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Private Medical Insurance

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers working in his Department are provided with private medical insurance; how many individuals have been covered in each year since 1997–98 and at what total cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement. [32311]

Dr. Moonie [holding answer 6 February 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the UK armed forces have been provided with private medical insurance in each year since 1997–98; what the total cost has been in each of these years; and if he will make a statement. [32310]

Dr. Moonie [holding answer 6 February 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Costs

Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 29 January 2002, when he expects to be in a position to know if it is practical to give a broad estimate of costs; and if he will publish that estimate. [32330]

Mr. Ingram [holding answer 7 February 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Micro-Organisms

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications of the production, development and use of micro-organisms that degrade materials when conducted for military purposes. [34966]

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Dr. Moonie: I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Joan Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the research projects funded by his Department in the last five years on micro-organisms that degrade materials; and what the cost was of each project. [34967]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to my hon. Friend and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Overseas Bases

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the overseas bases of HM Forces, indicating the number of units of permanent accommodation at each. [34833]

Mr. Ingram [holding answer 8 February 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Helicopters

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total requirement is for trained (a) Lynx helicopter, (b) Puma, (c) Chinook and (d) Sea King pilots in each service; and how many there are at present in each case. [35644]

Mr. Ingram: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Single Living Accommodation

Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement defining what is the minimum acceptable standard of single living accommodation in the armed services. [35272]

Mr. Ingram: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Departmental Publicity

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the total real terms expenditure of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on publicity for each of the years (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000, (d) 2000–01 and (e) 2001–02 (i) to date and (ii) as estimated for the whole of the present year; and if he will break these figures down to indicate expenditure on (A) advertising and (B) press and public relations. [36173]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the publicity and advertising campaigns run by his Department in each of the last four years, specifying the (a) purpose, (b) cost to public funds, (c) number of staff involved and (d) method of evaluation in each case. [39075]

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Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Civil Servants (New Entrants)

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 years and over. [36491]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Departmental Correspondence

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average response time was for responding to departmental correspondence; what percentage of letters took longer than one month for a response; and what percentage took longer than three months for a response in each of the last five years. [37449]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Equipment Leasing

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the equipment leasing arrangements entered into by his Department in each of the last four years; and what the cost is to public funds in each case. [39083]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Departmental Job Advertisements

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the job advertisements placed by his Department in the last 12 months specifying where the advertisements were placed and the cost in each case. [39072]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Departmental Catering

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of (a) in-house canteen and (b) other catering services provided by his Department in each of the last four years. [38917]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Special Advisers

Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 1 May 1997 (a) departmental and (b) non-departmental special advisers have travelled abroad in an official capacity;

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and if he will list the total cost, including (i) travel, (ii) accommodation and (iii) subsistence allowance, for each occasion. [37976]

Dr. Moonie [holding answer 27 February 2002]: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Capita Group

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the contracts that have been awarded to the Capita Group by the Department. [39340]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

Fair Trade Products

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether fair trade products are sold in his Department. [39831]

Dr. Moonie: I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Football

Mr. Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 30th October, ref. 76603, how many football games she attended between 7th June and 26th November 2001 in her official capacity; and where those games took place. [79735]

Dr. Howells: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State did not attend any football games in her official capacity between 7 and 26 November 2001.

LORD CHANCELLOR

RoadPeace

Simon Hughes: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what actions she proposes to take to respond to representations from RoadPeace following their meeting with Ministers on 10 October 2002; and if he will make a statement. [79621]

Yvette Cooper: I will shortly be writing to RoadPeace about the issues raised at the meeting.

Criminal Justice White Paper

Mr. Simon Hughes MP: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if she will publish the responses he receives to the consultation on the Criminal Justice White Paper, and place them in the Library. [79622]

Yvette Cooper: The responses will be published in due course.

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