Order Book Part 1

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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 22 October 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 22 October, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

MONDAY 22nd OCTOBER

1
N   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the activities and performance of the Government Office for London over the past six months.

(9194)

2
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will provide a substantive reply to the question from the honourable Member for South East Cornwall, to which a holding reply was sent on 9th July.

(9689)

3
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on her response to the recent judgement on late night flights into Heathrow; what impact this decision has had on her Department's policy on bar licence hours; and what her policy is on late night noise disturbance in city centres.

(9196)

4
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library the guidelines issued by her Department regarding noise abatement best practice in relation to conditions set by councils on late night licence applications; and if she will make a statement.

(9195)

5
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on (a) London and (b) regional theatres of the fall in the number of visitors following the events of 11th September.

(9649)

6
N   Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money has been spent in each of the last five years to construct the necessary facilities transport networks and accommodation in connection with the Manchester Commonwealth Games.

(9463)

7
   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact on the recruitment and retention of service personnel of the standard of accommodation.

(9797)

8
   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the overall standard of single living accommodation.

(9796)

9
   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to ensure that substandard service living quarters are upgraded; and within what timescale.

(9770)

10
   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce the outcome of the review of his Department's retirement age policy.

(9648)

11
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the military value of tungsten as an alternative to depleted uranium.

(8237)

12
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the possible uses of depleted uranium in respect of British Forces' engagements in the conflict in Afghanistan.

(8238)

13
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to increase the pay of Gurkha servicemen to the same level as that of British servicemen.

(9035)

14
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Gurkha regiments; and what plans he has to increase the number of Gurkhas serving in the British armed forces.

(9034)

15
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what visits are planned by Royal Navy ships to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong or Singapore in the next 12 months.

(9037)

16
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy vessels are deployed East of Suez; and in what role they operate.

(9036)

17
N   Angus Robertson (Moray):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantities of intermediate and low level nuclear waste are stored at (a) HMNB Clyde Faslane, (b) the Rosyth Royal Naval Base, (c) Dounreay and (d) the Chapelcross Tritium Processing Plant.

(9199)

18
   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what formations will be responsible for securing the logistical echelon for the Apache helicopter; and if he will make a statement regarding US studies of this matter in Kosovo.

(9677)

19
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received regarding the availability and adequacy of assistance being afforded to the NHS by his Department in respect of preparations to deal with a chemical or biological attack.

(9539)

20
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the capability of the TA to provide the framework for the rapid expansion of the forces; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (9676)

21
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the supply chain, from MoD stockpile to NHS hospitals, of anti-anthrax drugs.

(9541)

22
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additions to the MoD stockpile of anti-anthrax drugs were acquired in the six-week period prior to 11th September.

(9538)

23
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role has been played by the Territorial Army in Exercise Swift Sword.

[R] (9675)

24
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the capability of the Territorial Army to provide aid to the civil powers.

[R] (9674)

25
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the decision taken in the Strategic Defence Review to reduce the role of the TA in nuclear biological chemical reconnaissance; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (9671)

26
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance and expertise is being afforded to the NHS concerning preparations to treat victims of chemical and biological attack.

(9540)

27
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with US counterparts regarding the implementation and capability of the US Domestic Preparedness Programme.

[R] (9670)

28
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assistance has been sought by the NHS from his Department in order to prepare for a chemical or biological attack.

(9542)

29
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of each Territorial infantry battalion; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (9673)

30
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of the capability of each of the Territorial infantry battalions to be deployed on operations as formed units.

[R] (9672)

31
   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes are planned for the numbers of service personnel to be based in service establishments in the Gosport constituency.

(9771)

32
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements have been made by the Ministry of Defence to treat service personnel who may be injured in Afghanistan and the surrounding areas.

(8702)

33
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will give a breakdown of the number of lone parents leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents for employment who have (a) at least one child below the age of five years three months and (b) all children aged over five years three months, for each month since the inception of the New Deal.

(9679)

34
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to make special additional payments to the Worcestershire Local Education Authority for the 2002-03 financial year.

(9349)

35
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the level of funding for education provision of excluded pupils.

(9591)

36
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what extra training has been made available for teachers intending to teach one of the new vocational GCSEs.

(9593)

37
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students were participating in higher education in each year since 1990, broken down by social class.

(9589)

38
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding was given to the higher education sector in each year since 1990 (a) in total and (b) per student; and what the forecasted yearly expenditure is for the next three years.

(9592)

39
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she has introduced to encourage the sharing of facilities between state and independent schools; and what assessment she has made of the impact of these measures.

(9595)

40
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have dropped out of (a) part-time and (b) full-time higher education course in each year since 1990.

(9590)

41
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are being taken to guarantee the quality of (a) the learning providers and (b) the courses on offer, through the individual learning account scheme.

(9686)

42
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints have been received about the individual learning accounts scheme.

(9687)

43
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have registered for individual learning accounts.

(9684)

44
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints about the individual learning accounts scheme have been upheld when investigated by an external body.

(9688)

45
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many companies have registered to be learning providers under the individual learning account scheme.

(9685)

46
   Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the recycling of domestic composting is not counted when assessing local authority performance against re-cycling targets.

(9613)

47
   Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps English Nature is taking (a) to ensure that Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve is not damaged by the Lunesdale Hunt and (b) to control the effects of hunting.

(9602)

48
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the money committed to rural businesses as part of the rural recovery programme following the FMD crisis has been allotted.

(9601)

49
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many GM animals were being used in research at the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by species; and if he will make a statement on the efficiency rates of this technique.

(9598)

50
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many students enrolled this year as (a) undergraduates and (b) postgraduates on a pure agriculture course as in each of the last five years.

(9600)

51
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for West Chelmsford of 29th May on behalf of his constituent Mr J. Matchett of Langton Ave, Chelmsford; and if she will make a statement about the reason for the delay in replying.

(8266)

52
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the work of Lord Haskins in assessing and making recommendations about the impact of foot and mouth disease in Cumbria.

(7522)

53
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the Haskins Report.

(9626)

54
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to visit Westmorland and Lonsdale to discuss the foot and mouth outbreak.

(9625)

55
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to announce conclusions about the future of livestock markets.

(9627)

56
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Haskins Report, dated 2nd October, was not published until 18th October.

(9628)

57
   Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the latest position on (a) the research programme and (b) current monitoring of sheep brains for evidence of BSE infection.

(9605)

58
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to make a decision on whether she will be drawing down agrimonetary compensation for this year.

(9529)

59
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases are being investigated by her Department for (a) fraudulent claims and (b) the deliberate transmission of foot and mouth disease.

(9530)

60
   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the Environment Agency regarding the funding of the Agency's four proposed schemes to combat flooding of the River Uck.

(9768)

61
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the damage to the environment through (a) airborne pollution and (b) pollution of water courses resulting from fires in warehouse, distribution and storage premises since 1990.

(8227)

62
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risks concerning the control of foot and mouth disease involved in permitting a resumption of hunting with hounds.

(9197)

63
   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of retailed chickens were positive for (a) campylobacter and (b) campylobacter serotypes of public health significance in the last 12 months.

(9607)

64
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are being taken to encourage the collection and recycling of waste plastic.

(8504)

65
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made towards meeting the EU directive banning disposal of tyres in landfill.

(8505)

66
N   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contractors have waited in excess of three months for payments due to them for work carried out on foot and mouth eradication.

(9193)

67
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance is available to businesses to reduce electricity consumption; and if she will make a statement.

(9204)

68
N   Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the support mechanism to convert to organic farming in EU member states; which countries make no payments for them; which provide transitional support; and which make continuing post conversion payments.

(9533)

69
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the tax burden on old age pensioners.

(9655)

70
   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the North East's percentage share of (a) UK public expenditure, (b) UK population and (c) UK gross domestic product in each of the years from 1995 to 1999.

(9647)

71
   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the amount of spending per head in the North East for the year 1999-2000 on (a) education, (b) health and social services, (c) roads and transport, (d) housing, (e) law and order, (f) trade, industry, energy and employment, (g) agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry and (h) culture, media and sport.

(9646)

72
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement about the continuation of deferred tax collection from businesses affected by the foot and mouth outbreak in Cumbria.

(7521)

73
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will announce conclusions on the proposals for extended relief for business rates and VAT for businesses affected by the foot and mouth outbreak, as set out in the Haskins Report.

(9629)

74
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what constraints will be placed upon parents' investment decisions on behalf of their children in respect of money made available through the Child Trust Fund.

(9753)

75
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK taxpayers were subject to an income tax rate of 40 per cent. or more on the first day of tax years (a) 1979-80, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 2001-02.

(9763)

76
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incorrect penalties were issued to taxable persons who had completed and sent off tax returns on time for the tax years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000 and (e) 2000-01 by (i) the Inland Revenue and (ii) HM Customs and Excise.

(9758)

77
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage real terms increase in disposable income for the lowest earning quintile in each year since 1992.

(9756)

78
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if people without bank accounts will be able to access the (a) Savings Gateway and (b) the Child Trust Fund, through the Universal Bank.

(9737)

79
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to encourage saving among families on low incomes.

(9745)

80
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from UK financial institutions on the Child Trust Fund; and of these how many have expressed concern about the implications of the fund for competition in the retail savings sector.

(9755)

81
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of the take-up rate of ISAs by each earnings quintile, since their introduction.

(9754)

82
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will be the estimated cost of policing the Child Trust Fund to ensure that funds are invested in ways permissible under the associated regulations.

(9752)

83
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional families he estimates will be subject to means-testing as a result of (a) the Child Trust Fund and (b) Savings Gateway.

(9749)

84
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what criteria he decides which (a) tax levies, (b) tax reliefs and (c) tax credits are administered by (i) HM Customs and Excise and (ii) the Inland Revenue.

(9761)

85
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the savings ratio has been among families in the lowest income quintile in each year since May 1997.

(9747)

86
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if lump sums made available as part of the Child Trust Fund will be increased annually in relation to (a) average earnings and (b) inflation.

(9746)

87
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend section 251 (6) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to apply as a definition of security in the context of taper relief.

(9760)

88
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the savings ratio has been for each quarter since May 1992.

(9751)

89
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the Child Trust Fund.

(9748)

90
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Tax Bulletin Issue No 53, (a) in the context of taper, what the Inland Revenue defines as 'security', (b) for what reasons the Inland Revenue regards not all debentures as securities and (c) what guidance has been issued to relevant inspectors of taxes when considering the question as to whether a particular instrument was a security.

(9759)

91
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised for HM Treasury through fines imposed by (a) HM Customs and Excise and (b) the Inland Revenue for (i) late completion of tax forms and (ii) late payment of tax owed in the last 10 financial years.

(9762)

92
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost will be to the Government of the (a) Child Trust Fund and (b) Savings Gateway in their first full year of operation.

(9750)

93
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reveiw legislation governing pension fund surpluses; and if he will make a statement.

(9757)

94
   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income has been raised by the Crown Estates from dredging licences issued in respect of dredging offshore in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(9654)

95
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the revenue value of detected alcohol and tobacco fraud and smuggling was for the financial year 2000-01.

(9202)

96
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total net administration costs of HM Customs and Excise were for the current financial year up to the most recent date for which figures are available.

(9211)

97
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the actual net programme costs of HM Customs and Excise were for the current financial year to the latest date for which figures are available; what his latest estimate is of the out-turn for total net programme costs for 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(9208)

98
   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on (a) the progress and (b) expected timescale of the Inland Revenue and Customs Joint Compliance Costs Research Programme.

(9738)

99
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total net programme costs of HM Customs & Excise for the financial year 2000-01 were.

(9209)

100
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many detections of indecent or obscene material featuring children were made by Customs and Excise in 2000-01.

(9213)

101
   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for changes to the eligibility criteria for the VAT annual accounting scheme.

(9739)

102
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is for the total net administration costs of HM Customs and Excise for the financial year 2001-02.

(9210)

103
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the final out-turn for the total net administration costs of HM Customs and Excise was for 2000-01.

(9212)

104
   Mr Mike O'Brien (North Warwickshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce proposals to use the tax system to control very large salary increases for corporate directors and managers; and if he will make a statement.

(9735)

105
   Mr Mike O'Brien (North Warwickshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce proposals to restrict the ability of a corporation to deduct as a business expense an increase in the salary of a director or manager which is not approved by shareholders.

(9736)

106
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce relief from the Climate Change Levy for businesses which invest in processes which significantly reduce electricity consumption; and if he will make a statement.

(9203)

107
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses benefit from relief on the Climate Change Levy; and if he will make a statement.

(9205)

108
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what agreements exist with industry representative bodies for relief from Climate Change Levy; and if he will make a statement.

(9207)

109
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent action the Government has taken to help Indonesian Christians and Muslims on the Maluka Islands.

(9657)

110
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UK contribution to the work of the United Nations Development Programme in respect of the international humanitarian response to the conflict in Maluku.

(8234)

111
   Mr Mike O'Brien (North Warwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has of Al Quaeda funding of the rebels in Albania

(9618)

112
   Mr Mike O'Brien (North Warwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Mujahedeen who operated with the Bosnian Army in the 1990s are now involved with the rebels in Macedonia.

(9617)

113
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what safety advice is given to persons planning to travel abroad.

(8703)

114
N   Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries his Department is recommending that holidaymakers should not travel.

(8704)

115
N   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what cultural projects with new funding arrangements have been initiated by (a) the British Council and (b) BBC World Service to broaden understanding of the Muslim world since 11th September.

(9273)

116
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area were waiting for inpatient treatment for (a) more than 18 months, (b) up to 18 months, (c) up to 15 months and (d) up to 12 months, in each month from 31st May until the latest available monthly figures.

(8697)

117
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when in the last year key services forming part of NHS net failed for more than 24 hours consecutively; what the causes of such failures were; and if he will make a statement.

(9405)

118
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the target date for the SNOMED system to produce automatic mappings to ICD and OPCS codes.

(9402)

119
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will publish for each NHS trust the results of the age related audits required by the National Service Framework for Older People; and if she will list those trusts that have (a) submitted their audits to the regional office on time, (b) yet to submit and (c) were late to submit their accounts.

(8699)

120
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pusuant to his Answer of 15th October, Official Report, column 1036W, on delayed discharges, for what reason his Department ceased to collect figures on the basis of age.

(9145)

121
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of NICE's provision appraisal determination estimate for implementing a positive guidance on beta interferon and glatiramer acetate.

(8710)

122
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government received advice from CISCO about IT policy in the NHS; and if he will place copies in the Library.

(9407)

123
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GPs' surgeries were intended to be connected to NHS net by the target date of March 2001; what proportion were connected; what proportion were connected at the latest date for which figures are available; what proportion of GPs now connected use the system in practice; and if he will make a statement.

(9404)

124
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department ensures that work on National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance which overlap is co-ordinated.

(8705)

125
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements have been agreed for financial compensation from SNOMED if the SNOMED CT coding system is not delivered to the NHS on time.

(9399)

126
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the total (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure to date on (i) the SNOMED CT system, (ii) the SNOMED RT system and (iii) earlier version of the SNOMED system; and if he will make a statement.

(9413)

127
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure on the Read codes version 3 in each of the last five years.

(9410)

128
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish guidance relating to charging for non-residential services; when the closing date for consultation on the draft guidance was; and when local authorities are expected to implement the guidance.

(8701)

129
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that voluntary organisations are funded to play a full part in the preparation of national service frameworks.

(8708)

130
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the source is of the monies to be allocated to social services departments through the community care services specific grant.

(8918)

131
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government expects NICE to publish its Final Appraisal Determination on the appraisal of glatiramer acetate and beta interferon for multiple sclerosis.

(9415)

132
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has given existing users of Read codes about the use of legacy data following their adoption of the SNOMED Clinical Terms system.

(9412)

133
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will write to the honourable Member for Sutton and Cheam concerning the National Service Framework for Older People according to the undertaking given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of 4th July, Official Report, column 90WH.

(8698)

134
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage of development SNOMED clinical terms project has now reached; when he expects the project to produce a final version; and if he will make a statement.

(9409)

135
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the back up system for NHS net performed to expectations during recent losses of service.

(9406)

136
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the bonds set out in the guidance for free nursing care will be uprated annually.

(8700)

137
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to establish the baseline (a) prevalence levels of neurological conditions and (b) position of services for people with neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the work to date on the National Service Framework on Neurological Conditions.

(8707)

138
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if payment of the community care services grant will be conditional on local authorities participating in care trusts.

(8916)

139
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the estimated (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure planned to be spent on Read codes in financial years (i) 2001-02, (ii) 2002-03 and (iii) 2003-04.

(9411)

140
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts he now expects to achieve EPR level 3 by 2004; how many have already purchased relevant systems; and how many have now submitted outline business cases.

(9408)

141
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department ensures that consultees who are party to drawing up an National Service Framework are also consultees in respect of any related NICE guidance.

(8706)

142
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total expenditure on IT management in the NHS Executive in each of the last five financial years.

(9403)

143
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place for independent scrutiny and evaluation of the SNOMED system; if the results of that scrutiny will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(9400)

144
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has made for compensation to be paid to NHS trusts and suppliers who have invested in Read based IT systems.

(9414)

145
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent social services departments in receipt of the community care services grant are able to commit expenditure in subsequent years.

(8917)

146
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NICE to publish its final appraisal determination on the appraisal of glatiramer acetate and beta interferon for multiple sclerosis.

(8709)

147
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total expenditure on coding departments in NHS trusts in the last financial year for which figures are available.

(9401)

148
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of NICE's Provisional Appraisal Determination estimate for implementing positive guidance on beta interferon and glatiramer acetate.

(9416)

149
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce plans to speed up the diagnosis of dementia sufferers needing personal care.

(9033)

150
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist dementia care services in Coventry have been developed recently.

(9032)

151
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent measures have been introduced to support the elderly suffering with dementia.

(9030)

152
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance he has provided to charitable providers of housing, care and support for the elderly in the last year.

(9031)

153
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the extra money for child and adolescent mental health services announced in February 1999 has so far been spent; and where and when.

(9527)

154
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many secure mental health beds there were (a) in April 1997, (b) in April 2001 and (c) at the latest available date.

(9525)

155
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in meeting the Public Service Agreement Target of reducing nationally the emergency psychiatric re-admission rate; if he will make a statement.

(9521)

156
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in meeting his mental health target to reduce the 1997 death rate from suicide and undetermined injury; and if he will make a statement.

(9526)

157
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis received early and intensive support in 2000-01; and if he will make a statement on progress against his target for 2004.

(9523)

158
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women-only mental health day centres have been established under the NHS Plan.

(9522)

159
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many early intervention mental health teams have been established.

(9524)

160
   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care peri-natal beds there were in each health authority, in each of the past 10 years.

(9767)

161
   Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the full cost is of providing an hearing aid.

(9596)

162
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made since April of international research on the health effect of living close to overhead transmission lines; and what review he plans of the health effects of pylons on human beings.

(9650)

163
   Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many child deaths have been notified under Part 8 reviews under the Working Together Guidance of the Children Act in which domestic violence was involved, in the past six years.

(9608)

164
   Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been killed since 1st January 1995 during contact visits with violent parents in England and Wales; how many children have been killed since 1st January 1995 in circumstances where the parents had separated due to domestic violence and were disputing contact or residence in England and Wales; what the names and ages of each child killed were; and in how many of these cases contact or residence orders had been made by the courts.

(9610)

165
   Mr Mike O'Brien (North Warwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure improvements take place in the running of Coventry and Warwickshire University Hospital Trust following the publication of the recent report by the Commission for Health Improvement.

(9743)

166
N   Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to take steps to confiscate the assets of serious criminals.

(5152)

167
   Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables (a) were recruited to and (b) left the West Midlands Force in each of the last five years.

(9620)

168
   Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases foreign governments have asked for assistance in returning fugitives resident in the UK (a) generally and (b) for terrorist offences in each of the last five years.

(9621)

169
N   Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the street price and purity of (a) cocaine and (b) heroin in the last 10 years.

(9464)

170
N   Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the NCIS has made about the effects of the action in Afghanistan on the UK market for illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement.

(9465)

171
   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) special constables there were in Sussex in each of the last 10 years.

(9766)

172
N   Phil Hope (Corby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisons have work training and job kiosks; and what plans he has to extend these initiatives across the prison estate.

(5143)

173
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinian mandate refugees and their descendants are living in the United Kingdom; and if he will bring forward proposals to give them permanent refugee status.

(8119)

174
   Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make funding available to voluntary bodies for the costs of starting up and administering a registered body disclosure service with the Criminal Records Bureau.

(9606)

175
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much economic aid has been given to Russia in the last three years; and in what programmes her Department is involved in that country.

(9027)

176
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will (a) support the Microcredit programme and (b) propose an increase in the level of UN funding for it; and if she will make a statement.

(9029)

177
   Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) men and (b) women (i) applied to join, (ii) were appointed to and (iii) left the Dudley magistracy in each of the last five years.

(9623)

178
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what special arrangements he has made for the issue of death certificates to relatives of UK citizens killed abroad following the terrorist attacks in the United States.

(9274)

179
N   Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the delays to the arrangements of early listing dates in cases where the Crown Prosecution Service and the police have not prepared statements and arranged for witnesses to be available before pleas are entered.

(9275)

180
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the average amount of money outstanding in maintenance arrears in respect of maintenance defaulters who have appeared before Huntingdon Family Proceedings Court in 2001.

(9397)

181
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the total amount of money owed in respect of arrears of maintenance under orders registered at Peterborough Magistrates' Court.

(9396)

182
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many arrest warrants not backed for bail were issued by family proceedings courts in Cambridgeshire in 2001; how many such warrants were executed and how many remain unexecuted; and if he will make a statement.

(9395)

183
   Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has make proposals to the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons on submitting parliamentary questions by electronic means.

(9611)

184
   Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the President of the Council, what plans he has to make proposals to the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons on webcasting the business of the House.

(9612)

185
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met Lord Haskins to discuss the impact of foot and mouth disease in Cumbria; and when he next plans to do so.

(7523)

186
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the Cabinet Secretary has established an investigation into civil service procedures and relations with special advisers.

(9637)

187
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, when he last spoke to the Minister for Local Government and the Regions.

(9635)

188
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he has communicated with the Minister for Local Government and the Regions concerning the latter's 12th September press release on councillors' allowances.

(9636)

189
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions he has spoken to the Secretary of State for Tranport since 10th September; and what matters were discussed.

(9632)

190
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish new guidance to special advisers on their relations with officials and the media.

(9638)

191
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 1165, if people serving in his Office requested the resignation of Jo Moore, adviser to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and Regions; and if he will make a statement.

(9276)

192
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Prime Minister, if the information released by Her Majesty's Government to the British media, during an official briefing in Oman on 10th October, entitled 'Defeating Terrorism: Campaign Objectives' is identical to the document placed in the Library on 16th October, entitled 'Defeating International Terrorism: Campaign Objectives'.

(9462)

193
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the most recent projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the completion of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick Airport is.

(9200)

194
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the projected capital cost of the proposed new air traffic control centre at Prestwick Airport is; and how much of this budget had been spent as at 16th October.

(9201)

195
   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Scotland began its review of Scottish constituencies; when she expects to receive its report; and if she will make a statement.

(9740)

196
   Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to enhance the role of regional development agencies.

(9619)

197
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report by the Office for Civil Nuclear Security on nuclear security.

(8235)

198
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the terms of reference for the review of nuclear security being conducted by the OCNS include the security implications of comissioning the Sellafield MOX plant and the transportation of MOX fuel to overseas customers.

(8236)

199
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the availability of funds to Cumbria Business Link.

(7525)

200
   Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to introduce regulations tightening controls on pyramid investment schemes.

(9622)

201
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what provisions have been made to make use of reserves of coal in the UK that are readily available.

(9144)

202
N   Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress the Small Business Service has made in identifying barriers faced by women and ethnic minority entrepeneurs since April 2000; and what action has been taken as a result.

(8239)

203
   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) Crown post offices and (b) sub post offices have closed in Sussex in each of the last 10 years.

(9769)

204
   Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when he plans to start implementing the End of Vehicle Life Directive.

(9597)

205
   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will review the Government's policy on the future construction of pylons in this country on the basis of international research published since April.

(9651)

206
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the textile industry regarding the Climate Change Levy; and if she will make a statement.

(9206)

207
   Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will lay before the House the order to establish the renewable obligation on electricity suppliers; and if she will make a statement.

(9764)

208
   Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if legislation is required to allow offshore wind farms to be built in British waters more than 12 miles from the coastline; and if she will make a statement.

(9765)

209
   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will hold a public inquiry into the Cefn Croer windfarm proposals.

(9604)

210
N   David Winnick (Walsall North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Minister of State intends to meet with parliamentary colleagues to discuss the Government's response to the Herriot-Watt report on mineshafts.

(9348)

211
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive proposals on the pay levels of haulage workers.

(9660)

212
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Working Time Directive proposals to increase night time working restrictions will have on distribution and deliveries of basic goods to rural areas.

(9659)

213
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made of the impact of the Working Time Directive on the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement.

(9658)

214
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many representations the Government has received from (a) individuals in the coastguard service and (b) others calling for greater coastguard cover around South East Scotland in the last 12 months.

(9662)

215
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps the Government will take to maintain a comprehensive coastguard service for South East Scotland.

(9663)

216
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Working Time Directive proposals to increase night time working restrictions on day time traffic congestion.

(9661)

217
   Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the availability of funding for council house modernisation and repair in local authorities where tenants have voted against stock transfers.

(9624)

218
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he discussed the timing of announcements on councillors' expenses with the Minister for Local Govenment and the Regions on (a) 11th and (b) 12th September.

(9633)

219
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what conversations he has had with the Minister for Local Government and the Regions regarding the latter's press release dated 12th September relating to councillors' expenses.

(9634)

220
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the replies to the e-mail sent to officials in his Department by Jo Moore at 14.55 pm on 11th September.

(9630)

221
   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the e-mails sent to officials in his Department by Jo Moore on the 11th and 12th September.

(9631)

222
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 the management information systems used by foundations; and when it is planned to be fully implemented.

(9546)

223
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what funding has been made available to foundations in advance of their annual budget for the delivery of help to home improvement agencies.

(9545)

224
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how he will ensure that sheltered accommodation tenants do not lose out financially when the care component is separated from a rent arrangement.

(9544)

225
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what account he has taken of the age profile and social grouping of areas as part of a mapping exercise in advance of the introduction of the Supporting People initiative.

(9531)

226
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he has taken to ensure in advance of the introduction of the Supporting People initiatives that existing standards of provision and care will be maintained.

(9532)

227
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that building regulations limit the compartment size for single storey warehouse, distribution and storage premises.

(8229)

228
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to require all warehouse, distribution and storage premises to use non-combustible cores in the sandwich panels used in such buildings.

(8231)

229
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many fires have taken place in warehouse, distribution and other storage premises since 1990.

(8233)

230
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the cost of requiring new warehouse, storage and distribution buildings to install sprinkler systems.

(8228)

231
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to require the installation of sprinklers in warehouse, distribution and storage premises where compartment sizes exceed 2,000 sq. metres.

(8230)

232
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public since 1990 of fighting fires in warehouse, distribution and storage premises.

(8232)

233
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Strategic Rail Authority's report on the Central Railway project.

(9198)

234
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his holding Answers of 17th October on specialist advisers, by when he intends to reply.

(9466)

235
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he authorised the publication of DTLR press release on (a) councillor allowances and (b) councillor pensions and the Regional Planning Internal Advice Guidance for the South West on 12th September; and what conversations he had with his special advisor, Jo Moore, concerning the publication of those press notices.

(9192)

236
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of email correspondence between Jo Moore and officials in his Department relating to news which they wanted to bury subsequent to the attacks on the World Trade Centre; and if he will make a statement.

(9191)

237
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he first advised (a) Treasury officials and (b) officials in his Department that his preferred option was to put Railtrack into administration.

(8696)

238
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he plans to announce the successor to Sir Alistair Morton as Chairman of the SRA.

(8695)

239
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice he has received regarding the value of the first phase of CTRL to Railtrack Group plc.

(8692)

240
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date he first obtained legal advice regarding the possibility of putting Railtrack into administration.

(8691)

241
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has appointed headhunters to advise on future appointments to the successor body to Railtrack.

(8919)

242
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the latest estimate is of the cost of building the next phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between Ebbsfleet and Kings Cross.

(8694)

243
N   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice he has received regarding the financial viability of the next phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between Ebbsfleet and Kings Cross.

(8693)

244
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contacts he has authorised between his special advisers and the media since 7th June in relation to Railtrack.

(9189)

245
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of studies into the transmission of disease through the air filter systems of passenger aircraft; and if he will make a statement.

(9615)

246
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will seek an international agreement to speed up the replacement of air filters on passenger aircraft.

(9616)

247
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the replacement of aircraft air filters; and if he will make a statement.

(9614)

248
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria his Department uses for the approval of bypasses.

(9664)

249
N   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people his Department employed, expressed as full time equivalents, and what was the total cost of employing them in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001 to date.

(9190)

250
   John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action the Government is taking to help create new job opportunities in East Central Scotland.

(9656)

251
   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on investigation into the Warwick Group Pension Scheme, the Delenholt Pension and Life Assurance Scheme and the Warwick Sport and Leisure Ltd Retirement Benefits Scheme, including actions by (a) the Pensions Ombudsman and (b) the independent trustees (i) in respect of these schemes and (ii) in respect of the former trustees Norman and Simon Gidney.

(9652)

252
   Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the progress of investigations into the Cheney Pension Scheme and the actions of Kevin Gordon Sykes.

(9653)

253
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have claimed income support in each quarter since August 1996, broken down by lone parents with (a) at least one child under five and (b) all children over five years.

(9645)

254
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those on the New Deal for Lone parents left for employment in the last 12 months, broken down by region.

(9641)

255
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many left the New Deal for Lone Parents whose youngest child is aged (a) five to 11 and (b) 11 to 16 years in each year since the inception of the New Deal, broken down by destination.

(9643)

256
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of lone parents participating in the One Programme has obtained employment.

(9644)

257
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many participants in the New Deal for Lone Parents have obtained places on (a) Employment Service programmes, (b) work based learning for adult programmes and (c) other training programmes since the inception of the New Deal; and if he will give a breakdown of the qualifications obtained in each case.

(9639)

258
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effects of the New Deal for Lone Parents on levels of employment and benefit take up amongst lone parents.

(9680)

259
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons have left the New Deal for people aged 50 and above for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for People Aged 50+ and (ii) leaving the New Deal for People Aged 50+ for employment in each year since the inception of the New Deal.

(9683)

260
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons have left the New Deal for Lone Parents for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in Government departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents and (ii) leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents for employment; how many joined each Government department in each year since its inception.

(9682)

261
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have had income support reduced as a sanction under the New Deal for Lone Parents; and what provision is made for sanctions to be applied in the case of lone parents who attend interviews but decline to co-operate in the process of looking for work.

(9678)

262
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those leaving the New Deal for Lone Parents left to enter (a) jobs lasting less than 13 weeks, (b) sustained jobs and (c) jobs lasting more than 26 weeks.

(9681)

263
   Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons left the New Deal for Disabled People for (a) employment and (b) sustained employment in government departments; what proportion such persons represent of the total number of persons (i) leaving the New Deal for Disabled People and (ii) leaving the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since its ineption.

(9642)

264
N   Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the work of SEMA doctors for the Benefits Agency in south Cumbria.

(7524)

265
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much benefit was recovered from accident victims by way of recoupment from damages awards in each of the last four years.

(9609)

266
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to investigate the allegations of benefit fraud committed by a person whose name has been communicated to him; and if he will make a statement.

(9640)

267
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the budget for (a) the current fiscal year and (b) the next five years for (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland for departmental spending by his Department.

(9398)

268
   Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held with the Scottish Executive concerning continued payment of attendance allowance to those recipients who will become eligible for free personal care in Scotland from April 2002.

(9742)

269
   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to improve the knowledge of doctors representing the Benefits Agency regarding the condition known as Fibromydgia Syndrome; and if he will ensure that information relating to the illness is sent to all appropriate agencies.

(9741)

270
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the outcome of a work-focused interview for incapacity benefit claimants in pilot areas for the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001 will influence the timing of a claimant's next personal capability assessment.

(9537)

271
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the effect will be on incapacity benefit entitlement where an incapacity benefit recipient applies for employment following a work-focused interview; and if the fact that the application has been made will have any bearing on the outcome of any future personal capability assessment.

(9534)

272
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it is his intention that, after a work-focused interview for an incapacity benefit claimant there will be continued one to one contact between the interviewer and the claimant for provision of future advice and guidance; and if he will make a statement.

(9535)

273
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the level of contact anticipated between a work-focused interviewer and a Personal Capability Assessment Medical Examiner for incapacity benefit claimants in pilot areas for the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001; and if records from work-focused interviews will be available to PCA examiners.

(9536)

274
N   Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is his intended timetable for allowing local authorities to receive permissive powers to allow agency and contractor staff to determine benefit claims.

(9543)

275
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about police numbers in Sussex.

[Question Unstarred] (5148)

276
N   Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the manpower level of police is in London; and if he will make a statement.

[Question Unstarred] (5154)

277
   Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research he has undertaken to ensure that the pension credit is sufficiently easy to understand by the target market.

[Transferred] (9744)

278
   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will abolish the charitable status for independent schools.

[Transferred] (9594)

279
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will provide assistance to homes which have radon concentrations higher than the action level.

[Transferred] (9599)

280
   Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries were caused by fireworks in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (9603)

281
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is towards byelaw applications seeking to ban dogs from (a) beaches, (b) public parks and (c) other areas; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (9667)

282
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many byelaw applications from local authorities there were in each of the past five years, broken down by category, indicating in each case if they were approved.

[Transferred] (9666)

283
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria his Department uses to judge byelaw applications from local authorities.

[Transferred] (9665)

284
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many byelaw applications from local authorities her Department has turned down that sought to ban dogs from (a) beaches, (b) public parks and (c) other areas, for each of the last five years, indicating her reasons for those decisions.

[Transferred] (9668)

285
   Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to allow local authorities to determine byelaws banning dogs from public places without reference to her Department; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (9669)