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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 4 March 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 4 March, 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 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list those employees, executives and directors of (a) Tescos, (b) J. Sainsbury, (c) Safeways, (d) Asda and (e) other food retailers who have been appointed to advisory and other roles on bodies in receipt of public funds since May 1997; and if he will list the terms of each such appointment. |
| (39997) | |
| 2 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40443) | |
| 3 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will place in the Library the written agreements and protocols with the Whitehall and Industry Group governing their secondments to government; and if he will list all the secondments placed under the auspices of the Group since June 2001. |
| (40561) | |
| 4 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what representations the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has received with regard to the regulatory impact of the Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill. |
| (40603) | |
| 5 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what meetings the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has had with conservation bodies since October 2001. |
| (40602) | |
| 6 | Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what meetings the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has had with representatives of the (a) British Wind Energy Association, (b) oil and gas industry, (c) Association of Sea Fisheries Committees and (d) Shellfish Association of Great Britain since October 2001. |
| (40605) | |
| 7 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40436) | |
| 8 N | Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 7th February, Official Report, column 1117W, on Lottery support for rugby league and rugby union, how many applications have been made to the Sports Lottery Fund by rugby league and rugby union clubs; and what percentage were unsuccessful. |
| (37192) | |
| 9 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the recommendations made on the Royal Parks Police by Tony Speed and Dan Foley; and when changes will be implemented. |
| (39984) | |
| 10 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the retirement ages and conditions of retirement of (a) former police officers serving in the Royal Parks Police and (b) officers of the Royal Parks Police who have not served in the police. |
| (39986) | |
| 11 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many retired police officers receiving a police pension are fully employed by the Royal Parks Police. |
| (39985) | |
| 12 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the pay rise, due in September 2001, for the Royal Parks Police will be implemented; and if the pay will be backdated. |
| (39983) | |
| 13 N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the annual cost to English Heritage of allowing free access to English Heritage sites for (a) unders 16s and students, (b) pensioners and (c) all visitors. |
| (39698) | |
| 14 N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her estimate is of the annual cost to (a) the Government and (b) English Heritage allowing free access to English Heritage sites for (i) under 16s and students, (ii) pensioners and (iii) all visitors. |
| (39697) | |
| 15 N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Minister for Sport's Answer of 25th February to the honourable Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston, Official Report, column 435 on Community Sport (North West), if she will publish her plans to restructure Sport England to improve regional performance. |
| (39848) | |
| 16 N | Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Central Council for Physical Recreation, (b) sports governing bodies and (c) the UK Sports Council about the future structure of Sport England. |
| (39699) | |
| 17 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which film production companies in the North East received grants from the UK Film Council; and how much they received in the last 12 months. |
| (40630) | |
| 18 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Department has to ensure that unused Lottery money is allocated in the next six months. |
| (40633) | |
| 19 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government is doing to encourage film production companies in the North East. |
| (40631) | |
| 20 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many films were produced by film production companies in the North East in (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999, (e) 2000 and (f) 2001. |
| (40632) | |
| 21 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the framework used in the independent review of the gambling controls in Great Britain. |
| (40544) | |
| 22 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the number of jobs created by the gaming industry in each of the last three years. |
| (40524) | |
| 23 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are employed in the manufacture of gaming machines in Great Britain. |
| (40506) | |
| 24 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) economic and (b) other evaluation has been made of the impact of the independent review of the gambling controls in Great Britain on holiday resorts. |
| (40505) | |
| 25 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the (a) date and (b) subject of (i) meetings and (ii) telephone calls between the Minister for Sport and (A) the Chief Executive of Sport England and (B) the Chairman of Sport England, between 1st June and 14th June 2001. |
| (39793) | |
| 26 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the correspondence between the Minister for Sport and the Chairman of Sport England in which the resignation of Mr Derek Casey as Chief Executive of Sport England was referred to. |
| (39795) | |
| 27 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the notes taken by her officials at the meeting on 14th June 2001 between the Chairman of Sport England and the Minister for Sport. |
| (39798) | |
| 28 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the date of the events, other than meetings, at which the Minister for Sport and the Chief Executive of Sport England, were both in attendance, between 1st June and 14th June 2001. |
| (39796) | |
| 29 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the Minister for Sport was informed of Mr Derek Casey's resignation as Chief Executive of Sport England. |
| (39797) | |
| 30 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish correspondence between the Minister for Sport and the Chief Executive of Sport England between 1st June and 14th June 2001. |
| (39794) | |
| 31 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the correspondence between the Minister for Sport and (a) Mr Derek Casey and (b) Mr Trevor Brooking regarding the resignation of Mr Casey from his position as Chief Executive of Sport England, including Mr Casey's resignation letter. |
| (39799) | |
| 32 N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates she was informed (a) that Mr Derek Casey had resigned as Chief Executive of Sport England and (b) of the value of the severance package. |
| (39802) | |
| 33 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40450) | |
| 34 N | David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the minimum garrison strength of the armed forces required to remain in Northern Ireland in the event of a total cessation of terrorism and the threat of terrorism within the United Kingdom from Irish Republican and Loyalist terrorist organisations. |
| (40080) | |
| 35 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the grave sites the War Grave Commission maintains in Egypt; how much money is allocated to their upkeep; and how many are buried there, broken down by military personnel who fought in the (a) Suez Canal zone emergency 1951 to 1954 and (b) Suez crisis 1956. |
| (40457) | |
| 36 | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the joint UK/US Los Alamos National Laboratory underground sub-critical nuclear test which took place at Nevada on 14th February; and if he will give an untertaking that the information gathered from the test will not be used to design a replacement for existing Trident warheads. |
| (40649) | |
| 37 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure he has incurred in the (a) dismantling, (b) management and (c) verification of (i) chemical and (ii) biological weapons in the states of the former Soviet Union since 1996. |
| (40574) | |
| 38 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to receive a report on the circumstances leading to the loss of confidential information regarding the identity of the soldiers who are due to give evidence to the Saville Inquiry; what steps have been taken to (a) recover the lost documents and (b) offer protection to the soldiers and their families; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40079) | |
| 39 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on consultants and other fees relating to the privatisation of QinetiQ. |
| (40082) | |
| 40 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what armament will be carried by the Tyne Class OPVs. |
| (40310) | |
| 41 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the refit of HMS Vanguard will take; and what is the estimated cost. |
| (40311) | |
| 42 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the dates are for (a) lay-down, (b) launch and (c) delivery of each of the strategic lift transport ships. |
| (40316) | |
| 43 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what standby notice HMS Sheffield will be available between 2003 and 2004. |
| (40314) | |
| 44 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when each of the remaining Type 42 destroyers will be paid off. |
| (40313) | |
| 45 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if all Type 22 and Type 23 frigates will be refitted with the 114mm Mark VIII Mod I gun. |
| (40315) | |
| 46 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when it is planned that each of the S and T class fleet submarines will be paid off. |
| (40312) | |
| 47 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors were considered in awarding Raytheon the contract to remanufacture Tomahawk Missiles for the Armed Forces; if he plans to publish the results of the tests performed; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40614) | |
| 48 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much longer he expects there to be a UK military presence in Macedonia; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40610) | |
| 49 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to improve the (a) airlift and (b) sealift capability of the Armed Forces; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40615) | |
| 50 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British Armed Forces are stationed in Macedonia; what activities they are involved in; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40611) | |
| 51 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the new Apache helicopters to use the combined laser designator rangefinder; what safety assessment has been conducted; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40609) | |
| 52 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimates he has made as to the total extra cost to his Department in relation to Afghanistan in the financial year 2001-02; and from where these funds are being made available. |
| (40422) | |
| 53 | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what projects are being scaled back as a result of the transfer from capital to resource DEL announced in the Supplementary Estimates 2001-02; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40423) | |
| 54 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been (a) the costs to date of achieving certificated explosive ordnance clearance, (b) the revenue from sale of part of the site and (c) the area sold at RAF Chilmark. |
| (39316) | |
| 55 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was to QinetiQ of its proposal to base the future strategic tanker aircraft fleet at Boscombe Down airfield. |
| (39315) | |
| 56 N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on consent to applications received from (a) UK forces and (b) overseas forces for the use of depleted uranium-based ammunition at Cape Wrath Range. |
| (40329) | |
| 57 N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if depleted uranium-based ammunition has been authorised for use at the Cape Wrath Range by (a) UK forces and (b) overseas forces; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40328) | |
| 58 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the classification of documents relating to the dumping of Axis chemical weapons in the Baltic Sea by the Allies after World War Two. |
| (40621) | |
| 59 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40432) | |
| 60 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what has been the student loan (a) repayment threshold and (b) interest rate in each year since 1996; and what each will be in academic year 2002-03. |
| (40557) | |
| 61 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of students in each (a) LEA in England and (b) Government Office region of England, were wholly or partially exempt from the payment of university tuition fees in academic year 2001-02. |
| (40558) | |
| 62 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many opportunity bursaries were awarded in each university in England in 2001-02. |
| (40559) | |
| 63 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what initiatives the Government has in place to increase the number of students taking mathematics and physics A level. |
| (39701) | |
| 64 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the impact on the number and standard of students entering further education to study science and engineering of (a) GCSE combined science courses, (b) GCSE and A level design and technology, (c) modular science A levels and (d) GNVQs, since their inception. |
| (39700) | |
| 65 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the effect the student funding system is having upon engineering and science graduates choosing to continue into postgraduate study. |
| (39706) | |
| 66 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the change in acceptances of United Kingdom students to further education engineering courses over the past 10 years. |
| (39529) | |
| 67 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what Government initiatives are in place to attract capable young people to advanced modern apprenticeship schemes. |
| (39710) | |
| 68 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the (a) number and (b) type of collaboration agreements between universities and colleges and industry; and if she will make a statement on the benefit of these agreements. |
| (39703) | |
| 69 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many undergraduate engineering students received sponsorship (a) in total, (b) per subject and (c) in relation to other disciplines, during the last academic year. |
| (39708) | |
| 70 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the retention rate of students (a) on engineering-based GNVQ courses and (b) on non engineering-based GNVQ courses. |
| (39705) | |
| 71 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the difference between the projected debts of engineering students in Great Britain and the average for all students; and what measures she has taken to address the difference. |
| (39530) | |
| 72 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the proportion of engineering and manufacturing establishments examined in the 1999 EMTA labour market survey which reported a shortage of technical engineering skills. |
| (39709) | |
| 73 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what was the average level of student debt, broken down by subject, upon graduating from a first degree in the last 12 months. |
| (39707) | |
| 74 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the role of the Minister for Children and Young People will be in relation to reporting to the (a) UN Special Session on Children in May and (b) Committee on the Rights of the Child in September. |
| (39992) | |
| 75 N | Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which Ministers and officials will compose the delegation representing the UK's second report on the implementation of the UN Convention on Children's Rights at its examination by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in September. |
| (39991) | |
| 76 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the Government is doing to help those students who started individual learning account courses and could not complete the course because of the decision to suspend ILAs. |
| (40629) | |
| 77 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students could not complete their courses because of the Government's decision to suspend the individual learning account in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) South Tyneside and (d) the Jarrow constituency. |
| (40628) | |
| 78 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans the Government has to replace the individual learning account. |
| (40627) | |
| 79 | Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people took advantage of individual learning accounts in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) South Tyneside and (d) the Jarrow constituency. |
| (40626) | |
| 80 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the loss of psychology examination scripts from Runshaw College by Edexcel. |
| (40673) | |
| 81 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she will take to ensure that examination boards inform schools and colleges about re-mark grades before students move onto further and higher education. |
| (40672) | |
| 82 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she will take to ensure that all examination papers for A levels will arrive on time. |
| (40670) | |
| 83 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she will take to ensure that no exam scripts are lost after being returned to the examination board. |
| (40671) | |
| 84 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she is taking with respect to the examination boards who have failed to provide the service required in order to ensure that the errors and faults that occurred last year do not occur again. |
| (40676) | |
| 85 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement (a) on the failure of AQA to re-mark scripts from Runshaw College before 17th October 2001 and (b) on its provision only of provisional marks. |
| (40674) | |
| 86 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she will take to ensure that there is a consistency of marking throughout examination boards. |
| (40675) | |
| 87 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the change in costs incurred by local education authority maintained schools as a result of the introduction of the climate change levy. |
| (38586) | |
| 88 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she last reported to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on UK activities in the framework of the Decade for Human Rights Education. |
| (40526) | |
| 89 | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the activities undertaken by the UK in the framework of the Decade for Human Rights Education. |
| (40527) | |
| 90 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will conduct a new tendering process for (a) advice on the shape of a new ILA scheme and (b) delivery of a new ILA scheme. |
| (40317) | |
| 91 | Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of applications for specialist school status were successful in 2001. |
| (40715) | |
| 92 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to Question 31593 tabled for answer on 29th January regarding a breakdown of the total costs of the foot and mouth epidemic. |
| (40368) | |
| 93 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many suspected cases of foot and mouth disease there have been since 30th September. |
| (40370) | |
| 94 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to seize shipments of illegally logged wood. |
| (39989) | |
| 95 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates, within the last two years, orders have been placed for the manufacture and printing of signs and notices indicating that the public should keep off premises owing to the presence of foot and mouth disease. |
| (39990) | |
| 96 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with (a) DCMS and (b) Lottery distributing bodies regarding the use of Lottery funds to support projects in rural areas. |
| (40327) | |
| 97 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the contractors involved in the slaughter and disposal of animals at Sparum Farm, Kidderminster, during the foot and mouth epidemic; and what the cost to public funds of their work was. |
| (40369) | |
| 98 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what interim assessment has been made of evidence from the badger culling trials in Triplets B, C and F. |
| (40411) | |
| 99 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence has been gathered from the badger culling trials in Triplets B, C and F. |
| (40412) | |
| 100 N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a request was made to Northumberland County Council on behalf of her Department to close the road to the Hemscott Hill site during (a) the burning of carcasses on that site and (b) the removal of ash from the site. |
| (39792) | |
| 101 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40431) | |
| 102 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Dangerous Substance rules where not updated by June 2001; and when she plans to update them. |
| (40648) | |
| 103 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions she is taking in response to the reasoned opinion relating to the Dangerous Substance Directive and the Waste Oils Directive. |
| (40665) | |
| 104 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the action she took in response to the formal notice and the reasoned opinion on UK compliance with EU law relating to the (a) Drinking Water Directive, (b) Hazardous Waste Directive, and (c) Waste Framework Directive. |
| (40647) | |
| 105 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to further guidance and controls since the unauthorised disposals of toxic ash residues from the incinerator and fuel plants at Byker, Newcastle. |
| (40575) | |
| 106 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental inspections are made of (a) contaminated, (b) radiated and (c) toxic material associated with the Ministry of Defence and defence equipment plants. |
| (40572) | |
| 107 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of toxic ash residues was disposed of in unauthorised ways from the incinerator and fuel plants at Byker, Newcastle; and how much of this material was dumped outside the city boundaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| (40564) | |
| 108 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from the Blackrock Lave Net Salmon Fishermen's Association about the future of salmon fishing in the Severn Estuary; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40711) | |
| 109 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she was informed (a) of the suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth on St Agnes Farm at Hounby and (b) that veterinary tests proved negative; and what the average time was between testing and negative result during last year's outbreak. |
| (40308) | |
| 110 N | Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis the money allocated to local authorities to assist in meeting the costs involved in storing (a) refrigerators and (b) freezers, will be divided between different local authorities; and how much she expects each local authority to receive. |
| (40084) | |
| 111 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement indicating her understanding of the way in which Article 16 of EU Regulation 2037/2000, Paragraph 3 affects the implementation of Paragraph 2. |
| (39996) | |
| 112 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement indicating what her understanding is of whether sections in Article 5, Paragraph (d) of EC Regulation 2037/2000 (29th June 2000) apply to insulating materials used in refrigerators and freezers. |
| (39994) | |
| 113 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement indicating what her understanding is of whether part of Article 15, Paragraph 5 of EC Regulation 2037/2000 applies to foam-insulating materials used in pre-2001 manufactured refrigerators and freezers. |
| (39993) | |
| 114 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will indicate what her understanding is of whether sections of Article 1 of EC Regulation 2037/2000 as agreed on 29th June 2000, apply to ozone-depleting substances used in refrigerator door insulation material. |
| (39995) | |
| 115 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the United Kingdom's emissions trading system with the emissions trading scheme proposed by the European Union. |
| (38614) | |
| 116 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will give (a) the targets for 2010 and (b) the biennial interim targets for each sector of industry now taking part in a climate change agreement. |
| (38612) | |
| 117 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is towards the proposed EU emissions trading scheme. |
| (38615) | |
| 118 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the climate change levy upon the (a) profitability and (b) competitiveness of British horticulture. |
| (38579) | |
| 119 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to require climate change agreement participants to move from energy efficiency targets to absolute emissions targets. |
| (38613) | |
| 120 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she intends to end the emissions trading scheme when an EU-wide scheme is introduced. |
| (38616) | |
| 121 | Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Environment Agency to publish its pre-feasibility report on the Lower Lee Valley Flooding Strategy. |
| (40679) | |
| 122 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a Scottish Executive Minister will be a member of the UK delegation to the Environment European Union Council of Ministers meeting on 4th March; and what information is being provided by her Department to guarantee effective pre-council scrutiny by the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (40319) | |
| 123 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason a devolved administration minister did not attend the 2410th European Union Council of Ministers meeting (Agriculture) on 18th February; which particular matters of concern from the Scottish Executive were raised in their absence by the UK Government delegation; and what evidence is being provided by her Department to guarantee effective post-council scrutiny by the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (40322) | |
| 124 N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if a decision has been taken on proposals to amend the EC Marketing Standard for Apples and Pears. |
| (40078) | |
| 125 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government's warm home scheme was introduced; how it was advertised to possible claimants; what overlap there was between this scheme and similar ones provided by local authorities; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40330) | |
| 126 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40437) | |
| 127 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in challenging the decision of the London VAT Tribunal in the Kingscrest case on the implementation of free nursing care and the affordability of fee levels; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39444) | |
| 128 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the tax losses due to tax-free non-domicile status in each of the last three full financial years, distinguishing between the general categories of taxation. |
| (40562) | |
| 129 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date he intends to achieve the United Nations' target of 0.7 per cent. GNP for overseas aid. |
| (40324) | |
| 130 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Customs and Excise plans to review its policy on the prosecution of offenders detected by road fuel testing units. |
| (38549) | |
| 131 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is the Government's policy to seek amendments to European VAT directives to allow HM Customs and Excise to refuse applications from traders to register for VAT in cases where they have continuing concerns about possible fraud. |
| (38594) | |
| 132 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requirements HM Customs and Excise impose on the suppliers of digital certificates for VAT in order for those certificates to be accepted. |
| (38558) | |
| 133 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases (a) Customs and Excise and (b) a bailiff has distrained possessions for failure to pay the climate change levy; what was the value of goods distrained; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38576) | |
| 134 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases Customs and Excise has commenced criminal proceedings for fraud involving the climate change levy. |
| (38573) | |
| 135 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the climate change levy on the British plastics industry. |
| (38589) | |
| 136 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what review he has carried out of the compliance costs to British industry of the climate change levy in the light of experience since 1st April 2001. |
| (38617) | |
| 137 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of requiring all duty paid fuel in Northern Ireland to be chemically marked. |
| (38553) | |
| 138 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations he is consulting in the course of his review of the self-regulation arrangements for pesticides. |
| (38563) | |
| 139 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to end the zero-rating for VAT of new building on greenfield sites. |
| (38571) | |
| 140 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on United Kingdom employers of the decision of the European Court of Justice in Commission v the Netherlands, (case C-338/98). |
| (38604) | |
| 141 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the original target date was for the replacement of the LORDS computer system; what the latest target date is; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38600) | |
| 142 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to undertake research into the impact of removing the VAT incentive to develop greenfield rather than brownfield sites. |
| (38570) | |
| 143 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of cigarettes that will be seized as a result of scanner operations in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
| (38626) | |
| 144 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons companies registered under Part B of the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations are ineligible to participate in a climate change agreement. |
| (38592) | |
| 145 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how long the Customs and Excise programme to train officers in the interpretation of x-ray images has exceeded the original plan. |
| (38621) | |
| 146 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sums are owed by companies in the LNM group to HM Customs and Excise. |
| (38705) | |
| 147 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for his decision to impose an Integrated Pollution, Prevention and Control Directive criteria for membership of a climate change levy energy efficiency agreement. |
| (38611) | |
| 148 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many heavy goods vehicles used for smuggling have been seized by HM Customs and Excise since the introduction of the new policy in July 2001; how many of those seizures were for (a) first and (b) second or subsequent offences; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38627) | |
| 149 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which occasions between February and June 1991 the VAT Departmental Trader Register was unavailable as stated in paragraph 4.7 of Volume 16 of the Appropriation Accounts 2000-01. |
| (38597) | |
| 150 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Customs and Excise programme to train officers in the interpretation of x-ray images has taken longer than planned. |
| (38623) | |
| 151 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a description of the methodology used by HM Customs and Excise to calculate the revenue lost from frauds on petrol and diesel. |
| (38535) | |
| 152 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the success of the voluntary approach to the regulation of pesticides against the criteria set by his Department. |
| (38565) | |
| 153 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Customs officers he plans will undergo training during (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03 in the interpretation of x-ray images. |
| (38624) | |
| 154 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the original budget for replacing the LORDS computer system was; what the estimated cost of the project is; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38599) | |
| 155 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the European Commission; and what evidence he has submitted to their investigation into the climate change levy dual fuel use exemption. |
| (38610) | |
| 156 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement setting out the Government's intentions concerning the relationship between enhanced capital allowances available for energy-saving technologies under the climate change levy and the enhanced capital allowances for tackling climate change and improving air quality which are proposed under the Green Technology Challenge. |
| (38562) | |
| 157 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties have been imposed to date in respect of the climate change levy for (a) failure to produce information and records, (b) failure to preserve records, (c) ceasing to carry out taxable supplies and (d) failure to render returns and otherwise comply with the regulations. |
| (38584) | |
| 158 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for registration for the climate change levy have been received by Customs and Excise. |
| (38581) | |
| 159 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outstanding debt to HM Customs and Excise at (a) 31st March 2000, (b) 31st March 2001 and (c) the most recent date for which information is available was in respect of (i) assessments being challenged by business, (ii) fraud-related debts where recovery action has been suspended and (iii) debt placed under civil recovery action through the courts. |
| (38601) | |
| 160 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will state the reasons for the size of the variation between HM Customs and Excise's upper and lower estimates of revenue lost from frauds on petrol and diesel, as reported in paragraph 7 of the National Audit Office Report, HC614. |
| (38633) | |
| 161 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what method of selection he used to determine the organisations accepted by HM Customs and Excise as suppliers of digital certificates for VAT. |
| (38559) | |
| 162 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Customs and Excise to (a) complete, (b) submit to Ministers and (c) publish their estimate of VAT losses and their strategies to tackle them. |
| (38595) | |
| 163 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many registration penalties in respect of the climate change levy have been imposed. |
| (38583) | |
| 164 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) private light goods vehicles and (b) other private vehicles used for smugglling were seized by Customs and Excise in (i) 1999-2000, and (ii) 2000-01; and how many in each category were restored to their owners in each year. |
| (38628) | |
| 165 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the descriptions of energy-intensive installations included in Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000. |
| (38578) | |
| 166 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the present levels of civil penalty for oils frauds were introduced. |
| (38552) | |
| 167 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to begin formal consultation on a replacement for the landfill credit scheme. |
| (38568) | |
| 168 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on the British lime industry of his decision to withdraw the exemption from the climate change levy for fuel used in kilns. |
| (38606) | |
| 169 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the original target date, and what the latest target date is, for the completion of HM Customs and Excise's programme to train officers in the recognition of x-ray images. |
| (38622) | |
| 170 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methods he uses to assess whether legitimate traders applying to register for VAT are being unduly inconvenienced by checks carried out by HM Customs and Excise. |
| (38630) | |
| 171 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to press for the amendment of the Sixth VAT Directive following the decision of the European Court of Justice in 'Commission v. the Netherlands' (C-338/98). |
| (38605) | |
| 172 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is the Government's policy that the landfill tax should continue to be revenue-neutral. |
| (38569) | |
| 173 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of HM Customs and Excise is in deciding whether an offender detected by a road fuel testing unit should have his seized vehicle restored or the seizure should be maintained. |
| (38550) | |
| 174 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total outstanding debt to HM Customs and Excise at (a) 31st March 1996, (b) 31st March 1997, (c) 31st March 1998, (d) 31st March 1999, (e) 31st March 2000 and (f) 31st March 2001. |
| (38602) | |
| 175 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have been selected by HM Customs and Excise as providers of digital certificates for VAT. |
| (38560) | |
| 176 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many CCL 100 forms were returned to HM Customs and Excise for the (a) first, (b) second and (c) third quarters of the financial year 2001-2002; how many such forms in each quarter were (i) completed incorrectly and (ii) submitted late; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38580) | |
| 177 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-resident payers of the climate change levy have received a penalty for failure to submit a request to appoint a tax representative. |
| (38577) | |
| 178 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases in the year to the end of August 2001 HM Customs and Excise carried out pre-VAT registration visits to traders. |
| (38593) | |
| 179 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs officers have received training in the interpretation of x-ray images. |
| (38625) | |
| 180 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the providers of digital certificates for VAT pay fees and other payments to the Government. |
| (38557) | |
| 181 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target times to complete and process VAT registrations and deregistrations are; and how many applications to register and deregister and what proportion of all such applications are dealt with within those timescales. |
| (38598) | |
| 182 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases Customs and Excise has imposed a five per cent. penalty for (a) under declaration and (b) over claiming credit in respect of the climate change levy. |
| (38575) | |
| 183 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases since July 2001 HM Customs and Excise (a) removed a National Lottery terminal from a trader convicted of selling unmarked tobacco products, (b) objected to the renewal of a liquor licence and (c) asked a franchise-owner to take action against a franchisee. |
| (38620) | |
| 184 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the climate change levy on the competitiveness of the British lime industry. |
| (38608) | |
| 185 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases Customs and Excise has imposed penalties for evasion of the climate change levy. |
| (38574) | |
| 186 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Customs and Excise has imposed penalties or fines on companies in the LNM group for late payment of taxes and duties in the last two years. |
| (38702) | |
| 187 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many minutes of a working day the VAT Department Trader Register has been unavailable on average over the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (38596) | |
| 188 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methods he has used to measure the effectiveness of HM Customs and Excise's publicity compaign about tobacco smuggling. |
| (38629) | |
| 189 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of checks carried out by VAT registration centres were carried out manually in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (38603) | |
| 190 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantities of unmarked tobacco products have been seized and detained by trading standards officers, since June 2001. |
| (38619) | |
| 191 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require duty paid fuel in Northern Ireland to be chemically marked. |
| (38703) | |
| 192 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons were for the Government's decision to withdraw the exemption from the climate change levy for fuel used in lime kilns. |
| (38607) | |
| 193 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the revenue lost from frauds on diesel in Great Britain in (a) 2000-01, and (b) 2001-02. |
| (38631) | |
| 194 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the percentage of UK cigarette consumption in 2001-02 accounted for by smuggled cigarettes. |
| (38536) | |
| 195 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is towards the recovery by HM Customs and Excise of taxes and duties owed by the LNM group of companies. |
| (38704) | |
| 196 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the revenue loss from frauds on petrol and diesel in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. |
| (38632) | |
| 197 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy that his assessment of the success of the voluntary approach to pesticides control should take account of the costs of clearing up pollution currently borne by water companies. |
| (38566) | |
| 198 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review his target for 2001-02 for asset seizures in connection with tobacco smuggling. |
| (38618) | |
| 199 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has received the progress reports from the independent steering group on the voluntary pesticides partnership approach; and if he will publish those reports. |
| (38564) | |
| 200 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to consult (a) business organisations and (b) individual companies about the impact of the climate change levy since its introduction. |
| (38588) | |
| 201 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to extend liability for the climate change levy to (a) voluntary aided schools, (b) foundation schools and (c) city technology colleges. |
| (38585) | |
| 202 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement in the (a) scope, (b) progress and (c) expected timetable of the Commission's investigation with the climate change levy double fuel use exemption. |
| (38609) | |
| 203 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to increase the levels of civil penalties for oils frauds. |
| (38551) | |
| 204 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to allow companies to submit on-line VAT returns directly to HM Customs and Excise without having to obtain a digital certificate from an outside supplier. |
| (38561) | |
| 205 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is towards the possibility of a tax on incinerators. |
| (38567) | |
| 206 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons companies whose business is slaking lime for the purpose of making calcium hydroxide and calcium magnesium hydroxide are ineligible to participate in a climate change agreement. |
| (38591) | |
| 207 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many organisations and companies have elected to pay the climate change levy in euros. |
| (38582) | |
| 208 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is in respect of Northern Ireland of the revenue loss from (a) frauds on petrol and diesel and (b) legitimate cross-border shopping for petrol and diesel in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001-02. |
| (38554) | |
| 209 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy that the proposed scheme for a research and development tax credit for larger companies should incorporate environmental criteria. |
| (38572) | |
| 210 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on his policy on the required European Union conditions for the public sector borrowing requirement in advance of a decision of UK entry into the monetary union. |
| (40416) | |
| 211 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal incentives he provides to encourage the development of brownfield sites. |
| (40421) | |
| 212 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what taxation and regulatory measures he has applied to the construction industry to encourage environmentally friendly building practices. |
| (40420) | |
| 213 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, ref 37683, if he will list the units which report to each Minister for the organogram to which he refers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40543) | |
| 214 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional income has been realised by the Exchequer as a result of his most recent changes to advance corporation tax. |
| (40280) | |
| 215 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of months' pension contributions would now be required to achieve an equivalent funded pension to a year's pension contributions in 1997. |
| (40281) | |
| 216 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what extent the value of pension funds has changed as a result of his amendments to advance corporation tax. |
| (40279) | |
| 217 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the promotional campaigns for the WFTC have been evaluated by (a) the Government and (b) independent bodies on behalf of the Government; and if he will place copies of the reviews in the Library. |
| (40452) | |
| 218 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February, to the honourable Member for Hertsmere, Official Report, columns 1142-43W, on tax credits, what the average penalty imposed on each person who has been subjected to a penalty as a result of an investigation into a WFTC or DPTC claim is, broken down into each financial year. |
| (40509) | |
| 219 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the pension annuities system. |
| (38348) | |
| 220 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action he will recommend his Commonwealth colleagues take regarding the present situation in Zimbabwe during the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meeting on 1st March. |
| (39787) | |
| 221 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the Australian Government to ban President Mugabe and his Ministers from attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Brisbane and from entering Australia until 10th March. |
| (39800) | |
| 222 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy to ensure that British prisoners being held at Camp X-Ray be brought to face trial in the United Kingdom; and what representations to the US Administration he has has made on the repatriation of British prisoners being held there. |
| (39513) | |
| 223 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department has collated on the make up of the European Union observer teams that will observe the presidential elections in the Republic of Congo in March, broken down by (a) country and (b) role. |
| (39801) | |
| 224 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the official diaries of the British Ambassador to Romania, covering meetings with businessmen from Britain over the period June and July 2001, are available. |
| (39512) | |
| 225 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on whether Australia should ban President Mugabe and his ministers from travelling to or entering Australia ahead of the presidential election in Zimbabwe on 10th March during the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meeting on 1st March. |
| (39788) | |
| 226 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the European Union and (b) member countries of the Southern African Development Community concerning the impartiality of the 20 observers appointed by the Tanzanian Government to monitor the Zimbabwean presidential election. |
| (39445) | |
| 227 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he has had and (b) plans to have with Commonwealth partners on whether President Mugabe should attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting during the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meeting on 1st March. |
| (39791) | |
| 228 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many companies employing under 150 people in the UK seeking to invest in a particular country, have been (a) granted access to the ambassador, (b) granted ministerial attention and (c) recommended to the Prime Minister for endorsement during the last three years. |
| (39714) | |
| 229 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40445) | |
| 230 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has held in the last six months with the US Government about the position of Allied POWs held in Japanese prisoner of war camps during World War II. |
| (40613) | |
| 231 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations in the last six months he has received about the status of the 1951 San Francisco Treaty with Japan. |
| (40616) | |
| 232 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made in the last six months to Japan about the compensation paid to British POWs held in Japanese prisoner of war camps during World War II. |
| (40612) | |
| 233 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress the Indonesian Government has made towards reform of the security sector in Indonesia, with specific reference to the (a) accountability of the armed forces to the civilian authorities, (b) territorial structure of the armed forces, (c) accountability of security forces personnel for human rights violations and (d) business interests and non-budgetary funding of the armed forces. |
| (40680) | |
| 234 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will use the forthcoming session of the UNHCR to call for Indonesia's Law on Human Rights Courts to be amended so that it is consistent with international standards. |
| (40540) | |
| 235 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise at the forthcoming session of the UN Commission on Human Rights the issue of the human rights situation in Indonesia with particular reference to (a) extra judicial killings, (b) disappearances, (c) torture and (d) unlawful detention in Aceh and Papua. |
| (40539) | |
| 236 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the detaining power at Camp X Ray has indicated to him (a) the status of British nationals held there and (b) whether they will face the tribunals the detaining power has proposed; and what representations he has made to the detaining power over this issue. |
| (40617) | |
| 237 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits have been made by (a) his officials and (b) officials of government state agencies to British nationals detained at Camp X Ray. |
| (40570) | |
| 238 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason a devolved administration minister did not attend the 2409th European Union Council of Ministers meeting (General Affairs) on 18th-19th February; which particular suggestions or matters of concern from the Scottish Executive were raised in their absence by the UK Government delegation; and what information or evidence is being provided by his Department to guarantee effective post-council scrutiny by the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (40323) | |
| 239 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which of the territory leased for 99 years to the US Administration during World War II is due to be handed back at the end of this lease. |
| (40669) | |
| 240 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that there will be no joint authority with Spain over Gibraltar. |
| (40667) | |
| 241 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) celebrations and (b) visits are taking place in connection with the 20th Anniversary of the Falklands War. |
| (40668) | |
| 242 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40447) | |
| 243 N | Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the funding per head of population for each health authority in England in 2001-02 and the expected level in 2002-03. |
| (37193) | |
| 244 N | Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 6th February, Official Report, column 1047, on the NHS Concordat, how many patients have been treated under the NHS Concordat by each health authority area. |
| (37279) | |
| 245 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what countries the Government's Special Envoy for the National Health Service will visit in his recruitment drive; and what his budget is. |
| (40459) | |
| 246 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 549, to the honourable Member for Bury St Edmunds, regarding bed blocking, if he will place in the Library the figures referred to for each trust and health authority. |
| (40510) | |
| 247 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, if he will list the names of the members of the Technologies Advisory Group and their declared interests. |
| (40542) | |
| 248 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the number of (a) residential, (b) nursing and (c) dual registered homes beds that will be (i) available and (ii) required in the (A) private and (B) public sector in each of the next five years. |
| (39441) | |
| 249 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities (a) have fully compliant policies and procedures, (b) have draft policies and procedures and (c) are not compliant with the protection of vulnerable adults guidance, No Secrets, LAC(2000)7. |
| (39304) | |
| 250 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out for each relevant year and each local authority the level of financial support (a) specific and special grants and (b) SSA provided by his Department to implement the No Secrets guidance LAC(2000)7. |
| (39308) | |
| 251 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each local authority responsible for implementing the Quality Protects programme under LAC(98)28 and subsequent circulars budgeted to spend in 2001-02; and what the (a) actual and (b) budgeted spend was in the previous two years. |
| (39311) | |
| 252 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many modern matrons are in post in each (a) region and (b) health authority. |
| (39443) | |
| 253 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to review the implementation of the No Secrets guidance. |
| (39307) | |
| 254 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 486W, on international recruitment, how many people have been assigned to assess international nurse recruitment agencies compliance of the code of practice; how long each assessment takes; and what additional funding has been allocated to the code of practice to ensure that standards are enforced. |
| (39302) | |
| 255 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities met the deadline set out in SSI circular CI(2001) 9th June 2001. |
| (39313) | |
| 256 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to extend the ethical foreign nurse recruitment code of practice to the recruitment of overseas (a) medical practitioners and (b) professionals allied to medicine; and if he will list those (i) covered and (ii) not covered. |
| (40458) | |
| 257 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average length of time it takes to set up a (a) residential home and (b) nursing home from the time of its original planning application. |
| (39442) | |
| 258 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to health authorities on handling situations where patients released after delayed discharge refuse to leave the hospital. |
| (39312) | |
| 259 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each local authority responsible for implementing the No Secrets guidance LAC(2000)7 budgeted to spend in 2001-02; and what the actual and budgeted spend was in each of the last three years. |
| (39306) | |
| 260 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements (a) his Department and (b) local authorities have made to publicise (i) the No Secrets guidance and (b) the reporting and referral system established in line with the guidance LAC(2000)7. |
| (39305) | |
| 261 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 486W, on international recruitment, how many international nurse recruitment agencies (a) are to be assessed by the code of practice, (b) had been assessed by the 1st March 2002, (c) had signed up to comply to the code of practice and (d) had failed to adhere to the code of practice; and by when he expects code of practice reviews to be completed. |
| (39303) | |
| 262 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements (a) his Department and (b) local authorities have made to publicise the reporting and referral system established in line with the Quality Protects Programme under LAC(98)28 and subsequent circulars. |
| (39310) | |
| 263 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities (a) have full compliant policies and procedures, (b) have draft policies and procedures and (c) are not compliant with the protection of children guidance, Quality Protects programme under LAC(98)28 and subsequent circulars. |
| (39309) | |
| 264 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times for people in need of orthopaedic surgery in the Avon Health Authority have been in each of the last five years. |
| (40429) | |
| 265 | Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made by NICE on the provision of anti-TNF therapy for people with severe rheumatoid arthritis. |
| (40428) | |
| 266 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which date he agreed to test new private finance initiative employment models; if he will set out the model of facilities employment which is being tested; and if he will identify the pilot sites where the model is under test. |
| (40560) | |
| 267 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for (a) knee replacement, (b) cataract and (c) hernia operations in the Greater London area. |
| (40514) | |
| 268 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women from an ethnic minority background have been appointed to a health authority covering the Greater London Area since May 1997. |
| (40519) | |
| 269 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of rates of tobacco tax on levels of smoking. |
| (40516) | |
| 270 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department has spent on school education on the dangers of tobacco smoking in the last 12 months. |
| (40521) | |
| 271 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives are in training in NHS hospitals in the Greater London area. |
| (40515) | |
| 272 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated in accident and emergency departments of St George's Hospital, Tooting in the last 12 months. |
| (40520) | |
| 273 N | Mr Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list in (a) percentage and (b) cash terms the amount by which the funding allocation of each health authority exceeded or fell short of the allocation to which they would have been entitled under the strict application of the weighted capitation formula, in the last year for which figures are available and the preceding five years. |
| (39789) | |
| 274 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people in (a) England and (b) each health authority were registered with an NHS dentist in (i) each year since 1997, (ii) 1979 and (iii) 1992. |
| (40409) | |
| 275 N | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued concerning public consultation over the proposed locations of the headquarters of the new strategic health authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (36750) | |
| 276 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the printing of stationery for a single Trust Board at Chorley and South Ribble and Preston Hospitals before the consultation period on the proposed merger has been completed. |
| (40684) | |
| 277 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to announce the conclusion of the consultation on the proposed merger of Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospital NHS Trust. |
| (40683) | |
| 278 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will implement his sexual health strategy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39314) | |
| 279 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish a green paper on genetics; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39317) | |
| 280 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the change in costs incurred by the NHS as a result of the introduction of the climate change levy. |
| (38587) | |
| 281 N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Broxbourne will receive a reply to her letters of 30th November, 2nd January, 29th January and 26th February relating to correspondence from her constituent Mr Charles Williams of Hoddesdon. |
| (39559) | |
| 282 N | Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the honourable Member for Broxbourne will receive a reply to her letters of 6th December, 2nd January, 29th January and 26th February relating to correspondence from her constituent Mr Phillip Goldsmith of Broxbourne. |
| (39558) | |
| 283 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the system for the reporting of adverse side effects of the MMR vaccine. |
| (40686) | |
| 284 | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have suffered (a) febrile convulsions and (b) other adverse effects within 14 days of receiving the MMR vaccine. |
| (40687) | |
| 285 | Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting times for chemotherapy and radiotherapy are in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other counties in England; and what steps are being taken to improve these waiting times. |
| (40463) | |
| 286 | Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital appointments were not attended in England in each of the last four years; and what measures are in place to reduce this number. |
| (40462) | |
| 287 | Mr Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the further research commissioned by the Department regarding public funding for air ambulances will report; and who is conducting the research. |
| (40461) | |
| 288 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 7th January from the honourable Member for Totnes, enclosing one from Ms Janet Cross of Kingsbridge, Devon on the Royal Commission report on Long Term Care, which was acknowledged by his Ministerial Correspondence Unit on 11th January. |
| (39335) | |
| 289 N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any persons believed to have fought in Taliban or El-Qaeda forces are known to have returned to the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39713) | |
| 290 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40451) | |
| 291 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will include road traffic injuries and fatalities in the British Crime Survey. |
| (40546) | |
| 292 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to establish a mandatory central database for registering animal experiments to enable the sharing of results. |
| (40373) | |
| 293 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to promote investment in alternatives to animal experiments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40372) | |
| 294 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the outcome was of the Justice and Home Affairs Council held in Brussels on 28th February; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40653) | |
| 295 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the future pension costs of English police authorities; if he will list the total costs for the three financial years up to 2000-01; what he estimates those costs to be in each of the three suceeding years; and what proportion of the total police authority budget in each authority was represented by pension costs in (a) 2000-01 and (b) is estimated for 2001-02. |
| (40550) | |
| 296 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance he gives to the funeral costs of asylum seekers; and how those funeral costs are met. |
| (40565) | |
| 297 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the present staffing levels are for each category of staff at HMP Wandsworth; and what vacancies exist in each category. |
| (40513) | |
| 298 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders are being electronically monitored in the Greater London area. |
| (40512) | |
| 299 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Prison Service will implement the recommendations of the Independent Review Body concerning pay for operational managers, prison officers and related grades. |
| (40714) | |
| 300 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of drink related and disorderly crime there were reported in 1997 and each subsequent year in (a) Preston, (b) Blackburn, (c) Lancashire, (d) the North West of England, (e) Wales and (f) the UK. |
| (40650) | |
| 301 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of violent crime were reported in 1997 and each subsequent year in (a) Preston, (b) Blackburn, (c) Lancashire, (d) the North West of England, (e) Wales and (f) the UK. |
| (40666) | |
| 302 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time police officers there were in 1997 and each subsequent year in (a) Preston, (b) Blackburn, (c) the North West of England and (d) England; and how many there were in Lancashire in (i) 1998, (ii) 1999, and (iii) 2000. |
| (40682) | |
| 303 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to public funds of police protection for Ms Anne Robinson in Cirencester on 16th February; whether this cost was repayable by (a) Ms Robinson and (b) those who had invited her to Cirencester; and whether (i) Ms Robinson and (ii) those who invited her have offered to repay this cost. |
| (40326) | |
| 304 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce the (a) location and (b) commencement date of the proposed pilot project to install radioactivity monitors at a British port. |
| (38590) | |
| 305 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign citizens have been detained under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. |
| (40576) | |
| 306 | Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if asylum seekers with dependent children will be eligible for subsistence benefits for them and their children if they choose to live with the family of friends in the UK under his immigration and asylum proposals. |
| (40681) | |
| 307 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies he has recently commissioned regarding the costs of policing the London metropolitan area; and what studies he has taken into account relating to cities of similar size abroad. |
| (40284) | |
| 308 | Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give a breakdown of police officers by gender and rank for each police force in England and Wales. |
| (40511) | |
| 309 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the role is of the Design Champion in his Department. |
| (40528) | |
| 310 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th February, Official Report, column 57W, on asylum accommodation centres, what the distance to the nearest (a) primary school, (b) secondary school, (c) special school, (d) further education college, (e) railway station, (f) bus stop, (g) post office, (h) chemist, (i) hospital, (j) leisure centre, (k) library and (1) Immigration Appellate Authority appeal centre is for each proposed site. |
| (37849) | |
| 311 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40433) | |
| 312 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what requests for financial assistance, and for what projects, have been made by the Sri Lankan Government to her Department in the last two years |
| (40518) | |
| 313 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the International Labour Organisation on child labour; and which issues were discussed. |
| (40517) | |
| 314 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which projects are funded in India by her Department; and what the cost is of each project. |
| (40522) | |
| 315 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has made for supporting the reconstruction of Zimbabwe in the immediate aftermath of the presidential elections in the event of President Mugabe losing the election. |
| (40658) | |
| 316 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Ministers in the South African Government with regard to the HIV/AIDS situation in South Africa. |
| (40662) | |
| 317 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the amount of unexploded bomblets emanating from cluster bombs in Afghanistan. |
| (40655) | |
| 318 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to achieve an expansion of the mine action programme in Afghanistan. |
| (40657) | |
| 319 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress is being made in clearing (a) landmines and (b) unexploded bomblets from cluster bombs in Afghanistan. |
| (40656) | |
| 320 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to provide support and assistance to the Nations Trust in South Africa. |
| (40661) | |
| 321 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent meetings her Department (a) has had and (b) proposes to have with the Nations Trust in South Africa. |
| (40660) | |
| 322 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to increase spending on tackling HIV/AIDS in Africa. |
| (40663) | |
| 323 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of SADC regarding the reconstruction of Zimbabwe. |
| (40659) | |
| 324 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department is spending on tackling HIV/AIDS in each country in Africa. |
| (40664) | |
| 325 | Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East & Musselburgh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money to address HIV/AIDS was given by her Department to each international agency in each year since 1995-96 in (a) cash terms and (b) constant prices. |
| (40415) | |
| 326 | Dr Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East & Musselburgh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money to address HIV/AIDS was given by her Department to (a) state agencies, (b) NGOs and (c) other bodies in each recipient country in each year since 1995-96 in (i) cash terms and (ii) constant prices. |
| (40414) | |
| 327 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency plans she has to replace DFID-funded projects in the West Bank and Gaza Strip damaged by Israeli attacks. |
| (40623) | |
| 328 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which DFID-funded projects in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been damaged by Israeli retaliatory attacks; what the damage incurred was; and what was the value of the damage sustained. |
| (40624) | |
| 329 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the EU with a view to calling for reparations from Israel for the destruction of and damage to the European-financed development projects in Gaza and the West Bank at (a) the Gaza International Airport, (b) the Office of the Palestinian Statistical System and (c) the Voice of Palestine Radio Station in Ramallah. |
| (40625) | |
| 330 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what success the DFID-funded water and sanitation projects in (a) Rafah, (b) Tabalra, (c) Dura and (d) Arabia have had in improving water supplies to the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories. |
| (40622) | |
| 331 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40434) | |
| 332 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the scope is of the inquiry into forfeiture being carried out by the Law Commission; and when he expects the Law Commission to publish the results of its inquiry. |
| (40406) | |
| 333 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to publish a draft bill on the reform of forfeiture. |
| (40407) | |
| 334 | Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on how the recommendations of the Advisory Board on Family Law: Children Act Sub-Committee to the Lord Chancellor on the question of parental contract in cases where there is domestic violence have been adopted by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. |
| (40408) | |
| 335 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what budget was allocated for the work of transcribing the 1901 Census returns on to computer. |
| (38542) | |
| 336 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the ISP bandwidth of the 1901 Census website was at the time it was suspended; and what the planned ISP bandwidth is after the programme of enhancements has been completed. |
| (38556) | |
| 337 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many transactions per second the Internet service provider responsible for the 1901 Census on-line service could provide at the time the service was suspened; and how many transactions per second it will be possible to provide once the programme of enhancements has been completed. |
| (38538) | |
| 338 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the budget allocated to cover the costs of checking the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns. |
| (38545) | |
| 339 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much of the work to transcribe the 1901 Census returns on to computer was carried out outside the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38543) | |
| 340 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if all the errors detected in transcription during the checking of the computer transcriptions of the 1901 Census returns were corrected; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38547) | |
| 341 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when work started on transcribing the 1901 Census returns on to computer. |
| (38540) | |
| 342 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his latest estimate is of the date when the 1901 Census on-line service will become available (a) at designated service centres and (b) generally to on-line searchers. |
| (38555) | |
| 343 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement about the selection process employed to choose the server engine for the 1901 Census on-line service. |
| (38539) | |
| 344 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of the pages of the computerised transcriptions of the 1901 Census returns were checked for errors. |
| (38546) | |
| 345 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people were employed to check the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns. |
| (38544) | |
| 346 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, who carried out the work of transcribing the 1901 Census reforms on to computer; how these people were selected; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38541) | |
| 347 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what criteria were used to select the people who were employed to check the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns. |
| (38548) | |
| 348 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the number of magistrates' courts. |
| (40384) | |
| 349 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40441) | |
| 350 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40448) | |
| 351 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Office should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40444) | |
| 352 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make representations to Airbus to to ensure that a British team (a) leads the planning and (b) provides the powershaft for the A400M heavy lift transport for the RAF. |
| (40563) | |
| 353 N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on departmental responsibility for financial assistance for the Fort William to London sleeper service. |
| (40083) | |
| 354 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40435) | |
| 355 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish Ambulance Service; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40591) | |
| 356 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet Link Scotland; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40588) | |
| 357 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish NFU; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40589) | |
| 358 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet Friends of the Earth Scotland; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40593) | |
| 359 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish Society for the Protection of Animals; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40590) | |
| 360 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the WWF Scotland; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40592) | |
| 361 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet Scottish Care; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40597) | |
| 362 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish Council for Development of Industry; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40598) | |
| 363 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Centre for Scottish Public Policy; and on how many times she hasmet them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40599) | |
| 364 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Education Institute of Scotland; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40594) | |
| 365 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet Universities Scotland; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40596) | |
| 366 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40601) | |
| 367 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish Daily Newspaper Society; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40600) | |
| 368 | Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when she plans to meet the Scottish Parent Teacher Council; and on how many times she has met them since becoming Secretary of State for Scotland. |
| (40595) | |
| 369 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many hits were received by the 1901 Scottish Census website in its first 24 hours of operation; what the latest average daily number of hits is; and if she will make a statement. |
| (38537) | |
| 370 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the ISP bandwidth is of the 1901 Scottish Census website. |
| (38534) | |
| 371 | Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what responsibility she has for planning consent for new nuclear power stations in Scotland. |
| (40460) | |
| 372 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40440) | |
| 373 | Mr John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average gap between men's and women's pay was in the Leeds West constituency in (a) 1991 and (b) 2001. |
| (40710) | |
| 374 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in her Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40430) | |
| 375 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will bring forward plans to introduce speed-limiters in motorized road vehicles. |
| (40545) | |
| 376 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the external financing limit target for the Post Office is in (a) this financial year and (b) 2002-03; and whether she expects those targets to be met. |
| (40556) | |
| 377 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many sorting offices are located in (a) Northumberland, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) Durham and (d) Cleveland which are open at weekends; and what proposals there are for changes in (a) the number of sorting offices and (b) weekend opening. |
| (40553) | |
| 378 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what powers she has to extend the Postcomm consultation on the opening of bulk mail delivery to competition beyond 15th March; and what the policies of other European Union member states are on the opening of bulk mail delivery to competition. |
| (40554) | |
| 379 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the external financing limit target of the Post Office was in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01; whether it was met; and what proportion of post tax profit the external financing limit represented in each year. |
| (40555) | |
| 380 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects the review of the future of the Crown office at Barras Bridge, Newcastle to be completed. |
| (40552) | |
| 381 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of the Horizon Project was broken down by (a) cancellation payments and (b) others costs; and from which accounts of the Government and its agencies those costs were met. |
| (40551) | |
| 382 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what expenditure, and in which states, her Department has incurred on the decommissioning of nuclear installations and equipment, both defence or civil-related, in the former Soviet Union in each year since 1996; and how much she plans to spend in 2001-02. |
| (40573) | |
| 383 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the references in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's digest of engineering statistics, 'Engineers for Britain--The State of the Profession Towards 2002', as to (a) the general trend in the industry being for reduction and (b) the levels of dissatisfaction employers have with the skills of engineering graduates. |
| (39704) | |
| 384 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what response she has made to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council document measuring the mathematics problem, with specific reference to levels of skills in basic mathematics and preparation for mathematics based degree courses. |
| (39702) | |
| 385 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will respond to the recommendation of the Engineering Council and Physical Sciences Research Council in its digest of engineering statistics, 'Engineers for Britain--The State of the Profession Towards 2002', on the availability of information on the contribution to the economy of the engineering profession. |
| (39531) | |
| 386 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the conclusions of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in its digest of engineering statistics, 'Engineers for Britain--The State of the Profession Towards 2002', (a) that British engineering industry may suffer from a concealed skills shortage and (b) on the role for technological change and education in the process of economic growth. |
| (39528) | |
| 387 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the statement of the working group set up by the Hawley Review in the report 'Universe of Engineering' on the research needed to estimate the number of people who practise engineering. |
| (39532) | |
| 388 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the earnings on the services account by engineering consultancies and the proportion of exports from the United Kingdom that are manufactured goods. |
| (39527) | |
| 389 | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average gap is between men's and women's pay in the Heywood and Middleton constituency. |
| (40419) | |
| 390 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assesment she has made of the Financial Services Authority proposals regarding polarisation in the provision of financial services; if she will ask the Social Exclusion Unit to assess the report in terms of its impact on people on low incomes; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40712) | |
| 391 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to ensure the universal postal delivery service in rural areas since the publication of the Postcomm Report on competition in postal services. |
| (40713) | |
| 392 | Barbara Follett (Stevenage): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average gap is between men's and women's pay in the Stevenage constituency. |
| (40479) | |
| 393 N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the incident involving rods being taken out of the reactor core at Sellafield on 8th February. |
| (40077) | |
| 394 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the shortfall in the number of engineers working in UK aerospace needed to fulfil future major defence contracts, with particular reference to the JSF. |
| (40508) | |
| 395 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a Scottish Executive Minister will be a member of the UK delegation to the Internal Market, Consumer Affairs and Tourism European Union Council of Ministers meeting on 1st March; and what information is being provided by her Department to guarantee effective pre-council scrutiny by the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (40318) | |
| 396 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether a Scottish Executive Minister will be a member of the UK delegation to the forthcoming Research European Union Council of Ministers meeting on 11th March; and what information is being provided by her Department to guarantee effective pre-council scrutiny by the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (40320) | |
| 397 N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports her Department has produced on Exchange Direct during the last year; and if she will make them available to the police investigation into the company. |
| (39998) | |
| 398 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to locate a respiratory specialist in Merseyside to assist with medical assessments of former miners seeking compensation. |
| (38347) | |
| 399 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the non-professional railway occupations for which employees are required to hold a certificate of competence or to show that they have completed appropriate training before being allowed to perform their job; and if he will state the type of certificate or qualification which is required in each case. |
| (40525) | |
| 400 | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, ref 37723, on safety training for railway employees, what information is collated by the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) individual railway companies on the number of railway employees who hold certificates of competence to work on railway tracks; what information about this was collected by British Rail prior to privatisation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40547) | |
| 401 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40446) | |
| 402 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the annual cost of road crashes including those crashes not reported to the police. |
| (40549) | |
| 403 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent assessment he made of the extent of reporting of road crashes that involve children. |
| (40548) | |
| 404 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will provide advice to local authorities on the supply of copies of electoral registers following the judgement in the Robertson case; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40367) | |
| 405 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 806W on NATS, if he will break down the costs of setting up the NATS PPP into the main heads of expenditure; what sums were paid to advisers; and who they were. |
| (40618) | |
| 406 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 806W, in relation to the staff share allocation scheme in relation to the NATS PPP, how the valuation of shares will be calculated; by whom; what arrangements will be made for valuing shares of staff who leave; and by how much the shares have changed in value since they were allocated on 21st September 2001. |
| (40619) | |
| 407 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what arrangements were put in place at the time of the NATS PPP to ensure that the income generated by the online services was kept separate from the other services. |
| (40607) | |
| 408 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in relation to the NATS PPP, what pension arrangements were made for (a) those employees formerly employed by the CAA and (b) new employees of the NATS PPP. |
| (40606) | |
| 409 N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February, Official Report, columns 808-9W, on the Braunstone Community Association, if he will publish (a) the results and (b) the evidence obtained by his Department's audit investigation into the Braunstone Community Association; and what plans he has to alter the aims of the New Deal project following the audit investigation. |
| (40371) | |
| 410 | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what financial arrangements are in place for NATs to collect income generated from aircraft overflying the UK (a) from flights originating with the European Union, (b) from North America and (c) from the rest of the world to be collected from the CAA or the Government; whether all the income accrues to NATS; and if these arrangements can be changed by the UK unilaterally. |
| (40608) | |
| 411 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the work of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust with particular reference to (a) the Cynon Valley and (b) Wales. |
| (40538) | |
| 412 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many vacant residential dwellings there were in each year since 1997 in each local authority in Tyne and Wear, distinguishing between (a) local authority, (b) RSL, (c) public and (d) private sectors; and how manys such vacancies were of more than six months duration. |
| (40571) | |
| 413 | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for electoral law written to the honourable Member for Lichfield dated 12th February, ref AW/001457/02. |
| (40685) | |
| 414 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what instructions his Department has issued to Railtrack since 1st September 2001 in relation to the work priorities of signalling engineers, with particular reference to the priority given to work on train protection and warning systems over other work. |
| (40424) | |
| 415 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list for each year since 1997 the incidence rate of (a) fatal and (b) major injury accidents at work. |
| (40427) | |
| 416 N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the total public and private investment, not including public resource expenditure, allocated (a) in total and (b) for the railways to be spent over the period 2001 to 2011, at (i) today's prices and (ii) outturn prices as at (A) the launch of the 10 year plan in July 2000, (B) 1st April 2001, (C) 2nd April 2001, (D) 13th January 2002, (E) 14th January 2002, (F) 22nd January 2002, (G) 23rd January 2002, (H) 29th January 2002, (I) 7th February 2002 and (J) the present date. |
| (40307) | |
| 417 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list for each year since 1997 the incidence rate of cases of work-related ill health. |
| (40425) | |
| 418 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many working days were lost per 100,000 workers from (a) work-related injury and (b) ill health in each year since 1997. |
| (40426) | |
| 419 N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his oral statement on 26th February, Official Report, column 574, if he will place in the Library the letter of resignation from Mr Martin Sixsmith dated 15th February; and by what means Mr Sixsmith formally tendered the resignation announced on the same day. |
| (40081) | |
| 420 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how the Galileo navigation system may be deployed to tackle road traffic congestion; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40309) | |
| 421 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to Capita since 1997, stating (a) start and finish date of contract, (b) value of contract, (c) description of work to be carried out, (d) evaluation mechanism for successful delivery of contract, (e) penalty charges for failure to deliver and (f) if any penalty charges have been incurred; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39981) | |
| 422 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research is being undertaken by the Government into links between deep vein thrombosis and air travel. |
| (40677) | |
| 423 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the research into links between deep vein thrombosis and air travel announced by the World Health Organisation in August 2001 has not yet begun; and what representations the Government made to the World Health Organisation as to beginning the research. |
| (40678) | |
| 424 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers there are under European legislation for an environmental assessment to be conducted into the effects on London of congestion charging. |
| (39847) | |
| 425 N | Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what studies his Department has conducted into the effects on the environment of the London area of the proposed introduction of congestion charging by the GLA. |
| (39846) | |
| 426 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the standard contract for full-time employees within his Department's press office. |
| (40099) | |
| 427 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether Mr Martin Sixsmith was receiving a salary from his Department on 26th February. |
| (40088) | |
| 428 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the investigation into authorised briefings by civil servants in his Department; and by when he expects the investigation to be completed. |
| (40097) | |
| 429 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people have been hired by his Department's press office since June 2001, on a (a) part-time and (b) full-time basis. |
| (40102) | |
| 430 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the disciplinary code of conduct that operates within his Department. |
| (40100) | |
| 431 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish a list of the special advisers in his Department, indicating which Minister they are assigned to and their responsibilities. |
| (40085) | |
| 432 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the vacancies in his Department's press office. |
| (40107) | |
| 433 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the terms of Mr Martin Sixsmith's resignation. |
| (40094) | |
| 434 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees there were in the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions' press office in May (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001. |
| (40105) | |
| 435 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the standard notice period is in the employment contracts of press officers within his Department. |
| (40092) | |
| 436 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the standard notice period is in the employment contracts of special advisers. |
| (40091) | |
| 437 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will (a) list the advertisements that his Department has placed publicising vacancies in the press office since June 2001 and (b) estimate the total cost of such advertising. |
| (40108) | |
| 438 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether Jo Moore is employed by his Department. |
| (40089) | |
| 439 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many individuals have left through (a) resignation and (b) dismissal from his Department's press office since June 2001. |
| (40103) | |
| 440 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether Jo Moore received a one-off payment from public funds following her resignation. |
| (40090) | |
| 441 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the basis on which civil servants under their terms of employment could be (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for making unauthorised briefings to the Press. |
| (40101) | |
| 442 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what impact the departmental restructuring following the 2001 General Election had on numbers in DETR/DTLR's press office. |
| (40106) | |
| 443 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees in his Department's press office (i) there were in June 2001 and (ii) there are at present. |
| (40104) | |
| 444 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date Mr Martin Sixsmith's employment ceased. |
| (40087) | |
| 445 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of the employees in his Department are represented by a trade union. |
| (40098) | |
| 446 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many complaints of (a) constructive and (b) unfair dismissal were brought against (i) his Department and (ii) the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions since May 1997. |
| (40109) | |
| 447 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the investigation into authorised briefings by civil servants in his Department is confined to his Department's press office. |
| (40096) | |
| 448 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether Mr Martin Sixsmith is to receive a one-off payment from public funds in relation to his resignation. |
| (40093) | |
| 449 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he intends to replace Jo Moore with a new special adviser; and whether the post will be advertised and selected through open competition. |
| (40086) | |
| 450 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what (a) direct and (b) indirect involvement he had in the negotiations with Mr Martin Sixsmith over one-off payment from public funds in relation to his resignation. |
| (40095) | |
| 451 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he gives to local authorities on (a) the payment of honourable Members' allowances and (b) employment of political staff. |
| (40282) | |
| 452 N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the council tax for a Band D property in each local authority in England for each financial year from 1997-98 to 2001-02. |
| (40283) | |
| 453 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total costs were of the New En Route Centre at Swanwick, Hampshire, up until the operational start date of the centre in January; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40410) | |
| 454 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40442) | |
| 455 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales regarding prospects for employment growth in areas other than manufacturing through inward investment in the Cynon Valley. |
| (40536) | |
| 456 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales on measures being taken to encourage schoolchildren in coalfield areas to stay on in full-time education beyond age 16. |
| (40541) | |
| 457 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales about the work of the Welsh Development Agency in (a) Cynon Valley, (b) Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and (c) Wales. |
| (40535) | |
| 458 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales regarding prospects for manufacturing growth through inward investment in the Cynon Valley. |
| (40530) | |
| 459 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales about the use of European structural funds to create employment in the Cynon Valley. |
| (40537) | |
| 460 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) job losses have been announced and (b) new jobs have been created in the Cynon Valley for each year since 1997; and what percentage were unemployed in February (i) 2002 and (ii) 1997. |
| (40531) | |
| 461 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales on levels of multiple social deprivation in the Cynon Valley; and what measures are being taken to provide a coordinated response to inequalities. |
| (40534) | |
| 462 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last discussed the future development of the former phurnacite plant site in the Cynon Valley with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales; and what conclusions were reached. |
| (40529) | |
| 463 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on recent discussions with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales about the plans of the National Assembly for Wales for the NHS in the Cynon Valley. |
| (40533) | |
| 464 | Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales about health issues in the Cynon Valley. |
| (40532) | |
| 465 | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings there have been between Ministers in his Department and the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales and his Cabinet in each of the past 12 months; and if he will list the (a) date and (b) subject of each meeting. |
| (40507) | |
| 466 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that rail journeys undertaken by staff in his Department should ordinarily be on standard class tickets. |
| (40449) | |
| 467 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much will be raised in each full year from 2003 by the revised hospital downrating rules announced on 25th February; what proportion will be attributed severally to (a) retirement pensions and (b) other benefits; and how many (i) pensioners and (ii) recipients of other benefits he estimates will still be affected. |
| (39440) | |
| 468 | Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge & Chryston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he intends to include in the next UK Employment National Action Plan to improve job opportunities and job retention for blind and partially-sighted people. |
| (40418) | |
| 469 | Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge & Chryston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to consult organisations representing blind and partially-sighted people including the Royal National Institute for the Blind in developing the next UK Employment National Action Plan. |
| (40417) | |
| 470 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of carers allowance have lost it on reaching pensionable age in each year since 1997; and what assistance he gives to pensioner carers. |
| (40566) | |
| 471 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice has been given to the Benefits Agency Medical Services on the recognition of chronic fatigue syndrome by the Department of Health; what new guidance has been given to the Benefits Agency staff as a result; and if he will publish that advice and guidance. |
| (40567) | |
| 472 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) clinical audit, (b) clinical governance and (c) quality control procedures are in force at the Benefits Agency Medical Service. |
| (40568) | |
| 473 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made since January on negotiations between the Post Office and its partners on the Universal Bank. |
| (36337) | |
| 474 N | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered plans to change the state retirement age from 65 years. |
| (36523) | |
| 475 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in his Department are involved in monitoring and developing pensions policy. |
| (39987) | |
| 476 N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in discussions with the European Commission about the extent of the UK's legal obligations under European regulations on winter fuel payments; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39988) | |
| 477 N | Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe & Sale East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement about the effectiveness of action teams for jobs. |
| (36329) | |
| 478 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list all contracts awarded by his Department to Capita since 1997, stating (a) start and finish date of contract, (b) value of contract, (c) description of work to be carried out, (d) evaluation mechanism for successful delivery of contract, (e) penalty charges for failure to deliver and (f) if penalty charges have been incurred; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39982) | |
| 479 N | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letters to him dated 8th and 16th January from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M. Willingham. |
| (40325) | |
| 480 N | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets he has set for reducing discrimination against older people. |
| (36344) | |
| 481 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the dates and times of discussions, telephone conversations and meetings (a) he, (b) the Chief Executive, (c) Kevin White and (d) other senior managers in his Department have had with the PCS Union with regard to the JobcentrePlus industrial dispute over safety; and which PCS Union senior officials those meetings and conversations were held with, between 4th September 2001 and 1st March 2002. |
| (40502) | |
| 482 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) subject matter, (b) dates and (c) times of (i) discussions, (ii) telephone conversations and (iii) meetings, (A) he and (B) the Chief Executive of Job Centre Plus has had between 1st January and 28th February with (1) Mark Serwtoka, (2) Barry Reamsbottom, (3) Alan Churchyard and (4) Eddie Spence. |
| (40500) | |
| 483 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason in the course of the industrial dispute over safety in JobcentrePlus the involvement of ACAS has been specifically excluded as a means to bring this dispute to a resolution. |
| (40503) | |
| 484 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) subject matter, (b) individuals involved, (c) dates and (d) times of (i) discussions, (ii) telephone conversations and (iii) meetings he has had with the TUC in connection with the current trade dispute between his Department and the PCS Union. |
| (40501) | |
| 485 | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the overall cost arising from industrial dispute over safety in Jobcentre Plus is; and what expenditure has resulted. |
| (40504) | |
| 486 N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a Scottish Executive Minister will be a member of the UK delegation to the Employment and Social policy European Union Council of Ministers meeting on 7th March; and what information is being provided by his Department to guarantee effective pre-council scrutiny by the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament. |
| (40321) | |
| 487 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many widowers whose spouse died prior to 9th April 2001, were eligible for the widowed parent's allowance at the time of its introduction; and how many of them have received the benefit. |
| (40455) | |
| 488 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fathers with dependent children have been widowed since 9th April 2001; and how many of them have received the widowed parent's allowance. |
| (40456) | |
| 489 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on the pilot scheme to reduce the benefits of people who breach their community service orders. |
| (40454) | |
| 490 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have lost benefit as a result of breaching their community service orders; and what the average loss of benefit has been, broken down into claimants of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) training allowances. |
| (40453) | |
| 491 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase the level of in-patient care for those spending over a year in mental health hospitals above the present weekly allowance. |
| (40651) | |
| 492 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the integration of people with mental health problems in society. |
| (40652) | |
| 493 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prison workers receive an environmental allowance; whether prison education workers receive such an allowance; whether the money paid to those contracted to deliver prison education includes an element to pay environmental allowances; and if he will review these prison education contracts to ensure that the conditions under which prison education lecturers operate are taken into account. |
| [Transferred] (40654) | |
| 494 | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist for prison education workers to appeal against the decision of prison governors to exclude them on the grounds of a breach of prison rules and regulations; and what plans the Government and Prison Service have concerning such mechanisms. |
| [Transferred] (40413) | |
| 495 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, ref. 37227, on 10 year plan funding, to which years the future control periods refer. |
| [Transferred] (40523) | |
| 496 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, ref. 37093, on 10 year plan funding, for what reason £1.5 billion of advanced grants to Railtrack has resulted in an increase in the 10 year plan total. |
| [Transferred] (40604) | |
| 497 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, ref. 37227, on the 10 year plan, if he will state (a) the timescale over which this review will take place, (b) the parties who will be involved in this review and (c) when the outcomes of this review will be made available. |
| [Transferred] (40620) | |
| 498 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK intelligence and security offiicals have had access to (a) British nationals detained at Camp X Ray and (b) evidence gathered from them by the detaining power. |
| [Transferred] (40569) | |
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