 House of Commons |
Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet The Order Book |
| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 9 July 2001
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 9 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. |
| |
| 1 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the scale of rough sleeping and homelessness amongst older people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2975) | |
| 2 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will instruct departments to fly the Red Ensign on their buildings on Merchant Navy Day. |
| (2365) | |
| 3 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much revenue has been raised by projects undertaken by the People's Panel for clients other than his own Department for each financial year for which the figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2679) | |
| 4 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what process he ensures that other departments follow Cabinet Office guidelines on publication of research into public opinion and attitudes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2680) | |
| 5 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 77W, what measures she has taken to monitor the effectiveness of the schools sports coordinator programme. |
| (2814) | |
| 6 | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the International Athletics Federation regarding London's ability to host the 2005 World Athletics Championships. |
| (3197) | |
| 7 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the International Amateur Athletics Federation regarding the ability of London to host the 2005 World Athletics Championships; and if she will make a statement. |
| (3100) | |
| 8 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 72W, on lottery funding of films, what the net income is from all sources to date, in each case, of films in receipt of lottery funding; and on how many screens each opened. |
| (2815) | |
| 9 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding has been allocated to each of the national museums and galleries to facilitate the introduction of free admission where this does not already apply (a) in the current year, (b) in 2002-03 and (c) in 2003-04. |
| (2691) | |
| 10 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 73W, on analogue television, when she will publish a strategic plan which will lead to the United Kingdom meeting the criteria for the switch off of analogue terrestrial television broadcasts. |
| (2703) | |
| 11 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many overseas visitors there were to each of the national museums and galleries in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion this represented of visitors in each case. |
| (2693) | |
| 12 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice was given by the South East Arts Board on the Maltings Lottery application; what response the Arts Council of England made to this advice; on what basis the response was made; and if she will place the relevant papers in the Library. |
| (2830) | |
| 13 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information she has collated about the Maltings, Farnham; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2829) | |
| 14 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to review the guidelines associated with the European Capital of Culture for 2008. |
| (3251) | |
| 15 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what will happen to monies not used in the latest round of applications for sports and arts facilities in schools. |
| (2870) | |
| 16 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the reasons are for the length of time taken for a decision to be reached on the schools that are to be awarded money for sports and arts projects. |
| (2869) | |
| 17 N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to expand community sports stadiums throughout the country. |
| (2328) | |
| 18 N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to expand indoor tennis coaching facilities throughout the country. |
| (2329) | |
| 19 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the foot and mouth crisis on the hotel and tourism industry on the Isle of Wight. |
| (2695) | |
| 20 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the introduction of new proposals on concessionary television licences; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2838) | |
| 21 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to review how the Arts Council ensures that Lottery funding is distributed to the regions of England on an equal basis. |
| (3203) | |
| 22 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, columns 68-71W, on the Arts Council, if she will provide a break down of the figures per head of population in each local authority. |
| (3131) | |
| 23 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much support the Arts Council provided for projects within each London authority in each of the last three years, broken down per head of population. |
| (3204) | |
| 24 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many square kilometres of the Archer's Post range were cleared in the operation from March to May. |
| (3208) | |
| 25 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many weeks a year the British Army has had use of the range at Archer's Post and the range at Dol Dol in each of the last three years. |
| (3218) | |
| 26 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision the agreement with the Kenyan Government on military training is made for the British Army to clean up live bombs after operations. |
| (3219) | |
| 27 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the British Army stopped using live ammunition at the Dol Dol range. |
| (3206) | |
| 28 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many live bombs were found in the recent clean up operation of Archer's Post from March to May; how many were British made; and how many had batch numbers showing who had fired them; and of these how many had been fired by the British Army. |
| (3207) | |
| 29 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the British Army first was informed that people were being (a) injured and (b) killed on the Archer's Post and Dol Dol range by live bombs. |
| (3220) | |
| 30 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the British Army intends to clean up the live bombs about which they were informed by Osiligi representatives in late 2000. |
| (3209) | |
| 31 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his future plans for the Altcar Training Camp. |
| (3249) | |
| 32 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the recent disturbance in the sovereign base areas in Cyprus. |
| [R] (2978) | |
| 33 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the status of the border between the Republic of Cyprus and sovereign base areas after Cyprus's accession to the EU. |
| [R] (2977) | |
| 34 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the applicability of (a) the European Court on Human Rights and (b) the Human Rights Act 1998 to sovereign base areas in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. |
| [R] (2976) | |
| 35 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what land and property is in the possession of his Department in North Belfast; and on what terms. |
| (3077) | |
| 36 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's report on bullying published in 1973-74 and on infantry bullying of young recruits published in 1990-91. |
| (2790) | |
| 37 N | Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance has been (a) asked for and (b) given to the US Government in transferring US personnel from Bad Aibling to Menwith Hill; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2789) | |
| 38 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the engines which will power the rival bids on the tanker replacement programme. |
| (2582) | |
| 39 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the memoranda of understanding for the A400M and Meteor that he signed in Paris in June. |
| (2969) | |
| 40 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) equipment and (b) personnel his Department has provided to the Government of Macedonia since 1st January. |
| (2823) | |
| 41 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military personnel were employed by DARA at RAF St Athan on 1st July. |
| (3090) | |
| 42 N | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) acquisitions and (b) disposals of MoD housing are (i) in hand and (ii) planned in the Gosport consitutency. |
| (2828) | |
| 43 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 132W, on pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the wording of the guidance both before and after the amendment was made. |
| (3214) | |
| 44 N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the availability and accessibility of drinking water for pupils in schools; what plans she has to introduce regulations to ensure availability and accessibility of drinking water for pupils in schools; and what steps she proposes to take in respect of schools where drinking water is (a) not readily available to pupils and (b) only available in toilets. |
| (2489) | |
| 45 N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact of dehydration on pupils' concentration, learning behaviour and educational performance; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2490) | |
| 46 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the need to build (a) new primary and (b) new secondary schools in the West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency and Great Baddow as a result of anticipated house building in the area until 2011. |
| (2330) | |
| 47 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average classroom size of state schools is within the Greater London area. |
| (3210) | |
| 48 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her Department's proposals to give extra responsibilities to head teachers. |
| (2968) | |
| 49 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were on 31st March (a) 2000 and (b) 1999, in each county of England and Wales. |
| (2595) | |
| 50 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will place the written responses she has received to the Green Paper 'Building on Success' in the Library. |
| (2593) | |
| 51 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings have been held with outside bodies to dicsuss the Green Paper 'Building on Success'. |
| (2594) | |
| 52 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she plans to announce a decision on Fosters Field in Sherborne. |
| (3195) | |
| 53 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of equal opportunities policies for all staff in higher education institutions. |
| (2333) | |
| 54 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the problems of recruitment and retention of lecturers in the further education sector; and what action she proposes to take. |
| (2598) | |
| 55 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to introduce 10 yearly inspections for successful schools. |
| (3121) | |
| 56 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she will take to make regulations allowing governors to use teacher appraisal results to set pay levels. |
| (3110) | |
| 57 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers had not paid the General Teaching Council fee by 15th June 2001. |
| (3108) | |
| 58 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received in respect of the legality of departmental regulations allowing school governors to use teacher appraisal results to establish pay levels. |
| (3109) | |
| 59 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the recent statement by the Chief Executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on the current assessment system. |
| (3119) | |
| 60 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people are employed by the Standards and Effectiveness Unit; and what its budget was for each year since 1997. |
| (3122) | |
| 61 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost is of introducing the teacher trainee tests. |
| (3115) | |
| 62 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the upper age limit is at which a young person can be in receipt of the services of a personal adviser under the Connexions Service; and if this limit will also apply to young people with learning disabilities. |
| (3127) | |
| 63 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received on the modularisation of GCSEs. |
| (3118) | |
| 64 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 26th April, Official Report, column 364W, what is the value of the standard rate which is paid by the General Teaching Council to schools to facilitate the release of teachers for GTC work. |
| (3104) | |
| 65 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers who completed their trainee skills tests last year and are now in their induction year in schools have (a) not passed the skills tests and (b) applied for an extension to their induction period in order to retake the tests. |
| (3117) | |
| 66 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the meetings (a) she and other (b) ministers in her Department have had with representative bodies and others to discuss the Green Paper, 'Building on Success'. |
| (3123) | |
| 67 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what is the drop out rate for teacher training courses for (a) PGCE and (b) BEd courses (i) for each institution and (ii) for each year since 1997. |
| (3116) | |
| 68 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list (a) each review that the STRB has been asked to conduct in the last year and (b) each matter that STRB has been asked to look into. |
| (3111) | |
| 69 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the Connexions Service will offer a personal adviser to young people with learning disabilities, and what arrangements will be in place to ensure that the Connexions Service provides support to young people with mental and physical disabilities. |
| (3126) | |
| 70 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received in respect of the Green Paper, Building on Success. |
| (3124) | |
| 71 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer on 26th April, Official Report, column 364W, when the Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council will write to the honourable Member for Maidenhead about details of payments made to members since the GTC was established and the members' support scheme. |
| (3125) | |
| 72 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many universities have indicated that they will admit students on the basis of AS qualifications alone; and if she will list these universities. |
| (3107) | |
| 73 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to allow private sector companies to recruit and manage teaching staff in schools which are deemed to be (a) successful and (b) failing. |
| (3112) | |
| 74 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what nominations the General Teaching Council has received for the election to the position of chairman. |
| (3113) | |
| 75 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 27th April, Official Report, column 443W, how units in the vocational A Level course are graded; and what are the results of the unit examinations or assessment for 2001. |
| (3103) | |
| 76 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the findings of the OECD Report, Education at a Glance, in respect of UK adult literacy roles. |
| (3106) | |
| 77 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list each institution which offers an ITT course, indicating for each (a) how many students are on an ITT course and (b) how many students have passed (i) the literary skills test and (ii) the numeracy skills test for each year since their introduction. |
| (3114) | |
| 78 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make public the remit letter of the QCA inquiry into AS Level examinations. |
| (3120) | |
| 79 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 26th April, Official Report, column 363W, what financial penalties are levied on schools for non-compliance with the Department's exclusion reduction target. |
| (3105) | |
| 80 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what monitoring has taken place of the pilot areas on EMAs, including the travel EMAs; and what plans he has to extend them to enable more people to continue in further education. |
| (3193) | |
| 81 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils in the London Borough of Hillingdon have not had an offer of a secondary school place for September. |
| (2827) | |
| 82 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many appeals were made to local education authorities in respect of infant places in schools for children in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2867) | |
| 83 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many infant children had approval for home education in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2865) | |
| 84 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the further education colleges that have (a) implemented and (b) failed to implement the nationally recommended pay increase for college staff in the last five years, ranking those in each category according to the level of pay increase awarded. |
| (2997) | |
| 85 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pay bands are for (a) school teachers and (b) further education college lecturers. |
| (2994) | |
| 86 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of staff morale in the further education sector; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2992) | |
| 87 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of further education colleges failed to award the nationally recommended pay rise in each year since 1992. |
| (2990) | |
| 88 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the further education sector in raising the skills base in the United Kingdom. |
| (2988) | |
| 89 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average starting pay for college lecturers was in each of the last 10 years. |
| (2991) | |
| 90 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unfilled further education lecturer posts there were in each of the last 10 years. |
| (2989) | |
| 91 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many further education lecturers have left the profession in each of the last 10 years. |
| (2996) | |
| 92 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average funding per student was in the further education sector in each of the last 10 years. |
| (2993) | |
| 93 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 81W, on modern languages, how many GCSE and A level passes, in each of the language categories and years, were obtained by students at (a) independent and (b) state schools. |
| (2836) | |
| 94 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) teaching staff and (b) teaching assistants were employed in Harrow schools in each of the last five years. |
| (3132) | |
| 95 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the scheme for school achievement awards was devised; and what consultation took place before its introduction. |
| (3004) | |
| 96 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the criteria for the allocation of school achievement awards were announced; and if he will publish them. |
| (3005) | |
| 97 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget is in their first year of operation for teachers' threshold payments; and how much has been spent on the preparation and implementation of and training for the scheme (a) from her Department's budget and (b) from other public education budgets. |
| (2928) | |
| 98 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers from (a) Hampshire, (b) Southampton, (c) Portsmouth and (d) the Isle of Wight local education authorities received training on teachers' pay thresholds at (i) Winchester, (ii) Brighton and (iii) Portsmouth; and how many teachers in total received that training at each location. |
| (2929) | |
| 99 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools received school achievement awards; and for what reasons schools received two separate allocations under the school achievement awards scheme. |
| (3006) | |
| 100 | Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the timetable for implementing Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, in order to achieve her Public Service Agreement target of opening up public access to mountain, moor, heath and down and registered common land by the end of 2005. |
| (3154) | |
| 101 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will announce a decision on the artificial reef project off Whitsand Bay. |
| (2690) | |
| 102 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to allow vaccination, rather than slaughter, where farmers and stockholders request it for those animals suspected of suffering from foot and mouth disease. |
| (3082) | |
| 103 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the advantages and disadvantages of the use of ring vaccination for animals suspected of suffering from foot and mouth disease. |
| (3075) | |
| 104 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes she proposes to make to the Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme following the closure of the consultation exercise; and if she will make a statement. |
| (3201) | |
| 105 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of changes in the numbers of butterflies in British resident species which have (a) become extinct in recent years and (b) suffered major declines in numbers. |
| (2366) | |
| 106 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what effect the cessation of foxhunting with dogs as the result of foot and mouth disease has had on the total number of foxes. |
| (2367) | |
| 107 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the lifting of D restrictions in the Chorley constituency. |
| (2689) | |
| 108 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Farm Assured British Beef and Lamb inspection policy will be revised to reflect the difficulties encountered by farmers with 'D' notice restrictions in selling their stock in the aftermath of foot and mouth disease; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2583) | |
| 109 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to letters from the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire of 3rd April concerning Mr Gale, 4th April concerning Chaddesley Corbett, 18th April concerning Mr and Mrs Morris, 20th April concerning Mr Boaz, 25th April concerning Mr Chadwick, 30th April concerning the Wyre Piddle By-Pass, 30th April concerning Ann Ward and 2nd May concerning landfill sites. |
| (2705) | |
| 110 | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many samples of deer have been taken for foot and mouth disease analysis; and how many have tested (a) positive and (b) negative. |
| (3244) | |
| 111 | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the ranks, position and qualifications of her Department's officials were who supervised the loading/unloading and counting of sheep taken in the voluntary cull in Cumbria. |
| (3246) | |
| 112 | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory powers governed the (a) use of vaccination as an eradication policy and (b) other vaccination options considered by her Department in respect of foot and mouth disease. |
| (3231) | |
| 113 | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms within a 10 mile radius of Heddon-on-the-Wall have been infected with foot and mouth disease. |
| (3245) | |
| 114 | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements her Department made on the ground to ensure the accuracy of numbers of sheep taken in the voluntary cull in Cumbria. |
| (3248) | |
| 115 | David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make available for inspection by the farmers concerned or representatives of them all paperwork relating to the valuation, counting, collection and disposal of sheep taken in the voluntary cull in Cumbria. |
| (3247) | |
| 116 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the speed of payment of compensation to farms and businesses in Wales suffering lost revenue as a result of the foot and mouth crisis; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2850) | |
| 117 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will extend the farm business advisory scheme to form D farms; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2944) | |
| 118 | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the proposed planting of genetically modified seed on New Farm, Walston, Coventry. |
| (2866) | |
| 119 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are being made to compensate farmers whose livestock passed the 30 month deadline but could not be sent to abattoirs because of foot and mouth; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2943) | |
| 120 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks are made on the quality of imported wheat; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2947) | |
| 121 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will make a decision on the holding of a public inquiry into the explosion at the Cleaning Services Group Ltd, Sandhurst, Gloucester; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2950) | |
| 122 N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will reintroduce in areas which have been declared provisionally free of foot and mouth disease the over 30 month slaughter scheme for cattle; and if she will make a statement. |
| (2599) | |
| 123 | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the local authorities that have made representations to maintain the blanket closure of the rights of way network. |
| (3175) | |
| 124 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the methods used by other EU countries to control moles. |
| (3071) | |
| 125 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will assess the advantages of introducing a ban on the use of strychnine in agriculture to kill moles. |
| (3070) | |
| 126 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral statement of the Economic Secretary of 3rd July, Official Report, column 229, regarding the net contributions of the UK, France and Italy to the EU Budget, if he will make a statement on the net contributions of (a) the UK, (b) France and (c) Italy to the EU Budget in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001 and the projected net contributions in each case to 2006. |
| (2961) | |
| 127 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to obtain a more accurate account of the revenue losses outlined in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General published on 9th February. |
| (2995) | |
| 128 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Roques report, referred to in section 5.3 of Comptroller and Auditor General's report published on 9th February, will be published. |
| (3064) | |
| 129 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income the Government has received from petrol duty in each of the last three years. |
| (3211) | |
| 130 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income his Department has received from the windfall levy. |
| (3212) | |
| 131 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of future economic stability; and what contingency plans he has made for changes to his economic policy in the event of a serious slowdown in world activity. |
| (2999) | |
| 132 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers he has to sell the results of the census to private companies. |
| (3315) | |
| 133 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to increase VAT rates during this Parliament. |
| (2294) | |
| 134 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of illegal drug seizures at points of entry to the UK in each of the past five years; and what the observed effect was on the street prices of illegal drugs. |
| (2370) | |
| 135 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much the National Insurance Fund balance at the end of the year 2000-01 exceeded the minimum level recommended by the Government Actuary. |
| (2387) | |
| 136 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to compensate the National Insurance Fund for the loss of contribution income from employers resulting from the introduction of (a) the landfill tax, (b) the climate change levy and (c) the aggregates levy. |
| (2386) | |
| 137 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths were attributable to the use of (a) paracetamol, (b) dothiepin, (c) co-proxamol, (d) all anti-depressants and (e) ecstasy in each of the past five years. |
| (2376) | |
| 138 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the companies (a) to which contracts have been awarded and (b) which have been awarded preferred bidder status as part of the UK Partnerships projects announced by the Chief Secretary on 13th June. |
| (3242) | |
| 139 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees have been paying national insurance contributions in each year since 1995. |
| (3069) | |
| 140 | Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Customs and Excise officers have been suspended since 1st January; and in which areas of the country they were based. |
| (2831) | |
| 141 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the VAT threshold for small businesses. |
| (3205) | |
| 142 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he will not publish the numbers and the cost of the euros which have been purchased by the Bank of England in consequence of gold seals. |
| (3233) | |
| 143 | Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the factors underlying China's increased defence spending. |
| (2922) | |
| 144 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken by the UK Government to encourage the Israeli Government to lift the blockades in the Israeli-occupied areas of the West Bank and Gaza. |
| (3232) | |
| 145 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the caseload of the European Court of Human Rights, including registered applications; what was the average time between a case being referred to the European Court of Human Rights and judgement in the last three years; what monetary contribution the UK Government makes towards the expenditure of the European Court of Human Rights; and whether the budgeting expenditure for the European Court of Human Rights is sufficient to enable the Court to determine cases within the two year time limit set down by the Court. |
| (3228) | |
| 146 | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the role of Lord Levy on behalf of Her Majesty's Government, including to whom he is accountable, and on the facilities, expenses and remuneration he receives at public expense. |
| (3200) | |
| 147 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the Government has for reforming the structure of the UN. |
| (2971) | |
| 148 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of Turkey's ban of the Virtue Party on Turkey's prospects of joining the EU; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2982) | |
| 149 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he proposes to take to ensure compliance by Turkey with its obligations in the Loizidou case following the resolution of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers of 26th June. |
| [R] (2981) | |
| 150 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of Plan Colombia and of the United Kingdom's involvement. |
| (2379) | |
| 151 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the implementation of sanctions against Burma. |
| (2817) | |
| 152 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Burmese Government about continuing violations of human rights being committed against the Karen, Karenni and Shan people by the Burmese army. |
| (2816) | |
| 153 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has discussed Burma with his predecessor. |
| (2818) | |
| 154 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had since his appointment with representatives of the Indian Government; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2587) | |
| 155 N | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the detention without trial in Malaysia under the Internal Security Act of 10 members of the opposition party. |
| (2590) | |
| 156 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial aid his Department has provided to the Government of Macedonia since 1st January. |
| (2824) | |
| 157 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what items will be placed on the agenda of the EU-Israel Customs Cooperation Committee for 23rd July. |
| (3171) | |
| 158 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 254W, on the EU-Israel Association Committee, which ministers have been informed of the decisions taken by the Committee. |
| (3170) | |
| 159 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the application for an interview from Miss Mae I. Copitco, a Filipino national born on 9th May 1971 for an interview in respect of her application to join her husband Mr Marcus Cottham in the UK will be considered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3146) | |
| 160 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of patients waiting for inpatient treatment have been waiting for more than one year (a) at the latest date available and (b) in May 1997 in each health authority. |
| (2834) | |
| 161 | Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the future of Milford Hospital; and if he will visit Milford Hospital. |
| (2833) | |
| 162 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision will be made to meet the additional travelling expenses of transplant patients receiving extended post-operative care following the reorganisation of the National Cardiothoracic Transplant Service. |
| (2832) | |
| 163 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 149W, on the transplant service, what funds will be available to meet the costs of implementation of the Government's proposals for reorganisation of the National Cardiothoracic Transplant Service. |
| (2840) | |
| 164 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each health authority the rate on the Years of Life Lost index used for the interim health inequalities adjustment in 2001-02 allocations, indicating which health authorities received an allocation under the health inequalities adjustment. |
| (2956) | |
| 165 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will rank all health authorities in England and Wales on the basis of an age-standardised Years of Life Lost index, indicating which health authorities received an allocation under the health inequalities adjustment. |
| (2957) | |
| 166 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list health authorities in order of their distance from target in 2001-02, showing (a) the cash amount and (b) the percentage increase on their baselines directed towards moving under-target authorities closer to their weighted capitation targets for (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02. |
| (2958) | |
| 167 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each NHS region and trust the number of three month vacancy rates for nurses and expenditure on agency nurses, indicating both the original estimate of costs and the outturn figures. |
| (2973) | |
| 168 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the timetable for considering the establishment of a fund to support the development of carers services under the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000. |
| (2809) | |
| 169 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to assess the level of compliance with his guidance HSC 2000/28. |
| (2812) | |
| 170 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the criteria against which progress in implementing the National Carers Strategy is monitored; by what means progress is reported to the House; and when progress was last reported. |
| (2970) | |
| 171 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the performance framework indicator for the number of carer assessments; if he will ensure that the assessments evaluate the proportion of carers assessed at the point of hospital discharge; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2810) | |
| 172 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an evaluation of the appropriateness of support offered to carers as part of strategies to reduce the number of delayed discharges from hospital. |
| (2813) | |
| 173 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last reviewed guidance on hospital discharge with respect to carers' needs; and what arrangements are in place to monitor compliance with the guidance. |
| (2811) | |
| 174 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the work programme of the National Workforce Development Board and its associated care group workforce teams; and if he will make a statement on the establishment of the care group workforce team dealing with services for older people. |
| (2972) | |
| 175 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards implementing the National Carers Strategy requirement that general practitioners should have procedures in place to identify carers by April 2002. |
| (2808) | |
| 176 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) monitor the implementation of NICE guidance on the use of Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease and (b) publish the results. |
| (3213) | |
| 177 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will direct health authorities to make funds available for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease with Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl. |
| (3196) | |
| 178 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on vCJD in the human population as a result of exposure to the BSE agent following the burial of infected carcasses during the foot and mouth epidemic. |
| (3074) | |
| 179 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under age 16 years live in care homes in England and Wales. |
| (2847) | |
| 180 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of variation in access to health services in England. |
| (2841) | |
| 181 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce health action zones covering the Greater London area. |
| (2848) | |
| 182 | Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care beds there are in England in (a) the NHS and (b) the private sector. |
| (2984) | |
| 183 | Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from private hospitals transferred to NHS intensive care beds in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (2985) | |
| 184 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to introduce to reduce deaths caused by the mis-use of (a) painkillers and (b) anti-depressants. |
| (2368) | |
| 185 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lives were lost in NHS hospitals as a result of MRSA in each of the last 12 years. |
| (2378) | |
| 186 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the therapeutic value of antidepressants compared with placebos. |
| (2377) | |
| 187 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in (a) identifying and (b) reducing the levels of (i) mis-use and (ii) over-use of neuroleptic drugs in residential homes for the elderly. |
| (2369) | |
| 188 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hip replacement and (b) knee replacement operations required revision operations in each of the past 10 years. |
| (2375) | |
| 189 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of those who use (a) heroin and (b) methadone under medical prescription who have died in each of the past five years. |
| (2373) | |
| 190 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources have been allocated to research into the (a) causes, (b) symptoms, (c) detection and (d) treatments of tinnitus in each of the last five years. |
| (2864) | |
| 191 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much revenue was raised by NHS trusts for car parking charges in financial years (a) 1999 and (b) 2000. |
| (2596) | |
| 192 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on postcode prescribing. |
| (2934) | |
| 193 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the merger of health authorities in Lancashire. |
| (2935) | |
| 194 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of board meetings held without minutes being taken by the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. |
| (2932) | |
| 195 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the emergency board meeting of the Chorley and South Ribble and Preston acute hospital trusts regarding merger, with particular reference to the notice given to board members. |
| (2924) | |
| 196 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timescale is for the announcement of new renal facilities in Lancashire. |
| (2938) | |
| 197 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the powers he has to remove a Chair of a hospital trust, indicating the circumstances where these procedures apply. |
| (2937) | |
| 198 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to judge whether accident and emergency centres remain functional. |
| (2936) | |
| 199 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation will take place in relation to the future of hospital trusts. |
| (2933) | |
| 200 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances hospitals with individual trusts but combined clinical services may apply for teaching services. |
| (2925) | |
| 201 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, consequent on his letter dated 6th June to the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Robert McDonald, if he will obtain for the Right honourable Member the promised response from the Chairman of the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. |
| (3153) | |
| 202 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, consequent on his letter dated 6th June to the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Stephen Holden, if he will now obtain for the Right honourable Member the promised reply from the Chairman of the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. |
| (3152) | |
| 203 N | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of children aged (a) 1 to 2, (b) 2 to 3 and (c) 3 to 4 years have been given MMR innoculations i) in total and (ii) in each region. |
| (2821) | |
| 204 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the treatment protocol is for long-term injecting drug addicts over the age of 40 years. |
| (2819) | |
| 205 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the provision of car-parking for (a) staff, (b) patients and (c) visitors as part of new hospital building schemes. |
| (3223) | |
| 206 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to notify NHS trusts of the traffic light indicators for core targets against which their performance will be judged in the financial year 2001-02. |
| (3221) | |
| 207 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many urgent referrals for suspected cancer were made by general practitioners; how many such referrals were not seen within the two-week target; and how many breaches of the two-week target there were, expressed as a percentage of the relevant number of referrals, in the NHS in England, broken down by health authority and each hospital trust for the year ended 31st March. |
| (3222) | |
| 208 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantity of each individual benzodiazepine was prescribed by doctors in England in 2000. |
| (2953) | |
| 209 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the results of the research by Durham University into the role of advocacy in mental health; if the results will be published; and if the Goverment will consult on the findings. |
| (2959) | |
| 210 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantity of each individual antidepressant was prescribed by doctors in England in 2000. |
| (2954) | |
| 211 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the World Health Organisation figures relating to SSRI antidepressants and benzodiazepines; and if he will issue further guidance to GPs on the prescribing of these drugs. |
| (2955) | |
| 212 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were blocked in each NHS trust, in each of the last three years, by elderly patients waiting to be transferred to residential care; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2581) | |
| 213 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that labels on food products accurately reflect the country of origin; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2946) | |
| 214 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the delay in the treatment given to Christopher Lewis, of Churchdown, Gloucestershire, by the NHS. |
| (2942) | |
| 215 | Dr Robert Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines he has issued to general practitioners and hospitals regarding RSI and fibromyalgia; and what recent clinical studies of these have been commissioned by the Department. |
| (2960) | |
| 216 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what mechanism the formula for the allocation of resources between health authorities takes account of (a) transient populations and (b) numbers of tourists. |
| (2694) | |
| 217 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision is expected on changes to section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. |
| (2983) | |
| 218 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of police officers per 10,000 population was in (a) England and (b) Essex on (i) 1st May 1997 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (2331) | |
| 219 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) funded and (b) actual police officers there were in the Essex Constabulary on (i) 1st May 1997 and (ii) the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (2332) | |
| 220 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on assisting people seeking asylum appeals, who do not have the finance for the payment of legal representatives to assist them in the presentation of their case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2843) | |
| 221 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on encouraging homosexual people to join the police force in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2844) | |
| 222 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan Tamils seeking asylum in the UK have been deported from the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3216) | |
| 223 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will increase the salaries of prison staff in discipline and administration grades. |
| (2849) | |
| 224 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been in England and Wales during the last 12 months where children have been involved in the production of pornography. |
| (2845) | |
| 225 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average length of time is spent by young people held in custody on remand before their case comes before court and is finalised. |
| (2846) | |
| 226 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sir Lankan Tamil aylum seekers are held in (a) prison and (b) detention centres. |
| (3215) | |
| 227 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide finance for privacy screens in cells which are used for eating, sleeping and integral sanitation. |
| (2842) | |
| 228 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people sought asylum in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and what proportion were refused. |
| (3076) | |
| 229 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what instructions his Department has given to police forces in the past four years concerning approaches to doctors licensed to prescribe heroin. |
| (2372) | |
| 230 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the percentage of the population who have used (a) cannabis, (b) cocaine, (c) amphetamines, (d) ecstasy and (e) heroin broken down by (i) lifetime use, (ii) last year use and (iii) last month use. |
| (2380) | |
| 231 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the prison population was in each year from 1989 to 2000 inclusive; what the expected totals are for 2001 to 2005; and what percentage in all years drug offenders represent. |
| (2391) | |
| 232 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his assessment is of the efficacy of drug testing and treatment orders in (a) reducing drug consumption and (b) reducing participation in criminal activity, expressed as a percentage of UK drug use and crime totals. |
| (2383) | |
| 233 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his assessment is of the continuing effects of the Drug Testing and Treatment Orders pilot scheme undertaken in Croydon, Liverpool and Gloucester. |
| (2384) | |
| 234 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the UK prison population is expressed as a number per 100,000 population; and what the latest figures are for other Council of Europe member states. |
| (2364) | |
| 235 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the progress made in achieving the illegal drugs use reduction targets in the Government's 10 year strategy. |
| (2385) | |
| 236 | Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for a citizen of Thailand married to a British citizen to successfully apply for British nationality. |
| (3194) | |
| 237 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the Norwich Prison Board of Visitors report to the Prison Reform Trust on the subject of overcrowding at Norwich Prison. |
| (3147) | |
| 238 | Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when section 71 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 will come into force. |
| (2871) | |
| 239 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations giving immigration advice for profit are registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner; and how many such organisations are in the process of registering with the OISC. |
| (3299) | |
| 240 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum appeals, having been received by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, are awaiting transmission to the Immigration Appellate Authority; and what the equivalent figure was on (a) 1st January 2000 and (b) 1st January 2001. |
| (3305) | |
| 241 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the planned total expenditure budget is of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner in 2001-02. |
| (3301) | |
| 242 N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce overcrowding in prisons; by what date he expects overcrowding to end; and if he will make a statement. |
| (1512) | |
| 243 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in meeting its objectives in its Business Plan for 2000-01 in respect of the processing of asylum support claims. |
| (3298) | |
| 244 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken from receipt of an asylum appeal is by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to (a) the sending of the appeal to the Immigration Appellate Authority, (b) determination of the appeal by an adjudicator and (c) final determination of the appeal by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. |
| (3304) | |
| 245 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the projected total income budgets of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner are for (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
| (3302) | |
| 246 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints against an immigration adviser have been (a) received and (b) determined by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner since 30th April. |
| (3303) | |
| 247 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the staff complement of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. |
| (3300) | |
| 248 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current weekly unit cost of housing an asylum-seeker in Oakington detention centre; and what proportion of that cost is accounted for by (a) IND staff and related costs, (b) supervisory and care staff and related costs and (c) security staff and related costs. |
| (3306) | |
| 249 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish a summary of the responses to the consultation, Setting the Boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the adequacy of the current legal framework governing prostitution. |
| (3227) | |
| 250 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to tackle racial strife in Bradford, Oldham and Burnley; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2588) | |
| 251 N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers, broken down by nationality, are being held in prison. |
| (2966) | |
| 252 N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers held in prisons have applied for bail; and how many such bail applications have been successful. |
| (2965) | |
| 253 N | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been held in prison since the policy was introduced; how many asylum seekers have been deported from prison; how many asylum seekers have put forward appeals since being put in prison; and how many of those appeals have been successful. |
| (2967) | |
| 254 | Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to implement (a) Part I and (b) Part II of the White Paper, 'Reform of the Mental Health Act'. |
| (2952) | |
| 255 | Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals were involved in quality control testing for vaccines produced in the UK in each of the last three years. |
| (2926) | |
| 256 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed at Feltham Young Offenders Prison in each of the last five years. |
| (3128) | |
| 257 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken in each of the last five years to improve (a) education, (b) training, (c) employment and (d) recreation opportunities for inmates at Feltham Young Offenders Prison. |
| (3130) | |
| 258 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inmates there were at Feltham Young Offenders Prison in each of the last five years. |
| (3129) | |
| 259 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the scheme for retirement of police officers on health grounds. |
| (3007) | |
| 260 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) targets he gives to police authorities for the time taken to answer (i) 999 calls and (ii) other calls. |
| (3095) | |
| 261 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the conditions of service of special constables. |
| (2951) | |
| 262 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in respect of (a) juveniles and (b) adults; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2962) | |
| 263 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of uniformed police patrols was in (a) England and Wales as a whole and (b) each individual police force in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which data are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2939) | |
| 264 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog of asylum appeals was on (a) 30th May and (b) 30th May 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2940) | |
| 265 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the review of charity and voluntary sector policy. |
| (2941) | |
| 266 N | John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what arrangements exist for (a) recycling and (b) re-using waste generated within the Parliamentary estate; what facilities exist for the separation of waste generated within the Parliamentary estate; and what proportion of such waste is recycled. |
| (2488) | |
| 267 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK Government has contributed to the food aid provided by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to Palestinians in and around the Israeli-occupied parts of the West Bank and Gaza. |
| (3235) | |
| 268 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 41W, concerning the KPMG report on Belize, for what reason the report will not be placed in the public domain. |
| (2930) | |
| 269 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 41W, conerning the KPMG report on Belize, when the report was submitted; for what reasons it failed to fulfil the terms of reference; and if she will place in the Library the original terms of reference. |
| (2931) | |
| 270 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans the Lord Chancellor has to extend the operation of conditional fees to cases based on the Human Rights Act 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3149) | |
| 271 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what consultations he had prior to the setting of the rate of return under section 1 of the Damages Act 1996 with (a) the Government Actuary, (b) the Treasury, (c) organisations representing claimants and (d) organisations representing insurers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2837) | |
| 272 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action the Lord Chancellor proposes to take to assist in ensuring that Turkey complies with its obligations in the Loizidou case as a consequence of its resolution of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers of 26th June. |
| [R] (2980) | |
| 273 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Auld report will be published. |
| (2584) | |
| 274 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton will receive a reply to the letter he sent to the Lord Chancellor on 21st May with regard to Miss Anthea Gordon. |
| (3151) | |
| 275 | Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many honourable Members have made representations to the Lord Chancellor this year to use his powers to open the 1911 Decennial Census records in 2002; and what the Lord Chancellor's response has been. |
| (2826) | |
| 276 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the Secretary of State for Scotland in order to discuss inter-regional road infrastructure. |
| (3168) | |
| 277 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to publish the names of the non-elected members of the new Police Board for Northern Ireland. |
| (3079) | |
| 278 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many regular RUC officers there were at (a) 7th June 2001 and (b) 22nd May 1998. |
| (3078) | |
| 279 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time Reserve RUC officers there were at (i) 1st June 2001 and (ii) 22nd May 1998. |
| (3080) | |
| 280 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the costs associated with the deployment of two water cannon vehicles in Northern Ireland. |
| (3081) | |
| 281 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the work of the Oversight Commissioner. |
| (3237) | |
| 282 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much cash has been seized from convicted drug dealers under Section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act; and how much of such cash has been directed into local drugs initiatives. |
| (3238) | |
| 283 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what factors underlay the time taken to bring forward the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill. |
| (3167) | |
| 284 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officers left the Royal Ulster Constabulary between 1st January and 30th June, broken down by rank. |
| (3236) | |
| 285 | Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the President of the Council, how much time was spent in the Commons debating Government bills (a) at each stage on the floor of the House and (b) in Standing Committee in Sessions (a) 1991-92, (b) 1996-97 and (c) 2000-01. |
| (3172) | |
| 286 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Solicitor General, what action the Attorney General proposes to take to assist in ensuring that Turkey complies with its obligations to the Loizidou case as a consequence of the resolution of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers of 26th June. |
| [R] (2979) | |
| 287 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government's support for an opt-out procedure for unsolicited commercial e-mails in the revised Telecommunications Data Protection Directive (com2000/189) extends to electronic messages, including (a) short messaging service, (b) mail to WAP phones and (c) other forms of electronic messaging; and what remedies she proposes for the consequent costs incurred by consumers. |
| (3243) | |
| 288 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on the change in wording in recital 10 of the revised Telecommunications Data Protection Directive (com2000/189); and if she will set out the reasons underlying the case for this recital. |
| (3234) | |
| 289 | Mr Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on Government policy in respect of the introduction of mandatory data retention on communications service providers. |
| (3239) | |
| 290 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for miners' compensation are outstanding in (a) Cynon Valley and (b) the rest of Wales. |
| (3230) | |
| 291 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the compensation payments for respiratory diseases and vibration white finger made to recipients in (a) the Cynon Valley and (b) the rest of Wales. |
| (3229) | |
| 292 | Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the overall value of exports was from the Yorkshire and Humber region in each of the last five years to (a) Europe and (b) the USA; and if she will indicate separately the figures for steel and related products. |
| (2964) | |
| 293 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letter of the honourable Member for Mid Worcestershire of 7th May concerning the Rural Recovery Fund. |
| (2704) | |
| 294 N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the pollution incidents involving discharges above 0.01 tonnes in the Irish Sea since 9th January to the present, indicating the date, size of incident, name of company reporting the spill and the name of the company responsible in each case. |
| (2923) | |
| 295 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 88W, on export licences (Israel), what was the nature of the end use restrictions of the two SIELs granted between 1st January and 31st May. |
| (2835) | |
| 296 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will arrange for honourable Members to visit the Dome building. |
| (3102) | |
| 297 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of the eventual sale proceeds of the Dome site will be attributable to Lattice Properties plc. |
| (2692) | |
| 298 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the basis was for commencing a hard strip of the Dome. |
| (3101) | |
| 299 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 22W, on positive discrimination, if he will publish the agenda and minutes of the recent seminar on women's representation in politics, indicating which officials attended the seminar; which other countries were represented; where the seminar was held and on what date; and what the total cost was of UK attendance at the seminar. |
| (2839) | |
| 300 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much of the A12/A12 bypass from Margaretting to Boreham has a concrete surface; and what plans there are to replace road surfaces on this road with a noise-reducing surface. |
| (2820) | |
| 301 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out the key components of cycling strategies; and what plans he has to monitor their implementation. |
| (3199) | |
| 302 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement regarding local authorities which have failed to produce a cycling strategy. |
| (3198) | |
| 303 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord rents in Hammersmith and Fulham he estimates will be in excess of £100 per week in (i) 2002, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2010. |
| (2987) | |
| 304 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what consultation his Department has carried out to date over his policy on rent restructuring with (a) local authority tenants, (b) registered social landlord tenants, (c) local authorities and (d) registered social landlords. |
| (3002) | |
| 305 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the average increase of housing association tenants' rents in the next 10 years in real terms (a) in total and (b) in Hammersmith and Fulham. |
| (3003) | |
| 306 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans his Department has to introduce new target rents for newly built or procured properties on first lettings; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3068) | |
| 307 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by what amount his Department intends to reduce the level of public subsidy to housing over the next 10 years expressed as (a) a total figure and (b) a figure per week for each tenant. |
| (3001) | |
| 308 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discretion in percentage terms his Department intends to give to local authorities in respect of the overall level of rents. |
| 2986 () | |
| 309 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when his Department expects to publish the consultation document on restructuring the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3067) | |
| 310 | Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans his Department has to consult the representatives of local authority and registered social landlord tenants over his plans for rent restructuring; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3000) | |
| 311 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to maintain the A565 between Bootle and the Seaforth flyover. |
| (3250) | |
| 312 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress concerning the revision of planning rules and guidelines for mobile phone masts. |
| (3150) | |
| 313 N | Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many staff were employed by the Strategic Rail Authority at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (2868) | |
| 314 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what appeal process is available to those who disagree with decisions by the DVLA to refuse driving licences. |
| (2419) | |
| 315 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on which date it was decided that persistent misuse of drugs was a relevant disability in respect of revocation of driving licences under section 92 of the Road Traffic Act 1998. |
| (2417) | |
| 316 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what research the DVLA based its decision to revoke driving licences on the grounds of persistent drug misuse in respect of (a) alcohol, (b) heroin, (c) medicinal drugs, (d) cannabis and (e) ecstacy. |
| (2597) | |
| 317 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many driving licence applications were (a) refused and (b) withdrawn, on the grounds of misuse of drugs in each of the past 10 years broken down by each drug involved. |
| (2418) | |
| 318 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many staff from his Department and it's predecessor were seconded to private sector companies in (a) May 1999 to April 2000 and (b) May 2000 to the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will list in each case the companies to which staff were sent, the names and ranks of the staff involved and the duration of the secondment. |
| (3240) | |
| 319 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the contracts awarded to WS Atkins, Buro-Happold and Kvaerner by his Department and it's predecessor, agencies and non-departmental public bodies from May 1999 to the latest date for which information is available. |
| (3241) | |
| 320 | Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many signals were passed at danger on railways in the last three years and for this year; what the figures were for Connex South East; and if he will make a statement on the SPAD on Connex Services north of St Mary Cray on 26th June. |
| (2927) | |
| 321 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 158W, what his definition is of 'surplus to requirements' in the context of building on open space; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3173) | |
| 322 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if (a) car boot sales, (b) the use of existing farm buildings for commercial or residential purposes and (c) the development of small-scale residential buildings on existing farmland fall within his definition of farm diversification projects. |
| (3174) | |
| 323 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what arrangements have been made for local authorities to apply for funding from the Home Zone Challenge Fund. |
| (3072) | |
| 324 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the accident on 2nd July on the Waterloo to Exeter main line west of Tisbury involving a passenger train and a heavy goods vehicle on an unmanned level crossing; and what steps he is taking to improve safety on such crossings. |
| (2508) | |
| 325 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 117W, on the M6 motorway, if he will convene an early meeting of honourable and Right honourable Members whose constituencies are affected by the MIDMAN study to discuss the recommendations that he receives. |
| (2998) | |
| 326 N | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the spending formula for local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (2589) | |
| 327 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress is being made on the south-east second runway study; and when it will complete its work. |
| (3169) | |
| 328 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he plans to introduce a statutory 20 mph speed limit outside schools. |
| (2585) | |
| 329 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will conduct a review of urban capacity studies completed by local authorities to ensure that they comply with the guidelines set out by his Department; and if he will place a freeze on MDA approvals pending the outcome of this review. |
| (2586) | |
| 330 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research has been undertaken on the new criteria for postal voting; what steps have been taken to promote it; what the level of use of postal votes issued was; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3192) | |
| 331 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average level of debt of local authorities in England and Wales is. |
| (2949) | |
| 332 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if she will list the local authorities in England and Wales which are debt-free. |
| (2948) | |
| 333 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce legislation to regulate the passenger seating capacity of commercial airlines. |
| (2863) | |
| 334 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Minister of the Welsh Assembly concerning declaring St. David's Day a bank holiday in Wales. |
| (2374) | |
| 335 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what criteria persons will be (a) selected for triennial screening for incapacity benefit, (b) passed for continued receipt and (c) rejected for future claims. |
| (3083) | |
| 336 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what opportunities will be offered for (a) access to work, (b) additional rehabilitation and (c) additional training for those rejected for incapacity benefit in triennial screening. |
| (3085) | |
| 337 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what studies he has conducted into the timescale and evidence for material changes in capacity for working. |
| (3088) | |
| 338 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of triennial screening for incapacity benefit will be (a) per individual case and (b) in total annual expenditure. |
| (3087) | |
| 339 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proposed timetable and arrangements are for (a) consultation and (b) implementation of changes in incapacity benefit. |
| (3084) | |
| 340 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultations took place, and on what dates, with disability organisations before the announcement of Government plans for incapacity benefit on 4th July. |
| (3089) | |
| 341 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what categories of disabled persons will be exempt from the requirement for triennial screening for incapacity benefit. |
| (3086) | |
| 342 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the numbers of new (a) male and (b) female incapacity benefit claimants in the last 12 months (i) in total and (ii) in each region and nation of the UK. |
| (3098) | |
| 343 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the numbers of incapacity benefit claimants (a) under the age of 40, (b) between 40 and 50, (c) between 50 and 60 and (d) over 60 years in each region and nation of the UK. |
| (3092) | |
| 344 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the numbers of (a) men and (b) women (i) entering and (ii) leaving a period of incapacity benefit claim in each region and nation of the UK. |
| (3094) | |
| 345 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those aged over 50 years in each region and nation of the UK have returned to work with the support of the New Deal for the over 50s programme. |
| (3091) | |
| 346 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence he has collated on the numbers of claimants of incapacity benefit who are capable of (a) full-time work on a sustained basis and (b) other kinds of work. |
| (3177) | |
| 347 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what studies he has carried out into the skills, qualifications and work experience of present claimants of incapacity benefit; and what the result was. |
| (3097) | |
| 348 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the present numbers of (a) men and (b) women on incapacity benefit in each region and nation of the UK. |
| (3096) | |
| 349 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in the Greater London area have obtained a New Deal placement; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3217) | |
| 350 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the New Deal for Lone Parents in Coventry. |
| (2974) | |
| 351 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he proposes to take to achieve the aim, set out on page 24 of the consultation paper on the pension credit (Cm 4900), that pensioners receiving full housing benefit and council tax benefit should continue to do so after the introduction of the pension credit. |
| (2389) | |
| 352 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide tables similar to those in the Annex to the consultation paper on the pension credit (Cm 4900), showing how the scheme would operate in 2013-14 and 2023-24, assuming that the minimum income guarantee rises in line with earnings and the basic pension in line with prices from 2003 on. |
| (2388) | |
| 353 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional claims for the minimum income guarantee (a) have been received, (b) have been processed and (c) were successful as a result of the national take-up campaign; and what his latest estimate is of the number of pensioners entitled to income support and not receiving it. |
| (2390) | |
| 354 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of people awarded short-term incapacity benefit have subsequently been awarded the long-term rate for an indefinite period in each of the last three years. |
| (3224) | |
| 355 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the cost of incapacity benefit in each year since 1995 (a) in cash terms and (b) at current prices. |
| (3065) | |
| 356 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average amount of time people currently claiming incapacity benefit have been in receipt of that benefit. |
| (3226) | |
| 357 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people receiving incapacity benefit for an indefinite period have had changed circumstances since the benefit was originally granted. |
| (3225) | |
| 358 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what monitoring has taken place of the schemes piloting compulsory interviews for (a) lone parents and (b) disabled people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (3066) | |
| 359 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Uxbridge constituency are in the New Deal Programme; and how many had been placed in employment by the end of March. |
| (2825) | |
| 360 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the savings to public funds from the retirement pension payday regulations contained in section 5 of the Social Security Act 1982. |
| (2310) | |
| 361 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the retirement pension payday regulations contained in section 5 of the Social Security Act 1982. |
| (2311) | |
| 362 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the letter informing pensioners that they are unaffected by the changes in entitlement to inherited SERPS and (b) a copy of the letter informing people that they might be affected by the changes that are being issued by his Department. |
| (3148) | |
| 363 N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to re-schedule natural cannabis for medicinal use. |
| [Transferred] (2371) | |
| 364 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she has taken to implement a retail code of practice; and if she will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (2945) | |
| 365 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she proposes to review the need for statutory action in respect of age discrimination in employment. |
| [Transferred] (3093) | |
| 366 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures (a) have been and (b) will be introduced to make the mapping and tracking of vulnerable young people not in education, training or employment easier. |
| [Transferred] (2963) | |
| 367 | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 140W, on the Dome, what recommendations have been made by the Health and Safety Executive regarding public access to the Dome building. |
| [Transferred] (3202) | |
| 368 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines and procedures govern the ability to hold an inquest in respect of (a) military aircraft accidents and (b) civil aircraft accidents (i) in advance of and (ii) following an air accident inquiry report. |
| [Transferred] (3176) | |
| 369 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action he proposes to take in response to the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Transsexual People. |
| [Transferred] (3155) | |
| 370 | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects the Second Cullen Report to be published. |
| [Transferred] (3252) | |
| |
| © Parliamentary copyright 2001 | Revised 9 July 2001 |