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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 1 March 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 1 March, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

THURSDAY 1st MARCH
1	Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how much was paid in subsidies out of the EU budget in the latest available financial year to tobacco growers within the EU.
	(151899)
2   N	Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list the outbreaks of (a) foot and mouth, (b) swine fever and (c) anthrax disease which have occurred in the United Kingdom since 1966, specifying in each case the species and number of animals slaughtered, the premises affected, the length of the outbreak and the number of abattoirs in operation at the time.
	(151644)
3   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what level of total agri-monetary compensation was (a) applied for and (b) received in each of the last 10 years.
	(151828)
4   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the impact on animal health of intensive farming.
	(151827)
5   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will break down the amounts paid by (a) the EU and (b) the UK Government for each year the UK has drawn down agri-monetary compensation.
	(151829)
6   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he is having with the agriculture industry on methods of disposing of dead stock.
	(151830)
7   N	Mr Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on human health of burning in the open air the carcases of animals carrying BSE in response to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
	(151683)
8	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the outcome was of the Agriculture Council held in Brussels on 26th and 27th February; if he will set out the Government's voting record at the Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(151992)
9	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Clwyd South constituency, the effects on Clwyd South of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(151909)
10	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what studies he has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to commission to assess the effects of the large scale closure of small slaughter houses on the geographical and chronological spread of foot and mouth disease.
	(151872)
11	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his estimate is of the number of abattoirs closed since 1984; and what the effects of these closures are on the average kill and throughput at surviving abattoirs and the average journey time to slaughter of animals.
	(151873)
12	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the results of his investigations into the source of each outbreak of foot and mouth disease in England and Wales.
	(152019)
13	Mr William Ross (East Londonderry):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in other member states; and if he will make a statement.
	(151994)
14	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the total tonnage of beef imported from the Republic of South Africa in (a) 1998-99 and (b) 1999-2000.
	(151917)
15	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his policy is on banning the importation of beef, pigmeat and sheepmeat from countries suffering from outbreaks of (a) foot and mouth disease and (b) swine fever.
	(151916)
16   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the report his Department has completed on the review of separation distances for GM field trials.
	(151540)
17   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the National Institute of Agricultural Botany report presented to his Department as part of their review on separation distances has been peer reviewed.
	(151541)
18   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will publish the report received from the Canadian authorities on the causes of the Advanta seed contamination last year; and if the Government has used the information in the report to reach conclusions in its review of separation distances.
	(151542)
19	Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington East):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will list the special advisers employed by each Government department on 1st March 1997, the date on which each resigned, and the reason for that resignation.
	(151896)
20	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the employers' contribution will be to the new Civil Service pension scheme due to be introduced in October 2002.
	(151867)
21	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if she will make a statement.
	(152033)
22	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of pension contributions paid by the Government (a) to special advisers and (b) into the pension schemes of special advisers, during the period 1st April 1999 to 30th March 2000.
	(152062)
23   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the assessment was by MISC6 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food report on separation for GM field trials; which Ministers were given it; and if she will make MISC6's assessment of the report publicly available.
	(151538)
24   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with sports clubs concerning a more favourable regime with regard to (a) business rates and (b) VAT.
	(151832)
25   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions on business rates and their impact on sports clubs.
	(151834)
26   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Treasury on VAT and its impact on sports clubs.
	(151833)
27	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Clwyd South constituency, the effects on Clwyd South of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(151911)
28	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152034)
29   N	Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the number of Typhoons which will be (a) purchased and (b) brought into service by the UK; and what the in-service date for the Typhoon in the United Kingdom is.
	(151792)
30   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the terrorist threat to the Royal Ordnance sites at (a) Bridgwater, (b) Chorley, (c) Glascoed, (d) Nottingham and (e) Radway Green; and if he will make a statement.
	(151589)
31   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost per annum to Royal Ordnance is of employing Ministry of Defence Police at (a) Bridgwater, (b) Chorley, (c) Glascoed, (d) Nottingham and (e) Radway Green; and if he will make a statement.
	(151590)
32   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police are deployed at the Royal Ordnance sites in (a) Brdigewater, (b) Chorley, (c) Glascoed, (d) Nottingham and (e) Radway Green; what plans there are to withdraw cover and on what dates; and if he will make a statement.
	(151591)
33   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the proposed withdrawal of Minsitry of Defence Police at Royal Ordnance sites will result in (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary redundancies within the Ministry of Defence Police; and if he will make a statement.
	(151592)
34   N	Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what powers private security companies will have to (a) patrol beyond perimeters and (b) carry weaponry at Royal Ordnance sites once Ministry of Defence Police protection is withdrawn; and if he will make a statement.
	(151593)
35	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date and for what reason the former serviceman described as Geoff in the BBC television documentary 'Brits' was discharged from the Army.
	(152088)
36	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many DU penetrators have landed on the land area of the base since test firing of DU shells at Dundrennan range began; and, of these, how many have not been located.
	(151846)
37	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if test firing of DU shells at the Dundrennan range is exempt from regulation under the Ionising Radiations Regulations.
	(151847)
38	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral statement by the Minister for the Armed Forces on 9th January, Official Report, column 878, concerning oversight of the firing programme of DU shells at the Dundrennan range, if he will specify the nature and extent of the oversight.
	(151868)
39	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much depleted uranium is unaccounted for or missing as a result of the malfunction of the test rig which was placed on the sea bed at the Dundrennan range in 2000.
	(151845)
40	Mr Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if test firing of DU shells at the Dundrennan range is exempt from regulation under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993.
	(151848)
41	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where ex-servicemen who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder can be treated.
	(152007)
42	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make funds available for the hospital treatment of ex-servicemen who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
	(152008)
43	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the Duke of Kent Hospital at Catterick offers treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder to ex-servicemen who require it; and if he will provide the necessary funding.
	(152006)
44	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the titles of the Letters of Offer and Acceptance agreed under the auspices of the 1985 US-UK Strategic Defence Initiative Memorandum of Understanding since 1st May 1997, specifying when each one was signed and the name of the United States government agency involved in each case.
	(152051)
45	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursant to his Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 659W, regarding oripavine, if he will place in the Libary a list of the technical papers which discuss the different aspects of Porton's research on TL 2636, specifying the title, number and date of each paper.
	(152050)
46	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, have made of the report produced by the US Institute of Medicine in 1993 entitled, Veterans at Risk--the health effects of mustard gas and lewisite; and on what dates these assessments were made.
	(152082)
47	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel have made an appointment with the Medical Assessment Programme at St. Thomas's Hospital since 21st November 2000; and how many of these appointments have been made following a referral from the individual's medical practitioner.
	(152049)
48	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new staff have been taken on in the Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Unit to deal with issues relating to Porton Down volunteers since 21st November 2000; and in what grades each of these new staff were.
	(152083)
49	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 21st November, Official Report, columns 101-2W, on what dates officials from his Department and the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, held meetings with the Medical Research Council regarding advice on an independent epidemiological study for Porton Down volunteers.
	(152080)
50	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 14th December, Official Report, column 223W, regarding nerve agent studies, if the research to establish the definitive numbers of Porton Down volunteers who have taken part in nerve agent studies will include an assessment of the safety and ethical procedures which were in force at Porton Down during these studies.
	(152054)
51	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of the 1985 US-UK Strategic Defence Initiative Memorandum of Understanding in the Library.
	(152052)
52	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department is revising its internal guidance to staff on writing and distributing e-mails; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's current internal guidance on e-mail procedures.
	(152053)
53	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the ways in which his Department and the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, have cooperated and provided assistance to the Wiltshire Police during its inquiry into human trials at Porton Down.
	(152081)
54	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department's annual report on timber procurement to the Committee of Green Ministers will be published.
	(152045)
55   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the reviews his Department is conducting of (a) tuition fees and (b) student debt; and what the average estimated level of debt per student was in each of the last 10 years.
	(151831)
56	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what representations he has received on the accuracy of the figures relating to the official total of vacancies held by Jobcentres.
	(151841)
57	Mr Michael Foster (Worcester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Worcester parliamentary constituency, the effect of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997 on this constituency.
	(151860)
58	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Clwyd South constituency, the effects on Clwyd South of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997.
	(151910)
59	Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what targets have been set for the provision of extra child care places in Slough; how many extra places have been provided since May 1997; and how many more are planned.
	(151900)
60	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152035)
61	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the days on which in the last five years, the air quality in Leeds City centre was classified as severely polluted.
	(152018)
62	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the time frame required for publication of UDPs following their approval.
	(151838)
63   N	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many grants have been awarded under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne since 2000-01; and what was (a) the total and (b) the average value of such grants.
	(151835)
64	Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the status is of the maps and co-ordinates issued by his Department showing public safety zones for Biggin Hill Airport; what consultation preceeded their publication; under what powers public safety zones are established; and upon what information the designation of the public safety zones is determined.
	(151995)
65   N	Mr Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he will publish the Inspector's Report on the public inquiry into the Halewick Lane Waste Transfer Station at Sompting, West Sussex.
	(151677)
66	Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the provisions of the New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991 in relation to the control of roadworks undertaken by private telecommunications contractors.
	(152048)
67	Mr John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of changes in the regulations governing the major repairs allowance for local authorities on the ability of local authorities to provide accommodation through housing associations.
	(152047)
68	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in European Union maritime member states to establish the scientific basis on which these states have excluded navigational channels and working port areas from designation under the European Union Habitats Directive.
	(151998)
69	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps English Nature has been asked to take to ensure that the basis of their scientific evaluation of sites for designation under the European Union's Natura 2000 programme is consistent with the evaluations of other member states; and if he will make a statement.
	(151988)
70	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the recommendations of English Nature concerning the designation of sites as special areas of conservation under the European Union's Natura 2000 programme is consistent with the Government's sustainable development guidelines; and if he will make a statement.
	(151990)
71	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he has taken to ensure that English Nature has acted under the terms of the European Union Habitats Directive regarding the protection of estuarial features under the terms of the European Union Habitats Directive where their action leads to the designation of an entire estuary; and if he will make a statement.
	(151989)
72	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he last met the Chairman and Chief Executive of English Nature to discuss its interpretation of its designation requirements under the European Union Habitats Directive and that of other member states; what steps he is taking to ensure that there is consistency of interpretation of the Habitats Directive across all member states; and if he will make a statement.
	(151997)
73	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what criteria have been applied by English Nature in evaluating those sites which they have recommended for designation as special areas of conservation under the European Union Habitats Directive programme; what steps he takes to ensure that its evaluations are scientific; and if he will make a statement.
	(151987)
74	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make available the list of European Union member states that have complied with the requirements of the European Union Habitats Directive in designating navigational channels and working port areas as being outside environmental designations.
	(151901)
75	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152031)
76   N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he intends to agree the request for the raised bog sites at (a) Hatfield Moor, (b) Thorne Moor, (c) Bolton Fell Moor, (d) Solway Moor and (e) Wedholme Flow to be designated special areas of conservation under the Habitats and Species Directive.
	(151382)
77	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to require planning authorities to include data from their sites and monuments record to be incorporated into their development plans.
	(151866)
78	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages in combining PPGs 15 and 16; and if he will make a statement.
	(151864)
79	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in what way his Department is revising its internal guidance to staff for writing and distributing e-mails; for what reasons his Department is revising this guidance; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the current internal guidance on e-mail procedures.
	(151902)
80	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many bus vehicle inspectors are in post in each traffic region.
	(152002)
81	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many licences have been withdrawn from bus companies by bus vehicle inspectors in each of the last three years.
	(152003)
82	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many buses were inspected by bus vehicle inspectors in the West Midlands Traffic Commission area in the (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 financial year to date; and how many were found to be defective in each year.
	(151999)
83   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if the 24 GM sugarbeet trials scheduled for this year involve expenditure by the Government.
	(151543)
84   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will advise the removal of flower heads from the winter and spring trials as a precautionary measure in line with the advice from Beverley Hughes in a Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions press release of 23rd August 2000.
	(151539)
85   N	Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of his measures designed to reduce youth and long term unemployment.
	(150154)
86	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retired people in receipt of the state retirement pension pay income tax at (a) the standard rate and (b) the higher rate; and if he will make a statement.
	(151991)
87   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess accuracy of the recording of the official data on Jobcentre vacancies following the Low Pay Unit's report.
	(151769)
88   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total annual cost to the Treasury was of providing tax relief on personal pension plans at (a) the starting rate, (b) the standard rate and (c) the higher rate in each of the last three years.
	(151767)
89   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid into personal pension plans and how many schemes attracted tax relief at (a) the starting rate, (b) the standard rate and (c) the higher rate in each of the last three years.
	(151766)
90   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families will benefit from the children's tax credit in Chorley.
	(150122)
91	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 103W, what proportion of employees are overpaying tax and national insurance as a result of the working families' tax credit.
	(151862)
92	Mr David Maclean (Penrith and The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 104W, on working families tax credit, what assessment he has made of the findings of the NACB report, Work in Progress.
	(151861)
93	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152032)
94	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many repossessions by building societies and other providers of mortgages there were in each of the last 10 years.
	(152005)
95   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median taxable income of pensioners was in the most recent year for which information is available.
	(151639)
96   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost of exempting non-taxpayers from the abolition of payable tax credits on dividend income.
	(151642)
97   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the largest contract is that has been placed through (a) G-cat and (b) S-cat; and if he will make a statement.
	(151578)
98   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the benefits that government departments realise through the use of G-cat and S-cat.
	(151579)
99   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compliance of G-cat and S-cat with EC tendering legislation.
	(151580)
100   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the gains in income decile of cutting the basic and starting rates of tax on savings and dividends income to zero; and if he will make a statement.
	(151641)
101   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the gains (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of income by income decile, of increasing age related personal allowances for all people aged over 65 years by £2,000.
	(151637)
102   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) absolute and relative gain by income decile of increasing the amount of income subject to basic rate income tax by £6,000; and if he will make a statement.
	(151643)
103	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons he withheld the information requested by the honourable Member for Chichester on the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance, of each occasion when the Treasury's special advisers have travelled overseas on Government business.
	(152086)
104	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the visit by Mr Ed Balls on 29th November 1999 to Brussels, for the purpose of ECOFIN, mentioned in his Answer of 18th July, Official Report, columns 111-2W, was not included in deposited paper 00/1257 (list of all visits undertaken by cabinet Ministers costing £500 or more).
	(152085)
105   N	Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the additional cost to manufacturing industry of the introduction of the climate change levy, broken down sector by sector.
	(150121)
106	Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Foreign Office assessment of claims for compensation prior to the transmission of such claims to the United Nations Compensation Commission was taken with the approval of the United Nations Compensation Commission.
	(151907)
107	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to meet mayors from the occupied towns in Northern Cyprus during his visit to Cyprus in March; and if he will make a statement.
	(151870)
108	Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the total cost to the EU budget of the Nice Summit.
	(151898)
109	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February (ref: 149722), concerning representations from other countries about recruitment of staff for the NHS in those countries if he will list the representations to which he refers.
	(152038)
110	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs Council held in Brussels on 26th and 27th February; if he will set out the Government's voting record at the Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(151993)
111	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will include the texts of the treaties proposed to be amended by the Treaty of Nice as they would be if that Treaty came into force in the Command paper in which the Treaty of Nice is published.
	(152041)
112	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he received the document SN1247 of 30th January made available by COREPER; and when his Department placed it in the Public Paper and Vote Offices of each House.
	(152040)
113	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and where his Department received the final text of the Treaty of Nice.
	(152039)
114   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts concerning the Trans-Balkan oil pipeline; and if he will make a statement.
	(151584)
115   N	Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to grant an application from Mr Gafur Rakhimov, a senior official of the International Amateur Boxing Federation, for a visa to travel to Belfast.
	(151787)
116	Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a study to replicate the clinical studies carried out by Dr Wakefield into autistic children with inflamed bowel disease and the possible link with the MMR vaccination.
	(152015)
117   N	Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of expenditure on drug rehabilitation work in (a) Somerset and (b) England and Wales for each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(151582)
118   N	Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of (a) heroin users and (b) registered heroin addicts in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) South Somerset and (iii) Somerset in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(151581)
119	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to assist medical research charities in getting access to patients to ask them if they would like to participate in research studies; and if he will make a statement.
	(151915)
120	Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the needs of runaway children are provided for; and if he will make a statement.
	(152020)
121	Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce a detailed definition of nursing care for the purpose of funding of care to the elderly and disabled.
	(151905)
122	Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the further guidance on the joint NHS/social services funding for respite care, nursing care and long-term care of the elderly will be issued to health authorities.
	(151906)
123	Mr Harold Best (Leeds North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve arrangements for patient representation within the NHS.
	(151904)
124   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual (a) salary and (b) support costs are of his Department's Director of International Recruitment for Health Services.
	(151791)
125   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to publish (a) a code of practice for health authorities on the recruitment of nursing and medical staff from overseas and (b) guidance for local authorities on the recruitment of trained social workers from overseas.
	(151788)
126   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets have been set for the Director of International Recruitment for Health Services for the number of foreign recruited nurses working in the NHS.
	(151790)
127   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that nurses are not recruited by the NHS from developing countries where there are shortages of trained nursing staff.
	(151789)
128   N	Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what annual interest is paid by the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust to the consortium developing Barnet General Hospital's Phase 1B Project.
	(151772)
129	Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the risk to children and babies of parents sharing the same bed as their children; and what guidance he issues on this matter.
	(151897)
130   N	Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) e-coli poisoning and (b) salmonella poisoning have been reported in the United Kingdom in each year since 1970; and how many people died in each year.
	(151645)
131   N	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abattoirs there were, and how many closed, in each of the last 10 years.
	(151826)
132	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the IT contract for an electronic booking system for appointments will be implemented on time.
	(151842)
133   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that targeted monies from government to the Norfolk Area Health Authority are not diverted from such targets.
	(151680)
134   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Norfolk Area Health Authority on (a) the running costs of and (b) the purchase of equipment for the new PFI hospital in Norwich.
	(151682)
135   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that primary care groups in Norfolk are not disadvantaged by the development of the new PFI hospital in Norwich.
	(151764)
136	Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action the Social Service Inspectorate is taking in response to accusations of child abuse at the National Children's Home at Bourne Place and the home at Betts Way run by Bromley Council and the Ravensbourne NHS Trust; if the Inspectorate is taking action in respect of officials employed by Bromley Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(151996)
137	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152030)
138   N	Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will give a substantive reply to the honourable Member for Broxbourne to her letters of 10th November 2000, 6th December 2000, 3rd January and 1st February, and the written question replied to on 6th January relating to her constituent, Mr J. A. Barham of Cuffley, Hertfordshire.
	(151679)
139   N	Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will substantively reply to the letters from the honourable Member for Broxbourne of 27th September 2000, 24th October 2000, 22nd November 2000, 22nd December 2000 and 8th January and the written questions replied to on 23rd January relating to Mr Dino Costas of Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire.
	(151678)
140   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce a decision on the creation of NHS-cat.
	(151577)
141	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department made an assessment of the report produced by the US Institute of Medicine in 1993 entitled, Veterans at Risk--the health effects of mustard gas and lewisite, while compiling the published message (CEM/CMO/2000/15) on the Porton Down's medical assessment programme from his Department's deputy Chief Medical Officer on 21st November 2000.
	(152001)
142	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made following the launch of initiatives designed to speed up the process through which refugee doctors find work in the UK.
	(151839)
143	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the average length of time it takes refugee doctors to find work in the UK.
	(151840)
144	Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) planned and (b) actual expenditure was in the NHS in the North West in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99 and (iii) 1999-2000.
	(151874)
145	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of screeing new-born babies for cystic fibrosis is; and what estimate he has made of the medical costs incurred by late diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
	(152022)
146	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the screening of new-born babies for cystic fibrosis.
	(152021)
147	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce public notification of sex offenders being released into the community.
	(151871)
148   N	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements he sets for the accurate monitoring of DNA testing.
	(151681)
149	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152028)
150   N	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many safe cells have been installed since 7th July 2000.
	(151825)
151   N	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have committed suicide since 7th July 2000; how many of them were (a) female, (b) male, (c) remand prisoners and (d) aged under 21 years; and how many suicides took place in safe cells.
	(151824)
152   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers there were on 31st March and 30th September for each year between 1997 and 2000.
	(151676)
153   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration officers there were for each function in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement.
	(151763)
154   N	Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reconviction rates were for (a) all prisoners, (b) male prisoners and (c) young offenders for each year from 1992 to 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(151762)
155	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid projects were supported by her Department, and what financial help has been given to, (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Sri Lanka and (d) Kenya, during each of the last three years.
	(151869)
156   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects her Department supports in Tanzania.
	(151586)
157   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to reassess her aid programme to Tanzania following recent unrest in Zanzibar.
	(151588)
158   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
	(151585)
159   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts regarding EU funding for aid programmes in Tanzania since the Zanzibar elections in 2000.
	(151587)
160	Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the changes which would be required in the budget of the Community Legal Service for civil cases for each five per cent. increase in solicitors' remuneration in criminal cases; and how many people requiring support for civil cases would be affected by each five per cent. increase.
	(152063)
161   N	Mr John M. Taylor (Solihull):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what instructions (a) he and (b) his Department have given to deputy stipendiary magistrates concerning the avoidance of party political activity during the next General Election; and if he will make a statement.
	(151771)
162   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what payments were made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund over the past year.
	(151770)
163	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of (a) letters and (b) parcels posted in Northern Ireland in the past 12 months were sent to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Ireland, (c) Great Britain, (d) the European Union, (e) Europe (other), (f) USA, and (g) elsewhere.
	(152084)
164	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date the witness interviewed in silhouette and described as Geoff in the BBC television documentary 'Brits' was interviewed by the Stevens Inquiry.
	(152087)
165	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, how many persons are to be recommended to the Prime Minister for a people's peerage.
	(151863)
166	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the IT projects being undertaken at No. 10; and if he will state (a) the expected completion date and (b) the cost of each project.
	(151843)
167	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the IT projects No. 10 is planning to undertake during the next year; and if he will state in each case (a) the expected date of commencement and completion and (b) the cost.
	(151844)
168	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he met the Irish Prime Minister between 1st January and 1st July 2000; what the dates of each meeting were; and where each meeting took place.
	(152060)
169	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Prime Minister, what procedures have been put in place to prevent departmental web-sites from disseminating material that could be of advantage to the governing party during a general election; and if he will publish them.
	(152042)
170	Mr A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will propose to amend the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996 so as to provide that where the dependant of a state pensioner earns money and is paid monthly there would be no deduction from the state pensioner's benefit in respect of any weeks within that monthly period in which no money was earned by the dependant.
	(152004)
171   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the primary and secondary contracted out national insurance rebates will be in the financial year starting in April 2002.
	(151765)
172	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152029)
173   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the average nominal increase in pensioners' incomes since 1990 (a) in total and (b) by source of income.
	(151640)
174	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when the War Pensions Agency made an assessment of the report produced by the US Institute of Medicine in 1993 entitled, Veterans at Risk--the health effects of mustard gas and lewisite.
	(152000)
175   N	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the average change in benefits and tax credits paid when a participant in the New Deal for Lone Parents enters full-time employment.
	(151638)
176   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will set out the procedures for granting tribunals to disabled war veterans claiming a war pension.
	(151595)
177	Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what definition of cohabitation his Department uses for the purpose of deciding whether a widow's pension should cease.
	(152027)
178	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will estimate the number of families with dependent children who have been in receipt of income support for one year or more.
	(152010)
179	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the (a) target and (b) actual clearance times were for disability living allowance (i) initial applications, (ii) renewal claims, (iii) reviews and (iv) appeals in each quarter from 1996 to October 1999 and monthly from November 1999 to date.
	(152023)
180	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the (a) target and (b) actual clearance times were for disability living allowance appeals in each of the nine appeals service centres in each quarter from 1996 to October 1999, and monthly from November 1999 to date.
	(152024)
181	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many (a) initial claims, (b) renewal claims, (c) requests for review and (d) requests for appeal were received in respect of disability living allowance claims in each quarter from 1996 to date.
	(152025)
182	Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what the (a) target and (b) actual clearance times were for disability living allowance (i) revisions and (ii) supersessions in each month from November 1999 to date.
	(152026)
183   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what work his Department has carried out to identify how many of those workers earning below the minimum wage as recorded by the New Earnings Survey should have been in receipt of the minimum wage.
	(151768)
184	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much regional selective assistance is available for Objective 1 projects in Cornwall for (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02.
	(152011)
185	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent assessment he has made of the number of public match funds available to applicants for EU Objective 1 funds; and if he will list those funds allocated by (a) Government departments and (b) other sources.
	(152012)
186	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will indicate the level of funds available for this and each of the next two financial years in each of the public match funds available to applicants for EU Objective 1 funds in the areas of (a) Merseyside, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Cornwall and (d) West Wales and the Valleys.
	(152013)
187	Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what initiatives embarked upon since May 1997 have benefited Ilford North; and if he will make a statement.
	(152036)
188	Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, in what way his Department is revising its internal guidance to staff for writing and distributing e-mails; for what reasons his Department is revising this guidance; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the current internal guidance on e-mail procedures.
	(151903)
189   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the recent discussions held with his Chinese counterparts concerning BP's stake in PetroChina.
	(151594)
190   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions he has had with the Department for International Development concerning the establishment of a commission to investigate intellectual property rights.
	(151675)
191   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department has provided export credits for the Trans-Balkan oil pipeline.
	(151583)
192	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when Foresight was established; which of its reports are placed in the public domain; how many (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers participate in its work; how many regular (i) non-departmental and (ii) departmental staff participate in its work; and how many of these work for Foresight on a full-time basis.
	(152037)
193	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if his Department's annual report on timber procurement to the Committee of Green Ministers will be published.
	(152046)
194	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much certified timber has been purchased over the past six months; and what proportion of total timber purchases this represents.
	(152044)
195	Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance was of the two visits to Brussels undertaken by a departmental or non-departmental special adviser, mentioned in his Answer of 5th June 2000, Official Report, column 46W.
	(152061)
196	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if his Department's annual report on timber procurement to the Committee of Green Ministers will be published.
	(152043)
197	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of NERC's recent awards of studentships were awarded for work on contamination and land remediation.
	[Transferred] (151914)
198	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how NERC have met the Government's requirements for transparent decision making in awarding its recent round of studentships.
	[Transferred] (151908)
199	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of MSC studentships awarded by NERC go to new universities.
	[Transferred] (151913)
200	Mr Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of NERC studentship awards went to (a) the less prosperous UK regions, (b) North-East England, (c) North-West England, (d) East Kent, (e) Humberside and (f) South West England.
	[Transferred] (151912)
201	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities maintain and develop comprehensive sites and monuments records and post them on the internet.
	[Transferred] (151865)
202	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how much his Department spent on school bus transport in the last financial year; and if he will break down the sums allocated to each LEA.
	[Transferred] (152009)
203	Mr Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) European regional development funds, (b) European Social Fund, (c) European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and (d) other relevant European structural funds have been (i) committed to and (ii) received by projects in each of the EU Objective 1 regions.
	[Transferred] (152014)

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