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Commonwealth Stadium

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Government money has been given to the Commonwealth stadium in Manchester. [13014]

Mr. Caborn: None. The cost of the stadium, currently estimated at £110 million, is being met by Manchester city council with the support of a £77 million lottery grant from Sport England.

Television Licences

Dr. Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures she has taken to ensure that the mailing of households not recorded as holding television licences by the Television Licensing Authority is cost-effective. [12662]

Dr. Howells: Statutory responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the television licensing system rests with the BBC. Decisions on the resources allocated to different enforcement activities are therefore a matter for the BBC rather than the Government. However, the Corporation is accountable to the National

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Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee as to the value for money of the collection and enforcement arrangements.

Computer Crime

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department. [13129]

Dr. Howells: No cases of computer hacking or fraud, either by outsiders or internal staff were recorded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 2000 or in 2001 to date.

Two computers have been lost so far in 2001 with three computers lost in 2000.

No Departmental computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers within or outside the Department.

Correspondence

Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for North Thanet on political bias by broadcasting stations; and if she will make a statement. [12787]

Dr. Howells [holding answer 6 November 2001]: I wrote to the hon. Member yesterday and I have arranged for copies of my letter to be placed in the Libraries of both Houses today.

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Correspondence

Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter to her dated 14 June, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss M. Cowley. [6522]

Mr. Morley: My Private Secretary replied to my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton on 3 August 2001.

After a request from my right hon. Friend, the reply was resent on 14 August 2001 signed by myself.

Foxhunting

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of job losses in the countryside if foxhunting does not restart before Christmas. [10006]

Alun Michael [holding answer 25 October 2001]: It is not possible to make a reliable estimate of the potential number of job losses consequent on the suspension of hunting as a result of foot and mouth disease.

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Foot and Mouth

Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many animals were culled in Powys during the foot and mouth outbreak. [R] [12836]

Mr. Morley: The numbers of animals slaughtered on infected premises, dangerous contacts, contiguous premises and slaughter on suspicion cases in Powys are available on the DEFRA website (www.defra.gov.uk). The website is updated daily.

Figures for Powys as at 5 November 2001

		Dangerous contacts
Animals	IP	Contiguous	Non- contiguous	SOS	Total
Cattle	5,357	9,440	2,224	697	17,718
Sheep	50,941	67,747	36,892	8,149	163,729
Pigs	2	7	47	0	56
Goats	22	15	0	0	37
Deer	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0
Total	56,322	77,209	39,163	8,846	181,540

Note:

Data drawn from DEFRA Disease Control System database and are subject to revision as quality assurance of data is carried out.

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assistance the Arthur Rank Foundation is giving to farmers in Chorley affected by foot and mouth. [13228]

Mr. Morley: The Arthur Rank Foundation has used its charitable funds to provide relief for rural communities who have been affected by the outbreak of foot and mouth disease. This includes, among other things, the establishment of a National Fodder Bureau. This bureau maintains a database of people who wish to sell or donate fodder and matches them up with farmers who cannot source their own supplies. The National Fodder Bureau has been receiving matched funding from the Countryside Agency pound for pound on donations (excluding corporate donations) and gift aid. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Rural Affairs announced on 6 November that the Government had agreed to a new tranche of match funding, comprising up to £2 million until 31 December 2001.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Murder Investigations

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he has taken to appoint a judge of international standing from outside the jurisdiction to undertake the investigation of allegations of collusion in the cases of the murders of Pat Finucane, Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson and Billy Wright; when he expects these investigations to be completed; when he will publish the terms of reference for them; what powers he will give the judge to compel potential witnesses and interview people disapplying the Official Secrets Acts; what arrangements will be made to hear the views of the victims' families; and what commitment he has made to publish the terms of his agreement to establish a public inquiry. [11492]

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Jane Kennedy: The package of proposals published after the Weston Park talks contained details of the investigation by a judge of international standing into the cases of Chief Superintendent Breen and Superintendent Buchanan, Lord Justice and Lady Gibson, Billy Wright, Patrick Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, and Robert Hamill. We are currently working with the Irish Government on the appointment. Further details will be published in due course.

Reproductive Health

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations made submissions to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission calling for the inclusion of a right to equal and free access to reproductive health care; and if he will list these organisations, together with the number of people represented by them. [12312]

Mr. Browne: This is a matter for the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. I have asked the Chief Commissioner to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his letter will be placed in the Library.

HEALTH

National Organ Register

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of the population have joined the national organ register. [10759]

Jacqui Smith: There are currently 9,170,045 people on the national health service organ donor register. This is 15 per cent. of the population.

Waiting Lists

Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients died in each year from 1995 to 2000 while on the waiting list for (a) heart, (b) heart and lung, (c) lung and (d) liver transplants; [10960]

(2) how many people are awaiting a (a) kidney transplant, (b) heart transplant, (c) heart and lung transplant, (d) lung transplant and (e) liver transplant; and if he will make a statement on the shortfall in organs available for transplant; [10959]

(3) how many organ transplants were carried out in the last five years for which figures are available. [10760]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is in the tables.

Thoracic and liver patients who died while on the active waiting list in the UK from 1995 to 2000 by organ and year of death

Organ	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Heart	55	57	59	55	54	37
Heart/lung	32	39	32	22	26	42
Lung	50	50	54	66	71	49
Liver	50	50	62	74	76	65
Total	187	196	207	217	227	193

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Solid organ waiting list in the UK as of 21 October 2001 by organ and status

Organ	Active	Suspended	Total
Kidney	4,779	1,263	6,042
Kidney/pancreas	104	29	133
Pancreas	11	21	32
Heart	106	11	117
Heart/lung	77	2	79
Lung	232	2	234
Liver	151	2	153
Total	5,460	1,330	6,790

Solid organ transplants in the UK from 1996 to 2000 by organ and year of transplant

Organ	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Total
Kidney	1,682	1,666	1,581	1,581	1,670	8,180
Kidney/pancreas	19	21	22	31	32	125
Pancreas	3	9	0	3	0	15
Heart	276	264	261	227	204	1,232
Heart/lung	50	43	51	49	33	226
Lung	116	103	88	100	98	515
Liver	617	659	651	679	665	3,271
Other Multi-organ	24	14	19	15	6	78
Total	2,787	2,779	2,673	2,695	2,708	13,642

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