Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001- 02
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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 12 April 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 12 April 2002, 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.

FRIDAY 12th APRIL

1   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49108)

2   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49476)

3   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49117)

4   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49581)

5   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Advocate General, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49150)

6   Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he plans to take to ensure that Government departments (a) undertake the duties outlined in the Cabinet Office Diversity in Public Appointments document and (b) report on the numbers of disabled people who hold public appointments in their departments.

(48755)

7   Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on his responsibilities relating to senior and public appointments; and what progress has been made towards the Cabinet Office Diversity in Public Appointments policy and targets.

(48754)

8   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49618)

9   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49132)

10   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49102)

11   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the remit of the Panel for Regulatory Accountability is; who serves on it; and at what intervals it meets.

(49065)

12   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49587)

13   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49144)

14   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49637)

15   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49602)

16   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he plans to review the operation of regulatory impact assessments.

(49066)

17   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the members of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat.

(49827)

18   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Civil Contingencies Secretariat comprehensive review of the country's plans for dealing with emergencies will be published.

(49828)

19   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on the use of wood from sustainable sources in the refurbishment of the Cabinet Office.

(49490)

20   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the co-ordination of policy for rural communities.

(49273)

21   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the provision of a catering service for the British Library by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49670)

22   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49624)

23   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49106)

24   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49579)

25   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Corporate Bibliographic Service for the British Library by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49663)

26   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49640)

27   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Director General of the BBC on the guidelines for enforcement by the Television Licensing Authority of television licence payments.

(49083)

28   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49605)

29   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Pembroke Lodge for the Royal Parks Agency by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49664)

30   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49148)

31   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49115)

32   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to include the Yeoman Warders, extraordinary bodyguard of the Sovereign, in the group eligible for award of the Queen's Golden Jubilee medal; and if she will make a statement.

(48759)

33   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will introduce proposals in the Communications Bill for the Government to take responsibility for reviewing the amount of televised music on terrestrial television.

(48737)

34   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has received concerning the funding at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.

(48736)

35   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of income was spent on administration by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the last financial year.

(48881)

36   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of the publication of the Arts Council's publication Pride of Place was.

(48875)

37   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans exist for the future funding of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

(48882)

38   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the return or investment made by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.

(48876)

39   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to assist the domestic tourism market to become more competitive.

(49693)

40   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to assist the tourism industry in Essex.

(49691)

41   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of United Kingdom jobs are dependent on the tourism industry.

(49692)

42   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to encourage people to participate in sport; and if she will make a statement.

(48915)

43   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time sports coaching staff (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies have funded in each of the last seven years broken down by sport; and if she will make a statement.

(48916)

44   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Helicopter Flying School, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49563)

45   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Hazardous Stores Information Project for the Ministry of Defence by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49666)

46   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Tidworth Water and Sewerage for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49570)

47   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Central Scotland FQ for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49560)

48   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49597)

49   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Flying Training for University Air Squadrons and Air Experience Flights, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49559)

50   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for RAF Mail, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49573)

51   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for RAF Cosford/Shawbury, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49555)

52   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the RAF White Fleet for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49561)

53   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49125)

54   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49632)

55   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49568)

56   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Attack Helicopter Training, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49556)

57   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Training Administration and Financial Management Information System for the Ministry of Defence by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49667)

58   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49577)

59   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for RAF Lyneham Sewerage for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49569)

60   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for RAF Lossiemouth (FQ), by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49574)

61   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the German White Fleet for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49562)

62   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Yeovilton (Family Quarters) for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49572)

63   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Medium Support Helicopter Air Crew Training Facility, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49567)

64   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for RAF Fylingdales (Power), by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49571)

65   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Tornado SR4 Simulator, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49557)

66   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Joint Services Command and Staff College, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49575)

67   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49137)

68   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49613)

69   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service for the Ministry of Defence, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49566)

70   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency Fire Training, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49558)

71   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49095)

72   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Hawk Simulator, by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49564)

73   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Army Mail (IT), by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49565)

74   Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement as to the policy for Return to Mainstream service for personnel in the Special Air Service's and Special Boat Service; and whether he plans to recruit for SAS and SBS other than from serving members of the regular armed forces.

(49467)

75   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of European Union law on the right of soldiers to join a trades union; and if he will make a statement.

(49730)

76   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the recent visit to the Sovereign Base Areas Cyprus by Lieutenant General Reith.[R]

(48739)

77   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the disposal of HMS Intrepid.

(49766)

78   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings will be made from the withdrawal of the Sea Harrier force from service.

(49760)

79   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units of the Army are trained for mountain warfare; and if he will make a statement.

(49327)

80   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from the Indian Government about the purchase of Fleet Air Arm Sea Harriers.

(49761)

81   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 73W, for what reasons the refits of (a) HMS Manchester and (b) HMS Liverpool are taking longer than the average periods given; and what enhancements are being provided to each of the five ships presently in refit.

(49748)

82   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings will be made from the standing down of 5 Squadron.

(49762)

83   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Talent's refit will commence; and how long it will last.

(49747)

84   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the integration work on Sea Harrier for ASRAAM has been completed; and at what cost.

(49763)

85   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings will be made from the early withdrawal of HMS Fearless.

(49765)

86   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Harrier GR7 will be operational with (a) Brimstone and (b) Storm Shadow.

(49754)

87   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings will be made in each year to 2012 by the decisions (a) to bring forward the withdrawal of (i) 5 squadron, (ii) the RN Sea Harriers and (iii) HMS Fearless and (b) to reduce (1) the state of readiness of HMS Sheffield and (2) the number of Nimrod aircraft on order.

(49673)

88   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tornado F3 are fully operational with AMRAAM missiles; and what the operational inventory is of Tornado F3.

(49755)

89   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Argentine aircraft were destroyed by British forces in 1982 by (a) Sea Dart, (b) Sea Wolf, (c) Sea Cat, (d) Sea Slug, (e) Bofors, (f) Oerlikon, (h) small arms fire, (i) Blowpipe, (j) Rapier, (k) Harrier, (l) bombing and ground operations, (m) naval gunfire and (n) Stinger.

(49757)

90   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has made to the French authorities about the effect of a third Paris airport on Commonwealth war graves; and if he will make a statement.

(49742)

91   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Harrier GR7 has a gun capability; and if it is planned that Harrier GR9/A will have a gun capability.

(49752)

92   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sorties were flown by (a) Harrier GR7 and (b) Sea Harrier in operations over Sierra Leone in 2000.

(49751)

93   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modifications need to be made to the Harrier GR7 for sustained operations at sea.

(49753)

94   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the Royal Navy's manpower is committed to operations.

(49758)

95   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Eurofighter will be operational in the strike role.

(49756)

96   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Fleet's fully operational destroyer and frigate strength will be in December 2002, excluding vessels held at states of low readiness.

(49759)

97   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of how many British and Commonwealth war graves would have to be relocated if the French authorities proceeded with a new airport at Chaulnes; and which military cemeteries are affected.

(49741)

98   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what establishment strength of the Army was set under the Strategic Defence Review.

(49746)

99   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the intake of pilots has been to the (a) RAF and (B) Fleet Air Arm in each year since 1997.

(49744)

100   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to sell Type 22 frigates to Chile; what discussions his Department has had to this effect, and if he will make a statement.

(49743)

101   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to disband Territorial Army field hospital units.

(49745)

102   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fleet submarines will be in service in 2009.

(49749)

103   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Territorial Army are serving on operations; and in which locations their numbers exceed 50.

(49770)

104   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what savings in terms of equipment acquisition will be made from the decision to purchase 18 Nimrod MRA4s.

(49764)

105   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength of pilots is for (i) Tornado F3, (ii) Tornado GR1/4, (iii) Harrier GR7 and (iv) Jaguar.

(49771)

106   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) army personnel, (b) navy personnel and (c) RAF personnel are (i) assigned to operations, (ii) training for operations, (iii) recovering from operations and (iv) training for their assigned role; and what the percentage is of each service in each case.

(49674)

107   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 34W, to the honourable Member for Wiltshire North, on which dates the Type 23s and Type 22s will be refitted with the 114 mm Mark VIII Mod 1 gun.

(49750)

108   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to withdraw the Wessex helicopters in service with 84 Squadron; and what aircraft will be used to replace them.

(49768)

109   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans to withdraw the Sea King AEW force from service.

(49767)

110   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength is of the Territorial Army.

(49769)

111   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the last five years personnel specialised in the clearance of unexploded ordnance have been deployed to Kenya in the aftermath of British Army training exercises there.

(48932)

112   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates talks (a) have been and (b) will be held between his Department and the lawyers representing Kenyan tribespeople who have been injured as a result of unexploded British Army ordnance.

(48934)

113   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) people and (b) animals have been killed as a result of unexploded ordnance left following British Army training exercises in (i) Kenya and (ii) other foreign countries in the last five years.

(48933)

114   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the countries in which the British Army train on land which is also used for grazing.

(49259)

115   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures he is taking to ensure that unexploded ordnance is removed from the sites of Army training exercises in Kenya once the exercises are completed.

(49727)

116   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49593)

117   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49154)

118   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49121)

119   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49610)

120   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49645)

121   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49628)

122   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49112)

123   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which secondary schools in England have no indoor facilities for physical education.

(48750)

124   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what grant aid has been paid to each local education authority in each of the last five years to assist in the teaching of English to ethnic minority pupils.

(48753)

125   Mr David Clelland (Tyne Bridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many pupils who gained entry to Emmanuel College in Gateshead LCS achieved level (a) 4, (b) 5 and (c) 6 in Key Stage 2 (i) maths, (ii) English and (iii) science SATs at primary school as a percentage of their year 7 intake for each of the years (A) 1999, (B) 2000 and (C) 2001.

(48924)

126   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how the £1 million allocated for the embedding of work-related skills more widely in higher education provision has been allocated; and how the allocation for (a) entrepreneurial, (b) generic and (c) vocational skills is progressing.

(49851)

127   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how she plans to replace the British mathematics students who have dropped the subject after taking their A/S-level examinations.

(49853)

128   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list reports published by the Government between 1972 and 2002 that concern mathematics, including (a) the study and teaching of mathematics of school pupils from starting age to Advanced Level, (b) the shortage of mathematics teachers, (c) the declining levels of students undertaking mathematics courses in further and higher education and (d) the failure to engage the interest of pupils studying mathematics.

(49852)

129   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much money has been allocated for the broadband networking of schools; which schools are involved; and what individual allocation has been made for each of those schools.

(49850)

130   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the vocational engineering GCSE is to be presented as an option for students considered less academically capable.

(49855)

131   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if the vocational engineering GCSE is to become an option for those not undertaking any physics courses at the same level.

(49854)

132   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people, broken down by sector and region (a) have undertaken and (b) are undertaking modern apprenticeships.

(49849)

133   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the terms of reference are of the engineering ambassadors scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(49848)

134   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what meetings her Department has had with the sector skills councils since their inception.

(49847)

135   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what progress has been made with the Curriculum Online programme; and if she will make a statement.

(48848)

136   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) research is being carried out into dyslexia and (b) grants are being given by the Government to research organisations with regard to dyslexia in 2002-03.

(49035)

137   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what records are kept by local education authorities on dyslexia.

(49031)

138   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are taken by the Department to assess children for dyslexia; and at what ages the tests are carried out.

(49032)

139   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of children aged 14 to 18 years are known to have dyslexia.

(49025)

140   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children aged between 5 to 10 years in the United Kingdom have dyslexia and related learning problems.

(49036)

141   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action her Department is taking to support children with autistic spectrum disorder at school; and if she will make a statement.

(48883)

142   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action her Department is taking to increase the number of specialist units able to support children with autistic spectrum disorder learning; and if she will make a statement.

(48884)

143   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures her Department and its predecessor have introduced to (a) prohibit overbreeding and (b) improve the welfare of moorland ponies.

(48744)

144   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49111)

145   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49120)

146   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49627)

147   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49644)

148   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49592)

149   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49153)

150   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49609)

151   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the number of chemical weapons dumped at sea and the potential risk they pose.

(48889)

152   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to the European Parliament inquiry into foot and mouth to include Somerset in their programme of visits.

(49038)

153   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she is taking to reduce radioactive waste from the British Nuclear Fuels, Sellafield plant.

(49326)

154   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to decide grants for the year 2002-03 under the Processing and Marketing Scheme.

(49321)

155   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what EU criteria there are regarding maximum and minimum grants for individual applications under the Processing and Marketing Scheme.

(49322)

156   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) maximum and (b) minimum amounts are payable to individual applicants under the Processing and Marketing Scheme in (i) cash terms and (ii) percentage terms.

(49319)

157   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget was for the Processing and Marketing Scheme for (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01, (e) 2001-02 and (f) 2002-03; and what the largest individual grant was in each year in (i) cash terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total sum of all grants.

(49320)

158   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of noise pollution in the London Borough of Havering.

(49694)

159   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to lay the order for the Laying Hens Welfare Code; and if she will make a statement.

(48836)

160   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to make proposals for the introduction of the Laying Hens Welfare Code which go beyond those stated in the 1999 EU Directive on Welfare of Laying Hens 1999/74/EC; and if she will make a statement.

(48837)

161   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library copies of the (a) United Kingdom submissions and (b) submissions by other nations relevant to United Kingdom policies on sustainable development, made to the preparatory meeting in New York for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

(49269)

162   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information she has collated in respect of the time taken to implement European environmental directives since May 1997.

(49266)

163   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency regarding the cleanliness of water in the three holding reservoirs draining Heathrow airport; and when tests were last carried out.

(49019)

164   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with BAA regarding the prevention of water pollution from water draining from the proposed new terminal at Heathrow.

(49018)

165   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had regarding the adequacy of the Mayfield Farm reedbed system to clean water draining from Heathrow airport.

(49017)

166   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of self-assessed cases dealt with accurately by the Inland Revenue was met in 2000-01.

(49051)

167   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49604)

168   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Stockport IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49498)

169   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Manchester IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49499)

170   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to deliver cumulative efficiency savings of at least 10 per cent. of the 2001-02 Departmental expenditure limit by 31st March was met.

(49085)

171   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of self-assessed tax returns received by 31st January 2001 was met.

(49052)

172   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49621)

173   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Edinburgh IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49501)

174   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of calls answered at Inland Revenue switchboards within 30 seconds was met in 2000-01.

(49092)

175   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to achieve a roll out of at least 50 per cent. of the call centre strategy contained in the overall agreed programmes by 31st March was met.

(49086)

176   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of Inland Revenue enquiry centre callers without appointments attended to within 15 minutes was met in 2000-01.

(49091)

177   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to increase the availability of electronic commmunications between taxpayers and the Department to at least 30 per cent. of potential dealings by 31st March was met.

(49088)

178   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49135)

179   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to review at least 60 per cent. of its services by value by March was met.

(49089)

180   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49105)

181   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on jobs in the City of London of a change in the taxation arrangements of those who reside in the United Kingdom but who are domiciled overseas.

(49472)

182   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49147)

183   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of non self-assessed schedule E work dealt with accurately by the Inland Revenue was met in 2000-01.

(49050)

184   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of post fully dealt with within 15 working days by the Inland Revenue was met in 2000-01.

(49090)

185   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the number of enquiries taken up in relation to individuals, as referred to on page 13 of the Inland Revenue's Report 2001, was met in 2000-01.

(49055)

186   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the meaning is of the performance indicator Quality-% score on page 13 of the Inland Revenue's 2001 Report.

(49061)

187   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49591)

188   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of days on which 99 per cent. or more of all cheques are banked on the day of receipt by the Accounts Offices of the Inland Revenue was met in 2000-01.

(49048)

189   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to further the electronic procurement programme has now been met.

(49045)

190   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Glasgow IR Office for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49500)

191   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the PSA target for the Inland Revenue's prompt payment of undisputed invoices has been met.

(49044)

192   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the targets for the percentages of notifications of National Insurance contributions recorded by (a) 31st December and (b) 31st March, as referred to on page 14 of the Inland Revenue's 2001 Report, were met in 2000-01.

(49057)

193   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Newcastle Estate Development Scheme for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49496)

194   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total UK revenue collected from direct taxes and National Insurance contributions in 2000-01.

(49062)

195   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much assessed and self-assessed tax was overdue for over three months in 2000-01.

(49063)

196   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of compliance enquiries/reviews worked to a satisfactory or better standard, referred to on page 13 of the Inland Revenue's 2001 Report, was met in 2000-01.

(49053)

197   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for decisions in five working days on completed applications for working families tax credit was met in 2000-01.

(49058)

198   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of days on which all cheques of £100,000 or more are banked on the day of receipt by the Accounts Offices of the Inland Revenue was met in 2000-01.

(49049)

199   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Bootle St John's House (IR) for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49497)

200   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to reduce staff sickness absence by 2003 will be met.

(49084)

201   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the CCTA Metropolitan Telecoms Service by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49665)

202   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Public-Private Partnership with Siemens Business Services for the Department of National Savings by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49503)

203   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the financial contribution made to the United Kingdom economy by members of the Baltic Exchange.

(49473)

204   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the National Insurance Recording Systems for the Inland Revenue by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49502)

205   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on the Baltic Exchange of a change in the taxation arrangements for those who reside in the United Kingdom but who are domiciled overseas.

(49474)

206   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the PAYE in year weighted target for percentage employer payments as referred to on page 13 of the Inland Revenue Report for 2001.

(49060)

207   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the number of enquiries taken up in relation to companies, as referred to on page 13 of the Inland Revenue's 2001 Report, was met in 2000-01.

(49054)

208   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of (a) assessed and (b) self-assessed tax due was collected in 2000-01.

(49059)

209   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the number of reviews taken up in relation to employers, as referred to on page 14 of the Inland Revenue's 2001 Report, was met in 2000-01.

(49056)

210   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on taxation arrangements for those who reside in the United Kingdom but who are domiciled overseas.

(49475)

211   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to have identified annual savings of at least £5 million per year on estate spending by 31st March was met.

(49087)

212   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the target for the percentage of repayment claims in Inland Revenue offices processed within 20 working days was met in 2000-01.

(49093)

213   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the PSA target for the Inland Revenue to increase the proportion of key designated procurement postholders with or working towards, a graduate level procurement qualification has now been met.

(49046)

214   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49639)

215   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated cost of tax evasion was in each of the last 10 years.

(49082)

216   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the performance of the Inland Revenue against its Public Service Agreement target to ensure the effective transfer of staff from the Benefits Agency to deal with the extra claims for tax credits arising from the introduction of the working families tax credit and the disabled person's tax credit.

(49067)

217   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the target was for reduced sickness absence in the Inland Revenue in 2000-01; and if it was met.

(49064)

218   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) legislation and (b) other measures he is considering in respect of those countries which fail to meet the OECD's deadline for reform in order to comply with anti-money laundering requirements; and if he will make a statement.

(48887)

219   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last set out policies for substantial reform of finance capital; and if he will make a statement.

(48877)

220   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints have been made about the behaviour of customs officers in each of the last five years; how many have been (a) upheld and (b) referred to the independent adjudicator; and what proportion of referrals have been upheld by the adjudicator.

(49773)

221   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans his Department has to sell heritage assets that are outside the remit of resource accounting and budgeting.

(48730)

222   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the lots of silver that HM Treasury withdrew from auction on 29th October 2001 are part of the 250 items listed as antique assets on page 613 of the National Asset Register.

(48731)

223   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the heritage assets of the (a) Office for National Statistics and (b) Royal Mint to which values cannot be described are outside the remit of resource accounting and budgeting.

(48741)

224   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Valuation Office's heritage items which are not recorded on the Agency's fixed asset register as current assets but are controlled separately as valuable and attractive items are outside the remit of resource accounting and budgeting.

(48742)

225   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the definition is of a non-operational heritage asset, as described in HM Customs and Excise's entry in the National Assets Register; and if non-operational heritage assets are outside the remit of resource accounting and budgeting.

(48740)

226   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to extend the new regulations relating to excessive charging by banks in England and Wales to Northern Ireland.

(48853)

227   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families he estimates are eligible for (a) working families tax credit and (b) children's tax credit in (i) Alyn and Deeside and (ii) Delyn that are not claiming it.

(48918)

228   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in (a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) Delyn are claiming (i) working families tax credit and (ii) children's tax credit.

(48920)

229   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he will take to reform the law on annuities and income in retirement.

(48898)

230   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the questionnaire forms sent out to UK businesses by the Office of National Statistics in 2001.

(48927)

231   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many different questionnaires were sent out to (a) UK companies, (b) manufacturing companies and (c) distribution and services companies by the Office of National Statistics in 2001.

(48926)

232   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of time taken by business to compile and return information requested by the Office of National Statistics in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(48925)

233   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the climate change levy brings to the Exchequer; and who is exempt from the levy.

(49681)

234   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much public sector pay has increased since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(49679)

235   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures have been introduced since 1997 to reduce tax evasion by the use of offshore accounts.

(49680)

236   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49127)

237   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49615)

238   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49599)

239   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49583)

240   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49139)

241   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Berlin Embassy by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49659)

242   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49634)

243   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49097)

244   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many cases in the last six months the High Commission in Uganda has refused to see people who had interviews; how entry clearance officers at that High Commission handle appointments; and if he will make a statement.

(48893)

245   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions he is taking to improve the conditions of religious minorities in Laos; and if he will make a statement.

(48849)

246   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Iraq's military intentions; and if he will make a statement.

(49826)

247   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Iraq's involvement in international terrorism; and if he will make a statement.

(49825)

248   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure greater consistency in the Government's treatment of terrorism in regard to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iraq and (d) Israel; and if he will make a statement.

(49824)

249   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to Israel in respect of its failure to implement in full United Nations Security Council resolutions.

(49268)

250   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of Japan's capability for building nuclear weapons.

(49265)

251   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on progress made in respect of each of the three disposition projects for surplus military plutonium in Russia agreed in the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy non-Proliferation Working Group.

(49492)

252   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration the United Kingdom has given, in consort with European Union partners, to establishing sanctions against Israel, until Israel implements United Nations resolutions in full.

(49483)

253   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Israel in respect of the use of British-supplied military vehicles by the Israeli army in its invasion of the Palestinian territories in March and April.

(49482)

254   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms he uses for providing advanced notice to honourable Members of agenda items for COREPER meetings.

(49491)

255   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the Hazards of Nuclear Materials Transported from Europe to Japan by (a) Caricom, (b) The Rio Group and (c) The Pacific Island Forum in the last 12 months.

(49494)

256   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his current estimate is of the quantity of (a) nuclear weapons and (b) chemical weapons possessed by Israel.

(49480)

257   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which general hospitals have plans to introduce a specialist stroke service by April 2004.

(49733)

258   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he will take to ensure that general hospitals without a plan to introduce a specialist stroke service by April 2004 address this issue.

(49734)

259   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if all general hospitals providing care for people with strokes have met the April 2002 milestone, as stated in the National Service Framework for Older People, to develop plans for the introduction of a specialist stroke service by April 2004; and if he will make a statement.

(49732)

260   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources are available to assist general hospitals treating people with stroke to introduce a specialist stroke service by April 2004.

(49735)

261   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many open fora of the Food Standards Agency have been held since 31st May 2000.

(49254)

262   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the old age psychiatry services for the Stockport NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49521)

263   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Energy Management Scheme for the North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49514)

264   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the agreed recommendations of the Pooley Report which are within the remit of the Food Standards Agency have been implemented.

(49244)

265   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Bishop Auckland redevelopment for the South Durham Health Care NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49541)

266   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the result was of the discussions referred to on page 42 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, between the Food Standards Agency and the trade unions about reviewing the FSA's pay arrangements.

(49209)

267   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Black Country Mental Health NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49519)

268   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49140)

269   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for linear accelerators for the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49513)

270   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Nottingham University CHP generator for the Queen's Medical Centre by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49512)

271   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Graylingwell Hospital reprovision for the Sussex Weald and Downs NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49542)

272   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the preparation of the Food Standards Agency's diversity strategy.

(49232)

273   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49098)

274   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 37 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, what are the wider enforcement issues of relevance to the Agency and its stakeholders that have been considered by the Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Group.

(49223)

275   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken following the publication in February 2001 of the final report on the consumer surveys of attitudes towards food issues and the Food Standards Agency.

(49252)

276   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle for the North Cumbria Acute Hospital NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49505)

277   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Acute General Hospital Development for Dartford and Gravesham Hospital by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49504)

278   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49635)

279   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Food Standards Agency has met its Service Delivery Agreement to increase the availability of its research results.

(49075)

280   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Food Standards Agency has met its Service Delivery Agreement target to set new targets for the Meat Hygiene Service.

(49478)

281   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Calderdale Redevelopment for the Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49532)

282   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what baseline was established during 2000-01 for monitoring the Service Delivery Agreement target specified on Page 27 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency to reduce foodborne illness by 20 per cent. over the next five years.

(49079)

283   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the target date of April 2001 for the development of the IiP action plan for the Food Standards Agency was met.

(49226)

284   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the target date of April 2001 for the establishment of new performance appraisal arrangements for all staff of the Food Standards Agency was met.

(49225)

285   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Food Standards Agency is taking to tackle the food hygiene knowledge gap across the population.

(49070)

286   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the new Food Standards Agency-specific conference framework, referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, was introduced by the summer of 2001.

(49216)

287   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to develop policy on the nutritional quality of foods and diets and their effect on public health, especially amongst disadvantaged groups, has been met.

(49250)

288   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the consultation (a) began and (b) ended on the Hazard Analysis and Critical control points strategy prepared by the Food Standards Agency.

(49239)

289   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for single site development for the South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49537)

290   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for a medium secure unit for the Oxfordshire Mental Health Care NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49536)

291   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the tailored management development programme of the Food Standards Agency referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49215)

292   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken following the Research Review Group chaired by Sir John Arbuthnot review of the Food Standards Agency's future strategy for research.

(49224)

293   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements have been made by the Food Standards Agency to Hygiene Assessment Scores, as referred to on page 28 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49242)

294   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the residences for Poole Hospital NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49508)

295   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on development work around diversity issues, referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49228)

296   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the introduction of 360 degree feedback for the Senior Civil Service, referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49214)

297   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the result is of the examination by the Food Standards Agency, in co-operation with the Public Health Laboratory Service and others, of the best means of gathering data for the food poisoning baseline.

(49213)

298   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what unannounced State Veterinary Service audits have been conducted by the Food Standards Agency in fresh meat establishments as referred to on page 28 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49243)

299   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the The Crawley Hospital Energy Management for the Surrey and Sussex Health Care NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49516)

300   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the adult acute psychiatric unit reprovision for the Thames Gateway NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49518)

301   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Service Delivery Agreement referred to on Page 26 of the 2001 report of the Food Standards Agency, what new approaches that harness recent developments in e-technology have been published to provide advice for consumers.

(49074)

302   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which outside specialists, referred to on page 26 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, have been appointed to carry out qualitative consumer market research on food safety and standards; and at what cost.

(49071)

303   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Bromley NHS Trust - New Hospital for the Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49529)

304   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for the Norfolk and Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49526)

305   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Mancunian Community Trust - Primary Care for the Mancunian NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49528)

306   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of local authorities have been covered by the Food Standards Agency's targeted audit programme encompassing law reforming local authorities.

(49240)

307   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the 2000 Spending Review Service delivery agreement targets, what annual targets have been set for the Meat Hygiene Service to ensure the application of clean livestock policy, health marking and strict enforcement of specified risk material controls.

(49234)

308   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if electronic transmissions of the quarterly returns of local authorities to the Food Standards Agency is undertaken by all local authorities.

(49217)

309   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Bucknall Hospital Psychiatric Unit for the North Staffordshire Combined Health Care NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49543)

310   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49584)

311   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the pieces of independent advice to Ministers which have been published by the Food Standards Agency since its inception.

(49076)

312   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the reprovision of mental health for Oxleas NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49534)

313   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49616)

314   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the new targets for the Meat Hygiene Service, referred to on page 36 of the 2001 Food Standards Agency Report, have been met.

(49221)

315   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the establishment of the baseline, referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, in the context of the first staff survey conducted by the Agency.

(49231)

316   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the elderly mental health for the Rotherham Priority Health NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49522)

317   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of the website of the Food Standards Agency.

(49072)

318   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Patient Adminstration System for Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49546)

319   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49128)

320   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of the national programme of Food Standards Agency seminars arranged for January to March 2001 to improve the quality of local authority monitoring returns.

(49210)

321   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many auditors have been trained since April 2001 in pursuit of the Service Delivery Agreement target to protect consumers through improved food safety and standards.

(49241)

322   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the results of the baseline survey by the Food Standards Agency of salmonella in UK retail poultry.

(49219)

323   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the 2000 Spending Review Service delivery agreement targets, if an Audit Unit within the Food Standards Agency in Scotland and an agreed local authority audit scheme were in place by April 2001.

(49236)

324   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Fulbourn School of Nursing by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49545)

325   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Queen's Medical Centre ENT Opthalmology Capital Scheme for the Queen's Medical Centre NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49544)

326   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has (a) been taken and (b) is planned, following the informal consultations by the Food Standards Agency on a proposal for an Agency Register of Food Business conflictions.

(49211)

327   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the rationalisation of inpatient services for the South Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49531)

328   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the latest annual survey of consumer attitudes towards food issues and the Food Standards Agency published by the Food Standards Agency.

(49047)

329   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Patient Management Centre for the North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49523)

330   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit for the North Bristol NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49520)

331   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the deferral of the IiP Website, referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49230)

332   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the programme to improve business efficiency, referred to on page 41 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency.

(49229)

333   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the draft scheme for the Food Standards Agency to comply with Welsh language obligations has been finalised; and when it will be implemented.

(49227)

334   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49539)

335   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the quantitive consumer market research carried out by the Food Standards Agency to identify measures to assess changes in consumer attitudes on food safety and standards.

(49069)

336   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Lancaster Moor Hospital for the Bay Community NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49517)

337   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Richard Friday Community Hospital for the Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49511)

338   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Monyhull for the South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49525)

339   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the ACAD Equipment for the North West London NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49524)

340   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the 2000 Spending Review Service delivery agreement targets, what percentage of food premises have implemented HACCP food safety management systems.

(49235)

341   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to ensure that Specified Risk Material controls are fully enforced, and to improve ante- and post-mortem inspections, has been met.

(49248)

342   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49600)

343   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Wycombe and Amersham developments for the South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49506)

344   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Welsh translation of the Food Standards Agency teaching packs 'Aliens in our Food', and 'The Adventures of Safe-T and the H-Squad' has been prepared.

(49220)

345   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Food Standards Agency strategy was implemented for the promotion of Hazard Analysis and Critical control points throughout the food chain.

(49238)

346   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to 2000 Spending Review Service Delivery Agreement targets referred to on Page 28 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, what audits of local authorities targeting specific policy issues are to be undertaken by the Food Standards Agency in 2002-03.

(49237)

347   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to ensure effective enforcement of animal feed legislation has been met.

(49247)

348   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the front entrance to Maydare Healthcare by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49515)

349   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Withernsea Community Hospital for the Hull and East Riding Community Health NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49509)

350   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the result of the approach by the Food Standards Agency to the Cabinet Office, referred to on page 42 of the 2001 Report of the Food Standards Agency, in pursuit of pay delegation.

(49233)

351   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the MRI Scanner for the North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49527)

352   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to undertake additional research into new techniques for assessing the safety of genetically modified foods has been met.

(49246)

353   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to develop a new Framework Agreement with local authorities by 1st April 2001 to promote high and consistent standards of enforcement throughout the UK was met by 1st April 2001.

(49245)

354   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Standard Court Health Authority headquarters for the Nottingham Health Authority by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49510)

355   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Leeds Road Hospital-Horton Park Centre for Bradford Community Health NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49547)

356   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the upgrade of the Food Standards Agency website, referred to on page 40 of the 2001 Food Standards Agency Report, has been completed.

(49218)

357   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Worcestershire new hospital for the Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49538)

358   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for new facilities for the Newham NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49535)

359   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Food Standards Agency has fulfilled its Service Delivery Agreement to establish a system for post hoc audits of major food incidents involving relevant services.

(49081)

360   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Food Standards Agency in encouraging local authorities to publish local information about hygiene standards in food premises.

(49080)

361   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target to develop and implement a cost-effective strategy to reduce the incidence of food-borne illness in humans has been met.

(49078)

362   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the North West and West Central community units for the elderly for the Leeds Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49507)

363   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the new hospital for the North Durham Health Care NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49533)

364   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to contribute to the renegotiation of the European Meat Hygiene Directive so as better to protect public health and produce a more efficient enforcement system has been met.

(49249)

365   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the new cross-cutting arrangements for dealing with food incidents referred to on page 34 of the 2001 Food Standards Agency Report were in place to coincide with the move of the Food Standards Agency to Aviation House.

(49212)

366   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many board meetings of the Food Standards Agency have been held in public.

(49077)

367   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Barnet Hospitals for the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49540)

368   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken by his Department further to the Service Delivery Agreement target of the Food Standards Agency to publish a consulation document on future labelling policy.

(49251)

369   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Group in reviewing the operation of the Framework Agreement developed by the Food Standards Agency for the promotion of high and consistent standards of food safety enforcement throughout the United Kingdom.

(49222)

370   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the review of the Food Standards Agency's research programme.

(49253)

371   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich for the Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust by comparison with a non-Private Finance Iniative alternative.

(49530)

372   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of 11th March from the honourable Member for Altrincham and Sale West enclosing correspondence from Mrs Galloway.

(48732)

373   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the standard of care provided by clinics offering electric shock therapy for mental illness; what arrangements are in place to monitor and inspect these clinics and this practice; and if he will make a statement.

(48867)

374   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Standards of Cleanliness for the National Health Service applies to the cleanliness of individual patients; and if he will make a statement.

(48890)

375   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of delays in PCT investment due to the need to obtain private sector partners; and if he will make a statement.

(48872)

376   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide for 2002-03 his estimate of investment by primary care trusts via (a) NHS LIFT involving private sector partners, (b) direct NHS sources and (c) other sources; what is the average amount for each category, per PCT; and if he will make a statement.

(48870)

377   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change in provision since 1997, there has been of (a) acute beds, (b) residential places staffed 24 hours a day and (c) low support residential places in mental health in London.

(48864)

378   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute psychiatric beds there (a) were in London in (i) 1992 and (ii) 1997 and (b) are; and what the occupancy rate mental health words in the capital (1) were in (X) 1992 and (Y) 1997 and (2) are.

(48863)

379   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinics (a) in London and (b) in England offer electric shock therapy for forms of mental illness.

(48868)

380   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average waiting time for a residential place with 24-hour staffing for a mental health patient in London.

(48866)

381   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the funding for the present year for (a) hospital and residential mental care and (b) day and community care, in mental health in London; how much funding for each category has increased since 1997; and what his Department estimates is the shortfall in provision in the capital, in both categories, in terms of both places and funding.

(48865)

382   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements he has put in place to avoid variations in LIFT funding to PCTs because of differences in access to private sector partners; and if he will make a statement.

(48871)

383   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is regarding photodynamic therapy and its availability on the NHS.

(49022)

384   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of Beta-interferon to multiple sclerosis sufferers in the East Surrey Health Authority Area.

(49841)

385   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on providing people on income support with special equipment to help with personal care.

(49842)

386   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds were available in (a) England and (b) each NHS trust in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(48923)

387   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total drugs bill was in cash terms for the (a) Hospital and Community Health Service and (b) Family Health Service for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(48921)

388   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of (a) taurine, (b) glucuronolactone, (c) caffeine and (d) a combination of taurine, glucuronolactone and caffeine, on the human body; what the findings of the research were; and if he will make a statement.

(49783)

389   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department and its agencies have consulted other governmental health agencies on the safety of caffeinated energy drinks; and if he will make a statement.

(49782)

390   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to issue a statement on the effects of caffeinated energy drinks on children; and if he will make a statement.

(49778)

391   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of caffeine on children; what the findings of the research were; and if he will make a statement.

(49785)

392   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of combining caffeinated energy drinks with alcohol on the human body; what the findings of the research was were; and if he will make a statement.

(49784)

393   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what upper safe levels for daily intake of (a) taurine and (b) glucuronolactone have been established by the department; and if he will make a statement.

(49781)

394   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to issue a statement on the effects of caffeinated energy drinks when combined with alcohol; and if he will make a statement.

(49780)

395   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department and its agencies have conducted into the effects of caffeinated energy drinks consumed prior to exercising, on the human body; what the findings of the research were; and if he will make a statement.

(49786)

396   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to issue a statement on the effects of caffeinated energy drinks when consumed prior to exercising; and if he will make a statement.

(49779)

397   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the people detained at 31st March 2001 under the Mental Health Act 1983 in private nursing homes were funded by the National Health Service.

(49774)

398   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the system piloted for reporting, analysing and learning from adverse incidents in the NHS.

(49775)

399   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to issue guidance to implement a new system for independent investigations and inquiries into adverse incidents in the NHS; and whether this will replace HSG (94) 27.

(49776)

400   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number of people suffering from Marfan syndrome.

(48844)

401   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many post mortems revealed Marfan syndrome in each of the last 10 years for which records are available.

(44843)

402   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were diagnosed with Marfan syndrome in each of the last 10 years for which records are available.

(48842)

403   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been invested in research into Marfan syndrome since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(48845)

404   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress towards the replacement of thiomersal as a preservative in vaccines.

(48832)

405   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to ascertain whether the kinetics of mercury determined from occupational studies are applicable to patients with dental amalgam restorations.

(48831)

406   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what precautions his Department recommends in order to protect dentists and their employees from exposure to mercury during the placement or removal of dental amalgam fillings.

(48834)

407   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to assess the likelihood of harm to pregnant women and their babies from dental amalgam fillings during pregnancy.

(48830)

408   Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require dentists to advise patients of the potential toxicity of dental amalgam.

(48833)

409   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contribution the Government makes to the independent hospice sector towards the cost of (a) employment of doctors and nurses and (b) drugs, provision of ambulances and other medical services.

(48721)

410   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in state funding of independent charitable hospices in the last five years.

(48723)

411   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of inpatient hospice services are provided by the independent charitable sector.

(48722)

412   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of voluntary adult hospices will be eligible to receive grants from the New Opportunities Fund.

(48720)

413   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the reply to the honourable Member for the Vale of York, Official Report, 20th March, column 438, what the membership is of the Advisory Group on Radiation, Risk and Society; what the (a) terms of reference, and (b) criteria for the choice of members are; and if he will make a statement on what guidelines individual members of the group have been given on (i) disclosing proceedings and ii) publishing material subsequently, that relates to the advisory group.

(49689)

414   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the additional funding required for health services if an asylum seekers centre were to be established at Throckmorton airfield.

(48726)

415   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what speech therapy treatment is available to patients recovering from strokes and sufferers from dysphasia who are under 65 years of age in the New Forest; and if he will make a statement.

(49016)

416   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what surgical treatment is made available to epilepsy sufferers in (a) the New Forest, (b) Southampton and South West Hampshire and (c) Dorset; and if he will make a statement.

(48738)

417   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the review of cancer services at Mount Vernon Hospital is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement.

(48902)

418   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors and nurses have worked in each service provided at Mount Vernon Hospital in each of the last 10 years; and how many doctor and nurse vacancies there have been in each service provided in each of the last 10 years.

(48907)

419   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Eastern Region Health Authority and the London NHS Region about the future of services at Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48900)

420   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish an assessment of the quality of cancer services provided at Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48901)

421   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to establish a diagnostic and treatment centre at Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48896)

422   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of improvements in service at Northwich Park Hospital since 1999; and if he will make a statement.

(48897)

423   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to modernise the (a) inpatient and (b) outpatient facilities at Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48895)

424   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to improve the provision of services at Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48906)

425   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS agencies (a) own the Mount Vernon Hospital estate and (b) are responsible for services provided there; and if he will list the chief executive and board members of each of these agencies.

(48899)

426   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of service provided at Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48908)

427   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to sell off part of the Mount Vernon Estate.

(48909)

428   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had with NHS agencies about services provided at the Mount Vernon Hospital.

(48904)

429   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what inspections of Mount Vernon Hospital have taken place by NHS agencies in the last five years; and if he will publish their conclusions.

(48905)

430   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop new services at the Mount Vernon Hospital site.

(48903)

431   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are provided at Mount Vernon Hospital; how many patients were treated as (a) outpatients and (b) inpatients in each of the last five years, broken down by service area; whether each of the services will continue to be provided in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(48910)

432   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the availability of Prazosin through pharmacies.

(49323)

433   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the pilot programmes for the modernisation of the hearing-inpaired service utilising digital hearing aids; and what plans he has to (a) continue with the pilots and (b) roll out the programme throughout the NHS.

(49726)

434   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health trusts have announced an intention to withdraw from the pilot programme for hearing impaired patients, citing funding uncertainty; and what his assessment is of the abortive expenditure incurred.

(49731)

435   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to introduce free dental care to those who are unemployed or on low incomes.

(49678)

436   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS dental services have to be paid for and by whom; and if he plans to lower dental charges.

(49677)

437   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the provision of NHS dental care; and what measures the Government has taken to increase this provision.

(49675)

438   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there are in the NHS; and what action can be taken if someone cannot gain access to an NHS dentist.

(49676)

439   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Fazakerley (Altcourse) Prison by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49656)

440   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Quantum for HM Prison Service by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49655)

441   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49631)

442   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49576)

443   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49596)

444   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Lowdham Grange Prison by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49653)

445   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Rainsbrook (Onley) Secure Training Centre by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49650)

446   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49622)

447   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Prisons Energy (Tranche 1) by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49652)

448   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for (a) Marchington prison, (b) Onley prison, (c) Agecroft prison (Forest Bank) and (d) Pucklechurch prison by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49648)

449   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49136)

450   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49124)

451   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which of the services of his Department have not been reviewed under the Better Quality Services Initiative; and when they will be reviewed.

(49471)

452   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Hassockfield (Medomsley) Secure Training Centre by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49649)

453   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Cookham Ward (Medway) Secure Training Centre by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49654)

454   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Bridgend (Parc) Prison by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49657)

455   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for Passport Agency Contracts by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49651)

456   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49094)

457   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements there are for asylum seekers to produce a valid passport; and if he will make a statement.

(48892)

458   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which European Union countries do not accept the Home Office Certificate of Identity as a valid travel document; what reasons each of them has provided his Department for this policy; how he has addressed each of these reasons; when he expects the Certificate of Identity to be accepted throughout the EU; and if he will make a statement.

(48891)

459   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the latest estimated cost is of the Yarl's Wood fire; and how much is expected to be borne by the Exchequer.

(49846)

460   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all asylum seekers in Yarl's Wood at the time of the recent fire have been properly accounted for.

(49844)

461   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to his statement of 25th February, Official Report, column 442 on the Yarl's Wood fire, if he will list the different expert sources that informed his decision not to fit sprinklers.

(49845)

462   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) complaints and (b) items of correspondence have been received by (a) the Home Office, (b) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, (c) the Police Complaints Authority and (d) the Criminal Cases Review Commission in relation to historical sex abuse investigations in the UK in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001.

(49834)

463   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the prisons in the UK that accept and detain sex offenders.

(49831)

464   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether prisoners who maintain their innocence and who refuse to attend a sex offenders treatment programme will be (a) denied parole and (b) have limited privileges.

(49832)

465   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with respect to Operation Rose in Northumbria, how many individuals were (a) suspected of child abuse and (b) arrested in connection with charges of child abuse; of the people arrested, how many were subsequently released; how many of the suspects were charged; of the people charged, how many people had the charges against them dropped before going to court; how many individuals were taken to court who pleaded not guilty to the allegations made against them; how many people were taken to court who pleaded guilty to the allegations made against them; how many cases were discontinued and what were the reasons for discontinuance; how many complaints were received and how many suspects and complainants were identified; of the cases sent to the CPS, how many were (i) accepted, (ii) referred for further information and (iii) rejected; what the total cost associated with Operation Rose was, including direct costs of salaries and expenses of officers involved; what defence costs were awarded against the Crown; and who or which organisation has reviewed the way in which Operation Rose was conducted.

(49833)

466   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on the reading by prison authorities of mail to prisoners from honourable Members; and if he will make a statement.

(48748)

467   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will launch an investigation into conditions at the Dungavel Detention Centre for asylum seekers; how many asylum seeker detainees at the Dungavel Centre are on hunger strike; if he will review provisions for visits and access arrangements to asylum seekers detained in asylum centres; and if he will take steps to ensure freedom of information provisions apply to asylum seeker detention centres.

(48838)

468   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letters from the mental health charity MACA 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.

(49772)

469   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he has on the number of transsexual women who have been raped vaginally in each of the last five years; and in what way charges against the perpetrator may differ from the same crime committed against other women.

(49777)

470   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what activities are covered by (a) constitutional and community, (b) criminal policing and programmes, (c) central services, (d) firearms compensation and (e) police and crime reduction as referred to in Table 11 on page 112 of the Home Office Annual Report 2000-01.

(48858)

471   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there are in England and Wales; and how many there were on 1st May 1997.

(49023)

472   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of civilians to fulfil policing tasks.

(49024)

473   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are being taken to reduce the number of prisoners in prison; and what precautions are being taken to ensure that prisoners do not commit further crimes under the electronic tagging programme.

(49318)

474   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records are kept regarding the whereabouts of documents sent to the Home Office facility in Croydon.

(49683)

475   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring systems are used to track applications by non-UK citizens to remain in the UK on the basis of marriage.

(49682)

476   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was to process an application for a non-UK citizen to remain in the UK on the basis of marriage over the last 12 months.

(49684)

477   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was for a passport to be returned to United Kingdom citizens from the Home Office facility in Croydon over the last 12 months.

(49685)

478   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to ensure children do not have access to indecent publications.

(49690)

479   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the names of organisations which have registered as umbrella bodies with the Criminal Records Bureau.

(48758)

480   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the additional funding required for (a) policing and (b) fire services if an asylum seekers centre were to be established at Throckmorton airfield.

(48727)

481   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy is on the reimbursement of loss of earnings to witnesses taking time to attend identification parades; and whether that policy permits a degree of discretion.

(48733)

482   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was spent on literacy lessons in prison in each of the last 10 years.

(48913)

483   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there was a waiting list for (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) computer skills training and (d) other educational courses at HM prisons in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(48914)

484   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he is taking to improve reading and writing skills of those in prison.

(48912)

485   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have made applications this year for leave to remain in the UK; how long an application for leave to remain in the UK takes to be processed by the Home Office from the time of submission; what Department deals with overstayer applications; and if he will make a statement on special reasons that prevent a decision being made in order to complete a case within a period of six months from date of application.

(48860)

486   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the effect of access to the Channel Tunnel by asylum seekers on the French side on British exports and imports using this route as a form of transportation; what the implications are of this situation on the future of British businesses using the Channel link; and what measures are being taken in liaison with the French authorities and British businesses in order to identify a physical deterrent to the problem of refugees who are preventing the safe and effective passage of transportation through the Channel Tunnel link.

(48861)

487   Mr Bill Tynan (Hamilton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process there is to enable monitoring to take place concerning the speed and methods of transit of appeal bundle files from UK missions overseas to their initial destinations at the Appeals Support Service in this country; and what period of time it should take for an appeal bundle to reach the Immigration Appellate Authority for consideration from the date of initial recording with the Appeals Support Service.

(48862)

488   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving UNHCR for anticipating the arrival of refugees from Iraq to Iran.

(48728)

489   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Technical Co-operation Training—Nigeria, Cameroon and the Gambia Project.

(49171)

490   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Rural Development Project in Poland.

(49162)

491   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Support for Improving Tax Administration in the Rwanda Authority Project.

(49193)

492   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Management of the Natural Resources System Programme.

(49256)

493   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Shapla: Nursing, Medical Education and Public/Private Partnership projects in Bangladesh.

(49173)

494   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Shapla: Organisation and Management, Human Resource and Hospital Management projects in Bangladesh.

(49172)

495   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project Phase II in Tanzania.

(49175)

496   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Project Management Agency Support for Regional Trade Negotiating Machinery in the Caribbean region.

(49158)

497   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Transmission Institutional Strengthening Project in India.

(49202)

498   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Power Sector Reform Institutional Strengthening Distribution Project in India.

(49185)

499   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Cross River State Community Forestry Project in Nigeria.

(49200)

500   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Family Protection Project Managers Project in Jordan.

(49197)

501   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent asssessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Project Coordinator Support for Environmental Assessment and Management Project Phase 2 in Egypt.

(49184)

502   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Humanitarian Assistance Services Projects.

(49182)

503   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49119)

504   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Improving Rural Livelihood in North and East Uganda.

(49187)

505   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent asssessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Technical Co-operation Training Services: India 1999-2000 project in India.

(49178)

506   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Privatisation and Capital Market Development Project in Bosnia.

(49169)

507   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Jamaica Performance Improvement Project.

(49208)

508   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49608)

509   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Strengthening and Modernising Value Added Tax Administration Project in Bangladesh.

(49164)

510   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Bulgaria: Solid Waste Management Project.

(49167)

511   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Agricultural Service Innovation and Reform Project in Bangladesh.

(49174)

512   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Technical Co-operation Training Programme, 1999-2000 and 2001-02 in Jamaica.

(49157)

513   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Restructuring Forests of the former Homeland Administrations Project in the Republic of South Africa.

(49191)

514   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49152)

515   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent asssessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Integrated Lake Management Project in Uganda.

(49180)

516   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Gansu Basic Education Project in China.

(49160)

517   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Technical Assistance for Public Enterprise Reform in Orissa Project in India.

(49195)

518   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Public Administration Institutional Development Project in the West Bank and Gaza.

(49198)

519   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Caribbean Overseas Territories Government Accounting Reform Project in Anguilla.

(49203)

520   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the National Agency for the Development and Implementation of Reconstruction Programmes in Romania.

(49194)

521   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Andhra Pradesh Power Sector Reform Institutional Strengthening Project in India

(49177)

522   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Long Term Interim Technical Assistance to Centenary Rural Development Bank in Uganda.

(49176)

523   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Assistance to the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department Project in the West Bank and Gaza.

(49205)

524   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Local and Regional Government Institutional Strengthening Project in the Ukraine.

(49204)

525   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Social Marketing of Condoms Project in Mozambique.

(49207)

526   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Construction of Bhairof Bridge Phase 2 Project in Bangladesh.

(49190)

527   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent asssessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Guyana Land Administration Support Programme in Guyana.

(49186)

528   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Western India Rainfed Farming Project Phase II.

(49159)

529   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49590)

530   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49110)

531   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49626)

532   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Rural Access Programme in Nepal.

(49163)

533   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice: Core Contract.

(49166)

534   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Primary Schools Education Management Development Project in Botswana.

(49170)

535   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Support for Improving Corporate Services and Management in the Rwanda Revenue Authority Project.

(49201)

536   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Support for the Environment and Management Project in Egypt.

(49168)

537   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Provision of Technical Co-operation Training Services Project in Kenya.

(49165)

538   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Mine Action Programme in Yugoslavia.

(49196)

539   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Technical Assistance for the Introduction of Value Added Tax in Andrha Pradesh Project in India.

(49199)

540   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Community Forestry Development Project Phase II in Cameroon.

(49206)

541   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Financial Management Academy Project in Bangladesh.

(49189)

542   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Mine Action Programme 2000 in the former Yugoslavia.

(49188)

543   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49643)

544   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent asssessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Pilot Project in Russia.

(49183)

545   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Smallholder Dairy Project Phase II in Kenya.

(49161)

546   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Support to Rural Feeder Roads Project in Ghana.

(49192)

547   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Russian President's Management Training Initiative: Main Phase.

(49179)

548   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent asssessment she has made of the value for money achieved by the Fourth Fisheries Project in Bangladesh.

(49181)

549   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement regarding the projects within her Department that aim to strengthen professional engineering in developing countries, indicating which countries are involved.

(49829)

550   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps Her Majesty's Government has taken to provide aid to Afghanistan following the earthquake in that country on 25th March.

(49270)

551   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information she has collated concerning the destruction by Israeli military forces of aid projects (a) funded and (b) supported by her Department in the Palestinian territories.

(49267)

552   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when her Department's Annual Report is being published.

(48873)

553   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures she is taking to ensure that Palestinians are able to access essential medical care and treatment during the current crisis.

(49728)

554   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Local County Court Systems for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49661)

555   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49607)

556   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49623)

557   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for A Resource Accounting and Management Information System for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49662)

558   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49151)

559   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49109)

560   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49582)

561   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49118)

562   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49642)

563   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Probate Records Centre for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49669)

564   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much money was awarded under the Government's marriage and relationship support programme to (a) National Marriage Week, (b) the Family Matters Institute and (c) the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, in the two most recent annual rounds.

(48859)

565   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement about delays at the Court of Protection; whether they derive from the recent re-location of that service; and whether its filing systems have been affected by the move.

(48734)

566   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49619)

567   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49603)

568   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49103)

569   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49145)

570   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49133)

571   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49588)

572   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49638)

573   Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints have been made against the Police Ombudsman's Office by (a) members and (b) ex-members of the RUC/PSNI: how many legal actions are outstanding against her or her investigators; in how many cases she has carried out a successful prosecution; how many times she has had to pay out compensation and the amount paid out; and how many cases she has undertaken relating to matters for which the Director of Public Prosecutions or Attorney General has directed that there be no prosecution.

(48854)

574   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49142)

575   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49130)

576   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49100)

577   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the President of the Council, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49586)

578   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Prime Minister, if honourable Members have been appointed to task forces and other ad hoc advisory bodies created by the Government since 1997.

(49729)

579   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was to his Office of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49101)

580   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49143)

581   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his office.

(49131)

582   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of the United States policy on steel imports were discussed in his meetings with President Bush on 6th to 7th April in Texas.

(49264)

583   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed Israel's nuclear weapon capability in his meetings with President Bush on 6th - 7th April.

(49481)

584   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will set out the reasons why he did not publish the dossier on the status of Iraq's weapons programmes.

(49843)

585   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has raised the United States opposition to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change during meetings and other communications he has had with (a) the United States President and (b) the United States Vice President since 11th September 2001.

(49495)

586   Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Prime Minister, when he established a Cabinet Committee in Sustainable Development; who its members are; and if he will make a statement.

(48894)

587   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he had with President Bush during his recent visit about the possible exemption of British steel products from US tariffs; and if he will make a statement.

(48930)

588   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49606)

589   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the 2000 Spending Review Service Delivery Agreements targets, if a three year rolling audit programme of local authorities by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland began in April 2001; and if a third of Scottish authorities were audited in 2001-02.

(49073)

590   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49116)

591   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49641)

592   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49107)

593   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49149)

594   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49580)

595   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49625)

596   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49114)

597   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49630)

598   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49594)

599   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49123)

600   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49647)

601   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Docman IT project for the Serious Fraud Office by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49668)

602   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49156)

603   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49612)

604   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) complaints and (b) items of correspondence have been received by (a) the Attorney General, (b) the Solicitor General and (c) the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to historical sex abuse investigations in the United Kingdom in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001.

(49830)

605   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49646)

606   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her latest estimate is of the share of national output produced by companies with (a) fewer than 200 employees and (b) fewer than 100 employees.

(49487)

607   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with the Small Business Service about the regulatory burdens on small companies.

(49477)

608   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49155)

609   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible 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.

(49611)

610   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49595)

611   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her latest estimate is of the number of sole trader businesses in the United Kingdom; and what proportion of all businesses in the United Kingdom they represent.

(49479)

612   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Electronic Government through Administrative Re-engineering (ELSAR) for the Department of Trade and Industry by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49551)

613   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost was to her Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49113)

614   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the National Physical Laboratory for the Department of Trade and Industry by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49552)

615   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which Bills introduced by her Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans she has for the future use of such clauses.

(49629)

616   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on overtime payments for staff in her Department.

(49122)

617   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her latest estimate is of the percentage of the private sector workforce which is employed by companies with (a) fewer than 200 employees and (b) fewer than 100 employees.

(49488)

618   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her latest estimate is of the number of businesses in the United Kingdom which employ fewer than 200 people; and what proportion of all businesses in the United Kindom they represent.

(49485)

619   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Computer Services for Academic Research (CSAR) for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49553)

620   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for shipping services for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49554)

621   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the mining reports and surface drainage system for the Coal Authority by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49549)

622   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the RA Strategic Partnership for the Radiocommunications Agency by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49548)

623   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress is being made to develop a system of Smart seals upon containers.

(48888)

624   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to what extent the UK is supporting the European Union's Galileo satellite programme broken down by departments' budgets and purpose of funding; what representations about the programme were made from the US and how they were responded to; and if she will make a statement.

(48886)

625   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she was informed that British Aerospace had received downpayments for the Tanzanian Air Traffic Control System prior to an export licence being granted; and if she will make a statement.

(49740)

626   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funds have been allocated to regional development agencies; and how those funds will be used.

(49857)

627   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on (a) the progress of the chemical industry's learning and skills strategy, (b) the programme to promote the spread of best practice, (c) support for chemical industry cluster initiatives and (d) the programme to support chemicals inward investment from North America.

(49876)

628   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will provide a breakdown of the investment her Department made in 2000-01 to the programmes designed to improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector.

(49877)

629   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many smaller enterprises have benefited from the regional venture capital funds on an annual basis in each of the regions since the inception of the scheme.

(49860)

630   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Small Business Service will produce their report to the Treasury.

(49859)

631   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the terms of reference are for the Chemical Innovation and Growth Team; and if she will make a statement.

(49856)

632   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policy initiatives are being considered in response to the recommendations of the Broadband Stakeholder Group.

(49858)

633   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the projects undertaken by the Engineering Technology Board that her Department plans to support.

(49878)

634   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many Claims Direct franchisees paid for their franchises with loans supported by her Department; how many such Claims Direct franchisees with such loans have become bankrupt; and if she will make a statement.

(48745)

635   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish a consultation document on the use of section 23 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 to extend rights contained in employment legislation to individuals of a specified description.

(48743)

636   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding the Government has provided for the Beagle 2 spacecraft; and if she will make a statement on the mission.

(48931)

637   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the names of those organisations which have made representations to her about the operation of the Construction Skills Certification scheme.

(48757)

638   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the priorities in respect of radioactive waste research set out in the European Commission's Multi-Annual Framework Programme for Research, COM (2001) 94 Final.

(49493)

639   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answers of 11th March, Official Report, column 671W and 10th April, ref 48035, what penalties have been levied on Healthcall for (a) failure to provide reports fit for purpose and (b) reports delivered beyond 28 days targets.

(49328)

640   Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the objectives are of the Britech programme of biotechnological co-operation with Israel; how many (a) British and (b) Israeli companies are involved; what the cost is of the programme; and what monitoring is undertaken to ensure that companies and individuals located in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza are not involved.

(49736)

641   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by her Department on voice coaching for Ministers and officials in each of the last five years.

(48878)

642   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on the UK chemicals industry of the EC White Paper, Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy.

(48929)

643   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is towards the proposals contained in the EC White Paper, Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy; and if she will make a statement.

(48928)

644   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by her Department on training in leadership skills for Ministers and officials in each of the last five years

(48880)

645   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent by her Department on training by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for Ministers and officials in each of the last five years.

(48879)

646   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49129)

647   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49636)

648   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49099)

649   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49617)

650   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49141)

651   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the cost of publicity and educational material published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02.

(49068)

652   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49601)

653   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49585)

654   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the total savings of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the (a) M1/A1 Link Road, (b) A1(M), (c) A30/35, (d)M40, (e) A417/419, (f) A19, (g) A50, (h) A69 and (i) Second Severn Crossing by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49271)

655   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contingency plans have been made for the conduct of all-postal ballots in the 2002 local elections in the event of industrial action disrupting the postal service.

(48749)

656   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps are being taken to update the former Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions' Indices of Deprivation, by local government ward basis.

(48856)

657   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what resources his Department make available to local authorities to help them combat drug abuse.

(48857)

658   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 959W, on railways, how the figures in the baseline period compared to (a) the previous quarter, (b) the average for the previous year and (c) the average for the previous five years.

(49837)

659   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answers of 26th March, column 956W, refs. 45677 and 45678, on Railtrack, if the 10 year plan budget assumes a two per cent. annual reduction in real terms of Railtrack's overall income, including track access charges and network grants, for Control Period 2.

(49838)

660   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which Department receives the overstay charges from utility services for any work not completed within the agreed period under Section 74A of the New Roads and Street Works Acts.

(49875)

661   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the predicated annual income generated by the trial lane rental schemes is.

(49874)

662   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those organisations consulted regarding S.I. 2001, No. 3335 introducing self-certification under the Building Regulations.

(49861)

663   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what effect the self-certification of building firms, allowed under the Building Regulations S.I. 2001, No. 3335, will have on building firms.

(49862)

664   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how his Department will ensure that reputable builders are not disadvantaged by the cost and time involved with self-assessment, as laid out in S.I. 2001, No,. 3335.

(49863)

665   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the financial impact of state funding and subsidies for European ports on the competitive position of UK ports and port operators.

(49836)

666   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many responses to the consultation on abandoned cars were received; how many were (a) supportive of and (b) against reducing the notice period for removal; when he expects to bring forward proposals for reform; and if he will make a statement.

(48746)

667   Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress of the implementation of the Private Hire Vehicle Registration (London) Act 1998.

(49263)

668   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure to through traffic of roads in London on congestion levels since 1992.

(49021)

669   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the future of the Rail Regulator.

(49871)

670   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 961W, ref 45348, on which of these projects (a) the high-level feasibility stage has been completed and (b) the detailed development work has begun.

(49822)

671   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress towards an Open Skies agreement with the US.

(49873)

672   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what rights Network Rail has to draw upon the proposed £9bn bridging loan from the SRA.

(49870)

673   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 956W, ref 45678, if he has set aside contingency funds to cover an unexpectedly high periodic review.

(49814)

674   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what provision exists in European law for the extension of state aid support to Railtrack in administration beyond 7th October.

(49864)

675   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on progress towards upgrading the South Central network; and in what timeframe work will be completed.

(49839)

676   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, on what date his Department informed Network Rail that it was willing to provide £300 million of support to enable it to bid for Railtrack's assets.

(49869)

677   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, ref. 45304, on rolling stock, if the Railway Safety Regulations 1999 prohibit steam locomotives from operating on the main network unless protected by TPWS or a similar system.

(49821)

678   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on the sale of railway assets by the company that succeeds Railtrack.

(49840)

679   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the Second Railway package.

(49815)

680   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what factors underlay the comments made by his Department to Bloomberg on 22nd March about state aid rules relating to Railtrack.

(49866)

681   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on European discussions about liberalisation of public transport, as discussed at the Barcelona Summit.

(49816)

682   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 946W, on European Union ports, what response he has had from the Commission to these representations.

(49835)

683   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice his Department received from (a) Swiftrail and (b) Network Rail about the amount of time needed to conclude a bid and end the Railtrack administration.

(49867)

684   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has received a completed report from Mercer on the proposed future structure of regulation in the rail industry.

(49872)

685   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is on European airport slot allocation.

(49818)

686   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the factors underlying the changes in the level of council tax in recent years.

(49817)

687   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on his policy on the Trans European Networks.

(49820)

688   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advice his Department has received about state aid rules relating to support for Railtrack beyond 7th October.

(49865)

689   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the proposals for European port services.

(49819)

690   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what discussions his Department had with Swiftrail between 7th October and 25th March.

(49868)

691   Mr Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimates he has made of the effect of the tonnage tax on employment of UK seamen.

(48847)

692   Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list those local authorities imposing an increase in council tax for a Band D property in excess of 10 per cent. in financial years (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2001-02.

(48735)

693   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March, Official Report, column 357W, if he will publish his assessment of Birmingham City Council's application for a place on the housing transfer programme.

(49823)

694   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make it his policy to require planning permission for buildings as part of the planning process; and if he will make a statement.

(48841)

695   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will assess the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of including demolition as part of the planning process.

(48840)

696   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what priority he intends to give to reducing the number of empty homes in his guidance to local authorities under the Homelessness Act 2002.

(48729)

697   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 977W, what figures his Department has collated on the sum each local authority in London running a cash incentive scheme in 2000-01 originally identified as being available to potential applicants.

(48716)

698   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March, Official Report, column 667W, what assessment he has made of the factors underlying the change in the numbers of successful cash incentive scheme grant applications by local authority tenants between 1997-98 and 2000-01.

(48714)

699   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on (a) establishing a cash incentive scheme and (b) the types and size of local authority property that should be prioritised for release under the cash incentive scheme.

(48710)

700   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum grants available are for housing association tenants of (a) bedsits, (b) one-bedroom properties, (c) two-bedroom properties, (d) three-bedroom properties, (e) four-bedroom properties and (f) properties with five or more bedrooms under the Tenants Incentive scheme.

(48718)

701   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 978W, on housing, if he will place in the Library copies of the research programmes that have been carried out into the cash incentive scheme.

(48712)

702   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March, Official Report, column 667W, how many grants were made by and what the total value of grants was in each local authority in London running a cash incentive scheme in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.

(48715)

703   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information his Department has collated on those local authorities in London who add an additional premium to the cash incentive scheme grant to those tenants who purchase a property on the open market within the same borough.

(48711)

704   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what factors determine the relationship between the rate of maximum discount available to housing association tenants under the Right to Acquire scheme and the rate of maximum grant available under the Tenants Incentive scheme.

(48719)

705   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March, Official Report, column 668W, on right to buy, if he will make an assessment of the impact of increasing the maximum cash incentive scheme grant available in London to a level (a) equal to the maximum right to buy discount available in London and (b) 25 per cent. higher than the maximum right to buy discount in London.

(48713)

706   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March, Official Report, column 977W, on housing, which local authorities were running a cash incentive scheme in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000 and (d) 2000-01.

(48709)

707   Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green & Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum discounts available are for housing association tenants of (a) bedsits, (b) one-bedroom properties, (c) two-bedroom properties, (d) three-bedroom properties, (e) four-bedroom properties and (f) properties with five or more bedrooms under the Right to Acquire scheme.

(48717)

708   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will carry out an evaluation of the respective effectiveness and net cost of (a) road humps and (b) speed cameras as a means of reducing traffic speed levels.

(49261)

709   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of levels of pollution and difference in noise levels as a result of road humps and traffic-calming measures which involve narrowing of the highway and the construction of an uneven road surface.

(49260)

710   Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if it is his policy to prevent new buildings being erected adjacent to motorways to ensure that the costs of future motorway widening are kept to a minimum.

(49262)

711   Mr Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the terms of reference are of the study commissioned by the Strategic Rail Authority into a high speed rail link from London to the North.

(48747)

712   Mr John Lyons (Strathkelvin & Bearsden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will estimate the cost of repairs necessary on (a) the East Coast and (b) the West Coast main lines to Scotland.

(48835)

713   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information on the division of investment in rail projects between train operators, rolling stock leasing companies and infrastructure investment under the 10 year transport plan will be given to private investors.[R]

(49028)

714   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how those private investment companies making the investments will be compensated before the completed infrastructure is put back into the network nationally under special purpose vehicles.[R]

(49029)

715   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what private investment in railway infrastructure projects has been made since the start of the 10 year plan and into which projects; and what private investment is forecast for (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004.[R]

(49030)

716   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what action he has taken since November 2001 with regard to (a) his French ministerial counterpart and (b) the European Commissioner for Transport on (i) the disruption to rail freight facilities through the Channel Tunnel and (ii) the suspension of rail freight services through the Channel Tunnel.[R]

(49034)

717   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what information is available to (a) train operators, (b) rolling stockleasing companies and (c) investors in infrastructure concerning individual rail projects under the 10 year transport plan to encourage private investment.[R]

(49027)

718   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what compensation is being given to rail freight operators as a result of disruption to rail freight facilities through the Channel Tunnel.[R]

(49033)

719   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the impact on his ten year transport plan of the rail freight disruption through the Channel Tunnel since November 2001; and if he will revise his estimated increase of rail freight.[R]

(49026)

720   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what funds are available as part of the SRA plan for the development of additional railheads in the Greater London area.

(49722)

721   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he has sought counsel's advice on his Department's position in relation to his Department's employment of Mr Martin Sixsmith.

(49448)

722   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what constraints exist on the development of (a) new and (b) improved rail links to Heathrow from the West.

(49470)

723   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of the rail network is electrified.

(49707)

724   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average level is of (a) carbon dioxide, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) benzene, (d) nitrogen oxide, (e) hydrocarbon, (f) lead, (g) sulphur dioxide and (h) particulate emissions resulting from vehicle use of the fuels (i) Cngas, (ii) Lpgas, (iii) biodiesels, (iv) LNG, (v) E10 bioethanol blends and (vi) E85 bioethanol blends; and if he will place in the Library details of the supporting scientific evidence..

(49452)

725   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment of the Government's energy policies has been made with regards to assessing the environmental impact of (a) the 10 year plan and (b) the SRA plan.

(49719)

726   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the environmental benefits of switching road haulage to rail on the West Coast Main Line.

(49702)

727   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made as to the danger resulting from particulate emissions from road vehicles.

(49449)

728   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will define the phrase sustainable development as used by his Department.

(49723)

729   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made as to the future demand for rail links to and from Heathrow from and through Berkshire.

(49469)

730   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library details of the calculation on which the fuel duty rebate levels on (a) Cngas, (b) Lpgas, (c) biodiesels, (d) LNG, (e) E10 bioethanol blends and (f) E85 bioethanol blends is based.

(49453)

731   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what government incentives, in addition to public money, have been introduced to promote the use of (a) Cngas, (b) Lpgas, (c) biodiesels, (d) LNG, (e) E10 bioethanol blends and (f) E85 bioethanol blends.

(49698)

732   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many passenger miles on the rail network are hauled by (a) diesel trains and (b) electric trains.

(49710)

733   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated environmental benefit is in increasing the volume of rail freight traffic by (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent. and (f) 60 per cent. by 2010-11.

(49705)

734   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made as to the environmental costs of the increased processing required to produce ultra low Sulphur Petrol.

(49699)

735   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the estimated number of journeys made per month by road hauliers (a) to transfer freight onto the rail network and (b) to transfer freight from the rail network to its final destination in each of the last five years.

(49716)

736   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the level of public funding is for the Powershift programme.

(49695)

737   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many employment tribunal cases have been brought against his Department and its predecessor in each year since 1997; and how much his Department has spent on defending employment tribunal cases in this period.

(49446)

738   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the estimated increase in use of diesel trains for rail freight use over the lifetime of the 10 year plan.

(49712)

739   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what public money has been made available to encourage the use of (a) Cngas, (b) Lpgas, (c) biodiesels, (d) LNG, (e) E10 bioethanol blends and (f) E85 bioethanol blends in road transport.

(49455)

740   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the estimated reduction in passenger kilometres travelled by road resulting from increasing the number passenger kilometres of rail use by (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent. and (f) 60 per cent.

(49704)

741   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated change is in use of electric trains for rail freight use over the lifetime of the 10 year plan.

(49713)

742   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what is the estimated increase in use of (a) diesel trains and (b) electric trains, for passenger journeys over the lifetime of the 10 year plan.

(49717)

743   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made as to the environmental costs resulting from (a) noise emissions, (b) vibration impacts and (c) aesthetic impacts caused by (i) road projects as outlined in the Ten Year Transport Plan and (ii) rail projects as given in (1) the SRA plan and (2) the Ten Year Transport Plan.

(49450)

744   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what advertising campaigns have been carried out as part of the Powershift programme; and what level of funding has been associated with them.

(49696)

745   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average level is of (a) carbon dioxide, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) benzene, (d) nitrogen oxide, (e) hydrocarbon, (f) lead, (g) sulphur dioxide and (h) particulate emissions, per hour, from (1) cars, (2) motorcycles, (3) vans and (4) HGVs, at rest with the motor running.

(49457)

746   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what level of fuel duty rebate has been granted to the road fuels (a) Cngas, (b) Lpgas, (c) biodiesels, (d) LNG, (e) E10 bioethanol blends and (f) E85 bioethanol blends.

(49451)

747   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated number of lorries on the roads was in each of the last five years.

(49700)

748   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when (a) he and (b) the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions last met the First Division Association to discuss the status of (i) Jo Moore and (ii) Mr Martin Sixsmith.

(49447)

749   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made as to the environmental impact of (a) the 10 year plan and (b) the SRA plan.

(49718)

750   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what share of the funding for the Powershift programme is spent on promoting (a) Cngas, (b) Lpgas, (c) biodiesels, (d) LNG, (e) E10 bioethanol blends and (f) E85 bioethanol blends for transport.

(49697)

751   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans exist to create new rail links to Heathrow from the West.

(49468)

752   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average level is of (a) carbon dioxide, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) benzene, (d) nitrogen oxide, (e) hydrocarbon, (f) lead, (g) sulphur dioxide and (h) particulate emissions, per mile, from (1) cars, (2) motorcycles, (3) vans and (4) HGVs travelling at (i) five mph, (ii) 10 mph, (iii) 20 mph, (iv) 30 mph, (v) 45 mph, (vi) 60 mph, (vii) 70 mph and (viii) 80 mph.

(49456)

753   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated number of vehicle kilometres travelled is in each of the last five years by (a) lorries, (b) cars and (c) all vehicles.

(49701)

754   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was the average journey length made by road hauliers to take freight to transfer onto the railway system in the last 12 months.

(49714)

755   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of road transport fuel is gas based.

(49454)

756   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment has been made as to the number of additional railheads required in the Greater London area in order to meet the growth targets for rail freight in the SRA plan and the 10 year transport plan.

(49721)

757   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what was the average journey length made by road hauliers to collect freight from the rail system to transfer it to its destination in the last 12 months.

(49715)

758   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans exist for (a) electrification of lines from Hurst Green to Uckfield, (b) electification of lines from Hastings to Ashford, (c) station improvements on the South Central Line, (d) increased depot capacity, (e) platform lengthening, (f) the refurbishment of all power-door rolling stock on the South Central line, (g) enhancements at Gatwick Airport for performance and capacity gains, (h) infrastructure work on the Brighton Main Line, (i) infrastructure facilities to allow faster trains to overtake slower stopping services on the Coastway route, (j) upgrade of the Arun Valley Line and (k) upgrade of the Sutton Route, on the South Central route; and what is the expected (i) start date and (ii) completion date for such work.

(49724)

759   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has for increasing the percentage of the rail network that is electrified.

(49709)

760   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessments he has made of the environmental effects of electricity generation for rail use; and what comparisons he has made with the use of diesel locomotives.

(49706)

761   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what requirements must be satisfied by diesel rolling stock with regards to levels of (a) nitrogen oxide, (b) carbon dioxide and (c) noise emissions, for use on the UK rail network.

(49708)

762   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the estimated environmental benefit is of increasing the number passenger kilometres of rail use by (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent. and (f) 60 per cent. by 2010-11.

(49703)

763   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many railheads there are in the Greater London area.

(49720)

764   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what volume of rail freight traffic is hauled by (a) electric and (b) diesel locomotives.

(49711)

765   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many former region railways francises have received funding from the SRA in addition to their original franchise deals; and if he will make a statement on the nature and extent of this funding.

(49725)

766   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many homeless people there were (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a proportion of the population in each local authority district or unitary authority in England and Wales, at the latest date for which figures are available.

(49037)

767   Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the average weekly rent level is for (a) housing association and (b) local housing company tenants in those local authority areas where housing has been transferred from the council under large-scale voluntary transfer

(48874)

768   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the reasons underlying proposals to reform the planning system.

(49489)

769   Mr Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list for each of the last five years the SSA settlements for all local authorities and the percentage change from the previous year, showing those authorities with the highest percentage increase year on year and those with the lowest increases.

(49739)

770   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what restrictions on night flights at Heathrow airport apply; what information he has collated on the rules that apply at other European hub airports; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such restrictions on Heathrow's competitive position.

(48922)

771   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on Network Rail's plans for developing services on the West Coast mainline.

(49272)

772   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterparts regarding the security of the Channel Tunnel rail link.

(49686)

773   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans there are to increase integration of rail networks on a European level; and if he will make a statement.

(49687)

774   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on plans to integrate the Air Traffic Control systems of EU countries.

(49688)

775   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49589)

776   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49104)

777   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49146)

778   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49620)

779   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49134)

780   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings he has had with honourable Members in each of the last 12 months.

(49325)

781   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what correspondence he has had with Consignia in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on what was discussed.

(49324)

782   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings he has had with Consignia in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on what was discussed at these meetings.

(49737)

783   Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he plans to (a) re-introduce the Fit for Work scheme operated by the Department for Employment and (b) establish an alternative scheme to recognise companies who make life better for disabled people.

(48756)

784   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Employment Service IT Partnership by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49658)

785   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were involved in each of the last three years in preparing draft answers to written parliamentary questions.

(49138)

786   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on overtime payments for staff in his Department.

(49126)

787   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people employed by the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible 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.

(49598)

788   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses.

(49614)

789   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was to his Department of answering written parliamentary questions in 2001; and how that cost was calculated.

(49096)

790   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target has been in each of the last five years for efficiency savings as a percentage of total running costs for each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible; and if the target was met.

(49633)

791   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Private Sector Resource Initiative for management of the estate by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

(49660)

792   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the 2002 Departmental Report will be published.

(49578)

793   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether every aspect of ONE is being transferred to Jobcentre Plus and will continue to function; and if he will make a statement.

(48885)

794   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of council tax benefit payments made in Scotland in each of the past three years.

(48839)

795   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the letter from the honourable Member for Ilford North on behalf of Mrs C. A. Beadle of Tomswood Hill, Ilford dated 2nd July 2001 took nine months to answer.

(49020)

796   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the number of workless households.

(48855)

797   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the additional funding required for social services if an asylum seekers centre were to be established at Throckmorton airfield.

(48724)

798   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) Delyn have benefited from the New Deal.

(48917)

799   Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in (a) Alyn and Deeside and (b) Delyn are claiming (i) child benefit and (ii) income support.

(48919)

800   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people who will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for the payment of the lower rate mobility component of disability living allowance, as laid down in S.I., 2002, No. 648; and if he will make a statement.

(48911)

801   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence Her Majesty's Government has that Iraq (a) has provided and (b) is planning to provide (i) information and (ii) materials for weapons of mass destruction to the Al-Qa'ida Network.

[Transferred] (49484)

802   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) secondary schools in England and (b) local education authorities have received New Opportunities Fund payments to improve sport and physical education facilities; and what the total amount was in each case.

[Transferred] (48751)

803   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from parents in Bristol regarding the distribution of New Opportunities Fund grant to local schools for the purpose of improving facilities for sport and physical education.

[Transferred] (48752)

804   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated annual cost (a) to butchers and (b) to public funds is of the implementation and enforcement of the Butchers' Licensing Regulations.

[Transferred] (49255)

805   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what has been the change this year in the level of business rates in each London borough.

[Transferred] (48869)

806   Mr Nigel Jones (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the threat to the rhinoceros population in Zimbabwe from illegal poaching.

[Transferred] (48846)

807   Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent action he has taken to encourage family-friendly working practices in the Civil Service with special reference to the weekly hours worked.

[Transferred] (48829)

808   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of the total savings to public funds of the Private Finance Initiative contract for the Libra Project for the Lord Chancellor's Department by comparison with a non-Private Finance Initiative alternative.

[Transferred] (49550)

809   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money was paid in direct and indirect taxation by companies with (a) fewer than 200 employees and (b) fewer than 100 employees in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (49486)

810   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the additional funding required for (a) transport and (b) housing if an asylum seekers centre were to be established at Throckmorton airfield.

[Transferred] (48725)