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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 25 October 2001
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 25 October, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, for how many days in the last six months the water feature in Portcullis House has had no water in it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10465) | |
| 2 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much new government investment funding was given to galleries and museums in each of the last three years. |
| (10266) | |
| 3 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what government funding has been given to the Tate Modern Gallery. |
| (10268) | |
| 4 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to encourage concessionary admission for pensioners to galleries and museums in the UK. |
| (10267) | |
| 5 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to recoup Government money invested in the Wembley National Stadium project. |
| (10247) | |
| 6 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the expenditure by her Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if she will make a statement. |
| (8937) | |
| 7 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public funds were provided for the production and distribution of the film, Enigma. |
| (10229) | |
| 8 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds she provides for the distribution of UK-produced films in the UK. |
| (10230) | |
| 9 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities have put all of their public libraries on-line; and when the remaining libraries will be brought on-line. |
| (10469) | |
| 10 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many reminders are sent by the TV Licensing Authority to households that are not recorded as holding licences and at what cost in the latest year for which figures are available. |
| (10665) | |
| 11 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list those industrial townscapes in Lancashire that are being considered by English Heritage for protection; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10390) | |
| 12 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much grant was allocated to Sportsmatch in each full financial year since the scheme was started. |
| (10233) | |
| 13 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many bids to the National Heritage Lottery Fund have been received from the Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority since 1997. |
| (10288) | |
| 14 N | Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was (a) the total amount of Lottery awards, (b) their purpose and (c) the total value of Lottery awards per constituency in Scotland over the last year; and what was the total percentage of Lottery funding and value in Scotland compared with the other nations and regions within the United Kingdom. |
| (10159) | |
| 15 N | Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what income the BBC raised in the last 12 months from licence payers in Scotland; and how much of this is spent on the production and broadcasting of television and radio programmes in Scotland. |
| (10098) | |
| 16 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to make a statement on the implications of the case of Lt. Colonel Surinder Nath Saggar of Brompton on Swale, North Yorkshire. |
| (10501) | |
| 17 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases have been brought against the Ministry of Defence under the Race Relations Act 1976 by servicemen serving on sovereign bases overseas; and what the outcome of each case was. |
| (10504) | |
| 18 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights is applicable to servicemen serving on sovereign bases. |
| (10503) | |
| 19 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of sovereign bases under UK law. |
| (10502) | |
| 20 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the expenditure by his Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8940) | |
| 21 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Armed Forces have to update existing military equipment with particular reference to radio communications equipment, following the contribution of UK forces to the conflict in Afghanistan. |
| (10498) | |
| 22 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the costs of increasing death in service benefits of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8739) | |
| 23 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the production lead time is for producing additional air filters for the Challenger II main battle tank. |
| (8740) | |
| 24 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what production facilities exist to produce air filters for the Challenger II main battle tank. |
| (8741) | |
| 25 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the review of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme will report. |
| (8742) | |
| 26 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is to improve the career prospects and retention of young servicemen and women; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10570) | |
| 27 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, when the first operational Apache Squadron will be available; and when a full task force capability based on an attack helicopter regiment will be operational. |
| (10227) | |
| 28 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen are from (a) Commonwealth countries and (b) the Republic of Ireland. |
| (10394) | |
| 29 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to use exercise Swift Sword to increase recruitment to the armed forces. |
| (10580) | |
| 30 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the Tracer programme. |
| (10157) | |
| 31 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent initiatives have been taken to increase the level of recruitment to the armed forces. |
| (10571) | |
| 32 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Army's future light armoured capability. |
| (10158) | |
| 33 N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors underlay the drawing of the STTA map, LFA14T; and when the borders were last redrawn. |
| (9982) | |
| 34 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the retrospective recognition of pre-1975 military service for pension purposes. |
| (10433) | |
| 35 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to ensure that plants which manufacture antibiotics for the treatment of anthrax and other biological or chemical weapons are given enhanced security. |
| (10589) | |
| 36 N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement about the operation of the new funding for post-16 education in Northumberland. |
| (6699) | |
| 37 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the (a) itinerary and (b) cost of the visit of the Schools Minister to Brazil on 6th and 7th December 2000. |
| (10381) | |
| 38 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which bodies she will invite to submit representations to the cross-departmental review she has announced on student finance. |
| (10200) | |
| 39 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to invite external submissions to the cross-departmental review she has announced on student finance. |
| (10199) | |
| 40 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she plans to meet representatives of Universities UK to discuss student finance. |
| (10201) | |
| 41 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she intends to meet representatives of the National Union of Students to discuss student finance. |
| (10202) | |
| 42 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what options are under consideration in the review of student finance which she has announced; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10203) | |
| 43 N | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement about standards in primary schools. |
| (6698) | |
| 44 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of employees (a) there are, (b) were transferred from the former training and enterprise councils, (c) were transferred from the former Further Education Funding Council, (d) were recruited directly from local authorities and (e) were recruited directly from private sector employers in each of the local learning and skills councils. |
| (10291) | |
| 45 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacancies there are for head teachers at schools in each of the London education authorities. |
| (10265) | |
| 46 N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings she has had with Ofsted to discuss standards of discipline in schools in Somerset. |
| (6684) | |
| 47 N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress she has made in the review of the LEA funding formula. |
| (6691) | |
| 48 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd October, Official Report, column 44W, for what reason figures have not been collected since 1996-97 on the percentage of secondary school teachers holding an appropriate subject qualification. |
| (10407) | |
| 49 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many employed classroom assistants worked in schools in England and Wales (a) at the latest available date, (b) in 1996 and (c) in 1997. |
| (10403) | |
| 50 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the scope and content is of the research project she is commissioning into the reasons why teachers are leaving the profession. |
| (10406) | |
| 51 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many head teachers have left the profession since 1997. |
| (10442) | |
| 52 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools were put under special measures in each of the past five years; how many were put under special measures for longer than two years; what additional resources are allocated to such schools; and what plans she has for the direct funding of them. |
| (10496) | |
| 53 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much of the expenditure by her Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if she will make a statement. |
| (8932) | |
| 54 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish the formula used to calculate the new funding arrangement for school sixth forms in (a) Worcestershire and (b) other shire counties for 2002-03. |
| (10218) | |
| 55 N | Mr David Miliband (South Shields): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her plans for the development of further education provision for (a) 16 to 19 years old and (b) adults. |
| (6686) | |
| 56 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd October, on university staff, when the information was first made public; and in what format. |
| (10219) | |
| 57 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are taken to prevent admission authorities from requiring parents to enter their children prematurely for reception classes to ensure admission to primary schools. |
| (10677) | |
| 58 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the veterinary risk assessment report on the effect of foot and mouth on a re-commencement of hunting. |
| (10392) | |
| 59 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statistical information she has collated on the impact foot and mouth disease has had on (a) farm incomes and (b) output. |
| (10471) | |
| 60 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed in the agricultural industry in a (a) paid and (b) unpaid capacity, and (i) full-time and (ii) part-time (A) at the latest date for which figures are available and (B) in each of the last five years. |
| (10451) | |
| 61 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to promote support schemes for those affected by the foot and mouth crisis, in accordance with the twelfth recommendation of the Haskins Report. |
| (10452) | |
| 62 | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the (a) names of the board members appointed to the Carbon Trust in each case listing the sector or industry which they represent and (b) the date of the board's first meeting, its agenda and minutes. |
| (10290) | |
| 63 N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which regional development agencies will receive additional funding as part of the extension of the Business Recovery Fund announced on 18th October. |
| (10099) | |
| 64 N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions will apply to the provision of grants to rural businesses as part of the extension of the Business Recovery Fund announced on 18th October. |
| (10101) | |
| 65 N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the foot and mouth disease relief funding announced on Thursday 18th October will be allocated. |
| (10096) | |
| 66 N | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the deadline for grant applications is under the Business Recovery Fund announced on 18th October. |
| (10100) | |
| 67 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total acreage of forest in the UK is. |
| (10270) | |
| 68 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) cows, (b) sheep and (c) pigs there were in the UK on 1st October. |
| (10275) | |
| 69 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been allocated to the Greater London flood defences by her Department in each of the last three years. |
| (10274) | |
| 70 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average daily consumption of milk was in the UK in July. |
| (10269) | |
| 71 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will propose changes to EU law to allow the banning of live export of animals. |
| (10387) | |
| 72 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy in respect of the exporting of meat instead of live animals. |
| (10388) | |
| 73 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many exporters of live animals have been found to have breached the live transport regulations; and how many have had their licence revoked since July 1997. |
| (10389) | |
| 74 N | Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to apply by the end of October for agrimonetary compensation from the European Union to aid arable farmers. |
| (10007) | |
| 75 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Masters of Foxhounds Association about the restarting of foxhunting. |
| (10005) | |
| 76 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of job losses in the countryside if foxhunting does not restart before Christmas. |
| (10006) | |
| 77 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she received the risk assessment of restarting foxhunting; and if she will publish it. |
| (10003) | |
| 78 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to publish the results of the veterinary risk assessment of hunting with dogs. |
| (10561) | |
| 79 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the expenditure by her Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if she will make a statement. |
| (8936) | |
| 80 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if it is the policy of her Department to claim the outstanding arable agrimoney compensation from the European Commission; whether it is her policy to submit a formal request for such monies before the end of October; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9731) | |
| 81 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of correspondence received by her Department from honourable Members did not receive a substantive response within (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months and (f) six months in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. |
| (9953) | |
| 82 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil (ref 148) on 20th July. |
| (9963) | |
| 83 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to support livestock markets in England and Wales to ensure that they have a viable future; and if she will provide financial aid and support for livestock markets to assist with the financial costs they are incurring due to additional cleaning and disinfecting measures that are in place. |
| (10497) | |
| 84 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what long-term plans her Department has for local collection points at livestock markets; what plans she has (a) to help livestock farmers to off-set the costs of having their livestock collected at markets and (b) for assisting markets with the costs they incur in acting as collection points. |
| (10499) | |
| 85 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent studies of foot and mouth disease risks surrounding foxhunting she has commissioned. |
| (10004) | |
| 86 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage stake in Partnerships UK has been sold to private investors; and how much has been raised by the sale of shares to date. |
| (10250) | |
| 87 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards delivering all of his Department's services electronically by 2005; and what services are provided online by HM Treasury and its executive agencies. |
| (10509) | |
| 88 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual rental value is of the London Headquarters of (a) HM Customs and Excises, (b) the Inland Revenue, (c) the Government Actuary's Department and (d) the UK Debt Management Office; and what assessment he has made of the rental values of similar office space size in (i) Coventry, (ii) Birmingham, (iii) Wolverhampton and (iv) Stoke on Trent. |
| (10249) | |
| 89 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to date has been of the Government's National Changeover plan. |
| (10248) | |
| 90 | Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Liberalisation of Trade in Services Committee in the last 12 months. |
| (10280) | |
| 91 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) private sector employees and (b) all employees are due to retire in the next (i) five, (ii) 10 and (iii) 15 years. |
| (10459) | |
| 92 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of budget under-spend so far in the current financial year in (a) the Department of Health, (b) the Department for Education and Skills and (c) the Ministry of Defence. |
| [R] (10257) | |
| 93 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of the expected cost to Her Majesty's Government over the current financial year of the measures to combat the financing of terrorism which he announced on 15th October, Official Report, columns 940-2. |
| (10009) | |
| 94 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the latest trends in the productivity gap in terms of GDP per worker between the UK and the US. |
| (10254) | |
| 95 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money remains in the reserves; and what plans he has to increase the funds available in the reserves over the course of the current financial year. |
| (10259) | |
| 96 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Climate Change Levy on manufacturing productivity. |
| [R] (10256) | |
| 97 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of how, and in what quantities, money available in the reserves has been spent so far in the current financial year. |
| (10251) | |
| 98 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if tax revenues predicted for the current financial year are so far on target; and if he will identify specific shortfalls or surpluses. |
| (10261) | |
| 99 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of all spending by government departments on the action against terrorism he forecasts will be met in the current financial year from funds in the reserves. |
| (10258) | |
| 100 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK's savings ratio on the imbalances in the UK economy between consumption spending and internationally exposed sectors. |
| (102381) | |
| 101 N | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of the expected cost to Her Majesty's Government over the current financial year of the measures to combat terrorism announced by the Home Secretary on 15th October, Official Report, columns 923-5. |
| (10008) | |
| 102 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for Britain's changed position between 2000 and 2001 in the Growth Competitiveness Index published by the World Economic Forum. |
| (10260) | |
| 103 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what asssessment he has made of the latest trends in Labour Force Survey unemployment; and how he expects these trends to develop in the next two quarters. |
| (10263) | |
| 104 | Mr Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding the effect on UK productivity of (a) the regulatory burden on business and (b) the Climate Change Levy. |
| [R] (10255) | |
| 105 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department is conducting into different mechanisms for funding the National Health Service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9955) | |
| 106 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil on 20th July [ref 200]. |
| (9964) | |
| 107 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of split-capital investment trusts which have breached their banking covenants in the UK in the last three months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9794) | |
| 108 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional budget allocations have been made since 11th September to (a) the UK security services, (b) the Ministry of Defence, (c) the Department for International Development and (d) other departments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9952) | |
| 109 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the annual revenue which would be raised by (a) raising the employee national insurance rate by one per cent., (b) raising the upper earnings limit of employee national insurance contributions to the starting level for paying the upper rate of income tax and (c) restricting the value of the personal income tax allowance to the basic rate of tax. |
| (9957) | |
| 110 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) increases and (b) decreases in departmental budgets have occurred since May 1999 on the basis of departmental performance in relation to public service agreements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8927) | |
| 111 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to allow the Financial Services Authority to take over the regulation of mortgage advice to consumers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8928) | |
| 112 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to report on the success of departments in achieving their public service agreement targets; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8929) | |
| 113 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the public sector net cash requirement in the financial year 2001-02 to date; how this compares with the PSNCR at the same stage of the 2000-01 financial year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8930) | |
| 114 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what allocations have so far been approved out of the reserves for the financial years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8931) | |
| 115 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are involved in the preliminary technical work on the five economic tests relating to membership of the euro; which official is in charge of this work; when he expects this work to be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8942) | |
| 116 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the expenditure by his Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8935) | |
| 117 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce deferred increases in taxes and excise duties; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9954) | |
| 118 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the percentage change in (a) income tax, (b) value added tax, (c) corporation tax, (d) excise tax and (e) national insurance contribution receipts, between the period from April to September in (i) fiscal year 2000-01 and (ii) fiscal year 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9956) | |
| 119 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to sell off (a) silver candlesticks, (b) silver candle snuffers, (c) silver trays, (d) silver meat-skewers, (e) paintings, (f) antiques, (g) fine wines and (h) furniture; if he will list such items (i) sold by his Department since May 1997 and (ii) planned to be sold by his Department over the next two years; if he will list the age and value of each item; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9729) | |
| 120 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the yield to the Exchequer from (a) the 10 per cent. rate of income tax, (b) the 20 per cent rate of income tax, (c) the 22 per cent. rate of income tax, and (d) the 40 per cent. rate of income tax in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9958) | |
| 121 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish assessments made by the Treasury since 1997 of the economic consequences of UK membership of the euro. |
| (10556) | |
| 122 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy to publish an assessment of the consequences for UK fiscal policy of (a) joining and (b) preparing to join the euro, in advance of a referendum on British membership of the euro. |
| (10562) | |
| 123 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his exchange rate policy. |
| (10508) | |
| 124 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the United Kingdom not joining the euro. |
| (10666) | |
| 125 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the HM Treasury Review of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10232) | |
| 126 | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his estimate is of the number of (a) Serbs and (b) Kosovo Albanians killed in Kosovo since 1st January. |
| (10400) | |
| 127 | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the bodies found in the mass grave at Dragodan, Pristina have been identified, broken down by (a) ethnic background and (b) sex. |
| (10450) | |
| 128 | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when exhumation will begin at the Suva Reka mass grave site; and what indication he has as to the ethnic identity of the bodies contained there. |
| (10449) | |
| 129 | Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the Liberalisation of Trade in Services Committee in the last 12 months. |
| (10279) | |
| 130 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial contribution he made to the preparation and running of the UN World Conference against Racism; and if he will rank the UK contribution against that of other UN member states (a) according to size of contribution and (b) according to proportion of GNP. |
| (10463) | |
| 131 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of number of farm occupations taking place in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10576) | |
| 132 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what policy initiatives he plans to promote democracy and the rule of law in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10578) | |
| 133 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of political violence in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10579) | |
| 134 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the case of Jayeshkumar Jethalal Javia, Bombay case ref: R/01/7052. |
| (10587) | |
| 135 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of the case of Sajanji Jivaji Odedra, Bombay ref: R/99/224-5-6; and when the visa is likely to be issued. |
| (10586) | |
| 136 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the use of the international ICD coding standard for recording clinical details for all patient activity in other countries. |
| (10262) | |
| 137 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the SNOMED system for recording clinical details for all patient activity in other countries. |
| (10282) | |
| 138 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the methodology used to calculate the top and bottom 14 social services departments as set out in the publication of Social Services Performance Assessment Framework Indicators 2000-01 on 19th October. |
| (10500) | |
| 139 | Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the infant mortality rate in Worcester was in each year since 1992. |
| (10405) | |
| 140 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what private finance initiative projects in mental health services have (a) been given approval and (b) had contracts signed since 1st May 1997. |
| (10529) | |
| 141 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the NHS to the average family was in 2000-01; and what it is forecast to be in 2001-02. |
| (10512) | |
| 142 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the occupancy rate of NHS mental health beds, excluding day only, is in each London hospital. |
| (10531) | |
| 143 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) available beds and (b) staffed residential places for mentally ill people there were in each of the years since and including 1995-96, indicating the number of staffed residential places in (i) local authority, (ii) the voluntary sector and (iii) the private sector and the available beds in (A) private hospitals, (B) nursing homes, (C) clinics and (D) the NHS, excluding day care. |
| (10519) | |
| 144 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £56 million allocated for high security places for dangerous and severe personality disorder persons in the NHS and for hostel places has so far been spent; and how many NHS places and hostel places have been provided. |
| (10528) | |
| 145 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff vacancies there are in the mental health sector of the NHS (a) nationally and (b) in each region. |
| (10527) | |
| 146 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking (a) to promote mental health and (b) to encourage people to seek help at an early stage, among those from an ethnic minority background. |
| (10523) | |
| 147 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places there were in the special hospitals at (a) Ashworth, (b) Broadmoor and (c) Rampton (i) in 1996-97 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (10518) | |
| 148 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ECT treatments were administered in 2000-01. |
| (10516) | |
| 149 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health carer support workers have been recruited in accordance with the NHS Plan. |
| (10525) | |
| 150 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of levels of major depression and self-harm in children; and if he will made a statement on recent trends. |
| (10517) | |
| 151 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of calls to NHS Direct are associated with mental illness. |
| (10530) | |
| 152 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average daily number of available beds, in wards open 24 hours, for (a) short stay and (b) long stay patients in each year since 1995-96. |
| (10520) | |
| 153 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence of mental illness is in children; and if he will make a statement setting out his assessment of recent trends. |
| (10515) | |
| 154 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to psychiatric hospitals in 2000-01. |
| (10514) | |
| 155 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were issued in 2000-01 for medicines used to treat mental illness. |
| (10513) | |
| 156 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were formally admitted to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000 and (e) 2000-01. |
| (10521) | |
| 157 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the proportion of those admitted to psychiatric wards who come from ethnic minority backgrounds; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10510) | |
| 158 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the annual number of people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness who are refused treatment when they ask for it. |
| (10526) | |
| 159 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals closed in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001 to date. |
| (10511) | |
| 160 | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) ambulances, (b) paramedics and (c) ambulance medical technicians there were in Sussex in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (10397) | |
| 161 N | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the nutritional value of restaurant food. |
| (9730) | |
| 162 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 16th July, Official Report, column 70W, what proportion of total NHS spending was used to provide mental health services in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10662) | |
| 163 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the original date was for the introduction of the national standard framework for diabetes; what it is now; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10447) | |
| 164 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the expenditure by his Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8933) | |
| 165 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have been waiting more than (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 18 and (d) 24 months for an (i) out-patient and (ii) in-patient appointment for each reporting period since 1995; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8926) | |
| 166 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil on 20th July [ref 296]. |
| (9962) | |
| 167 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reconsider his decision to accept the early resignation of Mr Harold Musgrove from the Chairmanship of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10155) | |
| 168 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department had with Mr Harold Musgrove about the announcement of his resignation from the Chairmanship of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust prior to that announcement; what the nature of any such discussion was; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10156) | |
| 169 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will respond to the Health Committee report entitled Head Injury: Rehabilitation. |
| (10566) | |
| 170 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the original estimate was of the cost of the new Halifax hospital; and what the latest estimate is of the total cost. |
| (10663) | |
| 171 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason ambulance services in Hampshire are to be reorganised. |
| (10572) | |
| 172 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations in the Hampshire health economy favoured proposals to re-organise the ambulance services in the South East. |
| (10573) | |
| 173 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations during the consultation on re-organising ambulance services in the South East were in favour of the proposals. |
| (10574) | |
| 174 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the consultation on reorganising ambulance services in the South East. |
| (10577) | |
| 175 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have been tested for cervical cancer in Leicesterhsire in the last 12 months. |
| (10581) | |
| 176 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on increasing access to the Thin Prep Pap Test beyond the pilot areas. |
| (10584) | |
| 177 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average cost of the treatment of a cervical cancer patient. |
| (10585) | |
| 178 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pilot areas there are in England for cervical screening; and what the timescale is for these pilots. |
| (10582) | |
| 179 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the Thin Prep Pap test. |
| (10583) | |
| 180 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 18 are diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome in the UK. |
| (10271) | |
| 181 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what basic level of support is offered to the parents of young people with Tourette's Syndrome. |
| (10272) | |
| 182 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on police numbers in South Yorkshire. |
| (10385) | |
| 183 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional provision is being made available for asylum seeker women who are HIV positive, who are not able to breastfeed their children, and who are not entitled to milk tokens or Section 17 payments. |
| (10283) | |
| 184 | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £70 million allocated for new places in the Prison High Security Estate announced in September 2000 has been spent. |
| (10588) | |
| 185 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of the processing of applications for indefinite leave to remain in the UK made under the Regularisation of Overstayers Scheme; and when he expects it to be completed. |
| (10558) | |
| 186 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of measures taken to counter the terrorist threat to government buildings in Westminster and Parliament. |
| (10244) | |
| 187 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil on 20th July [ref. 373]. |
| (9959) | |
| 188 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the expenditure by his Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8941) | |
| 189 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child deaths where domestic violence is a factor were recorded in each police authority since such statistics were collated. |
| (10461) | |
| 190 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) telecoms companies and (b) mobile phone manufacturers concerning the re-designing of mobile phones to make inadvertant 999 calls less likely. |
| (10391) | |
| 191 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables were with the Essex Police at the end of (a) 1971, (b) 1981 and (c) 1991; and what the latest available figure is for 2001. |
| (10506) | |
| 192 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in each of the local authority areas covered by the Essex Police; and if he will list those where no orders have been issued. |
| (10505) | |
| 193 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners (a) are known to have taken illegal drugs and (b) have tested positive at a later date in each of the last three years; and what percentage the latter represents. |
| (10667) | |
| 194 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the percentage of police officers who leave the police force after (a) two years, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. |
| (10672) | |
| 195 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has collated on the proportion of those convicted for car theft who have previous car theft convictions; and what assessment he has made of the consequences of those figures for future policy. |
| (10670) | |
| 196 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of recruiting, training and equipping a police officer is. |
| (10671) | |
| 197 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in the UK were granted parole in the last three years. |
| (10668) | |
| 198 | Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the offending rate for car theft for (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, and (d) 17-year-old (i) males and (ii) females in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (10669) | |
| 199 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Constable on police numbers in Staffordshire. |
| (10289) | |
| 200 | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on police numbers in Nottinghamshire. |
| (10383) | |
| 201 | Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, in what ways the Commission plans to assist access for children of staff, honourable Members and honourable Members' staff to daycare facilities. |
| (10287) | |
| 202 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil on 20th July [ref. 422]. |
| (9960) | |
| 203 | Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| (10286) | |
| 204 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of magistrates' courts are operating the office automation element of the Libra project in parallel with legacy systems. |
| (10253) | |
| 205 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many aditional appointments are to be made to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and on what date these appointments will be made. |
| (10560) | |
| 206 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil on 20th July [ref. 428]. |
| (9961) | |
| 207 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the President of the Council, what the cause was of the delay in the supply of new technology for honourable Members; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10220) | |
| 208 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason salaries of ministers' special advisers are confidential. |
| (10221) | |
| 209 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions in the last 12 months confidential final revise proof copies of white papers have been made available under embargo to (a) the Lobby and Upper Gallery and (b) members of other organised groups of correspondents, before publication; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10252) | |
| 210 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she has had with representatives from the National Air Traffic Service about the effects of the downturn in air travel on the development of the Prestwick Air Traffic Control Centre; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10243) | |
| 211 | Mr Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the Boundary Commission for Scotland will release its initial report. |
| (10664) | |
| 212 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement regarding the implications for Scotland of the proposals to reform the House of Lords. |
| (10245) | |
| 213 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement about Scotland's share of the tax burden in the last financial year. |
| (10380) | |
| 214 N | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment has been made of the impact on prosecutions of the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998. |
| (6723) | |
| 215 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she has taken to review the implications of (a) US and (b) EU competition policy rulings for Microsoft's operations in the UK, with particular reference to Microsoft's contracts with the Government and its agencies. |
| (10453) | |
| 216 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many petrol retailers (a) are in operation and (b) have been closed and sealed since 1990, classed in the categories (i) oil company sites, (ii) main retailer sites, (iii) supermarket sites, (iv) smaller retailer sites and (v) other unbranded sites; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10462) | |
| 217 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's target is for the number of Post Office card accounts to be operational in (a) 2003 and (b) 2006; and what the estimated cost is to the Government of those accounts. |
| (10454) | |
| 218 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking in response to industry representations on Microsoft pricing policies. |
| (10456) | |
| 219 | Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from the Liberalisation of Trade in Services Committee in the last 12 months. |
| (10277) | |
| 220 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to install anti-aircraft batteries at Sellafield and other nuclear plants; and what discussions she has had with her French counterpart following the French Government's decision to place anti-aircraft missiles around French reprocessing facilities. |
| (10674) | |
| 221 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Bury North, 22nd October Official Report, column 7W, on nuclear security, if the Office of Civil Nuclear Security was asked to make a special assessment of the security provisions for the Sellafield MOX Plant and the transport of MOX fuel to overseas customers following the terrorist events of 11th September. |
| (10673) | |
| 222 | Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department has taken to reduce accidents from fireworks. |
| (10473) | |
| 223 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she has security of supply concerns about coal production; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10373) | |
| 224 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what risk assessment she has made about the potential for disruption to coal supply to the UK. |
| (10378) | |
| 225 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to promote the capping of EU state aid to the UK coal industry at 2001 levels. |
| (10375) | |
| 226 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to subsidise the UK coal industry beyond July 2002. |
| (10377) | |
| 227 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the circumstances in which she will accept continued state aid from the EU for the UK coal industry. |
| (10376) | |
| 228 | Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to promote amendments to reduce EU state aid to the UK coal industry on a year-by-year basis. |
| (10374) | |
| 229 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much of the expenditure by her Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if she will make a statement. |
| (8939) | |
| 230 N | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will reply to the letters dated 21st July and 25th September from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding Whitelink Seafoods, Fraserburgh. |
| (9983) | |
| 231 N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to receive the findings of the study which her Department is undertaking on interference to radar and navigational aid from wind turbines. |
| (10010) | |
| 232 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to promote offshore wind farming as an alternative source of energy. |
| (10563) | |
| 233 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims under the Icelandic Trawlerman's Compensation Scheme have not been processed due to claimants sailing on Icelandic water vessels after 1979; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10458) | |
| 234 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the Office of Fair Trading to report on its enquiry into British Sky Broadcasting. |
| (10097) | |
| 235 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims under the Icelandic Trawlerman's Compensation Scheme are outstanding; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10457) | |
| 236 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money was invested in Railtrack in each of the years since privatisation. |
| (10470) | |
| 237 | Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total amounts paid by Railtrack to (a) directors and (b) shareholders were in each year since privatisation. |
| (10399) | |
| 238 | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason teachers in further education are not eligible for the Starter Home Initiative. |
| (10231) | |
| 239 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the first special purpose vehicle for investment in the rail infrastructure will be in operation. |
| (10438) | |
| 240 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on Heathrow Terminal 5. |
| (10402) | |
| 241 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money he estimates will be required to meet the 10 year plan's objectives for higher safety; and how this estimate has changed since the plan was published. |
| (10440) | |
| 242 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the level of reserves the successor to Railtrack will require to support a BBB credit rating. |
| (10437) | |
| 243 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how the requirement for public sector investment in rail during the period of the 10 year plan will change as a result of the transfer of Railtrack assets to the proposed successor body. |
| (10401) | |
| 244 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the most recent guidance he has given to the SRA on the 10 year plan target for rail freight; and what the original target was. |
| (10441) | |
| 245 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the financial position of NATS; and if it is seeking new public finance. |
| (10439) | |
| 246 | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many empty homes there are in East Sussex broken down by sector. |
| (10398) | |
| 247 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what meetings were held by officials of his Department to discuss (a) Project Ariel and (b) not for profit public interest trusts; and when these were held. |
| (10192) | |
| 248 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what meetings his officials held with Ernst and Young to discuss whether Railtrack plc should be put into administration; and when these meetings were held. |
| (10191) | |
| 249 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the calculation supporting the statement he made on 15th October that Railtrack would be in deficit by £700 million by 8th December this year and £1.7 billion by the end of March next year. |
| (10195) | |
| 250 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he has given to Ernst and Young in connection with their appointment as Railtrack's administrators and on the successor company to which they will transfer Railtrack's operations and assets. |
| (10190) | |
| 251 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has for the streamlining of regulations following the creation of the proposed successor to Railtrack. |
| (10193) | |
| 252 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who will set the performance targets for the successor company to Railtrack referred to in his statement of 15th October. |
| (10194) | |
| 253 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has received an application for additional funding from the National Air Traffic Service; and what effect additional funding would have on the proposed National Air Traffic Control Centre at Prestwick. |
| (10246) | |
| 254 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if Railtrack is able to meet the requirements of the Late Payments of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1999 in paying its contractors and suppliers. |
| (10448) | |
| 255 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes in implementation date he anticipates for the following projects owing to the change of ownership of Railtrack, (a) West Coast Mainline in Scotland (i) overhead line equipment, (ii) electrical distribution systems, (iii) power supply systems and (iv) supervisory control and date acquisition system, (b) Edinburgh Waverley, (c) Glasgow Central, (d) Scottish Express routes, (e) automatic warning systems on Girvan to Stranraer, (f) Mossend interlocking renewal, (g) signal interlocking renewal at Glasgow Central, (h) service improvements throughout the Edinburgh urban routes, (i) new station at Beauly, (j) train protection on routes currently signalled using RETB in the Highland rural route and (k) Edinburgh Crossrail. |
| (10396) | |
| 256 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which (a) special advisers and (b) other staff within his Department have been authorised to brief Labour honourable Members on the recent insolvency of Railtrack; and if he has given permission for (i) Mr Dan Corry and (ii) Mr Michael Dugher of his Department to appear as contact points for briefing Labour honourable Members on briefing documents sent out since 8th October to Labour honourable Members; and if he will make a statement. |
| (9469) | |
| 257 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much of the expenditure by his Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8934) | |
| 258 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, when (a) the Permanent Secretary and (b) he were told of the existence of Ms Moore's e-mail of 11th September to Alun Evans. |
| (10222) | |
| 259 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, if, based on a pro-rata full-time salary equivalant, Alun Evans' salary exceeded that of Jo Moore on 11th September. |
| (10224) | |
| 260 N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, who was the author of the document which showed that one of Mr Kiley's assistants had proposed changes to a draft report by Parsons Brinkerhoff; and in whose ownership this document is. |
| (10223) | |
| 261 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd October, Official Report, columns 195-7W, to the honourable Member for Preston, on the successor to Railtrack, what the credit rating of Railtrack was on 4th October. |
| (10445) | |
| 262 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ensure the separation of the safety regulation from the ownership of the rail network following the creation of the successor to Railtrack. |
| (10474) | |
| 263 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date he instructed officials to draw up draft legislation to prevent the Rail Regulator performing an interim financial review on Railtrack. |
| (10404) | |
| 264 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the proposed cap on the Government loan facility to the company limited by guarantee proposed as a successor to Railtrack will be sufficient to cover Railtrack's published investment programme. |
| (10444) | |
| 265 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the relationship between the future track access charge regime and the non-profit making status of the successor to Railtrack. |
| (10475) | |
| 266 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the amount of the cap on expenditure on the loan facility to the company limited by guarantee proposed as a successor to Railtrack. |
| (10446) | |
| 267 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many times he has met the Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority since June; and what the date of their last meeting was. |
| (10443) | |
| 268 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his plans for placing responsibility for safety on stakeholder directors of Railtrack. |
| (10285) | |
| 269 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what arrangements he will make for the financing of the successor body to Railtrack so that it can meet its (a) network maintenance and (b) other obligations. |
| (10532) | |
| 270 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure train operating companies maintain the wheels of rolling stock and locomotives to minimise damage to the track. |
| (10393) | |
| 271 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many wheeltappers were employed by the railway industry in (a) 1990 and (b) 2000. |
| (10379) | |
| 272 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when Railtrack in administration and the Government will settle claims from the injured and the families of those killed in recent rail crashes. |
| (10196) | |
| 273 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the Government's estimate is of the costs of settling all the claims against Railtrack from (a) those injured and (b) the families of those killed in recent rail crashes. |
| (10197) | |
| 274 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Government gave a guarantee to enable Railtrack in administration to borrow £800 million. |
| (10198) | |
| 275 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, at which discount rate used for the sensitivity analyses of the effect of changing discount rates on the relative levels of the public sector comparator and the bids for the London Underground PPPs a switching point or switching points were found; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10464) | |
| 276 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which discount rates were used for sensitivity analysis of the effect of changing discount rates on the relative levels of the public sector comparator and the bids for the London Underground PPPs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10472) | |
| 277 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to reduce environmental pollution from aeroplanes and aircraft fuels. |
| (10559) | |
| 278 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Benefit Agency payments have been (a) suspended pending further enquiries and (b) terminated as a consequence of this summer's identity confirmation exercise; and what proportion each figure constitutes of the number of claimants for each region of the UK. |
| (10565) | |
| 279 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate for each local authority how many residents in (a) nursing homes and under 65 years old, (b) nursing homes and over 65 years old, (c) residential care and under 65 years old and (d) residential care and over 65 years old, will be covered by preserved rights in April 2003. |
| (10507) | |
| 280 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means he will ensure that smaller companies provide stakeholder pensions to their employees. |
| (10436) | |
| 281 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies with 50 or fewer workers have registered to provide stakeholder pensions. |
| (10382) | |
| 282 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the level of housing benefit fraud. |
| (10460) | |
| 283 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the expenditure by her Department in each of the years (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01, (f) 2001-02 and (g) 2002-03 (estimated) was allocated with reference to the Index of Multiple Deprivation; which expenditure programmes are allocated with respect to this Index and other measures of relative geographic deprivation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (8938) | |
| 284 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what considerations and costs are taken into account when determining the level of jobseekers allowance. |
| (10575) | |
| 285 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to his Answer of 16th October, Official Report, columns 1209-10W, if he will commission an up-to-date assessment of the numbers of non-resident parents gaining and losing from the introduction of new child support mechanisms for 2002. |
| (10264) | |
| 286 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 20th July, Official Report, columns 689-90W, on IT projects, if he will list individual Department of Work and Pensions information technology projects grouped under (a) working age, (b) pensions, (c) children and (d) corporate; and for each of those projects, what is (i) the expected completion date and (ii) the estimated cost. |
| (10466) | |
| 287 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if new assessments on existing Child Support Agency cases after April 2002 will be made on the new system. |
| (10434) | |
| 288 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to bring all existing Child Support Agency cases on to the new formula by 2005. |
| (10435) | |
| 289 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th July, Official Report, column 418W, on the Benefits Agency Medical Services, what contract targets have been laid down; and what his assessment is of the performance of SchlumbergerSema measured against these targets. |
| (10468) | |
| 290 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 20th July, Official Report, column 690W, on IT projects, if he will give (a) reasons for and (b) a breakdown of, the increase from the planned costs to the current estimated costs for Department of Work and Pensions information technology projects on its (i) pensions, (ii) corporate and (iii) children's programmes. |
| (10467) | |
| 291 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the CSA is required to recalculate maintenance liabilities back to the beginning of a claim in cases where a parent with care is shown to have been fraudulently claiming income support for some or all of the period during which the CSA was involved. |
| (10432) | |
| 292 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are taken to ensure that parents do not enroll their children in nursery on a temporary basis in order to claim working families tax credit. |
| [Transferred] (10676) | |
| 293 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what application he has received from the Port of London Authority under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964 concerning (a) changes to the Act and (b) proposals for a statutory instrument; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (10455) | |
| 294 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people employed in the agricultural sector have benefited from the introduction of the national minimum wage. |
| [Transferred] (10276) | |
| 295 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what conditions are attached to the licences for underground storage tanks to prevent and detect leakages; and how the proposed removal of licences will change this. |
| [Transferred] (10524) | |
| 296 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he is implementing to encourage petrol retailers to report leakages. |
| [Transferred] (10564) | |
| 297 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many breaches of licensing conditions of underground storage tanks have (a) been reported and (b) resulted in prosecution in each of the past five years. |
| [Transferred] (10568) | |
| 298 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if his Department will carry out a full condition audit of all underground storage tanks in the United Kingdom. |
| [Transferred] (10569) | |
| 299 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he plans to incorporate the recommendations of the Institute of Petroleum Association for Petrol and Explosive Administrators into its new Code of Practice relating to petrol retailers. |
| [Transferred] (10567) | |
| 300 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the report into modernising petrol legislation will be published. |
| [Transferred] (10522) | |
| 301 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on firefighter numbers in South Yorkshire. |
| [Transferred] (10386) | |
| 302 | Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average number of firefighters is per 10,000 population in (a) South Yorkshire, (b) the Metropolitan fire authorities and (c) England. |
| [Transferred] (10384) | |
| 303 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted for incitement to racial hatred in each year for which figures are available. |
| [Transferred] (10284) | |
| 304 | Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Morley & Rothwell constituency are benefiting from the minimum wage. |
| [Transferred] (10278) | |
| 305 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will compensate British horticulture businesses for subsidies granted by Spain for greenhouse fuels; and what measures she is taking to prevent unfair competition caused by subsidy of greenhouse fuels in competition with the UK horticultural industry. |
| [Transferred] (10675) | |
| 306 | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many buildings were (a) listed and (b) delisted in each year since 1990; and how many had their listing changed (i) from Grade 1 to Grade 2 and (ii) from Grade 2 to Grade 1. |
| [Transferred] (10557) | |
| 307 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs were lost in the (a) tourism, (b) agriculture, (c) fishing and (d) defence-related industries in Devon and Cornwall in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| [Transferred] (10395) | |
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