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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Thursday 14 March 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 14 March, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the Cabinet Office policy is on the publishing of individual secondees' names; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43668) | |
| 2 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43673) | |
| 3 | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the provision of financial support for international sporting events in the UK. |
| (43439) | |
| 4 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the companies from which her Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43408) | |
| 5 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by her Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43679) | |
| 6 | Jean Corston (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the United Kingdom's contribution to the international film industry. |
| (43500) | |
| 7 | Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to change Community Fund regulations to allow money to be made available to charities for more than six years at a time. |
| (43437) | |
| 8 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in receipt of Lottery grants in 2000-01 were subject to special investigations arising from concerns about how the money was used; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43810) | |
| 9 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list those publicly funded and grant aided (a) art galleries and (b) museums where items in their collections have been damaged as a result of inappropriate and poorly executed restoration work since 1990; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43497) | |
| 10 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many projects have (a) been supported by the National Lottery and (b) subsequently failed; what the average value is of grants made by the National Lottery; and what steps are being taken to ensure that projects are revenue-funded to ensure their long-term success. |
| (43555) | |
| 11 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the organisers of the Commonwealth Games about drug testing at the Games; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43492) | |
| 12 | Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans United Kingdom Sport has to conduct (a) blood and (b) urine tests at the Commonwealth Games; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43493) | |
| 13 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will estimate the number of households (a) entitled to and (b) receiving the free TV licence for the over 75s in each year since its introduction. |
| (43365) | |
| 14 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the training exercises that have taken place on the Eskmeals and Kirkcudbright training areas over the last five years and the regiments that have been involved. |
| (43424) | |
| 15 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the monitoring systems he has put in place to check the levels of depleted uranium entering the ground water and food chain from the use of munitions containing depleted uranium at Eskmeals and Kirkcudbright training areas. |
| (43415) | |
| 16 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what clean up operations he has put in place on the Crown Estate relating to the use of munitions containing depleted uranium. |
| (43422) | |
| 17 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the UK sites where armour piercing and hard target penetrating warheads containing depleted uranium have been used, indicating the numbers used on each site in each year since 1990. |
| (43414) | |
| 18 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the companies from which his Department have obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43413) | |
| 19 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43672) | |
| 20 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) nature and (b) extent is of the British military presence in Gibraltar. |
| (43503) | |
| 21 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations have been made by Spain to the Government in respect of future British military deployment in Gibraltar. |
| (43502) | |
| 22 | Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimates he has made of the number of cancer cases caused by radioactivity released from nuclear bombs in testing in the 1950s and 1960s. |
| (43402) | |
| 23 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces are serving in the Gulf; and what has been the figure in each of the last four quarters. |
| (41853) | |
| 24 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are based in Kuwait; and how this figure has changed in the last three months. |
| (41855) | |
| 25 N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans he has in place to reinforce British troop deployments in the Gulf to support a United States strategy of pursuing military action in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41856) | |
| 26 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long-term security of supply for explosives is defined in the Framework Partnering Agreement between his Department and ROD. |
| (43396) | |
| 27 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much explosive used by his Department was bought from the USA in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (43393) | |
| 28 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the ROD Framework Partners Agreement includes the plant in Bridgwater. |
| (43399) | |
| 29 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessement he has made of the quality difference between shells manufactured in (a) the USA and (b) the UK by BAe Systems. |
| (43392) | |
| 30 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what means he plans to apply benchmark prices to munitions. |
| (43394) | |
| 31 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many high explosive bombs the RAF purchased in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02. |
| (43395) | |
| 32 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 656W, on explosives, which plants controlled by BAe are (a) included and (b) not included in the Framework Partnering Agreement between his Department and ROD. |
| (43427) | |
| 33 N | Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the campaigns in Bosnia and Kosovo in terms of lessons for interoperability of equipment and personnel. |
| (42950) | |
| 34 | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the UK will relinquish the leadership of ISAF. |
| (43529) | |
| 35 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Defence Aviation Repair Agency was not awarded the contract for Tornado rudder, air intake, windscreen and wing nibs under the Tornado Tiger Team. |
| (43804) | |
| 36 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the competition process for deep aviation repair work within his Department. |
| (43805) | |
| 37 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the process by which BAe Systems was selected to undertake Tornado rudder, air intake, windscreen and wing nibs within the Tornado Tiger Team. |
| (43802) | |
| 38 | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if STC W95 applies as the international standard for staff within the Marine Services Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43482) | |
| 39 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates ministers in his Department have visited United States Government military bases and establishment on United Kingdom territory since 1st January 1999; which ministers were involved; and what facilities were visited. |
| (43476) | |
| 40 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 15th October 2001, Official Report, column 936W, regarding the 1973 report prepared at Porton Down, on what dates the Ethics Committee overseeing the human experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment scrutinised this experiment; and if he will place in the Library copies of the papers of the committee which relate to the discussion of this experiment. |
| (43477) | |
| 41 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution has been made by the War Pensions Agency to the discussions towards the establishment of an epidemiological study into volunteers who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down. |
| (43440) | |
| 42 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down in 1985 entitled 'pyridostigmine pre-treatment and neuromuscular transmission in man--a study using single fibre electromyography'. |
| (43445) | |
| 43 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims have been received by the War Pensions Agency from service personnel who took part in experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down for compensation arising out of these experiments since 19th February 2001. |
| (43442) | |
| 44 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 17th December 2001, Official Report, columns 72-3W, regarding Porton Down, if he will place the papers documenting the results of the searches in the Libarry; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43498) | |
| 45 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many films made by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down had been transferred to the Imperial War Museum as of 14th February. |
| (43455) | |
| 46 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates since 1st January 1999 the Independent Ethics Committee overseeing human experiments at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down has discussed the long-term effects of nerve gas on humans during its meetings. |
| (43453) | |
| 47 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is regarding the selection of films held in the archive of the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down to be transferred to the Imperial War Museum for permanent preservation; and what plans he has to change this policy. |
| (43454) | |
| 48 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the minutes, agenda and papers of the meeting between his Department's staff and representatives of the Medical Research Council staff on 5th March 2001 regarding the epidemiological study for Porton Down volunteers. |
| (43465) | |
| 49 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down in 1973 entitled 'the effects of a chemical agent on the eyes of aircrew'. |
| (43444) | |
| 50 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a list of the common and chemical names of the vesicants which have been tested on service volunteers at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down during the service volunteer programme; and if he will list the numbers of service volunteers who were tested with each of these vesicants. |
| (43452) | |
| 51 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates officials from his Department and the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down have held meetings with representatives of the Medical Research Council since 3rd August 2001 regarding advice on the epidemiological study for Porton Down volunteers. |
| (43443) | |
| 52 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many films are held by the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Porton Down, of its biological warfare trial known as Operation Ozone which was conducted in 1954 off the Bahamas; and if he will place a list of the titles and dates of these films in the Library. |
| (43456) | |
| 53 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what type of records are destroyed by his Department when they are considered to be of no further administrative use. |
| (43543) | |
| 54 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who makes the decision to destroy MoD documents when they are considered to be of no further administrative use. |
| (43544) | |
| 55 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who made the decision to destroy records relating to the sea disposal of chemical weapons in the Baltic Sea after World War 2. |
| (43545) | |
| 56 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the extent of dumping of Axis chemical weapons in the Baltic from 1945 to 1947; and what steps he is taking to address the issue. |
| (43547) | |
| 57 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the UK extended the period of the classification of documents relating to the dumping of Axis chemical weapons in the Baltic after World War 2 to 2017. |
| (43546) | |
| 58 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many shortage-subject specialist teachers in primary schools were (a) PGCE primary trained and (b) PGCE secondary trained. |
| (43418) | |
| 59 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the companies from which her Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43404) | |
| 60 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many childcare places in day nurseries, with childminders and in pre-school and playgroups were available for every 100 children aged under eight years in each region in England in (a) 1997 and (b) 2002. |
| (43506) | |
| 61 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list, for each region of England and for each London borough, how many places at (a) day nurseries, (b) child minders, (c) play groups and play schools, (d) out of school clubs and (e) holiday play schemes there were in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001. |
| (43505) | |
| 62 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many places in (a) after-school clubs and (b) holiday play-schemes were available per 100 children of primary school age in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001. |
| (43507) | |
| 63 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by her Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43675) | |
| 64 N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on how many of the schools requiring re-building or re-modeling work will have (a) commenced and (b) been completed by 1st April; and what financial resources will be needed to complete this work between 1st April 2002 and 31st March 2004. |
| (43022) | |
| 65 N | Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many of the schools requiring substantial repairs are expected to have had these repairs completed by 1st April; and what financial resources will be needed to complete such repairs between 1st April 2002 and 31st March 2004. |
| (43023) | |
| 66 N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many student places there have been at medical schools in the UK; and how many candidates applied for those places in each of the last five years. |
| (42840) | |
| 67 N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in medical schools in the UK there were who had been educated at (a) state schools and (b) independent schools in each of the last five years. |
| (42841) | |
| 68 N | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will issue guidance to schools on the advancement of teachers on the upper pay scale. |
| (40749) | |
| 69 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the proportion of people in England who speak a second language; and what recent research she has commissioned on comparisons with other EU states. |
| (43806) | |
| 70 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will give instructions that ethnicity data on PLASC-originated database for all those whose ethnicity is identified as Jewish will be deleted on those pupils leaving school. |
| (43350) | |
| 71 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 11th March, (42138/9) if she will list Standards Fund grants which are not allocated to LEAs on a formula basis; what additional education funding is not allocated through (a) the Standards Fund and (b) special grants; and which additional educational funding schools are expected to apply for. |
| (43351) | |
| 72 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has made to (a) the European Commission and (b) the French government concerning beef exports to France; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43034) | |
| 73 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the approved buffer zone is between GM crop trial plantations and non-GM crops; on what basis it was arrived at; and what equivalent buffer zone is in use in other EU countries where GM crop trials are taking place. |
| (43036) | |
| 74 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to ensure the protection of sites designated as special areas of conservation under the Habitats Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43213) | |
| 75 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the confectionery manufacturing industry regarding the amount of packaging waste generated by Easter eggs; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43214) | |
| 76 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to promote the export of beef and beef products. |
| (43035) | |
| 77 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the balance of trade was in agricultural produce between the United Kingdom and (a) the EU, (b) the USA and (c) the rest of the world in each of the last five years. |
| (43037) | |
| 78 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her objectives are regarding reform of the (a) Common Agricultural Policy and (b) Common Fisheries Policy. |
| (43083) | |
| 79 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 217W, on waste disposal, what steps her Department has taken to meet the target of banning the landfilling of hazardous liquid wastes from July; and for what reason her Department does not hold information on the locations of individual treatment facilities for liquid waste. |
| (43428) | |
| 80 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost is of the 'Your Countryside, You're Welcome' (a) launch and (b) campaign. |
| (43082) | |
| 81 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her reply of 5th March, Official Report, column 220W, on pollution control; if she will list the key stakeholders referred to; how her Department uses the comments received from key stakeholders; since when these reports have been published, and if she will place in the Library copies of unpublished reports; if she will provide details of the process by which the reports are considered; if she will list the decisions made on what steps should be taken since these reports were first published; and what steps have been taken to reinforce to local authorities the importance of adopting such practice. |
| (43481) | |
| 82 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 5th March, Official Report, column 219W, on local air pollution control, what guidance has been given to local authorities in each case; and if she will (a) provide a definition of low inspection record, (b) state on what date all local authorities were written to, provide details of to whom within each local authority these letters were addressed and place a copy of the standard letter in the Library, (c) provide details of responses to these letters and (d) state what outcomes she expects from the letter to chief executives. |
| (43534) | |
| 83 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answers of 7th March, Official Report, column 481W, on foot and mouth, if the farm premises where obstruction of Government inspection took place was found subsequently to have been infected with foot-and-mouth disease. |
| (43130) | |
| 84 N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answers of 7th March, Official Report, column 481W, on foot and mouth, when the record of local authority prosecutions will be made available; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43129) | |
| 85 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will indicate, in respect of the new risk-based regulation methodology being developed for air pollution, who is carrying out the work; when this process began; when it will end; and if she will place a copy of related documentation in the Library. |
| (43423) | |
| 86 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by her Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43676) | |
| 87 N | Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 11th June 2001 from Mrs M Edmunds of Low Lorton, Cumbria concerning foot and mouth disease. |
| (43039) | |
| 88 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Landfill Directive regulations will be laid before Parliament. |
| (43621) | |
| 89 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what work her Department has undertaken to determine final storage quality for the treatment of hazardous waste before acceptance into a hazardous landfill site. |
| (43616) | |
| 90 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department made of the quantities of hazardous waste that will require treatment in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, (d) 2008, (e) 2009 and (f) 2010. |
| (43618) | |
| 91 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what risk assessment her Department has undertaken on the impact on the environment and on public health of not requiring hazardous waste from 2004 to be pre-tested to final storage quality before acceptance into a landfill site. |
| (43619) | |
| 92 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of new treatment facilities that will be required to achieve compliance with the United Kingdom's obligations under the Landfill Directive. |
| (43620) | |
| 93 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received against requiring hazardous waste from 2004 to be treated to final storage quality before acceptance into a landfill site. |
| (43617) | |
| 94 | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to act upon the results of the consultation on reducing the number of abandoned vehicles; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43501) | |
| 95 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance is made available by the European Union to assist member states in the provision of coastal and inland flood defences. |
| (43599) | |
| 96 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department has received concerning the projected costs of implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in the UK; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43602) | |
| 97 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to meet the Government's Forestry Strategy commitments to sustainably managed woods. |
| (43603) | |
| 98 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the United Kingdom will be able to reduce discharges of hazardous substances into water supplies to the levels required by the EU Water Framework Directive. |
| (43601) | |
| 99 | Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department expects the EU Water Framework Directive to come into force in the United Kingdom. |
| (43600) | |
| 100 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates, and where, (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met the Irish Government to discuss the British Nuclear Fuels plant at Sellafield since 5th October 2001; and which ministers and which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting. |
| (43473) | |
| 101 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the companies from which his Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43405) | |
| 102 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43678) | |
| 103 | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the membership is of the Joint Ministerial Group on Poverty; and when (a) the Group has met and (b) its next meeting will be. |
| (43491) | |
| 104 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports his Department publishes on public sector pension schemes. |
| (43347) | |
| 105 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports were published by Government departments from their agencies dealing primarily with public sector pension schemes in the last five years. |
| (43346) | |
| 106 N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the schedule to a draft order in council ratifying the new double taxation convention between the United Kingdom and the United States of America will be laid before Parliament; for what reason a draft order in Council has not been laid before Parliament; and if he will make a statement. |
| (42601) | |
| 107 N | Mr Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU member states on the terms of the new double taxation convention agreed between the UK and USA, signed on 24th July 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43085) | |
| 108 N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what new data series broken down by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since August 1997. |
| (42916) | |
| 109 N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which women's organisations have been consulted over proposed legislation by her Department during the (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 parliamentary sessions; and if their responses have been published. |
| (42917) | |
| 110 N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment; and what progress has been achieved. |
| (42918) | |
| 111 N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the subject of each gender impact assessment drawn up by his Department since June 1997, indicating in each case whether the outcome has been (a) put out to consultation and (b) published. |
| (42919) | |
| 112 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have worked on secondment to the Valuation Office Agency since 1st January 1999; how long each individual worked on secondment; from which organisation each individual was seconded; what the names of each were; and what the responsibilities were of each individual while they worked at the Valuation Office Agency. |
| (43469) | |
| 113 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which projects under the community investment tax credit initiative are ineligible for EC state aid; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43490) | |
| 114 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the companies from which his Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43406) | |
| 115 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Israel concerning the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1322 with respect to adhering to the Fourth Geneva Convention. |
| (43485) | |
| 116 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Israel about overflights by the Israeli airforce in Lebanon. |
| (43483) | |
| 117 | Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Israel about Palestinian child detainees held in Israeli prisons and detention centres. |
| (43484) | |
| 118 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on human rights abuses in Nepal. |
| (42602) | |
| 119 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43674) | |
| 120 | Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral statement of 4th March, Official Report, column 130, by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, if he will make a statement on the status of the People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine. |
| (43561) | |
| 121 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Italian government concerning the conference on holocaust denial to be held in Trieste at the end of March; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43479) | |
| 122 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have been held between the Government and (a) the EU and (b) individual member states of the EU, on the relationship between Gibraltar and Spain. |
| (43431) | |
| 123 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action Her Majesty's Government has taken to prevent ill-treatment of Gibraltarians at the Gibraltar-Spain border. |
| (43430) | |
| 124 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on referendums held since 1972 in Gibraltar on the subject of Gibraltar's relationship with (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Spain. |
| (43489) | |
| 125 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations have been made to him by Spain in respect of the future of Gibraltar. |
| (43467) | |
| 126 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received about (a) the nature and (b) the extent of problems experienced by Gibraltarians resulting from Spanish border authorities. |
| (43429) | |
| 127 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations have been made to him by the Government of Gibraltar in respect of the discussions between Her Majesty's Government and Spain. |
| (43468) | |
| 128 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost is of his Department's EU information campaign; and if he will make a statement on its purpose. |
| (43610) | |
| 129 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the role of the United Nations in securing peace in Israel. |
| (43554) | |
| 130 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy on the future of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. |
| (43549) | |
| 131 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the progress of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee. |
| (43548) | |
| 132 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed at the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations. |
| (43553) | |
| 133 | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress towards the establishment of the International Criminal Court. |
| (43550) | |
| 134 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his efforts to encourage the governments of India and Pakistan to sign up to the (a) non-proliferation and (b) test ban treaties. |
| (43808) | |
| 135 | Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions his Department has taken to secure the reinstatement of UN weapons inspectors in Iraq. |
| (43530) | |
| 136 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates ministers in his Department have visited United States Government military bases and establishments on United Kingdom territory since 1st January 1999; which ministers were involved; and what facilities were visited. |
| (43475) | |
| 137 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 21st November 2001, Official Report, column 332W, on the Freedom of Information Act 2000, on what dates the steering group of senior officials has met since August 2000. |
| (43478) | |
| 138 | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans she has to alter the charges proposed for the welfare inspections of boarding schools. |
| (43817) | |
| 139 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the companies from which his Department have obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43412) | |
| 140 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43682) | |
| 141 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been provided for hospital bed places since 1997 for hospitals in (a) England and (b) Coventry. |
| (43525) | |
| 142 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital bed places have been created in (a) England and (b) Coventry since 1997. |
| (43526) | |
| 143 | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS of (a) a cataract extraction and (b) a cataract extraction with a lens implant was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (43499) | |
| 144 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his reasons are for the extent of the proposed increase in threshold for the upper limit that can be charged to insurance companies for the costs of health care for people injured in road accidents. |
| [R] (43312) | |
| 145 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he withdrew the regulations to increase the threshold for the upper limit that can be charged to insurance companies for the costs of health care for people injured in road accidents. |
| [R] (43311) | |
| 146 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital charges exceeded £30,000 in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| [R] (43313) | |
| 147 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he proposes to take to recover health service charges from uninsured drivers. |
| [R] (43314) | |
| 148 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation he has had with the DTLR concerning Portsmouth City Council's policy on open spaces and St James' Hospital site; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43825) | |
| 149 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors inform the decision to sell his Department's real estate as building land; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43563) | |
| 150 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taking in respect of Portsmouth City Council's decision to declare a town green in the grounds of St James' Hospital; and for what reasons. |
| (43822) | |
| 151 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement to the House on his proposal to take action against Portsmouth City Council in respect of St James' Hospital. |
| (43821) | |
| 152 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the compatability between the proposed action by his Department against Portsmouth Council in regard to St James' Hospital and the open space in cities policy; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43820) | |
| 153 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correspondence he has had concerning his Department's decision to challenge the declaration of a town green in the grounds of St James' Hospital in Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43824) | |
| 154 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the influence of outdoor open space on the health of psychiatric patients; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43562) | |
| 155 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications to register parts of NHS hospitals as town or village greens there have been; when these applications were made; how many applications were successful; how many have been refused by his Department; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43823) | |
| 156 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the DTLR concerning city council policy on open spaces; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43559) | |
| 157 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS Direct nurses came from (a) NHS hospitals and (b) accident and emergency departments. |
| (43551) | |
| 158 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed in accident and emergency departments in England. |
| (43552) | |
| 159 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what increased resources have been spent in the last year on (a) primary care and (b) secondary care in (i) each English health authority and (ii) England. |
| (43609) | |
| 160 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been disbursed by the Refugee Doctors Steering Group since its establishment; and how much of its funds are still to be disbursed. |
| (43417) | |
| 161 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the sites which will have the necessary training and equipment in place to fit digital hearing aids provided through the NHS contract from 2003-04. |
| (43624) | |
| 162 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts (a) provide digital hearing aids and (b) will be fitting digital hearing aids by the end of 2002-03. |
| (43623) | |
| 163 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy that Persons Responsible should be indemnified by their (a) employer and (b) defence body under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. |
| (43611) | |
| 164 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what figures exist for the number of children diagnosed with autism since 1990. |
| (43608) | |
| 165 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with regard to the Brent Taylor report on MMR/autism, (a) what type of study was undertaken and for what purpose, (b) how many children were included in the study, (c) if the study was for case-series analysis method, (d) what its findings were on levels of autism and (e) if the raw data collected will be published. |
| (43604) | |
| 166 | Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements exist for monitoring numbers of children with autism. |
| (43607) | |
| 167 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role PCT will play in the new status health authorities. |
| (43397) | |
| 168 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance he plans to give to rural hospitals in the new status health authorities. |
| (43398) | |
| 169 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is allocated to mental healthcare per capita (a) for patients in prisons and (b) for patients who are not in prison, in the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (43557) | |
| 170 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the design and construction of (a) new hospitals, (b) hospital extensions and (c) hospital refurbishment. |
| (43690) | |
| 171 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial contribution HMG has agreed to make toward the World Health Organisation research into air travel and deep vein thrombosis. |
| (43803) | |
| 172 | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the change in the number of care home beds in the North and East Devon Health Authority since 1997. |
| (43626) | |
| 173 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates, and where, (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met the Irish Government to discuss the British Nuclear Fuels plant at Sellafield since 5th October 2001; and which ministers and which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting. |
| (43474) | |
| 174 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Romsey of 27th February, Official Report, column 1421W, on ambulance staff, if he will provide information on the same basis for (a) the Isle of Wight and (b) other integrated ambulance services. |
| (43369) | |
| 175 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member of Worthing East and Shoreham of 27th February, Official Report, column 1418W, on hospital discharges, if he will provide information on the same basis for the Isle of Wight. |
| (43368) | |
| 176 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 1400W, on care homes, whether the regulatory impact assessment was a final document. |
| (43367) | |
| 177 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been carried out into the side effects of myodil. |
| (43495) | |
| 178 N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients died last year while on the waiting list for (a) heart, (b) heart and lung, (c) lung and (d) liver transplants; how many people are awaiting (i) kidney transplant, (ii) heart transplant, (iii) heart and lung transplant, (iv) lung transplant and (v) liver transplant; and how many organ transplants were carried out last year. |
| (43309) | |
| 179 N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients died whilst waiting for an organ transplant in the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (43310) | |
| 180 N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are on the NHS organ donor register; and what percentage of the population this represents, broken down by local authority area. |
| (43307) | |
| 181 N | Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been on the organ donor register for the last five years for which figures are available. |
| (43308) | |
| 182 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being taken to tackle knife crime. |
| (43420) | |
| 183 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for possession of dangerous weapons in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. |
| (43416) | |
| 184 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics his Department has collated on the incidence of knife crimes in Falmouth and Camborne. |
| (43419) | |
| 185 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the companies from which his Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43407) | |
| 186 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43681) | |
| 187 | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Charity Commission investigation into organisations that operate within charitable rules promoting Islamic fundamentalism and raising funds for proscribed organisations. |
| (43480) | |
| 188 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Walthamstow will receive a reply to his letters regarding Mr M. Amin (A466239), sent on 12th October 2000 and 14th November 2001. |
| (43774) | |
| 189 | Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the honourable Member for Walthamstow will receive a response to his letters regarding Mr V. Poci (DEV/7050/929), sent on 25th October 2000 and 14th November 2001. |
| (43773) | |
| 190 N | Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the delay in forwarding immigration status letters in Case Ref No Z1010863/4; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43084) | |
| 191 | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his definition is of a front line police officer. |
| (43688) | |
| 192 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he has changed his policy on his commitment not to house asylum seekers in prisons; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43031) | |
| 193 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are being held in Prison Service accomodation. |
| (43038) | |
| 194 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the French authorities about illegal immigrants invading Eurotunnel property; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43032) | |
| 195 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if asylum seekers who have not had an initial decision on their case are being held in Prison Service accommodation. |
| (43030) | |
| 196 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a national register of injunctions in cases of domestic violence. |
| (43542) | |
| 197 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what ratio of prison officers to inmates is provided for (a) female and (b) male prisoners . |
| (43539) | |
| 198 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of women prisoners were diagnosed with mental health problems in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what provision is made available for mental healthcare in women's prisons. |
| (43556) | |
| 199 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the female population is in prison (a) in the UK and (b) in other EU countries. |
| (43537) | |
| 200 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what aftercare is made available to women prisoners with mental health problems after they have been released. |
| (43558) | |
| 201 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what he attributes the recent rise in the female prison population. |
| (43535) | |
| 202 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to address overcrowding in women's prisons. |
| (43536) | |
| 203 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is made for mothers who are in prison to have regular access to their children. |
| (43540) | |
| 204 | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women prisoners (a) have committed suicide in the last year and (b) are on suicide watch. |
| (43538) | |
| 205 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the list of bodies registered with the Criminal Records Bureau. |
| (43759) | |
| 206 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Criminal Records Bureau will operate its disclosure service in relation to foreign nationals. |
| (43760) | |
| 207 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on spent convictions in relation to the Criminal Records Bureau. |
| (43761) | |
| 208 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Criminal Records Bureau will operate in relation to existing employees. |
| (43758) | |
| 209 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he will take and what records he will use to monitor the work of the Criminal Records Bureau. |
| (43800) | |
| 210 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the complaint procedure in relation to the Criminal Records Bureau. |
| (43762) | |
| 211 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Criminal Records Bureau will liaise with (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Scotland. |
| (43757) | |
| 212 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the United Kingdom Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator has held meetings with members and officials of the United States Government since 3rd August 2001; when and where each of these meetings took place; and which (a) United States Government departments and (b) members and officials of the United States Government were involved in each meeting. |
| (43446) | |
| 213 N | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to make a decision on the asylum application of Mr Mustapha Sekhi, reference B1039408. |
| (43209) | |
| 214 | Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the performance of contractors in delivering prisoners to magistrates' courts in the West Midlands in good time for court hearings. |
| (43425) | |
| 215 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the companies from which her Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43409) | |
| 216 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by her Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43669) | |
| 217 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she is giving to the Government of St Helena to diversify its economy; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43496) | |
| 218 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what was the value of (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid provided to the Government of Botswana for the development of game parks and national reserves in each of the last five years. |
| (43662) | |
| 219 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to UNESCO regarding the fate of the Kalahari. |
| (43660) | |
| 220 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much overseas aid is provided to the Congolese Banyamulenge community in Burundi. |
| (43665) | |
| 221 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of her Department's overall aid programme in Africa is provided specifically to help rural development. |
| (43666) | |
| 222 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much overseas aid is provided to the Kalahari bushmen. |
| (43661) | |
| 223 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last had discussions with officials from CDC Capital Partners regarding their investment strategy; and when she next plans to do so. |
| (43659) | |
| 224 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if it is her policy to compensate those from whom investment has been withdrawn by CDC Capital Partners. |
| (43658) | |
| 225 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the rights of indigenous peoples in her Department's development policy. |
| (43663) | |
| 226 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many loan applications her Department has received from (a) Mr Lakshmi Mittal and (b) LNM Holdings, and referred to (i) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (ii) the Department for Trade and Industry. |
| (43764) | |
| 227 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the projects from which CDC Capital Partners has withdrawn its investment in the last three years. |
| (43657) | |
| 228 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what help her Department is providing to people dependent on the sale of commodities in the developing world. |
| (43667) | |
| 229 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from Mr Lakshmi Mittal regarding future loan applications to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. |
| (43771) | |
| 230 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support at the World Bank Mr Lakshmi Mittal's expected application for a loan to make further payments to the Romanian Government for the SIDEX steel plant. |
| (43768) | |
| 231 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many loan applications her Department has rejected from (a) Mr Lakshmi Mittal and (b) LNM Holdings. |
| (43763) | |
| 232 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the countries in which CDC Capital Partners has closed its offices in the last three years. |
| (43656) | |
| 233 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what instructions she has received from the Office of the Prime Minister on support for Lakshmi Mittal's expected application for a loan from the World Bank to make further payments to the Romanian Government for the SIDEX steel plant. |
| (43769) | |
| 234 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she was consulted before officials from her Department approved the (a) £37.9 million loan to Ispat Karmet from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and (b) the £2.3 million World Bank grant to Lakshmi Mittal from the World Bank in May 2001. |
| (43767) | |
| 235 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether officials from the Office of the Prime Minister were consulted before her Department approved (a) the £45.7 million loan from the International Finance Corporation, (b) the £37.9 million loan to Ispat Karmet from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and (c) the £2.3 million World Bank grant to Lakshmi Mittal from the World Bank in May 2001. |
| (43766) | |
| 236 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received from the Office of the Prime Minister regarding future loan applications from Mr Lakshmi Mittal to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. |
| (43772) | |
| 237 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contingency plans she has made to deal with the consequences of the elections in Zimbabwe. |
| (43664) | |
| 238 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she was consulted before her Department approved the £45.7 million loan from the International Finance Corporation to Ispat Karmet. |
| (43765) | |
| 239 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he consulted (a) the EBRD and (b) the World Bank before signing the letter to the Romanian Prime Minister about the SIDEX steel plant. |
| (43770) | |
| 240 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates since 3rd August 2001 officials from her Department have held meetings with the Government of Belize to discuss the issue of Commonwealth Debt Initiative and the effect of tax exemptions and public investment companies on pro-poor programmes. |
| (43471) | |
| 241 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence sent by her Department on 26th June 2001 to KPMG on its study commissioned by her Department of the regulation of offshore financial services in Belize and the effect of tax exemptions on pro-poor programmes; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the reply from KPMG. |
| (43470) | |
| 242 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons she has decided not to grant debt relief under the Commonwealth Debt Initiative to Belize; when this decision was taken; for what reasons Belize has not met the criteria under the Commonwealth Debt Initiative; if she has scheduled further discussions between her Department and the Government of Belize on this issue; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43472) | |
| 243 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what measures his Department uses to assess the workload in different magistrates' courts in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43775) | |
| 244 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what measures his Department uses to assess the quality of service and facilities provided by a magistrates' courthouse; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43777) | |
| 245 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what indicators and methods his Department uses to measure the satisfaction of magistrates' courts' users; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43776) | |
| 246 | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what performance measures his Department uses to judge the financial efficiency of magistrates' courts; what the performance of each courthouse against those measures was in Greater London in (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43778) | |
| 247 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many dentists have received custodial sentences since 1997 arising from a conviction for fraud against the NHS. |
| (43813) | |
| 248 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if his Department has plans to (a) amend and (b) seek the repeal of the Data Protection Act 1998. |
| (43448) | |
| 249 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has conducted of the length of time governments in other countries have taken to implement their freedom of information acts; and if he will place the results of this research in the Library. |
| (43451) | |
| 250 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much money was spent on advertising the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information to the public in (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001. |
| (43449) | |
| 251 | Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he plans to include Birmingham in the number of centres providing 1901 Census Online availability. |
| (43450) | |
| 252 | Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he had to take up and implement the recommendations of the Children Act Sub-Committee of his Family Law Advisory Committee in its Report entitled, Making Contact Work; whether (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation will be necessary to bring about change in practice; and what timetable may be expected for legislation. |
| (43426) | |
| 253 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prosecutions are underway against members of the Police Service in respect of activity carried out by them in the course of their duties in the period up to May 1998. |
| (43434) | |
| 254 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time and (b) reserve police officers were absent from work due to sickness as of 28th February in each police division in Northern Ireland. |
| (43432) | |
| 255 | Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full-time and (b) reserve members of the Police Service there were in each police division in Northern Ireland in each year since 1996. |
| (43433) | |
| 256 | Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on cross border policing, with particular reference to child abusers. |
| (43691) | |
| 257 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, when he will respond to the report of the Select Committee on Public Administration on Lords Reform. |
| (43818) | |
| 258 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the President of the Council, how many responses were received to the White Paper on Lords Reform; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43812) | |
| 259 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer to the Right honourable Member for Fylde on 6th March, Official Report, column 280, regarding social services spending, how much funding has been provided by (a) central government and (b) local authorities through council tax in the last five years. |
| (42636) | |
| 260 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the US Administration concerning the review of its policies on the use of nuclear weapons. |
| (43809) | |
| 261 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the procedure by which charities apply for receptions at 10 Downing Street. |
| (43306) | |
| 262 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the charities for whom receptions have been given at 10 Downing Street since May 1997. |
| (43305) | |
| 263 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by her Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43677) | |
| 264 N | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Solicitor General, what contribution the Serious Fraud Office is making to the Government's objective of reducing money laundering. |
| (40760) | |
| 265 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Solicitor General, when the Attorney-General expects to make a decision regarding a new inquest into the death of Ronald Maddison at the Chemical Defence Establishment, Porton Down under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43441) | |
| 266 | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 678W, on correspondence, for what reason 21 letters sent to her Department were awaiting a reply; and for how many of the 21 an acknowledgement of their correspondence has been sent to the letter-writer. |
| (43689) | |
| 267 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the companies from which her Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43410) | |
| 268 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the responsibility has been of Mr Nigel Devereux during his secondment to her Department; what policy formulation Mr Nigel Devereux has been involved in; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43687) | |
| 269 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many rural network advisers there are for the Post Office. |
| (43627) | |
| 270 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluation she has made of the feasibility of (a) auctioning and (b) charging a fee for licences for new post operators. |
| (43628) | |
| 271 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the growth in level of (a) internet use and (b) broadband connectivity among small and medium enterprises over the last 12 months for which figures are available. |
| (43816) | |
| 272 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what international comparators she has identified as an appropriate basis for measuring performance of the local-loop unbundling initiative in the UK. |
| (43814) | |
| 273 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what international comparators she has identified as an appropriate basis for measuring UK broadband infrastructure roll-out. |
| (43815) | |
| 274 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what measures she proposes to take to reduce the administrative demands on employers of UK and EU employment legislation. |
| (43625) | |
| 275 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress she and her fellow WTO Ministers have made towards lifting the restrictions within the TRIPS agreement on poorer countries' access to affordable medicines. |
| (43532) | |
| 276 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the outcome of the last TRIPS Council meeting on 5th March. |
| (43533) | |
| 277 N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was of the recent prosecution of vendors using the imperial standard of measurement; and if she will make a statement on the public interest involved in the prosecution. |
| (40756) | |
| 278 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the assistance available through Advantage West Midlands to mitigate the effect of the 500 redundancies at Perkins in Shrewsbury. |
| (43528) | |
| 279 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many enquiries have been made to the construction Quality Mark register telephone line since its launch; and how many hits have been made on the Quality Mark website since its launch. |
| (43614) | |
| 280 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if an estimate has been made of the cost of expanding the construction Quality Mark scheme to cover the whole country. |
| (43615) | |
| 281 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when her Department will publish the findings of the review of the construction Quality Mark Scheme. |
| (43612) | |
| 282 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many builders have gained the construction Quality Mark in the pilot projects in Birmingham and Somerset. |
| (43613) | |
| 283 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which schemes submitted to Advantage West Midlands in the last 12 months have been ruled ineligible as a result of EC state aid rules. |
| (43487) | |
| 284 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received in respect of EC state aid rules. |
| (43486) | |
| 285 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many (a) companies and (b) UK companies were invited to tender for the contract to host the UK Online website. |
| (43211) | |
| 286 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria were used in selecting Loudcloud to host the UK Online website; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43210) | |
| 287 N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions took place with the Prime Minister's Office regarding the choice of companies invited to tender for the contract to run the UK Online website. |
| (43212) | |
| 288 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what resources he makes available for treatment of mundic aggregate. |
| (43421) | |
| 289 | Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made in developing methods of testing and assessment to enable the maximum number of homes built using mundic aggregate to be accepted by mortgate lenders. |
| (43438) | |
| 290 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the companies from which his Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43403) | |
| 291 | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change expressed in real terms was in total external support for Westminster City Council in each year from 1990-91 to 2002-03. |
| (43504) | |
| 292 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43671) | |
| 293 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many properties there are in each council tax band in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne; and how many in each band are (a) empty and (b) exempt because all residents are students. |
| (43598) | |
| 294 | Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement about the collision involving a Stagecoach 69 bus and a car in Monmouth on 7th March; how many passengers were (a) seated and (b) standing; and how many were (i) adults and (ii) pupils. |
| (43531) | |
| 295 N | Mr Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposal to build a freight railway by Central Railway Ltd. |
| (43086) | |
| 296 | Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will take further measures to ensure that telecommunications companies comply with guidelines regarding pre-application discussion and consultation over the siting of telecommunications masts. |
| (43622) | |
| 297 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Warrington North, dated 21st November 2001. |
| (43131) | |
| 298 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the criteria are for the use of local authorities' section 33 arrangement to reclaim VAT as applied to (a) the New Deal for Communities partnerships and (b) registered social landlords (i) wholly and (ii) partially comprising stock transferred from a local authority. |
| (43494) | |
| 299 N | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Salisbury of 25th February, Official Report, column 817W, for what reasons detrunking negotiations on the A36(T) have been put on hold until early 2003. |
| (43304) | |
| 300 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will give financial help to the West Somerset Railway Link to the main line at Taunton. |
| (43401) | |
| 301 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has for road improvement in Somerset. |
| (43400) | |
| 302 N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on the freight industry of the actions of people attempting to enter the United Kingdom illegally; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43033) | |
| 303 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish the findings of Associated British Ports recent individual risk assessment conducted by ERM Risk into its new pilotage scheme on the Humber. |
| (43605) | |
| 304 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will establish public authorities specific to the individual estuaries for the authorisation of pilots. |
| (43606) | |
| 305 N | Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many accidents occurred on the A21 between (a) Lamberhurst and Flimwell and (b) Tonbridge and Pembury in (i) May to December 1997, (ii) January to December 1998, (iii) January to December 1999, (iv) January to December 2000, (v) January to June 2001, and (vi) July to December 2001. |
| (43128) | |
| 306 | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent assessment he has made of the threat to buildings and subterranean structures in London posed by sinking ground levels. |
| (43811) | |
| 307 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) local authority dwellings and (b) dwellings owned by registered social landlords (i) were not of a decent standard on 1st April 2001, (ii) will have been brought up to a decent standard by 1st April 2002, and (iii) will not meet the decent standard on 1st April 2002. |
| (43435) | |
| 308 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the cost of (a) reducing the number of social dwellings that are not up to a decent standard by one third in the period 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2004 and (b) reducing the number of social dwellings that are not up to a decent standard by 50 per cent. in the period 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2006. |
| (43436) | |
| 309 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will meet representatives of UK registered airlines to discuss the reduction of air flow by pilots in aircraft cabins. |
| (43683) | |
| 310 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of a significant reduction in cabin air pressure on the health of airline passengers. |
| (43686) | |
| 311 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reductions of air flow in cabins on the health of airline passengers. |
| (43685) | |
| 312 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will undertake an assessment of the extent to which pilots reduce air flow in passenger aircraft cabins and the reasons for doing so; and if he will issue guidelines on this issue. |
| (43684) | |
| 313 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 27th February, Official Report, column 1371W, on electronic voting, whether he undertook an assessment of the relative ability of different age groups to access electronic voting before introducing the pilot schemes. |
| (43352) | |
| 314 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria he adopts in determining whether (a) to monitor and (b) to research the effects of changing departmental policies. |
| (43354) | |
| 315 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps have been taken since 1997 to strengthen the protection of areas of outstanding national beauty. |
| (43355) | |
| 316 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many planning applications for developments in areas of outstanding natural beauty have been called in since 1997; and how many of those were approved. |
| (43390) | |
| 317 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, by what means nominations were sought for places on harbour boards on the Isle of Wight; how many appointments he has made to such bodies since 1997; who the appointees were; and what were their terms of office. |
| (43353) | |
| 318 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43680) | |
| 319 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the companies from which his Department has obtained timber and wood products and the total spent with each firm over the last five years. |
| (43411) | |
| 320 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 1997 to April 1998, (b) May 1998 to April 1999, (c) May 1999 to April 2000, (d) May 2000 to April 2001 and (e) May 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, stating in each case the values of the contracts and the companies with which the contracts were placed. |
| (43670) | |
| 321 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, to the honourable Member for Northavon, Official Report, column 8, on annuities, if he will set out the calculation on which his estimate of 18 million beneficiaries of the state second pension is based. |
| (43349) | |
| 322 N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what reports his Department publishes on public sector pension schemes. |
| (43348) | |
| 323 | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, ref 39869, how many cases of benefit fraud and claimant error there were in each of the relevant benefits in each year since 1995. |
| (43819) | |
| 324 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) percentage of non-resident parents who (i) fully comply, (ii) partially comply and (iii) do not comply with the CSA maintenance assessments. |
| (43364) | |
| 325 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the percentage of business transactions that are capable of being carried out electronically by his Department. |
| (43360) | |
| 326 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who has been awarded the contracts for the (a) development, (b) systems testing and (c) maintenance of the Child Support Reforms New Rules Implementation computer system. |
| (43363) | |
| 327 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate when the Child Support Reforms New Rules Implementation computer system will (a) have completed full systems testing, (b) be fully operational, (c) deal with new cases assessed under the new formula and (d) deal with existing cases which are transferred onto the new formula. |
| (43362) | |
| 328 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) employers and (b) pension providers who are providing information for the combined pension forecast. |
| (43358) | |
| 329 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the average pensioner income as a percentage of average earnings in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01 and (e) the last year for which figures are available. |
| (43357) | |
| 330 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of (a) people receiving and (b) pension providers issuing combined pension forecasts. |
| (43359) | |
| 331 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people entitled to a non-automatic winter fuel payment for the 2001-02 winter; and of that number how many have yet to make a claim. |
| (43356) | |
| 332 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for Women, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions on pension rights for women. |
| (43807) | |
| 333 N | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on special needs teaching in Somerset, with special reference to the number of specialist teachers available. |
| [Question Unstarred] (40735) | |
| 334 N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent meetings she has had with the National Association of Head Teachers to discuss performance-related pay. |
| [Question Unstarred] (40737) | |
| 335 N | Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the proportion of students from secondary modern schools who went on to higher education in each of the last three years. |
| [Question Unstarred] (40740) | |
| 336 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list (a) the amount budgeted and (b) the total spent on the free television licence for the over 75s in each financial year since its introduction. |
| [Transferred] (43366) | |
| 337 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the United Kingdom Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator held meetings with members and officials of the United States Government between 18th February 2000 and 3rd August 2001; when and where each of these meetings took place; and which (a) United States Government departments and (b) members and officials of the United States Government were involved in each meeting. |
| [Transferred] (43447) | |
| 338 | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he intends to have a public consultation on e-democracy with local authorities. |
| [Transferred] (43541) | |
| 339 | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the use of canals by industry; and what plans there are to improve the canal infrastructure to encourage industry to use them. |
| [Transferred] (43527) | |
| 340 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on how EC state aid can be released to benefit regeneration initiatives in renewal areas. |
| [Transferred] (43488) | |
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