Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001- 02
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 19 April 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Friday 19 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 19th APRIL

1
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library the certificates showing that timber used for replacement doors and windows in the refurbishment of the Cabinet Office has been certified as coming from sustainable sources.

(51417)

2
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which the Cabinet Office distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51414)

3   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the likelihood of digital television transmission reaching homes that are not receiving analogue reception in North Devon; and if she will make a statement.

(51779)

4   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what conditions were attached to Sport England's grant to the National Stadium project; and if she will make a statement.

(51763)

5   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of homes in North Devon, and what proportion of total geographical area in North Devon, were unable to receive (a) digital terrestrial, (b) digital satellite, (c) cable and (d) none of those television signals in each of the past seven years; and if she will make a statement.

(51776)

6   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many homes are unable to receive analogue television signals in North Devon; and if she will make a statement.

(51777)

7   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to withdraw her Department's support for the National Stadium Project; what assessment she has made of the effect withdrawal would have on the future of the project; and if she will make a statement.

(51761)

8   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department defines the principle of additionality with regard the distribution of lottery funds; and if she will make a statement.

(51760)

9   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what efforts have been made to encourage digital television switchover in areas that do not receive analogue television reception.

(51780)

10   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to improve (a) television and (b) radio reception in North Devon; and if she will make a statement.

(51778)

11   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact the FA's failure to satisfy the conditions she set out in her statement of 19th December would have on the future of the National Stadium project; and if she will make a statement.

(51762)

12
N   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on UK Sport's inquiry into matters relating to the life ban on participation in athletics imposed on Mr Paul Edwards.

(51420)

13
N   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with UK Athletics and King's College, London, on co-operation with UK Sport's inquiry into matters relating to the life ban on participation in athletics imposed on Mr Paul Edwards.

(51419)

14
N   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take measures to ensure that UK Sport has sufficient powers to conduct inquiries into previous rulings on the alleged use of performance-enhancing substances.

(51418)

15
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the (a) grant schemes and (b) other mechanisms by which each of the Lottery distributors distribute funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51207)

16
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money has been distributed (a) in total and (b) to voluntary organisations by each of the Lottery distributors in each year of their existence.

(51209)

17
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the running costs were of each of the Lottery distributors in the last 12 months.

(51210)

18
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-86W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) her Department, (b) the Arts Council of England, (c) English Heritage and (d) Sport England distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51404)

19   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 licensing of premises for public entertainment; and if she will make a statement.

(51752)

20   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to change the law on the licensing of premises for public entertainment, with regard to the number of performers allowed to perform at unlicensed premises.

(51753)

21   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.

(51536)

22   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he is making to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the recapture of the Falkland Islands.

(51718)

23   Jane Griffiths (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance he is giving to South Atlantic veterans to visit the South Atlantic to mark the 20th anniversary of the recapture of the Falkland Islands.

(51719)

24
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which his Department distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51412)

25
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints were registered against her Department and its predecessor departments in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51224)

26   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her estimate is of the number of secondary teachers that will be needed in schools in England in 2005.

(51628)

27   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes the Budget of 17th April will make to the provision of education in Herefordshire.

(56149)

28
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) her Department and (b) the Basic Skills Agency distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51408)

29   Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of girls excluded from full-time education were pregnant, broken down by regions in each of the last 10 years.

(51532)

30
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what are (a) the agreed performance targets for (i) unauthorized absence, (ii) exclusions, (iii) key stage 2 tests, (iv) GCSEs and (v) A-levels and (b) the performance against those targets, for each local education authority in London in the most recent year for which information is available.

(51296)

31
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what peformance indicators and targets local education authorities are expected to agree with her Department for (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03, showing the period covered by the target or indicator and the date by which agreement should be achieved.

(51295)

32
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations (a) her Department is conducting and (b) have been conducted by her Department since May 2001.

(51416)

33
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish quality standards for the composting of household waste.

(51415)

34
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what notification was received by her Department concerning the possible death of cattle from foot and mouth-disease at Thornhill Farm, Cwymbach, Aberdare on 4th October 2000; and if she will make a statement.

(51401)

35   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what areas of old-growth indigenous forest remain within the UK; and what levels of protection is given to each area.

(51550)

36   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the area of each of the UK's old-growth indigenous forest has changed in each decade since 1972.

(51549)

37   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total area of old-growth indigenous forest is within the UK; and what the total area was at the start of each decade since 1972.

(51552)

38   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what logging has occurred within the UK's old-growth indigenous forest in each year since 1992.

(51548)

39   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to prevent illegal logging of old-growth indigenous forest within the United Kingdom.

(51551)

40
N   Mr James Cran (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter of 1st October 2001 from Mrs B Jull and subsequent correspondence of 7th February and 17th February.

(51399)

41   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Agriculture Council held in Brussels on 22nd April; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed, including its voting record; and if she will make a statement.

(51634)

42   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes the Budget of 17th April will make to agriculture in Herefordshire.

(51652)

43   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many letters received by her Department since June 2001 received a substantive response in (a) less than four weeks, (b) between four and six weeks, (c) between six weeks and two months and (d) over two months; and if she will make a statement.

(51468)

44
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-86W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) her Department, (b) the Countryside Agency and (c) English Nature distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51402)

45   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the political affiliations are of each member of each existing advisory panel that she appoints.

(51720)

46   Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in implementing the recommendations in the report on Wildlife Crime in the UK October 2001, conducted by Wolvehampton University and commissioned by her Department.

(51506)

47   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 16th April about slaughter on contiguous premises refs 47603 and 47604, if she will provide the tables of figures on which the graphs were based.

(51755)

48   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 17th April about slaughter on infected premises, refs 47602 and 47605, if she will provide the tables of figures on which the graphs were based.

(51756)

49   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received concerning the necessity of United Kingdom pig producers insuring against consequential losses caused by foot and mouth and swine fever.

(51759)

50   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received concerning the cost to pig producers of the Government's nitrate vulnerable zone proposals.

(51758)

51   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of meat were imported into the UK from Argentina during 2001.

(51558)

52   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the household waste and recycling fund announced by her Department on 26th March will be used to finance the cost of (a) collection, (b) storage and (c) recycling of waste-refrigeration units in accordance with EC Regulation No 2037/2000; and if she will make a statement.

(51534)

53   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March, Official Report, column 728W, on flood defences, if she will make a statement on Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/99 of 17th May 1999 and its applicability to flood management in the UK.

(51466)

54   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance on the storage and disposal of waste-refrigeration units has been provided to (a) local authorities and (b) consumers since 4th December 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(51505)

55
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints were registered against his Department in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51222)

56   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the (a) amounts and (b) number of premium bond cash prizes in the past three years.

(51540)

57   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he plans to increase financial resources available for education in the coalfields in the local authority finance review.

(51556)

58   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when each of the resource accounts for 2000-01 were published; what the (a) greatest, (b) median and (c) least number of days that elapsed was between each of the resource accounts being (i) laid formally upon the Table and (ii) made generally available to the public; what the median number of days that elapsed was between each of the resource accounts for 1999-2000 being (A) laid formally upon the Table and (B) made generally available to the public; and if he will make a statement.

(51467)

59   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has paid Freshfields Solicitors in each year since 1991 concerning the litigation regarding BCCI.

(51517)

60   Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter of 10th July 2001 from the honourable Member for Maidstone and The Weald, concerning a constituent and the effect of VAT on domestic heating oil bills.

(51524)

61   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the caseload and take-up estimates and assumptions referred to in footnotes 2, 3 and 4 of Table 4.4 on page 79 of the Budget Red Book.

(51721)

62
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints were registered against his Department in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51220)

63   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the action taken by the Iraqi government via the International Court against the UK for the use of depleted uranium by the UK forces in Southern Iraq.

(51637)

64   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Iraqi government concerning the attempted assassination of Dr Baham Salih.

(51636)

65   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the stability of the (a) PUK and (b) KDP in Northern Iraq.

(51635)

66   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has collated about the attack sites and the weapons used by the Iraqi Government on Northern Iraq.

(51572)

67   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions in the last three years consular staff in (a) London and (b) Zagreb have offered help to the family of Private Simon Jeans.

(51739)

68
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire Official Report, of 25th January, columns 1185W-1186W on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) his Department and (b) the Westminster Foundation for Democracy distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51403)

69   Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Burma about the persecution of Christians.

(51757)

70   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the establishment of a human rights commission in Afghanistan; and if he will name those appointed to the commission and their terms of reference.

(51462)

71   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements have been put in place to ensure women's participation in the regional ballot of the emergency loya jirga, which began on 15th April.

(51464)

72   Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what part women will play in the new police force and national army being established in Afghanistan.

(51463)

73   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the explanatory statement in the case of Mrs L. Odedra, a constituent, was dispatched from Dar-es-Salaam Ref: ECR/419/00 104792.

(51523)

74   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken since 1st January to assist Catherine Meyer regain custody of her sons through the German courts.

(51503)

75   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from honourable Members concerning the situation in the Middle East.

(51553)

76   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the possible implications of the Employment Appeals Tribunal case Walton v Independent Living Organisation (EAT/0731/01); and if he will make a statement.

(51509)

77   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department has undertaken with housing and social services to ensure that the Better Care Higher Standards charter is working, as set out on page 172 of the milestones of the National Service Framework for Older People; and what areas of the charter have been found to have shortcomings.

(51526)

78   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many councils have reviewed their eligibility criteria for adult social care to ensure they do not discriminate against age as part of the milestones set out in the National Service Framework for Older People, page 172.

(51531)

79   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) reviews are being undertaken and (b) actions plans are being developed to correct shortcomings reflected in the Better Care Higher Standards charter as set out on page 172 of the milestones of the National Service Framework for Older People.

(51528)

80   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Better Care Higher Standards charter is working, as set out on page 172 of the milestones of the National Service Framework for Older People.

(51525)

81   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many strategic and operational plans, including initial action to address identified age discrimination, he (a) has received and (b) expects to receive as part of the milestones set out in the National Service Framework for Older People, page 172.

(51527)

82   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) specialist multidisciplinary teams and (b) interfaces for care for older people throughout hospitals have been identified as part of the milestones set out in the National Service Framework for Older People, page 172.

(51530)

83   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which general hospitals have (a) submitted and (b) not submitted plans to introduce a specialised stroke unit by 2004 as part of the milestones set out in the National Service Framework for Older People; and what steps he proposes to take against those general hospitals that have failed to produce these plans.

(51535)

84   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many structures identifying nursing leaders with responsibility for older people have been developed as part of the milestones set out in the National Service Framework for Older People, page 172.

(51529)

85
N   Mr James Cran (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of 25th July 2001 from RD Fouracre and subsequent correspondence of 6th November 2001 and 7th February.

(51400)

86
N   Mr James Cran (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of 6th December 2001 from Mrs Linda Greatorex, and subsequent correspondence of 27th March.

(51398)

87   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the report by the European Commission concerning links between hair dyes with cancers.

(51469)

88   Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the advice from the British Committee for Standards in Haematology relating to blood transfusions and patients with chronic anaemia.

(51547)

89   Mr Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the advice for the British Committee for Standards in Haematology on the benefits for chronic anaemia patients of maintaining haemoglobin levels at more than 12 g/dl.

(51546)

90
N   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy that heart valve replacements which have been manufactured in the United States of America may be used by the NHS before they have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA.

(51428)

91
N   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests his Department carried out on the St Jude 'Regent' range of valves prior to their use by the NHS; and when the St Jude 'Regent' range of valves were first used by the National Health Service.

(51430)

92
N   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests his Department carried out on the St Jude Silzone coated mitral valve prior to its use by the NHS; and when the St Jude Silzone coated mitral valve was first used by the National Health Service.

(51429)

93   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes the Budget of 17th April will make to the provision of healthcare in Herefordshire.

(51651)

94   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with mental illness in the United Kingdom are in receipt of long stay patients benefit.

(51543)

95   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the standard of (a) medical and (b) nursing care in (i) NHS and (ii) private hospitals.

(51754)

96   Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the reasons for the delay in replying to the letter from the honourable Member for Sutton Coldfield to him dated 1st October 2001.

(51579)

97   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to raise awareness of the issue of alcohol consumption amongst children of primary school age.

(51557)

98   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had regarding binge drinking and excessive alcohol consumption among the UK student population; and what plans he has to limit the form and content of alcohol advertising.

(51555)

99
N   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time has been between deaths and inquests in Cleveland in the last 12 months; what assessment he has made of the reasons for unusual delays; and what the average time was in the other coroners' areas in the North East.

(51211)

100
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were registered against his Department in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51221)

101   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the national arrangements are in the gathering of information on children involved in cases of child pornography.

(56148)

102   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children up to the age of 16 years have disappeared within the UK during each of the last five years and have not been found.

(51647)

103   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what authorities are informed with regard to the disappearance of a child within the UK.

(51646)

104   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the internal structure of the HMIC with specific reference to the research, quality and analysis activity.

(51631)

105   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list by date and by authority the HMIC reports since 1993 which cover the detailed force inspections which include arrangements for child abuse and major crime investigations.

(51630)

106   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st March, Official Report, column 483W, if he will list the terms of reference of the thematic inspection into child protection.

(51629)

107   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when guidelines will be issued for police authorities on child sex abuse cases; and if copies of the guidelines will be published.

(51632)

108   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from chief constables on the way in which police authorities investigate historic allegations of child abuse.

(51633)

109   Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many instances single shot .22 pistols of the type used in the Commonwealth and Olympic games have been used in indictable offences within the Metropolitan Police area in the past 10 years.

(51465)

110   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether there is an incentive in prisons for prisoners to switch from using drugs that remain in the body for a long period to other substances.

(51581)

111   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 11th April, Official Report, column 567W, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the detection of cannabis use among prisoners by the mandatory drug testing programme.

(51580)

112   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes the Budget of 17th of April will make to policing in Herefordshire.

(51650)

113
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the work of Professor Michael Barber in his role as advisor on crime.

(51214)

114
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what parliamentary procedure would be required to change the controlled substance classification of cannabis.

(51217)

115
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) the Home Office, (b) the Youth Justice Board and (c) the Probation Service distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51405)

116
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Professor Michael Barber continues in his role as a Home Office advisor on crime; and if he will make a statement.

(51212)

117
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which of his recent crime fighting initiatives Professor Michael Barber has contributed; and if he will make a statement.

(51215)

118
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will place in the Library copies of the research undertaken by Professor Michael Barber in his capacity as the Government's adviser on crime; and if he will make a statement.

(51438)

119
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Professor Michael Barber will produce his report on ways to curb mugging; and if he will make a statement.

(51213)

120
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, what information is collated on the contributions made to the state funding of the voluntary sector by (a) central government, (b) local government, (c) the European Union, (d) the National Lottery and (e) other state sources.

(51406)

121
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government has given to the (a) National Council for Voluntary Organisations, (b) Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action, (c) Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, (d) Wales Council for Voluntary Action, (e) British Youth Council, (f) Charities Aid Foundation, (g) Community Action Network, (h) Community Development Foundation, (i) Charity Finance Directors Group, (j) National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service, (k) Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations and (l) Ethnic Minority Foundation in each of the last five years.

(51218)

122
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the level of direct European Union funding for the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months.

(51208)

123
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the maximum custodial sentence for the smuggling of (a) class A controlled substances, (b) class B controlled substances, (c) class C controlled substances, (d) alcohol and (e) tobacco.

(51216)

124   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget is for the OISC in 2002-03.

(51519)

125   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints he has received concerning immigration advisors since the establishment of the OISC.

(51521)

126   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staffing arrangement is for the OISC.

(51520)

127   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public appointments he has made since 1st January; and if he will list the names and remuneration of those appointed.

(51502)

128   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the appeal papers in respect of Mrs L Odedra, a constituent, were received by the Appeals Registry at the Home Office; and when they were despatched to the Immigration Appeals Office Authority tribunal Ref: ECR/419/00 104792.

(51522)

129   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from honourable Members concerning the work of the OISC.

(51554)

130   Mr Alan Campbell (Tynemouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid was given by her Department to Zimbabwe in the last year for which figures are available.

(51537)

131   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid is being given to Malawi; and if she will make a statement.

(51643)

132   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on the recent research which has been commissioned by her Department in connection with aid projects for Iraq.

(51639)

133   Mr Huw Edwards (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make a statement on progress in ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches hospitals in Afghanistan.

(51723)

134
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which her Department distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51411)

135   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what trigger points exist in the contract for the 1901 Census website for the Public Record Office to end the contract with QinetiQ for failure to meet their contractual obligations.

(51563)

136   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if the costs of enhancement of the 1901 Census website since 2nd January will be met by QinetiQ; and if the contract with QinetiQ prohibits an increase in user fees from those already announced.

(51562)

137   Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate the Department has for the date for the re-launch of the 1901 Census website.

(51561)

138
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which the Legal Services Commission distribute funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51413)

139   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost was of administering the Legal Services Commission in each year since 1997.

(51501)

140   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much legal aid has been spent on family related issues since 1997.

(51504)

141   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the reasons why the appeal papers in respect of Mrs L. Odedra of ECR/419/00 104792, have not been processed.

(51508)

142
N   Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will reply to the question from the honourable Member for Conwy of 14th February (ref 37628).

(51396)

143
N   Mr Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what response she has received from the Scottish Executive to her consultation about transferring functions to the Scottish Ministers regarding financial assistance for shipping services which start or finish outside Scotland.

(51397)

144   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether she plans to investigate the effects on competition and the potential monopolies created by the growth of pub chains.

(51512)

145   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what estimate she has made of the numbers of pubs hosting guest beers (a) voluntarily and (b) as a result of the Beer Orders.

(51513)

146
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many complaints were registered against her Department and its predessor departments in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51225)

147   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated total value is of her Department's capital funding programmes to the UK solar PV industry in each year from 2001 to 2005 for (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) industrial applications; and if she will make a statement.

(51511)

148   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the estimated cost is of extending the enhanced capital allowances scheme for energy saving technologies to include (a) solar photovoltaics and (b) onshore and offshore wind; and if she will make a statement.

(51507)

149   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what policy measures, in addition to her Department's capital funding, have been introduced since 1997 to support the development of micro-renewable technologies in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(51510)

150   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what changes the Budget of 17th April will make to business in Herefordshire.

(51653)

151
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1186-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which her Department distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51410)

152   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the potential for confusion between the websites www.ukonline.gov.uk and www.ukonline.co.uk; and what discussions have been held with the proprietors of the private site to minimise this.

(51560)

153   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the budget is for the website www.ukonline.gov.uk in respect of (a) site development and maintenance, (b) marketing, (c) other and (d) in total for the financial year (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04.

(51518)

154   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the savings which will arise for each government department as a result of the website www. ukonline.gov.uk.

(51514)

155   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what research has been carried out to assess the level of (a) awareness in the population analysed by socio-economic group, (b) usage by the population analysed by socio-economic group, (c) repeat usage by the population and (d) satisfaction of users with respect to the website www.ukonline.gov.uk; and what the findings were.

(51559)

156   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much has been spent on the website www.ukonline.gov.uk for (a) design and build prior to launch, (b) development and maintenance since launch, (c) marketing, (d) other and (e) the project in total in each of the financial years and accumulatively to date since the inception of the project.

(51515)

157   Mr Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many visits there have been to the website www. ukonline.gov.uk in each month since it was launched.

(51516)

158   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action the Government has taken under section 23 of the Employment Relations Act 1999; and if she will make a statement.

(51567)

159   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the Government's policy is towards the draft EU law on protection for agency workers; and if she will make a statement.

(51565)

160   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she expects to issue the discussion paper on legal issues relating to employment status; for what reason it has been delayed; and if she will make a statement.

(51566)

161   Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many full and final offers were made as part of the Coal Health Compensation Scheme for respiratory disease for each region and nation in the UK for the first three months of 2002.

(51539)

162   Mr Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the meeting between the honourable Member for Leicester East and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at her Department on 17th April concerning BCCI.

(51564)

163
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many complaints were registered against his Department and its predecessor departments in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51223)

164
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what research the Government has commissioned into alternative glass suppliers that will meet the criteria set under S.I. 440.

(51434)

165
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if there will be exemptions for listed buildings where the design of windows could make it difficult to comply with the regulations under S.I. 440.

(51437)

166
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total estimated compliance costs are to (a) local authorities, (b) builders of new homes and (c) all installations of new windows in existing houses of Statutory Instrument No 440 Regulation 16A; and what the average individual cost will be of applying for building regulation permission to comply with S.I. 440.

(51431)

167
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what climatic factors were taken into account by the Government in proposing the standards for new windows insulation under S.I. 440.

(51436)

168
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what enforcement measures will be taken against those who do not comply with S.I. 440.

(51432)

169
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Government will withdraw S.I. 440 and introduce a kitemark system in new windows for the glass and frames that would comply with specified 'U' values for insulation.

(51435)

170
N   Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what measures will be put in place to prevent sole suppliers of hard-coat thermal efficient glass abusing their position to impose unreasonable price increases under S.I. 440.

(51433)

171   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes the Budget of 17th April will make to the transport system in Herefordshire.

(51654)

172   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what budget he holds to implement the recommendations of the Midman Multi-Modal Study.

(51470)

173
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1183-5W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) his Department, (b) the housing action trusts, (c) English partnerships and (d) the regional development agencies distribute funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51409)

174   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of social housing in West Wiltshire has been allocated to people from outside the district in each year since 1995.

(51499)

175   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proportion of social housing was allocated to people from outside the district or unitary authority area in each of the English district and unitary authorities in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(51500)

176   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the contract for the supply of Maritime and Coastguard Agency helicopter rescue services at (a) Portland and (b) Lee on Solent will expire; whether the MCA intends to keep the arrangements as they are now; and when the MCA will sign a new contract.

(51642)

177   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has to upgrade facilities at (a) Lee on Solent and (b) Portland for the Maritime Rescue Helicopter Service.

(51641)

178   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which locations for helicopter rescue services that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency funds; and if he will make a statement about the MCA's future plans for helicopter rescue services.

(51640)

179   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much residual debt by local authorities has been written off to enable housing study transfers to take place.

(51461)

180   Mr Peter Pike (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his Department's policy is on the siting of mobile phone masts; what recent discussions he has had on the siting of mobile phone masts; and if he will make a statement.

(51460)

181   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled adults have their disability living allowance withdrawn because they have been in hospital for four weeks or longer.

(51575)

182   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have their attendance allowance withdrawn because they have been in hospital for four weeks or longer.

(51574)

183   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have lost their invalid care allowance because the adult they care for has lost their disability living allowance or attendance allowance as a consequence of hospitalisation.

(51569)

184   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents caring for a disabled child have lost their invalid care allowance because their child has lost disability living allowance as a consequence of hospitalisation.

(51568)

185
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were registered against his Department and its predecessor departments in (a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in those periods.

(51219)

186   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the United Kingdom are in receipt of long stay patient benefit.

(51544)

187   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to raise the level of benefit given to long-stay patients.

(51545)

188   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the United Kingdom are in receipt of long stay patient benefit because they suffer from mental illness.

(51542)

189   Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the United Kingdom are in receipt of long-stay patients' benefit.

(51541)

190
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the payment of benefit to polygamous wives resident abroad.

(51206)

191
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who has responsibility for (a) enforcing regulations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1999 and (b) ensuring that pubs are aware of their duties under it.

(51174)

192
N   Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer to the Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, Official Report, columns 1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if he will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which his Department distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations.

(51407)

193   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) disability living allowance and (b) incapacity benefit in (i) West Dunbartonshire and (ii) the UK have taken up work and remained in employment for longer than a year since the introduction of the linking rule.

(51577)

194   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) disability living allowance and (b) incapacity benefit in (i) West Dunbartonshire and (ii) the United Kingdom have taken up work and subsequently been able to reclaim and receive those benefits within a year owing to the linking rule.

(51576)

195   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to introduce proposals to give local authorities the power to intervene in neighbour disputes about overgrown garden hedges.

[Transferred] (51538)

196   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has for entering into a vendor financing deal with third generation mobile licence holders; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51768)

197   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the names of the successful bidders and amounts bid in the auction of third generation mobile licences were; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51766)

198   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what form payment for the third generation mobile licences will take; what instalments are still to be paid; what the schedules for those instalments are; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51767)

199   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money was raised by the auction of third generation mobile licences; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51765)

200   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the total number of Gulf War troops have been examined under the Medical Assessment Programme; over what period of time this has happened; and what criteria are used to select people for examination.

[Transferred] (51571)

201   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much mustard gas is stored in the Beaufort trench; and what recent assessment has been carried out to determine the health risks associated with the site.

[Transferred] (51570)

202   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK and its allies in Northern Iraq have used depleted uranium weapons.

[Transferred] (51638)

203   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Gulf War troops have been medically examined by the Medical Assessment Programme.

[Transferred] (51571)

204   Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the rate of (a) infant mortality, (b) still births and (c) birth defects in (i) 1985, (ii) 1986 and (iii) 1987 was for the old County of Clwyd.

[Transferred] (51533)

205   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children up to the age of 16 years were under the care of social services departments in the UK on 1st April.

[Transferred] (51645)

206   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children up to the age of 16 years have disappeared while living in social services care in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (51644)

207   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average number of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officers working, per day, at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted and (d) Luton airports was in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51769)

208   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what is done with illegal meat products once they have been confiscated by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officers; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51770)

209   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to place amnesty bins at airport departure and arrivals halls to give passengers an opportunity to dump illegal meat products prior to going through the customs check point; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51774)

210   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average number of stop checks made, per day, by Her Majesty's Customs officers, to search for illegal imports at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted and (d) Luton airports was in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51772)

211   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average fine imposed on people who imported illegal meats into the country has been in each of the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51771)

212   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have (a) been arrested and (b) received a fine for importing illegal meats into the country in each of the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51775)

213   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many kilograms of illegal meat products have been found as a result of stop checks by Her Majesty's Customs officers at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stansted and (d) Luton airports in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (51773)

214   Tony Worthington (Clydebank & Milngavie): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the value of arms sales to individual countries in Africa in each year since 1997.

[Transferred] (51578)

215   Mr Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 10th April, Official Report, column 379W, on the Transport and Telecommunications Council, what the status of the general orientations reached by the Council is; and whether issues covered by these general orientations could be reopened by the UK.

[Transferred] (51722)