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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 28 January 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 28 January, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 28 January, of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order of Business. For Written and Oral Questions for answer from Tuesday 29 January see Part 2 of this Paper. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what plans the Committee has for promoting the RNID typetalk service with honourable Members. |
| (31251) | |
| 2 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what steps the Committee is taking to ensure that deafness and hearing loss are not barriers in contacting honourable Members. |
| (31250) | |
| 3 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what plans the Committee has for providing (a) Braille translation facilities, (b) Braille typing facilities, (c) text phone availability and (d) text answer phone supply for honourable Members. |
| (31249) | |
| 4 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what steps the Committee is taking to make methods of contacting honourable Members available to those people who are hard of hearing or visually impaired, known to these communities. |
| (31253) | |
| 5 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee, what training the Committee has initiated for honourable Members and their staff in sign language and lip speaking. |
| (31252) | |
| 6 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he intends to take to enhance the delivery of Government measures to tackle social exclusion in deprived and low income areas; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31255) | |
| 7 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what increase in civil defence grants has been made following the events of 11th September. |
| (31241) | |
| 8 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communication his Department has had with civil defence officers in local government since 11th September 2001. |
| (31242) | |
| 9 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the civil defence grants in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000 and (e) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31243) | |
| 10 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of funding needed to help local authorities prepare for and deal with terrorist activity in the last 12 months. |
| (31240) | |
| 11 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the settlement for civil defence grants for 2001-02, broken down by authority. |
| (31239) | |
| 12 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote the use of RNID typetalk within Government departments. |
| (31187) | |
| 13 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sign language specialists are employed by Government departments for public and media relations. |
| (31186) | |
| 14 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government departments provide (a) Braille facilities, (b) text phone facilities and (c) lip speaking training for employees. |
| (31185) | |
| 15 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is possible to receive an audio version of Government publications. |
| (31312) | |
| 16 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government departments employ a trained lip speaker. |
| (31188) | |
| 17 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government publications were published in (a) Braille and (b) large print in 2001. |
| (31189) | |
| 18 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education about the encouragement of competitive sport in schools. |
| (31174) | |
| 19 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the voluntary code obliging governing bodies of major sports to invest at least five per cent of broadcasting revenues in the grassroots development of their sports; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31172) | |
| 20 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the New Opportunities Fund about the planned investment in school sport; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31173) | |
| 21 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries in the London Borough of Hillingdon are (a) Internet- connected and (b) linked to National Grid for Learning. |
| (31358) | |
| 22 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts her Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31325) | |
| 23 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish (a) the terms of reference, (b) the instructions and (c) other guidance Lord Levene of Portsoken was given by the Government. |
| (31076) | |
| 24 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) she, (b) other ministers in her Department and (c) other Government ministers have visited the Golden Jubilee Office; and what the purpose of each visit was. |
| (31082) | |
| 25 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when information about Lord Levene of Portsoken's resignation from the role to oversee aspects of the Golden Jubilee celebrations was released to the media; on what grounds the decision to release the information was made; and who authorised the release of the information. |
| (31079) | |
| 26 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) she, (b) other ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with ministers and officials in other Government departments to ensure that the costs of (i) public liability insurance and (ii) applying for road closures do not prevent members of the public from celebrating the Golden Jubilee. |
| (31084) | |
| 27 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the objectives of the Golden Jubilee Office and make a statement on its progress in achieving its objectives so far. |
| (31081) | |
| 28 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff (a) work and (b) have stopped working (i) at their own request and (ii) at the request of others in the Golden Jubilee Office; when each member of staff was appointed; what the Department was from which each was seconded; what the Civil Service grade of each is; what the main responsibilities of each is; and what the reasons were for any who stopped work. |
| (31080) | |
| 29 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Lord Levene of Portsoken was appointed by the Government to oversee aspects of the Golden Jubilee celebrations. |
| (31077) | |
| 30 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken since her appointment to ensure that the Queen's Golden Jubilee is celebrated in a manner that reflect the wishes of the public. |
| (31083) | |
| 31 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Lord Levene of Portsoken resigned from his role to oversee aspects of the Golden Jubilee celebrations. |
| (31078) | |
| 32 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) she, (b) other ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with ministers and officials in (i) the Scottish Executive, (ii) the Welsh Assembly, and (iii) the Northern Ireland Assembly about the Golden Jubilee; and for each one if she will state the nature of the discussion. |
| (31085) | |
| 33 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animal experiments were carried out at Porton Down in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (31205) | |
| 34 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds his Department dismissed the issue of retired officers or their widows who have continued to pay tax incorrectly on retired pay awarded since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service in 1997. |
| (31462) | |
| 35 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the investigations his Department has undertaken to ascertain the reasons for incorrect calculation of taxation under the relevant legislation of retired pay awarded to army officers since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service. |
| (31463) | |
| 36 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to identify retired officers and their widows who have continued to pay tax incorrectly on retired pay awarded since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service; and if he will commission an independent inquiry on this issue. |
| (31465) | |
| 37 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many retired officers and their widows have been identified as incorrectly paying tax on retired pay awarded since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service. |
| (31467) | |
| 38 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for his review of the three RAF bases; and when he expects to announce a conclusion. |
| (31450) | |
| 39 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce the results of his analysis of his Department's civilian workforce; and what effect this will have on the age of retirement. |
| (31121) | |
| 40 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures her Department has put in place to aid civilian recruitment where there is a shortage of people for the appropriate grades. |
| (31136) | |
| 41 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who owns the freehold of (a) RAF Brize Norton, and (b) RAF Lyneham. |
| (30805) | |
| 42 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to re-develop RAF Wroughton. |
| (30806) | |
| 43 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what medical equipment there is in RAF Wroughton; and what plans he has to re-deploy it elsewhere. |
| (30807) | |
| 44 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement in the future of RAF Wroughton. |
| (30808) | |
| 45 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether widows of those who have died from asbestos-related diseases will be allowed to claim relating to pre-1987 matters; how many claims he expects to be submitted; and if he will make a statement |
| (31144) | |
| 46 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation claims from his Department's ex-service personnel for asbestos- related diseases contracted before 1987 have been refused (a) in each year since 1987 and (b) since 1972; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31203) | |
| 47 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deaths have been caused by military action in Afghanistan among (a) coalition forces, (b) Taliban forces and (c) civilians since 11th September 2001. |
| (31142) | |
| 48 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action he has taken to address the number of injuries sustained by women under Army training since the introduction of the gender free policy. |
| [R] (31477) | |
| 49 N | Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to assist ex-servicemen who were unable to join a pension scheme during their army careers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28144) | |
| 50 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Ministry of Defence notified the Dartmoor National Park Authority of plans to erect new military lookout huts on Dartmoor National Park. |
| (31182) | |
| 51 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual outlay of the Ministry of Defence for use of Duchy land on Dartmoor for military training was in the last 12 months. |
| (31183) | |
| 52 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the numbers of servicemen who have left at each stage after initial recruitment and before being added to trained strength in each of the last five years. |
| (31483) | |
| 53 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans exist to upgrade NIBAT 2 accommodation at Dungannon; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31488) | |
| 54 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on (a) the identification and treatment of and (b) compensation for Gulf War illness; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31485) | |
| 55 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31326) | |
| 56 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the assessed contribution of parents to student fees and loans for 2002-03 implied by her proposals for new loan, grant and fees rates for 2002-03 is; and if she will set out the allowances against gross parental income she proposes to allow in 2002-03, including those for other dependent children, which determine the residual income for assessment of loans and fees. |
| (31471) | |
| 57 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in 2001-02 received opportunity bursaries under the Excellence in Cities programme; and in which regions and local education authority areas they were resident. |
| (31472) | |
| 58 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the Standards Fund and Excellence in Cities allocations for the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2001-02 and the provisional indication of allocations for 2002-03. |
| (31473) | |
| 59 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to change the proportion of own resources FE colleges have to find for large capital projects. |
| (31118) | |
| 60 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if if she will review the levels of auditing and evaluation to which FE is subject to. |
| (31119) | |
| 61 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if if she will make a statement on the implications for FE colleges of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. |
| (31117) | |
| 62 | Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on student hardship in higher education. |
| [R] (31469) | |
| 63 | Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the Government's strategies to raise educational attainment in present and former coalfield areas. |
| [R] (31470) | |
| 64 | Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the proportion of (a) part-time and (b) full-time mature students entering higher education in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001. |
| [R] (31468) | |
| 65 | Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the growth and development of the Union Learning Fund. |
| [R] (31466) | |
| 66 | Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on government policy relating to widening participation in higher education. |
| (31149) | |
| 67 N | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the development of modern appenticeships. |
| (28150) | |
| 68 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average (a) class size and (b) pupil/teacher ratio in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in (A) Yeovil constituency, (B) Somerset and (C) England was in each year from 1980 to 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30017) | |
| 69 | Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on how schools are marking Holocaust Day. |
| (31154) | |
| 70 N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will provide additional 100 per cent. funded grants to local education authorities within the F40 Groups. |
| (28373) | |
| 71 N | Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make additional funds available to compensate for the costs of supplying services to special needs children in sparsely populated rural areas. |
| (28433) | |
| 72 | Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many five, six and seven-year children were taught in classes of more than 30 pupils in Lancashire in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. |
| (31219) | |
| 73 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to publish the results of the Annual Schools' Census of 17th January 2002. |
| (31367) | |
| 74 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school staff were assaulted on local education authority property in each of the London local education authorities in each of the last five years. |
| (31366) | |
| 75 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 15th January, column 222W, on class sizes, if she will list the (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in the Hillingdon Local Education Authority with 31 pupils or more as at January 2001. |
| (31453) | |
| 76 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she has taken to discourage the use of private cars to transport pupils to and from school; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31492) | |
| 77 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the level of funding for the Bidwell Brook Community Special School in Dartington from the targeted capital fund in 2002-03; and for what reason funding was not made available in this financial year. |
| (30222) | |
| 78 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints and appeals were lodged with the EdExcel examinations board relating to the A-level history (syllabus code 9267) examination in each of the last five years. |
| (31095) | |
| 79 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) legislation and (b) guidance requires a head teacher to take off a school's roll pupils taking extended holidays outside the United Kingdom; and what time limits apply to a head teacher keeping open a place for such pupils. |
| (31092) | |
| 80 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the average time taken by each examination board to handle appeals and requests for remarking was in the last 12 months. |
| (31097) | |
| 81 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints she has received about the performance of the EdExcel examination board (a) each month between June 2001 and 18th January 2002 and (b) since 18th January 2002. |
| (31094) | |
| 82 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what performance targets she sets and performance standards she expects of examination boards; when they were last reviewed; and what monitoring procedures are in place. |
| (31096) | |
| 83 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent communications she has had from (a) the EdExcel examination board and (b) the QCA about (i) that board's history A-level (syllabus code 9267) marking in 2001, (ii) that board's handling of parents' and examinees' complaints about examination marking and administration and (iii) that board's handling of schools' complaints about examination marking and administration. |
| (31093) | |
| 84 | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will ensure that the total inclusion policy will not lead to the closure of special schools and nursery units by means of non-referral of pupils. |
| (31247) | |
| 85 | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, by how much the take home pay of a teacher with five years experience will increase after the rise of 3.5 per cent. in salary and London weighting. |
| (31246) | |
| 86 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the domestic game industry; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31204) | |
| 87 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce new sources of funding for the modulation scheme; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31161) | |
| 88 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to enable (a) farmers and (b) non-farmers to have access to funds available for rural recovery following the foot and mouth crisis. |
| (31158) | |
| 89 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her role is in the implementation of the European End of Life Vehicle Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31507) | |
| 90 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 801W, when she will reply to the letter from the Surrey County Agricultural Society dated 16th January regarding the showing of animals at the county show that will take place on 3rd June. |
| (31461) | |
| 91 N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the funding for this year's fishing vessel decommissioning scheme was (a) European and (b) UK monies. |
| (30650) | |
| 92 N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in respect of fulfilment of her Department's obligations regarding the completion of this year's fishing vessel decommissioning scheme. |
| (30652) | |
| 93 N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the source was of the funding for the £6 million offered to those vessels which successfully bid for fishing vessel decommissioning during October 2001. |
| (30651) | |
| 94 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the methodology for mapping groundwaters in relation to proposed nitrate vulnerable zones has been changed from that applied on nitrate vulnerable zones designated in 1996. |
| (31178) | |
| 95 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the reasons for signing the Water Framework Directive. |
| (31179) | |
| 96 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the differences are between current methodology employed to map nitrate vulnerable zones and that used when nitrate vulnerable zones were designated in 1996. |
| (31177) | |
| 97 | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the overlap between the Water Framework and nitrates directives. |
| (31180) | |
| 98 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the impact of competition in the water industry. |
| (31509) | |
| 99 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies her Department has completed on the impact of cross-subsidy in the water industry; and what future studies are planned. |
| (31510) | |
| 100 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the ending of the cross-subsidy on the delivery of water services for rural customers. |
| (31508) | |
| 101 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she plans to take to protect (a) rural customers and (b) those on low incomes from the impact of the ending of cross-subsidy in the water industry. |
| (31504) | |
| 102 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what rules govern whether waste may be (a) composted and (b) directly applied on farms without (i) planning permission and (ii) Environment Agency approval. |
| (30728) | |
| 103 | Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy on public access to (a) the Disease Control System Database and (b) the Veterinary Laboratory Agency Foot and Mouth Disease Care Database. |
| (31218) | |
| 104 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the current financial year's IACS payments have been received by farmers. |
| (30868) | |
| 105 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost of the effects of coastal erosion in the UK in each of the last seven years. |
| (31449) | |
| 106 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to reduce the impact of coastal erosion. |
| (31448) | |
| 107 N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Argyll and Bute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on sheep annual premiums, dated 29th October 2001, which was transferred to her Department. |
| (30802) | |
| 108 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how CAP funding is spent in the United Kingdom broken down by (a) types of schemes and (b) nations. |
| (31254) | |
| 109 | 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 the European Commission's decision on the levels of (a) the sheep annual premium and (b) the less favoured area supplement on the future viability of the UK sheep industry; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31520) | |
| 110 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the reports produced by the cattle plague commissioners following the outbreak of cattle plague in the 1870s were consulted by officials from her Department and MAFF during the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31455) | |
| 111 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the level of the sheep annual premium that would be payable to United Kingdom sheep producers if the British market price for lamb were used in the calculation of the sheep premium in place of the average European Union price; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31521) | |
| 112 | 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 livestock farmers who have imminent markets for animals of her Department's changes to the procedure for the issuing of movement orders by trading standards office; for what reasons the change requiring movement orders to be despatched by post was made; and what consultations were made with farmers and representative organisations prior to the change being introduced. |
| (31511) | |
| 113 | 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 decision to cut oilseed support commensurate with Agenda 2000; and if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on the levels of protein imported in the European Union. |
| (31519) | |
| 114 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with HM Treasury on match funding for European Union agri-environment scheme subsidies; what steps she has taken to press for the introduction of modulation of direct compensation payments to farmers as part of the 2003 mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31513) | |
| 115 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the number of farm women engaged in employment off-farm in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what recent representations she has received from the Women's Food and Farming Union in respect of the trend in the level of farm incomes. |
| (31514) | |
| 116 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy for the development of sustainable agriculture within the United Kingdom; if she will list the elements comprising the policy; and on what timescale she expects changes to be enacted within the agricultural industry. |
| (31457) | |
| 117 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the findings and recommendations of the National Farmers' Union's report entitled, Lessons to be Learned from the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and whether she intends to publish a reponse to the report. |
| (31512) | |
| 118 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 8th January, Official Report, column 769W, on the fishing fleet, if she will make a statement on (a) the total estimated discrepancy in kilowatt of power to be rectified on 1st July 2000 as a result of the declarations received from fishing vessels owners on 1st July 2000, (b) the total amount of kilowatt of power outstanding for which owners still have to acquire additional vessel capacity units and (c) the figures resulting from the above in relation to the totals for each of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea areas. |
| (31456) | |
| 119 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received supporting the option of a separate package of Inland Revenue tax relief for community amateur sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31167) | |
| 120 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to change the tax position of community amateur sports clubs; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31170) | |
| 121 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to announce the conclusion of the consultation 'Promoting Support in the Community'; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31168) | |
| 122 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the financial support from Government to community amateur sports clubs in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02; what he estimates it will be in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31169) | |
| 123 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport about the consultation document 'Promoting Sport in the Community.' |
| (31171) | |
| 124 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has discussed with the Scotland Office the implementation of the aggregates tax in Scotland. |
| (31009) | |
| 125 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from the inception of the working families tax credit to date, what the average number of working days for the processing of applications for working families tax credit from families in the Perth constituency has been; and what the UK average is. |
| (30874) | |
| 126 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the average sum paid out by way of compensation to applicants for working families tax credit in Perth constituency in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (30873) | |
| 127 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications from Perth constituency have received compensatory payments from the Inland Revenue with respect to delays in the processing of their working families tax credit applications. |
| (30876) | |
| 128 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for working families tax credit from families in Perth constituency in the last 12 months have not been dealt with within the average number of working days for the processing of applications from families in Perth constituency. |
| (30875) | |
| 129 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what access (a) civil servants outside the Inland Revenue and (b) ministers have to the details of the tax affairs of individual citizens. |
| (31451) | |
| 130 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the guidelines and rules regarding the confidentiality of individuals' tax returns and tax affairs. |
| (31222) | |
| 131 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce further relief from value added tax for local authority sport and leisure facilities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30018) | |
| 132 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the (a) annual income tax yield in each year from 1975-76 to 2001-02 and (b) annual real increase in the income tax yield in each year from 1975-76 to 2001-02. |
| (30559) | |
| 133 N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are claiming benefits relating to unemployment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (28641) | |
| 134 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of records of births, marriages and deaths held by the General Record Office have been micro-filmed. |
| (31476) | |
| 135 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make micro-filmed copies of births, marriages and deaths held by the General Records Office available to the public. |
| (31475) | |
| 136 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what charges he will make for public access to micro-filmed records of births, marriages and deaths held by the General Records Office. |
| (31474) | |
| 137 | Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what formula is in place to vary the level of the Scottish Consolidated Fund to account for additional housing benefit costs as a result of disproportionate variances in rent levels by Local Authorities; what adjustments have been made to the Scottish Consolidated and the Scottish Block Grant in each of the past five years in respect of this formula; what discussions have taken place with the Scottish Executive on this matter; and what was the outcome of these discussions. |
| (31497) | |
| 138 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the basis is for the statement in paragraph 6.23 of Cm 5318 that the National Asset Register for the first time provides a complete list of the main assets held by central government and their value; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31184) | |
| 139 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of assets that have been sold by (a) Customs and Excise, (b) the Inland Revenue and (c) National Savings in each year since 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31150) | |
| 140 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to raise the per person duty free allowance on gifts and other goods purchased in non-EU countries and then brought to the UK. |
| (31132) | |
| 141 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31320) | |
| 142 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of staffing levels of customs officials at major airports, with particular reference to cases where immigration staff report suspected drug trafficking. |
| (31148) | |
| 143 | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on amendments to the nature and direction of the EU overseas aid package. |
| (31490) | |
| 144 N | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with Spain on air safety on flights to Gibraltar. |
| (30724) | |
| 145 N | Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place on including Gibraltar in the EU Open Skies Agreement. |
| (30725) | |
| 146 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the creation of a joint Anglo/Spanish body with responsibility for (a) judicial issues concerning Gibraltar and (b) issues concerning the defence of Gibraltar are being discussed under the Brussels Process of talks regarding the future of Gibraltar. |
| (30867) | |
| 147 N | Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal action he plans to take against Spain about (a) mobile telephone roaming and (b) border queues. |
| (30723) | |
| 148 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if members of the UK delegation who visited the UK nationals being held by US forces in Cuba will be involved in the interrogation of those UK nationals. |
| (30662) | |
| 149 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 15th January, Official Report, column 132W on Afghanistan, if he will make a statement on the problems the ICRC face in gaining access to detainees held at Bagram airport and those being held in a place of detention in Kabul. |
| (30699) | |
| 150 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if UK nationals held by US forces in Cuba were informed before they left Afghanistan that they were to be taken to Cuba and of the length of the journey. |
| (30656) | |
| 151 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if there were United Kingdom nationals amongst the wounded prisoners who arrived at the US base in Cuba in the week beginning 21st January. |
| (30660) | |
| 152 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if members of the UK delegation who visited the UK nationals being held by US forces in Cuba discussed allegations of sensory deprivation with them. |
| (30661) | |
| 153 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ensure that Parliament is kept informed on a regular basis of the conditions under which UK nationals are being held by US forces. |
| (30654) | |
| 154 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the US Government about the tribunals by which the UK nationals who are being held by US forces at Guatanamo Bay will be tried. |
| (30658) | |
| 155 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) centres at which prisoners from the conflict are being held in Afghanistan and (b) nationalities of those who are being detained; if he will specify how many are being held there; and if the ICRC is being allowed into every centre to see all prisoners. |
| (30664) | |
| 156 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK Government was notified that the first planeload of prisoners to the US base for prisoners in Cuba included UK nationals. |
| (30653) | |
| 157 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will name the officials who were members of the UK Government delegation who visited the UK nationals held by US forces in Cuba. |
| (30657) | |
| 158 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if US personnel were present at the meetings held between the UK delegation and the UK nationals being held by US forces in Cuba. |
| (30663) | |
| 159 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what charges have been laid against the UK nationals held by US forces in Cuba; whether their legal rights have been discussed with them; and whether they have been offered legal representation. |
| (30655) | |
| 160 N | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from foreign governments on the conditions in which prisoners are being held by US forces at Guatanamo Bay. |
| (30659) | |
| 161 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Supplementary Report of the Monitoring Mechanism on Sanctions against UNITA appointed pursuant to Security Council resolution 1295 (2001), paragraph 3, in relation to the situation in Angola. |
| (31193) | |
| 162 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the links between the Colombian army and paramilitary organisations in Colombia; what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration about these links; what support the UK Government gives to (a) Colombia and (b) Plan Colombia; whether such support is conditional on the termination of links between the authorities and paramilitaries; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31256) | |
| 163 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to name the new ambassador to Iran; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30733) | |
| 164 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times Spanish fishing vessels have infringed upon Gibraltar's fishing waters; how many times action has been taken against Spanish fishermen in each of the last five years for infringing upon Gibraltar's fishing waters; what action has been taken; and what discussions have taken place regarding fishing rights in Gibraltar under the Brussels Process. |
| (31534) | |
| 165 N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens live permanently in Spain. |
| (30726) | |
| 166 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what publications are produced by (a) the British Embassy, (b) British consulates and (c) British Council offices in (i) Poland, (ii) Estonia, (iii) Latvia and (iv) Lithuania; and in what languages they are produced. |
| (31147) | |
| 167 N | Mr Terry Lewis (Worsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence the Government has collated regarding Spanish allegations on the level of smuggling out of Gibraltar; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30731) | |
| 168 N | Mr Terry Lewis (Worsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Government of Gibraltar regarding the appointment of the Head of Police in Gibraltar. |
| (30730) | |
| 169 N | Mr Terry Lewis (Worsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Government of Morocco regarding the Spanish enclaves of (a) Ceuta and (b) Melilla. |
| (30729) | |
| 170 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the links between the Palestinian Authority and the Al-Aqisa Brigades who have claimed responsibility for recent terrorist attacks. |
| (31130) | |
| 171 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made as to which governments (a) provide support to Hamas terrorists and (b) allow Hamas to operate within their borders. |
| (31129) | |
| 172 N | Mr Jim Murphy (Eastwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on the Middle East peace process of the intention of the Hamas terrorist group to wage an all out war against Israel. |
| (31131) | |
| 173 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the case of the 17 Greenpeace activists and two journalists who were arrested near Vandenberg Airbase, California. |
| (30221) | |
| 174 | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January Official Report columns 776-7W, on stolen equipment, what the security classification was of the stolen computers and related hardware; from which departments they came; whether breaches of security were deemed to have resulted in each case; whether equipment was lost outside the department buildings; and if we will make a statement. |
| (31486) | |
| 175 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31328) | |
| 176 | Mr Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the clinical guidelines on the assessment and prevention of falls in older people will include information on osteoporosis; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31464) | |
| 177 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS in each of the last five years has been of compensation to patients and their families as result of adverse incidents involving the use of electronic medical equipment; and what contingencies the NHS is making for the next five years. |
| (29773) | |
| 178 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce training for NHS staff in the use of electronic medical equipment in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29775) | |
| 179 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list each month since March 1997 when inpatient waiting lists in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area have been lower than in March 1997. |
| (29777) | |
| 180 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce national (a) standards and (b) assessments for NHS staff who use electronic medical equipment in the NHS. |
| (29772) | |
| 181 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work is being carried out by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS Executive to raise the standards of NHS staff who operate electronic medical equipment within the NHS. |
| (29774) | |
| 182 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients within the NHS have (a) died and (b) been injured as a result of user error of medical equipment in each of the last five years. |
| (29776) | |
| 183 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects inpatient waiting lists in the Mid Essex Hospital Trust area to fall below the level of March 1997. |
| (29778) | |
| 184 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he intends to issue to the new strategic health authorities about eligibility criteria for free continuing care from April 2002. |
| (31152) | |
| 185 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require the new strategic health authorities to incorporate in their eligibility critera the words of Lord Woolf in R v North & East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan on the limits to the powers of social service departments to pay for nursing home places. |
| (31206) | |
| 186 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the new strategic health authorities from April 2002 take responsibility for patients in nursing homes for whom the present health authority is paying part only. |
| (31153) | |
| 187 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that no patient receiving free continuing care will be re-assessed as falling outside the criteria for continuing care as a result of new eligibility criteria being drawn up for April 2002 by the new strategic health authorities. |
| (31238) | |
| 188 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost per hospital meal is (a) before and (b) after the implementation of the Government's Better Hospital Food programme; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31331) | |
| 189 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made with trials to extend the availability of beta interferon to people with MS; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31194) | |
| 190 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the levels of obesity in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31162) | |
| 191 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the drug companies about the cost of beta interferon. |
| (31195) | |
| 192 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent measures he has taken to reduce levels of obesity in the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31163) | |
| 193 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of private hospitals provide (a) whole-time and (b) part-time accident and emergency cover. |
| (31126) | |
| 194 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of private hospitals undertaking elective surgery have (a) intensive care and (b) recovery units. |
| (31123) | |
| 195 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of private hospitals have crash teams for the purpose of resuscitation. |
| (31125) | |
| 196 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) monitoring and (b) evaluation of private hospitals his Department undertakes. |
| (31128) | |
| 197 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training of (a) doctors and (b) nurses for emergency procedures the private sector undertakes; and what help the NHS is able to provide in this regard. |
| (31127) | |
| 198 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of private hospitals have 24 hour medical cover in the form of qualified doctors. |
| (31124) | |
| 199 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the availability of funding for full-time midwifery degrees in Scotland from August on the numbers of English students registering for courses in (a) England and (b) Scotland; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30362) | |
| 200 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 18th January, Official Report, column 545W on correspondence, when he transferred the letter referred to to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. |
| (30801) | |
| 201 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the NHS guidelines and rules regarding patient confidentiality. |
| (31221) | |
| 202 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions there were between Government press officers and trust managers and medical directors of the Whittington Hospital between 16th and 23rd January; and whether the Medical Director's statement was (a) shown to, (b) amended by and (c) discussed with Government press officers. |
| (31140) | |
| 203 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what access (a) civil servants outside the National Health Service and (b) ministers have to the private medical records of individuals. |
| (31317) | |
| 204 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to primary care trusts on treatable age-related macular degeneration to increase referral speed to an ophthalmologist and the shortening of the treatment process. |
| (30717) | |
| 205 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the number of age-related macular degeneration patients eligible for treatment who have lost the sight of one eye before they visit an ophthalmologist. |
| (30721) | |
| 206 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are eligible for photodynamic treatment for (a) wet and (b) dry age-related macular degeneration annually. |
| (30719) | |
| 207 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reduce the number of age-related macular degeneration patients eligible for treatment (a) losing sight and (b) registering blind owing to a lack of regional availability of visudyne. |
| (30715) | |
| 208 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to include screening for wet age-related macular degeneration as part of the regular sight test for the relevant age groups. |
| (30718) | |
| 209 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients with age-related macular degeneration eligible for treatment who have (a) lost eye sight and (b) been registered blind since visudyne received regulatory approval. |
| (30714) | |
| 210 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated with photodynamic treatment for (a) wet and (b) dry age-related macular degeneration in the (i) NHS and (ii) private sector in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (30720) | |
| 211 N | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has held with representatives of (a) general practitioners, (b) primary care trusts, (c) health authorities and (d) ophthalmologists to discuss (i) the speed of referral for age-related macular degeneration patients eligible for treatment and (ii) the shortening of the treatment process. |
| (30716) | |
| 212 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the commencement of the demolition of Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital in Alton, Hampshire was decided; and who gave the instruction. |
| (31341) | |
| 213 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Romsey, on orthopaedic waiting lists and the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital in Alton, Hampshire. |
| (31340) | |
| 214 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 671W, on Western General Hospital, Swindon, what hospital equipment is purchased (a) centrally and (b) by each trust; what budgetary controls he exercises over equipment purchases for new hospitals; what recent discussion he has had with the trust responsible for the new Swindon hospital about equipment purchases; and if he will make a statement about the procedure used to purchase the equipment for the Western General Hospital at Swindon. |
| (31007) | |
| 215 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to encourage councils to include organ donor registration forms in their electoral registration form. |
| (31349) | |
| 216 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce an opt-out scheme for organ donorship. |
| (31348) | |
| 217 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to contain the outbreak of the virus at the Victoria Infirmary and the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. |
| (31336) | |
| 218 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people suffered from group C meningitis and septicaemia in each year since 1997 in each health region. |
| (31333) | |
| 219 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MMR vaccines have been given in each health region in the last 12 months. |
| (31334) | |
| 220 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met the health minister in the Scottish Executive; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31335) | |
| 221 | Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Wigan and Bolton Health Authority has used its increase in government funding for the financial year 2002-03 to move the Bolton South East Primary Care Group closer to its target funding. |
| (31233) | |
| 222 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th June 2001 to the honourable Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, column 69W, what recent studies his Department has commissioned, undertaken and reviewed concerning the use of private finance within the National Health Service; and whether these demonstrate that the private finance option is better value for money when compared to the publicly funded alternative. |
| (31458) | |
| 223 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his definition is of other sensitive sites referred to in the Stewart Report on Mobile Phones and Health; and whether this includes sites directly on top of homes. |
| (31345) | |
| 224 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the total cost of treating NHS patients who were sent for treatment in French hospitals on 18th January broken down by (a) treatment costs paid to French hospitals, (b) other treatment costs, (c) travel costs, (d) non-clinical care costs and (e) other costs; if he will estimate the difference between the total costs of this form of treatment and the standard NHS costs of treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30021) | |
| 225 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the written question tabled by the honourable Member for Yeovil on 19th December 2001, Ref. 24038. |
| (30316) | |
| 226 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he collated on the relative pay scales of (a) general practitioners and (b) publicly funded hospital consultants in the UK and France. |
| (31176) | |
| 227 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were registered with a NHS dentist in the Hillingdon Health Authority in each of the last seven years. |
| (31447) | |
| 228 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of (a) underspend and (b) overspend in the current financial year by each health authority in the NHS Eastern Region. |
| (31363) | |
| 229 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of chiropody services in the Hillingdon Health Authority. |
| (31361) | |
| 230 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were accepting NHS patients in the Hillingdon Health Authority in each of the last seven years. |
| (31446) | |
| 231 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were in each general practitioner practice within the Hillingdon Health Authority in each of the last seven years. |
| (31357) | |
| 232 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients that have hospital appointments postponed as a result of being away from home when contacted by hospitals. |
| (31372) | |
| 233 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many kidney dialysis machines have been issued to patients for use in their homes in each of the last five years in (a) the UK and (b) Hillingdon Health Authority. |
| (31355) | |
| 234 | Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a review into the way children's hospices are funded with special reference to the funding regime and level of funding given to adult hospices; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31236) | |
| 235 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31319) | |
| 236 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of pensioners in resident nursing homes receiving expense allowances of £16.05 or less in (a) Great Britain and (b) South Gloucestershire. |
| (30722) | |
| 237 | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance he is giving to Essex Police to increase the numbers of officers. |
| (31491) | |
| 238 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made since 29th October in encouraging young people to vote; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31166) | |
| 239 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of his policy on signing the 1990 UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31156) | |
| 240 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of legislation prohibiting and punishing human trafficking; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31157) | |
| 241 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the UK reservation on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31155) | |
| 242 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to encourage government departments to consider the impact of new policies and legislation on children and young people. |
| (31164) | |
| 243 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the success of the Transforming Youth Work Development Fund; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31165) | |
| 244 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent advice he has received from Merseyside Police concerning the future housing of asylum seekers at Landmark and Inn on the Park in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30732) | |
| 245 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, Official Report, column 355-6W, on Brixton police, for what periods during 2001 Brixton police were unable to accept reports of minor crime over the telephone. |
| (31332) | |
| 246 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, Official Report, column 355-6W, on Brixton police, what operational reasons rendered Brixton police unable to accept reports of minor crime over the telephone between 2nd and 8th January. |
| (31337) | |
| 247 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 16th January, Official Report, column 355-6W, on Brixton Police, which London police stations were not accepting reports of minor crime over the telephone (a) at times during 2001 and (b) between 24th December 2001 and 11th January 2002. |
| (31338) | |
| 248 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 843W, on prison sentences, if he will break down the numbers of prison sentences into the categories of offences for which custody of five years or over was handed down in each of those years. |
| (31330) | |
| 249 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 15th January, Official Report, column 180W, on asylum seekers, if he will list the categories of data to be stored on the micro-chip on the asylum seeker identification card. |
| (31329) | |
| 250 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will raise the cost of living allowance for Hampshire Police. |
| (31139) | |
| 251 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has collated on levels of recruitment to extremist religious groups; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31342) | |
| 252 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what disciplinary measures are in place for Immigration Service personnel who do not treat visa applicants with a basic level of courtesy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31227) | |
| 253 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Immigration Service personnel have been disciplined over their treatment of visa applicants since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31226) | |
| 254 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people seeking to study in the UK have been refused entry in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31225) | |
| 255 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period of time taken to process a visa application from a person seeking to study in the UK was in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31223) | |
| 256 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications made by those hoping to study here have been turned down in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31224) | |
| 257 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase controls on the (a) use and (b) ownership of (ii) air rifles and (ii) air pistols. |
| (31339) | |
| 258 N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date he expects the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to report on the reclassification of cannabis; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31087) | |
| 259 N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) local authorities and (b) police services have applied to introduce a local child curfew; how many local child curfews have been introduced; and if he will make a statement. |
| (29689) | |
| 260 N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances GPs are allowed to prescribe heroin to addicts; what plans he has to change circumstances under which addicts can be prescribed heroin (a) by GPs and (b) through specialist clinics; what the timetable is for the proposed changes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31086) | |
| 261 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to allocate police grant in 2002-03; and what the final funding allocations for police authorities will be for that year. |
| (31248) | |
| 262 | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from ACPO regarding the Brocock Air Cartridge pistol; and what action he has taken. |
| (31489) | |
| 263 | Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications from wives of United Kingdom citizens to obtain indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom have been waiting over the target time of three weeks at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31141) | |
| 264 | Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Lancashire in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. |
| (31220) | |
| 265 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been awarded to schemes under the Reducing Burglary Initiative in the Uxbridge constituency in the last 12 months. |
| (31359) | |
| 266 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the operating hours of each police station within the Hillingdon Division of the Metropolitan Police Service in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. |
| (31362) | |
| 267 | Mr Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the change in the number of drug deaths in Reading in the last 12 months and his strategy to combat the spread of hard drugs. |
| (31347) | |
| 268 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were received for asylum from Afghan citizens (a) in the period from 11th September 2001 to the date when British peacekeeping forces were deployed in Afghanistan and (b) since the latter date. |
| (31091) | |
| 269 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria he will use to decide whether Afghanistan is a safe country of origin for the purpose of asylum applications. |
| (31090) | |
| 270 N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 13th December 2001, Official Report, column 490W, on Blakenhurst Prison, when the report of the inspection of HMP Blakenhurst in January 2001 will be published. |
| (31008) | |
| 271 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded asylum seekers entered the United Kingdom in 2001 who were (a) under and (b) over 18 years. |
| (29686) | |
| 272 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the countries of origin were of asylum seekers who entered the UK in 2001. |
| (29687) | |
| 273 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted exceptional leave to remain in the UK in 2001. |
| (29688) | |
| 274 N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what role Mr John Stonborough will play in the press presentation of the next Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. |
| (30878) | |
| 275 N | David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much Mr John Stonborough will be paid. |
| (30877) | |
| 276 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent negotiations have taken place involving the World Bank to increase the amount of aid going on education to help developing countries reach their Education for All goals; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31145) | |
| 277 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to increase the aid budget to support education; whether the Government will press other countries to increase their aid budgets; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31143) | |
| 278 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action is being taken to encourage the provision of education in developing countries. and if she will make a statement. |
| (31352) | |
| 279 N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid to Afghanistan for reconstruction will be given (a) bilaterally and (b) through the European Union. |
| (31088) | |
| 280 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had on providing funding for refugees for those fleeing from child slavery; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31460) | |
| 281 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received about child slavery (a) in general and (b) in Gabon, Togo and Benin; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31459) | |
| 282 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts her Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31321) | |
| 283 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the results were of the evaluation undertaken by the Review of the Criminal Courts Regional Discussion Events which have taken place to date. |
| [R] (30799) | |
| 284 N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people (a) attended, (b) registered but did not attend and (c) were refused registration at each of the Review of the Criminal Courts Regional Discussion Events which have taken place to date. |
| [R] (30800) | |
| 285 N | Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he will reply to the question (ref 20973) of 5th December 2001 from the honourable Member for Sunderland South. |
| (30866) | |
| 286 | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Prime Minister, when he intends to publish the PIU Report on data privacy and sharing. |
| (31503) | |
| 287 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to make representations to the Indian Government with respect to the case of Ian Stillman; and if he will make a statement. |
| (30865) | |
| 288 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the honourable Member for Oxford East, Official Report, column 661W, on the Scottish Bus Group Pension Fund, on what dates Scotland Office ministers discussed the matter of the Scottish Bus Group Pension Fund Holders with Treasury Ministers; and what view the Scotland Office put forward in those discussions. |
| (30869) | |
| 289 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps the Government is taking to allow local authorities to make the electoral register available for commercial purposes. |
| (31217) | |
| 290 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contracts her Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31322) | |
| 291 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Solicitor General, what contracts her Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31324) | |
| 292 N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the ratio of female to male earnings in the Northern Region. |
| (28142) | |
| 293 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment has been made of the state of the vehicle treatment industry with respect to the standards required under the EU End of Life Vehicles Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31229) | |
| 294 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what role she (a) has played and (b) will play in the implementation of the EU End of Life Vehicles Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31232) | |
| 295 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from (a) car manufacturers, (b) car manufacturer associations, (c) car importers and (d) other NGOs with regard to the EU End of Life Vehicles Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31228) | |
| 296 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will state the date by which she plans to make a decision on where the obligation for the costs of recycling vehicles under the EU End of Life Vehicles Directive will lie; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31230) | |
| 297 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what actions she has taken with respect to the EU End of Life Vehicles Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (31231) | |
| 298 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 17th January, on Consignia, Official Report, column 419, what sums are being invested by the Government with respect to the steps that need to be taken to maintain the delivery service in rural areas and the rural network, broken down by (a) Scotland, (b) England (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. |
| (30872) | |
| 299 N | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her plans to implement the European Directive on Fixed Term Work. |
| (29348) | |
| 300 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) post offices and (b) sub-post offices there are at present in Britain; how many post offices and sub post offices have closed since (i) 1st January 1997 and (ii) May 1997; and if she will make a statement. |
| (30020) | |
| 301 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will publish the strategic plan for the future of the Post Office network recently submitted to her by Consignia; what proposals are made in this plan to change the size of the post office network; and if she will make a statement. |
| (30019) | |
| 302 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what reason two officials from her Department visited the offices of Humber Pilots Limited on 18th January. |
| (31525) | |
| 303 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to negotiate no strike agreements in the public sector. |
| (31356) | |
| 304 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of electricity was provided by renewable carbon free energy sources at (a) January 1999, (b) January 2000, (c) January 2001 and (d) January 2002; and what her forecast is for each of the next 10 years. |
| (31360) | |
| 305 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the development of the Oldbury nuclear power station. |
| (30804) | |
| 306 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support she is providing to industry for the development of renewable forms of energy; and if she will make a statement. |
| (30803) | |
| 307 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contracts her department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31327) | |
| 308 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme for the number of affordable housing units in rural settlements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31160) | |
| 309 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th January, Official Report, column 975-6W, on affordable housing, if he will list the number of affordable housing units in rural settlements by region in each year since 1990. |
| (31346) | |
| 310 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 10th January, Official Report, column 976W, on affordable housing, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the underlying trend in the number of affordable housing units in rural settlements with a population of 3,000 or less; and if he will list them. |
| (31245) | |
| 311 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many affordable housing units were provided by local authorities through local authority funding in rural settlements in each year since 1990. |
| (31159) | |
| 312 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to publish the result of the recent consultation on abandoned vehicles. |
| (31506) | |
| 313 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what entitlement there is to social housing for British citizens leaving Zimbabwe because of the internal situation in that country. |
| (31192) | |
| 314 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his oral statement of 14th January, what progress has been made in establishing the National Academy for the Railways, with special reference to the training of engine drivers. |
| (28817) | |
| 315 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers he has to ensure that mobile telecommunication companies share masts. |
| (31120) | |
| 316 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 the reliability of each train operating company over the last six months. |
| (31122) | |
| 317 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the legislation which allows the prosecution of (a) train operating companies, (b) train drivers and (c) Railtrack in relation to passing signals at danger. |
| (31196) | |
| 318 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects his proposed safety bill to be presented to the House. |
| (31235) | |
| 319 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) warning letters and (b) enforcement notices have been given by the Health and Safety Executive to (i) Railtrack and (ii) train operating companies for each year since 1995-96; and if he will provide details of each such letter or notice. |
| (31234) | |
| 320 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the prosecutions of train operating companies by the Health and Safety Executive for failure to meet targets for reducing the incidents of signals passed at danger in each year since 1995-96. |
| (31197) | |
| 321 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the prosecutions of Railtrack by the Health and Safety Executive for failure to meet targets for improvements to signals to reduce incidents of signals passed at danger in each year since 1995-96. |
| (31198) | |
| 322 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the total spending on the railways each year between 2001-02 to 2010-11 as (a) allocated in the 10 year transport plan of July 2000 and (b) allocated in the Strategic Rail Authority's plan of January 2002, at (i) outturn prices and (ii) 2000-01 prices. |
| (31201) | |
| 323 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what record is kept of the total length in minutes of service delays on Britain's railways; what plans there are to change the method of recording and reporting delays and cancellations; and what assessment is made of the total cost of Britain's railways in terms of (a) customer time and (b) cost to British business. |
| (31523) | |
| 324 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the roles are of each member of staff within his Department with (a) total or (b) partial responsibility for policy on the railways, (i) as of June 1997, (ii) as of May 2001 and (iii) as of January 2002. |
| (31524) | |
| 325 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes have taken place since June 2001 in the (a) role, (b) organisation, (c) structures and (d) staff numbers and roles of the Railway Directorate within his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31526) | |
| 326 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the (a) date, (b) location and (c) level of penalty of all incidents of signals passed at danger that have resulted in prosecution of (i) train operating companies and (ii) Railtrack in each year since 1995-96. |
| (31200) | |
| 327 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps (a) his Department and (b) the Health and Safety Executive have taken to reduce the total number of signals passed at danger within categories three to eight in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31199) | |
| 328 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th December 2001, Official Report, column 524W, if he will place in the Library information on how many trains for each train operating company running London commuter services arrived late by (a) more than five minutes and (b) more than 10 minutes in each four week period from May 1997 to January 2002, distinguishing between (i) peak and (ii) off-peak periods caused by (a) Railtrack and (b) train operating companies. |
| (31478) | |
| 329 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th December 2001, Official Report, column 524W, if he will place in the Library information on how many trains for each train operating company running London commuter services arrived late by (a) more than five minutes and (b) more than 10 minutes in each month from January 2000 to January 2002, distinguishing between (i) peak and (ii) off-peak. |
| (31487) | |
| 330 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total level of private investment, less public expenditure supporting private investment, was in the railways for each year 2001-02 to 2010-11 as (a) allocated in the 10 year transport plan of July 2000 and (b) allocated in the Strategic Rail Authority's plan of January 2002 at (i) outturn prices and (ii) 2000-01 prices. |
| (31202) | |
| 331 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes in the (a) role and (b) terms of reference of the Railway Directorate within his Department have taken place since May 1997; what changes are planned; and what consultations on changes (i) have taken place since June 2001 and (ii) are planned. |
| (31527) | |
| 332 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th December 2001, Official Report, column 524W, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on the Strategic Rail Authority website the monthly punctuality of train operating companies. |
| (31479) | |
| 333 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th December 2001, Official Report, column 524W, if he will place in the Library information on how many trains for each train operating company arrived late by (a) more than five minutes and (b) more than 10 minutes in each four week period from May 1997 to January 2002, distinguishing between delays caused by (i) Railtrack and (ii) train operating companies. |
| (31480) | |
| 334 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he is taking to encourage councils to include organ donor registration forms in their electoral registration form. |
| (31350) | |
| 335 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many councils include organ donor registration forms in their electoral registration form. |
| (31351) | |
| 336 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps the Government is taking to allow local authorities to make the electoral register available for commercial purposes. |
| (31216) | |
| 337 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on help towards debt breakage costs for urban stock transfers; and what plans he has to change it. |
| (31343) | |
| 338 N | Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it is the Government's policy to allow the re-use of green waste on farms without a requirement for planning permission. |
| (30727) | |
| 339 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the total amount of public and private sector investment in the railways over the next 10 years assumed in (a) the Transport Ten Year Plan assessed, and (b) the Strategic Plan published by the SRA. |
| (30734) | |
| 340 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason a civil servant from his Department accompanied Associated British Ports to a meeting with the Tug Company Adstream UK Ltd on 11th January. |
| (31535) | |
| 341 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps are being taken to establish a value of Railtrack shares to allow individual shareholders to complete their financial affairs at the end of the tax year. |
| (30809) | |
| 342 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many delays were caused by technical faults of (a) signals and points and (b) trains on the Metropolitan Line in each of the last five years. |
| (31370) | |
| 343 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many trains were fitted with automatic train protection systems in (a) January 2001, (b) July 2001 and (c) January 2002. |
| (31354) | |
| 344 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many meetings he had with London Underground in December 2001. |
| (31369) | |
| 345 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures he is undertaking to help local authorities recruit school crossing patrols; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31368) | |
| 346 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what transport infrastructure projects have been given formal approval since 1997 which affect the Uxbridge constituency; and if he will estimate the cost of each project. |
| (31371) | |
| 347 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when Transport for London is expected to take over the running of London Underground. |
| (31495) | |
| 348 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and Skills concerning the effect on traffic congestion of private car transport of pupils to and from school; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31494) | |
| 349 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with operators of commercial fleets and other bodies on the level of road crashes involving their vehicles; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31484) | |
| 350 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent studies he has commissioned to establish the number of road crashes involving company driven vehicles; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31482) | |
| 351 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it a requirement for drivers of company cars and vans to undertake additional driver training; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31493) | |
| 352 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will apply to drivers of company cars and vans the safety time limits for driving applied to heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31481) | |
| 353 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, what is the (a) current and (b) expected capacity of the (i) London to Southampton and London to Portsmouth and (ii) Bristol to Portsmouth railway lines; by when the expected capacity will be achieved; and if he will ensure that new franchise arrangements for Island Line provide for effective connections with the London to Portsmouth line, even when its services run late. |
| (31089) | |
| 354 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31318) | |
| 355 | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. |
| (31323) | |
| 356 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits are available to British citizens leaving Zimbabwe to resettle in the UK because of the internal problems in that country; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31190) | |
| 357 | Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary about the numbers of British citizens likely to leave Zimbabwe for the UK and the impact on the social security budget; and if he will make a statement. |
| (31191) | |
| 358 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the costs of RfR 4 Modernising Welfare Delivery are in respect of information technology, computerisation and on-line technology; and how much of these costs are outsourced. |
| (31522) | |
| 359 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 812W, if he intends to include potential or attributed income from individual private pension funds, not yet annuitised or drawn down, in the assessment of pension credit. |
| (31452) | |
| 360 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 855W, he will list the means-tested state benefits that attribute income from individual private pension funds not yet annuitised or drawn down; and how many (a) claimants and (b) unsuccessful claimants have been subject to such pension tariff in the last 12 months. |
| (31454) | |
| 361 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men and women over the age of retirement are in employment; what allowances there are for men and women over the age of 60 looking to (a) remain in and (b) return to work; and what plans he has to raise the retirement ages of men and women. |
| (29843) | |
| 362 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the StepUp Programme announced on 28th November 2001; what progress it has made; and what plans there are to extend it to the whole of the United Kingdom. |
| (29842) | |
| 363 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for disability living allowance were received from applicants in Perth constituency for the period 31st May 2000 to 31st May 2001; how many of those applications were refused at first instance; how many of those applicants whose applications were refused appealed; and how many of such appeals were successful (a) in whole and (b) in part. |
| (30871) | |
| 364 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants found to have made fraudulent social security claims were prosecuted in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01. |
| (31151) | |
| 365 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the RNIB about the use of Braille by public services and (b) the RNID about the use of (i) text phones, (ii) lip speaking and (iii) sign language by public services. |
| (31244) | |
| 366 N | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement regarding loss of entitlement to pension and other benefits of the elderly who are hospitalised. |
| (28063) | |
| 367 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the impact of the pensioners tax credit on pensioners in receipt of modest occupational pensions who are being taxed. |
| (31353) | |
| 368 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Glasgow, Cathcart constituency are benefiting from the minimum income guarantee. |
| (31214) | |
| 369 | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners a year over the last four years had their pensions reduced after a six week stay in hospital; what estimate he has made of how much money was raised in that way; what estimate he has made of the costs in administration of (a) reducing and (b) reinstating those pension payments; what proportion of people whose pensions were reduced subsequently experienced delays in their benefits being reinstated when they left hospital; and what plans he has to review these rules. |
| (31237) | |
| 370 N | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to improve awareness of the need for retirement planning. |
| (28022) | |
| 371 | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Ms Y. Allen of Salcombe, Devon was not informed when undertaking a two year therapeutic counselling course under the New Deal Scheme that funding would be awarded for the first year only and that only outline sources of alterative funding would be available for the second year; and if he will make a statement as to the impact on (a) employers and (b) New Deal participants of funding courses for less than 12 months. |
| (31181) | |
| 372 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Minister for Women, what plans she has to make representations to the Department for Work and Pensions to secure improved arrangements for carers. |
| (30870) | |
| 373 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid is being given to combat sexual exploitation of children overseas; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (31146) | |
| 374 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much funding has been awarded by central government to local authorities to cover the implementation of plans to undertake shoreline clean-ups following marine pollution incidents in each of the last 10 years. |
| [Transferred] (31211) | |
| 375 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory duty on coastal local authorities to (a) plan for and (b) undertake shoreline clean-ups following marine pollution incidents as part of the review of emergency planning legislation; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (31207) | |
| 376 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much has been spent by local authorities in (a) setting up plans to undertake shoreline clean-ups following marine pollution incidents and (b) cleaning up shorelines following marine pollution incidents in each of the last 10 years. |
| [Transferred] (31209) | |
| 377 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received concerning the introduction of a statutory duty on coastal local authorities to (a) plan for and (b) undertake shoreline clean-ups following marine pollution incidents; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (31212) | |
| 378 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many coastal local authorities have implemented a voluntary plan for undertaking shoreline clean-ups following marine pollution incidents; and if he will provide a list of those local authorities. |
| [Transferred] (31208) | |
| 379 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much funding has been requested by local authorities to cover the implementation of plans to undertake shoreline clean-ups following marine pollution incidents in each of the last 10 years. |
| [Transferred] (31210) | |
| 380 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many persons were employed in manufacturing industry in the UK in each of the last five years. |
| [Transferred] (31365) | |
| 381 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many redundancies there were in the manufacturing sector in (a) the UK and (b) the Uxbridge constituency in each of the past seven years. |
| [Transferred] (31364) | |
| 382 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance is available to pensioners to upgrade inefficient central heating systems; and if she will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (31344) | |
| 383 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioner households in Glasgow, Cathcart are benefiting from free television licences. |
| [Transferred] (31215) | |
| 384 | Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow, Cathcart): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers in Glasgow, Cathcart constituency his Department identified in 2001 as paying less than the national minimum wage to their employees. |
| [Transferred] (31213) | |
| 385 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of recent research by Communities Scotland on skill shortages in the construction industry; and what steps she will take to tackle such skills shortages. |
| [Transferred] (31175) | |
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