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Air Traffic Centre

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place a copy of the report by the Health and Safety Executive on IT systems in operation at Swanwick and West Drayton in the Library. [70735]

Mr. Jamieson: No. There are statutory restrictions on the disclosure of information obtained by HSE in pursuance of its powers which apply to the HSE report on the IT System at Swanwick. National Air Traffic Services are working with HSE, the Civil Aviation Authority and the trade unions to resolve any issues associated with the new working environment at Swanwick.

There is no corresponding HSE report on the IT System at West Drayton air traffic control centre.

Road Deaths

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will analyse the results from Holland and other countries where traffic lights have been removed in an attempt to reduce road deaths; and if he will make a statement. [73687]

Mr. Jamieson: The Department is always interested in ways of making roads safer for all, especially for vulnerable road users, and in reducing unnecessary street furniture. My officials will be looking at the work in The Netherlands and elsewhere, and at the context in which it is being done, to see what lessons may be transferable to this country.

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Traffic lights

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take powers to prevent local authorities and elected mayors from altering the timing on traffic lights other than for the purpose of improving traffic flows commensurate with safety. [72952]

Mr. Spellar: The timing of traffic signals depends on many factors, including the layout of junctions, the movements and types of vehicles to be accommodated at the junction and the proximity of junctions to each other, as well as the numbers of vehicles and pedestrians. We look to local authorities and elected mayors to provide for the safe and efficient passage of all road users and to ensure the smooth flow of traffic.

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

BSE

Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what legal action she will take in relation to the incident in Wales last November whereby meat from the offspring of a cow with BSE entered the human food chain. [28689]

Mr. Morley: The case has been investigated and a warning letter has been sent to the farmers concerned. Offspring cull procedures have been tightened up.

Aggregates Levy

Mr. Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she plans to take to ensure that the Sustainability Fund is used to deliver environmental improvements in localities where the extractive activities incurring the aggregates levy occur. [30167]

Mr. Meacher: The Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund will be distributed through the Countryside Agency, English Heritage, English Nature, WRAP, DTI's Construction Innovation and Research Management Programme, ODPM's Planning Research and Clean Up programmes and DfT's Freight Facilities Grant.

Of the total £58.6 million available in England over the next two years, £29.5 million has been allocated to projects designed to reduce the local effects of aggregates extraction, and £1.6 million to a local authority pilot project run by Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Somerset County Councils.

Glazebury-on-Wye Bridge

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the hon. Member for Leominster will receive a response to his letter of 29 October 2001 concerning the new flood-warning monitor at Glazebury-on-Wye bridge. [38272]

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Mr. Morley: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 13 February.

Correspondence

Mr. Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when her Department will answer the letter of Mr. J. C. Dixon, received on 8 November 2001, a constituent. [40846]

Mr. Morley: The Department has no record of Mr. Dixon's letter.

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter of 29 October 2001 from the hon. Member for Leominster on behalf of a constituent, Mr. M. J. Cox. [45331]

Mr. Morley: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 13 August.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Fareham, dated 18 January, concerning his constituent Mr. Broadbridge. [45811]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 26 March 2002]: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 30 July.

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when she intends to write to the hon. Member for Hertsmere regarding the case of Mr. T Haworth of Radlett, as referred to in the letter from the then Minister of State in her letter of December 2000, ref. 148710; [56555]

(2) when she plans to answer the question tabled on 10 May from the hon. Member for Hertsmere, ref 56555; [64475] (3) when she plans to reply to the question tabled on 10 May by the hon. Member for Hertsmere regarding the case of Mr. T. Haworth of Radlett, ref 56555. [73411]

Mr. Morley: My noble Friend Lord Whitty wrote to the hon. Member on 31 July with an undertaking that officials would look into Mr. Haworth's case urgently.

Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will answer the letter from the hon. Member for Canterbury dated 21 December 2001, ref radiation, emissions and pollution. [57783]

Mr. Meacher: I responded to the hon. Member's letter on 10 September.

Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when she will reply to Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Wilcockson, constituents, regarding the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme; [61402]

(2) when she will reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for West Suffolk of October 2001 in respect of his constituents, Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Wilcockson, regarding the home energy efficiency scheme. [70449]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 18 July 2002]: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 30 July.

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Mr. Peter Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letters of the hon. Member for Hexham of 19 March, ref. 167263, and 21 February, ref. 167311, in respect of compensation claims for foot and mouth disease. [65543]

Mr. Morley: Responses were sent to the hon. Member on 14 and 15 August.

Mr. Peter Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Hexham of 7 March, ref. 167576. [65646]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 2 July 2002]: A response was sent to the hon. Member on 14 August.

Mr. Peter Atkinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Hexham of 3 December 2001, ref. 160528. [65647]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 2 July 2002]: A response was sent to the hon. Member on 14 August.

Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the correspondence from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed dated 15 February and 18 April concerning an outbreak of scab in Northumberland. [65095]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 3 July 2002]: A reply was sent to the right hon. Member on 30 July.

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan of 17 May regarding the future of farming. [67698]

Mr. Morley: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 26 July.

Mr. Salmond: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he will respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan of 31 January, 10 April and 5 June regarding the corporate sector's role in delivering sustainable development. [67649]

Mr. Morley: The hon. Member's letters have been transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry who have responsibility for the particular issues raised.

Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will respond to the letters of the hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 25 February, 9 April and 23 May regarding the future of farming in the United Kingdom. [63182]

Mr. Morley: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 24 July.

Mr. Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter to her dated 18 June from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. M. Wood. [72146]

Mr. Morley: A reply was sent to my right hon. Friend on 26 July.

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Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Totnes of 10 June about GM seeds. [71270]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 23 July 2002]: A response was sent to the hon. Member on 12 August.

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Totnes of 22 May concerning EU regulations on GM foods. [71271]

Mr. Morley [holding answer 23 July 2002]: A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 29 August.

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