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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 19 October 2001
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 19 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. |
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| 1 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the activities for the induction of new honourable Members in this Parliament. |
| (9068) | |
| 2 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the Social Exclusion Unit's expenditure on administration and staff costs in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each of the last five years. |
| (8599) | |
| 3 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representatives the Scottish Executive has in the running of the Social Exclusion Unit; and what their remits are. |
| (8600) | |
| 4 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are employed in the Social Exclusion Unit in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK. |
| (8596) | |
| 5 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if, as part of her review of licensing laws in England, she has made an assessment of the comparative licensing regulations in (a) Westminster, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Cardiff and (d) Belfast. |
| (9146) | |
| 6 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the use of the Commonwealth Stadium in Manchester for the World Athletics Championships. |
| (8737) | |
| 7 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place a copy of the report of the Task Force on the National Stadium in the Library. |
| (9067) | |
| 8 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the Independent Television Commission to discuss regional broadcasting. |
| (9437) | |
| 9 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9366) | |
| 10 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the RFU to facilitate the Australian RFU's tour during the Autumn. |
| (9082) | |
| 11 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she made of the ongoing revenue cost of Picketts Lock; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9083) | |
| 12 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions were held with IAAF at Edmonton about the Picketts Lock athletics project. |
| (9081) | |
| 13 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the meetings held by her Department with IAAF officials in Edmonton during the World Athletics Championships. |
| (9080) | |
| 14 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds will be made available to parish and town councils to fund Golden Jubilee celebrations; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9019) | |
| 15 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to prevent the use of jackpot machines in private members' clubs; and if she will make a statement. |
| (8915) | |
| 16 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the Sports Aid Foundation grant responsible for the funding of elite athletics is to be curtailed by Sport England. |
| (8690) | |
| 17 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proposals he has to introduce attachment of earnings orders from the Child Support Agency to serving and other personnel employed by his Department. |
| (8913) | |
| 18 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) the overall wastage level from the Territorial Army and (b) the target level was in each of the last 5 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8910) | |
| 19 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) the required trained strength, (b) the actual trained strength and (c) the percentage shortfall of the Territorial Army was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8911) | |
| 20 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army achieved their bounty in training years (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8912) | |
| 21 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent training the Armed Forces have received for dealing with chemical warfare; how up to date that training is; and what has been done to ensure that training has been updated to take account of recent terrorist attacks and the present international situation. |
| (9270) | |
| 22 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the Otterburn Public Inquiry Report; and when the approvals for the future development of the training area will be given. |
| (9269) | |
| 23 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative in the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9369) | |
| 24 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel from Moray are involved in the Afghanistan conflict; and how many of these are based outwith the UK. |
| (8597) | |
| 25 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Scottish servicemen and women are serving in the UK defence forces in the Afghanistan conflict. |
| (8598) | |
| 26 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which air squadrons are at less than 90 per cent. of full complement of (a) pilots and (b) navigators, indicating a percentage figure for each squadron. |
| (9005) | |
| 27 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the use of cluster bombs. |
| (9142) | |
| 28 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to recognise all those who have served less than five years in the armed forces as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9018) | |
| 29 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what abatement is made in respect of pay levels in the armed forces to take account of the benefits from the non contributory pension scheme. |
| (9392) | |
| 30 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many proposals for additional life cover under the PAX + Scheme have been completed but are not now on risk as a consequence of AIG's decision to discontinue new cover as of 21st September. |
| (8784) | |
| 31 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if soldiers in the Territorial Army are designated casual workers in respect of pension entitlement. |
| [R] (9391) | |
| 32 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to merge the Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9394) | |
| 33 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department has made to provide insurance for civilian contractors deployed on operations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9393) | |
| 34 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers who received their golden hello completed their contract. |
| (9380) | |
| 35 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of total spending on education in the UK is devolved to schools and colleges. |
| (9166) | |
| 36 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish an analysis of findings from the Government's pilot programmes of catch-up provision and summer schools. |
| (8880) | |
| 37 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to produce a consultation paper as part of the Government's review of the current system of student support. |
| (8888) | |
| 38 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there are in special schools by (a) local education authority and (b) constituency. |
| (8895) | |
| 39 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes have been made to the Government's strategy for 11 to 14 year olds in the light of findings from the pilot programmes on catch-up provision. |
| (8879) | |
| 40 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what is the average amount of funding per student received by (a) specialist schools and (b) community schools, in the current academic year. |
| (8883) | |
| 41 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish the timetable for consultation on her plans to review the system of student support. |
| (8887) | |
| 42 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools have closed in each parliamentary constituency since 1997. |
| (8893) | |
| 43 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils with special educational needs attended or are attending special schools in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c)1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001. |
| (8890) | |
| 44 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have approached the Government with difficulties over filling teacher vacancies (a) this year and (b) since July. |
| (8896) | |
| 45 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GSCE in (a) specialist schools and (b) community schools in 2001. |
| (8884) | |
| 46 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools across the country in September. |
| (8898) | |
| 47 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the share of GDP spent on education in each year since 1992-93. |
| (8878) | |
| 48 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children who took part in the Government's pilot programmes of catch-up provision achieved level 4 in Key Stage 2 tests at the end of the programme. |
| (8882) | |
| 49 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of (a) teachers in special schools and (b) special needs teachers in mainstream schools do not have special educational needs qualifications. |
| (8894) | |
| 50 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools closed in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001 to date. |
| (8891) | |
| 51 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many extra full-time qualified teachers have been recruited into the profession since 1997. |
| (8899) | |
| 52 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the findings of the pilot programmes of catch-up provision for those children who do not achieve Level 4 at Key Stage 2. |
| (8881) | |
| 53 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GSCE in each type of specialist school in 2001. |
| (8885) | |
| 54 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if any special schools have notified her Department that they are under immediate threat of closure. |
| (8889) | |
| 55 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total cost was of the support given by the Government in the last year to schools which had difficulties with teacher vacancies. |
| (8897) | |
| 56 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special schools have closed in each local education authority since 1997. |
| (8892) | |
| 57 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on details of the remit of the Government's review of student support. |
| (8886) | |
| 58 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9368) | |
| 59 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will estimate the cost of the abolition of tuition fees in the 2002-03 financial year; what plans she has to review the impact of tuition fees on entry levels into higher education from social classes D and E; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9078) | |
| 60 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received from Leicestershire about early years development funding in this financial year; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9077) | |
| 61 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 11th July, Official Report, col 554W, on university staff, if the information from the Higher Education Funding Council is now publicly available. |
| (8907) | |
| 62 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to simplify the procedure for schools to apply for Standards Fund money; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9011) | |
| 63 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the future recruitment of teachers in Gloucestershire; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9008) | |
| 64 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to allocate per capita support to pupils on the basis of pupils' post codes. |
| (8906) | |
| 65 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individual items of (a) information, (b) guidance, (c) requests for information and (d) other correspondence have been issued to (i) local education authorities, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) primary schools and (iv) special schools in England since the commencement of the Autumn term. |
| (8904) | |
| 66 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the results of the local authority asset management plans will be published. |
| (9088) | |
| 67 N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many post graduate teacher training places were available in each of the years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01 for each secondary age subject; how many of the places were filled in each subject area; how many students failed to complete the course; and how many students commenced teaching in the year they qualified. |
| (8905) | |
| 68 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has recently received from Professor Fred Brown regarding new technologies in the diagnosis of foot and mouth disease. |
| (8909) | |
| 69 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what would be the estimated net cost to public funds of drawing down all EU agrimonetary compensation packages currently available. |
| (8908) | |
| 70 N | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the EU Veterinary Standing Committee with regard to the lifting of the export ban on lamb and sheep meat from Scotland. |
| (8502) | |
| 71 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the implications are for her policy on waste disposal of the recent court case against London Waste. |
| (9249) | |
| 72 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to monitor the safety of waste disposed of by London Waste; and if she will make a statement on the toxicity of this waste. |
| (9248) | |
| 73 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to publish proposals to modify green belt planning policies. |
| (9167) | |
| 74 | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the average length of time taken for her Department to provide substantive replies to letters from honourable Members in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (9090) | |
| 75 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) meat and bone meal, (b) coppiced wood and (c) other biomass was burnt in order to provide a direct source of useful energy (i) five years ago and (ii) at the present time; and how much he predicts will be used for this purpose in five years time. |
| (9272) | |
| 76 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance and opportunities exist for farmers to diversify their land use towards growing crops for the production of energy from biomass. |
| (9252) | |
| 77 | Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the regulations arising from the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 will be introduced which enable an authority to make a special extinguishment order and special diversion order. |
| (9079) | |
| 78 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9373) | |
| 79 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will increase the amount of government money available to councils for the improvement of minor roads; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9015) | |
| 80 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to require planning permission to be sought for the erection of telecommunications masts less than 15 metres high; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9016) | |
| 81 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on her review and reform of agriculture. |
| (9143) | |
| 82 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the measures she is taking to ensure the protection of wildlife. |
| (9017) | |
| 83 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to provide further assistance to protect existing homes from flooding; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9012) | |
| 84 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many representations have been made by farmers with regard to the difference in valuations of stock with regard to foot and mouth disease (a) before and (b) after 22nd March. |
| (9071) | |
| 85 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the independent inquiries into the foot and mouth outbreak will make recommendations. |
| (9070) | |
| 86 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on proposed EU plans to prohibit the recycling of milk bottles. |
| (9073) | |
| 87 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which councils have introduced user-friendly domestic and commercial waste recycling programmes; and what plans the Government has to encourage more councils to establish such programmes. |
| (9072) | |
| 88 N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she plans to take to enforce the Cabinet Office Guidance on Codes of Practice for Board Members of Public Bodies. |
| (9023) | |
| 89 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to prevent individuals importing meat into the United Kingdom. |
| (9431) | |
| 90 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records are kept of forms A and D notices in Herefordshire. |
| (9436) | |
| 91 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has taken to identify the source of foot and mouth imported into the United Kingdom. |
| (9429) | |
| 92 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to stop ebola from entering the United Kingdom. |
| (9433) | |
| 93 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has put in place to cut the risk of foot and mouth being re-imported. |
| (9430) | |
| 94 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on how food products from those parts of the EU where regulation is poorly applied will be inspected by the relevent UK authority when breaches of food safety are found. |
| (9432) | |
| 95 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many representations she has received in favour of a public inquiry into the foot and mouth crisis. |
| (9263) | |
| 96 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis she formulated her policy on implementing a public and independent inquiry into the foot and mouth outbreak. |
| (9268) | |
| 97 | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to ensure that the United Kingdom can meet the European Commission target for road transport fuel to be provided by biofuels by the year 2005. |
| (9426) | |
| 98 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the work of auditors. |
| (8901) | |
| 99 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms have paid an administrative fee for Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman investigations into complaints brought by clients regarding financial advice in the last financial year; on how many occasions fees were levied; how much money was raised in total; in what percentage of cases the firm was found to be at fault; and what was the total cost to the FSA of investigating those cases. |
| (9254) | |
| 100 | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce the administrative fee levied on financial services firms by the FSA for Personal Investment Authority Ombudsman investigations into advice given by such firms. |
| (9253) | |
| 101 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers there were in the years ending 31st March (a) 1999 and (b) 2000, including as one any group of taxpayers who are for tax assessment purposes a single taxpayer from whom recoveries in terms of tax, duty, interest and penalties of £214m (1999) and £1,091m (2000) were made by International Division; what was the total largest recovery from such taxpayers in each of those years; and if the recoveries included penalties. |
| (9384) | |
| 102 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the ECOFIN Council held in Brussels on 16th October; what the Government's stance was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9364) | |
| 103 | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has had for compensation following the collapse of the Independent Insurance Company; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9050) | |
| 104 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cigarettes were seized by HM Customs and Excise in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to the latest date for which information is available to him. |
| (9180) | |
| 105 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of complaints against HM Custom & Excise were upheld by the Adjudication Office in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available. |
| (9175) | |
| 106 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the progress made towards the establishment of a virtual call centre structure to support the proposed national help line for VAT, excise and freight. |
| (9178) | |
| 107 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the progress made in implementing the new IT infrastructure for HM Customs and Excise. |
| (9184) | |
| 108 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) UK tax law and (b) Government revenue of the 9th October Judgement of the European Court of Justice in Case C-108/99, Commissioners of HM Customs & Excise v Cantor Fitzgerald International; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9169) | |
| 109 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) UK tax law and (b) Government revenue of the 4th October judgement of the European Court of Justice in Case C-326/99 Stichting 'Goed Woren' v Staatssecretaris van Financien"; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9168) | |
| 110 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total United Kingdom revenue evasion prevented by HM Customs and Excise was in 2000-01. |
| (9179) | |
| 111 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the value of cross-Channel smuggling in summer (a) 2001 and (b) 2000. |
| (9173) | |
| 112 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the share of the tobacco market represented by illicit supplies in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available. |
| (9174) | |
| 113 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many scanners to detect tobacco smuggling in freight containers are deployed by HM Customs and Excise; at which ports the scanners are located; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9042) | |
| 114 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evaluation he has made of HM Customs and Excise's strategy to tackle trader-based intra-EU VAT fraud. |
| (9185) | |
| 115 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many smugglers' vehicles were (a) seized and (b) restored to their owners by HM Customs and Excise in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02 to the latest date for which information is available. |
| (9188) | |
| 116 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total publicity and advertising budget for HM Customs and Excise was in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. |
| (9183) | |
| 117 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officers are in post at each port in the United Kingdom. |
| (9186) | |
| 118 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) UK tax law and (b) Government revenue of the 9th October Judgement of the European Court of Justice in Case C-409/98, Commissioners of HM Customs & Excise v Mirror Group plc; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9170) | |
| 119 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average rate of sickness absence was in HM Customs and Excise in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to the latest date for which information is available. |
| (9177) | |
| 120 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the unit cost of administering indirect taxes per trader was in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to the latest date for which information is available. |
| (9176) | |
| 121 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect of (a) the financial year 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available, how many Customs officers have (i) been recruited by HM Customs and Excise, (ii) retired from HM Customs and Excise and (c) left HM Customs and Excise for reasons other than retirement. |
| (9187) | |
| 122 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of telephone calls to designated enquiry points in HM Customs and Excise were answered within 20 seconds in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available. |
| (9181) | |
| 123 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current estimate is of (a) the completion date and (b) the final cost of the (i) Southampton Rationalisation, (ii) Dorset House and (iii) Glasgow Estates projects. |
| (9182) | |
| 124 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the mean annual revenue in terms of (a) tobacco tax and (b) VAT on combined cost of tobacco products and the duty thereon imposed, from each smoker in the UK in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2000-01; and he will estimate the mean annual combined tobacco tax and VAT revenue to be raised from each smoker in the UK in 2001-02. |
| (9172) | |
| 125 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxable persons were registered for VAT in each of the financial years since the introduction of VAT in 1972 (a) in total and (b) broken down into (i) individuals and (ii) companies. |
| (9171) | |
| 126 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative in the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9375) | |
| 127 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the uptake has been, broken down by region of the advance payable tax credit for clearing and developing brownfield sites; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9386) | |
| 128 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place the terms of reference of the Mott MacDonald study of PFI in the Library; when he expects it to reach its conclusions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9385) | |
| 129 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the (a) summary and (b) full census results for Eastbourne will be published. |
| (9097) | |
| 130 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of households in (a) Eastbourne and (b) Wealden completed a census return. |
| (9098) | |
| 131 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures will be taken to provide accurate and reliable census data for Eastbourne. |
| (9099) | |
| 132 N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much environmental taxation has been collected by the Treasury in each of the past five financial years broken down by type of tax. |
| (9026) | |
| 133 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take to assist Mrs Eileen Williams' attempts to secure the title to land owned by her late parents at Kuranze Ranch in Kenya. |
| (9255) | |
| 134 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimates he has of the quantities of heroin exported worldwide from areas controlled by (a) the Taliban Government of Afghanistan and (b) the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8684) | |
| 135 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the Government of Botswana concerning its policy of resettling the nomadic San people in villages. |
| (9065) | |
| 136 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9367) | |
| 137 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary General of the UN concerning the timetable for reconfiguring the Security Council to allow for regional representation. |
| (9387) | |
| 138 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of China about the fur trade in that country; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9010) | |
| 139 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what departmental guidance is issued relating to maximum times for responding to honourable Members' correspondence by ministers. |
| (9250) | |
| 140 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is being done to hold President Mugabe to the Ajouba Accord. |
| (9434) | |
| 141 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to President Mugabe to dissuade him from calling a state of emergency. |
| (9435) | |
| 142 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the impact on relations with (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Pakistan of the bombing of Afghanistan. |
| (9260) | |
| 143 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the internal stability of Pakistan. |
| (9261) | |
| 144 | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure the promotion of breast feeding in health regions; and when he will publish the results of the study his Department is conducting into barriers to breast feeding in low income groups. |
| (9425) | |
| 145 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was (a) the average annual income and (b) the average working week of dentists in (i) the NHS and (ii) private practice in the last 12 months. |
| (9259) | |
| 146 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investment is planned to promote access to NHS dentistry in Shropshire. |
| (9256) | |
| 147 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what levels of investment have been made and what initiatives have been taken to promote access to NHS dentists in Shropshire since 1997. |
| (9257) | |
| 148 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Shropshire were registered with a NHS dentist in (a) 1990, (b) 1997 and (c) 2000; and how many remained unregistered in the same year. |
| (9258) | |
| 149 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial impact will be on individual homes and local authorities of implementing national care standards for younger adults. |
| (9498) | |
| 150 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the national care standards for younger adults will be introduced. |
| (9499) | |
| 151 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to combat the shortage of recombinant clotting factors that are provided to haemophilia patients. |
| (9500) | |
| 152 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent decision by the High Court to award damages to 114 people infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusion under the Consumer Protection Act 1988; and what implications this will have for haemophiliacs who have been infected by hepatitis C after receiving blood transfusions. |
| (9501) | |
| 153 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the report findings from the consultation on national care standards for younger adults will be published. |
| (9496) | |
| 154 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations have been made concerning the national care standards for younger adults. |
| (9497) | |
| 155 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities or trusts in England make use of the discretionary power to provide recombinant clotting factors to haemophiliac patients over the age of 16. |
| (9495) | |
| 156 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold an investigation into the costs of residential care. |
| (9130) | |
| 157 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review processes by which public consultation is undertaken on primary care trusts, and the re-organisation of health authorities. |
| (9129) | |
| 158 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide funding support for those students who undertake dental technician courses. |
| (8902) | |
| 159 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on NICE's report on glutiramer acetate for multiple sclerosis. |
| (9053) | |
| 160 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new GPs were recruited in 1999-2000 and 2000-01. |
| (9092) | |
| 161 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of nuchal translucency scans. |
| (9093) | |
| 162 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of meningitis B; and what further steps he plans to take in the next 12 months. |
| (9087) | |
| 163 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish figures giving job vacancy percentages by health authority for (a) radiographers, (b) radiation physicists and (c) radiography technicians. |
| (9094) | |
| 164 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that all vacant National Health Service property suitable for use as National Health Service keyworker accommodation will be considered for that use in priority to any other use. |
| (9502) | |
| 165 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reform the Mental Health Act 1983; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9507) | |
| 166 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the budget in 2001-02 for the National Institute for Mental Health in England; and how much has been spent. |
| (9514) | |
| 167 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the cost of the new guide Making it Happen; and how many copies were printed. |
| (9509) | |
| 168 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was spent on promoting mental health in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01. |
| (9508) | |
| 169 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase recruitment of mental health professionals in London. |
| (9505) | |
| 170 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Zito Trust Report 'The Practice Gap in Schizophrenia'; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9504) | |
| 171 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money the Government has spent on the Mind Out for Mental Health campaign; and what steps have been taken. |
| (9510) | |
| 172 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those with a diagnosis of severe mental illness he estimates have found employment as a result of the Mind Out for Mental Health campaign. |
| (9519) | |
| 173 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health crisis resolution teams and assertive outreach teams have been established; and how many people are receiving assertive outreach services. |
| (9515) | |
| 174 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the success of Guardianship under section 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9520) | |
| 175 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of those with a diagnosis of severe mental illness were in employment in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) on the latest date available. |
| (9518) | |
| 176 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the ethnic minority monitoring exercise in respect of mental health services announced on 24th October 2000. |
| (9517) | |
| 177 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the results of the collaboration between the Mental Health Act Commission, the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and The University of Lancashire on ethnic monitoring, racial harassment and training, announced on 24th October 2000. |
| (9516) | |
| 178 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work has been undertaken and how much money has been spent to address the issues raised in the NCI report into suicide and homicide by people with mental illness; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9513) | |
| 179 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the money to improve wards and conditions for psychiatric patients announced on 6th April has been spent; and where and when. |
| (9512) | |
| 180 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in implementation of the National Service Framework for Mental Health; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9506) | |
| 181 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the additional funding to fast track the delivery of better mental health services has been spent; and where and when. |
| (9511) | |
| 182 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the transfer of maternity services from Hemel Hempstead Hospital to Watford will be temporary. |
| (9377) | |
| 183 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the transfer of the special care baby unit, maternity, gynaecological and children services from Hemel Hempstead Hospital to Watford. |
| (9376) | |
| 184 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures will be taken under the cash for change initiative to reduce bedblocking. |
| (9059) | |
| 185 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many research and development projects will be affected by changes in regional funding for research and development in England |
| (9057) | |
| 186 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if public health medicine will be under the authority of primary care trusts. |
| (9055) | |
| 187 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what formula was used to determine the councils targeted for extra help under the Government's cash for change initiative. |
| (9060) | |
| 188 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to support pharmacies and dispensing practices in rural areas. |
| (9061) | |
| 189 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age at retirement of GP principals was in each year since 1974. |
| (9058) | |
| 190 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if consultants in communicable disease control will work for (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities. |
| (9056) | |
| 191 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which research and development projects will be affected by changes in regional funding for research and development in the South West. |
| (9062) | |
| 192 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9374) | |
| 193 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hip operations have been carried out in Leicestershire in each year since 1992 and for the last year for which figures are available. |
| (9084) | |
| 194 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs there are in post in Leicestershire in the current financial year. |
| (9085) | |
| 195 | Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the extra resources required to bring Leicestershire up to a 100 per cent. of its weighted capitation in (a) cash and (b) percentage terms. |
| (9086) | |
| 196 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to recognise the work of health visitors in the proposed nursing and midwifery councils; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8914) | |
| 197 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to grant free access to digital hearing aids to people hard of hearing; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9021) | |
| 198 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July, Official Report, column 434W, on the Private Finance Initiative, if he will state the average savings as a percentage of the public sector comparator for the 23 hospitals cited in his answer; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9441) | |
| 199 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will recomend the use of 'Let's Talk About Sex' by publicly funded organisations in England. |
| (8687) | |
| 200 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will recommend the use in England of 'Pathways to Sexual Health', published by the Lothian Health Board. |
| (8686) | |
| 201 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will recommend the use of 'Taking Sex Seriously--Practical Sex Education Activities For Young People' by organisations in England which are funded by his Department. |
| (8688) | |
| 202 N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial provision has been made for the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research Programme. |
| (9024) | |
| 203 N | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects will be undertaken by the Mobile Telecommunications Health Research Programme. |
| (9025) | |
| 204 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who authorises sending NHS patients for surgery in Europe. |
| (9427) | |
| 205 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress in building Kington Hospital in Herefordshire. |
| (9043) | |
| 206 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Executive of the National Assembly of Wales regarding social worker recruitment and retention; and if he will make a statement on the results of these discussions. |
| (9265) | |
| 207 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to recruit and retain social and care workers. |
| (9266) | |
| 208 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers were employed in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years. |
| (9264) | |
| 209 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase funding to the National Assembly in Wales for residential care in Wales. |
| (9267) | |
| 210 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement outlining comparisons in the number of police officers on duty in W1 between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. with figures for other UK cities, including if available Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Cardiff; and what are the figures for on duty police officers available per licensed premises for each city as compared with W1. |
| (9137) | |
| 211 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued in the last 12 months to immigrants from India and Pakistan seeking employment in the IT industry. |
| (9382) | |
| 212 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many graffiti artists have been prosecuted in the last 12 months. |
| (9379) | |
| 213 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the repsonse to his Department's consultation on reform of the criminal law of corruption in England and Wales (Cm 4759). |
| (9482) | |
| 214 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the responses to his Department's consultation document The Law on Extradition: A Review. |
| (9483) | |
| 215 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library the responses to his Department's consultation on the draft Proceeds of Crime Bill (Cm 5066). |
| (9484) | |
| 216 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the special advisers in his Department and (a) their date of appointment and (b) their responsibilities; if any of them are authorised to speak to the media; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9485) | |
| 217 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average cost to the police of applying for an antisocial behaviour order. |
| (9480) | |
| 218 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to make it a criminal offence for members of the crowd at sporting events to set off fireworks; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9481) | |
| 219 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to allow housing associations and other public bodies to apply for antisocial behaviour orders; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9479) | |
| 220 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the working and implementation of antisocial behaviour orders; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9478) | |
| 221 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of those under antisocial behaviour orders have breached the terms of the orders since the commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9488) | |
| 222 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to require sentences to state, when passing sentence, (a) the existence of and (b) the potential effect on the date of earliest release of the home dentention curfew scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9489) | |
| 223 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many antisocial behaviour orders have been imposed to date; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9487) | |
| 224 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been imposed since the start of the scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9486) | |
| 225 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the period between the commencement of the Home Detention Curfew scheme on 28th January 1999 and 30th September 2001, what are (a) the total number of prisoners released on the scheme, (b) the number of prisoners convicted of each specific offence who were released on the scheme, with a breakdown of the offences committed, including the specific offences committed by prisoners normally classified under the categories (i) other homicide and attempted homicide, (ii) other violence against the person, (iii) drug offences, (iv) assaults and (v) other offences, including a breakdown of the prisoners normally classified in the sub-category of other offences called other offences, (c) the average sentence (1) received and (2) served, and the average period spent on the scheme, in respect of each specific offence, (d) the number of prisoners released on the scheme, with a breakdown of the offences committed, who (A) breached the conditions of the curfew, (B) disappeared and were recaptured, (C) disappeared and remain unlawfully at large and (D) had their licences revoked, and for what reasons, (e) a breakdown of the specific offences committed by prisoners released on the scheme while on the scheme, including all offences committed by prisoners who committed more than one offence and (f) a breakdown of the specific offences committed by prisoners released on the scheme who committed a further offence whilst on the scheme that was similar in character to that for which they were originally convicted, including all offences committed by prisoners who committed more than one offence; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9476) | |
| 226 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time per week spent by prisoners in purposeful activity in each category of prison. |
| (9477) | |
| 227 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in respect of (a) juveniles and (b) adults; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9475) | |
| 228 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many antisocial behaviour orders have been imposed in the South East region since the beginning of the scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9474) | |
| 229 | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from Sussex Police concerning budgetary implications of additional policing requirements at Gatwick Airport; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9091) | |
| 230 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Constable of Lancashire on the deployment of her resources in the Southern Division. |
| (6806) | |
| 231 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to permit asylum seekers to take paid employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9455) | |
| 232 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the cost per week of detaining an asylum seeker (a) in prison and (b) in a closed reception centre; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9456) | |
| 233 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a system enabling the Government to monitor the whereabouts of asylum seekers who are not detained; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9457) | |
| 234 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the organisations involved in asylum seeker support and advice who have expressed to him their views on the voucher scheme; what proportion of them opposed it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9448) | |
| 235 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the level of support to asylum seekers including dependants, increased in the year 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9447) | |
| 236 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued to IT professionals in (a) the last year and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9446) | |
| 237 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) oral and (b) written appeals concerning family visits to the UK were disposed of in each of the last 12 months; what proportion were successful; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9445) | |
| 238 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of every £10 allocated for vouchers to asylum seekers is spent on administering the support arrangements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9454) | |
| 239 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure that asylum seekers will be removed from unconverted Prison Service accommodation by 25th December 2001, and if he will make a statement. |
| (9451) | |
| 240 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers and dependants whose applications have not been determined have been detained in custody for (a) over 25 days, (b) over 50 days, and (c) over 100 days; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9452) | |
| 241 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers and dependants were held in detention on the last day of each of the last 12 months; and what proportion of these were detained in prison. |
| (9453) | |
| 242 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum appeals have (i) taken place and (ii) have failed and (b) failed asylum seekers, excluding dependants, were removed in (A) 1998, (B) 1999, (C) 2000 and (D) 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9458) | |
| 243 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to abolish the voucher scheme for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9449) | |
| 244 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) women, (b) children under 14 and (c) children aged between 14 and 18 asylum seekers and relatives of asylum seekers are detained (i) in prison and (ii) in closed reception centres; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9460) | |
| 245 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was from first application to initial decision in asylum cases in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9444) | |
| 246 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers, and (b) others applying under immigration law whose cases and appeals have failed (i) left the UK voluntarily and (ii) remained in the UK; if he is aware of their whereabouts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9442) | |
| 247 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued under the fast track scheme for shortage occupations in the period since the introduction of this scheme; how many permits were issued for shortage occupations as a proportion of the total; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9443) | |
| 248 N | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested or detained for questioning and subsequently released without charge in connection with the terrorist events of 11th September; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8685) | |
| 249 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of introducing ethnic minority gender targets for the police. |
| (9390) | |
| 250 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been involved in crashes whilst taking part in car chases, over the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (8783) | |
| 251 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will review the workings and practices of coroners' courts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9020) | |
| 252 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department will reply to the letter dated 14th September from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituents, Mr and Mrs G Chernov. |
| (8226) | |
| 253 N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letters of 8th August and 18th September, ref 13889/1. |
| (8738) | |
| 254 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the impact of the bombing campaign on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. |
| (9074) | |
| 255 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the desirability of a temporary cessation in military action in Afghanistan to enable humanitarian aid to be provided. |
| (9075) | |
| 256 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will estimate the number of trucks of food which have been transported into Afghanistan (a) in the last week, (b) on average on a daily basis since 7th October and (c) since 11th September. |
| (9076) | |
| 257 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what percentage of the sexually active population in (a) Botswana and (b) Namibia is infected with HIV/AIDS; how many and what percentage are being treated with anti retro viral drugs; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9064) | |
| 258 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will publish the results of his consultation on the Enforcement Review Consultation Paper 5: Distress for Rent; and if he will set out his timetable for the abolition of distress for rent in residential property. |
| (9165) | |
| 259 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has for MSPs to sit in a reformed House of Lords; and when he expects to announce them. |
| (9461) | |
| 260 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet Scottish Television to discuss regional television coverage. |
| (9337) | |
| 261 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9370) | |
| 262 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Telecommunications Council held in Brussel on 15th October; what the Government's stance was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9363) | |
| 263 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what date she expects Norway will be unable to meet further UK demand for gas; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9052) | |
| 264 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what asessment she has made of the economic impact on (a) the UK aerospace industry and (b) UK airlines of the events of 11th September. |
| (9389) | |
| 265 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to safeguard the future of the tyre manufacturing industry in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9063) | |
| 266 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total number of employees in the Post Office was in each the last five years. |
| (9096) | |
| 267 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many working days were lost through industrial action in the Post Office in each of the last 10 years. |
| (9095) | |
| 268 | Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions officials have had with Nottingham City Council to discuss the speeding up of the process for eviction of antisocial tenants; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9473) | |
| 269 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what differences there are between the technical test requirements proposed by Working Group 17 of the EEVC and those proposed by the European motor industry for (a) impact speed for a child's head, (b) mass of a child's head, (c) maximum tibia acceleration and (d) maximum knee bend angle; and what ways the different proposals can be expected to produce different test results for pedestrians hit by a car. |
| (9044) | |
| 270 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the draft timetable for the stages for implementing the proposals of Working Group 17 of EEVC. |
| (9048) | |
| 271 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the change in number and intensity of pedestrian accidents if all cars in the (a) United Kingdom, and (b) EU had fronts that met the requirements of Working Group 17 of EEVC. |
| (9046) | |
| 272 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the points made in response to consultations on the alternative ways to reduce the consequences of car crashes to pedestrians. |
| (9045) | |
| 273 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the effects of implementing EEVC-WG17 on (a) child and (b) adult pedestrian casualties in absolute and in percentage terms. |
| (9049) | |
| 274 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will decide between the safety proposals put forward by Working Group 17 of EEVC and the alternative proposals. |
| (9047) | |
| 275 N | Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he has taken to ensure that Phase II of the upgrade of the West Coast Main Line will go ahead. |
| (8503) | |
| 276 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the role of scheme managers or wardens of sheltered housing schemes following the introduction of Supporting People. |
| (9133) | |
| 277 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when his review of policies relating to abandoned vehicles is expected to report. |
| (8900) | |
| 278 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to improve the arrangements for declaration of interests on local authorities with specific reference to the planning process. |
| (9135) | |
| 279 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association, and (b) representatives of smaller, district housing authorities, on housing stock transfer. |
| (9134) | |
| 280 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy towards Supporting People, with particular reference to its impact on sheltered housing. |
| (9131) | |
| 281 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ensure that the forthcoming consultation on regional air services and air services in the South East of England and the subsequent White Paper include proposals on guaranteed access for air services from designated UK regional cities to Heathrow or Gatwick, for a minimum of three return services per day with the slots ring fenced by Public Service Obligation status where appropriate; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9353) | |
| 282 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether his Department will appeal against the European Court ruling on night flights at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9344) | |
| 283 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the consultation for Regional Air Services and the South East and East of England Air Services reviews will be published; and when he expects to issue the White Paper on Government Policy for UK Aviation. |
| (9358) | |
| 284 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will made a statement on the NATS investment programme and the safety of the UK air traffic management system. |
| (9339) | |
| 285 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if NATS has enough qualified air traffic controllers for the transition from West Drayton to Swanwick. |
| (9342) | |
| 286 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the decision by the European Court on night operations at Heathrow will change Government policy on designation of airports for night operations; if he will consult those companies, groups and individuals who would be most affected by such a change in policy before making any decision; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9357) | |
| 287 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet the cost of security charges at UK airports; if the Government will continue to provide UK airlines with war risk insurance cover beyond the original 30 day period; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9347) | |
| 288 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ensure that if any UK carrier in receipt of state aid following 11th September has withdrawn services to a UK regional airport from either Heathrow or Gatwick, the slots used for such services will be given to an operator that is prepared to operate the route; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9354) | |
| 289 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what economic research contingent the Government has commissioned into the need for night flights into London and other UK airports. |
| (9494) | |
| 290 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ensure that subsidies paid to Bombardier in Belfast cannot be used by that company to cross-subsidise its Belfast City Airport subsidiary; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9350) | |
| 291 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ensure that there is continuity of service throughout the day between Belfast International and London Heathrow; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9340) | |
| 292 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action has been taken by his Department to introduce Public Service Obligation protection for the slots used for services to and from the UK regions at Heathrow and Gatwick airports; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9341) | |
| 293 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make representations to the Irish Government and the EU Transport Commissioner to ensure that any state aid paid to Aer Lingus is not used to subsidise air services from Dublin and that Aer Lingus should reinstate the services between Belfast and New York as part of its operating programme. |
| (9351) | |
| 294 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will made a statement on the timetable for opening the new NATS en-route centre at Swanwick; and if the project is within budget. |
| (9338) | |
| 295 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will exempt UK regional air services from airport passenger duty; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9355) | |
| 296 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what basis state aid will be paid to airlines; which ones will receive it; whether such subsidy will be made available to all UK airlines who can prove financial loss due to the events in the USA on 11th September in proportion to the downturn in traffic they have experienced since that time; whether such subsidy will include meeting losses that can be shown to have been incurred by UK airports; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9352) | |
| 297 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much the Govenment received from air passengers in airport passenger duty in each of the last three years. |
| (9345) | |
| 298 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when his Department will publish the decision on the planning inquiry for Terminal 5 at Heathrow; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9359) | |
| 299 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with trade unions representing airline and airport employees following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights on night flights; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9493) | |
| 300 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of NATS about whether the Airline Group has sufficient financial resources to meet NATS' present and future investment requirements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9343) | |
| 301 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the White Paper for UK Aviation will include proposals for at least one new runway at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick and that such a runway be designed for and a significant proportion of the slots created by such a additional runway capacity be designated for UK regional air services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9346) | |
| 302 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the European Court ruling on night noise at Heathrow will influence the timing of his Department's decision on the application to impose a designation for night noise purposes on East Midlands Airport; whether this will affect the policy for night operations at other UK airports which are not designated for noise purposes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9356) | |
| 303 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who the representative of the Scottish Executive is on the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal. |
| (9013) | |
| 304 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the outcome was of the Transport Council held in Brussels on 16th October; what the Government's stance was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9362) | |
| 305 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the research and development programmes that the Government has funded for the design and production of safer car fronts since 1979. |
| (9069) | |
| 306 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will extend the remit of the Local Government Ombudsman to cover parish and town councils. |
| (9251) | |
| 307 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to reintroduce measures to control high hedges. |
| (9271) | |
| 308 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the timetable of the Thameslink investment programme will be affected by Railtrack going into administration. |
| (9378) | |
| 309 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the bids he has received from bodies other than local authorities under the key worker housing grant scheme involving NHS staff; and for what amounts. |
| (8689) | |
| 310 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the re-franchising of railway services operating on the Cotswold Line between Oxford and Worcester. |
| (9503) | |
| 311 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Government Office for the South West completed the final draft of the final Regional Planning Guidance for the South West. |
| (9139) | |
| 312 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the timing of the publication of the final Regional Planning Guidance for the South West. |
| (9138) | |
| 313 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the press releases authorised by each Minister in his Department published since 11th September. |
| (8141) | |
| 314 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the timing of the publication of the DTLR document on councillor expenses on 12th September. |
| (9140) | |
| 315 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what evidence his Department has received concerning the link between speed cameras on roads and improved road safety; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9051) | |
| 316 | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it is his policy that national air traffic services operated at Manchester will be moved to Atlantic House, Prestwick. |
| (9440) | |
| 317 | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the options being considered by National Air Traffic Services to rationalise its functions throughout the United Kingdom. |
| (9438) | |
| 318 | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Civil Aviation Radar Installation Service will be moved from Prestwick to Gatwick Airport as part of the engineering review of national air traffic services. |
| (9439) | |
| 319 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what initiatives he has taken to (a) renovate and (b) clear decaying private sector housing stock in (i) England and (ii) East Lancashire since 1997. |
| (9388) | |
| 320 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9372) | |
| 321 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to grant Public Service Obligation Orders for the Inverness-London air routes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8348) | |
| 322 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures he is taking to secure the safety of passenger luggage on flights; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9009) | |
| 323 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures are in place to prevent the abuse of the use of blue badges meant for disabled drivers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9014) | |
| 324 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the Civil Aviation radar installations are in Scotland and which ones are controlled outwith Scotland; when control of the Civil Aviation radar installations moved from Scotland; where these installations are being controlled from; and what plans the (a) CAA and (b) NATS have to transfer control of other radar installations from Scotland. |
| (8601) | |
| 325 | Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects Govia to take over the South Central rail franchise. |
| (9066) | |
| 326 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9371) | |
| 327 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will ask the Welsh Executive to undertake a customer satisfaction survey on the capacity of (a) doctors and (b) nurses to communicate with and understand patients, and vice versa, in hospitals in the Principality. |
| (9491) | |
| 328 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what measures are in place to improve the capacity of (a) doctors and (b) nurses to communicate with and understand patients in hospitals in the Principality. |
| (9492) | |
| 329 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of (a) doctors and (b) nurses to communicate with and understand patients, and vice versa, in hospitals in the Principality. |
| (9490) | |
| 330 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has taken to offset the effect in Wales of the worldwide economic slowdown. |
| (9262) | |
| 331 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of United Kingdom citizens have a National Insurance number. |
| (9054) | |
| 332 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many places were (a) available and (b) taken up on (i) the employment option and (ii) the full-time education and training option on the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed in each year since its inception; and what the cost per place in each case was. |
| (9332) | |
| 333 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons (a) were eligible and (b) entered the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed under the early entry provisions in each year since its inception. |
| (9333) | |
| 334 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the long-term unemployed have been subjected to sanctions in respect of the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed since its inception. |
| (9335) | |
| 335 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the targets he has set in respect of the New Deal. |
| (9336) | |
| 336 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those leaving the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed aged (a) 25 to 29, (b) 30 to 49 and (c) 50+ years found (i) employment and (ii) sustained jobs in each year since 1998. |
| (9331) | |
| 337 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the proportion of those leaving for sustained jobs from (a) the New Deal for Young People and (b) the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed who were still in employment (i) six and (ii) 12 months after leaving the New Deal. |
| (9330) | |
| 338 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons left the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in government departments; and what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons leaving the New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed in each year since its inception. |
| (9420) | |
| 339 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those leaving the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed did so for (a) sustained jobs and (b) jobs lasting fewer than 13 weeks, broken down by region. |
| (9421) | |
| 340 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the pre-April 2001 entrants to the New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed who undertook the full time education and training option (a) left the option for employment before completing their course, (b) completed their course and (c) obtained an accredited qualification. |
| (9423) | |
| 341 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the pre-April 2001 entrants to the New Deal for the Long-term Unemployed who undertook (a) the employment option and (b) the full-time education and training option found sustained jobs on leaving the New Deal. |
| (9424) | |
| 342 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to his Answer of 15th October, Official Report, column 904, on unemployment advice, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into deadweight cost and the New Deal. |
| (9528) | |
| 343 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the long-term unemployed in the pilot areas for the New Deal for the Long-Term Unemployed found (a) jobs and (b) sustained jobs in (i) each of the three years prior to the inception of the New Deal pilots and (ii) in each year since their inception. |
| (9334) | |
| 344 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those entering (a) the environmental task force option and (b) the voluntary sector option in the New Deal for young people obtained a qualification through day release education or training in each year since 1998. |
| (9329) | |
| 345 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what help is available for those who wish to pursue signing courses to help with the advancement of an understanding of sign language. |
| (8903) | |
| 346 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the impact of removing the care element of the service charge for eligibility for housing benefit. |
| (9132) | |
| 347 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how how much money he estimates was lost through (a) administrative error and (b) benefit fraud in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland in (A) each of the last five financial years and (B) the 2001-02 financial year to date. |
| (9007) | |
| 348 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money was paid in benefits, pensions and other associated services in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK during the (i) 2001-02 financial year to date and (ii) the previous five financial years; and what the breakdown is by benefits for each of those years. |
| (9006) | |
| 349 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Age Concern about the equalisation of state pensions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9381) | |
| 350 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ministerial decisions were made where authority for the same derived from the Royal Prerogative for the most recent calendar month for which information is available. |
| (9365) | |
| 351 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to change the therapeutic earnings rule for people receiving incapacity benefit; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9022) | |
| 352 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it will be his Department's policy to allow people living in sheltered accommodation to opt out of the care element in the service charge. |
| [Transferred] (9128) | |
| 353 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many road accidents occurred in the last 12 months on the A350 dual carriageway between Chippenham and Junction 17 of the M5; and how many of them were caused by vehicles crossing the central reservation. |
| [Transferred] (9383) | |
| 354 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to improve the speed of the appeals process in asylum cases; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (9459) | |
| 355 | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to ensure pension providers transfer funds from one provider to another in a timely and proper fashion. |
| [Transferred] (9428) | |
| 356 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received concerning the former employees of Independent Insurance; what assessment he has made of the employment rights of insurance company employees in the light of the collapse of Independent Insurance; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (9422) | |
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