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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 18 January 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 18 January, 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 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average time is that the Head of his Department has recommended since May 1997 between a special advisor leaving his Department and taking up outside employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28910) | |
| 2 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to encourage the provision of foreign language programmes on independently owned (a) television channels and (b) radio stations. |
| (29094) | |
| 3 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what responsibility her Department has for the provision of foreign language (a) television and (b) radio within the United Kingdom. |
| (29093) | |
| 4 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations her Department has received from (a) honourable and Right honourable Members and (b) others on the provision of foreign language televison and radio in the United Kingdom. |
| (29092) | |
| 5 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average time is that the Head of her Department has recommended since May 1997 between a special advisor leaving her Department and taking up outside employment; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28912) | |
| 6 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to English Heritage of administering the VAT/grant recovery scheme for places of worship; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28915) | |
| 7 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the administration of the VAT/grant recovery scheme for places of worship is administered by English Heritage; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28914) | |
| 8 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the conclusions and recommendations of Phase I of the Quinquennial Review of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre Defence Agency; how many and what submissions were made to Phase I by stakeholders and other interested parties; if he will place a copy of the Phase I report in the Library; what the period to be allowed for consultation over the Phase I report is; and what is the projected Schedule leading up to the publication of the final Review. |
| (29248) | |
| 9 | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to complete the Review of Warship Maintenance and Support; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28929) | |
| 10 N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new living accommodation for soldiers at Colchester Garrison will be ready for occupation; if he plans to allow the public to view the new buildings; and if there will be an official opening ceremony. |
| (28523) | |
| 11 | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is (a) the establishment and (b) the actual strength, excluding attached troops, of the regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps. |
| (28833) | |
| 12 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the proportion of (a) non-pensionable specialist pay and (b) basic pay is as a proportion of total remuneration for all servicemen and women. |
| (29236) | |
| 13 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration the Armed Forces Pension Scheme review has given to using additional voluntary contributions as a means of making specialist pay pensionable; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29237) | |
| 14 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the use of foreign language television and radio in (a) secondary school education and (b) post-secondary school education. |
| (29095) | |
| 15 | Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of pupil mobility on educational attainment. |
| (29234) | |
| 16 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason information concerning the availability of a disc containing personal details and identification numbers of individual learning account holders, given to ministers on 21st November 2001, was not disclosed to honourable Members in the Westminster Hall debate on 11th December 2001; and for what reason this information was released to the Financial Times for publication on Wednesday 16th January. |
| (29228) | |
| 17 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much (a) Staffordshire and (b) Hertfordshire spent on education as a percentage of SSA in each of the past five years. |
| (29076) | |
| 18 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent assessment she has made of the extent to which the possibility of having incurred a debt upon graduation affects the numbers of people who attend university; and what plans she has to change the relative contributions of (a) students and (b) Government to higher education funding. |
| (29108) | |
| 19 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on her policy on sex education in schools. |
| (28767) | |
| 20 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to establish nurture groups in primary schools in order to give special assistance to young children with social and educational problems; and if she will make a statement. |
| (27047) | |
| 21 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will publish information possessed by her Department which shows the proportion of students (a) on free school meals, (b) in families dependent on benefits, (c) considered to be from more deprived backgrounds as available indicators, in (i) specialist schools and (ii) non-specialist community and comprehensive schools; and if she will make a statement. |
| (27048) | |
| 22 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria will be used in determining which schools are awarded launchpad status; and if she will make a statement. |
| (27049) | |
| 23 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the level of schools' reserves; whether the present level of reserves is in excess of guidelines; and if she will make a statement. |
| (27050) | |
| 24 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have applied for specialist school status in each quarter since May 1997; how many of these schools were granted specialist status in each of these quarters; how many cluster bids have been accepted; and if she will make a statement. |
| (27051) | |
| 25 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools will be granted specialist school status in the bidding rounds during 2002; what proportion this is of the total number of expected bids; and if she will make a statement. |
| (27052) | |
| 26 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much the Government has spent on education in Somerset in each of the financial years since 1996-1997, broken down by areas on which the funding has been spent. |
| (28743) | |
| 27 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much her Department spent on advertising in Somerset between 31st December 2000 and 31st December 2001. |
| (28744) | |
| 28 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pupil teacher ratio was in maintained secondary schools in each education authority in each year since 1979. |
| (28848) | |
| 29 | Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what requirements there are for HIV prevention work to take place in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities. |
| (28931) | |
| 30 | Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, who is responsible for funding HIV prevention work in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities. |
| (28932) | |
| 31 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools have applied for specialist college status in the last six months. |
| (28925) | |
| 32 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the standards funds allocated to Stoke-on-Trent Local Education Authority in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02. |
| (28771) | |
| 33 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many whole-time equivalent teachers were employed in Leeds schools in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. |
| (28976) | |
| 34 N | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average starting salary is for newly qualified teachers in (a) London and (b) the rest of the UK; after how long a newly qualified teacher will receive a pay rise; and if she will make a statement on teachers' pay with special reference to rises they have had since 1997, and pay rises they will receive. |
| (27673) | |
| 35 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date her Department became aware that meat from the offspring of a cow with BSE had entered the human food chain. |
| (28688) | |
| 36 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date her Department informed the Food Standards Agency that meat from the offspring of a cow with BSE had entered the human food chain. |
| (28687) | |
| 37 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legal action she will take in relation to the incident in Wales last November whereby meat from the offspring of a cow with BSE entered the human food chain. |
| (28689) | |
| 38 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of using postal services to obtain the passports of the offspring of cattle with BSE during the foot and mouth epidemic. |
| (28690) | |
| 39 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases comprise the backlog in the seizure of animal passports in relation to BSE controls; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28684) | |
| 40 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made (a) to the European Commission and (b) to the OIE regarding the reinstatement of foot and mouth disease free status to the United Kingdom. |
| (28683) | |
| 41 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response she has made to the Food Standards Agency's request for her Department to clear the backlog in the seizure of animal passports in relation to BSE controls. |
| (28685) | |
| 42 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means her Department became aware that meat from the offspring of a cow with BSE had entered the human food chain. |
| (28686) | |
| 43 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulatory impact assessment has been carried out in respect of the EU Animal By-Products regulation. |
| (28695) | |
| 44 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the implementation of the EU Animal By-Products regulation. |
| (28694) | |
| 45 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the use of recovered vegetable oil for producing animal feed is to be banned in the UK; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28696) | |
| 46 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the impact of restrictions on the use of recovered vegetable oil upon waste disposal authorities. |
| (28697) | |
| 47 N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will make an announcement on the exemption of agricultural shows from the 20 day standstill period. |
| (28691) | |
| 48 N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will provide guidance to organisers of county shows on livestock movements for shows. |
| (28693) | |
| 49 N | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will reply to the letter from The Surrey County Agricultural Society on the County Show in time for the show organisers to make plans for the animal show on 3rd June. |
| (28692) | |
| 50 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the number of complaints he has received about the operations of EAGA. |
| (28287) | |
| 51 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she intends to issue to agricultural societies concerning the resumption of local agricultural shows. |
| (29179) | |
| 52 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance she intends to issue to auctioneers concerning the re-opening of livestock markets. |
| (29180) | |
| 53 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has received from the Chief Veterinary Officer concerning changes in the threat to livestock from predatory foxes during the ban on fox hunting. |
| (29178) | |
| 54 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the question tabled by the honourable and learned Member for Harborough for Answer on 30th November 2001, on public speeches on agriculture. |
| (28312) | |
| 55 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements there are for the (a) concealing and protected disposal of radioactive waste for which the UK Government is responsible and (b) retrieval and protected containment of previously disposed of radioactive waste where it has been necessary to retrieve it. |
| (28756) | |
| 56 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) levels and (b) amount of stock piled radioactive waste is held in the UK from (i) civilian and (ii) military establishments. |
| (28755) | |
| 57 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) national and (b) international regulations and agreements apply to the disposal of UK originated radioactive waste (i) within mainland Britain, (ii) within territorial waters, (iii) outside territorial waters and (iv) in other countries. |
| (28757) | |
| 58 | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of international agreements on the disposal of radioactive waste at sea; whether these agreements are being renewed; and if it is her policy that they should be reviewed. |
| (28758) | |
| 59 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in Wiltshire applied for assistance under the AYACS scheme in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001; and of these how many have been paid. |
| (28834) | |
| 60 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated final cost is of the foot and mouth epidemic. |
| (28745) | |
| 61 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the remaining movement restrictions on livestock farms in Worcestershire, imposed as a result of the foot and mouth epidemic will be lifted. |
| (28899) | |
| 62 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use of combined heat and power systems in the horticultural sector; and what assessment she has made of the obstacles that exist to the use of such systems in the sector. |
| (28897) | |
| 63 | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the money to help local authorities with the extra costs of storing refrigerators announced on 4th December 2001 has been made available to Blackpool Borough Council. |
| (28824) | |
| 64 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what format a further period of consultation following the publication of the PIU energy review will take. |
| (28981) | |
| 65 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the PIU report will be published before the end of January. |
| (28980) | |
| 66 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received concerning delays in paying farmers for claims within the integrated administration and control system; and if she will make a statement. |
| (29080) | |
| 67 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of research results which have shown that nitrate does not cause eutrophication in rivers and estuaries; and if she will make a statement on the source of the research upon which her Department's policy is based. |
| (29084) | |
| 68 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the (a) operation and (b) cost of funding of sea fisheries committees; and what proposals she has to alter the source of funding of sea fisheries committees from local authorities to central government. |
| (29081) | |
| 69 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of reduced Countryside Stewardship Scheme payment levels on the take-up of the scheme by farmers and landowners; and (a) how many participants there are and (b) what are the payments made by her Department in each of the years in which the Countryside Stewardship Scheme has been in operation. |
| (29083) | |
| 70 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the operation of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme; and whether it is her Department's policy to reduce Countryside Stewardship Scheme payment levels directly in line with declining farm incomes. |
| (29082) | |
| 71 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on (a) the environmental harm caused by nitrate levels in the land phase of the hydrological cycle and (b) the source of the research upon which the theory is based. |
| (29091) | |
| 72 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proposals she has to provide financial assistance to farmers having to expend on increased slurry storage facilities as a result of being included in extensions to nitrate vulnerable zones; and if she will make a statement on her Department's consultation on the implementation of the European Nitrates Directive. |
| (29090) | |
| 73 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of research evidence showing that (a) the process of denitrification includes the addition of phosphate and (b) phosphate is the cause of eutrophication in saline water. |
| (29085) | |
| 74 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of her Department's staff remain employed directly in dealing with the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease and consequential activity; how many of these staff members will be re-designated to activities associated with combating incidences of bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement. |
| (29089) | |
| 75 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the industrial action being carried out by staff employed at her Department's regional offices; what assessment she has made of the impact of delays in IACS and ESA payments on individual farm cashflow; and if she will take measures to ensure that farm claimants receive interest on all payment amounts delayed by industrial action. |
| (29088) | |
| 76 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations govern the transport of live animals; and what penalties can be imposed upon those who do not comply with them. |
| (28847) | |
| 77 N | Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the results of the impact of the introduction of the climate change levy on the priority given to energy efficiency by United Kingdom energy managers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28013) | |
| 78 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) the £162 million payment due on 1st October 2001 to Renewco was classified as public sector money and (b) the £1.2 billion loan to Railtrack administration was not classified as public sector money. |
| (28826) | |
| 79 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications Railtrack's successor's (a) spending and (b) borrowing requirements will have for the PSBR. |
| (28825) | |
| 80 | Mr David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the distribution of monies to the members of the Scottish Transport Group Pension Fund; when he expects these payments to be made; and what rate of tax will be applied to such payments. |
| (28973) | |
| 81 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of British high street transactions have taken place in euros since 1st January. |
| (28926) | |
| 82 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the fuel levy of 20 pence per litre for biodiesel will come into effect. |
| (28927) | |
| 83 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 15th January, Ref. 27602, on reputational externalities, for what reason he has not undertaken to place his Department's internal guidance on reputational externalities in the Library; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28934) | |
| 84 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give the reasons underlying his statement in the Pre-Budget Report that the generosity of Gift Aid has been increased; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28921) | |
| 85 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his letter of 11th December 2001, to the honourable Member for Truro and St Austell, for what reason his Department used reputational externalities as a justification for the choice of discount rate recommended in Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28933) | |
| 86 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what end of year reconciliation information about incomes will have to be supplied by recipients of the proposed child tax credit; which group of recipients will have to supply such information; by what mechanism this information will be collected; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28841) | |
| 87 | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the dates of foreign visits he has made since 11th September; which countries he visited; whom he met; what was discussed; what the size of his entourage was; which other ministers accompanied him; and what the total cost was of each visit. |
| (28789) | |
| 88 | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will visit Gibraltar before he next meets his Spanish counterpart under the auspices of the Brussels Process. |
| (28791) | |
| 89 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken to support the full implementation of the UN recommendations on human rights to the Colombian Government before the next session of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights in March; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29225) | |
| 90 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government will ensure that aid provided through the recently agreed EU aid package in support of the Colombian peace process is not diverted to illegally armed people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29226) | |
| 91 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he has taken to ensure that the Colombian Government conducts a full investigation into human rights violations in Colombian cities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29227) | |
| 92 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Nigerian Government in support of Safiya Husaini in advance of her appeal hearing on 18th March following her sentence of death by stoning for the crime of adultery; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28967) | |
| 93 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what help his Department offers other governments who are in the process of drafting new laws in the areas of (a) religious freedom and (b) cults to ensure that there is no discrimination against Christian minorities. |
| (28314) | |
| 94 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to support reform of the judiciary, police force and detention facilities in Sierra Leone. |
| (28768) | |
| 95 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for a visa to visit family members in the United Kingdom were refused in (a) November and (b) December 2001. |
| (28787) | |
| 96 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has on whether goods from settlements in occupied territories are imported to the EU as being of Israeli origin; and what discussions he has had with EU partners on action to deal with failings on the part of the Israeli authorities to honour commitments under the EU-Israel Association agreement. |
| (29235) | |
| 97 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to monitor the connections between the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security and Co-operation, the School of Americas' and the committal of violent acts intended to influence the policy of other governments. |
| (28793) | |
| 98 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of terrorist attacks carried out by members of the Fatah from within the Palestinian Authority in the last 12 months. |
| (28831) | |
| 99 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the organisations responsible for the terrorist attack on the Israeli town of Afula on 27th November 2001. |
| (28832) | |
| 100 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in negotiating and translating the final text for the Declaration and Programme of Action agreed at the UN World Conference Against Racism held in Durban from 31st August to 8th December 2001; what preparations he has made to publish and distribute English and other language versions of the final text in the UK; what preparations he has made to consult with NGOs and minority ethnic organisations on the construction of a national plan of action based on these texts as required by the Durban agreement; and what his timescale is for consultation with (a) devolved administrations and (b) dependent territories. |
| (29246) | |
| 101 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to encourage a reduction in the level of sectarian violence in Indonesia. |
| (28924) | |
| 102 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role Britain is playing in helping Poland to join the EU. |
| (28916) | |
| 103 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has been given indicating whether the Al-Qaeda network has a presence in Iraq. |
| (28894) | |
| 104 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the United States Administration on extension of the war on terrorism to Iraq. |
| (28895) | |
| 105 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the last United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq were made; and what assessment he has made of whether Iraq has acquired weapons of mass destruction. |
| (28893) | |
| 106 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on sanctions on Iraq; and what plans there are to end them. |
| (28892) | |
| 107 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to address barriers to effective implementation of Government policy on age discrimination. |
| (28837) | |
| 108 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement the recommendations in the King's Fund report on anti-age discrimination policies. |
| (28836) | |
| 109 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of ageism in the health and social services. |
| (28835) | |
| 110 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service has spent the section 64 funding allocated to it by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29229) | |
| 111 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent investigations have been made into the increased theoretical risk of contracting V-CJD through blood transfusions; and if he plans to produce guidelines on the issue. |
| (28750) | |
| 112 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the need for a test to screen donated blood for V-CJD with special reference to hepatitis sufferers. |
| (28749) | |
| 113 | Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis primary care trusts will be funded from 2003-04. |
| (29221) | |
| 114 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government expects to publish its strategy for women's mental health. |
| (28288) | |
| 115 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which representatives briefed his Department on devolved Scottish matters in preparation for the EU Health Council in Brussels on 15th November; and on what issues. |
| (28682) | |
| 116 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the letter dated 30th July 2001 from the honourable Member for Harborough concerning a constituent child protection social worker suspended by Leicester City Social Services Department. |
| (28583) | |
| 117 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients aged (a) 16 to 59, (b) 60 to 75 and (c) over 75 years were waiting for (i) hearing tests and (ii) other audiology treatment by (A) hospital trust and (B) health authority in each quarter for the last three years. |
| (28845) | |
| 118 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients aged (a) 16 to 59, (b) 60 to 75 and (c) over 75 years have been waiting for (i) less than one year, (ii) more than one year and (iii) more than two years for a hearing test at (A) the Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and (B) the Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust by quarter in the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (28844) | |
| 119 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the advice issued in 1988 on the administration of the MMR vaccine to children included a choice of single vaccines. |
| (28790) | |
| 120 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the role of Dr Elizabeth Miller (a) in the designing of safety studies into MMR, (b) in clearing the original UK trial cohort of 10,000 children and (c) in advising his Department on the safety of MMR. |
| (28788) | |
| 121 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide funding for the increased supply of the drugs Infliximal and Etanercept. |
| (28617) | |
| 122 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the cost of prescribing the drugs Infliximal and Etanercept for treatment of inflammatory arthritis (a) in total and (b) per sufferer of this condition; and what evidence he has assessed on the long-term effectiveness of these drugs compared to other available forms of treatment. |
| (28616) | |
| 123 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of sufferers of inflammatory arthritis in the UK have been prescribed the drugs Infliximal and Etanercept; and if he will give a breakdown by health authority area of the numbers of people who have been prescribed these drugs. |
| (28619) | |
| 124 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists (a) are registered and (b) were registered as providing NHS dental treatment (i) in Enfield and (ii) in Haringey in each year since 1997. |
| (28838) | |
| 125 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what notice dentists are required to give patients of the termination of the availability of NHS treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28839) | |
| 126 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to assist patients to register with an NHS dentist; what support is provided where a local dentist is not available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28840) | |
| 127 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on waiting times for coronary surgery in the West Midlands. |
| (28898) | |
| 128 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to his Answer of 1st May 2001, Official Report, column 575W, on the Children's Rights Director, what the terms of reference are of the position of Children's Rights Director; what responsibility the Director will have for liaison with persons or bodies carrying out similar or equivalent functions within the devolved institutions; what responsibility the Director will have for assisting in the preparation of the UK report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; who will have the lead role in its preparation; and what progress has been made in the appointment of a director. |
| (29245) | |
| 129 | Gillian Merron (Lincoln): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will ensure that priority is given to HIV prevention work after April. |
| (28930) | |
| 130 | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for his proposed transfer of renal transplants operations from St. Helier to St. George's; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28746) | |
| 131 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Public Health of the Department of Heath intends to reply to the letter dated 20th November 2001 from the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Mrs B. Kennedy of Peterhead. |
| (28754) | |
| 132 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he is taking to improve support to those diagnosed with anorexia. |
| (28821) | |
| 133 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further action he is taking to help carers. |
| (28822) | |
| 134 | Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made with preparing the National Service Framework for neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29110) | |
| 135 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors, broken down by specialty and (c) consultants, broken down by specialty were employed by trusts in Leeds in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2000 and (v) 2001. |
| (28978) | |
| 136 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on when the research commissioned into the contribution made by air ambulances in the care and transportation of seriously ill patients will be completed. |
| (28977) | |
| 137 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what methodology is being employed in the research he has commissioned into air ambulance services. |
| (28975) | |
| 138 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the research he has commissioned into air ambulance services will include obtaining information about which services receive (a) staffing and (b) funding support from NHS bodies. |
| (28974) | |
| 139 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what remedial action is planned following the Clean Hospitals Programme Report into Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent. |
| (28917) | |
| 140 N | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the starting annual salary is for newly qualified nurses in and (a) London (b) the rest of the UK; after how long a newly qualified nurse will receive a pay rise; and if he will make a statement on nurses' pay, with special reference to rises they have had since 1997, and pay rises they will receive. |
| (27674) | |
| 141 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to provide a substantive reply to the letter of 25th September from the honourable Member for Christchurch about alcohol and under-age drinkers. |
| (28425) | |
| 142 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum period is within which a British passport holder can obtain an emergency replacement in the event of loss or theft; and what the minimum period was prior to 14th January. |
| (28424) | |
| 143 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last five years the Passport Office Agency has paid compensation to its customers; and what was the total sum of such compensation. |
| (28423) | |
| 144 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those detained under the recent Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, indicating the reason why each one has been detained. |
| (29230) | |
| 145 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to place in the Public Records Office (a) the MI5 files and (b) other records relating to Errol Flynn; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29231) | |
| 146 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th January, Official Report, columns 90-2W, concerning the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 6th and 7th December 2001, which were the member states with parliamentary scrutiny reserves on (a) the Framework Decision on combating terrorism and (b) the Council decision establishing Eurojust. |
| (28792) | |
| 147 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time taken from receipt of an asylum appeal by the Immigration Nationality Directorate and to (a) the ending of the appeal to the Immigration Appellate Authority, (b) determination of the appeal by an adjudicator and (c) where leave to appeal is granted final determination of the appeal by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. |
| (28778) | |
| 148 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if there will be a public sector comparator in respect of the tendering for Probation Service Facilities Management Services and if the details will be published; what the estimated costs are of the procurement process in respect of the tendering of Probation Service Facilities Management Services; whether there is a better quality services review in respect of the arrangements; whether the employee status of relevant Probation Service staff would change following successful tendering of these services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28783) | |
| 149 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-seekers are receiving (a) accommodation and subsistence support and (b) subsistence support only from the National Asylum Support Service. |
| (28779) | |
| 150 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers received advice or assistance from each of the reception assistance agencies in relation to their application to the National Asylum Support Service in (a) 2000-01 and (b) the current financial year to date. |
| (28891) | |
| 151 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations giving immigration advice for profit are (i) registered and (ii) in the process of registering with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioners. |
| (28776) | |
| 152 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Probation Service will put Probation Service Facilities Management Services out to tender; when the outline business case for tendering Probation Service Facilities Management Services was published; when the final business case for the tendering of Probation Facilities Management Services will be published; if he will place a copy in the Library; whether the notice for tendering Probation Facilities Management Services was placed in the Official Journal of the European Union; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28782) | |
| 153 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of grant made to each of the reception assistance agencies by the National Asylum Support Service under section 111 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in (a) 2000-01 and (b) the current financial year to date. |
| (28780) | |
| 154 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were employed by the National Probation Service by division and function (a) on the last date for which figures are available and (b) in April 2001. |
| (28784) | |
| 155 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of providing (a) accommodation and (b) emergency accommodation under the National Asylum Support Service-run asylum support system in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) in the current financial year to date. |
| (28781) | |
| 156 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations giving immigration advice for profit have been refused registration with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner since 30th April 2001; and if he will publish a list of those individuals and organisations. |
| (28777) | |
| 157 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specialist (a) support and (b) therapy programmes are available for young offenders to help them address the underlying problems of their actions. |
| (28766) | |
| 158 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the female prison population (a) have children and (b) have children under the age of four years. |
| (28764) | |
| 159 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the scope for increased use of community orders for young women who have committed non-violent crimes as their first offence. |
| (28765) | |
| 160 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his Answer of 2nd November 2001, Official Report, column 862W, on foreign armed forces, what protections under international instruments are available for individuals (a) serving under the command of and (b) associated with the Armed Forces of the former Government of Afghanistan, |
| (29251) | |
| 161 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his Answer of 3rd December 2001, Official Report, column 106W, on the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000, (a) how many and (b) what prosecutions have been initiated under section 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in (i) Great Britain and (ii) Northern Ireland; how many of these charges in each jurisdiction concern (a) Northern Ireland conflict related offences and (b) international terrorism. |
| (29252) | |
| 162 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many certificates he has issued using his powers under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; if he will profile those persons detained by (a) country of origin, (b) nationality, (c) gender, (d) those over and under 18 years of age, (e) religious belief and (f) language spoken; and at what location detained persons have been held. |
| (29253) | |
| 163 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) contacts and (b) exchanges have been organised with relevant authorities in the Republic of Ireland at which issues of (a) racism and racist attacks, (b) immigration and (c) asylum seekers have been discussed; and what agreement was reached on further co-operation. |
| (29250) | |
| 164 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the targets are for the efficient and effective operation of the Convention for the Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners; how these performance indicators were constructed; and how far the operation of procedures has matched these targets in each year since its coming into force. |
| (29249) | |
| 165 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the projects financed under the Crime Reduction Violence Against Women Initiative until March. |
| (28905) | |
| 166 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child curfew orders have been issued in Essex in each of the last five years for which records exist. |
| (28418) | |
| 167 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers from the Essex Constabulary are seconded to metropolitan London. |
| (28422) | |
| 168 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which the issue of child curfew orders is appropriate. |
| (28414) | |
| 169 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to provide additional accommodation for asylum seekers in Essex; and in which towns. |
| (28419) | |
| 170 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reform the fee charges for family visitor appeals; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28928) | |
| 171 N | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the starting salary is for police officers in (a) London and (b) the rest of the UK; after how long a new police officer will receive a pay rise; and if he will make a statement on police pay with special reference to rises they have had since 1997, and pay rises they will receive. |
| (27672) | |
| 172 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extra police officers have been drafted into London after the events of 11th September. |
| (28935) | |
| 173 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on recent levels of crime in areas where police have been taken away to deal with security in London. |
| (28936) | |
| 174 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK's response has been to the UN request for funding for projects for the reintegration in Sierra Leone of former combatants. |
| (28751) | |
| 175 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her policy concerning the introduction of the Kimberly process. |
| (29222) | |
| 176 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of diamonds sold in the UK are illegally imported from areas of conflict. |
| (29223) | |
| 177 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations the Government has made to other states to ratify the two optional protocols to the UN convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| (29224) | |
| 178 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the money committed for development assistance in Zimbabwe has already been spent. |
| (28416) | |
| 179 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much development aid was provided to Burkina Faso by the UK in each of the last five years. |
| (28620) | |
| 180 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the situation relating to the distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe; and on what development assistance from the United Kingdom is being spent. |
| (28434) | |
| 181 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the situation in Burkina Faso regarding the incidence of HIV cases; and what assistance has been provided by her Department in each of the last five years. |
| (28621) | |
| 182 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what attempts she is making to monitor money sent overseas by President Mugabe. |
| (28759) | |
| 183 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what attempts she is making to monitor money sent overseas by President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya. |
| (28760) | |
| 184 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Swiss authorities in order to freeze President Mugabe's overseas accounts. |
| (28761) | |
| 185 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average time taken by the Immigration Appellate Authority is to process from receipt to determination (a) oral family visitor appeals, (b) paper-only family visitor appeals, (c) asylum appeals and (d) other immigration appeals. |
| (28785) | |
| 186 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) oral and (b) paper-only family visitor appeals were received by the Immigration Appellate Authority in December 2001. |
| (28786) | |
| 187 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is the level of arrears of payments of fines imposed by magistrates' courts in England and Wales. |
| (28966) | |
| 188 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which payments to jurors meet the financial consequences of their appointment. |
| (28820) | |
| 189 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of fines levied by magistrates' courts in Worcestershire were collected in the latest twelve month period for which figures are available. |
| (28900) | |
| 190 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many appeals against refusal of asylum were completed between 1st April and 30th November 2001. |
| (28902) | |
| 191 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average delay between hearing an asylum appeal and the appellant receiving a determination was in the last quarter for which figures are available. |
| (28903) | |
| 192 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many appeal determinations have been passed on to the Home Office to deliver since 7th January. |
| (28901) | |
| 193 | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of people have unsuccessfully appealed against refusal of asylum then sought to appeal against that decision in the last quarter for which figures are available. |
| (28904) | |
| 194 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when an announcement will be made as to which applicant towns have been granted city status to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne. |
| (28752) | |
| 195 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will arrange for more than one English town to be granted city status to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne. |
| (28753) | |
| 196 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what initiatives are planned to recruit more lay magistrates in Essex. |
| (28417) | |
| 197 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Isle of Man Government over terrorist finance; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28922) | |
| 198 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to his Answer of 30th January 2001, Official Report, column 135W, on David McCombe and Padraig McCracken, what the outcome was of complaints filed against the RUC concerning the arrest of David McCombe and Padraig McCracken in Belfast in December 2000; and if he will ensure that an assessment of the handling of this incident is included in the UK Periodic Report under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
| (29247) | |
| 199 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will next meet David Ford, leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, to discuss matters relating to electoral arrangements for First Minister and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28842) | |
| 200 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will begin the review of the electoral and structural arrangements deriving from the Good Friday Ageement; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28843) | |
| 201 N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many violent incidents involving paramilitary groups took place in Northern Ireland between Monday 25th June 2001 and Friday 11th January 2002; and how many involved (a) Loyalist and (b) Republican groups. |
| (28370) | |
| 202 N | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) punishment beatings, (b) punishment shootings and (c) murders there were in Northern Ireland in (i) each week and (ii) each month from 1st January 2001 to 31st December 2001; and if he will indicate for each week and month how many of those crimes were committed by (A) Republican, (B) Loyalist and (C) other groups. |
| (28371) | |
| 203 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, what the average time is that the Head of his Department has recommended since May 1997 between a special advisor leaving his Department and taking up outside employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28908) | |
| 204 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what preparatory work has been completed in the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (29101) | |
| 205 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans she has to hold further meetings with (a) representatives of NATS and (b) others regarding the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (29103) | |
| 206 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement about her meeting with the senior management of NATS, held on 16th January. |
| (29104) | |
| 207 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what requests she received from representatives of NATS asking for financial assistance for the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick (a) before 16th January and (b) at her meeting with the senior management of NATS on 16th January. |
| (29105) | |
| 208 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate she has made of the total cost for the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick; and how this figure differs from the estimated cost before the delay. |
| (29098) | |
| 209 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what interim targets and dates have been set for the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (29099) | |
| 210 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what efforts she will make to monitor the progress of the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (29100) | |
| 211 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the completion date for the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (29102) | |
| 212 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she last met (a) the Secretary of State for Transport and (b) the Under Secretary of State for Transport to discuss the building of the new air traffic control centre at Prestwick. |
| (29097) | |
| 213 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Solicitor General, what the target staffing level is of the Crown Prosecution Service in Essex; and what the actual level is. |
| (28421) | |
| 214 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Solicitor General, what action she takes to prevent the use of inappropriate lesser charges by the Crown Prosecution Service. |
| (28415) | |
| 215 N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases, by category of offence, have been discontinued in the Essex Crown Prosecution Service in the last year for which records are available. |
| (28420) | |
| 216 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of women who left full time employment on maternity leave returned (a) by the end of and (b) after the end of the statutory maternity leave period to (i) full-time employment and (ii) part-time employment, in each of the last five years. |
| (27739) | |
| 217 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when a decision will be made on the future of the urban network for sub-post offices. |
| (28680) | |
| 218 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households do not receive a daily post delivery, broken down by postal area; and what measures she plans to take to overcome this. |
| (28313) | |
| 219 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to boost trade in sub-post offices following the decision to remove the ceiling on the number of post offices card accounts; and what capacity there will be for extending the range of services available, with particular reference to passport forms. |
| (28681) | |
| 220 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress made on the roll-out of Your Guide to sub-post offices. |
| (28679) | |
| 221 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she supports the aims of the British Association of Landscape Industries to get their registration of landscape operatives affiliated to the Construction Industry Certification Scheme. |
| (28012) | |
| 222 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ensure (a) respect for copyright, (b) compliance with regulations and (c) traceability for consumer protection on imports of ceramics from China to the United Kingdom under WTO agreements; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28772) | |
| 223 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action is being taken in the World Trade Organisation on tariffs on United Kingdom imports of pottery catering wares into the United States; and if she will make a statement. |
| (28774) | |
| 224 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the Chinese capability to meet its WTO requirements on counterfeiting and copying of ceramic products. |
| (28773) | |
| 225 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the safeguard provisions and implementation relating to the phasing out of ceramic import quotas from China to the United Kingdom. |
| (28775) | |
| 226 | Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on manufacturing industry in North Staffordshire. |
| (28770) | |
| 227 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact the proposed investment in rail services in the South West will have on journey times between (a) Penzance and Paddington and (b) Exeter and Waterloo; and if targets have been set for revised journey times. |
| (28827) | |
| 228 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on projected increases in train frequency between (a) Exeter and Waterloo and (b) Penzance and Paddington by 2005. |
| (28828) | |
| 229 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the projected total levels of investment are for the (a) Penzance to Paddington and (b) Exeter to Waterloo rail routes under the SRA strategic plan. |
| (28829) | |
| 230 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent representations he has received regarding investment in branch lines in Cornwall. |
| (28830) | |
| 231 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures his Department is taking to improve the quality of housing in areas of deprivation. |
| (28769) | |
| 232 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action the Government is taking to reduce fraudulent use of the Blue Badge Scheme. |
| (29107) | |
| 233 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Westbury of 8th January, Official Report, column 595W, on disability vehicle stickers, which organisations have been consulted by the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee as part of its review of the Blue Badge Scheme. |
| (29174) | |
| 234 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Westbury of 8th January, Official Report, column 595W, on disability vehicle stickers, when he expects the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee to complete its review of the Blue Badge Scheme. |
| (29177) | |
| 235 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action the Government is taking to assist people suffering from balance difficulties, arising from cancer illness, to (a) travel to and from and (b) park at hospital clinics. |
| (29106) | |
| 236 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Westbury of 8th January, Official Report, column 595W, on disability vehicle stickers, whether the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee is considering a reduction in the minimum period of issue of blue badges as part of its review of the Blue Badge Scheme. |
| (29175) | |
| 237 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Westbury of 8th January, Official Report, column 595W, on disability vehicle stickers, what representations the Government has received from (a) honourable and Right honourable Members, (b) disability charities, (c) other charities and (d) others calling for an extension of the Blue Badge Scheme to cover those individuals with temporary disabilities. |
| (29176) | |
| 238 | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with his European colleagues regarding retention of the identified trans-European rail networks within the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28747) | |
| 239 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether in relation to the proposed major A14 improvements included in the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study, it is proposed that the opening of the new A14 bypass will be contemporaneous with the opening of the remainder of the works to the A14 road. |
| (27736) | |
| 240 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when, upon the Highways Agency completing its preparatory work on the major A14 improvements, included in the Preferred Plan of the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi-Modal Study, the scheme will entered into the DTLR's targeted programme of improvements. |
| (27737) | |
| 241 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether, in the event of approval of the final plans for the proposed major A14 improvements arising from the Cambridge to Huntingdon Multi- Modal Study, it is the Government's intention to utilise the resources, provided for implementing decisions arising from Multi-Modal Studies in the Government's 10 year transport plan, to effect the A14 improvements. |
| (27738) | |
| 242 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by what mechanism the £7.5 billion public sector funding will be used to lever in the new commitments that will deliver the (a) short and (b) medium term priorities set out in the SRA Strategic Plan. |
| (29232) | |
| 243 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, under the 10 year plan for rail, how much public money will be available in each of the next 10 years to support (a) infrastructure investment and (b) subsidies for operating costs to (i) the Railtrack successor body and (ii) the train operating companies. |
| (29233) | |
| 244 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of (a) rail stations and (b) rolling stock are accessible for those who are mobility impaired; and what plans there are to increase the percentage. |
| (28819) | |
| 245 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much is spent annually on external inspection of local government; and if he will make a statement on the methods used to assess the effectiveness of such inspections. |
| (28818) | |
| 246 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the level of investment in infrastructure has been in each year since 1997 on main railway lines in the UK. |
| (28618) | |
| 247 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent research he has commissioned into the health and safety record of the landscaping industry; and if he will publish this research. |
| (27884) | |
| 248 N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what new health and safety measures are planned for the construction industry, with particular regard to those businesses working within the land-based sector. |
| (27883) | |
| 249 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidelines and recommendations he has made to local authorities with regard to determining the value and suitability of discretionary grant awards under the disabled facilities grant; and if he will place copies in the Library. |
| (29115) | |
| 250 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many written representations he has received in the last 12 months expressing support for an elected regional assembly in the (a) South East, (b) Eastern region, (c) South West, (d) West Midlands, (e) East Midlands, (f) Yorkshire and Humberside, (g) North West and (h) North East, broken down by constituency. |
| (29109) | |
| 251 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what arrangements he has made with regard to the allocation of the adjustment to the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services block, announced in the provisional local government finance settlement, to cover the cost of implementing refrigerator disposal regulations. |
| (29117) | |
| 252 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how long on average it took each local authority to make disabled facilities grant payments following approved applications. |
| (29112) | |
| 253 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, under what circumstances local authorities may delay the payment of an approved disabled facilities grant. |
| (29113) | |
| 254 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how long it has taken for each local authority to approve an application for the disabled facilities grant, following the receipt of a valid completed application form; and how many applications for disabled facilities grant, broken down by local authority, were not responded to within the recommended six month period following the receipt of a valid completed application form. |
| (29114) | |
| 255 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money was awarded by each local authority for the disabled facilities grant; what was the average award made by each local authority for the disabled facilities grant; and what funding was provided to each local authority by the Government towards their spending in respect of the disabled facilities grant in each of the last five years. |
| (29116) | |
| 256 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the achievement of performance targets set for the use of NIMSA funding of the Ordnance Survey. |
| (28979) | |
| 257 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the minutes of the NIMSA Review Group's meetings in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. |
| (28983) | |
| 258 | Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the use of NIMSA funding by the Ordnance Survey in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. |
| (28982) | |
| 259 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when targets for congestion will be agreed as part of the 10 year Transport Plan. |
| (28906) | |
| 260 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many planning appeals have been (a) upheld and (b) dismissed in each of the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (28748) | |
| 261 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average time is that the Head of his Department has recommended since May 1997 between a special advisor leaving his Department and taking up outside employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28911) | |
| 262 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy that accidents involving the transportation of radioactive material are made public. |
| (28615) | |
| 263 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the (a) dates and locations and (b) materials involved in railway safety-related incidents in the last six months in the North West of England. |
| (28612) | |
| 264 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list incidents whereby trains carrying radioactive material have been involved in (a) accidents and (b) safety-related incidents in each of the last five years, indicating the (i) date and (ii) location of each incident. |
| (28614) | |
| 265 N | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations cover the transport of radioactive material in the UK. |
| (28613) | |
| 266 N | Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he had to meet Indian Government representatives in early January. |
| (28622) | |
| 267 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to reform the standard spending assessment allocation for fire services taking into account fire prevention work; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28919) | |
| 268 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average time is that the Head of his Department has recommended since May 1997 between a special advisor leaving his Department and taking up outside employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28909) | |
| 269 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent measures he has taken to increase opportunities for disabled persons seeking employment. |
| (28923) | |
| 270 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is that the Head of his Department has recommended since May 1997 between a special advisor leaving his Department and taking up outside employment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28913) | |
| 271 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to help carers. |
| (28823) | |
| 272 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the timetable for implementation of the new Child Support Agency maintenance laws; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28918) | |
| 273 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often, on average, people with stakeholder pensions make contributions towards their pension. |
| (28969) | |
| 274 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average amount saved by each person who has taken out a stakeholder pension. |
| (28970) | |
| 275 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for each year since 1992, how much compensation for unfair dismissal the Department of Work and Pensions has paid to its employees, broken down by (a) employees of each executive agency and (b) employees of other parts of the Department; and how many employees have received compensation in each year. |
| (28968) | |
| 276 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action he is taking to ensure that work and pensions statistics are placed on the Office of National Statistics website on the day of release; and if he will make a commitment to release statistics in non-electronic formats when this is not possible. |
| (28971) | |
| 277 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the potential future liabilities that the Government will incur owing to decommissioning in the nuclear industry; and if she will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (28920) | |
| 278 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will calculate the amount paid in light dues by British registered fishing vessels in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what proposals he has to exempt British registered fishing vessels from the payment of light dues. |
| [Transferred] (29086) | |
| 279 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those European Union member nations which levy light dues on their domestically registered fishing vessels; and what assessment he has made of the effect of light dues on the competitiveness of British registered vessels in comparison with vessels from fishing fleets of other European Union member nations. |
| [Transferred] (29087) | |
| 280 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of animal experimentation and animal welfare in universities. |
| [Transferred] (28846) | |
| 281 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reasons the present form of the annual Road Maintenance Survey is to be discontinued; how the replacement statistical series will differ; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (28907) | |
| 282 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British aircraft, and how many, are patrolling the no-fly zones in Iraq; and how many times they have been (a) locked on to by surface-to-air missile batteries, (b) attacked by surface-to air missiles and (c) threatened by other means. |
| [Transferred] (28896) | |
| 283 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from local authorities with regard to the allocation of government resources available in order to meet the cost of implementing the refrigerator disposal regulations. |
| [Transferred] (29111) | |
| 284 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the Environment Agency concerning the arrangements for the storage and disposal of refrigerators in advance of the development of purpose-built infrastructure in the UK. |
| [Transferred] (29096) | |
| 285 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) research has been conducted into and (b) conclusions drawn about the implementation of the Childcare Commission's recommendation to fund a toddler tax credit. |
| [Transferred] (28763) | |
| 286 | Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the number and nature of representations received calling for an increase of the children's tax credit in order to meet the cost of nurseries and childminders. |
| [Transferred] (28762) | |
| 287 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has plans to simplify form HC1, entitled Claim for Help with Health Costs. |
| [Transferred] (28972) | |
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