Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001- 02
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 11 July 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Thursday 11 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.

THURSDAY 11th JULY

1
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd May, Official Report, column 902W, on rural housing, how many households were identified as being in priority need for housing in (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999, (e) 2000, (f) 2001 and (g) 2002 in English local authorities by region.

(68757)

2   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many regulatory proposals the ministerial panel on Regulatory Accountability has scrutinised in the last 12 months.

(69678)

3   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much public money has been invested in transport provision for deprived areas in each of the last five years.

(69378)

4   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the empty residential properties in each London borough in the ownership of his Department and its agencies, giving (a) the type of accommodation, (b) how long each property has been vacant and (c) what the intended future use is of the property.

(69493)

5   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what percentage of people in the United Kingdom lived in (a) rural and (b) urban areas in each of the last five years.

(69538)

6   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much private investment there has been in urban renewal in each of the last five years.

(69380)

7   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards the introduction of the Green Flag Award scheme for recognising excellence in local parks, play areas and open spaces; and if he will make a statement.

(69381)

8   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much (a) public and (b) private money has been invested in housing regeneration in each of the last five years.

(69379)

9   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards the goal in section 4.10 of the DETR document, 'Our towns and cities: the future', on accelerated payable tax credits for cleaning contaminated land.

(69376)

10   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards the goal in section 4.10 of the DETR document, 'Our towns and cities: the future', on 100 per cent. capital allowances for creating flats over shops for letting.

(69377)

11   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress has been made towards the goal in section 4.10 of the DETR document, 'Our towns and cities: the future', to bring about VAT reforms to encourage conversion of properties for residential use.

(69375)

12   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff work in the Transport Works Authorisation Branch of his Department.

(69484)

13   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the current applications for orders to the Transport Works Authorisation Branch of his Department, giving for each (a) the date the application was made, (b) the expected date the order will be made and (c) for what reason the order has not yet been made.

(69497)

14   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much money has been provided for the New Opportunities Fund Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities Programme since its establishment.

(69383)

15   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were sleeping rough in each year from 1998.

(69423)

16   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what guidance his Department issues to the Planning Inspectorate in respect of the (a) starting dates for major public inquiries and (b) avoidance of overlapping dates for separate major public inquiries affecting the same objectors.

(69625)

17   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the representatives of (a) the mobile phone network industry, (b) central and local government and (c) other organisations sitting on the Telecommunications Working Group.[R]

(69483)

18   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which government Minister is responsible for the administration of local elections.

(69359)

19
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if the planning inspector leading the enquiry into the application to build an asylum seekers centre at Throckmorton may reach his conclusion only on planning issues.

(68756)

20
N   Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if it is his policy that the planning inspector's decision will be decisive in determining whether permission will be granted for the asylum seekers centre at Throckmorton in Worcestershire.

(68755)

21   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what statutory powers are vested in (a) local housing authorities, (b) local social services authorities and (c) other authorities to offer financial assistance to intentionally homeless families with a child in order to secure for that child a permanent home with his or her family.

(69240)

22   Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will take into account low cost housing in North Staffordshire when assessing the need for affordable housing for key public sector workers in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Cheshire and (c) South Manchester; and if he will make a statement.

(69688)

23   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69319)

24   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many people were accepted as homeless in each of the unitary authorities in each of the last five years; and how many were accommodated in bed and breakfast establisments.

(69345)

25
N   Mr Michael Connarty (Falkirk East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in establishing an office in the USA to assist and promote the British music industry.

(66389)

26
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on the role hockey will play in the plans to invest in school sports recently announced by the Prime Minister.

(68111)

27
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) water based astroturf hockey pitches and (b) sand based astroturf hockey pitches there are in England.

(68112)

28
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many new astroturf hockey pitches have been opened in each of the last five years.

(68113)

29   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what savings she envisages by replacing existing regulators with the Office of Communications with regard to (a) staff and (b) expenditure; and what qualitative change in the culture of regulation she expects to be achieved by replacing the existing regulators with Ofcom.

(69373)

30   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the racing industry was charged for the acquisition of the Tote; and what account was taken of historic funding by the racing industry of the Tote when setting the sale price.

(69369)

31   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the racing industry will be given additional time to respond to changes proposed by the Office of Fair Trading.

(69367)

32   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in her Department.

(69324)

33   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the empty residential properties in each London borough in the ownership of his Department and its agencies, giving (a) the type of accommodation, (b) how long each property has been vacant and (c) what the intended future use is of the property.

(69494)

34   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list MoD holdings; and if he will make a statement.

(69552)

35   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount spent on renting private accommodation for armed services personnel was (a) in 1999, (b) in 2000, (c) in 2001 and (d) since January 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(69546)

36   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) single living accommodation and (b) single family accommodation was empty in each month since January; and if he will make a statement.

(69461)

37   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the standard practice for Defence Housing Executive branches on records of repairs done on housing.

(69462)

38   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the housing project at (a) RAF Halton and (b) RAF Brize Norton has been completed; what the total cost has been; and if he will make a statement.

(69463)

39
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Minimi LSW and (b) SA80 LSW; and if he will make a statement.

(69156)

40
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which light support weapons were issued to UK troops as part of (a) Taskforce Jacana and (b) Operation Fingal; and if he will make a statement.

(69154)

41
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Minimi light support weapons have been issued to UK troops in Afghanistan and at what cost to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(69155)

42   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many copies of Defence Munitions Rationalisation Study 2 Consultative Document (D/DM/72/46/1) dated 24th June were printed; and if he will list the locations to which they were distributed.

(69422)

43
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Joint Helicopter Command was established; and if he will make a statement.

(69096)

44
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the first Chief of Defence Logistics was appointed; and if he will make a statement.

(69098)

45
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the restructuring of the Territorial Army was completed; and if he will make a statement.

(69103)

46
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department completed (a) the formation of 1st Joint Force Logistic Component HQ and (b) the establishment of a regular ambulance regiment; and if he will make a statement.

(69099)

47
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of Procurement Executive operating costs (a) in each year since 1997-98 and (b) at the latest date for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(69084)

48
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the present size is of the United Kingdom frigate and destroyer fleet; and if he will make a statement.

(69101)

49
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Procurement Executive was ready for agency status; and if he will make a statement.

(69104)

50
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the first Army unit was permanently relocated from Germany after 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(69102)

51
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his estimate is of average in year slippage for the Procurement Executive of the in-service dates of new major projects in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement.

(69085)

52
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the full capability of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force has been established; and if he will make a statement.

(69095)

53
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the complete withdrawal of the RAF from Germany was completed; and if he will make a statement.

(69100)

54
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action has been taken to enhance strategic lift by (a) securing additional roll-on roll-off container ships and (b) purchasing additional large transport aircraft; and if he will make a statement.

(69097)

55
N   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Ministry of Defence will receive a share of the proceeds of former army houses at Colchester sold by Annington Homes.

(68853)

56
N   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many houses in the private sector are rented in Colchester to accommodate (a) soldiers and (b) married families.

(68856)

57
N   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average price per dwelling in Colchester sold by the Ministry of Defence to Annington Homes was; and what total sum was received for the dwellings in Colchester.

(68855)

58
N   Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dwellings in Colchester were sold to Annington Homes; when the sale took place; how many dwellings are available for married soldiers; how many have been demolished; and how many have been sold.

(68854)

59   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for access to the village of Imber his Department has received in each of the past five years.

(69237)

60   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the preservation of St Giles' Church in the village of Imber in each of the past five years.

(69239)

61   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69327)

62   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department in 2001-02 on the research and development of new technology to detect and remove landmines.

(69312)

63   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 16W, on small schools, how much Small Schools Fund was allocated to each local education authority.

(69336)

64
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when the rules governing school sponsorship were last reviewed.

(67338)

65
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reason schools cannot count funds raised by the school in their bids for specialist school status.

(67477)

66
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what ring fenced grants were made available to local authorities in financial year 2001-02.

(68290)

67   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students from Morley and Rothwell have their tuition fees paid for them (a) in full, (b) in part and (c) not at all since 1997.

(69366)

68   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in Morley and Rothwell received help from the Community Champions Fund.

(69363)

69   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many mature students in Morley and Rothwell have applied for a child care grant.

(69362)

70   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is on recruiting teachers for work in the UK from third world countries which are the aimed beneficiaries of the Education for All initiative.

(69254)

71   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in Morley and Rothwell have (a) taken up modern apprenticeships, (b) started a foundation degree course and (c) received help from Individual Learning Accounts.

(69365)

72   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students in Morley and Rothwell (a) receive full or part entitlement to Education Maintenance Allowance and (b) how that compares to other pilot areas.

(69364)

73
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many classroom support staff are employed; and what plans there are to increase the number.

(68520)

74
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures are in place to improve teacher retention rates.

(68519)

75
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what measures she is taking to improve morale amongst teachers.

(68521)

76
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proposals she has to decrease the workload of teachers.

(68518)

77
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consultations she will have on the proposed new contract for teachers.

(68522)

78
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether the educational maintenance allowance scheme applies in Scotland; and if she will make a statement.

(69083)

79   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of three year olds in deprived areas have access to early years education.

(69382)

80   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 498W, on MLD and SLD schools, on what basis the Government allocates funding to meet SEN requirements.

(69501)

81   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the Safe Routes to Schools initiative.

(69485)

82
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many training places have been allocated in each county in England under the Graduate Teacher Programme in (a) this school year and (b) next school year.

(68931)

83   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 11 year olds meet the standard of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy for that age.

(69302)

84   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of three year olds were in nursery education on (a) 1st May 1997, (b) 31st December 1998, (c) 31st December 2001 and (d) the latest date for which information is available; and if she will make a statement.

(69296)

85   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of pupils aged 11 met the standard of literacy for that age on (a) 1st May 1997, (b) 31st December 1998, (c) 31st December 2001 and (d) the latest date for which information is available.

(69298)

86   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children aged five, six, and seven were in infant classes of over 30 on (a) 1st May 1997, (b) 31st December 1998, (c) September 2001, (d) 31st December 2001 and (e) the latest date for which information is available; and if she will make a statement.

(69297)

87   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the change has been in the number of (a) unauthorised absences and (b) exclusions in schools since 1998.

(69294)

88   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children were expelled from school in Somerset over the last two years.

(69398)

89   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much each local education authority spent last year on children with special educational needs; and how much of this was spent on special schools.

(69333)

90
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if it is her policy to allow parents of children with complex and severe special needs to choose whether to send their children to special schools or be integrated in mainstream schools.

(69205)

91
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if it is her policy that parents of children with severe learning difficulties may choose whether to send their children to special schools or be integrated in mainstream schools.

(69204)

92
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list special schools with foundation school status which (a) were previously grant maintained and (b) have become foundation schools since grant maintained status was abolished.

(69203)

93
N   Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance she issues to local education authorities regarding (a) the optimum size of special schools and (b) whether children with severe learning difficulties should be taught within such schools or in mainstream schools.

(69201)

94   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to extend school centred initial teacher training to include people other than postgraduates in certain clearly defined circumstances.

(69680)

95   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what additional support she will give to schools to help in the delivery of school centred initial teacher training.

(69682)

96   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to strengthen the partnerships between schools and higher education institutions in the delivery of school centred initial teacher training.

(69681)

97   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to improve the consistency of quality of training given under the school centred initial teacher training scheme.

(69684)

98   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what policy she has to increase the opportunity for students on the school centred initial teacher training scheme to work with professionals outside their designated school.

(69683)

99   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to increase the funding of school centred initial teacher training.

(69686)

100   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to improve (a) the administration and (b) the evaluation of school centred initial teacher training.

(69685)

101   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in her Department.

(69323)

102   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact on school transport and traffic congestion of the proposed increases in specialist secondary schools.

(69543)

103   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made as to the number of schools that plan to make the teaching of a foreign language optional at Key Stage 4.

(69229)

104   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 11th March Official Report, column 786W, on badger culling, what preliminary findings have emerged from badger culling triplets B, C and F.

(69242)

105
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many gamebirds have been tested for demitradazole in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what proportion of them had unacceptable demitradazole levels.

(69025)

106
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received from (a) the French Government, (b) the European Commission and (c) other organisations regarding the use of feed additives in exported gamebirds.

(69023)

107
N   Mr A.J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters from the Right honourable Member for Berwick upon Tweed dated 3rd December 2001 and 13th May 2002, concerning the rights of residents under section 54 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

(67643)

108   Andrew Bennett (Denton & Reddish): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out the timetable for implementing part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 in order to achieve her Public Service Agreement target of opening up public access to mountain, moor, heath and down and registered common land by the end of 2005.

(69392)

109
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 383W, for what reasons she will not carry out a full regulatory impact assessment ahead of her Department's consultation.

(68760)

110
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 2nd July, Official Report, column 251W, on secondments, if she will list the dates of those secondments and the government offices, European Commission directorates and organisations in which they took place.

(68775)

111
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 383W, on EU Directive 1999/74/EC, if she will place the (a) full and (b) partial regulatory impact assessments in the Library.

(68834)

112   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research has been carried out by her Department into air pollution within the London Underground system and its effects on the health of London Underground staff and passengers; and if she will place a copy of the research in the Library.

(69347)

113   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which pollutants are monitored within the London Underground system; and what the recorded levels of each were in the last five years.

(69346)

114   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June, Official Report, column 213W, on driving lessons (teenagers), if she will list the 21 schemes by location and the (a) numbers and (b) proportion of teenagers who will benefit.

(69335)

115   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who has responsibility for monitoring air quality within the London Underground system; and what controls are in place to ensure air quality in the London Underground system adheres to national standards.

(69348)

116   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June, Official Report, columns 473-4W, what the timetable is for consultation and changes to the Seeds (National List of Varieties) Regulations.

(69334)

117
N   Mrs Helen Clark (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that water level management plans comply with the EC Water Framework Directive; how many completed water level management plans comply with the EC Habitats and Birds Directives; and what steps she is taking to ensure that water level management plans deliver conservation benefits.

(68169)

118
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on whether internationally designated sites have (a) water level management plans for individual hydrological units and (b) a single water level management plan for numerous hydrological units.

(69178)

119
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) the Environment Agency, (b) the Internal Drainage Boards and (c) local authorities have spent on consultants to prepare water level management plans in each of the last five years.

(69180)

120
N   Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on the preparation and production of water level management plans in each of the last five years.

(69179)

121   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards the goal of halving emissions of pollutants from road traffic from the 1997 levels by 2010.

(69374)

122   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many buildings her Department has made cheaper to keep warm through the installation of energy efficiency measures since December 1998.

(69301)

123
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the incidence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(69092)

124
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made towards reducing effort by 20 per cent. in those sectors of the UK fishing fleet with the most over-capacity; and if she will make a statement.

(69158)

125
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much land was covered by the major agri-environment schemes in (a) 1990, (b) 1995, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(69157)

126
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the level of UK beef exports was in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(69093)

127
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what outbreaks of serious (a) animal, (b) fish and (c) plant diseases and pests there have been in the UK since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(69094)

128   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the percentage of containers which were subjected to inspection at ports of entry as a proportion of (a) containers whose shippers declare them to contain food products and (b) containers overall in each of the last three years.

(69620)

129   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on her policy in relation to standards of animal hygiene and welfare in countries exporting meat to the United Kingdom.

(69617)

130   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effects of the break-up of Milk Marque.

(69622)

131   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the restrictions imposed and warnings given at ports and airports against the covert importing of meat.

(69619)

132   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from farmers in respect of the proposal in the Curry Report to raise the level of modulation from 4.5 per cent. to 10 per cent.

(69624)

133   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken on implementing recommendations of the Curry Report.

(69623)

134   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement about the sustainability of UK milk production at current price levels.

(69621)

135   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial resources and support is being put into teaching children at school about the environment and conservation in the current financial year.

(69394)

136   Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when a reply will be sent to the letter of 4th March from the honourable Member for Brentwood and Ongar, on behalf of Mrs Griffin, a constituent.

(69360)

137   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to harmonise the control systems for plants and animals with special reference to improving co-operation between the Port Health Authorities and the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate.

(69549)

138   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to discuss the introduction of a fixed penalty system applying to illegal imports carried as personal baggage.

(69548)

139   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what strains of (a) swine fever and (b) foot and mouth disease have been found over the past five years.

(69550)

140   Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has been involved in with regard to the proposals for harmonising the regulation and inspection of imports throughout the EU.

(69547)

141   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the revised European Waste Catalogue and Hazardous Waste list published in February 2001 will come into force in the United Kingdom.

(69234)

142   Mr Jonathan Sayeed (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what types of waste, previously not hazardous waste, will be reclassified as hazardous waste.

(69235)

143   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on plans for local authority utilisation of duty of care provisions in the waste movement field.

(69238)

144
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tons of imported frozen chicken breasts were consumed in the UK in the past year.

(68844)

145
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department presented to the National Audit Office Report on the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease concerning the risk assessment with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68839)

146
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she informed the Inquiry into the lessons to be learned from the foot and mouth disease outbreak of 2001 of her Department's risk assessment with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68837)

147
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she informed the Scientific Review into Foot and Mouth by the Royal Society of her Department's risk assessment with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68841)

148
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment of the risk to animal health has been made by her Department with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68842)

149
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capacity is in the United Kingdom for the reprocessing of (a) paper, (b) wood and (c) plastic.

(69116)

150
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition of recycling her Department uses to measure the statutory recycling rate for local authorities.

(69113)

151   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in her Department.

(69303)

152   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the UK Government did not support the development of mandatory and indicative targets for biofuels in the relevant EU draft directive.

(69340)

153   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to whom the management of the baseline/12 mile limit zone would be accountable under the proposals for the post 2002 CFP.

(69391)

154   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who will be responsible for the policing of the baseline/12 mile limit zones under the proposals for post 2002 in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

(69389)

155   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the establishment of a permanent baseline/12 mile limit fishing zone to the member state concerned would require a treaty change.

(69390)

156   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the competency for the baseline/12 mile limit will be returned to member states within the proposals for the reformed Common Fisheries Policy post 2002.

(69386)

157   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) the baseline/six mile limit zone and (b) the six to 12 miles limit zone are to be merged to form one zone of baseline/12 mile limit zone within the proposals for the post 2002 CFP.

(69387)

158   Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the consultation of management will include all those member states who have fishing rights within the six to 12 mile limit zone within the present proposals for the CFP post 2002.

(69388)

159
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much VAT has been raised by the sale of shooting rights to operators for each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(69028)

160
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent (a) assessment he has made and (b) representations he has received regarding the imposition of VAT on gamebirds reared for country sports.

(69027)

161
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) assessment he has made and (b) representations he has received in relation to the valuation rating of gamebird (i) rearing and (ii) premises.

(69026)

162
N   Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received from the manufacturing sector regarding the climate change levy.

(66384)

163
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to exempt deaf employees from paying tax on their hearing aids; and if he will make a statement.

(68847)

164   Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations the Inland Revenue has received about the valuation of cars in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(69457)

165   Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of healthcare systems in other countries funded by charges and private medical insurance.

(69233)

166
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has met its performance target of reducing the yield differential between (a) British and (b) German long-term government debt; and if he will make a statement.

(69089)

167   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times since December 1998 he has met Ministers from other government departments to review progress in achieving public service agreements; and if he will make a statement.

(69299)

168
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the number of households facing marginal deduction rates of over 70 per cent. in each year since 1997.

(69090)

169
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether comprehensive departmental resource accounts were fully in place in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.

(69091)

170   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if the calculations relating to the provision for Scotland under the Barnett formula are based upon spend per head of population on (a) health and (b) education.

(69400)

171   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the (a) estimated annual number of people and (b) amount of tax unpaid by people using false identities, broken down by (i) VAT, (ii) other Customs and Excise duties and (iii) Inland Revenue taxes; and how much he estimates would have been prevented if everyone had been required to possess an ID card.

(69311)

172   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many VAT-registered companies in the Ilford North constituency have an annual turnover of £100,000 or less.

(69616)

173
N   Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money was allocated to reviving (a) coalfield communities, (b) steel communities, (c) rural communities, (d) inner city areas and (e) seaside towns in each of the last 10 years.

(68937)

174
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses that have benefited from the simplification of VAT.

(66397)

175   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what investigation National Statistics is making into evidence of appreciable differences in inflation rates between regions; and if he will make a statement.

(69245)

176   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to (a) publish and (b) implement the final version of the National Statistics Code of Practice; and if he will make a statement.

(69243)

177   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list contingent liabilities incurred by government departments since May 1997 with the permission of the Treasury; and if he will make a statement.

(69349)

178   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place the reply from HM Treasury to the Statistics Commission, dated 2nd July, to the Head of Profession for Statistics at HM Treasury concerning tax credits in the Library; and if he will make a statement.

(69244)

179   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in negotiations to encourage non-EU countries to adopt measures equivalent to the Savings Tax Directive.

(69371)

180   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the effect on the UK economy of long-term exchange rate stability.

(69372)

181   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69320)

182   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what actions are available to consumers when the FSA and PIA Ombudsman bureau do not take action on their individual grievance.

(69315)

183   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the policy of the Botswanian Government to relocate the bushmen is in accordance with the terms of the programme to support and improve protected reserves agreed between the European Union and the Botswanian Government.

(69224)

184   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what part Her Majesty's Government played in negotiating the programme between the European Union and the Botswanian Government to support and improve protected reserves.

(69223)

185   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what scrutiny has taken place of spending on programme for supporting and improving protected reserves agreed between the European Union and the Botswanian Government; and with what results.

(69226)

186   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what part her Department had in the negotiation of the programme for supporting and improving protected reserves agreed between the European Union and the Botswanian Government.

(69225)

187   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional safeguards his proposed changes to guidelines on UK arms exports will give to the terms of the Export Control Bill.

(69467)

188   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for taking forward the commitments made at the G8 summit to support African efforts to consolidate peace in (a) Angola and (b) Sierra Leone.

(69469)

189   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for developing a market access initiative for all least developed countries at the G8 level.

(69472)

190   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for taking forward the commitments made at the G8 summit to support African peace keeping capacity building.

(69470)

191   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the G8 will take forward discussions relating to war economies.

(69471)

192   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are for taking forward the commitments made at the G8 Summit to support African efforts to resolve conflict in (a) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (b) the Sudan.

(69468)

193   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether exports licensed under the new criteria on arms export components will be highlighted as such on the annual reports on strategic exports; and whether information as to end-use and ultimate destination of the finished products will be provided in these reports.

(69506)

194   Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the repatriation of refugees to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries; and if he will make a statement on the infrastructural and security situation within Afghanistan.

(69370)

195   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the impact of the new United States Farm Act on the (a) enlargement of the EU and (b) the development of agricultural exports from the Third World.

(69227)

196
N   Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Bahrain authorities regarding the case of Richard Mechan, a constituent.

(68761)

197
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 634W on East Timor, whether the unverified reports of Indonesian involvement in East Timor ahead of the invasion of 1975 were obtained from (a) press reports, (b) British diplomats in Indonesia and (c) the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

(69031)

198
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pusuant to the Answer of 21st June, Offical Report, column 633W on East Timor, whether the regular contacts between UK and Australian officials concerning the UN investigation of the deaths of British and other newsmen in East Timor have included discussion of the documentation published by Australia by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in September 2000 on those deaths.

(69033)

199
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 634W, if he will raise with the Indonesian Government the problems that have been experienced by the UN investigation on obtaining access to possible witnesses in Indonesia concerning the deaths of Malcolm Rennie and others in East Timor.

(69032)

200
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the former special representative of the UN Secretary General in East Timor, Mr Sergio Vieira de Mello, concerning the status of the UN investigation into the deaths of Malcolm Rennie and others; and if he will make a statement.

(68933)

201
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 634W, on East Timor, if the documents on non-intelligence aspects of Balibo case that he plans to release will include the full text of (a) the report to his department of mid-1975 by the Chancery Department of the British Embassy in Jakarta on East Timor's prospects and (b) the covering letter attached thereto sent by the then British Ambassador to Indonesia.

(69030)

202   Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the UK's role in relation to the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

(69498)

203   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on using (a) UK and (b) non-UK carriers.

(69689)

204   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are made to ensure that his Department's staff travel by British carriers; and on what ground his Department's staff, Embassy employees, and associated staff use non-UK carriers.

(69500)

205   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what internal budgetary rules govern the travel of his Department's staff, embassy staff and associated staff.

(69690)

206   Mr Robert Jackson (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what privileges and immunities are enjoyed by members of the security services of other countries operating in the UK.

(69551)

207   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69317)

208
N   Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent (a) assessment he has made and (b) representations he has received relating to the Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995; and if he will make a statement.

(69024)

209   Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's review on the Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy service; and if he will make a statement.

(69437)

210
N   Mr Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children broken down by age, have been diagnosed with Henoch Schonlein Purpura in each of the last 10 years.

(68932)

211   Peter Bradley (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) the cost to the health service and (b) consequences for patients of the practice among pharmaceutical companies of withdrawing branded drugs from the market shortly before the expiry of their patents and replacing them with similar patented formulations; and if he will make a statement.

(69539)

212
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by how much the Devon and Cornwall Strategic Health Authority is overspent; and by how much this will reduce health spending from Central Government allocations in the year 2002-03.

(69186)

213
N   Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what amount each of the health authorities in Devon and Cornwall was overspent at the point at which they ceased to be operational.

(69185)

214
N   Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) were waiting for in-patient treatment, (b) had been waiting for over 12 months for in-patient treatment and (c) had been waiting over 15 months for in-patient treatment, in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in the last two months for which figures are available.

(69029)

215
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the questionnaire that is being sent to residents in care homes as part of the annual residents' report by the NCSC; and if he will make a statement on the cost of the questionnaire.

(68876)

216
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th November 2001, Official Report, columns 682-3W, on nutrition, (a) how many and (b) which of the key targets under the Better Hospital Food Programme were fully delivered by the end of (i) March and (ii) June 2002 in each (A) region and (B) health authority.

(69022)

217
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March, Official Report, column 176W, on care funding, what his definition is of hotspot councils; and what the names are of the hotspot councils as referred to in Annexe B.

(68748)

218
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide the latest delayed discharge percentages by local authority within the star rating system.

(68394)

219
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what ring fenced grants were made available to local authorities in financial year 2001-02.

(68291)

220
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make photodynamic therapy an approved NHS treatment; and if he will make a statement.

(68292)

221
N   Patsy Calton (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on schemes submitted by local authorities for the personal social services performance grant for 2002-03.

(68395)

222   Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the question of 16th May from the honourable Member for Workington on fluoridation in West Cumbria.

(69499)

223   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new admissions to care homes during each of the last five years in England and Wales he is aware were previously resident in Scotland.

(69439)

224   Mr Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents of England and Wales he is aware have chosen to enter into a care home in Scotland in each of the last five years.

(69438)

225   Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions of the Care Stadards Act 2000 have come into force; and when the other parts will come into force.

(69421)

226   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the empty residential properties in each London borough in the ownership of his Department and its agencies, giving (a) the type of accommodation, (b) how long each property has been vacant and (c) what the intended future use is of the property.

(69495)

227   Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to tender for further smallpox vaccine production; how many people he intends to cover through smallpox vaccination; and whether smallpox vaccine used in the UK will have been subject to clinical trials.

(69250)

228
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the NHS of suspended doctors in the last year for which figures are available.

(68658)

229
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 25th June, Official Report, column 846W, on doctors (suspensions), whether the definition of suspension includes absence on special leave, gardening leave and other paid absence; what the total costs to the NHS are of the suspensions for (a) the latest quarter for which figures are available and (b) the equivalent quarter for each of the previous six years; and if he will make a statement on the other information that is available from the Department's data collection exercise.

(68657)

230
N   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors were suspended for (a) less and (b) more than six months (i) at the latest date for which figures are available and (ii) for the equivalent quarter for each of the last six years.

(68656)

231
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the mental health component of the Children's National Service Framework; and if he will make a statement.

(68164)

232
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if there is an (a) named person, (b) named organisation and (c) multi-agency group responsible for mental health promotion in County Durham and Darlington.

(68141)

233
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has started to collect data on (a) the number of NHS nurses who work in mental health, (b) how many leave the service each year and (c) how many NHS nurses are recruited to mental health each year.

(68155)

234
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 5th February, Official Report, column 926W, on mental health, if he will list the data for 2001-02 in the same form.

(68294)

235
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff work in mental health early intervention teams in England.

(68136)

236
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget was for the implementation of the National Service Framework on (a) cancer, (b) heart disease and (c) mental health in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) each of the previous three years.

(68144)

237
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing posts there are in (a) London and (b) England which have been vacant for three months or more.

(68157)

238
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the evaluation of the Working Minds programme includes an assessment of how many people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness have found employment as a result of the programme; and if he will make a statement.

(68123)

239
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total workforce in community mental health teams was in each of the last five years.

(68127)

240
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of the NHS was per head of population in 2001-02.

(68147)

241
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health crisis resolution teams have all five required characteristics.

(68133)

242
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on progress made by the NHS in England in staff undertaking NVQ levels two and three in care.

(68158)

243
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his written Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 486W, whether the figures for finished consultant episodes with a primary diagnosis of eating disorder for 2000-01 have been adjusted for shortfalls in data; and if he will make a statement.

(68296)

244
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what further meetings are planned in 2002 of the child and adolescent mental health working group of the Children's National Service Framework.

(68105)

245
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are in place and what the timetable is to introduce the beta interferon risk-sharing scheme to Hertfordshire.

(68107)

246
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which directorate within his Department is responsible for overseas recruitment of staff.

(68109)

247
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on mental health in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02.

(68146)

248
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent community psychiatry and other psychiatry nurses there are.

(68156)

249
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 4th March, Official Report, column 122W, whether the figures for the year to 31st March 2001 are available; and if he will make a statement.

(68295)

250
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the draft strategy on mental health services for people from black and ethnic minorities.

(68149)

251
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement concerning his evaluation of the 24 CAMHS innovation projects.

(68163)

252
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health crisis resolution teams provide a 24 hour service; and what proportion they represent of the total number of each team.

(68132)

253
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care mental health workers are in (a) employment and (b) training.

(68140)

254
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the Central Council for Physical Recreation report Saving Lives, Saving Money; and if he will make a statement.

(68152)

255
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been spent on the National Institute for Mental Health; and what its budget is for 2002-03.

(68165)

256
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Working Minds toolkits for employers have been produced in the current financial year.

(68125)

257
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the 10 community mental health teams with the highest caseload per care staff member.

(68129)

258
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total caseload is of early intervention teams for mental health.

(68137)

259
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money is allocated for the Mind Out for Mental Health campaign in 2002-03; and how much was spent in 2001-02.

(68166)

260
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) his ministers have met ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions to discuss ways of helping those with mental health problems to find work.

(68150)

261
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the highest level of occupancy of beds on a single day in an acute mental health ward in London has been in 2002.

(68168)

262
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for variations in the use made of guardianship under section 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

(68143)

263
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses work (a) as managers and (b) within education services.

(68159)

264
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of assertive outreach teams provide a 24 hour on-call service available to service users known to the team.

(68130)

265
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of local implementation teams for mental health services have emergency beds available for a crisis.

(68138)

266
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the money to improve wards and conditions for psychiatric patients announced on 6th April 2001 was spent.

(68148)

267
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what procedures the work of the NHS Efficiency Task Force is evaluated.

(68161)

268
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the contribution made by (a) the electronic media and (b) the written media in changing attitudes and behaviour surrounding mental health as part of the Mind Out for Mental Health campaign.

(68124)

269
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of community mental health teams are fully integrated as between NHS and social services.

(68128)

270
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the guidelines on the management of eating disorders to be produced by NICE.

(68151)

271
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many early intervention teams for mental health (a) are in place and (b) offer a comprehensive service as described in the model.

(68135)

272
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much extra money for child and adolescent mental health services is allocated for 2002-03 and each of the next three years.

(68162)

273
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received concerning the involvement of churches in working with health and social services to promote mental health; and if he will make a statement as to his assessment of the effectiveness of such involvement.

(68104)

274
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which services within mental health are collecting the mental health minimum data set.

(68106)

275
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Director of Procurement is in charge of ICT procurement.

(68108)

276
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the mental health of children in local authority care.

(68110)

277
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a list of the primary care trusts which have been established.

(68145)

278
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many low-cost housing units for nurses in London have been found by the Department's housing Czar; and how many are now occupied by nurses.

(68160)

279
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health assertive outreach teams have all seven required characteristics.

(68131)

280
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the help available to student (a) nurses and (b) midwives in financial hardship.

(68154)

281
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the communications expenditure of the Mind Out for Mental Health campaign was in 2000-01 and 2001-02; and what the communications budget is for 2002-03.

(68167)

282
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many crisis resolution teams for mental health there are in (a) Worcestershire, (b) County Durham and (c) Darlington.

(68134)

283
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the safety of UK plasma products; and if he will make a statement.

(68142)

284
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made by his Department in developing reporting lines which differentiate between (a) mental health crisis admissions out of areas which are not clinically indicated and (b) those which are so indicated; and if he will make a statement.

(68153)

285
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 13th February, Official Report, column 468W, on mental heath, what impact the work referred to has had on recruitment and retention of staff in mental health services.

(68293)

286
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he plans to take steps to collect centrally information on (a) the proportion of individuals with a diagnosis of severe mental illness who are in employment and (b) trends in the prevalence of employment amongst such individuals.

(68126)

287
N   Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how widespread the use of cognitive behaviour therapy is; and in which parts of England it is not available.

(68139)

288
N   Mr Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter to the honourable Member for Redditch from the honourable Member for Salisbury dated 29th April about mental health services in South Wiltshire.

(68930)

289
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he has taken to put in place a system for measuring the performance of the Food Standards Agency; and if he will make a statement.

(69088)

290   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of emergency psychiatric readmissions was in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2001-02.

(69295)

291
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the time taken to establish the Food Standards Agency following the date of Royal Assent to the relevant Act of Parliament.

(69087)

292
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of problem drug misusers, including prisoners, were in drug treatment programmes in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement.

(69106)

293
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the level of public confidence in the Government's arrangements for food safety measured by public opinion surveys in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement.

(69086)

294
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the circumstances (a) in which Mr Kolathuv Unni was allowed to practise psychiatry in the NHS, having previously been struck off by the General Medical Council and (b) the General Medical Council took into account when they reinstated him to the register.

(68746)

295
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what investigations were made by UK authorities in New Zealand into the conduct of Mr Kolathuv Unni (a) prior to his initial recruitment to the NHS and (b) at the time of his successful application to be re-admitted to the Medical Register.

(68745)

296
N   Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will order a public inquiry into the case of Mr Kolathuv Unni including (a) his recruitment back into the NHS and (b) the conduct of the General Medical Council; and if he will make a statement.

(68747)

297
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he was informed that imported frozen chicken breasts adulterated with beef protein powder could present a risk of BSE.

(68850)

298
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Food Standards Agency began to test imported frozen chicken breasts to determine whether they contained foreign DNA which was not declared on the label; and if he will make a statement on the results of the tests.

(68845)

299
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department presented to the National Audit Office Report on the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease concerning the risk assessment with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68838)

300
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are taken by his Department to monitor the labelling of imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68851)

301
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he informed the Scientific Review into Foot and Mouth by the Royal Society of his Department's risk assessment with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68840)

302
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he informed the Inquiry into the lessons to be learned from the foot and mouth disease outbreak of 2001 of his Department's risk assessment with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68836)

303
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department is taking to prevent the import of frozen chicken breasts adulterated with beef protein powder which could present a risk of BSE.

(68849)

304
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment of risk to human health has been made by his Department with regard to bovine DNA contained in imported frozen chicken breasts.

(68843)

305
N   Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the countries from which the UK imports frozen chicken breasts which were suspected of containing foreign DNA of bovine origins in the last 12 months.

(68846)

306   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) foreign nurses have been employed and (b) British nurses have refused employment in each health authority in the last year for which figures are available.

(69220)

307   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action he is taking to protect patients from the risks posed by nurses who carry HIV.

(69221)

308   Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks he makes on foreign nurses for HIV before they are employed in the United Kingdom.

(69222)

309   Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on the vaccination programme in each year since 1972.

(69236)

310   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research is being undertaken in the UK to find possible causes of a treatment for endometriosis.

(69420)

311   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks are made on foreign nationals to determine their entitlement to NHS treatment.

(69433)

312   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight dated 4th February and 22nd April to the honourable Member for Salford; and what the reason is for the delay in replying.

(69458)

313   Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to change the funding arrangements for GP practices in England; and what progress has been made on the reform of the present health funding system.

(69248)

314   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests have been carried out on the morning-after pill prior to its authorisation for use.

(69314)

315   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69307)

316   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an audit of the effectiveness of the morning-after pill has been carried out.

(69313)

317
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to public funds is of the failure to achieve the target to increase to 85 per cent. the percentage of appealed asylum decisions applied by the Immigration Appellate Authority at Adjudicator level.

(68796)

318
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the target to complete 180 dangerous and severe personality disorder assessments by 2001-02 was not met.

(68782)

319
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the target for the proportion of cases under Probation Service supervision where the service responds to a breach of conditions by taking action in accordance with the National Standards has not been met.

(68785)

320
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the assessment of applications for grants from the Time Limited Development Fund will be completed.

(68791)

321
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the existing positive futures projects.

(68780)

322
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the target to close 70 per cent. of prison and probation service investigations within 12 weeks was not met.

(68783)

323
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most recent estimated annual cost to (a) public funds, (b) private citizens and (c) insurance companies is of robbery.

(68790)

324
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the mentoring projects in receipt of grant funding over the next three years.

(68793)

325
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to public funds is of the failure to achieve the Public Service Agreement target to reduce robbery.

(68777)

326
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the target of handling 87,000 applications for criminal injuries compensation was not met in 2001-02.

(68788)

327
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the 33 new positive futures schemes referred to on page 170 of the 2002 Departmental report.

(68779)

328
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the target for the percentage of pre-sentence reports done within the 15-day National Standard has not been met.

(68786)

329
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the PACE Code of Practice on police treatment of detainees will be issued for consultation; and how long the consultation will last.

(68789)

330
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to public funds is of achieving the PSA target to make significant progress towards one million more people being actively involved in their communities by March 2004.

(68795)

331
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the target for the number of referrals to drug treatment through drug treatment and testing orders in 2000-01 was not met.

(68784)

332
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the targets for reducing the time from arrest to sentence will be settled.

(68787)

333
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown by organisation of the annual grants for 2001-02 that have been paid to voluntary and community organisations pursuing volunteering projects.

(68794)

334
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will announce the outcome of his review of the PSA target to reduce the availability of Class A drugs by 25 per cent. by 2005 and by 50 per cent. by 2008.

(68797)

335
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to public funds is of the failure to achieve the Public Service Agreement target to increase the number and proportions of recorded crimes for which an offender is brought to justice.

(68778)

336
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review of the target for the proportion of people under 25 using Class A drugs will be completed.

(68781)

337
N   Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown by spending heading of the capital modernisation grant for 2001-02.

(68792)

338   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) agency and (d) temporary staff work for the London Probation Service.

(69430)

339   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines his private office operates under when dealing with requests from honourable Members on exceptional, urgent and compassionate cases.

(69424)

340   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are in the London Probation Service.

(69429)

341
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations have taken place into the injuries suffered by Darren Cowdrey, prisoner HJ 5552, in Wandsworth Prison.

(68934)

342   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will enquire into the case of Mrs Zakir Ahmadyar to deal with the questions raised in the letter of 27th June, from the honourable Member for Twickenham; and if he will make a statement.

(69426)

343   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sex offenders, (b) drug abusers, (c) domestic violence offenders and (d) mentally ill persons are being dealt with by the London Probation Service.

(69431)

344   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Kainos rehabilitation units have been closed; if he will list the closure dates of such units; and if he will make a statement.

(69482)

345   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter of 27th June from the honourable Member for Twickenham on Mrs Zakir Ahmadyar; and if he will make a statement.

(69425)

346
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use is made of (a) safety nets and (b) CCTV to reduce prisoner harm and self harm in Wandsworth Prison.

(68935)

347   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the ratio is of staff to clients operated by the London Probation Service.

(69432)

348   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) budget and (b) spending has been of the London Probation Service since 1994; and if he will make a statement.

(69427)

349
N   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which Scottish newspapers the post of Director-General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate has been advertised.

(68848)

350   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what charges the Metropolitan Police has made against Christian Stephen Martin that led to his suspension.

(69475)

351   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will commit more resources to police forces in order to combat drug dealers who target the young operating in housing estates and outside schools.

(69350)

352   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqis have claimed asylum in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; how many of them claimed to be Kurdish; and how many of those claiming to be Kurdish (a) were granted refugee status, (b) were granted exceptional leave to remain, (c) were refused both and (d) were refused both after appeal.

(69342)

353   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those Iraqi Kurds who have been refused refugee status and exceptional leave to remain after appeal have (a) been removed from the United Kingdom and (b) left voluntarily in the last three years.

(69343)

354   Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is regarding (a) Iraqi Kurds seeking asylum and (b) removals in the event of their claims being unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement.

(69344)

355   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of prisoners discharged from their sentence were at level 1 or below for literacy and numeracy skills in each year since 1998 to the latest available date.

(69300)

356
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his estimate is of the proportion of young people under 25 (a) misusing illegal drugs and (b) with access to illegal drugs in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(69105)

357   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many raves took place in South England in the last two years, broken down by county.

(69393)

358   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many duplicate applications for asylum have been detected through matching fingerprints since 1993.

(69308)

359
N   Mr Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the reasons behind the decision not to allow a judicial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding pig-to-primate organ transplant research by Imutran Limited at Huntingdon Life Sciences.

(68393)

360
N   Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons have been injured during removal from the UK during the last six months; what the nature of the injuries was and how they are documented; what the policy of the IND Enforcement Directorate is on removal of injured persons, and if he will make a statement.

(68835)

361   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments have been made for projects under the Recovered Assets Fund, broken down by region.

(69337)

362   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to the letter sent by the honourable Member for Leicester East on 22nd April, concerning Mr B. K. Pathan of Leicester, reference P302501; and if he will make a statement.

(69247)

363   Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on Sajanji Jivaji Odedra and his special voucher application which have been referred from the Foreign Office to his Department.

(69246)

364   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69316)

365   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of breaches of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 by the investigatory branch CIB 3 have been received in the last four years.

(69331)

366   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations have been carried out into a complaint of perjury by Detective Chief Superintendent John Yates at Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court on 18th January 1999.

(69330)

367   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received regarding the progress of the investigatory branch CIB 3 in investigating alleged misdemeanours.

(69332)

368   Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of perjury at hearings of bail applications have been made against officers from CIB 3 during the last four years.

(69325)

369   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the UK Government with other EU member states will encourage other governments to join the Everything But Arms proposal at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

(69479)

370   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans there are for (a) taking forward the education task force report, officially endorsed at the G8 Summit, and (b) committing funds to do so.

(69464)

371   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans there are for developing at G8 level a market access initiative for all least developed countries.

(69466)

372   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the G8 will provide the additional resources required to deliver good quality primary education to the group of 18 countries selected to receive immediate financing.

(69465)

373   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK intends to do with other governments to address the effect of international commodity prices in Johannesburg.

(69478)

374   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what she estimates the World Summit on sustainable development will do to promote fair trade between developed and developing countries.

(69477)

375   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution to the crisis in Southern Africa of (a) HIV/AIDS, (b) sanitation and (c) quality and quantity of water; and how it is taking its findings into account in its approach to the emergency.

(69476)

376   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department, in liaison with other donors, is doing to address long-term food security needs in Southern Africa; and if she will make a statement.

(69474)

377   Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the impact of the European Commission's proposal for CAP reform on farmers in developing countries; and if she will make a statement.

(69473)

378   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution her Department is making to the Education for All initiative.

(69251)

379   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that qualified teachers in developing countries are encouraged to contribute to the Education for All initiative in their own countries.

(69253)

380   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what efforts have been made to support the peace process in Sudan under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental Authority of Drought (a) through diplomatic means and (b) through financial assistance.

(69231)

381   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what action has been taken (a) through bilateral assistance and (b) through co-operation with international agencies working in the region to ensure that armed combatants fleeing Liberia do not destabilise Sierra Leone.

(69230)

382   Mr Tony Colman (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funds have been allocated to the Self Employed Women's Association in India for work (a) in the state of Gujarat and (b) in the rest of India.

(69232)

383   Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by when the World Bank and IMF will report on their analysis of the poverty and social impact of substantial macro-adjustments or structural reforms supported by their programmes in poor countries.

(69440)

384   Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to resume giving aid to Tanzania.

(69241)

385   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in her Department.

(69304)

386   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69321)

387   David Burnside (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he consulted the Northern Ireland Fireworks Association during the preparation of the Explosives (Fireworks) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.

(69341)

388   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69310)

389   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the President of the Council, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69322)

390
N   Mr Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will instruct Alistair Campbell and Jonathan Powell to accept the invitation of Sir Nigel Wicks to appear before his Committee to give evidence.

(68852)

391   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what her policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in her Department.

(69328)

392
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, what her estimate is of the proportion of CPS cases resulting in a non-jury acquittal in the Crown Court which are attributable to failures in the review process in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(69215)

393
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases were handled by the Serious Fraud Office in each year since 1998-99; and if she will make a statement.

(69108)

394
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, what her estimate is of the average length of time between transfer/committal and verdict for the Serious Fraud office in each year since 1997-98; and if she will make a statement.

(69209)

395
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time was from accepting a case to completing investigations for the Serious Fraud Squad in each year since 1997-98.

(69109)

396
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, what proportion of advocacy by the Crown Prosecution Service met the CPS's advocacy standards in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(69107)

397
N   Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Solicitor General, what estimate she has made of the proportion of Crown Prosecution Service cases dismissed on a submission of no case to answer which are attributable to failures in the review process in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

(69208)

398   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent information she has received and what measures she has in place to monitor the health and safety of workers and environmental standards at (a) uranium mines, (b) uranium milling plants and (c) uranium tailing waste disposal facilities from which the United Kingdom has obtained its mined uranium.

(69452)

399   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department has received concerning (a) current and (b) projected expenditure on nuclear energy publicity campaigns.

(69447)

400   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent measures she has implemented to increase the Office of Civil Nuclear Security's anti-terrorist inspections at nuclear facilities.

(69450)

401   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what sites are being considered for the construction of nuclear plants.

(69443)

402   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department has received regarding projected cleanup costs for the next 20 years at Sellafield after BNFL privatisation.

(69504)

403   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's rules are governing the budgeting of public funds for use as political donations in foreign countries.

(69503)

404   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list fines British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. has had to pay in each year since 2000, arising from safety and environmental breaches at (a) Sellafield, (b) Chapelcross, (c) Springfields and (d) the magnox nuclear stations.

(69448)

405   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations have been made to her Department regarding (a) the level of hacker activity against the energy industry and (b) the origin of such activity.

(69453)

406   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations her Department has received concerning nuclear reactor safety regulations reform; and if she will make a statement.

(69444)

407   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, where the uranium mines are from which the United Kingdom has obtained uranium since 1997.

(69441)

408   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations her Department has received regarding the eventual decommissioning costs associated with proposed nuclear plants.

(69449)

409   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many cases of computer hacking her Department has recorded in 2002; and on how many occasions in 2002 her Department's computer systems have been illegally accessed by computer hackers operating (a) within and (b) outside her Department.

(69454)

410   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations she has received from (a) UK non-governmental organisations, (b) non-UK non-governmental organisations and (c) other Governments regarding (i) uranium mines, (ii) uranium milling plants, and (iii) uranium tailing waste disposal facilities from which the United Kingdom has obtained its mined uranium.

(69442)

411   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the (a) percentage stake and (b) real amounts of BNFL investments in the (i) AP1000, (ii) AP600, (iii) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor and (iv) Candu 6.

(69446)

412   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations her Department has received regarding the ability of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security to vet nuclear industry personnel with access to sensitive nuclear material or information.

(69451)

413   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent representations her Department has received regarding the economic competitiveness of nuclear energy.

(69445)

414   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the timetable for deciding on the disposal of medium-level nuclear waste.

(69456)

415   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department has received and by what measures she assesses the economic competitiveness of (i) nuclear, (ii) renewable, (iii) coal and (iv) fossil-fuel energy.

(69455)

416   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if he will list the meetings held in the last two years between representatives of BNFL and its subsidiaries and members of the United States Congress.

(69502)

417   Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations her Department has received regarding (a) current leakage levels of technetium-99 into groundwater at Sellafield and (b) the point source origin of such leakage.

(69505)

418
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what written assurances have been given in the course of issuing an export licence regarding the use in third countries of UK navigation and targeting equipment supplied to the US makers of F-16 fighters.

(68936)

419   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the timesaver programme for assisting small businesses.

(69677)

420   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made on plans to create a business university for business support.

(69679)

421   Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many former miners suffering from vibration white finger who had mixed employment with both British Coal and other mining contractors have received their compensation; and how many claims are outstanding.

(69460)

422   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the US steel tariffs.

(69481)

423   Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support and assistance she will provide to the UK steel industry in response to the introduction of US tariffs.

(69480)

424
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list those countries which have during the last 12 months imported defence equipment from another country which incorporates equipment exported from the UK to that other country following the granting of an export licence by her Department.

(69111)

425
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list those countries which have during the last 12 months imported defence equipment from the USA which incorporates equipment exported from the UK to the USA following the granting of an export licence by her Department.

(69110)

426
N   Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the types of equipment for which export licences were granted on 8th July in respect of exports to the USA of defence-related equipment; and if she will state the countries to which this equipment will be exported from the USA once incorporated into other defence equipment.

(69112)

427   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much money each RDA spent on newspapers and magazines over the last two years.

(69397)

428   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many special advisers in her Department (a) have had experience of the nuclear industry and (b) of advising the nuclear industry.

(69399)

429
N   Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to increase investment in basic skills among small firms.

(66375)

430   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the information that companies are required to provide her Department, indicating where these items are subsequently published.

(69401)

431
N   Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she is taking to encourage innovation along the Oxford to Cambridge Technology Arc.

(66370)

432   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in her Department.

(69329)

433   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of the Community Energy Fund financial provision for this year has been allocated.

(69338)

434   Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many applications to the Community Energy Fund were received this year; and how many have been allocated grants from the fund.

(69339)

435   Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what recent representations he has received on the countries of origin of the pilots' certificates of the Humber Pilots employed by ABP; and if he will make a statement.

(69544)

436
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 466W, on car use, what the (a) location of and (b) amount spent on each bursary was in (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02.

(68759)

437
N   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to the Answer of 4th July, Official Report, column 466W, on car use, what assessment he has made of the travel plans presented by the local authorities; and which plans were identified by his Department as examples of best practice.

(68758)

438   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what changes have been recently made to restrictions on public access to the personal details of the registered owner of a vehicle; and if he will make a statement.

(69428)

439   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what progress has been made towards meeting the targets set out in 'Our Towns and Cities: the future', relating to (a) journey times on the London underground, (b) road congestion in large urban areas, (c) increasing bus use, (d) increasing rail use, (e) reducing the number of people killed and injured in road accidents and (f) increasing light rail use.

(69385)

440   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which local authorities have carried out child road safety audits as part of their road safety plans; and what measures have been taken to implement them.

(69384)

441   Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the empty residential properties in each London borough in the ownership of his Department and its agencies, giving (a) the type of accommodation, (b) how long each property has been vacant and (c) what the intended future use is of the property.

(69496)

442   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what help will be given to NATS to make sure that the problems of computer failure are addressed.

(69492)

443   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what resources the Government will be putting into rural stations for services and maintenance of stations in the next three years.

(69396)

444
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to increase the number of lanes on the M4 from London to Reading.

(69165)

445
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans exist for a relief road between the A1055 and the M11 extension near Leyton; and if he will make a statement.

(69122)

446
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many applications for membership of the board of the SRA were received in response to the most recent advertisements; and when resulting appointments to the board will be announced.

(69164)

447
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what statistics he collates on the number of people on the London Underground network who (a) manage to get on the first train that arrives from when they step onto the platform, (b) have to let one train go by due to overcrowding, (c) have to let two trains go by due to overcrowding and (d) have to let three or more trains go by due to overcrowding.

(69177)

448
N   Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what plans he has to alter the slip-roads on the A404(M) and A404 approaching the junction with the M4 and the M40.

(69166)

449   James Purnell (Stalybridge & Hyde): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Strategic Rail Authority will announce the preferred bidder for the Trans-Pennine Express franchise.

(69435)

450   Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will offer a contract for a satellite tracking system to monitor oil spills; and if the contract will include night time flying.

(69687)

451   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people (a) were invited to respond and (b) responded to his consultation on (i) joint consultation with DTI and DEFRA, (ii) road traffic and (iii) electromagnetic compatibility.

(69459)

452   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69306)

453   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69326)

454   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed young people there are in (a) the Glasgow Pollok constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the United Kingdom; what the figures were in each of the last five years; if he will list the steps that are being taken to focus help on those youngsters with the greatest difficulty in finding employment; and if he will make a statement.

(69228)

455   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons disabled people are over-represented among the unemployed; and what steps he plans to take to address these issues.

(69361)

456   Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have been taken to simplify the benefits system over each of the past three years; what steps it is proposed to take to simplify the system further; and if he will make a statement.

(69249)

457   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disabled living allowance there are aged under 16 years broken down by local authority in Scotland.

(69540)

458   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of incapacity benefit are also in receipt of child benefit, broken down by local authority in Scotland.

(69542)

459   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of awards of disabled living allowance are also in receipt of child benefit, broken down by local authority in Scotland.

(69541)

460   Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the turn-over of staff was in jobcentres in (a) Somerset and (b) the UK in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02.

(69395)

461   Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the (a) total annual value of fraudulent benefit claims estimated on the basis of benefit reviews and (b) estimated total value of fraudulent claims by people adopting a false identify in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(69309)

462   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 on (a) the public and (b) the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement.

(69490)

463   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the impact of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 on public housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement.

(69489)

464   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Government has had with the Scottish Executive regarding the impact of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 on (a) the public and (b) the private housing sectors in Scotland; what action is planned to address resulting issues; and if he will make a statement.

(69488)

465   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time was for housing benefit in each local authority area in Scotland for each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement.

(69491)

466
N   Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Child Support Agency has requested information from the Inland Revenue regarding the income of self-employed non-resident parents; and if he will make a statement.

(69021)

467   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69305)

468   Brian White (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Cabinet Office, what his policy is towards using open source software; and what percentage is used in his Department.

(69318)

469
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister for Women, what analysis she has undertaken of the business benefits of flexible working.

(66402)

470
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department provides to assist local authorities to calculate their level of recycling.

[Transferred] (69114)

471
N   David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department defines community recycled programmes of household waste, as set out in Best Value Performance Indicator 82a.

[Transferred] (69115)

472   Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide tax reliefs for (a) the horse breeding industry and (b) stallion owners, similar to those which exist in Ireland.

[Transferred] (69368)

473   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to use technology similar to that which the Government is introducing to stop tobacco advertising on the web to stop the advertising of pornographic material on the web.

[Transferred] (69434)

474   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take powers to require (a) pornographic sites and (b) emails advertising pornography to be clearly identifiable as to their nature.

[Transferred] (69436)

475   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list (a) the allocation of funding and (b) the number of schemes under Safe Routes to Schools by LEA.

[Transferred] (69486)

476   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if she will make it a requirement that transport for schoolchildren and pre-school children should be fitted with seatbelts.

[Transferred] (69545)

477   Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the labelling with the Union flag of food products processed in the United Kingdom but originating in other countries; and if he will make it his policy to restrict the use of the Union flag to food products originating within the UK.

[Transferred] (69618)

478   Linda Perham (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action she will take in response to the publication of the 'Yvote?/Ynot?' report by the Children and Young People's Unit.

[Transferred] (69615)

479   Mr Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what resources to support the Education for All programme were agreed at the G8 Summit.

[Transferred] (69252)

480   Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the illegal importation of timber from the Amazon basin.

[Transferred] (69487)

481   Mr Roy Beggs (East Antrim): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the (a) full-time and (b) part-time public servants for whom no occupational retirement pension provision exists; whether such provision will be made by Her Majesty's Government; and if he will make retrospective pension arrangements for such public servants.

[Transferred] (68255)