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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Tuesday 5 March 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 5 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 Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the outcome has been of the Government Task Force set up to help sports find alternative sources of revenue to replace tobacco sponsorship, with particular reference to darts; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40481) | |
| 2 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list all contracts awarded by her Department to Capita since 1997, including (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 she will make a statement. |
| (40488) | |
| 3 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people from Warrington North she has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39451) | |
| 4 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to site new ice sports facilities in Gloucestershire; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40709) | |
| 5 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total strength is of US visiting forces based in the UK; and where they are located. |
| (39849) | |
| 6 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to the French Government about plans to build on war cemeteries for a new Paris airport. |
| (40582) | |
| 7 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to the Belgian Government on plans to extend the A19 over war cemeteries. |
| (40583) | |
| 8 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) national training organisations discharge their outstanding legal and professional obligations before winding-up and (b) adequate continuity of business is maintained in the interim before sector skills councils are established to replace them. |
| (40331) | |
| 9 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations her Department has received from (a) schools, (b) local education authorities and (c) the police regarding the prevention of drug abuse in schools, since June 2001. |
| (40478) | |
| 10 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations have been received by her Department in relation to disposal of school playing fields in the London Borough of Haringey. |
| (40716) | |
| 11 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations her Department has received from the National Playing Fields Association relating to the sale of school playing fields. |
| (40476) | |
| 12 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings Ministers in her Department have held with the Minister for Children and Young People since June 2001; what the date of each meeting was; which Ministers were present; and what subjects were discussed. |
| (40477) | |
| 13 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if literacy and numeracy hours will be compulsory in schools with (a) earned autonomy and (b) exemptions related to innovation. |
| (40485) | |
| 14 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in respect of each application for disposal of a school sports pitch since July 2001, if the application was supported (a) by the representative of (i) the National Playing Fields Association, (ii) the Central Council of Physical Recreation, (iii) Learning Through Landscapes, (iv) the National Association of Head Teachers and (v) the Local Government Association on the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel and (b) by the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel as a whole. |
| (40475) | |
| 15 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations her Department has received regarding exclusions from school in connection with possession of, or dealing in, illegal drugs since June 2001. |
| (40486) | |
| 16 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what criteria are used by school authorities in determining whether to report offences involving the theft of mobile phones to the police. |
| (40007) | |
| 17 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases involving the theft of mobile phones were dealt with by school authorities, without the involvement of the police, in the last two years. |
| (40011) | |
| 18 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list all contracts awarded by her Department to Capita since 1997, including (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 she will make a statement. |
| (40489) | |
| 19 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people from Warrington North she has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39448) | |
| 20 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the non-fraudulent abuses of the Individual Learning Account scheme have been; and if she will issue guidance on methods of selling in any successor scheme. |
| (40403) | |
| 21 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports she has (a) requested and (b) received from other public bodies regarding the handling of the foot and mouth epidemic; and if she will place copies of the reports in the Library. |
| (40581) | |
| 22 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many EU directives were received by her Department and its predecessor departments; and what the average time taken to implement such directives was from (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002. |
| (40698) | |
| 23 N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated size of the (a) fox, (b) hunting dog and (c) hunting horse population in the UK has been in each year since 1995 for which figures are available. |
| (40694) | |
| 24 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the Hawnby sheep originally came from; and what steps she is taking to test the original flock for foot and mouth. |
| (40700) | |
| 25 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the sheep at Hawnby were tested for the foot and mouth (a) virus and (b) antibody before restocking; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40701) | |
| 26 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many gender-based assessments she has undertaken in her Department since June 2001. |
| (40699) | |
| 27 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what basis the decision was taken for interviews with Ministers and senior officials not to be recorded verbatim during the Anderson Lessons Learned inquiry; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40704) | |
| 28 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with EU (a) member and (b) applicant states on CAP reform; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40707) | |
| 29 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place copies of (a) the Green Guide for Buyers and (b) Towards More Sustainable Construction in the Library. |
| (40788) | |
| 30 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much dairy farmers received per litre of milk in each of the past 10 years. |
| (.40768) | |
| 31 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people from Warrington North she has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39447) | |
| 32 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the UK's waterways are owned by the landlords who own the surrounding land. |
| (40705) | |
| 33 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her plans to implement the recommendations of, Farming and Food: A Sustainable Future. |
| (40464) | |
| 34 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the accessibility of the UK's waterways to canoeists. |
| (40706) | |
| 35 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the rearing of pigs in factory farms. |
| (40465) | |
| 36 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice has been tendered by his Department to British contributors (a) already resident abroad and (b) about to take up residence abroad as to the continuing payment of Class 3 contributions in order to qualify for retirement pension. |
| (40690) | |
| 37 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised in each of the last three years by Class 3 contributions sent in from those resident abroad, broken down by country where this amounts to more than five per cent. of total numbers, and for the remainder collectively. |
| (40688) | |
| 38 | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the scope of VAT to include independent school fees. |
| (40793) | |
| 39 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment is taking place to evaluate the effect of the climate change levy; and if he will place the relevant documentation in the Library. |
| (40702) | |
| 40 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total cost to the Exchequer of NIC rebates for those contracting out of the state earnings related pension scheme; and if he will provide separate estimates for (a) employees and (b) employers, identifying within each subtotal the rebates applicable in the case of (i) salary-related schemes and (ii) money-purchase schemes. |
| (40766) | |
| 41 N | Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the holding of a referendum on independence in Montenegro by the end of this year; and if he has received representations from the Montenegran Government on the issue. |
| (40638) | |
| 42 N | Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of the (a) living and (b) physical conditions of the British detainees in Camp X Ray, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. |
| (40697) | |
| 43 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received regarding the exchange rates used by the British Embassy in Harare for fees paid by British citizens with joint Zimbabwe citizenship wishing to waive their British citizenship. |
| (40480) | |
| 44 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements have been made for the funding of an emergency air-lift of British citizens from Zimbabwe. |
| (40482) | |
| 45 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure compliance by Zimbabwe with the terms of the Lancaster House agreement in relation to payment of pensions accrued during public service prior to independence and owed to British citizens. |
| (40484) | |
| 46 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure continued payment by the Zimbabwean authorities of pensions owed to British citizens resident in the UK. |
| (40483) | |
| 47 | Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the designation of Israel as a nuclear weapon state; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40795) | |
| 48 | Mr George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether British-made components are in use on (a) Israeli Apache helicopters, (b) Merkave tanks, (c) F16 jets and (d) armoured personnel carriers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40796) | |
| 49 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations were cancelled in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each of the last nine months for which figures are available; and what proportion they were of the total number of operations carried out. |
| (36821) | |
| 50 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 8th February, Official Report, column 1238W, on community health councils, if he will list the CHCs in England which submitted representations supporting their abolition. |
| (36822) | |
| 51 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of acute beds are blocked in each health authority in England. |
| (37480) | |
| 52 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children living in the Greater London area are registered with an NHS dentist; and what the figures were in May 1997. |
| (37482) | |
| 53 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were practising in the NHS in Greater London (a) in May 1997 and (b) at the latest available date. |
| (37483) | |
| 54 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of all acute beds were occupied due to delayed discharges in each of the last five years. |
| (37484) | |
| 55 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who were receiving nursing care on 1st October 2001 are waiting to be assessed for free nursing care. |
| (38351) | |
| 56 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time for an individual to be assessed for free nursing care has been in the last three years. |
| (38353) | |
| 57 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time orthodontists there are in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area. |
| (38355) | |
| 58 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people under the age of 18 years have been waiting: (a) under 13 weeks, (b) over 13 weeks and under one year, (c) over one year and (d) over two years or more for an outpatient appointment to see an orthodontist in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area. |
| (38357) | |
| 59 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if a scheme to promote the provision of convalescent and recuperative care in rural bed and breakfast accommodation requires Government approval; and if he will make a statement. |
| (37729) | |
| 60 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department's statistics on care home beds in England include beds in individual domestic dwellings. |
| (37730) | |
| 61 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in care homes have been lost and how many new beds there have been in care homes in England since May 1997. |
| (37731) | |
| 62 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, by each health authority in England, the number of (a) beds lost in care homes and (b) care homes that have closed since November 2001. |
| (37990) | |
| 63 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting (a) over six months, (b) over nine months, (c) over 12 months, (d) over 15 months and (e) over 18 months for in-patient treatment in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area, for (i) the latest available month, and (ii) the previous month. |
| (38349) | |
| 64 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area are waiting for treatment; and how many people have been waiting 13 weeks or more for out-patient treatment. |
| (38350) | |
| 65 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were receiving nursing care on 1st October 2001. |
| (38352) | |
| 66 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been waiting (a) less than one month, (b) over one month and less than two months, (c) over two months and less than three months, (d) over three months and less than four months and (e) over four months for an assessment for free nursing care. |
| (38354) | |
| 67 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people under the age of 18 years have been waiting for (a) an out-patient and (b) an in-patient appointment with an orthodontist in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area. |
| (38356) | |
| 68 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people under the age of 18 years have been waiting: (a) under six months, (b) over six months but under one year, (c) over one year but under 18 months, (d) over two years, (e) over three years and (f) over four years for an inpatient appointment with an orthodontist in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area. |
| (38358) | |
| 69 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Food Standards Agency is expected to complete its consideration of the legal, technical and health implications of fortification of flour with folic acid and make its recommendation to Government. |
| (40777) | |
| 70 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral statement of 19th December, Official Report, column 395, when and in what form the research on the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency and its diagnosis among adults over 65 years of age will be published. |
| (40776) | |
| 71 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the benefits for disease prevention if vitamin B12 is added to folic acid in flour fortification. |
| (40778) | |
| 72 N | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women have been diagnosed with chlamydia in each of the last 20 years. |
| (40584) | |
| 73 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the recommended dose is of folate for women to reduce the risk of spina bifida pregnancy. |
| (40780) | |
| 74 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the evidence relating to the effect flour fortification with folic acid has on rates of (a) homocysteine levels, (b) stroke, (c) stroke mortality, (d) heart attacks and (e) colon cancer. |
| (40779) | |
| 75 N | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many partners of those diagnosed with chlamydia have been traced in each of the last 20 years. |
| (40585) | |
| 76 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will announce his policy on the fortification of flour with folic acid. |
| (40781) | |
| 77 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy that there should be one e-mail system through which NHS employees can communicate with each other; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40790) | |
| 78 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people, broken down by age, were (a) admitted and (b) discharged from hospital in each of the last five years where the main diagnosis was mental illness, but the patients also suffered malnourishment. |
| (40579) | |
| 79 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people, broken down by age, were (a) admitted and (b) discharged from hospital in each of the last five years where the main diagnosis was mental illness. |
| (40577) | |
| 80 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people, broken down by age, were (a) admitted and (b) discharged from hospital in each of the last five years where the main diagnosis was mental illness, but the patients also suffered other illness; and if he will make a statement as to the physical health of those being treated for mental illness. |
| (40580) | |
| 81 N | Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people, broken down by age, were (a) admitted and (b) discharged from hospital in each of the last five years where the main diagnosis was malnourishment, but the patients also suffered from mental illness. |
| (40578) | |
| 82 | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has given on prescribing medication to patients with arthritis. |
| (40773) | |
| 83 | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of funding for arthritis treatments and medication was in each of the last five financial years for which records are available; and what level is estimated for (a) this and (b) the next financial year. |
| (40772) | |
| 84 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS trusts in Gloucestershire to provide digital hearing aids; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40439) | |
| 85 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS trusts (a) are and (b) are not providing digital hearing aids; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40438) | |
| 86 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the scope of current pilot schemes for foreign referrals will be extended to include Southampton University NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40794) | |
| 87 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for which procedures he guarantees six-month maximum waiting time. |
| (40695) | |
| 88 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of the National Service Framework in assisting purchaser health authorities to determine the quality of service in (a) NHS and (b) independent hospitals; and if he offers guidance to purchasers on securing quality service from independent hospitals. |
| (40693) | |
| 89 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many purchasing health authorities regularly purchase heart services from (a) private providers and (b) the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst. |
| (40691) | |
| 90 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if health purchasingauthorities set minimum waiting times in contracts with NHS and independent providers; and if he has offered guidance on securing minimum waiting times. |
| (40692) | |
| 91 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the capacity is for tertiary heart surgery in the South-East Region; and what the average waiting times were at each centre in the last 12 month period. |
| (40696) | |
| 92 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notifiable offences of (a) robbery and (b) burglary were recorded by the police on retail petrol stations in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39855) | |
| 93 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police authorities record drive-offs as a discrete category of offence; and what plans he has to standardise recording procedure. |
| (39856) | |
| 94 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offenders were found guilty, by sex and age, of (a) robbery and (b) burglary on retail petrol stations in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39857) | |
| 95 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of drive-offs from retail petrol stations were recorded by the police in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001; how many offenders were found guilty of the offence in each year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39858) | |
| 96 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office in the last 12 months has revised its predictions of the growth in the prison population. |
| (40002) | |
| 97 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) theft and (b) robbery relating to mobile phones were (i) reported and (ii) recorded by the police in the last two years where those offences took place on school premises. |
| (40006) | |
| 98 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are serving sentences of (a) theft and (b) robbery involving phones. |
| (40009) | |
| 99 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when and in what form he intends to publish his proposals in relation to part-time custody. |
| (40004) | |
| 100 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) independent custody visitors' groups and (b) lay observers' panels published their annual reports in the last year; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40003) | |
| 101 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of offences of (a) theft and (b) robbery relating to mobile phones in the last three years have involved both offenders and victims who are school-age children. |
| (40008) | |
| 102 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish draft legislation covering the recommendations of the (a) Halliday and (b) Auld reports and the results of the subsequent consultations. |
| (40005) | |
| 103 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring boards of visitors, lay observers and independent custody visitors under a single umbrella organisation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40010) | |
| 104 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum capacity is for prisoners at Chelmsford Prison; and how many prisoners are housed in the prison. |
| (37479) | |
| 105 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the maximum number of prisoners at Chelmsford Prison; by how many prisoners he plans to increase capacity; and if he will make a statement. |
| (37481) | |
| 106 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice his Department has given to police authorities in the last two years in relation to the nature of investigations into road accidents resulting in serious injury or death. |
| (40785) | |
| 107 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what senior appointments have been made to the board of Experience Corps; and on what terms. |
| (39803) | |
| 108 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to the Experience Corps; over what period; and how much had been spent by 31st December 2001. |
| (39804) | |
| 109 N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list contracts awarded by his Department to Capita since 1997, including (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. |
| (40487) | |
| 110 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Warrington North he has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39446) | |
| 111 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the departmental report on the aftercare treatment of victims of miscarriages of justice. |
| (38360) | |
| 112 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training psychologists, who have been charged to treat the problems of the victims of miscarriages of justice, are given. |
| (38362) | |
| 113 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been released in each of the past 10 years as a result of miscarriages of justice who have had their original convictions quashed (a) on appeal and (b) otherwise. |
| (38364) | |
| 114 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what psychiatric aftercare is given to victims of miscarriages of justice. |
| (38361) | |
| 115 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the central unit for the advice for victims of miscarriages of justice. |
| (38363) | |
| 116 N | Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of baton guns by police forces in England and Wales. |
| (40473) | |
| 117 N | Gareth Thomas (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are in place governing the use of baton guns by police forces in England and Wales. |
| (40474) | |
| 118 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people from the Warrington North constituency have been appointed to the magistracy in each year since 1997. |
| (39453) | |
| 119 | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many fixed date actions, excluding default fixed amounts, default unliquidated amounts and possession action, were issued by Gravesend county court in each six-month period from January 1999. |
| (40771) | |
| 120 | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) default unliquidated amounts, (b) default fixed amounts and (c) possession actions were issued by Gravesend County Court in each six month period from January 1999. |
| (40770) | |
| 121 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cars there were with current licences in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. |
| (39850) | |
| 122 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Minister of State will write to the Director of the Petrol Retailers Association following the meeting held at Stormont on 24th September 2001. |
| (39852) | |
| 123 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the outcome of the meeting held between the Minister of State and the Petrol Retailers Association on 24th September 2001 was; and if he will make a statement. |
| (39851) | |
| 124 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, ref 39039, whether information on the number of occasions in the past two years he has written to the Prime Minister of Romania about the award of contracts to companies with British interests is available. |
| (40634) | |
| 125 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, ref 39032, for what reason disclosure of the number of occasions in the past two years that he has written to foreign governments about the award of contracts to companies with British interests would harm the conduct of international relations or affairs. |
| (40636) | |
| 126 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, ref 39032, whether information on the number of occasions in the past two years he has written to foreign governments about the award of contracts to companies is available. |
| (40635) | |
| 127 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer, of 28th February, ref 39039, for what reason the disclosure of the number of occasions he has written to the Prime Minister of Romania would harm the conduct of international relations or affairs. |
| (40637) | |
| 128 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, ref 38395, on British companies, what his criteria are for deciding whether to support British companies seeking contracts abroad. |
| (40718) | |
| 129 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, how many civil servants reported within his office ultimately to a special adviser on 1st January and in (a) 1998, (b) 2000 and (c) 2002; and what proportion they represented of all civil servants at No 10 Downing Street. |
| (40717) | |
| 130 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to introduce a regulator for the UK downstream fuels market; and if she will make a statement. |
| (39854) | |
| 131 N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the (a) names, (b) locations, (c) owners, (d) total output of refined road transport fuels and (e) number of employees of each of the oil refineries in UK. |
| (39853) | |
| 132 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Internal Market, Consumer and Tourism Council on 1st March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40765) | |
| 133 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people who lose their jobs at Smurfit Corrugated, Warrington, are helped to find alternative employment. |
| (40001) | |
| 134 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people from Warrington North she has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39449) | |
| 135 N | Mr Richard Page (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what calculation has been made of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by the nuclear energy industry; and what estimate has been made of the annual cost to the nuclear industry of meeting the climate levy. |
| (40703) | |
| 136 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many park and ride sites in England have been supported with Government funding in the last five years; how many of these sites are operating; what the average level is of Government financial support per park and ride scheme supported by Government; and how many such schemes have opened and subsequently been discontinued in England in the last five years. |
| (40000) | |
| 137 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans his Department has to introduce measures to reduce traffic noise on the A12 by Margaretting, Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement. |
| (38359) | |
| 138 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when (a) he and (b) ministers in his Department last met officials of the RMT Union to discuss industrial relations in the railway industry. |
| (37194) | |
| 139 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many new affordable homes were provided in the south-east in 2001, broken down by (a) housing associations, including rent and shared ownership, (b) housing benefit subsidy of privately rented homes, (c) right to buy resales, (d) local authorities and (e) sale below market value by private housebuilders; and what was the total number provided. |
| (39560) | |
| 140 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the Housing Corporation allocation was for shared ownership in each year since 1997. |
| (39562) | |
| 141 N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will introduce a definition of affordable housing related solely to rental and shared ownership houses provided by housing associations and local authorities. |
| (39561) | |
| 142 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to implement fully the provisions of the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations in respect of yellow school bus schemes; and if he will make a statement on reasons for which the pilot schemes were exempted from the regulations. |
| (40769) | |
| 143 | Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of local government expenditure has been met by (a) government grant, (b) business rates and (c) council tax in each of the last five years. |
| (40775) | |
| 144 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people from Warrington North he has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39450) | |
| 145 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the impact on the numbers of local authority tenants in London applying for the right to buy of (a) reducing the maximum discount to £25,000, (b) extending the discount clawback period to five years and (c) extending the cost floor liability period to 15 years. |
| (40774) | |
| 146 N | Mr David Lammy (Tottenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much public money has been provided for the London Borough of Haringey since 1997. |
| (36970) | |
| 147 N | Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will report on progress in implementing the recommendations of Lord Justice Clarke's Inquiry into River Safety. |
| (36669) | |
| 148 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to provide updated guidelines to local authorities on future applications for e-government support funding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40469) | |
| 149 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to provide local authorities with the definitive strategy and detailed guidelines for implementation of the e-government agenda; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40468) | |
| 150 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what forward funding there will be for the next five years for local authorities implementing the Government's e-government agenda; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40466) | |
| 151 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Third Review of the Structure Plan in Gloucestershire. |
| (40708) | |
| 152 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what requirements there will be on local authorities to provide match funding for e-government implemention; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40467) | |
| 153 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total internal costs, as defined in the Arthur D. Little report, of the New En Route Centre at Swanwick were up until the operational start date of the centre; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40767) | |
| 154 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he was informed on 15th February of the conditions mentioned in Sir Richard Mottram's statement of 25th February upon which Mr Martin Sixsmith had agreed to resign. |
| (40404) | |
| 155 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many retirement pensioners are resident abroad, broken down separately for each country with more than five per cent. of the total, and for the remainder collectively; and if he will indicate for each country separately whether a reciprocal payment agreement is in place. |
| (40689) | |
| 156 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in each of the past 30 calendar years what was the (a) percentage ratio of current average earnings to the state basic retirement pension, (b) same percentage ratio to average state pension paid to individuals (excluding dependent spouses) and (c) same percentage ratio to mean income from state and occupational pension schemes. |
| (40112) | |
| 157 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the operation of section 67 of the Pensions Act 1995; and whether this will fall within the scope of the Pickering Review. |
| (39999) | |
| 158 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) mean level of income of each decile of people of working age and (b) overall mean income was in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the (i) mean level of income of each decile of pensioners and (ii) overall mean income of pensioners was in the same period. |
| (40110) | |
| 159 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of public sector employees are in (a) funded occupational pension schemes, (b) non-funded schemes and (c) neither. |
| (40113) | |
| 160 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in each of the last ten years were (a) participants in contracted out funded pension schemes, (b) participants in contracted in payments to the national insurance system and (c) outside either category. |
| (40111) | |
| 161 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for incapacity benefit underwent a medical examination in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001; and at what cost to public funds. |
| (40783) | |
| 162 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many doctors are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time to conduct medical examinations of claimants for incapacity benefit. |
| (40782) | |
| 163 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the remuneration of Schlumber-ger Sema Medical Services under the contract with his Department to assess entitlements to disability benefits is linked with the proportion of claims for disability benefits which are successful. |
| (40789) | |
| 164 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for incapacity benefit appealed against the determination of their claim in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what percentage of the appeals were successful (a) in whole and (b) in part. |
| (40786) | |
| 165 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy for the general practitioner case notes of claimants for incapacity benefit to be used as evidence in support of such claims. |
| (40787) | |
| 166 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claims for incapacity benefit were unsuccessful in each of the last three years for which figures are available. |
| (40784) | |
| 167 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the policy of his Department is towards claimants for incapacity benefit who do not attend an appointment for a medical examination. |
| (40791) | |
| 168 | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for incapacity benefit did not attend the medical examination arranged for them in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001; and at what cost to public funds. |
| (40792) | |
| 169 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from Warrington North he has appointed to non-departmental public bodies since 1997. |
| (39452) | |
| 170 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken for local authorities to process housing benefit applications has been over the last three years; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (40471) | |
| 171 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to speed up the processing of housing benefit applications; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (40470) | |
| 172 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time is for local authorities to process housing benefit applications; how many achieved that target in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (40472) | |
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