Order Book Part 1

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Session 2000-01
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 8 May 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 8 May, 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.

TUESDAY 8th MAY

1
   Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what conclusions he has reached following the consultations on proposals to protect rare breeds and hefted sheep; and if he will make a statement.

(160778)

2
N   Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will list those cases of foot and mouth in the National Parks which (a) have been reported, (b) await results of full testing and (c) have been confirmed following full testing procedures.

(160285)

3
N   Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on what date the scientific testing for foot and mouth in sheep at Londscale Farm, Keswick was reported; what the result of that testing was; and if the outbreak was confirmed.

(160286)

4
N   Mr Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his estimate is of the numbers of (a) Hardwick, (b) Swaledale and (c) other specialist sheep in the Lake District National Park which have been culled out.

(160287)

5
   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what measures have been taken to increase the scrutiny of inports at (a) ports and (b) airports as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak.

(160503)

6
N   Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 4th April, Official Report, column 224W, on IACS, if IACS applicants submitting electronically can be protected against the Post Office using their names and addresses for commercial purposes.

(160241)

7
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many of each animal species slaughered in the foot and mouth outbreak were (a) known to be afflicted wth the disease, (b) suspected of being infected, (c) inhabited contiguous areas and (d) killed for welfare reasons.

(160378)

8
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what stocks of foot and mouth vaccines his Department holds.

(160381)

9
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what estimate he has made of the percentage of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease that were the result of (a) eating contaminated feed, (b) contact with infected animals, (c) transfer by human contact or airborne transfer and (d) deliberate introduction.

(160377)

10
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many compensation payments for foot and mouth disease culls and welfare to farmers and farm businesses have been (a) less than £50,000, (b) between £50,000 and £100,000, (c) between £100,000 and £500,000, (d) £500,000 to £1,000,000, (e) £1,000,000 to £2,000,000 and (f) over £2,000,000.

(160380)

11
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what his estimate is of the total final cost of the foot and mouth outbreak on the basis of present trends.

(160379)

12
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will provide a substantive answer to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Salisbury for answer on 29th March.

(160345)

13
   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his Department's responsibilities in relation to the drawing up of maps denoting the infected area status of constituencies in Wales.

(160677)

14
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how the £6 million announced for restructuring the English fishing industry will be allocated.

(160779)

15
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what steps he is taking to restore UK exports of those food products that contain processed meat and dairy ingredients which conform to the requirements laid down by Decision 2001/172/EC to EU applicant countries.

(160401)

16
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on meat imports from countries (a) free from and (b) with foot and mouth disease and indicate how many prosecutions for breaches of regulations governing such imports there have been since 1997.

(160392)

17
N   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Walsall North of 11th April concerning a constituent.

(160281)

18
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans she has to issue new guidance with respect to the inclusion of an Irish in Britain category in ethnic minority origin categories for monitoring purposes.

(160323)

19
   Mr Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what action she intends to take following the consultation exercise on the review of the public sector ombudsmen in England.

(160783)

20
   Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the use of single channel 2 MHz digital channels for community broadcasting.

(160500)

21
N   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria are used when deciding whether to list a building.

(160307)

22
N   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received concerning listing buildings in Redbridge.

(160308)

23
N   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received concerning listed status for the Odeon Cinema, Gants Hill.

(160309)

24
   Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the outcome of the review of the BBC's fair trading policies; and if he will make a statement.

(160693)

25
   Mr John Healey (Wentworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will announce the membership and Terms of Reference of the Working Group on Human Remains.

(160694)

26
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average length of time is for a decision to be made on applications from organisations in the Greater Manchester area for funding from the Community Fund.

(160300)

27
N   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a progress report on proposals for the re-development of Wembley Stadium.

(160393)

28
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the opportunities available to Christian radio stations with analogue licences applying for digital licences.

(160382)

29
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Premier Christian Radio's analogue licences will automatically be renewed; and if he will make a statement.

(160396)

30
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to enable religious broadcasters to apply for terrestrial digital licences.

(160395)

31
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if applications for remaining digital radio licences for London will be determined before changes can be made to allow applications from Christian broadcasters to be entertained.

(160394)

32
   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will give details of the British (a) military and (b) other personnel training of the Colombian Government forces, indicating in each case the cost and whether it forms part of Plan Colombia.

(160643)

33
   Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will make an announcement in respect of his review of Armed Forces pensions.

(160475)

34
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the future rapid effects system; and if he will make a statement.

(160343)

35
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies his Department has undertaken into the reduction of Scottish brigades from two to one.

(160338)

36
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Warrior upgrade programme.

(160340)

37
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the post-project evaluation of the relocation of HQ 2nd Division from York to Edinburgh.

(160339)

38
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured battlegroup support vehicles he will buy; and if he will make a statement.

(160341)

39
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many multi-role armoured vehicles he will purchase; and what compensation and other costs will be payable to other project partners if the UK buy is reduced.

(160342)

40
N   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Armed Forces, and from which units, excluding special forces, will be deployed at the Ascot week races; and if he will make a statement.

(160316)

41
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 24th April, Official Report, column 415W, on chemical agent CR, what form the aerosol version of CR took; and what authorisation was given for aerosol CR weaponisation as (a) spray, (b) grenade, (c) cannister and (d) other.

(160288)

42
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates (a) 22 Squadron SAS, (b) 14 Company and (c) the Force Research Unit were (i) established, (ii) deployed and (iii) discontinued; what specific activities were undertaken by each of these units; and what the normal complement was of each unit.

(160324)

43
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many films made by the Chemical Defence and Biological Establishment, Porton Down have been transferred to the Imperial War Museum since 1990; if he will place in the Library a list of the title of each such film; what progress is being made in transferring further films from Porton Down to the Imperial War Museum; and if he will make a statement.

(160493)

44
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff since 21st November 2000 have been taken on at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down to deal with issues relating to Porton Down volunteers who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment.

(160489)

45
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if service volunteers who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down are entitled to receive a copy of technical reports which describe the experiments in which they participated.

(160491)

46
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ask the Medical Research Council to consult the Porton Down Veterans Support Group regarding its advice on an independent epidemiological study for service personnel who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down.

(160494)

47
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the technical reports which were compiled by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down to record the results of an experiment in 1989 in which service personnel were exposed to sarin nerve gas.

(160490)

48
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates officials from his Department and the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down have held meetings with the Medical Research Council since 5th March regarding its advice on an independent epidemiological study for Porton Down volunteers.

(160488)

49
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many films made by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down are held in the archives of the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down; and if he will place in the Library a list of the titles and dates of each film which is currently held in these archives.

(160492)

50
   Mr Derek Twigg (Halton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the current status of the repairs to the submarine flotilla.

(160686)

51
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to increase the amount of funding available for training through individual learning accounts.

(160304)

52
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many applications there have been for funding from the Work-life Balance Challenge Fund; and how many have been successful, broken down by private, public and voluntary organisations.

(160302)

53
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what measures have been introduced to promote individual learning accounts in the workplace.

(160305)

54
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) used an individual learning account, broken down by (i) gender, (ii) occupation and (iii) the nature of learning scheme taken up.

(160303)

55
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the local authorities that have applied for funding from the Work-life Balance Challenge Fund; and how many have been successful.

(160301)

56
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on the operation of the New Deal for (a) older people, (b) lone parents and (c) disabled people in the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency.

(160498)

57
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by unit of assessment the numbers of academic staff at each university who had resigned their post in the first three months of this year and would otherwise have been employed on 31st March and be included in the RAE submissions as research active or not research active; how many of these individuals were re-engaged to teach and to continue research; and if he will make a statement.

(160499)

58
   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when the new user's guide to the Producer Responsibility Obligation (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 will be published.

(160636)

59
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what timescale he has established for the preparation and completion of the report of the consultant appointed to advise Ministers on the application for the Sellafield MOX Plant Authorisation; and if he will place a copy of the Consultant's Report in the Library.

(159778)

60
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to assist the preparations for the Rio+10 conference; what contributions he intends to make at the conference; and if he will make a statement.

(159779)

61
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has commissioned on the technical modifications necessary to the Sellafield MOX plant to enable the plant to process plutonium for immobilisation.

(159781)

62
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, when he expects the London Underground PPP to be implemented.

(160730)

63
   Mr Mike Gapes (Ilford South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred to date in connection with the loss of the FV Gaul.

(160731)

64
   Mr John Horam (Orpington):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will require the Transport Research Laboratory to conduct research into the effect of traffic calming measures on (a) tractors and (b) other farming vehicles and direct local authorities to put schemes affecting roads used by tractors on hold; and if he will update traffic advisory leaflet 7/96 to compel local authorities to consult agricultural interests.

(160496)

65
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those organisations that have applied to set up a yellow school bus pilot scheme; and when he expects each pilot scheme to start.

(160295)

66
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the (a) allocated and (b) forecast level of public funding to Railtrack is in each of the next three years.

(160297)

67
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in each regional development agency.

(160296)

68
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the annual (a) running cost and (b) forecast running cost is for each regional development agency.

(160298)

69
   Mr Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to carry out a new study to update the Aircraft Noise Index Study of 1985.

(160726)

70
   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list those shire counties which have had no reported cases of foot and mouth disease and which have opened (a) less than 25 per cent. of the total length of their rights of way and (b) 50 per cent. or more of the total length of their rights of way; and if he will make a statement.

(160729)

71
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has made to Ofwat on the responsibility of the water industry for funding drainage improvements following the recent floods.

(160247)

72
   Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Govan):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how he proposes to meet the Government's aims of achieving sustainable development and maintaining biodiversity in the marine environment.

(160727)

73
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what progress has been made in restructuring the railway franchise system in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

(160613)

74
   Mr David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to give local authorities assistance to help them with the damage to highways caused by the recent floods.

(160721)

75
N   Mr Ian Bruce (South Dorset):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement regarding the impact of advanced corporation tax credits on Scottish pensioners.

(159297)

76
N   Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients who, having been diagnosed with (a) lung cancer, (b) bowel cancer, (c) breast cancer, (d) cervical cancer and (e) prostate cancer survive for five years; and what the comparable figures are for (i) France, (ii) Germany, (iii) Sweden and (iv) the USA.

(160240)

77
   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements have been made to provide continuing access to compensation under the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council 'Grants and Indemnity Scheme' for general insurance losses incurred by the clients of registered insurance brokers, following the repeal of the Insurance Brokers' Registration Act on 30th April.

[R] (160599)

78
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the income through taxation being lost as a result of cross-border smuggling into Northern Ireland of petroleum fuel and related products.

(160337)

79
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Commission over compliance by Lloyds with European Insurance Directive 73/239.

(160402)

80
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the benefits of introducting a VAT zero rate on fluoride toothpaste.

(160348)

81
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to promote the use of (a) LPG, (b) ultra low sulphur petrol and (c) ultra low sulphur diesel in rural areas.

(160347)

82
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to assist the preparations for the Rio+10 conference; what contributions he intends to make at the conference; and if he will make a statement.

(159780)

83
N   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average length of time was between a case referred to the European Court of Human Rights and a judgement in a case in the last twelve months; and when he expects a judgement in the cases of (a) Leyla Zana, (b) Selim Sadak, (c) Hatip Dicle and (d) Orhan Dogah.

(160383)

84
   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he will make to the Colombian Government over the recent threats made by Army and paramilitary personnel against the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado.

(160641)

85
   Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he will make to the Colombian Government concerning the rights of the peace communities in Colombia not to be intimidated by military and paramilitary units.

(160642)

86
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa refusals in relation to which (a) an appeal was received, (b) a refusal was overturned by an entry clearance manager after receipt of an appeal and (c) an appeal was despatched in April.

(160463)

87
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa applications (a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused in April.

(160461)

88
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many family visit visa applications were (a) received, (b) determined, (c) allowed and (d) refused by (i) the largest 100 entry clearance posts and (ii) all entry clearance posts in the first quarter of 2001.

(160462)

89
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on transport to and from (a) Pitcairn Island, (b) Norfolk Island, (c) St. Helena, (d) Ascension and (e) Tristan da Cunha.

(160668)

90
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the population is of (a) Pitcairn Island, (b) Norfolk Island, (c) St. Helena, (d) Ascension and (e) Tristan da Cunha; and how the population of these islands has changed since 1971.

(160667)

91
N   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Chinese Government following the arrest of Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang, together with priests and followers; and if he will make a statement.

(160167)

92
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what obstacles remain to his signing the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

(160322)

93
   Mr Ernie Ross (Dundee West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent EU-GCC Ministerial meeting in Bahrain, indicating at what level the United Kingdom was represented and what the outcome was.

(160614)

94
N   Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proportion of patients is who having suffered a heart attack (myocardial infarction) survive for five years; and what the equivalent figures are in (a) France, (b) Germany, (c) Sweden and (d) the USA.

(160239)

95
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the overseas countries visited by each minister in his Department as part of their official duties in each of the last five years.

(160327)

96
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of sending (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants to health conferences in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas in each of the last five years.

(160328)

97
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been cost to date of NHS Direct.

(160306)

98
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the cost to date of the introduction and operation of the Commission for Health Improvement.

(160311)

99
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on planned spending on child and adolescent mental health services by local health authorities for the financial year 2001-02.

(160638)

100
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on TB in Gloucestershire.

(160669)

101
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will provide a substantive answer to the Question tabled by the honourable Member for Salisbury for answer on 23rd March.

(160344)

102
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ME specialist clinics have outreach mobile units to go to those whose symptoms are so severe as to render them bed or house-bound.

(160332)

103
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those NHS trusts which provide specialist outpatient clinics for those suffering from ME.

(160329)

104
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of people diagnosed as suffering from ME in (a) England and (b) the (i) Cambridgeshire/Peterborough, (ii) Lincolnshire and (iii) Northamptonshire health authority areas.

(160330)

105
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each appropriate English local authority the most recently available average amount which is spent per annum per child on children held in secure accommodation, together with the number of such secure placements in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(160336)

106
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS trusts which provide specialist (a) inpatient and (b) ward facilities for those suffering from ME.

(160331)

107
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors specialising in ME are attached to NHS trusts in the (a) Cambridgeshire/Peterborough, (b) Lincolnshire and (c) Northamptonshire health authority areas.

(160333)

108
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the policy of (a) Cambridgeshire/Peterborough, (b) Lincolnshire and (c) Northamptonshire health authorities on the diagnosis and treatment of ME.

(160334)

109
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive advice from the UK National Screening Committee on the proposed screening programme for Type 2 diabetes.

(160346)

110
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were (a) diagnosed with heart failure and (b) diagnosed with myocardial infarction in each of the last five years.

(160607)

111
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many echocardiography technicians were employed by the NHS for each of the last five years.

(160603)

112
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the recruitment and retention of cardiac technicians accredited by the British Society of Echocardiography to carry out echocardiography, within the NHS.

(160604)

113
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total number of undiagnosed heart failure sufferers.

(160608)

114
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of (a) beta blockers and (b) ACE inhibitors in the treatment of heart failure; and if he will make a statement.

(160600)

115
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the British Society of Echocardiography regarding concerns about the recognition of specialised echo technicians in the NHS.

(160605)

116
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to increase the number of dedicated echocardiography technicians in the NHS.

(160606)

117
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent guidance he has issued to enable general practitioners accurately to identify heart failure patients.

(160601)

118
   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to enable (a) hospitals and (b) general practitioners to develop accurate and speedy diagnoses of heart failure.

(160602)

119
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for patients at the Accident and Emergency Unit at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham.

(160003)

120
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to promote public awareness of the facilities available at the Accident Treatment Centre at the Royal Hospital, Haslar.

(160004)

121
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will evaluate the research by Dr Chris Binky on the possible links between childhood leukaemia and adult cases to proximity to Oldbury nuclear power station.

(160283)

122
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was spent in the last financial year under the provisions of the Disabled Persons (Consultation, Representation and Services) Act 1986.

(160534)

123
N   Mr Denzil Davies (Llanelli):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the reduction in the total number of circuit judges which will result from the anticipated reduction of cases held at Crown Court following the implementation of the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill.

(160404)

124
   Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to give better protection to animals; and if he will make a statement.

(160781)

125
   Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made with the code of practice for the care and welfare of circus animals on tour.

(160782)

126
   Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about his role as chair of the Ministerial Committee on the Commonwealth Games.

(160728)

127
   Mr Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will appoint the chairman for the fundamental review of the coroner system.

(160780)

128
   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Arson Control Forum new projects bidding exercise.

(160690)

129
   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the aims and objectives are of the new task force on child protection on the Internet; and if he will make a statement.

(160688)

130
   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish the report of the review of Part 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997.

(160692)

131
   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the organisations which successfully bid for 2000 and 2001 reception and integration funding under the European Refugee Fund.

(160687)

132
   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the use of the private sector in the Prison Service.

(160691)

133
   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Criminal Records Bureau will publish its Corporate and Business Plan.

(160689)

134
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the net income has been from fees for family visitor appeals since 1st April; and how much of this net income relates to appeals which are still outstanding.

(160464)

135
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total net income was from fees for family visitor appeals between 2nd October 2000 and 31st March; and how much of that net income relates to appeals which are still outstanding.

(160465)

136
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations giving immigration advice for profit are registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner; and how many such organisations are in the process of registering with the OISC.

(160466)

137
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th April, Official Report, column 255W, when he intends to publish the inspection reports of the (a) Bournemouth and Poole and (b) Caernarfon youth offending teams; when inspection will commence on the other youth offending teams in the pilot; and if he will make a statement.

(160458)

138
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants have transferred to the office of the Chief Probation Officer for London; what their functions are; what the total cost to the Probation Service is; and if he will make a statement.

(160473)

139
   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds his Department has allocated to the pilot assessment projects for those with dangerous severe personality disorder for the years 1999-2000 to 2001-02.

(160637)

140
   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of answering parliamentary question (Ref 159969) from the Right honourable Member for Maidstone on the Weald.

(160501)

141
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community police officers there are in each police area of Greater Manchester; and how many are (a) full-time and (b) part-time.

(160292)

142
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation his Department has made of the impact of community police officers on the number of anti-social behaviour offences.

(160294)

143
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to increase the number of community police officers in the UK; and what impact they have had on the Greater Manchester area.

(160293)

144
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stops and searches were conducted (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 population, and what percentage resulted in an arrest, in each police force area in England and Wales in 2000-01 broken down by ethnic origin of those stopped and searched.

(160459)

145
   Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for reviewing the emergency planning legislation; and if he will make a statement.

(160724)

146
   Ms Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to public funds was of the extradition case of Senator Pinochet.

(160723)

147
   Mr Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information, the effects of his Department's policies and actions in relation to animal welfare since 2nd May 1997, for the Vale of Cwyd.

(160615)

148
   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her policy towards improving water storage and distribution networks in sub-Saharan Africa.

(160670)

149
   Mr Piara S. Khabra (Ealing, Southall):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the Commonwealth Development Corporation's recently published Anual Report.

(160732)

150
   Mr Hilary Benn (Leeds Central):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what percentage of court fines were collected in each year since 1971.

(160474)

151
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average time currently taken by the Immigration Appellate Authority is to determine (a) oral family visitor appeals, (b) paper-only family visitor appeals, (c) asylum appeals and (d) other immigration appeals.

(160472)

152
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) oral and (b) paper only family visitor appeals have been received by the Immigration Appellate Authority since (i) 2nd October 2000 and (ii) 1st February in which the Immigration Advisory Service has been identified as representing the applicant.

(160471)

153
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of (a) oral and (b) paper-only family visitor appeals received by the Immigration Appellate Authority in April.

(160460)

154
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total amount of funding provided by the Legal Services Commission is in respect of family visitor appeals since (a) 2nd October 2000 and (b) 1st February.

(160469)

155
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in how many cases the Legal Services Commission has funded legal representation at the oral hearing of a family visitor appeal since (a) 2nd October 2000 and (b) 1st February.

(160470)

156
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of family visitor appeals (a) determined, (b) allowed and (c) dismissed by the Immigration Appellate Authority (i) at an oral hearing and (ii) on the papers only, in April.

(160467)

157
N   Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of family visitor appeals determined (a) at an oral hearing and (b) on the papers only, since 2nd October 2000, have been allowed.

(160468)

158
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been made on the Second Phase of the Enforcement Review following the widening of its remit, announced by the Lord Chancellor on 6th March.

(160695)

159
   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been made on reviewing the remedy of distress for rent as part of the ongoing reform of the civil justice system and review of civil enforcement.

(160696)

160
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings have taken place, on what dates, between the Change Management Team and (a) the Oversight Commissioner and (b) his staff.

(160321)

161
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings have taken place, on what dates, between the Oversight Commissioner and the Chief Constable.

(160320)

162
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons have been arrested for stealing cars in each Northern Ireland police district in each of the past five years; and how many have been (a) successfully prosecuted and (b) sentenced to a non-custodial sentence.

(160290)

163
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars have been stolen in each district policing area in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years; and how many vehicles were recovered within seven days and reported as having been stolen for joy-riding or similar purposes.

(160289)

164
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which officials have held meetings with (a) the Oversight Commissioner and (b) members of his staff; and on what dates.

(160318)

165
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his plans are to reduce car crime in each target area; and what agencies are involved (a) with the police and (b) independently in addressing this behaviour.

(160291)

166
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which police stations have been visited by (a) the Oversight Commissioner and (b) members of his staff; and on what dates.

(160319)

167
N   Mr Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the President of the Council, if she will bring forward proposals to the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons on measures to speed up the swearing in of honourable Members following a general election.

(160315)

168
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, what criteria will be used by the House of Lords Appointments Commission in deciding whether to accept persons recommended for peerages by the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

(160325)

169
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, by what method the Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission was selected; what qualities were sought from applicants; who was involved in the preliminary sift of applications and in the final selection; and if he will make a statement.

(160312)

170
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, on what dates in the current year the House of Lords Appointments Commission plans to undertake regional road shows to encourage potential people's peers to apply.

(160314)

171
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, if the House of Lords Appointments Commission intends to interview persons recommended for peerages by the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

(160326)

172
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the President of the Council, what the length of tenure of the Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission is; and what plans she has to change the way his successor is selected.

(160313)

173
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, how he applied the rules governing disclosure of ministerial correspondence to requests for disclosure of the letter he received from the Countess of Wessex.

(160639)

174
   Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston):    To ask the Prime Minister, when the Performance and Innovation Unit's report on global health will be published.

(160722)

175
N   Sir Brian Mawhinney (North West Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for North West Cambridgeshire of 22nd March.

(160335)

176
   Mr Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has been contacted by President Bush on missile defence systems; and what reponse he gave.

(160536)

177
   Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how much additional expenditure on pensioners there has been since May 1997 over and above the cost of annually uprating the state pension in line with prices.

(160640)

178
   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, in how many cases since 1st May 1997 in which Dr Abou-Amer was the examining medical practitioner the Decision Maker's ruling on entitlement to benefit has been overturned on appeal.

(160612)

179
   Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, when he will publish the inspection report of the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate in respect of Kingston upon Hull City Council.

(160725)

180
   Mr Matthew Taylor (Truro and St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if individuals who claim disablement as a result of participating in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down are entitled to receive the case notes of their application for an award from the War Pension Agency.

(160495)

181
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what is his latest estimate of the number of people affected by (a) disallowance of JSA for failure to comply with actively seeking work, or availability for work tests, (b) JSA sanctions of a discretionary length, (c) JSA sanctions of a fixed length, (d) JSA sanctions arising from failure to comply with New Deal requirements, (e) JSA sanctions arising from failure to co-operate with the Child Support Agency and (f) income support sanctions arising from failure to co-operate with the Child Support Agency.

(160284)

182
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will update his estimate based on the Family Resources Survey 1998-99 of (a) median pensioner incomes, excluding means-tested benefits, by age, sex and marital status, consistent with his Answer of 8th February 2000, Official Report, column 128W, on pensions and (b) the size of each group.

(160282)

183
   Mr Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps his Department is taking in respect of Buy British initiatives consequent on the foot and mouth outbreak.

(160502)

184
   Mrs Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on recent developments concerning the UK/US Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

(160610)

185
N   Ms Ruth Kelly (Bolton West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he expects to complete his Department's review of collective redundancy legislation.

(160317)

186
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will bring forward proposals to allow all post office and sub-post office outlets to issue VED licences; and if he will make a statement.

(160399)

187
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many VED licences were issued through post offices in each of the last five years.

(160397)

188
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Post Office outlets there are in Scotland; and how many of these are authorized to issue VED licences.

(160398)

189
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been spent (a) to date and (b) during the last 12 months, under the provisions of the pneumoconiosis, etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979.

(160535)

190
   Mr Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former coal miners suffering from (a) emphysema, (b) chronic bronchitis and (c) asthma, or their widows, have outstanding claims for compensation and have received no payment to date; and how many such cases have been paid (i) in full and (ii) in part at the most recent available date.

(160611)

191
   Mr Alan W. Williams (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many medical assessment procedures were conducted each week since 1st January 2000 in the miners compensation claim for chest disease.

(160497)