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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Wednesday 20 March 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 20 March, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.
 


 
WEDNESDAY 20th MARCH
1  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44811)
2  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44889)
3  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45086)
4  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45098)
5  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44915)
6  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44942)
7  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44830)
8  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Advocate General, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44857)
9  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45079)
10  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44843)
11  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44864)
12  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44817)
13  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44927)
14  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44948)
15  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45071)
16  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44878)
17  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, which Government departments are members of the Employers' Forum on Disability.
(44266)
18  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 253-4W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42647)
19  
  
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):    To ask the Deputy Prime Minster, if he will make it his policy that Bedfordshire does not suffer a reduction in its civil defence grant following the Yarl's Wood fire.
(45007)
20  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44919)
21  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44881)
22  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44814)
23  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45083)
24  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44827)
25  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44860)
26  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost to public funds to date in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45093)
27  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44958)
28  
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, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42653)
29  
  
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the ability of schools to hold an annual sports day.
(45110)
30  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the progress of each Landmark project supported by the Millennium Commission as part of the Millennium Celebration has been; which Landmark projects supported by the Millennium Commission have exceeded projected time and cost to be brought into operation; and if she will make a statement.
(44734)
31  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many, and which, Landmark projects depend on local authority money; how much money local authorities have provided; and if she will make a statement.
(44744)
32  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Landmark projects have failed to match the Millennium Commission funding with private finance; how much the shortfall is in each case; what has been done to fill the gap; and if she will make a statement.
(44740)
33  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public money, excluding that provided by the Millennium Commission, has been spent on the Millennium Tower in Portsmouth; and if she will make a statement.
(44743)
34  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Landmark projects (a) her Department and (b) the Millennium Commission have encouraged local authorities to support with council tax funds or their capital funding; how much money was provided; and if she will make a statement.
(44742)
35  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many old age pensioners in the Harwich constituency have benefited from the introduction of free television licences.
(45117)
36  
  
Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the register of sports facilities will be published; how this will be funded; and if she will make a statement.
(45167)
37  
  
Pete Wishart (North Tayside):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the recent activities of the British Tourist Authority in attracting foreign visitors to Scotland.
(44794)
38  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44921)
39  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45065)
40  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44823)
41  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44870)
42  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44903)
43  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44849)
44  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44955)
45  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44873)
46  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action he is taking to facilitate the continuing employment by the armed forces in (a) a military or (b) a civilian capacity of those who become incapacitated to serve in front-line units.
(44268)
47  
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, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42638)
48  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which MoD contracts Israeli companies are bidding as (a) prime contractors and (b) as teaming partners; and in the case of the latter, with which companies they are teamed.
(45185)
49  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the occasions in the last five years when British forces have been involved in training exercises with Israeli forces; and what the purpose was of each of these exercises.
(45184)
50  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures are taken to ensure that EU funding provided to Israel under the Thematic networks programme is not used for projects which could have military applications.
(45186)
51  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the need for air manoeuvre training for the WAH-64 Longbow Apache programme; and if he will make a statement.
(44961)
52  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what companies are involved in PFI housing projects; how much funding these companies have given so far to his Department's housing projects; who manages PFI housing; how much funding has been given by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(45092)
53  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the type of programmes the UK will be involved in as a member of OCCAR; and if he will make a statement.
(44738)
54  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to deal with the capability gaps in the air manoeuvre of the WAH-64 Longbow Apache programme; and if he will make a statement.
(44962)
55  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to prevent computer hackers gaining access to the Defence System through the shared working environment used with Future Offensive Air System staff; and if he will make a statement.
(44965)
56  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether funding is available to undertake the transfer of HM naval bases to the three bidding contractors under the Warship Modernisation Project; and if he will make a statement.
(44736)
57  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Fleet Support Limited company has (a) met all contractual performance indicators and (b) delivered on time and to cost for all work on Fleet Maintenance and Repair in Portsmouth.
(44757)
58  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what injuries were sustained by members of the RAF in the threats and attacks on coalition planes in Iraq in 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(44741)
59  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money has been spent on (a) building new MoD housing, (b) demolishing MoD housing, (c) rebuilding MoD Housing and (d) PFI housing projects year by year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(44969)
60  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a decision on the Warship Modernisation Project; how the announcement will be made; and if he will make a statement.
(44735)
61  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how membership of OCCAR will affect decisions made about defence procurement; and if he will make a statement.
(44739)
62  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait is by service personnel for accommodation in the private sector when DHE housing is unavailable has been in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(44970)
63  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the shortcomings of using the shared working environment for Future Offensive Air System staff; and if he will make a statement.
(44966)
64  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the MoD; and if he will make a statement.
(44737)
65  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the system is of upkeep for empty MoD housing; and if he will make a statement.
(44968)
66  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are taken to ensure that complaints from Service personnel and their families about the suitability or condition of his Department's housing is investigated and dealt with; what targets the DHE has in dealing with complaints; what the level of achieving these targets was in the last year; what steps are being taken to improve the complaints procedure; and if he will make a statement.
(44967)
67  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the complaints relating to alleged damage as a result of the activities at the Shoeburyness ranges have been substantiated.
(45115)
68  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the total cost of the payments made in each of the five years to householders in the Tendring Peninsula relating to alleged damage to their properties as a result of the activities at the Shoeburyness ranges.
(45114)
69  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been received in each of the past five years from households in the Tendring Peninsula relating to alleged damage to their properties as a result of the activities at the Shoeburyness ranges.
(45113)
70  
N  
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the Royal Society Report on the health effects of depleted uranium munitions; and if he will make a statement.
(44038)
71  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training and education the UK provides to service personnel from other countries engaged in UN peacekeeping and conflict resolution initiatives.
(44745)
72  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training and education the Joint Services Staff College at Shrivenham provides in peacekeeping and conflict resolution.
(44746)
73  
  
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the negotiations between his Department and BAe Systems on the requirements for explosives are due to be completed.
(45101)
74  
  
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the export of munitions from the USA to the United Kingdom will be subject to the 2001 Security Assistance Act going through the US Congress.
(45102)
75  
  
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what state negotiations between his Department and BAe over explosive manufacture are at.
(45099)
76  
  
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the negotiations between his Department and BAe Systems over explosive manufacture include the true cost of overseas production.
(45100)
77  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times RAF aircraft (a) were fired upon and (b) responded with fire in Iraqi airspace in the last 12 months.
(45135)
78  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45089)
79  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44938)
80  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44886)
81  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44908)
82  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44834)
83  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she will review the OfSTED application pack for day care registration.
(44901)
84  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which public service agreement targets that are scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44838)
85  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44854)
86  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45060)
87  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 818-9W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42641)
88  
  
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her latest estimate is of the number of schools providing two hours of sport and PE during the school day each week.
(45109)
89  
  
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what discussions she has had with the ministers in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the desirability of requiring each school to hold an annual sports day.
(45106)
90  
N  
Mr David Laws (Yeovil):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to announce the schools which have been successful in their bids for Specialist School Status in the bidding round which involves bids being submitted before the 15th March deadline; and if she will make a statement.
(43992)
91  
  
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will examine the security of the school census information to ensure that no external bodies can gain access to the information.
(45103)
92  
  
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater):    To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will examine Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 in connection with the keeping of records by the Department on children of school age.
(45104)
93  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45059)
94  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44885)
95  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44855)
96  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45088)
97  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public service agreement targets that are scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44837)
98  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44835)
99  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44910)
100  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44940)
101  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will introduce statutory standards for animal quarantine kennels.
(44258)
102  
  
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March, Official Report, column 793W, on dangerous substance rules, if she will place in the Library copies of the correspondence between the Government and the Commission relating to the reasoned opinions referred to; and if she will make a statement on how the Government is dealing with these Reasoned Opinions.
(44727)
103  
  
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will supply data from the National Soil Inventory, using the average figure of all arable sites measured, on the change in (a) soil depth, (b) pH level, (c) nutrient level and (d) heavy metals between the 1978 to 1981 survey and 1994 to 1996 soil survey.
(44728)
104  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 926-7W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42645)
105  
  
Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the outcome of the Agriculture Council held in Brussels on 18th and 19th March; what the Government's stance was and how it voted on each issue discussed; and if she will make a statement.
(45105)
106  
  
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 8th March, Official Report, column 642W, on flooding, what plans she has to review groundwater flooding matters.
(45195)
107  
  
Dr John Pugh (Southport):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the handling by the European Commission of the issue of CFCs in refrigerator insulating foam.
(44929)
108  
  
Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial assistance is made available by the European Union to assist member states in the provision of coastal and inland flood defences.
(44932)
109  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham of 8th January, Official Report, column 808W, if he will provide a full breakdown of the main items comprising the increase in the running cost between April 1997 and April 2001 of (a) his private office and (b) his Department; and if he will break down the increase in the cost of staff in his private office over the same period.
(45120)
110  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44861)
111  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45074)
112  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44945)
113  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44826)
114  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44880)
115  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44918)
116  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44815)
117  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45082)
118  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 704W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42651)
119  
  
Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his department plans new bilateral loans to (a) the heavily indebted poor countries and (b) other countries.
(45188)
120  
  
Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the pledged UK contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund has been paid.
(45187)
121  
  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure that VAT on hot take away food is charged in a uniform way across different types of retail outlets.
(45137)
122  
N  
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a disaggregated analysis of how Her Majesty's Customs and Excise plans to spend its supplementary estimate for the purposes listed on page 54 of HC 636.
(44084)
123  
N  
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a disaggregated analysis of how the Office for National Statistics intends to spend the money granted by supplementary estimate for the various purposes listed on page 57 of HC 636.
(44085)
124  
  
Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential liability arising from the current Gibraltar pension arrangements, should these be found to be incompatible with EC law.
(45173)
125  
  
Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses to the Treasury Consultation Document, Promoting Sport in the Community, (a) agreed and (b) disagreed with the need to proceed with a separate Inland Revenue-administered tax package.
(45170)
126  
  
Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses to the Treasury Consultation Document, Promoting Sport in the Community, (a) agreed and (b) disagreed with the assessment that the charitable route offered clubs better prospects than the Inland Revenue administered tax package.
(45169)
127  
  
Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses to the Treasury Consultation Document, Promoting Sport in the Community, called for the Inland Revenue-administered tax package to include mandatory rate relief.
(45172)
128  
  
Bob Russell (Colchester):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses have been received to the Treasury Consultation Document, Promoting Sport in the Community.
(45168)
129  
  
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason officials in his Department draw up background briefing notes concerning the reason that an honourable Member is asking a parliamentary question; and if he will make a statement.
(45119)
130  
  
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 224W, to the honourable Member for Yeovil, for what reason he is unable to specify the Treasury management units which are contributing to the evaluation of the five economic tests for membership of the euro; and if he will make a statement.
(44931)
131  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44906)
132  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45068)
133  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44952)
134  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44819)
135  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44845)
136  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44876)
137  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44924)
138  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44866)
139  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 776-7W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42640)
140  
  
Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal advice he has been given regarding the transit across UK territory of anti-personnel mines by non-states parties to the Ottawa Convention.
(45193)
141  
  
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 21st January, Official Report, column 583W, on the EU-Israel Association Agreement, what progress has been made in resolving the rules of origin issue under the EU-Israel Association; and whether the EU is reviewing its position on the continuance of the agreement.
(45203)
142  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps have been taken by the Government to encourage the UN to implement the Brahimi report.
(44747)
143  
N  
Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions British officials had with Jamal Uddin in Kabul prior to his detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the US military authorities.
(44320)
144  
  
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Nigeria regarding the woman due to be stoned to death; and if he will make a statement.
(45004)
145  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Nigeria about the decision by Sharia law to stone to death Safiyati Huseini.
(44896)
146  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the numbers of British passport holders who may need to be rescued in the event of a major humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.
(44934)
147  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans have been made to rescue British passport holders who may flee over the borders of Zimbabwe in the event of a humanitarian crisis.
(44935)
148  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans the Government has made to rescue British passport holders by air in the event of a major humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.
(44933)
149  
  
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library (a) the contingency plans that his Department has prepared for the contingency that Global Crossing fails, (b) the monitoring reports that his Department's posts in New York and Washington have drawn up of the financial performance of Global Crossing; and if he will make a statement.
(44930)
150  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44846)
151  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44925)
152  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44820)
153  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44951)
154  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45069)
155  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44905)
156  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44875)
157  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44867)
158  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February, Official Report, column 1160-4W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what the nature was of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42649)
159  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what was the total amount paid by the NHS for medical negligence claims in 2001-02.
(45171)
160  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future arrangements for the Health Ladder programme as it affects Waltham Forest; and if he will make a statement.
(45181)
161  
  
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the licensing and vetting procedures are for new genetic tests to be sold directly to the public.
(44758)
162  
  
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms have been put into place to ensure that claims made by manufacturers of currently licensed genetic tests have scientific and medical validity.
(44762)
163  
  
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on (a) access to counselling and advice services, (b) procedures for gaining informed consent and (c) protection of personal genetic information where genetic testing is being undertaken.
(44759)
164  
  
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the planned Green Paper on genetics.
(44760)
165  
  
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the procedures are for approving and regulating genetic testing services.
(44763)
166  
  
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of anaesthetic services (a) in the Scarborough accident and emergency Yorkshire NHS Trust area and (b) in the Yorkshire and North East area as a whole.
(45107)
167  
  
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant anaesthetists are in post; and what was the figure in 1997.
(45111)
168  
  
Mr John Greenway (Ryedale):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals no longer carry out operations under general anaesthetic because of a shortage of consultant anaesthetists.
(45108)
169  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many old age pensioners in the Harwich constituency have benefited from the introduction of free eye tests.
(45118)
170  
N  
Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 12th February, Official Report, column 327W, on the costs of staff redundancy packages arising as a consequence of organisational change in the NHS, if he will make it his policy to collate details of these costs by region; and what data his Department collates on the costs of staff redundancy.
(44086)
171  
  
John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the clinical needs of premature babies will be addressed within the maternity services section of the planned National Service Framework on Children.
(45097)
172  
  
Mr Kerry Pollard (St Albans):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to allow patients to be given the right to have a complaint heard within the NHS complaints procedure when a hospital has treated the matter as disciplinary; and if he will make a statement.
(44937)
173  
N  
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of including women doctors' pension contributions prior to 1988 in the calculations for NHS widowers' pensions.
(43652)
174  
N  
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to include the contributions paid into NHS pensions by women doctors prior to 1988 in the calculations for NHS widowers' pension provision.
(43651)
175  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has taken to combat obesity in children.
(45002)
176  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in England he estimates have a poor diet.
(45003)
177  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what initiatives his Department has taken to encourage children to eat healthy food.
(45001)
178  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44871)
179  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44913)
180  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44956)
181  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45063)
182  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which public service agreement targets that are scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44842)
183  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44872)
184  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44928)
185  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44850)
186  
  
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the consequences are for an asylum seeker in the pilot induction centre in Dover of a failure to comply with the requirement to sign, before leaving the induction centre, a declaration confirming that he or she understands the processes that accompany a claim for asylum and support and his or her obligations within those processes.
(44753)
187  
  
Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators and output targets are used by the National Asylum Support Service to measure the efficiency of its service to asylum seekers and other stakeholders; and how the NASS is performing against these performance indicators and output targets.
(44752)
188  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 834-5W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42642)
189  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the extension of the work permit regime to include seafarers serving on one-port voyages.
(43595)
190  
  
Ross Cranston (Dudley North):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9th November 2001, Official Report, column 492W, on the European Crime Convention, if he will make a statement on the outcome of consideration as to the practical implications for banks.
(44793)
191  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to regulate the breeding of animals specifically for experiments; and if he will introduce further legislation on this issue.
(43996)
192  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will establish a mandatory control database to stop unnecessary experiments involving animals.
(43994)
193  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to establish a Royal Commission into animal experiments; and if he will make a statement.
(43993)
194  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce a programme of investment involving companies that profit from animal experimentation in the development of non-animal experimentation alternatives.
(43995)
195  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many murders connected with Irish terrorism have taken place in Great Britain between 1969 and 10th April 1998 for which nobody has been convicted; and if he will list them.
(44332)
196  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those people subject to extradition proceedings for offences committed in Great Britain in connection with Irish terrorism before 10th April 1998; and for what offences extradition is being sought.
(44334)
197  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents connected with Irish terrorism, excluding murder, have taken place in Great Britain between 1969 and 10th April 1998 for which nobody has been convicted; and if he will list them.
(44333)
198  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress in the police investigations into the murders of (a) Airey Neave MP and (b) Ian Gow MP.
(44331)
199  
  
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to prohibit the sale of Arabic editions of Mein Kampf; and if he will make a statement.
(44795)
200  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he will inform the public of the allocation of the power to detain and use force to non-police personnel; what the projected cost is of providing this information; and if he will make a statement.
(44964)
201  
  
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Independent Police Complaints Commission will be funded; how many staff it will employ; and if he will make a statement.
(44963)
202  
  
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when mental health charity MACA can expect an answer to its letters of 22nd August 2001, 16th October 2001, 19th December 2001 and 30th January 2002 about police handling of serious incidents involving people with mental health problems.
(45194)
203  
  
Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of testing for cannabis use among prisoners has been in each of the past five years.
(45076)
204  
  
Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates his Department has made of the use of (a) cannabis, (b) heroin, (c) crack cocaine and (d) all drugs, including alcohol among prisoners in each of the past five years.
(45077)
205  
  
Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cases in the last 30 years of police officers being disciplined owing to a previous partner having smoked cannabis his Department has records of.
(45078)
206  
  
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken from application to the final decision for asylum applications has been in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
( 44729)
207  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 14th March, Official Report, column 1223W, on the design champion, which two projects within the Department's remit the honourable Member for Wallasey sponsored in her role as the Department's design champion.
(45006)
208  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of West Mercia Police officers in Telford are from a black minority ethnic background.
(45133)
209  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of officers employed by West Mercia Police are from a black minority ethnic background.
(45132)
210  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were made in the West Midlands by constituency in the last 12 months.
(45131)
211  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44909)
212  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44941)
213  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44856)
214  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45058)
215  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44810)
216  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45087)
217  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44884)
218  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44836)
219  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 698W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42650)
220  
  
Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will amend PRSPs so that at decision point there is scope for greater financial flexibility to take into account changing factors and amendments to the plan can be made before completion point.
(45191)
221  
  
Julia Drown (South Swindon):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action she is taking to address the difference between the growth rate built into Malawi's PRSP and its actual growth rate.
(45190)
222  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government has sent to Rwanda from 1997 to 2001; and what plans the Government has to send aid in the future.
(45112)
223  
N  
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she takes to (a) analyse the methods and policies by which low income countries achieve good health outcomes in life expectancy and child mortality and (b) use these countries and the methodology they apply to health policy when formulating health strategies for other developing countries.
(43999)
224  
N  
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of intervention strategies in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in developing countries.
(43998)
225  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to courses furnishing civilians with the necessary skills to participate in peace-making, peace-building and conflict resolution.
(44732)
226  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by her Department on conflict resolution activities in the 2001-02 financial year.
(44748)
227  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department is making to the training of UN personnel engaged in peace-making, peace-building and conflict resolution.
(44730)
228  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to develop her Department's work in the field of conflict and humanitarian affairs.
(44733)
229  
  
Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to non-governmental organisations (a) in the UK and (b) elsewhere to enable them to undertake peace-making, peace-building and conflict resolution activities.
(44731)
230  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects the public private partnership of the Commonwealth Development Corporation to be completed.
(44756)
231  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes she will make to her development policy to countries in Southern Africa following the election in Zimbabwe.
(44755)
232  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if she will make a statement on the talks taking place in South Africa.
(44891)
233  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has pledged in humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe in the last 12 months; and how much has been spent.
(44893)
234  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to the peace process in Angola following the death of Jonas Savimbi.
(44892)
235  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money her Department has pledged to the World Food Programme to help deal with food shortages in Zimbabwe; and how much has been spent.
(44894)
236  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on her development programme in Zimbabwe following the election results.
(44754)
237  
  
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald):    To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government is doing (a) to help relocate Burmese people who have been internally displaced and (b) to restore democracy in Burma.
(45075)
238  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44914)
239  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Buckingham of 13th March, Official Report, column 1176W, if she will provide a full breakdown of the main items comprising the increase in the running cost of the Lord Chancellor's private offices between April 1998 and April 2001.
(45121)
240  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45057)
241  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44943)
242  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44812)
243  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45085)
244  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44883)
245  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44829)
246  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44858)
247  
  
Mr Robert Key (Salisbury):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the objectors who have appealed against the proposals of the Wiltshire Magistrates Court Committee to close courthouses in Devizes and Trowbridge and build a new courthouse in Salisbury.
(45174)
248  
  
Mr David Kidney (Stafford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) action he has taken and (b) results have been achieved pursuant to his pledge that Government legal disputes will be settled by mediation or arbitration whenever possible.
(44959)
249  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44947)
250  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45072)
251  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44862)
252  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45080)
253  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44824)
254  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44816)
255  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44916)
256  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44879)
257  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 1005W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42646)
258  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners have been released from prison in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act; and of those how many belong to (a) Republican groups and (b) Loyalist groups.
(44329)
259  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many terrorist-related incidents have taken place in Northern Ireland since 1st January.
(44321)
260  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people convicted of scheduled offences committed before 10th April 1998 are in prison in Northern Ireland.
(44325)
261  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many terrorist-related murders have taken place in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 10th April 1998 for which no person has been convicted; and if he will list each of them.
(44327)
262  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list those people subject to extradition proceedings in connection with scheduled offences committed in Northern Ireland before 10th April 1998; and for what offences extradition is being sought.
(44335)
263  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many political parties in Northern Ireland have informed him that they (a) support and (b) oppose an amnesty for all terrorist-related offences committed in Northern Ireland before 10th April 1998; and if he will list them.
(44323)
264  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, of those people who remain in prison for scheduled offences commited before 10th April 1998 how many belong to (a) Republican groups and (b) Loyalist groups.
(44330)
265  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on progress in the police investigations into the murders of (a) Rev Robert Bradford MP and (b) Edgar Graham MA.
(44322)
266  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many terrorist-related incidents, excluding murder, have taken place in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 10th April 1998 for which no person has been convicted; and if he will list each of them.
(44326)
267  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received from individuals and organisations in Northern Ireland in support of a general amnesty for all terrorist-related offences before 10th April 1998; and if he will list them.
(44324)
268  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people have been convicted in Northern Ireland of scheduled offences committed before 10th April 1998 between (a) 11th April 1998 to 31st December 1998, (b) 1st January 1999 to 31st December 1999, (c) 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2000, (d)1st January 2001 to 31st December 2001 and (e) 1st January 2002 to present.
(44328)
269  
N  
Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the policy of the Government is on an amnesty for those convicted of terrorist offences.
(44402)
270  
N  
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress has been made towards decommissioning.
(43845)
271  
  
Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding was offered to the public by the Northern Ireland Office for events linked with Her Majesty's Golden Jubilee celebrations; what the closing date for applications was; where and when adverts were placed publicising this funding; how much funding was provided by his Office; and which organisations and events were successful in their application for funding.
(44751)
272  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, what his target time will be in 2002-03 (a) to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) for the officials in his Office to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44953)
273  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44868)
274  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44923)
275  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45070)
276  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44847)
277  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44904)
278  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the President of the Council, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44821)
279  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, what his target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Office to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44949)
280  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Prime Minister, how many cases have been brought against his Office under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45066)
281  
N  
Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow):    To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the United States Administration on military action in Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
(42219)
282  
  
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden):    To ask the Prime Minister, if he raised the case of Safiyati Huseini during his meetings with representatives of the Nigerian Government in February.
(44895)
283  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44944)
284  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44882)
285  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44813)
286  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44920)
287  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45084)
288  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost to public funds to date in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45056)
289  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44859)
290  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44828)
291  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to her Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 698W, on stolen equipment, whether the laptop stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on it.
(42637)
292  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44852)
293  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44890)
294  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45062)
295  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44957)
296  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44832)
297  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45091)
298  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44912)
299  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Solicitor General, which public service agreement targets that are scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44840)
300  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 878W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42644)
301  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people have been employed by her Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44911)
302  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which public service agreement targets that are scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44839)
303  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44888)
304  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people employed by her Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45090)
305  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what creche facilities are provided by her Department; and at what cost.
(44853)
306  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases have been brought against her Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45061)
307  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in her Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44939)
308  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost has been of criminal damage to her Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44833)
309  
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, whether the computer equipment stolen from her Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42639)
310  
N  
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what regulations there are to ensure that retail products are labelled to indicate if animal experimentation had taken place in the production process.
(43997)
311  
  
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list arms sales from UK companies to India and Pakistan approved since 1997.
(44761)
312  
  
John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many partnerships CISWO has with Sport England, regional development agencies and the private sector; and how many jobs have these created in the last three years.
(45095)
313  
  
John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what Government funding has been received by CISWO in each of the last five years.
(45096)
314  
  
John Mann (Bassetlaw):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what requests for Government funding have been made by CISWO this year.
(45094)
315  
  
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what public funding Trade Partners UK has had in each year since 1981 in (a) actual and (b) real terms.
(45008)
316  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how the Government will ensure that sustainable energy and realistic pricing proposals do not increase fuel poverty.
(45177)
317  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of the renewals obligation fund is earmarked for (a) solar voltaics, (b) offshore wind and (c) tidal and/or seapowered power generation.
(45179)
318  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Government has spent on the research and development of low carbon vehicles since 1997.
(45176)
319  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much the Government has spent on energy research and development in each year since 1997.
(45175)
320  
  
Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if the proposed renewals obligations fund over three years includes research into the nuclear option.
(45178)
321  
  
Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluations her Department has made of new nuclear reactor and nuclear power plant design and operation in (a) South Africa, (b) America and (c) Canada.
(44808)
322  
  
Bob Spink (Castle Point):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what evaluation her Department has made of emerging pebble-bed nuclear reactor design and operation in other countries; and if she will make a statement.
(44809)
323  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the operating profits were for the Post Office/Consignia in each of the last 20 years.
(44776)
324  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) EU countries and (b) the UK economy of tariffs applied by the EU in the last year for which figures are available.
(44764)
325  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which individuals in the UK motor sport industry have had discussions with her Department about possible Government financial assistance.
(44785)
326  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2001, Official Report, column 944W, what progress has been made towards liberalising European trade mark law.
(44787)
327  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many tariffs the EU has applied to goods from outside the EU in each of the last 20 years.
(44780)
328  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made with regard to the company law review; and if she will make a statement.
(44778)
329  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people were employed in the UK steel industry in each of the last 20 years.
(44777)
330  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of first class letters reached their destination the day after posting in each of the last 20 years.
(44788)
331  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many of BT's lines have been handed over to competitors as a result of local loop unbundling.
(44779)
332  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what financial assistance has been provided to the UK motor sport industry in each of the last 20 years.
(44786)
333  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the progress made in establishing the Universal Bank.
(44789)
334  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many and what percentage of workers belonged to trade unions in each of the last 20 years; and what the figures were broken down into (a) public and (b) private sector workers.
(44765)
335  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what is the (a) total number and (b) percentage of (i) homes and (ii) businesses in the UK that have broadband access.
(44784)
336  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support the Government is giving to the motor sport industry in the current financial year; and if she will make a statement.
(44775)
337  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the total level of inward investment was from (a) the EU, (b) the USA, (c) the G7 countries and (d) Japan into the UK in each of the last 20 years.
(44782)
338  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the British percentage was of inward investment into the EU from (a) the USA, (b), the G7 countries and (c) Japan in each of the last 20 years.
(44781)
339  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on what grounds the UK motor sport industry qualifies for Government assistance; and if she will make a statement.
(44774)
340  
  
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days were lost due to industrial action (a) in the public sector and (b) in total in each of the last 20 years.
(44783)
341  
  
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects to make a statement on the outcome of the consultation on abandoned cars.
(45189)
342  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44865)
343  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44877)
344  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44907)
345  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44818)
346  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44844)
347  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44926)
348  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44950)
349  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45067)
350  
  
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Government plans to announce a further round of funding under the Neighbourhood Management Programme; and if he will make a statement.
(44791)
351  
  
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will rank each local authority in England showing the proportion of expenditure in 2000-01 which was met by central Government grant.
(44792)
352  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January, Official Report, column 182-4W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42648)
353  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps his Department plans to take to support the United Kingdom shortsea shipping sector.
(43592)
354  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the operation of EU state aid rules on the encouragement of national flag shipping and seafarer employment.
(43594)
355  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made of the effects of introducing a shortsea shipping employment grant.
(43591)
356  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has to extend the crew relief costs scheme.
(43593)
357  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the need to extend seafarer income tax concessions and the crew relief cash scheme.
(43648)
358  
N  
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the terms and conditions of foreign seafarers being switched to the red ensign under the tonnage tax scheme.
(44401)
359  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what new arrangements the British Transport Police is implementing to ensure that no individual case is acted on on the basis of an out-of-date arrest warrant; and if he will make a statement.
(45182)
360  
  
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many deaths at work occurred in London in 2001.
(45180)
361  
  
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when his Department will announce a relaxation of night time delivery curfews for gas-powered trucks; what studies he has made of the impact on the environment in the neighbourhood around supermarkets; and what definitions he will apply to the relevant vehicles.
(45123)
362  
  
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the intended date for the introduction of digital tachographs; how many representations he has received about the need to protect data from fraudulent manipulation; how many times drivers will be able to lose their smartcard and remain within the law; and what information he has made available to the freight industry.
(44936)
363  
  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has received from the SRA regarding the (a) financial and (b) technical case for the proposed Central Railway freight line.
(45005)
364  
  
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of incorporating the Braithwaite viaduct in the East London Line extension; and when he expects to make an announcement on this matter.
(44750)
365  
  
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Government will be issuing a White Paper on Planning.
(44726)
366  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what studies have been undertaken by his Department on the impact of rail freight terminals on local communities.
(45130)
367  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the rail freight terminals located in the UK.
(45129)
368  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the level of freight transported by (a) road and (b) rail each year in the UK.
(45128)
369  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseekers' allowance or other benefits.
(45081)
370  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44917)
371  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45073)
372  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44887)
373  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44825)
374  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44946)
375  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44863)
376  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January, Official Report, column 706-7W, on stolen equipment, whether the laptop stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on it.
(42652)
377  
  
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley):    To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Secretary of the National Assembly for Wales on the work of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust with particular reference to (a) the Cynon Valley and (b) Wales.
(44790)
378  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership projects which have been delayed.
(44874)
379  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost has been of criminal damage to his Department's buildings in each of the last four years.
(44848)
380  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been employed by his Department in each of the last three years under (a) the New Deal for Young People, (b) the New Deal for the Over 50s and (c) the New Deal for Lone Parents; and at what cost, listed by category, to public funds.
(44922)
381  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which public service agreement targets scheduled to be met in 2002 will not be achieved by the due date.
(44822)
382  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money has been spent to date on the New Deal for Young People.
(44898)
383  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have been brought against his Department under the Human Rights Act 1998; and what has been the cost in (a) legal fees to defend cases and (b) compensation payments.
(45064)
384  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people employed by his Department under the New Deal for Young People in each of the last four years have subsequently (a) found unsubsidised employment for more than 13 weeks and (b) returned to jobseeker's allowance or other benefits.
(44902)
385  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what creche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost.
(44869)
386  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of participants in the New Deal for Young People who have left the scheme for unknown destinations.
(44899)
387  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target time will be in 2002-03 for (a) ministers to reply to letters from honourable Members and (b) officials in his Department to reply to letters received directly from members of the public.
(44954)
388  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people leaving the New Deal for Young People who were in sustained jobs (i) six and (ii) 12 months later.
(44900)
389  
  
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of those who left the gateway of the New Deal for Young People without proceeding to any of the options were in full time employment 12 months later.
(44897)
390  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met the Solicitors' Family Law Association to discuss forthcoming changes in the Child Support Agency's maintenance formula; and if he will make a statement.
(44267)
391  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost per permanent job achieved by the New Deal for Disabled People has been since its full initiation.
(44262)
392  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the percentage difference in maintenance between the new child maintenance formula and the formula currently operated on standardised assumptions excluding departures and variations for the convenient steps of net income up to £104,000 per annum.
(44263)
393  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants have returned to full-time employment in each of the last five years.
(44260)
394  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the introduction of rehabilitation leave after trauma or sudden infirmity.
(44264)
395  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were (a) unemployed and (b) claiming incapacity benefit in April in each of the last five years.
(44259)
396  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the distinction between working and retirement ages constitutes the watershed between the respective responsibilities of the new Job Centre Plus and Pensions Agency services; and what arrangements are being made to ensure that officers of either agency can handle client queries which do not fully match the division of administrative responsibilities.
(44265)
397  
N  
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets he sets for (a) enrolment, (b) programme completion and (c) permanent employment for the New Deal for Disabled People; and if he will make a statement on the extent to which such targets have been achieved.
(44261)
398  
N  
Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January, Official Report, column 851-2W, on stolen equipment, whether the computer equipment stolen from his Department was (a) new and unused and (b) used; and what was the nature of the data stored on such items in each case.
(42643)
399  
  
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of cases of (a) fraud, (b) customer error and (c) official error in respect of (i) income support and (ii) jobseeker's allowance for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(44960)
400  
N  
Sandra Gidley (Romsey):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what gender impact assessment was carried out prior to changes being made to arrangements for child maintenance payments; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
(44403)
401  
  
Mr Ivan Henderson (Harwich):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many pensioners in the Harwich constitutency are (a) entitled to and (b) have taken up the winter fuel payment.
(45116)
402  
  
Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to (a) abolish, (b) reform and (c) freeze non-dependent deductions for housing benefit and council tax benefit.
(45127)
403  
  
Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh & Berwickshire):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what have been the costs of setting up and implementing the verification framework; what are the costs of operating the verification framework; and what information he holds about the shortfall in funds from central government; and what information he has collated about the costs of local authorities in setting up and operating the verification framework.
(45126)
404  
N  
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how much money would be accrued by the delay in payment of pension-related benefits by two years in comparison to the payment of such benefits at 65 years if the retirement age were increased to 67 years.
(43649)
405  
N  
James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the increase in the MIG per pensioner if money accrued through delaying the payment of pension-related benefits by increasing the retirement age to 67 years were put into funds for the minimum income guarantee.
(43650)
406  
  
Steve Webb (Northavon):    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods his Department uses to identify the names and addresses of people four months away from state pension age, in order to contact them about claiming their retirement pension; and if he will make a statement.
(45183)
407  
  
Frank Cook (Stockton North):    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans have been made for a feasibility study into demining the Falkland Islands; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (45192)
408  
  
David Wright (Telford):    To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many parliamentary boundary reviews have been undertaken in Shropshire since 1972.
[Transferred] (45134)
409  
  
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether small businesses which make appropriate arrangements with the VAT Office to spread their VAT payments are liable to a surcharge in addition to their original VAT bill; and whether firms are advised of this surcharge at the time of renegotiation.
[Transferred] (44749)
410  
  
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich):    To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of (a) how many insurance companies offer fleet insurance for bus fleets in the UK and (b) what level of competition this represents; and whether buses will be able to operate without fleet insurance in the event of the remaining insurance for bus fleets being withdrawn.
[Transferred] (45122)
411  
  
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge):    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public funds have been expended in rectifying the defects in the Millennium Bridge.
[Transferred] (45136)


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