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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 11 July 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 11 July, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

WEDNESDAY 11th JULY
1	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3672)
2	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last travelled on the London Underground in the course of her official duties.
	(3670)
3   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the threat of war in space.
	(3165)
4   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what units of the British Army use (a) the legbrace and (b) orange shirts printed Prisoner in respect of absentees.
	(2496)
5   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amendments to the Queen's regulations and rules relating to disciplinary matters apply to members of the Bermuda Regiment.
	(2499)
6   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units of the armed forces are largely recruited from an overseas territory, and whose funding and command and control structure are comparable to that of the Bermuda Regiment.
	(2505)
7   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Bermuda Regiment is part of the British Army.
	(3044)
8	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3682)
9   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on trends in enrolment to further education.
	(3184)
10   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the unit of funding for full-time equivalent students in further education is in 2001-02; and what it was in the two previous years and is forecast to be in the next two years.
	(3188)
11   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking in conjunction with higher education institutions to improve the recruitment and retention of lecturers.
	(3186)
12   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he last met representatives of further education colleges to discuss their funding and staffing situation; and if he will make a statement.
	(3190)
13   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received on the proposed withdrawal of funding for (a) education and (b) training programmes by local learning and skills councils.
	(3185)
14   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements he has made to transfer teaching pay initiative monies direct from local learning and skills councils through colleges to individual teachers.
	(3189)
15   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will publish the indicators of the competitiveness of British higher education institutions which he uses to compare them with their overseas counterparts.
	(3187)
16   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements will be put in place for maintaining the value of the teaching pay initiative to further education lecturers after its expiry.
	(3191)
17   N	Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the percentage of children entitled to free school meals is in (a) schools previously designated as specialist schools, (b) schools included in the latest annual list of specialist schools and (c) all other maintained secondary schools.
	(3163)
18   N	Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children are entitled to free school meals is in (a) Church of England schools, (b) Roman Catholic schools, (c) schools of other Christian denominations (d) other religious schools, (e) non religious foundation schools and (f) other maintained schools.
	(3164)
19	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she last travelled on the London Underground in the course of her official duties.
	(3687)
20	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what financial support is available for UK citizens attending UK universities whose parents are overseas as (a) civilians working in the European Union in the private sector, (b) civilians working in the European Union on behalf of the (i) UK Government, (ii) other UK public body and (iii) the EU, (c) civilians working in the private sector in a non-EU country, (d) civilians working on behalf of the (1) UK Government and (2) other UK public body in a non-EU country, (e) a member of HM Armed Forces based in a European Union country and (f) a member of HM Armed Forces based in a non-EU country.
	(3688)
21	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vets were employed by the Government Veterinary Service on 1st May (a) 1995, (b) 1997, (c) 1999 and (d) 2001.
	(3467)
22	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will permit vaccination to save (a) rare breeds and (b) pigs through which foot and mouth infection could spread.
	(3470)
23	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to bring the foot and mouth outbreak under control.
	(3466)
24	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans she has to stop the spread of foot and mouth disease in (a) Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber region.
	(3469)
25	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the damage to the agricultural and tourism sectors of the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(3468)
26	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in (a) Cumbria and (b) England entered their sheep for the welfare disposal scheme when it was fixed at £45 per head; and how many were (i) not collected and (ii) pending collection when the price was dropped to £30 per head.
	(3557)
27	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Cumbria were infected by sheep from Gerwyn Abattoir at the start of the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(3559)
28	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned on the possible link between United Kingdom animal welfare practices and the spread of foot and mouth disease.
	(3451)
29	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) lorry loads of sheep were collected from farms in the voluntary cull, (b) receipts were given by collection staff to farmers and (c) copies were published of the standard receipt/official collection documents.
	(3438)
30	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the June farming census will be held; and what plans she has to alter the usual questions.
	(3437)
31	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what verification procedures were undertaken by her Department at (a) Carlisle, (b) Page Street and (c) Alnwick before compensation for animals slaughtered on an IP was paid out.
	(3433)
32	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from the RSPCA on foot and mouth disease.
	(3561)
33	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent changes have been made to the disinfection regime.
	(3431)
34	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the complete list of farmers in each county of the UK who had animals killed as a result of foot and mouth, broken down into categories of (a) infected premises, (b) direct contacts, (c) slaughter on suspicion, (d) contiguous cull and (e) voluntary cull, indicating the numbers of (i) cattle, (ii) sheep and (iii) pigs as appropriate.
	(3446)
35	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received on the effects of early stock valuations; and what plans she has to change them to standard valuations.
	(3449)
36	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the cost of moving all pre-22nd March stock valuations to standard valuations.
	(3448)
37	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers' animals have received (a) pre-22nd March stock valuations and (b) standard valuations; and how many animals were involved in each case.
	(3425)
38	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to dispose of ash from pyre sites in (a) Cumbria and (b) the rest of the United Kingdom; and if she will publish the precautions to be taken in such circumstances.
	(3443)
39	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the statutory basis is for setting a 14 day limit on farmers appealing against valuations of their stock.
	(3450)
40	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which lists of farmers included in the (a) 3km cull, (b) direct contact, (c) slaughter on suspicion and (d) contiguous culls have been circulated to (i) individuals and (ii) organisations outside Government departments.
	(3454)
41	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many cases in (a) Cumbria and (b) the rest of the UK animals have been slaughtered during the current foot and mouth outbreak by means of a marksman with a rifle.
	(3436)
42	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers (a) appealed against their stock valuations within the 14 day period and (b) have notified her Department that they disagree with their valuation but are outside the 14 day period.
	(3447)
43	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much financial assistance is available to businesses in Cumbria to help them survive foot and mouth disease.
	(3440)
44	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) cattle and (b) sheep, on how many farms in (i) England and (ii) Cumbria, have been have been slaughtered because they were contiguous to infected premises; and how many of those tested negative for foot and mouth disease.
	(3445)
45	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her estimate of the number of (a) cattle and (b) sheep disposed of in (i) the Great Orton site and (ii) the Hespin Wood site.
	(3434)
46	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) cattle and (b) sheep have been brought in from outside Cumbria for disposal at the Great Orton and Hespin Wood sites.
	(3435)
47	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers are waiting for compensation for (a) animals slaughtered for reasons connected with foot and mouth disease and (b) work done on the Department's behalf; and what the date of the oldest outstanding claim is .
	(3432)
48	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers were identified as needing to surrender animals, how many refused, and what action was taken against those who refused to participate as part of the Cumbria voluntary cull.
	(3444)
49	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she proposes to visit (a) the Great Orton site, (b) the Hespin Wood site, (c) Longtown, (d) Wigton, (e) Penrith, (f) Shap, (g) Appleby-in-Westmorland, (h) Kirkby Stephen and (i) Glenridding in Cumbria; and what steps she will take to meet people affected by the foot and mouth disease outbreak.
	(3439)
50	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the use of real time video in undertaking veterinary surveillance of animal herds to detect clinical signs of foot and mouth.
	(3558)
51	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the United Kingdom's (a) sustainable and (b) welfare-friendly farming practices on the spread of foot and mouth disease.
	(3560)
52	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of foot and mouth have been detected because of surveillance visits by vets from her Department.
	(3420)
53	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last travelled on the London Underground in the course of her official duties.
	(3683)
54	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for each tax credit those other (a) benefits and (b) concessions for which the tax credit is a passport.
	(3624)
55   N	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to investigate the role of the Personal Investments Authority in the acquisition of the financial adviser Advizas by Towry Law.
	(3166)
56	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when area specific information from the census will become available.
	(3442)
57	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3673)
58   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Crown Estate Commissioners have afforded to Ipswich Borough Council in their appeal to the High Court in respect of their right to levy mooring charges.
	(1867)
59   N	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure the Crown Estate Commissioners have incurred in each of the last 10 years in maintenance of the Lymington river bed and foreshore.
	(1868)
60	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuants to his Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 169W, to the honourable Member for Yeovil, on the private finance initiative, if he will place a copy of the NAO study concerning the private finance initiative in the Library.
	(3419)
61   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of households do not have access to a bank account; and how this varies in the nations and regions of the United Kingdom.
	(3055)
62   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many women serve in the Bermuda Regiment; and how many were conscripted.
	(2504)
63   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of conscripts to the Bermuda Regiment have not responded to their conscription call-up for each of the past five years.
	(2491)
64   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposed changes to the constitution of the Falkland Islands.
	(3045)
65   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Governor's responsibility for the command and control of the Bermuda Police.
	(3046)
66   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Governor Masefield's role is in respect of discipline and appeals in the Bermuda Regiment; and if he will make a statement.
	(2497)
67   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has given in respect of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights on conscription into the Bermuda Regiment.
	(2495)
68   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many conscripts from the Bermuda Regiment have served outside Bermuda in the past two years.
	(2493)
69   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it a requirement that there is general agreement by all relevant parties in Bermuda about the membership and terms of reference and functions of the proposed boundary commission to be set up consequent on amendments sought to the Bermuda constitution by the Bermuda Government.
	(3035)
70   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the (a) Governor and (b) Deputy Governor of Bermuda is paid; by whom; and what other allowances and emoluments accrue to each office.
	(3039)
71   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to consult Parliament about proposed amendments to the Bermuda Constitution; and if he will make a statement.
	(3043)
72   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what punishments have been made in respect of each conscript to the Bermuda Regiment who has failed to respond to his call-up in each of the past two years.
	(2500)
73   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will review the use of conscription in Bermuda; and if he will make a statement.
	(2492)
74   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the new Governor of Bermuda will be appointed.
	(2854)
75   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the process of consultation followed by his Department in respect of the appointment of the Governor of Bermuda.
	(2855)
76   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that no Order in Council to amend the Bermuda Constitution is enacted without honourable Members being given a reasonable period of time to consider the proposed amendments; and if he will make a statement.
	(3034)
77   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set up a constitutional conference prior to amending the Bermuda constitution by Order in Council.
	(3036)
78   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates (a) the Governor and (b) Foreign Office Ministers met (i) Bermuda Government Ministers and (ii) members of the Bermuda Parliamentary Opposition to discuss proposals to amend the Bermuda constitution by Order in Council in the last two years.
	(3038)
79   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he intends to bring forward legislation relating to overseas territories.
	(3040)
80   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Orders in Council relating to the law of overseas territories he plans to bring forward during 2001; and if he will specify the purpose and overseas territory concerned in each case.
	(3042)
81   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions and in what circumstances the leg-brace is used by Bermuda Police.
	(3047)
82   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have served custodial sentences in the past two years consequent on their failure to accept conscription in the Bermuda Regiment.
	(2498)
83   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the establishment strength of the Bermuda Regiment is, broken down by (a) full-time officers and soldiers, indicating those seconded from other regiments and units, (b) part-time officers and soldiers and (c) conscripts.
	(2494)
84   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions a constitutional conference has been held prior to amendments being approved by Order in Council to the Bermuda constitution since 1971.
	(3037)
85   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if all overseas territories are compliant with (a) the European Convention on Human Rights and (b) other human rights standards to which the United Kingdom is committed to by (i) treaty or convention and (ii) policy.
	(3041)
86   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions in the past year a leg brace has been used in respect of a Bermuda Regiment conscript; and for what purpose.
	(2501)
87	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3675)
88	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of mental health patients received a care plan in the last 12 months.
	(3452)
89	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the new antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia have been tested for side effects; and what concusions were made.
	(3453)
90   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means NICE defines and identifies experts to advise their appraisal committees.
	(3289)
91   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to direct NICE to issue guidance on the use of Herceptin in combination with taxanes for the treatment of women with breast cancer who are overexpressing the HER 2 marker; and if he will make a statement.
	(3264)
92   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the health authorities in England and Wales that are awaiting a decision from NICE on Herceptin before they will fund the drug for the treatment of women with breast cancer who are overexpressing the HER 2 marker.
	(3265)
93   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NICE has completed its appraisal of the use of Herceptin in combination with taxanes for the treatment of women with breast cancer who are overexpressing the HER 2 marker.
	(3263)
94   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clinical implication of a delay in Herceptin treatment of women with breast cancer who overexpress the HER 2 marker.
	(3266)
95   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NICE to issue guidance on the use of Herceptin in the treatment of women with breast cancer who are overexpressing the HER 2 marker.
	(3290)
96   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the health authorities in England and Wales that are awaiting a decision from NICE on irinotecan, oxaliplatin and raltitrexed before they will fund these drugs in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
	(3287)
97   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of people with advanced colorectal cancer that are being denied irinotecan, oxaliplatin and raltitrexed for the treatment of their disease.
	(3288)
98   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the health authorities in England and Wales that are awaiting a decision from NICE on Rituximab before they will make this drug available for the treatment of eligible patients with follicular lymphoma.
	(3277)
99   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he intends to give to health authorities following the appeal upheld against the appraisal by NICE on the use of rituximab for the treatment of follicular lymphoma and prior to formal guidance being issued by NICE.
	(3275)
100   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to direct NICE to issue guidance on the use of Irinotecan as second-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer; and if he will make a statement.
	(3285)
101   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next Appraisal Committee of NICE to review draft guidance on the use of rituximab for the treatment of follicular lymphoma will meet.
	(3272)
102   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the appeal against the appraisal by NICE on the use of rituximab for the treatment of follicular lymphoma was heard; when the Appeal Board decided to uphold the appeal; and when this decision was announced.
	(3271)
103   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the length of time between the decision to uphold the appeal against the appraisal by NICE on the use of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and Raltitrexed in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer and the next review of draft guidance by the Appraisal Committee of NICE; and if he will make a statement.
	(3281)
104   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with follicular lymphoma that are being denied Rituximab for the treatment of treatment of their disease.
	(3278)
105   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future publication of in-patient and out-patient waiting lists in England; and what plans he has to publish further indicators of patient waiting times.
	(3270)
106   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NICE will issue guidance on the use of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and Raltitrexed in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
	(3282)
107   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clinical implication of a delay in the use of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and Raltitrexed in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, at (a) first-line and (b) second-line.
	(3286)
108   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the appeal against the appraisal by NICE on the use of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and Raltitrexed in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer will be heard; when the Appeal Board decided to uphold the appeal; and when this decision was announced.
	(3279)
109   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clinical implication of a delay in the use of Rituximab for the treatment of follicular lymphoma.
	(3276)
110   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he intends to give to health authorities following the appeal being upheld against the appraisal by NICE on the use of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and Raltitrexed in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, and prior to formal guidance being issued by NICE.
	(3283)
111   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NICE will issue guidance on the use of rituximab for the treatment of follicular lymphoma.
	(3274)
112   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the length of time between the decision to uphold the appeal against the appraisal by NICE on the use of rituximab for the treatment of follicular lymphoma and the next review of draft guidance by the Appraisal Committee of NICE: and if he will make a statement.
	(3273)
113   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NICE has completed its appraisal on the use of Irinotecan as second-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
	(3284)
114   N	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the appraisal committee of NICE will meet to review the draft guidance on the use of Irinotecan, Oxaliplatin and Raltitrexed in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
	(3280)
115   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the level of (a) inpatient and (b) outpatient waiting lists and waiting times at (i) East Somerset NHS Trust and (ii) Taunton NHS Trust; what the Government's targets are in each category; and if he will make a statement.
	(3049)
116   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets for (a) inpatient waiting times, (b) outpatient waiting times, (c) inpatient waiting lists and (d) outpatient waiting lists, he has set for (i) East Somerset NHS Trust and (ii) Taunton NHS Trust for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(3050)
117   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to merge the Somerset Health Authority and the Dorset Health Authority; and if he will make a statement.
	(3051)
118   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will rank health authorities in England in order of the highest waiting times for hospital operations, using as the measures (a) those waiting over six months for inpatient treatments and (b) those waiting over 12 months for inpatient treatments.
	(3052)
119   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the length of the inpatient waiting list at East Somerset NHS Trust for each of the last 10 years; what his estimate is of the number of (i) inpatients and (ii) outpatients waiting for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12 months, (e) 15 months, (f) 18 months and (g) 24 months, for each reporting period over the last 10 years for (A) East Somerset NHS Trust and (B) Taunton NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	(3048)
120	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many British babies were injected with Wellcome's whooping cough vaccine from batches 3741 and 3732; what efforts have been made to trace the children injected; and what research has been done into damage arising from their injections.
	(3421)
121	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3679)
122	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers left the Hertfordshire Police Force other than through retirement in each year since 1997; and what these figures are expressed as a percentage of the total numbers of police officers in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England and Wales.
	(3621)
123	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special police officers have been recruited to serve in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hertsmere in each year since 1997; and what the target for recruitment was in each case.
	(3631)
124	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were serving in the Hertsmere division of the Hertfordshire Police Force on (a) 1st April 2000 and (b) 1st April 2001.
	(3630)
125	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many secondees from the Metropolitan Police Force have returned to the Metropolitan Force from Hertsmere in each month since 1st January; how many secondees are due to return; how many officers have been allocated to Hertsmere by the Hertfordshire force to replace them; and how many more it is planned to allocate to Hertsmere to replace the secondees.
	(3629)
126	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents of Hertsmere were recruited into (a) the Hertfordshire Police and (b) the Metropolitan Force in the last year for which figures are available.
	(3632)
127	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recruitment targets were for, and how many officers were recruited to, the Hertfordshire Police Force in each year since 1997.
	(3628)
128	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish (a) the Wilding Report and (b) the Hoddinot Report into the death of James Ashley.
	(3622)
129	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to receive the working party report on support for prisoners who have been wrongly convicted; to whom he intends to make the report available; and who will respond to the report's findings.
	(3623)
130	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce legislation to decriminalise sexual activity between consenting men.
	(3461)
131   N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales to initiate policies to combat drugs misuse in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(1878)
132	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3676)
133	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last travelled on the London Underground in the course of her official duties.
	(3684)
134   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list Government expenditure on humanitarian mine clearance in 2000-01, broken down by country.
	(3388)
135   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the organisations to which the Government have given money for the purpose of mine clearance in 2000-01 specifying the amount given in each case.
	(3390)
136   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by the UK Government on (a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (c) military initiative mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in 2000-01.
	(3389)
137	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 115W, on the Damages Act 1996, what account was taken of the guidance provided by the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords in Wells v Wells [1999] 1 AC 345.
	(3656)
138	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 115W, on the Damages Act 1996, what consultation was conducted with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Government Actuary; on what date; and what the outcome was of the consultation.
	(3655)
139	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average gross redemption yield on Index Linked Government stock was for the three years to 8th June.
	(3654)
140	Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 115W, on the Damages Act 1996, what method was used to calculate the discount rate.
	(3653)
141	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the Lord Chancellor last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3669)
142	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the EU financial allocations for Northern Ireland were passed on as additional expenditure between 1997 to 2001; and how much was retained by HM Treasury to offset planned expenditure.
	(3423)
143	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was allocated to Northern Ireland out of the EU Structural Funds for each year from 1997 to 2001.
	(3424)
144	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much money was allocated to Northern Ireland from EU sources, apart from structural funds, in each year from 1997 to 2001.
	(3422)
145   N	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide details of the new Police Fund in Northern Ireland and indicate when he expects to appoint trustees to the Fund.
	(3415)
146	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3680)
147	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the President of the Council, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3674)
148   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Prime Minister, who has Ministerial responsibility for the Rough Sleepers Unit.
	(3267)
149   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 31W, on champions, if he will list the champions.
	(3268)
150   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 93W, on voting systems, if it is his policy to hold a formal review of the voting systems for the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the European Parliament, and the London Assembly within the lifetime of this Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
	(3063)
151   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Prime Minister, what his definition is of a working peer.
	(3145)
152	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3671)
153	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she last travelled on the London Underground in the course of her official duties.
	(3685)
154	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Solicitor General, if the appeal made by five of the men convicted at Bolton Crown Court of homosexual activity in private has been listed for a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights; and if it is the British Government's intention to defend the appeal.
	(3460)
155   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what means recruitment companies will be advised of proposed changes to regulations relating to the industry to be introduced in the next five years.
	(2861)
156   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the definition of quarantine period is in the draft Employment Agencies Bill regulations; and if she will set out the reasons for proposing this measure.
	(2857)
157   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on smaller recruitment companies of the proposed new regulations contained in the draft Employment Agencies Bill.
	(2859)
158   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to re-introduce licensing and the monitoring of the work of private recruitment agencies; and if she will make a statement.
	(2860)
159   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to ensure that smaller private recruitment companies are not financially disadvantaged by the proposals in the temporary agency work directives.
	(2856)
160   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the prospects for small private recruitment companies over the next five years.
	(2858)
161   N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she proposes to introduce the changes outlined in the public consultation paper on proposed legislative changes under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 issued in December 2000.
	(2822)
162	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she last travelled on the London Underground in the course of her official duties.
	(3686)
163	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what notice has been given to her Department in the last six months of breaches of UK law relating to the information technology industry; and if she will make a statement on her policy on this subject.
	(3426)
164   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the definition of the phrase extortionate and irresponsible lending as used by the Office of Fair Trading.
	(3054)
165   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact the Cheques Act 1992 has had upon those who do not have a bank account in terms of the price of credit.
	(3059)
166   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals she has for monitoring the operations of cheque shops.
	(3061)
167   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about extortionate credit; and if she will make a statement on her policy in this area.
	(3057)
168   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from the Office of Fair Trading about the operating methods of cheque shops; and if she will make a statement.
	(3062)
169   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases have been brought to court under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 in each of the past 10 years; and what penalties were imposed.
	(3056)
170   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her Department's policies for lowering the cost of credit for those without a bank account.
	(3060)
171   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cheque shops (a) are and (b) were in each of the past 10 years licensed in the United Kingdom.
	(3053)
172   N	Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cheque shop licenses have been withdrawn in each of the past 10 years.
	(3058)
173   N	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the number of businesses in England and Wales that would benefit from the proposed rate relief for small businesses with a rateable value of less than £8,000 as outlined in the Green Paper, 'Modernizing Local Government Finance'.
	(2591)
174	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date the impounding of trucks running without O licences will be implemented by the Vehicle Inspectorate.
	(3463)
175	Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date the Traffic Area Network computer system will be implemented in the whole of the United Kingdom.
	(3464)
176	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress he is making in recovering the grant from the Walton Group PLC in respect of Exchange Flags Liverpool; and if he will make a statement.
	(3689)
177	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 10W, what the breakdown of activities is for which the qualifying expenditure made available to the Walton Group PLC for claimed work on Exchange Flags was made.
	(3668)
178	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what mechanism will be used to allocate the 5 per cent. stake in NATS to staff under the Government's proposals for the part-privatisation of the National Air Traffic Service.
	(3698)
179	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his latest estimate is of the income to be generated by the sale of a 46 per cent. stake in NATS to the Airline Consortium.
	(3693)
180	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his progress in appointing Government nominees as directors of the company formed to provide air traffic control services following the sale of NATS to the Airline Consortium.
	(3694)
181	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the sale of National Air Traffic Services to the Airline Consortium will be completed.
	(3695)
182	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the opening date for the air traffic control centre at Swanwick, Hampshire.
	(3692)
183	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guarantees have been sought by the Airline Consortium purchasing National Air Traffic Services with regard to the opening of the new air traffic control centre at Swanwick, Hampshire.
	(3697)
184	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials have held in the last month with representatives of the Airline Consortium which is purchasing NATS.
	(3696)
185	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers local authorities have to co-ordinate the excavation of roads within their areas by statutory undertakers and private companies; and what steps he is taking to review these powers.
	(3690)
186	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3678)
187	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the criteria under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 governing the use by local authorities of housing investment programme allocations for social services staff redundancy packages; and if he will make a statement.
	(3534)
188	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the preferred bidders for the London Underground will be handed operational control of their franchises.
	(3545)
189	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress towards better integration between railway stations and (a) cars, (b) buses, (c) taxis and (d) bicycles.
	(3552)
190	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his plans to upgrade rail freight routes to major ports.
	(3553)
191	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made in the last 12 months with introducing park and ride schemes in towns.
	(3459)
192	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much of the trunk road network has been given a lower noise surface in the past 12 months; and when he intends that (a) 10 per cent., (b) 25 per cent., (c) 50 per cent. and (d) 60 per cent. of the trunk road network will have received such a service.
	(3549)
193	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the special advisers in his Department together with their date of appointment and their responsibilities; which of them are authorised to speak to the media; and if he will make a statement.
	(3417)
194	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in which cities (a) tram and (b) guided bus systems have been opened over the past four years.
	(3542)
195	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money will be invested in the Urban Bus Challenge Fund in each of the next 10 years.
	(3427)
196	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the introduction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
	(3554)
197	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made towards reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured in road accidents over the past 12 months.
	(3547)
198	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to introduce HGV lanes on strategic routes; and at what locations he has trialed such schemes.
	[R] (3548)
199	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to construct new East Thames river crossings for (a) road and (b) rail; and what the timetable for construction is in each case.
	(3540)
200	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce new rapid transit lines broken down by (a) the cities in which he intends to introduce them, (b) the number of lines he will introduce in each city and (c) the date for commencement of each project.
	(3429)
201	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in which cities he intends to introduce (a) new trams and (b) guided bus systems over the next 10 years indicating in each case (i) when work is expected to commence and (ii) when the system is expected to open.
	(3541)
202	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when community transport schemes will be entitled to claim a fuel rebate.
	(3457)
203	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list (a) road widening schemes for the strategic road network, (b) major trunk road schemes, (c) new by passes on trunk and local roads and (d) local road improvement schemes outlined in Transport 2010: The 10 Year Plan, indicating in each case when work will commence.
	(3539)
204	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many routes for safer cycling and walking have been introduced in the past 12 months; and how many are planned to be introduced in each of the next nine years.
	(3455)
205	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will open the extension of the Docklands Light Railway to London City Airport.
	(3543)
206	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the change in traffic levels has been since (a) May 1997 and (b) June 2000 on (i) motorways and trunk roads, (ii) other major roads and (iii) minor roads.
	(3551)
207	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the extent to which bus passenger journeys outside London will change in the next 10 years.
	(3428)
208	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to introduce the transport direct booking and information system.
	(3456)
209	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the timetable for implementation of train safety systems.
	(3555)
210	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made towards extending the rural bus subsidy grant to cover more journeys serving market towns.
	(3458)
211	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what actions his Department has taken in the past 12 months to improve bus frequencies and enhance off-peak and night bus services.
	(3544)
212	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of registered motor vehicles are equipped to run on (a) liquified petroleum gas, (b) compressed natural gas and (c) biodiesel.
	(3546)
213	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to proceed with (a) an east-west rail link in London, (b) the Thameslink 2000 project and (c) an extension to the East London line; and what the timetable is for construction.
	(3430)
214	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list each of the roads in the Highways Agency Targeted Programme of Improvements indicating in each case (a) when work is likely to commence and (b) when the road is likely to be opened.
	[R] (3550)
215	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to make a decision on the findings of the (a) West Midlands to North West, (b) North/South movements in East Midlands, (c) London to South West and South Wales, (d) London orbitals, (e) South East Manchester, (f) West Midlands areas, (g) Tyneside areas, (h) access to Hastings, (i) Cambridge to Huntingdon and (j) A453 M1-Nottingham multi-modal studies.
	[R] (3462)
216	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the modernisation of the (a) East Coast Main Line and (b) West Coast Main Line.
	(3556)
217   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the consultation paper on private hire vehicle drivers was issued; and by what date responses are required.
	(3391)
218   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many private hire vehicle operators in London had registered for licensing on 1st July with the Public Carriage Office.
	(3393)
219   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to publish the consultation paper on private hire vehicles under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998.
	(3392)
220   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many private hire operators were licensed under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998 on 1st July.
	(3394)
221	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3681)
222   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 5th July, Official Report, column 269W, on hospital down rating, how many people would benefit in each case.
	(3269)
223	Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on incapacity benefit have not been subject to a medical to assess capacity for work for (a) 10, (b) 15 and (c) 20 years; and what proportion this represents of total numbers of incapacity benefit recipients.
	(3465)
224	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the numbers of pensioners claiming (a) the minimum income guarantee, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax benefit and (d) attendance allowance; and how many pensioners who are eligible do not claim these benefits.
	(3627)
225	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate, on the basis of the proposals and assumptions in the pension credit consultation paper, how many claimants of pension credit there will be in each region and nation; what proportion of the total number of pensioners the beneficiaries are likely to be; and how many are likely to be claimants of housing benefit and/or council tax benefit.
	(3625)
226	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the numbers of actual and whole time equivalent employees of (a) the Benefits Agency as at 1st April, (b) the headquarters functions of the Benefits Agency as at 1st April, (c) the Working Life Agency as at 1st July, (d) the headquarters functions of the Agency as at 1st July, (e) the Pensions Service Agency as at 1st July, (f) the headquarters functions of the Pensions Agency as at 1st July, (g) the Disability and Carers Directorate as at 1st July, (h) the headquarters functions of the Disability Directorate as at 1st July, (i) the Child Support Agency as at 1st July and (j) the headquarters function of the Child Support Agency as at 1st July.
	(3700)
227	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which other benefits the proposed pension credit will be a passport.
	(3626)
228	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the accrual rate implied by the state second pension in each £1,000 band of income up to £20,000 a year in the SSP in its (a) earnings related and (b) flat rate forms.
	(3699)
229	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit reviews were undertaken in each of the last five years; and what is his estimate of the annual additional number of reviews that will be undertaken once his plans for reviews every three years are fully implemented.
	(3619)
230	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time to complete a review of incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the factors underlying delays and the availability of clinicians to conduct reviews
	(3620)
231	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the assets and financial surpluses that were transferred from Eltec to the Learning and Skills Council for Lancashire.
	(3441)
232	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men in the last 12 months for which figures are available were receiving incapacity benefit by the time they reached 65 years of age.
	(3538)
233	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in the last 12 months for which figures are available were receiving incapacity benefit by the time they reached 60 years of age.
	(3537)
234	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men received their first old age pension on the date of their 65th birthday in 2000.
	(3536)
235	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women received their first old age pension payment on the date of their 60th birthday in 2000.
	(3535)
236	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last travelled on the London Underground in the course of his official duties.
	(3677)
237	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reform the law on (a) illegal fly-tipping and (b) illegal dumping of cars.
	[Transferred] (3691)
238	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to curb the use of roads in areas of outstanding natural beauty as race tracks by organised gangs of motorcyclists.
	[Transferred] (3418)

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