergeants and (f) police detectives above the rank of sergeant, there were in the Staffordshire Constabulary (i) in May 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(148154)
105   N	Mr Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civilian staff were employed by Staffordshire Constabulary (a) in May 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(148390)
106   N	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of obtaining British passports by fraud have occurred in each of the last 10 years.
	(149361)
107   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the real terms change in (a) central funding and (b) total spending was (i) in each probation service and (ii) for the Probation Service in total between (A) 1992 and 1997 and (B) 1997 and the latest date for which figures are available; what the estimated real terms changes are in total funding in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(148569)
108   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new responsibilities have been given to probation services since 1997, including new court orders; and if he will make a statement.
	(148570)
109   N	Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets have been set for Probation Service officer recruitment; what changes in the number of Probation Service officers have taken place since targets have been set; and if he will make a statement.
	(148571)
110	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specific role mobile police stations will play in reducing crime; if they will replace (a) officers on the beat and (b) high speed police cars; and if he will make a statement.
	(149452)
111	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means the increase in the number of police officers in North Yorkshire will be funded.
	(149453)
112	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have used cardboard cut outs of police officers and police cars as an aid to crime fighting.
	(149461)
113	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspects have been identified and charged using the trawling method by the police in connection with child abuse allegations in the last three years.
	(149430)
114	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Indian Government owes to (a) the UK and (b) other European Union countries; and what action her Department is taking to press for the cancellation of this debt.
	(149462)
115	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what advice her Department is giving to people who wish to undertake voluntary work in Gujarat State, India, following the recent earthquake.
	(149464)
116	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what items have been urgently requested of her by the Indian Government following the earthquake in Gujarat State; to what extent her Department is able (a) to supply and (b) to advise on these items; and if she will make a statement.
	(149463)
117	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requests she has received from the Indian Government for assistance to survivors from the recent earthquake in Gujarat State.
	(149466)
118	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the material and financial assistance her Department has given to the Government of India for specific use in Gujarat State following the recent earthquake.
	(149465)
119	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is offering to the Indian Government to help young children orphaned by the recent earthquake in Gujarat State.
	(149468)
120	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what long-term programme of assistance and advice her Department is developing with the Indian Government to help in the area affected by the recent earthquake in Gujarat State.
	(149467)
121   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on humanitarian aid to the children of Iraq.
	(147787)
122   N	Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the objectives of the attack on Samawa, Iraq, on Saturday 20th January.
	(147786)
123   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list (a) the items discussed and (b) conclusions reached at his meeting with Chancellor Schro­der.
	(148763)
124	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her Department's policy is on the proposed establishment of a European Maritime Safety Agency, with specific reference to the issue of tanker traffic in the Minch; and if she will make a statement.
	(149427)
125   N	Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will undertake a study of the costs and benefits of large scale conversion from petrol to liquid petroleum gas in remote regions; and if she will make a statement.
	(149337)
126	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will make a statement about extending maternity benefits.
	(149589)
127	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in Yorkshire and Humberside received the disability working allowance during the last year of its existence.
	(149440)
128	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many children in Yorkshire and Humberside were living under the official poverty line in each of the years (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (e) 2000.
	(149439)
129	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many mothers in Yorkshire and Humberside received maternity grant in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98 (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000 and (e) 2000 to date; and what the value of the grant was in each of these years.
	(149438)
130	Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many social security appeal tribunal hearings concerning cohabitation or living together as man and wife cases there were in each of the last five years; and in what percentage the tribunal found in favour of the client.
	(149450)
131   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many apprentices and other trainees have been affected by the Corus closures announced on 1st February; and what action he is taking to secure continuity in their training programmes.
	(148986)
132   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he will publish a consultation document on possible extension to the clergy and other official holders of rights under the Employment Relations Act 1999.
	(149115)
133	Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to compensate homeowners whose properties are unsaleable or have suffered undue financial loss in value due to their proximity to disused mineshafts.
	(149510)
134	Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of the recommendations made by the Trade and Industry Committee in its Seventh Report of Session 1995-96 (a) have been implemented and (b) are being implemented.
	(149445)
135	Mr Bruce George (Walsall South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department has received the report commissioned from Heriot-Watt University into the relationship between house values and mineshafts in Stoke.
	(149446)
136   N	Mr Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many outlets sell ultra low sulphur petrol in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) the Highlands; and how many outlets have begun to sell ultra low sulphur petrol since 8th November 2000.
	(149336)
137	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to stop the import of BSE-contaminated meat; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (149471)
138	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what has been the average cost of suspension of (a) a case worker and (b) a teacher investigated for child abuse in the last three years.
	[Transferred] (149429)
139	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the President of the Council, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd February, Official Report, column 332W, to the honourable Member for Hendon, if, in the discussion with the Shrievalty Association, she will seek arrangements to ensure (a) that in the cases of nominations for High Sheriff of persons who have been politically active, those nominations do not arise predominantly from any one political party and (b) that those nominated are not required to have sufficient means to meet the expenses of the office from their own resources.
	[Transferred] (149564)
140	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) families and (b) children living in the London Borough of Wandworth on 1st January have benefited from the working families' tax credit.
	[Transferred] (149366)
141	Mr John Grogan (Selby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers in Yorkshire have benefited from the working families tax credit.
	[Transferred] (149451)

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