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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 8 March 2002 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 8 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.

FRIDAY 8th MARCH
1   N	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, what organisation provided the certification for the doors and windows for the refurbishment of the Norman Shaw South building to show that they were produced from sustainably managed sources; and if he will place a copy of these certificates in the Library.
	(41343)
2   N	Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North):    To ask the Chairman of the Accommodation and Works Committee, who provided or is providing the (a) windows and (b) doors for the refurbishment of the Norman Shaw South building.
	(41344)
3	Andrew George (St Ives):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 876W, what assessment he has made of (a) the total number of government agencies and quangos operating in each of the regions and (b) their annual budgets.
	(42260)
4	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will make a statement on the reason for the delay in the publication of the Regions White Paper.
	(42174)
5	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42111)
6	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many swimming pools there are in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) coalfield constituencies.
	(41809)
7	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many lotteries bids were made from coalfield constituencies in the last 12 months; and what the United Kingdom average is.
	(41826)
8	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many theatres there are in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) coalfield constituencies.
	(41325)
9	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cinema screens there are in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) coalfield constituencies.
	(41810)
10	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many functioning public libraries there were, broken down by local authority, in England in each year since 1997.
	(42238)
11	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the contracts agreed by her Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42097)
12	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last met the Royal Institute of British Architects; and if she will make a statement.
	(41961)
13	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last met the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; and if she will make a statement.
	(41955)
14	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to answer the question of 13th February from the honourable Member for Buckingham regarding staff involvement in union duties.
	(41811)
15   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what criteria Paradigm was selected as the preferred bidder for the Skynet 5 project.
	(41769)
16   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February to the honourable Member for Bedford, Official Report, column 1135W, on the Skynet 5 programme, if he will give the location by parliamentary constituency of the jobs that will be (a) created and (b) sustained.
	(41771)
17   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February to the honourable Member for Worcester, Official Report, column 1133W, on departmental expenditure limits, for what capital projects the sum of £261,594,000 transferred from the capital element to the resource element of the departmental expenditure limit had been earmarked.
	(41773)
18   N	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fast jet pilots have left the RAF in each of the past five years; how many of those left at the end of their commission; and how many sought premature voluntary retirement.
	(41610)
19	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) estimated total project cost of, (b) total expenditure to date and (c) planned expenditure in each of the next three years on the multi-role armoured vehicle project.
	(42258)
20	Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) estimated total project cost, (b) total expenditure to date and (c) planned expenditure for each of the next three years on the advanced air-launched anti-armour weapon project.
	(42259)
21	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the security situation in (a) Kabul and (b) Afghanistan.
	(41894)
22	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the security situation in (a) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and (b) Kosovo.
	(41899)
23	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what programme he has made for identifying the successor lead nation for the International Security Assistance Force for Kabul and its surrounding area under the terms of Annex 1 to the Bonn agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	(41896)
24	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for ISAF troops to be deployed outside Kabul; and if he will make a statement.
	(41890)
25	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the United Kingdom will cease to be the lead nation for the International Security Assistance Force for Kabul and its surrounding area under the terms of Annex 1 to the Bonn agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	(41895)
26	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the British forces' commitment to participating in the ISAF after 30th April.
	(41897)
27	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of upgrading GR7 aircraft with new engines, electronics and weapons; whether the upgrade of GR7 includes marinization of the aircraft; what the cost of marinization programme will be; how many GR7 aircraft will marinized; and when the marinized Harriers will be in service.
	(41887)
28	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from his US counterpart regarding an increase in the numbers of international peacekeepers in Kabul and Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(41889)
29	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from his European counterparts regarding the extension of the ISAF's mandate; and if he will make a statement.
	(41892)
30	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart regarding the takeover of the ISAF command in Kabul; and if he will make a statement.
	(41893)
31	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the British troops deployed in Kabul will give to a lead nation after 30th April.
	(41898)
32	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has made in the last two months to his European counterparts regarding the extension of the ISAF's mandate; and if he will make a statement.
	(41891)
33	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missiles were fired out to sea in the UK in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.
	(41875)
34	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the strategic implications of the decision by BAe to move manufacture of explosives abroad.
	(41818)
35	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what powers he has to compel the continuation of explosive manufacturing in the United Kingdom.
	(41817)
36	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will investigate the running and control in QinetiQ in respect of weapon handling.
	(41879)
37	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on buying British made explosives for ordnance to be used on the battle field.
	(41815)
38	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the safety rules are for the use of missiles on beach ranges.
	(41876)
39	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold an enquiry into the loss of missiles in the Bristol Channel.
	(41877)
40	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of his Department's establishments are located in coalfield constituencies.
	(41801)
41	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42103)
42	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether funds provided to schools for payment of the upper spine of teacher remuneration can be used for other purposes.
	(42239)
43	Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many full-time equivalent administrators there are in each local education authority in the South West of England.
	(41872)
44	Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the spending is (a) per pupil and (b) per head of population in each local education authority in the South West of England.
	(41964)
45	Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils there are in each local education authority in the South West of England.
	(41871)
46	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer, Ref 38091, of 5th March, if she will amalgamate information for performance indicators in higher education in the UK to allow comparison to be made of the socio-economic background of students entering all high ranking universities with those entering all other universities.
	(41953)
47	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what safeguards she will put in place to protect children whose names are collected in the School Census.
	(41813)
48	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for how long the School Census records will be kept with children's names on them.
	(41814)
49	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of children left school with no academic qualifications in (a) coalfield areas and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.
	(41800)
50	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what analysis has been carried out by the Learning and Skills Council on the skills base in coalfield areas compared to the national average.
	(41822)
51	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the educational attainment of schoolchildren in (a) current and former coalfield areas and (b) England; and what improvement there has been since 1997.
	(41796)
52	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the proportion of children entering higher education whose fathers are coal miners or former coal miners in the last 10 years; and what the average proportion is for the general population.
	(41798)
53	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of capital investment in school buildings in (a) coalfield areas and (b) England has been since 1997.
	(41789)
54	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many higher education institutions are situated in coalfield constituencies.
	(41823)
55	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many learning and skills council headquarters are situated in coalfield constituencies.
	(41824)
56	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the staying on rate post-16 education is in (a) coalfield areas and (b) England.
	(41797)
57	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the level of illiteracy is (a) in coalfield areas and (b) of citizens born in the United Kingdom.
	(41799)
58	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unauthorised absences there were in (a) state primary schools and (b) state secondary schools, broken down by each local education authority in England for each year since 1997.
	(42225)
59	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps the Government are taking to reduce malicious fires and arson in schools; and if she will make a statement.
	(42226)
60	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had with trade unions about (a) pay and conditions and (b) training of (i) teaching and classroom assistants and (ii) nursery nurses.
	(42089)
61	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many classroom and teaching assistants and nursery nurses are employed in England; and what the ratio was to pupil numbers in (a) 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(42091)
62	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the contracts agreed by her Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42099)
63	Andrew Rosindell (Romford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what impact the Those who can, teach, advertising campaign has had on teacher recruitment.
	(41886)
64	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings the Ministerial Design Champion for her Department has attended in his capacity as Design Champion in the last month; and if she will make a statement.
	(41958)
65	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what planned expenditure on higher education was in 1997 for the subsequent five financial years; and what the total outturn spending on higher education was in each of those years, including proceeds of tuition fees.
	(41832)
66	Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have applied for early retirement on ill health grounds in each year since 1996; how many (a) have been granted retirement on ill health, (b) have been refused and (c) are awaiting a decision on their application; how long the average turn around is from the Teachers Pension Agency receiving the application to notification of the decision; and how many applicants have died whilst waiting for a decision on their application.
	(41794)
67   N	Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 918W, on airport runway capacity, when she will place a copy of the exchange of letters between the Permanent Secretaries in her Department and the DTLR in the Library.
	(41770)
68	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet the All Party Group on Animal Welfare in order to discuss its recommendations on circus animals; and if she will make a statement.
	(42053)
69   N	Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she will make of the impact on the competitiveness of the UK industry in relation to other EU egg producers in deciding whether to permit the enriched cage system of production under EU Welfare of Laying Hens Directive 1999/74/EC.
	(41491)
70   N	Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has collated on which EU countries have indicated that they will (a) permit and (b) not permit the enriched cages system of egg production when the EU Welfare of Laying Hens Directive 1999/74/EC is introduced.
	(41492)
71	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she plans to introduce legislation to ban the tail docking of dogs.
	(41802)
72	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures or statistics are collated to quantify the number of abandoned cars dumped by local authority area.
	(42242)
73	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce graffiti; and if she will make a statement.
	(42240)
74	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statistics are collated to quantify the amount of (a) litter and (b) graffiti by local authority area.
	(42241)
75	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the contracts agreed by her Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42104)
76	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of honey sold in the UK is imported; and what proportion comes from China.
	(42381)
77	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken in the last five years to destroy honey that has been found to have a significant risk of being contaminated by antibiotics and other dangerous substances.
	(42380)
78	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government has taken to tackle European Fowl Brood Disease; and what estimate she has made of its prevalence in England.
	(42378)
79	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks are made on imported honey to ensure it is free of contaminations.
	(42379)
80	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she is taking (a) to promote British honey and (b) to publicise the safety and quality of the British product.
	(42382)
81	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she plans to promote the sale of locally produced British honey direct from beekeepers.
	(42383)
82	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many beekeepers were known to the National Bee Unit in (a) Essex and (b) England in each of the last four years.
	(42376)
83	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government has taken to tackle the varroa mite; and what estimate she has made of its prevalence in England.
	(42377)
84	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 77W, if she will make Environment Agency funding dependent on improving access to water for canoeists.
	(42385)
85	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 77W, if she will introduce new performance indicators to help judge the success of efforts to improve access for canoeists by the Environment Agency's Angling and Canoe Liaison Group.
	(42386)
86	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the interests registered by the (a) Chairman and (b) members of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Foods.
	(42252)
87	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the future payment of European Union subsidies to farmers in euros.
	(42250)
88	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the fishing vessel, Mari Geni, has been decommissioned.
	(42389)
89	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on co-products as feed materials; and what representations she has made to the European Commission to include co-product feeds on the EU's proposed positive list of approved feed materials.
	(42248)
90	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information and guidance is issued by her Department to cereal growers on the (a) prevention and (b) control of foliar disease.
	(42249)
91	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to whom the track record of the fishing vessel, Mari Geni, has been transferred.
	(42375)
92	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost has been of the operation to (a) recover the carcasses and ashes of animals buried at the Epynt foot and mouth disease disposal site, (b) restore the immediate environment following reclamation and (c) monitor the wider environment for pollution and contamination.
	(42374)
93	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amounts of moist co-product feeds and liquids used as feed materials by livestock farmers in conjunction with home-produced feeds or as complements to bought-in feeds in the last year for which figures are available; and what assessment she has made of the importance of co-product feeds to the UK livestock industry.
	(42247)
94	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to supermarket chains to encourage retailers to stock locally produced food; and if she will make a statement.
	(42251)
95	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost has been of the programme of laboratory testing of samples taken from animals suspected of carrying foot and mouth disease since 19th February 2001; and if she will make a statement.
	(42372)
96	Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she publish an itemised cost list of the Epynt carcass and ash burial and incineration site in Powys opened for animals slaughtered under the foot and mouth disease control measures; how many animals have been interred at the Epynt burial site (a) in the form of carcasses and (b) following incineration; and if she will make a statement.
	(42373)
97	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the decision of the Valuation Office to make care homes providing intermediate care liable for NNDR.
	(41830)
98	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office has made of the likely annual receipts from charging care homes NNDR where they provide intermediate care.
	(41831)
99	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the net saving in public expenditure that will be made in 2001-02 due to the public sector's reduced liability for national insurance contributions following the rebates associated with the climate change levy.
	(41828)
100	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42101)
101	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Customs and Excise first acted to stop the export of secondhand and reconditioned fridges; on what grounds; and after what consultation with the exporters.
	(42092)
102	Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister has responsibility for ensuring that the rules laid down by the Civil Service Management Code are observed within the Inland Revenue.
	(42054)
103   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised by the landfill tax in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland; and how much of this landfill tax has been used for tax credits in (A) 1998-99, (B) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 for (1) the UK and (2) Scotland.
	(41198)
104   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the landfill tax proceeds have passed to Entrust in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 for (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland separately.
	(41199)
105   N	Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expenditure of Entrust has been in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01 for (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland.
	(41200)
106	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 208W, on Zimbabwe, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British citizens owed public sector pensions in relation to service in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe who are resident in the United Kingdom and whose pension payments have been suspended.
	(41867)
107	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42109)
108	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of China regarding the prison sentence imposed on Ngawang Sangdrol for protesting against the occupation of Tibet; and if he will make a statement.
	(41910)
109	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will press the Government of China to disclose the whereabouts of the XIth Panchen Lama.
	(41911)
110	Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will (a) collate, (b) evaluate and (c) disseminate best practice found in NHS trusts offering services for ME sufferers.
	(41816)
111	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he proposes to respond to the representations made in October 2001 by the Independent Schools Council about the charges proposed for the welfare inspections of boarding schools.
	(41944)
112   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figures he uses to monitor the NHS zero tolerance campaign on assaults on NHS staff.
	(40802)
113   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes have presented their statement of purpose to the National Care Standards Commission as set out in Statutory Instrument 3969; how many are expected to do so by 1st April 2002; what methods he is using to publicise the statements of purpose; how many should already have presented their statements of purpose to the National Care Standards Commission; and what steps he will take if a care home has failed to produce the statement of purpose by the required date.
	(40803)
114   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when she plans to publish the Regulatory Impact Assessment for Care Homes for Younger Adults; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
	(40804)
115   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 945W, on nursing care, what plans he has to compensate those self-funding residents who have not had their free nursing care assessment money passed on to them by the care home in the form of a reduced fee.
	(40805)
116   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 974W, on malnutrition, what plans she has to instigate a single assessment process for malnutrition.
	(40806)
117   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 945W, on nursing care, what (a) evidence and (b) representations he has received that care homes are failing to pass on payment for free nursing care to self-funding residents.
	(40807)
118   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, refs. 26582 and 26638, on nursing homes, what exceptions would entail residents receiving funding under the scheme of the country other than that in which the nursing home is situated.
	(40808)
119   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, ref. 26579, on nursing care, if the Government plans to (a) pay compensation and (b) pay interest to those people whose banding of nursing had not been completed by the end of December 2001.
	(40809)
120	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to raise the status of social workers; and if he will make a statement.
	(42243)
121	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the price of emergency contraception upon the extent of its use; and if he will make a statement.
	(41885)
122	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to produce a new risk model to predict the number of potential exposures to v-CJD through poor decontamination practice before 2001; and if he will publicise the result using this model.
	(41806)
123	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he has estimated the number of patients exposed to surgical instruments possibly contaminated with v-CJD in each of the last five years.
	(41804)
124	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he has assessed the costs to the NHS of instruments destroyed following the CJD incident panel consultation report.
	(41803)
125	Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to contact patients who may have been exposed to v-CJD through (a) surgical instruments or (b) blood transfusions.
	(41805)
126	Mr Alan Hurst (Braintree):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the waiting times in Essex for orthodontist operations.
	(41948)
127	Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were charged to patients in Shrewsbury and Atcham in each year since 1997.
	(41812)
128	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care home beds there were, broken down by local authority in England in each year since 1997.
	(42237)
129	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42102)
130	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what ceiling he has put on start up costs for the new strategic health authorities; and whether this is in ratio to the size of the population served.
	(42172)
131	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage strategic health authorities to establish their HQs as close to the balance of population in the area as possible.
	(42095)
132	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the costs of establishing the North Yorkshire and Humberside Strategic Health Authority (a) in new purpose-built health premises on the York Science Park and (b) by converting the existing NHS property at Willeby.
	(42094)
133	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce folic acid supplements into flour.
	(42086)
134	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of the introduction of folic acid into flour.
	(42085)
135	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve take-up of over-75 health checks.
	(42087)
136	Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of over-75s have undergone health checks in each year since their introduction.
	(42088)
137	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings the Ministerial Design Champion for his Department has attended in her capacity as Design Champion in the last month; and if he will make a statement.
	(41962)
138   N	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to allow pre-hospital thrombolysis in Herefordshire.
	(41493)
139   N	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on changes in bed numbers in the care home sector in Herefordshire since 1997.
	(41495)
140   N	Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the areas of the country (a) which have been supported by an air ambulance service in the last 12 months, (b) which are currently supported and (c) where services are planned in the near future.
	(41494)
141	Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the review of the seasonal agricultural workers' scheme will take into account Cornish agricultural workers.
	(41808)
142	Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been done into the provision of a second emergency telephone number to work in conjunction with 999.
	(41946)
143   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to report on its assessment of the bid from Greater Manchester Police for funding of the policing costs of the Commonwealth Games.
	(41412)
144	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he proposes to respond to requests made in September 2000 by the Independent Schools Council about the visa regime for students from Commonwealth countries who take up temporary employment in independent schools.
	(41870)
145   N	Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will set out his timetable for deciding whether further special grants will be paid to Greater Manchester Police in respect of the cost of policing the Commonwealth Games.
	(41411)
146	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are set for the (a) circumstances and (b) length of custody of persons with a history of mental illness; and if he will make a statement.
	(41884)
147	Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the fee payable by Polish citizens applying for British visas was introduced and for what purpose; how much of the fee goes to the Polish Government; and for what reason British citizens are unable to pay for the visa in Britain.
	(41868)
148	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued, broken down by local authority areas, in each calendar year since their introduction.
	(42369)
149	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many functioning police stations there were, broken down by (a) police force and (b) local authority area, in each year since 1997.
	(42371)
150	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were, broken down by (a) police force and (b) local authority area, in each year since 1997.
	(42370)
151	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42107)
152   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has set improvement targets for individual Metropolitan Police basic command units; and if he will make a statement.
	(41612)
153   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the average annual cost of employing (a) a police officer and (b) a police constable in (i) a provincial force and (ii) London in the last five years.
	(41614)
154   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis about the level of crime in London; and if he will make a statement.
	(41616)
155   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets he has set for the decrease in street robberies in the Metropolitan Police Force area.
	(41611)
156   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis about intervention in the operational independence of the Metropolitan Police Force; and if he will make a statement.
	(41613)
157   N	Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables were in service in each police force area in (a) March 1997 and (b) March 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(41615)
158	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings the Ministerial Design Champion for his Department has attended in her capacity as Design Champion in the last month; and if he will make a statement.
	(41960)
159	Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what account is taken of the religious and cultural values of people in developing countries before her Department funds organizations providing sexual and reproductive health assistance.
	(41968)
160	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the contracts agreed by her Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42105)
161   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the cost of obtaining power of attorney in each of the last five years.
	(40801)
162	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what powers are available to the courts to detain persistent offenders under 16 years who are (a) charged with and (b) guilty of non-violent offences; and if he will make a statement.
	(42244)
163	Mr Vernon Coaker (Gedling):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidelines he has issued to courts about detaining persistent offenders under 16 years who are (a) charged with and (b) guilty of non-violent offences; and if he will make a statement.
	(42246)
164   N	Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what consideration he has made of recommendations 106 and 107 of the Review of the Criminal Courts of England and Wales by Lord Justice Auld, October 2001.
	(41772)
165	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42100)
166	Mr Chris Pond (Gravesham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many fee exemptions and remissions were issued by Gravesend county court in each six-month period beginning from January 1999 .
	(41795)
167	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action he is taking to measure the performance of and quality of service offered by solicitors.
	(42175)
168	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many complaints his Department has received about the conduct and quality of solicitors' performance in each of the last 10 years.
	(42176)
169   N	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the escaped terrorist prisoners who were on the run and have been granted early release under the terms of the Northern Ireland Sentences Act 1998.
	(41618)
170   N	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the terrorists who are on the run from justice and who may benefit from future amnesty legislation.
	(41617)
171	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42106)
172	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire):    To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on the level of consultation between his office and the House authorities with other bodies to ensure that traffic disruption is kept to a minimum whilst the House is sitting.
	(41833)
173	Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask the Prime Minister, when the Performance and Innovation Unit will (a) complete and (b) publish its report on waste policy.
	(41827)
174	Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Prime Minister, which ministers of foreign governments Lord Levy has met at his request in the last six months.
	(41864)
175	Richard Ottaway (Croydon South):    To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions took place on the subject of the proposed steel works in Romania between Mr Johnathan Powell and HM Ambassador to Romania prior to the ambassador's advice to the Government to write a letter in support of Mr Mittal's bid.
	(41865)
176	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will visit Gibraltar to gauge the opinions of the people of Gibraltar on the question of British sovereignty.
	(42384)
177	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the contracts agreed by her Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42110)
178	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of US tariffs on the import of steel on the steel industry in SE Wales; and what action she intends to take.
	(41866)
179	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the number of BT local loops that will have been unbundled by 31st July.
	(41908)
180	Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she plans to take to dispose of fixed wireless broadband local loop licences unsold at the end of the recent auction round.
	(41907)
181	Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on (a) the decision by the US Government to impose tariffs on steel imports and (b) the impact on the UK steel industry of the decision; and what assistance she will provide to the UK steel industry.
	(41863)
182	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will make a statement on the role of councils in the planning process in the next five years.
	(41906)
183	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small business services have sub-offices in coalfield constituencies.
	(41819)
184	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many small business service headquarters are situated in coalfield constituencies.
	(41820)
185	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the contracts agreed by her Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42096)
186	Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the administrative costs of each of the organisations which were merged into the South West Regional Development Agency in each of the final three years of their independent life.
	(41878)
187	Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to her Answer of 1st February, Official Report, column 615W, on miners' compensation, what policy has been agreed for handling claims for loss of earnings from former mineworkers who are claiming for both respiratory disease and vibration white finger.
	(41969)
188	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what communications she has had with UK Coal plc relating to the possibility of continued state aid for the Prince of Wales Colliery beyond the present expiry date for state aid; and what her estimate is of (a) accessible coal reserves at the Prince of Wales colliery and (b) the cost of accessing these reserves.
	(42223)
189	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what communications she has had with UK Coal plc in relation to their decisions on shareholder dividends over the last two years.
	(42222)
190	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what state aid has been received by UK Coal plc in the last two years in the aggregate; and how this was apportioned to each colliery.
	(42221)
191	Jon Trickett (Hemsworth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what approaches have been made to her Department by UK Coal plc with a view to extending the state aid scheme of deep-mined coal subsidy beyond its present expiry date.
	(42220)
192	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the level of staff turnover was in the (a) Insolvency Service and (b) Hotline team in each year since 1997 (i) including and (ii) excluding temporary staff.
	(42069)
193	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to publicise to directors their insolvency liabilities; and how much this advertising has cost the Insolvency Service each year since 1997.
	(42066)
194	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many warning letters were issued as a result of investigations by the Insolvency Service in each year since 1997.
	(42071)
195	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what checks are in place to ensure an agreed high standard of correspondence is achieved when the Insolvency Service communicates with customers.
	(42068)
196	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans her Department has to remove the bankruptcy fee payable to the Insolvency Service.
	(42057)
197	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what conclusions she has drawn from the results of the company law review; and if she will make a statement.
	(42065)
198	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what procedure is in place within the Insolvency Service to track the progress of individual cases being investigated; and what plans she has to review this procedure.
	(42075)
199	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the budget for the Insolvency Service was for each year from 1997.
	(42070)
200	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received about the priority given to creditors of companies in administration under the Insolvency Act 2000.
	(42058)
201	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what controls are in place to ensure that the Insolvency Service hotline meets the needs of its customers.
	(42077)
202	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2000 on the Insolvency Service, including (a) cost savings, (b) efficiency savings and (c) changes in service levels between the Service and its customers.
	(42067)
203	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rogue directors have been reported on the Insolvency Service hotline since its inception; and how many of these (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of total calls have resulted in successful prosecutions.
	(42076)
204	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Department's Answer of 24th January Official Report, column 632 W, on the Insolvency Service, what progress the Insolvency Service has made in centralising its administrative functions in areas of (a) lower growth and (b) high unemployment.
	(42224)
205	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many convictions as a result of investigations by the Insolvency Service there were in each year since 1997.
	(42072)
206	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her role is in authorising Insolvency Practitioners; and what representations she has received about changing this procedure.
	(42078)
207	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the development of the Insolvency Service's research function, including its role in (a) policy formulation and (b) operational strategy formulation.
	(42079)
208	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps her Department is taking to make insolvency laws more (a) efficient, (b) user friendly and (c) effective in obtaining prosecutions.
	(42061)
209	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings she has had since 2001 with representatives of the Insolvency Service; and if she will publish the minutes of the meetings.
	(42082)
210	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many insolvency petitions for (a) small and (b) medium enterprises were allocated to each Official Receiver's office in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
	(42060)
211	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what training is provided to the staff responsible for the operation of the Insolvency Service hotline; and what the total training cost for the team has been since the hotline's introduction.
	(42073)
212	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to make proposals regarding the bankruptcy period for personal insolvency cases.
	(42056)
213	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets she has set the Insolvency Service for 2002-03.
	(42063)
214	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets have been set for the Insolvency Service's hotline for 2002-03.
	(42062)
215	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the average cost in (a) sterling and (b) man hours has been to prosecute a rogue director, by the undertaking of an investigation and prosecution by the Insolvency Service, over the last year.
	(42074)
216	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of the Insolvency Service's quinquennial review.
	(42080)
217	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) representations she has received and (b) research she has commissioned into the effectiveness of the Insolvency Act 2000; and if she will make a statement.
	(42059)
218	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what targets her Department has set the Insolvency Service in each of the years since 1997; and how successful the agency was in achieving these targets.
	(42064)
219	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's policy is regarding bankruptcy; and what her policy is on measures to deter individuals and companies from seeking bankruptcy terms.
	(42055)
220	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the objectives are of the Insolvency Service.
	(42083)
221	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures are used by her Department to review the (a) performance and (b) efficiency of the Insolvency Service.
	(42084)
222	Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what initiatives are in place to (a) monitor and (b) improve customer service standards in the Insolvency Service.
	(42081)
223	Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what projection he has made of the number of flights at Heathrow Airport in each of the next five years.
	(41888)
224	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to bring in a third party right of appeal against planning decisions.
	(41902)
225	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the costs of introducing new planning obligations set out in the Planning Green Paper.
	(41905)
226	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assumptions have been made about building cost inflations in his Department's assessment of business plans for stock transfers in Coventry, Walsall and Birmingham.
	(41952)
227	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he has had with Birmingham City Council about the impact of the proposed demolitions over the next five years on homelessness in the city; and if he will make a statement.
	(41951)
228	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contribution the Government is making for stock transfer purposes towards the payment of (a) Walsall's housing attributable debt and (b) Walsall's debt breakage costs; and what is the contribution to each from (i) Walsall MBC and (ii) Walsall Housing Group.
	(41949)
229	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what basis he expects the successor body to Railtrack to raise funds on commercial markets.
	(41950)
230	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what consultation with honourable Members is planned over the future of English Partnerships.
	(41793)
231	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria are being used to determine whether the coalfield programme be maintained by English Partnerships or the regional development agencies.
	(41791)
232	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, within what timescale an agreement will be reached between English Partnerships and the East Midlands Regional Development Agency over the infrastructure works and marketing of the former Manton pit site.
	(41790)
233	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the budget is for English Partnerships to bring the former Manton pit site to the market.
	(41792)
234	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the reason for the delay in the publication of the (a) aviation and (b) regions White Papers.
	(42228)
235	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the cost to the taxpayer so far of running mayoral referendums in local authorities in England.
	(42233)
236	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the administrative costs were of local government reorganisation in each local authority that has been restructured since 1990 in (a) cash and (b) real terms, expressed in 2002 prices.
	(42231)
237	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce annual elections for local government in England.
	(42230)
238	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many functioning fire stations there were, broken down by fire brigade area, in each year since 1997.
	(42235)
239	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the reason for the delay in the drafting of legislation for the regulation of HMOs.
	(42229)
240	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the lost income from empty council housing was broken down by local authority in England, in each of the last three years.
	(42234)
241	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish figures for the number of empty council houses, broken down by region, in England, for each year since 1997.
	(42227)
242	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the cost to the taxpayer of introducing new executive structures on local authorities.
	(42232)
243	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will bring pilotage back under public jurisdiction.
	(42093)
244	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, to whom a competent harbour authority is ultimately accountable.
	(42090)
245	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what method of arbitration replaced the temporary procedure for resolving disputes on terms of employment contained in the Pilotage Act 1987 after the three-year expiry period.
	(42173)
246	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer on 5th March, Ref: 39179, what information he collates on the funding of non-governmental organisations by his Department, with particular reference to those operating on a regional level; and if he will make a statement.
	(41829)
247	Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what provisions have been made to maintain access to public footpaths after the construction of the A6 Rothwell/Desborough bypass.
	(41966)
248	Phil Sawford (Kettering):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what provisions have been made to reduce the noise impact of the A6 Rothwell/Desborough bypass.
	(41967)
249	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of airport capacity in the south east of England over the medium and longer terms.
	(41945)
250	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the sites that are being considered for new airports within the South East of England.
	(41963)
251	Mr George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the elderly personal social services standard spending assessment per person aged 65 and over for Stoke-on-Trent adjusted for inflation each year since 1998-99.
	(41909)
252	Tony Cunningham (Workington):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assistance has been given to the Dairy Crest plants in Wales.
	(41869)
253	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42108)
254   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against decisions against the withdrawal of disability living allowance were lodged in the last 12 months for which figures are available; how many appeals were decided during that period; and how many such appeals were successful (a) in whole and (b) in part.
	(41767)
255   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners he estimates are claiming the minimum income guarantee in each parliamentary constituency in Dorset.
	(41766)
256   N	Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for disability living allowance have sought review of decisions in the last 12 months for which figures are available but have not then proceeded to appeal.
	(41768)
257	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Clwyd South are in receipt of the winter fuel allowance.
	(41901)
258	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new housing benefit claims were determined within 14 days in each year since 1997.
	(41785)
259	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whom he has appointed to his Regulation Scrutiny Group; and what is its remit.
	(42253)
260	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform subsidies to local authorities for housing benefit administration so they become performance related.
	(42255)
261	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform non-dependent deductions for housing benefit and council tax benefits.
	(42257)
262	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce changes to the housing benefit and council tax benefit schemes twice a year.
	(42254)
263	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason housing benefit statistics produced by his Department exclude extended payment cases.
	(41786)
264	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities have not sent information requested or expected by the Department relating to housing benefit adminstration in 2001; on which occasions figures have been estimated for non-responding local authorities; and what action the Department takes against non-responding local authorities.
	(41784)
265	Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what has been the cost of setting up the Verification Framework; and what assessment has he made of the costs to local authorities in excess of central government funding.
	(42256)
266	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the literacy levels are of long-term unemployed people in (a) coalfield areas and (b) England.
	(41821)
267	Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances there were of housing benefit fraud, broken down by local authority in England, in each year since 1997.
	(42236)
268	Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each.
	(42098)
269   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 1320W, on child support, what the basis was for the assumption that the introduction of the new child support scheme would result in a rise in the level of compliance.
	(41695)
270   N	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Newark of 4th March, Official Report, columns 22-23W, on stakeholder pensions, what plans he has to ensure the remaining 20 per cent. of employers who have not complied with the requirement to offer a stakeholder scheme, do so.
	(41694)
271	Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated weekly income was of (a) a single pensioner and (b) a pensioner couple who are on 60 per cent. of median income in the last year for which figures are available.
	(41880)
272	Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples had incomes of less than 60 per cent. of the median income in the last year for which figures are available.
	(41881)
273	Hywel Williams (Caernarfon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples are expected to have incomes of less than 60 per cent. of median income for each year between 2002 and 2010.
	(41882)
274	Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in how many cases the British Transport Police have acted on the basis of out-of-date arrest warrants since 1999; and if he will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (41883)
275	John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated number of heroin addicts is in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) coalfield constituencies.
	[Transferred] (41807)
276	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action the Government has taken to assist Deena Gilbey in her attempt to stay in the USA with her children.
	[Transferred] (41947)
277	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total direct and indirect cost to the UK of actions taken by the UK arising from the attacks on the USA on 11th September 2001.
	[Transferred] (41874)
278	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it Government policy to seek a final settlement with the USA to write-off the outstanding British debt which arises from the conduct of World War II.
	[Transferred] (41873)
279	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on measures to improve public awareness of the roles of regional development agencies.
	[Transferred] (41903)
280	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the costs of measures to raise public awareness of the roles of regional development agencies over the next three years.
	[Transferred] (41904)
281	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the composition of the Ministerial Design Champions Group; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (41957)
282	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Ministerial Design Champions Group will next meet; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (41959)
283	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Ministerial Design Champions Group last met; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (41954)
284	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the terms of reference of the Ministerial Design Champions Group and its status in government; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (41956)
285	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Ministerial Design Champions Group will publish an annual report; and if she will make a statement.
	[Transferred] (41965)
286	Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners in Clwyd South are in receipt of free television licences.
	[Transferred] (41900)

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