Order Book Part 1

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Session 2001-02
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 4 July 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 4 July, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

WEDNESDAY 4th JULY

1
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the money raised from the National Lottery has been used (a) in the NHS and (b) in schools; and if she will make a statement.

(1634)

2
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been raised each year from the National Lottery, for each category of good cause, since the establishment of the National Lottery; and if she will make a statement.

(1633)

3
   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received regarding the availability of fertility treatment for service personnel and their families.

(2327)

4
   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals he has to extend fertility treatment to service personnel and their families.

(2401)

5
   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries from which buyers (a) have been and (b) will be invited to the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition being held from 11th to 14th September.

(2398)

6
   Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which days the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition will be open to (a) overseas customers, (b) the Press, and (c) the public; who will be opening the Exhibition; if honourable Members will be invited to it; and which ships from (i) the Royal Navy and (ii) overseas navies will be participating in the exhibition.

(2399)

7
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) court martial proceedings and (b) disciplinary action against crew of HMS Sheffield were recommended following the inquiry into her sinking; who made the decision on prosecution; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (2342)

8
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the report by Rand into the bidders for the contract to build Type 45 destroyers has been delayed.

(2343)

9
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions were given to the official stenographer relating to amending evidence given by witnesses at the inquiry into the sinking of HMS Sheffield; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (2339)

10
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were given to Rand for their report into the bidders for the contract to build Type 45 destroyers.

(2346)

11
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the report by Rand into the bidders contract to build Type 45 destroyers will be completed; and when he will make a decision.

(2344)

12
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will publish the findings of the report by Rand into the bidders for the contract to build Type 45 destroyers.

(2345)

13
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the papers relating to the board of inquiry into the sinking of HMS Sheffield; if he will make copies available at no charge to the then crew of HMS Sheffield and their families; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (2341)

14
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a public inquiry into the sinking of HMS Sheffield; and if he will make a statement.

(2340)

15
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the cost of the Combat Effectiveness Gender Study; and if he will make a statement.

(1791)

16
   Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received concerning a general service medal for those who served in the Suez Canal Zone between 1951 and 1954.

(2382)

17
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library what risk assessment of ballistic missile attack on the UK from (a) North Korea, (b) Iran, (c) Iraq, (d) Libya and (e) Syria has been made; and what assessment has been made of the potential of these countries to develop inventories of (i) global medium-range, (ii) intermediate range and (iii) inter-continental range ballistic missile.

(329)

18
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of anti-satellite weapons, called parasitic satellites.

(328)

19
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Danish Government about the use of Thule radar sites for National Missile Defence.

(330)

20
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on British participation in the National Ignition Facility at the Laurence Livermore Laboratory in the US.

(316)

21
N   Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of proposed wind farm developments in Moray on RAF training flight paths; and if he will make a statement.

(1978)

22
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average annual standard spending assessment is for each (a) primary school and (b) secondary school pupil in England; what the comparable figures for pupils in Somerset are for the latest available year; what her estimate is of the additional expenditure which would be necessary to bring the per pupil SSA in Somerset up to the average for England; and if she will make a statement.

(1380)

23
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish a table showing the percentage of three year olds with free nursery places in each education authority in England in each of the years 1998-99 to 2003-04 (planned); and if she will make a statement on her plans for increasing provision of free places for three year olds.

(1632)

24
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many temporary classrooms have been in use in Somerset in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(1386)

25
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the anticipated revenue is from tuition fees in England and Wales for each of the years 2002-03 to 2006-07; and if she will make a statement.

(1865)

26
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the backlog of school buildings repair and maintenance work in Somerset; and if she will make a statement.

(1387)

27
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to reduce the differentials in levels of funding support provided through SSAs.

(1866)

28
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the level of tuition fees in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement.

(1637)

29
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason Somerset has a lower proportion of three year olds in free early years places than the average figure for England; and if she will make a statement.

(1385)

30
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if Silver Book contract lecturers in further education are eligible for payments under the Teachers' Pay Initiative.

(2503)

31
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what has been the percentage increase in the amount of funding per full time equivalent student in the further education sector since (a) the incorporation of further education colleges and (b) 1997 in (i) England and (ii) Gloucestershire.

(2404)

32
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average level of funding was per full time equivalent student in the further education sector in England in (a) 2001, (b) 2000, (c) 1997 and (d) 1993.

(2402)

33
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many colleges have not implemented the full awards of the notional national scale; and if she will make a statement.

(2358)

34
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unfilled vacancies there are in the further education sector for lecturer posts; and how many there were in (a) 2000, (b) 1997 and (c) 1993.

(2403)

35
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) lecturers and (ii) administrative and support staff were employed in the further education sector in (A) 1993, (B) 1997, (C) 2000 and (D) 2001.

(2408)

36
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, of those students successfully completing a (a) B.Ed. and (b) teacher training course, how many found employment in (i) schools and (ii) the further education sector in (A) September 2000, (B) September 1999 and (C) September 1993.

(2405)

37
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what has been the real term percentage increase in the amount of funding per full-time equivalent further education student since (a) incorporation of further education colleges, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001.

(2406)

38
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time students there were in the further education sector in (i) 1993, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2000 and (iv) 2001.

(2407)

39
   Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the notional national pay scales for (a) lecturers and (b) administrative and support staff in the further education sector.

(2357)

40
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions Ministers from her Department have had with the Adjudicator in connection with the timing of the announcement about closing Bownham Park School, Stroud; and if she will make a statement.

(2226)

41
   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 36W, on community languages, if she will list those specialist language colleges which offer (a) Urdu, (b) Bengali, (c) Gujerati, (d) Hindi and (e) Chinese.

(2356)

42
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to raise the level of insurance cover against future foot and mouth and other animal disease epidemics in the livestock farming industry.

(2351)

43
N   Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will investigate reports of outbreaks of blisters in the mouths of sheep and cattle unrelated to foot and mouth disease; if she will issue guidance to vets on this subject; and if she will assess to what extent such blisters may be mistaken for foot and mouth disease.

(1979)

44
N   Mr Douglas Hogg (Sleaford & North Hykeham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters regarding Mr Stephen Dorey of Norton Disney of 25th May and 12th and 18th June.

(1980)

45
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the total cost of the recent foot and mouth crisis to date to the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement.

(1500)

46
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which areas within the Yeovil constituency have air pollution above the Government's targeted limits; and if she will make a statement.

(1499)

47
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the risk assessment made prior to the establishment of a mass burial site at Throckmorton airfield in Worcestershire; and what amendments have since been made to that assessment.

(2002)

48
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the compensation arrangements for farmers who have not had an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, but are unable to move their stock because they are under official D notice restrictions; and if she will make a statement.

(2004)

49
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk of the new foot and mouth outbreak in Brecon spreading to Herefordshire and Worcestershire; and if she will make a statement.

(2003)

50
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the implications of D notice restrictions for the movement of farm animals in Worcestershire; when she expects all such restrictions to be removed; and if she will make a statement.

(2005)

51
   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the terms of reference for the proposed independent commission on farming and food will include improvements in farm animal welfare; and if she will make a statement.

(2471)

52
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flocks of upland sheep and at what locations in the UK have been tested for foot and mouth disease; and how many and what percentage were found to be positive.

(1981)

53
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many strains of the foot and mouth virus exist; whether vaccines offer protection against each; and if she will make a statement.

(1982)

54
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct a public inquiry into the foot and mouth outbreak.

(1863)

55
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of those recommendations contained in the 1969 Committee of Inquiry Report into the 1967 foot and mouth outbreak were acted upon during the Government's handling of the 2001 epidemic; and if she will make a statement.

(1792)

56
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has carried out into (a) cost savings and (b) efficiency savings in total government expenditure through the use of the Private Finance Initiative; and if he will make a statement.

(1382)

57
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the additional number of journeys made by car-sharing in 2002-03 as a consequence of introducing a new passenger rate for authorised car mileage in the March 2001 Budget.

(1392)

58
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people of working age (a) with disabilities, (b) aged over 50 years, (c) of ethnic minority background and (d) who are single parents, have been in employment for each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Somerset and (iv) Yeovil constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(1389)

59
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the demand for adult cycle helmets in the United Kingdom of his policy of removing VAT from the purchase of such helmets from 1st April; and if he will make a statement.

(1390)

60
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the (a) male and (b) male and female working age population have been in (i) full-time employment and (ii) part-time or full-time employment in each year since 1975; and if he will make a statement.

(1388)

61
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of total UK expenditure on domestic and foreign surveillance and security services for each year since 1985, expressed in real terms using 2000-01 prices; what public service agreements exist to ensure value for money for such expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

(1371)

62
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his plans to halve child poverty within 10 years, indicating the benchmarks against which this is to be measured.

(1372)

63
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the annual rate of growth of total managed expenditure, in real terms, for each of the years 1999-2000 to 2003-04; what the assumptions are for such growth in real annual total managed expenditure for 2004-05 and 2005-06 contained in the March 2001 Financial Statement and Budget Report; and if he will make a statement.

(1381)

64
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the costs and benefits of introducing a reduced rate of duty on the beer produced by small breweries; and if he will make a statement.

(1391)

65
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the £100,000 maximum binding limit for awards against firms by the Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman for the mis-selling of personal pensions.

(2468)

66
N   Dr Robert Spink (Castle Point):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fiscal impact of lifting VAT on security and crime prevention devices and equipment.

(2025)

67
   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new industrial provident societies have been registered in each of the last five years; and in what areas.

(2338)

68
N   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to give British citizenship to the inhabitants of St. Helena and other former dependent territories.

(1941)

69
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the recorded outcome of the vote was, how his vote was cast, and which other states voted with him at the UN Commission on Human Rights in March and April on (a) statement 2001/3 submitted by Cuba on mercenaries, (b) statement 2001/16 submitted by the Czech Republic on Cuba, (c) statement 2001/26 submitted by South Africa on human rights unilateral coercive measures and (d) statement 2001/36 submitted by Cuba on popular participation and democracy.

(2315)

70
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with the Greenland Prime Minister on the ABM Treaty.

(331)

71
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from pressure groups in (a) Denmark and (b) Greenland about the use of Thule bases for National Missile Defense.

(338)

72
   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will respond to the Foreign Affairs Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2000-01; European Union Enlargement and Nice Follow-up, HC318.

(2397)

73
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning the sale of passports in Eastern Europe by the Belgian Government; and if persons who have secured passports in this way have the right of entry into the UK.

(2027)

74
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the final version of the draft Nurses and Midwifery Order 2001, part III, article 8, does not require the disclosure of the personal address details of people on the register.

(1502)

75
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the costs of the first three months of a care home placement will be met; and what estimate has been made of these costs.

(1503)

76
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received in respect of the draft Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, part III, article 8.

(1504)

77
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by name of report and health authority, the independent inquiries into mental health services established under HSG (94) 27 which have been published since February 1994.

(2009)

78
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list by name of subject and health authority the independent inquiries into mental health services established under HSG (94) 27 which are currently underway but which have not yet published reports.

(2001)

79
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parts of the White Paper on mental health reform, published in December 2000, are undergoing further review.

(2007)

80
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to implement the proposals contained in the White Paper on mental health reform published in December 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(2006)

81
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's proposed timetable is for bringing forward legislation on mental health reform.

(2008)

82
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of women diagnosed with breast cancer tested to date overexpress the HER-2 marker.

(2324)

83
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost per patient is of assessing the HER-2 status of women diagnosed with breast cancer.

(2319)

84
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines he has issued to health authorities assessing the HER-2 status of women diagnosed with breast cancer.

(2326)

85
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of women diagnosed with breast cancer were assessed for the expression of the HER-2 marker (a) by the NHS and (b) privately in England in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001.

(2321)

86
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support he has provided to cancer centres and units to assess the HER-2 status of women diagnosed with breast cancer.

(2325)

87
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for treatment of women with breast cancer who overexpress the HER-2 marker.

(2320)

88
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) cancer charities, (b) patient group of organisations, (c) medical profession and (d) pharmaceutical companies regarding HER-2 testing of women diagnosed with breast cancer.

(2323)

89
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who has been appointed Chief Executive of Preston, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Trust; and if the post of Chief Executive was advertised

(2774)

90
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings of the appointment panel took place before the decision was made to appoint a new Chief Executive of Preston, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Trust.

(2475)

91
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further staffing support he plans to provide to hospices.

(2481)

92
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what salary the new Chief Executive of Preston, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Trust will receive.

(2476)

93
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by Somerset Health Authority to deal with the shortage of NHS dentistry in the Yeovil constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(1377)

94
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the mortality rates at Yeovil District Hospital and Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, in relation to national mortality rates in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(1383)

95
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists in Yeovil constituency are accepting new adult NHS patients; and if he will make a statement.

(1376)

96
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the plans of his Department to utilise the private sector to deliver health care.

(1636)

97
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his Department's policy to meet the full costs of nursing care for elderly people in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement.

(1635)

98
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in East Somerset NHS Trust have been waiting more than (a) three, (b) six, (c) nine, (d) 12, (e) 18, (f) 24, (g) 30 and (h) 36 months for an (i) inpatient operation and (ii) outpatient appointment; and if he will make a statement.

(1384)

99
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will respond to the Health Committee's report, Head Injury: Rehabilitation (HC307 Session 2000-2001).

(2395)

100
   Derek Twigg (Halton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency will publish into Annual Business Plan.

(2502)

101
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what undertaking has been given to review the decision to close the Royal Hospital, Haslar.

(1964)

102
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) total level of investment and (b) source of funding for the recent expansion of the Christie's NHS Trust Hospital.

(2281)

103
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the funding for the Christie's NHS Trust Hospital's new rehabilitation centre has been derived from (a) his Department and (b) public subscription.

(2282)

104
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to visit the Christie's NHS Trust Hospital in Manchester; and if he will make a statement.

(2280)

105
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) anti-social behaviour contracts have been issued.

(2349)

106
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation has been made of the effectiveness and ease of implementation of anti-social behaviour (a) contracts and (b) orders; and what advice he is giving to local councils and the police on the merits and demerits of each.

(2355)

107
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the financial benefits from the confiscation of criminals' assets are apportioned between police forces which seize the assets and the Treasury; and how this apportionment will change under the Government's legislative proposals.

(2350)

108
   Ann Coffey (Stockport):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been successfully applied for in each of the local authorities in Greater Manchester.

(2336)

109
N   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which European Union member states refuse to accept the certificate of identity as a valid travel document.

(1102)

110
N   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many certificates of identity were issued between 1st May 1997 and 7th June 2001 to grantees of exceptional leave to remain.

(1101)

111
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects the Police Complaints Authority to produce its report into the fatal shooting of James Ashley; and to whom the report will be made available.

(2318)

112
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make arrangements for the Hoddinot Report into the fatal shooting of James Ashley to be published.

(2317)

113
   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he is making into the investigation concerning the (a) Landmark and (b) Inn on the Park in Liverpool in respect of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement.

(2316)

114
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his plans to reform police practices, specifying which reforms will and will not require primary legislation.

(1501)

115
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in the Avon and Somerset police force for each reporting period since 1980; what forecasts he has made for the years 2001 to 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(1373)

116
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of telephone tapping warrants issued in each reporting period since 1980; and if he will make a statement.

(1456)

117
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the severity of sentencing for individuals found in possession of larger quantities of illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(1455)

118
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to establish an independent inquiry into the classification of illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(1375)

119
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ratio was between the number of police officers and notifiable offences in Avon and Somerset for each year from 1980 to 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(1374)

120
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recruits to the North Yorkshire Police will be made possible by the Rural Police Grant; how long the Rural Police Grant will be in force; and how police salaries will be financed once the Rural Police Grant expires.

(2348)

121
   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of Northumberland on the progress of the investigation into Mentor Financial Consultants; and if he will make a statement.

(2472)

122
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government determined that family groups of asylum seekers would be treated on arrival in the UK as one person and as individuals when departing in statistics on asylum seekers; and how this decision was published.

(2026)

123
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much time was spent unlocked in (a) male local prisons, (b) male closed training prisons, (c) male young offender institutions, (d) female prisons and (e) female young offender institutions in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(2473)

124
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of prisoners were held in overcrowded accommodation in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(2467)

125
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were (a) employed in industrial workshops and (b) employed in agriculture and horticulture, in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01; how many prisoners were employed as a percentage of the prison population in each of these periods; and if he will make a statement.

(2470)

126
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if (a) police officers and (b) patrol cars were taken off active duty for the photo opportunity to announce his appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department; and if he will make a statement.

(2480)

127
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of hours of educational study was in (a) male local prisons, (b) male open prisons, (c) male closed training prisons, (d) male young offender institutions, (e) female prisons and (f) female young offender institutions in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(2469)

128
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours were spent on purposeful activity in (a) male local prisons, (b) male open prisons, (c) male closed training prisons, (d) male young offender institutions, (e) female prisons and (f) female young offender institutions in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(2479)

129
   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults on (a) prisoners, (b) prison staff and (c) other people in Prison Service establishments there were in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1999-2000 and (iii) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(2477)

130
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her estimate is of (a) the total investment in all forms of overseas development by her Department, for each country dealt with by her Department, in the period 1997-98 to 2000-01 and (b) expenditure per head of population for each country.

(1393)

131
   Mr Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the NI Prison Service published its 2001 to 2004 Corporate and Business Plan; and what performance targets have been set for 2001 to 2004.

(2363)

132
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will (a) reopen the investigation of the death of Francisco Notarantoni and (b) make relevant classified information available to a judicial authority; and if he will make a statement.

(2312)

133
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Bush unilateral proposals by the Rumsfeld Commission to delete Article IX of the 1972 ABM Treaty.

(323)

134
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Bush the concept of invulnerability through military supremacy in relation to the weaponisation of space.

(325)

135
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Putin the potential for the US policy on National Missile Defense to include a first strike capability.

(327)

136
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with the Government of Australia UK participation in the Pine Bay Joint Space Research Facility, in relation to information detected by satellites covering the Southern Hemisphere.

(339)

137
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of UK participation in US National Missile Defense on the (a) global moratorium on nuclear testing and (b) prospects of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty coming into force.

(317)

138
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with the Secretary General of the UN, President Bush's proposal for a first test of a space-based laser in 2012.

(319)

139
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will propose to the presidents of (a) China, (b) France, (c) Russia and (d) the United States of America that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty cover directed energy and laser weapons.

(321)

140
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Bush the restructuring of the Missile Technology Control Regime in relation to political initiatives based on arms control and confidence-building measures.

(322)

141
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will have discussions with President Bush on a co-operative approach with Russia and China on Strategic Missile Defence.

(324)

142
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss the position of modifications of non-ABM radars on UK territory with (a) Washington and (b) Moscow.

(326)

143
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will discuss with President Putin the commitment not to expand NATO into the former Soviet Republics.

(332)

144
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with President Bush before he made his speech on 1st May 2000 about the future of the 1972 ABM Treaty.

(333)

145
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the dangers faced by the United Kingdom, as a target for foreign powers as a result of acquiescing in the construction of two new radomes at Menwith Hill.

(334)

146
   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with President Bush about the facilities to receive information for early-warning and missile-tracking satellites at Menwith Hill Ground Relay Station.

(335)

147
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with President Bush about the installation of X Band Radar at Fylingdales operating in the X Ray Band of the electromagnetic spectrum.

(337)

148
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with President Bush for forward-deployed radars in relation to National Missile Defense.

(315)

149
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set up a Royal Commission to examine the consequences and implications of British participation in the extension of war-fighting into space.

(318)

150
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the consequences of British participation in National Missile Defense for the 1993 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, Start II and the Start Regime.

(320)

151
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4th July.

(2225)

152
N   Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on ministerial responsibilities for disabled people; and what arrangements he has made for cross-departmental consultation on issues affecting disabled people.

(1864)

153
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the detailed terms of reference of the Government's review of energy policy.

(2352)

154
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she proposes to evaluate and measure the benefits of security of supply in the Government's energy review.

(2354)

155
   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the assessment of nuclear power in the Government's energy review will incorporate the full life cycle costs of decommissioning and waste disposal.

(2353)

156
   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to publish details of her Department's financial support for Huntingdon Life Sciences; what precedent she intends her support to set; and if she will make a statement.

(2322)

157
   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to increase the mileage of dedicated cycle-tracks by 2005.

(2381)

158
   Ann Coffey (Stockport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when guidance will be issued to local planning authorities on new consultations on the siting of mobile phone masts.

(2337)

159
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which stretches of the (a) A30 and (b) A303 in Somerset have accident rates above the national average for A roads; and if he will make a statement.

(1369)

160
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to dual stretches of the A303 in Somerset and Devon; and if he will make a statement.

(1367)

161
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will announce the award of the new rail franchise for the Exeter to London Waterloo Line; and if he will make a statement.

(1368)

162
N   Alice Mahon (Halifax):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contingency plans exist in the Department for a spill out into the North Yorkshire Moors National Park as a result of the construction of an X Band Radar at the Fylingdales site; and what proposals there are for expediting planning permission and holding a public inquiry.

(336)

163
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what methods are used by fire brigades to train those involved in decision-making on arrival at an incident.

(2314)

164
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice his Department has given to fire brigades about using virtual reality in training.

(2313)

165
   Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip - Northwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money has been spent from 1st January to 30th June on the care and maintenance of the Millennium Dome; and what his estimate is of the total figure for 2001.

(2347)

166
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to extend entitlement to the winter heating allowance to people below retirement age who are unable to work because of disability; and if he will make a statement.

(1370)

167
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of pensioners who are entitled to, but fail to claim, each benefit or allowance; what is the total annual amount which consequently remains unclaimed; and if he will make a statement.

(1379)

168
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the total net cost, taking into account all offsetting benefit adjustments, of increasing the single person's basic state pension to (a) £90 per week, (b) £100 per week and (c) £110 per week, assuming the matching adjustments to pensions for couples; and if he will make a statement.

(1378)

169
   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department's research programme into the effects on health of mobile phone technology has been established.

[Transferred] (2400)

170
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to provide free television licences to all old age pensioners.

[Transferred] (2478)

171
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are registered as disabled in the (a) Colchester, (b) North Essex, (c) Harwich and (d) Braintree constituencies.

[Transferred] (2396)