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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 6 March 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 6 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 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40993) | |
| 2 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41061) | |
| 3 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41013) | |
| 4 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41075) | |
| 5 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41018) | |
| 6 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40982) | |
| 7 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost was to his Department of litigation in each year. |
| (41117) | |
| 8 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many special advisers were employed by the Cabinet Office (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was for each of those years. |
| (41263) | |
| 9 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41090) | |
| 10 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41052) | |
| 11 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41068) | |
| 12 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40979) | |
| 13 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41002) | |
| 14 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41033) | |
| 15 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) owners and (b) tenants will be informed in writing if their properties are to be listed on the Images of England website being established by English Heritage. |
| (40838) | |
| 16 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the publication of details of listed private properties on the Images of England website and (a) the Data Protection Act 1998 and (b) the ECHR. |
| (40839) | |
| 17 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether owners and tenants may permanently remove their property from the Images of England website being set up by English Heritage to catalogue listed buildings. |
| (40840) | |
| 18 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of her Department's projects have received sponsorship since 1997, including (a) details of the sponsor, (b) the nature of the project, (c) the date of the project, (d) the total cost of the project and (e) the amount of money involved in the sponsorship deal. |
| (40825) | |
| 19 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many contracts were let by her Department, and agencies for which she is responsible, with external companies and organisations in the calendar years (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000, (e) 2001 and (f) 2002 to the latest date for which figures are available, indicating the (i) names of the companies and organisations involved and (ii) remuneration made in each case. |
| (40824) | |
| 20 N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she commissions independent assessments of how successfully the national museums and galleries meet their key performance indicators. |
| (40332) | |
| 21 N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether overseas loans are taken into account when her Department assesses the proportion of total collection on display to the public. |
| (40333) | |
| 22 N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what loans from the Royal Armouries collection have not been returned after a period of three years. |
| (40334) | |
| 23 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether funding for the Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme is allocated only to areas of deprivation; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40968) | |
| 24 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost was to her Department of litigation in each year. |
| (41116) | |
| 25 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many special advisers were employed by her (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41249) | |
| 26 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41080) | |
| 27 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41070) | |
| 28 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40999) | |
| 29 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40987) | |
| 30 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41043) | |
| 31 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41024) | |
| 32 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress on the A400M; and in particular what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart. |
| (41121) | |
| 33 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is (a) the estimated total project cost, (b) the total expenditure to date and (c) the planned expenditure for each of the next three years on the (i) Sting Ray Lightweight Torpedo Life Extension project, (ii) Seawolf Mid-Life Update project, (iii) Swiftsure and Trafalgar Class Submarine Update project, (iv) Merlin MK 3 Helicopter project, (v) Loading Platform Dock (Replacement) project, (vi) Extended Range Ordnance/Modular Change System project, (vii) Airborne Stand-off Radar project, (viii) Advanced Shortrange air-to-air missile project, (ix) High Velocity Missile project and (x) Tornado Mid-Life Update project. |
| (41193) | |
| 34 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, ref 38529, on the Snagge Report, for what reason he will not publish Colonel Snagge's report 'The Command Structure in the United Kingdom'; and if he will discuss this with the Open Government Task Force. |
| (40971) | |
| 35 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will announce the preferred bidder for the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft; and when he expects final contracts to be signed. |
| (40885) | |
| 36 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is (a) the estimated total project cost, (b) the total expenditure to date and (c) the planned expenditure in each of the next three years on (i) the Conventionally Armed Stand-Off Missile project, (ii) the Hercules C130J project, (iii) the Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo project, (iv) the Astute Class Submarine project, (v) the Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance and Attack MK4 project, (vi) the Attack Helicopter project, (vii) the Merlin HM MK1 Maritime Helicopter project and (viii) the Eurofighter project. |
| (41268) | |
| 37 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 19th November 2001, Official Report, column 14W, on sovereign bases, when he will give a substantive reply concerning Surinder Nath Saggar of Brompton on Swale; and what plans he has to revise the (a) Race Relations Act 1976 and (b) Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to make them applicable to service personnel working on sovereign bases outside the European Union. |
| (41140) | |
| 38 | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association concerning the application of (a) the Race Relations Act 1976 and (b) the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to service personnel serving on sovereign bases outside the European Union. |
| (41267) | |
| 39 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his long-term policy is on the manufacture of explosives in the UK. |
| (40963) | |
| 40 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the new explosive factory in the US run by BAe Systems will meet all the UK's requirements for military explosives. |
| (40962) | |
| 41 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what disciplinary action has been taken against soldiers stationed at Shackleton Barracks following the manufacture, transport and display on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday of a banner; and what measures he has taken in respect of the effect on the relatives of those killed. |
| (40854) | |
| 42 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures were taken to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of (a) his Department's main building and (b) RAF High Wycombe was aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air-conditioning. |
| (41173) | |
| 43 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning was invited to quote for the recent refurbishment contract for (a) his Department's main building and (b) RAF High Wycombe; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41172) | |
| 44 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which consultant was used to advise on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of (a) his Department's main building and (b) RAF High Wycombe. |
| (41171) | |
| 45 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many special advisers were employed by him (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41248) | |
| 46 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to make a statement on the public-private partnership for RMSE Brompton Barracks. |
| (40847) | |
| 47 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41027) | |
| 48 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (41035) | |
| 49 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff in her Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41084) | |
| 50 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41054) | |
| 51 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41046) | |
| 52 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41003) | |
| 53 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been made available to schools and colleges in Liverpool in each year since 1997. |
| (41124) | |
| 54 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to link funding for universities to the socio-economic background of students admitted to those universities; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40798) | |
| 55 N | Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to revoke section 68(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40799) | |
| 56 | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to give school governors the power to remove a fellow governor for (a) unruly behaviour and (b) behaviour likely to bring the school into disrepute. |
| (41120) | |
| 57 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many special advisers were employed by her (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was for each of those years. |
| (41259) | |
| 58 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41115) | |
| 59 | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of OFSTED's recent report on the first year of the key stage 3 pilot programme to improve educational standards for 11 to14 year olds. |
| (40821) | |
| 60 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41056) | |
| 61 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41005) | |
| 62 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department for each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (41036) | |
| 63 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41086) | |
| 64 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41048) | |
| 65 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41029) | |
| 66 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered small businesses there were in the United Kingdom, broken down by (a) category and (b) region in each year since 1990. |
| (40820) | |
| 67 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of registered small businesses were located in rural areas in each year since 1990; and how many of those small businesses were (a) farming-related and (b) non-farming related. |
| (40817) | |
| 68 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of people were employed in rural areas by registered small businesses in each year since 1990; and how many of those employed worked in (a) farming-related and (b) non-farming related jobs. |
| (40816) | |
| 69 | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the average (a) farmgate and (b) final consumer price of (i) beef, (ii) lamb, (iii) milk, (iv) cereal, (v) fruit and (vi) vegetable products in the United Kingdom in each year since 1990. |
| (40818) | |
| 70 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors caused the delay between 23rd October 2001 and 24th February 2002 in responding to the letter from the honourable Member for Christchurch about refrigerants. |
| (40797) | |
| 71 | Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Environment Council on 4th March; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40946) | |
| 72 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to refuse the classification of green to a government building if the latter procures refrigerants and air conditioners in a manner that conflicts with the Government's objectives on climate change. |
| (41177) | |
| 73 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning was invited to quote for the recent contract for the new Departmental building in Temple Quay, Bristol; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41180) | |
| 74 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to notify (a) consultants and (b) producers involved in advising on the installation of air conditioning during refurbishment of Government buildings of the Government's view on hydrofluorocarbons as a non-sustainable technology; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41182) | |
| 75 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department has taken to encourage (a) producers and (b) distributors of not-in-kind refrigerants to tender for contracts for the refurbishment of Government buildings; and what (i) communications and (ii) meetings officials of her Department have had with prospective not-in-kind suppliers. |
| (41183) | |
| 76 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures were taken by her Department to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of air conditioning during the recent equipping of the new departmental building in Temple Quay, Bristol was aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydroflourocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if she will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air-conditioning. |
| (41179) | |
| 77 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which consultant was used to advise on the installation of air conditioning during the recent equipping of a new Departmental building, Temple Quay, Bristol. |
| (41178) | |
| 78 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue guidance to departmental procurement officers indicating the Government's preference for using not-in-kind refrigerants where they are safe and do not entail excessive costs. |
| (41181) | |
| 79 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many special advisers were employed by her and her predecessor (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was for each of those years. |
| (41257) | |
| 80 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41114) | |
| 81 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she collects on the (a) duration and (b) distance of farm livestock's journeys to slaughter. |
| (40973) | |
| 82 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) shire districts, (b) metropolitan districts, (c) unitary authorities and (d) London boroughs which lie, wholly or in part, (i) more than 50 miles from and (ii) more than 90 minutes' journey time from a licensed abattoir or slaughterhouse. |
| (40974) | |
| 83 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will answer the letter of Mr J. C. Dixon, received on 8th November 2001, a constituent. |
| (40846) | |
| 84 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40980) | |
| 85 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41009) | |
| 86 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41072) | |
| 87 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (40976) | |
| 88 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the basket of items used to calculate inflation was last reviewed; and what changes were made. |
| (40941) | |
| 89 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41057) | |
| 90 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40990) | |
| 91 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Parliamentary Questions tabled to his Department since July 2001 have yet to receive substantive replies. |
| (40012) | |
| 92 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of (a) ordinary written questions and (b) named day questions have been answered by his Department (i) within a week of tabling and (ii) on the named day since June 2001. |
| (40014) | |
| 93 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials from the Bank of England are on secondment to the Treasury; what work they are engaged in; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40114) | |
| 94 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to simplify the classification system used to identify products under the Intrastat system. |
| (40837) | |
| 95 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use is made by the Government of the statistical information obtained from Intrastat returns. |
| (40836) | |
| 96 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information is provided by information on business turnover collected by the Office for National Statistics which is not available to the Government from information collected by Customs and Excise. |
| (40834) | |
| 97 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Office for National Statistics is required to collect turnover information from businesses. |
| (40835) | |
| 98 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of days that the Treasury's email mailing list system has been operational since 1st January 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40813) | |
| 99 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special advisers were employed by the Treasury (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41255) | |
| 100 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41020) | |
| 101 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41077) | |
| 102 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41066) | |
| 103 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41039) | |
| 104 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40995) | |
| 105 | Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the health of Shafiq Rasul, at Camp X-Ray; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40826) | |
| 106 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the recent coup in Madagascar; what discussions he has had with (a) government and (b) opposition on the prospect of another presidential poll in Madagascar; and what representations he has made to other governments in the area on the situation in Madagascar. |
| (41126) | |
| 107 | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Ref 38404, if his Department has conducted an internal analysis of the recurring annual direct and indirect (a) costs and (b) benefits arising from UK membership of the European Union. |
| (40849) | |
| 108 | Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the number of Israelis killed by Palestinian terrorists (a) since 7th March 2001 and (b) during the 12 months prior to that date. |
| (40964) | |
| 109 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the availability of insurance cover for medical treatment overseas for injuries received from terrorist activities. |
| (41190) | |
| 110 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which consultant was used to advise on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of GCHQ. |
| (41163) | |
| 111 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning was invited to quote for the recent refurbishment contract for GCHQ; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41165) | |
| 112 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures were taken to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of GCHQ was aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air-conditioning. |
| (41164) | |
| 113 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Indian Government about the violence in Gujarat. |
| (40969) | |
| 114 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many special advisers were employed by him (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41250) | |
| 115 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41113) | |
| 116 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41040) | |
| 117 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40996) | |
| 118 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41067) | |
| 119 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41022) | |
| 120 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41078) | |
| 121 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40985) | |
| 122 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been made available to provide services for under fives in Liverpool in each year since 1997. |
| (41123) | |
| 123 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government expects to publish its alcohol misuse strategy. |
| (40878) | |
| 124 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation was made by his Department of the Sharing Ideas nurse recruitment project. |
| (40883) | |
| 125 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contact his Department has had with the publishers of magazines aimed at teenagers in the past two years. |
| (40876) | |
| 126 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK patients were treated in each overseas country (a) in and (b) outside the EEA in 2000-01; and how many patients from each country (i) in and (ii) outside the EEA were treated in the UK in each year. |
| (40877) | |
| 127 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 17 year olds have given blood in each of the past five years. |
| (40875) | |
| 128 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual costs of (a) the Commission for Health Improvement, (b) the National Care Standards Commission, (c) the National Clinical Assessment Authority, (d) the National Patient Safety Agency and (e) the National Institute for Clinical Excellence will be for 2002-03, and the following three years. |
| (40884) | |
| 129 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the winners of the NHS equality awards in each year since 1998. |
| (40882) | |
| 130 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most recent date of publication has been of the statistical report Private hospitals, homes and clinics registered under section 23 of the Registered Homes Act 1984. |
| (40873) | |
| 131 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the uptake amongst Asian women in Luton has been of cervical screening in each quarter since 1998. |
| (40880) | |
| 132 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met Clive Mason of his advisory Task Force. |
| (40881) | |
| 133 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthy living centres there are in Northumberland. |
| (40879) | |
| 134 | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children leaving care have had five or more GCSEs, grades A-C, in each of the past five years. |
| (40874) | |
| 135 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to support NHS staff dealing with the mental health problems of older people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40828) | |
| 136 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to bring United Kingdom health spending into line with the EU average; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40814) | |
| 137 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the steps being taken to reduce the number of operations cancelled at short notice. |
| (40827) | |
| 138 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, against what agents the (a) personal protective equipment and (b) decontamination shelters provided to hospital accident and emergency departments can protect. |
| (40812) | |
| 139 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the provision of (a) personal protective equipment and (b) decontamination equipment to hospital accident and emergency departments has cost in each of the last three years |
| (40811) | |
| 140 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the relationship between cannabis smoking and the risks of (a) schizophrenia and (b) lung cancer. |
| (40841) | |
| 141 | Laura Moffatt (Crawley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he will take to increase genito-urinary consultant numbers in line with Royal College of Physicians, Consultant Physicians Working for Patients, recommendations. |
| (40871) | |
| 142 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to ensure non-consultant career grade doctors can be appointed to NHS specialist posts; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40967) | |
| 143 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41112) | |
| 144 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many special advisers were employed by him (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41251) | |
| 145 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring of compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998 in psychiatric units his Department has undertaken in the last three years; and what resources have been made available for this. |
| (38367) | |
| 146 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring of compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998 in (a) residential care homes and (b) nursing homes his Department has undertaken in the last three years; and what resources have been made available for this. |
| (38368) | |
| 147 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has undertaken to ensure that fostering agencies are able to carry out police checks on prospective foster carers. |
| (40848) | |
| 148 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41081) | |
| 149 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (41000) | |
| 150 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41071) | |
| 151 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41044) | |
| 152 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41025) | |
| 153 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40986) | |
| 154 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral statement on the fire at Yarl's Wood removal centre, 25th February, Official Report, column 441, what representations he has received on access to the site by Bedfordshire fire and police services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41243) | |
| 155 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the European Excellence Model scores were for each of the probation areas, including the National Probation Service, during the recent evaluation; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41153) | |
| 156 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the asylum seekers who were detained at Yarl's Wood removal centre on 14th February by (a) nationality, (b) gender, (c) length of detention, (d) the stage of application and immigration status at the time of application and (e) those aged under 18; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41148) | |
| 157 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training personnel received for managing Yarl's Wood removal centre; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41150) | |
| 158 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 since the 19th December 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41155) | |
| 159 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has applied for additional funding from contingency reserves in order to meet increased expenditure resulting from the Prison Service pay review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41154) | |
| 160 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference are for the investigations into the disturbances at Yarl's Wood; if the findings will be made public; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41149) | |
| 161 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons were employed by the National Probation Directorate (a) on 1st April 2001 and (b) at the latest available date; what the budget was of the service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41152) | |
| 162 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requests he has received to tender for probation facilities arrangements from in house applicants; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41156) | |
| 163 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to establish a pay review body for the National Probation Service. |
| (41151) | |
| 164 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if sprinkler systems have been installed at HM YOI Aylesbury. |
| (40844) | |
| 165 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the fire prevention and fire safety arrangements at Aylesbury YO I. |
| (40843) | |
| 166 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which consultant was used to advise on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of 50 Queen Anne's Gate. |
| (41160) | |
| 167 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures were taken to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of 50 Queen Anne's Gate was aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air-conditioning. |
| (41161) | |
| 168 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning was invited to quote for the recent refurbishment contract for 50 Queen Anne's Gate. |
| (41159) | |
| 169 | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that the ongoing policing requirements at the National Detention Centre of Yarl's Wood will not fall exclusively upon the Bedfordshire constabulary. |
| (40851) | |
| 170 | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ensure that the (a) additional police costs and (b) costs incurred by retained firemen who have assisted with the Yarl's Wood fire will not be borne by the local authorities in Bedfordshire. |
| (40853) | |
| 171 | Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research he has commissioned in the last five years on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug; what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reclassification of cannabis; what recent representations he has received on resources and manpower directed to the detection, arrest and charging of drug dealers; and what plans he has to seek to amend the sentencing powers relating to convicted drug dealers. |
| (40852) | |
| 172 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further action he is taking to tackle instances of Islamophobia; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40970) | |
| 173 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41111) | |
| 174 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special advisers were employed by him (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41260) | |
| 175 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring of compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998 in young offenders institutions his Department has undertaken; and what resources have been made available for this. |
| (38366) | |
| 176 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring of compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998 in asylum accommodation centres his Department has undertaken; and what resources have been made available for this. |
| (38369) | |
| 177 | Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how aid to Ethiopia is linked to (a) the restoration of civil liberties and (b) the independence of the courts there; and if she will make a statement. |
| (40822) | |
| 178 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41006) | |
| 179 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41030) | |
| 180 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (41038) | |
| 181 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41058) | |
| 182 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41049) | |
| 183 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41087) | |
| 184 N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the reconstruction work in Gujerat following the recent earthquake. |
| (37195) | |
| 185 N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the role her Department can play in bringing peace to the Sudan. |
| (37618) | |
| 186 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures were taken by her Department to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refurbishment of 20 Victoria Street, London was aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if she will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air-conditioning. |
| (41175) | |
| 187 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning was invited to quote for the recent refurbishment of 20 Victoria Street, London; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41176) | |
| 188 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which consultant was used to advise on the installation of air conditioning during the recent refubishment of 20 Victoria Street, London. |
| (41174) | |
| 189 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many special advisers were employed by her (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was for each of those years. |
| (41252) | |
| 190 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41107) | |
| 191 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41089) | |
| 192 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (41008) | |
| 193 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41062) | |
| 194 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41051) | |
| 195 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41032) | |
| 196 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40978) | |
| 197 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41108) | |
| 198 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many special advisers were employed by the Lord Chancellor's Department (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41253) | |
| 199 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action his Department is taking to promote community legal services partnerships in the North West. |
| (40939) | |
| 200 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40983) | |
| 201 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40992) | |
| 202 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41011) | |
| 203 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41016) | |
| 204 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41060) | |
| 205 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41074) | |
| 206 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many special advisers were employed by him (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41254) | |
| 207 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41109) | |
| 208 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40994) | |
| 209 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41064) | |
| 210 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41076) | |
| 211 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41019) | |
| 212 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41014) | |
| 213 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in his press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (40944) | |
| 214 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Office. |
| (41017) | |
| 215 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Office. |
| (41012) | |
| 216 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for his Office's staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (40943) | |
| 217 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Office. |
| (40942) | |
| 218 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 28th November, Official Report, column 966, what discussions he has had with President Bush in relation to Iraq and the pursuit of international terrorism in all its forms. |
| (37657) | |
| 219 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his official engagements between 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm on Tuesday 26th February. |
| (39805) | |
| 220 | Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list those peers appointed since May 1997 who have been given salaried posts by Government departments, indicating the salary involved in each case. |
| (40870) | |
| 221 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what measures were taken to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of air conditioning in No. 10 Downing Street, was aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air conditioning. |
| (41168) | |
| 222 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning was invited to quote for the recent refurbishment contract for No. 10 Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41170) | |
| 223 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41031) | |
| 224 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in her Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41088) | |
| 225 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41063) | |
| 226 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41050) | |
| 227 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40977) | |
| 228 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41007) | |
| 229 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cases (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41110) | |
| 230 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many special advisers were employed by her (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41247) | |
| 231 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (41034) | |
| 232 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41001) | |
| 233 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41045) | |
| 234 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41053) | |
| 235 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41026) | |
| 236 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in her Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41083) | |
| 237 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff in her Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41085) | |
| 238 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41055) | |
| 239 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in her Department. |
| (41047) | |
| 240 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in her Department. |
| (41028) | |
| 241 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in her Department. |
| (41004) | |
| 242 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the running costs were of (a) her Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) her Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (41037) | |
| 243 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average gap was between men's and women's pay in (a) Glasgow, Pollok constituency and (b) Glasgow in 2001. |
| (40819) | |
| 244 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement as to her Department's inquiries into the (a) flotation and (b) collapse of Claims Direct. |
| (41166) | |
| 245 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will investigate the situation at BAe, Filton with particular reference to (a) the operation of the Rapid Response Fund and other training grants and (b) the role of the South West Regional Development Agency in their delivery. |
| (41240) | |
| 246 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date work began in her Department on the proposals relating to the liabilities of BNFL announced on 28th November; and on what date they were first considered by Ministers. |
| (40810) | |
| 247 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 523W, on BNFL, when she estimates that the Chief Executive of BNFL will send the letter promised. |
| (40823) | |
| 248 | Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 28th February, Ref. 37817, on the London congestion charge, for what reason she has not made an assessment of the effect that the proposed change would have on Consignia. |
| (41147) | |
| 249 | Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government intends to implement the European Directive on Information and Consultation. |
| (40975) | |
| 250 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many special advisers were employed by her (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41258) | |
| 251 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have defended in (i) industrial tribunals and (ii) the courts in each year since 1997; how many were concluded in their favour; and what the total cost to his Department of litigation was in each year. |
| (41106) | |
| 252 | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average gap was between men's and women's pay in Finchley and Golders Green constituency in 2001. |
| (40815) | |
| 253 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it a requirement for applicants for licences to carry out subsea surveys to consult first with representatives of local fishermen. |
| (40966) | |
| 254 | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what consideration is given to the interests of local fishermen in determining applications for licences to carry out subsea surveys. |
| (40965) | |
| 255 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40984) | |
| 256 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41065) | |
| 257 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41041) | |
| 258 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41082) | |
| 259 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40997) | |
| 260 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41021) | |
| 261 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the decision by EWS to reduce its cross-channel freight business. |
| (41146) | |
| 262 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Strategic Rail Authority's funding approach to the South West. |
| (41145) | |
| 263 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will investigate the rail franchise situation in the South West and Wessex in order to seek to clarify the operating strategy. |
| (41144) | |
| 264 | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans his Department has to remit the payment to Melton Borough Council under the Government's Pathfinder scheme owing since October 2001. |
| (40845) | |
| 265 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been made available for local government services in Liverpool in each year since 1997. |
| (41122) | |
| 266 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the (a) voluntary agreements and (b) legislation in place regarding passenger rights relating to (i) delays, (ii) cancellations and (iii) overbooking for (A) air passengers, (B) rail passengers, (C) ferry passengers and (D) coach passengers; what changes have taken place since 1997; and what further changes are planned. |
| (40956) | |
| 267 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will state the proportion of stations which have access to (a) customer information screens, (b) public address announcements and (c) help point buttons; and if he will list the stations which (i) have and (ii) do not have access to each. |
| (40948) | |
| 268 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much has been invested by the railway industry since 25th February 1999 on (a) security staff and (b) installation of video camera surveillance at stations and station car parks; and if he will state (i) how many and (ii) which stations and station car parks have received additional (A) security staff and (B) video surveillance over this time. |
| (40960) | |
| 269 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which train operating companies have failed to fulfil their contractual commitments related to action plans; and what steps the Strategic Rail Authority has taken as a consequence. |
| (40953) | |
| 270 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 28th February, ref 32696, on rail passengers, if he will list those TOCs which have been required to develop action plans and indicate the type of action plans which have been undertaken. |
| (41246) | |
| 271 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the responsibilities of his (a) Rail Delivery Directorate and (b) Railways Restructuring Directorate; if he will list the projects which are (i) underway and (ii) have been completed, in each directorate since June 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40954) | |
| 272 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the Permanent Secretary of his Department had received (a) oral and (b) written prior permission from Martin Sixsmith to refer to information which would ordinarily be exempt from disclosure under Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in his statement of Monday 25th February. |
| (40955) | |
| 273 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which train operating companies have failed to fulfil their contractual commitments related to action plans; and what steps the Strategic Rail Authority has taken as a consequence. |
| (40958) | |
| 274 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date he decided to develop a quarterly set of key indicators against which progress on improving the railways could be measured; what process of consultation his Department undertook when developing these indicators; which individuals and organisations were consulted with regards to the development of these indicators; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40957) | |
| 275 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information he collates regarding delays and cancellations on London commuter rail services; and where it is available. |
| (40951) | |
| 276 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which aspects of the public statement made by the Permanent Secretary of his Department on Monday 25th February would ordinarily be exempt from disclosure under Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. |
| (40950) | |
| 277 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to address skill shortages within the railway industry. |
| (40945) | |
| 278 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, ref 37223, on departmental underspend, if he will list (a) the relevant editions of the Public Expenditure Provisional Outturn Paper to which he refers and (b) the written answers to which he refers; for what reason it is not possible to provide separate figures in respect of rail expenditure; and if he will place copies related documentation in the Library. |
| (41245) | |
| 279 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent assessment has been made by his Department of the total cost, in terms of customer and business time, of delays on Britain's railways. |
| (40952) | |
| 280 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information he collates on the number of speed restrictions in place on the rail network in each Railtrack operating zone (i) in total and (ii) caused by gauge corner cracking. |
| (40949) | |
| 281 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much has been invested by the railway industry between 25th February 1999 and April 2000 in passenger information systems in stations. |
| (40959) | |
| 282 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the indicators of delivery in the railway industry published in Fact Sheet 4: General Railway Facts for the National Rail Summit 2002 are being monitored; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41118) | |
| 283 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which aspects of his statement to the House on Tuesday 26th February, Official Report, column 563, would ordinarily be exempt from disclosure under Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. |
| (41266) | |
| 284 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he received (a) oral and (b) written prior permission from Martin Sixsmith to refer to information which would ordinarily be exempt from disclosure under Part II of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in his oral statement to the House of Tuesday 26th February, Official Report, column 563. |
| (41265) | |
| 285 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the (a) date, (b) location and (c) level of penalty of safety breach incidents that have resulted in prosecution of (i) train operating companies and (ii) Railtrack in each year since 1995-96. |
| (40947) | |
| 286 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list (a) the number of staff employed in each key area of the railway industry, (b) the total requirement for staff in each key area, (c) staff shortage numbers for each key area, (d) the number of individuals (i) in training and (ii) trained for each key area and (e) the number of individuals (A) retiring and (B) leaving employment in each key area for each year since 1995. |
| (41125) | |
| 287 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many new rolling stock vehicles were (a) ordered and (b) entered service on Britain's railways between 25th February 1999 and 31st December 2001; and if he will state the proportion of rolling stock that were new or refurbished as of (i) 25th February 1999, (ii) 31st December 2001 and (iii) the latest available date. |
| (40961) | |
| 288 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the SRA reviews the delivery by train operating companies and other industry bodies of the commitments agreed to at the 1999 National Rail Summit. |
| (41244) | |
| 289 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Hendon of 12th December 2001, Official Report, column 871W, on rents, if he will provide similar estimates to those he provided for Hendon for the real terms percentage changes in each year he predicts for formula rents for council tenants in (a) Selby and (b) York until 2011. |
| (41264) | |
| 290 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what expenses and allowances are available to members of the shadow South West Regional Assembly. |
| (41139) | |
| 291 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will hold a referendum to determine whether to proceed to an elected South West Regional Assembly; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41130) | |
| 292 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out the division of functions between the shadow South West Regional Assembly and (a) the South West Regional Development Agency, (b) the Government Office of the South West, (c) county councils, (d) district councils and (e) unitary authorities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41135) | |
| 293 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the policy areas for which the proposed South West Regional Assembly will have executive authority. |
| (41137) | |
| 294 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the budget (a) this year and (b) next year is of the shadow South West Regional Assembly. |
| (41132) | |
| 295 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers, deriving from which statutes, can be exercised by the shadow South West Regional Assembly. |
| (41131) | |
| 296 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the terms of reference are of the shadow South West Regional Assembly. |
| (41134) | |
| 297 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the members of the shadow South West Regional Assembly, indicating in each case the reason for their membership. |
| (41138) | |
| 298 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many staff are employed by the shadow South West Regional Assembly; and how many staff will be employed next year. |
| (41133) | |
| 299 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the trunk road schemes in which the shadow South West Regional Assembly has intervened. |
| (41136) | |
| 300 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures are in place to ensure that motorway roadworks are phased to prevent simultaneous workings being carried out close to each other on the same motorway. |
| (41141) | |
| 301 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects the roadworks being carried out between junctions 24 and 25 of the M1 motorway to be completed; and what penalties will be imposed in the event that the works are not completed on time. |
| (41142) | |
| 302 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the White Paper on Modernising Local Government Finance will be published. |
| (40013) | |
| 303 | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent research his Department has carried out into the effect of cannabis smoking on the competence of road vehicle drivers. |
| (40842) | |
| 304 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what additional funding he will make available to county councils to accommodate their additional responsibilities under the detrunking programme. |
| (41192) | |
| 305 | 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 franchise agreement ancillary document D for each of the train operating companies. |
| (40872) | |
| 306 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the letter sent by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the honourable member for Christchurch on 23rd October 2001 whether (a) the technological elements of the refurbishment of the air conditioning chillers at the QE2 Centre have been finalised and (b) whether these are to contain not-in-kind or HFC refrigerants. |
| (41158) | |
| 307 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether an installer capable of installing not-in-kind air conditioning is being invited to quote for the refurbishment contract for the QE2 building; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41162) | |
| 308 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which consultant is being used to advise on the installation of replacement air conditioning at the QE2 building. |
| (41184) | |
| 309 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures are being taken by his Department to ensure that the consultant advising on the installation of replacement air conditioning at the QE2 building is aware of the Government's policy on the use of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in air-conditioning; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken by the consultant to source practical and safe alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon-based air-conditioning. |
| (41157) | |
| 310 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many special advisers were employed by him and his predecessor (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41256) | |
| 311 | Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will calculate the proportion of (a) United Kingdom residents and (b) council tax payers who do not have the right to vote in local authority elections; if he will calculate the total amount of council tax revenue received from residents who do not have the right to vote in local authority elections; and if he will list the 20 local authorities in receipt of the highest proportion of revenue from residents not entitled to vote. |
| (41143) | |
| 312 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of local private sector participation in the Merseyside Objective 1 1994-99 programme with reference to the role outlined in the Single Programming Document. |
| (38365) | |
| 313 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41073) | |
| 314 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41059) | |
| 315 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41015) | |
| 316 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41010) | |
| 317 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40991) | |
| 318 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff, and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40981) | |
| 319 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many special advisers were employed by him (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41262) | |
| 320 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the extent of job sharing in his Department. |
| (41042) | |
| 321 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of hotel accommodation for departmental staff working away from home in each of the last four years. |
| (41069) | |
| 322 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the payment of relocation expenses to staff in his Department. |
| (41023) | |
| 323 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department. |
| (40998) | |
| 324 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the running costs were of (a) his Ministers' private offices, separately identifying expenditure on staff and (b) his Department in each year from May 1997 to the nearest date for which the information is available. |
| (40989) | |
| 325 | Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department's press office have received (a) termination and (b) redundancy payments in each of the last four years. |
| (41079) | |
| 326 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the additional cost of the basic state pension would be in (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c) 2030, (d) 2040 and (e) 2050 if the inflation rate were (i) 2 per cent. and (ii) 1.5 per cent. in one year out of every two, and (A) 2.5 per cent. or more in the other years and (B) 2.5 per cent. each year. |
| (41195) | |
| 327 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of the basic state pension in (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c) 2030, (d) 2040 and (e) 2050 if increased in line with (i) prices and (ii) earnings. |
| (41194) | |
| 328 | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his intention that pensioners receiving the savings credit should receive the same amount of housing benefit and council tax benefit as they would if the savings credit were not introduced. |
| (41196) | |
| 329 | Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners that are in East Leeds; how many are in receipt of the minimum pension guarantee; and what average amount is paid to pensioners in East Leeds. |
| (40850) | |
| 330 N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to extend home responsibilities protection to foster carers; and whether it will cover the entire length of time they have been fostering. |
| (40336) | |
| 331 N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if foster carers who give up work to care for foster children will be entitled to the Second State Pension; and if he will make a statement. |
| (40335) | |
| 332 N | James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of extending home responsibilities protection to foster carers (a) caring for foster children and (b) to cover the entire length of time they have been fostering. |
| (40337) | |
| 333 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many special advisers were employed by himself and his predecessor (a) between 1st May and 31st December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. |
| (41261) | |
| 334 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the abattoirs and slaughterhouses which are licensed by the Food Standards Agency, stating in each case their maximum weekly throughput. |
| [Transferred] (40972) | |
| 335 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to make voting from overseas easier for UK diplomatic staff, with specific reference to voting by post; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (41167) | |
| 336 | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on progress being made on the delivery of the A400M; and what discussions he has had with the German Government on the contractual situation. |
| [Transferred] (41127) | |
| 337 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will issue her draft combined heat and power strategy for consultation. |
| [Transferred] (41129) | |
| 338 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the work and advice of the NRPB is independent of government. |
| [Transferred] (41185) | |
| 339 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the availability of insurance cover for medical treatment overseas for injuries received from terrorist activities. |
| [Transferred] (41189) | |
| 340 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence underlay the NRPB's judgement that a magnetic field exposure of 1600uT is unsafe. |
| [Transferred] (41187) | |
| 341 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is within the remit of the NRPB to present to the public a statement of the effects of (a) ionising and (b) non-ionising radiation. |
| [Transferred] (41186) | |
| 342 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what decision the NRPB has made with respect to its magnetic field exposure threshold. |
| [Transferred] (41188) | |
| 343 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, which consultant was used to advise on the installation of air conditioning in No. 10 Downing Street. |
| [Transferred] (41169) | |
| 344 | Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department plans to take to achieve the Government's target to double the UK use of CHP by 2010. |
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| 345 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend war insurance cover for the airlines until the end of June. |
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