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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Friday 15 March 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 15 March, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. |
| Notes: * Indicates a Question for Oral Answer. + Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. [N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. |
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| 1 | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many whole time equivalent posts there were at the Government Office for London as at 1st April 1999 and in each subsequent year for which figures are available; and if he will set out for each Government Office for London directorate the changes in staffing levels since 1999-2000. |
| (44203) | |
| 2 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if there is an age limit for (a) men and (b) women, for appointments to a public body in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43940) | |
| 3 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the total cost was of management consultants across all Government departments in the last available year. |
| (43630) | |
| 4 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions he has had with the Church Commissioners about possible financial assistance to ethnic community religious groups in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43942) | |
| 5 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioner households in Paisley North are benefiting from free television licences for the over 75s. |
| (43930) | |
| 6 | Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out the past and present party political affiliations of those members of the British Broadcasting Corporation whom the Government is responsible for appointing. |
| (43951) | |
| 7 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff of her Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if she has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44071) | |
| 8 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in what languages other than English radio programmes are broadcast in the United Kingdom; and for how many hours each month in each case. |
| (43860) | |
| 9 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the bidding process for the Privy Council silverware will be when it is offered for sale to institutions willing to display the items to the UK public; whether preferred institutions will be selected; by whom; on what criteria; whether (a) public and (b) charitable funds will be used for a national museum to secure the silverware; whether it is her policy that the four lots will be kept together in one institution; what her policy is on the acceptable level of public access to the silverware, and if there will be admission charges; and what recent discussions she has had with other departments on the retention of assets of cultural significance held by Government departments. |
| (44252) | |
| 10 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department stopped recording information regarding (a) the number of applications made and (b) the amount of money asked for, by organisations per constituency; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43789) | |
| 11 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 25th February, Official Report, column 708W, if she will list the 50 areas which are likely to benefit from Lottery grants following the review; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43788) | |
| 12 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 13th March, ref. 41453, what the definition is of employment with the 999 emergency services for the purpose of eligibility for the award of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. |
| (44253) | |
| 13 N | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which English Heritage supported regeneration schemes have (a) applied for EC state aid, (b) been successful and (c) been refused in the last 12 months. |
| (43513) | |
| 14 N | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on EU state aid rules and English Heritage-supported projects. |
| (43514) | |
| 15 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many tourism visits there were to (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) West Midlands and (d) Staffordshire in each of the last four years to the latest available date. |
| (43959) | |
| 16 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion (a) now, (b) five years ago and (c) 10 years ago of senior officers in each of the armed forces attended (i) independent and (ii) state schools; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43855) | |
| 17 N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what difference there is between the statutory employment rights enjoyed by (a) personnel serving with the Royal Irish Regiment and civilian staff employed by his Department and (b) other employees in the United Kingdom. |
| (43566) | |
| 18 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flights by Bristol University OTC there have been in each of the last five years from Colerne Airfield. |
| (43520) | |
| 19 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what long term plans he has for Colerne Airfield. |
| (43522) | |
| 20 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the re-basing of 21 Signals Regiment from Azinghur Barracks at Colerne. |
| (43515) | |
| 21 | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 655W, on the Snagge Report, if the report was produced using his Department's facilities; to whom it was submitted; when he took a decision on its publication; and if he will make a statement on his policy with regard to the publishing of unsolicited reports which he regards as (a) misleading and (b) accurate. |
| (44257) | |
| 22 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff are employed at Azinghur Barracks, Colerne. |
| (43516) | |
| 23 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many redundant hangars at Colerne Airfield have been sold; and how much they raised. |
| (43517) | |
| 24 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many married quarters at Colerne have been sold in the last five years. |
| (43518) | |
| 25 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with commercial interests about selling Colerne Airfield and Azinghur Barracks. |
| (43519) | |
| 26 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of where Bristol University OTC will train if Colerne Airfield closes. |
| (43521) | |
| 27 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement about the future of Colerne Airfield and Azinghur Barracks. |
| (43523) | |
| 28 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of keeping HMS Sheffield (a) in reserve and (b) in mothballs; when its Royal Navy service will end; how many personnel are involved in keeping it in service and at what cost; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43924) | |
| 29 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of administering the war pension scheme in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44020) | |
| 30 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken to answer letters to Ministers has been in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43949) | |
| 31 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many answers to parliamentary questions are more than (a) two weeks and (b) three months outstanding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43927) | |
| 32 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of running the war pension scheme appeals process in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44019) | |
| 33 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the changes his Department is considering in the Review of Armed Forces Pension Scheme will require primary legislation to effect the changes required; what the timescale is for implementing the review; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44018) | |
| 34 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims for war pensions there have been in each of the last five years; how many were successful on their first application; how many have failed and then been agreed on appeal; how many have been refused on appeal; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44021) | |
| 35 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has (a) made to and (b) received from his (i) Belgian, (ii) German and (iii) Dutch counterparts regarding the future of NATO's Multinational Central Europe division MND (C). |
| (43637) | |
| 36 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK contribution is to NATO's Multinational Central Europe division MND (C). |
| (43636) | |
| 37 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status of HMS Talent is; and if she will be operational for the rest of the year. |
| (43692) | |
| 38 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Air Force's total inventory is of (a) Harrier GR7s, (b) Tornado GR1s and (c) Jaguar GR1s; and how many of each are operationally available. |
| (43635) | |
| 39 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier GR7 will be upgraded to GR9 standard; and what the estimated completion date is of the upgrade programme. |
| (43633) | |
| 40 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the Harrier GR7 upgrade; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43634) | |
| 41 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Air Force's total inventory of Harrier GR7s is; and how many are operationally available. |
| (43632) | |
| 42 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if he has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44072) | |
| 43 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the military presence is on each (a) British Overseas Territory and (b) sovereign base; and what plans there are to change that presence in each case. |
| (44033) | |
| 44 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) he, (b) a member of the Chief of the Staff and (c) a naval vessel last visited each of the (i) British Overseas Territories and (ii) sovereign bases. |
| (44034) | |
| 45 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she will make available to schools on the implementation of Commission for Racial Equality guidance that admissions should reflect the ethnic make-up of the community. |
| (43832) | |
| 46 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of (a) which schools or categories of school are exempt from the Commission for Racial Equality guidance that school admissions should reflect the ethnic make-up of the community and (b) how the CRE guidance should be interpreted by admissions forums. |
| (43831) | |
| 47 N | Mrs Annette L. Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February, Official Report, columns 1293-6, on the Standards Fund, what factors account for the difference between the allocations for the Standards Fund per pupil for Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset. |
| (43567) | |
| 48 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money was spent by Cambridgeshire in 2000-01 in creating childcare places. |
| (44017) | |
| 49 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the targets are for Cambridgeshire for the creation of new childcare places in 2001-02. |
| (44014) | |
| 50 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been allocated to Cambridgeshire to achieve its childcare targets in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02. |
| (44016) | |
| 51 | Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the latest figures are for the creation of childcare places in Cambridgeshire in 2001-02. |
| (44015) | |
| 52 | Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she is taking to encourage competition (a) for departmental IT contracts and (b) for local education authority IT contracts. |
| (44198) | |
| 53 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many members of staff in her Department are members of the territorial forces; and if she has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the territorial forces. |
| (44073) | |
| 54 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the United Kingdom has met the requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43511) | |
| 55 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish the recovery and recycling targets, under the Packaging Waste Regulations, for the current calendar year. |
| (43512) | |
| 56 N | Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the occasions since 1997 when Ministers or officials have made representations to the EU Commission and other member states on the abolition of veal crates. |
| (43833) | |
| 57 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the value of all payments made under each project heading to (a) Arthur Andersen, (b) Ernst and Young, (c) Deloitte and Touche and (d) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each financial year since 1996-97. |
| (44032) | |
| 58 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the restrictions are on the frequency with which a seabed may be beam trawled; and how such restrictions are enforced. |
| (43880) | |
| 59 | Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will implement regulations governing rights of vehicular access over common land and limiting the amount a common land freeholder can charge for access rights |
| (43881) | |
| 60 | Julia Drown (South Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will start work on the development of the Government action plan for the organic sector announced in October. |
| (44098) | |
| 61 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff in her Department are members of the territorial forces; and if she has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the territorial forces. |
| (44074) | |
| 62 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if there have been confirmed cases of BSE in sheep since 1996 in the UK. |
| (43854) | |
| 63 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what hazardous waste has been handled through Shoreham Harbour in the last two years; and what licences were issued. |
| (43791) | |
| 64 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations the Government have made to the EC on relaxing EU rules on the export of beef. |
| (43968) | |
| 65 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further steps she is taking to combat the rise of bovine tuberculosis. |
| (43980) | |
| 66 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will remove the interim measures on the movement and sale of cattle and sheep in Devon. |
| (43509) | |
| 67 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures have been taken to improve bio-security at ports to ensure that foot and mouth disease cannot enter the UK. |
| (43458) | |
| 68 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of (a) food imports and (b) livestock imports were impounded or refused entry to the UK on the grounds of bio-security in each of the last five years. |
| (43565) | |
| 69 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she collects on changes in farmgate and supermarket prices; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43834) | |
| 70 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the monthly changes over the last 24 months of (a) the farmgate price and (b) the supermarket price of a 35 lb lamb. |
| (43835) | |
| 71 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the statement of 27th February by the honourable Member for Scunthorpe, Official Report, European Standing Committee A, column 25, whether the levy for the over-quota fish was paid to the producers' organisations whose members were recently prosecuted in Plymouth; whether the Department has undertaken the correct checks to ensure that the relevant procedure has been followed pursuant to the requirements laid down in the Council Regulations governing the operations of producers' organisations; and whether correct procedures have been followed to ensure that these organisations are protected should the Commission carry out external checks. |
| (44101) | |
| 72 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Home Office about the level of penalties for convictions of persons having imported meat illegally into the UK; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44062) | |
| 73 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to announce her Department's decision on the amount of farmland to be designated as nitrate vulnerable zones; and when she expects to implement the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone Directive. |
| (44060) | |
| 74 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the size of the national (a) dairy herd, (b) beef herd, (c) pig breeding herd, (d) fattening pig herd, (e) sheep flock and (f) lamb flock under one year old for the year ending 2001; and what the figures were for 2000. |
| (44102) | |
| 75 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to make her first assessment of the impact of her Department's recent poster campaign at United Kingdom seaports and airports on the dangers of illegal meat imports and associated penalties; how she intends to measure its effect on the number of illegal meat imports made through UK points of entry; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44061) | |
| 76 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total amount expended by the Shetland and Orkney Islands councils annually for the purchase of fish quotas was from 1995 to 2002. |
| (44099) | |
| 77 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the average annual percentage change in the area of land required to spread a one tonne load of manure on farmland designated as being located in a nitrate vulnerable zone in the last five years. |
| (44059) | |
| 78 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 12th February, Official Report, column 276W, on Poland, if she will list the transitional derogations relating to agriculture and fisheries upon which Malta and Poland are negotiating with the European Union. |
| (44100) | |
| 79 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the total amount of sowings of (a) winter wheat and (b) winter barley for the year ending 2001; and what the comparable figures were for 2000. |
| (44103) | |
| 80 | Mrs Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to begin the certification of farmers' markets; if she will make a statement on the links established with regulatory authorities to ensure maintenance of standards; and what powers are vested in the regulatory authorities to restrict unauthorised traders from trading at farmers' markets. |
| (44058) | |
| 81 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he plans to introduce to help reduce smuggling of alcohol into the United Kingdom. |
| (43938) | |
| 82 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures he will introduce to reduce child poverty in the next four years. |
| (43921) | |
| 83 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the areas within the UK that suffer from economic deprivation. |
| (43922) | |
| 84 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions concerning the future of Gladwyn's Wood, Denham, Buckinghamshire, with reference to its contiguity with Broadspring Wood, owned by the Highways Agency. |
| (43783) | |
| 85 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if Gladwyns Wood, Denham, Buckinghamshire, is now in the ownership of H M Customs and Excise; and what plans his Department has for the wood. |
| (43781) | |
| 86 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to answer letters to Ministers has been in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43947) | |
| 87 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many answers to parliamentary questions are more than (a) two weeks and (b) three months outstanding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43928) | |
| 88 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44065) | |
| 89 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the Assessment of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund following the conclusion of its 2001 Article IV consultation with the UK; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43929) | |
| 90 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that the purchaser of the Privy Council silverware shall not impose admission charges for public access. |
| (44251) | |
| 91 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will specify an acceptable level of public access to the Privy Council silverware after sale. |
| (44250) | |
| 92 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy that the Privy Council silverware should be kept together in one institution. |
| (44249) | |
| 93 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will be the process for offering the Privy Council silverware for sale. |
| (44246) | |
| 94 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if public funds will be made available for a national museum to secure the Privy Council silverware. |
| (44248) | |
| 95 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy the purchaser of Privy Council silverware must be willing to display the items publicly. |
| (44247) | |
| 96 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the sending out of bills to people below the small earnings threshold by the Contributions Agency; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43457) | |
| 97 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what charges there have been in (a) cash and (b) real terms in the age related tax allowances for pensioners between 1998-99 and 2002-03. |
| (44029) | |
| 98 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many National Insurance records are incomplete as a result of the problems with the NIRS2 computer; and how many records that were incomplete have been been completed. |
| (44092) | |
| 99 N | Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether US anti-personnel mines have been (a) transited, (b) stockpiled and (c) maintained on British Indian Ocean Territory during the conduct of operations in Afghanistan. |
| (43524) | |
| 100 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion (a) in the last year for which figures are available, (b) five years ago and (c) 10 years ago of senior civil servants in his Department attended (i) independent and (ii) state schools; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43856) | |
| 101 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of recruits to his Department came from Oxford and Cambridge in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) for the 10 preceding years. |
| (43857) | |
| 102 | Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the General Affairs Council held in Brussels on 11th and 12 March; what the Government's stance was on each issue discussed, including its voting record; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44057) | |
| 103 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if he has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44068) | |
| 104 | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who will represent Her Majesty's Government at the 500th Anniversary celebrations on the island of St Helena. |
| (44197) | |
| 105 | Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Nigerian Government in support of Safiya Husaini's appeal against the sentence of death by stoning for the crime of adultery. |
| (43972) | |
| 106 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when (a) he, (b) other Ministers and (c) a member of the Royal Family last officially visited each of the British Overseas Territories. |
| (44049) | |
| 107 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the number of people receiving intermediate care preventing unnecessary hospital admission for (a) Q1 1999-2000, (b) Q2 1999-2000, (c) Q3 1999-2000, (d) Q4 1999-2000, (e) Q1 2000-01, (f) Q2 2000-01, (g) Q3 2000-01, (h) Q4 2000-01, (i) Q1 2001-02, (j) Q2 2001-02 and (k) Q3 2001-02. |
| (43461) | |
| 108 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the emergency readmission figures for Q1 2001-02, broken down by (a) region and (b) health authority. |
| (43460) | |
| 109 | Mr John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what cash allocations have been made under the reforming emergency care accident and emergency nurse allocation for 2002-03 to each NHS trust in the northern region; upon what basis the allocations have been made; and which trusts are involved in PFI programmes. |
| (43882) | |
| 110 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations he has had with the Automobile Association on increases in 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] (43564) | |
| 111 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many answers to parliamentary questions are more than (a) two weeks and (b) three months outstanding; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43926) | |
| 112 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time taken to answer letters to Ministers has been in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43948) | |
| 113 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average accident and emergency department waiting times were (a) in England, (b) in each region and (c) in each NHS trust in the last year; and if he will make a statement |
| (44056) | |
| 114 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of unnecessary overspends by individual clinicians; and what measures are in place to reduce them. |
| (44013) | |
| 115 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer on 11th March to the honourable Member for South Derbyshire, Official Report, column 806W, if he will publish the report commissioned from Professor Protti by the Information Policy Unit and the NHS Information Authority on issues of implementing Information for Health. |
| (44054) | |
| 116 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent (a) hospital doctors and (b) GPs there were in the NHS in each year since 1979. |
| (44055) | |
| 117 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if he has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44069) | |
| 118 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department will spend on advertising, other than for job vacancies, in the current financial year. |
| (43883) | |
| 119 | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected overall cost is of locating the headquarters of the North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Health Authority at York. |
| (43976) | |
| 120 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of appointees by the NHS Appointments Commission to NHS trusts, health authorities and PCTs in Somerset and Dorset since 1st April 2001 have declared political activity with the (a) Labour Party, (b) Conservative Party and (c) Liberal Democrats. |
| (43852) | |
| 121 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to implement the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy report of January 2000 on flour fortification with folic acid. |
| (43866) | |
| 122 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the United Kingdom have been prescribed statins for heart disease in each of the last five years. |
| (43869) | |
| 123 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vacancies were unfilled in the NHS for qualified midwives in each of the last five years. |
| (43867) | |
| 124 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what actions he is taking to raise awareness of Parkinson's Disease. |
| (43967) | |
| 125 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the medical complaints which provide entitlements to free prescriptions; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43641) | |
| 126 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of suffers of cystic fibrosis have pancreatic insufficiency. |
| (43640) | |
| 127 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will exempt sufferers of cystic fibrosis from paying prescription charges; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43642) | |
| 128 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve the early detection of lung cancer. |
| (43945) | |
| 129 | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to further reduce tobacco use among children and adults. |
| (43946) | |
| 130 | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to reply to questions (a) 38783, (b) 38780, (c) 38781 and (d) 38778 tabled in relation to the incident of the Yarl's Wood Removal Centre. |
| (44091) | |
| 131 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the United Kingdom will ratify the European Convention on the exercise of children's rights. |
| (43939) | |
| 132 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mobile phones were stolen in (a) Wales, (b) the North West, (c) Lancashire and (d) Ribble Valley in each year since 1997. |
| (44047) | |
| 133 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) special constables there were in (i) Wales and (ii) Lancashire in each year since 1997. |
| (44046) | |
| 134 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours were lost in each year since 1997 owing to illness of police officers in Wales. |
| (44044) | |
| 135 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his plans to tackle drug taking and drug related crime in (a) Wales and (b) the North West. |
| (44050) | |
| 136 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the performance the Confiscated Asset Fund in Wales. |
| (44048) | |
| 137 | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring forward regulations on (a) mandatory investment by commercial companies into the development of non-animal alternatives to animal testing and (b) over-breeding of animals for experiments. |
| (43970) | |
| 138 | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to set up a royal commission inquiry into animal experiments. |
| (43969) | |
| 139 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in his Department are members of the territorial forces; and if he has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the territorial forces. |
| (44075) | |
| 140 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to take account, when deciding asylum claims, of (a) an applicant's treatment in detention abroad and (b) medical evidence of torture; and in what proportion of cases such information is actively sought at interview by interviewing officers. |
| (44254) | |
| 141 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, when an applicant for asylum has provided evidence of torture, he will ensure that any letter of refusal states whether the evidence has been accepted. |
| (44256) | |
| 142 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to bring forward proposals arising from the road traffic penalties review. |
| (43859) | |
| 143 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers are patrolling in (a) the Metropolitan Police force and (b) the United Kingdom. |
| (44078) | |
| 144 | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours of police time were spent patrolling for each police force in the UK in the last year for which figures are available. |
| (44077) | |
| 145 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences of criminal damage there were in (a) each police force area in each year since 1997 and (b) each crime disorder reduction partnership area in each year since their establishment. |
| (43977) | |
| 146 N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of occasions police were dismissed from court duty on the day of a hearing in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what proposals he has to reduce this. |
| (43693) | |
| 147 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government plans to introduce licensing for dog ownership. |
| (43966) | |
| 148 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults there have been on (a) crew and (b) passengers whilst travelling on public services in Staffordshire in the last 12 months. |
| (43958) | |
| 149 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce plans for mandatory bans from using public transport to those convicted of violence whilst using public transport systems. |
| (43956) | |
| 150 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many men have received a winter fuel payment for each year since the scheme began, broken down by (a) those who also receive another social security benefit and (b) those who do not receive another social security benefit. |
| (44093) | |
| 151 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Stafford of 4th December 2001, Official Report, column 231W, when the report on progress towards the recommendations in the Supporting Families document will be placed in the Library. |
| (44202) | |
| 152 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the shorter pay scales for the federated ranks will be. |
| (44022) | |
| 153 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how a police officer will be eligible for the new competence-related pay. |
| (44023) | |
| 154 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes he plans to the regulations to manage attendance in the police service. |
| (44028) | |
| 155 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the ring-fenced allowance is for the officers involved in diplomatic protection, surveillance, undercover and kidnap work. |
| (44026) | |
| 156 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement regarding the minimum level of police cover allowed when overtime is managed down. |
| (44025) | |
| 157 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on ill health retirement from the police service; what the consistent approach to it will involve; and what measures he will introduce to increase officer retention. |
| (44027) | |
| 158 | Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by how much the amount of premium pay for overtime and roster rest day working will be reduced; and what this figure is in cash terms. |
| (44024) | |
| 159 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Government is taking to persuade the World Bank to change loans to heavily indebted poorer countries to grants. |
| (43933) | |
| 160 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Government is taking to alleviate illiteracy in the Third World. |
| (43931) | |
| 161 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action the Government is taking to help eradicate (a) debt and (b) child poverty in the Third World. |
| (43932) | |
| 162 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the countries with which her Department had discussions in 1998 with regard to the use of prison labour for making goods imported into the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43925) | |
| 163 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid funding was made available by her Department to countries during 2001. |
| (43941) | |
| 164 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of staff of her Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if she has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44070) | |
| 165 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid was given to St. Helena in each of the last six years for which figures are available. |
| (43870) | |
| 166 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of St. Helena; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43865) | |
| 167 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on progress towards the construction of an airfield on St. Helena. |
| (43871) | |
| 168 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conclusions she has drawn from the recent elections in Zimbabwe in respect of the New Partnership for African Development. |
| (44199) | |
| 169 | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding Amec's application to the Export Credits Guarantee Department to cover its work in Turkey. |
| (44200) | |
| 170 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the organisations to which the Government has given money for the purposes of mine clearance in 2001-02, specifying the amount given in each case. |
| (43876) | |
| 171 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to address unemployment in the occupied territories. |
| (43873) | |
| 172 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what effect the aid given to the Palestinian Authority's Minister for Education by her Department has had on her Department's capacity to manage (a) planning of teacher training, (b) school development and (c) the teaching of English in that region. |
| (43874) | |
| 173 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the results have been of her Department's funded water and sanitation projects in (a) Jabalia and (b) Anabta in improving water supplies to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. |
| (43875) | |
| 174 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by the Government on (a) humanitarian mine clearance, (b) commercial mine clearance, (d) military initiative mine clearance, (d) mine awareness, (e) victim assistance and (f) research and development for mine clearance in 2001-02. |
| (43878) | |
| 175 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what Government expenditure was on humanitarian mine clearance in 2001-02, broken down by country. |
| (43877) | |
| 176 | Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the results of the midwifery training project funded by her Department to improve standards of midwifery in the Gaza Strip; and how many midwives it has trained. |
| (43872) | |
| 177 N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the monthly court sitting hours for (a) 1998, (b) 1999, (c) 2000 and (d) 2001 for the magistrates' courts in (i) Kingston-upon-Thames, (ii) Merton, (iii) Richmond-upon-Thames, (iv) Sutton and (v) Croydon. |
| (43799) | |
| 178 N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library copies of the consultancy work purchased by the Greater London Magistrates' Court Authority in drawing up their Strategic Plan, 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43796) | |
| 179 N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which consultants have been employed by the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority since it was established; how much has been spent by the GLMCA on consultants ; and what the remits were for each of the consultancy projects the GLMCA has procured. |
| (43798) | |
| 180 N | Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library copies of the consultancy work purchased by the Greater London Magistrates' Court Authority in drawing up their proposals to close the Magistrates' Court at the Guildhall, Kingston-upon-Thames; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43797) | |
| 181 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if his Department has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44064) | |
| 182 N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on his plans to reform the structure of the magistrates' court system. |
| (43459) | |
| 183 | Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what action he will take to reduce the import of illegal fireworks into Northern Ireland. |
| (43943) | |
| 184 N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 6th March, Official Report, column 303, on the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, what plans he has to consult on Zimbabwe's attendance at the Commonwealth Games, following the outcome of the Zimbabwean election; and if he will report the outcome of his consultations to Parliament. |
| (43829) | |
| 185 | Mr John MacDougall (Central Fife): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Spanish Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43868) | |
| 186 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to visit Gibraltar. |
| (43934) | |
| 187 | Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had on the issue of climate change and Kyoto with the Australian Prime Minister during the recent Commonwealth talks; and if he will make a statement on climate change negotiations, with particular reference to Kyoto. |
| (44051) | |
| 188 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps the Government has taken to help the aerospace industry since 1997; and if she will make a statement on her plans for further support. |
| (43920) | |
| 189 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many jobs she estimates are dependent on the aerospace industry in the United Kingdom. |
| (43919) | |
| 190 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on plans to utilise renewable energy sources within Wales. |
| (44042) | |
| 191 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post offices there were in Wales in 1997; how many were classified as rural; and how many there are now that are classified as rural. |
| (44043) | |
| 192 | Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to update labelling laws on animal testing to ensure consumers can make informed purchasing decisions. |
| (43971) | |
| 193 | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what actions she has taken following the publication of the Companies Act Inspectors' report into Mirror Group Newspapers plc on 30th March 2001. |
| (44031) | |
| 194 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many members of staff of her Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if she has a strategy to encourage members of staff in her Department to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44067) | |
| 195 | Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will ensure that the bioenergy capital grants scheme is sufficiently flexible to support small and medium sized enterprises, |
| (44052) | |
| 196 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money has been paid in (a) respiratory compensation and (b) legal costs to solicitors. |
| (43965) | |
| 197 | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 592W, what information she collates on the funding of non-governmental organisations by her Department, with particular reference to those operating on a regional basis; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43917) | |
| 198 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what impact (a) the Support for Maritime Training Scheme and (b) the Tonnage Tax have had on the training and employment of British seafarers, and by what performance indicators that impact is measured. |
| (44053) | |
| 199 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he has proposed changes in the international seamen's certificate requirements to the relevant international organisations; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43914) | |
| 200 | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the future of local government in the North West. |
| (44045) | |
| 201 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will publish correspondence exchanged between the Highways Agency and the Uxbridge and District Rifle Club, since August 2001. |
| (43782) | |
| 202 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans his Department has to (a) sell Broadspring Wood and (b) transfer it to a charitable trust for its long term conservation with public access. |
| (43779) | |
| 203 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what price was included in the contract for sale of Broadspring Wood, Denham, Buckinghamshire, to the Uxbridge and District Rifle Club; and how many hectares of land were to be included in the sale. |
| (43780) | |
| 204 N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out the terms of the licence allowing the Uxbridge and District Rifle Club to use Broadspring Wood, Denham, Buckinghamshire, for multiple shot shotguns for the practical shotgun discipline; and if the licence is different to that referred to in his Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 546W. |
| (43826) | |
| 205 | Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Hendon of 12th December 2001, Official Report, column 871W, on rents, if he will provide similar estimates for the real terms percentage changes in each year he predicts for formula rents for council tenants in each local council in England until 2011. |
| (43851) | |
| 206 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if he has a strategy to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44063) | |
| 207 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the concrete sections of the M42 will be covered with low noise road surfacing. |
| (44076) | |
| 208 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what landing charges (a) are imposed and (b) have been imposed in each of the preceding four years for each civil airport in the United Kingdom operated by (i) BAA and (ii) each of the other airport operators. |
| (43861) | |
| 209 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what factors the Civil Aviation Authority is required to take account of when considering applications from airport operators for increases in landing charges. |
| (43864) | |
| 210 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what standards airport operators in the United Kingdom are required to meet regarding waiting time for passengers to pass through (a) security and (b) ticket checks, broken down by (i) airport and (ii) airport operator. |
| (43862) | |
| 211 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many civil passenger flights have taken place to and from each airport in the United Kingdom in (a) 2001 and (b) each of the preceding four years; and who the (i) owners and (ii) operators of each such airport were. |
| (43863) | |
| 212 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the tax-raising powers that elected regional assemblies will have. |
| (43853) | |
| 213 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if his Department (a) has collated and (b) will publish statistical information on the average number of daily lorry movements on port-related activity to and from Shoreham Harbour in each of the last 36 months. |
| (43703) | |
| 214 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he last made an assessment of fire safety at Shoreham Harbour. |
| (43710) | |
| 215 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 1177W, on what pathological basis he states it is not possible to confirm the source of asbestos trading to individual cases of asbestos related disease. |
| (43830) | |
| 216 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what safety measures have been taken by Shoreham Port Authority to deal with hazardous waste since May 1997. |
| (43790) | |
| 217 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will give his formal response to the proposed Shoreham Harbour Revision Order. |
| (43713) | |
| 218 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the purpose was of the meeting between one of his officials and the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Shoreham Port Authority on 1st February; who instigated the meeting; and if he will publish minutes. |
| (43794) | |
| 219 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the trust ports in the United Kingdom for which he is responsible and the members of their respective boards stating their appointing bodies where appropriate. |
| (43700) | |
| 220 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 1177W, on asbestos, if the cases of mesothelioma and lung cancer have been attributed by (a) estimates and (b) clinical pathology; and what the basis is of that methodology. |
| (43792) | |
| 221 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions his Department has had regarding the proposed Harbour Revision Order for Shoreham Harbour with (a) Shoreham Port Authority and (b) representatives of (i)Adur Council, (ii) Brighton and Hove Council and (iii)West Sussex County Council. |
| (43711) | |
| 222 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 1177W, what assessment he has made of the independent reports of Poolety, Davies, Hoskins, Browne, Gibbs Meldrum and Donnigan. |
| (43848) | |
| 223 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his Department's policy is on the establishment of additional cross channel ferry services at Shoreham Harbour and other South Coast ports. |
| (43786) | |
| 224 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the terms of contract of the Chief Executive of Shoreham Port Authority; and what the procedure is for appointing a successor. |
| (43701) | |
| 225 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which ministers have made official visits to Shoreham Harbour since May 1997. |
| (43702) | |
| 226 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what financial contribution will be made by Shoreham Port Authority towards the road link study between Shoreham Harbour and the A27 proposed by SEEDA. |
| (43708) | |
| 227 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the funding arrangements are for the road link study between Shoreham Harbour and the A27 proposed by SEEDA. |
| (43707) | |
| 228 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the extent is of his responsibilities for Shoreham Harbour; and on what connected subjects he is responsible to Parliament. |
| (43785) | |
| 229 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, ref. 42321, if he will list all funding made available to the Maritime Vision for Shoreham Harbour through English Partnerships through the former Partnership Investment Programme. |
| (43795) | |
| 230 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria apply to the Chairman, Chief Executive and board members of the Shoreham Port Authority under Nolan Standards Commission requirements. |
| (43697) | |
| 231 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action is taken by his Department to monitor borrowing levels by Shoreham Port Authority. |
| (43784) | |
| 232 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will name the members of the interviewing panel for new board members of the Shoreham Port Authority. |
| (43698) | |
| 233 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he has given to members of Shoreham Port Authority regarding remuneration figures for board members and executive employees. |
| (43704) | |
| 234 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the remit is of the road link study between Shoreham Harbour and the A27 proposed by SEEDA; who will prepare the study; and when it is due to report. |
| (43709) | |
| 235 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many applications were received for the two vacant places on the Shoreham Port Authority Board; and how many candidates were interviewed. |
| (43699) | |
| 236 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, Ref 42323, what proportion of land at Shoreham Harbour is considered (a) brownfield land and (b) land used for port-related activities. |
| (43787) | |
| 237 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what consultation has taken place on the proposed Harbour Revision Order for Shoreham Harbour between Shoreham Port Authority and (a)Adur Council, (b)Brighton and Hove Council, (c)West Sussex County Council and (d)local residents. |
| (43712) | |
| 238 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the businesses based at Shoreham Harbour as tenants of Shoreham Port Authority; and how many employees are employed by each. |
| (43793) | |
| 239 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria will be used for appointing future members of the Shoreham Port Authority board on the basis of the proposed Shoreham Harbour Revision Order. |
| (43706) | |
| 240 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the EU Transport Commissioner and (b) the French Transport Minister on the closure of the Channel Tunnel rail freight facilities. |
| (43978) | |
| 241 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact on his rail freight target of the closure of the Channel Tunnel rail freight facilities; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44011) | |
| 242 | Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will publish an updated Government response to the recommendations from the Cleaner Vehicles Task Force. |
| (43879) | |
| 243 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers Railtrack plc, has whilst in administration, to be involved in any bid for another company, or part of another company. |
| (44207) | |
| 244 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice he has received from (a) the Strategic Rail Authority and (b) the Rail Regulator on the ownership of assets by special purpose vehicles in the rail industry. |
| (43631) | |
| 245 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from Railtrack plc or its administrators with regards to the possible purchase of the whole of Global Crossing UK or part of it by (a) Railtrack plc on its own, (b) a bid involving Railtrack plc or (c) other companies or bodies. |
| (44204) | |
| 246 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many meetings he has had with the Rail Regulator since 5th October 2001; and on what dates those meetings took place. |
| (43639) | |
| 247 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made as to the possibility of establishing a special purchase vehicle for the purpose of purchasing, or being involved in any purchase of, Global Crossing UK or part of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44210) | |
| 248 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers the SRA has to purchase or be involved in the purchase of Global Crossing UK or part of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44209) | |
| 249 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the (a) operational and (b) target strength of the British Transport Police in each BTP area was (i) in April 1997 and (ii) at the latest available date. |
| (43950) | |
| 250 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions he or his Department have had with the Rail Regulator on the structure and funding of the successor company to Railtrack in administration. |
| (43638) | |
| 251 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from the Health and Safety Executive with regard to the possible purchase of Global Crossing UK, or any part of it, by (a) Railtrack plc (b) the SRA and (c) other company, either on their own or as part of a joint bid. |
| (44211) | |
| 252 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made as to the possibility of Railtrack plc, whilst in administration, purchasing, or being involved in the purchase of Global Crossing UK or part of it; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44206) | |
| 253 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whilst it remains in administration, under what powers money could be provided to Railtrack plc by (a) the Secretary of State, (b) the Office of the Rail Regulator, (c) the Strategic Rail Authority or (d) other financier, for the purchase of another company or part of another company including Global Crossing UK. |
| (44208) | |
| 254 N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost was to his Department and its predecessor of management consultants in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2000-01. |
| (43629) | |
| 255 | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received from SRA, with regards to the possible purchase of the whole or part of Global Crossing UK by (a) the SRA on its own, (b) a bid involving the SRA or (c) other companies or bodies. |
| (44205) | |
| 256 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many national maritime assets have been sold since 1997. |
| (43964) | |
| 257 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, under what statutory provisions a competent harbour authority is required to ensure the safe provision of a pilotage service. |
| (43973) | |
| 258 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what legislative authority the Port Marine Safety Code carries. |
| (43974) | |
| 259 | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will review the Pilotage Act 1987. |
| (43952) | |
| 260 | The Reverend Martin Smyth (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to exempt disabled facilities grants for children from the test of resources. |
| (43944) | |
| 261 N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will (a) list the areas which have made representations that they should be in receipt of Objective 2 funding and (b) set out where included in those representations their per capita GDP as a proportion of the UK average and the year to which these figures relate. |
| (43827) | |
| 262 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations there are on the installation of (a) radio, (b) alarm and (c) CCTV systems into buses. |
| (43963) | |
| 263 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps is he taking to prevent assaults against bus crews on public services; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43960) | |
| 264 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance is given to bus operators on offering employees professional counselling after they have suffered work-related violence. |
| (43957) | |
| 265 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what requirements are placed on bus operators to keep in good order bus radio and alarm systems. |
| (43962) | |
| 266 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what guidance he has issued on risk assessments to be carried out by bus operators on the risk of violence to bus crews. |
| (43955) | |
| 267 N | Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what powers the Government has to compel councils to build houses under the unitary development plan. |
| (43508) | |
| 268 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Paisley North have (a) entered work and (b) are in unsubsidised employment through the New Deal Programme. |
| (43915) | |
| 269 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are benefiting from the minimum income guarantee. |
| (43979) | |
| 270 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in England and Wales are in private pension schemes. |
| (43923) | |
| 271 | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the take-up of means-tested benefits has changed (a) since 1997, (b) since 1998, (c) since 1999 and (d) since 2000. |
| (44245) | |
| 272 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff of his Department are members of the Territorial forces; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become members of the Territorial forces. |
| (44066) | |
| 273 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much additional money, in total per year, would be paid to pensioners in North Norfolk if those not presently claiming the minimum income guarantee were to claim it. |
| (43694) | |
| 274 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many entitled non-recipients of the minimum income guarantee there are in (a) the North Norfolk constituency and (b) England. |
| (43695) | |
| 275 N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of pensioners in (a) the North Norfolk constituency and (b) England claim the minimum income guarantee. |
| (43696) | |
| 276 | Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance targets are in place relating to the handling of complaints and enquiries to the Child Benefit Centre at Washington, Tyne and Wear. |
| (44255) | |
| 277 | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes there have been in (a) cash and (b) real terms in the state pension between 1998-99 an 2002-03. |
| (44030) | |
| 278 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues to companies that offer an occupational pension scheme on including pension surpluses in payments to former employees; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43961) | |
| 279 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to allow provision for representation of pension members on pension trustee boards. |
| (43954) | |
| 280 | Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to compel pension trustee boards to appoint independent chairmen. |
| (43953) | |
| 281 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, since the New Deal for Young People began, how many participants have joined the scheme (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) more than three times. |
| (44095) | |
| 282 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the commitment to raise the state pension by at least 2.5 per cent. even when inflation is lower than this covers (a) basic pension increments, (b) the graduated pension and (c) SERPS. |
| (44094) | |
| 283 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 11th July 2001, Official Report, column 566W, on the Pensions Education campaign, when the summary of the quantitative tracking research on the pensions education marketing campaign will be placed in the Library. |
| (44201) | |
| 284 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many grants towards funeral expenses have been paid from the Social Fund in each of the past five years; and how many have subsequently been reclaimed. |
| (44096) | |
| 285 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason increments to the basic state pension were up-rated by a lower percentage than the rest of the basic pension in April 2001; and for what reason the increments will be up-rated by the same percentage as the rest of the basic state pension in April 2002. |
| (44088) | |
| 286 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on contributions towards funeral costs from the Social Fund in each of the past five years; what was the average payment; and how much it would cost to reimburse clergymen for the fees in addition to other current costs. |
| (44090) | |
| 287 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many couples getting divorced have applied to the courts to share their pension rights between them since December 2000. |
| (44089) | |
| 288 N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action has been taken to monitor dust emissions from HGVs using Shoreham Harbour on port related business. |
| [Transferred] (43705) | |
| 289 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make dedicated pre-school nursery premises zero-rated for local taxation. |
| [Transferred] (43936) | |
| 290 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date he estimates the number of pensioners qualifying for means-tested benefits to fall to the level that existed in 1995. |
| [Transferred] (43935) | |
| 291 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what types of premises are zero-rated for local taxation. |
| [Transferred] (43937) | |
| 292 | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what (a) number and (b) percentage of permanent secretaries attended (i) Oxford and Cambridge, (ii) independent schools and (iii) both; if he will provide these figures for each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. |
| [Transferred] (43858) | |
| 293 | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on what emergency aid schemes have been authorised to compensate UK airlines for losses caused by the closure of airspace between 11th and 14th September 2001. |
| [Transferred] (43975) | |
| 294 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether cloud-seeding is allowed in the UK. |
| [Transferred] (43850) | |
| 295 | Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has used cloud-seeding in Great Britain since 1972. |
| [Transferred] (43849) | |
| 296 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were prosecuted for housing benefit or council tax benefit fraud in the last year for which figures are available; how many of those prosecutions were successful; and if he will break down the successful prosecutions by type of punishment. |
| [Transferred] (44097) | |
| 297 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers within Paisley North have been found to be breaching the minimum wage legislation. |
| [Transferred] (43916) | |
| 298 | Mrs Irene Adams (Paisley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers within Paisley North, having advertised with the Employment Service, have subsequently been found to have breached the minimum wage legislation. |
| [Transferred] (43918) | |
| 299 | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) proportion and (b) number of pensioners have income from earnings, broken down in both cases into five-year age bands. |
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