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Mr. Yeo: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the newspapers subscribed to (a) Monday to Saturday and (b) on Sunday by his Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken and (ii) the annual cost. [54075]

Mr. Wills [holding answer 2 May 2002]: The information that the hon. Member has requested is set out in the table. The first figure after each title is the number of copies taken and the second is the total annual cost:

£

NewspapersNumber of copies takenTotal annual cost
Monday to Saturday
Daily Express2185.95
Daily Mail3301.90
Daily Mirror1103.16
Daily Telegraph2260.15
Evening Standard2347.20
Financial Times4994.70
Glasgow Herald157.60
Guardian3442.50
Independent71,086.35
Scotsman1142.55
Sheffield Star176.80
Star195.90
Sun2170.05
Times202,692.40
Sunday
Independent on Sunday160.40
Mail on Sunday155.70
News of the World133.10
Observer160.90
Scotland on Sunday131.80
Sunday Business147.00
Sunday Express153.00
Sunday Mirror134.45
Sunday Telegraph153.00
Sunday Times161.10

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Mr. Yeo: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the magazines and periodicals subscribed to by his Department, stating for each subscription (i) the number of copies taken and (ii) the annual cost. [54074]

Mr. Wills [holding answer 2 May 2002]: The information that the hon. Member has requested is set out in the table. The first figure after each title is the number of copies taken and the second is the total annual cost:

£

Magazines/periodicals Number of copies takenTotal annual cost
Architect's Journal182.69
Aslib Current Awareness Abstracts2402.86
Australian Law Journal1234
Bookseller2320
British Journal of Criminology2282
British Printer175
British Tax Review2432
Building1110
Bulletin of Legal Developments185.50
Butterworths Family Law Journal (NZ)1495
Cambridge Law Journal5275
Caterer and Hotel Keeper1102
Childright290
Civil Justice Quarterly6864
Columbia Law Review166
Common Market Law Review2798
Commonwealth Law Bulletin2208.54
Commonwealth Lawyer185
Company Lawyer31,035
Computanews125
Computer Weekly1110
Computers and Law4376.64
Construction News172.50
Consumer Law Today1257
Consumer Policy Review1150
Conveyancer and Property Lawyer2288
Corporate Briefing120
Counsel20486
Credit Today160
Criminal Law Week304,350
Design Week1138
Digit250
Economist4537.60
Edinburgh Law Review180
Equal Opportunities Review1236.50
Estates Gazette7952
European Human Rights Law Review81,692
European Law Review1333
Family Law Quarterly139.20
Financial Regulatory Briefing4460
Government Opportunities1260
Harvard Law Review149
Health Law for Healthcare Professionals1135
House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin148.15
IDS Brief125
Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law2325
Insolvency Intelligence1245
Insurance Day1391
Insurance Law Monthly1270
International & Comparative Law Quarterly195
International Family Law1121.60
International Journal of Insurance Law179
International Journal of Law & Information Technology199
International Journal of Law & the Family1106
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology1325
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers4160
IRS Employment Review1630
Journal of Business Law1202.50
Journal of Contract Law129
Journal of Criminal Law1139
Journal of International Banking Law1595
Journal of Law and Society1226
Journal of Legal History2480
Journal of Personal Injury Litigation2330
Journal of Planning & Environment Law2414
JSB Journal280
Juridical Review1145
Justice of the Peace539,275
Labour Market Trends219
Law Notes5145
Law Quarterly Review6675
Law Society's Gazette7672
Law Teacher290
Lawyer201,600
Legal Action271,405
Legal Business2330
Legal Executive145
Legal Studies165
Litigation Letter61,488
Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly1150
London Gazette1351
The Magistrate5150
Magnet185
Managing Information2165
Medical Law Review1110
Modern Law Review5585
New Law Journal15525,528.50
New Scientist2264
New Statesman5481.60
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly175
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies1129
Paper Market Digest1250
Personal & Medical Injuries Law Letter1294
Police Review170
Population Trends2135
Practitioner's Child Law Bulletin1120
Private Eye496
Professional Negligence3345
Project Manager Today132.50
Property Law Bulletin1215
Property Week1120
Public Administration129.50
Public Law2135
Radio Times144.70
RICS Abstracts & Reviews1125
RICS Weekly Briefing110
Scots Law Times31,347.30
Social Trends3118.50
Socio-Legal Newsletter230
Solicitors Journal876,525
Spectator4383.20
Stakeholder278
Statute Law Review1115
Taxation4187.20
Trading Law1290
Trust Law International1128.25

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Mrs. L Odedra

Mr. Vaz: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the reasons why the appeal papers in respect of Mrs. L. Odedra of ECR/419/00 104792, have not been processed. [51508]

Ms Rosie Winterton: I understand that my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will be writing to my hon. Friend about this matter shortly.

Immigration Cases

Mr. Vaz: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will make a statement on the backlog of immigration cases in the IAA; what the backlog is of cases waiting for decision by an immigration adjudicator; and what the average length of time was for a case to be dealt with from receipt from the Home Office to the hearing in the last 12 months. [54500]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The IAA, as of the end of March 2002, was dealing with 4,114 adjudicator appeals, 36 leave to appeal applications and 39 substantive tribunal appeals in relation to immigration cases (not including family visit visas). In each instance, this level of work in progress is within or in line with expectation and hence does not amount to a backlog.

The average waiting time from receipt of an immigration case to its first substantive hearing for the period 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 is 13.75 weeks.

Public Records

Norman Baker: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will arrange for the release to the Public Record Office of pre-1945 records relating to the Royal Family. [54671]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The Open Government White Paper (Cm2290, July 1993) states that "Records relating to the Royal Family will be treated in the same way as all other records and only closed for longer than 30 years if they fall into one or more of the three criteria governing closure" (9.22). That practice still applies and the closure criteria used for public records relating to the Royal Family are therefore the same as for all other records. Any public record dating from before 1945 should now be open unless it is subject to one of the closure criteria, requiring a longer period of closure, in which case it will be re-reviewed when the closure period is due to come to an end.

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Consultation Document (Making Decision)

Dr. Iddon: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will place a copy of the consultation document, "Making Decisions: Helping People who have Difficulty Deciding for Themselves" (Cm. 05/2002), published in April, available in the Library. [55288]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The consultation document 'Making Decisions: Helping People who have Difficulty Deciding for Themselves' was published on 10 April. Copies of the document were placed in the libraries of both Houses shortly thereafter.


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