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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 18 March 2002
Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 18 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 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, Official Report, columns 253-4W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41499) | |
| 2 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for UK membership of the World Tourism Organisation. |
| (44612) | |
| 3 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to the UK of membership of the World Tourism Organisation. |
| (44613) | |
| 4 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to establish a tourism satellite account in line with the recommendation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. |
| (44611) | |
| 5 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 727W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41503) | |
| 6 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many non-domestic visitors she estimates will visit London during the week of the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44590) | |
| 7 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings the ministerial group for the Queen's Golden Jubilee has had; what the group discussed during meetings; how many members the group is comprised of; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44585) | |
| 8 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which department will pay for the Queen's Golden Jubilee medals; how much of the cost will be met by the public; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44588) | |
| 9 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if commemorative coins will be minted to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44563) | |
| 10 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been received in the form of donations to fund the Golden Jubilee events in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44578) | |
| 11 N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the first awards to be made by the National Lottery's joint Community Fund and New Opportunities Fund fair share project; what the final date is by which she expects all funds to have been distributed; and what measures are in place to ensure that all funds are distributed by this date. |
| (44036) | |
| 12 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the groups expected to march in the Golden Jubilee procession on 4th June; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44591) | |
| 13 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans have been made for cleaning up after major Golden Jubilee events; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44581) | |
| 14 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if awards, other than the Queen's Gold Jubilee Medal, are to be presented during the Jubilee festivities; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44580) | |
| 15 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visitors are expected to attend the (a) fireworks display on 3rd June, (b) ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace on 4th June, (c) Golden Jubilee Festival in the Mall on 4th June and (d) Queen's balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace on 4th June; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44566) | |
| 16 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to encourage neighbourhood street parties to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44586) | |
| 17 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to commission statues in commemoration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44567) | |
| 18 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South Suffolk of 6th February, Official Report, column 986W, on the Golden Jubilee, what the objectives are of each initiative for the celebrations; if she will outline the project plans; how many people are working on each of these initiatives and plans; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44565) | |
| 19 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list Government-sponsored commemorative Golden Jubilee items; what the cost to make each item is; how many of each item will be produced; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44564) | |
| 20 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list (a) the donors sponsoring the Golden Jubilee events and (b) the amount of money each donor has contributed in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44579) | |
| 21 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer from the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the honourable Member for Twickenham, of 14th February, Official Report, column 622W, on the Golden Jubilee, what plans she has to apply for a special grant for exceptional additional costs which could not be met from within existing budgets for the Queen's Golden Jubilee and for how much; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44562) | |
| 22 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to publicise the Queen's Jubilee internationally; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44587) | |
| 23 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how the money was allocated; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44589) | |
| 24 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are working on the planning and organisation of the Queen's Golden Jubilee; what departments each of those people work for; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44582) | |
| 25 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff at her Department are justices of the peace; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44546) | |
| 26 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what relationship Ofcom will have with the devolved assemblies. |
| (44486) | |
| 27 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what provision she plans to make for those (a) with disabilities, (b) with imperfect sight and (c) hard of hearing in implementing the White Paper on Communications. |
| (44485) | |
| 28 | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the relationship will be between Ofcom and the OFT; and in the event of a dispute on jurisdiction who will decide. |
| (44487) | |
| 29 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons prison officers will not be awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal. |
| (44421) | |
| 30 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to review legislation governing hours of licensing for public houses. |
| (42410) | |
| 31 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether EU directives for the administration of public projects apply to the building of the national stadium at Wembley; and if she will make a statement on the national stadium. |
| (44445) | |
| 32 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31st January, Official Report, column 498W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41501) | |
| 33 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the changes necessary to open up his Department's land to disabled people; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44639) | |
| 34 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated number of Taliban and Al Qaeda troops remaining in Afghanistan is; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44652) | |
| 35 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has been made of public access to his Department's land; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44637) | |
| 36 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the public annually used the public access areas on his Department's land in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44638) | |
| 37 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress, has been made towards implementing the 13 point programme agreed upon at the Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in 2000; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44651) | |
| 38 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military officers are expected to be present at the Queen's Golden Jubilee festivities; of that number, how many will be there for the purpose of (a) protection/security, (b) marching in the parade and (c) performing music; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44583) | |
| 39 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how it was allocated; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44584) | |
| 40 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which single efficiency measures have resulted in annual savings of over (a) £500,000, (b) £1 million and (c) £5 million. |
| (44223) | |
| 41 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings have accrued to his Department from the use of incentives in the MoD's food supply contract that require the contractor to seek improved value for money on behalf of the Department. |
| (44217) | |
| 42 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual target is for efficiency savings to be made in his Department's spending; and how much was saved in each of the past five years. |
| (44216) | |
| 43 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings have accrued from the introduction of flexible working practices for dock workers. |
| (44218) | |
| 44 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Defence Logistics Organisation Information Technology projects have been cancelled since 1997; and what has been the total spending to date on these projects. |
| (44215) | |
| 45 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons work has been stopped on the Defence Stores Management Solution system; and what assessment he has made of the effect this will have on the efforts of the Defence Logistics Organisation to achieve cost reductions in the delivery of its services. |
| (44214) | |
| 46 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings have accrued from the improvements to the Army's utilities management in Germany. |
| (44221) | |
| 47 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the savings made by the review of support arrangements in the Defence Procurement Agency. |
| (44220) | |
| 48 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether each Royal Navy frigate and destroyer is operational or in refit; and what the period of the current or next refit is in respect of each ship. |
| (44213) | |
| 49 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings the Royal Air Force has achieved by reducing the number of postings that require a domestic move. |
| (44222) | |
| 50 N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings have accrued from the replacement of five contracts supporting a guided missile system with a single incentivised contract streamlined stockholdings and overheads, as noted in his Department's Performance Report 2000-01. |
| (44219) | |
| 51 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44545) | |
| 52 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44548) | |
| 53 | Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye & Inverness West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the future of the BUTEC and Rona test and evaluation ranges, and if he will make a statement. |
| (44428) | |
| 54 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations his Department has carried out following the two fishing boat accidents in the Irish Sea on 31st January and 14th February; what the result of those investigations has been; and what further action will be taken to ensure that action plans are in place in fishing ports to address similar accidents in the future. |
| (44466) | |
| 55 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations have been carried out into submarine activity in the Irish Sea, with particular reference to the area between St John's Point at Killough, County Down and Dundalk, County Louth; and what the result of those investigations has been. |
| (44467) | |
| 56 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome was of the local police investigation into the circumstances of the death of Fahir Bici and Avni Dudi on 4th July 1999; what the outcome of the RMP investigation was; how many rounds were discharged by British forces; what communication he has had with the families of the deceased; what compensation has been paid; what the result was of disciplinary hearings; and what notices of orders were issued to the Parachute Regiment relating to circumstances of the incident. |
| (41095) | |
| 57 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the outcome was of the investigation led by Colonel Zemary Fazil into the death of a man and injury of his pregnant wife in Kabul on the weekend of 16th and 17th February; what statements were issued contemporaneously by the Army press office and other agencies given responsibility for press relations; what subsequent clarifications have been issued; what explanation for the incident has been given to partners in the International Security Assistance Force; how many rounds were fired by each of the members of the Parachute Regiment involved in the incident; what ranks these soldiers were; how many spent rounds were recovered in the vicinity; in whose custody scene of crime evidence has been retained; how many soldiers have been withdrawn from the area of operation; if disciplinary charges are pending; what attempts have been made by senior officers to contact the family of the deceased; and what representations have been received from the Afghan authorities. |
| (41096) | |
| 58 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the changes that have been made to the provisions for courts martial contained within the Army Act 1955 to bring the framework for military discipline into line with Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights; and what the principal findings of the European Court on 26th February were. |
| (41097) | |
| 59 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to amend the Armed Forces Discipline Act 2000. |
| (41098) | |
| 60 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research has been commissioned to look at alternative arrangements, compliant with the Human Rights Act 1998, for military discipline; and what estimate he has made of the limitations there are on the use of criminal courts. |
| (41099) | |
| 61 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases were brought before courts martial in each of HM armed services in the most recent year for which figures are available; if he will break down these cases by (a) the nature of charges brought and (b) verdicts delivered; and what estimate he has made of cases which could feasibly have been considered by a civilian court. |
| (41100) | |
| 62 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what instructions were issued to members of the Parachute Regiment concerning off duty activities on the weekend of the thirtieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the commemorative march on 27th January; and what instructions were given to the Parachute Regiment regarding military memorabilia. |
| (43887) | |
| 63 | Mr John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency to achieve its targets for the financial years (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. |
| (44575) | |
| 64 | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that Iraq does not have the capability to use (a) nuclear, (b) chemical and (c) biological weapons of mass destruction. |
| (44311) | |
| 65 N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East who have received ex-gratia payments under his scheme were (a) diplomatic personnel and (b) dependents of diplomatic personnel. |
| (41234) | |
| 66 | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the progress achieved by the Government's veterans' initiative since it was launched. |
| (44479) | |
| 67 | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the future of the Millbay Territorial Army Centre in Plymouth; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44481) | |
| 68 | Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made with the memorial to service personnel killed since the Second World War; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44480) | |
| 69 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, columns 818-9W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41506) | |
| 70 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if commemorative items will be distributed to school children in celebration of the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44593) | |
| 71 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how the money was allocated; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44594) | |
| 72 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to educate and prepare school children for the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44592) | |
| 73 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will allow teachers affected by congestion charges to be reimbursed the extra costs. |
| (44375) | |
| 74 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the cost to a teacher over a year of the extra costs of congestion charging in London if they use a car to drive to work. |
| (44374) | |
| 75 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools, broken down by (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special, are within the congestion charge zone in London. |
| (44372) | |
| 76 | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate has been made of the effects of congestion charging on the recruitment of teachers in schools within the congestion charging zone in London. |
| (44373) | |
| 77 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many members of staff at her Department are justices of the peace; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44549) | |
| 78 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many members of staff at her Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44543) | |
| 79 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional support is given to local education authorities to meet the costs resulting from the requirement to educate the children of asylum seekers. |
| (44488) | |
| 80 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the circular documents that have been sent by the Learning and Skills Council to (a) secondary schools and (b) colleges of further education; and how many pages each document contained. |
| (44035) | |
| 81 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the circular documents that have been sent by (a) the Office for Standards in Education, (b) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and (c) the Teacher Training Authority to (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools since 7th June 2001; and how many pages each document contained. |
| (44080) | |
| 82 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultations have taken place between her Department and Oxford Brookes University about the proposed closure of the University's courses in geology, civil engineering and geotechnics, mapping and cartography; and when she was informed of the proposed closures. |
| (44081) | |
| 83 N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the circular documents that have been sent by her Department to local education authorities since 7th June 2001; and how many pages each document contained. |
| (44079) | |
| 84 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many demountable classrooms there are in Shrewsbury and Atcham; and where they are. |
| (44296) | |
| 85 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the purpose of higher education. |
| (43644) | |
| 86 N | Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will state the proportion of those aged 18 to 30 participating in higher education (a) as calculated using the initial entry rate and (b) broken down to show the age participation rate for each year group. |
| (43645) | |
| 87 N | Mr Jonathan R. Shaw (Chatham & Aylesford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what powers she has to overturn a decision by the schools adjudicator where he has ruled that a school cannot increase its intake due to cost and proximity to another equivalent school. |
| (43981) | |
| 88 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures her Department has taken to prevent the selling of school playing fields. |
| (44444) | |
| 89 | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many school playing fields were sold in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02; and what acreage this involved. |
| (44447) | |
| 90 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the role of her Department in checks on illegal meat imports at coastal ports in the last two years. |
| (44212) | |
| 91 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 12th March, ref. 38842, on which dates members of State Veterinary Service were involved in joint exercises at Heathrow. |
| (44230) | |
| 92 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 12th March, ref. 42169, PQ4610, when she will publish her organic action plan. |
| (44227) | |
| 93 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 12th March, ref. 38842, on how many occasions, and when, members of the State Veterinary Service participated in exercises organised by Crawley Borough Council in respect of identifying illegal meat imports. |
| (44229) | |
| 94 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if imports of beef from animals over 30 months old at the time of slaughter are banned; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44225) | |
| 95 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 12th March, ref. 42321, when she expects the Environment Agency to publish its research on the Human Health Review of Incineration and Combustion Techniques. |
| (44228) | |
| 96 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take (a) nationally, (b) Europe-wide and (c) internationally towards launching a mechanism to promote and develop international objectives for sustainable development in Johannesburg. |
| (44414) | |
| 97 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to biodiversity issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44340) | |
| 98 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to ocean and sea issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44347) | |
| 99 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to meet the commitments of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. |
| (44351) | |
| 100 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to energy issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44341) | |
| 101 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to promote the results of United Nations summit conferences relating to sustainable development. |
| (44352) | |
| 102 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to mountain issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44343) | |
| 103 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's priorities are for the Rio+10 Summit in Johannesburg towards the objectives of (a) poverty eradication and (b) sustainable production and consumption for the UK; and what the priorities of the European Group are. |
| (44426) | |
| 104 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which members of (a) her Department and (b) the Government are planning to attend the Rio+10 Summit in Johannesburg in 2002; and on what dates these individuals are expected to be in attendance. |
| (44358) | |
| 105 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to re-affirm the Rio Declaration. |
| (44361) | |
| 106 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many treatment facilities there are in the UK for liquid waste; what assessment her Department has made of the availability of treatment facilities; and what assessment her Department has made of whether the target of banning the landfilling of hazardous liquid wastes from July will be met. |
| (44363) | |
| 107 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken since the United Nations General Assembly Special Session in 1997 towards the objectives of (a) poverty eradication and (b) sustainable production and consumption patterns; and what steps are planned towards further progress on these objectives. |
| (44353) | |
| 108 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what preparations her Department is making for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. |
| (44362) | |
| 109 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to land use issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44344) | |
| 110 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to strengthen the implementation of (i) the Rio Declaration, (ii) Agenda 21 and (ii) other commitments made at (A) Rio in 1992 and (B) the United Nations General Assembly Special Section in 1997. |
| (44350) | |
| 111 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to forestry issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44382) | |
| 112 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to health and the environment issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44346) | |
| 113 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to co-operate with developing countries on developing policies and processes for combating poverty and promoting sustainable development. |
| (44359) | |
| 114 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to coastal zone issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44348) | |
| 115 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 641W, on the Pollution Inspectorate, what the qualifications are to which she refers; which consultants were commissioned in 2000, what the process was through which any contract was awarded, the month in which this took place, and the terms of reference of this work; if she will place in the Library a copy of their report, and other documentation relating to this work; if she will describe the process by which the contract for carrying out a trial methodology was undertaken; which local authorities, process operators and trade associations were involved in the trial; to whom it is planned to issue the trial report for comments; and how these comments will be utilised. |
| (44427) | |
| 116 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to sanitation issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) impovements have been. |
| (44365) | |
| 117 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to minerals and metal issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44342) | |
| 118 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken by the Government since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to (a) set goals on environmental protection and (b) improve eco-efficiency and resource productivity relating to fresh water issues; and what these (i) goals and (ii) improvements have been. |
| (44364) | |
| 119 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to develop goals and targets to confront negative environmental economic and social impact of development within and outside the European region. |
| (44371) | |
| 120 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the average effect on SAP ratings, (b) the average reduction in fuel bills and (c) the energy saving resulting from the measures taken to date of properties subject to the home energy efficiency scheme. |
| (43571) | |
| 121 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many calls have been received by (a) Eaga Partnership and (b) TXU Warm Front Ltd. call centres in each (i) local authority area and (ii) government office region about delays in installations under the home energy efficiency scheme in each quarter for which information is available. |
| (43569) | |
| 122 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) types and (b) numbers of energy efficiency and conservation measures installed by (i) Eaga Partnership and (ii) TXU Warm Front Ltd in each (A) local authority and (B) government office region in each of the last four quarters for which information is available. |
| (43572) | |
| 123 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many heating installations undertaken by (a) TXU Warm Front Ltd. and (b) Eaga Partnership were completed in each of the last four quarters for which information is available; what proportion were found to be (i) unsafe and (ii) requiring remedial work; and what was the (A) average and (B) longest wait for remedial work to be completed. |
| (43568) | |
| 124 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of heating installations have been completed by (a) Eaga Partnership and (b) TXU Warm Front Ltd. in each (i) local authority and (ii) government office region in (A) less than a month, (B) one to two months, (C) two to three months, (D) three to four months, (E) four to five months, (F) five to six months, (G) six to seven months and (H) over seven months. |
| (43570) | |
| 125 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, columns 926-7W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41511) | |
| 126 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures there are to encourage farmers to use hedges as boundaries on their land. |
| (43044) | |
| 127 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent measures have been introduced to encourage businesses to recycle waste. |
| (43042) | |
| 128 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of outstanding claims for foot and mouth disease compensation from Scotland. |
| (44367) | |
| 129 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Directive 1999/74/EC on the welfare of laying hens will be fully implemented. |
| (44628) | |
| 130 | Matthew Green (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what extra welfare standards (a) have been implemented and (b) are planned to be introduced by the Government over and above the EU Directive 1999/74/EC on the welfare of laying hens. |
| (44629) | |
| 131 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how the money was allocated; and if she will make a statement. |
| (44595) | |
| 132 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff at her Department are justices of the peace; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44550) | |
| 133 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff at her Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44541) | |
| 134 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation took place between the Intervention Board, her Department and the Home Office before the announcement that the Hemswell Cliff site was a possible site for an asylum seekers' accommodation centre. |
| (44624) | |
| 135 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total tonnage is that can be stored in the Hemswell Cliff Cold Stores; and what alternative storage facilities there are in the UK. |
| (44625) | |
| 136 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual cost is of providing the refrigerated storage at the Intervention Board facility at Hemswell Cliff. |
| (44627) | |
| 137 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total tonnage is that can be stored in refrigerated stores available to the Intervention Board. |
| (44626) | |
| 138 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms have been found to have exceeded acceptable nitrate levels in the United Kingdom for each of the last five years; and where they are. |
| (44297) | |
| 139 | Mr Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of the claims, broken down by company, which remain to be paid by her Department arising from work in connection with foot and mouth. |
| (44295) | |
| 140 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the 2005-06 waste-recycling targets for local waste collection authorities set out in her Department's waste consultation document were arrived at. |
| (44349) | |
| 141 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the criteria for local authority bids will be announced with regard to the allocation of the £140m recycling funds for 2002-03 and 2003-04. |
| (44306) | |
| 142 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how much financial support (a) Merseyside and (b) other metropolitan waste disposal authorities will receive from central government over the next financial year. |
| (44308) | |
| 143 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidelines she has set for the disposal and use of lower grade compost that will be unfit for agricultural use. |
| (44345) | |
| 144 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's Waste Strategy 2000 documents, how many tonnes of incineration capacity he estimates will be needed by (a) 2005-06, (b) 2010 and (c) 2015; and on what assumptions these figures are based. |
| (44307) | |
| 145 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information supported the designation of (a) Gatcombe parish council and (b) Newchurch parish council as 'barely active'. |
| (44281) | |
| 146 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she had concerning Ian Stillman during her visit to India of 11th February. |
| (43907) | |
| 147 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he collates on the relative value of public and private pension schemes in determining equivalence of remuneration. |
| (43135) | |
| 148 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 704W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41584) | |
| 149 N | Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions, prior to 31st March 2001, the Treasury has withheld consent to an informers' reward awarded by the Inland Revenue under section 32 of the Inland Revenue Act 1890; and on what grounds and statutory authority. |
| (43905) | |
| 150 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to implement the changes to VAT for small business announced in his March 2001 Budget speech. |
| (44370) | |
| 151 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44539) | |
| 152 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44557) | |
| 153 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 13th March ref. 42949, on public services productivity, which units within the Treasury are working on the paper; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44396) | |
| 154 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the component sub-units of each unit listed on pages 10 and 11 of HM Treasury's Departmental Report; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44381) | |
| 155 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 776W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41504) | |
| 156 N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the European Union in respect of US policy towards Iraq. |
| (40914) | |
| 157 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has received clarification from the detaining power as to the legal status of British detainees at Camp X-Ray; and if British detainees at Camp X-Ray may be removed to other jurisdictions without his knowledge and approval. |
| (44476) | |
| 158 | Mr Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) the UK Government and (b) its agencies has been offered access to evidence gathered from British detainees at Camp X-Ray by the detaining power. |
| (44457) | |
| 159 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment; and what progress has been achieved. |
| (44390) | |
| 160 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the women's organisations which have been consulted over proposed legislation by her Department during (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2000-02 sessions; and if their responses have been published. |
| (44387) | |
| 161 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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. |
| (44388) | |
| 162 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since August 1997. |
| (44389) | |
| 163 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44551) | |
| 164 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government is giving to the government of the Kingdom of Nepal in the struggle against Maoist rebels. |
| (41382) | |
| 165 N | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made with regard to verification procedures relating to the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. |
| (40923) | |
| 166 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times officials from his Department have had contact with Iraqi government officials in (a) the last month, (b) the last three months and (c) the last six months. |
| (44292) | |
| 167 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence he has received linking Iraq to the New York terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001. |
| (44293) | |
| 168 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he raised the case of Ian Stillman with (a) President Narayanan and (b) Prime Minister Vajpayee in India during his visit on 27th February. |
| (43908) | |
| 169 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the honourable Member for Exeter raised the case of Ian Stillman with (a) President Narayanan and (b) Prime Minister Vajpayee on his visit on 18th, 21st and 22nd February. |
| (43911) | |
| 170 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times the UK High Commissioner in India has raised the case of Ian Stillman with (a) President Narayanan and (b) Prime Minister Vajpayee in India. |
| (43909) | |
| 171 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on (a) the statutory responsibility for public health matters, (b) the responsibility for preventative action in support of public health and (c) the funding responsibility for these functions in cases where the boundary of a primary care trust is not wholly within or consistent with the boundary of a proposed strategic health authority. |
| (43136) | |
| 172 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each London borough the number of elderly residents who are placed in residential and nursing homes outside London. |
| (43840) | |
| 173 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each social services department the number of people from outside London who are placed in residential and nursing homes inside London. |
| (43841) | |
| 174 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in residential and nursing homes for the elderly in Greater London there were on (a) 31st March 1997 and (b) the latest available date. |
| (43894) | |
| 175 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what periodic reviews of the number of outstanding parliamentary questions are carried out by his Department; and how often they are undertaken. |
| (43987) | |
| 176 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long his Department estimates it has taken for care home to be built from the initial application being submitted to the relevant planning department in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. |
| (43901) | |
| 177 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer, of 11th March, ref 41778, on parliamentary questions, if he will list (a) the tabling honourable Members, (b) the question reference numbers, (c) the date of tabling and (d) the date the questions were falsely recorded as answered. |
| (43646) | |
| 178 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 843W, on parliamentary questions, if he will give details of the work that has been re-prioritised in order for the backlog of outstanding Questions to be answered. |
| (43904) | |
| 179 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures the National Care Standards Commission has at its disposal to enforce the minimum standard that relates to contracts between care homes and individuals. |
| (43898) | |
| 180 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department plans to publicise the amendment to Regulation 5 of the Care Homes Regulations 2001 to (a) local authorities, (b) care home owners and (c) residents and their families. |
| (43897) | |
| 181 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reissue his Department's Moving into a Care Home leaflet; how many she plans to distribute; to whom; and by what means. |
| (43896) | |
| 182 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood of 5th March, Official Report, column 192W, on parliamentary questions, of those outstanding questions due for reply before 14th February, how many questions have been answered by the target date of 12th March; and of those not answered by the announced date, what estimates he will make for the full reply to all outstanding questions. |
| (43643) | |
| 183 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a direction to require NHS bodies to use the central core contract for how NHS nursing contribution received by care homes is to be accounted for. |
| (43895) | |
| 184 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will be asked to be members of the consultation exercise on the amendment of the Care Homes Regulations 2001 Standard 5; how it will be publicised; how much he expects the exercise to cost; and when he will publish the results. |
| (43800) | |
| 185 N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to compensate those self-funding residents who are eligable and received payment for free nursing care but did not have the money passed on in a reduction in fees. |
| (43899) | |
| 186 N | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set out the methodology underpinning the distribution of the funding for extra intermediate care funding facilities for older people as described in his letter of 6th March to the honourable Member for Cheadle. |
| (43903) | |
| 187 N | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March, ref. 28289, if he will publish the methodology used to derive the 2002-03 allocation as indicated in the document entitled 'Improving Social Services for Older People'; what the rates of delayed discharge were in the 55 highest by council area and the next 45 by council area in summer 2001; and if he will publish the methodology used to derive the amounts awarded to Councils in the Building Care Capacity Grant 2002-03. |
| (43988) | |
| 188 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th February, Official Report, columns 1160-4W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41508) | |
| 189 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase co-operation between general practitioners and pharmacists; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43040) | |
| 190 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce measures to increase the role of the local pharmacy in treating minor ailments. |
| (43041) | |
| 191 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for outlining the new code of practice for the National Register of Social Care Workers; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44636) | |
| 192 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time-equivalent general practitioners per 100,000 population there were in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 2001. |
| (44276) | |
| 193 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of those aged 18 years and over were registered with a general dental service dentist in (a) each health authority and (b) England in each year from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. |
| (44272) | |
| 194 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how must has been spent by (a) his Department and (b) each trust or health authority, in each of the last five years on each type of prescribed domiciliary oxygen therapy. |
| (44301) | |
| 195 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the consultation document on the Review of Domiciliary Oxygen Services. |
| (44303) | |
| 196 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women aged 50 to 64 years were screened for breast cancer in (a) England and (b) each health authority in 2000-01. |
| (44274) | |
| 197 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the percentage of operations cancelled at short notice for non-clinical reasons in (a) England and (b) each health authority for each year since 1997-98. |
| (44290) | |
| 198 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients were not readmitted within a month of their operation being cancelled in (a) England and (b) each health authority in each year since 1997-98. |
| (44368) | |
| 199 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of those aged under 18 were registered with a general dental service dentist in (a) each health authority and (b) England in each year since 1997. |
| (44273) | |
| 200 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of domiciliary oxygen has been prescribed by (a) GPs and (b) hospital respiratory specialists in the last 12 months. |
| (44302) | |
| 201 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the average gross cost in pounds per course of treatment in England for (a) children and (b) adults in 2000-01. |
| (44289) | |
| 202 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for cateract extraction in (a) England and (b) each NHS trust for each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44275) | |
| 203 | Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the different forms of domiciliary oxygen therapy available on the NHS drugs tariff for prescription to people who are on long term oxygen therapy. |
| (44300) | |
| 204 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what precautions (a) local hospitals and (b) emergency management services are planning to take in preparation for the crowds anticipated during the weekend of the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44596) | |
| 205 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how the money was allocated; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44597) | |
| 206 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the number of parliamentary questions yet to be answered by his Department; how many members (a) are waiting for replies to parliamentary questions and (b) have suffered delays of six months or more in waiting for responses to parliamentary questions; and how many parliamentary questions tabled before the Christmas Recess 2001 have yet to be answered by his Department. |
| (44448) | |
| 207 | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the investigation into the falsification of answers to parliamentary questions within his Department; what measures he will take to ensure that parliamentary questions are replied to promptly; and what measures he will take to ensure that falsification of answers to parliamentary questions does not recur. |
| (44449) | |
| 208 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44547) | |
| 209 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44544) | |
| 210 | Joyce Quin (Gateshead East & Washington West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter from the Right honourable Member for Gateshead East and Washington West dated 19th November 2001 relating to Dr Sheikh, a constituent. |
| (44291) | |
| 211 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed EU Directive on Foods and Supplements on the ability of patients who choose to treat themselves to continue to do so; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44271) | |
| 212 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he plans to take to implement the EU Directive on Food Supplements; what impact the Directive will have on the continued availablity of products that can currently be used; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44288) | |
| 213 | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received regarding the EU Directive on Food Supplements; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44270) | |
| 214 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many public service agreements his Department (a) passed and (b) failed to meet in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44309) | |
| 215 | Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to reply to the letter dated 4th December 2001 addressed to the Minister for Local Government and transferred to his Department on 10th January about the availability of benefits to the disabled within unitary authorities. |
| (44305) | |
| 216 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many courses of contraception and contraceptive devices have been prescribed (a) to persons over 16 and (b) to persons of each age group under 16 in each year since 1990. |
| (44285) | |
| 217 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he collates on the average lifetime workload of (a) general practitioners, (b) hospital doctors and (c) nurses. |
| (44282) | |
| 218 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average gross cost was of training post age 18 for (a) general practitioners, (b) hospital doctors and (c) nurses. |
| (44283) | |
| 219 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about the use of hand held mobile phones when driving. |
| (44610) | |
| 220 | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 49W, on performance targets, if he will list the targets set since May 1997, including the new and revised versions of those targets amended; which have been achieved; what the target date is for each target; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44477) | |
| 221 | Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the questions on sex offenders tabled on Wednesday 6th March, Ref. 42191. |
| (44446) | |
| 222 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, columns 834-5W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41507) | |
| 223 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which prison workshops are in use at Wandsworth Prison. |
| (44633) | |
| 224 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what London allowance is paid to prison officers working at London prisons. |
| (44623) | |
| 225 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) plans he has and (b) funding has been allocated for the refurbishment and rebuilding of E Wing at Wandsworth Prison. |
| (44634) | |
| 226 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inmates at Wandsworth Prison are working in prison workshops (a) full- time and (b) part-time, as at 15th March 2002. |
| (44622) | |
| 227 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total prison budget is for Wandsworth Prison in the current year; and what total allocated funding has been made available to the prison in each of the last five years. |
| (44632) | |
| 228 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what London allowance is paid to police officers employed in the Metropolitan Police Force. |
| (44630) | |
| 229 | Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are for prison officers in Wandsworth Prison; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44631) | |
| 230 N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last received a letter from the Chief Constable of Merseyside concerning the future housing of asylum seekers in Landmark and Inn on the Park in Everton, Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44105) | |
| 231 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the conviction rate was per police force area in each year since 1997. |
| (44461) | |
| 232 | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made, broken down by police force area, in each year since 1997. |
| (44460) | |
| 233 | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cyclists have been prosecuted for failure to observe traffic signals in the last 12 months for which data are available. |
| (44369) | |
| 234 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extra Metropolitan Police officers will be on duty each day during the period 1st to 4th June; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44569) | |
| 235 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 622W, if his Department is planning to apply for a special grant to pay for additional police officers and other exceptional additional costs which could not be met from within existing budgets for the Queen's Golden Jubilee; what the procedure is for applying for such a grant; how much money the Department anticipates requesting; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44570) | |
| 236 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how it has been allocated; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44571) | |
| 237 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safety precautions are being taken by the Metropolitan Police Force during the Queen's Golden Jubilee weekend; what the anticipated cost is; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44568) | |
| 238 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is planned that monetary support for asylum seekers through the Arc card system will be provided in cash only; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44442) | |
| 239 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will give a breakdown by nationality of (a) acceptances and (b) refusals for family visit visa applications in the last six months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44443) | |
| 240 | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to remain in this country have been (a) granted and (b) refused under the domestic violence concession; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44441) | |
| 241 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44537) | |
| 242 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44552) | |
| 243 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 717W, on public appointments, what information he receives on possible appointees to non-departmental public bodies prior to their appointment; and what method his Department uses to notify people of their appointment to a non-departmental public body. |
| (44104) | |
| 244 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training employees of accommodation centres will receive and at what estimated annual cost. |
| (44645) | |
| 245 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the need for additional public transport if the Hemswell Cliff development proceeds. |
| (44647) | |
| 246 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are resident in (a) the Gainsborough constituency and (b) Lincolnshire. |
| (44643) | |
| 247 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation with the local heath authorities takes place before an accommodation centre is established. |
| (44646) | |
| 248 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated annual running cost of the proposed Asylum Seekers Accommodation Centre at Hemswell Cliff is. |
| (44649) | |
| 249 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Asylum Seeker Accommodation Centre proposed for Hemswell Cliff will require a staff of between 200 and 300; from where they will be recruited; and what training they will receive. |
| (44648) | |
| 250 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations took place with the relevant local authorities, the Intervention Board the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Defence before the announcement that Hemswell Cliff was a proposed site for an Asylum Seekers Accommodation Centre. |
| (44650) | |
| 251 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that all member states of the European Union meet the provisions of the Geneva Convention relating to asylum seekers. |
| (44599) | |
| 252 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if additional funding will be given to Lincolnshire Police if an Accommodation Centre for Asylum Seekers is built at Hemswell Cliff. |
| (44644) | |
| 253 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual budget of the National Asylum Support Service in the last financial year was; and the estimated budget for the current financial year. |
| (44641) | |
| 254 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers whose applications have been refused have been removed from the United Kingdom during the last year for which figures are available. |
| (44642) | |
| 255 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions about the suitability of siting an Accommodation Centre on the A631. |
| (44640) | |
| 256 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations have taken place to ensure that no further strains will be put on the provision of dental services in Lincolnshire if an asylum seekers' accommodation centre is built at Hemswell Cliff. |
| (44598) | |
| 257 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the findings were of the inquest into the death of Mr John Morris in Luton in June 2001; how many persons have been prosecuted for offences connected with this death; and what the outcome was of criminal proceedings. |
| (41105) | |
| 258 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eviction notices against groups of travellers have been served in each of the last five years; what assessment he has made of the proportion of evictions that have arisen from real and sustained nuisance; what representations on this subject he has received; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41101) | |
| 259 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many, and what proportion, of employees of the Metropolitan Police were off sick on average on each day in the last month for which figures are available; how many and what proportion of those (a) were absent on self-certification or without authorisation, (b) were on sick leave of less than a week, (c) were on sick leave of more than one week and less than one month, (d) were on sick leave of more than one month and (e) were on leave as a result of injuries sustained while on duty. |
| (41102) | |
| 260 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) functions and (b) terms of reference of the Policy Advisory Board for Forensic Pathology are; how, and for how long, the board was appointed; what the membership is and who the officers of the board are; how it is serviced; and how many times it has met in the last year. |
| (41103) | |
| 261 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pathologists are approved for working with the police and coroners on suspicious deaths; what qualifications are required for a pathologist to be approved; in what circumstances a pathologist may be removed from the approved list; on how many occasions the disciplinary tribunal has met in the past 10 years; and what the results were of its deliberations. |
| (41104) | |
| 262 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will instruct the Immigration Office to return the passport belonging to Mr W. R. Glenie of Kingsbridge, Devon, lodged on 14th December 2001, by 21st March; and if he will make a statement on the reasons for the delay in processing it. |
| (43836) | |
| 263 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if prison officers were called to attend at Yard's Wood during the recent riot. |
| (44418) | |
| 264 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the number of prison officers at Wellingborough Prison attending prison visits. |
| (44417) | |
| 265 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Pay Review Board's recommendations for pay increases for prison officers will be met in full. |
| (44420) | |
| 266 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he defines prison officers as members of the emergency services. |
| (44422) | |
| 267 | Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations have been made by his Department to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of the eligibility of prison officers for a Golden Jubilee Medal. |
| (44419) | |
| 268 N | John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in the case of the appeal lodged by Sonja Ojerholm against the refusal of permanent settlement in the UK, he will state the date on which the first copy of the appeal papers was despatched by the British Consulate General in Los Angeles and received by his Department, the date on which the second copy of the appeal papers was despatched by the British Consulate and received by his Department and the date his Department submitted the explanatory statement to the Appellate Authority. |
| (44231) | |
| 269 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March, Offical Report, column 160W, on facilities at accommodation centres, what assessment has been made of the costs of providing transport for asylum seekers housed in accommodation centres to ensure they receive needed services which are not provided in-house at accommodation centres. |
| (43024) | |
| 270 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to respond to the Action Plan of the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries. |
| (44360) | |
| 271 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 698W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41586) | |
| 272 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of staff at her Department are justices of the peace; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44553) | |
| 273 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of staff at her Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44542) | |
| 274 | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 13th March, ref. 40655, on cluster bombs, what estimates she has received from UNMAS of the number of (a) cluster bombs used and (b) unexploded bomblets located at the sites where cluster bombs were used in Afghanistan. |
| (44391) | |
| 275 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what investigations into the conduct and financial stability of LNM/Ispat projects overseas were initiated by her Department before it decided to support the proposed loan by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to assist the purchase of SIDEX in Romania. |
| (44577) | |
| 276 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions to the loan to LNM/Ispat for the purchase of SIDEX were (a) sought and (b) obtained by the British representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. |
| (44576) | |
| 277 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what conditions were attached to each of the loans given by the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development to LNM/Ispat for the acquisition of steel works with particular reference to those attached to the subsequent closure or sale of the steel works in question. |
| (44482) | |
| 278 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department is in a position to make an assessment about the likely humanitarian impact of military action against Iraq before any military action is taken; and if she will make such a study prior to military action. |
| (44299) | |
| 279 | Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations have provided her Department with reports on the current humanitarian situation inside Iraq. |
| (44298) | |
| 280 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what steps he is taking to review the self-regulation of solicitors; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44392) | |
| 281 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the Office of Supervision of solicitors and its role in reviewing complaints against solicitors. |
| (44393) | |
| 282 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, in what circumstances he is able to exercise his power to investigate the personal conduct of members of the judiciary. |
| (44424) | |
| 283 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many acting members of the judiciary also practise as solicitors; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44607) | |
| 284 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what powers he has to investigate the conduct of members of the judiciary when they are practising as solicitors. |
| (44425) | |
| 285 | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many acting members of the judiciary have been the subject of complaints for their work as solicitors in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44606) | |
| 286 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, columns 805-07W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41505) | |
| 287 N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will respond substantively to the letters of 13th July 2001, 24th July 2001 and 29th January 2002 referring to case Ref No 117550, from the honourable Member for Rutland and Melton. |
| (44082) | |
| 288 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44556) | |
| 289 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44538) | |
| 290 | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the responsibility for the shooting of a 17 year old youth at Westrock Square, Ballymurphy on 9th March. |
| (44456) | |
| 291 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 1005W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings were undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41509) | |
| 292 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what type of vehicle was identified on closed circuit television video tape transporting the banner unfurled on Derry City walls on 27th January; what the ownership record of the vehicle is; and what further action he plans to take. |
| (43885) | |
| 293 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what targets have been drawn up by the Police Ombudsman for the number of days taken to complete each stage of the complaints process; and what his assessment is of progress made towards meeting these goods. |
| (43891) | |
| 294 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the composition is of the workforce of the Office of the Police Ombudsman broken down numerically and proportionately in each principal salary grade by (a) perceived community origin, (b) gender and (c) other recorded categories. |
| (43889) | |
| 295 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in what circumstances 999 emergency calls may be diverted to police stations in England, Wales and Scotland; what assessment he has made of the PSNI's reponse to emergency calls originating in North Belfast on 24th December 2001; and what steps have been taken to ensure year-round response readiness. |
| (41235) | |
| 296 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of employees of the PSNI were off sick on average on each day in the last month for which figures are available; and how many and what proportion of those were (a) absent on self-certification or without authorisation, (b) on sick leave of less than a week, (c) on sick leave of more than one week and less than one month, (d) on sick leave of more than one month and (e) on leave as a result of injuries sustained while on duty. |
| (41237) | |
| 297 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in settling post traumatic stress disorder and other psychiatric illness claims; what method he has adopted to process these claims; how many have been completed and at what cost; what target he has drawn up for maximum time to be taken in dealing with individual claims; and how many new claims have been submitted in the past 12 months. |
| (41238) | |
| 298 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to his Answer of 26th February, Official Report, column 757W, on the Saville Inquiry, how much public funding has been provided to the legal representatives of other parties represented at the Saville Inquiry, broken down by each (a) barrister and (b) firm of solicitors involved. |
| (41239) | |
| 299 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment (a) he and (b) the Military Police have made of the origin and age of the banner removed by police from the Derry City walls on 27th January; on what previous occasions has it been publicly displayed in Derry; what the organisation affiliation of those in control of its display was; and at what location it is being stored. |
| (43886) | |
| 300 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the breakdown is by outcome of cases dealt with by the Police Ombudsman. |
| (43892) | |
| 301 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will break down the number of complaints received by the Police Ombudsman by (a) perceived community origin, (b) gender and (c) other recorded categories of complainant. |
| (43890) | |
| 302 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of the honourable Member for East Kilbride of 11th March, Official Report, column 656W, how many individuals can be seen on CCTV video tape delivering and displaying the banner as the Bloody Sunday commemorative march approached the Derry City walls on 27th January; how many of those individuals have been identified; what facilities are available for military police to view video footage; and what further action he plans to take. |
| (43884) | |
| 303 N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the circumstances in which he considers it acceptable for major policy changes not to be first announced in the House in accordance with the Ministerial Code of Conduct. |
| (43371) | |
| 304 N | Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions since 8th January the Number 10 Press Office has, in accordance with paragraph 88 of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, authorised initial announcements of (a) Government white papers and (b) other major policy changes outside the House; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43370) | |
| 305 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, which Minister is responsible for the enforcement of the Ministerial Code of 2001. |
| (43843) | |
| 306 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, to whom complaints about breaches of the Ministerial Code should be made. |
| (43842) | |
| 307 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, how many breaches of the Ministerial Code there have been since July 2001. |
| (43839) | |
| 308 N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 12th March, ref 42839, for what reason Ministers' responsibilities in relation to the public do not specify giving accurate and truthful information outside Parliament. |
| (43838) | |
| 309 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions since May 1997 he, or his office, have (a) assisted and (b) issued an official communication to welcome an overseas acquisition by an individual or company. |
| (44484) | |
| 310 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Prime Minister, if he raised the case of Ian Stillman with (a) President Narayanan and (b) Prime Minister Vajpayee on his trip to India in January. |
| (43910) | |
| 311 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 698W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41585) | |
| 312 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to her Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 878W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41512) | |
| 313 | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Solicitor General, what the size is of the annual caseload of the Department of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland in each tier of court in the last year for which figures are available; and what her estimate is of the annual caseload based on the full implementation of proposals relating to the office set out in the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill. |
| (44451) | |
| 314 N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much public funding, including EU funding has been made available to the Construction Skills Certification Scheme in each year since its inception. |
| (44224) | |
| 315 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she proposes to secure equivalence of treatment in respect of pensions on the transfer of an engagement from the public sector to an outside contractor. |
| (43134) | |
| 316 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether pensions are treated by her Department as deferred pay in connection with industrial relations and the resolution of disputes. |
| (43133) | |
| 317 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list by name and location, the fossil fuel power projects that have been built with the involvement of UK companies in receipt of ECGD assistance since (a) 1992 and (b) 1997; and which of those are coal-powered. |
| (44620) | |
| 318 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if it is possible for companies receiving ECGD assistance for their involvement in a project, to subcontract work to other companies without affecting their agreement with the ECGD. |
| (44619) | |
| 319 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which UK companies have received ECGD services since 1997 for contracts involving fossil fuel power transmission in the energy sector, in (a) Thailand and (b) the Philippines; and what projects are involved. |
| (44618) | |
| 320 | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list by name and location the fossil fuel power projects that the ECGD has approved for support, but which have not yet been built. |
| (44621) | |
| 321 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 1071W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against her Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by her Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if she will make a statement. |
| (41510) | |
| 322 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 529W, on Sellafield, if she will place in the Library the review of the B30 nuclear waste storage facility performed by BNFL. |
| (44286) | |
| 323 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 529W, on Sellafield, what remedial work has been carried out on the B30 nuclear waste storage facility. |
| (44287) | |
| 324 | Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress her Department has made in cutting carbon emissions; and if she will make a statement on the likelihood of the UK achieving its emissions targets set by the Kyoto protocol. |
| (44416) | |
| 325 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much nuclear electricity general capacity is expected to be decommissioned, in each year of decommissioning. |
| (44339) | |
| 326 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department has paid to lawyers dealing with chronic bronchitis and emphysema, broken down by firm. |
| (44378) | |
| 327 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department has paid to lawyers dealing with vibration white finger/carpal tunnel syndrome, broken down by firm. |
| (44379) | |
| 328 | David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications have been made for compensation for vibration white finger/carpal tunnel syndrome, broken down by year of application. |
| (44380) | |
| 329 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many members of staff at her Department are justices of the peace; and if she has a strategy for her Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44555) | |
| 330 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many firms in the textile industry that received grants from the Department have subsequently ceased production in Britain and utilised grants in overseas locations in each of the last five years. |
| (44559) | |
| 331 N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 673W, on public bodies, what information she receives on possible appointees to non-departmental public bodies prior to their appointment; and what method her Department uses to notify people of their appointment to a non-departmental public body. |
| (44083) | |
| 332 | Ann McKechin (Glasgow, Maryhill): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress her Department has made in consulting universities and colleges of higher education on the inclusion of higher education services in the GATS negotiations at the World Trade Organisation. |
| (44483) | |
| 333 N | Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at what time she was informed of the accident at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant on 8th February; at what time and how she alerted the Irish Government to potential risk; what steps she took in the first 24 hours to deal with the accident; what her assessment is of the discharge involved; how many employees were exposed to danger; what the cause of the accident was; and what steps she has taken to prevent a repetition. |
| (40896) | |
| 334 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many requests for assistance were received by Trade UK Partners in the first six months of 2001; how many were refused; and what the grounds were for refusal. |
| (44475) | |
| 335 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the (a) functions, (b) staffing and (c) funding at Trade UK Partners. |
| (44472) | |
| 336 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether the functions of Trade UK Partners include (a) assistance to individuals or companies attempting to make acquisitions overseas and (b) scrutiny to ensure that the acquisition is in the interests of the UK. |
| (44474) | |
| 337 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what date Trade UK Partners received a request for advice on the attempted acquisition of Sidex by LNM/Ispat; and on what date it replied. |
| (44473) | |
| 338 | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what criteria must be satisfied for an individual or company to receive assistance from Trade UK Partners. |
| (44471) | |
| 339 N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Businesses held concerning the case of Ian Stillman during his visit to India on 3rd to 6th February. |
| (43906) | |
| 340 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the dangers relating to driving when using (a) hand-held and (b) hands-free mobile phones. |
| (44614) | |
| 341 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures he plans to take to encourage greater awareness among the motoring public of the dangers of using mobile phones when driving. |
| (44609) | |
| 342 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he plans to review the legislative framework regarding the use of mobile phones when driving. |
| (44608) | |
| 343 | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research his Department is undertaking into the dangers relating to the use of mobile phones when driving. |
| (44615) | |
| 344 | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress London Underground Limited has made in addressing the safety issues the Health and Safety Executive has raised with LUL concerning their proposed railway safety case for the running of London Underground under the proposed public private partnership. |
| (44603) | |
| 345 | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many appeals have been referred to his Department under section 21 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990; what were the results of these appeals; how long it took his Department to make a decision from receipt of the inspector's report in each year since May 1997; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44561) | |
| 346 N | Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if modular housing has the status of mobile homes; and if he will make a statement. |
| (43902) | |
| 347 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, Official Report, columns 182-4W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41500) | |
| 348 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of individual PTAs' effectiveness in consulting local communities and key stakeholders on development of the objectives and strategies of their LTPs. |
| (44376) | |
| 349 | Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether he intends to establish value for money criteria for allowances paid to PTA members. |
| (44377) | |
| 350 N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what regulations there are to control the size of garden hedges, with specific reference to permitting sufficient light for neighbours. |
| (43043) | |
| 351 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made of future funding requirements for NATS. |
| (44338) | |
| 352 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what revenue and capital support he plans to make available to local government services in Liverpool in 2002-03. |
| (44395) | |
| 353 | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much funding he has made available for social services and community care in Liverpool through (a) the local authority, (b) the Health Service and (c) the voluntary sector in each of the last five years; and what funding he has indicated will be made available in 2002-03. |
| (44394) | |
| 354 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 13th March, ref. 42923, on rescues by the Fire Service, if he will state from where this information can be obtained. |
| (44616) | |
| 355 | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was the total cost to the taxpayer of rescues by the Fire Service from (a) road traffic accidents and (b) for other rescues in each of the last three years. |
| (44617) | |
| 356 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what system of assessment is in place to monitor the work of Railtrack plc and the Rail Regulator in repairing and replacing rail track; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44635) | |
| 357 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the Government's responsibilities are with regard to ensuring rail track safety; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44604) | |
| 358 | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assurances the Government has received from Railtrack plc and the Rail Regulator that the track is being repaired and replaced to a proper level of safety; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44605) | |
| 359 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what initiatives he will take to influence the public to travel via mass transit into London during the Queen's Jubilee weekend; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44601) | |
| 360 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps will be taken to increase the operation of (a) buses, (b) trains and (c) other forms of mass transport in the week of the Queen's Golden Jubilee; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44600) | |
| 361 | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much the Department has spent on the Queen's Jubilee in each of the past three years; how the money was allocated; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44602) | |
| 362 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44558) | |
| 363 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44560) | |
| 364 | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March, Official Report, column 1082W, on housing, what assessment he has made of whether Birmingham City Council's assessment of likely future demand, the rate at which properties will be re-let and proposals for new build is sufficiently robust to ensure that homelessness in the City will not rise as a result of proposed demolitions. |
| (44423) | |
| 365 | Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the timetable is for the laying of orders, planning procedures and construction in respect of the A303 (T) relating to (a) Winterbourne Stoke Bypass, (b) the Amesbury to Berwick Down improvement scheme, (c) the Countess Roundabout flyover and Stonehenge Visitors Centre access and (d) the Folly Bottom interchange. |
| (44429) | |
| 366 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information his Department has collated on the proportion of former council tenants who purchased a property on the open market with the aid of a cash incentive scheme grant and who were subsequently unable to maintain their mortgage payments. |
| (44464) | |
| 367 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information his Department has collated on the number of ex-local authority properties in London in which the leaseholder is a tenant who originally purchased the lease under the right to buy scheme. |
| (44453) | |
| 368 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many local authority properties released for letting as a result of the cash incentive scheme in each government office region in England in each of the past four years were (a) bedsits, (b) one-bedroomed , (c) two-bedroomed, (d) three-bedroomed, (e) four-bedroomed and (f) five-bedroomed or more. |
| (44470) | |
| 369 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of the responses to the Housing Green Paper 'Quality & Choice: A Decent Home For All' that made reference to the right to buy. |
| (44452) | |
| 370 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of increasing the maximum cash incentive scheme grant available in London to a level (a) equal to the maximum right to buy discount available in London and (b) 25 per cent. higher than the maximum right to buy discount in London. |
| (44465) | |
| 371 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many former local authority properties sold to tenants under the right to buy scheme have subsequently been bought back by those local authorities in each Government Office region (a) in each year since 1980 and (b) in each quarter since April 1999. |
| (44454) | |
| 372 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportions of local authority properties released for letting as a result of the cash incentive scheme in each government office region in each of the past four years were let to (a) a homeless household, (b) a transfer applicant and (c) a waiting list applicant. |
| (44462) | |
| 373 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many local authority tenants in each government office in England have applied for a cash incentive scheme grant in each year since 1997-98; and how many of those (a) were offered a grant and (b) used a grant to purchase a property on the open market. |
| (44469) | |
| 374 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will commission research to update the Review of the Cash Incentive Scheme 1994-1997. |
| (44463) | |
| 375 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was the total value of cash incentive scheme grants made to local authority tenants in each government office region in England in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and 2000-01. |
| (44468) | |
| 376 | Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 501) in encouraging local authorities to buy back properties previously sold to tenants under the right to buy scheme. |
| (44455) | |
| 377 | Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what investigations his Department has carried out following the two fishing boat accidents in the Irish Sea on 31st January and 14th February; what the results have been of those investigations; and what further action will be taken to ensure that action plans are in place in fishing ports to address similar accidents in the future. |
| (44478) | |
| 378 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who is responsible for initiating railway research programmes. |
| (44354) | |
| 379 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, who is responsible for deciding on the metallurgical composition of the railway track laid in the UK. |
| (44310) | |
| 380 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information the DLTR holds on the fault and repair reporting procedures in place for the various grades of rail track. |
| (44357) | |
| 381 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information the DLTR holds on the inspection procedures currently followed for the various grades of rail track. |
| (44356) | |
| 382 | Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information his Department holds on the training procedures in place for length examiners of the rail network. |
| (44355) | |
| 383 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether the employee shareholders of NATS were invited to contribute to the recent re-financing. |
| (44238) | |
| 384 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his estimate is of the date when bids will close for Railtrack in administration. |
| (44239) | |
| 385 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many miles of new railway track have been commissioned in the last six months. |
| (44236) | |
| 386 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much money has been (a) granted to, (b) lent to and (c) guaranteed for Railtrack since going into administration. |
| (44233) | |
| 387 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will make an announcement on the next phase of the West Coast mainline upgrade. |
| (44234) | |
| 388 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what form the Government's recent financial assistance to NATS takes. |
| (44237) | |
| 389 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much the administration of Railtrack has cost the Government to date; and how much the Government has spent on (a) railway consultancy, (b) accountancy and (c) legal advice in the last five months. |
| (44240) | |
| 390 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when Railtrack in Administration will repay the money lent to it since going into administration. |
| (44232) | |
| 391 N | Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many new carriages have been brought into use by train operating companies on the UK network in the last six months; and how many new carriages have been ordered since Railtrack went into administration. |
| (44235) | |
| 392 N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the proposed pontoon for the new Brixham lifeboat will affect the activities of the Brixham Sea Rangers, in deciding whether to grant a harbour revision order under the Coast Protection Act 1949; and when he plans to make a decision. |
| (43837) | |
| 393 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Cotswold of 5th March, Official Report, column 177W, on air traffic control, if the estimate provided included (a) the direct internal costs referred to in his Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 742W, (b) controller relocation and training costs and (c) interim costs of expanding the West Drayton centre while Swanwick was non-operational; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44450) | |
| 394 | Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 5th March to the honourable Member for Cotswold, Official Report, column 177W, on air traffic control, if he will provide a definition of commissioned cost he used in the Answer; and if he will make a statement. |
| (44574) | |
| 395 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out for each NUTS 2 area, in the last year for which figures are available, (a) per capita GDP as a percentage of average UK GDP, (b) population, (c) annual unemployment rate, (d) the level of revenue support received by its component local authorities and (e) (d) divided by (b), and (f) whether it benefits from EU Objective 1 or Objective 2 status. |
| (44277) | |
| 396 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what criteria governed the definition of NUTS 2 area. |
| (44279) | |
| 397 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will set out for each (a) shire county, (b) unitary authority, (c) metropolitan district and (d) London borough which is not coterminous with a NUTS 2 area, in the last year for which figures are available, (i) per capita GDP as a percentage of average UK GDP, (ii) its population, (iii) its annual unemployment rate, (iv) the level of revenue support received by its component local authorities, (v) (d) divided by (b), and (vi) whether it benefits from EU Objective 1 or Objective 2 status. |
| (44278) | |
| 398 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the status is for the purpose of drivers' hours regulations of time spent by a driver out of his vehicle during a journey by car ferry. |
| (44280) | |
| 399 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the number of rough sleepers in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West. |
| (42412) | |
| 400 N | Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the work of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, with particular reference to (a) St Helens South, (b) St Helens Metropolitan Borough and (c) Merseyside. |
| (42411) | |
| 401 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, columns 706-7W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41502) | |
| 402 N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information he collates on the cumulative value of employers' contributions to a pension scheme (a) on a defined benefit basis and (b) on a defined contribution basis; and if he will make a statement on current trends in what is offered under each of these structures. |
| (43132) | |
| 403 N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on when the changes to the CSA will come into force. |
| (43893) | |
| 404 N | Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, columns 851-2W, on stolen equipment, what criminal proceedings have been undertaken for cases of theft against his Department, stating in each case (a) whether the proceedings (i) led to a criminal conviction and (ii) were unsuccessful, (b) the cost incurred by his Department in pursuing a conviction and (c) the value of items recovered; and if he will make a statement. |
| (41513) | |
| 405 | Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK employees were in receipt of maternity benefit in each of the last five years. |
| (44366) | |
| 406 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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. |
| (44385) | |
| 407 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what new data series separated by (a) gender, (b) race, (c) disability and (d) age have been commissioned by his Department since August 1997. |
| (44384) | |
| 408 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the women's organisations that have been consulted over proposed legislation by her Department during (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 sessions; and if their responses have been published. |
| (44386) | |
| 409 | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he has established a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment; and what progress has been achieved. |
| (44383) | |
| 410 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff at his Department are locally elected democratic representatives; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become locally elected democratic representatives. |
| (44540) | |
| 411 | Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff at his Department are justices of the peace; and if he has a strategy for his Department to encourage members of staff to become justices of the peace. |
| (44554) | |
| 412 | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 500W, on the departmental expenditure limit, to the honourable Member for Blackpool North and Fleetwood, what aspects of the administration of housing benefit and council tax benefit appeals have been transferred to the Lord Chancellor's Department. |
| (44294) | |
| 413 | Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the specific measures were of the direction issued to Hackney Council for the improvement of its administration of housing benefit and council tax benefit. |
| (44304) | |
| 414 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the likely number of defaulters on grounds of principle; and what steps he is taking to address this issue. |
| (44438) | |
| 415 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to set up a child support council. |
| (44430) | |
| 416 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the enhanced enforcement powers for child support. |
| (44437) | |
| 417 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when existing cases will be brought into the new scheme for child support; how they will be treated when (a) there is an application on foot for revision or supersession, (b) the assessment is the subject of an appeal and (c) applications for an assessment are pending at the date of implementation. |
| (44440) | |
| 418 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average maintenance assessment is for child support; and what the estimated average maintenance calculation is under the new scheme. |
| (44435) | |
| 419 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration will be given in the new child support system to fathers who have identical incomes and costs of travel to work and (a) who have different housing costs, and (b) who have former partners who have different incomes. |
| (44434) | |
| 420 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the rate of compliance under the new child support formula; and what the present rate of compliance is. |
| (44436) | |
| 421 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors underlay the decision to reform the child support system; and on what date the reforms will be brought into effect. |
| (44439) | |
| 422 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons high travel to work costs as a ground of variation have been abolished; and what factors underlay setting the judgment rate at 8 per cent. |
| (44432) | |
| 423 | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disqualification orders have been made since the provision came into effect; and how many prosecutions have been mounted for information offences since their introduction. |
| (44431) | |
| 424 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will examine incentives and initiatives which might be introduced to support the continuation of final salary schemes. |
| (43317) | |
| 425 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms he proposes to prevent companies from winding up, closing down and fundamentally changing pension schemes without the approval of members. |
| (43315) | |
| 426 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce legislation to create an obligation on companies to consult fund members and their unions about proposed changes in pension arrangements and to provide full financial information. |
| (43318) | |
| 427 N | Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will amend the accounting rules and minimum funding requirement for company pension schemes with a view to preventing unilateral changes. |
| (43316) | |
| 428 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have had invalid care allowance removed as result of the adult for whom they care having (a) their disability living allowance removed and (b) having their attendance allowance removed, as a consequence of hospitalisation in each of the last three years. |
| (43985) | |
| 429 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have been affected by (a) the rules under which attendance allowance is withdrawn after a person has been in hospital for four weeks and (b) the cumulative effect of short stays in hospital in each of the last three years. |
| (43983) | |
| 430 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents caring for a disabled child had invalid care allowance terminated following their child's stay in hospital for longer than the rules allow for payment of disability living allowance in each of the last three years. |
| (43986) | |
| 431 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled adults have been affected by (a) the rules under which disability living allowance is withdrawn after a person has been in hospital for four weeks and (b) the cumulative effect of short periods of hospitalisation in each of the last three years. |
| (43982) | |
| 432 N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost would be of (a) extending the period from 4 to 13 weeks of an adult's stay in hospital before disability living allowance or attendance allowance is removed and (b) extending the period form 12 to 26 weeks before DLA is withdrawn for a child. |
| (43984) | |
| 433 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements have been made for local authorities to be compensated for additional costs incurred as a result of the announcement of possible sites for accommodation centres. |
| [Transferred] (44573) | |
| 434 | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources are given to local authorities to meet additional calls on their services resulting from the presence of asylum seekers. |
| [Transferred] (44572) | |
| 435 | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals used by the NHS for cardiac services meet the 400 CABGs standard identified by the NSF for coronary heart disease; and if he will list those that do not. |
| [Transferred] (44284) | |
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