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| Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 29 October 2001
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 29 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 Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans have been made by (a) her Department and (b) institutions involved in the preparation for Holocaust Memorial Day 2002. |
| (11275) | |
| 2 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what stadia there are in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) London capable of holding international swimming events under the auspices of FINA. |
| (11019) | |
| 3 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the level of investment needed to upgrade United Kingdom (a) international athletics and (b) international swimming stadia to international competition standards; and if she will make a statement. |
| (11020) | |
| 4 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what stadia there are in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) London capable of holding international athletic events under the auspices of the IAAF. |
| (11018) | |
| 5 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to public funds of supporting a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. |
| (11023) | |
| 6 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of United Kingdom sports medicine provision for international athletics; and if she will make a statement. |
| (11021) | |
| 7 N | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what are the (a) terms, (b) timescale and (c) membership of the Performance and Innovation Unit review of how major sporting events are staged. |
| (11022) | |
| 8 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) black and (b) Asian governors there are on the BBC Board of Governors. |
| (11433) | |
| 9 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last discussed the ethnic breakdown of staff with the Director General of the BBC. |
| (11432) | |
| 10 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects that have been awarded a grant from the Millennium Commission specifically relate to the ethnic minority communities; and what the amount received by each project was. |
| (11401) | |
| 11 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussion he has had with the Meat and Livestock Commission about the sourcing of meat for consumption by the armed forces from United Kingdon sources; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10792) | |
| 12 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) beef, (b) lamb and (c) pork was purchased since 1st January 2000 for consumption by the armed forces; how much of it was sourced from the United Kingdom; at what total costs; and what the per tonne cost from (i) United Kingdom and (ii) overseas sources has been. |
| (10791) | |
| 13 N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of measures to detect biological and chemical threats to British forces. |
| (8360) | |
| 14 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of UK defence spending as a share of gross domestic product for each of the last 25 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10631) | |
| 15 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use of depleted uranium has been authorised by his Department for use in the production of military equipment or materials of any kind within the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10630) | |
| 16 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the development of a ballistic missile defence shield. |
| (11076) | |
| 17 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the report on the armed forces pension scheme will be published. |
| (10108) | |
| 18 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tomahawk cruise missiles have been fired by British forces during the present action in Afghanistan. |
| (11014) | |
| 19 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the future location and organisation of the regular commission boards. |
| [R] (11270) | |
| 20 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the future locations and organisation of the territorial commissioning board. |
| [R] (11271) | |
| 21 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what immediate changes to armed force deployment in Northern Ireland he plans; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11016) | |
| 22 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to alter regulations and penalties for possession of cannabis among servicemen and women, following the changes proposed in civilian life by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. |
| (11090) | |
| 23 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enemy lock-ons have been detected by British aircraft over Afghan airspace. |
| (11015) | |
| 24 N | Mr Paul Tyler (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will instruct procurement officers responsible for the supply of meat to British service personnel stationed in the Falkland Islands to buy exclusively from the EU-approved abattoir on the islands. |
| (10800) | |
| 25 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will invite applications from existing national training organisations to become trail-blazer sector skills councils. |
| (10930) | |
| 26 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to issue provisional licences to trail-blazer sector skills councils. |
| (10929) | |
| 27 N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria she will use in approving the trail-blazer sector skills councils. |
| (10928) | |
| 28 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans have been made by (a) her Department and (b) institutions involved in the preparation for Holocaust Memorial Day 2002. |
| (11276) | |
| 29 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in Northamptonshire, have been granted funding for teaching training, indicating in each case their (a) phase and (b) location. |
| (11281) | |
| 30 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual expenditure by her Department was on centrally financed local initiatives in (a) Northamptonshire, (b) Northampton Borough and (c) Northampton South constituency for each of the last six years. |
| (11278) | |
| 31 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which schools in Northampton South which have received capital grants; and what the value of grants was in each case. |
| (11287) | |
| 32 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent steps her Department has taken to assist Northamptonshire Local Education Authority in increasing the provision of school places in Northampton to match (a) current needs and (b) future requirements generated by new housing developments; and if she will make a statement. |
| (11286) | |
| 33 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much Sure Start money has been allocated to the Northampton South constituency. |
| (11289) | |
| 34 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children aged (a) five, (b) six and (c) seven are taught in classes of over 30 in schools in Northampton; and what were the figures in 1997. |
| (11280) | |
| 35 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individual learning accounts have been opened (a) in total and (b) in each region and nation of the United Kingdom, (i) in absolute numbers and (ii) per capita of the population of working age. |
| (11267) | |
| 36 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations have been received on the most recent SEN code document. |
| (11129) | |
| 37 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment she has made on the cost of living for students in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement. |
| (11126) | |
| 38 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department has spent per student in higher education in each year since 1990, excluding contributions from outside the public sector. |
| (11127) | |
| 39 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes have been made to the funding of individual sixth forms by the Learning and Skills Council, (a) excluding pure indexation and (b) in absolute terms. |
| (11130) | |
| 40 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the local cost of living on teacher recruitment and retention. |
| (11125) | |
| 41 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she plans to announce her proposals to introduce a new system of finance for schools; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10632) | |
| 42 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what transitional arrangements she plans to make during the move to a new standard spending assessment formula for education in Worcestershire from April 2003; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10797) | |
| 43 N | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what factors will be included in the standard spending assessment formula for education in Worcestershire; if she will consult on the formula prior to its introduction in April 2003; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10796) | |
| 44 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which of the targets for Computers Within Reach were (a) achieved and (b) not achieved, indicating the reasons for not meeting the targets. |
| (11206) | |
| 45 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure community access is maximised in respect of wired up communities projects. |
| (11207) | |
| 46 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the average funding per pupil provided to (a) primary schools in Cheshire, (b) secondary schools in Cheshire, (c) primary schools in Hertfordshire, (d) secondary schools in Hertfordshire, (e) primary schools in England and (f) secondary schools in England in the last financial year. |
| (11079) | |
| 47 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information is (a) collected by her Department and (b) published on the performance of individual schools at key stage 1; and what plans she has to widen publication. |
| (11034) | |
| 48 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the relative performance of year seven and year eight pupils in secondary and middle schools in the last three years. |
| (11029) | |
| 49 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research she has commissioned on the relationship between participation in higher education and economic performance. |
| (11031) | |
| 50 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what is the age participation rate in (a) higher education and (b) first degree course for each year since 1980. |
| (11032) | |
| 51 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her targets are for participation in (a) higher education and (b) first degree courses for each year to 2010. |
| (11033) | |
| 52 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many primary pupils indicated a wish to learn a musical instrument in the last 12 months; and how many did so. |
| (11030) | |
| 53 | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is giving to Bristol University and to Silsoe Research Institute in Bedford for the development of the Crustastun. |
| (11198) | |
| 54 | Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Board of British Waterways on the scope of its activities in relation to the Environment Agency; and if she will make a statement. |
| (11104) | |
| 55 N | Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will state, in relation to the carcass burial site at Ash Moor, Petrockstowe, (a) what the level of the water table is below the surface of the land and (b) whether a microbiological study has been conducted into the use of the land for the burial of animal carcasses; if she will publish the environmental impact and risk assessments for the site and list the recommendations they made; which legal requirements were complied with before construction of the site started; what has been (i) the cost of work to date and (ii) the continuing cost of upkeep; what additional cost will be incurred if the site is brought into use for the burial of animal carcasses; and if she will make a statement. |
| [R] (10735) | |
| 56 N | Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance she provides to support the Council for Voluntary Services. |
| [R] (10712) | |
| 57 N | Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to improve support for the voluntary sector in rural areas. |
| [R] (10713) | |
| 58 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for council tax payers in North Yorkshire of proposed government expenditure in 2000-03 on flood defences. |
| (11185) | |
| 59 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confirmed foot and mouth cases occurred in 2001 in each of the borough council areas of Cheshire. |
| (11083) | |
| 60 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to compensate farmers whose cattle reached over 30 months of age as a direct result of the restriction on cattle movements imposed during the foot and mouth crisis. |
| (11075) | |
| 61 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to give financial assistance to the Youth Hostel Association to offset the impact of foot and mouth disease. |
| (11186) | |
| 62 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to exempt combined heat and power from the climate change levy. |
| (10424) | |
| 63 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further steps she plans to take to ensure that 10 G.W. can be generated by combined heat and power by 2010. |
| (10426) | |
| 64 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her review of the combined heat and power strategy will be published. |
| (10423) | |
| 65 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss combined heat and power and the climate change levy. |
| (10425) | |
| 66 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect groundwater resources from known sources of contamination. |
| (11379) | |
| 67 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement in respect of the requirement on manufacturing industries to prevent the release of hazardous substances into water and the policy of OfWAT in respect of contaminants penetrating underlying aquifers to significant depths. |
| (11383) | |
| 68 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for recovery in the beef export market; and if she will calculate the percentage take-up of British beef exports in individual (a) European Union countries and (b) countries outside the European Union. |
| (11418) | |
| 69 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to establish a scheme for the valuation of sheep flocks and the payment of compensation for livestock to be destroyed under her proposed special measures for the elimination of scrapie from the national flock. |
| (11214) | |
| 70 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list by county the number of applications for livestock movement licences under the foot and mouth disease control restrictions made during the periods (a) 1st March to 30th May, (b) 1st June to 31st August and (c) 1st September to date; and how many licences were issued in the same periods. |
| (11420) | |
| 71 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department is implementing to eradicate scrapie from the national sheep flock; and if she will list the number of livestock culled by county in each year since May 1997. |
| (11212) | |
| 72 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) additional finance and (b) new marketing initiatives her Department is providing to reinforce consumer confidence in the purchase and consumption of lamb, sheepmeat and related products. |
| (11215) | |
| 73 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the future viability of livestock markets in England and Wales; and what steps she has taken to provide financial assistance for the additional costs involved in implementing extra disease prevention measures. |
| (11421) | |
| 74 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the work of the Milk Task Force; and when she expects it to publish its report. |
| (11419) | |
| 75 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislation to provide for compulsory powers to cull sheep from flocks possessing the genotype susceptible to scrapie. |
| (11211) | |
| 76 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will calculate (a) the number of sweet lambs awaiting entry into the national supply chain and (b) the amount of sweet lamb being processed in the supply chain as a result of the imposition of export control restrictions on British livestock and meat. |
| (11417) | |
| 77 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the total number of sheep in the national flock possessing the genotype susceptible to scrapie. |
| (11213) | |
| 78 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the European Commission's proposals for the introduction of a consilidated company tax base across the EU would be introduced by qualified majority voting. |
| (11201) | |
| 79 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the variation in effective company tax rates across the EU. |
| (11208) | |
| 80 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Article 9 of the Council Decision on the system of the European Communities' own resources on 29th September 2000, what his interpretation of the word autonomous is in the phrase new autonomous own resources; and if he will outline the measures which will be considered as new autonomous own resources. |
| (11204) | |
| 81 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding the European Commission's proposals for a single consolidated company tax base announced in Brussels on 23rd October. |
| (11203) | |
| 82 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with European finance ministers regarding proposals for changes to EU-wide double taxation. |
| (11202) | |
| 83 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of the effective company tax burden in each EU state. |
| (11209) | |
| 84 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work his Department has undertaken to assess progress on meeting his five economic tests; which independent economists have been invited to contribute to the assessment; how many officials are involved; and when the assessment will be (a) completed and (b) published. |
| (11098) | |
| 85 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he supports the European Commission's plans for a consolidated EU company tax base announced in Brussels on 23rd October. |
| (11200) | |
| 86 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the proposed date for a referendum on euro entry. |
| (11099) | |
| 87 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the need for further EU-level reforms of company taxation to achieve the economic goals established at the Lisbon European Council of March 2000. |
| (11210) | |
| 88 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the schemes under Section 590 of the Income Corporations and Taxes Act 1988 the Inland Revenue has approved which relate to retirement ages. |
| (11389) | |
| 89 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Northampton have received the children's tax credit since its introduction on 6th April. |
| (11274) | |
| 90 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional expenditure he plans to make to support the work of the new Asset Tracking Unit; how many staff it will have; and when it will be operational. |
| (11268) | |
| 91 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will happen to the assets that were frozen by the Government from the bank accounts under UN Resolutions 1267 (Taliban), and 1333 (Osama Bin Laden). |
| (10160) | |
| 92 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people were sentenced and (b) prison sentences were passed, broken down by month and what was the total of (i) court fines and costs and (ii) company settlements in respect of Customs and Excise non-fiscal prohibitions and restrictions in (1) 1999-2000, (2) 2000-01 and (3) 2001-02. |
| (11131) | |
| 93 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) persons registered for VAT, (b) repayment traders, (c) new VAT registrations and (d) VAT deregistrations there were and what the net increase or decrease in the register was in the financial years (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available. |
| (11376) | |
| 94 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value of revenue evasion (a) generally, (b) of customs duties and (c) of common agricultural policy export refunds, that were prevented by HM Customs and Excise in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02. |
| (11124) | |
| 95 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportions of average household expenditure were (a) taxable at the standard rate of VAT, (b) taxable at the reduced rate of VAT, (c) taxable at the zero rate of VAT and (d) exempt from VAT in (i) 1998, (ii) 1999, (iii) 2000 and (iv) at the most recent date for which information is available. |
| (11371) | |
| 96 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for the financial years (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001--2 to the most recent date for which information is available to him (i) the number of VAT returns received by HM Customs and Excise, (ii) the number of trader visits made by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and (iii) the additional net tax found on visits. |
| (11372) | |
| 97 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes in the rate of value added tax have been introduced since 1st May 1997. |
| (11378) | |
| 98 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of each of the structural reliefs for VAT in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01; and what his estimate is of the cost of each such relief in the current financial year. |
| (11377) | |
| 99 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many redundancies there were in the manufacturing sector in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) the UK as a whole in each year since 1997. |
| (11422) | |
| 100 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quarantees the Treasury is offering to Railtrack PLC in administration to enable it to borrow from the market. |
| (11087) | |
| 101 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision is made for Railtrack PLC in the 2000-01 Government budget. |
| (11089) | |
| 102 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revision he has made to his public expenditure provision for Railtrack in 2000-01, following the decision to put the company into administration. |
| (11088) | |
| 103 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the planned £30 billion public investment in the railway industry in the 10 year plan is in the budget for the next three years; and how much of that amount is earmarked for Railtrack. |
| (11409) | |
| 104 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what revenue would be forgone if full exemption from the climate change levy were applied to combined heat and power plants. |
| (10431) | |
| 105 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans have been made by (a) his Department and (b) institutions involved in the preparations for Holocaust Memorial Day 2002. |
| (11277) | |
| 106 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance has been offered to the Republic of Georgia to further the enquiries into the enriched uranium seized by anti-terrorist police in Batumi, Georgia on 18th July; and if he will make a statement on the destination of the uranium. |
| (11423) | |
| 107 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek a report from the British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia the response of the Embassy in Riyadh to information sought by the Joint Entry Clearance Unit about the family reunion case GV 100/67853/TD raised with JECU by the honourable Member for Manchester Cental. |
| (10427) | |
| 108 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those countries which have made extradition requests to the UK in respect of their nationals who are alleged members of Islamic groups who are living here. |
| (11183) | |
| 109 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to open the proposed visa centres in Jalanders, Almeddblad and Sylet. |
| (11430) | |
| 110 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions ministers have intervened in immigration cases to overturn a decision by an ECO; and at which posts. |
| (11429) | |
| 111 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to appoint the first (a) black and (b) Asian ambassador. |
| (11431) | |
| 112 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of acute beds are blocked in each acute National Health Service hospital trust. |
| (11096) | |
| 113 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list in (a) rank and (b) alphabetical order of health authority, the proportion of patients waiting a year or more for in-patient treatment (i) at the latest available date and (ii) in April 1997. |
| (11095) | |
| 114 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of health care rationing. |
| (11093) | |
| 115 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on providing funding to health authorities to meet the cost of implementing compulsory guidance issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. |
| (11094) | |
| 116 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) provide and (b) promote pneumococcal vaccine for pensioners aged over 65 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10104) | |
| 117 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the JCVI has to consider the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine on elderly patients and make recommendations on its future use for NHS patients aged over 65 years. |
| (10106) | |
| 118 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluations his Department has made of the clinical effectiveness of the pneumococcal vaccine for those aged over 65 years. |
| (10103) | |
| 119 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the (a) cost and (b) savings to the NHS if everyone aged 65 years and more were given the pneumococcal vaccine. |
| (10105) | |
| 120 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluations his Department has carried out into the cost effectiveness of administering the pneumococcal vaccine to all those aged over 65 years. |
| (10107) | |
| 121 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans her Department has to submit evidence to the JCVI on the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccine for those aged 65 years and older; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10102) | |
| 122 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if health authorities are required to comply with the judgement of Coughlan v North Devon Health Authority before coming to a decision on eligibility criteria for continuing care. |
| (10739) | |
| 123 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities operate age-based pneumococcal vaccine campaigns. |
| (10737) | |
| 124 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist pharmacist inspectors the National Care Standards Commission plans to have in its establishment; how many will be in post from 1st April 2002; and what their role will be. |
| (11013) | |
| 125 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the clinical and cost effectiveness of implementing an age-based pneumococcal vaccine campaign. |
| (10736) | |
| 126 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements health authorities are required to put in place for the provision of independent advice for patients in NHS beds when they are asked to sign forms about continuing care. |
| (10738) | |
| 127 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in the Northamptonshire constituences in (a) 1992, (b) 1997 and (c) 2001. |
| (11273) | |
| 128 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the letter of 3rd September from the honourable Member for Woodspring on the treatment of British patients in European hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the cause of the delay. |
| (10805) | |
| 129 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how will the underspend in the NHS this year be allocated in the next financial year. |
| (11069) | |
| 130 N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the letter of 22nd August from the honourable Member for Woodspring on free nursing care; and if he will make a statement on the cause of the delay. |
| (10806) | |
| 131 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the level of underspending by the NHS in the last financial year. |
| (11070) | |
| 132 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses (a) returned to and (b) left the NHS in (i) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01. |
| (11118) | |
| 133 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what were the occupancy rates for each NHS hospital trust in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01. |
| (11119) | |
| 134 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of spare capacity in the private health sector; and if he will provide a breakdown by region. |
| (11116) | |
| 135 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists were taking on new patients on 1st September. |
| (11117) | |
| 136 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) Part VIII enquiries into child deaths and (b) enquiries into institutional abuse over the past four years have related to disabled children. |
| (11411) | |
| 137 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pieces of government-funded research there have been on the subject of abuse of disabled children in the last five years. |
| (11414) | |
| 138 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the chairs and non-executive directors of NHS boards have a disability. |
| (11415) | |
| 139 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will request local authorities to provide statistics on the abuse of disabled children as a subset of the annual figures collected regarding the total number of children registered for abuse. |
| (11413) | |
| 140 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much related training material has been funded by the Government since the publication of the ABCD Pack in 1992. |
| (11412) | |
| 141 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities (a) have fulfilled their obligations to provide a register of disabled children and (b) are able to provide information on the numbers of disabled children on the Child Protection Register. |
| (11410) | |
| 142 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have an advocacy scheme for users of mental health services; and what proportion of trusts this figure represents. |
| (10011) | |
| 143 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in reducing the suicide rate amongst severely mentally ill people since 1997. |
| (10012) | |
| 144 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities have midwife-led maternity units. |
| (10013) | |
| 145 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned into the difference in morbidity rates between mothers who have given birth in midwife-led maternity units and those who have given birth in other types of maternity units; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10014) | |
| 146 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of deliveries in (a) midwife-led maternity units and (b) acute units. |
| (10015) | |
| 147 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of births were by caesarian section in each health authority in England in each of the past five years. |
| (10016) | |
| 148 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce a statutory right to advocacy for users of mental health services. |
| (10017) | |
| 149 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts have contracts with Norwich Union to provide healthcare premises; and what advice his Department has given to trusts on the marketing of private healthcare and health insurance products within such premises. |
| (10018) | |
| 150 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dental practices there are in Stafford Constituency; and how many are accepting new NHS patients. |
| (11179) | |
| 151 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to speed up the processing of the registration of overseas nurses at Yeovil District Hospital by the UKCC; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10543) | |
| 152 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he expects to meet his target of raising the share of national income spent on health in England to the average level of the other countries in the European Union; what his estimate is of the current gap between these two figures; and if he will make a statement. |
| (10628) | |
| 153 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards meeting his targets of reducing waiting times to (a) a maximum of six months by the end of 2005 for in-patients and (b) a maximum of three months by 2005 for out-patients. |
| (10545) | |
| 154 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 1242W, if he will list those CHP projects that have been installed in NHS properties since 1997. |
| (11063) | |
| 155 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in achieving maximum target wait times of one month from diagnosis to treatment for breast cancer by 2001; and to what stage of treatment this refers. |
| (11064) | |
| 156 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 16th October, Official Report, column 1122, on bed blocking, how many NHS hospital beds were subject to bed blocking by patients of all ages, broken down by each hospital trust in England and Wales, shown in actual terms and as a percentage of beds in use. |
| (11061) | |
| 157 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th October, Official Report, column 1241W, how many hospitals have received new radiotherapy equipment in the last two years paid for out of direct NHS funds. |
| (11062) | |
| 158 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a Government inquiry into the health effects of power frequency electric and magnetic fields. |
| (11366) | |
| 159 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the health risks of an (a) cancer and (b) non-cancer nature and other health consequences of electro-magnetic fields situated near to overhead power lines. |
| (11416) | |
| 160 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the possible links between childhood leukaemia and magnetic field exposures above 0.4 mico tesla. |
| (11187) | |
| 161 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government is committed to achieving the targets set out in the World Health Organisation Charter on Transport, Environment and Health. |
| (11080) | |
| 162 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further steps the Government plans to take to reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease in men. |
| (11178) | |
| 163 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what clinics exist (a) in the UK and (b) in Gloucestershire to treat lymphoedema; what resources are provided for the treatment of that disease in (a) and (b); what training doctors are given in diagnosing and treating the disease; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11059) | |
| 164 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the national shortage of (a) psychiatrists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) speech and language therapists, (d) GPs and (e) healthcare professionals engaged in palliative care in the National Health Service. |
| (11086) | |
| 165 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the arrangements to be in place for NHS patients to travel abroad for their operations when they live outside a pilot site. |
| (11252) | |
| 166 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans have been made for the reception of casualties if a major disaster occurs in Wyre Forest. |
| (11188) | |
| 167 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many major trauma casualties could be received and treated simultaneously at hospitals in Worcestershire and neighbouring areas. |
| (11189) | |
| 168 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to the NHS of locums to cover the duties of Professor David Southall during his two year suspension. |
| (11248) | |
| 169 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the names of the chair and members of the new Independent NHS Appointment Commission and indicate how they were (a) selected and (b) appointed. |
| (11251) | |
| 170 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the guidelines for the referral of patients with suspected cancer for an appointment within two weeks to include patients with atypical symptoms. |
| (11250) | |
| 171 | Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) NHS consultants, (b) general practitioners, (c) public health doctors and (d) managers presently suspended, indicating the durations of the suspensions; and what plans he has to shorten the length of these suspensions. |
| (11249) | |
| 172 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what priority he gives to multibarrier approaches to protect drinking water quality; and if he will make a statement in respect of hazard assessment critical control points. |
| (11381) | |
| 173 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the EC directives relating to groundwater protection and indicate in each case how compliance is (a) monitored and (b) enforced. |
| (11382) | |
| 174 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the basis on which he determined the relative allocations to tackle bed blocking to the social services departments of (a) South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, (b) Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, (c) Bristol Unitary Authority and (d) North Somerset Unitary Authority. |
| (10801) | |
| 175 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines have been given to health authorities for the prescribing of the anti-smoking drug Zyban; and which health authorities allow GPs to prescribe this drug. |
| (11100) | |
| 176 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will calculate the number of people who have been prescribed the anti-smoking drug Zyban since its release on prescription basis; and how many deaths have been attributed to the use of Zyban. |
| (11101) | |
| 177 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to the recommended dosage of Zyban by the manufacturers GlaxoSmithKline during the last 12 months; and for what reasons these alterations were made. |
| (11102) | |
| 178 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness and safety of Zyban in the treatment of people addicted to smoking; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11103) | |
| 179 | Mr Charles Clarke (Norwich South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will announce the results from Northampton's participation in the On Track crime reduction programme. |
| (11425) | |
| 180 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of CCTV on the level of crime in Northampton. |
| (11279) | |
| 181 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans have been made by (a) his Department and (b) institutions involved in the preparations for Holocaust Memorial Day 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11272) | |
| 182 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Northamptonshire, the effects on the town of Northampton of his Department's policies and actions since 2nd May 1997. |
| (11282) | |
| 183 N | Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers whose applications were refused during (a) 1999 and (b) 2000 have now left the country; and what proportion this represents of the total in each case. |
| (10629) | |
| 184 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed (a) in each police fraud squad, including the City of London police fraud squad, and (b) in the economic and financial crime section of the National Criminal Intelligence Service, in each year since 1996. |
| (11269) | |
| 185 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the physical and mental health of men and women in prison who have suffered childhood abuse. |
| (10303) | |
| 186 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the incidence of abuse in the childhood of men and women in prison. |
| (10302) | |
| 187 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have left Sussex Constabulary since March 2000 through (a) retirement, (b) early retirement, (c) injury and (d) other employment. |
| (11027) | |
| 188 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, Official Report, column 68W, on Sussex Police numbers, what is the working-time equivalent numbers for (a) the 2963 police officers and 1573 civilian support staff employed by the Sussex Constabulary, (b) the 108 additional police officers and 119 additional civilian support staff taken on since March 2001 and (c) the expected 224 new recruits in the current year. |
| (11025) | |
| 189 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new police officers have been taken on in each division of the Sussex Constabulary since March 2000 under Crimefighting Fund funding. |
| (11026) | |
| 190 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received by NASS in respect of sub-standard accommodation provided for asylum seekers since April 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11370) | |
| 191 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied minors who are classified as asylum seekers are under the protection of local authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11369) | |
| 192 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been made by the police under section 70 of the Race Relations Act 1976 in respect of material or actions likely to incite racial hatred; how many resulted in convictions; and what penalties were imposed. |
| (11387) | |
| 193 | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been made of racially aggravated offences under Part II of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. |
| (11368) | |
| 194 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent of consultation on the Community Against Drugs initiative. |
| (11216) | |
| 195 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many part 8 reviews have been carried out by the Metropolitan police on incidents of domestic violence since the inception of the system. |
| (11205) | |
| 196 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police constables there were in the Cheshire Constabulary in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001. |
| (11074) | |
| 197 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will outline the type approval process for speed cameras and publish the operational guidance he has given to the police to avoid motorists being punished for errors caused by camera malfunction. |
| (11217) | |
| 198 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers the proposed authority set up to control wheelclamping on private land will have under the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to control the towing-away of vehicles parked on private land. |
| (11218) | |
| 199 | Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many speed cameras there are, broken down by county at the most recent date available; and what percentage in each case are operational. |
| (11123) | |
| 200 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people accused of capital crimes have been extradited to the USA since 11th May 1997; and under what arrangements. |
| (11402) | |
| 201 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the advertisement for the post of Commissioner for Standards will be published; and if he will place a copy in the Library. |
| (11177) | |
| 202 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Commission (a) decided and (b) told the Commissioner for Standards that she would be invited to re-apply for her post. |
| (11110) | |
| 203 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Commission (a) decided and (b) announced that a Commissioner for Standards would not necessarily be invited to accept a first re-appointment without open competition. |
| (11111) | |
| 204 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commissioner will seek the views of the Commissioner for Public Appointments on the timing and substance of their decisions on open competition for the post of Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. |
| (11112) | |
| 205 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make available to honourable Members the (a) agendas and (b) minutes of proceedings of the Commission. |
| (11105) | |
| 206 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the conclusions of the studies of staff overloading in the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner were sent to the (a) Commission and (b) the Select Committee on Standards and Privileges. |
| (11109) | |
| 207 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what is the target, in tonnes, of the delivery of food to Afghanistan; by what means the food is being delivered; and what obstacles have to be overcome to increase the supply of food to Afghanistan. |
| (10795) | |
| 208 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to increase the speed of delivery of food to Afghanistan over the Winter. |
| (10794) | |
| 209 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the dietary content is of the foodstuff being delivered to Afghanistan; and who assesses it. |
| (10793) | |
| 210 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects her Department supports in India; and what the amount of grants is in each case. |
| (11395) | |
| 211 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many and what percentage of (a) High Court judges, (b) district judges, (c) magistrates, (d) recorders and (e) adjucators are (i) black and (ii) Asian. |
| (11392) | |
| 212 | Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the most recent recruitment campaign for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. |
| (11493) | |
| 213 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those enumeration districts which are in the top 5 per cent. measured by (a) reduction in population in the last 10, 20 and 30 years and (b) change of population in the last 10, 20 and 30 years for which information is available. |
| (11055) | |
| 214 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with Sinn Fein on the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill. |
| (11028) | |
| 215 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) ethnic and (b) religious murder campaigns have taken place in Northern Ireland since 1971. |
| (11058) | |
| 216 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those persons who have (a) died and (b) been injured in suspicious circumstances since the Belfast Agreement was concluded, indicating which are (i) known to be as a result of terrorist or paramilitary activity and (ii) known not to be as a result of terrorist or paramilitary activity. |
| (11054) | |
| 217 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those persons released from prison as a result of the Belfast Agreement, indicating for each (i) the date of release, (ii) the term for which sentenced, (iii) the period served as a percentage of (ii), (iv) the crime for which sentenced, (v) the paramilitary group with which they were associated and (vi) when recalled to prison. |
| (11056) | |
| 218 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the pause on extradition proceedings mentioned in his statement of 24th October was at the recommendation of (a) the Chief Constable and (b) GOC Northern Ireland. |
| (11057) | |
| 219 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what age and in what condition the illegally-held weapons and explosives were which were decommissioned by the IRA; and if they can be quantified according to type. |
| (11397) | |
| 220 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assurances he can give that the stockpiles of IRA weapons and explosives have not been transferred into the possession of the Real IRA and Continuity IRA. |
| (11399) | |
| 221 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement about future acts of decommissioning; and by what date he expects the process of decommissioning to be completed. |
| (11398) | |
| 222 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what quantities of weapons and explosives have been decommissioned by the IRA (a) under the Good Friday Agreement and (b) under the decision on 23rd October to engage in decommissioning; and by what means IRA weapons and explosives were decommissioned. |
| (11396) | |
| 223 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what specific reduced security measures have been enacted in Northern Ireland in response tothe IRA's decision on 23rd October to decommission illegally-held weapons and explosives. |
| (11400) | |
| 224 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the President of the Council, what proposals he has for making the dates of Parliamentary sessions more family friendly. |
| (10484) | |
| 225 N | Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the political, diplomatic, financial and commercial commitments that have been given on behalf of Her Majesty's Government to the governments of other states in the course of assembling and strengthening the international coalition to combat terrorism. |
| (10898) | |
| 226 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has met representatives of the Muslim community since 11th September; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11393) | |
| 227 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to make an official visit to India. |
| (11394) | |
| 228 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what financial assistance the Government allocated for the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick Airport (a) before and (b) following the confirmation of a delay. |
| (11243) | |
| 229 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment the Goverment has made of the delay in building the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick on (a) Ayrshire's economy and (b) local unemployment. |
| (11247) | |
| 230 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings she has had with the Department of Transport, regarding the delay in building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (11244) | |
| 231 | Mr Chris Smith (Islington South & Finsbury): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the handling of complaints submitted to the Bar Council Complaints Committee; what redress she intends to put in place for those who believe their complaint has not been given fair consideration; and if she plans to introduce changes to the complaints framework in relation to the actions of (a) barristers and (b) solicitors. |
| (11404) | |
| 232 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, how many members of the Treasury Solicitors Panel are (a) black, (b) Asian and (c) women. |
| (11391) | |
| 233 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, how many and what percentage of chief Crown prosecutors are (a) black, (b) Asian and (c) women. |
| (11390) | |
| 234 N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the report, Reaching Out-The Role of Central Government at Regional and Local Level, that there should be (a) a review of the regional development agencies' first year performance and (b) a review of the relationship between the strategies of the regional development agencies and regional planning guidance. |
| (10931) | |
| 235 N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made in implementing Recommendation 17 on the report, Strategy Development and Partnership Working in the RDAs. |
| (10932) | |
| 236 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the security threat posed by civil nuclear installations and processes as objects of terrorist attacks. |
| (8372) | |
| 237 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many partnerships have (a) applied for and (b) been granted limited liability status; and whether such partnerships are required to make a disclosure of regulatory, disciplinary or legal actions they are defending. |
| (11284) | |
| 238 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the priorities are for the Small Business Service in the coming year. |
| (10161) | |
| 239 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will outline the steps the Enterprise Insight Campaign will take to promote enterprise. |
| (10163) | |
| 240 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is a Smart Award in relation to the Small Business Service; and how the 581 companies granted the award qualified for it. |
| (10162) | |
| 241 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the (a) high technology venture capital fund and (b) incubator workspace loan fund will assist business. |
| (10164) | |
| 242 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what approval her Department has given for the import of (a) depleted uranium and (b) products containing depleted uranium, over the last 10 years; what regulations apply to the import of depleted uranium into the UK; and if she will make a statement. |
| (10544) | |
| 243 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government policy is on the construction of underground gas storage facilities. |
| (11077) | |
| 244 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she intends to implement the provisions of the EU Renewable Energy Directive for good quality energy from waste as part of the hierarchy of waste treatment. |
| (10901) | |
| 245 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, by what means she will measure the effectiveness of her strategy to address high gas prices; and over what timescale. |
| (10430) | |
| 246 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish her consultation document responding to the Ofgem report on the effects of New Electricity Trading Arrangements on small generators. |
| (10428) | |
| 247 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received on the need to include high quality energy from waste in the Renewables Obligation, consistent with the EU Renewable Energy Directive. |
| (10899) | |
| 248 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the part aggregation could play in addressing the position of small generators under New Electricity Trading Arrangements. |
| (10429) | |
| 249 N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects gasification and pyrolysis plants, as specified in the draft Renewables Obligation Order, to be ready to operate commercially using mixed waste as fuel. |
| (10900) | |
| 250 | Mr Tony Banks (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what amount is outstanding from the sale of County Hall, London SE1 to the Shiryam Group; how long it has been outstanding; if interest is being charged, and when the balance will be paid in full. |
| (11199) | |
| 251 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what targets have been set by the Government for cutting evasion of vehicle excise duty from the introduction of the Stingray system in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK. |
| (11234) | |
| 252 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Stingray system is to be used throughout the country. |
| (11236) | |
| 253 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated cost is of implementing the Stingray system in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK. |
| (11232) | |
| 254 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which areas of Scotland will be covered by the Stingray system. |
| (11233) | |
| 255 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Stingray system for combating vehicle excise duty evasion will be introduced in Scotland. |
| (11182) | |
| 256 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what savings he estimates will arise from the introduction of the Stingray system. |
| (11230) | |
| 257 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated cost is of the advertising campaign for the introduction of the Stingray system. |
| (11229) | |
| 258 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has to monitor the effectiveness of the Stingray system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11235) | |
| 259 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much of the £1.67 million allocated for research into methods for improving transport security has been specifically aimed at improving airport security in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK. |
| (11424) | |
| 260 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes have been made to the proposed plans for the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick, following the delay in construction. |
| (11245) | |
| 261 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated running costs are for the Stingray system. |
| (11231) | |
| 262 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick will recommence. |
| (11246) | |
| 263 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what expert advice he has received on the conclusions of the German Federal Research Organisation BaST on the compatability of the Phase One and EEVC tests on vehicles designed for greater pedestrian protection. |
| (11108) | |
| 264 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what expert advice he has received on the conclusions by the Dutch Ministry of Transport on the option by the EU for the draft negotiated agreement on vehicles designed for greater pedestrian protection. |
| (11106) | |
| 265 | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the draft negotiated agreement on vehicles designed for greater pedestrian protection will permit manufacturers to pass the EEVC tests instead of the Phase One industry tests. |
| (11107) | |
| 266 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Northampton South constituency, the effects on Northampton of his Department's policies and action since May 1997. |
| (11283) | |
| 267 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the planning applications for housing development in Northampton on greenfield sites (a) which he has called in and (b) for which he has issued a holding direction since 7th March 2000, indicating (i) the location, (ii) number of houses and (iii) area of land involved. |
| (11285) | |
| 268 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many new housing contruction programmes since 1997 have built houses on (a) brownfield sites and (b) greenfield sites. |
| (10165) | |
| 269 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in what way (a) new and (b) existing social tenants will have greater choice over their housing in the choice-based lettings pilot scheme. |
| (10166) | |
| 270 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the contracts awarded to (a) AEA Technology and (b) Amey Vectra Ltd by his Department and its predecessor agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1999. |
| (11017) | |
| 271 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with (a) Moodys, (b) S & P, and (c) other credit rating agencies concerning Railtrack and its successor; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11128) | |
| 272 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th October, Official Report, column 1367-8W, what the successful bids from (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies under the key worker housing grant scheme involving (i) NHS staff and (ii) social services staff were; and what the amounts were. |
| (11024) | |
| 273 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when construction will begin of the Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road (western section). |
| (11078) | |
| 274 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what salary the Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority will receive. |
| (11220) | |
| 275 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what future regulatory approval is required by the BAA to (a) vary a public transport levy on users of car parks at their airports and (b) ensure the money raised is invested in the most cost-effective way. |
| (11238) | |
| 276 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he intends to allow assets of the not-for-profit company known as New Track to be made available as security to bankers in order to secure funding for the company. |
| (11221) | |
| 277 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he plans to seek parliamentary approval for a voted loan to Railtrack plc in administration. |
| (11219) | |
| 278 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the imposition of a public transport levy on people using car parks at BAA airports will be part of the regulatory review being undertaken by the CAA. |
| (11228) | |
| 279 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what monitoring is conducted by (a) his Department and (b) the CAA to ensure that the revenue from the levy imposed on car park users at south-east airports benefits the users paying the charge. |
| (11239) | |
| 280 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulatory approval has been sought by BAA to impose a public transport levy on users of car parks at its airports. |
| (11240) | |
| 281 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting between executives of Railtrack and his officials on 3rd October. |
| (11225) | |
| 282 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations govern the car parking charges that BAA impose at their airports. |
| (11242) | |
| 283 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when Ernst & Young LLP were given a letter of instruction from his Department about the prospective Railway Administration Order concerning Railtrack plc. |
| (11227) | |
| 284 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulatory requirements exist to ensure that there is competition among car park operators at airports owned by BAA. |
| (11241) | |
| 285 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if his officials informed executives of Railtrack plc, at their meeting on 3rd October, of the reasons the payment due to be paid by the Government to the company on 1st October has not been made. |
| (11226) | |
| 286 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the (a) contracts and (b) meetings between Ernst & Young LLP and his Department in relation to rail transport in the last 12 months. |
| (11224) | |
| 287 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the supporting evidence in relation to Railtrack's railway administration order required by rule 2.6 of the Railway Administration Order Rules 2001. |
| (11222) | |
| 288 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice he has received on the strength of balance sheet needed by the new Railtrack company to obtain a BBB credit rating. |
| (11091) | |
| 289 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on conditions under which the new Railtrack company will be able to draw down the Government loan facility. |
| (11266) | |
| 290 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of (a) the gross assets to be transferred to the new Railtrack company and (b) the debt to be set against those assets. |
| (11092) | |
| 291 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will make a statement on the amount of government money available for (a) Railtrack in administration and (b) the successor Railtrack company for the next three years. |
| (11265) | |
| 292 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to require all new homes to be built equipped with (a) fire alarms and (b) sprinkler systems. |
| (11406) | |
| 293 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to require all new homes to be built as homes for life. |
| (11405) | |
| 294 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of housing development has been undertaken on brownfield land since the Government adopted the 60 per cent. target. |
| (11403) | |
| 295 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will urge the highway authorities for Portsmouth and Southampton to consult with the Isle of Wight Council on highway projects on trunk road access to the Isle of Wight. |
| (11097) | |
| 296 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will announce the Government's decision on Terminal 5. |
| (11428) | |
| 297 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many planning decisions he has called in since 7th June; and when he will determine them. |
| (11427) | |
| 298 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects a referendum to be held regarding the election of a Mayor for Leicester. |
| (11426) | |
| 299 N | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress with the Light Rapid Transit scheme for Fareham-Gosport-Portsmouth, with particular reference to (a) costings and (b) the timetable to completion. |
| (10714) | |
| 300 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place the procurement documents relating to the Birmingham Northern Relief Road in the Library; and if he will make a statement in respect of health and safety of the project. |
| (11237) | |
| 301 | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of current allocated Objective 1 money has been spent in Wales; and what percentage is committed to projects in Wales. |
| (11121) | |
| 302 | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the measures his Department is taking to improve its record in the prompt payment of accounts, with special reference to small contractors and suppliers. |
| (11122) | |
| 303 | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings he has attended in the last 12 months on Objective 1 monies with (a) HM Treasury, (b) the Department for Trade and Industry, (c) the European Commission, (d) the National Assembly for Wales and (e) the Welsh Development Agency. |
| (11120) | |
| 304 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors determine the length of time for a decision to be given in response to those who request that their claims for attendance allowance are re-examined; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11388) | |
| 305 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was between receipt of requests to re-examine claims for attendance allowance and their examination, in each of the last four years. |
| (11386) | |
| 306 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against decisions on attendance allowance have been made in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many (a) have been allowed, (b) have been dismissed and (c) are awaiting a decision in each of the last four years. |
| (11385) | |
| 307 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for dealing with requests by those seeking an explanation for decisions relating to claims for attendance allowance. |
| (11384) | |
| 308 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in the new Jobcentre Plus offices (a) have been fully trained, (b) are undertaking training programmes and (c) are waiting to begin their training. |
| (11223) | |
| 309 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspected benefit frauds have been (a) investigated and (b) resulted in a successful prosecution as a result of (i) submissions to the Targeting Fraud website and (ii) calls to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline. |
| (11257) | |
| 310 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received about the layout and furnishings of the new Jobcentre Plus offices. |
| (11261) | |
| 311 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training programmes have been initiated in order to ensure that all staff in the new Jobcentre Plus offices are able to provide claimants with the best service possible. |
| (11264) | |
| 312 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the additional expenditure which will arise in the next three years as a result of people moving from incapacity benefit to jobseeker's allowance following a work-focused interview. |
| (11408) | |
| 313 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes in policy relating to (a) issuing press notices and (b) making other forms of announcements he has put into effect since 11th September. |
| (10711) | |
| 314 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he is implementing to provide Benefits Agency staff with training in issues relating to housing benefit; and how he intends to improve the recovery of overpayments of housing benefit. |
| (11259) | |
| 315 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent in the development and maintenance of the Targeting Fraud website to date. |
| (11256) | |
| 316 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for repeat benefit claims for (a) Jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support. |
| (11258) | |
| 317 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he received the BFI report on the Benefits Agency which was published on 28th September; and what arrangements he made for the publication of the report on receiving it. |
| (10798) | |
| 318 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many assaults on Benefit Agency staff were (a) recorded last year and (b) recorded in each of the previous years since 1997. |
| (11253) | |
| 319 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's estimates are of the number of people who will (a) find work and (b) be moved from incapacity benefit to jobseeker's allowance as a result of the Jobcentre Plus interviews regulations. |
| (11263) | |
| 320 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres have had electronic jobpoints fitted; how many jobs are accessible through this service; and what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the service in placing people in employment. |
| (11260) | |
| 321 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources will be available to staff in the new Jobcentre Plus offices to ensure that claimants are made aware of their full benefit entitlement. |
| (11254) | |
| 322 N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he received the 'Take-up of Income Related Benefits: Statistics for 1999-2000' report which was published on 27th September; and what arrangements he made for the publication of the report on receiving it. |
| (10799) | |
| 323 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the development and installation of Jobpoint kiosks in jobcentres across the country. |
| (11255) | |
| 324 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the findings of his Department's research report number 149 The Medium-Term Effects of Voluntary Participation in One; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the findings of the report are acted upon. |
| (11262) | |
| 325 | Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Northampton South constituency have been in receipt of (a) income support, (b) disability living allowance, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) unemployment benefit and (e) housing benefit in each of the last 10 years. |
| (11288) | |
| 326 | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers are contributing to stakeholder pensions; and what information he has collated about the levels of contribution in relation to wage levels. |
| (11407) | |
| 327 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people were on Disability Employment Service instigated training courses in each month since January 1997, expressed (a) numerically and (b) as a percentage of total unemployed disabled people (i) nationally and (ii) in the South West. |
| (11373) | |
| 328 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the performance of Disability Employment Service instigated courses in finding work for unemployed disabled people. |
| (11374) | |
| 329 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed disabled people there were expressed (a) numerically and (b) as a percentage of the total unemployed in each month since January 1997 (i) nationally and (ii) in the South West. |
| (11375) | |
| 330 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to the Child Support Agency in outstanding child maintenance payments; how much of this is deemed uncollectable; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11060) | |
| 331 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria he used to determine the pathfinder areas for the introduction of the Jobcentre Plus work-focused interviewing scheme. |
| (10803) | |
| 332 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the financial accounts made to him by Motability Finance Ltd. for each of the last five years; and if he will make it his policy that in future years the financing of the Motability Scheme be undertaken on a not-for-profit basis. |
| (10804) | |
| 333 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding his plans to remove protective screens for Benefits Agency staff; what risk assessment has been undertaken and by whom; what consultation he has had with the relevant trades unions; and what account he has taken of the views expressed. |
| (10802) | |
| 334 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is given to Benefits Agency staff to deal with aggressive claimants. |
| (11114) | |
| 335 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received regarding safety procedures and safety precautions in Jobcentre Plus Pathfinder offices; and if he will make a statement. |
| (11113) | |
| 336 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reported incidents of an aggressive nature against Benefits Agency workers there were in each of the past five years for (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland. |
| (11115) | |
| 337 N | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects each of the three services to reach their full manning strengths. |
| [Question Unstarred] (8359) | |
| 338 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the events of 11th September on the aerospace industry. |
| [Transferred] (11181) | |
| 339 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce a moratorium on the erection of overhead powerlines (a) in general and (b) near houses in rural areas. |
| [Transferred] (11184) | |
| 340 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to achieve the community noise level of 60dBa for an outside noise event. |
| [Transferred] (11081) | |
| 341 | Mr George Osborne (Tatton): To ask the President of the Council, what plans there are to increase the number of travel warrants available to the spouses of members each year. |
| [Transferred] (11082) | |
| 342 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action the Government is taking to protect jobs in the aerospace industry. |
| [Transferred] (11180) | |
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