Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2001- 02
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The Order Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 23 July 2002

Here you can browse the Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 23 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.

TUESDAY 23rd JULY

1
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proposals he has to ensure that empty homes are (a) located and (b) put to use.

(71204)

2
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures there are to ensure that public sector workers are able to find affordable homes in (a) Coventry, (b) London and (c) the rest of the UK.

(71205)

3
N   Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many new homes have been (a) built and (b) improved in Coventry since 1997.

(71206)

4   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he is intending to review next the new Model Code of Conduct for Parish Councillors.

(72805)

5   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many resignations of parish councillors he has received notice of by reason of the new Model Code of Conduct for Parish Councils.

(72806)

6   Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for housing construction in the Huntingdon constituency.

(72804)

7   Mr Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the remit is of the Telecommunications Working Group set up by his Department.

(72803)

8   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what measures he intends to bring forward to use the planning system to raise the required density of dwellings in new developments.

(72816)

9   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many local authorities have submitted returns to National Land Use Database; and which authorities have not made a submission.

(72845)

10   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what dates ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; where each meeting took place; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72688)

11
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what were the median and upper and lower decile periods between (a) the receipt and determination of planning applications, (b) appeals against refusal of planning permission and inquiries into those appeals, (c) inquries into appeals against refusal of planning permission and inspectors' reports thereon and (d) publication of inspectors' reports and determinations by ministers in the last year for which information is available.

(72320)

12   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in her Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72647)

13
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she expects the number of staff positions at Sport England which have a remuneration package worth over £50,000 per annum to increase by 2005-06.

(72472)

14
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list the projected amount of World Class Performance funding to be distributed by (a) UK Sport and (b) Sport England in (i) 2002-03, (ii) 2003-04, (iii) 2004-05 and (iv) 2005-06.

(72469)

15
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grant-in-aid to (a) Sport England, (b) UK Sport, (c) Sports Scotland, (d) the Sports Council for Wales and (e) the Sports Council for Northern Ireland has been in each year since 1972.

(72467)

16
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 123W, what assessment has been made of the impact on national governing bodies of the reduction in their Exchequer grant aid from 2000-01 to 2002-03.

(72595)

17
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the amount of World Class Peformance funding to be distributed by (a) UK Sport and (b) Sport England in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02.

(72470)

18
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her Answer of 1st July, Official Report, column 123W, if she will provide a breakdown of Sport England's regional support, listing the budget heads for (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03.

(72503)

19
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value of Sport England's Exchequer grant aid is to each national governing bodies for (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03.

(72475)

20
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will list how many staff positions at Sport England have a remuneration package worth over £50,000 per annum for (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03.

(72474)

21
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what instructions Sport England has been given about senior executive salary ranges.

(72471)

22
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on staffing levels in (a) Sport England head quarters and (b) its regional offices for (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2001-02 and (iii) 2002-03.

(72468)

23   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether homes at DM Dean Hill will be offered to tenants at the 2000 price; and if surplus housing will be offered for sale at this price.

(72641)

24   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the relative advantages of (a) natural temperature and humidity controlled storage of munitions and (b) above ground storage units in the case of terrorist or other hostile attack.

(72638)

25   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are for the existing sports and social club if the closure of DM Dean Hill proceeds.

(72640)

26   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72648)

27   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weight was given to the opinions of the customer base when deciding the future of DM Dean Hill; and which customers made representations.

(72642)

28
N   Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the current pension system for widows of army personnel decide to remarry or cohabit.

(72151)

29
N   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if, in respect of his departmental minute concerning the Ministry of Defence's agreement with QinetiQ on the allocation of pre-vesting liabilities dated 8th July, he will withhold final approval of the proposed indemnity for inherited environmental liabilities to be provided for QinetiQ until such time as a detailed financial appraisal of the prospective size of the liabilities is provided to Parliament for debate.

(72296)

30   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if applicants requesting information under the Code of Practice on Access to Information are sent an acknowledgement by his Department that their request has been received.

(72621)

31   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when and where ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72695)

32   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what memoranda of understandings have been signed with the United States Administration since 1st January 1999; on what dates each was signed; where each was signed; and with which department of the United States Administration each was signed.

(72690)

33   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom in his Department applicants under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information should address their requests for information; and what the address is of this contact point.

(72620)

34   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will answer the question from the honourable Member for Chichester, tabled on 22nd May, on the official travel of departmental and non-departmental special advisers.

(72682)

35   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18th July, Official Report, column 491W, if he will list companies and individuals who in each of the last five years exported military supplies and who were based in (a) mainland UK, (b) the Channel Islands and (c) the Isle of Man.

(72786)

36
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what requirements there are for qualified staff to be in attendance at creche facilities operating for less than two hours a day in public places.

(72165)

37
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether staff and assistants working in creche facilities open to the general public and operating less than two hours per day are subject to the same checks as those working in creche facilities open to the general public and operating more than two hours per day.

(72319)

38
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints her Department has received in the last 12 months about the quality of care provided in creche facilities available to the general public operating for less than two hours a day.

(72166)

39
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what information a provider of creche facilities operating for less than two hours a day is required to supply to parents.

(72164)

40   Mrs Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations she has received about university top-up fees.

(72639)

41
N   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, whether money allocated to her Department as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review will be used to increase funding and resources for special schools.

(71741)

42   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when and where ministers in her Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72693)

43
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on what criteria the recipients of leadership incentive grant will be chosen; and why the grant is only available to secondary schools.

(72315)

44   Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what steps she is taking to (a) help schools promote mental health and (b) support teachers and pupils in dealing with mental health problems.

(72686)

45
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the (a) administrative support staff to pupil ratio and (b) classroom assistance to pupil ratio was in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in (A) St Helens, (B) Merseyside, (C) the North West and (D) England in (1) 1996, (2) 1997, (3) 1998, (4) 1999, (5) 2000 and (6) 2001.

(70805)

46
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the truancy rates were in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in (A) 1996, (B) 1997, (C) 1998, (D) 1999, (E) 2000 and (F) 2001.

(70806)

47
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) fixed-term exclusions and (b) permanent exclusions there were from (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools in (i) St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council area, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in (A) 1996, (B) 1997, (C) 1998, (D) 1999, (E) 2000 and (F) 2001.

(70862)

48
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many vacant teaching positions there were (a) by subject and (b) as a percentage of all teaching positions in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in (A) 1996, (B) 1997, (C) 1998, (D) 1999, (E) 2000 and (F) 2001.

(70863)

49
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children received education (a) in pupil referral units and (b) at home in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the Northwest and (iv) England in each year since 1996.

(71739)

50
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students started (a) higher education courses and (b) further education courses in (i) Merseyside, (ii) the North West and (iii) England in each year since 1996.

(71287)

51
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the adult literacy rate was in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 1996.

(71288)

52
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pupil/teacher ratio was in (a) nursery schools, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in each year since 1996.

(71286)

53
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students obtained certificates for completing (a) higher education courses and (b) further education courses in (i) Merseyside, (ii) the North West and (iii) England in each year since 1996.

(71289)

54
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for a public fund to help public authorities deal with the remedying of damage on orphan sites under the EU Environmental Liability Directive.

(72492)

55
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the need for compulsory insurance as part of the EU Environmental Liability Directive regime to give polluters a greater incentive to avoid environmental damage.

(72493)

56
N   Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the inclusion of the compliance with permit and state of the art exemptions in the EU Environmental Liability Directive.

(72494)

57
N   Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's response is to the European Commission's proposals for the reform of the CAP, as referred to in the mid-term review.

(69602)

58
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her latest assessment is of the contribution that the closure of footpaths made to resisting the spread of foot and mouth disease.

(72488)

59
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department is providing for development of hydrogen fuel cell technology.

(72199)

60
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the time horizons for the likely impact of hydrogen fuel cell technology on road vehicles.

(72198)

61
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's policy is on providing collaboration funding for development of fuel reduction technology with British companies; and whether it is the policy of her Department to seek tenders for other European companies before awarding such funding.

(72316)

62
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts her Department has recently awarded to (a) TNO (Netherlands), (b) IAV (Germany), (c) AVL (Austria), (d) FEV (Germany) and (e) IKA (Germany).

(72197)

63
N   Kali Mountford (Colne Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the EU Commission's proposals to reform the CAP.

(69605)

64   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the regional targets are for local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber for the construction of new dwellings on brownfield land; and what progress the local authorities are making towards these targets.

(72815)

65   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the guidance on the composting of food waste will be announced.

(72819)

66   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many in vessel composting sites are licensed in the UK.

(72812)

67   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to offer support to establish new facilities for the composting of cooked food waste.

(72813)

68
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes of 17th June about access to inland waters for water-based sports.

(71272)

69
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes of 12th June, concerning drugs and the broiler chicken.

(71274)

70
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes of 22nd May concerning EU regulations on GM foods.

(71271)

71
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes of 10th June about GM seeds.

(71270)

72
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letter from the honourable Member for Totnes of 19th April about illegal trade in wildlife, which was transferred to her Department from the Home Office on 26th June.

(71273)

73
N   Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will reply to the letters from the honourable Member for the Isle of Wight dated 22nd May on the effect of nuclear processing.

(72598)

74   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72646)

75
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the success of the Public Service Agreement with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to raise significantly the average time spent on sport and physical activity by those aged five to 16 years.

(72466)

76
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the staff costs are for NHS staff from trusts in the South East Region NHS trusts involved in the possible UK changeover to the euro preparations.

(72195)

77
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a breakdown of the non staff costs for health trusts in Sussex involved in possible UK changeover to the euro preparations.

(72196)

78
N   Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Swiss Government about the reclaiming of the withholding tax on dividends by UK residents; and if he will make a statement.

(72473)

79
N   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his Answer of 9th July, Official Report, column 862W, on regional funding, if his staff is working on potential changes to the way the departmental expenditure level is allocated to the devolved regions.

(72605)

80   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions on which appointments were made by Treasury Ministers in financial year 2001-02 an additional candidate was added to the shortlist at the request of the Minister.

(72654)

81   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on advertising in the last five fiscal years by (a) National Savings and (b) National Statistics.

(72675)

82   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what action his Department has taken in response to the comments in the Seventh Report by the Commissioner for Public Appointments concerning (a) an independent element in interviews undertaken by HM Treasury and (b) performance assessment systems; and if he will make a statement.

(72676)

83   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer when and where ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72700)

84
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the incidence per 1,000 population of (a) under-16 pregnancies, (b) 16 to 18 years old pregnancies, (c) under-16 having abortions and (d) 16 to 18 years old having abortions in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in each year since 1996.

(71278)

85
N   Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal challenges he has received to the application of the Human Rights Act 1998 in the Cayman Islands.

(72162)

86
N   Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of legislation passed in the Cayman Islands with the UK Human Rights Act 1998 and with the European Convention on Human Rights 1972; and what decisions he has made as to whether such legislation is ultra vires with Orders in Council made by the Secretary of State under UK Acts of Parliament.

(72161)

87
N   Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal challenges he has received in respect of application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Cayman Islands, effective under clause 53(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998.

(72163)

88
N   Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what independent reviews of human rights issues obtaining in the Cayman Islands have been commissioned by his Department; and if he will place a copy of the reports on such reviews in the Library.

(72160)

89
N   Mr David Chidgey (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 16th July, Official Report, column 175W, on overeseas territories, if he will list those overseas territories with whom Her Majesty's Government are in consultation about refining and improving their statistical returns.

(72309)

90   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72649)

91
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many new entrants to the Diplomatic Service in 2001 were (a) educated at independent school, (b) educated at public school, (c) educated at state school and (d) describe themselves as disabled; and for each category, whether they were (i) policy entrants or (ii) operational entrants.

(72052)

92
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many ambassadors and high commissioners are (a) from an ethnic minority background and (b) describe themselves as disabled.

(72051)

93   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuan to his Answers of 1st March, Official Report, column 1639, on overseas territories, if he will make a further statement on (a) the Order in Council and (b) local legislation in (i) Bermuda, (ii) Gibraltar and (iii) the Cayman Islands.

(72652)

94   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June, Official Report, columns 534-5W, on bilateral ministerial meetings, on what date Baroness Amos visited Dublin in July 2001; and which ministers she met during her visit.

(72619)

95   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) neurologists, (b) paediatric neurologists and (c) nurses with a specialism there are in the UK.

(72659)

96   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to address the information and support needs of bereaved families affected by SUDEP and other epilepsy deaths following the evidence of the National Sentinel Audit of Epilepsy-Related Death.

(72664)

97   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to ensure epilepsy sufferers receive regular checks on health and medication.

(72661)

98   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to train and promote (a) neurologists and (b) nurses with specialism in epilepsy.

(72660)

99   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether steps are being taken to set a national target for reduction of epilepsy deaths.

(72665)

100   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if implementation of the action plan addressing findings of the National Audit of Epilepsy-Related Death will include specific action by primary care trusts.

(72667)

101   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of epilepsy and the medical risks associated with it.

(72658)

102   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Home Office is being consulted on the action plan to address the finding in the National Audit of Epilepsy-related Death on the adequacy of post-mortem investigations.

(72663)

103   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are for implementation of the action plan addressing the findings of the National Audit of Epilepsy-Related Death; and what funding will be made available for this purpose.

(72666)

104   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to address the findings of the epilepsy deaths report on the adequacy of post-mortem investigations.

(72662)

105   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department is taking to improve information and medical training for epilepsy sufferers and carers of people with epilepsy.

(72657)

106   Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lactose intolerant children between the ages of (a) 0 to 5, (b) 5 to 11 and (c) 11 to 18 there were in each of the last 15 years.

(72656)

107
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports into the causes of asthma his Department has commissioned; what assessment his Department has made of these reports; and if he will make a statement.

(71399)

108
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts will be required to audit the number of asthma deaths; and if he will make a statement.

(71398)

109
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRSA incidents have been (a) voluntarily and (b) mandatorily reported in each NHS region since 1996 (i) in total and (ii) as a ratio to the population in that region.

(72149)

110
N   Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the National Care Standards Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate will be abolished and their functions transfered to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.

(72150)

111
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs were relating to the Department's websites for the financial year ended March; which company dealt with the website development; and if he will make a statement.

(72490)

112
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds have been committed to improving access to primary care in Twickenham since 1997; what improvements have taken place; and if he will make a statement.

(72495)

113
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases have been dealt with by NHS Direct; how many calls have been abandoned; how many call centres are operational, and where they are; what the runnings costs are of each call centre; and if he will make a statement.

(72499)

114
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of UK women participated in the National PAP Screening Programme, broken down by age groups (a) under 30, (b) 31 to 49, (c) 50 to 59 and (d) 60 to 64 years, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(72501)

115
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will reply to the letter of 10th June, from the honourable Member for Twickenham on Lynde House.

(70798)

116
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 20th November 2001, Official Report, column 255W, what progress has been made in setting up the NHS Direct performance management framework; and if he will make a statement.

(72600)

117
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people took part in the limited implementation HPV pilot scheme in (a) Newcastle, (b) North Bristol and (c) Norfolk and Norwich in (i) 2001-02 and (ii) 2002-03; what the percentage was of women with a borderline/mild abnormality; how much the pilot study has cost since its commencement; and if he will make a statement.

(72498)

118
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to introduce national standards for prosthetic, orthotic and wheelchair services; and if he will make a statement.

(71797)

119
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of smear tests in England and Wales resulted in women being recalled as a result of inadequate smears in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002; and if he will make a statement.

(72500)

120
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vehicles he and his ministers have access to, broken down by vehicle type; what the annual operating costs were in each of the last three financial years; how much it costs to convert a car so it is suitable for a government minister; and if he will make a statement.

(72497)

121
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to implement the recommendations of the Audit Commission's reports, Fully Equipped and Fully Equipped Two; and if he will make a statement.

(71799)

122
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the general practitioner/patient ratio in (a) Twickenham and (b) the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; and if he will make a statement.

(72496)

123   Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the key targets for 2002-03 for the NHS Pensions Agency; and if he will make a statement about the future of the Agency.

(72783)

124   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked within his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72650)

125
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information and guidance he issues to members of the public on becoming involved in local consultations on the provision of health care and social services; and what plans he has to develop this.

(72191)

126
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding is available for (a) mental health services and (b) mental health counselling services in Buckinghamshire in the current financial year; what the corresponding figures were, adjusted for inflation, in 2000-01; and if he will make a statement.

(72596)

127
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information and guidance he issues to strategic health authorities, NHS trusts and primary care trusts about involving the public in local consultations on the provision of health care and social services; and what plans he has to develop this.

(72192)

128
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the list of sites considered for the second phase of the newborn hearing screening programme.

(72602)

129
N   Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 17th June, Official Report, column 164W, on newborn hearing screening, how many sites will provide newborn screening by the end of (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004; and when the funding for each stage of this process will be committed.

(72489)

130   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have looked after status in the Portsmouth South constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(72672)

131   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of employees working within the NHS earn (a) the development rate national minimum wage for workers aged 18 to 21 inclusive, (b) the national minimum wage for workers aged 22 and over, (c) between the national minimum wage and £4.50 per hour, (d) between £4.50 and £4.80 per hour, (e) between £4.80 and £5 per hour and (f) less than £5 per hour; and if he will make a statement.

(72653)

132   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will rank NHS trusts in England in order of the highest waiting times for hospital operations, according to the numbers waiting (a) over six months and (b) over 12 months for in-patient treatments, at the latest date for which figures are available.

(72668)

133   Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when information on waiting times data from primary care trusts will be published.

(72669)

134
N   Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many business plans have been submitted from North West based hospital trusts in respect of securing additional CT scanning equipment when the criteria to determine the distribution of additional CT scanners will be decided; and when decisions on new scanner distributions will be made.

(72601)

135
N   Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Medical Research Council to give further priority to research into asthma; and if he will make a statement.

(72096)

136
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the salaries are of the Chief Executive of the Commission for Health Improvement and other senior executives.l72479
137
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he anticipates the Commission for Health Improvement being incorporated into the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.

(72480)

138
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the availability of pulmonary rehabilitation services for lung disease sufferers in Sussex.

(72481)

139
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS nurses have left the NHS to take nursing posts in North America in the last year.

(72478)

140
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what has been the cost of the Commission for Health Improvement since its inception.

(72477)

141
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many known heroin addicts there are in (a) Britain, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Bassetlaw.

(71392)

142
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis funds are distributed between the drug action teams in England.

(71396)

143
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what range of treatments are available for heroin addicts in (a) England and (b) Bassetlaw.

(71393)

144
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many heroin addicts are undergoing treatment in (a) England, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Bassetlaw.

(71390)

145
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what method his Department uses to quantify the proportion of young people using heroin in Nottinghamshire.

(71394)

146
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for treatment for heroin addiction was in the last 12 months.

(71391)

147
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list for each UK region, the cost to the NHS of implementing each of the clinical guidelines set down by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in each year since 2000 for which figures are available.

(72463)

148
N   Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to implement recommendations from the Audit Commission's report, Fully Equipped Two.

(72464)

149
N   Syd Rapson (Portsmouth North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the annual report and accounts of the NHS Pensions Agency.

(69536)

150
N   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 (a) dated 23rd November 2001, concerning lens solutions and (b) dated 22nd February, and transferred from DEFRA on 11th April.

(72599)

151
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds in mental healthcare facilities there were in (a) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998, (iv) 1999, (v) 2000 and (vi) 2001; and what the projected amounts are for (1) 2002 and (2) 2003.

(71283)

152
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mental health nurses, (b) doctors specialising in mental health care there were and what was (i) the estimated shortfall in mental health nurses and (ii) the estimated shortfall in doctors specialising in mental health care in (A) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (B) Merseyside, (C) the North West and (D) England in each year since 1996; and what the projected amounts are for (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003.

(71284)

153
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many social workers per 1,000 population there were in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 1996.

(71280)

154
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of social workers in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England.

(71281)

155
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much spending there was on mental health services in (a) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 1996; and what the projected amounts are for (i) 2002 and (ii) 2003.

(71282)

156
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the shortfall of (a) nurses, (b) general practitioners, (c) cancer specialists and (d) consultants in (i) St Helens and Knowsley Health Authority, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England.

(71279)

157
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether volunteers are entitled to receive criminal records checks free of charge; and what assessment has been made of the charges made by umbrella bodies to volunteers wishing to receive checks through the Criminal Records Bureau.

(72476)

158
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures the UK Government is taking to encourage the recognition of (a) the Convention travel document issued to refugees and (b) certificates of identity issued by the UK as official travel documents by countries which do not recognise them as such; and if he will make a statement.

(72483)

159
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries recognise (a) the Convention travel document issued to refugees and (b) certificates of identity issued by the UK as official travel documents; and if he will make a statement.

(72482)

160
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures he is taking to facilitate the travel to countries who do not recognise the Convention travel document issued to refugees and certificates of identity issued by the UK as official travel documents by UK residents who hold such documents; and if he will make a statement.

(72484)

161
N   Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the arrangements made with the French Interior Minister for the closure of the Sangatte Red Cross refugee centre include, and if future arrangements made will include, (a) a right of appeal of immigration decisions taken in respect of the residents of the centre and (b) the provision of independent legal advice to the residents of the centre; and if he will make a statement.

(72485)

162
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children remanded to prison were subsequently (a) found not guilty by the courts and (b) not given a custodial sentence, broken down by age, in each year since 1995.

(72049)

163
N   Mr Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child suicides in prisons there were, broken down by (a) age and (b) prison in each year since 1990.

(72050)

164
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of heroin-using offenders in (a) England, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Bassetlaw re-offended in the last 12 months.

(71395)

165
N   John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what method his Department uses to estimate the level of availability of heroin on the streets.

(71397)

166
N   Sandra Osborne (Ayr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements he has made for consultation on the regulation of access to communications data.

(72295)

167   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of (i) crimes and (ii) violent crimes committed per annum in the UK to finance the purchase of illegal drugs and (b) the total value of the goods and money stolen per annum in the UK to finance the purchase of illegal drugs.

(72655)

168   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will answer the written question from the honourable Member for Chichester, tabled on 22nd May, on the official travel of departmental and non-departmental special advisors.

(72684)

169   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications by persons reaching the age of majority for a review of awards granted on application to the CICA/CICB by their parents in respect of sexual abuse suffered by them whilst children have been made in each of the last five years in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland.

(72793)

170   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the CICA for review of awards in respect of sexual abuse suffered by children made by persons reaching the age of majority have been successful in each of the last five years.

(72794)

171   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications submitted to the CICA/CICB on behalf of children who have been victims of sexual abuse in each of the last five years have been successful, broken down by nation and region.

(72789)

172   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used by the CICA in deciding whether an application for a review of an award made to a child who suffered sexual abuse can be reopened in each of the last five years.

(72796)

173   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the CICA for review of awards made in respect of sexual abuse suffered by children made by them once they have reached the age of majority have been reviewed in each of the last five years.

(72795)

174   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been submitted to the CICA/CICB on behalf of children who have been victims of sexual abuse in each of the last five years, broken down by nation and region.

(72788)

175   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is the policy of the CICA/CICB to retain records of applications and papers submitted in respect of applications on behalf of children until such time as the child would attain the age of majority.

(72787)

176   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what length of time papers presented to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and its predecessor the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board relating to applications are held by the authority.

(72792)

177   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it is his intention to institute a right of appeal for persons reaching the age of majority who make an application to the CICA/CICB for review of an award granted to them as a child when the application for such a review is refused by the authority.

(72790)

178   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to amend the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in respect of children who have been sexually abused.

(72791)

179
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences there were and what the rate of incidence per 1,000 population was of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage and (h) drug and other offences in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) England in (A) 1997, (B) 1998, (C) 1999, (D) 2000 and (E) 2001.

(71276)

180
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what actions have been undertaken to promote education on (a) human rights and (b) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in young offender institutions.

(72154)

181
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of detection was of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling stolen goods, (f) fraud and forgery, (g) criminal damage, (h) drug and other offences and (i) burglary of a dwelling in (1) St Helens, (2) Merseyside, (3) the North West and (4) England in (A) 1997, (B) 1998, (C) 1999, (D) 2000 and (E) 2001.

(71277)

182
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the (a) total standard spending, (b) special police grants and central support services and (c) capital investment in (i) Merseyside Police, (ii) Greater Manchester Police and (iii) England and Wales in (A) 1997-98, (B) 1998-99, (C) 1999-2000, (D) 2000-01, (E) 2001-02 and (F) the projected levels for 2002-03.

(71275)

183   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the honourable Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what percentage of House of Commons staff are (a) full-time employees and (b) agency staff provided by outside contractors.

(72814)

184
N   Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which ministers will represent the Government at the Microcredit Summit plus five meeting in New York in November; and if she will make a statement.

(71389)

185   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in her Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72643)

186   Dr Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the impact of the proposed changes to guidelines on UK arms exports on the possibility of British military equipment reaching developing countries in regions of instability.

(72623)

187   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she will answer the written question from the honourable Member for Chichester, tabled on 22nd May, on the official travel of departmental and non-departmental special advisers.

(72677)

188
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many (a) staff and (b) legal advisers have left the Thames Valley Magistrates' Court Service since 1st January 2001; how many trials have been cancelled since 1st January 2001 in the Thames Valley Magistrates' Court area, how many vacancies there are in the Thames Valley Magistrates' Court Service; and if he will list them and the salaries offered.

(72597)

189
N   Mr Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when he will make a statement about the ECHR judgements in the cases of Goodwin v UK and I v UK; and when he expects British transsexuals will be able (a) to change their NI numbers and (b) to marry.

(71488)

190   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average cost was of running judges' lodgings per night of accommodation provided in the financial year 2001-02.

(72808)

191   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average cost was of running judges' lodgings per judge accommodated at each of the individual lodgings in the Lodging Estate for the financial year 2001-02.

(72807)

192   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the average cost was of running judges' lodgings per judge accommodated in financial years (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02.

(72811)

193   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what action has been taken since the publication of Lord Justice Auld's report to assess the value for money provided by individual judges' lodgings; and what action will be taken in respect of judges' lodgings assessed not to provide value for money in line with the recommendation of the Auld Report.

(72810)

194   Mr Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will list the (a) units of residential accommodation owned or rented by his Department for occupation by judges on circuit, (b) accumulative capital value of the same when last valued, (c) the running costs of maintaining the same for the financial years (i) 2000-01 and (ii) 2001-02 and (d) the number of judges accommodated in the same for each of the above years and the number of nights they were so accommodated.

(72809)

195   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will place in the Library copies of each version of the guidance distributed to officials to advise them on how to answer subject access requests under the Data Protection Act 1998.

(72622)

196   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, when and where ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72694)

197   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72644)

198   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when and where ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72696)

199
N   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what proposals in support of increasing the use of renewable energy he intends to present to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg; and what recent representations he has received in support of renewable energy.

(72297)

200   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates he has held meetings with ministers in the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; where each meeting took place; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72691)

201   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 20th June, Official Report, column 463W, when he will publish the detailed list of cabinet ministers' visits overseas and information on expenditure by all Ministers for the period 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002.

(72785)

202   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, what assistance was received for (a) non-governmental organisations, (b) overseas governments and (c) other agencies in meeting the cost of departmental special advisers' official travel between 31st March 2001 and 31st March 2002.

(72685)

203   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost was to the Government of employing departmental and non-departmental special advisers between 31st March 2001 and 31st March 2002; and what percentage of this total was (a) salary and related expenses and (b) other costs.

(72679)

204   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) sources of attributable (i) articles, interviews or contributions for the media, books or other journals and (ii) speeches or presentations made in the public domain, by his Chief of Staff, Director of Communications or other members of his office since March 2001; who in the Department authorised the activity; and on what date this activity was recorded with the Departmental Head of Information.

(72678)

205   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in her Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) as a total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72645)

206   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when and where ministers in her Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72697)

207
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many days were lost due to (a) sickness, (b) official industrial action and (c) unofficial industrial action in each of the last five years; broken down by grade, by (i) Consignia, (ii) Royal Mail and (iii) Post Office Counters; and if she will make a statement.

(72491)

208
N   Brian Cotter (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will propose a change in the law to encourage a greater take up of payroll services.

(71740)

209   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in her Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72636)

210   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the European Energy and Transport Forum will meet; where it will meet; how often meetings will take place; and if she will make a statement.

(72674)

211   Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of households in the Portsmouth South constituency have access to broadband lines; and if she will make a statement.

(72673)

212
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what funding her Department is providing for development of hydrogen fuel cell technology.

(72208)

213
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment her Department has made of the time horizons for the likely impact of hydrogen fuel cell technology on road vehicles.

(72194)

214
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what her Department's policy is on providing collaboration funding for development of fuel reduction technology with British companies; and whether it is the policy of her Department to seek tenders from other European companies before awarding such funding.

(72318)

215
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what contracts her Department has awarded to (a) TNO (Netherlands), (b) IAV (Germany), (c) AVL (Austria), (d) FEV (Germany) and (e) IKA (Germany).

(72193)

216   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to expand her Department's support of photo-voltaic solar power.

(72818)

217   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if her Department will continue to provide support for the installation of photo-voltaic solar panels in the UK.

(72817)

218
N   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July, Official Report, column 353W, on OCNS, which other government agencies are used to train OCNS staff; and for what reason the publication of the first annual report from OCNS was not accompanied by a press release.

(72603)

219
N   Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what she estimates the carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants underwritten by the Export Credit Guarantees Department over the past five years will be over the 10 year operating period; and what she estimates the projected carbon emission savings in the United Kingdom over the same 10 years will be.

(72298)

220
N   Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how often the Deregulation Task Force has met in the last 12 months; what recommendations they have made; how many recommendations have been implemented; what savings businesses have made as a result; and if she will make a statement.

(72156)

221   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when and where ministers in her Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72698)

222   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 21st June, Official Report, column 593W, how many people from organisations outside her Department were seconded to start work in her Department between 1st January 1999 and 31st December 2001.

(72651)

223
N   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what representations she has received against the inclusion of water services in GATS; and if she will make a statement.

(72187)

224
N   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make it her policy to call for a comprehensive review by the WTO of the impact of increased service liberalisation, especially on water services, before implementing GATS; and if she will make a statement.

(72190)

225   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will answer the written question from the honourable Member for Chichester, tabled on 22nd May, on the official travel of departmental and non-departmental special advisers.

(72680)

226   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Postcomm and (b) Postwatch regarding the maintenance of the universal service obligation on the Post Office.

(72802)

227   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which local authorities grant a 100 per cent. concession for travel by (a) bus, (b) train and (c) bus and train.

(72670)

228   Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many transport schemes to address demand in rural areas were funded by the Government in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02.

(72671)

229
N   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the extent to which his officials consult the Mersey Passenger Transport Authority on questions about the authority.

(72155)

230
N   Mr Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the experience and qualifications in rail expertise in the Mersey Passenger Transport Authority.

(72486)

231   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72637)

232
N   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, under what terms the General Lighthouse Fund has lent money to operate holiday homes to Trinitas Services; what net rental proceeds have been remitted to the Fund; and if he will make a statement.

(72310)

233
N   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when the General Lighthouse Fund report and accounts for the financial year 2001-02 will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(72313)

234
N   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, if he will list the lighthouse centres opened to visitors over the past two years; what the (a) capital costs, (b) revenue costs and (c) income of each of those centres has been in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

(72311)

235
N   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what investment has been made by the General Lighthouse Fund in the development of the 40 vacant houses owned by Trinity House to turn those dwellings into holiday lettings; and if he will make a statement.

(72314)

236
N   Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what the value is of the General Lighthouse Fund's reserve fund; and if he will make a statement.

(72312)

237
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what contracts his Department has recently awarded to (a) TNO (Netherlands), (b) IAV (Germany), (c) AVL (Austria), (d) FEV (Germany) and (e) IKA (Germany).

(72200)

238
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what assessment his Department has made of the time horizons for the likely impact of hydrogen fuel cell technology on road vehicles.

(72201)

239
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what funding his Department is providing for development of hydrogen fuel cell technology.

(72202)

240
N   Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what his Department's policy is on providing collaboration funding for development of fuel reduction technology with British companies; and whether it is the policy of his Department to seek tenders for other European companies before awarding such funding.

(72317)

241   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when and where ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72699)

242   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, when he will answer the question from the honourable Member for Chichester, tabled on 22nd May, on the official travel of departmental and non-departmental special advisers.

(72683)

243   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked in his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72634)

244   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates and in what locations ministers in his Department held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72687)

245   Annabelle Ewing (Perth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Perth were entitled to but did not claim (a) guardian's allowance, (b) income support, (c) child benefit, (d) incapacity benefit, (e) maternity allowance, (f) widow's payment, (g) widowed mother's allowance, (h) widow's pension, (i) bereavement payment, (j) graduated retirement allowance, (k) severe disablement allowance, (l) invalid care allowance, (m) disability living allowance, (n) attendance allowance, (o) disablement benefit, (p) reduced earnings allowance and (q) retirement allowance in each year since 1997.

(72782)

246   Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees under contract from temping agencies worked within his Department; and how much was spent on temporary staff (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total staffing budget in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(72635)

247
N   Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answers of 12th March, Official Report, column 959W, 10th April, Official Report, column 242W and 17th June, Official Report, column 88W, on winter fuel payments, if he has concluded his discussions with the European Commission about the extent of the United Kingdom's legal obligations under European regulations on winter fuel payments; and if he will make a statement.

(72604)

248   Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in the constituency of Moray were entitled to but did not claim (a) child benefit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) maternity allowance, (d) widow's payment, (e) widowed mother's allowance, (f) widow's pension, (g) bereavement allowance, (h) graduated retirement allowance, (i) severe disablement allowance, (j) invalid care allowance, (k) disability living allowance, (l) attendance allowance, (m) disablement benefit, (n) reduced earnings allowance, (o) retirement allowance, (p) guardian's allowance and (q) income support in each year since 1997.

(72798)

249   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Scotland were in receipt of (a) guardian's allowance, (b) income support, (c) child benefit, (d) working families tax credit, (e) disabled person's tax credit, (f) incapacity benefit, (g) maternity allowance, (h) widow's payment, (i) widowed mother's allowance, (j) widow's pensions, (k) bereavement payment, (l) graduated retirement allowance, (m) severe disablement allowance, (n) invalid care allowance, (o) disability living allowance, (p) attendance allowance, (q) disablement benefit, (r) reduced earnings allowance and s) retirement allowance in each year since 1997.

(72784)

250   Mr Alex Salmond (Banff & Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Banff and Buchan were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) maternity allowance, (d) widow's payment, (e) widowed mother's allowance, (f) widow's pension, (g) bereavement payment, (h) retirement allowance, (i) guardian's allowance, (j) income support, (k) graduated retirement allowance, (l) severe disablement allowance, (m) invalid care allowance, (n) disability living allowance, (o) attendance allowance, (p) disablement benefit and (q) reduced earning's allowance in each year since 1997.

(72821)

251   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; where each meeting took place; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72692)

252
N   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what opportunities there will be for pensioners to receive face-to-face advice on their particular case under the new Pensions Service and Jobcentre Plus schemes for (a) exceptional and (b) day-to-day cases.

(72189)

253
N   Mr Simon Thomas (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research has been undertaken into the preferred methods by pensioners of accessing pensions advice; and if he will make a statement.

(72188)

254
N   Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what rate of car allowance is payable to a person attending a medical or appeal board; when the rate was set; how the rate is calculated; whether there are plans to raise it; and if he will make a statement.

(72013)

255   Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer the written question from the honourable Member for Chichester, tabled on 22nd May, on the official travel of departmental and non-departmental special advisers.

(72681)

256   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Angus were entitled to but did not claim (a) child benefit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) maternity allowance, (d) widow's payment, (e) widowed mother's allowance, (f) widow's pension, (g) disablement benefit, (h) reduced earning's allowance, (i) retirement allowance, (j) guardian's allowance, (k) income support, (l) child benefit, (m) bereavement benefit, (n) graduated retirement allowance, (o) severe disablement allowance, (p) invalid care allowance, (q) disability living allowance and (r) attendance allowance in each year since 1997.

(72797)

257   Mr Michael Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) the UK were entitled to but did not claim (i) incapacity benefit, (ii) maternity allowance, (iii) widow's payment, (iv) widowed mother's allowance, (v) widow's pension, (vi) attendance allowance, (vii) disablement benefit, (viii) reduced earnings allowance, (ix) retirement allowance, (x) guardian's allowance, (xi) income support, (xii) bereavement payment, (xiii) graduated retirement allowance, (xiv) severe disablement allowance, (xv) invalid care allowance and (xvi) disability living allowance in each year since 1997.

(72801)

258   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in the constituency of North Tayside were entitled to but did not claim (a) child benefit, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) maternity allowance, (d) widow's payment, (e) widowed mother's allowance and (f) widow's pension in each year since 1997.

(72799)

259   Pete Wishart (North Tayside): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in North Tayside were entitled to but did not claim (a) bereavement payment, (b) graduated retirement allowance, (c) severe disablement allowance, (d) invalid care allowance, (e) disability living allowance, (f) attendance allowance, (g) disablement benefit, (h) reduced earnings allowance, (i) retirement allowance, (j) guardian's allowance and (k) income support in each year since 1997.

(72800)

260
N   Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants there were in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2000 and (v) 2001.

(71285)

261
N   Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Cabinet Office, when the baseline measures for overall compliance with the regulatory assessment process will be published; and if he will make a statement.

(69535)

262   Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Cabinet Office, on what dates ministers in his Department have held meetings with ministers and officials of the Irish Government since 1st June 2000; where each Meeting took place; which ministers were involved in each meeting; which Irish Government departments were involved in each meeting; and which ministers and officials from the Irish Government attended each meeting.

(72689)

263
N   Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Greek Government about their forthcoming EU presidency and EU enlargement.

[Question Unstarred] (69577)

264
N   Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to farmers in matching funds to charitable payments.

[Transferred] (72487)

265
N   Mr John Greenway (Ryedale): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make a statement on the research used to provide the figures for the new joint Public Service Agreement with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and her Department to raise the percentage of schoolchildren who spent a minimum of two hours each week on high quality physical education and school sports to 75 per cent.

[Transferred] (72465)

266
N   Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of deaths from cervical cancer occurred in women (a) over the age of 60, (b) between 30 and 59 and (c) under 30 years for (i) 2001 and (ii) 2002; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (72502)

267   Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, what percentage of road journeys in the UK were made by vehicles powered by biodiesel and alternatively fuelled vehicles in 2001.

[Transferred] (72820)