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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 15 October 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 October, 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.

MONDAY 15th OCTOBER
1   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is towards farm improvement schemes proposed by Duchy of Lancaster tenants with farm business tenancies.
	(7875)
2   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures have been taken to assist Duchy of Lancaster tenants whose businesses have been affected by the economic impact of foot and mouth disease.
	(7874)
3	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will continue to publish an annual report from Government.
	(7121)
4	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he plans to issue a White Paper on Elected Regional Government.
	(7164)
5	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much it would cost to send a summary of the Government's Annual Report to each taxpayer.
	(7122)
6	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish a green paper on e-democracy.
	(7357)
7	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7226)
8	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by the Cabinet Office, including and distinguishing between the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7809)
9	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government bodies, broken down by departments, next steps agencies and non-departmental public bodies, have been established in each of the last five years.
	(7807)
10	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6908)
11	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part-time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6905)
12	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7052)
13	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (A) civil servants and (B) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6907)
14	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons select committees.
	(7054)
15	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7053)
16	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6906)
17	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6599)
18	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6781)
19	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6782)
20	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6780)
21	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6785)
22	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6784)
23	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6783)
24	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of the Carter Report was.
	(7855)
25	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what briefings she has received on the progress of the Croydon Employment Tribunal case involving her, the Royal Parks Constabulary and WPC Kaur.
	(7407)
26	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the cost to her Department's budget of preparing for and the hearing of the employment discrimination case of WPC Kaur.
	(7408)
27	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on (a) the claim and (b) the response in her name to the discrimination case of WPC Kaur.
	(7406)
28	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss the discrimination claim of WPC Kaur with (a) the operational head of the Royal Parks Constabulary and (b) the Police Inspectorate.
	(7409)
29	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of her Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7227)
30   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received calling for international football fixtures taking place in England to continue moving between major premiership venues.
	(7224)
31   N	Roger Casale (Wimbledon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the proposed Network Z radio services on existing commercial provision.
	(6017)
32	Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information the BBC furnished her, in its application to establish Network Z, about the views of (a) the BBC's legal, finance and policy advisers, (b) the Executive Committee and (c) the Board of Governors; and on what dates they were given.
	(6992)
33	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what actions the Government has taken to maintain the United Kingdom's bid for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.
	(7694)
34	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to ensure that Premier Christian Radio is able to apply for a new licence.
	(6617)
35   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to make funds available to organisations representing the rural tourist industry to publicise the lifting of restrictions caused by the foot and mouth crisis.
	(6074)
36   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department was consulted by the then Department for Education and Employment on the implications for the tourist industry of proposed changes in the duration and number of school terms
	(6067)
37   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value of financial assistance from Government to the tourist industry in England has been since the start of the foot and mouth crisis.
	(6070)
38   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the loss in revenue to the tourist industry in England as a result of foot and mouth since the start of the outbreak.
	(6071)
39   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much expenditure was incurred by her Department in (a) publicising the closure of rural tourism areas during the foot and mouth crisis and (b) publicising the subsequent lifting of restrictions.
	(6073)
40   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what measures her Department is taking to reverse the impression that tourist areas formally restricted because of foot and mouth, and now reopened, are still closed.
	(6082)
41	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her policy towards the maintenance of regional theatres in England.
	(6614)
42	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been invested by the Government in the promotion of grassroots football in the years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.
	(7838)
43	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the Government's support for the promotion of grassroots football.
	(7837)
44	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on Government support for the distribution of UK-produced films.
	(8053)
45	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British-made films have been made as part of European co-productions in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(8056)
46	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British-made films have benefited from EU funds in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(8055)
47	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the films produced in the UK in the last five years which have received EU funds, stating the sum involved in each case.
	(8057)
48	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, broken down by those leased by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7810)
49	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement about proposals by the Gaming Board to remove jackpot machines from members' social clubs.
	(7147)
50	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the consequences for social clubs of proposed regulations to remove jackpot gaming machines.
	(7145)
51	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6598)
52	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for granting concessionary television licences to sheltered and community accommodation.
	(7350)
53	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in her Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if she will make a statement.
	(6887)
54	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in her Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.
	(6888)
55	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document she gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7039)
56	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(6776)
57	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by her Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6886)
58	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if she will make a statement.
	(7038)
59	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by her Department in each year since 1992.
	(6885)
60	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7037)
61	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6779)
62	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
	(6778)
63	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate total annual staff costs for her Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6775)
64	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by her Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by her Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6777)
65	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6774)
66   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in the establishment of OFCOM.
	(7563)
67   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what spectator capacity a stadium requires in order to meet the IAAF's specifications for a standard capable of hosting the World Athletics Championship.
	(7929)
68   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Carter Report into Wembley Stadium and Picketts Lock was commissioned.
	(7922)
69   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) Lottery and (b) Treasury money has been spent on the project to build a national athletics stadium at Picketts Lock.
	(7924)
70   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost has been to (a) the National Lottery, (b) the Treasury, (c) her Department and (d) others of the production of the Carter Report into Wembley Stadium and Picketts Lock.
	(7931)
71   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the accommodation requirements are for (a) athletes and (b) officials in a city in order to meet the IAAF's specifications for a standard capable of hosting the World Athletics Championship.
	(7944)
72   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis her Department has made of Sheffield's transport facilities.
	(7927)
73   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual administration costs were in the last financial year of (a) each of the national museums and galleries sponsored by her Department, (b) the Arts Council of England, (c) Sport England, (d) UK Sport, (e) the regional arts boards, (f) English Heritage, (g) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (h) the New Opportunities Fund, (i) the Football Foundation, (j) the Communities Fund, (k) the English Tourism Council, (l) the British Tourist Authority, (m) regional tourist boards and (n) the Film Council; and what proportion of employees of these organisations are (1) from ethnic minorities and (2) registered disabled.
	(7567)
74   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the Carter Report into Wembley Stadium and Picketts Lock.
	(7932)
75   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had on the prospect of staging the 2005 World Athletics Championship.
	(7926)
76   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the progress of the Tourism Incentive Group.
	(7564)
77   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when it became government policy to support the staging of the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Sheffield.
	(7925)
78   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met representatives of (a) each of the national museums and galleries sponsored by her Department, (b) the British Hospitality Association, (c) the Football Association, (d) the Rugby Football Union, (e) the British Weight Lifters' Association, (f) the Lawn Tennis Association, (g) Theatres in Trust,(h) Equity, (i) PACT, (j) regional arts boards, (k) regional tourist boards, (l) the BBC, (m) ITV, (n) ITN, (o) the British Tourist Authority, (p) the English Tourism Council, (q) the Football Foundation, (r) the New Opportunities Fund, (s) English Heritage, (t) the Communities Fund, (u) UK Sport, (v) Sport England, (w) the Arts Council for England, (x) the Film Council, (y) Wembley National Stadium Limited, (z) the National Campaign for the Arts and (aa) Sky Television.
	(7566)
79   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with the IAAF on the prospect of staging the 2005 World Athletics Championship.
	(7923)
80   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is her policy on support for a single national stadium for (a) football, (b) rugby and (c) athletics.
	(7930)
81   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she received the Carter Report into Wembley Stadium and Picketts Lock.
	(7934)
82   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department first (i) met and (ii) spoke to representatives of the (A) Sheffield City Council, (B) UK Athletics and (C) Don Valley stadium to discuss the prospect of staging the 2005 World Athletics Championship.
	(7933)
83   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what is her policy on support for national stadia for (a) football, (b) rugby and (c) athletics.
	(7928)
84   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on weather modification experiments undertaken on behalf of his Department.
	(8009)
85   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of contracts let in connection with RAF Menwith Hill in (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001; how many such contracts have been let; to whom they have been let; and what percentage of contracts have been let to UK firms.
	(6259)
86   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Lewes, of 16th July, Official Report, column 7W, what scenario was assumed in this year's Roving Sands Exercise.
	(6356)
87   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK and (b) US (i) military and (ii) civil personnel are deployed at RAF Fylingdales.
	(6264)
88   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the complement was of Ministry of Defence police at RAF Menwith Hill on (a) 1st January and (b) 15th July; and what percentage of the cost of these personnel on each date was met by the US Government.
	(6258)
89   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he ensures, in the absence of RAF personnel at RAF Feltwell, that the activities undertaken at the base are consistent with the UK national interest.
	(6261)
90   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many alleged breaches of security have occurred at RAF Menwith Hill in each year from 1990 to date.
	(6263)
91   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MoD personnel at RAF Menwith Hill are under the operational control of US visiting forces.
	(6260)
92	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the numbers of qualified lawyers and support staff in each of the armed services' legal departments, identifying where possible those concerned with courts martials, in (a) 1980, (b) 1990 and (c) 2000.
	(7402)
93	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the costs and benefits of (a) maintaining the courts martial system and (b) maintaining services disciplinary processes while transferring criminal cases to the ordinary courts.
	(7405)
94	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when there was last a review of the courts martial system.
	(7404)
95	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many courts martials there were in each service in (a) 1980, (b) 1990 and (c) 2000.
	(7403)
96	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7231)
97	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many participants in the New Deal have received (a) training and (b) work experience in the armed forces, including taster days, in each year since 1998.
	(7986)
98   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long he expects the ban on fishing extending across Luce Bay in Wigtownshire to remain in place due to unrecovered ordnance left by the RAF after testing procedures.
	(6087)
99   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to agree compensation provisions for fishermen excluded by MoD restriction orders from fishing grounds in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire.
	(6086)
100   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for future capital investment by his Department at Dundrennan Range, Kirkcudbrightshire.
	(6085)
101   N	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to reduce the size of the (a) regular and (b) Territorial Army beyond the levels envisaged in the Strategic Defence Review.
	(6990)
102	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army units are commanded by (a) regular army and (b) Territorial Army officers.
	(6997)
103	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned complement is of (a) officers and (b) ratings on the new type 45 Destroyer; and with which command system the type 45 Destroyer will be equipped.
	(6978)
104	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the type 45 Destroyer will regularly operate a helicopter.
	(6979)
105   N	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) two-star generals and (b) generals above this rank serving in the Army are Territorial Army officers.
	(6988)
106	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what age is the oldest type 42 destroyer still in active service with the Royal Navy.
	(6982)
107	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) actual strength was of the Territorial Army on 1st July.
	(6993)
108	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the last of the type 42 destroyers is scheduled to be withdrawn from active service.
	(6983)
109	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the proposed type 45 destroyers will be available for operations, and excluding those in refit, at any one time.
	(6980)
110   N	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength was of the Royal Naval Reserve on 1st July.
	(6998)
111	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the new type 45 destroyers will have their home port.
	(6981)
112	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last of the new type 45 destroyers is expected to enter service with the Royal Navy.
	(6986)
113   N	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which the most undermanned unit is in the Territorial Army, expressed as actual strength as a percentage of establishment strength.
	(6991)
114	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been realised by the sale of Territorial Army centres since May 1997.
	(6996)
115	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers have been commissioned in the Territorial Army in the last three years.
	(6994)
116	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers have left the Territorial Army, including those transferring to the long-term reserve list, in the last three years.
	(6995)
117	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the foward equipment programme contains full functioning for type 45 destroyers.
	(6985)
118   N	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if it remains his policy to maintain a one army concept for the regular and territorial armies.
	(6989)
119	Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service date is for the new type 45 Destroyer.
	(6984)
120	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the United Kingdom has been of helping to raise the Russian submarine Kursk; and if he will make a statement.
	(7185)
121	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when MBT-Law UK's British Next Generation Anti-Armour Weapon will be ready for service; what the projected cost of this contract is; and if he will make a statement.
	(7340)
122	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the Government is providing to those countries seeking to join NATO in building up their armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	(8031)
123	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which countries the UK has exported small arms; how much revenue was generated from such sales in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7338)
124	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of QinetiQ's research and development projects will be focused on (a) defence technologies, (b) telecommunications, (c) health care and (d) non defence related technologies; and if he will make a statement.
	(7335)
125	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of the British Army next generation anti-armour weapon contract is; when the tender closing date is; when the contract start and completion dates are; and if he will make a statement.
	(7180)
126	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Thales Sensors' enhanced battlefield surveillance capability will be operational; and if he will make a statement.
	(7318)
127	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) total cost, (b) life span and (c) cost to his Department of each contract with Hunting PCC in the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7193)
128	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies are developing technology capable of integrating the US Navy's co-operative engagement capability into the UK Royal Navy's surface fleet; what the projected cost of this system is; and if he will make a statement.
	(7319)
129	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to purchase Australian Bushmaster infantry mobility vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
	(7243)
130	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected cost is of building the Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers; where the assembly plant is; and if he will make a statement.
	(7324)
131	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Sustained Hypersonic Flight Experiment programme is expected to cost; for how many years the programme is projected to last; and if he will make a statement.
	(7337)
132	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of India's armed forces have been in the UK for training over the last four years; what the cost to his Department has been; and if he will make a statement.
	(7196)
133	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the companies which have bid for the British Army next generation anti-armour weapon, indicating which ones are United Kingdom only companies; and if he will make a statement.
	(7181)
134	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the upgrade of the British Army's Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter is projected to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
	(7317)
135	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will increase spending on long range strike weapons; and if he will make a statement.
	(8032)
136	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies bid for the individual weapon and light support weapon modification programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(7320)
137	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many jobs Airbus UK's wing design development role in the A400M project is expected to create; and if he will make a statement.
	(7321)
138	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department has given to United Kingdom-based companies bidding for the New Zealand MoD contract for light armoured vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
	(7186)
139	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much QinetiQ's new medium wave infra-red telescope cost to produce; and if he will make a statement.
	(7322)
140	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected cost is of his Department's collaborative effort to develop, produce, and support the Meteor-Beyond-Visual-Range-Air-to-Air-Missile; how much of this development will be carried in the UK; which UK companies are involved in this project; and if he will make a statement.
	(7323)
141	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which United Kingdom companies his Department supported in a bid for the Polish MoD contract for a new 8x8 wheeled armoured carrier; and if he will make a statement.
	(7184)
142	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the projects and European countries involved in collaborating with the MoD on specific defence research and development projects.
	(7336)
143	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much QinetiQ's new submarine research and technology centre cost to build; what alternative sites were explored; and if he will make a statement.
	(7341)
144	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel have been involved in training in Canada in each of the last three years; how many have been (a) killed and (b) seriously injured; how many incidents there have been involving live firing; and if he will make a statement.
	(7179)
145   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fatal accidents have occurred on Salisbury Plain Training Estate since 1st January 2000; what vehicles were involved; and what the cause of death was, and which emergency service was first on the scene, in each case.
	(5858)
146   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the result was of the investigation into the cause of the fatal accident to a Challenger II tank on Salisbury Plain on 11th July.
	(5859)
147   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the US State Department has given its approval to amend the manufacturing licence for the UK Apache Attack Helicopter to enable QinetiQ to access US proprietary data.
	(5860)
148	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what money is budgeted in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002 for (i) refurbishment and (ii) maintenance of the married quarters estate within Larkhill garrison as a result of the arrival of 19 Regiment RA; how many homes will be improved; at what locations; and by what dates.
	(7362)
149	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Larkhill married quarters estate is included in the upgrades proposed by Project Allenby.
	(7363)
150	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the grading of dwellings in the Larkhill married quarters estate is.
	(7364)
151	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the budget for (a) property refurbishment and (b) property maintenance in the Larkhill married quarters estate for (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2002.
	(7365)
152	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the planned maintenance programme for the defence married quarters estate includes provision for (a) gutters, (b) downpipes, (c) underground pipes, (d) drain covers and (e) garden fences; and if he will make a statement.
	(7366)
153	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if annual checks on all hot water and central heating boilers required under health and safety legislation have been completed this year in all service married quarters.
	(7367)
154	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on (a) the budget and (b) the management of the planned maintenance programme for the married quarters estate.
	(7368)
155	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the target for completion of the married quarters upgrade programme has been made 2005.
	(7370)
156	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who decides the priority of need in (a) the upgrade programme and (b) the routine maintenance programme at the Larkhill married quarters estate.
	(7371)
157	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the relationship is between the functions of (a) the Larkhill Garrison Commander, (b) Area 6 of the Defence Housing Executive, (c) EWC Ltd, (d) Atkins Ltd and (e) Turners Ltd.
	(7372)
158	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he expects the married quarters upgrade programme to be completed by the end of 2005.
	(7369)
159	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when work will commence to upgrade the roads at the former married quarters estate at Boscombe Down; and if he will make a statement.
	(7374)
160	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to dispose of the former RAF Chilmark site; and if he will make a statement.
	(7375)
161	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MoD police officers have been involved in Wiltshire Constabulary inquiries into events at CBD Porton Down; what has been the cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(7376)
162   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation applications have been received for former PoWs held by the Japanese under his Department's new scheme; how many have been approved; how many have been rejected; and how many have been upheld after appeal.
	(7613)
163   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) NATO and (b) the European Union on the United Kingdom's response to the events in the USA on 11th September; and if he will make a statement.
	(7170)
164   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defence role in the security of the United Kingdom is played by (a) Menwith Hill and (b) Fylingdales; and if he will make a statement.
	(7173)
165   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will amend the rules governing the entitlement to benefit of widows of retired servicemen to allow them to receive pension in respect of service prior to 1978.
	(6525)
166	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Ordnance Board report Board Project G/220A dated 23rd February 1982.
	(7114)
167	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the Force Research Unit (a) have been interviewed by the Stevens Inquiry team, (b) have refused to be interviewed and (c) are prevented from being interviewed by (i) legal and (ii) other impediments.
	(7115)
168	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what response he has made to the 8th annual report of the Independent Assessor of Military Complaints with particular reference to the recommendations of the report (a) to take steps to reduce the number of complaints about helicopters and to make pilots aware of the costs of compensation claims, (b) to carry out an independent evaluation of community awareness training and (c) to take steps to promote the informal resolution of complaints.
	(7083)
169	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a text of the Master Information Exchange Memorandum on Non-Lethal Weapons Systems agreement and the annex reference UK-RN-N-97-57951 signed on 2nd February 1998.
	(7116)
170	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have (a) died and (b) been injured as a result of firearms discharged on army property since the IRA ceasefire; on what dates; what the results were of (i) internal investigations and (ii) coroner's inquests in each case; where other soldiers were involved, what disciplinary measures were taken; where papers were passed to the Director of Public Prosecutions, how long he took to reach a decision on prosecution and what the result was.
	(7082)
171	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals comprised the UK participants in each of the formal meetings and war games under the auspices of the US-UK Master Exchange Memorandum of Understanding on Non-Lethal Weapons; from which organisations; and what the estimated cost was of UK participation in each event.
	(7117)
172	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish, for every year since the first paramilitary ceasefires for which it is possible (a) figures on the frequency and duration of (i) military and (ii) other helicopter flights, (b) the number of civilian complaints and amount of compensation paid during this period in relation to such flights and (c) the steps taken to scale down military presence according to perceived terrorist threat; and if he will set out the means by which he informs himself of the nature and purpose of each helicopter flight and monitors the progressive reduction of flights.
	(7084)
173	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the criteria to be used to determine terrorist targets to be attacked by NATO in response to the American World Trade Centre and Pentagon attacks.
	(7135)
174	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the job losses at RAF Shrewsbury in connection with work on the Wessex helicopter.
	(7136)
175	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, including and distinguishing between the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7811)
176	Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of HMS Dryad.
	(6572)
177	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department has responded to requests for information from the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17th May 1974 by the delivery of relevant documents; and if he will make a statement.
	(7948)
178	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7030)
179	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7029)
180	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6830)
181	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6833)
182	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6937)
183	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6829)
184	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6940)
185	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength and complement is of each regiment in the UK.
	(6953)
186	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6828)
187	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6832)
188	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6831)
189	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK air squadrons are at full complement; what proportion this represents of the total; and if he will make a statement.
	(6957)
190	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6938)
191	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7028)
192	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy vessels are (a) ready for active service, (b) currently undergoing refit and (c) out of service but not currently undergoing refit; what proportion of all vessels each category represents; and if he will make a statement.
	(6956)
193	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armaments procurement contracts, with a value greater than £1 million, will (a) go out to tender and (b) have contracts signed, in the next financial year.
	(6954)
194	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6939)
195	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the current armament procurement contracts in respect of which there is a delay in (a) delivery date and (b) anticipated date of entry into service of more than (i) six months, (ii) one year and (iii) two years; and what additional costs have arisen from such delays.
	(6955)
196	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if a representative of the Porton Down Veterans Support Group will be invited to the seminar in October at the head office of the Medical Research Council to discuss the epidemiological study of service volunteers who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down.
	(6576)
197	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the independent Ethics Committee of the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, scrutinised the study which took place in August 2000 involving RAF volunteers at the Rapier Detachment Engagement Trainer at RAF Honington; and if he will place in the Library copies of the papers of the committee which relate to the discussion of this study.
	(6561)
198	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the reports produced by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down (a) in 1972 entitled, The effect of miosis on visual acuity in dim light, and (b) recording the results of an experiment in 1983 in which service personnel were exposed to sarin nerve gas via single fibre electromyography.
	(6574)
199	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will transfer films from the archives of the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, to the Imperial War Museum.
	(6575)
200	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will open for public inspection at the Public Record Office the files located at DEFE 55/97 and DEFE 55/100 regarding tests of biological detection devices and joint US/UK biological detection experiments in 1977.
	(6579)
201	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the protocol drawn up by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down, to carry out the study in August 2000 involving RAF volunteers at the Rapier Detachment Engagement Trainer at RAF Honington.
	(6581)
202	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down in 1973 entitled a comparative study of central visual field changes induced by GB vapour and physostigmine salicylate eyedrops.
	(6563)
203	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report arising out of the study in August 2000 involving RAF volunteers at the Rapier Detachment Engagement Trainer at RAF Honington organised by the Chemical Defence Estabishment, Porton Down.
	(6580)
204	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many exercises to test procedures for dealing with accidents involving nuclear weapons will be held in 2001; what the (a) dates and (b) locations are of each of these exercises; what the titles and scenarios are of each of these exercises; and how many of these exercises involve the US Government.
	(6573)
205	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates staff of his Department held meetings with the Medical Research Council prior to 21st November 2000 to discuss seeking advice from the Council on the feasibility of an epidemiological study into volunteers who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down.
	(6577)
206	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a list of the titles and dates of films held by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down which recorded the establishment's trials with the chemical agent BZ in the 1960s.
	(6562)
207	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the War Pension Agency started on 19th February to identify as separate records claims for war pensions from service personnel who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down.
	(6564)
208	Mr Michael Trend (Windsor):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress on the establishment of a medal for those who served in the Canal Zone campaign 1951-54.
	(7174)
209	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6596)
210	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the funding mechanism is for faith schools; and what the cost to public funds of such schools was in the last year for which figures are available.
	(7130)
211	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it a requirement to include teaching on the non-religious ethical life stance alongside the major faiths in multi-faith religious education; and if she will make a statement.
	(7129)
212	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make the development of emotional intelligence part of the national curriculum; and if she will make a statement.
	(7298)
213	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will extend government guidelines on multi-faith religious education in community schools to all maintained religious schools.
	(7128)
214	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the cost of administering the sixth form reforms.
	(6643)
215	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to encourage more students to enter sixth form education; and if she will make a statement.
	(6642)
216	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been issued to universities about Curriculum 2000.
	(6641)
217	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the number of places available under the Graduate Teacher Programme.
	(6541)
218	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will publish further details of the revised arrangements for AS level examinations and assessment in the academic year.
	(7261)
219	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were kept out of school at the beginning of the autumn term owing to uncompleted building work.
	(7260)
220	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of teacher shortages in Surrey; which are the shortage subjects and age groups; what steps she has taken to tackle teacher shortages in Surrey; and what the average sum per school is (a) in Surrey and (b) nationally allocated by her Department to deal with this.
	(7703)
221   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of teachers in maintained schools have paid the General Teaching Council registration fee.
	(7489)
222   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of permanent teaching posts in maintained schools which were not filled on the first day of the current term; and what percentage this is of the total number of permanent teaching posts.
	(7490)
223   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers in maintained schools who left their employment at a school during the course of each of the last four academic years.
	(7262)
224   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Northern Ireland Education Minister relating to (a) selective education and (b) school league tables.
	(7487)
225   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her Department's targets are for literacy and numeracy levels at age 11 in each of the next five years; and what steps she proposes to take if those targets are not reached.
	(7280)
226   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the benefits of General Teaching Council registration which will be available to teachers who pay a registration fee but which will be withheld from those who do not.
	(7488)
227   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children of compulsory school age were (a) statemented for special educational needs or (b) assessed for special educational needs for each of the last five years.
	(7258)
228   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many petitions for grammar school ballots have been initiated in each of the last six school terms.
	(7493)
229   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of pupils in state maintained schools who were given lessons in playing a musical instrument without parental contribution to the cost in the last 12 months; and what percentage this represents of the total number of children receiving such tuition in maintained schools.
	(7485)
230	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of her Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7228)
231   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans her Department has to distribute (a) coins and (b) other commemorative items to school children to mark the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen.
	(8035)
232   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentrage of 15 year old pupils achieved five or more (a) grade A* - A at GCSE/GNVQ in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) grammar schools and (iii) secondary modern schools and (b) grades A* - B at GCSE/GNVQ in (i) comprehensive schools, (ii) grammar schools and (iii) secondary modern schools.
	(7498)
233   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children in each of the last five years were excluded from sitting SATS because they were (a) statemented for special educational needs or (b) in the process of being assessed for special educational needs.
	(7257)
234   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the official meetings between ministers and officials in her Department and representatives of the Local Government Association since 7th June, indicating in each case which representatives were present.
	(7491)
235   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have applied for specialist status in each category in (a) the last academic year and (b) the current academic year.
	(7278)
236   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will state the ratio of pupils to teaching assistants in (a) Key Stage One and (b) Key Stage Two in each of the last five years.
	(7486)
237   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of head teachers in need of training to assess threshold applications.
	(7713)
238   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of schools with sixth forms which have received no funding from their local education authority for the new sixth form curriculum in each of the last two years.
	(7275)
239   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of unqualified teachers in maintained schools in each of the last five years.
	(7483)
240   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of schools seeking specialist status which have been unable to raise sufficient funds for this purpose.
	(7277)
241   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the maintained schools in which the morning after pill is dispensed to pupils.
	(7484)
242   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates she has made of the total sum of money raised by maintained schools from (a) parental contributions, (b) business sponsorship and (c) other sources in each of the last five years.
	(7272)
243   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will fund places at the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth to the most academically able 5 per cent. of the school population whether or not parents can afford to pay fees.
	(7494)
244   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates she has made of the number of pupils of compulsory school age who had (a) not been offered a school place and (b) not accepted any school place offered on the first day of the current school term.
	(7273)
245   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations she has received calling for the threshold for triggering a grammar school ballot to be lowered.
	(7492)
246   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of pupils attending state schools outside their own local education authority area in September.
	(7274)
247   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what costs were incurred by her Department in connection with training courses for head teachers to improve their ability to assess threshold applications.
	(7715)
248   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimates she has made of the number of teachers in maintained schools who were not British citizens in each term of the last four years.
	(7271)
249   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many training seminars have been held in the last year funded by her Department to train head teachers who are new in their posts to assess threshold applications; and how many head teachers attended each one.
	(7714)
250	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have been awarded specialist status in each of the last five years in each category of specialists.
	(7276)
251	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish statistics on homophobic and racist bullying within (a) schools and (b) colleges; and if she will make a statement.
	(7642)
252	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the Government's strategy to deal with homophobic and racist bullying within schools and colleges.
	(7643)
253   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will bring forward a revised draft code of practice for special education needs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6754)
254   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her estimate is of the number of primary school age children (a) who are dyslexic and (b) whose condition has been helped by special provision; and if she will make a statement.
	(6962)
255   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her estimate is of the rate of returns of PFI contracts in schools in England and Wales.
	(6759)
256	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if a new vocational GCSE in engineering will be offered from 2003.
	(7803)
257   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to extend the broadband network to schools and universities; and over what time period.
	(6608)
258	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if (a) GCSE, (b) A levels and (c) AS level qualifications are available in (i) Gujarati, (ii) Hindi, (iii) Somali and (iv) Urdu; which UK universities accept A levels or equivalent in these languages as satisfying admission criteria; and if she will make a statement.
	(6439)
259	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places to study veterinary medicine will be available in England and Wales in (a) 2001, (b) 2005 and (c) 2010.
	(6557)
260	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the number of veterinary schools.
	(6539)
261	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children aged three years obtained nursery places in the years (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001.
	(7717)
262	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by her Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6910)
263	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by her Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if she will make a statement.
	(7004)
264	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will estimate total annual staff costs for her Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6859)
265	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by her Department in each year since 1992.
	(6909)
266	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6858)
267	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in her Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.
	(6912)
268	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by her Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by her Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6861)
269	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in her Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if she will make a statement.
	(6911)
270	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6863)
271	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(6860)
272	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document she gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7005)
273	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what proportion of each civil service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
	(6862)
274	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7003)
275   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) male and (b) female teachers in each year between 1990 and 2001 were aged (i) under 25, (ii) 25 to 29, (iii) 30 to 34, (iv) 35 to 39, (v) 40 to 44, (vi) 45 to 49, (vii) 50 to 54, (viii) 55 to 59, (ix) 60 to 64, (x) 65 years plus and (xi) unknown.
	(7973)
276   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of teachers in work are due to retire in the next (a) five years, (b) 10 years and (c) 15 years.
	(8029)
277	Stephen Hesford (Wirral West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to review the 14 to 19 curriculum.
	(6730)
278   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding streams are available to voluntary organisations providing conductive education to children with cerebral palsy.
	(6265)
279	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to promote increased access to training and development in renewable energy-related disciplines in higher education.
	(7358)
280	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what resources she plans to provide to local education authorities, with particular reference to Worcestershire, prior to the introduction of a new system for setting standard spending assessments for education for the financial year 2002-03; and if she will make a statement.
	(8037)
281	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, including and distinguishing between the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7812)
282	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many governors have been appointed under the School Governors' One-Stop shop scheme since its inception.
	(6483)
283	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost per governor placed is of the School Governors' One-Stop Shop scheme.
	(6482)
284   N	Mr Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure that future discussions on the proposal to create a new sixth form college in Hackney will have due regard to (a) the interests of students and staff at the existing Hackney Community College and (b) the future funding of that college; and if she will make a statement.
	(6735)
285	Mr Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to reduce the administrative burden on headteachers of the threshold training and supervision of their staff.
	(6546)
286	Mr Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to reduce the administrative burden on teachers and cost to schools of the New Opportunities Fund training.
	(6547)
287	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many further education colleges were categorised by the FEFC as financially weak in each of the last three years.
	(6679)
288	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of further education colleges would be able to pay the full 3.7 per cent. recommended pay rise for the coming year without making cuts in other budget headings.
	(6673)
289	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consideration she has given to nationally agreed pay scales in the further education sector.
	(6671)
290	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors relating to the responsibilities and duties of teachers in sixth form colleges underlie the pay differential with further education colleges.
	(6681)
291	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) number and (b) proportion of further education colleges employ lecturing staff on banded pay scales that prevent progress to the top of the main grade lecturer scale.
	(6669)
292	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the projected funding levels are per full-time student in (a) sixth forms and (b) further education colleges for each of the next two years.
	(6683)
293	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assistance will be given to category C colleges to pay recommended pay awards in full.
	(6680)
294	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the ratio of administrative staff to teaching staff in further education colleges for each year since incorporation in 1993.
	(6682)
295	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) employment practices and (b) colleges there are in the further education sector; and what implications these figures have for consistency on pay rates for the same role.
	(6670)
296	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff there were in further education in each of the last five years.
	(6672)
297   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will bring forward proposals for a new system of financing schools in 2002-03.
	(7538)
298	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6597)
299	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what initiatives her Department aims at children of school age to promote healthy lifestyles and positive activities not involving drugs and other substance misuse.
	(7342)
300	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the results of the Neighbourhood Support Fund.
	(7381)
301	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to extend the Neighbourhood Support Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	(7382)
302	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many exclusions from schools relating to drug-related incidents there were in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Staffordshire in the last three years.
	(7343)
303	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of teacher training students in England and Wales completed their courses successfully in each of the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
	(6658)
304	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding per pupil was provided to grant maintained schools in the London Borough of Havering in the year immediately prior to the end of grant maintained status; and what funding per pupil these schools have received in the current financial year.
	(6549)
305	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many temporary classrooms have been in use in Upminster in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(6628)
306	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary age pupils are obliged to travel more than three miles to school; and how many did so in the school year before key stage 1 and 2 classes were limited to 30.
	(6656)
307	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teacher vacancies there are in (i) secondary, (ii) primary and (iii) special schools in Upminister; and if she will make a statement.
	(6550)
308	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the backlog of school buildings repair and maintenance work in Upminster; and if she will make a statement.
	(6632)
309	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were on 31st March (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001 in the London Borough of Havering; and if she will make a statement.
	(6551)
310	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of education spending is taken up by home to school/college transport; and if she will make a statement.
	(6657)
311	Angela Watkinson (Upminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many supply teachers are on register; and how many were on the register in each of the past five years.
	(6548)
312	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools bidding for specialist status under the specialist schools programme were supported by donations from the Technology Colleges Trust as part of the qualifying sponsorship criteria in the years (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.
	(7689)
313	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to change the sponsorship requirement for schools wishing to join the specialist schools programme.
	(7692)
314	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list each school that has been granted specialist college status in the years (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 and list for each the sources of sponsorship to meet the sponsorship criteria.
	(7688)
315	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have failed to achieve specialist school status through their inability to raise the level of sponsorship that is required.
	(7691)
316	Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the planned expansion of the specialist school programme depends on the ability of the Technology Colleges Trust to support financially schools that are unable to find some or all of the required sponsorship.
	(7690)
317   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) vegetables, (b) fruit, (c) cereal products and (d) meat products available for consumption in the UK has been sampled for pesticide residues in the past 12 months.
	(7884)
318   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses have (a) applied for and (b) received rates relief in relation to the economic impact of foot and mouth disease.
	(7873)
319   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress towards ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
	(7882)
320   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to ensure animal welfare in areas defined as high risk in relation to foot and mouth disease.
	(7870)
321   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent action she has taken to prevent quota hopping.
	(7867)
322   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the effect on the environment of dioxin veltase associated with the disposal of carcasses during the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(7868)
323   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on ecological changes arising from the de-stocking of hill areas during the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(7885)
324   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's responsibilities are in relation to land use, planning and management.
	(7878)
325   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to improve flood defences.
	(7887)
326   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the proportion of UK agricultural land under organic production is; and what the proportion is in (a) the EU member states and (b) the USA.
	(7876)
327   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to tighten controls on the importation of meat products.
	(7872)
328   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on large-scale waste incineration.
	(7886)
329   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's responsibilities in relation to food hygiene.
	(7881)
330   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's responsibilities are in relation to the environment of inner city areas.
	(7880)
331   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received requesting a public inquiry into the origins of the foot and mouth outbreak and the measures taken to control it.
	(7861)
332   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to promote farmers' markets.
	(7862)
333   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy towards nuclear power and the disposal of nuclear waste.
	(7863)
334	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the reforms to the CAP (a) made since May 1977 and (b) that Her Majesty's Government is proposing.
	(7297)
335	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to improve the conditions for animals which are exported alive; and if she will make a statement.
	(6648)
336   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has of the number of pheasants (a) reared and (b) shot each year for (i) agricultural and (ii) sporting purposes since 1994.
	(7253)
337   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of pheasants released each year; of those, what estimate she has of those (i) shot but not captured and (ii) shot and captured; and in respect of the latter category, how many of these are (a) discarded and (b) eaten.
	(7252)
338   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the (a) likelihood of interbreeding of genetically modified fish and wild fish and (b) environmental consequences of such interbreeding, with particular reference to salmon.
	(8001)
339   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of pheasants released in each year from 1994 to date have been exported.
	(7254)
340   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will announce the conclusions of her review of the effectiveness of the Flood Defence Committee arrangements.
	(8006)
341   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she intends to take to ensure that animal welfare standards applicable to agricultural practice apply equally to (a) pheasant rearing and (b) pheasant shooting when carried out as sporting activities.
	(7255)
342   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people she estimates are employed in connection with pheasant-rearing and shooting; and what the estimated animal income of this sector is.
	(7256)
343   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account she has taken of the views of the Royal Society in determining her policy in respect of the rearing of genetically modified fish.
	(8000)
344   N	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library the results of the Environment Agency emissions tests carried out at the Reprotech site, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex since 1997.
	(6354)
345   N	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints to the Environment Agency have been made since 1997 in respect of the Reprotech site at Pebsham, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex.
	(6355)
346   N	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency unannounced inspections of the Reprotech site at Pebsham, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex have been carried out since 1997.
	(6353)
347   N	Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she has applied for EU aid to the cereals sector; and if she will make a statement.
	(7445)
348   N	Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a UK national top-up to the sheep annual premium scheme to offset the reduction in premiums arising from the effect of the foot and mouth outbreaks.
	(7444)
349   N	Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the correspondence from the Right honourable Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed dated (a) 2nd May and 18th July relating to representations from McCreath, Simpson and Prentice Ltd., (b) 25th May and 17th July relating to representations from Mr Lindsay of Anglo-Scottish Pest Control and (c) 23rd May and 17th July relating to Mr Walton on the loss of income from grass park letting.
	(7265)
350   N	Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the removal of toxic ash from the Hernscott Hill foot and mouth incineration site in Northumberland has been completed; and what arrangements for monitoring of the site and consultation with local residents have been made.
	(7446)
351	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of her Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7238)
352   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the farms and farm buildings which have been demolished to eradicate foot and mouth disease, indicating the nature of the building, its age, features of architectural significance and its location.
	(7249)
353	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Carshalton and Wallington of 17th July, Official Report, column 170W, on wildlife crime birds of prey, if she will (a) give a commitment to the retention of the bird registration system for species currently listed and (b) consider adding globally endangered species threatened by trade to the system.
	(6544)
354	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fees are charged to birdkeepers by her Department for registration of birds listed on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and to what extent these fees cover the cost of running the registration scheme.
	(6543)
355	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many convictions for possession of birds listed on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which have relied on DNA samples as evidence, have been successful; and for how many of these her Department provided registration details, maintained under section 7 of the Act, to the police.
	(6542)
356	Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will refer proposed changes to the bird registration system, under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, to the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime for comments.
	(6540)
357	Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to amend the Protection of Animals Act 1911.
	A (8065)
358   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is, for each of the past five years, for each London borough, of the proportion of (a) household and (b) industrial waste that is (i) re-cycled, (ii) disposed of by incineration and (iii) disposed of by landfill.
	(6753)
359	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles have been abandoned and had to be disposed of in each of the last two years in the Stroud District; and what was the cost of disposal in each year.
	(6524)
360   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what audit procedures are undertaken on authorised contractors to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food who are retained on contracts to cleanse and disinfect foot and mouth affected premises.
	(6084)
361	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many footpaths have been re-opened since the outbreak of foot and mouth.
	(7698)
362	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that British agriculture is protected in case of a resurgence of foot and mouth disease.
	(6487)
363	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contribution her Department is making to the research being undertaken to develop a vaccine against foot and mouth disease, which does not result in a carrier state.
	(6486)
364	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on the transport of live animals.
	(6621)
365   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason blood tests requested by her Department in July on 22 farms in North Somerset were delayed until October.
	(7888)
366   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects that Somerset will be adjudged not to have high risk status in respect of foot and mouth disease.
	(7889)
367   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the resumption of operation of livestock markets.
	(7891)
368   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Milk Task Force has resumed its considerations; and when it is expected to report.
	(7892)
369   N	Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for livestock movement licences were made in Somerset in the period 24th September to 4th October; and how many licences were issued in the same period.
	(7890)
370	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the customers who gave information to Arthur D. Little about their intentions to order mixed oxide fuel for Sellafield.
	(7988)
371	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the contracts for the supply of MOX fuel from Sellafield.
	(8034)
372	Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter to her dated 14th June, from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss M. Cowley.
	(6522)
373   N	Mrs Jackie Lawrence (Preseli, Pembrokeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the Government consultation document on the storage of nuclear waste.
	(6363)
374   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the loss in revenue to the farming industry in England as a result of foot and mouth since the start of the outbreak.
	(6069)
375   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that restrictions imposed on rural areas are lifted on a consistent basis.
	(6083)
376   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of financial assistance from Government to the farming industry in England has been since the start of the foot and mouth crisis.
	(6068)
377	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements she has made for the Government inquiries into foot and mouth disease to receive representations from honourable Members; and if she will make a statement.
	(8040)
378	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will visit Throckmorton to discuss the implications of the carcass disposal site for the local community.
	(6435)
379	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July (4135), what is the nature of the help being offered by Advantage West Midlands to businesses in Worcestershire affected by the foot and mouth restrictions.
	(6630)
380	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of fly-tipping in the countryside; and if she will make a statement.
	(6613)
381	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with supermarkets about their relationship with suppliers; and if she will make a statement.
	(6611)
382	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements she has made to encourage (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) organisations affected by foot and mouth disease to submit evidence to the inquiries the Government has established; and if she will make a statement.
	(8043)
383   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of threats posed by the metal deposits to (a) humans and (b) livestock.
	(7159)
384	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department (a) in London and (b) in Leeds have (i) working and practical experience of farming and (ii) working and practical experience of veterinary practice.
	(6625)
385   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking over the discovery of toxic metal deposits on North Yorkshire farmland, deposited following the floods of 2000.
	(7158)
386   N	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 recent study by the University of Wales of dangerous levels of mineral deposits from lead and copper mines in the rivers Swale and Ouse and in other areas of the Vale of York and in particular the grasslands bordering these rivers; and if she will make a statement.
	(7160)
387	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of officials her Department needs to manage the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(6626)
388	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 18th March and 18th June concerning Mr A. Tabbenor of Youlgrave in Derbyshire and his suckler cow premium.
	(7351)
389	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of the honourable Member for West Derbyshire, dated 18th July, concerning dormant quarries in the Peak District National Park.
	(7972)
390	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters of the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 18th July and 20th September, concerning the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme.
	(7971)
391	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 4th July concerning Mr and Mr Don Holland of Chelmorton, Derbyshire.
	(7352)
392	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made towards developing long-term disposal of high level nuclear waste referred to in the Nirex document, Managing Radioactive Waste.
	(6731)
393	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the long-term disposal review of intermediate level nuclear waste, referred to in the Nirex document Managing Radioactive Waste, to be concluded; and if she will make a statement.
	(6736)
394	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7813)
395	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when it is expected that businesses in the Forest of Dean, which have met the criteria for obtaining grants to assist them after foot and mouth disease, will receive the money.
	(6465)
396	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when information and guidance was issued to Gloucestershire Business Link about grants and assistance to businesses affected by foot and mouth disease.
	(6469)
397	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Herefordshire have received financial assistance through grants offered to businesses affected by foot and mouth disease.
	(6467)
398	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many businesses have received financial assistance through grants offered to businesses affected by foot and mouth disease; and how much the budget is for such grants in the South West of England.
	(6473)
399	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time is between application and award by (a) Gloucestershire Business Link and (b) Herefordshire Business Links in respect of grants to assist businesses affected by foot and mouth disease.
	(6488)
400	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the criteria are for obtaining a grant for a business affected by foot and mouth disease; who set the criteria; and on what advice.
	(6466)
401	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been awarded to Business Link Gloucestershire for grants to offer assistance to businesses affected by foot and mouth disease.
	(6470)
402	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what differences there are between the guidance given to Herefordshire Council about grants to assist businesses affected by foot and mouth disease and that issued to the Business Link and Forest of Dean Council and to Gloucestershire Council.
	(6468)
403	Diana Organ (Forest of Dean):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date guidance was sent to Forest of Dean District Council concerning grants and assistance to tourism businesses affected by foot and mouth disease.
	(6464)
404	Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the powers of Ofwat to compel water companies to carry out their statutory duties with regard to preventing the incursion of sewage into customers' homes; and if she will make a statement.
	(7096)
405	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the import into Britain of livestock products is allowed from countries in which foot and mouth is endemic.
	(7763)
406	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to improve flood defences; and if she will make a statement.
	(7772)
407	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in the incidence of fly-tipping following the increase in the level of the landfill tax since April; and if she will make a statement.
	(7726)
408	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal meat was (a) imported into the UK and (b) confiscated from ports and airports in the last six months.
	(7750)
409	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list for the UK the changes in the levels of production of greenhouse gases in each year since 1990.
	(7759)
410	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government are taking to protect UK peatlands; and if she will make a statement on the practice of peat extraction in the UK.
	(7776)
411	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent and division of governmental responsibility for flood prevention; and if she will make a statement.
	(7773)
412	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the possibility of terrorist biological attacks being made on the UK through food supplies; and if she will make a statement on foot import controls in the UK.
	(7770)
413	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for animal movement licences are outstanding.
	(7775)
414	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the guidance given by (a) DEFRA and (b) the Environment Agency to district councils and county councils to deal with a rise in sea level and flooding as a result of climate change.
	(7768)
415	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's latest assessment is of the necessity to use vaccination in efforts to eradicate foot and mouth disease.
	(7845)
416	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training is given to DEFRA staff who are in direct contact with the public.
	(7774)
417	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce tougher controls on emissions from existing municipal incinerators; and if she will make a statement.
	(7751)
418	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Policy Commission on Food and Farming is expected to make its recommendations.
	(7766)
419	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of levels of recycled household waste in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries.
	(7769)
420	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the cost of hiring privately owned land to incinerate slaughtered livestock during the foot and mouth crisis.
	(7760)
421	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her target for recycling household waste.
	(7764)
422	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to set higher targets for recycling.
	(7771)
423	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact the foot and mouth outbreak has had on (a) regular tuberculosis testing of cattle and (b) the culling of badgers for the study of TB.
	(7762)
424	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the scientific study into animal disease to make its recommendations.
	(7765)
425	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what considerations the Government has given to claiming the money available to UK cereal farmers from the EU agrimoney compensation scheme by 31st October; and if she will make a statement.
	(7705)
426	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the Council for the Protection of Rural England's report on the handling of the foot and mouth crisis.
	(7767)
427	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to compensate those living in the vicinity of proposed municipal incinerators; and if she will make a statement.
	(7756)
428	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to eradicate fuel poverty in the UK.
	(7753)
429	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of recent research into the relationship between the number of animals slaughtered during the foot and mouth outbreak and the promptness of the implementation of a 24 hour slaughter policy.
	(7723)
430	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to a moratorium on new municipal incinerators; and if she will make a statement.
	(7755)
431	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many rural businesses have closed since 3rd May.
	(7752)
432	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs lost in the agricultural sector as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(7749)
433	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role nuclear power will play in the UK's climate change strategy; and if she will make a statement.
	(7754)
434	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the consultation paper on nuclear waste; and if she will make a statement.
	(7706)
435	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if energy efficiency targets set by the Government as part of the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme are being met; and if she will make a statement.
	(7846)
436	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the promptness of payment of (a) livestock compensation to farmers whose animals have been slaughtered in the foot and mouth crisis and (b) contractors who have assisted in the disposal and clean up operations.
	(7722)
437	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she will take with regard to the European Habitats Directive in order to exempt areas of the UK from the possibility of peat extraction.
	(7893)
438	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the protocols and guidance for the removal of ash from a foot and mouth disease burn site.
	(7748)
439	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations have been made to the governments of other countries which have suffered a foot and mouth outbreak in the last five years.
	(7761)
440	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the views expressed by the Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, on 7th March 2000, in relation to genetic modification of aquatic species and the safety of genetically modified organisms.
	(6639)
441	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Food and Agriculture Organisation's recent paper, State of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture, concerning genetic modification of aquatic species and their potential to increase the quantity and quality of aquaculture products.
	(6640)
442	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government has implemented the recommendation from the Working Group on the Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture at its meeting in Cork in 1998 concerning risk assessment protocols that distinguish between the impacts of polyploid and transgenic organisms; and if he will place a copy of that document in the Library.
	(6638)
443	Mr Alan Simpson (Nottingham South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the names and positions of British members of the Working Group on the Application of Genetics in Fisheries and Mariculture of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas.
	(6637)
444   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average payment of compensation made to farmers following the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(7652)
445   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list by county (a) the total amount, (b) the number of individual payments and (c) the highest and lowest payments made to farmers in respect of foot and mouth disease.
	(7653)
446   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the number of payments to farmers following foot and mouth disease of (a) less than £100,000, (b) between £100,000-£200,000, (c) between £200,000-£300,000. (d) between £300,000-£400,000, (e) between £400,000-£500,000, (f) between £500,000-£600.000, (g) between £600,00-£700,000, (h) between £700,000-£800,000, (i) between £800,000-£900,000, (j) between £900,000-£1 million, and (k) in excess of £1 million.
	(7654)
447   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total amount of compensation that will be paid as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(7667)
448   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the total amount of compensation so far paid to farmers following the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(7666)
449   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual payments have been made to farmers as a consequence of foot and mouth disease.
	(7668)
450   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of fish was (a) landed and (b) discarded in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) the European Union in the last year for which figures are available.
	(7242)
451	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6583)
452	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the processes and initiatives by which the Government is encouraging the take-up of energy efficient techniques in industry.
	(7316)
453	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate total annual staff costs for her Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6841)
454	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(6842)
455	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contribution nuclear power has made in helping the United Kingdom meet its targets under the Kyoto Protocols; and what meetings she has had with representatives of the nuclear industry on the matter.
	(6629)
456	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6840)
457	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members (b) letters from members of the Pulbic and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealth with by her Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if she will make a statement.
	(7044)
458	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by her Department in each year since 1992.
	(6901)
459	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in her Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if she will make a statement.
	(6903)
460	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6845)
461	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK, what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
	(6844)
462	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Member's correspondence, (b) correspondence from Members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7043)
463	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in her Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.
	(6904)
464	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly Committees; and to what categories of document she gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (w) Scottish parliament, (x) Welsh Assembly, (y) Northern Ireland Assembly and (z) House of Commons select committees.
	(7045)
465	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by her Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by her Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6843)
466	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK, what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
	(6838)
467	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by her Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6902)
468	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government estimate, the buying up of lighter lambs will cost in (a) 2001 and (b) 2002 (i) in total and (ii) per lamb.
	(6660)
469	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many lighter lambs the Government plans to buy in 2001.
	(6661)
470	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to lift the three kilometre D notice in the infected area in Leominster.
	(6662)
471	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that restrictions in protection zones in which all blood tests have proved negative are lifted immediately following inspections.
	(6666)
472   N	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to increase awareness amongst rural businesses of the financial aid available due to the foot and mouth outbreak.
	(6668)
473	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to lift the D notice restrictions.
	(6667)
474	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its sheep strategy.
	(6663)
475	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason further blood tests are carried out in protection zones after blood test results from the infected premises and contiguous cull farms have proved to be negative.
	(6665)
476	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria the Government used to decide the method used for lifting the D notice restrictions in Herefordshire.
	(6664)
477	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms became organic in 2001 to date.
	(7733)
478	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met representatives of tenant farmers.
	(7724)
479	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have diversified in 2001 to date.
	(7961)
480	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost to the economy is of the foot and mouth disease outbreak to date.
	(7731)
481	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have left the industry in 2001 to date.
	(7732)
482	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons were for the decision to scrap the Epiman data management and prediction system for controlling a major foot and mouth epidemic.
	(7727)
483	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons were for the change in Government policy on the criteria for classifying outbreaks of foot and mouth disease that came into effect in April.
	(7728)
484	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met representatives of the NFU.
	(7729)
485	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost to public funds of the foot and mouth disease outbreak is so far.
	(7730)
486   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria she uses to decide which letters from (a) honourable Members and (b) members of the public will receive an answer signed by herself.
	(7562)
487   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what target she has set for the length of time her Department takes to answer letters from (a) honourable Members and (b) members of the public.
	(7561)
488   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for South Suffolk of (a) 18th June on behalf of Ms Lesley Denny and Mrs Eileen Denny, (b) 25th June on behalf of Mrs J. M. Wellington, (c) 25th June welcoming her to her job, (d) 26th June on a public inquiry into foot and mouth disease, (e) 4th July on behalf of Mrs A. R. Gascoigne, (f) 24th July on behalf of Mrs J. Fenton, (g) 16th July on behalf of Mr R. N. Bracher, (h) 24th July on behalf of Mrs J. MacDonald, (i) 24th July on behalf of Mr J. Sanderson, (j) 24th July on behalf of Mr K. Bendon, (k) 23rd July about cleaning and disinfection of farms affected by foot and mouth disease and (l) 30th July and 29th August on behalf of Mrs P. M. Baylis.
	(7582)
489	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he has taken in respect of known terrorists' bank accounts since 11th September.
	(7312)
490	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what feasibility study he has undertaken of making the euro legal tender in the UK in tandem with the pound sterling.
	(7311)
491	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes to the definition of PSBR have taken place since May 1997.
	(7356)
492	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what global resources he has proposed since 11th September and to which bodies in respect of the use of off-shore bank accounts by terrorists and others.
	(7313)
493   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he takes to ensure (a) pheasant rearing operations and (b) pheasant shooting do not avoid (i) business rates and (ii) VAT through misclassification as agricultural practices; what estimate he has of the revenue each year from these sources; and if he will make a statement.
	(7250)
494   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to secure an extension to the agreement reached with the Association of British Insurers in respect of insurance cover available to properties subject to flooding.
	(8007)
495	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of the proportion of total GDP spent by EU states on health and education in the most recent year for which figures are available, indicating the private and public portion of each nation's expenditure.
	(7794)
496	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was raised in corporation tax in the past financial year at the (a) starting rate, (b) small companies rate and (c) main rate; and if he will list his prediction for the same figures in the current financial year.
	(7783)
497	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussion he has had with the (a) DTI, (b) European Commission and (c) representatives of UK airlines regarding possible state aid for the airline industry; and if he will make a statement.
	(7780)
498	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of air passenger duty came from (a) commercial passengers and (b) non-commercial passengers in the last financial year.
	(7777)
499	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by HM Treasury on special advisers in each year since May 1997.
	(7790)
500	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact which the proposed EC Prospectus Directive will have on (a) the listing cost of small and medium size companies and (b) the availability of capital to growing businesses in the UK.
	(7734)
501	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of (a) how many persons paid income tax at the higher rate in each financial year since April 1997 and (b) how much was raised by the higher rate in current prices in each of the same years.
	(7784)
502	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was raised at current prices from expenditure on private medical insurance and private medical care in the last financial year.
	(7793)
503	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast average monthly cost of the airline insurance guarantee is.
	(7778)
504	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid at current prices by HM Treasury to the Scottish Executive outside the block grant since 1st July 1999; and if he will place in the Library a list of all the major items included in that additional expenditure.
	(7781)
505	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce air passenger duty.
	(7779)
506	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Alternative Investment Market and other representatives of the UK financial services industry regarding the EC Prospectus Directive.
	(7741)
507	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the savings ratio of means-tested benefits and tax credits introduced since May 1997.
	(7757)
508	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the Private Finance Initiative.
	(7786)
509	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the amount by which budgets were over or under spent in each financial year since May 1997 in the (a) Department for Education and Employment, (b) Department of Health and (c) Ministry of Defence.
	(7785)
510	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is taking to reduce financial exclusion among persons without a bank account.
	(7782)
511	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he will take to reduce the impact of the EC Prospectus Directive on the Alternative Investment Market.
	(7740)
512	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since May 1997.
	(7758)
513	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the amount and likelihood of public liability in the case of Equitable Life.
	(7410)
514	Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which countries he has identified as encouraging facilitating money laundering; and what progress has been made in persuading them to impose proper regulation on their financial regimes.
	(7442)
515	Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the international community acts in concert to eliminate money laundering.
	(7441)
516	Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the role of lightly regulated financial regimes overseas in allowing money laundering in support of international drug trafficking, arms running and terrorism.
	(7440)
517	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7225)
518   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements have been made with the airline industry to ensure that passengers travelling out of the UK whilst airline insurance is underwritten by Her Majesty's Government will be able to return to the UK after the expiry of the current arrangements.
	(7482)
519   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed (a) legally and (b) illegally in domestic service in each of the last five years.
	(7214)
520   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the limit of government contingent liabilities is under (a) Pool Re and (b) the cover provided to the aviation industry to insure against terrorist risk; and how these commitments will be reported in Government accounts.
	(8017)
521	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's proposals are for regulating bureaux de change; and what plans he has for (a) consultations with the industry, (b) the timetable for regulation, (c) regristration requirements, (d) the establishment of a regulating body and (e) regulating impact assessment.
	(8014)
522   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which London banks were found by the FSA to have handled funds stolen from Nigeria by General Sami Abacha; and which banks were criticised for lax money-laundering controls.
	(7995)
523   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Taliban assets in the UK which are frozen; when assets of the (a) Afghan National Credit and Finance and (b) the National Trading Company of Afghanistan were frozen; and what the value of frozen assets is.
	(8013)
524   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual premiums collected and payments made have been in each year since the establishment of Pool Re.
	(8018)
525	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of government payments arising from the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the financial year 2001-02 expressed (a) gross and (b) net of reimbursement from the European Commission; and what the total cost is.
	(8015)
526	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income was received by the Crown Estate from wind-powered electricity generating installations situated offshore in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000 and (e) 2000-01.
	(7332)
527	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wind-powered electricity generating stations situated offshore are projected to pay rent to the Crown Estate during the current financial year.
	(7325)
528	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income from wind-powered electricity generating installations situated offshore the Crown Estate is projected to receive for the 2001-02 financial year.
	(7331)
529	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many wind-powered electricity generating stations situated offshore paid rent to the Crown Estate Commission in the financial year 2000-01.
	(7329)
530	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income has been received by the Crown Estate from wind-powered electricity generating installations situated offshore in the 2001-02 financial year.
	(7330)
531	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Penrose inquiry will investigate allegations of maladministration by the DTI and Treasury in relation to regulation of Equitable Life; and if he will make a statement.
	(7289)
532	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Treasury will receive the Report of the FSA into Equitable Life.
	(7285)
533	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what target date has been given to Lord Penrose for the completion and publication of his Report.
	(7287)
534	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a decision will be taken on the date of publication of the Report by the FSA into Equitable Life.
	(7290)
535	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if Lord Penrose will be working full-time in the conduct of the inquiry of which he is chairman.
	(7286)
536	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Lord Penrose began work on his inquiry into Equitable Life; and what resources have been made available to him.
	(7288)
537	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent of fraud in working families tax credit; how many prosecutions have been undertaken in respect of such fraud; and what plans he has to tackle fraud in WFTC.
	(7471)
538	Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the introduction of an integrated tax and benefits system for the United Kingdom.
	(6481)
539   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) extend the research and development tax credit programme and (b) remove employers' National Insurance contributions on stock options.
	(6607)
540   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) companies and (b) non-incorporated businesses have applied to defer payments of (i) corporation and personal tax and (ii) value added tax as a result of foot and mouth disease; and how many were in (A) the UK and (B) Scotland.
	(6077)
541   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how projections for future growth of the UK economy have been revised as a result of the foot and mouth disease.
	(6075)
542	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate, for the last 10 years for each nation of the UK, (a) inward and outward migration by (i) UK citizens and (ii) non-UK EU citizens, (b) the number and proportion of people moving (i) from and (ii) to (A) England, (B) Scotland, (C) Wales, (D) Northern Ireland, (E) Republic of Ireland, (F) the rest of the EU and (G) the rest of the world.
	(7001)
543   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much would the Government have to increase (a) working families credit and (b) child benefit to achieve each of the Government's targets on child poverty using the Government's macroeconomic assumptions and assuming that the proportion of children living in households below 60 per cent. of median household income otherwise remained the same.
	(6357)
544	Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) amount of stamp duty revenue collected was in accordance with the provisions of SI 1997/1156, on the transfer of units in unit trusts and shares in open ended investment companies in the 12 months up to 5th February 2000; and (b) amount of Stamp Duty Reserve Tax collected, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 1999 and SI 1997/1156, as amended by SI 1999/3261, on the surrender of units in unit trusts and shares in open ended investment companies in the 12 months from 6th February 2000.
	(7397)
545	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the full census data for Bromley will be published.
	(7968)
546	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the summary census results for Bromley will be published.
	(7966)
547	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures will be taken to provide accurate and reliable census data for Bromley.
	(7969)
548	Mr Eric Forth (Bromley & Chislehurst):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of households in Bromley completed a census return.
	(7967)
549	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reasons the appointed actuary of Equitable Life has given to the FSA for the change in his assessment of (a) the valuation of the with profits fund and (b) the company's financial position, that prompted the company to downgrade its terminal bonus guidelines by 16 per cent.
	(7058)
550	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the FSA held with Equitable Life about their decision to cut the value of with-profits pensions by 16 per cent.
	(6624)
551	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a scheme to compensate policyholders of Equitable Life for losses sustained by them as a result of regulatory failure.
	(6977)
552	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what questions the FSA raised with Equitable Life about the values assigned to policyholders' final bonus levels in its (a) with-profits fund and (b) GAR fund since January 2000.
	(6623)
553	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will impose upon the auditors and audit committees of insurance companies, a duty of care to the Financial Services Authority qua regulator, making them liable for negligence.
	(7059)
554	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will impose upon the appointed actuaries of insurance companies a duty of care to the Financial Services Authority qua regulator, making them liable for negligence.
	(7060)
555	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the FSA were informed that Independent Insurance Company's reinsurance contract of £278 million with Ireco was partially reinsured by Independent's wholly-owned subsidiary Novi Re.
	(6554)
556	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments the FSA made, on what bases and on which dates, of the adequacy of the reserves of Equitable Life to meet the liabilities it faced from its guaranteed annuity rate policies, between 1st January 1999 and 8th December 2000.
	(7057)
557	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will change the reporting obligations of appointed actuaries of insurance companies so that all material changes in the financial position of a company must be notified to the Financial Services Authority in between annual reporting dates.
	(7061)
558	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a scheme to compensate those policyholders of independent insurance companies not protected by the Policyholders Protection Board, for losses sustained by them as a result of regulatory failure.
	(7062)
559	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Inland Revenue's future plans for the taxation of the different types of allowances payable to foster carers.
	(6619)
560	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies successfully bid for 51 per cent. of Partnerships UK; and what are the shareholdings of each such company.
	(6477)
561	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice was sought by the Treasury prior to the acceptance of the financial contribution for a majority stake in Partnerships UK.
	(6478)
562	Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the shareholders in Partnerships UK and the number of shares held by each as at (a) 30th November 2000, (b) 1st March 2001 and (c) 30th April 2001.
	(6476)
563   N	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the balance of payments deficit and its consequences for the economic outlook.
	(7945)
564   N	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the consequences for the public finances of the changing economic outlook.
	(7947)
565   N	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received concerning the effect on individual sectors of the UK economy of the terrorist attacks on the US.
	(7704)
566   N	Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if Treasury officials are planning to revise UK GDP growth projections downwards to 1.5 per cent. this year.
	(7946)
567	Mr Boris Johnson (Henley):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the Customs and Excise investigation into the three Lear's Macaws seized in November 1998, indicating what steps are being taken to return them to Brazil for captive breeding and release of progeny to the wild.
	(7962)
568	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the benefits of using revenues from air passenger duty to assist British airlines during their current financial difficulties.
	(7673)
569	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many deaths in the last three years deep vein thrombosis has been a cause; and how many of these relate to air travel.
	(6436)
570   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy that hot food sold by supermarkets should be charged at the standard rate of value added tax.
	(6076)
571	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that more women are provided with start-up finance by financial institutions, and that potential women entrepreneurs are not discriminated against by financial institutions in the provision of such finance.
	(6651)
572	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to set up a regulator for the money transmission system.
	(6647)
573	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure a reduction in the number of errors made by the Inland Revenue when amending self-assessment tax returns.
	(6653)
574   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the contribution of Customs and Excise to the Government's counter-terrorism policy.
	(7657)
575   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate of the yield from climate change levy is in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03 and (c) 2003-04.
	(7660)
576   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to make changes to air passenger duty; and if he will make a statement.
	(7669)
577   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the yield from air passenger duty for 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.
	(7674)
578   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since 11th September from the aviation industry about air passenger duty.
	(7658)
579   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) increase the number of posts in Customs and Excise and (b) redeploy staff within Customs and Excise as part of the Government's response to the terrorist attacks of 11th September.
	(7661)
580   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish details of those areas of deprivation which will benefit from reductions in stamp duty on property.
	(7610)
581   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on extending the age exemption for tax discs applicable for cars over 25 years old to those aged 30 years old and over.
	(7609)
582	David Maclean (Penrith & The Border):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July, Official Report column 412, to the honourable Member for Arundel and South Downs, on what date officials of HM Customs and Excise first met to consider the charging of VAT on climate change levy liabilities; and how many times they have subsequently met.
	(6876)
583	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to introduce new work at HM Customs and Excise office in Shrewsbury.
	(7138)
584	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the review into workloads will be completed at Her Majesty's Customs & Excise office in Shrewsbury.
	(7139)
585	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the proposed reduction in work at HM Customs and Excise office in Shrewsbury.
	(7137)
586	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the maximum distance is that employees at Her Majesty's Customs & Excise office in Shrewsbury would be expected to travel if alternative work were found for them.
	(7142)
587	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of redundancies at Her Majesty's Customs & Excise office in Shrewsbury if replacement work is not found.
	(7141)
588	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the brief given to the regional director undertaking the review into workloads at Her Majesty's Customs & Excise office in Shrewsbury.
	(7140)
589	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the guidelines are for government bodies, including and distinguishing between departments, next steps agencies and non-departmental public bodies, with regards to purchasing leases for properties.
	(7806)
590	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by the Treasury, including and distinguishing between the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7808)
591	Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the obligation for pension holders to take out an annuity.
	(7443)
592	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the amount of petrol that was smuggled into North Ireland from the Irish Republic in each of the last five years.
	(7454)
593	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to suspend air passenger duty.
	(7463)
594	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the amount of petrol that was smuggled into North West England from the Irish Republic in each of the last five years.
	(7453)
595	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to offer financial assistance to British airlines.
	(7464)
596	Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he expects convergence in public spending levels between Scotland and England to be obtained through the operation of the Barnett Formula.
	(6480)
597	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his forecast of the level of business investment is for (a) 2002 and (b) 2001.
	(7651)
598	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of a one per cent. reduction in economic growth in the next year on his forecast of net public sector borrowing in financial year 2002-3.
	(7650)
599	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the reduction in tax revenues that would result from a one per cent reduction in GDP growth between now and October 2002.
	(7645)
600	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact the present decline in market values will have on his forecast revenue from capital gains tax receipts in financial year 2001-2.
	(7649)
601	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest forecast is for the balance of payments deficit for 2001.
	(7646)
602	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact the terrorist crisis will have on his forecast of revenue from air passenger duty in financial year 2001-2.
	(7648)
603	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the deficit on trade in goods for the UK was in 2000; and what his forecast is for 2001.
	(7647)
604	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6872)
605	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6871)
606	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6873)
607	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July, Official Report, column 425, to the honourable Member for Gateshead East and Washington West, over what period English and Scottish identifiable public spending will converge as a result of the Barnett formula; by how much spending covered by the Barnett formula has converged since 1997; at what annual rate; and if he will make a statement.
	(6958)
608	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7025)
609	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7026)
610	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6878)
611	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proprotion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6874)
612	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6875)
613	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7027)
614	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6870)
615	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6880)
616	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6877)
617	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the additional resources that would be available to the Scottish block over each of the next three years if the Barnett formula had maintained relative spending in identifiable areas in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom in the same proportions as in 1997.
	(6959)
618	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6879)
619   N	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the abolition of advance corporation tax credits on dividend income for (a) pension funds and (b) the amount that employees need to save to ensure a comfortable retirement.
	(3579)
620	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on levels of R&D tax credits in Objective 1 areas; and if he will make a statement.
	(6441)
621	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the key objectives listed in the Treasury guidance for the forthcoming spending round; and what incentives his Department has put in place to ensure that departmental spending bids promote sustainable development.
	(7664)
622	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy to ensure that urban regeneration companies benefit from (a) corporation tax credits and (b) other reductions in tax liabilities.
	(6443)
623	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria will be used to designate coverage of the stamp duty exemption across the nations and regions of the UK.
	(6442)
624   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what issues he will take into account in deciding whether to publish the Financial Services Authority's report on Equitable Life.
	(7541)
625   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he received the Financial Services Authority's report on Equitable Life; and when he will publish this report.
	(7540)
626	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs are of each project.
	(6523)
627	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received about the available funding for the Enhanced Capital Allowances Scheme.
	(7663)
628	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of excess winter deaths which occurred in 2000-01 in (a) each English region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Great Britain, by age band; and if he will provide corresponding estimates for each of the last five years.
	(7574)
629	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of women born between 24th September and 25th December 1941 who are alive.
	(7569)
630	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what considerations underlay the policy of the FSA and the Treasury on informing Equitable Life insurance policy holders on the sufficiency of funds within the with profit fund to cover guaranteed annuity rate liabilities.
	(7315)
631	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the major promotional activity that has occurred to publicise the working families tax credit since it was introduced; and what future plans the Government has to publicise the benefit.
	(7900)
632	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have benefited from income tax relief as a result of purchasing a stakeholder pension.
	(7917)
633	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure Scottish Bus Group Pension Fund holders affected by the decision to transfer monies from the Scottish Bus Group pension fund surplus to the Exchequer are compensated to the value of their policy on maturity; and if he will make a statement.
	(7076)
634	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive regarding the decision to transfer monies from the Scottish Bus Group Pension Fund to the Exchequer.
	(7073)
635	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he received from the Scottish Executive prior to the decision being taken to transfer monies from the Scottish Bus Group Pension Fund to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7074)
636	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the National Bus Group Pension Fund has been treated differently from the Scottish Bus Group Pension Fund; what his policy is on payment of additional compensation to Scottish Bus Group pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
	(7075)
637	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he was consulted on the ending of shortwave broadcasting by the BBC World Service to North America and Australasia; and if he will make a statement.
	(7355)
638	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to Pakistan regarding their use of the death penalty to enforce their blasphamy laws.
	(7300)
639	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the United States' paying its United Nations subscriptions.
	(7301)
640	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the United States Government regarding the role of (a) Iran and (b) Saudi Arabia in the coalition against terrorism.
	(7830)
641	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on UN Resolution 1373 (2001).
	(7829)
642	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the governments of (a) South Africa, (b) Mozambique, (c) Malawi, (d) Botswana, (e) Angola and (f) Nigeria regarding the status of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting originally scheduled for 6th to 9th October.
	(7833)
643	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is regarding the situation in Kashmir.
	(7832)
644	Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe with the governments of (a) South Africa, (b) Mozambique, (c) Malawi, (d) Botswana, (e) Angola and (f) Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.
	(7831)
645   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the occasions since 26th July when he has exercised his powers under the Royal Prerogative.
	(8010)
646   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) Ministerial visits and (b) visits by officials to Brazil in the last year.
	(7209)
647	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7240)
648	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has collated about the number of civilians killed in Acek, Indonesia, since the commencement of the current military operation on 2nd May; and what representations his Department has made to the Indonesian Government concerning ther cessation of that operation.
	(6556)
649	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning the use of British-made armoured vehicles by the North Sumatra Military Command, Bukit Barisan.
	(7693)
650	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to encourage the Indonesian Government to invite UN experts on (a) extrajudicial executions, (b) torture, (c) arbitary detentions, (d) the independence of judges and lawyers and (e) human rights defenders to visit Indonesia to carry out assessments on issues of concern.
	(6555)
651   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for peace in Angola; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UN sanctions on the Unita forces in Angola; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development about the human consequences of the civil war in Angola.
	(7439)
652   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions UK representatives have had with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(7435)
653   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the United Nations and the government of Morocco concerning the holding of an independent referendum to allow the Saharwi people to decide their own future, including the option of independence.
	(7279)
654   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring of the human rights situation in Aceh and West Papua is being undertaken by the British Embassy in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.
	(6948)
655   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visitors, and from which countries, were granted entry to the United Kingdom, under immigration law, to attend the International Army Fair held in London from 11th September.
	(7281)
656   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what monitoring of the human rights situation in Chechnya is being undertaken by UK representatives; and if he will make a statement.
	(6987)
657   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what visits to the Chagos Islands have been facilitated for the Ilois people by the High Commissioner; and if such visits include Diego Garcia.
	(7283)
658	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Burma concerning human rights abuses and political freedoms.
	(6773)
659	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for the people of Kashmir following the meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders.
	(7090)
660	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made since July in allowing international human rights monitors to enter Kashmir.
	(7089)
661	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the main reasons for refusal of applications for family visit visas in (a) Islamabad and (b) New Delhi.
	(7091)
662	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for settlement visas were made by those wishing to live in same-sex relationships with UK citizens in each year since 1998; how many were granted; how many (a) applications and (b) appeals are outstanding; and if he will make a statement.
	(6438)
663   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of UK citizens involved with fundamentalist paramilitary groups in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Kashmir, (c) Pakistan (d) Chechnya, (e) Lebanon and (f) Palestinian Authority territories; and if he will make a statement.
	(7531)
664	Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those British citizens held in foreign jails for which consular support has been requested, by (a) name, (b) country of imprisonment and (c) date of imprisonment.
	(7827)
665	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help bring about a lasting ceasefire between the Israeli and Palestinian forces; and if it is his policy to support the establishment of a free Palestinian State.
	(7865)
666   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) NATO and (b) the European Union on the United Kingdom's response to the events in the USA on 11th September; and if he will make a statement.
	(7169)
667   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the role of the security services in (a) the United States of America, (b) the United Kingdom and (c) other members of the European Union in identifying potential terrorist attacks; and if he will make a statement.
	(7172)
668   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications for international security of the recent atrocities in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
	(7171)
669	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, including and distinguishing between the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7814)
670	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department has responded to requests for information from the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17th May 1974 by the delivery of relevant documents; and if he will make a statement.
	(7950)
671	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK, what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6820)
672	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6819)
673	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6935)
674	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6821)
675	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6816)
676	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6936)
677	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6817)
678	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6933)
679	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7036)
680	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6818)
681	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6934)
682	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7035)
683	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7034)
684	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library minutes and details of the date and venue of meetings held with Scottish Executive (a) ministers and (b) officials to discuss Scottish Executive participation in UK delegations to Council of Ministers meetings; how many times Scottish Executive ministers have sought to lead UK delegations to EU Council of Ministers meetings; how often Scottish ministers have led UK delegations to Council of Ministers meetings when other UK ministers have been part of the delegation; if he will make it his policy for Scottish Executive ministers to be lead UK ministers at Council of Ministers meetings where the matters are largely the responsibility of Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
	(6952)
685	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) EU member states and (b) the accession countries about reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(7987)
686	David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the application for an export licence for the supply of one Bedford refuelling tanker to Blue Bird Aviation Limited (Sudan).
	(8045)
687	David Taylor (North West Leicestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the publication of the European Commission's White Paper on European Governance.
	(8044)
688	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date his Department received a letter from Lord Ashcroft and Carlisle Holdings regarding alleged remarks made by the Secretary of State for International Development at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle in 1999; on what date his Department responded to the letter; if he will place in the Library copies of this correspondence; and if he will make a statement.
	(6582)
689   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he expects a draft constitution for the European Union produced by one of the Union's institutions to be brought to the attention of Her Majesty's Government before the next IGC.
	(7426)
690	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6584)
691	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of mothers (a) in the Stretley/Broxtowe Surestart area and (b) in the UK breastfeed their babies.
	(7303)
692	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the dissemination of digital hearing aids by the NHS in the last three years; and if he will make a statement on his plans for future dissemination of hearing aids.
	(7396)
693	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his policy towards family doctor practices that wish to replace a full-time partner with two half-time doctors.
	(6761)
694	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will authorise the Coppice family doctor practice in Rustington, West Sussex to replace a full-time partner with two part-time doctors.
	(6760)
695	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage is of revenue costs financed by public funds at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Farnham.
	(7558)
696	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients waiting for inpatient treatment in West Surrey have been waiting for more than one year; in which health authorities the percentage is highest; which health authority has the largest percentage waiting more than one year; which health authorities have no one waiting more than one year; and what steps he has taken to reduce variations in patients waiting over one year in the NHS.
	(7701)
697	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to respond to the letter from the honourable Member for South West Surrey concerning variations in levels of revenue funding for hospices.
	(7559)
698	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authority population includes the highest proportion of patients waiting over a year for inpatient treatment.
	(6475)
699	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what target he has set for waiting times for in-patient treatment in West Surrey.
	(7702)
700   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what clinical grounds parents seeking separate vaccinations for their children are being advised to give rubella vaccination first.
	(7212)
701   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely annual additional cost of prescribing beta interferon to the same percentage of MS patients as the EU average.
	(7215)
702   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in each of the last five years, what was the net cost to the United Kingdom of reciprocal health agreements with each non-EU country with which a reciprocal agreement is in force.
	(7216)
703   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date changes to the network of transplant units will be implemented.
	(7221)
704	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding the funding of the Rural Minds and Diverse Minds programmes.
	(7244)
705   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated in private hospitals, funded by the NHS, in each of the last five years.
	(7219)
706   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in each of the last five years, what has been the cost of publicly-funded treatments for patients in (a) United Kingdom private hospitals and (b) overseas hospitals.
	(7220)
707   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what period of consultation will be allowed following the publication of proposals for the future of transplant units in Wythenshawe, Sheffield and Birmingham.
	(7222)
708   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will make his decision on the provision of beta interferon to MS patients.
	(7245)
709	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7234)
710   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been treated in overseas hospitals, funded by the NHS, in each of the last five years.
	(7218)
711   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in each of the last five years, what has been the net cost to the United Kingdom of reciprocal health agreements with each EU country.
	(7217)
712   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish his proposals for the future of transplant units in Wythenshawe, Sheffield and Birmingham.
	(7223)
713   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each of the last five years were given separate vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella.
	(7213)
714   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the most recent figures for the last three months on the total number of people waiting for in-patient treatment in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area; and what the most recent figures are for the last two available quarters for out-patient treatment in Mid-Essex.
	(7166)
715   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are being taken in (a) Middlesex and (b) the rest of England to tighten up procedures and security to prevent accidents or sabotage from objects being placed in tubes used in the conduct of operations and to protect patients.
	(7161)
716   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations his Department consulted in drawing up the assessment tool for implementing free nursing care.
	(7447)
717   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for (a) NHS regions and (b) health authorities, the number of elderly people aged 75 years and over for each quarter from Q1 1999-2000 to Q1 2001-02 experiencing delayed discharge because they were awaiting a domiciliary care package.
	(7387)
718   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to inform (a) nursing home managers and owners and (b) self-funding and part-funding nursing home residents of free nursing care schemes; and when such information was sent.
	(7390)
719   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each (a) NHS region and (b) health authority the number of elderly people aged 75 years or over for each quarter from Q1 1999-2000 to Q1 2001-02 for (i) ordinary admissions, (ii) day admissions and (iii) any other category or sub-category of admission for which statistics are collected.
	(7391)
720   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has made to deal with appeals against assessment decisions under his Department's free nursing care guidance; how nursing home residents will be informed of their appeal rights; and if residents will have access to advocacy services in such cases.
	(7389)
721   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many appeals were lodged against decisions under continuing care criteria, (b) how many appeals resulted in the NHS assuming funding responsibility in full and (c) what the mean and median number of weeks was an appellant waited from the date the appeal was lodged to the appeal decision for each (i) NHS region and (ii) health authority, in (A) 1998-99, (B) 1999-2000 and (C) 2000-01.
	(7411)
722   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in nursing homes are fully funded by the NHS under continuing care criteria.
	(7395)
723   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned in the last four years into prescribing of (a) traditional and (b) atypical antipsychotic medication to older people (i) in general, (ii) in care homes and (iii) in hospitals.
	(7393)
724   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure that self and part-funding residents in nursing homes receive a reduction in their nursing home fee equivalent to the NHS payments for nursing care under the free nursing care assessment.
	(7388)
725   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department ensured that the report, Removing Barriers, published by the Local Government Association, was taken into account during the 1997-98 Comprehensive Spending Review; and which of its recommendations have been implemented.
	(8050)
726   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if part-funders in nursing homes will be assessed under the free nursing care guidance; when the assessments will commence; when they will be concluded; what levels of payment they will be entitled to; and if he will set out for each health authority how many part-funders there are.
	(7480)
727   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) the average length of time a nurse will need to spend per person when using the assessment tool for free nursing care and (b) the number of nurses required to complete the assessment by all self-funders by Christmas.
	(7481)
728   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 75 years and over (a) experienced delayed discharge, (b) experienced delayed discharge due to awaiting residential placement and (c) required emergency readmission within 28 days of hospital discharge in Q3 and Q4 2000-01 and Q1 2001-02 in each (i) NHS region and (ii) health authority .
	(7392)
729   N	Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to consider the use of methylprednisolone in the emergency treatment of spinal cord injuries; and if he will make a statement.
	(6746)
730   N	Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the spinal injuries units in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	(6751)
731   N	Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people attended out-patient clinics at spinal injuries units in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.
	(6752)
732   N	Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many serious spinal cord injuries occured in each of the last five years.
	(6750)
733   N	Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent of the use of methylprednisolone in the immediate treatment of spinal cord injuries; and if he will make a statement.
	(6748)
734	Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of a molar root treatment is in (a) the general dental service and (b) the personal dental services.
	(8064)
735	Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much additional CHP has been installed as a result of the concessions given to CHP under the climate change levy.
	(6744)
736	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish his alcohol strategy.
	(7386)
737   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what negotiations he plans to have with drug companies on the cost of beta interferon.
	(7427)
738   N	Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to build hospitals devoted to intermediate care.
	(8023)
739   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will commence a programme for the refurbishment of the Whittington Hospital; and if he will state (a) the total cost, (b) the cost of financing by the public sector and (c) the cost of funds from private sources.
	(7550)
740   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs have been of preparing PFI bids for the Whittington Hospital re-development.
	(6947)
741	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines her Department has issued in respect of the treatment of eating disorders.
	(7798)
742	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have died in the last five years as a result of brutality inflicted on them by (a) relatives and (b) people known to the child as a 'family friend', while the child was on the at risk register of the social services department of Norfolk County Council; and if he will make a statement.
	(7546)
743	Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when information will be provided on the criteria and deadline for applications to the maternity services capital fund; if funds from the fund can be used to create midwifery-led birth centres in existing maternity centres; and if funding will be approved for the creation of (a) stand alone birth centres and (b) birth centres within a community and cottage hospital.
	(7072)
744	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average response time has been for him to respond to letters from honorable Members in the last two months.
	(6729)
745	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been waiting over 12 months for an operation in hospitals within the North West.
	(7746)
746	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been waiting over six months for an appointment in hospitals within Lancashire.
	(7699)
747   N	Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide a screening service for asylum seekers arriving in Kent; and what finance is being made available.
	(6066)
748   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts (a) his Department and (b) NHS (i) trusts and (ii) agencies have signed during the past month with an EU-based supplier of healthcare offering to treat British patients abroad, giving details in each case.
	(7106)
749   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) qualified and (b) unqualified nursing staff were working in the NHS in each year between 1990 and 2000 who were aged (i) under 25, (ii) 25 to 29, (iii) 30 to 34, (iv) 35 to 39, (v) 40 to 44, (vi) 45 to 49, (vii) 50 to 54, (viii) 55 to 59, (ix) 60 to 64, (x) 65 years plus and (xi) unknown.
	(7975)
750   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what negotiations he has had during the past two months with suppliers of healthcare in other EU countries offering to treat patients abroad.
	(7108)
751   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of staff working in the NHS are due to retire in the next (a) five years, (b) 10 years and (c) 15 years.
	(8030)
752   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information or guidance he has issued during the past two months to NHS trust chairmen on (a) the purchasing of health care from other EU countries and (b) employing staff from other EU countries on short-term contracts.
	(7107)
753	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is the number of drug misusers who were not given immediate access to appropriate treatment, upon application, in each year since 1997.
	(6485)
754	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigation his Department has made into the risk of violence to health visitors in Parkside NHS Trust as a result of implementing Trust policy with regard to the use of the health visitor assessment tool.
	(6966)
755	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of responses to complainants and subsequent notification of decisions the General Medical Council has failed to issue within its own target times for each year since 1997.
	(6969)
756	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the General Medical Council will be required by him to take in order to advise complainants of the availability of judicial review of its decisions.
	(6967)
757	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision the General Medical Council is making to fast track complaints against doctors where (a) previous disciplinary action has been taken against them and (b) another complaint is presently being considered by the General Medical Council.
	(6964)
758	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals his Department has to ensure that public interest immunity is not a barrier to providing complainants to the General Medical Council with an adequate explanation of the reasons for decisions of the Professional Conduct Committee.
	(6963)
759	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the management capability at Parkside NHS Trust following the report produced by Professor Sarah Cowley of Kings College, London into staff relations and managerial practice at the trust.
	(6972)
760	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of Parkside NHS Trust's use of a master patient index number on health visitor assessment tool records in respect of (a) client confidentiality and (b) compliance with the Data Protection Acts.
	(6769)
761	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals his Department has to ensure that the General Medical Council provides complainants with an explanation of the reasons for decisions in disciplinary hearings.
	(6968)
762	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many cases since January 1999 in which disciplinary action was subsequently taken, including admonishment, by the Professional Conduct Committee of the General Medical Council, an interim suspension order was imposed.
	(6970)
763	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation there has been with health visitors' clients about how personal information was stored by Parkside NHS Trust; and how the Trust ensured that it complied with the Data Protection Act.
	(6971)
764	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice was given to Parkside NHS Trust on the impact of the Data Protection Acts on the collection of health visitors' clients' information in respect of client confidentiality; and what action was taken as a result of this advice.
	(7006)
765	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation Parkside NHS Trust has undertaken with health visitors' clients following the report produced by Professor Sarah Cowley of King's College London into the use of a health visitor assessment tool.
	(6973)
766	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the supplementary report produced for the management of Parkside NHS Trust by Professor Cowley about Parkside managerial practice; and what action he intends to take as a result
	(6976)
767	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has made to the report produced by Professor Sarah Cowley of King's College London evaluting the Parkside NHS Trust health visitor assessment tool.
	(6975)
768	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of Parkside NHS Trust's compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act in its recording of patients' information.
	(6768)
769	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if patient's confidentiality was broken by the use of the Parkside NHS Trust Health visitor assessment tool.
	(6965)
770	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation Parkside NHS Trust has undertaken with (a) health visitors and (b) health visitors' clients since the report produced by Professor Sarah Cowley of King's College London into the use of a health visitor assessment tool.
	(6974)
771	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he ensures the identification of children who may have severe untreated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; what progress has been made towards ensuring that the condition is recognised by teachers and school nurses in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7333)
772	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will (a) list the groups consulted on the drafting of care home standards; (b) publish the representations he received from those consulted, (c) indicate where these documents will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(7992)
773	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the views of care home staff on the Care Homes Regulations will be collected by the Care Standards Commission; where the results will be published; and if he will make a statement.
	(8060)
774	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the Government will provide on assessing the physical and mental fitness of (a) a registered provider, (b) a registered manager and (c) care home workers, as required in The Care Homes Regulations 2001; who will carry out the assessments; who will pay for these assessments; and if he will make a statement.
	(7993)
775	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the Goverment will provide on the training appropriate for registered managers; who will decide what training is appropriate; who will pay for the training; and if he will make a statement.
	(8062)
776	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what level of support funding has been given to care home owners to enable them to meet the requirements of the Care Standards Act 2001; what level of funding will be available for the continuing adjustments; and if he will make a statement.
	(7991)
777	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action will be taken against a registered provider if a care home worker refuses to make available their passport, as required in section 19(4)(c) of the Care Home Regulations 2001: and if he will make a statement.
	(8061)
778	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will assess the needs of care home service users; who will pay for such an assessment as required in the Care Home Standards; and if he will make a statment.
	(8059)
779	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to carry out research on the correlation between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and social exclusion; and if he will make a statement.
	(7334)
780	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has for researching the non-thermal effects of electromagnetic fields; and if he will make a statement.
	(7974)
781	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th April, Official Report, column 287W, on Nutriprem 2, when he will announce his decision on Nutriprem 2.
	(6732)
782	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department is sponsoring into (a) a cure for and (b) treatment of conditions of dystonia.
	(7710)
783	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will arrange for the dissemination of reports on best practice in the prevention of falls.
	(8024)
784	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the training places for professions allied to medicine relate to chiropodists and podiatrists in each of the years from 2001 to 2004.
	(7707)
785	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing research programmes into conditions of dystonia.
	(7711)
786	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage the trials into the medical uses of cannabis have reached; and when he expects to be able to announce the results.
	(7712)
787	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial resources he plans to devote to work to prevent falls.
	(8025)
788   N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he intends to change the criteria for acceptance for orthodontic treatment under the NHS; and what changes to NHS orthodontic services he plans.
	(6361)
789   N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were provided with orthodontic treatment per 1,000 of the population in each health authority area in the last 12 months.
	(6359)
790   N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions are taking place between the Department of Health and representatives of the dental profession about orthodontic provision; and when he proposes to publish guidance on criteria for acceptance for orthodontic treatment under the NHS.
	(6360)
791   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list in rank order for each local authority (a) the total standard spending assessment for social services and (b) the standard spending assessment for social services per head of population
	(7148)
792   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what timescale he intends to take forward the three PFI pilot projects which include the contracting-out of the management of ancilliary services.
	(7157)
793   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid out in medical negligence claims in each of the last four years, together with the cost of accompanying legal fees.
	(7604)
794   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time between general practitioner referral and clinical treatment was for (a) breast cancer cases, (b) lung cancer cases and (c) lower gastrointestinal cancer cases in each of the health authorities in England in the last 12 months.
	(7591)
795   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts in England have received new radiotherapy equipment in the last two years paid for predominantly out of public funds.
	(7593)
796   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital doctors have been (a) recruited and (b) left the NHS in England in each year since 1990.
	(7594)
797   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital doctors left the NHS in each of the last four years on grounds of (a) retirement, (b) early retirement, (c) ill health and (d) taking up an alternative post.
	(7595)
798   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Combined Heat and Power projects have been installed in NHS properties since 1997.
	(7615)
799   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he anticipates issuing guidelines to health authorities and doctors enabling them to sign contracts with providers of medical care in other European Union countries; and what types of establishments in the EU will be considered.
	(7602)
800   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement regarding recent changes to NHS food menus; and how much has been paid to outside consultants to advise on menus since 1997.
	(7603)
801   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the salaries of the hospital trust chief executives in England, including bonus payments; and what are the terms of their bonus/incentive schemes.
	(7597)
802   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on inflationary pressures on NHS budgets.
	(7598)
803   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy of the NHS is for purchasing of energy from renewable sources.
	(7616)
804   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list waiting times in each hospital trust in England for (a) cataracts, (b) hip replacements and (c) heart bypasses, in (i) 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(7614)
805   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investment has taken place in radiotherapy equipment in the NHS in each of the last four years; and what percentage of this was funded from NHS rather than voluntary sector sources.
	(7592)
806   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those hospital trusts which have gained zero stars in the new rating system where the trust chief executive has been in place for more than 18 months; and if he will name those chief executives.
	(7596)
807   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the deficit for the 2001-02 year was as at 30th September for each health authority in England and Wales; and what deficits have been carried over from 2000-01 in each case.
	(7623)
808   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients in each health authority in England have been waiting for treatment for more than 12 months.
	(7625)
809   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) residential care homes and (b) nursing care home beds were available in England and Wales in each of the last four years.
	(7605)
810   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list all those NHS hospital sites being considered for sale by NHS estates and their respective bed capacities when last fully utilized.
	(7601)
811   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners (a) left and (b) were recruited into the NHS in each of the last four years.
	(7599)
812   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those local authorities which operate residential care homes in England and Wales.
	(7607)
813   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients fail to keep outpatient appointments in each of the five years.
	(7617)
814   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the amount of NHS hospital beds subject to bed blocking, broken down by each hospital trust in England and Wales, shown in actual terms and as a percentage of beds in use.
	(7618)
815   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of financing a hip replacement operation for a 65 year old British citizen in each EU country.
	(7600)
816   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many licensed residential homes and nursing homes in England and Wales are operated (a) privately, (b) by local authorities and (c) by voluntary organisations.
	(7608)
817   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancelled operations there were in the last two years in each hospital trust in England.
	(7606)
818   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts have contracts with private healthcare providers; and how much has been spent on such contracts in each of the last four years.
	(7624)
819	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional resources he plans to provide to (a) Worcestershire County Council and (b) Worcestershire Health Authority to relieve winter pressures and to enable patients to be transferred from hospitals to more appropriate care; and if he will make a statement.
	(8039)
820	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the number of beds inappropriately occupied in (a) acute hospitals and (b) community hospitals in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement.
	(8038)
821	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will made a statement on the implications of the National Bed Survey for Worcestershire.
	(8042)
822	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider proposals for strategic health authorities that cross boundaries of government office regions to coincide with patterns of delivery of clinical services.
	(8041)
823	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference were of the National Specialist Commissionary Advisory Group report into the future of heart transplant units; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
	(6763)
824	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place a copy of the Royal College of Surgeons' report into the effectiveness of heart transplant procedures in the Library.
	(7150)
825	Mr Stephen McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take into account the implications of the Bristol enquiry report before making further decisions on the National Specialist Commissionary Advisory Group report.
	(6764)
826	Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on the priority to be given to clinical assessment of Herceptin; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for the time taken for the clinical assessment of (a) Herceptin and (b) Viagra.
	(7079)
827	Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to speed up the assessment periods for Herceptin; and if he will make a statement.
	(7078)
828   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to promote awareness and treatment of fibromyalgia.
	(7264)
829	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, since June, how many nursing home beds have been lost (a) nationally, (b) in the City of York and (c) in the North Yorkshire County Council area in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	(8052)
830   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on fibromyalgia; and what provision exists for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
	(7259)
831	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 18th August concerning drug prices in Great Britain and other European countries.
	(7353)
832	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 25th July about the proposed closure of Staunton Harold Hall.
	(7354)
833	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department has collated on the availability of Epoetin to treat anaemia in renal disease in England; and if he will make a statement.
	(6493)
834	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methods his Department uses to monitor access to Epoetin by patients who require treatment for anaemia in renal disease in England.
	(6494)
835	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the role of Epoetin in treating anaemia in renal disease.
	(6492)
836	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of treating anaemia in renal diseases; and if he will make a statement.
	(6491)
837	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7815)
838	Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will allocate funds to increase the number of small birthing units, led by midwives in hospitals without a maternity unit; and if he will make a statement.
	(7097)
839   N	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the extent of bed blocking in the South East; and what action he is taking to reduce it.
	(6257)
840	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of NHS dentistry in Swadlingcote, Derbyshire.
	(8058)
841	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to agree pharmacists' remuneration terms for 2001-02.
	(7266)
842	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 664W, on Information for Health, what external appraisal has been completed of (a) the scale of investment required and (b) the feasibility of Information for Health being completed within the resources allocated.
	(6743)
843	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid, in 1990 values, to pharmacists for each prescription dispensed in each year since 1990-91.
	(7268)
844	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6585)
845	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital patients are subject to delayed discharge in (a) Brighton, Hove and East Sussex and (b) Eastbourne District General Hospital.
	(7662)
846	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the United Kingdom; what the averge salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6868)
847	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the United Kingdom, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6869)
848	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7046)
849	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6864)
850	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the United Kingdom, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the United Kingdom.
	(6867)
851	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.
	(6865)
852	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6897)
853	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6899)
854	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7047)
855	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6866)
856	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6898)
857	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6900)
858	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish Parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7048)
859	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of criminal offences were drug related in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7294)
860	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women have been refused admission to a prison mother and baby unit in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7937)
861	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his strategy for improving the effectiveness, speed and enforceability of extradition procedures internationally.
	(7302)
862	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the findings of Sir Herman Ouseley's report on the impact of segregated schools on the riots in Bradford.
	(7120)
863	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many habitual criminals (a) are under 21, (b) are hard drug users, (c) are without school qualifications and (d) were in care as children; and if he will make a statement.
	(7296)
864	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on redefining tenancy agreements to ensure anti-social tenants can be evicted promptly.
	(7291)
865	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets he has set HM prisons for the rehabilitation of offenders; and if he will make a statement.
	(7295)
866	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women have applied for admission to a prison mother and baby unit on reception to prison.
	(7941)
867	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of Sir Herman Ouseley's report on community relations in Bradford.
	(7119)
868	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children aged under 18 years were received into prison custody on remand and under sentence between (a) April 1999 and April 2000 and (b) April 2000 and April 2001.
	(7935)
869	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in each month since the introduction of the detention and training order on 1st April 2000 how many young people have received orders of (a) four months, (b) six months, (c) eight months, (d) ten months, (e) 12 months, (f) 18 months and (g) 24 months broken down by age and gender.
	(7936)
870	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had on seeking an internationally recognised redefinition of asylum and economic migration; and if he will make a statement.
	(7299)
871	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce standards for response times from the police in answering telephone calls; and if he will make a statement.
	(7292)
872	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to take steps to reduce the number of people injured or killed by police vehicles.
	(6649)
873   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set a minimum age requirement for (a) possession of and (b) use of weapons under (i) section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968 and (ii) section 2 of the Firearms Act 1968.
	(7247)
874   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the benefits of meditation practices to prisoners.
	(8011)
875   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use by police forces for unconnected purposes of information collected as part of congestion charging arrangements.
	(6023)
876   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving the use of firearms have been recorded for each of the last five years where the offender was (a) under 10, (b) 10, (c) 11, (d) 12, (e) 13, (f) 14, (g) 15, (h) 16 and (i) 17 years.
	(7248)
877   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those police forces with at least one wildlife liaison officer.
	(8005)
878   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason no data is collected in respect of (a) deaths occurring prior to birth during the production of genetically modified animals and (b) the stage of foetal development at which failures occur.
	(8002)
879   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to restrict the (a) sale, (b) possession and (c) use of air guns and rifles.
	(7246)
880	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to improve the protection of people with learning difficulties from sexual abuse.
	(7398)
881	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on fire safety in prisons.
	(7399)
882	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers are serving in each specialist non-territorial constabulary; and in what respects their powers differ from the general powers of police forces.
	(7401)
883	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent reports he has received from the Police Inspectorate on racial fairness in the police services.
	(7152)
884	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on developments in the investigation of Dr Ali Dizaei, including its costs.
	(7151)
885	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent of fair treatment on the basis of race in police employment; and if he will make a statement.
	(6762)
886   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what civil defence guidance has been issued to schools since 11th September.
	(7501)
887   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many football banning orders have been issued to date; and of those how many were in respect of individuals with no relevant previous criminal convictions.
	(7251)
888   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal immigrants employed in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
	(7211)
889   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to issue updated civil defence guidance to parents of school age children.
	(7500)
890   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure has been (a) incurred to date and (b) budgeted for in (i) monthly and (ii) quarterly subscriptions for digital television in prisoners' cells.
	(7495)
891	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7239)
892   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure has been (a) incurred to date and (b) is projected during the next year on installation of in-cell digital TV services for convicted prisoners.
	(7497)
893   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have been dispersed to the Borough of Trafford in each of the last five years.
	(7208)
894   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted prisoners have access to (a) ITV digital and (b) other digital TV services in their own cells.
	(7496)
895	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the number of homophobic hate crimes there have been for 1999 and 2000 and the number of such crimes for those years broken down by (a) police force and (b) individual London boroughs.
	(7644)
896	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department has taken following the killing of Mr Christopher Alder in Hull Police Station; what representations have been received from Mr Alder's family; what has been the response; and if he will make a statement.
	(6749)
897	Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the asylum seekers the National Asylum Support System has housed since 3rd April 2000 under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, have been offered (a) accommodation in the dispersal areas and (b) accommodation in London and the South East on the grounds that there are exceptional circumstances for their households not to be dispersed; how many disbenefited asylum seekers (i) the National Asylum Support System has agreed can be provided with accommodation in London and the South East on the grounds that their children have been educated in the same school for 12 months or more and (ii) have been offered accommodation in the dispersal areas.
	(8027)
898	Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disbenefited asylum seeker households are awaiting a decision on their application to the National Asylum Support System.
	(8033)
899   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcements were made on immigrants in each month from May; what the nationalities of those removed was; how many of those removed were asylum seekers; to which countries they were sent; on which airlines they were removed; and how many were removed by charter flights.
	(7683)
900   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish his review of the operation of the asylum voucher system; and if he will make a statement.
	(7629)
901   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were dispersed on arrival in each month since January; and what percentage of these have since moved elsewhere and are no longer in receipt of housing aid.
	(7628)
902   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the most recent information he has concerning the detention of asylum seekers under immigration law; and how many were detained, broken down by (a) location, (b) number of applicants detained and (c) number of appellants detained.
	(7282)
903   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained under immigration rules at the end of (a) July, (b) August and (c) September; what the nationalities of those detained is; what the location of those detained is; and how many have been detained more than (i) two, (ii) three, (iii) four and (iv) five months.
	(7684)
904	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in the West Midlands Police Force in (a) 1971, (b) 1981, (c) 1991 and (d) 2000, respectively; how many of these were from minority ethnic communities; and how many special constables were deployed in the Dudley North OCU in 2001.
	(7088)
905	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has reviewed the 1997 HMIC conclusion that special constables should not be paid; and if he will make a statement.
	(7092)
906	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what roles are performed by special constables in the West Midlands Police Force.
	(7087)
907	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to take concerning recent statements issued by Al Muhijiroon members (a) Shah Jalal Hussain, (b) Omar Brooks, (c) Abu Yahya and (d) Zahir Khan.
	(7640)
908	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the immigration status of Abu Hamza; and if he will make a statement.
	(7533)
909	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the links between Abu Hamza and the Aden Abyan Islamic Army; and if he will make a statement.
	(7638)
910   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce proposals to amend race hate laws to include an offence of incitement of race hatred outside the UK through statements made inside the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(7529)
911	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to take to restrict the activities of those involved in recruiting British citizens for paramilitary training (a) in the UK and (b) overseas on behalf of Islamic fundamentalist organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	(7437)
912	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement concerning the activities of the Takfir wal-Hijra organisation at the North London Central Mosque; and if he will make a statement.
	(7637)
913	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the links between Abu Hamza and Rachid Ramda, awaiting extradition to France since 1995; and if he will make a statement.
	(7639)
914	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the links between Sakina Security Services Ltd Al Mujaharoon and Supporters of Sharia; and if he will make a statement.
	(7572)
915	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the evidence for proscribing support of Sharia under the Terrorism Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(7553)
916	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the nature of training courses offered at North London Central Mosque, Finsbury Park; and if he will make a statement.
	(7542)
917	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the US authorities concerning Sakina Security Services; and if he will make a statement.
	(7635)
918	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement concerning the activities of Yasser-Al-Siri.
	(7634)
919	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the activities of Supporters of Sharia since 11th September.
	(7565)
920	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate whether Al Muhijiroon members have acted in contravention of the proscription of Hamas, Hizbollah or Islamic Jihad; and if he will make a statement.
	(7631)
921	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the links between Al Muhijiroon and Hamas and Hezbollah; and if he will make a statement.
	(7544)
922	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the activities of Al Muhijiroon and Supporters of Sharia in recruiting for training which is linked to terrorism.
	(7633)
923	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he plans to take concerning the statement by Omar Bahri Mohammed of 30th May 2000 in al Sharq al Awsat, on British passport holders being sent on Al Muhijiroon guerrilla training courses in the USA.
	(7670)
924	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement concerning the statements issued by and actions of Abu Hamza since 11th September.
	(7543)
925	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on investigations into the activities of Al-Muhijiroon.
	(7939)
926	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of British citizens who (a) have recently undergone and (b) are undergoing (i) military and (ii) paramilitary training overseas, organised by Islamic fundamentalist groups; and if he will make a statement.
	(7438)
927	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of recent statements issued on behalf of Sakina Security Services Ltd; and if he will make a statement.
	(7547)
928	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he proposes to take concerning the fatwa issued by Omar Bahri Mohammed against the President of Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(7671)
929	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the links between Abu Hamza and Ahmed Begal, recently arrested in Dubai; and if he will make a statement.
	(7636)
930	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the evidence with a view to proscribing Al Muhijiroon under the Terrorism Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
	(7545)
931	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the activities of Al Mujaharoon since 11th September.
	(7568)
932	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement concerning the activities of Abu Yahya in respect of recruitment for military training camps in Kashmir.
	(7555)
933	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the indefinite leave to remain status of Omar Bahri Mohammed granted in 1993; and if he will make a statement.
	(7532)
934	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will investigate the activities of Muhammed Jamed with reference to Sakina Security and Al Muhijiroon; and if he will make a statement.
	(7632)
935	Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those in jail in Britain subject to an extradition request from a foreign government (a) by name, (b) by country of origin, (c) by date of first request for extradition and (d) by date of any subsequent request for extradition.
	(7828)
936	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency and accountability of the National Asylum Support Service.
	(7416)
937	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received concerning management and support services for asylum seekers at the Landmark and Inn on the Park in Everton, Liverpool.
	(7415)
938	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of contracts is awarded to (a) the private sector, (b) local authorities and (c) the voluntary sector in relation to the Government's dispersal scheme for asylum seekers; and how many individuals have been accommodated by each sector.
	(7412)
939	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value of the contracts awarded to the Landmark Company is in relation to the dispersal of asylum seekers.
	(7413)
940	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been shot by police in each of the last 10 years; how many (a) died and (b) were seriously injured; and how many of these were found not to have been carrying firearms at the time they were shot.
	(7414)
941	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been applied for and issued in (a) the North West and (b) Wales.
	(7695)
942	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been applied for and issued in the North West.
	(7742)
943	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been applied for and issued in Wales.
	(7696)
944	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers awaiting adjudication there are in Wales.
	(7745)
945	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.
	(7716)
946	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers awaiting adjudication there are in prisons in Wales
	(7744)
947	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in Wales in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.
	(7743)
948	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6852)
949	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6928)
950	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6925)
951	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (w) Scottish Parliament, (x) Welsh Assembly, (y) Northern Ireland Assembly and (z) House of Commons select committees.
	(7009)
952	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate total annual staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6853)
953	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number and proportion of asylum seekers to the UK who (a) are educated to (i) degree level, (ii) higher A-Level or equivalent level and (iii) Standard/GCSE or equivalent level, (b) are qualified as (i) doctors, (ii) nurses and (iii) teachers, and (c) have skills in high technology and IT related sectors; and if he will make a statement.
	(7002)
954	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the total annual value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6854)
955	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK, what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6856)
956	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photographers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6926)
957	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Member's correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) House of Commons and (ii) House of Lords.
	(7007)
958	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was, for each year since 1995, the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members (b) letters from members of the Public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7008)
959	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the total annual running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6855)
960	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6857)
961	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6927)
962   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many youth custody orders have been issued in each of the last four years in each of the four constituencies on the Wirral.
	(6358)
963	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department assessed the backlog of asylum applications as being in excess of 40,000.
	(7856)
964	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make representations to the Metropolitan Police Authority to overturn their decision to sell off Trenchard House in Soho.
	(7938)
965	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further information he has collated on violence (a) against women by men and (b) by women against men in addition to that contained in the British Crime Survey; and if he will publish these findings.
	(6627)
966	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers who have been detained by immigration officers at British airports since 11th September, have been detained for longer than 24 hours; how many remain in British custody; how many remain in the UK; how many have been returned to their country of origin or a third country; and if he will make a statement.
	(7430)
967	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have taken place in respect of cases of child abduction in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(6740)
968	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken at British airports to examine more closely the documentation of transit passengers into and out of the UK; and what guidance he gives relating to screening luggage of such passengers on arrival and departure.
	(7431)
969	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers have been refused entry at British airports and sent back to their country of origin or a third country within 24 hours, since 11th September; and if he will make a statement.
	(7433)
970	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported cases of (a) unidentified, and (b) other unaccompanied luggage arriving at British airports there have been since 11th September; which airports have received such luggage; which airlines have transported the luggage; what action the Minister plans to take against airlines which allow such practice to continue; and if he will make a statement.
	(7432)
971   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce central purchasing of police vehicles.
	(6080)
972   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of the introduction of a police force based on local authority district boundaries.
	(6079)
973   N	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he issues to police forces concerning the purchasing of UK-made police vehicles.
	(6081)
974   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the members of the Board of the Community Safety Partnership for Wiltshire, (b) the executive teams and their functions and (c) the themes addressed in the current year.
	(5861)
975   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) antisocial behaviour orders and (b) curfew orders have been made in (i) Salisbury District and (ii) Wiltshire since the statutory commencement of the schemes.
	(5862)
976	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to date of the inquiry by the Wiltshire Constabulary into events at CBD Porton Down; what proportion has been financed directly by his Department; what progress has been made; and if he will make a statement.
	(7377)
977   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the law on unauthorised encampments.
	(7149)
978   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review guidance to police forces about the enforcement of public order legislation on travellers' camps.
	(7156)
979	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) either-way cases and (b) all cases heard in magistrates' courts were sent to Crown court for sentencing in each of the last three years.
	(7852)
980	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those who elected for trial in Crown court in either-way cases, including those found not guilty, had previous convictions.
	(7853)
981	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of all either-way cases where defendants elected for Crown court trial (a) were rejected by the judge before plea, (b) involved a guilty plea and involved a sentence, (c) involved a guilty plea but were dismissed without completing trial, (d) resulted in a guilty verdict by the jury and (e) resulted in a verdict of not guilty.
	(7854)
982   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) curfew orders have been made in (i) Worthing Borough, (ii) Adur District and (iii) Sussex since the statutory commencement of the schemes.
	(7611)
983   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving firearms were committed in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
	(7612)
984	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cells in police stations have been closed in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(6559)
985	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations (a) have custody facilities and (b) have no such facilities; and if he will make a statement.
	(6612)
986	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for further development at Long Lartin prison; and if he will make a statement.
	(6610)
987	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have sought to enter the UK from (a) Iran, (b) Iraq and (c) Afghanistan since January; and if he will make a statement.
	(8054)
988   N	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the increase in crime north of York in recent months; and if he will make a statement.
	(7154)
989	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of publication and circulation of the Youth Justice Board Review 2000-01; and to whom the document was circulated.
	(6521)
990	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent changes have been made to the method of calculation of compensation to be awarded to victims of miscarriages of justice; if he will place a document setting out the Independent Assessor's approach in the Library; what measures he will take to ensure that victims may benefit proportionately from these changes; and how many people are awaiting settlement of compensation claims.
	(7081)
991	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what method the number of strip searches is recorded at HMP Holloway; how many searches carried out in (a) the last year and (b) each of the previous five years; and what items of (i) contraband and (ii) other confiscated items have been recorded in each year.
	(7080)
992	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7816)
993	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrived from South Africa and took advantage of their eligibility to live in the United Kingdom in (a) 1999 and (b) 2000.
	(6636)
994	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the recommendations of the Animal Procedures Committee report on public access to information about the use of animals in research.
	(7736)
995	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation the Government has undertaken to ensure that increased public access to information about the use of animals in research does not increase harassment of scientists and institutions involved in animal research.
	(7737)
996	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents have been reported in each of the last five years of (a) assaults and (b) harassment against scientists and institutions involved in animal research.
	(7738)
997	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library a list of the individuals who are excluded from entering Britain because exclusion orders have been served on them, specifying in each case the date on which the order was served and the reason for which the order was served.
	(6560)
998   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the rationale for the transfer of responsibility for purchasing and commissioning prison education services from governors.
	(7199)
999   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the revenue expenditure was per prisoner of the Prison Service (a) nationally, (b) in the Southern Area and (c) for Isle of Wight prisons for each year since 1997, expressed (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a percentage of 1997 expenditure.
	(7183)
1000   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offending behaviour courses have been completed by prisoners (a) nationally, (b) in the Southern Area and (c) in Isle of Wight prisons, for each year since 1997, expressed (i) in total and (ii) per 1,000 prisoners.
	(7189)
1001   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capital budget was of HM Prison Service (a) nationally, (b) in the Southern Area and (c) for Isle of Wight prisons, for each year since 1997 (i) in cash terms and (ii) as a percentage of 1997 budgets.
	(7182)
1002   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) establishment and (b) recommended number of police officers is; and how many vacancies exist for police officers in England.
	(7195)
1003   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many category C prisoners are held in category B establishments (a) nationally, (b) in the southern area and (c) in Isle of Wight prisons (i) in total and (ii) per 1,000 prisoners.
	(7200)
1004   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violence to prison officers have been recorded (a) nationally, (b) in the Southern Area, and (c) in Isle of Wight prisons for each year since 1997, expressed (i) in total and (ii) per 1,000 officers.
	(7187)
1005   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) NVQs and (b) other nationally recognised qualifications have been achieved by prisoners in each year since 1997.
	(7202)
1006   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) establishment and (b) recommended number of police officers is for each police force in the South-East and South-West regions; and how many vacancies exist for police officers in each region.
	(7194)
1007   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been conducted to identify the incidence of drug-induced psychosis among mentally ill prisoners; and if he will make a statement.
	(7201)
1008   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to plan and monitor the prison career of non-life-sentenced prisoners.
	(7188)
1009   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who in the prison service will be responsible for commissioning and purchasing prison education services when that responsibility transfers from governors.
	(7198)
1010	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6586)
1011	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the result of efforts to reduce the proportion of people aged under 25 misusing illegal drugs in (a) the last month and (b) the last three years.
	(7344)
1012	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were lost by the Passport Office in each of the last five years.
	(7314)
1013	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of her Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7237)
1014   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the (a) humanitarian situation and (b) situation of children in Angola.
	(7429)
1015   N	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation (a) in Afghanistan and (b) of refugees fleeing from Afghanistan; and what plans she has to maintain humanitarian supplies (i) to Afghanistan and (ii) to refugees fleeing Afghanistan.
	(7428)
1016   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what levels of (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid have been provided to Pakistan in each of the last five financial years and in the 2001-02 financial year to date.
	(7434)
1017   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) bi-lateral and (b) multi-lateral aid has been provided in Afghanistan in each of the last three financial years and in the 2001-02 financial year to date.
	(7551)
1018   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list aid provided by (a) bi-lateral and (b) multi-lateral sources for refugees from Afghanistan in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	(7549)
1019	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money the UK has allocated to UN agencies for weapons eradication; and if she will make a statement.
	(7339)
1020	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7817)
1021	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by her Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by her Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6825)
1022	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate total annual staff costs for her Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6823)
1023	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by her Department in each year since 1992.
	(6929)
1024	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by her Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if she will make a statement.
	(7032)
1025	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6827)
1026	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6822)
1027	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by her Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6930)
1028	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in her Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.
	(6932)
1029	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
	(6826)
1030	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was, for each year since 1995, the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7031)
1031	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(6824)
1032	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document she gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7033)
1033	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in her Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if she will make a statement.
	(6931)
1034	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date her Department first investigated a possible conflict of interest by KPMG over a study comissioned by her Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6603)
1035	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date officials from her Department's Caribbean Office will visit Belize to discuss progress on the Commonwealth Debt Initiative and the effect of tax exemptions and public investment companies on pro-poor programmes.
	(6600)
1036	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date her Department asked KPMG why its study commissioned by her Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes did not cover the issue of public investment companies; on what date KPMG responded; what was the explanation received from KPMG by her Department; if she will place a summary of this correspondence in the Library; and if she will make a statement.
	(6568)
1037	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date her Department wrote to KPMG confirming that the study commissioned by her Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes should cover the issue of public investment companies; if she will place in the Library a copy of this letter; and if she will make a statement.
	(6606)
1038	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 42W, regarding Belize, if she will place in the Library a summary of the conversation between the Permanent Secretary of her Department and the senior partner of KPMG on 18th May; how many meetings took place between her Department and KPMG to discuss a possible conflict of interest; and if she will make a statement.
	(6604)
1039	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date her Department asked KPMG if it had requested meetings with representatives of the two public investment companies during its study commissioned by ther Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes.
	(6601)
1040	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of the draft report submitted by KPMG following its study commissioned by her Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes.
	(6569)
1041	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 13th July, Official Report, column 653W, regarding Belize, how her Department was informed that KPMG were the external auditors of the Belize Bank; and what action was taken after her Department was so informed.
	(6567)
1042	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on Belize's application for relief under the Commonwealth Debt Initiative; and if she will make a statement.
	(6605)
1043	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 42W, regarding Belize, on what date KPMG requested information on the two public investment companies from the Government of Belize; and if she will place in the Library the information which was passed to KPMG regarding the two public investment companies which resulted from this request.
	(6602)
1044	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the validity and applicability of the 1982 Britain-Belize Investor Protection Treaty for the public investment companies in the context of the study commissioned by her Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes; and what the conclusion was of this assessment.
	(6571)
1045	Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 41W, regarding Belize, if she will place in the Library a summary of the letters sent by Carlisle Holdings to KPMG regarding the study commissioned by her Department to review the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes.
	(6570)
1046   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is towards (a) the operation of NGOs in Bangladesh, (b) NGOs promoting western concepts of the role of women in Bangladesh and (c) the substitution of western for local cultural norms by NGOs in Bangladesh.
	(7203)
1047   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is towards (a) the operation of NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa, (b) the substitution of western for local cultural norms by NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa and (c) NGOs promoting western concepts of the role of women in sub-Saharan Africa.
	(7204)
1048	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6587)
1049	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the humanitarian needs of displaced Afghans over the next six months; and (a) what proportion of those needs is already covered by pledges made by Britain and by the European Union and (b) what proportion of the funds have already been released to agencies delivering help to Afghan refugees.
	(7677)
1050	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures the Government proposes to take in the coming months for refugees from Afghanistan who have already crossed its borders.
	(7685)
1051	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures (i) the British Government and (ii) the EU had already taken to help refugees from Afghanistan who crossed the borders, before 11th September, into (a) Iran and (b) Pakistan.
	(7682)
1052	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what money the Government intends to make available for Afghan refugees who are (a) outside and (b) within Afghanistan; and when the money will be made available.
	(7681)
1053	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what money the European Union intends to make available for Afghan refugees who are (a) outside and (b) within Afghanistan; and when the funding will be made available.
	(7678)
1054	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures the Government plans to take to meet the humanitarian needs of Afghan refugees still in Afghanistan.
	(7687)
1055	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what special action has been taken to meet the needs of Afghan refugee children who have been displaced by the recent movement of people in Afghanistan since 11th September.
	(7679)
1056	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what policy her Department has to deal with members of the public who wish to make a contribution to humanitarian aid administered to Afghanistan refugees in Pakistan and Iran.
	(7680)
1057	Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures the Government (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to co-ordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghan refugees.
	(7686)
1058   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on what date he expects the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to come into force; and if he will make a statement.
	(6022)
1059   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many officials and what reasons are presently deployed to secure implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (a) in his Department and (b) elsewhere in Government.
	(6024)
1060   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will set out the programme in place, giving date targets where appropriate, for achieving implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(6021)
1061	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on recruitment, retention and training and service obligations for the lay magistracy.
	(7143)
1062	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7241)
1063   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the competition to determine city status to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and when an announcement is expected on the names of the successful towns.
	(7167)
1064	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress he is making in reviewing the use and cost of judges' lodgings; and if he will make a statement.
	(6440)
1065	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6916)
1066	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6913)
1067	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6914)
1068	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6915)
1069	Paul Flynn (Newport West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the compatability of the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701 with Articles 9 and 14 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
	(6484)
1070	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what international treaties the United Kingdom has signed relating to child abduction; with which countries; and what other international legislation covers child abduction.
	(6738)
1071	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment is made after the negotiation of the return to the United Kingdom of a child abducted by one parent to a foreign country of the child's preferences; and what priority the outcome of such an assessment has in relation to agreements signed with that country.
	(7070)
1072	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what agreements the UK Government has made with other countries on the return of abducted children to the United Kingdom.
	(6739)
1073	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if it is his policy, in cases of child abduction, to examine the circumstances and suitability of the UK-based parent prior to entering into negotiations about the child's return.
	(6766)
1074	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases of child abduction occurred in the United Kingdom in the past year; and to which countries.
	(6737)
1075	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what financial and other assistance is available to people who would normally be summoned to appear before Salisbury magistrates but are instructed to travel to Chippenham Court following the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998; and if he will make a statement.
	(7373)
1076	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how his Department will report to Parliament on progress with the Government's commitment to use alternative dispute resolutions where possible in resolving its own disputes.
	(7709)
1077	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been achieved under the provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 in persuading suppliers of legal services to try mediation in appropriate cases in place of litigation.
	(7708)
1078	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average delay was in hearing contested cases in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in each of the last three years.
	(7851)
1079	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many either-way defendants were elected for trial in the Crown court in each year since 1999.
	(7848)
1080	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many either-way cases heard in magistrates' courts were contested in each year since 1999.
	(7849)
1081	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what percentage of (a) wholly contested and (b) partly contested cases are acquitted in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts.
	(7850)
1082	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average number of weeks was from commital to start of trial for defendants pleading not guilty from 1998 to date.
	(7847)
1083	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, broken down by those leased by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7819)
1084	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7014)
1085	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) House of Commons and (ii) House of Lords.
	(7013)
1086	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish Parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons select committees.
	(7015)
1087	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will publish the report of Lord Justice Auld relating to the court and criminal justice system.
	(7534)
1088	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6589)
1089	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will estimate total staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6793)
1090	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6796)
1091	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6794)
1092	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6795)
1093	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6792)
1094	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6797)
1095	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made on the impact on religious intolerance in Northern Ireland of the separation of children of different faiths into faith schools.
	(7125)
1096	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of the total number of children in Northern Ireland attend faith schools.
	(7126)
1097	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7233)
1098	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications have been registered for semi-automatic weapons in the last 12 months in Northern Ireland.
	(7834)
1099	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many licences for semi-automatic weapons were granted in the last 12 months in Northern Ireland.
	(7835)
1100	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the criteria are for the granting of a licence for a semi-automatic weapon in Northern Ireland.
	(7836)
1101   N	Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will respond to the letter of 21st March from the honourable Member for South Down on the Tinnelly Case and section 42 of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act; and if he will make a statement.
	(7000)
1102	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will announce the appointment to the RUC of a senior legal advisor on human rights; how many requests he received for application forms; how many completed forms were received; and what the breakdown of applicants was by (a) perceived community origin, (b) gender and (c) disability.
	(7111)
1103	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in Phase II of the research programme to find alternatives to the plastic baton round; what the estimated cost is of Phase II; if he will place its findings in the Library; and at what stage he intends to open out to competitive tender or introduce an independent element into the research programme.
	(7112)
1104	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons HM Inspector of Explosives did not include in his annual report statistics on prosecutions and convictions for offences committed under the Explosives Acts in 2000; and if he will publish such information in a consistent form for each year since 1993.
	(7113)
1105	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Government departments and agencies have been asked whether they hold any information relevant to the request for information from the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings on 17th May 1974 established by the Irish Government; when he will provide information to the Commission; and if he will make a statement.
	(7895)
1106	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with Northern Ireland political parties regarding the implications of the war on terrorism on terrorist activities in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(7896)
1107	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if his Department has responded to requests for information from the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17th May 1974 by the delivery of relevant documents; and if he will make a statement.
	(7949)
1108	Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on domestic terrorism following 11th September and the declaration of an international war on terrorism; and if he will make a statement.
	(7894)
1109	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6789)
1110	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6786)
1111	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6791)
1112	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6788)
1113	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6790)
1114	Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will estimate total staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6787)
1115	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6590)
1116   N	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the President of the Council, if he will list the pre-legislative scrutiny of bills which has taken place since May 1997.
	(7588)
1117	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the President of the Council, what discussions he has had with the Shadow Leader of the House since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
	(7306)
1118   N	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the President of the Council, what discussions he has had on putting future pre-legislative scrutiny on the Internet in order to facilitate public interaction in the pre-legislative process; and if he will make a statement.
	(7590)
1119	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the President of the Council, how many representations he has had from honourable Members on the future of select committees in the last six months.
	(7304)
1120	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the President of the Council, when he intends to bring forward proposals to change the method of election to select committees.
	(7305)
1121   N	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the President of the Council, if he will introduce proposals to enable Parliament to subject all bills to pre-legislative scrutiny.
	(7589)
1122   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the President of the Council, what proposals he plans to bring forward to improve scrutiny of the executive during the annual summer recess.
	(6020)
1123	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what estimates he has made of the percentage increase in global temperatures and rainfall by 2100; and if he will make a statement on the recent discussions he has had on these issues with G7 leaders.
	(7310)
1124	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will estimate how much time he spent on dealing with issues of presentation of government policy in the media in the last 12 months.
	(7131)
1125	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what internal re-organisation of staff has taken place in Downing Street since June 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(7162)
1126	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of global population by 2050; how many people there will be affected by (a) drought and (b) flooding; how many are so affected now; and if he will make a statement on his recent discussions on these issues with G7 leaders.
	(7309)
1127	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the names and job titles of his personal, political and policy staffs at Downing Street.
	(7163)
1128	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many people are employed at (a) No. 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office; and how many were employed there on 1st May 1997.
	(7134)
1129	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what preparations he has made to defend key UK landmarks in the light of recent terrorist attacks in the USA; and if he will make a statement.
	(7307)
1130	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many life peers have been created since 1st May 1997; and how many of those were nominated by him in his capacity as Leader of the Labour Party.
	(7133)
1131	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will introduce legislation to give statutory definition to the powers of the Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement.
	(7127)
1132	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those of his powers (a) granted to him by statute and (b) which can be exercised (i) without statutory authority and (ii) under Royal Prerogative.
	(7132)
1133	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on advising Parliament of changes in (a) Departmental structures and responsibilities and (b) ministerial changes.
	(7165)
1134	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish the staffing structures and lines of account at No. 10 Downing Street consequent upon changes announced since June.
	(7308)
1135   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason his private secretaries have been redesignated as policy advisers; and what assessment he has made of the implications for Civil Service neutrality arising from this change.
	(8012)
1136   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the qualities and achievements of Lord Birt which led him to appoint Lord Birt to the Forward Strategy Unit.
	(8004)
1137   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he will introduce a bill to define the role of the Civil Service.
	(7999)
1138	Peter Bottomley (Worthing West):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish a list of (a) advisers, (b) agencies and (c) task forces (i) based in and (ii) administratively linked to his office.
	(7153)
1139	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Prime Minister, what correspondence he has had with Cruse Bereavement Care in the past four weeks; and if he will make a statement.
	(7548)
1140   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he made to President Putin concerning human rights abuses in Chechnya during his recent visit to Russia.
	(7436)
1141	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he held with the US President concerning the Kyoto Protocol; and if he will make a statement.
	(6771)
1142	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he held with the US President concerning National Missile Defense; and if he will make a statement.
	(6772)
1143   N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Prime Minister, what proportion of public sector employees in work are due to retire in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years.
	(8028)
1144	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the military intelligence that has been shared with key partners in the military alliance for action in Afghanistan has been shared with the UN Secretary General.
	(8036)
1145   N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East):    To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason responsibility for the tourist industry is allocated to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and for what reason this responsibility is exercised at Parliamentary Under Secretary of State level.
	(6072)
1146	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Prime Minister, prior to his decision on the nature and terms of reference of an inquiry into foot and mouth disease, if he will consult (a) parish, district and county councils in affected areas, (b) representatives of the tourist industry, (c) animal welfare organiations, (d) the NFU, CLA and other farming organisations and (e) honourable Members.
	(6434)
1147   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the G8 Summit.
	(7095)
1148   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his visit to Argentina.
	(7094)
1149   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the representations and discussions he has had since 19th July relating to the status of the Falkland Islands.
	(7093)
1150	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7016)
1151	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6943)
1152	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6941)
1153	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7018)
1154	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6942)
1155	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7017)
1156	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6944)
1157	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of her Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7230)
1158   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations she has received over (a) the retail price of petrol distributed through the oil companies' own forecourts and (b) the wholesale price for petrol charged to independent retailers of fuel.
	(6078)
1159	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in her Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if she will make a statement.
	(6923)
1160	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by her Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6922)
1161	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in her Department for official overseas visits; what (a) the destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.
	(6924)
1162	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by her Department in each year since 1992.
	(6921)
1163	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of the postponement of the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre (a) locally and (b) on Scotland.
	(7422)
1164	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings she (a) has had and (b) has planned to discuss the postponement of the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre.
	(7419)
1165	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what representations she has received from National Air Traffic Control about the postponement of the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre.
	(7420)
1166	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7010)
1167	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by her Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if she will make a statement.
	(7011)
1168	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document she gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish Parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7012)
1169   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was expended by the Government in the last three years prior to the introduction of devolution for Scotland on the maintenance of transport links between the Scottish mainland and her offshore islands.
	(7197)
1170	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the top 10 companies to which his Department contracted out their construction and refurbishment work to in the last 12 months.
	(6615)
1171	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6591)
1172	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will publish the full details of the agreement between the Government and the Bank of America in relation to the Skye Bridge.
	(6645)
1173	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if the figure quoted in the Assignation Statement in Relation to the A87 Toll Order for the construction of the Skye Bridge was index-linked; and if the full cost of the Skye Bridge has been met.
	(6622)
1174	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(6806)
1175	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6809)
1176	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment she has made of the impact of the level of fuel prices on the economy of rural Scotland.
	(7066)
1177	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she last discussed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer the impact of fuel taxes on the economy of rural Scotland.
	(7065)
1178	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6804)
1179	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will estimate total staff costs for her Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6805)
1180	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each region and nation of the UK, what the average salary is for each grade; and if she will make a statement.
	(6808)
1181	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by her Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by her Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6807)
1182   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases have been presented by the MoD police to the Crown Prosecution Service in connection with alleged breaches of bye-laws at land (a) on and (b) close to RAF Menwith Hill in each year from 1980 to date; how many have been authorised for prosecution; and of those, in how many cases the prosecution was successful.
	(6262)
1183	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by the Law Officers' Department, broken down by those leased by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7818)
1184	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6588)
1185   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of wind turbines operating in the UK were manufactured domestically.
	(7877)
1186   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on security arrangements at the MOX facility at Sellafield.
	(7883)
1187   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the security arrangements covering the transportation of plutonium.
	(7871)
1188	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is her policy to allow funds available to support renewable energy to be used towards projects involving energy from waste plants.
	(7086)
1189	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to encourage the Chinese authorities to undertake social and environmental impact assessments in connection with the proposed west-east pipeline from Xinjiang to Shanghai.
	(7085)
1190	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated cost of setting up and running the Shadow OFCOM is.
	(7791)
1191	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of her Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7229)
1192   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many export licence applications have taken (a) up to one month, (b) two to three months, (c) three to six months and (d) over six months to decide in each of the last five years.
	(7210)
1193	Colin Burgon (Elmet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-miners in the Elmet constituency have been compensated for (a) respiratory diseases and (b) white finger vibration (i) in full and (ii) in part; and how many are waiting for compensation.
	(7055)
1194	Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what mesures the Government will take to ensure that the new electricity trading arrangements do not penalise CHP and renewable generators.
	(7056)
1195	Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications were registered by the Employment Tribunal Service in 2000-01; how many of these cases were disposed of; in how many of these cases costs were awarded against (i) the applicant and (ii) the respondent; and what the average costs award was in each case.
	(8066)
1196   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to ask the Office of Fair Trading to investigate competition between UK airlines, and between UK and overseas airlines, following recent state intervention to assist the airline industry.
	(8019)
1197	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money the Government spent on promoting the generation of electricity using wind power in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01; and how much it plans to spend in the current financial year.
	(7327)
1198	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he is taking to encourage the generation of electricity using wind power.
	(7326)
1199	Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money the Government plans to spend on promoting the generation of electricity in the year 2002-03.
	(7328)
1200	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many export licences for Indonesia for components and associated equipment for Saladin armoured vehicles have been (a) applied for, (b) granted and (c) rejected since May 1997.
	(6545)
1201	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will consult on the recommendations made in the report of the Independent Company Law Review.
	(7797)
1202	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been made available to provide grants under the Business Recovery Fund; and what the total value of grants made has been allocated so far under the Business Recovery Fund, for each regional development agency.
	(7801)
1203	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications for grants were made under the Business Recovery Fund; and how many have been allocated, for each regional development agency in the last three years.
	(7800)
1204	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to implement the recommendations in the recent Better Regulation Task Force report, 'Local Shops; A Progress Report on Small Firms Regulation'.
	(7805)
1205	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action the Small Business Service is taking to promote the availability of Phoenix Fund grants in deprived areas.
	(7804)
1206	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which new regulations issued by her Department since 1997 have been subject to a consultation period of less than 12 weeks.
	(7799)
1207	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance is available to businesses eligible for grants from the Business Recovery Fund once the regional development agencies have utilised the initial funding made available.
	(7802)
1208   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on broadband provision throughout the UK in (a) 2001 to 2003 and (b) 2003 to 2006.
	(6520)
1209	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on progress with the action being taken concerning Info 2000 Software Ltd.
	(7672)
1210	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will investigate the activities of Sakina Security Services Ltd; and if he will make a statement.
	(7554)
1211   N	Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will introduce fast track procedures to close down companies believed to be involved in supporting terrorism at home and overseas; and if he will make a statement.
	(7530)
1212   N	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices have closed down in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001.
	(7700)
1213	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to outlaw rebooking clauses whereby an agent procures a number of bookings for an artist in a venue for a period of time.
	(7869)
1214	Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it was the intention for the Employment Business Regulations 2001 in relation to individual booking agents to apply to employment agencies in the entertainment industry.
	(7857)
1215	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to tighten the regulation of advertising relating to consumer credit.
	(6634)
1216	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints her Department has received about the company trading as Crazy Georges.
	(6633)
1217	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals she has to update the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
	(6631)
1218	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints her Department has received about (a) The Mortgage Group, (b) i group and (c) Ocwen.
	(6635)
1219	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the likely impact of the European Commission's latest proposals on future PFI projects.
	(6616)
1220	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of UK electricity was produced from renewable resources in the last 12 months; and what percentage of that was produced from (a) hydro-electricity, (b) wind, (c) combined heat power schemes and (d) other; and if she will make a statement.
	(7361)
1221	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Finland about nuclear power generation.
	(7378)
1222   N	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when officials from the Radiocommunications Agency met representatives of Dolphin Telecommunications Ltd of Basingstoke to discuss television interference in the vicinity of their mast at Deptford, Wilshire; what advice the Agency gave to (a) local residents and (b) Dolphin Communications; and if he will make a statement.
	(5863)
1223	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the UK's energy she expects to be sourced by gas by 2020; and what by percentage the countries of origin of the gas will be.
	(7379)
1224	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many billion cubic metres of gas she expects to be imported by 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	(7360)
1225	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the UK to become a net importer of gas; and if she will make a statement.
	(7359)
1226   N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps he proposes to take to extend gas supplies to communities, which have no supply; and if he will make a statement.
	(6256)
1227   N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to amend legislation to provide an incentive for (a) pipe laying and (b) gas supply companies to extend gas supplies to communities without a gas supply.
	(6255)
1228	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make it a legal requirement that timber products imported and sold in the United Kingdom should have an independent chain of custody certificate showing forest origin of timber.
	(6654)
1229   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what autonomy is given to RDA boards to spend their own budgets on a local basis.
	(7619)
1230	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she has taken to ensure that advice and assistance given to exporters to (a) Pakistan and (b) China is consistent with the requirements of export licences; and if she will make a statement.
	(6558)
1231	Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the work of the Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel; and if she will make a statement.
	(6618)
1232	Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to inform local government of the Government's negotiating position on the General Agreement on Trade in Services, with particular reference to the application of the agreement to measures taken by central, regional or local governments and authorities.
	[R] (6472)
1233	Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to inform Parliament about the Government's future negotiating position on the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
	[R] (6471)
1234	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by her Department, broken down by leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7820)
1235	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what emergency measures have been put in place in the last 12 months to deal with fuel shortages brought about by industrial action.
	(7455)
1236	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of reserve petrol supplies since 11th September.
	(7456)
1237	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what requests she has made to the Icelandic authorities for information regarding UK fishing vessels that may be entitled to compensation as former Icelandic waters trawlermen; and if she will make a statement.
	(7071)
1238   N	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will extend the consultation period on the Ilisu Dam project in South East Turkey to November.
	(5969)
1239   N	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the Environmental Impact Assessment on the Ilisu Dam project in South East Turkey; and if she will make a statement.
	(5968)
1240   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many payments have been made and what is the total amount paid to settle the equal pay claims between female canteen workers and cleaners and British Coal.
	(7536)
1241   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the recent representations she has received about the equal pay claims of female canteen workers and cleaners against the former British Coal.
	(7537)
1242   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims for compensation have been made in respect of vibration white finger and chronic bronchitis and emphysema in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) nationally; how many have been refused; how many have been settled; in how many cases interim payments have been made; and how many remain outstanding in each area since 1971.
	(7655)
1243   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much compensation has been paid to claimants in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) nationally in respect of (i) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (ii) vibration white finger since 1971.
	(7656)
1244	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the supermarkets' voluntary code of practice toward suppliers in preventing monopoly practices.
	(7267)
1245	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much was spent in each of the last five years by her Department into the investigation of renewable energy resources.
	(7348)
1246	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by her Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6592)
1247	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) quantitive and (b) qualitative research methods were used in studies by her Department on hydrological fracturing; who commissioned such studies; and what examples of field trial stages have been published.
	(7345)
1248	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research has been done by her Department into the effects of hydrological fracturing.
	(7347)
1249	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representatives her Department has received regarding the technology and engineering involved in hydrological fracturing.
	(7346)
1250	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent research has been completed by the relevant authorities on the environmental, commercial and social effects of hydrological fracturing.
	(7349)
1251	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sub-post offices closed in each of the first two quarters of the 2001-02 financial year.
	(7665)
1252	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to publish an Enterprise Bill; and if she will make a statement.
	(7560)
1253	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total amount of spending by her Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of her Department's total spending this constitutes; and if she will make a statement.
	(6839)
1254	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on future nuclear reprocessing capacity in the United Kingdom; what estimate she has for the volume of nuclear (a) storage and (b) reprocessing capacity that will be required over the next 30 years; how much of this capacity is currently available; how much additional capacity by type she estimates will need to be built in the United Kingdom; what estimate she has made of the (i) cost of such additional capacity and (ii) the amount of non-UK nuclear waste that will be (A) reprocessed and (B) stored in the United Kingdom over the next 30 years; and if she will make a statement.
	(6758)
1255	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Member's correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) House of Commons and (ii) House of Lords.
	(7049)
1256	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessments she has made of the likely growth in fossil fuel use in (a) the USA and(b) developing nations over the next 20 years; what impact such growth will have on targets set at Kyoto; and what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the ratification of the Kyoto agreement by (i) EU member states, (ii) eastern European nations, (iii) Japan, (iv) Canada and (v) Russia.
	(6755)
1257	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the Public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by her Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if she will make a statement.
	(7050)
1258	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	(6836)
1259	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate total staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6835)
1260	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the number of staff employed by her Department by region and nation of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6834)
1261	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by her Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square meter for properties used by her Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6837)
1262	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the areas in receipt of assisted area status may be changed through the Assisted Areas Order 2000 prior to the expiry of that Order in 2006.
	(6646)
1263	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to support the construction of renewable energy sources rather than nuclear power stations; if she will announce a moratorium on nuclear power station construction in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	(6757)
1264	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what additional measures she proposes to promote the construction of (a) wave, (b) solar, (c) hydro electric, (d) wind and (e) other renewable energy sources.
	(6756)
1265	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document she gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (w) Scottish Parliament, (x) Welsh Assembly, (y) Northern Ireland Assembly and (z) House of Commons select committees.
	(7051)
1266	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by her Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if she will make a statement.
	(6882)
1267	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in her Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if she will make a statement.
	(6883)
1268	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by her Department in each year since 1992.
	(6881)
1269	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in her Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if she will make a statement.
	(6884)
1270   N	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money (a) Yorkshire Forward, (b) One North East, (c) East of England, (d) South West of England, (e) South East of England, (f) East Midlands, (g) Advantage West Midlands and (h) North West Development Agency have made available to the tourism industry.
	(7630)
1271   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his Department's responsibilities are in relation to the environmental impact of (a) transport infrastructure development and (b) house building proposals.
	(7879)
1272   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding existing planning constraints on the development of farmers' markets.
	(7864)
1273	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it Her Majesty's Government's policy to provide all honourable Members with the full report of the Electoral Commission.
	(7124)
1274	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had on Her Majesty's Government's policy for increasing turnout at elections; and when he expects to issue proposals aimed at increasing turnout.
	(7123)
1275   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he plans to take to improve enforcement against vehicle excise licence offences; and if he will make a statement.
	(8008)
1276	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 19th July, Official Report, column 320W, on fishing communities, if he will list the (a) ports affected and (b) weight of the catch at each port.
	(6644)
1277	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what implementation plan he has drawn up to (a) commence and (b) complete the A3 Hindhead Tunnel.
	(7557)
1278	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the environmental and economic implications of the proposed tunnel at Hindhead on the A3.
	(6474)
1279	Virginia Bottomley (South West Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what reports he has received from the Highways Agency concerning the A3 exhibition at Hindhead.
	(7556)
1280	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7235)
1281   N	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what records are kept of temperatures in carriages on London Underground trains.
	(6025)
1282   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people in the last three years for which figures are available, in (a) Mid-Essex and (b) the county of Essex (i) have died and (ii) have been injured as a result of vehicle accidents.
	(7168)
1283   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what commitments have been given to UK airlines since 11th September about (a) insurance cover for terrorist risk, (b) compensation for compulsory grounding, (c) the reallocation of unused slots, (d) compensation for extra security, (e) the payment of passenger ticket taxation and (f) state assistance to offset financial losses; and what representations have been received in respect of each of the above.
	(8016)
1284	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to repeal Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988.
	(7641)
1285	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 for planning appeals and, in particular, for third party objectors to planning applications.
	(7506)
1286   N	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the refranchising of South West Trains to Stagecoach was agreed by the SRA; and when it is planned to sign the franchise agreement.
	(7994)
1287	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers local authority planning officers have to require those proposing to convert existing buildings into flats to provide new shop fronts, pay for repairs to pavements and make a contribution towards local educational provision; and what powers local authority planning officers have to fix rents in respect of the new flats.
	(7675)
1288   N	Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to assess the environmental disbenefits of night flights.
	(8022)
1289   N	Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to assess the contribution that night flights make to the (a) national and (b) London economy.
	(8021)
1290   N	Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to implement the decision of the European Court of Human Rights on night flights; and if he will make a statement.
	(8020)
1291   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average expenditure on capital improvements of (a) council and (b) registered social landlords in each year since 1997 is; and what plans he has to change the rule on capital investments in local authority housing.
	(7626)
1292   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the cost of holding housing stock transfer ballots per dwelling affected by local authority district that have conducted ballots in the last five years.
	(7063)
1293   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list for each of the past five years the total housing stock for English local authorities held by (a) local councils, (b) registered social landlords and (c) housing companies.
	(7064)
1294   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the total length of dedicated cycle routes in each London borough; and what the figures were for roads for each of the past five years.
	(6747)
1295   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what monitoring of the accountability of single regeneration budgets is undertaken by his Department.
	(6945)
1296   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information he has collated on the number of (a) families in bed and breakfast, (b) families in other temporary accommodation and (c) total waiting lists for each London borough.
	(7627)
1297   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the average investment by (a) registered social landlords and housing companies and (b) local authorities per dwelling where a large scale stock transfer ballot has been held.
	(6999)
1298	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the assessments of the costs of the proposed private public partnership for London Underground, including reports from Deloittes and Parsons Brinckerhoff; and if he will make a statement.
	(6770)
1299   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the annual cost of administration of the Government Office for London; and what his estimate is of future costs in each of the three years from April 2002.
	(6961)
1300   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what has been the expenditure to date of the Finsbury Park Single Regeneration Budget; what its planned expenditure is in the remaining period of its life; and what monitoring of its expenditure is undertaken by his Department.
	(7552)
1301   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions have been held with Railtrack and Silverlink concerning the opening of a station at Tufnell Park on the Barking to Gospel Oak line; and if he will make a statement.
	(6946)
1302	Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will call in the planning application at Ebley Wharf, Stroud District following his announcement on building in the flood plains under PPG25.
	(6479)
1303	Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will give a breakdown of the money granted to Railtrack from public funds since the Hatfield disaster.
	(7940)
1304	Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the number of PCV driving examiners; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce the impact on the recruitment by public and private operators of new PCV drivers.
	(6553)
1305	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what consultations with interested parties he has had in relation to damages claims arising out of the impact of mobile phone masts following research being carried out into their effects on health, and the recommendations of the Report of Sir William Stewart.
	(6490)
1306	Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will review planning guidance on mobile phone masts taking account of the decision of the Austrian High Court in favour of Ms Wulf Dietrich Rose against Max Mobil on 12th July.
	(6489)
1307	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures will be put in place to manage national tracks and signals; when he expects to establish a new company to take over from Railtrack; and if he will make a statement.
	(7964)
1308	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money has been granted to Railtrack in total; and if he will make a statement.
	(7965)
1309	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many planning applications have been refused by local authorities and the Planning Inspectorate on the basis of human rights violations as set out in the Human Rights Act 1998, section 6(1) and in the Maastricht Treaty, Article 130r2; what action he will take against local authorities that refuse planning applications on such grounds; and if he will make a statement.
	(7990)
1310   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many planning applications in Hampshire have been called in by him on grounds relating to the proposed housing densities in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000, indicating the specific reasons in each case.
	(6019)
1311   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many appeals there were in respect of planning applications made in the area covered by Fareham Borough Council in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.
	(6269)
1312   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what average time was taken by the Secretary of State to decide upon a planning appeal against a decision made by Fareham Borough Council once an inspector had submitted his report to him in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.
	(6271)
1313   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his latest estimate is of (a) the cost and (b) the cash benefit to local authorities of implementing Best Value.
	(6266)
1314   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what average time was taken for an inspector to report to the Secretary of State on an appeal made against a planning decision made by Fareham Borough Council in (a) 1998, (b) 1999 and (c) 2000.
	(6268)
1315   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the cost of (a) preparing and (b) implementing local transport plans.
	(6267)
1316   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many appeals against planning decisions made by Fareham Borough Council were outstanding at (a) 31st December 1998, (b) 31st December 1999, (c) 31st December 2000 and (d) 30th June 2001.
	(6270)
1317   N	Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what funds are available to enable local authorities to upgrade local roads to deal with the changes in traffic volumes arising from the Government's housing quotas.
	(6018)
1318	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what provision he has made in the Railway Administration Order in respect of Railtrack plc for the planned upgrades of the West Coast Main Line.
	(8026)
1319	Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce legislation to control high hedges in residential areas.
	(6437)
1320	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on European and British air traffic cover of the postponement of the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre.
	(7423)
1321	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from National Air Traffic Control about the postponement of the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre.
	(7421)
1322	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what are the implications for air safety of the postponement of the construction of Prestwick air traffic control centre.
	(7424)
1323	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what meetings she (a) has had and (b) has planned to discuss the postponement of the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre.
	(7418)
1324	Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress with plans to construct an air traffic control centre at Prestwick.
	(7417)
1325   N	Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the total revenue which would be raised by local authorities as a result of a change in law requiring second home owners to pay the full council tax at current levels, broken down by local authority area.
	(6362)
1326   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the effect on Exchequer revenues of the sell-off of the National Air Traffic Services; and if he will make a statement.
	(6519)
1327	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on how many occasions in (a) 2001 (b) 2000 and (c) 1999 services on the East Coast Main Line have been disrupted owing to collapse or other failure of the overhead power cables; and what average length of delay has been caused to passenger services as a result.
	(6652)
1328   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the terms of reference are of his Department's review of policy towards traveller encampments; when he intends to publish the conclusions of the review; and if he will make a statement.
	(7155)
1329   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the Government's policy towards the Central Railway project.
	(7659)
1330   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the total number of passenger miles travelled by bus in each of the last four years.
	(7621)
1331   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many accidents including injury or fatalities to humans have taken place around the British coastline involving jet-skis in each of the last five years.
	(7622)
1332   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those bids he has received from local authorities under the Key Worker Housing Grant Scheme involving NHS staff.
	(7620)
1333	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the sale of the National Air Traffic Services in respect of the downturn in air passenger demand since 11th September.
	(7843)
1334	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the Government's latest estimate is of the opening date of the Swanick Air Traffic Control Centre.
	(7840)
1335	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is his estimate of the opening date of the new Prestwick Air Traffic Control Centre.
	(7841)
1336	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many council houses were built in London in the years (a) 1995-96, (b) 1996-97, (c) 1997-98, (d) 1998-99, (e) 1999-2000 and (f) 2000-01.
	(7842)
1337	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what income the Government has received from the sale of National Air Traffic services.
	(7844)
1338	John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the airline group since 11th September on the future of National Air Traffic Services.
	(7839)
1339	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce proposals for a statutory duty to consult local residents on major infrastructure projects.
	(6565)
1340	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what definition of a Crown development is used by his Department in relation to infrastructure projects.
	(6566)
1341	Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will reply to the letters of the honourable Member for West Derbyshire dated 26th July and 10th September about planning consent for a housing development in Duffield, Derbyshire.
	(7970)
1342	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date the responses to the consultation National Homelessness Strategy will be published.
	(7826)
1343	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, (a) on what date he issued the consultation documents on the National Homelessness Strategy and (b) on what date those organisations that he has specifically invited to comment on the consultation were first alerted to the fact that the consultation was to take place.
	(7825)
1344	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, including and distinguishing between the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7821)
1345	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the organisations that he has specifically invited to comment on the consultation document, National Homelessness Strategy.
	(7824)
1346	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the (a) expenditure in each of the last five years was and (b) budgets for the years 2001-02 and 2002-03 are with respect to the acquisition of property for use by, or with respect to, regional chambers.
	(7823)
1347	Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent changes there have been to the timetable for the planned operational date of the new Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre; and what ministerial approval is required for such changes.
	(7943)
1348	Sandra Osborne (Ayr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Airline Group following the reduction in transatlantic air traffic; and if he will make a statement.
	(7942)
1349	Linda Perham (Ilford North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre.
	(7725)
1350	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive on the road haulage industry.
	(7462)
1351	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the EU Training Directive on the road haulage industry.
	(7461)
1352	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive on the bus and coach industry.
	(7460)
1353	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will publish his Department's public expenditure review.
	(7465)
1354	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to publish a transport safety bill.
	(7452)
1355	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the recent EU Transport White Paper.
	(7467)
1356	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps have been taken to improve rail safety since the publication of the second part of Lord Cullen's report.
	(7466)
1357	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the location of the five signals most often passed at danger in the last year for which figures are available.
	(7449)
1358	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many signal passed at danger events there were on the London Underground lines in the past five years for which figures are available.
	(7448)
1359	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to publish a white paper on aviation and airports.
	(7451)
1360	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish punctuality and reliability figures for each of the London Underground lines for each of the past five years.
	(7450)
1361	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what reassessment will be made of public expenditure in the transport 10 year plan to deal with the effects of terrorism.
	(7457)
1362	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to make a statement on Heathrow Terminal Five.
	(7468)
1363	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the EU Training Directive on the bus and coach industry.
	(7459)
1364	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on peak hour congestion of an eight hour limit on night working for mobile workers.
	(7458)
1365	Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has to improve safety measures on (a) trunk roads and (b) roads extensively used by heavy goods vehicles.
	(7098)
1366	Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many spoilt ballot papers there were, and what percentage they represent of the total number issued, in each Parliamentary constituency, at the General Election held on 7th June.
	(6650)
1367	Mr Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will visit Dunstable in order to assess the need for a bypass.
	(6620)
1368	Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will reply to the honourable Member for Chatham and Aylesford's letter of 26th February regarding Channel Tunnel Rail Link blight.
	(6552)
1369	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the relative (a) cost and (b) environmental impact of upgrading east-west (i) road links and (ii) rail links between (A) Huntingdon and Cambridge, (B) Cambridge and Bedford, (C) Bedford and Milton Keynes and (D) Milton Keynes and Oxford.
	(7177)
1370	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to upgrade east-west road links from (a) Huntingdon to Cambridge, (b) Cambridge to Bedford, (c) Bedford to Milton Keynes and (d) Milton Keynes to Oxford.
	(7176)
1371	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce legislation to give local authorities the power to fell nuisance cupressocyparis leylandii on private land.
	(7583)
1372	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he plans to bring forward legislation to amend the law affecting mobile homes.
	(7146)
1373   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to publish his proposals on the reform of local government finance.
	(7539)
1374	Mr Michael Trend (Windsor):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Government will issue its response to the ruling of the European Court on Human Rights on the future of night flights at Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement.
	(7535)
1375   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has to prevent gazumping and gazundering by house buyers and sellers.
	(7207)
1376   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures are in place to ensure that a harbour authority's powers and duties are not exercised to the detriment of other users or otherwise unfairly, where that harbour authority is also the dominant user of a harbour.
	(7192)
1377   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has to introduce (a) planning and (b) other controls on high hedges.
	(7205)
1378	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many DL registrations remained unissued at 1st September 2001 in each of the following series (a) two letters, up to four digits, (b) three letters, up to three digits, (c) up to four digits, two letters, (d) up to three digits, three letters, (e) three letters, up to three digits, year suffix, and (f) year prefix, up to three digits, three letters.
	(7175)
1379   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has to reintroduce legislation requiring seller's packs to be produced by those selling houses.
	(7206)
1380   N	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce to England elements of the Scottish system of house sales and purchases.
	(7284)
1381	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce targets for the condition and safety of unadopted alleyways; and if he will make a statement.
	(7383)
1382	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what provision has been made for canal access in respect of the Birmingham Northern Relief Road; and if he will make a statement.
	(6659)
1383	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the number of unadopted alleyways in United Kingdom
	(7380)
1384	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current year and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6593)
1385	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to facilitate the improvement of unadopted alleyways; and if he will make a statement.
	(7385)
1386	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce standards and targets to encourage the adoption of unadopted alleyways; and if he will make a statement.
	(7384)
1387	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the location and cost of transport projects over £1 million was in each region and nation of the United Kingdom which have received government funding (a) in whole and (b) in part and (i) are being constructed and (ii) have been constructed under (A) PPP and (B) PFI; and if he will make a statement.
	(6951)
1388	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in each year since 1995 what the total value of government assistance and subsidy was for (a) London Underground running costs, (b) London underground capital costs, (c) London Transport, (d) each of the rail operators and (e) Railtrack; and if he will make a statement.
	(6950)
1389	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in each year since 1995, in each region and nation of the UK, what the percentage change in the number of journeys undertaken by (a) car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) light railways, (e) trams, (f) underground and (g) other forms of transport was; what estimates he has made of trends in journeys undertaken by each category until (i) 2010, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2030; and if he will make a statement.
	(6949)
1390	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7042)
1391	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6802)
1392	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6801)
1393	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6891)
1394	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6890)
1395	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7041)
1396	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7040)
1397	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6800)
1398	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6803)
1399	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6889)
1400	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate total staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6799)
1401	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6892)
1402	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6798)
1403	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7232)
1404	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Secretary with regard to aid to tourism in Wales after the effects of foot and mouth.
	(7735)
1405	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7023)
1406	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Members' correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) Commons and (ii) Lords.
	(7022)
1407	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (1) Scottish parliament, (2) Welsh Assembly, (3) Northern Ireland Assembly and (4) House of Commons Select committees.
	(7024)
1408	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6595)
1409	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the top 10 companies to which his Department contracted out their construction and refurbishment work in the last 12 months.
	(6609)
1410	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6893)
1411	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6896)
1412	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6895)
1413	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6894)
1414	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6813)
1415	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6814)
1416	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate total staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6811)
1417	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6812)
1418	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6810)
1419	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6815)
1420	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he has forecast for expenditure on the pension credit in its first full year.
	(7795)
1421	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes he is proposing in regulations for Disability Living Allowance in connection with people who are fearful of walking outdoors in unfamiliar places without assistance; what representations he has received on them; and if he will make a statement.
	(7178)
1422	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to enable the Disability Rights Commission to support disabled individuals wishing to sue under the Human Rights Act 1998.
	(7400)
1423	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the compulsory retirement ages which apply to employees of his Department and of executive agencies and other public sector bodies for which it is responsible, broken down by grade or job title.
	(7236)
1424	Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sufferers from fibromyalgia are receiving disability living allowance; how many of these are in receipt of this benefit for fibromyalgia only; and how many receive it for fibromyalgia in addition to other disabling conditions.
	(7077)
1425   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out for Q1 1998-99 to Q1 2001-02 (a) how many people were awaiting an appeal for invalid care allowance at the end of each quarter, (b) the average time it took to process the appeal and (c) the average time it took to process the original claim.
	(7479)
1426   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department ensured that the report Removing the Barriers" published by the Local Government Association, was taken into account during the 1997-98 Comprehensive Spending Review; and which of its recommendations have been implemented.
	(8051)
1427   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out for Q3 and Q4 2000-01 and Q1 2001-02 (a) how many people were awaiting an appeal for (i) disability living and (ii) attendance allowance at the end of each quarter, (b) the average time it took to process the appeal and (c) the average time it took to process the original claim.
	(7478)
1428   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents in care homes are covered by preserved rights; and what estimates his Department has made of the number there will be on 1st April 2002.
	(7394)
1429	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former participants in the New Deal have become (a) personal advisers and (b) senior advisers in the New Deal for Young People.
	(7980)
1430	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of (a) bogus and (b) surplus National Insurance numbers.
	(7469)
1431	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are working and claiming benefits fraudulently.
	(7474)
1432	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons left the New Deal for Young People for (a) unsubsidised jobs and (b) sustained unsubsidised jobs in small and medium enterprises according to the most recent available figures; and if he will give a breakdown of this figure as a proportion of those leaving the gateway period and each of the four options.
	(7983)
1433	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of (a) monetary error and (b) fraud in (i) income support, (ii) jobseeker's allowance and (iii) housing benefit for each year since 1997.
	(7472)
1434	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of persons on each of the four options in the New Deal for Young People have left the option and returned to benefits in each year since the inception of the New Deal.
	(7984)
1435	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the targets set for reducing fraud in respect of each benefit and payment for which his Department has responsibility; and what progress has been made towards meeting such targets in each year since 1997.
	(7476)
1436	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal advisers in the New Deal for Young People have left in each year since its inception; how many of these have left as a result of promotion in the Employment Service; and what estimate he has made of the average length of service of such personal advisers.
	(7979)
1437	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many surplus national insurance numbers have been removed from his Department's Central Index since 1997; and what plans he has to tackle the problem of bogus and surplus numbers.
	(7477)
1438	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost per place on each of the four options in the New Deal for Young People in the last 12 months was.
	(7976)
1439	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons have left the New Deal for Young People since its inception; how many of them have left to enter (a) jobs lasting less than 13 weeks, (b) sustained jobs and (c) jobs lasting more than 26 weeks; and what is the cost per person into a sustained job.
	(7982)
1440	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit fraud have been detected and how many successful prosecutions have been brought in each year since 1997.
	(7676)
1441	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of persons leaving (a) the Gateway period and (b) each of the four options in the New Deal for Young People entered (i) unsubsidised jobs and (ii) sustained jobs in each year since the inception of the New Deal for Young People.
	(7977)
1442	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the value of benefit fraud; and how much fraudulently obtained benefit has been repaid following detection in each year since 1997.
	(7470)
1443	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish an evaluation of the proportion of lone parents who return to income support within (a) one month, (b) six months and (c) one year of finding work under the New Deal.
	(7985)
1444	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for the future of the integrated enquiry service; how much has been spent on the system; and if he will make a statement.
	(7475)
1445	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons have left the New Deal for Young People for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment lasting more than 13 weeks in government departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for Young People and (ii) leaving the New Deal for Young People for employment; how many joined each government department in each year since the inception of the New Deal for Young People; and what this last number represents as a proportion of (A) total recruitment and (B) recruitment in the 18-25 age group by the department in question.
	(7981)
1446	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities have adopted the verification framework for checking claimants' identities.
	(7473)
1447	Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) personal advisers and (b) senior advisers in the New Deal for Young People are members of an ethnic minority, broken down by ethnic minority; and if he will give the same breakdown for the members of the New Deal for Young People.
	(7978)
1448   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost is to date of advertising the minimum income guarantee for pensioners; how many applicants there have been; how many have been approved; and what estimate he has made of the total number of potential applicants.
	(6767)
1449   N	Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the annual cost of administration of (a) the minimum income guarantee, (b) state pensions, (c) child benefit and (d) working families tax credit.
	(6960)
1450	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the average response time for providing a substantive answer to (a) honourable Member's correspondence, (b) correspondence from members of the public and (c) written parliamentary questions in the (i) House of Commons and (ii) House of Lords.
	(7019)
1451	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total running costs for buildings used, owned or rented by his Department for each nation and region of the UK, and estimate the average cost per square metre for properties used by his Department as a whole, and by region and nation of the UK.
	(6849)
1452	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is with regard to (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii) Welsh Assembly and (iii) Northern Ireland Assembly committees; and to what categories of document he gives (A) full access, (B) restricted access and (C) no access to (w) Scottish Parliament, (x) Welsh Assembly, (y) Northern Ireland Assembly and (z) House of Commons select committees.
	(7021)
1453	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total expenditure was on (a) advertising, (b) polling, (c) focus groups, (d) design consultants, (e) caterers, (f) production of departmental publications and (g) photographs/photograhers by his Department for each year since 1995 in (i) cash and (ii) real terms; what was (A) the annual percentage increase in spending on each category and (B) spending on each category as a percentage of the total departmental running costs; and if he will make a statement.
	(6918)
1454	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of staff employed by his Department by region and nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6846)
1455	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive about increasing levels of benefit take-up.
	(7069)
1456	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total value of London weightings and London living allowances for his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	(6848)
1457	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the uptake was in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98, (iii) 1998-99, (iv) 1999-2000 and (v) 2001-01 of (A) child benefit, (B) housing benefit, (C) council tax benefit, (D) family credit and (E) working families tax credit expressed as a percentage of those eligible; and if he will make a statement.
	(6734)
1458	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of spending by his Department was in each nation and region of the UK, in the last year for which figures are available; what proportion of his Department's total spending this constitutes; and if he will make a statement.
	(6851)
1459	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers were employed (i) full time, (ii) part time and (iii) on a contract basis by his Department in each year since 1992.
	(6917)
1460	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions in each year since 1992 non-commercial flights were used by ministers in his Department for official overseas visits; what the (a) destination, (b) ministers involved, (c) cost and (d) reason for use of non-commercial flights were on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.
	(6920)
1461	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by ministers in his Department in each year since May 1997, indicating (a) the cost in (i) cash and (ii) real terms, (b) the number and grade of (i) civil servants and (ii) special advisers accompanying ministers and (c) the number of official engagements or meetings undertaken on each visit; and if he will make a statement.
	(6919)
1462	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate total staff costs for his Department and its agencies by nation and region of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(6847)
1463	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in his Department is located in each region and nation of the UK; what the average salary is for each grade; and if he will make a statement.
	(6850)
1464	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library for each year since 1995 the total number of (a) letters from honourable Members, (b) letters from members of the Public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) honourable Members and (ii) Lords dealt with by his Department; what percentage took (A) more than one month and (B) more than three months to provide a substantive answer; and if he will make a statement.
	(7020)
1465	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent in respect of each means-tested benefit, on (a) benefit up take advertising and (b) anti-fraud advertising; in respect of these benefits, how many members of staff are involved in (i) benefit up-take initiatives and (ii) anti-fraud initiatives; and if he will make a statement.
	(6733)
1466	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding the impact of the proposed incapacity benefits reforms on the Scottish Executive's anti-poverty initiative.
	(7068)
1467	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation process was followed in regard to the insurance industry of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations issued on 22nd November 2000.
	(6742)
1468	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations issued on 22nd November 2000 on the disability pensions made by employers and their insurers.
	(6745)
1469	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training was given to his Department's staff with regard to the regulations under the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations issued on 22nd November 2000 before they came into effect.
	(6741)
1470	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the provision of separate information on the outcome of participation in ONE by people with mental illnesses; and if he will make a statement.
	(7989)
1471	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 20 July, Official Report, column 684W, on incapacity benefit, how many incapacity reviews were undertaken in each of the last five years; and if he will estimate the annual additional number of reviews that will be undertaken once his plans for reviews every three years are fully implemented.
	(7996)
1472	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the average length of time to complete a review of incapacity benefit will be no higher over the three years beginning in 2002-03 than in the previous three years.
	(7997)
1473	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase the take-up of stakeholder pensions by people on lower incomes.
	(6655)
1474	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the number, value and location of properties newly leased in each of the last five years by his Department, broken down by those leases by the Department itself, its next step agencies and its non-departmental public bodies, differentiating between purchases made as a result of the creation of new bodies and those purchases made by established bodies.
	(7822)
1475	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of non-resident parents who make child maintenance contributions to the Child Support Agency, chose to terminate their employment within 12 months of their initial assessment in the last 12 months.
	(7587)
1476	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget of the Child Support Agency has been in each year since 1993.
	(7584)
1477	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Child Support Agency has handled in the last 12 months; and what the average cost per case over that period was.
	(7585)
1478	Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment framework is employed by the Child Support Agency to decide the level of a working non-resident parent's child maintenance contributions.
	(7586)
1479	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform the regulatory and legislative framework regarding the distribution of pension fund surpluses; and if he will make a statement.
	(7144)
1480	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the qualifications of the Auditor General to the 2000-01 accounts of the Child Support Agency; and if he will make a statement.
	(7269)
1481	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of those persons gaining and losing from the introduction of new child support mechanisms from 2002.
	(7270)
1482	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what target he has set for the accuracy of (a) maintenance assessment, (b) maintenance assessment debts and (c) full maintenance balances calculated by the Child Support Agency for 2001-02.
	(7263)
1483	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for vehicles were dealt with by Motability and of these how many were (a) for replacement vehicles, (b) successful new applications and (c) unsuccessful new applications; and how long, on average, Motability took to deal with each application in the above categories in each of the last three years.
	(7866)
1484	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) the current and (ii) the next financial year; and what the costs will be of each project.
	(6594)
1485	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to introduce the combined pension statement.
	(7575)
1486	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the new time-limited permitted work rules for people with learning disabilities who combine incapacity benefit with therapeutic work and whose condition is unlikely to improve over time; and if he will make a statement.
	(7570)
1487	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will issue written guidance to offices on the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
	(8046)
1488	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library copies of the DHSS leaflets NP32 and NP27 dating from 1983.
	(7573)
1489	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were prosecuted for committing benefit fraud in financial years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.
	(7579)
1490	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of companies under the regulations introduced on 8th October that (a) are obliged to provide and (b) have so far failed to offer access to a stakeholder scheme.
	(7576)
1491	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of non-take-up of income support amongst the over 60s, for (a) those under 75 and (b) those over 75.
	(8049)
1492	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of women who in 2001 will reach the age of 60 years after the qualifying week for winter fuel payment eligibility but before 25th December; how the qualification for automatic winter fuel payments is triggered; and if he will make a statement.
	(75751)
1493	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total advertising costs for the Targeting Fraud campaign.
	(7578)
1494	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the process for (a) deferments, (b) exemptions and (c) waivers, set out in the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001.
	(8047)
1495	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason he has brought forward the qualifying week for the 2001 winter fuel payment.
	(7581)
1496	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total advertising costs for anti-benefit fraud campaigns in financial years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.
	(7577)
1497	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the total advertising costs for promoting the stakeholder pension scheme.
	(7580)
1498	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of stakeholder pensions taken up by the target group of employees on modest earnings.
	(8048)
1499	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the pension awareness advertising campaign was (a) stopped and (b) restarted.
	(7902)
1500	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) sets of housing benefit regulations, (b) number of housing benefit regulations, (c) amendments to housing benefit regulations and (d) housing benefit circulars there have been in each year since 1988.
	(7905)
1501	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents on income support have school age children; how many of these parents were on the New Deal for Lone Parents in April; how many have attended a personal adviser interview since April, broken down into those who agreed to particpate in the NDLP and those who did not; how many have refused or failed to attend a personal adviser interview since April; and how many have not yet been invited to a personal adviser interview.
	(7909)
1502	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to companies to remind them of their obligation to offer access to a stakeholder pension.
	(7919)
1503	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 9th July, Official Report, column 371W, for what reason the publication of the evaluation of the New Deal for Lone Parents has been put back to 2003.
	(7912)
1504	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advertising campaigns his Department is (a) running and (b) planning for the future; what the committed spend on marketing is for the 2001-02 financial year; and what estimate has been made of the final cost of all his Department's marketing in the 2001-02 financial year.
	(7898)
1505	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents who have participated in the New Deal for Lone Parents have later returned to income support, broken down into (a) those who originally left the NDLP because they found work, (b) those who left the NDLP to return immediately to income support and (c) those who left the NDLP for other reasons.
	(7911)
1506	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents on income support have been subjected to a sanction because they have failed to attend a personal adviser interview.
	(7908)
1507	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many JobCentre Plus pathfinder offices have been subjected to, or threatened with, industrial action; for what reasons industrial action has been taken; and what measures he is taking to resolve this industrial action.
	(7897)
1508	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 28th June, Official Report, column 158W, when figures showing the number of people who have bought a stakeholder pension each month will be available; and what proportion of these pensions have been bought on behalf of someone else.
	(7915)
1509	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much a person must have in savings to receive interest equal to the value of (a) the average income support entitlement and (b) the average housing benefit entitlement, if interest is paid according to the base rate of the clearing banks.
	(7920)
1510	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken out stakeholder pensions in each month since April.
	(7918)
1511	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many winter fuel payment claims for winter 2000 have been received since the deadline of 31st March; how many of these claims have been allowed; how many have been disallowed; and how many have yet to be processed.
	(7921)
1512	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the research into the pension awareness advertising campaign referred to in his Department's press release of 21st September.
	(7901)
1513	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the final cost of each of his Department's advertising campaigns was in 2000-01, broken down into (a) advertising media and production and (b) other costs.
	(7899)
1514	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list in date order the housing benefit regulations and amendments to them issued since September 2000.
	(7904)
1515	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people entitled to a £100 winter fuel payment in winter 2000 who actually received £200; and how many of these overpayments have been recovered.
	(7914)
1516	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the specific directions issued to Northampton Borough Council on 21st August 2000 concerning the delivery and accuracy of housing benefit and council tax benefit payments was implemented by the deadline of 22nd August; which directions were not met by this deadline; and what further action is to be taken against the Council.
	(7903)
1517	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July, Official Report, column 414W, to the honourable Member for Birkenhead, how much was contributed to non-state pensions in each year between 1992 and 1998 adjusted in each case to 1997 price terms.
	(7916)
1518	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have responded to the recent winter fuel payment advertising campaign; and what steps have been taken to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign.
	(7913)
1519	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made to housing benefit to support the policy that 16 to 17 year old lone parents should be housed in semi-independent adult-supervised accommodation.
	(7907)
1520	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have been sent an invitation to a new Deal for Lone Parents interview since the scheme began; how many of these lone parents have attended an interview; and how many have then agreed to participate in the scheme.
	(7910)
1521	Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of unclaimed benefits was in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Scotland in each financial year from 1995.
	(7067)
1522	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, under what Treasury heading, and by what mechanism, monies would be paid by HM Treasury to (a) the City of Glasgow Council and (b) the Scottish Executive for the clearance of overhanging housing debt in the event of a Glasgow residents' vote in favour of the current housing stock transfer proposals; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (7796)
1523	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what has been the total cost to Her Majesty's Government of the delay in the PPP for London Underground.
	[Transferred] (7788)
1524	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figure he uses as the EU average expenditure on health to form the basis of his target of meeting this figure in the UK; and by when he expects to achieve that target.
	[Transferred] (7792)
1525	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities which have applied to HM Treasury for monies to pay off overhanging housing debt; and if he will list those local authorities which (a) have received such monies since May 1997 and (b) will receive such monies pending residents' voting in favour of housing stock transfers.
	[Transferred] (7739)
1526	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what has been the total cost to Her Majesty's Government of (a) consultants' fees and (b) legal expenses arising from the proposed PPP for London Underground.
	[Transferred] (7789)
1527	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a breakdown of how many people were in receipt of means-tested benefits and tax credits for each year since May 1997.
	[Transferred] (7787)
1528	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the criteria used to determine the order of preference in which local authorities which have applied to HM Treasury for monies to pay off overhanging housing debt receive such monies.
	[Transferred] (7747)
1529	Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the total amount of business rates collected in Wales in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000.
	[Transferred] (7697)
1530	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if it is Government policy that Sheffield City Council should underwrite the 2005 World Athletic Championships.
	[Transferred] (7860)
1531	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if it is Government policy to underwrite the 2005 World Athletic Championships.
	[Transferred] (7858)
1532	Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Wembley National Stadium Limited will be expected to repay any of the grant it received from Sport England; and, if so, how much.
	[Transferred] (7859)
1533	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his proposal to reduce the number of abandoned cars.
	[Transferred] (7293)
1534   N	Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will (a) list those organisations which he regards as terrorist and (b) make a statement on the strategies he proposes to deploy to counter their threat.
	[Transferred] (7425)
1535	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many complaints about housing benefit have been received from each local authority area by the Local Government Ombudsman in each year since 1997.
	[Transferred] (7906)
1536   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential misuse by terrorists of the Hawalla banking system; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (8003)
1537	Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for the phased abolition of the minimum funding requirement applicable to pension funds.
	[Transferred] (7998)