Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001-02
Publications on the internet
The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 6 November 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 6 November, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

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

TUESDAY 6th NOVEMBER

1
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13130)

2
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13129)

3
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from the New Opportunities Fund was devoted to palliative care for children in each of the last three years.

(12713)

4
N   Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for North Thanet on political bias by broadcasting stations; and if she will make a statement.

(12787)

5
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the maintenance team responsible for servicing RAF Chinook ZD576 at Aldergrove on 1st and 2nd June 1994 had completed a full Chinook MK2 trade course and held the appropriate Trade Qualification Annotation prior to 2nd June 1994.

(13033)

6
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) the Supplementary Flight Servicing Certificate MoD Form 705(SSC) of RAF Chinook ZD576 for 1st and 2nd June 1994 and (b) pages 25 and 26 of the Flight Servicing Certificate for RAF Chinook ZD576.

(13030)

7
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the regulations covering tool checks and the documentation to be completed on the RAF Chinook MK2 aircraft prior to flight for the period covering May and June 1994.

(13032)

8
N   Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) sheet numbers 17, 18 and 19 of the Maintenance Work Order Log MoD Form 707A (ADP) for RAF Chinook ZD576 and (b) the MoD Form 711 associated with SNOW 0226 as listed on Sheet No 20, Maintenance Work Order Log, MoD Form 707A(ADP) for RAF Chinook ZD576.

(13031)

9
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what extent the withdrawal by Italy from the A400 project will mean a change in contribution from the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(12913)

10
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the inclusion of the Territorial Army in the operations against Afghanistan; and (a) how many will be deployed and (b) how they will be deployed.

(13128)

11
   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason HMS Ocean has been recalled to the UK; if it is being sent to Devonport for repair; what the (a) nature and (b) cost is of the repair; and to what extent the repair is (i) planned maintenance and (ii) a consequence of failure while on its last operation.

(13127)

12
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arms control measures he proposes to take to tackle the potential threat from ballistic missiles; and if he will make a statement.

(11324)

13
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defensive measures are available to tackle the potential threat from ballistic missiles; and if he will make a statement.

(11325)

14
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he uses to determine whether Territorial Army units are fit for role.

(13024)

15
   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about (a) the composition of and (b) the work of the Specialist Ethnic Minority Recruiting and Diversity Action Teams.

(13113)

16
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what standards Territorial Army service personnel must meet in order to obtain the annual bounty.

(13025)

17
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consultations with ex-servicemen's organisations have taken place about the site and form of the memorial to members of the armed forces killed in conflicts since 1945; and if he will make a statement.

(12637)

18
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions her Department has had with the Commission for Racial Equality, with regard to the trust which is to run schools in Hackney.

(12785)

19
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the amount allocated to Local Education Authorities for Music Standards Fund grants in 2001-02 will be paid in full.

(12786)

20
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what approaches have been made to her Department by groups wishing to (a) establish new faith schools and (b) bring independent faith schools into the maintained sector in the last 12 months.

(12780)

21
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria her Department uses to allocate varying levels of support from the Music Standards Fund to local education authorities.

(12779)

22
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of teachers in maintained secondary schools did not have an appropriate subject qualification for the subject which they teach in each of the last five years.

(13040)

23
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside her Department.

(13143)

24
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will announce the result of the bid by Somerford Infant School and the Grange Neighbourhood Nursery Partnership for an early years excellence centre.

(13029)

25
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of the Further Education Funding Council (a) for all purposes and (b) for administration in the last year of its operation.

(12929)

26
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grants were made to training and enterprise councils (a) for all purposes, (b) for further education and (c) for administration in the last year of their operation.

(12928)

27
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the budget is of the Learning and Skills Councils (a) at national level and (b) at local level for (i) all purposes and (ii) administration (A) in the current year and (B) in the coming year.

(12930)

28
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 26th October, Official Report, column 468W, on asset management plans, when in November the results will be published.

(13112)

29
   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people, with respect to Annex A of her Department's press release, Recruitment to Teacher Training Hits Seven Year High, of 1st November, are already registered; and what estimate he has made of how many will be registered in the rest of the year.

(13106)

30
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to propose legislation in respect of hunting with dogs.

(11806)

31
N   Mr John Baron (Billericay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will provide a substantive reply to the letters of 6th July and 18th October from the honourable Member for Billericay regarding the dumping of toxic ash at Pitsea Tip.

(12677)

32
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of English households containing people who are aged 60 years or over and claiming a means-tested benefit which are fuel poor under the two definitions set out in the draft fuel poverty strategy.

(12430)

33
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of households containing people aged 60 years and over in England who do not have central heating, and the (a) number and (b) percentage of such households which are fuel poor under the two definitions set out in the draft fuel poverty strategy.

(12432)

34
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13138)

35
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the numbers of fuel poor households in England containing people aged 60 years or over under each of the definitions set out in the draft fuel poverty strategy; what estimate she has made of the number of older fuel poor households who are not eligible for a grant under the new home energy efficiency scheme; and what measures she will take to help these households improve their energy efficiency.

(12431)

36
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding the level of Warm Front grants in England; and what plans she has to change the level of the grant.

(12438)

37
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many diagnoses of foot and mouth disease in the current outbreak have subsequently been proved incorrect; and if he will make a statement.

[R] (12924)

38
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the code of practice on the relationship between suppliers and supermarkets is made available to farmers and growers in Worcestershire; and if she will make a statement.

(12676)

39
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the veterinary risk of resuming hunting in Worcestershire; and if she will make a statement.

(12678)

40
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if a decision has been made to grant a cash contribution to Shropshire County Council's Farm Study for Shropshire.

(12611)

41
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 25th July from the honourable Member for North Shropshire concerning the importing of BSE via cattle from Poland.

(12636)

42
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 9th August from the honourable Member for North Shropshire concerning delays in testing for bovine TB in the Market Drayton area of Shropshire.

(12633)

43
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 6th August from the honourable Member for North Shropshire concerning his constituent Ms J. Vernon.

(12632)

44
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers the three inquiries into foot and mouth have to compel (a) ministers and (b) officials to give evidence.

(12612)

45
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to protect potential organic farms from the effects of wind blown contamination from nearby GM crop trials; and if she will make a statement.

(12460)

46
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 6th August from the honourable Member for North Shropshire concerning the extension to the burning of cattle at Sleap, Shropshire.

(12630)

47
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will allow English farmers to access ERDP funding on the same basis as Welsh farmers.

(12610)

48
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 12th August from the honourable Member for North Shropshire regarding the access inquiries into foot and mouth will have to confidential documents.

(12635)

49
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will reply to the letter of 26th June from the honourable Member for North Shropshire concerning his constituent Mr Michael Hendry.

(12634)

50
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 6th August from the honourable Member for North Shropshire concerning his constituent, Piers Bratton.

(12631)

51
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will answer the letter from the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight concerning HF Holidays and letters from HF Holidays to her Department.

(12919)

52
N   Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees of HM Customs and Excise are the subject of criminal investigations by the police; and how many of these relate to frauds on duty.

(12638)

53
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what ways the powers and responsibilities of HM Customs and Excise have been affected by the Terrorism Act 2000.

(12217)

54
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the targets for detection of revenue set for each anti-smuggling team in HM Customs and Excise in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02.

(12212)

55
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of VAT civil evasion prevented by HM Customs and Excise was in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.

(12209)

56
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the sum of revenue detected by each anti-smuggling team within HM Customs and Excise in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02 to date.

(12213)

57
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of applications for VAT registration during (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01, and (d) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available were (i) refused or (ii) referred for further investigation.

(12197)

58
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value, net of withdrawals and reductions, of the (a) penalties and (b) interest charged by HM Customs and Excise in respect of insurance premium tax in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02 to date.

(12199)

59
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses were sent the annual reminder mailshot with VAT returns in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

(12201)

60
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of VAT repayment returns in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.

(12203)

61
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many traders were dealt with by the VAT Large Payers Unit in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01; how many traders are now being dealt with by the Unit; and if he will make a statement.

(12205)

62
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of criminal VAT evasion prevented by HM Customs and Excise in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date.

(12207)

63
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT fraud cases were investigated under the civil penalty procedure in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01 and (e) 2001-02 to date.

(12210)

64
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were sentenced to imprisonment in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date following the completion of VAT criminal prosecutions; what was the sum total of custodial sentences imposed in each year; and if he will make a statement.

(12216)

65
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional VAT revenue was secured by shadow economy teams in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date.

(12206)

66
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed, and at what grades, by the National Investigation Service within HM Customs and Excise.

(12214)

67
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average case value was of cases of VAT fraud investigated by HM Customs and Excise under the civil penalty procedure in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01 and (e) 2001-02 to date; and if he will express the figures both in actual cash terms and in constant prices.

(12211)

68
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value of (a) court fines and costs and (b) confiscation and compensation orders following the completion of prosecutions in VAT criminal cases in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date.

(12215)

69
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the value, net of withdrawals and reductions, of the (a) default surcharge, (b) penalties and (c) interest charged by HM Customs and Excise in respect of VAT in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02 to date.

(12198)

70
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of applications for VAT registration were found to be (a) invalid or (b) potentially fraudulent in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02 to the most recent date for which information is available.

(12200)

71
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notifications of businesses no longer trading were received by HM Customs and Excise following the annual reminder mailshots in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001.

(12202)

72
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target of HM Customs and Excise is for effecting VAT repayment returns; and what proportion of VAT returns, representing what sum of money, were effected within the relevant target time in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.

(12204)

73
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of criminal VAT fraud were reported in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date; how many prosecutions were completed in each year; and how many of those prosecutions were completed successfully.

(12208)

74
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department has recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13134)

75
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to attend a Commonwealth Conference; and what issues he expects to be on the agenda.

(12429)

76
   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy to support the demands of the Serbian Government to write-off two thirds of the country's foreign debt.

(13105)

77
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter from the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, dated 8th October, to the Secretary of State for Defence, which was passed to him.

(12920)

78
N   Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timescale his Department is working under to extend the pilot programme of provision of digital hearing aids to the rest of the NHS; and what plans his Department has made regarding the future funding of digital hearing aids on the NHS between 2002-03 and 2003-04.

(12011)

79
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mental health and (b) other patients, broken down by reason for their admission to hospital received ECT (i) having given informed consent in advance, (ii) not having given consent but having the matter put to a second opinion and (iii) not having given consent and not having the matter referred to a second opinion-appointed doctor, in each quarter over the last nine years; and how many patients for each of the quarters where figures are available were (A) under 16, (B) 16 to 59, (C) 60 to 75 and (D) 75 years and over.

(13111)

80
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last undertook an evidence review into the use and efficacy of ECT that drew on (a) UK and (b) international research.

(13110)

81
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) MS Society, (b) manufacturers and (c) neurologists, about options for continuing the availability of beta interferon and glatiramer within the NHS; when he expects those discussions to be concluded; and if he will make a statement concerning the timing of a trial.

(13108)

82
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has set for the reduction of under-nutrition; and what progress has been made to reach the targets.

(12915)

83
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number, (b) percentage and (c) age of people (i) admitted to and (ii) discharged from hospital who were malnourished, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(12918)

84
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of under-nutrition to the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(12914)

85
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to doctors relating to who should (a) administer and (b) receive ECT in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(13109)

86
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what strategies the Government has in place to (a) manage and (b) monitor under-nutrition in (i) hospital, (ii) residential care and (iii) the wider community; and if he will make a statement.

(12916)

87
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are being taken to screen patients for under-nutrition in (a) hospitals, (b) residential care and (c) the wider community; and if he will make a statement.

(12917)

88
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide funding for an additional CT scanner at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

(12921)

89
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he has put in place to ensure adequate aftercare for patients treated abroad; and what measures will be taken to ensure that a patient's GP can discuss a patient's case with a foreign hospital team where there is a language barrier.

(12773)

90
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve research and development in each of the NHS regions.

(12727)

91
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the definition of excessive as applied to GP list sizes; what measures he plans to take to ensure that areas which experience sudden population growth have sufficient numbers of medical practitioners; and what measures he will encourage the National Clinical Assessment Authority to take against doctors with excessive list sizes.

(12767)

92
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria the Government uses to decide the order in which national service frameworks are commissioned and released.

(12705)

93
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the detailed expenditure plans of the welfare foods scheme.

(12720)

94
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of creating the new logo for the (a) Social Care Institute for Excellence, (b) General Social Care Council and (c) National Care Standards Commmission.

(12777)

95
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital beds were in mixed sex wards in each of the last five years.

(12717)

96
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs are expected to be recruited to carry out GP appraisals; if these GPs will be expected to continue in general practice; what remuneration they will receive for performing appraisals; and what estimate has been made of the amount of time a GP appraiser would be expected to spend on appraisals in a calendar year.

(12711)

97
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what involvement Ministers have in (a) writing the editorial page of the NHS Magazine and (b) sanctioning the content of articles.

(12701)

98
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on establishing the Occupational Health and Safety Service for general practitioners.

(12770)

99
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the levels of uptake among two-year olds of MMR were in each NHS region in each quarter of the last five years.

(12728)

100
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the detailed expenditure costs of EEA medical costs (a) in total and (b) broken down by country of origin of the patient.

(12778)

101
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the number of general practitioner vacancies in each (a) health authority and (b) primary care trust in the last two years.

(12775)

102
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the departmental public service agreements will be updated to reflect the commitments contained in the NHS National Plan.

(12699)

103
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training overseas doctor applicants to the NHS will undergo before working on the wards.

(12707)

104
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the locations of the rapid-access chest pain clinics.

(12724)

105
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what disciplinary regimes overseas doctor applicants to the NHS will be subject to whilst employed in the UK.

(12709)

106
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reassess the list of conditions exempt from prescription charges.

(12721)

107
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 24-hour mental health staff beds are in operation.

(12768)

108
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the sources of expenditure were on new linear accelerators and MRI scanners in each of the last two years.

(12714)

109
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of publishing the NHS Magazine is.

(12703)

110
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of hospital beds are in wards which do not comply with fire safety statutory requirements.

(12716)

111
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received in the last six months on the safety of bupropion (Zyban).

(12729)

112
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on how the underspend on anti-smoking initiatives has been spent.

(12771)

113
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were being looked after in children's homes in each year since 1997.

(12706)

114
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the sponsors of the NHS National Plan consultation leaflet and the public consultation to inform the NHS National Plan.

(12722)

115
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests of linguistic aptitude will be taken by doctors from EU countries applying to work in the NHS.

(12708)

116
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the expenditure on the Public Health Laboratory Service for each of the past five years.

(12719)

117
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contact his Department has had with Ger Medic Gmbh.

(12712)

118
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the NHS Magazine are sold per issue; and how many copies are distributed free of charge.

(12702)

119
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of general practitioners due to retire in each of the next five years.

(12774)

120
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) care homes and (b) care home places have been lost in each health authority in each financial year since 1997.

(12730)

121
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assertive outreach mental health teams are in operation.

(12769)

122
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to allow GPs to override telephone protocols when making emergency requests for ambulances.

(12776)

123
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition of a health and social care change agent is used in relation to investment in reducing delayed discharges.

(12700)

124
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the legislation required to enable health authorities and primary care trusts to send patients abroad for routine treatment.

(12766)

125
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost of is of producing NHS Plan News.

(12726)

126
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis were (a) Portsmouth, (b) East Kent and (c) West Kent and East Surrey Health Authorities selected to test the treatment of NHS patients overseas.

(12710)

127
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of developing the new logo for the Commission for Health Improvement.

(12723)

128
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the factors underlying the fall in the number of community psychiatric nursing episodes from 1996-97 to 1999-2000.

(12718)

129
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he is making on achieving 48-hour access to general practitioners.

(12772)

130
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make funds available to the High Security Infectious Diseases Unit in addition to those specified under the Centrally Funded Initiatives and Special Allocations allocations.

(12715)

131
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which EU nations his Department has had discussions over the treatment of NHS patients.

(12704)

132
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on behalf of independent private sector chiropodists and podiatrists in respect of the draft Health Professions Council Order; and if he will place them in the Library.

(12782)

133
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the draft Health Professions Council Order to provide for independent private sector chiropodists and podiatrists to be represented on the Health Professions Council.

(12783)

134
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the level of expertise of chiropodists and podiatrists trained by the Smae Institute.

(12784)

135
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will appoint a representative of independent private sector chiropodists and podiatrists to the Health Professions Council.

(12781)

136
N   Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the methodology was used in determining the local authority social services departments' performance rating announced on 19th October; which social services performance assessment framework indications were used to make the judgements and how they were prioritised; when local authorities were informed of the judgements; what measurements of quality of provision were undertaken in addition to measurements of activity; and if he will make a statement.

(11323)

137
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the criteria employed in determining which (a) hospitals and (b) cancer centres will receive help from the Cancer Capital Modernisation Fund CT Scanner Replacement Programme 2000 to 2003.

(11886)

138
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's target is, under the National Cancer Plan, for the number of CT scanners per thousand of the population.

(11887)

139
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for each acute hospital trust in the North West Region, what is (a) the size of population it serves, (b) the number of CT and MRI scanners available, (c) the number of each type of scanner per thousand head of population served by each trust and (d) the age of each scanner.

(11888)

140
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were placed for adoption in each year since 1998 broken down by local authority as a percentage of the number (a) in care and (b) of the total population of 18 years and under.

(12925)

141
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent each ambulance service in England met Government performance targets in the most recent year for which information is available; what the cost of each service was for that year; and what the cost per head of population of providing each service was in that year.

(12926)

142
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) guidance and (b) instructions on performance levels have been given to the Isle of Wight ambulance service this year; and when, distinguishing that which is general to the ambulance services from that which is specific to the Island's service.

(12927)

143
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason his review of section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is not yet complete; and when he will announce the conclusions.

(11804)

144
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in (i) Sussex Police and (ii) nationally in (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999 and (e) 2000.

(11805)

145
   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list, by police authority area, the number of officers who have retired on medical grounds in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 1996, (d) 1997, (e) 1998, (f) 1999 and (g) 2000; indicating in each case, and in each police authority area, the percentage this represents of total retirement.

(11807)

146
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for possession of cannabis; and how many prosecutions followed, in each police force in England, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(11958)

147
N   Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many newly issued passports were lost in the post in each of the last five years; how many were subsequently recovered; and how many duplicates were issued.

(11959)

148
N   Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been relocated from the Isle of Thanet under the Government's dispersal programme.

(11665)

149
N   Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent the re-entry into the United Kingdom of those leaving the country to fight against British and American forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(12461)

150
N   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to police authorities on the purchase and hire of road vehicles.

(12911)

151
N   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he gives to local authorities on the case of private security firms; and if he will make a statement.

(12910)

152
N   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he collates on the annual cost of vandalism, broken down by local authority.

(13103)

153
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the new information technology systems at the Passport Agency are fully rolled out; what has been the estimated total cost of the new systems; what was the original planned cost; and if he will make a statement.

(13028)

154
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hoax anthrax attacks have been reported since 11th September; and if he will make a statement.

(13026)

155
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change (a) the fees charged for processing passport applications and (b) the charging structure for passport applications; and if he will make a statement.

(13027)

156
N   Fiona Mactaggart (Slough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd October, Official Report, column 76W, on Pakistani nationals, how many Pakistani nationals holding UK visas have been refused entry to the UK since 11th September at Birmingham airport.

(10719)

157
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13135)

158
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the governments of other countries bordering Afghanistan on the need to re-open their borders to Afghan refugees.

(12683)

159
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action she plans to take in order for the volume of food aid reaching Afghanistan to increase substantially.

(12682)

160
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the increase needed in the volume of food aid reaching Afghanistan in order to guarantee adequate stockpiles for the winter.

(12681)

161
N   Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she gives to the UN to enable it to co-ordinate properly the humanitarian operation; and how she will help the UN to fulfill its humanitarian goals in Afghanistan.

(12680)

162
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is done to prevent threatening behaviour from the families of convicted defendants toward jurors (a) in and (b) outside court.

(12427)

163
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what rules restrict the names of jurors being read out in court.

(12425)

164
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if jurors have the option of being escorted in and out of court (a) by separate entrances and (b) at different times from the rest of the public.

(12428)

165
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what measures there are to protect the identity of jurors in court.

(12426)

166
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13131)

167
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the President of the Council, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13139)

168
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Prime Minister, what further plans he has to reform the basis of membership of the House of Lords.

(11809)

169
N   The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the necessity of a visible demonstration that the conflict is over in Northern Ireland.

(12674)

170
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Prime Minister, which Moslem leaders in the United Kingdom have expressed support for the coalition's military action against the Taleban regime in Afghanistan.

(12931)

171
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside her Department.

(13132)

172
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings her Department's officials and ministers have had since March about drawing up the code of practice for retailers' behaviour in relation to their suppliers; what the dates of meetings with external organisations and companies were; and who attended the meetings.

(12098)

173
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the latest version of the draft code of practice for retailers' behaviour in relation to their suppliers will be circulated for consultation; to which organisations and companies it will be sent for comment; and if she will place a copy in the Libary.

(12097)

174
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft her Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13133)

175
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress is being made towards connection of the UK's rural communities to broadband telecommunications networks.

(12731)

176
N   Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if all those in receipt of benefit pension and tax credit payments will be automatically eligible for a Post Office card account after the introduction of the Universal Bank.

(12684)

177
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he is taking to ensure that adequate disabled access is being provided at railway stations in order to ensure compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

(12912)

178
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what responsibility (a) Railtrack and (b) Virgin Rail have for the provision of disabled access at Lockerbie Railway Station.

(12923)

179
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects the completion of Phase II of the upgrade of the West Coast Main Line; and when he expects trains will be able to operate at more than 140 mph on the line south of Crewe.

(12922)

180
N   Mr David Chaytor (Bury North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Working Time Directive in respect of HGV drivers.

(10307)

181
N   Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the expenditure on Port Health was in each of the last five years and what the estimated outturn is for the next three years.

(12725)

182
   Mr Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will reply to the letters of 10th July and 21st August from the honourable Member for Doncaster North regarding Manchester Airport and Finningley Airport.

(13137)

183
N   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet (a) honourable Members for Worcestershire, (b) representatives of the Worcestershire Education Authority and (c) headteachers and governors from the county, to discuss education funding in Worcestershire; and if he will make a statement.

(12675)

184
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the implications of the decision to place Railtrack into administration for (a) all services between (i) London Euston and Wolverhampton, (ii) Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury and (iii) Shrewsbury and Chester and (b) the proposed sale of the Oswestry branch line from Gobowen to Llanymywech to the Cambrian Railways Trust.

(12608)

185
N   Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will revise the regulations governing the council tax benefits limitation scheme.

(12609)

186
N   Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he gives local authorities on the use of parking restrictions relating to (a) HGVs and (b) lighter commercial vans in residential areas.

(12685)

187
   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has completed his review of the policing of ports; and if he will make a statement.

(13107)

188
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if his Department's discussions with coach operators over concessionary pensioners' fares are intended to cover inter-authority journeys.

(13036)

189
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost of subsidies to the Woolwich ferry was in the last year in which they were paid; and what resources were made available by his Department to support such subsidies.

(13038)

190
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason he does not collect information on the number of passenger journeys by ferry.

(13035)

191
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will extend eligibility for concessionary pensioners fares to inter-authority journeys.

(13034)

192
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those means of public transport for which he does not collect passenger information.

(13037)

193
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) fuel tax rebates and (b) other subsidies are available to operators of buses, trains, taxis, passenger hovercraft, passenger ferries, coaches and other means of public transport on UK internal routes.

(13039)

194
   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cases of computer (a) hacking, (b) fraud and (c) theft his Department recorded in (i) 2000 and (ii) 2001; and on how many occasions in those years computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers (A) within and (B) outside his Department.

(13136)

195
N   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he will publish the draft NHS Wales Bill.

(12679)

196
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase take up of minimum income guarantee amongst attendance allowance and disability living allowance (a) claimants and (b) entitled non-recipients.

(12436)

197
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of minimum income guarantee (i) claimants, (ii) eligible non-recipients and (iii) claimants and eligible non-recipients who are entitled to the minimum income guarantee as a consequence of their eligibility for the severe disability premium.

(12613)

198
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce (a) a shorter attendance allowance claim form and (b) an attendance allowance freephone claim line; and what plans he has to increase take-up of attendance allowance.

(12437)

199
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of minimum income guarantee (i) claimants, (ii) eligible non-recipients and (iii) claimants and eligible non-recipients who are entitled to the severe disability premium.

(12607)

200
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to amend the industrial injuries disablement benefit qualifications to include those unable to work through conditions caused through work processes but which are not the result of an accident or prescribed disease; and if he will make a statement.

(13041)

201
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for industrial injuries disablement benefit have been refused each year since 1995 as a result of the applicant's condition being caused through work processes and not as a result of an accident or prescribed disease; and if he will make a statement.

(13042)

202
N   Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many executive NDPBs there have been in existence each year from 1978; and what the total expenditure by these bodies was in each year in (a) real and (b) actual terms.

[Transferred] (11808)



© Parliamentary copyright 2001	Revised 6 November 2001