Order Book Part 1

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Session 2001-02
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 20 November 2001

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 20 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 20th NOVEMBER

1
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 31st July about public procurement from the honourable Member for Christchurch; and what is the explanation for the delay.

(16463)

2
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the criteria by which Patrick Carter's appointment to conduct a review of (a) the National Stadium project and (b) the Lee Valley National Athletics Centre was made.

(16672)

3
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the dates of all telephone conversations her Department has had with Patrick Carter since 1st January; and if she will state the nature of what was discussed and place a note of each conversation in the Library.

(16668)

4
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many names were considered at each stage of the process to find a person to conduct a review of (a) the National Stadium project and (b) the Lee Valley National Athletics Centre.

(16671)

5
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the dates of all written communication her Department has had with Patrick Carter since 1st January; what the nature of the communication was; and if she will place a copy of each communication in the Library.

(16669)

6
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department had meetings with Patrick Carter since 1st January; and if she will state the nature of what was discussed; and if she will place a note of each meeting in the Library.

(16667)

7
N   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the (a) instructions and (b) guidelines that she has given to (i) Patrick Carter and (ii) others about aspects of his reviews into (A) the National Stadium project and (B) the Lee Valley National Athletics Centre.

(16670)

8
N   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the UK military presence in Afghanistan includes women personnel.

(16279)

9
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries, and the number of troops they have promised, as part of their commitment to the international coalition's actions in Afghanistan.

(15823)

10
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the German Defence Minister on providing troops for the international coalition in Afghanistan.

(15822)

11
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on the Mineseeker operation with its patrons.

(15222)

12
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on new technology to detect and remove landmines; and if he will make a statement.

(15133)

13
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Mineseeker airship as a means of landmine removal.

(15134)

14
N   Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he is making of the siting of Army units at RAF St Athan.

(16459)

15
N   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 13th November, Official Report, column 630W, if he will publish the terms of reference he has agreed on policy development for veterans' affairs.

(15539)

16
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 539W, on early years excellence, how many expressions of interest there were in joining the early excellence centres programme.

(16604)

17
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 539W, if she will list those applicants who have been invited to develop their plans further.

(16602)

18
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 539W, if she will consider the proposal from Somerford Infant School as part of the next batch of early excellence centres designated.

(16601)

19
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 539W, on early years excellence, on what grounds the proposal for a centre at Somerford Infant School was considered not yet ready to join the programme; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's response to the proposal and details of its invitation to the school to develop its plans further.

(16603)

20
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 539W, what criteria was used in deciding which new early excellence centres should be designated.

(16600)

21
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 11th July, Official Report, column 554W, on university staff, how many of the academic staff reported to have resigned from their universities were re-engaged by their universities (a) for the academic year until 30th September and (b) for a longer period.

(16229)

22
N   Mr David Rendel (Newbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 11th July, Official Report, column 554W, on university staff, which universities transferred academic faculty members from a contract of employment to a contract of service between 1st January and 30th March indicating the faculties involved in each case.

(16228)

23
   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) name, (b) character, (c) date of designation, (d) agreed targets for each year within the period of designation and (e) unmet targets to date are of each designated specialist school or college in (i) Medway, (ii) Somerset, (iii) Islington, (iv) Plymouth, (v) Wiltshire, (vi) Isle of Wight, (vii) Tower Hamlets, (viii) Redbridge, (ix) Waltham Forest and (x) Ealing.

(16735)

24
   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) name, (b) character, (c) date of designation, (d) agreed targets for each year within the period of designation and (e) unmet targets to date are of each designated specialist school and college in (i) Kent, (ii) Barnet, (iii) Hampshire, (iv) Bromley, (v) Brent, (vi) Gloucestershire, (vii) West Sussex, (viii) Buckinghamshire, (ix) South Gloucestershire, (x) Devon, (xi) Surrey and (xii) Torbay.

(16736)

25
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, ref. 14132, if she will list the criteria for joining the Early Excellence Centres programme contained in the latest invitation to join the programme; and if she will make a statement on how these relate to the earlier invitations.

(16234)

26
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list each initiative by her Department that has attracted additional funding for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools between 1997-98 and 2001-02, indicating the overall budget for each initiative and the number of schools that have participated in each one.

(16607)

27
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total amount of additional funding made available by the DFEE/DFES per pupil was at (a) primary and (b) secondary level between 1997-98 and 2001-02, excluding amounts made available to all pupils in all schools.

(16606)

28
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average real term base line funding per pupil was at (a) primary and (b) secondary level in each of year between 1997-98 and 2001-02, excluding additional funding that was made available to all pupils in all schools.

(16605)

29
   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many premises culling took place of (a) cattle, (b) sheep, (c) pigs and (d) other animals under the (i) infected premises, (ii) dangerous contact, (iii) slaughter on suspicion and (iv) contiguous cull schemes operating during the foot and mouth disease outbreak broken down by (A) county and (B) region ; and how many samples were taken and how many positive tests were found at each premises.

(16713)

30
   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) infected premises and (b) contiguous premises were recorded during the foot and mouth disease outbreak broken down by (i) county and (ii) region; and how many samples were collected in each case.

(16714)

31
   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means she is monitoring the types of visits people undertook to the countryside in the 12 months since November 2000.

(16722)

32
   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of people travelled by (a) private transport, (b) train, (c) bus and (d) other forms of transport to the countryside in the 12 months from November 2000.

(16727)

33
   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Veterinary Medicines Directorate intends to publish the minutes of the Advisory Group on Veterinary Residues (1995 to 2000).

(16695)

34
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the findings on the source of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

(16717)

35
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of BSE there have been in the last 12 months in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) France and (c) Germany.

(16718)

36
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the ban on the export of sheep from the United Kingdom will be lifted.

(16719)

37
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many air quality incidents have been recorded (a) in the UK, (b) in the North East and (c) in Teesside; and what was the cause of the most potentially dangerous of those incidents in the last 12 months.

(16425)

38
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department is issuing to householders who face repeated flooding on (a) protecting and (b) insuring their properties; and if she will make a statement.

(16452)

39
N   Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding she will make available to assist local authorities with the cost of sandbags, water pumps and other items in relation to flooding and flood defences in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement.

(16451)

40
N   Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many items of correspondence from honourable Members addressed to her, which were received by her Department between (a) 7th June and 31st July, (b) 1st August and 31st August and (c) 1st September and 30th September, remain unanswered.

(16286)

41
N   Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has held with the European Commission regarding prawn quotas.

(16285)

42
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's procurement policy and what plans there are for departments to join together to (a) reduce procurement costs, (b) increase efficiency and (c) operate green procurement policies.

(16744)

43
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been spent on HFC driven machinery in Government buildings in each of the last three years.

(16739)

44
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of Belfast City Council's procurement and recycling policy.

(16748)

45
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the components and weightings are of the economic tests applied to proposals for (a) coastal protection and (b) flood prevention.

(16608)

46
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if self insurance by companies is specifically excluded from the financial services compensation scheme; and if claimants can be denied fall back compensation granted from the financial services compensation scheme where the employer and insurer are insolvent.

(15959)

47
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he received the formal notice from the Parliamentary Ombudsman of his intention to inquire into the regulation of Equitable Life; when he responded; and if he will place the correspondence in the Library.

(16283)

48
N   Sue Doughty (Guildford):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter of 12th October from the honourable Member for Guildford.

(16599)

49
N   Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the statement made by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Regions in the House of 13th November, Official Report, column 724, if he will list the dates, up to one month prior to 5th October, when he sent advice to the Secretary of State for Transport and the Regions.

(16277)

50
N   Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates, up to one month prior to 5th October, he sent advice to the Secretary of State for Transport and the Regions, that funds were not likely to be approved to maintain the (a) viability and (b) liquidity of Railtrack plc.

(16278)

51
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 25th October, Official Report, column 374W, on international tax recoveries, if the two recoveries of over £100 million were from companies linked as sisters or subsidiaries; if they were over £200 million; and what the largest sum recovered was.

(15135)

52
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the monthly breakdown of the tax receipts estimates contained in the most recent financial statement and budget report.

(16275)

53
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people of pensionable age there are in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

(16436)

54
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Office for National Statistics authorised the use of government-held personal records about (a) asylum seekers and (b) other categories of people during compilation of the 2001 Census returns.

(16336)

55
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance was given by the Office for National Statistics to Census enumerators about access to information held by the Government about individuals.

(16338)

56
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is his policy is on the rules governing the access of Census enumerators to individual personal information held by government departments.

(16337)

57
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the (a) subjects and (b) terms of reference of the first two research studies undertaken by the Inland Revenue and HM Customs & Excise Joint Compliance Costs Research Programme.

(16340)

58
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the volume of motor fuel products smuggled into Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.

(15540)

59
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles have been impounded by HM Customs in each year since 1997 for alleged smuggling of petroleum products; and what was the tonnage of fuel carried.

(15541)

60
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many successful prosecutions there have been in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997 for smuggling petroleum products into Northern Ireland.

(15542)

61
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he is taking to tackle cross border smuggling of petroleum products; and if he will make a statement.

(15543)

62
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings have been held between (a) Ministers and (b) officials and their Irish counterparts to discuss the smuggling of petroleum products into Northern Ireland since May; and if he will make a statement.

(15544)

63
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to other European Union countries on the introduction of an aggregates levy broadly comparable with that proposed in the United Kingdom.

(16732)

64
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason subscribers to the Treasury's email information service do not receive emails automatically informing them of news releases, services or documentation being made available by the Treasury; and if he will make a statement.

(16708)

65
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 6th November, Official Report, column 154W, on working hours, if the raw data provided by staff is provided on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement.

(16710)

66
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions in the last 12 months, confidential final revise proof copies of white papers have been made available under embargo to (a) the Lobby and Upper Gallery and (b) members of other organised groups of correspondents before publication; and if he will make a statement.

(16707)

67
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority is undertaking investigations into potential insider dealing regarding Railtrack shares in the period immediately before the suspension of shares in Railtrack; and if he will make a statement.

(16687)

68
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place legal advice on the position of the NIRS2 contract in the Library.

(16723)

69
N   Mr Tony Colman (Putney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter of 6th September from the honourable Member for Putney with regard to his constituent, Mr M. Sandhu (GV100/69005/JS).

(15073)

70
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Russian Government concerning human rights in Chechnya.

(16680)

71
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings have been held with the US administration of Diego Garcia on the conditions relating to the return of the Ilois people to the islands; and if he will make a statement.

(16677)

72
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has held with the Government of Morocco concerning their occupation of the Western Sahara.

(16679)

73
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have been held by the British High Commission in Mauritius with representatives of the Chagos islanders.

(16674)

74
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent visits to the Chagos islands have been made by officials of the British Indian Ocean Territories during the current calender year; and if he will make a statement.

(16675)

75
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to receive the environmental impact assessment report on potential future settlement of the Chagos Islands by its former inhabitants and their descendants.

(16676)

76
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has held with representatives of the Chagos islanders concerning their legal right of return.

(16673)

77
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the UN administration in the Western Sahara to name a date for a referendum on the future governance of the territory.

(16678)

78
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the impact of sanctions on the access of Iraqi citizens to clean water; and if he will make a statement.

(16274)

79
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the performance of the Oil for Food policy regarding Iraq and the attitude of the Iraqi Government towards this policy.

(16230)

80
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those countries that support the international coalition's actions in Afghanistan.

(15824)

81
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the United Nations on the creation of a multi-national force to provide peace-keeping in Afghanistan.

(15826)

82
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the proposal of the Japanese Government to expand membership of the Security Council.

(15828)

83
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list those countries that (a) have ratified and (b) have undertaken to ratify the Treaty on the International Criminal Court.

(16233)

84
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Iraqi Government on no-fly zones.

(16231)

85
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the role of al Qaeda in the illicit trade in diamonds in Sierra Leone.

(16232)

86
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UN Security Council's role in relation to the international coalition's actions in Afghanistan.

(15825)

87
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with drawing up a draft convention on international terrorism.

(15827)

88
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) India and (b) Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir.

(15829)

89
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals he has made to ensure that the people of Gibraltar enjoy the rights of citizens of the European Union; and if he will make a statement.

(16287)

90
N   Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Gibraltar about facilitating their participation in the talks with the Spanish Government on terms that are acceptable to the Government of Gibraltar.

(16288)

91
N   Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to accept at his meeting with his Spanish counterpart on 20th November proposals that (a) the Government and (b) the people of Gibraltar do not support.

(16345)

92
N   Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what models of sovereignty he is exploring with the Spanish Government in the Brussels process.

(16344)

93
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Bangladesh regarding the treatment of Hindus.

(15785)

94
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to formulate a co-ordinated strategy to ensure compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention; and if he will make a statement.

(16689)

95
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his recent discussions with President Musharraf about the situation in Pakistan.

(16693)

96
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the United Kingdom academic research groups with experience in reviewing the risks associated with depleted uranium.

(16282)

97
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when those people who were receiving nursing care in the West Chelmsford constituency on 1st October will have had assessments carried out for free nursing care.

(14968)

98
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people on 1st October in the West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency were receiving nursing care; and how many of those receiving nursing care had by (a) 1st October and (b) 1st November been assessed to receive free nursing care.

(14969)

99
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if accommodation and the cost of living for nurses in Essex in being considered as part of his active review of the cost of living for nurses' allowance; and if he will extend the scheme to Essex.

(16130)

100
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) purpose and (b) aims of the cost of living allowance for nurses.

(16131)

101
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department's review of the cost of living allowances for nurses in the south of England will be complete.

(16134)

102
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which counties in the (a) South West, (b) South East and (c) Eastern parts of England benefit from the cost of living allowance for nurses.

(16133)

103
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the reason for the exclusion of Essex in the counties to receive the cost of living allowance for nurses.

(16132)

104
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the balance in the work programme of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence between (a) technology appraisals and (b) treatment guidelines.

(15968)

105
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out for each technology appraisal undertaken by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence the (a) final recommendation and (b) cost effectiveness as measured in terms of QALYs.

(15967)

106
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to undertake a review of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.

(15965)

107
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring his Department has undertaken to ensure that NICE guidance is fully implemented for each technology appraisal undertaken by NICE where the technology was recommended as suitable for use within the NHS.

(15966)

108
   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the increased risk of strokes among members of (a) Asian and (b) African-Caribbean ethnic groups; and what plans he has to commission further research.

(16691)

109
N   Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Nuffield Trust Report, Local Medical Emergency Units: Learning Set Interim.

(16456)

110
N   Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the use of information technology and telemedicine links in the maintenance of small acute hospitals which take emergency admissions.

(16458)

111
N   Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons regarding the future of smaller acute hospitals which take emergency admissions.

(16457)

112
N   Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the future uses of new technology to conduct clinical examinations remotely and to allow specialist consultants to consult with colleagues at another hospital.

(16453)

113
N   Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future commissioning and use of transmitted clinical images as binary code for the purpose of remote diagnosis by specialist consultants.

(16454)

114
N   Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which experts from outside the National Blood Service the National Blood Service Appropriate Use of Blood working group is consulting.

(16347)

115
N   Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce into the NHS those (a) blood transfusion and (b) blood substitute regimes for cancer patients used in overseas hospitals treating NHS patients which are more effective and efficient than UK practices.

(16350)

116
N   Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific blood substitute therapies will be made available for treating cancer patients with anaemia-related fatigue following the adoption of additional screening.

(16348)

117
N   Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had about the use of blood and blood transfusions for NHS patients who take up treatment in overseas hospitals with ministers from those countries.

(16349)

118
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on (a) cancer and (b) heart disease in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) in the current year to date.

(16461)

119
   Ann Keen (Brentford & Isleworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the level of healthcare administered by local health authorities to sufferers of lymphoedema.

(16683)

120
   Martin Linton (Battersea):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NICE will issue interim guidance to health authorities on anti-TNF drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.

(16684)

121
N   Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken to ensure that beef imported from other countries, from which spinal cord tissue has not been removed, is safe.

(16284)

122
   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons consultation on the Health and Social Care Bill was restricted to six weeks.

(16692)

123
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 558W, when his officials received an application on behalf of Mrs Melissa Jane Gryspeerdt of Chippenham, Wiltshire, maiden name--Dodd, date of posting--August 2001; when they expect to process it; and if he will make a statement.

(16276)

124
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the trial drugs policy in Brixton; and what plans there are to adopt a similar approach in other parts of the UK.

(16439)

125
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has (a) to assess the success of the warden force within the Metropolitan Police area and (b) to reproduce it in police forces (i) across the country and (ii) in Cleveland.

(16441)

126
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reappraise the role of the Special Constabulary; and how many special constables there are in Cleveland.

(16442)

127
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to enable members of the Special Constabulary to receive increased remuneration.

(16443)

128
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the powers conferred upon the warden force; and how these plans have changed since 11th September.

(16438)

129
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the relationship between wardens and the regular constabulary.

(16440)

130
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the quality of (a) care and (b) treatment being offered to (i) mentally and (ii) personality disordered prisoners held in young offenders' institutions; and if he will make a statement.

(16342)

131
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets he has set for mandatory drug testing at each young offender institution.

(16343)

132
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) suicides and (b) incidents of self-harm have taken place at each young offender institution in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01 and (f) 2001-02 to date.

(16341)

133
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) registered addicts and (b) non-registered addicts of (i) cocaine and (ii) heroin there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years.

(15538)

134
   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is given to armed police to deal with firearms situations involving suspects suffering from mental illness.

(16686)

135
   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision exists in (a) England and Wales and (b) Devon, for police and social services to liaise on matters concerning suspects suffering from mental illness.

(16685)

136
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th October, Official Report, column 1398W, on suspicious activity reports, how many of the reports from the gambling industry were from (a) spread betting organisations and (b) other gambling businesses; and if he will make a statement.

(16711)

137
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on establishing (a) a local emergency and (b) civil defence services to deal with a chemical or biological attack.

(16690)

138
   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals her Department has for funding leadership training for women in Afghanistan once stability has been restored.

(16681)

139
   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department has spent on women's leadership training in (a) newly democratic and (b) developing nations in the last five years.

(16682)

140
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library a copy of Mr Justice Hart's reasons for accepting the petition of J. W. Roberts Ltd. in the High Court of Justice Chancery Division Companies Court (in the matter of the Insolvency Act 1986) heard on 1st October.

(15960)

141
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, on what date J. W. Roberts petitioners and Turner & Newall plc first filed its application for administration under the Insolvency Act 1986.

(15957)

142
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library the list of the companies Turner & Newall put into administration as a result of the hearing and decision on the petition of J. W. Roberts Ltd in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division Companies Court heard on 1st October.

(15964)

143
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library the transcript of the hearing and decision of the petition of J. W. Roberts Ltd. in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Companies Court heard on 1st October by Mr Justice Hart.

(15956)

144
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people have accessed the Community Legal Service website since its creation; and on what issues people most frequently seek advice.

(16445)

145
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) public, (b) private, (c) charity and (d) non-governmental organisations are involved in community legal service partnerships in the (i) borough of Middlesbrough and the (ii) Redcar and Cleveland areas.

(16446)

146
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to develop the concept of public defenders throughout the UK.

(16444)

147
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 564W, on the Libra project, if stand alone terminals will be retained for access for specific local systems where that access was not available on the legacy network, and is not currently available on Libra service.

(16731)

148
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th November, Official Report, column 7521W, on the Libra project, how many MCCs with office automation have retained separate stand-alone terminals to provide access to the legacy systems.

(16716)

149
   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has made to (a) India, (b) Russia, (c) South Korea and (d) the USA on reducing their declared stockpiles of chemical weapons.

(16688)

150
N   Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she will take to tackle the problems with the postal delivery service in Bexhill.

(16460)

151
N   Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will provide the combined total expenditure of the Post Office Users' National Council in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the financial years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000; what this year's budget will be for postwatch and projections for the next three years; and if she will list the elements of unplanned outturn in (a), (b) and (c).

(16280)

152
N   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department is taking to restrict the sale of those category 3 fireworks which cause excessive noise pollution.

(16346)

153
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the proposed wind farm sites awaiting planning permission in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, giving their predicted output in kilowatt hours.

(16332)

154
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the proposed wave power developments awaiting planning permission in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, giving their predicted output in kilowatt hours.

(16334)

155
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the operational wind farm sites in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, giving their output in kilowatt hours.

(16333)

156
N   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will publish a list of the operational wave power locations in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland, giving their output in kilowatt hours.

(16335)

157
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the downturn in the aerospace industry since 11th September.

(16721)

158
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) management and (b) shopfloor jobs in manufacturing have been lost in (i) Lancashire and (ii) the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.

(16720)

159
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list for each (a) area based and (b) other regeneration-related initiative for which her department is responsible (i) the amount budgeted and (ii) the total expenditure in each financial year for the planned lifetime of each initiative (A) nationally and (B) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

(16450)

160
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the annual (a) running cost and (b) budget for each of the regional development agencies.

(16447)

161
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to link more closely the work of the RDAs and that of the government offices, with particular reference to the Government Office of the North East.

(16448)

162
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to prevent the practice by companies of sending unsolicited marketing material by fax to (a) businesses and (b) individuals.

(16449)

163
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what amount of pre-cast concrete products was supplied to Great Britain from Northern Ireland by weight in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what assessment she has made of the likely change in this figure following the introduction of the aggregates levy.

(16705)

164
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much (a) aggregate and (b) concrete product by weight was imported to Britain in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(16702)

165
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what incentives the Government is providing for the expansion of energy generation from fuel cells; and if she will make a statement.

(16741)

166
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the NETA in assisting the suppliers of renewable energy; and if she will make a statement.

(16725)

167
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which division of Westinghouse is now a part of BNFL.

(16743)

168
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for promoting improvement of energy standards of white goods in the European Union.

(16749)

169
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets she has set for the use of fuel cells.

(16742)

170
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on how many power stations would not need to be used if everyone stopped leaving their televisions and computers on standby; and what plans there are for a European Union directive that would reduce the power consumption of electrical goods whilst in standby mode.

(16747)

171
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on Government plans to encourage the use of CHP.

(16738)

172
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the effect of deregulation and privatisation of the energy industry.

(16740)

173
N   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will introduce plans to ban the sale of fireworks to the general public.

(16455)

174
   Tony Wright (Cannock Chase):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average level is of (a) interim and (b) final payments made to date to former miners and their estates under the chronic bronchitis and emphysema compensation scheme.

(16694)

175
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what statutory provisions govern the rights of employees to information on the employers liability compulsory insurance scheme.

(15961)

176
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what statutory provisions govern the commercial confidentiality of information held by companies on employers' insurance liabilities.

(15963)

177
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many companies were prosecuted in the last five years for failing to display an ELCI certificate in the workplace.

(15962)

178
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what statutory provisions govern the duty of employers to display an ELCI certificate in the workplace.

(15955)

179
   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress made by the Ordnance Survey towards anticipating and meeting the needs of customers through partnerships and adherence to service first principles.

(16709)

180
   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to legislate for changes in highways legislation, following the judgement in Goodes v E.Sussex County Council.

(16712)

181
N   Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on which dates, up to one month prior to 5th October, he received advice from the Treasury indicating funds were not likely to be approved to maintain the (a) viability and (b) liquidity of Railtrack plc.

(16227)

182
N   Michael Fabricant (Lichfield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the dates up to one month prior to 5th October when he received advice from the Treasury pursuant to his statement in the House of 13th November, Official Report, column 724.

(16226)

183
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what slots have been offered to British Midland to fly from Heathrow following the withdrawal of services by other carriers.

(16729)

184
   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what Government support is being given to British airlines.

(16728)

185
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on what his Department is doing to ensure that the UK transport network is accessible to those with (a) mobility problems and (b) other disabilities.

(16426)

186
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the promotion and use of the Traveline website.

(16428)

187
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list for each (a) area-based and (b) other regeneration-related initiative for which his Department is responsible (i) the amount budgeted and (ii) the total expenditure in each financial year for the planned lifetime of each initiative (a) nationally and (b) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

(16427)

188
N   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was the cost to public funds of the research project conducted by Heriot-Watt University, the University of Bristol and the University of Cardiff into the implementation of Government guidance on managing unauthorised camping.

(16339)

189
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research his Department has undertaken into the relative effectiveness of reducing noise levels of (a) porous asphalt and (b) this surface coating road surfaces.

(16597)

190
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the projects for which the Highways Agency's NAOMI traffic flow model has been used in the last six months.

(16596)

191
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the NAOMI traffic flow model was introduced by the Highways Agency; and what assessment has been made of its reliability and accuracy.

(16595)

192
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those sections of motorway that have (a) a 50 mph limit, (b) variable speed limits and (c) other speed limits less than the national limit.

(16598)

193
   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 7th November, Official Report, column 289W, on letters of comfort, if he will make it his policy to place such letters in the Library; what representations he has received from potential financiers of the successor body to Railtrack for non-legally binding assurances from the Government on their support for Railtrack's successor body; and if he will make a statement.

(16730)

194
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 14th November of the Prime Minister to the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight, Official Report, column 850, on concessionary coach fares, if he will set out when public financial support for concessionary fares for pensioners on (a) buses and (b) coaches (i) became permissable, (ii) became mandatory and (iii) began to be implemented or will begin to be implemented, (A) for within-county travel and (B) for out-of-county travel.

(16464)

195
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on income support for those who have relatively low savings.

(16129)

196
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the arrangements for the level of deductions from income support based upon an individual's capital limit.

(16127)

197
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has carried out into the relationship between the rate of interest and the level of deductions from income support, based upon capital limits.

(16128)

198
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many older people will receive winter fuel payments this winter (a) in the UK and (b) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

(16431)

199
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on (a) the number of participants in the New Deal for Young People from the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the last 12 months, (b) the destination of people leaving the scheme and (c) the cost involved.

(16433)

200
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to improve incentives for those with children to work; and how many people have availed themselves of them (a) in Middlesbrough and (b) in Redcar and Cleveland in the last year for which figures are available.

(16429)

201
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland consituency were in receipt of income-related benefits in each of the last four years.

(16437)

202
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list for each (a) area-based and (b) other regeneration-related initiative for which his Department is responsible (i) the amount budgeted and (ii) the total expenditure in each financial year for the planned lifetime of each initiative (a) in the UK and (b) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

(16432)

203
N   Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales to achieve an integrated public transport system for Wales.

[Question Unstarred] (13553)

204
N   Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the effect of rent restructuring on constituencies with high housing prices.

[Question Unstarred] (13570)

205
N   Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the funding of Rochford District Council.

[Question Unstarred] (13572)

206
N   Mr John Battle (Leeds West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what investigations his Department has carried out into Turner & Newall plc in relation to employees' liability insurance cover since 1971; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (15958)

207
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice the Cabinet Office gives to (a) government departments and (b) public sector procurement directors about the purchase of office furniture which has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

[Transferred] (16462)

208
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he is taking to encourage the availability of bio-diesel for motorists.

[Transferred] (16281)

209
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many older people will receive free television licences (a) in the UK and (b) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

[Transferred] (16435)

210
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research her Department is conducting into the problems of off-shore wind turbines, with particular reference to fatigue caused by waves and wind vibrating the structure in rough weather.

[Transferred] (16724)

211
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research is being conducted by her Department into designing a lattice tower that can change its stiffness and resonant frequency by causing hydraulic pistons to control the rigidity of the diagonal cross bars for off-shore wind turbines.

[Transferred] (16734)

212
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to fund research into using urea in diesel vehicles to reduce nitrogen emissions.

[Transferred] (16733)

213
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps her Department is taking to back research into using urea in catalytic converters on diesel engines to reduce nitrogen emissions.

[Transferred] (16737)

214
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research the Government is conducting into underwater tractors used to plant wind farms off the Dutch coast.

[Transferred] (16726)

215
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the annual number of deaths in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) the European Union and (c) the United States of America per 100,000 people from food poisoning in the last 12 months.

[Transferred] (16746)

216
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the international competitiveness of the United Kingdom's quarry industry of the introduction of the aggregates levy.

[Transferred] (16704)

217
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the import of (a) aggregate and (b) concrete products as a result of the aggregates levy.

[Transferred] (16706)

218
   Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely change in the import of concrete products to the United Kingdom from (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) other countries following the introduction of the aggregates levy.

[Transferred] (16703)

219
   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans there are to improve the energy efficiency of Government departments.

[Transferred] (16745)