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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 30 November 2001
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 30 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. |
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| 1 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will publish a paper on regional government in England. |
| (19917) | |
| 2 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November, Ref. 18772, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, on which date the notification was received; and on which date a response was made. |
| (20098) | |
| 3 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursant to the Answer of 28th November, Ref. 18772, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, what formal notices (a) have been received and (b) have been responded to since 31st March. |
| (20097) | |
| 4 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Needs Assessment and Action Plan for the West Cumbria Sports Action Zone will be published; and if she will make a statement. |
| (18965) | |
| 5 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projects the Sports Action Zone in West Cumbria has initiated in (a) Allerdale, (b) Barrow and (c) Copeland; what sum of money is involved in each case in each borough; and if she will make a statement. |
| (18966) | |
| 6 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Creative Partnerships; and if she will make a statement. |
| (19614) | |
| 7 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made on the effectiveness of the National Foundation for Youth Music in providing more opportunity for young people to participate in musical activity; and if she will make a statement. |
| (19613) | |
| 8 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on the UK tourism industry of Britain not being part of the Eurozone in January 2002. |
| (20127) | |
| 9 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to ensure that all areas of the UK proceed at the same rate with the shift from analogue to broadband broadcasting. |
| (19976) | |
| 10 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) evidence and (b) advice the Gambling Review Body considered before including Recommendation 70 in its recent report. |
| (19952) | |
| 11 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 514W, on depleted uranium, how many rounds were fired in the tests; and how many were recovered. |
| (18968) | |
| 12 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason test firing using depleted uranium contaminated gun barrels from Eskmeals was carried out at Shoeburyness; who authorised the transfer of the gun barrels; and if he will make a statement. |
| (18970) | |
| 13 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 514W, on depleted uranium, who was the radiation protection adviser; for which organisation he or she worked; whether the Defence Radiology Protection Service was (a) consulted and (b) involved; and if he will make a statement. |
| (18967) | |
| 14 N | Dr Jack Cunningham (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 514W, on depleted uranium, what environmental impact assessment was carried out, and by whom, before depleted uranium contaminated gun barrels from Eskmeals were used in test firing at Shoeburyness. |
| (18969) | |
| 15 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the number of cases that have occurred whereby workers have transferred from an external employer to his Department; and in particular where this has involved (a) dismissal and (b) re-employment. |
| (19466) | |
| 16 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to clear unexploded (a) cluster bombs, (b) land mines and (c) other ordnance from Afghanistan. |
| (20004) | |
| 17 | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to encourage an international ban on the use of cluster bombs. |
| (20001) | |
| 18 | Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British forces participated in the military action at Qala-i-Jhangi in Afghanistan on 25th to 27th November; and if he will make a statement. |
| (20026) | |
| 19 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical records have been requested by armed services personnel who served in the Gulf War; how many have been found; whether all requests for medical record information have been granted; and if he will make a statement. |
| (20266) | |
| 20 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the management of medical records from the Gulf War and their accuracy. |
| (20265) | |
| 21 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he expects that the extra £100 million allocation announced in the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report will fully cover the costs associated with Operation Veritas in the current financial year. |
| (19827) | |
| 22 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence projects in the EU have been (a) initiated and (b) brought forward as a result of the aspiration to achieve the objectives of the European Security and Defence Policy. |
| (19829) | |
| 23 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the EU member states which are increasing their defence spending in real terms over the next three years. |
| (19830) | |
| 24 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to work to implement the recommendations of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the use of cluster bombs. |
| (20234) | |
| 25 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many prisoners at Qala-i-Jhangi attempted to surrender during the prison revolt. |
| (20240) | |
| 26 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communications British military personnel located in Afghanistan have had with the US Marines based near Kandahar. |
| (20241) | |
| 27 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice was given by British military personnel to Northern Alliance military personnel during the prison revolt at Qala-i-Jhangi. |
| (20236) | |
| 28 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice his Department has given to Northern Alliance military personnel regarding adherence to the Geneva Convention. |
| (20242) | |
| 29 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military personnel were involved in the prison revolt in Qala-i-Jhangi; what regiments they belonged to; and what role they played. |
| (20237) | |
| 30 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the timing of the decommissioning of Squadron 819 at RNAS Prestwick. |
| (17655) | |
| 31 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy personnel are based at HMS Gannet; and what was the cost of their (a) accommodation and (b) subsistance for each of the last 12 months. |
| (17656) | |
| 32 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy personnel will be based at HMS Gannet, Prestwick from April 2002; and how they will be accommodated. |
| (17657) | |
| 33 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the lease of the HMS Gannet site at Prestwick Airport; and how long the lease has to run. |
| (17658) | |
| 34 | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average age of aircraft is in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force. |
| (19962) | |
| 35 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers in East Sussex were assaulted by (a) pupils and (b) parents in each year since 1997. |
| (11930) | |
| 36 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers in Buckinghamshire schools left the profession before retirement age in each year since 1992. |
| (20131) | |
| 37 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there were in Buckinghamshire in October (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. |
| (20130) | |
| 38 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November, Ref 18771, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, how many formal notices her Department received between 1st November 2000 and 31st March 2001; and in respect of each notice, how long it took to respond. |
| (20100) | |
| 39 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November, Ref. 18771, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, on which date each of the five new statutory statements of complaint was received; and on which date the response was made. |
| (20099) | |
| 40 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the cost of implementing Statutory Instrument 2718 and the guidance notice relating to portable buildings. |
| (19898) | |
| 41 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on progress towards the introduction of the literacy and numeracy hours into secondary school curriculum; and how this can be achieved without reduction of time for National Curriculum subjects. |
| (19473) | |
| 42 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of head teachers' organisations. |
| (19472) | |
| 43 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on how performance-related pay will affect the salaries of head teachers. |
| (19474) | |
| 44 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals are repaying student loans in Wales. |
| (19915) | |
| 45 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many individuals repaid student loans early in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (19913) | |
| 46 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance is issued to the Student Loan Company to enable individuals to make early repayments of a student loan. |
| (19914) | |
| 47 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answers of 16th November, Official Report, column 927W and 27th November, Official Report, column 601W, on Sure Start, if she will provide data on the same basis for each Sure Start area. |
| (19837) | |
| 48 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many newly qualified teachers who began work in London and the South East have left the profession within the five years since 1997. |
| (20261) | |
| 49 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual staff turnover has been in Further Education colleges in the last five academic years. |
| (20104) | |
| 50 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual average staff turnover has been in secondary schools in the last five academic years. |
| (20106) | |
| 51 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time teachers have become supply teachers in the past three years. |
| (20108) | |
| 52 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the annual average staff turnover has been in primary schools in the last five academic years |
| (20107) | |
| 53 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special school heads have left the profession in the past three years. |
| (20110) | |
| 54 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teacher vacancies there are in special schools. |
| (20111) | |
| 55 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the first year student drop out rate was in new universities in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999 and (d) 2000. |
| (19615) | |
| 56 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many local education authorities are receiving funds for a music service; and how many schools have benefited from the music service in each local education authority. |
| (19616) | |
| 57 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the estimated cost is of setting up admissions forums under the Education Bill 2001. |
| (19612) | |
| 58 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in the promotion of homework clubs in schools; and if she will make a statement. |
| (19611) | |
| 59 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the aggregate for England of (a) local education authority general schools budgets, (b) their potential schools budgets, (c) their aggregate schools budgets, (d) (c) as a percentage of (b) and (e) (c) as a percentage of (a), for each year from 1996 until the implementation of section 46 of the School Standards and Framework Act. |
| (19463) | |
| 60 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list those representations she received before 24th October on the administration of the ILA scheme, distinguishing those which identified the danger of (a) fraud and (b) financial over-run. |
| (19465) | |
| 61 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which categories of expenditure she proposes shall count as (a) schools budget, (b) individual schools budget and (c) local education authority budget for the purposes of implementing the Education Bill; and if she will make a statement. |
| (19464) | |
| 62 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the aggregate for England of (a) local education authority budgets for education, (b) their local schools budgets, (c) their individual schools budgets and (d) (c) as a percentage of (b), for each year since the implementation of section 46 of the School Standards and Framework Act. |
| (19462) | |
| 63 | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made in implementing 'All our Futures: Creativity, Culture, Education'. |
| (19953) | |
| 64 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 519W, on departmental costs, if she will list the representations she has received from the European Union concerning the late payment of support monies to farmers. |
| (19786) | |
| 65 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 517W, on river quality, what chemical levels of (a) biochemical oxygen demand and (b) concentrations of dissolved (i) oxygen and (ii) ammonia are deemed to be (A) good, (B) fair, (C) poor and (D) bad in the Environment Agency's general quality assessment scheme for rivers. |
| (19237) | |
| 66 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 21st November, Official Report, columns 319-20W, on farm incomes, if the (a) total farming, (b) individual, (c) total off-farming and (d) individual off-farming income levels include income from subsidy payments; and what the (i) total income from farming and (ii) total off-farming income was by region in (A) England, (B) Wales and (C) Scotland in each year since 1996. |
| (19238) | |
| 67 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) total and (b) average levels of subsidies to farmers were for (i) production and (ii) agri-environmental schemes in (1) 1996, (2) 1997, (3) 1998, (4) 1999, (5) 2000 and (6) 2001. |
| (19233) | |
| 68 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd November, Official Report, column 422W, on industrial action, if she will list the level of payments by category that have been delayed since the dispute began. |
| (19905) | |
| 69 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research she has commissioned concerning (a) the Rural White Paper indicator measures and (b) other indicator measures for her Department; and when this research will be made available. |
| (19140) | |
| 70 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of each research project to determine measures for the headline indicators as set out in the Rural White Paper is. |
| (19235) | |
| 71 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 21st November, Official Report, column 321W, on local education authorities, and of 26th November, Official Report, column 690W, on educational attainment, what measures her Department plans to use to monitor headline indicator 3 on page 166 of the Rural White Paper. |
| (19783) | |
| 72 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to part-fund the costs incurred by local authorities storing end-of-life refrigerators prior to recycling. |
| (19955) | |
| 73 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Countryside Agency Leisure Day Visits Survey (a) did not take place during 2001 and (b) will take place during 2002. |
| (19600) | |
| 74 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research is being carried out by her Department for which monies from the budgets for (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03 have been committed. |
| (19234) | |
| 75 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the (a) total level of CAP spending in Europe, (b) level of CAP spending in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) other EU member states by different scheme and (c) proportion of CAP spending funded by (A) the United Kingdom and (B) other EU member states in each of the last 10 years. |
| (19236) | |
| 76 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd November, Official Report, column 425W, on countryside visits, for what reason the United Kingdom Day Visitors Survey was not carried out in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. |
| (19782) | |
| 77 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made in the last six months on the threat of tuberculosis to (a) human and (b) animal health. |
| (19897) | |
| 78 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes her Department is proposing on animal movement restrictions for those herds subject to 12 month test intervals for tuberculosis; and what (a) economic and (b) animal health and welfare assessments she has made. |
| (19896) | |
| 79 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy towards people working after the age of 65 years; and how many such people are so employed (a) by her Department and (b) on a sub-contracted basis. |
| (19904) | |
| 80 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress on the Organic Action Plan; what organisations she has met to discuss the Organic Action Plan; and if she will outline the (a) aims, (b) objectives and (c) targets set by the Government to meet the Organic Action Plan. |
| (19721) | |
| 81 | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many public speeches on agriculture she has given since her appointment; and how many of them were made to audiences of farmers and those working in agriculture. |
| (20000) | |
| 82 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what imports of Argentinian meat have entered the UK food chain in the last 12 months; if the meat is from vaccinated sources; and if it is organically produced. |
| (20002) | |
| 83 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) the Fresh Produce Consortium, (b) the Horticultural Development Council and (c) government departments on proposals to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables in the population; and if she will make a statement. |
| (20138) | |
| 84 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the efficiency and promptness of her Department's staff in responding to correspondence received from honourable Members; and if she will make a statement. |
| (20025) | |
| 85 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of this Autumn's weather conditions on the storage of this year's national potato crop; and what advice her Department has issued to growers and producers on the correct conditions for the mass storage of potatoes. |
| (20136) | |
| 86 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the qualifying criteria are for the countryside stewardship scheme; and what assessment she has made of the practicability of the conditions of the scheme with reference to (a) grazing levels and sward height, (b) winter housing of bovine livestock and (c) use of outdoor cattle feeders in winter. |
| (20135) | |
| 87 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on (a) farm cash flow and (b) farmers' livelihoods of delays in the (i) despatch and (ii) processing of (A) livestock and (B) ESA scheme claim forms and payments from the Rural Payments Agency in Worcester; and if she will make a statement. |
| (20022) | |
| 88 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the European Commission's Directive on the definition of meat and meat foodstuffs; and if she will make a statement. |
| (20137) | |
| 89 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the efficiency and promptness of the tasks carried out by the Rural Payments Agency; and if she will make a statement. |
| (20024) | |
| 90 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on (a) farm cash flow and (b) farmers' livelihoods of delays in the despatch of sheep annual premium to farmers who have had a partial contiguous cull of sheep as a result of foot and mouth. |
| (20023) | |
| 91 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many girls resident in the Buckingham constituency registered (a) the conception and (b) the birth of a child before the age of 16 years in each year since 1997. |
| (20133) | |
| 92 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of raising public expenditure on health to the EU average by 2005. |
| (19980) | |
| 93 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answers of 19th November, Official Report, columns 143-4W, under what exemptions of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information he did not provide the information requested. |
| (20134) | |
| 94 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action is being taken by Customs and Excise to stop goods produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza being imported into the UK under preference by being labelled made in Israel. |
| (20095) | |
| 95 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for the work of Customs and Excise of the decisions of the European Commisson regarding the import, under preference, of goods produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza but which are labelled as made in Israel. |
| (20092) | |
| 96 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action is being taken by Customs and Excise to investigate allegations that goods produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza are being imported into Britain under preference and labelled made in Israel. |
| (20094) | |
| 97 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action is being taken by his Department to inform importers of goods produced in illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza that they cannot use preference irrespective of whether they are labelled as made in Israel. |
| (20093) | |
| 98 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in receipt of one or more of the various components of working families tax credit have a final income of (a) more than twice, (b) more than two and half times and (c) more than three times their initial net income. |
| (19833) | |
| 99 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish disaggregated figures for the (a) customs and excise duties and (b) other taxes and royalties show on lines 8 and 10 of Table B8, page 174, of the Pre-Budget Report 2001. |
| (20129) | |
| 100 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many families are (a) eligible for and (b) receiving (i) the children's tax credit and (ii) the working families tax credit, at the latest date for which figures are available. |
| (20128) | |
| 101 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend Table 4.3 on the Pre-Budget Report by showing comparable figures for marginal deduction rates of (a) 50 per cent. or more and (b) 40 per cent. or more. |
| (19649) | |
| 102 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if Table 4.3 of the Pre-Budget Report includes the effects of (a) income tax, (b) housing benefit withdrawal and (c) council tax benefit withdrawal. |
| (19652) | |
| 103 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will produce an amended version of Table 4.3 of the Pre-Budget Report including the effects of income tax. |
| (19650) | |
| 104 N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will produce an amended version of Table 4.3 of the Pre-Budget Report including the effects of withdrawal of housing benefit and council tax benefit. |
| (19651) | |
| 105 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Government Ministers attended the Overseas Territories Consultative Council meeting in September; on what basis and for how long on each occasion each Minister attended; what subjects were discussed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (20243) | |
| 106 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Government of Sudan on the (a) creation and (b) restoration of churches in the north of the country. |
| (19722) | |
| 107 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's approach to peace in the Sudan, with particular reference to democratic consent in the south of the country. |
| (19725) | |
| 108 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with other African governments on proposals to bring peace to the Sudan. |
| (19723) | |
| 109 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Christian Solidarity on the subject of slavery and abduction in the Sudan. |
| (19724) | |
| 110 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the constitutional arrangements agreed between the UK and the Irish Republic involving joint decision-making in the affairs of Northern Ireland are being used as a model for the future constitutional status of Gibraltar. |
| (19963) | |
| 111 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if an agreement to offer Spain any joint decision-making over the affairs of Gibraltar will be put to a referendum of the people of Gibraltar. |
| (19964) | |
| 112 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if, as part of the negotiations with Spain, the Government is discussing giving inhabitants of Gibraltar the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament. |
| (19965) | |
| 113 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the importance of the BBC World Service during the conflict in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. |
| (19975) | |
| 114 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what statement the Spanish Foreign Minister made relating to the ability of EU citizens resident in Gibraltar to vote in European parliamentary elections during his recent meeting with UK Ministers. |
| (20227) | |
| 115 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussion the British Government has had with (a) the Spanish Government, (b) other European governments and (c) NATO on the use of Gibraltar Airport for military purposes. |
| (20226) | |
| 116 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries he has visited since 7th June. |
| (20253) | |
| 117 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations with Yemen. |
| (20252) | |
| 118 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist Catherine Meyer to be reunited with her sons. |
| (20255) | |
| 119 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on relations with Cuba. |
| (20256) | |
| 120 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to visit Russia. |
| (20254) | |
| 121 N | Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the question of 1st November on respiratory disease (UIN: 12691) from the honourable Member for Cardiff West. |
| (19555) | |
| 122 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the (a) membership and (b) remit of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment. |
| (19925) | |
| 123 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the (a) membership and (b) remit of the National Specialist Commissioning Advisory Group. |
| (19923) | |
| 124 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how may psycho-geriatricians there were in England and Wales at the last date for which figures are available. |
| (19924) | |
| 125 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if osteoporosis will be included in the NICE clinical guideline on the assessment and prevention of falls in older people. |
| (20102) | |
| 126 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will call for a report from the Chief Medical Officer about vulnerability to heart disease from (a) high cholesterol, (b) cholesterol levels normally deemed safe but which are sensitive at this lower level for particular individuals and ethnic groups, (c) insulin-resistant metabolic syndrome and (d) non-cholesterol related causes; whether there are targeted remedies other than quitting smoking and excessive alcohol intake and improving diet and exercise; and if he will make a statement. |
| (20003) | |
| 127 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the 10 largest hospitals in the United Kingdom, by number of beds. |
| (20245) | |
| 128 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on what powers local authorities have to treat attendance allowance as a means-tested benefit for the purpose of social care charges. |
| (19903) | |
| 129 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the ability of a local authority to impose social care charges upon an individual living at home who is receiving prescribed medical treatment. |
| (19902) | |
| 130 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the Question of the honourable Member for Liverpool, Riverside, of 12th November on the future of cleft lip and palate services for the North West Region. |
| (19831) | |
| 131 N | Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Taunton on 17th July (ref: 5667) on STI-571. |
| (19484) | |
| 132 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on morale in the National Health Service. |
| (20268) | |
| 133 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the NHS has met its targets for service delivery since 1997. |
| (20267) | |
| 134 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners are due to retire in the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the effect on the health service of these retirements. |
| (20263) | |
| 135 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what are the reasons for the delay in publishing the Standards Reports relating to (a) cleanliness and (b) decontamination announced on 14th November 2000. |
| (19957) | |
| 136 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional nurses can be employed by the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust as a consequence of the recent award of additional funds to the trust; and what impact he expects this to have on accident and emergency waiting times. |
| (19479) | |
| 137 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were waiting for treatment more than four hours from arrival at the Queen Alexandra Hospital at Cosham at the end of each quarter in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. |
| (19478) | |
| 138 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were employed in the accident and emergency units run by the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust at the end of each quarter of (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. |
| (19476) | |
| 139 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the per capita funding by each health authority in England in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999 and (f) 2000. |
| (19475) | |
| 140 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanism is used to reallocate health funding to effect changes in population levels predicted in the Government's housing targets. |
| (19480) | |
| 141 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute beds the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust had at (a) the most recent date for which figures are available, (b) 31st December 2000, (c) 31st December 1999 and (d) 31st December 1998; and how many of those beds were occupied by delayed discharges (i) awaiting social services funding and (ii) with social services funding. |
| (19477) | |
| 142 N | Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy will publish its first annual report. |
| (19492) | |
| 143 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the need for a second new linear accelerator at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. |
| (20238) | |
| 144 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls NHS Direct has received. |
| (20016) | |
| 145 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if (a) the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and (b) the management of hip fractures will be included in NICE's clinical guidelines on the assessment and prevention of falls. |
| (20015) | |
| 146 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if NICE will issue clinical guidance on the assessment and prevention of falls that mentions osteoporosis. |
| (19920) | |
| 147 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of NHS walk-in centres in Lancashire. |
| (19922) | |
| 148 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the fee paid for dispensing NHS prescriptions has been changed; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the change upon the provision of community pharmacy services. |
| (20282) | |
| 149 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the NHS has improved in terms of delivery since 1997. |
| (19967) | |
| 150 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of GPs due to retire over the next 10 years. |
| (19969) | |
| 151 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on morale in the health service. |
| (19968) | |
| 152 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many accidents were reported by patients while they were on the premises of hospitals in the University of Leicester Hospitals Trust in the last 12 months. |
| (20260) | |
| 153 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants have been seconded from other Government departments to the Immigration National Directorate this year to help reduce the immigration casework backlog; and at what Civil Service grade. |
| (19935) | |
| 154 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to ensure that applicants for asylum who are refused permission to stay and who disappear from the system are (a) caught and (b) deported. |
| (19951) | |
| 155 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for asylum to the UK this year from (a) Russia, (b) Ukraine, (c) Latvia, (d) Lithuania, (e) Estonia and (f) Georgia; and of these how many have been granted leave to stay. |
| (19934) | |
| 156 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by how many caseworkers at the Immigration National Directorate have been increased in the last 12 months. |
| (19933) | |
| 157 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the Question of the honourable Member for Liverpool, Riverside, of 29th October on the publication of his Department's report on support for wrongly convicted prisoners. |
| (19832) | |
| 158 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many occupants of Downview Prison have been transferred (a) to more secure category prisons or (b) out of the South East in the last 12 months. |
| (20123) | |
| 159 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many electronically tagged offenders there are (a) in the UK, (b) within Teesside and (c) within Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. |
| (19970) | |
| 160 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to detain a person whose name has been communicated to him and to deport him. |
| (20262) | |
| 161 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants charged with either-way offences consented to trial in magistrates' court and pleaded not guilty in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (19730) | |
| 162 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many defendants charged with either-way offences (a) elected for trial by jury and (b) were directed by magistrates to the Crown court in each year since 1987. |
| (19729) | |
| 163 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average period (a) between committal to start of trial in Crown courts and (b) from first appearance or mode of trial decision to verdict in magistrates' courts for cases triable either-way which were contested in each year since 1987. |
| (19731) | |
| 164 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) contested cases, (b) convictions after trial and (c) acquittals there were in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts in each year since 1987. |
| (19728) | |
| 165 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) either-way and (b) other cases were committed to Crown court for sentence after trial in a magistrates' court in each year since 1999. |
| (19558) | |
| 166 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to establish a Royal Commission on vivisection; and if he will make a statement. |
| (19648) | |
| 167 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will forward to the Immigration and Appellate Authority the appeal papers in respect of Nasira Bibi, date of birth 4th August 1974. |
| (19483) | |
| 168 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be made by Immigration and Nationality Directorate on application F220282, lodged on 19th June. |
| (19482) | |
| 169 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been provided since 1999 to finance the Art and Antiques Squad and the national database relating to stolen works of art. |
| [R] (20007) | |
| 170 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance Her Majesty's Government is providing to Cuba in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Michelle; and if she will make a statement. |
| (19999) | |
| 171 N | Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the proposal by the Law Society to enable solicitors to pay referral fees. |
| [R] (19557) | |
| 172 N | Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of contingent fees; and what plans he has for their introduction. |
| [R] (19556) | |
| 173 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what means of communication there are between a (a) victim and (b) victim's family and the prosecuting counsel during court sittings; and if measures are under review. |
| (20327) | |
| 174 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of recommendation 321 of Lord Justice Auld's Review of the criminal courts in respect of access by the prosecution to appeal hearings. |
| (20324) | |
| 175 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in which types of cases victims' personal statements may be used in court cases since 1st October. |
| (20325) | |
| 176 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Bar code of conduct in respect of guidance that defence counsel should advise the prosecution with sufficient advance notice of the proposed use of any derogatory remarks to be made against an alleged victim. |
| (20330) | |
| 177 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of Lord Justice Auld's report on the operation of the criminal courts. |
| (20323) | |
| 178 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to ensure that alleged victims of crime have adequate time in which to (a) consider the decision of the CPS to accept an alteration of a plea and (b) be told when the appeal is to be heard. |
| (20326) | |
| 179 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to ensure that (a) victims and (b) victims' families have the opportunity to draw the attention of the prosecutor to material matters with which they disagree. |
| (20328) | |
| 180 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) representations he has made to and (b) discussions he has had with the Bar regarding its code of conduct (i) in respect of the notice given by the defence to the prosecution of any derogatory remarks proposed to be made by them about the alleged victim of a crime and (ii) in respect of other matters where the reputation, honour or naming of a victim is liable to be drawn into controversy or in any other way besmirched. |
| (20329) | |
| 181 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what progress has been made in implementing the Human Rights Act 1998. |
| (19972) | |
| 182 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action (a) has been taken and (b) is planned by the Human Rights Unit to promote the awareness of human rights in the UK. |
| (19973) | |
| 183 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the date for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. |
| (19974) | |
| 184 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many either-way cases heard in magistrates' courts have been contested in each year since 1987. |
| (19726) | |
| 185 N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) wholly and (b) partly-contested cases there were, and how many acquittals there were in each case, for (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts in each year since 1987. |
| (19727) | |
| 186 | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many emblems were (a) produced and (b) published for consultation as the new badge for the Police Service of Northern Ireland. |
| (20269) | |
| 187 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the US President on the US blockade of Cuba. |
| (20246) | |
| 188 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to commission new nuclear reactors at existing nuclear power stations in the South West. |
| (20281) | |
| 189 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with Consignia; and if she raised the issue of industrial relations. |
| (19470) | |
| 190 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on the ending of the second post, with special reference to rural areas. |
| (19471) | |
| 191 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many regulations affecting business have been abolished since 1997. |
| (20126) | |
| 192 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many regulations affecting business have been introduced since 1997. |
| (20096) | |
| 193 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many local firms are involved in the manufacturing advisory service in the Teesside area. |
| (19977) | |
| 194 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many SMEs have been launched in each year since 1996 (a) nationally, (b) within Teesside and (c) in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. |
| (19979) | |
| 195 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of Monument Oil in the last 12 months. |
| (20239) | |
| 196 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) interim payments and (b) final payments have been made to former miners and their estates under the chronic emphysema and bronchitis compensation scheme in (a) the Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the UK. |
| (19940) | |
| 197 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many compensation claims have been made to date in respect of chronic bronchitis and emphysema in (a) the Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the UK. |
| (19936) | |
| 198 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to encourage the growth and development of small businesses in areas of high unemployment. |
| (19932) | |
| 199 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the average length of time taken between receipt of a claim under the chronic bronchitis and emphysema compensation scheme and an offer being made to the claimant in (a) the Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the UK. |
| (19938) | |
| 200 | Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government is taking to secure investment in Lancashire in (a) manufacturing and (b) service sector jobs. |
| (19921) | |
| 201 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the staffing levels of the Insolvency Service. |
| (20249) | |
| 202 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many public appointments she has made since 7th June. |
| (20248) | |
| 203 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of bilateral trade is with (a) Yemen, (b) Oman, (c) India and (d) Pakistan. |
| (20251) | |
| 204 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the job losses in the textile industry for each year since 1991. |
| (20250) | |
| 205 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will increase East Sussex Fire Brigade's SSA budget in 2002 in order to help meet the demands placed on the brigade as a result of last year's flooding. |
| (19928) | |
| 206 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what emergency funding is in place for East Sussex Fire Brigade to help it deal with heavy flooding in East Sussex. |
| (19929) | |
| 207 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many homeless people there are in the Buckingham constituency. |
| (20132) | |
| 208 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th November, Official Report, column 693W, on social housing, if he will list the proportion of social housing stock in rural areas that has transferred from local authority ownership under (a) the right to buy scheme and (b) registered social landlords in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998, (iv) 1999, (v) 2000 and (vi) 2001. |
| (19906) | |
| 209 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of 26th November, Official Report, column 319W, on the Rural White Paper, if he will list the proportion of social housing stock occupied in rural areas by local authority in (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999, (e) 2000 and (f) 2001. |
| (19787) | |
| 210 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary homeless people there were in rural areas broken down by local authority in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998, (iv) 1999, (v) 2000 and (vi) 2001. |
| (19647) | |
| 211 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has to use the Millennium Dome over the Christmas period; and if he will open it as a refuge for the homeless. |
| (20247) | |
| 212 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Strategic Rail Authority and (b) Railtrack regarding the Virgin cross country upgrade, as outlined in the 2001 Network Management Statement Part 1, Chapter 9, page 13. |
| (20091) | |
| 213 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many of the planning issues called in last year were rejected. |
| (19834) | |
| 214 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the terms of the Hartwell agreement in relation to the West Coast Main Line project; whether members of his Department were involved in that agreement; and what financial guarantees his Department gave to the companies involved with that agreement. |
| (20088) | |
| 215 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when Part 1 of the Passenger Upgrade Agreement for the West Coast Main Line was to be completed; and what plans the Government has for completing Part 2; what stage the Government's discussions with the SRA have reached regarding engineering access from the Virgin cross country franchise to the West Coast Main Line; and whether completion of Part 2 is dependent on price. |
| (20089) | |
| 216 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the Railtrack Pension Fund was in surplus or deficit and by how much immediately prior to Railtrack administration. |
| (20090) | |
| 217 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Parliamentary Secretary's Answer of 21st November, Official Report, column 276W, on Railtrack, if he will publish the Government's estimated monthly financial commitments to the Railtrack administration, broken down into (a) running expenditure and (b) capital expenditure for as long as the Government estimates Railtrack to be in administration. |
| (20087) | |
| 218 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason unnamed back lanes are excluded from highways data for the purposes of calculating standard spending assessments; and when this exclusion was introduced. |
| (20103) | |
| 219 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the financial health of the consortium which will take over the National Air Traffic Services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (20244) | |
| 220 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on how section 106 agreements can be made to encourage cross-boundary co-operation between authorities for the purposes of the delivery of affordable housing; and what guidance he gives on what reference should be made to (a) circular 6/98 and (b) Planning Policy Guidance 3. |
| (19468) | |
| 221 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what checks his Department makes to ensure that there are consistent determinations through the planning process with particular reference to the provision of affordable housing through section 106 agreements. |
| (19469) | |
| 222 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those planning applications that have been agreed for development in the flood plains since the introduction of the revised Planning Policy Guidance 25; and what was the position of the Environment Agency in each case. |
| (19467) | |
| 223 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the criteria are for paying fuel duty rebate to bus operators providing scheduled services; and in what circumstances it can be withheld. |
| (20021) | |
| 224 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will table a motion to call for a sitting of the Standing Committee on Regional Affairs. |
| (19916) | |
| 225 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money has been spent on repairs and renewals on the District Line in each of the past six years. |
| (20124) | |
| 226 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on road safety and horses; and whether he plans regulating changes on this subject. |
| (20109) | |
| 227 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what performance indicators on the London Underground are routinely monitored by his Department. |
| (20114) | |
| 228 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who will bear the financial risk for unforeseen circumstances in improving the London Underground under PPP. |
| (20115) | |
| 229 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reasons the stock of social housing in England has changed since 1997. |
| (20120) | |
| 230 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the changes in London Underground's costs since 1997. |
| (20112) | |
| 231 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many signal failures there have been on the District Line since 1st January between Earls Court and Wimbledon. |
| (20117) | |
| 232 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the turnover of London Underground staff has been in each of the past six years. |
| (20113) | |
| 233 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many new social housing properties have been built in England in each of the past 10 years. |
| (20121) | |
| 234 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether London Underground holds an up-to-date register of its assets. |
| (20122) | |
| 235 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of funding for urban regeneration schemes has been spent buying out right-to-buy occupiers in the past three years. |
| (20105) | |
| 236 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the regulations which apply to the gap between the door of a train and the platform. |
| (20119) | |
| 237 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many mechanical failures there have been on District Line trains since 1st January. |
| (20125) | |
| 238 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much investment has been made in the London Underground, excluding Jubilee Line construction, in each year since 1995. |
| (20116) | |
| 239 | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 31st October, Official Report, column 683W, on speed restrictions, what form the assessment framework will take; what progress has been made; when the assessment will be completed; and when revised guidance will be issued to highways authorities. |
| (20101) | |
| 240 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy that acceptance of an offer to purchase a property be a binding legal contract. |
| (20006) | |
| 241 | Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy towards gazumping and gazundering in house purchases. |
| (20005) | |
| 242 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has been advised of a request for a financial subsidy towards the cost of a site survey of Edinburgh Waverley Station in connection with its proposed redevelopment. |
| (19926) | |
| 243 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with the Strategic Rail Authority regarding funding for the redevelopment of Edinburgh Waverley Station. |
| (19927) | |
| 244 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the level of consultation with external stakeholders during the quinquennial review of the Ordnance Survey. |
| (19966) | |
| 245 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on intervening to give directions to the Rail Regulator; and if he will make a statement. |
| (20270) | |
| 246 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce a licensing scheme for private landlords. |
| (19939) | |
| 247 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the ability of the NATS PPP to provide for the (a) debt repayment and (b) capital investment contained in the business plan negotiated with the strategic partner. |
| (17659) | |
| 248 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if an application has been made to alter the strategic agreement for National Air Traffic Services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (17660) | |
| 249 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to review the structure of the NATS PPP following the events of 11th September. |
| (17661) | |
| 250 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how the investment required by National Air Traffic Services in the next 10 years will be funded. |
| (17662) | |
| 251 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how the costs of voluntary redundancies at NATS will be met; and what assessment he has made of the effects on the Pension Fund. |
| (17663) | |
| 252 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made in replacing the oceanic system at Atlantic House in Prestwick; and what is his estimate of its operational date. |
| (17664) | |
| 253 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is his estimate of the lifespan of the upgraded radar system being installed at Atlantic House, Prestwick. |
| (17665) | |
| 254 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if service level agreements with NATS engineers will be guaranteed following the engineering review. |
| (17666) | |
| 255 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what report he has received from the Economic Regulator on cost cutting measures for NATS. |
| (17667) | |
| 256 N | Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the downturn in transatlantic air traffic in the period between September 2001 and September 2002. |
| (17668) | |
| 257 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which senior executive positions in Railtrack are (a) vacant and (b) undergoing change of personnel. |
| (19960) | |
| 258 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many speed restrictions are in force on the Railtrack network. |
| (19959) | |
| 259 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish statistics on the delays attributed to Railtrack over the last four weeks, compared with the four weeks before 5th October. |
| (19961) | |
| 260 | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what liabilities Railtrack Plc has incurred for poor performance since 5th October. |
| (19958) | |
| 261 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research he has undertaken into the pollutants emitted from (a) petrol and (b) diesel engines; and if he will make a statement. |
| (19788) | |
| 262 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what plans he has for the long-term unemployed to be employed in the National Health Service. |
| (20277) | |
| 263 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what estimate he has made of the cost of the implementation of his proposals for the long-term unemployed. |
| (20276) | |
| 264 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what plans he has for the Government to employ the long-term unemployed under his proposals. |
| (20279) | |
| 265 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what estimate he has made of the cost of administering his proposals for the long-term unemployed. |
| (20274) | |
| 266 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what consultation he has held with (a) employers and (b) others concerning his proposals in respect of the New Deal for the long-term unemployed; how many (i) employers and (ii) others have indicated a willingness to employ the long-term unemployed under the proposals; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of long-term unemployed likely to be employed by (A) private sector employers and (B) local authorities. |
| (20278) | |
| 267 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what plans he has for training to be provided for the long-term unemployed under his proposals. |
| (20271) | |
| 268 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, in what circumstances long-term unemployed may receive remuneration above the national minimum wage. |
| (20275) | |
| 269 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, how much of the remuneration for the long-term unemployed will be provided by (a) Government and (b) employers. |
| (20280) | |
| 270 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, in what circumstances benefit will be withheld from the long-term unemployed. |
| (20272) | |
| 271 | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 28th November, what targets he has set in respect of his proposals for the long-term unemployed, including targets for sustained unsubsidised employment following completion of the 12 month period of employment; and what plans he has made to evaluate his proposals. |
| (20273) | |
| 272 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work his Department has carried out in dealing with child poverty in the last three years. |
| (19835) | |
| 273 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on what plans he has for existing CSA customers to be progressed onto the new regulations from April 2002. |
| (19899) | |
| 274 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the means by which individual CSA customers will be able to seek a review of their cases after the introduction of the new regulations; and what repayments will be backdated to the start of the new regime. |
| (19900) | |
| 275 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will outline his policy towards disclosure under CSA regulations; how he plans to change it after April 2002 in respect of departures; and what impact this will have upon the rights of a new partner to a parent with a non-resident responsibilities. |
| (19901) | |
| 276 | Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what are the levels of pensions as a proportion of average weekly earnings in (a) the UK and (b) each other EU member state. |
| (19956) | |
| 277 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 539W, on winter fuel allowance, by what factors and measures the (a) care and (b) mobility components of disability living allowance (i) were first and (ii) are calculated. |
| (19918) | |
| 278 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd November, Official Report, column 539W, on winter fuel allowance, what calculations have been made to ensure that (a) nursing, (b) dressing, (c) essential provision purchasing, (d) domestic cleaning, (e) personal hygiene and (f) heating costs are properly reflected in the amounts claimable for those receiving lower, middle and higher rates of disability living allowance. |
| (19919) | |
| 279 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what are the projected additional annual costs at current prices for each of the next 35 years for (a) the annual uprating of the mimimum income gurantee in line with average earnings, (b) the pensioner credit, (c) raising the level of the basic state pension to the level of the MIG for (i) all pensioners, (ii) all pensioners over 75 and (iii) all pensioners over 80 years and (d) the annual uprating of the state second pension in line with average earnings. |
| (20235) | |
| 280 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average net income from wages of people who obtained employment after failing the incapacity test last year; and if this was on average higher or lower than their previous benefit income. |
| (20230) | |
| 281 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if Examining Medical Practitioners receive (a) training and (b) guidance on the difficulty for mental health service users in communicating their needs to an EMP. |
| (20233) | |
| 282 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a mental health problem as the main reason for a claim to incapacity benefits were given a personal capability assessment last year; and of these, how many (a) were found capable of work and lost entitlement to incapacity benefits, (b) claimed other benefits instead, (c) were not entitled to benefits, (d) obtained employment and for how long, (e) did not obtain employment and (f) returned to a claim for incapacity benefit within a year. |
| (20228) | |
| 283 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average change of benefit income per person who last year failed to satisfy the personal capability assessment requirements to continue to receive incapacity benefit. |
| (20229) | |
| 284 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research the Government has conducted on the health impact on mental health service users of the implementation of his Department's benefits policies. |
| (20231) | |
| 285 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) training and (b) guidance examining medical practitioners are given on assessing the effects of mental health problems on day-to-day living and mobility. |
| (20232) | |
| 286 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency are (a) benefiting from the minimum income guarantee and (b) entitled to claim that benefit. |
| (19978) | |
| 287 | Mr Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to question 12335, from the honourable Member for High Peak, tabled on 31st October, relating to carers. |
| (20283) | |
| 288 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress is being made to help the over-50s find work in areas of high unemployment; and what incentives are available to potential employers in this respect. |
| (19931) | |
| 289 | Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of processing an application for disability living allowance when it is resolved following (a) receipt of the applicant's completed claim pack, (b) a medical examination in the home, (c) an appeal to a medical appeal tribunal and (d) an appeal to the Independent Tribunal Service. |
| (19937) | |
| 290 N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the childcare grant payable to full time students is classed as income for housing benefit and income support claimants. |
| (19481) | |
| 291 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much public money has been given to each private company in Leicester operating a New Deal intiative. |
| (20258) | |
| 292 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners he estimates there will be in the United Kingdom by 2010. |
| (20259) | |
| 293 | Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much public money has been spent on the New Deal in the city of Leicester. |
| (20257) | |
| 294 N | Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the estimate previously supplied by her Department that 40 school playing fields per month were sold during the period 1979 to 1997; what recent representations she has received expressing concern over the (a) use and (b) accuracy of these estimated figures; and if she will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (19836) | |
| 295 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about the outcome of the recent talks held with the Turkish Government in Ankara about the European Security and Defence Policy. |
| [Transferred] (19828) | |
| 296 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment of the psychological effects of terrorism on the general public he has commissioned; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (20264) | |
| 297 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the decision to defer the implementation of Freedom of Information Act 2000. |
| [Transferred] (19971) | |
| 298 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to launch a local government funding initiative to part-fund the costs incurred by local authorities storing end-of-life refrigerators prior to recycling. |
| [Transferred] (19954) | |
| 299 | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the Government's temporary underwriting of third party war risk insurance for the UK airline industry. |
| [Transferred] (20118) | |
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