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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:
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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:
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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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