Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001- 02
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 30 April 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 30 April 2002, of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

TUESDAY 30th APRIL

1
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many job vacancies there were at (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) admininstrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive officer, (d) higher executive officer, (e) senior executive officer, (f) Grade 7 principal and (g) all positions above grade 7 level in each Government department for jobs located in (i) London and (ii) the South-East in each year since 1995.

(52093)

2
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the starting salary is for a civil servant employed at each level for each Government department.

(52094)

3
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the salary costs have been to each Government department of employing staff from employment agencies to undertake work as (a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive officer, (d) higher executive officer and (e) senior executive officer located in (i) London and (ii) the South-East in each year since 1995.

(52095)

4
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Spanish counterpart and (b) Spanish officials regarding the sovereign future of the Headquarters British Forces Gibraltar under the Brussels Process; and if he will make a statement.

(53135)

5   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number of civilians who have been killed in Afghanistan since the commencement of international coalition military action against terrorists in that country; and if he will make a statement.

(53751)

6
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 194W, on nuclear weapons, upon what evidence he relies for his statement on the wide agreement regarding the transparency of the UK with regard to its holdings of nuclear weapons.

(53467)

7
N   Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost of the upgrade of the Sea Harrier fleet from FRS1 to FRS2 standard was.

(53463)

8   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the prospects are for a missile defence system that can cover the European countries of NATO; and if he will make a statement.

(53692)

9
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 16th April, Official Report, columns 823-4W, on Sea Harriers, if he will estimate the value of the savings to which he refers in column 824W.

(53534)

10
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will provide a breakdown, by country of origin, of teachers in maintained schools in England without qualified teacher status and not on routes to QTS, giving the number of teachers from each country.

(53669)

11
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the publication of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, January 2002 (Provisional), if she will provide a breakdown by local education authority of each of the 12 tables.

(53670)

12
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Department's publication of figures relating to teacher vacancies, how many vacancies there are at Key Stages (a) one and two and (b) three and four.

(53665)

13
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers have passed through the performance threshold, expressed as (a) a total and (b) a percentage of these eligible to do so.

(53666)

14
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) agency teachers and (b) teachers on contracts of one term or less were employed in schools in England, broken down by local education authority, in each of the last five years.

(53663)

15
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers without qualified teacher status in maintained schools in England came from (a) outside and (b) within the European economic area.

(53671)

16
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will place (a) documents, (b) circulars, (c) questionnaires and (d) consultation papers which DfEE or DES have circulated to maintained schools in the last five years in the Library.

(53672)

17
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers left the profession in each of the last five years, broken down by the reason given for leaving.

(53667)

18
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many teachers in each local education authority were teaching a subject for which they had no relevant subject qualifications on the date of the 2002 Teacher Census; and what percentage this was of the total number of teachers in post in that LEA area.

(53668)

19
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many supply teachers are working in each local education authority area; and what percentage supply teachers comprise of the total number of teachers in each case.

(53664)

20   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the work of the Business Development Unit; and what her estimate is of the financial value of sponsorship and other support they have secured.

(53741)

21
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from (a) the Scottish Executive and (b) Dumfries and Galloway Council for the recovery of monies used by Dumfries and Galloway Council for repairs to roads damaged by work associated with the eradication of foot and mouth disease.

(53236)

22   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) past and (b) future impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the enhanced capital allowances for investments in energy saving technologies introduced in April 2001.

(53728)

23   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of (a) an exemption from the Climate Change Levy of fuel used in dual-use purposes and (b) extending relief to certain processes which compete with those benefiting from the dual-use or non-fuel use exemptions; and if she will make a statement.

(53730)

24   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April, Official Report, column 1064W, what the timetable is for negotiations with Indonesia to tackle illegal logging and associated trade; and when agreement will be reached.

(53757)

25   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the role and impact of the Sustainability Fund in England; how this Fund will operate; and if she will make a statement.

(53714)

26   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the impact of the aggregates levy on (i) the development and use of alternative materials and (ii) efficiency in the use of virgin aggregate; and if she will make a statement.

(53723)

27   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th April, Official Report, column 1064W, which countries other than Indonesia she has (a) made approaches to and (b) intends to approach for negotiations on illegal logging and associated trade.

(53756)

28   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) past and (b) future impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the work of the Carbon Trust, broken down into (i) the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme, (ii) the Environment and Energy Helpline, (iii) Administration of the Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme for investments in energy-saving technologies, (iv) the Low Carbon Innovation Programme and (v) other programmes or schemes.

(53729)

29   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will consult on the treatment of waste oil used as a fuel; and if she will make a statement.

(53713)

30   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the exemption from the Climate Change Levy of electricity from combined heat and power plants sold through licensed electricity suppliers.

(53734)

31   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the enhanced capital allowances for investments in (a) heat pumps, (b) radiant and warm air heaters, (c) solar heaters, (d) energy efficient refrigerator equipment, (e) compressor equipment and (f) energy-saving technology investments in assets for leasing.

(52721)

32   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the extension of the five per cent. rate of VAT to apply to the grant-funded installation of (a) factory-insulated hot water tanks, (b) micro-combined heat and power and (c) renewable energy heating systems in the homes of the less well-off.

(53722)

33   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the freeze in the rate of the Climate Change Levy announced in the Budget.

(53735)

34   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the voluntary package of measures to reduce the environmental damage of pesticide use implemented by the industry and other stakeholders in April 2001; if she will place copies of related documentation in the Library; and if she will make a statement.

(53712)

35   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the total level of generation from combined heat and power sold through licensed electricity suppliers of its exemption from the Climate Change Levy.

(53733)

36   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average amount of compensation paid by her Department to individual farmers as the result of the recent foot and mouth disease outbreak was; and if she will make a statement.

(53698)

37   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what different types of compensation have been paid to farmers by her Department as the result of the recent foot and mouth disease outbreak ; and if she will make a statement.

(53697)

38   Lembit O�pik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much compensation has been paid by her Department to farmers in (a) the Montgomeryshire constituency and (b) Powys as the result of the foot and mouth disease outbreak; and if she will make a statement.

(53696)

39
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the French ban on British beef.

(53033)

40   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of meat imports was subject to random checks in the last 12 months.

(53702)

41   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much post-weaning multisystematic wasting syndrome has added to the production costs of pig meat in the last 12 months.

(53701)

42   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers enforcement officers have been given to stop suspected illegal meat importers.

(53704)

43   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the size of the national pig breeding herd in (a) 2001, (b) 2000 and (c) 1999.

(53700)

44   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures she has put in place to ensure the implementation of the Curry Report recommendations for clear and honest labelling of meat products.

(53703)

45   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of the introduction of a levy on aggregates from 1st April.

(53718)

46   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of monies redirected from the aggregates levy to the Sustainability Fund in England.

(53719)

47   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of the landfill tax.

(53720)

48   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of monies redirected from the Climate Change Levy revenues to the Carbon Trust, broken down into (i) the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme, (ii) the Environment and Energy Helpline, (iii) Administration of the Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme for investments in energy-saving technologies, (iv) the Low Carbon Innovation Programme and (v) other programmes or schemes.

(53737)

49   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of (i) an exemption from the Climate Change Levy of fuel used in dual-use purposes and (ii) extending relief to certain processes to certain processes which compete with those benefiting from the dual-use or non-fuel use exemptions; what steps (A) have and (B) will be taken to introduce such exemptions; and if he will make a statement.

(53738)

50   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps are being taken to develop economic instruments which may be used to improve household energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.

(53717)

51   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury (a) has been at the outset of its introduction and (b) is projected to be in the next three years of the enhanced capital allowances for investments in energy saving technologies introduced in April 2001.

(53736)

52   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years from the exemption from the Climate Change Levy of electricity from electricity from coal mine methane sold via licensed electricity suppliers.

(53726)

53   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years from the exemption from the Climate Change Levy of electricity from combined heat and power plants sold via licensed electricity suppliers.

(53727)

54   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury wil be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of the freeze in the rate of the Climate Change Levy announced in the Budget; whether this freeze is in real terms; and if he will make a statement.

(53724)

55   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury will be (a) at the outset of its introduction and (b) projected in the next three years of the extension of the five per cent. rate of VAT to apply to the grant-funded installation of (i) factory-insulated hot water tanks, (ii) micro-combined heat and power and (iii) renewable energy heating systems in the homes of the less well-off.

(53716)

56   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of changes announced in Budget 2002 in relation to (a) fuel duty, (b) vehicle excise duty, (c) enhanced capital allowances relating to transport and (d) changes relating to income tax and NICs free mileage, on individual and total vehicle emissions; and if he will make a statement.

(53725)

57   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to the Treasury (a) has been at the outset of its introduction and (b) is projected in the next three years of the enhanced capital allowances for investments in (i) heat pumps, (ii) radiant and warm air heaters, (iii) solar heaters, (iv) energy efficient refrigerator equipment, (v) compressor equipment and (vi) energy-saving technology investments in assets for leasing.

(53715)

58   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Department has spent on encouraging members of the public to report tax evasion in each of the last 10 years.

(53750)

59
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he or his Ministers will next meet the Spanish Foreign Minister to discuss Gibraltar.

(53239)

60
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he or his Ministers last met the Spanish Foreign Minister and his ministers to discuss Gibraltar; where this meeting took place; how much advance notice was given of it; what was discussed; and what conclusions were reached.

(53241)

61
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he estimates that he and his Spanish counterpart will meet their target of concluding a comprehensive agreement before the summer, as stated in paragraph 56 of the Barcelona Conclusions, in relation to shared sovereignty with Spain over Gibraltar.

(53240)

62
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding the UK (a) bilaterally and (b) through the European Union, (i) has contributed in the last five years and (ii) plans to contribute to (A) Plan Colombia and (B) the Andean Regional Initiative.

(53674)

63
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training the UK has (a) provided in the last five years and (b) plans to provide for Columbia's (i) customs officers, (ii) anti-narcotics police and (iii) other law enforcement personnel; and if he will make a statement.

(53673)

64   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on developing health screening for all people over the age of 60 years.

(53685)

65
N   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a decision will be made on whether a pilot trial of spiral CT scanning as a screening test for lung cancer will be undertaken.

(53533)

66
N   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make funding available for a pilot study of spiral CT scanning as a screening test for lung cancer.

(53531)

67   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of respiratory syncitial virus requiring hospital admission there have been in the last three years in the Portsmouth Health Authority, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement.

(53694)

68   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of treating infants suffering from respiratory syncitial virus infection in terms of (a) hospital stays and (b) intensive care unit stays in the Portsmouth Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement.

(53695)

69   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the need for guidance to be issued to parents about the risk to premature babies of respiratory syncitial virus; and if he will make a statement.

(53693)

70   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the backlog maintenance cost to each estate code B was in (a) England and (b) each NHS region in the most recent year for which figures are available indicating how much is attributable to (i) fire safety and (ii) other safety costs.

(53684)

71
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact that a low maximum permitted level for nutrients in food supplements would have on (a) the viability of United Kingdom specialist food manufacturers and (b) consumer choice in the UK for food supplement products.

(53431)

72
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the criteria for setting the upper safe level of intake of vitamins and minerals under review by the EU Scientific Committee for Foods.

(53429)

73
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure minimal cost and disruption to (a) consumers, (b) retailers and (c) manufacturers of food supplements resulting from the adoption of the European Food Supplements Directive into UK law.

(53433)

74
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the timetable for the publication of the final versions of the forthcoming report from the Ad Hoc Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals; and how he plans to take the findings of that report into account when responding to the EU Scientific Committee for Foods' assessment of the Upper Safe Level (USL) of intake of all vitamins and minerals.

(53428)

75
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential impact that the preparation of dossiers for submission to the EC Scientific Committee for Foods for the inclusion of additional substances in the Annexes to the Food Supplements Directive will have on (a) the costs and (b) the viability of the relevant manufacturers and retailers.

(53432)

76
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) discussions his Department has had with and (b) submissions his Department has made to the European Commission with regard to the implementation of the European Food Supplements Directive, with particular reference to the upper safe level of intake of vitamins and minerals.

(53430)

77   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what incentives his Department offers to keep dentists in NHS practices.

(53710)

78   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates he has made of the leaving rate of dentists from NHS to private practices in the last three years.

(53709)

79   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review dental services in England.

(53708)

80
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK and EU travel ban on Zimbabwean officials is enforced by (a) individual airlines and (b) immigration officials at ports of entry.

(53134)

81
N   Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Zimbabwean nationals, subject to a travel ban by the United States, have recently passed through United Kingdom ports en-route to the US and any other destinations; and what liaison there is between UK and US immigration officials on this subject.

(53133)

82
N   Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he next expects to meet representatives of the magistracy to discuss the sentencing of young offenders.

(51320)

83
N   Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from Spain concerning the visit of Henry Kissinger to the UK.

(53675)

84   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many men held in prisons in England and Wales who are serving a sentence of over five years were charged with offences involving (a) violence and (b) non-violent crime.

(53686)

85
N   Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on proposals to extend sentencing powers of magistrates.

(51317)

86
N   Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued since their inception in (a) Hampshire, (b) Fareham, (c) Gosport and (d) Portsmouth.

(53434)

87   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have committed offences and received custodial sentences of more than two years in each of the last five years.

(53739)

88   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether accommodation centres for asylum seekers will be located in cluster areas where they are currently being accommodated through the NASS.

(53740)

89
N   Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received on the proposal to increase the sentencing power of magistrates' courts; and if he will make a statement.

(51326)

90   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what fees and expenses are available for full and part-time members of the Criminal Case Review Commission panelists; and what the median annual income from public funds of Criminal Case Review Commission full and part-time panellists is.

(53754)

91   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means the Criminal Case Review Commission prioritises its cases; if the Commission distinguishes between persons in prison and those who have been released; and if it distinguishes between those serving short and those serving long-term sentences.

(53752)

92   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration was given by the Criminal Case Review Commission to the prioritisation of the allegation of miscarriage of justice brought by Mr Robert Brown; on what date the case papers of Mr Brown were received by the Criminal Case Review Commission; on what date a caseworker was allocated to his case; on what date the caseworker's report was completed; on what date Mr Brown was informed of a pending hearing before a three-person panel of the Criminal Case Review Commission; what date is planned for a panel hearing; on what date the Criminal Case Review Commission were informed of the health of Mr Brown's mother; if compassionate grounds constitute a factor to be taken into account by the Criminal Case Review Commission in progressing a case; and how many of the proposed panel members are retained on a part-time basis by the Criminal Case Review Commission.

(53753)

93   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to initiate the rehabilitation of Robert Brown.

(53755)

94   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars have been stolen in the past two years for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of car theft.

(53748)

95
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dependants joined applicants for asylum after an initial decision on their case and are not included in the published total of asylum seekers in each of the years from 1995 to 2001.

(52762)

96
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Afghans who landed at Stansted in February 2000 in a hijacked aircraft are in Britain; and what their immigration status is.

(52922)

97
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have been refused (a) asylum and (b) exceptional leave to remain in each of the last two years; and what proportion of them subsequently appealed.

(52760)

98
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dependants are identified in the administrative records as joining asylum seekers after the initial decision on their cases in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

(52761)

99
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are taken to ensure that those who are refused asylum and who agree to depart voluntarily do so.

(52764)

100
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have been dealt with under the backlog clearing exercise; and how many of them were granted (a) asylum and (b) exceptional leave to remain.

(52766)

101
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if an entry clearance officer who has grounds to suspect that a proposed marriage is primarily for the purpose of evading immigration controls has the power to refuse the issue of an entry clearance certificate to either party on those grounds.

(52767)

102
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government departments provided support for asylum seekers in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01.

(52768)

103
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were (a) finally refused and (b) removed in (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01.

(52769)

104
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of accommodating asylum seekers and those already granted asylum and exceptional leave to remain in the financial year 2000-01.

(52770)

105
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action has been taken to remove from Britain the 24 men who married Sylvia Evans and Gwendoline Sharpe.

(53468)

106
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps would be necessary for Britain to withdraw from the 1951 Refugee Convention and from subsequent related commitments.

(52763)

107   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) child curfew orders, (b) parenting orders and (c) anti-social behaviour orders have been made; and how many breaches of each have taken place resulting in futher proceedings in each year since their introduction.

(53707)

108
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his target is for police forces to deal with applications for (a) new and for (b) variations of firearms certificates; and what the average time taken by each police force is.

(53466)

109
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will ask the CRE to extend the deadline for parish councils which received the consultative document on the draft code of practice on the duty to promote race equality late; and if he will list, by county, the parish councils which responded to the consultation.

(53464)

110   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Prison Service's application for planning permission to extend HMP Albany was made under emergency procedures.

(53706)

111
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation he has made of the quality of the consultation by the CRE on the draft code of practice on the duty to promote racial equality; how many consultees in each category responded; and what proportion they represented of all consultees.

(53465)

112   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to notify honourable Members of proposals for prisons in their constituencies.

(53705)

113   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which languages he plans will be used to educate children detained within asylum centres.

(53688)

114   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated in 2002-03 for projects in the Sudan; and if she will list them.

(53687)

115   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the representatives of the Island of St Helena on assisting with financial provision for providing an airport on St Helena.

(53699)

116
N   Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what plans he has to release the remaining records relating to King Edward VIII.

(53334)

117
N   Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what guidance is given to (a) magistrates and (b) the judiciary about court proceedings involving people with autistic spectrum disorders as (i) witnesses and (ii) defendants.

(51325)

118
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the cost was in the financial year 2000-01 of judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings involving asylum seekers.

(52765)

119
N   Mr Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the costs have been for legal aid granted to the Afghans who landed at Stansted in February 2000 in a hijacked aircraft; and what the other costs have been of the judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings concerning their cases.

(52771)

120   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which organisations have claimed responsibility for terrorist or criminal acts in Northern Ireland since Good Friday 1998; and for which acts.

(53689)

121   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on Northern Ireland since Good Friday 1998; how much has been spent on victims of violence; and how this money is being used to help such victims in Northern Ireland.

(53691)

122   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to protect the rights of victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland; which of the measures for victims' rights contained within the Belfast Agreements have been implemented; and what plans he has to protect victims' rights.

(53690)

123
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the President of the Council, if he will make a statement on his proposals for reform of the sitting times of the House and the parliamentary calendar.

(51332)

124
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she has had about support for the textile industry in Scotland since 11th September.

(53235)

125
N   Mr Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Executive about the setting up of a public inquiry into the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

(51357)

126
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether her Department has carried out an assessment of the impact on the textile industry in the UK of the worldwide economic downturn since 11th September.

(53237)

127
N   Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action her Department has taken to support the textile industry in the UK since 11th September.

(53238)

128   Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the total cost has been of carrying out the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council Fire Cover Review; what fees have been paid to external consultants; and what the cost has been per consultant used.

(53682)

129   Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whom he plans to consult before concluding the fire cover review; and over what timeframe.

(53683)

130   Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the task group on the fire cover review will deliver its final report to the Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council.

(53681)

131
N   Mr Win Griffiths (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will take steps to amend the Health and Safety (Display Equipment) Regulations 1992 No. 2792 to ensure that the positioning of a computer monitor screen is at eye level when a user is sitting upright in front of it.

(53302)

132   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will conduct an inquiry into the proportion of the budget spent on administration by individual training providers under the New Deal programmes.

(53745)

133   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on advertising (a) the Targeting Fraud Hotline and (b) other campaigns to report benefit fraud in each of the last 10 years.

(53749)

134   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the resources allocated for training under the New Deal are spent on training.

(53746)

135   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the administration of the (a) New Deal and (b) environmental task force in Darlington and Doncaster.

(53747)

136   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues on the proportion of money allocated to training under the New Deal to be spent on (a) administration and (b) training delivery.

(53744)

137   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much on average of the resources allocated to New Deal training is spent on (a) training and (b) administration.

(53742)

138   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will conduct an inquiry into the level of administration in the New Deal programme.

(53743)

139
N   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the lung cancer mortality rates were in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (53532)

140   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of the exemption from the Climate Change Levy of electricity from electricity from coal mine methane sold via licensed electricity suppliers.

[Transferred] (53732)

141   Sue Doughty (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on the total level of generation from electricity from coal mine methane sold via licensed electricity suppliers of its exemption from the Climate Change Levy.

[Transferred] (53731)

142   Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made toward the 2015 targets for reducing poverty.

[Transferred] (53711)