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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 18 July 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 18 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.

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WEDNESDAY 18th JULY
1   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will set out the terms of reference for the role of the Green Minster in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(4821)
2   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4820)
3   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date a Green Minister was first appointed in his Department; when subsequent appointments were made; and if he will make a statement.
	(4822)
4	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events the Cabinet Office has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5048)
5	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4905)
6   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates her Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if she will make a statement.
	(4819)
7	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4889)
8	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events her Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5033)
9	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days on average were lost per employee in her Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from her Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5057)
10   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4813)
11	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9th July, Official Report, column 362W, on discrimination, how many outstanding compensation claims there are for (a) men and (b) women discriminated against on the basis of their sexuality following the ruling of the ECHR.
	(5279)
12	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff the Defence Diversification Agency has; and where its annual reports are published.
	(5075)
13	Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye & Inverness West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is with regard to the siting of wind farms in tactical training areas; and what research has been undertaken in developing this policy.
	(4872)
14	Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the British servicemen held as prisoners in Auschwitz during the Second World War are known to be still alive; and what memorials exist to (a) them and (b) those who were interned in other such camps.
	(5076)
15	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) countries and (b) organisations which have received British military (i) training and (ii) assistance since 1997.
	(5342)
16	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5036)
17	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4892)
18	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5061)
19	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the abandonment of the move from RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International Airport on the restructuring of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.
	(5317)
20	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who decided that the proposed move of DARA at RAF St. Athan was not feasible.
	(5324)
21	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the environmental costs were of the proposed relocation of DARA at RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International Airport.
	(5322)
22	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the infrastructure costs were of the proposed relocation of DARA at RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International Airport.
	(5323)
23	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Red Dragon project has been abandoned by the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.
	(5318)
24	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the consultants' report on the relocation of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency from RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International Airport.
	(5319)
25	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he intends to review the contract of the Chief Executive of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(5320)
26	Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the feasibility study into the proposed move from RAF St. Athan to Cardiff International Airport.
	(5321)
27   N	Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements exist to pay education authorities for post-16 school transport.
	(4665)
28   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what dates her Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if she will make a statement.
	(4826)
29   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the progress of the scheme announced on 28th October 1999 to extend access to computers to low income families within three years and the date by which she expects the 100,000 families to gain access to a computer.
	(4760)
30   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many computers have been installed in homes and schools under the Wired Up Communities initiative; and how many will be installed by 31st December.
	(4762)
31   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many low income families in the Christchurch constituency have received a computer under the Computers Within Reach initiative; and how many are expected to do so during the next year.
	(4758)
32   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have so far applied for computers under the Computers Within Reach initiative; and what the average length of time between application and delivery is.
	(4766)
33   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many low income families in each constituency have gained access to computers under the Computers Within Reach initiative.
	(4761)
34   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many low income families have so far obtained access to computers under the Computers Within Reach initiative launched in December 1999; and at what cost to public funds.
	(4759)
35	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate has been made of the proportion of families that require full-time daycare for one or more children at some point in their working life.
	(4913)
36	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's estimate is of the number of full-time childcare places in the United Kingdom for children up to 5 years.
	(4912)
37	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the first one million childcare places provided under the National Childcare Strategy were taken up by under-fives using (a) daycare nurseries and (b) childminders.
	(4915)
38   N	Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her plans for issuing a replacement Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs.
	(4775)
39	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information she has collated on the earnings of (a) female graduates and (b) male non-graduates; and if she will make a statement on alleviating female student hardship.
	(4989)
40	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was spent per pupil in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in each English local education authority in each year since 1990.
	(5332)
41	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her timetable is for extending free nursery places to all three-year-olds in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.
	(4983)
42	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events her Department and its predecessors participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5032)
43	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many days on average were lost per employee in her Department because of sickness, and how many officials retired early from her Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5058)
44	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4890)
45   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what arrangements she has made for the audit of management practice in universities.
	(4565)
46   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information she has collated regarding vacancy rates in lecturer/senior lecturer grades over the last five years, in each university.
	(4572)
47   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what notification schools were given about recent increases in the cost of examinations; and if she will make a statement.
	(4660)
48   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average examination fee was for (a) GCSEs, (b) AS levels and (c) A levels, for each year since 1990 in (i) cash prices and (ii) real terms prices against a 1990 baseline.
	(4661)
49   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations she has received from teachers and head teachers who are not registered with the General Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement.
	(4662)
50   N	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of the total teaching population of (a) teachers and (b) deputy headteachers are not registered with the General Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement.
	(4663)
51   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in each of the four areas of England established for the purpose of administering the home energy efficiency scheme have had (a) new boilers fitted and (b) boilers repaired since June 2000; and how many are waiting for (i) boiler repairs and (ii) new boilers.
	(4765)
52   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the total value of work carried out since June 2000 by contractors in each of the four areas of England established for the purposes of administering the home energy efficiency scheme.
	(4764)
53   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many boiler repairs and replacements have so far been completed under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in Dorset; and what the current average time clients have to wait for the installation and repair of heating systems is.
	(4769)
54   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department has taken since 14th March to tackle delays experienced by householders under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme.
	(4768)
55   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the performance of the EAGA partnership in delivering under the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme; and if she will make a statement.
	(4767)
56   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the applications by (a) Mr and Mrs Griffiths of Burton, Dorset, (b) Mrs Donovan of Ferndown, Dorset and (c) Mrs Deary of St Leonard's, Dorset, under the home energy efficiency scheme in June 2000 to be actioned; and if she will make a statement.
	(4763)
57	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost has been to UK public funds of subsidising the export of live cattle from the EU to the Middle East and North Africa in the last five years.
	(5281)
58   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the contamination caused to allotments and home garden food produce in the vicinity of the Cleanaway site at South Ockendon from the fly-ash deposited there over the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
	(4861)
59   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has made in respect of the fly-ash tipped at the Cleanaway site in South Ockendon during the past 20 years of the options of (a) continued burial in its existing deposit and (b) relocation and disposal; and if he will make a statement.
	(4860)
60   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much fly ash in the past 20 years was (a) used for creating on-site roads of tracks at the Cleanaway site in South Ockendon and (b) used as cover for each day's dumping at this site.
	(4864)
61   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the types of dioxins which have been present, in each of the past 10 years, in fly ash from waste incinerators (a) nationally and (b) from the Edmonton incinerator.
	(4865)
62   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the Environment Agency has collated as to how much fly ash deposited in the past 20 years in the Cleanaway site at South Ockendon, and the extent to which this dumping regime involved the ash being (a) damped down on site and (b) drenched prior to its arrival.
	(4863)
63   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Health and Safety Executive have collated on the impact and likelihood of fly ash dumped at the Cleanaway South Ockendon site over the past 20 years escaping air borne, from this vicinity to nearby residential areas; and if he will make a statement
	(4862)
64   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what levels of dioxin releases were experienced from the burning of animal carcasses during the foot and mouth crisis; and what measures were taken to ameliorate the effects of such releases.
	(4867)
65   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of dioxins is considered potentially lethal; what dioxins are produced in incineration of waste; and if she will make a statement on the methods of disposal of them.
	(4866)
66	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department first received an offer from hunt staff to assist in the foot and mouth slaughter process; and when the first hunt slaughterman was engaged.
	(5351)
67	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) holdings and (b) other premises in Cumbria (i) refused to give up sheep for the 3km cull and (ii) still have sheep on their premises.
	(5256)
68	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions she intends to impose on the sourcing of animals for restocking farms after foot and mouth has been eliminated.
	(5344)
69	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) date, (b) location and (c) numbers are of all deer found (i) dead and (ii) slaughtered on suspicion of foot and mouth; and what the results of laboratory tests were on these deer.
	(5355)
70	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has collated on the susceptibility of deer to foot and mouth.
	(5356)
71	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events her Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5044)
72	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of producing and delivering the new foot and mouth disease bio-security video.
	(5248)
73	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of converting the MAFF website into the new DEFRA website.
	(5254)
74	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason restrictions are being maintained on farms around the Hallbunn site, Longtown, Cumbria.
	(5345)
75	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4897)
76	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the (a) safety and (b) marketing in the UK of milk and meat from animals vaccinated against foot and mouth disease.
	(5251)
77	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence she has collated about the ability of (a) crows, (b) seagulls, (c) geese, (d) pigeons, (e) pheasants, (f) foxes and (g) badgers to spread foot and mouth by (i) body contact and (ii) other means.
	(5354)
78	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in (a) England and (b) Cumbria do no other farming activity except letting out their grass.
	(5258)
79	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long foot and mouth disease can remain active in the digestive tract and faeces of (a) carrion crows and (b) foxes.
	(5255)
80	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if ring vaccination for foot and mouth actively was considered by her Department in the first week of the epidemic.
	(5265)
81	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what instructions were given to the Post Office about disinfection of vehicles in foot and mouth risk areas.
	(5245)
82	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals she has to assist farmers whose only business is letting out their grass.
	(5257)
83	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reports her Department has received of (a) crows, (b) foxes and (c) other wildlife eating in the open, carcases slaughtered because of foot and mouth.
	(5350)
84	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions her Department has contacted farmers to inspect animals for foot and mouth which had been slaughtered.
	(5349)
85	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the advice which her Department and the Prime Minister received from the Chief Scientist on foot and mouth disease.
	(5253)
86	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the last case was of foot and mouth disease in the Longtown area; and when restrictions on farms in that area will be lifted.
	(5346)
87	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, since 7th June how many holdings in Cumbria have had animals slaughtered because of foot and mouth disease, broken down by (a) IPs, (c) DCs and (c) other.
	(5242)
88	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Department first gave detailed advice to farmers on foot and mouth bio-security.
	(5247)
89	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what farmers were involved in an advisory capacity in the production of the foot and mouth disease bio-security video.
	(5249)
90	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the contractors used by her Department in Carlisle on (a) 1st March, (b) 1st April, (c) 1st May, (d) 1st June and (e) 10th July.
	(5241)
91	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason washing soda was not included on the list of suitable foot and mouth disease disinfectants for washing farmers' clothes and boots.
	(5244)
92	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the advantages and disadvantages of using vaccination against foot and mouth.
	(5289)
93	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the detailed information on foot and mouth bio-security available on the MAFF website was circulated to farmers in hard copy form.
	(5243)
94	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department, in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5051)
95	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work has been undertaken by her Department on infection control of viral organisms in the last five years.
	(5250)
96	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list in descending order the main ways in which the foot and mouth virus spreads.
	(5246)
97	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many European vets have been taken off foot and mouth duties because of complaints from farmers about their (a) ability and (b) behaviour.
	(5348)
98	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm pyres in Cumbria have had to be re-lit with the use of diesel oil; and on how many occasions.
	(5353)
99	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vaccination shots against foot and mouth are available for use in the UK; and if she will describe the vaccine.
	(5252)
100	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the advantages of using sniffer dogs at points of entry to the UK to detect illegal meat imports.
	(5352)
101	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list for each county of England the disposal sites which are (a) available and (b) being used for the disposal of foot and mouth disease (i) carcasses and (ii) ash from pyres.
	(5261)
102	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the work being done with animal carcasses at the Hallbunn site, Longtown, Cumbria.
	(5347)
103   N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to examine the progress of EAGA in delivering the Government's home heating policy.
	(4577)
104   N	Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring into force fiscal measures to encourage the use of biofuels equivalent to those available for gas fuels.
	(3757)
105   N	Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors contribute to the difference between expenditure on agriculture in the North East and in London in the published analysis of general government expenditure by region in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(4580)
106   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4818)
107   N	Andy Burnham (Leigh):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in the Leigh constituency are eligible for working families tax credit; and how many have claimed it to date.
	(4187)
108	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Treasury has to initiate an inquiry into the role of the FSA in regulating Independent Insurance.
	(5293)
109   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons Mrs Pinfield (Ref. NH653670B) of Christchurch was not paid working families tax credit on time during the period 15th May to 25th June; and what compensation is payable, and by whom, for consequential losses which have arisen.
	(4771)
110	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent consultations his officials have had with officials of the Bank of England with regards to the use of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices as a measure of inflation.
	(4987)
111	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the use of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices as a measure of inflation in the United Kingdom.
	(4984)
112	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent consultations he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England with regards to the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices.
	(4985)
113	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce changes to the measure of inflation used by the Bank of England to achieve the Government's target of a 2.5 per cent. rate of inflation; and if he will make a statement.
	(4986)
114	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in arranging for exemption from stamp duty in designated disadvantaged areas; when he plans to publish the list of qualifying areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(5310)
115   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to use money paid to the Exchequer from the Scottish Transport Group Pension Fund to make payments to Scottish Transport Group pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
	(4574)
116	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost would be of extending the working families tax credit to couples without children.
	(4914)
117	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost would be of extending the working families tax credit to couples without children were the minimum income for a couple set at (a) £200 per week and (b) £225 per week.
	(4906)
118	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been agreed with the European Commission for (a) financial commitments to projects and (b) receipt of money by projects to which financial commitments have been made in each of the four UK Objective 1 regions for European financial years ending 2001 to 2006.
	(5301)
119	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what grant offers have been made by (a) number of projects and (b) amount of money (sterling) for (i) ERDF, (ii) EAGGF, (iii) ESF and (iv) other structural funds in each of the four UK Objective 1 regions so far.
	(5298)
120	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the money offered under (a) ERDF, (b) EAGGF, (c) ESF and (d) other European structural funds in each of the four UK Objective 1 regions has been paid out broken down by project, by (i) the total amount so far, (ii) proportion of total EU budget under that fund for the region's Objective 1 programme period and (iii) proportion of money so far offered.
	(5303)
121	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the progress achieved by (a) government and (b) the four UK Objective 1 regions in delivering the Objective 1 programmes within the pre-agreed timetable.
	(5299)
122	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public funds are budgeted to be available for each calendar year for which budgets have been set and which would be eligible to provide the public match funding for Objective 1 projects in each of the four Objective 1 regions, indicating (a) which funds have budgets identified to be spent in Objective 1 regions, (b) which are budgeted on a wider than Objective 1 region basis but lower than national basis and (c) which are set at a national level.
	(5300)
123	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public match-funds have so far been used to support projects for which European Structural Funds have been offered in each of the four UK Objective 1 regions broken down by (a) public funds and (b) Government department and by (i) amount offered and (ii) spent so far in each of the four Objective 1 regions.
	(5302)
124   N	Patrick Hall (Bedford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the proposed extra statutory concession to reduce VAT on home care services supplied by private businesses to be implemented.
	(4183)
125   N	Patrick Hall (Bedford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT on home care services supplied by private businesses.
	(4184)
126	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5047)
127	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4904)
128	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in each of the last 10 years (a) how many days were lost per employee due to sickness and (b) how many officials took early retirement from his Department.
	(5326)
129   N	Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths there were from (a) stroke and (b) stroke-related diseases in each of the past five years.
	(4096)
130   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief has been granted to UK films under the provisions of section 48F (No. 2)A 1997; how many films have been accepted by the Inland Revenue as qualifying films; and if he will make a statement.
	(3574)
131	Hugh Bayley (City of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who will represent the Government at the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban.
	(5077)
132   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4815)
133   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice and assistance his Department (a) gives and (b) has given during the last three years to the Institute of Export; how many Foreign Office employees have been seconded to the Institute of Export in each of the last three years; for what purposes; and at what cost to public funds.
	(4770)
134	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what office accommodation, staff and other facilities have been made available to Lord Levy at the Foreign Office.
	(5259)
135	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4901)
136	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what classification of papers and official documents will be seen by Lord Levy.
	(5260)
137	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5049)
138	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5046)
139   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4817)
140	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he reconciles the targets set out in paragraph 12 of HSC 2001/015:LAC (2001) 1G with those set in the National Service Framework for Older People, page 106.
	(4870)
141	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the draft guidance and directions he plans to issue to implement the provisions of section 49 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001.
	(4869)
142   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct NHS estates to demolish the redundant buildings in their ownership at St Leonard's Hospital, Dorset; and if he will make a statement.
	(4755)
143	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy for there to be a pain clinic in every major hospital; and if he will make a statement.
	(5311)
144	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been allocated for the present financial year to (a) St George's Hospital, Tooting, and (b) Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority.
	(4879)
145	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated at St George's Hospital, Tooting, in 2000.
	(4880)
146	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated at the accident and emergency department of St George's Hospital, Tooting, in 2000.
	(4881)
147   N	Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) criteria which the NHS Appointments Commission must apply to making appointments and (b) membership targets which they have been set.
	(4186)
148	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the annual cost of providing to undergraduate students (a) free dental care, (b) free eye tests and (c) free prescriptions.
	(4911)
149   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech made by the Minister for Public Health to the General Osteopathic Council Conference on 30th June.
	(4827)
150   N	Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the results of his inquiries into the working of the Osteopaths Act 1993 arising from the adjournment debate held on that subject in October 2000.
	(4828)
151	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died from new variant CJD in each of the last five years broken down by (a) health authority and (b) unitary/district council where the person had been living.
	(5304)
152	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwife vacancies there are in Cumbria, broken down by health authority.
	(5264)
153	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing vacancies there are in (a) England and (b) Cumbria.
	(5341)
154	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he received (a) before and (b) after the decision was made to move the headquarters of North Cumbria Health Authority.
	(5269)
155	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5039)
156	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what clinical trials have been conducted into the use of cannabis for treatment of MS; and when the results will be published.
	(5343)
157	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with representatives of North Cumbria Health Authority (a) prior to and (b) after the decision was taken to move the headquarters to West Cumbria.
	(5268)
158	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the medical vacancies in each health authority in Cumbria.
	(5270)
159	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4893)
160	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reverse the decision by the Chairman of the North Cumbria Health Authority to move the headquarters to West Cumbria.
	(5266)
161	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5055)
162	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is of moving the headquarters of the North Cumbria Health Authority from Carlisle to West Cumbria.
	(5267)
163   N	Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general hospitals in the NHS had stroke units in each of the last five years.
	(4097)
164   N	Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public money was spent in the last five years on research into (a) heart disease, (b) cancer and (c) stroke and stroke-related problems.
	(4098)
165	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the National Prosthetic Service is adequately funded.
	(5328)
166	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients requiring modern prosthetic limbs have access to a high quality, well fitting and comfortable choice.
	(5329)
167	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the quality of prosthetic services available to patients in the UK are of at least an equal standard to those available in (a) the rest of Europe and (b) in North America.
	(5364)
168	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the National Prosthetic Services attracts the appropriate calibre of qualified personnel.
	(5330)
169	Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of proposals to regulate chiropodists in the non-state registered sector.
	(4868)
170	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses are qualified to work with children and adolescents in Milton Keynes; and how many this represents in relation to the population under 16 years of age.
	(5315)
171	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times are for referrals to child and adolescent psychiatric services in Milton Keynes.
	(5316)
172	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued on psychiatric services for children and adolescents in respect of (a) number of suitably qualified psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses required per head of population under 16 years of age, (b) waiting times for referrals to psychiatrists and (c) liaison within local authority educational psychiatrists.
	(5314)
173   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients failed to attend their outpatient appointments for (a) general medicine, (b) surgery, (c) radiology and (d) professions allied to medicine, in the last 12 months.
	(4566)
174   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a staff charter for staff working in the NHS, to cover (a) working conditions, (b) catering facilities, (c) housing and transport and (d) safety.
	(4570)
175   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of missed outpatient appointments.
	(4568)
176   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to penalise patients who fail to attend outpatient appointments.
	(4567)
177   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the new NHS funding that has been received by mental health services.
	(4575)
178   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the regional differences in missed outpatient appointments.
	(4569)
179   N	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to ensure that injections of drugs that may be life threatening are correctly and safely administered.
	(4578)
180	Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to receive the report of the Firearms Consultative Committee on detailed implications of changes to firearms legislation in response to the use of BB and other replica guns in public; and if he will make a statement.
	(4988)
181	Vera Baird (Redcar):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the referral orders for first-time offenders introduced by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 will be rolled out nationally; and when they will be available in Redcar.
	(5069)
182	Vera Baird (Redcar):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will extend the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme pilot schemes to include Redcar.
	(5067)
183   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4814)
184	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review he is undertaking of police practice in relation to mentally-ill individuals; and if he will make a statement.
	(5313)
185	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer vacancies there are in each rank in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
	(4886)
186	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies for prison officers there are at each grade at Wandsworth Prison.
	(4884)
187	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the number of people serving a prison sentence who suffer from mental illness; and if he will make a statement.
	(4883)
188	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the implementation of anti-social behaviour orders; and what the key obstacles are to proceeding with the necessary court action.
	(4981)
189	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of anti-social behaviour orders have been breached by individuals where that breach led to a custodial sentence.
	(4982)
190	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to implement the recommendations of the Sexual Offender Review Group; and if he will make a statement.
	(4888)
191	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to comply with the ruling of the European Court of human rights in the case of ADT versus UK.
	(4887)
192   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his assessment of the operational effectiveness of the Lancashire Constabulary's 999 emergency call service.
	(4511)
193	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on police numbers in North Yorkshire.
	(5273)
194	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5045)
195	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5050)
196	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4900)
197	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received from Gloucester Constabulary on the success of Operation Napkin.
	(5338)
198	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for International Development on policies to support the rural economy in Kosovo to help reduce the pressure of economic migration to (a) the UK and (b) other countries in the European Union.
	(5283)
199   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries supply Britain with (a) cannabis, (b) coca and (c) opium for use in (i) the legal pharmaceutical industry and (ii) research and development to investigate possible medicinal uses.
	(4571)
200   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the research and development projects being carried out to investigate the possible medicinal uses of (a) cannabis, (b) coca and (c) opium.
	(4667)
201   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences have been granted for research and development to investigate possible medicinal uses of (a) cannabis, (c) coca and (c) opium in each of the last 10 years.
	(4666)
202	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4896)
203	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events her Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5043)
204	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days on average were lost per employee in her Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from her Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5052)
205	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her policies on funding agricultural development and livestock reprovision in Kosovo.
	(5287)
206	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the agricultural projects funded by her department in Kosovo.
	(5288)
207	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events the Lord Chancellor's Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5042)
208	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4903)
209	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he made of the compliance of the criteria for invitations to the Weston Park talks with the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998.
	(5066)
210	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish as soon as possible the details of the package agreed between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Irish Republic, as announced at the conclusion of the Weston Park talks.
	(5065)
211	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will give an assessment of the security situation in North Belfast.
	(5064)
212	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4902)
213	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5038)
214	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5062)
215	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the breakdown of responsibilities of Ministers and government departments for electoral systems and electoral arrangements in the UK relating to elections for (a) councils, (b) the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly, (c) the European Parliament and (d) the House of Commons, with particular reference to consideration of proposals for review and reform.
	(5063)
216	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5035)
217	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4899)
218	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many days on average were lost per employee in her Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from her Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5060)
219   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Solicitor General, on what dates her Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if she will make a statement.
	(4824)
220	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the criteria used to apportion to the regional development agencies the money for regeneration of fishing communities announced in April.
	(4874)
221   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will set out the terms of reference for the role of the Green Minister in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(4825)
222	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what studies she has carried out on areas of the UK that are disadvantaged through the recent closure of large numbers of retail petrol stations; and if she will make a statement.
	(5306)
223	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information, prior to Independent Insurance going into liquidation, was provided to (a) her Department and (b) the FSA relating to the French regulator's review of the company's French branch; and when this information was provided.
	(5286)
224	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what studies are being carried out by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory on temperatures of road transport fuels delivered to retail filling stations by supply companies; and if she will make a statement.
	(5305)
225	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps have been taken to monitor the implementation and impact of the Car Pricing Order; and if a progress report will be published.
	(5309)
226	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if her Department monitors the market share of retail transport fuels of (a) major oil suppliers and (b) hypermarkets.
	(5307)
227   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what advice and assistance her Department (a) gives and (b) has given during the last two years to the Institute of Export.
	(4772)
228	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ensure that an assessment, independent of the WTO, is carried out of the likely impact of the extension of the General Agreement on Trade in Services on the provision of key services.
	(5337)
229	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on what impact assessment the Government has undertaken on commitments that it has made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
	(5336)
230	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how she will respond to the International Development Committee's recommendation on the establishment of a commission on trade in services.
	(5334)
231	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for ensuring that an impact assessment of existing trade agreements has taken place before the Government develops its position on the fourth Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Qatar; and if she will make a statement.
	(5333)
232	Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement about the commitments the Government has scheduled under the General Agreement on Trade in Services in the health and education sectors.
	(5335)
233	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events her Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5034)
234	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4891)
235	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days on average were lost per employee in her Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from her Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5059)
236   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information she has collated on the number of power cuts experienced by residents and businesses in the Seeboard area over the last five years; and what representations she has made to energy producers concerning cuts in supply to customers.
	(4573)
237   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information she has collated on the number of academic staff employment tribunals conducted in each university in the last two years.
	(4664)
238	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will next review the provision of assisted area status in Scotland.
	(5074)
239	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals she has for the review of assisted area status in (a) Scotland and (b) Angus.
	(5071)
240	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with the European Union with regard to assisted area status in Scotland.
	(5073)
241	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has had from (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) other organisations in Scotland in relation to assisted area status within Scotland.
	(5072)
242	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria will be used to determine which areas of Scotland will be put forward to the European Union for assisted area status.
	(5070)
243	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the potential of liquid biofuels to (a) improve local air quality, (b) save energy and (c) cut greenhouse gases.
	(5386)
244	Mrs Helen Brinton (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to allocate financial assistance to the development of liquid biofuels.
	(5325)
245   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out the terms of reference for the role of the Green Minister in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(4829)
246   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what dates a Green Minister was (a) first appointed and (b) subsequent appointments were made; and if he will make a statement.
	(4830)
247   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date the public inquiry into the appeal by the Secretary of State for Health in respect of the site at St Leonard's Hospital, Dorset is to be heard.
	(4757)
248	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to reduce the cost of bus travel.
	(4907)
249	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research his Department is undertaking to establish the cost and feasibility of establishing a national school bus strategy; and what the cost is of the proposed pilot scheme approved by his Department.
	(4908)
250	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when it is expected that (a) 25 per cent., (b) 50 per cent., (c) 75 per cent. and (d) 100 per cent. of stations will be accredited under the secure stations scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(4875)
251	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which stations are accredited under the secure stations scheme (a) for each month since the scheme began and (b) expected for the end of each year between 2001 and 2010; and what proportion they represent of the total number of stations.
	(4876)
252	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made with the secure stations scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(4877)
253	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures he is taking to improve real time information for passengers on Britain's railways; and if he will make a statement.
	(4878)
254	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which new transport infrastructure projects initiated since May 1997 will be open before June 2006.
	(4871)
255	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many train drivers have been prosecuted for passing through a red light since 1990.
	(5240)
256	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Temple Sowerby By-pass in Cumbria.
	(5339)
257	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects the safety study of the A11 to be completed.
	(5340)
258	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5053)
259	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to upgrade the A69 in Cumbria.
	(5262)
260	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to widen that part of the M6 motorway which is in two lanes north of Carlisle.
	(5263)
261	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events the Department and its predecessors have participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5041)
262	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4894)
263	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list in (a) cash terms and (b) 2001-02 prices the SSA and AEF figures for (i) Wiltshire County Council, (ii) West Wiltshire District Council and (iii) Salisbury District Council for each year since 1996-97.
	(5193)
264	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the methodology changes made since 1997 to the formulae for calculating the standard spending assessment and aggregate external finance figures for (a) Wiltshire County Council, (b) West Wiltshire District Council and (c) Salisbury District Council; and if he will estimate the net financial effect of these changes.
	(5192)
265   N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will examine the practice of purchasing leases in order to demand from householders that they insure the houses as directed by the new leaseholders or buy the right to choose their own insurer.
	(4576)
266   N	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the European Commission about an exemption from the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 to allow the import of American vehicles with small number plates; and if he will make a statement.
	(4756)
267	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department has participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5037)
268	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4898)
269	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5056)
270   N	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates his Department's Green Minister attended meetings of the Green Ministers' Committee during the current Session of Parliament; on what dates subsequent meetings are planned to take place; and if he will make a statement.
	(4816)
271   N	Andy Burnham (Leigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of pensioners in the Leigh constituency eligible for the minimum income guarantee have so far claimed it.
	(4185)
272	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list for each week from Monday 23rd July to Monday 8th October which departmental ministers will be on duty (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) in London.
	(4895)
273	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) national and (b) international awareness events his Department and its predecessors have participated in since June 1997 in the form of (i) sponsorship, (ii) departmental attendance, (iii) similar departmental activities and (iv) a message of support.
	(5040)
274	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days on average were lost per employee in his Department because of sickness; and how many officials retired early from his Department in each of the past 10 years.
	[R] (5054)
275   N	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has made of the number of (a) married and (b) unmarried students, in full-time education in receipt of a student loan who have experienced a consequential reduction in benefit payment.
	(4659)
276   N	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the impact on long-term family income of one partner receiving a repayable student loan and the family experiencing a consequential loss in non-repayable benefit payment.
	(4658)
277   N	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to reform the benefits system in order to ensure families are not penalised through the reduction in benefits as a result of one partner applying successfully for a student loan.
	(4579)
278	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the National Service Framework for Older People set out in paragraph 29, page 141 of the NSF; and what plans his Department has to analyse the impact of them.
	[Transferred] (4873)
279	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual cost would be of charging a television licence fee to all pensioners below the age of 75 years of (a) £25 and (b) £50.
	[Transferred] (4916)
280	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) men and (b) women are training to become medical doctors at medical schools in the Greater London area.
	[Transferred] (4882)
281	Vera Baird (Redcar):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to eliminate unlawful imports of contraband cigarettes through north eastern ports.
	[Transferred] (5068)
282	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response the Government has made to the recommendations of Coroner William Armstrong at the inquest into the death of Rocky Bennett; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (5312)
283	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in road traffic accidents in the London Borough of Wandsworth in the last three years.
	[Transferred] (4885)
284	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to initiate an inquiry into the role of the FSA in regulating Independent Insurance.
	[Transferred] (5285)
285	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if, prior to Independent Insurance going into liquidation (a) his Department and (b) the FSA was informed of the large losses incurred by the company's French branch.
	[Transferred] (5284)
286	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his officials last met representatives of the retail petrol industry; what was discussed at the meeting; and if he will place a copy of the minutes of the meeting in the Library.
	[Transferred] (5308)
287	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to reduce motorcycle nuisance on estates and open spaces.
	[Transferred] (4909)
288	Caroline Flint (Don Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to curb illegal use of motorcycles by children.
	[Transferred] (4910)
289	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that mediation services in England receive adequate funding to continue their work.
	[Transferred] (5327)
290	Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost of Government funding to the mediation services was in England in each of the past five years.
	[Transferred] (5365)

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