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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 31 January 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 31 January, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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1 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts his Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to his Department from and (B) from his Department to these firms. |
(32424) | |
2 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32430) | |
3 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list local authorities which have undertaken interactive e-democracy projects. |
(32222) | |
4 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for West Lancashire of 21st January, Official Report, column 620W, when she expects to announce her conclusions to her consideration of the report of the Gambling Review Body. |
(32545) | |
5 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the ventures in the Edinburgh West constituency that have benefited from lottery money within the last 12 months. |
(32155) | |
6 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many overseas visitors came to the United Kingdom in each year from 1998; and if he will make a statement. |
(32485) | |
7 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many seal-watching establishments there are in England and Wales; how many visitors are estimated to visit these establishments each year; how many people are estimated to work in such establishments each year; and what the total gross revenue per annum of the industry is estimated to be. |
(32600) | |
8 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many over 75 year old pensioners in Shrewsbury and Atcham have received free television licences. |
(32590) | |
9 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioner households in England and Wales receive a free television licence. |
(32720) | |
10 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the cost of providing free television licences to pensioner households in England and Wales in the last 12 months. |
(32718) | |
11 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work his Department has undertaken to explain the reasons for the change in the level of computer theft over the past five years. |
(31881) | |
12 | David Cairns (Greenock & Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the trade unions' submission to his Modernising Warship Maintenance Initiative. |
(32413) | |
13 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance has been given to HM forces on the status to be given to any persons they capture and detain in Afghanistan. |
(32295) | |
14 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK-based training was provided by Royal Ordnance for engineers and staff of Pakistan Ordnance Factories in relation to munitions and weapons manufactured by POF under licensed production deals agreed with Royal Ordnance prior to 1987. |
(32280) | |
15 N | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the incident involving a Spanish Government vessel and a British naval vessel on 24th January. |
(31807) | |
16 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many retired armed service officers and their widows in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) Hull have been identified as paying tax on retired pay awarded since 1952 on the grounds of disability attributable to or aggravated by service. |
(32095) | |
17 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans have been made for the use of HMS Invincible once she has been withdrawn from service; and if he will make a statement. |
(32134) | |
18 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the complete work and modifications on the Tempest mine protected vehicles will cost; and if he will make a statement. |
(32160) | |
19 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the training requirements of RAF pilots for the Eurofighter; what plans there are to use the Hawk 127 system for training; and if he will make a statement. |
(32135) | |
20 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the in-service date for HMS Bulwark will be met; if the construction cost increased during the pre-launch stage; what the final cost of the construction and fitting out stages was; what caused the increases in cost; and if he will make a statement. |
(32159) | |
21 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected cost is of maintaining HMS Invincible once she is out of service; and if he will make a statement. |
(32133) | |
22 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what terms of engagement the International Security Assistance Force will operate under; and if he will make a statement. |
(32132) | |
23 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if HMS Bulwark will have (a) a full crew complement, (b) full aircraft load, (c) vehicles and (d) a complete set of equipment when she comes into service; and if he will make a statement. |
(32158) | |
24 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are being pledged to meet the Helsinki Headline Goal; and if he will make a statement. |
(32131) | |
25 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the gaps in capability to meet the Helsinki Headline Goal; and if he will make a statement. |
(32130) | |
26 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the series of improved software releases to enhance MBDA's advanced short-range air-to-air missile will cost; when the final improved software releases are expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement. |
(32156) | |
27 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits there were to the Army Cadet Force in South Tyneside in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. |
(32094) | |
28 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral statement given by the Secretary of State for International Development on 28th January, if he will publish the terms of the Scoping Study on how to provide security across Afghanistan and begin the process of demobilisation and disarmament and the building and training of an Afghan army and police force; and if he will make a statement. |
(31811) | |
29 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British universities have research contracts with AWE; and if he will list them. |
(32714) | |
30 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with its US counterparts concerning Sandia National Laboratory's refurbishment programme for the W76 nuclear package and its arming, fusing and firing mechanism. |
(32711) | |
31 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with its counterparts in the US concerning development of the W76-1 warhead; and if he will make a statement. |
(32710) | |
32 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected service life is for the Mk-4 re-entry vehicle for the Trident D5 missile; and if his Department has plans to extend it. |
(32713) | |
33 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British universities have contracts awarded under the auspices of the 1985 Strategic Defence Initiative Memorandum of Understanding; and if he will list them. |
(32767) | |
34 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missiles were collected by HMS Vengeance in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001. |
(32709) | |
35 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Trident D5A missiles his Department intends to purchase. |
(32712) | |
36 N | Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Challenger II tanks, (b) Warrior, (c) Saxon, (d) FV430, (e) Sabre, (f) Scimitar, (g) Striker, (h) Spartan, (i) Sultan, (j) Samson, (k) Samaritan armoured vehicles, (l) Challenger recovery vehicles, (m) Stormer, (n) Shielder, (o) Fuchs NBC vehicle, (p) AS 90, (q) MLRS and (r) M578 were fully operational in (i) the quarter ending 31st December 2001, (ii) the first three quarters of 2001, (iii) each quarter of 2000 and (iv) each quarter of 1999; what percentage of fleet size this represents; and if he will make a statement. |
(29844) | |
37 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32431) | |
38 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work;and what staff have been seconded (A) to his Department from and (B) from her Department to these firms. |
(32425) | |
39 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the reply to the honourable Member for Nottingham South of 22nd January, Official Report, column 733W, on the Mutual Defence Agreement, what proportion of each of the total of visits by UK personnel to the United States under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement were undertaken to facilitate the transfer or exchange of military nuclear materials. |
(32411) | |
40 N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since 1st January 2001 British aircraft have been involved in air to ground action over Iraq. |
(31845) | |
41 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham of 28th January, Official Report, column 21W, on departmental expenditure, if he will make a statement about the increase in his departmental expenditure on commercial and HMSO publications since 1997-98. |
(32286) | |
42 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the outcome of the Gender Study; and if he will make a statement. |
(32063) | |
43 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change arrangements which enable war widows to visit the graves of their husbands overseas; and if he will make a statement. |
(32064) | |
44 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the events which have been sponsored by a private organisation in his Department since May 1997 and the names of the sponsoring organisations; and if he will make a statement. |
(32510) | |
45 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answers of 8th January to the honourable Member for New Forest West, Official Report, column 563W, on QinetiQ, on what date the contract for services in connection with the proposed flotation of QinetiQ was awarded to Arthur Andersen; and if he will make a statement. |
(32410) | |
46 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the (a) actual and (b) percentage change in the number of nursery places provided by the (i) statutory and voluntary sectors and (ii) private sector in each education authority in England and Wales between 1996-97 and 2001-02; what percentage of three year olds had a nursery place in 1996-97; how many had a nursery place in 2000-01; and how many she expects to have a nursery place in 2001-02 in each education authority in England. |
(32406) | |
47 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students failed to complete their teacher training courses; and what percentage of all the students on such courses this represented in the latest academic year for which figures are available. |
(32233) | |
48 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings (a) she and (b) her senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32436) | |
49 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what contracts her Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to her Department from and (B) from her Department to these firms. |
(32428) | |
50 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many representations her Department has received since June 2001 critical of the AS Levels from (a) school governing bodies, (b) headteachers, (c) local education authorities, (d) teachers, (e) students and (f) parents. |
(32692) | |
51 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU member states have implemented EC Regulation 2037/2000; and if she will list the commencement date in each case. |
(32057) | |
52 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangement are in place between her Department and the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions concerning the timing of the public release of information on the study into airport runway capacity in the South East; and if she will make a statement. |
(31969) | |
53 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish detailed specifications for the design and construction of recycling plants to meet the obligations of EC Regulation 2037/2000. |
(32058) | |
54 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in her Department are engaged in ensuring the implementation of EC Regulation 2037/2000. |
(32059) | |
55 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions concerning proposals to expand airport runway capacity in the South East; and if she will make a statement. |
(31970) | |
56 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress towards meeting the recycling targets of EC Regulation 2037/2000. |
(32061) | |
57 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent meetings she has had with outside bodies regarding the implementation of EC Regulation 2037/2000; when they took place; and who was present on each occasion. |
(32060) | |
58 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of spending by her Department against budget in the current financial year. |
(31968) | |
59 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days of (a) moderate, (b) high and (c) very high air pollution there were recorded at Lullington Heath, East Sussex, in each year since 1997. |
(31962) | |
60 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 25th January, Official Report, column 1171W, on zoos, how many zoos failed to meet required standards in (a) health and safety and (b) animal welfare requirements in each year since 1990 for which figures are available. |
(31967) | |
61 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in Buckinghamshire in the last five years; and what the average level of fine imposed was. |
(32181) | |
62 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many acres of Grades 1, 2 and 3 agricultural land (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham consituency were lost to development in each year since 1997. |
(32182) | |
63 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost savings resulting from energy efficiency measures introduced by (a) Buckinghamshire County Council and (b) Aylesbury Vale District Council in accordance with the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. |
(32179) | |
64 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints have been received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in the Buckingham constituency in each year since 1997. |
(32180) | |
65 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average veterinary costs per annum since 1990 to dairy farms were as a result of (a) bovine TB, (b) pneumonia, (c) bovine viral diarrhoea, (c) mastitis, (d) calf scours and (e) foot rot, broken down by constituency. |
(31810) | |
66 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the revenue lost per annum since 1990 to dairy farms as a result of (a) bovine TB, (b) pneumonia, (c) bovine viral diarrhoea, (c) mastitis, (d) calf scours and (e) foot rot, broken down by constituency. |
(31809) | |
67 | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government is taking to implement proposals for the comprehensive reform of UK marine law and policy. |
(32243) | |
68 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the summary of responses to the Sellafield MOX plant consultation 2001. |
(32724) | |
69 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the names of respondents to the 2001 consultation on the Sellafield MOX plant who were (a) in favour and (b) against the SMP. |
(32726) | |
70 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which SMP customers have specified that they want their separated plutonium back as MOX fuel and which have indicated that they do not want it immobilised as a waste. |
(32727) | |
71 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from (a) the National Assembly for Wales and (b) the Secretary of State for Wales regarding the devolution of full powers on agricultural affairs to the National Assembly for Wales; and if she will make a statement. |
(32223) | |
72 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list, by constituency, the number of landfill sites accepting (a) domestic and (b) toxic waste, within a two mile radius of residential property. |
(32225) | |
73 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list, by constituency, the number of domestic residences located within a two mile radius of landfill sites accepting (a) domestic and (b) toxic waste. |
(32240) | |
74 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms have been put in place on the resumption of the live animal export trade to ensure the protection of the animals from cruelty. |
(32601) | |
75 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Government's plans for the future of the live animal export trade; and what plans she has for the banning of this trade. |
(32602) | |
76 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what studies she has evaluated on the average amount of fish consumed each year by an individual adult (a) grey seal, (b) common seal and (c) dolphin. |
(32595) | |
77 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence she has evaluated that the feeding habits of (a) grey seals, (b) common seals and (c) dolphins are likely to have a significant detrimental effect on the fish stocks in the waters around England and Wales. |
(32598) | |
78 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence she has evaluated on whether culling seals would be an effective strategy for fisheries management in England and Wales; and what studies she has evaluated on the success of seal culling initiatives in other countries in increasing commercial fish catches. |
(32599) | |
79 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the trends over the past 20 years in the populations of (a) grey seals, (b) common seals and (c) dolphins in the waters around England and Wales. |
(32596) | |
80 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her latest estimate is of the population of (a) grey seals, (b) common-seals and (c) dolphins in the waters around England and Wales. |
(32597) | |
81 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) she and (b) her senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32434) | |
82 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts her Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to her Department from and (B) from her Department to these firms. |
(32427) | |
83 N | Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will outline the subsidies available to encourage farmers to become organic farmers; and what subsidies are available in other EU member states. |
(29349) | |
84 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what matters in respect of the future management and repatriation of German radioactive waste arising from reprocessing at Sellafield were discussed with her counterpart in Germany on her recent visit. |
(32288) | |
85 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progess has been made in negotiations on the proposed prospectus directive to minimise the disclosure costs of issuers. |
(32686) | |
86 N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable is envisaged for the completion and publication of the Penrose investigation into the origins of the problems surrounding Equitable Life. |
(31813) | |
87 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average earnings were for (a) men and (b) women working in the Greater London area at the latest available date. |
(32120) | |
88 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people working in the Greater London area receive the national minimum wage. |
(32123) | |
89 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the (a) awarding and (b) level of financial inducements to potential informants to Customs and Excise. |
(31566) | |
90 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragrah 6, part (2) of the judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Regina v Patel, Villiers, Sewell, Hutchinson and Ford, what the policy is of HM Customs and Excise with regard to permitting warehouse owners to allow goods to leave without the payment of duty; and if he will define the reference by HM Customs and Excise in the judgement to bigger fry. |
(31531) | |
91 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 21 of the judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Regina v Patel Villiers, Sewell, Hutchinson and Ford, Cases 2000 02566, 2000 02589, 2000 02591, 2001 02259 and 2001 03772, for what reason Customs and Excise did not take action earlier to protect public revenue. |
(31532) | |
92 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to paragraph 6, part (2) of the judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Regina v Patel, Villiers, Sewell, Hutchinson and Ford, what measures he took to monitor the activities of HM Customs and Excise officers and prosecutors in relation to London City Bond; on what date he was first informed that Customs and Excise had been involved in the losses incurred by London City Bond; and how much public funds were lost. |
(31528) | |
93 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Regina v Patel, Villiers, Sewell, Hutchinson and Ford, if it is the intention of HM Customs and Excise prosecutors to seek a retrial of the appellants; what the policy of HM Customs and Excise is on the disclosure of evidence; what procedures are in place to discipline those officers who failed to disclose evidence ; what the total cost to public funds to date of the criminal proceedings is; and if he will make a statement. |
(31530) | |
94 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many National Investigation Service investigations into fraudulent consignments of goods have been carried out in the last 10 years; how many such investigations are in progress; and what estimate has been made of the amount of excise duty lost to HM Customs and Excise as a result of decisions not to prosecute informers during investigations in each case. |
(31533) | |
95 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures he has in place to ensure that HM Customs and Excise register and handle informants in accordance with Government guidelines. |
(31565) | |
96 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter sent to him by the honourable Member for North Thanet on 7th January concerning the right to buy tobacco and alcohol abroad in the EU; what response his Department has made to the letter of formal notice sent by the EU Commission to the Government of the United Kingdom commencing infringement proceedings under Article 226 of the relevant EU Directive; and if he will place a copy of that response in the Library. |
(31882) | |
97 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for rewards by informers were made to Inland Revenue in each of the last three years ended 31st March 2001; of those claims, what proportion in each year resulted in payment of a reward; what the average length of time was between an informer's claim and Inland Revenue's payment of the reward; of those claims rejected, how many resulted in expression of dissatisfaction by the informer; where reward was made, how many payments resulted in expression of dissatisfaction by the informer; what target standards of service Inland Revenue sets out to meet as regards its dealings with informer; whether these have been met in the last three years ending 31st March 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
(32719) | |
98 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with regard to section 32 of the Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890 and Inland Revenue's current practice, what is the process employed by Inland Revenue, from the point an informer makes a claim, oral or written, for a reward, leading to the payment of the reward to him/her; in which Inland Revenue manual this process is set out; whether the Inland Revenue officer dealing with the claim may deny a reward upon his sole authority without appeal by the informer; in which Inland Revenue manual this process is set out; in the case where an informer deals with the Special Compliance Office by virtue of IH 1295 but where the investigation is taken up by another office of Inland Revenue, whether it is a requirement that the Special Compliance officer dealing with the informer makes his own report of the informer's value to Inland Revenue in the matter; and in which Inland Revenue manual this process is set out. |
(32723) | |
99 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when officers of Inland Revenue in the (a) Special Compliance Office Bristol, (b) Large Business Office Bristol and (c) Business Tax Group of International Division were first provided with personal direct access to Internet from their desk workstations. |
(32722) | |
100 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was borrowed (a) in 2001, (b) 10 (c) 20 and (d) 30 years ago on (i) credit cards, (ii) bank loans and (iii) mortgages in Scotland. |
(32484) | |
101 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts his Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to his Department from and (B) from his Department to these firms. |
(32426) | |
102 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32432) | |
103 | Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised through tobacco sales in each year since 1999. |
(32468) | |
104 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the record kept under Clause 9 of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers of contacts between his special advisers and the news media since September 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
(32509) | |
105 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library his official diary for July 2001. |
(32508) | |
106 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost to his Department has been of services provided by (a) Andersen and (b) Accenture and Anderson Consulting for (i) accountancy services, (ii) consultancy work and (iii) other work in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
(32103) | |
107 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government received advice from legal counsel regarding the eligibility of Arthur Andersen for Government contracts; and if he will make a statement. |
(32606) | |
108 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the events which have been sponsored by a private organisation in (a) his Department, (b) the Office of Government Commerce, (c) the Inland Revenue and (d) Customs & Excise since May 1997 and the names of the sponsoring organisations; and if he will make a statement. |
(32512) | |
109 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 15th November Official Report, column 845W, on departmental secondments, if he will list the company employing each secondee in his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
(32603) | |
110 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is Government policy to seek to achieve greater convergence between EU countries on those goods which may be purchased outside the EU and imported duty free into each country. |
(32701) | |
111 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT is payable on the wages element of home care provided by private sector organisations; and if he will make a statement. |
(32700) | |
112 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how many woman aged (i) 60 to 64, (ii) 65 to 74, (iii) 75 to 79 and (iv) 80 years or above (a) are married, (b) are widowed, (c) are divorced and (d) have never been married. |
(32765) | |
113 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of (a) men and (b) women aged (i) 60 to 64, (ii) 65 to 74, (iii) 75 to 79 and (iv) 80 years or above, in each region of the UK. |
(32766) | |
114 | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he intends to remove capital housing debt from local authorities in Scotland. |
(32089) | |
115 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to limit foreign travel by Commission officials with access to EU top secret documents; and if he will list the countries to which paragraph 6 of 19.6 of Com Doc 2001/844/EC refers. |
(32707) | |
116 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK nationals are being held in Shebhargen prison near Mazar-i-Sharif. |
(32234) | |
117 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he consented to British nationals detained in Afghanistan being transferred to Guantanamo Bay prior to the determination of their status. |
(32294) | |
118 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy toward Liberia; what assessment he has made of the impact of sanctions; and when he expects them to be lifted. |
(32716) | |
119 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what (a) powers and (b) circumstances high commissions are able to delay the implementation of an appeal decision by an immigration adjudicator. |
(31691) | |
120 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for entry visas for ministers of religion are being processed by the High Commission in Nairobi; and what the status of these applications is. |
(31690) | |
121 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what (a) powers and (b) circumstances, high commissions can refuse to implement an appeal decision made by an immigration adjudicator. |
(31692) | |
122 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to encourage a comprehensive military and political agreement with the FDD and other armed movements excluded from Burundi's peace process. |
(32282) | |
123 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in identifying the bodies found in Dragodan and Suva Reka in Kosovo. |
(32169) | |
124 | Alice Mahon (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has UNMIK made in tracing the missing Serbs in Kosovo. |
(32168) | |
125 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what developments in respect of enhanced counter-terrorism protection measures for (a) civil and (b) military nuclear facilities were transmitted by the Interdepartmental Group on Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) to the UN Security Council pursuant to SCR 1373 in December 2001. |
(32728) | |
126 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European Union and United States counterparts on the threat of nuclear terrorism. |
(32289) | |
127 N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the aims and objectives are of Her Majesty's Government's policies towards Zimbabwe. |
(31843) | |
128 N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the objectives are of Her Majesty's Government's policy on Iraq. |
(31844) | |
129 N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the regulation of food imports. |
(29541) | |
130 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many written complaints the Buckinghamshire Health Authority has received concerning treatment received in accident and emergency departments in each year since 1997. |
(32188) | |
131 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) approved independent sector places for abortions and (b) registered pregnancy advice bureaux in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority Area. |
(32189) | |
132 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS walk-in centres there are (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area; and what plans he has for further centres. |
(32191) | |
133 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff employed by the Buckinghamshire Health Authority were assaulted by patients in each of the last five years; and how many people were successfully prosecuted. |
(32192) | |
134 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many written complaints by hospital patients have been received by the Buckinghamshire Health Authority in each year since 1997. |
(32187) | |
135 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in the Buckinghamshire Health Authority area benefited from the hospital travel costs scheme in each year since 1997; and what the total cost was to public funds in each year. |
(32190) | |
136 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the expenditure to date on each Sure Start Scheme in London, broken down by ward and borough. |
(32293) | |
137 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the (a) scope and (b) content of the National Service Framework on neurological conditions. |
(31880) | |
138 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out for each NHS (a) region, (b) health authority and (c) trust the mortality rate (i) in hospital and (ii) within 30 days of discharge of people aged 75 and over in each quarter in the last four years, giving (A) the actual number and (B) the proportion of the total of those aged 75 and over admitted in each case. |
(31876) | |
139 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest forecasts are of the (a) underspending or ovespending for the present financial year, (b) funding pressures which impact on the 2002-03 planning round and (c) deficits in the local health economy in each health authority in London submitted to the London Regional Office. |
(31879) | |
140 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out for each NHS (a) region, (b) health authority and (c) trust the (i) mean, (ii) mode and (iii) median waiting time for a first appointment to see a neurologist in each quarter for the last four years. |
(31877) | |
141 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer, of 16th November 2001, Official Report, column 940W, on intermediate care, if he will publish the results of the survey showing the (a) current and (b) base line figures for each NHS region, health authority and trust and the methodology used. |
(32698) | |
142 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many neurologists there were in England, broken down by region, in the last five years; and how many he estimates there will be in post in the next five years. |
(31878) | |
143 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) admitted to hospital for formal detention and (b) informally admitted to hospital in each year since 1997. |
(32751) | |
144 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the Government's proposals stemming from (a) the White Paper on Mental Health, and (b) the policy statement on mental capacity, Making Decisions, will address the House of Lords judgement in the Bournewood case which relates to patients who lack capacity to consent. |
(32754) | |
145 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines were issued to health authorities and mental health trusts following the House of Lords judgements in the Bournewood case. |
(32753) | |
146 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend to patients who are not formally detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 the right to review their admission. |
(32752) | |
147 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 to ensure that patients who are formally detained in hospital benefit from the same rights as formally detained patients. |
(32749) | |
148 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards he plans to introduce for people who do not actively object to mental health treatment in hospital but lack the capacity to consent to it. |
(32750) | |
149 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that disputed informal admissions to hospitals should be processed as though they were formal admissions. |
(32755) | |
150 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research projects into the causes of autism have been supported by the Government since 1997. |
(32420) | |
151 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will made a statement on NHS policy in respect of a cleanliness standard for patients; whether the Chief Medical Officer has made recommendations on this; whether guidelines to hospital and health trusts have been issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
(32522) | |
152 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the European Directive on Dietary Supplements. |
(32708) | |
153 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to change arrangements for the removal, retention and use of human organs and tissue; and if he will make a statement. |
(32544) | |
154 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed in the NHS in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Authority (i) in May 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
(32687) | |
155 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting list was for infertility treatment, broken down by health authority; how much each health authority spent on infertility treatment in each year since 1997; what action will be taken to address the differences according to area in infertility treatment; and if he will make a statement. |
(32717) | |
156 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to improve education of parents and children on dental health; and if he will make as statement. |
(32688) | |
157 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of fluoridation schemes; and if he will make a statement. |
(32689) | |
158 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) digital and (b) analogue hearing aids are fitted in the NHS. |
(32092) | |
159 | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost of staff redundancy packages arising as a consequence of organisational change in the NHS, broken down by region, since 1996. |
(32138) | |
160 N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will answer the question tabled by the honourable Member for Fareham on 29th November 2001, concerning the letters sent to him by Mr and Ms Phillips of Fareham on 21st August and 1st October 2001. |
(31689) | |
161 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to reply to the written question tabled by the honourable Member for Selly Oak on 9th January regarding roaccutane. |
(32725) | |
162 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in Somerset Health Authority area were waiting more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12 months, (e) 15 months, (f) 18 months and (g) 24 months for (i) heart operations, (ii) cancer treatment and (iii) hip replacements in each year since 1997; what are the latest available figures for waiting times for such operations; and if he will make a statement. |
(31306) | |
163 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if members of the public will have the same right of access to the board papers of strategic health authorities as they currently do to the board papers of health authorities. |
(32296) | |
164 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has commissioned regarding the health risks to children living in close proximity to landfill sites. |
(32241) | |
165 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received regarding health risks to families living in close proximity to landfill sites. |
(32239) | |
166 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement of progress made on a new building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to replace the Copthorne South Building. |
(32586) | |
167 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32429) | |
168 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to his Department from and (B) from his Department to these firms. |
(32422) | |
169 | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make Verteporfin available on the NHS for the treatment of age related macular degeneration. |
(32583) | |
170 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the £7 million research funding on mobile phones will be used to examine the safety of mobile phone masts. |
(31812) | |
171 N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the findings of the Commission for Health improvements investigations at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. |
(31842) | |
172 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts and what fees in each financial year since 1997-98 (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, (c) KPMG, (d) PA Consulting, (e) WS Atkins, (f) Accenture, (g) Deloitte & Touche, (h) McKinsey, (i) Capita, (j) AEA Technology, (k) Xansa Group, (l) Sema Group, (m) CMG Admiral, (n) ICL Group and (o) Logica received for advising his Department on PFI and PPP contracts; and if he will make a statement. |
(32504) | |
173 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what powers, and in what circumstances, an NHS trust or other health body is permitted to pass information from patients' medical records to (a) his office and (b) the Prime Minister's office. |
(32705) | |
174 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) a grade F nursing home place and (b) a residential home place, paid for by each county social services authority in England in (i) 1997, (ii) 1999 and (iii) 2001; and what the county average was. |
(32706) | |
175 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to NHS regional chief executives on (a) the need for health bodies to balance their budgets and (b) advice to give where overspends are anticipated. |
(32703) | |
176 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he expects overspends by primary care trusts to be offset by savings by other health bodies. |
(32704) | |
177 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nursing home beds and (b) residential care home beds were available per 1000 people aged over 65 in each county of England in (i) 1997, (ii) 1999 and (iii) 2001; and what the county average is. |
(32702) | |
178 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the latest estimate he has available is of the (a) cost of implementing physical changes to residential and nursing homes and (b) annual cost of staffing implication resulting from the Care Standards Act 2000. |
(32699) | |
179 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government intends to introduce legislation to cover the removal and storage of human organs by hospitals and universities. |
(32291) | |
180 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on measures introduced since 1997 to help combat heart disease. |
(32539) | |
181 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to make the strips used to test the blood during oral anticoagulation therapy treatment available on prescription. |
(32537) | |
182 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recommendations from the Kennedy Report into the Bristol Royal Infirmary Case the Government will adopt to improve treatment of congenital heart disease. |
(32538) | |
183 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation will be responsible for the GP after hours service on the Isle of Sheppey after the present contract comes to an end. |
(31847) | |
184 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what figures he has collated on the number of court orders obtained by local authorities to evict travellers from public parks and open spaces in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
(32465) | |
185 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Criminal Cases Review Commission criteria are for fast-tracking crown court conviction cases. |
(32490) | |
186 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in each of the last two years concerned convictions from a magistrates' court; and what proportion this is of the total conviction applications from all courts. |
(32471) | |
187 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have the assistance of (a) legal aid and (b) legal advice and assistance. |
(32481) | |
188 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in each of the last two years concerned sentences passed in the magistates' courts. |
(32473) | |
189 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what priority is given by the Criminal Cases Review Commission to the crown court conviction cases of dead people. |
(32495) | |
190 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures the Criminal Cases Review Commission uses to prioritise its crown court conviction case load. |
(32488) | |
191 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quotas there are for the numbers of cases which may be referred to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in any year. |
(32476) | |
192 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in connection with crown court sentencing were referred to the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in each of the last two years; and how many of them resulted in a quashing or variation of sentence. |
(32478) | |
193 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the time taken for the Criminal Cases Review Commission to process a crown court conviction case to a conclusion is sufficiently short, in every case, to remedy miscarriages of justice expeditiously. |
(32498) | |
194 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have the assistance of a solicitor. |
(32480) | |
195 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission concerned crown court sentences in each of the last two years; and what proportion this is of all applications of all kinds. |
(32477) | |
196 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Criminal Cases Review Commission time was spent in the last two years on (a) the cases of people dead at the time of application, (b) the cases of people dead at the time of referral, (c) magistates' court conviction cases, (d) magistrates' court sentencing cases and (e) crown court sentencing cases. |
(32482) | |
197 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many magistrates' court conviction cases were referred to the crown court in each of the last two years; and how many resulted in a quashed conviction. |
(32472) | |
198 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average times were (a) in 2001 and (b) in 2002 between the lodging of an application in respect of a crown court conviction to the CCRC and the issuing of a referral or of a minded-to-refuse letter. |
(32487) | |
199 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role public opinion plays in the Criminal Cases Review Commission criteria for prioritising crown court conviction cases. |
(32489) | |
200 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Criminal Cases Review Commission processes all magistrates' court sentencing cases. |
(32479) | |
201 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Criminal Cases Review Commission crown court conviction cases are fast-tracked. |
(32491) | |
202 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the numbers of case review managers at the Criminal Cases Review Commission. |
(32500) | |
203 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants about crown court convictions to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (a) in 2002 and (b) 2001 were dead at the time of the application; and what proportion of the total applications they represented. |
(32493) | |
204 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of crown court convictions have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission in each of the last two years; in each year how many were dealt with fully; how many were in process of review at the end of that year; and how many there were upon which work had not commenced. |
(32486) | |
205 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants in crown court conviction cases whose cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission were dead at the time of referral; and what percentage of total conviction referrals were represented by referrals of the cases of the dead in the last 12 months. |
(32494) | |
206 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will advise the Criminal Cases Review Commission to give priority to cases of women crown court conviction applicants who are in custody and have young children. |
(32497) | |
207 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Criminal Cases Review Commission has formal discussions with the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on (a) policy and (b) jurisprudence; and which personnel from each organization take part in them. |
(32475) | |
208 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the Commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission play in crown court conviction case reviews. |
(32499) | |
209 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the crown court conviction cases of applicants dead at the time of application were fast-tracked by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in (a) 2002 and (b) 2001; and what proportion these represented all fast-tracked cases in each of those years. |
(32496) | |
210 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women convicted of murder are the subject of applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. |
(32501) | |
211 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time (a) in 2002 and (b) 2001 from application to the issue of a referral or a minded-to-refuse letter for fast-tracked crown court conviction cases. |
(32492) | |
212 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Criminal Cases Review Commission processes all applications which concern crown court sentences. |
(32470) | |
213 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the appeal facilities that would be available to asylum seekers who would be housed in the proposed accommodation centre at RAF Turnhouse. |
(32518) | |
214 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department intends to have with representatives of (a) the City of Edinburgh Council, (b) the Scottish Executive and (c) others regarding the proposed new asylum seeker accommodation centre at RAF Turnhouse. |
(32520) | |
215 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will (a) list the sites which are being considered by his Department to build accommodation centres for asylum seekers and (b) list sites which have already been considered and have been deemed unsuitable. |
(32515) | |
216 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when final decisions regarding the sites of accommodation centres for asylum seekers within the UK will be taken. |
(32516) | |
217 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, why his Department is considering using the RAF Turnhouse site to build an accommodation centre for asylum seekers. |
(32517) | |
218 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Government has set for selecting sites for accommodation centres to house asylum seekers within the UK; and which of these criteria have been met by RAF Turnhouse in Edinburgh. |
(32519) | |
219 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish for each Department contributing to the Unified Reporting and Alert Scheme for (a) internal hacking and (b) external hacking incidents the number of incidents categorised as (i) access denied, (ii) browsing, (iii) password abuse, (iv) privilege abuse, (v) data stolen/disclosed, (vi) files deleted/damaged, (vii) fraud and (viii) other. |
[Transferred] (31875) | |
220 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions by courts in the United Kingdom there have been for the (a) production and (b) distribution of child pornography material in the last 12 months. |
(32121) | |
221 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions of (a) men and (b) women there have been for offences involving domestic violence in the last 12 months. |
(32122) | |
222 | Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many increases there have been in the cost of passports in the past 10 years; and what those increases have been. |
(32244) | |
223 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to prevent the (a) import, (b) copying and (c) distribution of videos similar to those produced by GSPC and available in Finsbury Park mosque. |
(31965) | |
224 N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement about the action he proposes to take in relation to the videos produced by GSPC being distributed at Finsbury Park mosque. |
(31963) | |
225 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the next annual report by the drug co-ordinator will be published. |
(32110) | |
226 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of violent crime was in each constituency in Wales in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001. |
(32111) | |
227 | Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security about the non-production of medical certificates when there is a failure to comply with a community sentence on health grounds. |
(32238) | |
228 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce legislation to force sex offenders to notify the authorities if they are travelling abroad for eight days or less; and if he will make a statement. |
(32137) | |
229 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent co-ordination of efforts has been made between countries to reduce the incidence of child sex abuse by tourists; and if he will make a statement. |
(32136) | |
230 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines the Department issues to police forces on dealing with child prostitution and promoting relevant inter-agency protocols; and if he will make a statement. |
(32157) | |
231 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for child abuse involved child or youth prostitution in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
(32219) | |
232 | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the women convicted of murder who are the subject of applications to the Criminal Case Review Commission are still serving custodial sentences. |
(32502) | |
233 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of CCTV on crime in South Tyneside. |
(32093) | |
234 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the percentage increase in funding of (a) Staffordshire Police and (b) all police forces in each of the past seven years. |
(32242) | |
235 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates since 7th June 2001 (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have met employees of (i) Andersen and (ii) Accenture on official business; and if he will make a statement. |
(32102) | |
236 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to his Department has been of services provided by (a) Andersen and (b) Accenture, Anderson Consulting for (i) accountancy services, (ii) consultancy work and (iii) other work in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
(32104) | |
237 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded burglaries have taken place in Telford in each year since 1992. |
(32585) | |
238 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many car drivers were (a) banned and (b) received points on their licence, in the last 12 months for dangerous driving, broken down by region. |
(32541) | |
239 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and which police authorities have met the Government target of 2 per cent. efficiency savings each year in the last three financial years. |
(32542) | |
240 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are per head of population in (a) the West Mercia Constabulary and (b) on average in England and Wales. |
(32543) | |
241 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Chairman of the Information Select Committee,if he plans to facilitate the broadcast of proceedings of the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Parliament on the Parliamentary Television Service. |
(32129) | |
242 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what direct assistance the Global Health Fund will provide for poverty reduction in Africa. |
(32114) | |
243 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work the Global Health Fund will undertake to ensure necessary drugs will be more freely available in less developed countries to combat (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) tuberculosis and (c) malaria. |
(32113) | |
244 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she will take to ensure poor countries have sufficient say on where money is distributed within their countries from the Global Health Fund. |
(32118) | |
245 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds her Department directs to AMO Congo. |
(32117) | |
246 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what further funds her Department will direct towards the Global Health Fund and from which part of her Department's budget. |
(32116) | |
247 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work her Department is undertaking to ensure the Global Health Fund meets its pledge to leverage additional financial resources. |
(32115) | |
248 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place a copy of the letter dated 8th November 2001 from the International Civil Aviation Organisation to the World Bank concerning the Tanzanian air traffic control radar project in the Library. |
(32226) | |
249 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress was made at the first board meeting of the Global Health Fund in Geneva; and if she will make a statement. |
(32112) | |
250 | Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in ensuring that the Global Health Fund will utilise countries' existing coordination mechanisms and experience. |
(32119) | |
251 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her Department's aid priorities in Burundi. |
(32277) | |
252 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources are available to the Great Lakes region through the Africa Conflict Prevention pool. |
(32276) | |
253 | David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much food aid has been deployed in Afghanistan since 11th September 2001 utilising UK Government resources. |
(32540) | |
254 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many Internet users have attempted to access the Public Records Office online site for the 1901 census; and if he will make a statement. |
(31308) | |
255 N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will publish a copy of the Lester report, referred to in paragraph 21 of the judgment of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in Regina v Patel, Villiers, Sewell, Hutchinson and Ford Cases 2000 02566, 2000 02589, 2000 02591, 2001 02259 and 2001 03772. |
(31529) | |
256 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what official foreign visits the Judge Advocate General has made since his appointment; and what was the purpose of such visits. |
(32397) | |
257 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many publications were processed by the Statutory Publications Office in each year since 1992. |
(32570) | |
258 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, who (a) sits on and (b) appoints members of the Council of Tribunals; and what criteria are used to select those who sit on it. |
(32564) | |
259 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many hereditary issues have been referred to him since taking office. |
(32592) | |
260 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many church issues have been referred to him since taking office. |
(32591) | |
261 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what recent meetings ministers in his Department have held bilaterally on European union policy with representatives of other EU governments. |
(32594) | |
262 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what arrangements he has in place for monitoring and updating his Department's web site. |
(32404) | |
263 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff in his Department work (a) whole-time and (b) for part of their time on matters related to the Northern Ireland Court Service. |
(32580) | |
264 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, who (a) sits on and (b) appoints those who sit on the Law Commission; and what critera are used to select those who sit on it. |
(32566) | |
265 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases the Legal Services Ombudsman has (a) found in favour of, (b) declined to investigate and (c) rejected after investigation in each year since his office was established. |
(32579) | |
266 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff from the Statutory Publications Office are located outside London. |
(32572) | |
267 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the caseload has been for the Official Solicitor in each month since he took up his office. |
(32567) | |
268 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff from the Land Registry are employed outside London; and in which locations. |
(32574) | |
269 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people are under the protection of the Public Guardianship Office. |
(32400) | |
270 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many properties the Public Guardianship Office controls on behalf of people for whom they take responsibility. |
(32685) | |
271 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the caseload is of the International Legal Services section of his Department; and how many staff are employed (a) whole-time and (b) part-time on international legal services work. |
(32569) | |
272 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what official foreign visits the Official Solicitor has made since his appointment; and what was the purpose of such visits. |
(32398) | |
273 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many legal aid applications have been (a) granted and (b) refused in each year since 1992. |
(32578) | |
274 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is on the reorganisation of the Courts Service. |
(32403) | |
275 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what official visits abroad officials from the Public Record Office have made since 1997; at what cost; and for what purpose. |
(32402) | |
276 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when a Minister from his Department last visited (a) the Isle of Man and (b) the Channel Islands on an official basis. |
(32405) | |
277 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff employed on data protection are employed outside London; and in which locations. |
(32573) | |
278 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff employed by his Department on community legal services are located in offices outside London; and in which locations. |
(32576) | |
279 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff employed on domestic legal services are located outside London; and in which locations. |
(32577) | |
280 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff are employed (a) whole-time and (b) part-time in the Statutory Publications Office. |
(32571) | |
281 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what official foreign visits his officials from the International Legal Service have undertaken since 1997; at what cost; and for what purpose. |
(32399) | |
282 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many judicial appointments he has made since taking up office; what critera are used to select people suitable for judicial appointments; and how many judicial appointees he has made who are (a) women and (b) from ethnic backgrounds. |
(32582) | |
283 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what official foreign visits officials from the Public Guardianship Office have been made since it was established; at what cost; and for what purpose. |
(32401) | |
284 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, who (a) sits on and (b) appoints members of the Legal Services Commission; and what criteria are used to select those who sit on it. |
(32565) | |
285 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) whole-time and (b) part-time staff work in the Official Solicitor's office; and how many were employed (a) whole-time and (b) part-time when he took up his office. |
(32568) | |
286 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many decisions by statute he has made since taking office. |
(32593) | |
287 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what targets he has set for reply to (a) letters from honourable Members and (b) letters from members of the public to the Public Guardianship Office. |
(32684) | |
288 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimates his Department has made of the costs of the proposals by Lord Justice Auld for reorganisation of the criminal courts in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
(32715) | |
289 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, under what statutory powers a court can prevent publication of the identity of children concerned in court proceedings by e-mail. |
(32162) | |
290 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the successful applicants for city status in celebration of Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee will be announced. |
(32584) | |
291 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will introduce proposals to improve the protection of the identities of children concerned in court proceedings, with particular reference to electronic communications. |
(32164) | |
292 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, under what statutory powers a court can prevent publication of the identity of children concerned in court proceedings in messages on an electronic bulletin board system. |
(32163) | |
293 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many Law Commission bills have been introduced but failed to gain Royal Assent since 1979. |
(32166) | |
294 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the recommendations of the Law Commission that have been rejected by the Government since 1979. |
(32165) | |
295 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, under what powers courts can prevent publication of the identity of children concerned in court proceedings in messages on a web page. |
(32224) | |
296 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what is being done to protect businesses from companies which use threatening and confusing letters to demand excessive amounts of money in return for data protection registration. |
(32474) | |
297 | Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the President of the Council, what (a) evidence he considered and (b) local education authorities he consulted on school half term holidays before announcing the dates of the February recess. |
(32172) | |
298 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on his proposals for the reform of the length and timing of parliamentary recesses. |
(32467) | |
299 N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement defining the duties of the Deputy Prime Minister. |
(31846) | |
300 N | Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's relationship with the RMT union. |
(32062) | |
301 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions since 1997 when he has discussed UK energy policy with members of the American Embassy in London; and if he will make a statement. |
(32506) | |
302 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost to his Department has been of services provided by (a) Andersen and (b) Accenture, Anderson Consulting for (i) accountancy services, (ii) consultancy work and (iii) other work in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
(32105) | |
303 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) intends to have regarding the aspects of the Strategic Rail Authority's Strategic Plan that directly relate to Scotland. |
(32513) | |
304 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will answer the letters of 30th November 2001 and 10th January 2002 from the honourable Member for Edinburgh West, regarding nuisance fireworks. |
(32514) | |
305 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham constituency have been disconnected by (i) water companies, (ii) electricity companies and (iii) telecommunications companies in each year since 1992. |
(32184) | |
306 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many households in (a) England and Wales and (b) the Buckingham consituency have (i) electricity and (ii) gas pre-payment meters. |
(32185) | |
307 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in the Buckingham consitituency that are in fuel poverty. |
(32183) | |
308 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the extra costs to pension funds of draft regulations on fixed-term workers. |
(31838) | |
309 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, from which United Kingdom companies the ECGD has received applications for support of their activities in relation to the proposed coal plants (a) Bo Nuk and (b) Ban Krut in Thailand. |
(32483) | |
310 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the UK companies that have benefited from ECGD support in the fossil fuel energy sectors and have been prosecuted for contravening environmental protection regulations. |
(32521) | |
311 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the five companies in the fossil fuel energy sector that have received the most in ECGD funding since 1997 and the amount received by each. |
(32229) | |
312 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the UK exporters who have registered with the Applicant Services and Compliance Unit (DTI) to export dual use goods under the authority of the Community General Export Authorisation. |
(32275) | |
313 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many dual-use export licences have been granted for the category code 5A001b4a since 1997; how many items were contained within each export licence application granted; and what were the countries of destination and the end-users for the equipment. |
(32281) | |
314 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the licensed production agreements negotiated between Royal Ordnance and Pakistan Ordnance Factories from 1975 to 1987. |
(32271) | |
315 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent requests she has received from Pakistan Ordnance Factories for permission to export munitions, manufactured under licensed production agreements agreed with Royal Ordnance prior to 1987, to third countries. |
(32278) | |
316 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the agreements between Royal Ordnance and Pakistan Ordnance Factories prior to 1987 that permitted POF to produce APFSDS ammunition under licensed production in Pakistan; and what the state of these licensed production agreements is. |
(32279) | |
317 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage per year of export licence applications for dual use goods were circulated to other departments for consultation, broken down by the export categories and countries of destination for the export licence applications in the last 12 months. |
(32272) | |
318 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support has been provided by Trade Partners UK, or its predecessors, to assist military, security and police companies (a) to attend and (b) to exhibit at MSP exhibitions since 1st May 1997; and if she will list the (i) companies, (ii) exhibitions attended and (iii) sums of money involved. |
(32273) | |
319 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 10th January, Official Report, column 153W, on BNFL, if she will list the meetings with ministerial colleagues in which the insolvency of BNFL was discussed. |
(32419) | |
320 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the meetings she and her ministerial colleagues held with (a) Hugh Collum and (b) Norman Askew in 2001. |
(32237) | |
321 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what independent review of BNFL's liabilities she commissioned prior to her announcement to the House on 28th November 2001. |
(32235) | |
322 N | Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on progress towards more environmentally friendly energy generation. |
(29566) | |
323 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contracts her Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to her Department from and (B) from her Department to these firms. |
(32421) | |
324 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings (a) she and (b) her senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32435) | |
325 N | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to address the financial effects of the End of Life Vehicles Directive on local authorities in the United Kingdom. |
(31687) | |
326 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with British Nuclear Fuels in respect of improving the safety and security of buildings B302 and B302.1 at Sellafield. |
(32290) | |
327 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what dates since 7th June 2001 (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in her Department have met employees of (i) Andersen and (ii) Accenture on official business; and if she will make a statement. |
(32101) | |
328 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the occasions since 1997 when (a) Ministers in her Department and (b) special advisers in her Department have discussed UK energy policy with members of the American Embassy in London; and if she will make a statement. |
(32507) | |
329 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total cost to her Department has been of services provided by (a) Andersen and (b) Accenture, Anderson Consulting for (i) accountancy services, (ii) consultancy work and (iii) other work in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. |
(32107) | |
330 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many contracts and what fees in each financial year since 1997-98 (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, (c) KPMG, (d) PA Consulting, (e) WS Atkins, (f) Accenture, (g) Deloitte & Touche, (h) McKinsey, (i) Capita, (j) AEA Technology, (k) Xansa Group, (l) Sema Group, (m) CMG Admiral, (n) ICL Group and (o) Logica received for advising her Department on PFI and PPP contracts; and if she will make a statement. |
(32505) | |
331 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the events which have been sponsored by a private organisation in her Department since May 1997 and the names of the sponsoring organisations; and if she will make a statement. |
(32511) | |
332 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures have been introduced since 1997 to assist the British National Space Centre and the European Space Programme. |
(32526) | |
333 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on EU enlargement and prospects for UK business; and what measures have been brought in to assist businesses in dealing with enlargement. |
(32529) | |
334 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the British National Space Centre and its latest projects. |
(32524) | |
335 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent meetings she has had with European colleagues on space research and exploration. |
(32525) | |
336 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action the Government plans to improve recruitment and retention of merchant ships' officers. |
(32128) | |
337 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent action the Government has taken to enforce minimum international safety standards on ships using British ports and waters. |
(32126) | |
338 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps the Government plans to take to enforce and improve safety and working conditions onboard ships using British port and waters. |
(32127) | |
339 | Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to publish a revision of the Good Practice Guide on Managing Unauthorised Camping by Gypsies and Travellers; and if he will make a statement. |
(32466) | |
340 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many written parliamentary questions regarding private finance initiatives have been tabled since 1st January 2000; and in how many of these information was not provided on the grounds of commercial confidentiality. |
(31966) | |
341 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Edinburgh West of 28th January, what discussions he expects to have regarding aspects of the Strategic Rail Authority's Strategic Plan that directly relate to Scotland. |
(32607) | |
342 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for North Tayside of 28th January, Official Report, column 54W, on airport rail links, what involvement he plans to have in the detailed economic and engineering studies being led by the Scottish Executive. |
(32604) | |
343 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Edinburgh West of 28th January, whether the Strategic Rail Authority has sought to have discussions with him with regards to aspects of the Strategic Rail Authority's Strategic Plan that directly relate to Scotland. |
(32697) | |
344 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much funding his Department has allocated to tackling noise and nuisance in Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years. |
(32174) | |
345 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the honourable Member for West Chelmsford can expect a reply to the letter he sent on 4th September 2001 from Mr R. Black of the Chelmsford Area Access Group. |
(31688) | |
346 | Roger Casale (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of Ordnance Survey's progress in facilitating the work of government by collaboration with other data providers. |
(32609) | |
347 | Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the new train operating franchise for trains operating on the Castleford to Leeds line will provide for sufficient capacity to allow passengers to and from Woodlesford to travel in comfort. |
(32221) | |
348 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to allow representation of transport users on passenger transport authorities. |
(32171) | |
349 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on levels of remuneration of PTA members. |
(32154) | |
350 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of Strategic Rail Authority spending will be made in (a) London, (b) the South-East of England and (c) Yorkshire and Humber in the next 10 years. |
(32096) | |
351 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will modify the Bellwin Scheme to allow unitary authorities to recoup costs incurred by flood damage. |
(32099) | |
352 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average SSA is in 2002 for councils and local authority areas in England. |
(32109) | |
353 | 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 534W, on totaljourney.com, what assessments he has made of the impact of the decision to cease operation of the site on the delivery of targets for integrated ticketing and transport information. |
(32415) | |
354 | 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 533W, on the needs of disabled passengers in train operating company franchises, on what date he expects the revised code of practice to be published; what representations (a) his Department and (b) the Strategic Rail Authority have received regarding the modification of this code of practice; and whether train operating companies will also be expected to modify provisions for the disabled through the franchise agreement process. |
(32414) | |
355 | 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, columns 534-5W, on measurement of passenger overcrowding, in what year the Strategic Rail Authority, or its shadow predecessor, began publishing annual results of 'Passengers in Excess of Capacity'; for what reasons annual 'Passengers in Excess of Capacity' information published on the SRA website is available only for selected years; and if he will place in the Library all available annual statistics on 'Passengers in Excess of Capacity'. |
(32416) | |
356 | 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 529W, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on the Strategic Rail Authority website the monthly punctuality of train operating companies. |
(32464) | |
357 | 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, columns 532-3W, on targets for improving the reliability of train services, what enforcement actions can be taken upon train operating companies if they fail to meet targets; upon which train operating companies enforcement action has been taken as a result of a failure to meet performance targets; and what the dates and the nature of the enforcement were. |
(32417) | |
358 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th December 2001, Official Report, column 789W, on rail safety, if he will list those industry representatives with whom officials have had discussions, and their suggestions for action. |
(32695) | |
359 | 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, columns 526-7W, on rail passenger projections, from whom the research was commissioned on (a) future rail passenger demand on Eurostar and (b) to develop a model of rail passenger demand; for what reasons his Department did not require a research report to be published; by what means of communication his Department was informed of the research findings; and if he will provide a summary of the main findings from the research. |
(32547) | |
360 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December 2001, Official Report, column 9W, on Railtrack, for whom the assessment of cash-flow from assets was conducted; why his Department conducted an assessment of the cash-flows provided by assets from Railtrack, but no assessment of the direct value of assets in (i) Railtrack plc and (ii) Railtrack Group; and if he will make a statement. |
(32694) | |
361 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 18th December 2001, Official Report, column 225W, on the rail industry, if he will list (a) each of the health and safety issues contained in railway safety cases and (b) for each train operator the address of the premises at which railway safety cases are available for public inspection. |
(32693) | |
362 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December 2001, Official Report, column 18W, on rail passengers, what is the frequency of the regular surveys and, in relation to the action plans (a) which train operating companies have been required to implement such a plan since 1995, (b) when these have taken place, (c) what these action plans have required from each train operating company, (d) what outcomes have resulted from any action plans and (e) how progress towards the action plans is measured and (f) what steps he plans to take to improve the co-ordination and standard of customer satisfaction surveys and national passenger surveys. |
(32696) | |
363 | 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 529W, on the rail industry, with what frequency the Strategic Rail Authority is required to publish its regular bulletin describing the performance of franchise operators; and what performance indicators the bulletin is required to describe. |
(32418) | |
364 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the inspection schedule used by Railtrack in their assessment of track conditions; what progress had been made towards completing the schedule since October 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
(32523) | |
365 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will provide a breakdown of the (a) public investment expenditure, (b) public resource expenditure, (c) private investment, (d) public expenditure supporting private investment and (e) public spending from local charging revenue planned for each year 2001-02 to 2010-11 as adjusted for changes in spending as a consequence of the publication of the Strategic Rail Authority Plan, subdivided between (i) strategic roads, (ii) rail, (iii) local transport, (iv) London, (v) other transport areas and (vi) unallocated at (A) outturn prices and (B) 2000-01 prices. |
(32297) | |
366 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the members of the Strategic Rail Authority's cross-industry working group; when this group (a) first met and (b) subsequently met; what are the terms of reference of this group; and what outcomes have emerged to date as a result of the work of the group. |
(32610) | |
367 | 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 532W, on the Strategic Rail Authority, on what date the final direction and guidance will be published; what implications the update will have for the Strategic Rail Authority plan published on 14th January; and if he will make a statement. |
(32407) | |
368 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Health and Safety Commission will issue its next progress report on its action plan to implement the recommendations of the Southall Rail Accident Inquiry Report. |
(32108) | |
369 | 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 526W, on rail freight projection from whom the research was commissioned in both cases; for what reasons his Department did not require a research report to be published; by what means of communication his Department was informed of the research findings; and if he will provide a summary of the main findings from the research. |
(32546) | |
370 | 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 537W, on Transport Direct, what research has been conducted for his Department's reviewing policy on (a) travel information and (b) retailing; and if he will make a statement. |
(32409) | |
371 | 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 532W, on the regulation of rail fares, on what date the results of the study on the regulation of fares will be published; what implications the conclusions will have upon the Strategic Rail Authority plan published on 14th January; and if he will make a statement. |
(32408) | |
372 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many applications for planning permission for mobile phone masts were made in South Tyneside; and how many mobile phone masts were erected in South Tyneside in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. |
(32091) | |
373 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the total weekly rail delays, in minutes, for each week from 1st June 2001 to 30th January 2002; and if he will make a statement. |
(31307 ) | |
374 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the proportion of ballot papers which were the product of forgery and were not counted in the (a) 2001 and (b) 1997 general elections. |
(32167) | |
375 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the official mark as a safeguard against electoral fraud; and what plans he has to introduce further safeguards. |
(32161) | |
376 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on (a) the progress made and (b) the expected completion date of the A5 Nesscliffe bypass near Shrewsbury. |
(32587) | |
377 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contracts his Department has had since 1997 with (a) Arthur Andersen and (b) Accenture for (i) accountancy, (ii) audit and (iii) consultancy work; and what staff have been seconded (A) to his Department from and (B) from his Department to these firms. |
(32423) | |
378 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what meetings (a) he and (b) his senior departmental officials have had with Enron and its subsidiaries in the last two years. |
(32433) | |
379 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the meetings he has had in the last 10 months with the Health and Safety Executive to discuss safety on the London Underground. |
(32170) | |
380 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when his Department will grant authorisation for the installation of interactive speeding signs in Bredhurst Village, near Sittingbourne, Kent. |
(31693) | |
381 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, if he will list the occasions he used the railway service in connection with his official duties prior to 16th November 2001; what station he left from and what the destination was; and when he next expects to use the railway in his official capacity. |
(32605) | |
382 | Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the number of road accidents last year which were related to use of mobile phones by drivers. |
(32283) | |
383 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding the requirement for aircraft to carry a Mode S transponder by March 2003; and if he will make a statement. |
(32284) | |
384 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on recreational flying of requirements for aircraft to carry a Mode S transponder from March 2003. |
(32285) | |
385 N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that district authorities have the flexibility to fund and deliver high quality public services to local people. |
(31302) | |
386 N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new grant formula that will replace SSA will be fairer and simpler and address the needs of all classes of authority. |
(31303) | |
387 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many contracts and what fees in each financial year since 1997-98 (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, (c) KPMG, (d) PA Consulting, (e) WS Atkins, (f) Accenture, (g) Deloitte & Touche, (h) McKinsey, (i) Capita, (j) AEA Technology, (k) Xansa Group, (l) Sema Group, (m) CMG Admiral, (n) ICL Group and (o) Logica received for advising his Department on PFI and PPP contracts; and if he will make a statement. |
(32503) | |
388 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what dates since 7th June 2001 (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department have met employees of (i) Andersen and (ii) Accenture on official business; and if he will make a statement. |
(32100) | |
389 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total cost to his Department has been of services provided by (a) Andersen and (b) Accenture, Anderson Consulting for (i) accountancy services, (ii) consultancy work and (iii) other work in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
(32106) | |
390 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assistance he has given to the airline industry since the 11th September terrorist attacks. |
(32530) | |
391 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures have been introduced since 11th September 2001 to improve security onboard aircraft and at airports. |
(32533) | |
392 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures have been introduced since 1997 to assist United Kingdom aviation; and if he will make a statement. |
(32532) | |
393 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with European colleagues regarding European-wide aid to airlines; and which European governments have granted aid to their flag carriers in the last 12 months. |
(32531) | |
394 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many job losses there were in Wales, broken down by the lowest regional level for which data are available, in each of the last five years. |
(32231) | |
395 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide a breakdown by industry of (a) jobs created and (b) job losses in Wales in each of the past five years. |
(32232) | |
396 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make representations to the Office for National Statistics to increase the frequency of preparing figures on productivity and economic indicators for Wales. |
(32228) | |
397 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he has made representations to the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, regarding the full devolution of powers for the railways to the National Assembly for Wales. |
(32227) | |
398 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has (a) to help promote the National Assembly for Wales, (b) to help improve communications between the National Assembly for Wales and Whitehall departments and (c) to make the National Assembly for Wales work more effectively and efficiently; and if he will make a statement. |
(32412) | |
399 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list his Department's expenditure by months in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01; and if he will make a statement. |
(32218) | |
400 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from the Welsh Assembly Government regarding the further devolution of powers to the National Assembly for Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
(32220) | |
401 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to improve uptake of stakeholder pensions. |
(31841) | |
402 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what actions he is taking to improve access to financial advice tailored to the needs of individuals contemplating taking out stakeholder pensions. |
(31840) | |
403 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female pensoners who have retired in each of the past five years have deferred their state basic pension entitlements for sufficient time to claim a pension increment of (i) less than £5 per week, (ii) £5 to £10 a week and (iii) exceeding £10 a week at present rates of payment; and how many such pensioners retired without such an increment. |
(31304) | |
404 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the implied annual uplift is in gross state retirement pensions for qualifying deferment of payment (a) under present arrangements and (b) under future planned modifications of the system; what current annuity rates are; and if he will make a statement. |
(31305) | |
405 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the (a) cost and (b) effectiveness of the Department's advertising campaign on pension awareness. |
(31839) | |
406 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are unemployed in the Greater London area; and if he will make a statement. |
(32125) | |
407 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the employment prospects for the Greater London area. |
(32124) | |
408 | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) each of the CSA's monthly Business Information Bulletins since April 2001, (b) the CSA Board's quarterly review of its progress, (c) the CSA's Risk Management Framework and Report on Risk Management and (d) the CSA's Latest Controls report from December 2001. |
(32548) | |
409 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners he estimates are (a) eligible for and (b) claiming the minimum income guarantee in each parliamentary constituency in Wales. |
(32230) | |
410 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of children (a) live in workless households and (b) lived in workless households in each of the last five years. |
(32274) | |
411 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud were recorded in each of the past five years in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland. |
(32270) | |
412 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded the minimum income guarantee in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. |
(32588) | |
413 | Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process a new claim for the (a) working families tax credit and (b) jobseekers allowance was in the last six months. |
(32469) | |
414 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who have benefited from his Department's legislation on pension-sharing after divorce; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of this legislation. |
(32622) | |
415 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff will be employed by the new Pensions Service; how he plans to advertise the Service; and if he will make a statement. |
(32621) | |
416 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to implement the recommendations on housing benefit reforms set out in the Housing Green Paper, Quality and Choice: A decent home for all. |
(32620) | |
417 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the proportion of (a) men and (b) women over state pension age who have income from earnings. |
(32616) | |
418 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the proportion of (a) men and (b) women who will reach state pension age in 2002 with entitlement to a full basic state pension based on their own contributions and if he will provide corresponding estimates for (i) 1992, (ii) 1982 and (iii) 1972. |
(32617) | |
419 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many of the single pensioners who fail to take up their entitlement to the minimum income guarantee are aged 80 years or above. |
(32615) | |
420 | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women have neither paid national insurance contributions nor received credits for pension purposes, in each year since 1979. |
(32614) | |
421 | Mr Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households there are in England and Wales. |
(32721) | |
422 N | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the incident involving a Spanish Government vessel and a British naval vessel on 24th January. |
[Transferred] (31808) | |
423 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research he has undertaken into security and the prevention of ballot rigging in the evaluation of the feasibility of Internet voting. |
[Transferred] (32090) | |
424 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many independent petrol retailers have operated in England and Wales in each of the past five years. |
[Transferred] (32236) | |
425 | Roger Casale (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what operations Ordnance Survey carries out in partnerships with private sector bodies; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred] (32608) | |
426 | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals there are to (a) publicise the work of witness support schemes and (b) secure recruits for them locally. |
[Transferred] (32683) | |
427 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Prime Minister, what criteria he uses to appoint (a) lords lieutenant and (b) deputy lords lieutenant; if he will list the names of deputy lords lieutenant for each county; and what his estimate is of the average number of official engagements per week of (i) lord lieutenants and (ii) deputy lord lieutenants undertaken for each county. |
[Transferred] (32581) | |
428 | Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Prime Minister, how many lords lieutenant he has appointed for each county since assuming this responsibility. |
[Transferred] (32575) | |
429 | Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what ways greater account has been taken of the views of stakeholders in taking forward the recommendations of the Prior Options Review of the operation of non-departmental public bodies. |
[Transferred] (32287) | |
430 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action will be taken against foreign ships sailing into British ports which fall below safety standards; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred] (32691) | |
431 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many foreign ships have fallen short of safety standards whilst in British ports in each year since 1997; what measures have been put in place to deal with these ships; how much money has been spent dealing with such ships; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred] (32690) | |
432 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent in making preparations for entry to the European single currency. |
[Transferred] (32527) | |
433 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures have been introduced to assist businesses that want to trade in euros; and how much they have cost. |
[Transferred] (32528) | |
434 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fines for dog fouling were issued by (a) Buckinghamshire County Council and (b) Aylesbury Vale District Council in each of the last five years; what the average fine levied in each year was; and what the total sums raised in each year were. |
[Transferred] (32177) | |
435 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) noise and (b) nuisance complaints were investigated by (i) Buckinghamshire County Council and (ii) Aylesbury Vale District Council in each year since 1997; what proportion of reported complaints this represented; how many abatement notices were issued in each year; and how many fines were levied for non-compliance in each year. |
[Transferred] (32173) | |
436 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individuals have taken action against (a) Buckinghamshire County Council and (b) Aylesbury Vale District Council under Section 91 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and in how many cases they were successful. |
[Transferred] (32178) | |
437 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in Buckinghamshire were prosecuted for littering in each of the last five years; and in how many cases they were convicted. |
[Transferred] (32176) | |
438 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the cost to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council of the administration of the registration of care homes under the National Care Standards Commission. |
[Transferred] (32097) | |
439 | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for administrating the registration of care homes in the last 12 months. |
[Transferred] (32098) | |
440 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many fixed penalty notices were issued by (a) Buckinghamshire County Council and (b) Aylesbury Vale District Council in each of the last five years; what the average fine levied in each year was; and what the total sums raised in each year were. |
[Transferred] (32175) | |
441 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water meters were installed in houses (a) in England and Wales and (b) in the Buckingham constituency in each of the last five years. |
[Transferred] (32186) | |
442 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working families have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded the working families tax credit in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and if he will make a statement. |
[Transferred] (32589) | |
443 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many claims were made by those seeking part-time employee pension entitlements following a ruling in May 2000 by the European Court of Justice; how many have been settled; and when she expects all outstanding cases to be dealt with. |
[Transferred] (32292) | |
444 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the current minimum wage level is; and what plans she has to increase this amount. |
[Transferred] (32535) | |
445 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the minimum wage is for employees under the age of (a) 21 and (b) 16 years. |
[Transferred] (32534) | |
446 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account she has taken of regional differences in pay in setting the minimum wage; and what plans she has for setting different minimum wages for separate regions. |
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