Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001- 02
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 8 July 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Monday 8 July 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.

MONDAY 8th JULY

1
N   Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to increase the powers of local authorities over the granting of permissions for car boot sales.

(67995)

2   Paul Clark (Gillingham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will consult on reform of the system used to distribute grant to English local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(68477)

3   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many deaths there have been in houses of multiple occupation in each of the last five years for which records are available, broken down by the causes of death; and if he will make a statement.

(68245)

4   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the 8th European Congress of Twinned Towns; what the nature of the United Kingdom representation was; what funding share fell to the United Kingdom; and if it is his policy to divest these meetings of a party political slant.

(68337)

5
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 14th February, Official Report, column 555W, on the Social Exclusion Unit, what progress has been made in respect of the Social Exclusion Unit's work on (a) mental health issues and prisoners, (b) mental health provision for cared for children and (c) elderly persons' mental health needs to get out of the house; and if he will publish reports in respect of the work.

(68005)

6
N   Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will respond to the final report of the urban green spaces taskforce; and if he will make a statement.

(67846)

7   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the improvement notices the HSE have issued to the Sonae factory in Kirkby.

(68351)

8   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to monitor compliance with the terms of the operator licence for the Sonae factory in Kirkby.

(68352)

9   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research his Department has commissioned on the environmental impact of chip-board manufacture.

(68353)

10   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proposals he has to change the regulations on industrial formaldehyde emissions in the light of HSE advice on the levels of concentration at which strong odours occur.

(68354)

11   Mr George Howarth (Knowsley North & Sefton East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make the HSE findings on the recent explosion at the Sonae factory in Kirkby available in the Library as soon as they are concluded.

(68355)

12
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will announce funding allocated for Guisborough Market Town initiative.

(68025)

13
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67093)

14   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what communications took place between his Department and Mr Richard Everitt with regard to the preparation of and drafting of the Government's recent planning Green Paper on major infrastructure projects.

(68247)

15   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the Government's priority development areas.

(68357)

16   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of domestic properties in England left empty for (a) six to 12 months and (b) more than a year since 1997.

(68329)

17
N   Mr David Stewart (Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the level of risk to which staff fire-fighting on offshore facilities are exposed.

(67329)

18   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will issue guidance to local authorities in respect of quiet lanes and the Transport Act 2000.

(68476)

19   Mr John Taylor (Solihull): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will introduce a restraint on the numbers of sequential planning applications which a developer may submit to a planning authority in respect of the same property; how many recent representations he has received on this subject; and if he will make a statement.

(68116)

20   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received from groups interested in housing development and conservation; what the conclusions from those meetings were; and if he will make a statement.

(68540)

21   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps the Government is taking to improve disability access; and if he will make a statement.

(68531)

22   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many homes have been newly built in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

(68539)

23   David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on accreditation of the local strategic partnership in Walsall.

(68194)

24   Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesborough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many Church Commission properties are let on assured shorthold tenancies; and how many tenants holding assured shorthold tenancies have not had these renewed on request in the last three years.

(68246)

25   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to enshrine a grant-making power for the Secretary of State in the forthcoming Communications Bill similar to that enshrined in section 93 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to defray or contribute towards expenses incurred in developing and providing accessible communications apparatus and technologies for disabled people.

(68305)

26   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to pursue harmonising measures at EU level to ensure that future generations of set top boxes and digital TVs (a) have a second sound channel built in and (b) support other key access features for blind, partially-sighted and other disabled people.

(68304)

27   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy in the forthcoming Communications Bill to extend Ofcom's proposed duty to promote equal employment opportunities for disabled people in the broadcasting industry to the (a) telecommunications and (b) internet industries, and work connected with these services.

(68306)

28   Mr Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to approve the use of general conditions at an early stage to require digital TV operators to supply blind and partially-sighted customers with set top boxes which are capable of receiving audio description and which support accessible electronic programme guides at no extra cost.

(68303)

29   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are taken to monitor the spending of grants awarded by the Sports Lottery Fund to local authorities, with specific reference to those made to the North Taunton Sports Centre.

(68467)

30   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list of consultants and change managers employed by the Arts Council of England to assist the change process over the last 15 months; and if she will make a statement.

(68346)

31   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council of England and each Regional Arts Board have spent on (a) legal fees, (b) fees for consultants and change managers, (c) redundancy, retention and bonus payments and (d) other costs of stress reduction during the financial year 2001-02; and if she will make a statement.

(68345)

32   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Arts Council will produce a business plan that will display the costs and benefits of the change process for the three years 2001-04; and if she will make a statement.

(68348)

33   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the work on branding the new Arts Council will be completed; how much will be paid to Wolff Olins for this work; and if she will make a statement.

(68347)

34
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last attended a hockey match in her official capacity.

(67938)

35
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met the Secretary of State for Health to discuss the role of sport in tackling the problem of obesity.

(67937)

36
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the levels of participation in hockey by persons from ethnic minority backgrounds; and if she will make a statement.

(68004)

37
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to encourage the provision of astroturf hockey pitches.

(67936)

38
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the report, All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education; and if she will make a statement.

(67156)

39
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the statistics that are collected by her Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement.

(67098)

40
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who will meet the bill for the refurbishment of Clarence House; and what the total cost will be to public funds.

(66690)

41   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 314W, how many of the properties (a) grant aided through the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Local Government Act 1985 and (b) aided by the Heritage Lottery fund allow some public access.

(68299)

42   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what requirements are placed on the owners of buildings of historical interest who are grant-aided by English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund to refund the grant or part of the grant, if the property is sold.

(68302)

43   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 314, if there is an automatic access requirement when historic buildings are grant aided by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

(68301)

44   Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 315, for what reason there is no automatic access requirement when properties are grant-aided under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Local Government Act 1985.

(68300)

45   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the removal of tobacco sponsorship on the sport of darts; and if she will make a statement.

(68469)

46   Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the future of the Tobacco Sponsorship Task Force.

(68468)

47   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action the Government is taking to encourage local authorities to recognise the role that sports can play in society.

(68532)

48   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the local programmes the Government has funded to encourage sports, indicating the level of the funding that each programme has received, broken down by region, over the last five years.

(68537)

49   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the gaming industry and its potential role in the regeneration of coastal towns in the UK; and what recent discussions she has had with gaming companies.

(68240)

50   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which coastal resorts in the United Kingdom are to be locations for resort casinos; and what assistance will be given to companies to encourage them to locate there.

(68340)

51   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance has been given to (a) the tourist industry and (b) coastal towns since the foot and mouth epidemic.

(68239)

52   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on tourism in the UK in 2002; and what assessment she has made of the prospects for tourism.

(68238)

53   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals she has for a pilot project for a gaming designated area; and if she will make a statement on the progress of the development of casinos and gaming shops in coastal areas.

(68241)

54   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he will take to provide equality of terms and conditions of employment for the Gurkha soldiers serving with the British armed forces.

(68453)

55   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to equalise the pensions paid to former Gurkha soldiers who served with the British forces with the pensions paid to other soldiers.

(68452)

56   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the British Embassy in Paris, (b) the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and (c) the French Government concerning the graves of soldiers killed at the Somme.

(68611)

57   Mr Adrian Flook (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints about low-flying military aircraft have been made by (a) residents of the county of Somerset and (b) residents of Taunton Deane in each of the last five years.

(68546)

58   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the plans to move the Portland search and rescue helicopter to Lee-on-Solent.

(68371)

59
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what events he has attended this year in connection with Falklands conflict commemorations.

(67570)

60
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days each of the Invincible class carriers were operational in each of the past five years.

(67566)

61
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment of pilots on 84 Squadron is; and how many of these are civilians.

(67560)

62
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantities of narcotics have been confiscated by HM forces in each of the past five years.

(67563)

63
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service date is of HMS Astute.

(67565)

64
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ground crew support the operations of 84 Squadron; and how many of these are civilians.

(67561)

65
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the dedicated counter-narcotics activities of the British armed forces and the costs of these activities in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement.

(67562)

66
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent expessions of interest he has received from the Government of Thailand about the purchase of Royal Navy warships; and if he will make a statement.

(67568)

67
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vessels have been searched by Armilla Patrol warships in each of the past five years.

(67564)

68
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department intends to spend in each of the financial years from 2004 to 2008 inclusive on new warship construction; and what the cost of refit and repair work will be.

(67567)

69
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expressions of interest he has received from the Chilean Government in respect of the possible purchase of Type 23 frigates.

(67569)

70
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67094)

71
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the UK armed forces he estimates have (a) literacy and (b) numeracy problems; and if he will make a statement.

(67104)

72   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on his policy of providing compensation to invalided soldiers, medical auxiliaries and their families suffering from illness arising from serving in the Gulf War.

(68259)

73   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the types of circumstances in which he has judged it would be legal for the United Kingdom to use nuclear weapons; and whether it is United Kingdom policy never to be the first to use nuclear weapons.

(68612)

74   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the minutes of the meeting between his Department's officials, French Government officials and United States administration officials at the Bristol Abbey Wood establishment on 1st and 2nd March 2001, in respect of the project to manufacture mox lead test assemblies.

(68257)

75   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place current guidelines issued to the war pensions appeals tribunal in the Library.

(68191)

76   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people joined the ranks of the Royal Marines in the past five years; what regions they were from; and how many of them are below the age of 17 years.

(68538)

77
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list (a) the new specialist schools announced on 4th July, (b) the schools short-listed but not successful and (c) the schools which applied but were not short-listed; and, in each case, (i) what specialism was applied for, (ii) what the category of school is, (iii) whether the school is (A) selective and (B) a non-selective school in an area with selective education and (vi) what other departmental awards have been won by the school in the last five years.

(67631)

78
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional resources will be provided under her Department's new strategy for London schools, broken down by (a) proposed end use and (b) financial year in which it will be spent.

(67630)

79
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many nursery centres of excellence have been designated; how many centres there are in each local education authority area; and what total additional resource has been allocated to nursery centres of excellence.

(67628)

80
N   Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment her Department has made of the percentages of pupils staying on in full-time education or training post-age 16 in (a) schools with sixth forms and (b) schools without sixth forms in the last period for which figures are available.

(67629)

81   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps are being taken to ensure that teachers who take home school/LEA IT equipment for their work do not have to insure such equipment with their own private home and contents policies.

(68204)

82   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the policy is on setting a fixed age of retirement for teachers in adult education.

(68114)

83   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on funding adult education courses which do not lead to a recognised qualification.

(68115)

84
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps have been taken to train Connexions advisers in respect of mental health matters as recommended in the Bridging the Gap Report published in July 1999.

(67975)

85
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the report, All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education; and if she will make a statement.

(67157)

86
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the statistics that are collected by her Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement.

(67102)

87
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many exclusions from (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there have been in each English local education authority in each year since 1980-81; and if she will make a statement.

(67105)

88
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of young people in each English county entered higher education in the latest year for which information is available; and if she will make a statement.

(67106)

89   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all schoolchildren at Key Stages I, II and III are taught (a) basic cooking skills and (b) good diet and nutrition; and if she will make a statement.

(68344)

90
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, under what circumstances animals are killed specifically for use in school science lessons.

(67627)

91   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Government has made of the contribution that the devolved administrations in the United Kingdom will make to the reduction of greenhouse gases required for the United Kingdom to meet its (a) Kyoto targets and (b) domestic goal of a 20 per cent. cut in carbon dioxide emissions.

(68322)

92   Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action she will take in relation to the planned erection of masts in areas of outstanding natural beauty by each of the emergency services.

(68120)

93   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence she has collated that supports the proposed ban on the use of sheep's intestines in the manufacture of sausages.

(68068)

94   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential presence of BSE in beef protein collagen used in the manufacture of sausages.

(68069)

95
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Forestry Commission is seeking a licence to fell trees on land at the rear of The Gables, West Moors Road, Ferndown.

(68000)

96
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if it is the policy of the Government to modify the requirement in section 151 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 that a dog when in a public place must wear a collar with a tag or a plate attached giving the name and address of the owner even if it is microchipped.

(67999)

97
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 951, on fisheries, which member states regard relative stability as being in the best interests of all EU members.

(67316)

98
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is the UK Government's policy that the principle of relative stability underpinning the CFP is non-negotiable.

(67318)

99
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Spain's Northern quota entitlements expire at the end of 2002 unless renewed, reduced or extended by agreement at the EC level prior to that date; and whether the same position will apply to Portugal.

(67317)

100
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis she has made of changes in the value of land registered as common land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; and if she will make a statement.

(67939)

101
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received regarding changes in the value of land registered as common land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

(67940)

102
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the statistics that are collected by her Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if she will make a statement.

(67096)

103   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on British businesses of the ban on swill feeding.

(68492)

104   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban the import of pig meat and other products from countries which have not banned swill-feeding.

(68490)

105   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to animal health from the use of waste cooking oil as an additive in animal feed.

(68488)

106   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ban the use of waste cooking oil as an additive in animal feed.

(68487)

107   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the scope, progress, timetable and conclusions of her Department's research projects on TB in wildlife other than badgers.

(68505)

108   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects an EU-wide ban on swill-feeding to come into force.

(68491)

109   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she plans to compensate swill feeders for the financial losses caused by the ban on swill feeding.

(68486)

110   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to animal health from the import of pig meat and other products from countries where the animals have been fed swill.

(68489)

111   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress and Application of the Community Award Scheme for an Echo-label is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68547)

112   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Management Committee for the fisheries and aquaculture sector is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68606)

113   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Management Committee for Fisheries Products is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68570)

114   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68571)

115   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress and Implementation of the Directive on the Deliberate Release into the Environment of Genetically Modified Organisms is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68548)

116   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee on the Monitoring Mechanisms of Emissions of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases in the Community is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68557)

117   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the Directive on procedures for the surveillance and monitoring of environments concerned by waste from the titanium dioxide industry is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68564)

118
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money she expects the European Commission to pay the United Kingdom as a modulation payment for the foot and mouth outbreak.

(67621)

119
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the European Commission to provide modulation payments to the United Kingdom for the foot and mouth outbreak.

(67620)

120   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to make the production of water level management plans eligible for grant aid.

(68189)

121   Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water level management plans have received grant aid for implementation from her Department in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of this level of expenditure.

(68192)

122   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact the draft EU public procurement directive will have on the ability of the EU to ensure that all timber procured is from legal and sustainable sources; and if she will make a statement.

(68034)

123   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the United Kingdom Government is taking to encourage other EU governments to adopt timber procurement policies similar to those in place in the United Kingdom in respect of timber sourced legally and sustainably; and if she will make a statement.

(68032)

124   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions there have been relating to proposed European Directive on public procurement, Article 53 so as to ensure that timber used on EU projects in future will come from legal and sustainable sources; and if she will make a statement.

(68033)

125
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many adoptions have been completed in each of the last five years.

(67161)

126
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if there is a standard definition of excess profits which is used by the Government; and if he will make a statement.

(68001)

127   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to help alleviate the problems experienced by the aerospace industry since 11th September 2001.

(68216)

128   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether loans provided by the Strategic Rail Authority and drawn upon by Network Rail under the arrangements announced by the Secretary for Transport on 27th June will be included in the net cash requirement for the year in which they are drawn down.

(68215)

129   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason the electronic filing of tax returns requires a password to be sent by post.

(68369)

130   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason tax offices do not offer email contact points.

(68370)

131
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67099)

132   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the United Kingdom marine insurance industry of the loss of bulk tankers in each of the past five years.

(68328)

133   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what studies he has commissioned into sudden falls in the housing market in parts of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(68330)

134   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Contact Committee on combating money laundering is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68605)

135   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Committee on the Financial Instrument for the Environment is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68561)

136   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Banking Advisory Committee is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68604)

137   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the EU Insurance Committee is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68601)

138   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Government has to sell its holdings of art and antiques; and what discussions his Department is having on the subject.[R]

(68464)

139   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when an inventory was last prepared of the Government's holdings of art and antiques.[R]

(64861)

140   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) disposals from and (b) acquisitions to the Government's art and antiques collection there have been since 1997.[R]

(68463)

141   Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value is of the Government's holdings of art and antiques.[R]

(68462)

142   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Royal Mint Independent Review will be complete; and if he will make a statement.

(68078)

143
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the custom houses in the south of England; on what date each opened; and how may staff are based in each.

(67624)

144
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to (a) reorganise and (b) close custom houses in the south of England; and if he will make a statement.

(67626)

145
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the custom houses in the south of England which have closed since 1997; when each (a) opened and (b) closed; and how many staff were based in each in that year.

(67625)

146   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 291W, on National Insurance (Reduced Rates), on what basis the amount of the reduction in national insurance contributions available to married women paying the reduced rate is calculated.

(68244)

147   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's definition of elderly is; and what proportion of the population in each region is considered elderly.

(68535)

148   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the advertising campaigns for (a) the working families tax credit, (b) the disabled person's tax credit, (c) the children's tax credit, (d) the childcare tax credit and (e) the baby tax credit, have cost; and what the total annual spend on advertising each of these tax credits has been in each year since 1999-2000.

(68478)

149   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Scotland are in receipt of (a) the working families tax credit and (b) the child tax credit.

(68483)

150   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when the figures on marriage, divorce and domestic violence will be added to the neighbourhood statistics section of the Office of National Statistics website.

(68482)

151   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Truro and St Austell, Official Report, 13th June, columns 1393-4W, for what reasons the figures for the cost of advertising the working families tax credit are lower than the figures offered to the former honourable Member for Guildford, Official Report, 22nd June 2000, column 288W.

(68608)

152   Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's position on recent proposals by China and Russia to the Conference on Disarmament for the Control of Weapons in Outer Space.

(68188)

153   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role Lord Hanney performs in the present discussions taking place between the President of Cyprus and Mr Denktash on Cyprus; and if he will make a statement.

(68439)

154
N   Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the Bermuda Boundaries Commission and related supporting written submissions.

(67254)

155   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library legal opinions on the (a) Benes� and (b) Polish expulsion decrees of 1945 that have been delivered to (i) his Department and (ii) Communities institutions.

(68316)

156   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to date has been of the national debate on the future of Europe broken down by type of expenditure.

(68339)

157   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers the Government has to withhold its consent to decisions reached at the Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement, with particular reference to the context of the European arrest warrant.

(68331)

158   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he would list those occasions since 1st May 1997 where use has been made of Article 308 and 95 TEC.

(68338)

159   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many individuals who live in Spain work in Gibraltar.[R]

(68455)

160   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what issues will be discussed during the talks under the Brussels Process planned for 12th July in Madrid.

(68310)

161   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what element of the Gibraltar economy Spain asked to be modified during the talks on 26th June on the future status of Gibraltar.[R]

(68457)

162   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether an agreement has been reached to share sovereignty of Gibraltar with Spain.[R]

(68456)

163   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy that any (a) agreement concerning the sovereignty of the military base in Gibraltar and (b) agreements on any aspect of the future status of Gibraltar will be put to the people of Gibraltar in the form of a referendum.

(68309)

164   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what end date has been set with Spain for the conclusion of talks on the future status of Gibraltar.[R]

(68454)

165   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is his policy that the military base in Gibraltar will remain under sole British sovereignty under the terms of any agreement on the future status of Gibraltar.

(68311)

166
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the countries that (a) have signed the accession treaty to the International Criminal Court, (b) are expected to sign and (c) have deposited the instruments of ratification, giving the date of ratification in each case; and which of the non-ratificants have indicated that they may withhold their ratification.

(67475)

167
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects Afghanistan to ratify the International Criminal Court treaty.

(67474)

168   Eric Joyce (Falkirk West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received in respect of abuses of human rights agains the Banyamulenge population in the towns of Uvira and Bukauu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(68447)

169   Eric Joyce (Falkirk West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian impact of fighting between the RCD and dissident Banyamulenge forces on the Minembwe plateau in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

(68446)

170   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to improve the services offered by consular staff to UK nationals.

(68235)

171   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British prisoners have been incarcerated abroad for more than two years without trial, broken down by country.

(68466)

172   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role police forces from the United Kingdom are playing in the hunt for members of the November 17 terrorist group in Greece; and if he will make a statement.

(68207)

173   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on a suitable settlement between the two communities in Cyprus.

(68193)

174   Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if it is the Government's policy that a settlement on the future of Cyprus should involve (a) the establishment of a new central state with a new flag, and (b) one Turkish state in the north and one Greek state in the south; if it is his policy to regard Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as two peoples; if Lord Hannay's recent statements on the matter represent the Government's policy; and if he will make a statement.

(68195)

175   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the UK's involvement in Afghanistan.

(68541)

176   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications of the International Criminal Court for British soldiers and citizens.

(68542)

177   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the implications for UK peacekeeping missions of a US withdrawal from peacekeeping forces.

(68543)

178   Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to be in a position to decide by which department the letter of 4th March, from the honourable Member for Hexham, on adoption (Ref PO 1005174), should be answered.

(68312)

179
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which agencies are responsible for monitoring and caring for individuals who have been released from a mental hospital; and what arrangements ensure that agencies are coordinating these systems.

(67160)

180
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 240W, on looked-after children, if he will set out the number of children in residential care broken down by (a) health authority and (b) region in each of the last five years.

(67253)

181
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what systems are in place to notify (a) police and (b) local authorities about persons who have been placed in a mental hospital being released; and if he will make a statement.

(67177)

182
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 23rd April, Official Report, column 240W, on looked-after children, if he will set out his definition of (a) children in care and (b) children looked-after; and if he will make a statement.

(67175)

183
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people underwent psycho-surgery in each of the last five years, broken down by age.

(67159)

184   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if it is his policy for payments made to pharmacists by the NHS in respect of the supply of prescription drugs to comply with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998 and the Late Payment Directive.

(68372)

185
N   Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what preparations have been made to distribute iodine tablets to the population in the event of a nuclear emergency.

(67871)

186   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it the Government's policy that the Commission for Health Improvement should respond positively to a request by an NHS trust to conduct a review of any department identified by the trust as in need of review.

(68042)

187   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nursing and care home beds in Surrey which have closed since June 2001.

(68041)

188   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive guidance from the European Union Scientific Committee on Food on the upper safe levels for daily intake of (a) taurine and (b) glucuronolactone; and if he will make a statement.

(68349)

189   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive analysis of the research on the safety of high caffeine drinks from the EU Scientific Committee on Food; and if he will make a statement.

(68314)

190
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost is per prison of providing mental health in-reach services in the last year for which figures are available.

(67997)

191
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of beds available for the treatment of those with mental ill-health

(67948)

192
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to put out to tender the maintenance of the UK Clinical Products Reference Source.

(67993)

193
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) intends to commission into the cost savings which could be achieved for the NHS relating to effective measures to prevent the physical and emotional abuse of children.

(67951)

194
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cost to private sector IT suppliers of developing proposals for core ICT demonstrator projects initially supported by his Department, but for which funding was not found.

(67976)

195
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he will take to ensure the fairness and transparency of the procurement processes to be used in implementation of the new NHS ICT strategy.

(67998)

196
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he intends to restrict the use of typical anti-psychotic drugs to a named patient basis.

(67967)

197
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Working Minds employers' tool kits are available.

(67953)

198
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to make further representations to the European Commission about the proposed Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive.

(67968)

199
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to issue further guidance concerning existing NHS ICT procurements at PCT level.

(67986)

200
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from professions wishing to be covered by the Health Professions Council.

(67979)

201
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programme of work his Department has in hand as to the regulation of professions other than those covered by the Health Professions Council; and if he will set out the timetable for such work.

(67980)

202
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the mental health consequences and the costs to the NHS associated with mental health problems consequent upon the physical and emotional abuse of children.

(67950)

203
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average period of untreated psychosis prior to a person receiving treatment was in the last 12 months.

(67945)

204
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made on the selection and implementation of instrumentation for the routine measurement of outcomes in mental health.

(67960)

205
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whose responsibility it will be to (a) choose and (b) enter into contracts with specific application suppliers from the accredited lists of the new NHS ICT programme; and if he will make a statement as to his Department's involvement in such decisions.

(67991)

206
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in meeting the Public Service Agreement Target of reducing the emergency psychiatric re-admission rate.

(67959)

207
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures were followed in procuring the design, prototyping and population of the primary care drug dictionary.

(67992)

208
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent National Health Service (a) consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists working with children and (c) pyschotherapists working with children there are.

(67970)

209
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the guidance which he has issued to PCTs to halt existing NHS ICT procurements.

(68003)

210
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to legislate for the regulation of (a) psychologists, (b) psycho-therapists and (c) counsellors.

(67981)

211
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he received concerning the new draft Mental Health Bill prior to its publication; and if he will place them in the Library.

(67961)

212
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to add to the professions covered by the Health Professions Council.

(67982)

213
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from private sector IT suppliers concerning the provision of funding for core ICT demonstrator projects initially supported by his Department.

(67977)

214
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of sport in tackling obesity.

(67996)

215
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received of people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness being turned away when they ask for treatment.

(67958)

216
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of those people who suffer severe mental illness were first treated for it by compulsion under a section of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

(67969)

217
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women-only community day centres and services are in place.

(67956)

218
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met colleagues in the office of the Deputy Prime Minister to discuss the Social Exclusion Unit's work on mental health issues; and what future meetings are planned.

(67983)

219
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the women's mental health consultation process.

(67955)

220
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what process NHS ICT suppliers will be shortlisted nationally for accreditation.

(67984)

221
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to use powers under section 97(6) of the National Health Service Act 1977 to ring-fence funds for the implementation of NICE guidance; and if he will make a statement as to his policy on the use of section 97(6).

(67966)

222
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken in respect of each of the recommendations for action of the key area group of the Workforce Action Team on recruitment and retention issues in the mental health field.

(67973)

223
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of trusts have mixed sex mental health wards.

(67957)

224
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on recruitment and retention as a result of the National Director of Mental Health's working group.

(67974)

225
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is being spent in 2002-03 on providing mental health in-reach services in prisons; and how much will be spent in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06.

(67994)

226
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of existing NHS ICT procurements at PCT level; and if he will make a statement.

(67987)

227
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made concerning the short list of prime contractors to implement the new NHS ICT programme.

(67988)

228
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has evaluated the Working Minds programme.

(67954)

229
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of those suffering from severe mental illness (a) who are capable of undertaking paid employment and (b) who undertake paid employment.

(67949)

230
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of implementation of the draft Mental Health Bill; and whether such funds are available.

(67964)

231
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made as regards grandparent rights for non state-registered chiropodists; and if he will make a statement on progress in the negotiations taking place under the auspices of the Health Professions Council.

(67978)

232
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many more staff will need to be recruited to acute mental health wards as a result of implementation of the Working Time Regulations; and if he will make a statement as to his plans.

(67971)

233
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason was for his decision on the timing and length of the consultation on the draft Mental Health Bill.

(67963)

234
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff vacancies there are in the mental health sector of the NHS, broken down by region.

(67972)

235
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has a target for reducing the average period of untreated psychosis prior to a person receiving treatment.

(67946)

236
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procurement processes will be used for the implementation of the new NHS ICT strategy.

(67985)

237
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the monitoring of children for the first signs of the onset of mental illness.

(67947)

238
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role value for money will play in choosing ICT preferred suppliers to implement the new NHS ICT strategy.

(67989)

239
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received concerning the implementation of the NICE guidance on atypical anti-psychotic drugs.

(67965)

240
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether tenders were issued for the design, prototyping and population of the primary care drug dictionary.

(67990)

241
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of early treatment for those with mental health problems.

(67944)

242
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he intends to publish the consultation responses he received in respect of the draft Mental Health Bill.

(67962)

243
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent in each of the past five years into the causes and treatment of endometriosis.

(67942)

244   Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 311W, how much rubella vaccine has been supplied to each clinic, over the last year.

(68609)

245
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67100)

246   Mr David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the (a) terms of reference and (b) timetable for the independent scientific advisory group of the Medical Research Council on CFS and ME due to be set up in spring 2002; and who the members of the group are.

(68079)

247   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what department in the NHS is responsible for organising recruitment by way of the internet; and what its budget is.

(68119)

248   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies; and how this has changed in the last five years.

(68037)

249   John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the Government provides to assist in the promotion of breastfeeding.

(68038)

250   Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 306W, on performance targets, how many performance targets he has set for the NHS; and how many that were included last year have been dropped this year.

(68313)

251   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS doctors have been suspended under the NHS disciplinary procedure in each of the past 10 years, broken down by (a) grade and (b) speciality.

(68228)

252   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost to date has been of treating NHS patients abroad under contract.

(68036)

253   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the complication rates arising from (a) treatment carried out abroad under the NHS and (b) NHS treatment in the UK since NHS treatment abroad began.

(68035)

254   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on achieving energy efficiency targets by the NHS.

(68227)

255   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the effect he estimates extending compulsion, as envisaged in the draft Mental Health Bill, will have on average waiting times for treatment.

(68252)

256   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to review the list of medical conditions exempt from prescription charges.

(68071)

257   Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the list of medical conditions exempt from prescription charges has been reviewed since 1998.

(68072)

258   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the work published in the International Journal of Cancer, volume 99, by University of Newcastle researchers in respect of cancer risks from the BNFL plant at Sellafield.

(68258)

259   Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is taking to improve access to fresh and affordable food and produce in the most socially deprived communities.

(68343)

260   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list those care standards for care homes which take effect in each year from 2002.

(68444)

261   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many single bed care homes there are in (a) England and (b) each local authority.

(68445)

262   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Health ministers of the devolved administrations on the use of PFI and PPP in the Health Service.

(68073)

263   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made in eliminating single sex wards; what plans he has to eliminate them; and if he will make a statement.

(68536)

264   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a list, by region, of the publicly funded elderly care homes in the last five years; and how much money they received in real terms.

(68527)

265   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly care homes were (a) publicly and (b) privately funded in the last five years, broken down by region.

(68526)

266   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a study comparing the quality of care between public and private care homes.

(68528)

267   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in developing a comprehensive policy for the National Health Service.

(68534)

268   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the names of mixed sex wards in operation, broken down by region.

(68529)

269   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sexual harassment and sexual abuse cases there have been in (a) mixed sex wards and (b) single sex wards, over the past five years.

(68530)

270   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged under 18 have (a) given birth and (b) had an abortion, in each year since 1997.

(68480)

271
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February, Official Report, column 1229W, on examination results (children in care), how many of those children who obtained (a) no GCSEs and (b) fewer than five GCSE passes at grade A to C went on to take resits.

(67623)

272
N   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th June, Official Report, column 1047W, on leaving care, how many care leavers have been assisted by their local authority to stay within education and training on an agreed programme by health authority.

(67622)

273
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has invested in children's hospices in England and Wales in (a) 1997, (b) 1998, (c) 1999, (d) 2000 and (e) 2001; and what the projected level is in 2002.

(66700)

274   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated for the National Childcare Strategy; and what measures there are to monitor spending.

(68253)

275   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action has been taken since 1997 to help remove barriers to young disabled people achieving an independent social life.

(68181)

276   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals the Government has to improve the co-ordination of health and social care, youth and leisure, careers, guidance, education and benefits services.

(68179)

277   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proposals the Government has to provide adequate information about sex to disabled young people; and if he will make a statement.

(68182)

278   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings he has had with voluntary organisations that give assistance to disabled people to discuss improving services for the disabled.

(68180)

279   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance he gives to disabled people who are moving into adulthood.

(68183)

280   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce childcare centres in every community in the United Kingdom.

(68254)

281   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assistance is given to parents to help with childcare costs.

(68255)

282   Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 102W, on crime and disorder partnerships, what action he intends to take to ensure that police authorities obtain the views of people on the changes to policing.

(68045)

283   Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police service and inspectorate is reporting to him on the assault on British Transport police constable Taiwo Oduntan.

(68074)

284   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers detained and subsequently released on bail lost contact with his Department's authorities in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(68077)

285   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the conclusions of the research paper published by South Bank University in June on Maintaining Contact: What Happens after Detained Asylum Seekers get Bail.

(68206)

286   Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the proportion of asylum claimants who lose contact with his Department; what research this estimate is based upon; and if he will make a statement.

(68075)

287   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison suicides among (a) men and (b) women there were in prisons in England and Wales in the last 12 months.

(68449)

288   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was confiscated from convicted criminals in each of the last three years.

(68438)

289   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what European countries his Department are in discussions with to ensure there is co-operation in relation to asylum procedures being followed by the United Kingdom.

(68442)

290   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are living in the Greater London area.

(68440)

291   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the financial cost involved in the removal of people being deported from the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.

(68441)

292   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new passport applications were approved during 2001.

(68448)

293   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Romanian Government on the issue of illegal immigrants by Romanian citizens into the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

(68450)

294   Tom Cox (Tooting): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) burglaries, (b) violent crimes, (c) drug offences and (d) thefts of vehicles were recorded by the Wandsworth Police Division of the Metropolitan Police in each of the last five years; and what the total numbers of crimes committed in the division were in those years.

(68443)

295   Ross Cranston (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the extent of the funding shortfall for 2002-03 in probation services in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) London; what the implications of this are for provision of services in (i) Crown courts and (ii) magistrates' courts; and if he will make a statement.

(68117)

296
N   Mr Michael Foster (Worcester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of police officer recruitment for West Mercia Police.

(64759)

297   Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the reasons underlying his decision to abolish passport exit controls in 1997.

(68083)

298   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his policy towards extending the (a) competence and (b) executive powers of Europol.

(68335)

299   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list those terrorist organisations that make use of anti-coagulant as part of their armoury; and if he has undertaken liaison work with the Department of Health on this issue.

(68334)

300
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what approaches he has received from Sabre Developments Ltd. regarding the potential use of Mayfield College, Mayfield, East Sussex, as an asylum accommodation centre.

(67941)

301   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the UK Airwave Project, stating (a) its agreed cost, (b) how cost overruns will be dealt with and (c) how many suppliers will be able to supply operating equipment to the programme over its lifetime.

(68067)

302
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on banning the private ownership of air weapons; and if he will make a statement.

(67154)

303
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received on increasing the age at which unsupervised use of air weapons is allowed; and if he will make a statement.

(67155)

304
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for selling an air weapon to a person under the age of 18 (a) were commenced and (b) resulted in a conviction in each of the past five years.

(67153)

305   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr B. Benbaziz.

(68199)

306   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr and Mrs Islam.

(68200)

307   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ashraf Khan and Zakia Jan Lehan.

(68201)

308   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Um-Kalthovma.

(68202)

309   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. R. Nazari.

(68197)

310   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 17th May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs K. Mohammed Haji.

(68198)

311   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 30th April from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs Vida Obiri Yebdah Burgess.

(68196)

312   Mr Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 22nd May from the Right honourable Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Sirwan Abdulrehman.

(68203)

313
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the overall crime detection rate for each police force in England in each year from 1990-91 to 2001-02; if he will rank each force in order of highest to lowest detection rate for the latest year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(66883)

314
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish estimates of customer satisfaction for each English police authority in each of the years 1990-91 to 2001-02 in relation to (a) 999 calls response, (b) victims of violent crime, (c) victims of domestic burglary and (d) victims of theft; and if he will make a statement.

(67107)

315
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of general calls to the force switchboard were not answered within 20 seconds in each police force in England in each year from 1990-91 to 2001-02, ranked from best to worst performance for the most recent year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(66884)

316
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate, for each police force in England, the number of policing plan targets (a) set and (b) achieved for (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(66885)

317
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual change in total recorded crime has been in (a) Avon and Somerset and (b) England from 1985-86 to 2001-02; and if he will make a statement.

(66886)

318
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of 999 calls was not answered within 10 seconds in each police force in each year from 1990-91 to 2001-02, ranked from best to worst performance for the most recent year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(66887)

319
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67095)

320   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convicted offenders were transferred from prison to high security hospitals in each year since 1992.

(68231)

321   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fatalities and (b) suicides have taken place among those in police custody in each year since 1992.

(68234)

322   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last met the National Association of Prison Visitors.

(68220)

323   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of convicted offenders in high security hospitals was in each year since 1992.

(68217)

324   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners receive (a) anti-psychotic medication and (b) atypical antipsychotics.

(68218)

325   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison visitors there were in each of the past 10 years; and what plans he has to increase their number.

(68219)

326   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what level he plans to set the crime fighting fund in future years; and what plans he has to fund an increase in the number of police officers.

(68040)

327   Phil Sawford (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what adjustments he proposes to make to the base budget of police authorities relating to funding for officers.

(68039)

328
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for West Worcestershire of 21st January.

(67619)

329   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects (a) the project establishing national recruitment standards for the police service to be completed and (b) the national recruitment standards to come into effect for all police services in the United Kingdom; and what representations have been made by the Durham Constabulary regarding their eyesight criteria to the project establishing national recruitment standards.

(68315)

330   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help bring down the cost of anti-retroviral drugs for those suffering from HIV/AIDS in developing countries.

(68324)

331   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list the developing countries which are in receipt of support from her Department to assist in the treatment of prevention from HIV/AIDS.

(68325)

332   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what impact assessments have been made of the projects funded by her Department which seek to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS in developing countries.

(68323)

333   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in de-mining in the former Yugoslavia.

(68223)

334   Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the UK Government has taken in support of the World Bank's Action Plan to Accelerate Progress Towards Education for All; what input the UK delegation had in the discussions on the Education for All Initiative at the recent G8 Summit in Kananaskis; and how much financial assistance the UK Government plans to provide to the World Bank's proposed fast-tracked countries within the Education for All Initiative.

(68121)

335   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations she has received regarding the promotion of democratic governance.

(68545)

336   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid in real terms the Government has given to (a) Africa and (b) Zimbabwe over the last five years.

(68544)

337   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many contact orders were (a) granted and (b) refused under section 8 of the Children Act 1989 in (i) 1999, (iii) 2000 and (iii) 2001.

(68319)

338   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what investigations the Department is undertaking of the cases of 15 children killed while subject to contact arrangements in England and Wales; how many contact orders were involved in these cases; and in how many of these cases the resident parent was advised by court professionals to agree to informal contact arrangements.

(68317)

339   Vera Baird (Redcar): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many hours of training are provided for judges and magistrates in relation to domestic violence.

(68318)

340
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67103)

341   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people voted by (a) text-mail in the Sheffield area and (b) e-mail, telephone and mobile in St Albans; and what plans there are to extend e-voting to other parts of the UK.

(68118)

342   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what degree of importance he is giving to accessibility in deciding the location of a new Crown Court in Buckinghamshire.

(68502)

343   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of a new Crown Court in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Aylesbury to people living in Buckinghamshire.

(68503)

344   Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what criteria he is using to determine the best location for a new Crown Court in Buckinghamshire.

(68504)

345   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of magistrates' court cases were adjourned in each year since 1992 (a) in total, (b) through non-attendance of witnesses and (c) through non-attendance of defendants.

(68221)

346   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the estimated cost was of cases adjourned in magistrates' courts in each year since 1992.

(68222)

347
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total level of fines imposed by Liverpool Magistrates' Court was in each year since 1998-99.

(66689)

348   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many contact centres offering supervised contact there are in (a) Bristol, (b) Birmingham, (c) Bournemouth, (d) Bradford, (e) Cardiff, (f) Coventry, (g) Leicestershire, (h) Liverpool, (i) Manchester, (j) Nottingham, (k) Northampton, (l) Oxford, (m) Swindon, (n) Southampton, (o) Stoke on Trent, (p) Swansea, (q) Taunton and (r) Worcester.

(68211)

349   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many schedule 1 offenders have been granted unsupervised contact orders in each year since 1999.

(68208)

350   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if courts are required to ensure contact arrangements are safe for children

(68209)

351   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many contact centres offering supervised contact there are in Wales.

(68210)

352   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many contact orders under section 8 of the Childrens Act 1989 were (a) refused and (b) granted in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) 2001.

(68213)

353   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what evidence she has received from (a) Women's Aid, (b) the NSPCC and (c) other children's organisations regarding unsupervised contact; and will she make a statement.

(68214)

354   Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on how contact arrangements will be made safe for children before new measures are introduced; and how he will enforce contact orders.

(68212)

355   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the implications of the omission of the (a) Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and (b) Northern Ireland Audit Office from Schedule 2 of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967; and if he will make a statement.

(68242)

356   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if the powers of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 have been applied with respect to the (a) Northern Ireland Assembly Commission and (b) Northern Ireland Audit Office; and if he will make a statement.

(68243)

357
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further progress has been made to produce a comprehensive list of organisations to come within the remit of the Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice since 14th May.

(67790)

358
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had about establishing a fund, akin to the Police Fund, for widows of Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers who were killed through terrorism.

(67788)

359
N   Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many paramilitary beatings were carried out between (a) 30th April to 31st May and (b) 31st May to 30th June by (i) Loyalists, (ii) Republicans and (iii) others.

(67789)

360   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the future of the Full Time Reserve in Northern Ireland.[R]

(68460)

361   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full time reserve police officers there were in Northern Ireland on 1st April in each year since 1990.

(68458)

362   Mr Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full time reserve police officers in Northern Ireland were (a) killed and (b) injured each year between 1972 and 1994.

(68459)

363
N   Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has given responsibilities to Ministers other than the Home Office Ministers to monitor and receive reports from chief constables on the subject of street crime.

(68024)

364
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the German government concerning the future of the Meteor missile project; and if he will make a statement.

(68026)

365
N   Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Prime Minister, what events he has attended this year to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Falklands conflict.

(67572)

366
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67101)

367
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost of refurbishment and repairs to No. 10 Downing Street was in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(66881)

368
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Prime Minister, what refurbishment and repair work is planned for No. 10 Downing Street in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04; what the estimated cost is; and if he will make a statement.

(66882)

369   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral statement of 1st July, Official Report, column 21, on G7 nuclear management aid for Russia, how much of the $750 million commitment by the United Kingdom will be spent on the conversion of surplus military plutonium into MOX nuclear fuel for Russia's nuclear power programme.

(68451)

370   Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Solicitor General, what category of offences require the appointment of (a) a senior Treasury counsel, (b) a leading junior counsel and (c) a disclosure counsel by the CPS.

(68084)

371   Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on securing independent non-executive directors for quoted public companies; and if she will make a statement.

(68248)

372   Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on accounting standards and compliance where a multi-national holding company is registered in a law compliance country and its shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange; and if she will make a statement.

(68251)

373   Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on rotation of companies' auditors for quoted public companies; and if she will make a statement.

(68250)

374   Mr John Burnett (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is on multi-disciplinary professional practices; and if she will make a statement.

(68249)

375
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to assist former employees of particular companies with claims relating to asbestosis; and if she will make a statement.

(66879)

376
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what licences have been granted for equipment on the military and dual-use lists to (a) Georgia, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) Kyrgyzstan, (d) Tajikistan, (e) Turkey, (f) the Philippines, (g) Kenya, (h) Ethiopia, (i) Djibouti, (j) Bahrain, (k) Oman, (l) Jordan, (m) Yemen, (n) India, (o) Pakistan and (p) Israel in each month from January 2001 to September 2001, including military list and dual-use ratings; and if she will make a statement.

(65096)

377
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many standard individual and open individual export licences have been granted to (a) Georgia, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) Kyrgyzstan, (d) Tajikistan, (e) Turkey, (f) the Philippines, (g) Kenya, (h) Ethiopia, (i) Djibouti, (j) Bahrain, (k) Oman, (l) Jordan, (m) Yemen, (n) India, (o) Pakistan and (p) Israel in each month from January 2001 to September 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(65097)

378
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the value is of licences granted for equipment on the military and dual-use lists to (a) Georgia, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) Kyrgyzstan, (d) Tajikistan, (e) Turkey, (f) the Philippines, (g) Kenya, (h) Ethiopia, (i) Djibouti, (j) Bahrain, (k) Oman, (l) Jordan, (m) Yemen, (n) India, (o) Pakistan and (p) Israel in each month from January 2001 to June 2002; and if she will make a statement.

(65098)

379
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what deliveries of equipment on the military and dual-use lists have been made to (a) India, (b) Pakistan and (c) Israel in each month since September 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(65099)

380
N   Mr Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what factors the government takes into account when deciding whether to issue (a) a Standard Individual Export Licence and (b) an Open Individual Export Licence; and if she will make a statement.

(65100)

381   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, whether provision will be made in the review of the urban and rural post office network for the provision of disabled access for those offices that need them.

(68070)

382
N   Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list those sectors of industry in which excess profits have occurred in the past four years, using the same definition of excess profits as the Competition Commission.

(68002)

383   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Employment Relations Act 1989 will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement.

(68342)

384   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many subpostmaster vacancies there were in each year since 1997, including 2002 to date

(68356)

385   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her estimate is of the number of local loops that will have been unbundled by July; and what estimate she originally made when the Local Loop Unbundling initiative was announced.

(68043)

386   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the implications of recent Motorola Europe patent activity for the prospects for the participation of small-scale UK-owned telecommunications companies involved in the creation of the European Telecommunications Standards.

(68062)

387   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the implications for the UK digital communications industry of applications made by Motorola Europe supported by Motorola USA for patents on technologies offered to and adopted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's Digital Information Interchange Systems Standards group.

(68066)

388   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports the Radio Agency has assessed about the role of members of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's working group on Digital Information Standards activities which added value to Motorola Europe's patent applications in this field; and what implications this will have for the cost of future licence fees payable to Motorola.

(68063)

389   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports the Radio Agency has assessed on Motorola Europe's licence fee policy for the use of the common technologies employed in pursuit of DIIS standards.

(68064)

390   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what reports the Radio Agency has assessed about the Chairman of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's work in establishing Motorola Europe's role in the authorship and application for patents for the technologies applicable to companies in the Digital Information Interchange Standards group.

(68065)

391   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to increase the accessibility of post boxes.

(68233)

392   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of UK energy consumption she expects being derived from renewable sources in each of the next five years.

(68236)

393   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of energy consumed in the UK in each of the last five years came from renewable sources.

(68237)

394   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Implementation of the Multiannual Community Action Plan on Promoting the Safe Use of the Internet is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68573)

395   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the implementation of the Multiannual Community Programme to Stimulate the Establishment of the Information Society in Europe is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) a remembers of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68550)

396   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Management Committee for the Control and Production of Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68556)

397   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Evaluation and Control of the Risk of Existing Products is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68568)

398   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee on Security of Information Systems is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68555)

399   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee on the Implementation of Open Network Provision is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68554)

400   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Advisory Committee on Telecommunications Procurement is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68551)

401   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Implementation of the Directive on the Incineration of Hazardous waste is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68560)

402   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee on Electronic Signatures is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68549)

403   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Implementation of the Multiannual Community Programme to Stimulate the Development and Use of European Digital Content on the Global Networks and to Promote Linquistic Diversity in the Information Society (e-Content) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68569)

404   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Standing Committee for Implementation of the Directive on Marketing of Biocidal Products is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68558)

405   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States Relating to Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for Use Outdoors is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68567)

406   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress and for the Implementation of the Directive on Contained Use of Genetically Modified Micro-organisms is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68552)

407   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee overseeing the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68563)

408   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the application of the Regulation authorising voluntary participation by undertakings in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68562)

409   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Implementation of the Directive on Concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68559)

410   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee on Projects of Common Interest in the Field of trans-European Telecommunications Networks (TEN-telecom) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68572)

411   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee for the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Provisions on the Removal of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Sector of Dangerous Substances and Preparations is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68566)

412   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the EU Committee on General Authorisations and Individual Licences in the Field of Telecommunications Services is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if she will make a statement.

(68553)

413   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she will take to encourage employers in the offshore sector to implement the terms of the European Working Time Directive in advance of the date when the directive must be enforced.

(68350)

414
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Data Protection Act 1998 on business transactions and volume of paperwork which has resulted.

(67262)

415
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received from businesses as to difficulties in meeting the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998; and if she will make a statement.

(67261)

416   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what discussions she has had on the proposed EU Commission directive on public procurement relating to environmental criteria; and if she will make a statement.

(68030)

417   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what account she has taken of the Treaty of Amsterdam in seeking to integrate environmental considerations into policy decisions by the EU; and if she will make a statement.

(68028)

418   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will take steps to support integration of environmental considerations into the public procurement process at the EU Council meeting in September; and if she will make a statement.

(68031)

419   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what steps she is taking to incorporate environmental criteria into public procurement policies by EU member states.

(68029)

420   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list, by region, the post offices that are accessible by the disabled; and what proportion these post offices comprise of the total in their respective region.

(68533)

421   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proposals she has to replace the nuclear power plants that will retire between 2010 and 2025; what renewable energy plants will be considered; and what will be done with the nuclear power plants that will be taken out of service between 2010 and 2025.

(68185)

422   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what proportion of UK energy is imported; and what proposals she has to reduce dependence on imported energy.

(68186)

423   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what (a) geothermal plants, (b) wind power farms, (c) wave power and (d) biogas plants have opened since 1997.

(68184)

424   Mr James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made with reducing the UK's carbon dioxide emissions in the last five years.

(68187)

425   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what impact the £7 security surcharge is having on the number of passengers travelling on United Kingdom flights.

(68326)

426   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what steps he is taking to ensure money raised from the £7 security surcharge on United Kingdom flights is invested into security at United Kingdom airports.

(68321)

427   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what extra security arrangements were required by the Government in UK airports following the events of 11th September 2001.

(68610)

428   John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what representations he has received calling for the £7 security surcharge on United Kingdom flights to be abolished.

(68320)

429
N   Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many bus services in each metropolitan transport authority area for which his Department pays subsidy have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently suspended in the last 12 months.

(66880)

430   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the franchising process for Merseyrail; and what progress has been made.

(68205)

431
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the funding of the Baldock By-pass and progress on the project.

(67952)

432
N   Mr Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects the electrification of the Wealden Line to be completed.

(67943)

433
N   Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the financial statement for Network Rail will be consolidated in those for the Strategic Rail Authority.

(67791)

434
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, whether (a) he and (b) his ministers spoke to a constituent, Mr John Cordle of Salisbury, on 18th June.

(67202)

435   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will ask the Highways Agency to start work on developing a policy for road user charging for inter-urban motorway and trunk roads.

(68081)

436   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes he plans to make to his policy on road user charging for inter-urban motorway and trunk roads in response to the prospective opening of the M6 toll road in 2004.

(68080)

437
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67092)

438   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what evaluations have been conducted on the efficacy and value-for-money provided by the Driving Standards Agency's schools liaison programme.

(68365)

439
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of the London Underground network has a crowding ratio of actual passenger volumes to planned train capacity greater than 1 with regard to morning peak two way flows.

(67720)

440
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the backlog of (a) maintenance and (b) renewal work on the London Underground was for each of the last three years.

(67787)

441   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of guidelines and regulations given to the Driving Standards Agency with regard to their schools liaison programme.

(68368)

442
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the maximum number of people allowed (a) on each platform and (b) in each station is for each station on the Northern Line, as determined by health and safety limits.

(67715)

443   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 105W, on bus punctuality, what information he collates on the punctuality of buses; and if he will provide such statistics for the last six years.

(68471)

444   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library the most recent statistics relating to customer satisfaction on the (a) DLR, (b) Tyne and Wear Metro, (c) Manchester Metrolink, (d) South Yorkshire Supertram, (e) Midland Metro and (f) Croydon Tramlink, with the source for each data set used.

(68256)

445   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his letter of 22nd March to Richard Bowker Esq, concerning the Railtrack successor body, his letter of 21st June to Nick Newton Esq, concerning the Railtrack successor body, and his oral statement of 27th June, Official Report, column 971, what representations he received from (a) the Strategic Rail Authority, (b) Network Rail, (c) ONS and (d) the NAO, regarding the initial guidance on the structure and disbursement of the Strategic Rail Authority's obligation under the funding package; and if he will make a statement.

(68374)

446
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people on average (a) entered and (b) left the Northern Line in each 15 minute period of a working day for each station on the Northern Line in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(67713)

447   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what Driving Standards Agency expenditure was on their schools liaison programme in each of the past five years; and what financial provision is being made for future development of such programmes.

(68362)

448   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how much was spent (a) per school and (b) per school that actively took part by the Driving Standards Agency on their schools liaison programme in each of the past five years.

(68363)

449
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place a copy of the London Transport Studies Model, as used for the 10 Year Plan, in the Library.

(67722)

450   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what funding requests his Department is planning for the Driving Standards Agency's schools liaison programme.

(68364)

451
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the length of train, in numbers of carriages, that each station on the London Underground Network (a) can accommodate and (b) is most frequently served by.

(67718)

452   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the tram schemes (a) in operation, giving (i) the government body responsible for oversight and (ii) the start date of the operation, (b) under appraisal and (c) under construction; and if he will make a statement.

(68472)

453   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he expects the Croydon Tramlink to have smartcard ticketing; and if he will make a statement.

(68470)

454
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the (a) crowded and (b) very crowded links, as defined by London Underground, as at 1st July of each of the last eight years, on the London Underground network.

(67721)

455   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the daily capacity of London Bridge railway station was in each of the last three years.

(68360)

456
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many times each day (a) a station and (b) a platform, on the London Underground network has been temporarily closed owing to overcrowding in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(67716)

457   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the East Thames river crossings that (a) have been completed in the last two years and (b) are under construction, giving the expected opening date, and (c) are being considered.

(68358)

458   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the selection procedure for schools to take part in the Driving Standards Agency's schools liaison programme.

(68367)

459   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement as to the status of the Thameslink 2000 project.

(68361)

460
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made of the percentage of people, taking the Northern Line (a) south from Euston and (b) north from Kennington, who travelled on the (i) Charing Cross branch and (ii) Bank branch in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(67714)

461   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the schools that took part in the Driving Standards Agency's schools liaison programme.

(68366)

462   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) guidelines and regulations and (b) statutory requirements issued and published within the last two years with regard to improving the co-ordination of road and bridge maintenance in urban areas.

(68307)

463
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the methodology behind the Department's estimates of capacity on each London Underground line.

(67792)

464   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment he has made as to the quality of road and bridge maintenance in urban areas over the last two years.

(68308)

465
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many non-operational (a) lifts and (b) escalators there are on the London Underground Network; at which stations they are found; and what the estimated resulting loss in station capacity is in each case.

(67719)

466   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the London orbital rail routes that (a) have been completed in the last two years, (b) are under construction, giving the expected opening date, and (c) are being considered; and if he will make a statement.

(68359)

467   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has for improving rural rail services in the South-West Region.

(68230)

468   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what proposals he has to reduce road noise levels.

(68229)

469   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many statutory notifications there have been of injuries among highway construction workers in each of the last 10 years.

(68224)

470   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of (a) road accidents and (b) fatal road accidents occurred on minor single-carriageway roads in each of the past 20 years.

(68226)

471   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, in what proportion of (a) road accidents and (b) fatal road accidents excess speed was identified as a major factor on (i) all roads and (ii) minor single-carriageway roads in each year since 1982.

(68225)

472   Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the level of overcrowding in trains in each year since 1992.

(68232)

473   Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many (a) United Kingdom registered bulk tankers and (b) tankers registered elsewhere have been lost in each of the past five years.

(68327)

474   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on application of the legislation on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68596)

475   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee for the application of legislation on the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68582)

476   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee for a transparent system of harmonised rules for restrictions on heavy goods vehicles involved in international transport on designated roads is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68589)

477   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the driving licence is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68594)

478   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68595)

479   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on aids to transport by rail, road and inland waterway is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68580)

480   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Implementation Committee on minimum requirements for vessels bound for and leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68600)

481   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on the definition and use of compatible technical and operating standards and specifications for the procurement of air-traffic-management equipment and systems is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68602)

482   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the transfer for ships from one register to another within the Community is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68603)

483   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee for the application of uniform principles on costing for railway undertakings is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68579)

484   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on the Transportation of Radioactive Waste (Surveillance and Control) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68565)

485   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee for granting Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks on transport is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68584)

486   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the Development of trans-Europe Transport Networks is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68574)

487   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the adaptation to scientific and technical progress of legislation concerning the transport of dangerous goods is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68592)

488   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on transport is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68577)

489   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on implementation of Protocol 9 to the Act of Accession of Austria concerning transport by road and rail and combined transport (Ecopoints) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68591)

490   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on application of the legislation on the minimum level of training for seafarers and the recognition of certificates issued by training institutes or administration of third countries is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68597)

491   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of recording equipment in road transport (tachographs) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68590)

492   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Community—Switzerland Transport Committee (rail and road) is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68576)

493   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee for the application of legislation on the development of the Community railways is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68578)

494   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on measures to be taken in the event of a crisis in the market in the carriage of goods by road and laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a Member State is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68583)

495   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee for the establishment of conditions for the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68585)

496   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee for the harmonisation and comparability of the accounting and annual accounts of railway undertakings is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68586)

497   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters' certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68581)

498   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on the System of Changing for the Use of Transport Infrastructure is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68575)

499   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on unfair pricing in maritime transport is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68598)

500   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Advisory Committee on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68593)

501   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee on application of tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast of oil tankers is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68599)

502   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the EU Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of roadworthiness tests of vehicles is next due to meet; whether representatives of the Scottish Executive (a) have been and (b) are members of it; and if he will make a statement.

(68588)

503   Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if, in the final draft of the TSRGD, he will ban from the trunk road network local government boundary signs welcoming motorists to towns or cities that they are still some distance from.

(68613)

504
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the cost in 2002-03 is of administering vehicle excise duty; how many officials are involved; where they are located; and what the annual salary bill has been in each of the last three years.

(66701)

505   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the percentage of the elderly involved in road accidents in the last available year; and what plans the Government has to reduce these numbers.

(68525)

506   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans the Government has to reduce the number of road accidents.

(68524)

507   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent representations he has received on road accidents, with specific reference to the elderly.

(68475)

508   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if the Government will commission a study to investigate ways of reducing the number of road accidents.

(68474)

509   Mr Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many road accidents there were in each region; and what was the regional total as a percentage of the total, in each of the last five years.

(68473)

510   Valerie Davey (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to support and develop the work of Prospects, the employment scheme for people with Asperger syndrome.

(68190)

511   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes he has made to his policy on the age of retirement since 1998.

(68076)

512
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67097)

513
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many suspensions of benefits were reversed following evidence of the medical condition of the applicant in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67257)

514
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons for suspension of benefits in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67256)

515
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used by officers at the local offices of the Department in deciding on suspension of benefits.

(67259)

516
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average payment to a landlord in respect of housing benefit for a one bedroom property was in (a) Angus, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Glasgow, (d) Aberdeen, (e) Dundee, (f) Newcastle, (g) Leeds and (h) London in each of the last five years.

(67328)

517
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of housing benefit in (a) Angus and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67327)

518
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a breakdown of the type of benefit suspended in each of the last five years in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland.

(67319)

519
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has been given to local Jobcentres on the suspension of benefits from those who fail to keep appointments.

(67326)

520
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a sliding scale of penalties, short of immediate suspension of benefit, for those who have failed to adhere to provisions relating to appointments at Jobcentres.

(67324)

521
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on those whose benefit has been suspended in full for failing to keep an appointment at Jobcentres from the time of suspension to re-instatement of benefits.

(67320)

522
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants had their benefits suspended in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67258)

523
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful appeals there have been against suspension of benefits in (a) Angus and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67323)

524
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to re-instate benefits following suspension was in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67260)

525
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have had benefits suspended in the last five years in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland have had them reinstated following investigation.

(67255)

526
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants, broken down by age group, have had benefits suspended in (a) the Angus constituency and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years for failing to keep an appointment at a Jobcentre.

(67325)

527
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons in receipt of (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) carer's allowance in (i) Angus and (ii) Scotland have also been in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last five years.

(67322)

528
N   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost was of housing benefit paid in (a) Angus and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years.

(67321)

529   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 19th June, Official Report, columns 407-8W, why the Government decided that the higher uprating of the basic state pension should apply to basic state pension increments from April 2002.

(68607)

530   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many, and what proportion of, benefit claimants have had bank accounts that are compatible with automated credit transfer in each year since 1997.

(68484)

531   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive benefits by (a) automated credit transfer and (b) other methods, broken down in each case into recipients of each of the main benefits.

(68485)

532   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis the figures on page 38 of the latest Departmental Report, Command Paper 5424 on NIRS2 availability was calculated with particular reference to the other one per cent.; and if he will make a statement on those for whom NIRS2 is not available.

(68479)

533   Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many written parliamentary questions to his Department have been tabled in each month since May 1997.

(68481)

534   Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Cabinet Office, which Government Department will have lead responsibility for the Communications Bill when it is introduced for Second Reading.

(68044)

535
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Cabinet Office, if he will list the statistics that are collected by his Department by English parliamentary constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(67091)

536
N   Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to control the advertising of air weapons; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (67158)

537   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many collisions have taken place between EU-flagged fishing vessels and local vessels where the former is operated under third-party waters access agreements in the last five years; what analysis has been made of the effects of those agreements on the mortality rates of local fishermen; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (68336)

538   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the cost to (a) United Kingdom and (b) Communities funds of the Jacques Delors Professorship of Community Law, Oxford; and to which budget line it falls.

[Transferred] (68333)

539   Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the European Commission document on a Strategy of Information and Communication for the European Union; and what measures he will undertake to ensure impartiality in such information campaigns.

[Transferred] (68332)

540   Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to Presidency Conclusions of the Seville European Summit, Annex II, Section E, what plans the Government has for (a) providing public facilities for viewing and listening to Council deliberations on legislation adopted by the co-decision procedure with the European Parliament (i) in London, (ii) in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and (iii) in major towns and cities in England, (b) publicising such facilities and the dates and times of the relevant Council meetings and (c) ensuring that access to such premises will be free of charge.

[Transferred] (68341)

541   Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she holds a definitive map of the navigable inland waterways network in England.

[Transferred] (68082)