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Session 2001-02 Publications on the internet The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 13 March 2002 Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 13 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.

WEDNESDAY 13th MARCH
1	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42988)
2	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Better Regulation: Making Good Use of Regulatory Impact Assessments'.
	(43101)
3	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43193)
4	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the annual budget is of the Women's Employment, Enterprise and Training Unit; and how many people it employs.
	(43110)
5	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43253)
6	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what his Department's response is to the recommendation of the NAO Report on Modern Policy Making that ongoing benchmarking of departments should be undertaken.
	(43113)
7	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(43001)
8	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will make a statement on progress with the development of the new website Women's On-Line Business Centre.
	(43109)
9	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43276)
10	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many staff are employed in the Women and Equality Unit of the Cabinet Office.
	(43112)
11	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many staff are employed in the Centre for Management and Policy Studies; what their roles are; and what liaison they undertake with other departments.
	(43118)
12	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the findings were of the joint benchmarking study of the Women and Equality Unit of the Cabinet Office and the Swedish Government.
	(43111)
13	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43203)
14	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42992)
15	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the sites of historic interest in Buckinghamshire which have received grant aid in the last five years, indicating (a) the date and (b) the amount awarded in each case.
	(43294)
16	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43258)
17	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43272)
18	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what efforts have been made to use this summer's Commonwealth Games as a vehicle to promote inbound tourism.
	(43206)
19	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the Doomsday Book of Sports Facilities.
	(43207)
20	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the tickets for this summer's Commonwealth Games have now been sold.
	(43205)
21	Mr Barry Gardiner (Brent North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the progress of the cross-departmental Ministerial Group on Sport.
	(43208)
22	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if the Yeoman of the Guard at the Tower of London will receive Jubilee Medals.
	(43126)
23	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) resale artists' rights, (b) taxation and (c) EU regulations on the European and UK art markets.
	(43052)
24	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the Communications Bill.
	(43330)
25	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the size of the UK's share of the international art market in each of the last five years.
	(43053)
26	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received concerning the impact of taxation and EU regulations on the European and UK art markets; and if she will make a statement.
	(43051)
27	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43247)
28	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Non-Competitive Procurement in the Ministry of Defence'.
	(43107)
29	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43188)
30	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(43004)
31	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43283)
32	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of suspected property fraud in the provision of his Department's housing have been taken to court in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(43006)
33	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support will be given to Turkey in taking over the leadership of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(43007)
34	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what incentives have been provided for private companies to (a) detect and (b) report fraud in his Department's housing; and if he will make a statement.
	(42980)
35	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to implement a system of notifying housing staff of service personnel's postings abroad; and if he will make a statement.
	(42984)
36	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect the creation of the Towers of Excellence programme has had on his Department's competitive procurement policy; and if he will make a statement.
	(43009)
37	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's property managers there are; how many have attended fraud awareness training sessions; and if he will make a statement.
	(43010)
38	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets have been frozen in suspected property fraud cases in the provision of his Department's housing in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
	(42981)
39	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fraud awareness has been included in his Department's housing training sessions; and if he will make a statement.
	(43011)
40	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is done with the results of the Independent Housing Survey; what plans he has to publish it; and if he will make a statement.
	(42983)
41	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of service families are recorded as content with the standard of their family accommodation according to the Independent Housing Survey; and if he will make a statement.
	(42982)
42	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect the creation of the Towers of Excellence programme has had on the United Kingdom defence industries competitive position in relation to other international contractors; and if he will make a statement.
	(43008)
43	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the efficiency savings in each of the last three years were achieved.
	(43218)
44	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sections of his budget received extra resources as a result of money gained from efficiency savings in each of the last three years; and how much was given to each.
	(43217)
45	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since 1997 he has made representations to his Croatian counterpart regarding the killing of Private Simon Jeans in Split, Croatia, in September 1996.
	(43302)
46	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 1133W on departmental expenditure limits, if the change in the capital element of the defence departmental expenditure limit will be affected by the decision not to proceed with PPP for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; and what effect the decision not to proceed with the PPP for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency will have on his Department's budget.
	(43391)
47	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 7th March, Official Report, column 476W, on non-governmental organisations, 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.
	(43069)
48   N	Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he estimates the cost of war pensions will be in each of the next 20 years.
	(42218)
49	Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 12th February, Official Report, column 178W, on the armed forces pension scheme, when he will write to the honourable Member.
	(43325)
50	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43264)
51	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42985)
52	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43266)
53	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43201)
54	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of working age people in the constituency of Buckingham hold a qualification at degree level or equivalent or above; and what the national average is.
	(43297)
55	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students were recruited into nursing diploma courses in the academic year 2001-02; and what evidence she has collected on the impact of the cost of studying on numbers of nursing students.
	(43335)
56	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to allow nurses on diploma courses access to student loans.
	(43334)
57	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the student funding review is examining funding arrangements for nurses on diploma courses.
	(43333)
58	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment has been made of the level of debt incurred by nurses on diploma courses.
	(43336)
59	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the number of nurses on diploma courses who have dependents.
	(43332)
60	Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 8th March, references 39110 and 39111, what the total cost was of the Computers Within Reach pilot scheme; how much funding remains; what evaluation has been made of the success of the scheme; and how this will inform future policy on the computers within reach concept.
	(43326)
61   N	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what cross-departmental initiatives are being proposed to ensure co-ordination of children's services with special reference to child protection services; and if she will make a statement.
	(40119)
62	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings she has had, and representations she has received from Members of the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Executive regarding the increased use of private sector funding in delivering public services, broken down by date and subject.
	(43228)
63	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she is taking to introduce a UK-wide independent complaints system for university students.
	(43075)
64	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many unauthorised absences there were (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a proportion of all absences, in (i) secondary and (ii) primary schools, broken down by local authority since 1997-98.
	(43301)
65   N	Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many letters from honourable Members are awaiting a response from her Department; and how many responses are due to letters dated more than (a) two weeks, (b) one month, (c) two months, (d) three months and (e) more than three months ago.
	(42963)
66	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 5th February, Official Report, column 902W, on dog fouling, how many complaints were received by (a) Buckinghamshire County Council and (b) Aylesbury Vale District Council regarding fouling; and how many fines were imposed nationally.
	(43322)
67	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the Public Service Agreement target to reverse the long-term decline in populations of farmland birds by 2020.
	(43117)
68	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 5th February, Official Report, column 901W, on littering, how many people in the UK were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and, in how many cases, they were convicted.
	(43324)
69	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 8th January, Official Report, column 732W, if she will list the schemes which attracted (a) RES funding and (b) VTS funding indicating the (i) nature of the project and (ii) total funding for each project.
	(43323)
70	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the options contained in the Arable Stewardship Pilot Scheme has now been applied across England.
	(43114)
71	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Arable Stewardship Pilot Scheme.
	(43115)
72	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43199)
73	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the final cost to public funds is of the Arable Stewardship Pilot Scheme.
	(43116)
74	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43268)
75	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42996)
76	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on financial penalties for breach of agreements between farmers and her Department in respect of the Arable Stewardship Pilot Scheme.
	(43122)
77	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43262)
78	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 8th January, Official Report, column 741W, on agrimonetary compensation, how much compensation has been paid to each county in each year since 1997.
	(43320)
79   N	Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on progress towards implementation of the Kyoto Agreement.
	(40125)
80	Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support is being provided to assist owners of livestock markets to re-open.
	(43016)
81	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the introduction of compulsory labelling of (a) food and (b) other products containing fluoride.
	(42974)
82	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tests have been commissioned by the Government to examine the effects of excess fluoride.
	(42978)
83	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what investigation she has made of the cost of corrosion damage to water providers in (a) fluoridated and (b) unfluoridated areas.
	(42973)
84	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason labelling of products containing fluoride is not compulsory in the UK.
	(42976)
85	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which countries the UK imports fluoride.
	(42975)
86	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make government grants to landowners who own navigation rights on fast moving inland water dependent on their granting navigation rights for non-powered craft.
	(43328)
87	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Modern Policy-Making: Ensuring Policies Deliver Value for Money'.
	(43106)
88	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42991)
89	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Innovation in PFI Financing: The Treasury Building Project'.
	(43103)
90	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43256)
91	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43273)
92	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by the Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43196)
93	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Managing the Relationship to Secure a Successful Partnership in PFI Projects'.
	(43104)
94	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other European Union member states about the use of public private partnerships in the delivery of public services.
	(43123)
95	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Giving Confidently: The role of the Charity Commission in Regulating Charities'.
	(43105)
96	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'Joining Up to Improve Public Services'.
	(43102)
97   N	Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements are in place to secure third party war risk and terrorism cover for British civil passenger aircraft after 20th March.
	(42962)
98	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales to discuss the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(43224)
99	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the National Assembly for Wales regarding the Comprehensive Spending Review within the last 12 months.
	(43223)
100	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43192)
101	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43279)
102	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42999)
103	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43250)
104	Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since 1997 he has made representations to his Croatian counterpart regarding the killing of Private Simon Jeans in Split, Croatia, in September 1996.
	(43303)
105	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he is taking to stop the violence between the Palestinians and Israelis; and if he will make a statement.
	(43221)
106	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aid will be given to help rebuild settlements destroyed on the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
	(43220)
107	Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries have weapons of mass destruction.
	(43089)
108	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money and what other resources the Government has allocated for debate and information about the Convention on the Future of Europe; what assessment he has made of the money and resources made available by other member states; and if he will make a statement.
	(43020)
109   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the transparency and fairness of the presidential elections held in Madagascar on 16th December 2001.
	(41847)
110   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic and (b) political impact of the recent violence and instability in Madagascar on neighbouring countries on the African mainland.
	(41848)
111   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts the Government has had since 16th December 2001 with Mr Ravalomanana, presidential candidate in the Madagascan elections of December 2001.
	(41849)
112   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list, by date, visits by Ministers from his Department to Madagascar since 1st January 2000; and what plans Ministers from his Department have to visit Madagascar in 2002.
	(41850)
113   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Her Majesty's Government's policy is towards the situation in Madagascar; and if he will make a statement.
	(41851)
114   N	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with President Ratsiraka since 16th December 2001 regarding the protests and violence in Madagascar.
	(41852)
115	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43191)
116	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve the prioritisation of resources for dealing with hospital acquired infection in response to the report of the National Audit Office entitled 'The Management and Control of Hospital Acquired Infection in Acute NHS Trusts in England' (HC 230).
	(43120)
117	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43278)
118	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43252)
119	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42998)
120	Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the honourable Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 22nd November, with reference to Mr Raybould (Ref column: POH (3) 5499/G).
	(42969)
121   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is towards social services departments being charged by the NHS for people who remain in hospital after being medically discharged.
	(42599)
122   N	Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding allocation was provided to the prevention of admission scheme in the last five years by (a) region and (b) local authority; how many people were assisted as part of the scheme; and how many people were subsequently admitted to hospital after receiving care on the scheme.
	(42600)
123	Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Department has to investigate the use of (a) ultrasound and (b) biochemical tests in combination with Dexa scanning for identifying osteoporosis in (i) the population and (ii) a sub-set of the population.
	(41972)
124   N	Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cleaners are employed by private contractors providing services to the NHS.
	(40643)
125   N	Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cleaners were employed by the NHS in each of the past 20 years.
	(40644)
126   N	Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of cleaning staff employed by the NHS.
	(40645)
127	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had and representations he has received, by date and subject, from Members of the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Assembly Executive, regarding the increased use of private sector funding on delivering public services, broken down by date and subject.
	(43219)
128	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the circumstances in which responsibility for social services would be removed from a local authority; and if he will make a statement.
	(43235)
129	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what implications there are for public health arising from the exhibition of plasticised cadavers; and if he will make a statement.
	(43234)
130	Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies there were for speech and language therapists in each English primary care group trust at the latest date for which figures are available.
	(43027)
131	Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action his Department has taken in response to the audit of abortion services in 1999 by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; and if he will make a statement.
	(43329)
132	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(43003)
133	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43246)
134	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the cost to public funds of the National Probation Service Information System.
	(43121)
135	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the business benefits derived from the introduction of the National Probation Service Information System Strategy.
	(43119)
136	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43284)
137	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43187)
138	Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers previously placed in Yarl's Wood detention centre are now detained in Her Majesty's prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	(43240)
139	Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support in vouchers and cash is provided by NASS to support asylum seekers.
	(43239)
140	Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will publish a bill on asylum and immigration; and if he will make a statement.
	(43238)
141	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of allegations of racism have been made against officers serving in the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months.
	(43015)
142	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce legislation on wheel clamping.
	(43012)
143	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last discussed conditions in prison in England and Wales with the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
	(43014)
144	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many black and Asian police officers are serving in each of the Metropolitan Police divisions covering the Greater London area.
	(43013)
145	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have escaped from prison are still at large; and on what dates they escaped from custody.
	(43019)
146	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many armed robberies have been committed in (a) England and Wales and (b) Greater London in each of the last three years.
	(43018)
147	Tom Cox (Tooting):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are awaiting decisions as to whether their application for asylum has been accepted.
	(43017)
148	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 19th October 2001, Official Report, column 1394W, on asylum seekers, when he will place the letters from Merseyside Police concerning asylum seekers in Everton, Liverpool in the Library.
	(43300)
149	Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral statement of the honourable Member for Southampton, Itchen of 11th February, Official Report, column 46, on James Ashley, what progress has been made in conducting disciplinary proceedings in relation to the police officers involved in the shooting of James Ashley.
	(43299)
150	Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mobile phone thefts there have been by (a) police authority area and (b) crime and disorder partnership area each year since 1997.
	(43029)
151   N	Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further schemes the Social Exclusion Unit is planning for Bristol, with specific reference to policies which might help combat drug-related crime.
	(40128)
152   N	Paddy Tipping (Sherwood):    To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the average cost of a day's sitting of the House in the last session for which figures are available.
	(41498)
153	Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):    To ask the Chairman of the Information Select Committee,what measures he is taking to improve remote access to PDVN for honourable Members' constituency staff; and what recent assessment he has made of the reliability of access to the network.
	(43127)
154   N	Norman Baker (Lewes):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer from the honourable Member for Leeds Central of 30th January, Official Report, column 271, if her Department will continue to provide funding for Save the Children Fund's 'Tibet Basic Education Project'.
	(42964)
155	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42995)
156	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43269)
157	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43198)
158	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43261)
159	Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of possible levels of corruption in relation to agreements under the CFP in (a) Angola, (b) Cape Verde, (c) the Comoros Islands, (d) the Cote d'Ivoire, (e) Gabon, (f) Guinea Bissau, (g) The Republic of Guinea, (h) Equatorial Guinea, (i) Madagascar, (j) Mauritius, (k) Mauritania, (1) Sao Tome and Principie, (m) Senegal and (n) the Seychelles; and what measures the Government has in place to monitor corruption in those countries.
	(43021)
160	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work her Department is funding to aid the refugees clustered around Lake Kivu in Rwanda after January's volcanic eruption in Congo.
	(43078)
161	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many responses have been received to the consultation document, Eliminating Hunger: DFID food security strategy and priorities for action.
	(43081)
162	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the humanitarian problems in Afghanistan are; and how her Department is helping to tackle them.
	(43080)
163	Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the stability of North West Rwanda of the population moves following the volcanic eruption in the Congo in January.
	(43079)
164	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43260)
165	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the number and expected cost to the Lord Chancellor's Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43270)
166	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total external spending by the Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43197)
167	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42994)
168	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he intends to report on the use of third party orders in respect of domestic violence under section 60 of the Family Law Act 1986.
	(43074)
169	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he expects to reply to the letter of 4th February from the honourable Member for Torbay, regarding Mrs Skilton of Torquay.
	(43028)
170	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43255)
171	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43275)
172	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(43002)
173	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43195)
174	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42989)
175	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43281)
176	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43249)
177	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Office of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43277)
178	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(43000)
179	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43271)
180	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43259)
181	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42993)
182	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43204)
183	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43265)
184	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43202)
185	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42987)
186	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43257)
187	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total external spending by her Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement.
	(43200)
188	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43263)
189	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the functions of her Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42986)
190	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what was the total amount of regional assistance grant to industry in (a) the Buckingham constituency, (b) each constituency in the South East of England and (c) the average per constituency in each year since 1992.
	(43295)
191	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the number and expected cost to her Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43267)
192	Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the social and environmental impact of the Yusufeli Dam project in Turkey on surrounding areas.
	(43241)
193	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs prior to the decision to revoke the beer orders.
	(43341)
194	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact that the revocation of the beer orders will have on Britain's micro-breweries; and whether a regulatory impact assessment has been produced.
	(43340)
195	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she had with the Post Office on the Universal Bank during the final year that her Department was responsible for the scheme.
	(43339)
196	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will place a copy of the agreement negotiated between the Post Office and the National Federation of Sub Postmasters, regarding the future of the urban network, in the Library.
	(43337)
197	Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many stop now orders were obtained up to 28th February; and what the subject matters were of those orders.
	(43026)
198   N	Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assistance with disaster planning she provides to small businesses.
	(40115)
199	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the outcome was of the Research Council held in Brussels on 11th March; what the Government's stance was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.
	(43216)
200	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on building a meshed grid following the publication of the concept study on the Western Offshore Transmission Grid.
	(43049)
201	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had with representatives of the German and Dutch governments on the commercial viability of the Galileo project.
	(43046)
202	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the scope is of the new study into the transmission grid between Scotland and the rest of the UK; when it will report; and if its conclusions will form part of the Energy White Paper.
	(43047)
203	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her recent meeting with the UK compensation monitoring group.
	(43050)
204	Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the Government will give financial assistance to the Galileo project.
	(43045)
205	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will undertake an analysis of the effectiveness of the Australian system of liquid petroleum gas identification to alert emergency services in the result of a fire.
	(43097)
206	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many cases of boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion involving vehicles which run on liquid petroleum gas have been reported in each year since 1999.
	(43094)
207	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average cost is in the UK of a liquid petroleum gas conversion kit for vehicles.
	(43092)
208	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many vehicles registered in the UK run on liquid petroleum gas.
	(43091)
209	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the guidance which is available regarding pressure relief valves in the conversion of UK vehicles to liquid petroleum gas.
	(43098)
210	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what markings are required on UK vehicles to show that they run on liquid petroleum gas.
	(43095)
211	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations exist covering the fitting of liquid petroleum gas conversion kits to UK vehicles.
	(43090)
212	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the voluntary red sticker system for identifying cars running on liquid petroleum gas; and if he will make a statement.
	(43096)
213	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has further to regulate (a) the sale and (b) the fitting of liquid petroleum conversion kits for UK vehicles.
	(43099)
214	John Barrett (Edinburgh West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what training is (a) available and (b) required for people wishing to convert their cars to run on liquid petroleum gas using LPG conversion kits.
	(43093)
215	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43251)
216	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many fire-related deaths in dwellings in Buckinghamshire there were in each year since 1997.
	(43290)
217	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of those who were sleeping rough in 1998 and are no longer doing so are now in paid employment.
	(43108)
218	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list fire stations which have (a) opened and (b) closed in Buckinghamshire since 1997.
	(43291)
219	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm emergency calls were received in Buckinghamshire in each year since 1997.
	(43289)
220	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43280)
221	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average number of days lost through sickness absence was per firefighter at each station in Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years; and how many firefighters based in Buckinghamshire were on long-term sick leave in each of the last five years.
	(43292)
222	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43190)
223	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42997)
224	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many retained firefighters there were at each fire station in Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years.
	(43293)
225	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it was the intention of the Transport bill of 2000 to make an air traffic controller personally responsible for accidents resulting from misreading the alpha-numeric data on the display screens.
	(43066)
226	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Government intends to charge NATS public private partnership interest on tax proceeds from the Airland Group deferred sale; and if he will make a statement.
	(43067)
227	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the CAA commissioned a formal ergonomic evaluation of the display screen equipment at the new en-route centre at Swanwick prior to granting approval for the equipment.
	(43056)
228	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the promised capacity gains will be delivered by the Swanwick centre.
	(43065)
229	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions his Department had after 18th January concerning whether Swanwick should be taken into operation on 27th January.
	(43063)
230	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the letter dated 8th January from HM Inspector of the Health and Safety Executive to the General Manager, NATS(En-Route)Ltd., concerning breaches of the Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992.
	(43060)
231	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what purpose a further meeting was convened involving senior management staff from NATS, CAA and the Health and Safety Executive.
	(43062)
232	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made of the compliance of the new en-route centre at Swanwick with the (a) Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992 and (b) BSEN 29241-3/ISO 9241-3.
	(43057)
233	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, for what reason the Health and Safety Executive considered issuing an enforcement order in respect of the equipment at the new en-route centre at Swanwick; for what reason the order was withdrawn; and what is being done to resolve these outstanding issues and improve safety at Swanwick.
	(43064)
234	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 1808W, for what reason the CAA gave NATS its final approval to take Swanwick into operation.
	(43061)
235	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will require NATS Ltd to publish the management reports relating to the display screen equipment at the new en-route centre at Swanwick.
	(43059)
236	Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made of the implications for air safety of the display screen equipment at the en-route centre at Swanwick.
	(43058)
237	Mr Iain Coleman (Hammersmith & Fulham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the average rent increases for individual local authorities agreed for 2002-03 by (a) one bed, (b) two bed, (c) three bed and (d) four bed properties.
	(43237)
238	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to improve post offices in deprived urban areas with special reference to how the money allocated in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2000 will be spent; and what definition he uses to identify a deprived urban area.
	(43344)
239	Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what procedure can be adopted in cases where a complaint against a parish councillor for non-declaration of interest is made, when neither the parish council nor the borough council have either a code of practice or a monitoring officer.
	(43298)
240	Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the banding status of local housing authorities since performance bandings in the Housing Investment Programme were first introduced.
	(43025)
241   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March, Official Report, column 373W, on Shoreham Port Authority, for what period he is able to provide information about declined reappointments.
	(42965)
242   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Maritime Vision for Shoreham Harbour.
	(42967)
243   N	Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the dates on which vacancies on the board of Shoreham Port Authority were advertised in the local media.
	(42966)
244	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on freight transport movements of the closure of the facilities at Sangatte over the weekend of 8th to 10th March.
	(43054)
245	Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made in the last 12 months towards reaching the rail freight targets under the 10 year transport plan.
	(43055)
246   N	Gillian Merron (Lincoln):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he has taken to co-ordinate policies in departments to ensure that electoral boundary changes do not debar areas from eligibility for deprivation-related funds.
	(40138)
247	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to require registered social landlords to submit annual figures on possession proceedings from actions entered in court to evictions.
	(43070)
248	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many introductory tenancies have been terminated on the grounds of (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) rent arrears each year since their introduction.
	(43071)
249	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he intends to publish the 1998-99 research for the report on provision of refuge and access to domestic violence services 'Households experiencing domestic violence'.
	(43072)
250	Margaret Moran (Luton South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to investigate the use of mandatory grounds for eviction by registered social landlords.
	(43073)
251	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many cases of electrocution there were from 1995 arising from the seepage of water through aerial and satellite cables into television and set top boxes; and if he will make a statement.
	(43236)
252	Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many local authority children's homes there were in (a) 1990, (b) 1995 and (c) on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	(43233)
253	Andrew Rosindell (Romford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the state of fences alongside railway lines running into Romford.
	(42971)
254	Andrew Rosindell (Romford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many miles of railway track is separated from roads by (a) wire fencing, (b) wooden fencing, (c) brick walls and (d) nothing.
	(42970)
255	Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the bids, and their value submitted from Britain to the European Union since 1997 for funding as part of the Trans European Network for (a) road and (b) rail projects.
	(43048)
256	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43254)
257	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43194)
258	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(42990)
259	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43274)
260	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) press releases, (b) guidance notes and (c) publications his Department issued in each month since July 1999.
	(43227)
261	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to increase the number of staff in the Wales Office.
	(43229)
262	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to move the location of the Wales Office in London.
	(43222)
263	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received in the last 12 months from the National Assembly for Wales regarding the Comprehensive Spending Review.
	(43225)
264	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the job title of each member of staff in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.
	(43230)
265	Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many visits (a) he and (b) the Under-Secretary of State for Wales has made to the National Assembly for Wales in each month since July 1999.
	(43226)
266	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) private companies, (b) charitable and voluntary and (c) public sector organisations based in the Buckingham constituency have adopted the two ticks symbol.
	(43296)
267	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the number and expected cost to his Department of special advisers in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03.
	(43282)
268	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the functions of his Department that have been (a) market tested and (b) outsourced in each of the last five years, specifying the (i) money saving and (ii) percentage saving in each case.
	(43005)
269	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the Public Service Agreement targets which have been revised and those which have been introduced since the publication of the 2001 departmental report.
	(43248)
270	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the National Audit Office Report entitled 'The New Deal for Young People'.
	(43100)
271	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by his Department over this period; and if he will make a statement.
	(43189)
272   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female UK residents experienced a reduction in basic state pension on reaching retirement age on account of insufficient contributions in each of the last five years.
	(42634)
273   N	Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged under 65 are in receipt of minimum income guarantee.
	(42635)
274	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the future of the Universal Bank project.
	(43342)
275	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claimants have moved to a system of automated credit transfer in each year since the service has been available.
	(43343)
276	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding the Government has secured from the main lending banks in order to finance the Universal Bank project.
	(43345)
277	Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many discussions he has had with the Post Office on the Universal Bank.
	(43338)
278   N	Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement about the Government's strategy to combat child poverty.
	(40143)
279	Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list his areas of responsibilities in connection with the Children's Support Agency.
	(43077)
280	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the receipt of linked benefits does not make jobseekers' allowance claimants better off out of work than in work.
	(43245)
281	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many grants were made to assist with the cost of travel to hospital, and of what mean and upper and lower decile values, in each (a) county, (b) health authority and (b) travel-to-work area in the last 12 months.
	(43243)
282	Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average time taken by his Department to answer (a) a named day question and (b) an ordinary written question tabled by (i) all honourable Members and (ii) the honourable Member for Northavon in (A) this and (B) the previous session.
	(43327)
283	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives are planned for the constituency of Buckingham funded by the Active Community Unit; and what target he has for involvement in volunteering of residents in the constituency.
	[Transferred] (43285)
284	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initiatives are being undertaken by the Experience Corps volunteering in the constituency of Buckingham.
	[Transferred] (43287)
285	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries he has received from residents in the constituency of Buckingham about setting up Experience Corps in the last 12 months.
	[Transferred] (43286)
286	Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the Experience Corps that have been set up in the constituency of Buckingham; and what total funding each corps has received.
	[Transferred] (43288)
287	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation will be conducted with parents about the introduction of fluoridated milk in schools.
	[Transferred] (42977)
288	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether children drinking fluoridated milk in schools will be monitored for fluoride excess.
	[Transferred] (42979)
289	Mr Robert Syms (Poole):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial support he gives to organisations which promote the use of fluoride.
	[Transferred] (43076)
290	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the research commissioned by him in the last five years on (a) suicide, (b) assisted suicide and (c) voluntary euthanasia, with special reference to practice in European jurisdictions.
	[Transferred] (43321)
291	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are in place to provide assistance with the costs of travel to hospital for NHS treatment to residents of the Isle of Wight in receipt of (a) income support and (b) jobseeker's allowance.
	[Transferred] (43242)
292	Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of residents of each travel-to-work area work outside that area.
	[Transferred] (43244)

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