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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 23 October 2001 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 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.

TUESDAY 23rd OCTOBER
1   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9237)
2   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department during the Summer recess.
	(9236)
3   N	Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first successful wireless transmission across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
	(8713)
4   N	Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many flats in the Royal palaces are occupied by persons other than the Royal Family.
	(8240)
5	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the economic state of the tourism sectors in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) England; and what measures she is proposing to assist the tourism industry.
	(9848)
6   N	Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to change the role of the English Tourist Council.
	(9715)
7   N	Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to help the tourist industry recover from the effects of foot and mouth disease and the events of 11th September.
	(9714)
8   N	Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will implement the recommendations of the Fourth Report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, HC 2000-01, 430.
	(9713)
9   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the memorandum of understanding between the UK and US governments in respect of RAF Menwith Hill was signed; and what expiry date was set for this memorandum.
	(8772)
10   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the total cost to date of Operation Enduring Freedom; and how much of the total cost has been met from pre-set departmental budgets.
	(8769)
11   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the states with whom reciprocal arrangements exist for the exchange of material and information relating to them held at Porton Down.
	(8771)
12   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which states (a) biological and (b) chemical material have been supplied from Porton Down since 1990.
	(8770)
13   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9235)
14   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Merlin helicopters will be delivered to the Royal Navy in each of the next three years.
	(9696)
15   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots have been trained to fly the Merlin helicopter.
	(9694)
16   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Merlin helicopters will be deployed on an operational basis with the Royal Navy.
	(9697)
17   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Navy's inventory of Merlin helicopters is; and how many are operational.
	(9695)
18	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have been recruited from overseas to fill teaching posts in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in East Sussex in the past year.
	(9860)
19	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans there are to establish a new (a) university and (b) higher education college in East Sussex.
	(9859)
20	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much was paid to each local education authority in England from the Music Standards Fund in each year since 1999.
	(9886)
21	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what is (a) the itinerary for and (b) the cost of the visit of the Schools Minister to Brazil of 6th and 7th December.
	(9887)
22	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her written Answer of 16th October, Official Report, column 1188W, on the morning-after pill, (a) how many times school nurses have issued emergency contraception and (b) how many girls have been given emergency contraception by school nurses, broken down by the age of the girl.
	(9924)
23   N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action is being taken to increase the level of (a) curricular and (b) extra curricular sports activities in schools.
	(9028)
24	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers there are, broken down by age, school results and local education authorities.
	(9883)
25	Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to support the Aiding Communication in Education Centre North.
	(9815)
26   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department during the Summer recess.
	(9234)
27   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will take steps to ensure that the UK upper secondary school teachers starting salary meets the OECD mean average; and if she will make a statement.
	(8314)
28	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she proposes to ensure that scientists involved in public research into food safety are adequately qualified.
	(9920)
29	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the safety of United Kingdom produced lamb products in baby foods.
	(9913)
30	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she received (a) the Report of the Rural Task Force and (b) Lord Haskins' Report on Rural Recovery after Foot and Mouth Disease.
	(9919)
31	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the results of the inquiries into the errors made by the Institute of Animal Health in relation to BSE in sheep will be made public.
	(9914)
32	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she first was informed of the results of the tests conducted by the Laboratory of the Government Scientist in relation to BSE in sheep; and if she will make a statement.
	(9916)
33	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will made a statement on the safety of British lamb.
	(9915)
34	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to conduct further research into whether BSE is present in the national sheep flock; and if she will made a statement.
	(9918)
35	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what inquiries have been commissioned into the results of the Institute of Animal Health in relation to BSE in sheep; and if she will made a statement.
	(9921)
36	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis the time of publication of the findings of the Government Scientist in relation to the work of the Institute of Animal Health on BSE in sheep was decided.
	(9917)
37	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when copies of (a) the Report of the Rural Task Force and (b) Lord Haskins' Report were made available to the media.
	(9922)
38	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish an independent inquiry into the failure of the research into whether BSE is present in sheep.
	(9912)
39	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the environmental implications of the manufacture of MOX fuel at Sellafield.
	(9928)
40	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conclusions her Department has reached about objections raised by (a) the Irish Government and (b) others to the MOX plant at Sellafield.
	(9929)
41	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) risk assessment and (b) additional consideration her Department has given to the risk of suicide terrorist attacks on shipments of plutonium since 11th September.
	(9931)
42	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual generators there were; what was the installed capacity of combined heat and power; and how much total power was generated from combined heat and power in each month between January 2000 and October 2001.
	(9936)
43	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further measures the Government will introduce to encourage the installation of combined heat and power to ensure that its target is reached by 2010.
	(9933)
44	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government's Combined Heat and Power strategy will be published.
	(9932)
45	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sheep, on how many farms, are subject to restrictions resulting from the fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, broken down by region.
	(9938)
46	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of combined heat and power capacity has been lost since the introduction of the New Electricity Trading Arrangements in March.
	(9935)
47	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the installed capacity for combined heat and power; and how much her Department estimates this installed capacity will be in (a) 2005 and (b) 2010.
	(9934)
48	Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the implications for the Government's Climate Change Strategy of electricity generation from combined heat and power.
	(9937)
49   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the case for sending only locally-based DEFRA personnel and vehicles to farms in south Cumbria; and if she will make a statement.
	(7526)
50   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many DEFRA personnel (a) are working for all or most of the time in south Cumbria and (b) are based there.
	(7527)
51   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department during the Summer recess.
	(9233)
52	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the cases of FMD in sheep in Wales were diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms alone; and how many were confirmed positive by laboratory tests.
	(9852)
53	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations the Government has received about a public inquiry into the handling of the foot and mouth disease outbreak.
	(9850)
54	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the announcement of the results of her Department's tests into evidence for BSE in sheep has been postponed.
	(9854)
55   N	Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will claim the available EU agrimonetary compensation for arable farmers before 31st October.
	(9712)
56	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase the use of biomass as a fuel for energy production.
	(9946)
57	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to use the methane gas emitted from landfill sites as a potential fuel source.
	(9948)
58	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on methods used for recycling industrial waste.
	(9949)
59	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the environmental impact of nuclear power generation.
	(9942)
60	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to encourage the use of reconstituted building materials.
	(9947)
61	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the total cost of nuclear production.
	(9941)
62   N	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will draw down the EU share, and pay the UK share, of the (a) first and (b) second tranche of aid on AAPS 2000 payments before 31st October.
	(9709)
63   N	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter sent to her on 1st August by the honourable Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
	(9711)
64   N	John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from the First Minister for Scotland, about the payment of arable agrimoney; and if she will make a statement.
	(9710)
65   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on adopting the regulations based on the Copenhagen charter on safer chemicals.
	(8316)
66   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department has tested and analysed the quality of (a) the holding lakes either side of Faggs Road and Princes Lake, Bedfont, (b) the River Crane and (c) drinking water supplied to London residents in the last 12 months.
	(8304)
67	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) the Scottish Rural Development Department on the matter of agri-monetary compensation; and what her response was.
	(9841)
68	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much EU agri-monetary compensation is available to be applied for on behalf of UK arable farmers.
	(9845)
69	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will apply for agri-monetary compensation for arable farmers before 31st October; and if she will make a statement.
	(9842)
70	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Scottish arable farmers have been compensated from European agri-monetary compensation.
	(9843)
71	Mr Michael Weir (Angus):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the EU to access agri-monetary compensation for arable farmers; when she made them; and with what results.
	(9844)
72	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the reasons for testers confusing sheep and bovine brains.
	(9865)
73	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks will be made on grain imports to prevent terrorists from polluting them with disease-bearing spores.
	(9866)
74	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to commission further research into sheep brains and BSE.
	(9867)
75	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of Meat Hygiene Service charges on the profitability and operation of small-to-medium sized abattoirs.
	(9806)
76	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to take further steps to control the spread of bovine TB.
	(9805)
77	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her priorities are for the next reform of the Common Agricultural Policy dairy regime.
	(9803)
78	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to re-instate the taskforces on hill and dairy farming and the supply chain; and when she expects them to publish their evidence.
	(9799)
79	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of farmers to afford adequate veterinary care for their animals.
	(9801)
80	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the planned increase in funding for organic conversion will keep up with the projected increase in demand for organic produce.
	(9804)
81	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Government issues to consumers wishing to avoid imported beef when it is included in products that do not make the country of origin clear.
	(9800)
82	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the crisis in agriculture on farm workers' annual incomes.
	(9802)
83	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to claim the outstanding arable agrimonetary compensation packages for which farmers are eligible before the closing date.
	(9798)
84	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total staff costs in real terms; and how many staff were employed, by all official bodies described as regulators in each year since May 1997.
	(9927)
85	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what were the (a) individual and (b) total costs to HM Government of official bodies classified as regulators for each year since May 1997, including predictions for 2002.
	(9930)
86	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his target of increasing health spending to the EU average includes raising non-Government health spending to average EU levels.
	(9925)
87	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is taking to restrain the costs of official bodies classified as regulators.
	(9926)
88   N	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the number of Customs and Excise officers in the Orkney and Shetland Isles.
	(9220)
89   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had since June relating to Scottish Bus Group pensioners.
	(9215)
90   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what way the circumstances of the National Bus Group pension fund differ from those of the Scottish Transport Group pension fund as far as taxation of the surpluses thereof is concerned.
	(9214)
91   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase excise duties.
	(9217)
92   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Baird Report on Equitable Life was made available by the Treasury to Lord Penrose.
	[R] (9216)
93   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9223)
94   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change government policy following HM Customs and Excise's consultation on a flat-rate VAT scheme for small firms.
	(9777)
95   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have responded to HM Customs and Excise's consultation on a flat-rate VAT scheme for small firms.
	(9774)
96   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation documents have been issued by (a) his Department, (b) HM Customs and Excise and (c) HM Inland Revenue since 1st April 2000; and if he will list in each case the opening and closing dates of the consultation.
	(9776)
97   N	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the responses to HM Customs and Excise's consultations on a flat-rate VAT scheme for small firms.
	(9775)
98	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his European colleagues on the Tobin tax; and if he will make a statement.
	(9849)
99	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long discussions have been continuing with the National Assembly for Wales on fiscal variations; what recent discussions have been held on the subject; and when he will announce conclusions.
	(9846)
100	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the first ministers and others from the devolved administrations in relation to UK entry into the euro-zone and their role in a referendum on that question.
	(9847)
101   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Treasury (a) told the Bank of England about the co-ordinated interest rate cuts following the events of September 11th and (b) discussed British response with the Bank.
	(9772)
102   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Treasury has recently varied the instructions to the Bank of England to allow reductions in interest rates to stimulate economic activity.
	(9773)
103	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action he is taking to help working families tax credit recipients who have been refused a mortgage because of the reluctance of mortgage providers to count WFTC payments as income.
	(9814)
104   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9232)
105   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement regarding the release of Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese Hizbollah.
	(8315)
106   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the situation in Zimbabwe.
	(8303)
107   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent report compiled by Earthrights International regarding the activities of Premier Oil in Burma; and if he will make a statement.
	(8712)
108   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterparts concerning the sentencing to death of Dr Yunis Shaikh for blasphemy on 18th August.
	(8307)
109   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on (a) the most recent talks between the EU and Chinese regarding Tibet and (b) the situation of Chadrel Rinpoche, Gedun Choekyi, Ngawang Sangdrol, Ngawang Choephel and the anniversary monks.
	(8310)
110	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his written Answer of 15th October, Official Report, column 1027-8 W, on beta interferon, what estimate he has made of the annual additional cost of prescribing beta interferon to 12 per cent. of British sufferers from multiple sclerosis.
	(9923)
111   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential homes (a) in the private sector and (b) owned by local authorities have closed since 1st May 1997.
	(8922)
112   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have sold their homes since 1st May 1997 to fund their (a) residential home care and (b) residential nursing home care.
	(8923)
113   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential nursing homes have closed since 1st May 1997; and how many beds have been lost.
	(8920)
114   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential home beds (a) in the private sector and (b) owned by local authorities have been closed since 1st May 1997.
	(8921)
115   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals in each year since 1st May 1997 to the latest available date were living in (a) residential care homes and (b) residential nursing care homes; and in each category how many were (i) self-funding the fees, (ii) partially funding the fees and (iii) being funded wholly by the state.
	(8924)
116   N	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of stay of a resident in an (a) residential care home and (b) residential nursing care home is in the last 12 months.
	(8925)
117   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9231)
118   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the provision of secretarial cover to hospital consultants during periods of absence by permanent secretarial staff.
	(9698)
119   N	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been to the estimated number of people in England to benefit from the pilot project in digital hearing aids since 18th January 2000.
	(9692)
120   N	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many digital hearing aids have been fitted under the NHS's pilot project on hearing services to date.
	(9691)
121	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what examination he has made of the use made by acute hospital trusts of the money given to ward managers for ward improvements.
	(9868)
122   N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will allow people on incapacity benefit to receive free prescriptions.
	(8506)
123   N	Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent of non-use of prescriptions by citizens on incapacity benefit who cannot afford the charges.
	(8507)
124	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to deal with changes in the incidence of meningitis in the last four years.
	(9855)
125	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of coronary heart disease among women and men broken down by UK standard region was (a) in the last 12 months and (b) (i) 10, (ii) 20 and (iii) 30 years ago.
	(9853)
126	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to inform the medical profession of the Government's anti-bioterrorism strategy.
	(9857)
127   N	Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the question from honourable Member for Birmingham Edgbaston to which he gave holding replies in July.
	(9705)
128	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement about the treatment in the NHS available to sufferers of lymphoedea.
	(9818)
129	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables are to be assigned to the Senlac Division (a) this year and (b) in the next five years.
	(9863)
130	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homicides there were of a child aged under one, broken down by the relationship of the victim to the principal suspect; and how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of such offences in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(9882)
131   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9230)
132   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department during the Summer recess.
	(9229)
133	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department made to the World Food Programme and other agencies for famine relief and food distribution in North Korea in the last financial year.
	(9816)
134	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are taken to monitor the distribution of food for famine relief by the agencies responsible in North Korea.
	(9819)
135	Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are taken by the World Food Programme and other multilateral agencies that distribute famine relief in North Korea to ensure that the food is consumed by those for whom it is intended.
	(9817)
136   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the TRIPS council between WTO member states on 19th September
	(8313)
137   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her Argentinian counterparts regarding the imprisonment of a group of Argentinian farmers who grew British hemp seed certified for industrial purposes only; and if she will make a statement.
	(8308)
138   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department plans to achieve at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg; and if she will make a statement.
	(8311)
139   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consultation she (a) has had and (b) will have with (i) the Department for the Environment and (ii) non-governmental organisations regarding the UK's proposals for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development.
	(8312)
140   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the compatability of the libel laws and Articles 6 and 10 of the Human Rights Convention.
	(9104)
141   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9228)
142	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many quality marked community legal service providers are able to provide interpreting services for deaf clients; and what plans he has to increase this number.
	(9876)
143	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will give the reasons for the decision of the prison service in Northern Ireland to withdraw the royal prefix from letter headings of H.M. Prison Maghaberry.
	(9872)
144   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9227)
145   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of running the Strategic Communications Unit in the financial year 2000-01.
	(8767)
146   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, in respect of visits abroad undertaken on his behalf by (a) Lord Levy and (b) the Right honourable Member for Hartlepool, and if it is his policy to inform the Foreign Office of such visits in advance.
	(8773)
147   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the overseas missions undertaken on his behalf since 7th June by (a) Lord Levy and (b) the Right honourable Member for Hartlepool, listing in each case (i) persons and places visited, (ii) the reason for the visits and (iii) the cost to public funds.
	(8774)
148   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will issue guidance to Ministers to ensure the practice of timing the release of information with a view to minimising coverage of that information is discontinued.
	(8768)
149   N	Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland & Lonsdale):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the allocation of Ministerial responsibilities for aspects of regional government.
	(7528)
150   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department during the Summer recess.
	(9226)
151	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Solicitor General, if he will list the persons who accompanied him on his visit to Brazil for 30th July to 1st August; and what was the cost of the visit.
	(9888)
152	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Solicitor General, what was (a) the itinerary of and (b) the cost of the visit of the Attorney General to Brazil on 18th to 24th September 2000.
	(9889)
153	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the (a) the itinerary for and (b) the cost was of the Secretary of State's visit to Brazil on 15th to 19th October 2000.
	(9890)
154	Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the potential of the environmental industries to generate economic development.
	(9821)
155   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices (a) opened and (b) closed in Scotland in each of the last three years.
	(9219)
156   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans have been put forward by (a) the Scottish Executive, (b) the Welsh Assembly and (c) regional development agencies for the fund designed to develop innovative schemes to extend broadband networks.
	(9278)
157   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on which areas of the United Kingdom do not have access to broadband technologies.
	(9277)
158   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department during the Summer recess.
	(9225)
159   N	Nick Harvey (North Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans his Department has made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first successful wireless transmission across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
	(8714)
160	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the difficulties faced by the deaf population with regard to the use of public telephone kiosks, with special reference to the 999 emergency telephone service; and what plans she has to look at improvements which could be made.
	(9875)
161   N	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list which countries in the EU have decided on the start date for the implementation of the End of Vehicle Life Directive; and if she will make a statement.
	(9690)
162   N	Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment his Department has made of the implementation of the End of Vehicle Life Directive on MG Rover.
	(9693)
163	Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ensure that consumers of gas and electricity who are wrongly transferred from their supplier are compensated for resulting loss and inconvenience.
	(9871)
164   N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) medical examinations by doctors and (b) screening tests by nurses were carried out at Healthcall's Screening Centre at Grosvenor Road in Wrexham in each month between June and September inclusive.
	(8711)
165	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many ex-trawlermen whose claims are outstanding have died since the fishermen's compensation scheme was announced.
	(9869)
166	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress his Department has made in the investigation of equal pay claims made by colliery canteen workers in Bassetlaw.
	(9880)
167	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many businesses in Bassetlaw constituency have been (a) assisted and (b) established by the Small Business Service in the last year.
	(9879)
168	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many compensation claims made by miners suffering from vibration white finger and mining-related lung diseases are still waiting to be processed; and how many of the claimants in this group have received an interim payment, in Bassetlaw constituency.
	(9881)
169	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many compensation payments to sick miners and their dependants for (a) vibration white finger and (b) respiratory diseases have been made by means of (i) fast track settlements and (ii) full settlements, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
	(9851)
170	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contingency plans she has to deal with an oil shortage.
	(9943)
171	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on OPEC's oil reserves.
	(9945)
172   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to make a decision on the Ilisu Dam project.
	(8309)
173   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many retired coal miners in each of the last five years died before industrial illness compensation was paid to them.
	(8508)
174	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what funding will be made available from the Government for the planned improvements to Bexhill and Cooden Beach stations.
	(9861)
175	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the refurbishments to Bexhill station will be completed.
	(9862)
176	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was (a) the itinerary for and (b) the cost of the Minister for Housing's visit to Brazil of 4th to 8th November 2000.
	(9891)
177	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the recent Railtrack developments on the timetable and content of Govia's existing franchise and the timetable and content of Govia's proposed franchise.
	(9894)
178	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research his Department has conducted into the applicability of the proposed not-for-profit Railtrack model for re-organising London Underground.
	(9893)
179	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he made of the impact on the timetable and content of Govia's recently awarded franchise and the timetable and content of Govia's proposed new franchise of his decision on Railtrack before the announcements on its future.
	(9895)
180	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research his Department has conducted into the impact a not-for-profit Railtrack will have on rail safety, reliability, ability to raise funds for investment purposes, and its own public acceptability.
	(9892)
181	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many children in local authority care were placed in bed and breakfast accommodation alone in the last year, broken down by local authority.
	(9820)
182   N	Mr Don Foster (Bath):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list (a) the promotional material relating to airport security prepared by his Department, its predecessors or agencies offered for potential broadcast on TV, radio or in cinemas since 11th September, indicating which have been broadcast by whom and when and (b) programmes, companies and organisations which have refused to broadcast such material; and if he will make a statement.
	(9467)
183   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9224)
184	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if local authorities are obliged to adhere to a minimum standard of service provision with regard to providing interpretation services for deaf residents.
	(9878)
185	Kate Hoey (Vauxhall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to implement a London-wide translation service for deaf residents.
	(9877)
186   N	Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the standard spending assessment for highways and transport per kilometre of (a) principal and (b) non-principal road, in each shire county in England in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
	(7963)
187	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ask Lord Cullen to review his recommendations set out in The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry, Part 2 Report to take account of Railtrack plc being replaced by a government-owned non profit-making company.
	(9825)
188	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he made of the financial position of Railtrack before deciding to apply for an administration order.
	(9833)
189	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what meetings he held with officials from the IPPR to discuss their model for a not for profit trust prior to his decision to take Railtrack into administration.
	(9835)
190	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Safety & Standards Directorate of Railtrack will be transferred to the new railway industry safety body.
	(9824)
191	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has received confirmation from the European Commission that his plans for Railtrack are compatible with European law.
	(9829)
192	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he informed the Rail Regulator of his Department's discussions with (a) passenger rail franchisees and (b) train operating companies for taking over responsibility for operating and maintaining railway infrastructure in the areas where they run train services.
	(9632)
193	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if Railtrack's administrators will be permitted to dispose of non-operational assets and return the proceeds of any such disposals to Railtrack's shareholders.
	(9828)
194	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information was given by his officials to Railtrack executives in their meeting on 3rd October about his intentions to take Railtrack into administration.
	(9840)
195	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of written statements from Railtrack substantiating its requests for extra subsidy and (b) an analysis of the decisions of the Regulator on such funds.
	(9837)
196	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what role Ms Jo Moore played in the decision to take Railtrack into administration; and what advice she gave about how to break the news to the media.
	(9836)
197	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much funding is necessary to provide the signalling and safety equipment suggested by the Cullen Inquiry into the Ladbroke Grove accident; and over what period he expects this funding to be delivered.
	(9839)
198	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he informed Lord Cullen of the possibility of Railtrack being placed in railway administration and being replaced by a non profit-making company prior to the publication of The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry, Part 2 Report.
	(9826)
199	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he informed the Strategic Rail Authority of his Department's discussions with (a) passenger rail franchisees and (b) train operating companies to take over responsibility for operating and maintaining railway infrastructure in the areas where they run train services.
	(9831)
200	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he had meetings with the Chairman of Railtrack between 25th July and 5th October.
	(9834)
201	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when and how he informed the Strategic Rail Authority of his decision (a) to put Railtrack into railway administration and (b) to replace it with a government-owned non profit-making company.
	(9830)
202	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how he intends to deliver the planned private investment in the railway set out in the 10 year Transport Plan.
	(9838)
203	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from City firms about future private investment in the national railway network since 11th September.
	(9858)
204	Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will provide Railtrack plc with sufficient funds to complete the modernisation of train protection systems.
	(9627)
205	Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will publish the report he commissioned on the impact of the Government's area-based initiatives.
	(9856)
206   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will announce the proposed new structure for the successor company to Railtrack plc; and if he will consult on the options.
	(9779)
207   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money is to be made available to Railtrack plc in adminstration and its successor in the (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 financial years; and when the next payment is due.
	(9782)
208   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much private finance has been raised for public sector transport activities in the last month; and how much he plans to raise by the end of this financial year.
	(9778)
209   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what decision-making structure has been put in place to decide on new investment plans by Railtrack plc in administration.
	(9781)
210   N	Mr John Redwood (Wokingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the cash needs of Railtrack plc (a) between now and its next year-end and (b) for the following year; and how much of this will be supplied by the Treasury.
	(9780)
211	Mr Andrew Rosindell (Romford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what has been the total cost of the Stingray camera system for combating vehicles excise duty evasion.
	(9884)
212   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the decision made after the events of 11th September to re-route flights away from Central London.
	(8306)
213   N	Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what studies have been made in the last five years of the effect of the proposed Terminal Five at Heathrow on flooding in the area.
	(8305)
214   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9222)
215	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job losses have occurred in the UK as a result of the terrorist attacks of 11th September.
	(9885)
216	Andy Burnham (Leigh):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish the findings of his review of the Independent Living Fund.
	(9870)
217   N	Annabelle Ewing (Perth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what extent discretion may be exercised by those charged with taking decisions on the application of the social security legislation such that not only the facts of a particular case may be taken into account, but also general circumstances; and under what powers he grants such discretion.
	(9218)
218   N	Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) press notices and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department during the Summer recess.
	(9221)
219   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the backlog of child support cases to be examined by the Independent Case Examiner is.
	(9702)
220   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the service offered to child support claiments by the Office of the Independent Case Examiner; and if he will made a statement.
	(9704)
221   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget is for the office of the Independent Case Examiner for Child Support cases in the current financial year.
	(9700)
222   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was before a child support case is examined by the Independent Case Examiner in the last three months.
	(9703)
223   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the delays experienced by child support claimants in having cases examined by the Independent Care Examiner.
	(9699)
224   N	Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to recruit staff to the office of the Independent Case Examiner for child support cases.
	(9701)
225   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action has been taken since 8th October against employers who have not made a stakeholder pension scheme available to their employees.
	(9706)
226   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, against how many employers action has been taken since 8th October for failure to make a stakeholder pension available to their employees.
	(9708)
227   N	Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of employers required to make stakeholder pensions available to their staff who have not yet done so.
	(9707)
228	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases dealt with by the Appeals Service had not been resolved after six months or more in each year since 1996-97.
	(9808)
229	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government will publish the revised reports from the Pension Provision Group on (a) pension provision for self-employed people and (b) the impact on pensions of changes in the labour market.
	(9811)
230	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the new minimum income guarantee claim form will be introduced for all applicants; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
	(9810)
231	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff in his Department had a disability in each year since 1992; and what targets are in place to increase the recruitment of people with disabilities.
	(9809)
232	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much additional funding was awarded to the Appeals Service relating to the increase in disability living allowance appeals in 2000-01.
	(9807)
233	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the level of the capital rules if they had been uprated in line with (a) prices and (b) earnings, since May 1997.
	(9812)
234   N	Mr Eric Martlew (Carlisle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety.
	[Question Unstarred] (5577)
235   N	Mrs Liz Blackman (Erewash):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he is taking to improve bus services to disadvantaged communities in urban areas.
	[Question Unstarred] (5586)
236	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he has given to car manufactuers on the future for LPG cars.
	[Transferred] (9939)
237	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential for LPG cars to improve air quality.
	[Transferred] (9940)
238	Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has to encourage manufacturers to make LPG cars.
	[Transferred] (9944)
239	Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have (a) retired and (b) joined since 1997 in (i) East Sussex and (ii) the Senlac division.
	[Transferred] (9864)
240	Mr David Willetts (Havant):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many excess winter deaths have occurred in each year since 1979; and what the provisional figures for the winter of 2000-01 are.
	[Transferred] (9813)

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